Housetop Mountain Suri Alpacas

Oh look I did it again

2011-07-13T09:19:00.000-06:00

I seem to be right on schedule for blogging twice a year :)

Wait till you see the total cuteness and then you will understand.

Ok this isn't so cute but what kind of crazy weather we have had...I'm loving the green summer

This is Rendezvous 1st born this spring

I got this guy to help out Miss Molly his name is Boss, I know he looks loveable but he is all business

This is Little Bit

She's a little bit brown, a little bit black and a little bit ornery!
Remember Honda Rhonda? Well she is Miss Ornery's mom

These are alllll my new kitty's...mama was busy this spring

Sorting fleece in really dry air

Miss Mitra and her Colorado Blue....he was born with a blue tongue

Blues first day in the big blue world

Nieces and nephews

Stormy just being cute

Blue Mesa Reservoir 4th of July

This is Corona a little ausie

And her owner, my cousin the cowboy who's legs had not seen sunshine for years until this day :))

See you about Christmas time!! Just kidding...I have two more cria's due still :))

Predators 1 Housetop 1

2010-12-28T12:37:00.000-07:00

The war wages on...I found a dead chicken on Sunday and thought little Miss Molly had killed it. I'm still not sure BUT my beloved BubbaLoo brought me this yesterday afternoon. Hmmmm.

This is my fabulous photo skills at work. I got a Canon Rebel last year for Christmas and I thought I knew how to use it??? Turn it on to "Full Auto" and this doesn't happen. That is my Christmas tree by the way...kinda cool looking picture, right?

Housetop 3/Predators 4

2010-12-23T14:27:00.000-07:00

I know, I know the predators seem to be winning...but I wouldn't really call it winning. In the past month I have lost 1 alpaca to the two huskies and 3 chickens to a bobcat that has been terrorizing the neighborhood. Good news this morning... Dead-eye hubby took him to meet his maker.

As far as bobcats go he is a monster!

We brought Buccaneer home yesterday from his surgery and I feel so bad for him. His eye just wasn't healing right so we decided to remove it. He's a real trooper though...handling it as good as can be expected. He will get his stitches out January 4th and God willing he is going to have a good year in 2011. I don't think I will ever forget 2010. It will not be one of fond memories. Eight more days and I will be done with it.

This little gal (Miss Molly) earned her keep ten fold this morning. She is the reason we caught the bobcat in the chicken pen. I am just soooo happy that she didn't try to take it on by herself. She is only 4 months old and a big ole lovable teddy bear.

We tried to get pictures of last summers crias to update the website....Miss Mokey does not like the halter, the lead, the camera or me for that matter. She kinda acts like me when she doesn't want to do something. She throws herself on the ground and has a big fit! Little brat. Mokey...not me.

Well in other news I have gained my usual 10 lbs in honor of ole St Nick. So stupid. I will lose the last of it probably about next Thanksgiving.

We have lived up here on the mountain for 8 years and I have never had a brown Christmas, until 2010.

Are you seeing a pattern here?

Try this one again

2010-12-17T10:19:00.000-07:00

OK so it's been almost a year...I am turning over a new leaf 14 days early :) You know I can't do anything by the book or normal or on time.
It has been kind of a rough year for us on the mountain.
Aunt Rita passed away October 4th 2009 and so soon after dad's passing, it threw me into some kind of weird tail spin. So so sad. I just want to pick up the phone and call her...all the time.

Anyway this year has continued to be full of some of the same. I had to put Sammy down in October of this year. RIP buddy, I will miss you forever!

I had an alpaca get mauled by two huskies on Thanksgiving day this year...poor guy hadn't even made it to the blog yet. His name was Kace and he was my up and coming "Oh my God!" full accoyo herd sire. He was as sweet as they make alpacas.

Yesterday I go out to feed the boys and notice something is wrong with Buccaneer's eye...He hit his eye so hard on something that the lens popped out, the cornea is in the bottom of his eye and the lens was sitting in his fleece?? Gross, Gross, Gross. Off to the vet an hour away. We don't know if he will be blind but we do know that without the lens he won't be able to focus. My second herd sire!

I have Tibbs still and he is producing crias finally. Mokey was born late last summer and she is a looker!! We named her after the Mokey Wall in Lake Powell. She is a beautiful copper color.

Then there is Landslide who was shone and won 3rd place in a pretty big show (Fall Fest in Loveland Colorado). Thanks to Linda...the sweetest alpaca expert in the universe! I bought him from her and she so graciously offered to show him for me. He is also an ooooh la la alpaca. He is as black as black can be and just as shiny as a new born cria. Thankfully on Thanksgiving day he was at Linda's house...he would have been mauled also...it happened in his pen.

That is all I have left for herd sires. I am looking at a five year old, full accoyo herd sire in Oregon that is priced to sell. I think he will do nicely in my program.

OK that is enough sadness...I need a priest to come and bless this mess!!
Next year has got to be better, Right?

I am expecting 5 new crias this summer, cross your fingers for me! I will post again before that...I'm sure of it :)

Wow 6 months goes by really fast

2010-01-04T08:44:00.000-07:00

Hi all,
I know, I know I am the worst blogger of the worst kind. My barn is done with the exceptions of a few minor things and I cannot seem to stay in the house and out of the barn. I now have fleece coming out of my ears and I am trying to figure out what to do with it. Hubby bought me a knitting machine for Christmas and it is going to eat up what little time I have left over, especially since I put it in the barn :P As soon as I learn how to run the damn thing...right now I am missing a few hairs from teaching myself to knit at the age of 44 pfffftttt. Will I never learn?
Does anyone else believe that the Ice age has returned? We have not been above 25 for over a month. I live in the high desert for hells sake. We lizards are not used to such fridgidness...is that a word? It is now.
OK I have to go feed the girls and boys, I now have boys! I just bought a mom and cria from Michigan (they are also freezing their asses off!!) The cria is a 4 month old boy and he is awesome...
I had to mess around with my commenting because of my post for droopy (alpaca) lips...I have been bombarded with nasty, nasty comments :{ Pigs. So you are off the hook for commenting, yay.

Hi All...Remember me?

2009-06-17T11:39:00.009-06:00

For those of you who didn't delete me by now...Hey! How the heck are ya?

My barn is done finally, isn't it purty?

We are still putting in electricity but the animals said they were ok w/o power and we moved them in. First thing they did was start a nice poop pile...inside the dang barn :[

I'm trying to convince the cats that they need to move in next...they ain't believing me.

This is my new herd sire Tiburon...aka Mr Tibbs.

I got this little gal in the purchase also. She is Miss Mitra.

I finally got about 39 feet of yarn spun...I will be dead before I can make a blanket!!

Buddha and his girlfriend..Toes the terminator. If Buddha was 8 inches taller we would have terminator baby's :P

I now have a 13 year old. When the hell did this happen? Look away for a minute and they are half grown..sniff.

I was trying to convince him that the smoking candles weren't hot hahaha. He didn't believe ole mom.

And what the hell was I thinking????? He loves them but still...WTH?

My youngest got an award at the end of the year. I thought it was gonna be for the biggest screw off in class. It was the presidential achievement award???????????????????????????? I hooped and hollered until I embarrassed him and then I fell out of my chair.

Because this is him in his natural state.

So there you have it. It's not much but it's all I got.

Droopy lips

2009-04-13T21:26:00.003-06:00

I went out to feed tonight and 2 of my girls were standing around with their mouths hanging open. They looked like they had eaten something bad or something that had numbed their lower lip. Scared the crap out of me. Last fall I threw out a bunch of clover seed...some alpacas can't eat clover because they are allergic. I am a nervous wreck all the time that they will eat something that they are not supposed to. So you can imagine my horror to walk into the pen and find this

They look totally silly!

This is not one of my alpacas, it is a picture from Intrepid Alpacas.

After I closely inspected my girls I ran in he house and got online immediately...

and this is what I found!

The Sulk--When alpacas get upset they will "drop their lip". The bottom lip will become all droopy and fall away exposing the bottom teeth and gums. Some alpacas will take pieces of hay, grass or leaves into their mouths and just hold it there for extra effect. Saliva will sometimes drip from the bottom lip as well. If all this sounds rather pathetic, it is. They are sulking. Don't worry about it. They have probably just come off second best in a disagreement with another alpaca and they will get over it in a few minutes. (Often the sulking alpaca will have a few globs of green spit on their face as evidence of the disagreement!)

Thank goodness I found this explanation!

The silly girls were tiffen ;)

Full of eggs

2009-04-13T06:00:00.004-06:00

Hi Guys, I know I have been mia for quite some time now and I'm sorry. I have been really busy having a mid life crisis ;)

I am going to turn my blog into an alpaca blog only. It will still be worth checking out when I do post, however posting will not be everyday, as I was TRYING to do before. I am trying to get this little alpaca business off of the ground. I have been taking classes, watching any videos I can get my hands on and driving the seasoned alpaca farmers insane! I have found some local farmers that are less than an hour from me, whew! I was worried I was going to have to move to Denver lol.

The alpaca farms on my side of the mountain a few and far between and they are struggling to start up a fiber processing mill and a network of local people to help this thing grow. Soooo I am doing my usual knee jerk reaction and jumping in head first! You would think I would get tired of all of the bumps on my head but this is something that is near and dear to my heart.

Alpacas Rock!

Here is what I have going so far: I am signing up for a class in August at some place beautiful in Idaho to become a certified sorter. A sorter can either go out with the shearer on shearing day or have it sent to them and sort out the #1, 2 and 3 parts of fiber. The #1 fiber is worth more money than the 3rds of any fiber.

I am teaching myself to spin the fiber into luscious yarn.

I am teaching myself to dye the yarn.

I am teaching myself to weave, I may give up the "teaching myself" and go find some help on this one!

I went to a neonatal class a few weeks ago. Very informative...and I'm terrified now! When an alpaca is birthing and by some sort of bad luck she has a distosia (sp?), you can lose your cria, I will just die if something happens to En Vogues cria :(

Speaking of En Vogues cria, I had to take little miss Rita in to have her teeth trimmed...that was a freaking rodeo. When you are holding an alpaca for someone....stay close to them...I mean like bear hug close! I thought she broke my collar bone when she decided to jump out of the chute. It doesn't hurt them she was just a little freaked out by the hour long ride in the horse trailer and weird people sticking weird things in her mouth.

I learned something right after I had her teeth trimmed that day and I trimmed her toenails on another day and had the traveling vet up to give them their vaccinations and to do fecals on another day. I FIGURED OUT THAT ON SHEARING DAY YOU DO ALL OF THAT.... WHILE YOU HAVE BIG STRONG GUYS HOLDING THEM DOWN!!!! Hahahahahha that was a good one. Ouch my head hurts.

But as you all know I wanted to go to school and learn something that I could do and love until the end of my time....well I have been to the school of hard knocks before and they were missing me so I decided to enroll yet again!

It's a good thing that all animals are pretty forgiving, especially when I'm in charge.

I have been playing around with and learning the different fibers out there in the world and I have decided that I want to raise angora rabbits.

Have you seen one of these?

Is this the cutest damn thing ever!?

Their fiber is like sticking your hand into a cloud. I'm sure all of you have had an angora sweater at some point in your life...right? I think I had a hand me down when I was 12 or something but I had forgotten how heavenly it was.

If I could mix angora and alpaca....mmmmm it would be yummy!

My niece just found out that she is preggers and I would love to make a baby blanket out of the alpaca/angora mix....well someone else will make it cuz I ain't learning how to knit. Too much on my plate right now.

...I went to San Diego for spring break and it was cold and windy the entire time I was there...pffft. The beach..any beach is still beautiful any time of year, but cold and windy just for me??? Why???

I took Buddha and he was not welcome anywhere. I thought Californians were the dog lover capital of the world.

OH Well.

2009-04-09T16:40:00.001-06:00

~Under Construction~

Warning...This may make you sick!

2009-03-10T11:20:00.003-06:00

I got nothing today, it snowed AGAIN...5 inches this time. It seems to melt off in one day, but still! It snowed again!

I haven't been posting my workout times because...I haven't been working out per say. I pick up pounds of alpaca poop and ounces of Buddha poo, does that count?

I shoveled snow for an hour this morning trying to find my truck???

Anyway...

Google or Wildblue are giving me fits today so I can't play on the computer if I want to keep my sanity.

So I leave you with this really, really bad Irish Joke!

BANK ROBBERY
Excerpted from an article about a bank robbery which appeared in the Irish Times on 2 March 1999: Once inside the bank shortly after midnight, a gang of raiders' efforts at disabling the internal security system got underway immediately. The robbers, who expected to find one or two large safes filled with cash and valuables, were surprised to see hundreds of smaller safes scattered throughout the bank. The robbers cracked the first safes combination, and inside they found only a bowl of vanilla pudding. As recorded on the bank's audio-tape system, one said, "At least we'll get a bit to eat," The robbers opened up a second safe, and it also contained nothing but vanilla pudding. The process continued until all the safes were opened. They found not one pound sterling, a diamond, or an ounce of gold. Instead, all the safes contained covered bowls of pudding. Disappointed, the robbers made a quiet exit, each leaving with nothing more than a queasy, uncomfortably full stomach. The newspaper headline read:

IRELAND'S LARGEST SPERM BANK ROBBED EARLY THIS MORNING.

Cancer insurance saleswoman?

2009-03-09T14:07:00.003-06:00

I received an email this morning about a lady that is going door to door in my town selling different kinds of insurance.

It's pure bullshit, what she is doing is getting all of your personal info so she can steal your identity AND she is coming back when she thinks your gone.

Several peoples dogs have already tried to munch her, too bad they missed.

Remember I live 10 miles out of town and If you can find my house, you can steal everything in it. It's a joke of course, don't come looking for me...you will get lost.

But wouldn't that be funny if she did find me up here all alone and pissed off, cuz I have no life and all I ever do is clean, and I'm pms'ing? She might need some of that insurance she's selling. I could tuck her away somewhere and let Buddha chew on her till the po po's got here.

He he..I'll take entertainment however I can get it on this retched mountain.

Mwhuhuha

It's only time.

2009-03-08T14:00:00.004-06:00

Einstein’s lock

It's that time again. While my hubby absolutely hates this one, I kinda like it, I get more done.

As I'm sure you all know I have way too many animals. Animals don't live by the clock, they go off of the daylight, well mine do anyway.

For the past 3 weeks I have been in tears first thing in the morning. You see my asshole black cat would come tearing ass across the bed around 4:30 AM, across Buddha, who in turn tears around the house with his little dog tags clanging together like the fucking liberty bell, while he chases asshole. Two weeks ago I started sleeping with a squirt bottle...I am deadly at 20 feet. Asshole hates water.

Today I figured it out...it was time for assholes breakfast...it's starting to get light out and all of the animals (not just asshole) think it's time to eat. So the animals have me trained already. He wasn't being an asshole after all...he was helping me train to get up an hour earlier. Now if I could just sick them all on the hubby my life will be awesome.

Hubby makes such a big deal out of this time change. He asks 40 times a day "What time is it? In old time?"

By May I want to hurt him.

I hope all of you working stiffs do ok in the morning.

Excuse me while I tear your face off

2009-03-07T11:31:00.004-07:00

Have you ever thought about the fact that an entire nation knows how to drive by all of the same rules?

How cool is that?

Well except for the few asshats that come out when ever I have to go to town.

Apparently I can't read and I am a dummy...according to an 80 year old man that I tangled with yesterday. I went the wrong way in a parking lot (this parking lot was empty, save for he and I)...and he yelled to me that I needed to learn how to read and that I was a dummy!

A dummy!

This was towards the end of my day running around in the big town. I lost it on him. I never lose it while driving. I probably set the old farts ears on fire before I got done. And I am positive I taught him some new cuss words.

Why would you want to block someones way and tell them they are dumb all the while holding your hands up in the air? I did fit past him but he had to scoot over about a foot....grrrr.

It's too bad that courtesy isn't a nationwide learned behavior.

Even if you are my elder...you could still show some form of humanity.

In other news...it's snowing AGAIN! We have about 4 inches so far and it's still blowing sideways.

I am going to go off in a corner and snivel while sucking my thumb:(

There's no place like home Toto (Buddha)

2009-03-05T07:03:00.002-07:00

OK the weather has gone insane here.

Remember the 3 ft of snow that I had last month? It's all gone and the mud is almost gone. This is the weather we should be having in April/May.

The wind is typical of March, however I have never been through a typical March with a dog that only weighs 6 lbs. I made the mistake of going to the grocery store with the dog and BOTH boys :(

If I hadn't been so irritated it was probably pretty comical....

I was putting grocery's in the back of the minivan while Buddha stood on the console up front well... a 60 mph gust of wind hit about the time I opened the back of the van. Buddha wound up on the floor and I had bags flying around me like birds on crack and the cart kept trying to roll up my butt and into my car and into the the car next to me. Needless to say it was pretty stressful and I am staying home today with my little dog tucked safely in the house!

2009-03-04T06:43:00.002-07:00

Spring is a comin...and I'm a goin outside!
I will write more when someone beats me to come back in the house :)

Melancholy Monday

2009-03-02T06:27:00.004-07:00

Go visit this place if you want to get all warm and fuzzy.

My bff that lives in Louisiana sent me these pictures of the rig that her hubby works on. I'm not sure how it caught on fire...she didn't write anything...she just sent me pictures of his platform on fire. That's how she rolls.

Am I being punked?

2009-02-27T06:43:00.003-07:00

I got these pictures in an email this morning, do they look real to you?

Cuz if they are, they should be on the Today Show or whatever show, cool and unusual elk would be on?

Hubby and I are/have been avid hunters for years and I've seen one albino elk in my 43 years of playing out in the woods. I don't hunt anymore but my hubby is...well a fanatic. These two gringo elk were spotted not to far from where hubby hunts.

I think they should move...soon.

Can you see the normal elk in between the 2 white ones?

They are pretty aren't they?

Other news from my neck of the woods.

It's a sad day.

The newspaper called the "Rocky Mountain News" is shutting down. I loved that news paper. They put it together so you could read it like a book...I know I'm a dork.

It was the largest newspaper in Colorado and it will be dearly missed.

Hmmm

2009-02-25T09:31:00.001-07:00

Kids are well.
It's beautiful outside.
I got 4 hours sleep.
Not working out today.
Taking a nap.

Cool and Creepy

2009-02-24T10:28:00.004-07:00

I did 35 minutes on the Wii today. I did too many stomach things. I know it's good for me, but dayam!

Josh is home sick today :( This flu or whatever it is, is a pain in the butt for Josh. Chris had a 103 degree temp and he didn't move, eat or go to the bathroom for 3 days. Now he's right as rain. Poor Josh got a sore throat for 3 days and then he lost his voice for a few days. He had uber amounts of snot for days. Almost a week later he gets the stomach part of it...poor kid. This morning I didn't believe him that he was sick.

When will I ever learn?

He was maybe 5 and we were going a few towns over. Josh was throwing a fit because he didn't want to go...said he didn't feel good. I didn't believe him and we went. He was laughing and running like a wildman...so I really didn't believe him. We stopped at a fast food place on the way, got the food, set it on the table, Josh power puked everywhere. I didn't know what to do, so I just did a little curtsy and apologized to the entire restaurant and ran out. That was the first of many incidents all because I don't believe him.

Last year he kept telling me his knee hurt...what ever, your just trying to get out of chores. Ya know where he learned that from right? Yeah..I was fresh out of a knee surgery and I didn't have to do any chores...

I finally give in and take him to my knee doc and they brought a wheelchair into the exam room and made it very clear to me that he was not to step on that leg...he would have surgery in 3 days. WTF? Yeah... I still feel guilty for that one. He doesn't seem to feel pain like you or I do. Or he doesn't express himself like you or I would. I don't know but when he says he's sick, I'm learning that I should either put him to bed or call an ambulance????

This is what I woke up to this morning...kinda cool, but also kinda creepy.

So that is my attitude today..cool and creepy :)

Wii not FIT!

2009-02-23T13:46:00.004-07:00

I got on the Wii this morning knowing that I didn't lose any weight since I was on 3 days ago. AHEM...I was set straight immediately...it was an entire week?

Are you sure?

It has been a week?

The rotten little green spirit thingy that floats around to make you nervous says "You gained 4 lbs, would you like a tip?" OH I'll give you a tip...you dirty rotten M**^$%$%$(*$&(#&*(*@# *(%.

I'm better now...really.

Has anyone done the boxing yet? I almost killed my t.v. Seriously, there is a little ding right in the middle of the screen. I couldn't move my arms for a week, but I kilt the talking boxing bag.

I am going to post how much I exercise on here everyday.

Well the days that I post.

Dear god please help me to remember to work out...please?

Today I did 33 minutes and 3 reps of 12 for the fat stomach on my bow flex.

Did you see my new profile picture? I totally stole the idea from Candid Carrie.

No one touches my camera...no.one.

So I had to stand in the bathroom and pose for myself. It's pretty entertaining to say the least. I know the picture is not very good either. I pushed several buttons trying to get the flash to stay off and I shouldn't have touched nothin. I will probably be stuck with blurry pictures from this day forth.

Whatever.

As soon as I talk Rhonda into coming for a visit...I'm sure she'll fix it for me!

I am still checking out schools. The college that is in the little town 20 miles from here offers a distant learning class.

BUT!

It would be for a medical assistant.

I would still get to say "Good Morning Hottie" to the doctors that way.

Ha ha if you could only see the doctor in the clinic here in my town. He is a little short Asian dude. Every time hubby goes in, Doc says "you fat" as he pats hubby's belly. He's a smart one though...he has never.ever. said "you fat" to me.

My niece gave me this cool little gadget for Christmas. I love plants and flowers, but I didn't think this little guy was going to make a flower garden..

Those are petunia's bloomin...in February...cool huh?

My roses from Valentines day are almost done...can you kinda see the barn? It's almost done too. My little carpenter grew gills and went home. You can't tell from the picture but it is raining...and it's supposed to continue allllll week. blech, I hate mud.

Updates

2009-02-21T12:09:00.003-07:00

I have been stealing stuff again!

I got this one from Asthma Girl...I am the queen of shopping see the picture? It proves it! Go here to make your hero.

OK serious stuff now.

I met with the tech school yesterday and it sounds like it would be a really good career move, the hours are 8am to 1pm Monday through Thursday.

Perfect right?

During the kids school year it would be easy peasy...

during the summer it's not so much doable.

Remember I live 10 miles from any

thing and the school is 50 miles away.

AND! Remember we have wildfires several times every summer, and when one of those baby's hit...you drive like a bat out of hell to get off of the mountain because there is only one road in and out.

My boys swear they would be fine, which is very sweet of them, when I know they are really terrified. I just can't make myself do that to them. I would never forgive myself if anything happened to them. So I am going to ask one more question of the school...can I split it up so I attend school while my kids are in school??

I really love where I live, really. But I get really tired of everything being such a big deal when you want to go somewhere. It is a huge deal to have anything delivered...I usually have to go to town and show them the way up.

Unless you are the Russian dude from Dish Network...he found me way too easy.

Speaking of which.

The hot little Russian dude was here again today lol.

I slunk off upstairs and let hubby deal with him this time. Hubby thought it was pretty funny! Damn Dish Network is a pain in the ass lately!

I'm a sceeerd

2009-02-20T08:12:00.003-07:00

I have an appointment with a tech school in the city this morning...I'm looking at medical transcription/coding classes...12 months of school!

What have I done?

I'm already thinking of reason's why not.

My sister, who works in *the* hospital in the city did tell me that medical coders make at least $20 an hour. That put a little skip in my step, and then she told me that the radiology department got rid of all of their transcribers and replaced them with computers.

There went the little skip.

What if Deb and I do all of this work only to be replaced by a dang ole computer that won't even tell the cute doc's "good morning, hottie"?

I have a ton of questions for the poor poor lady that will be helping me today.

OK I'm off to tame the mane...that's a good enough reason to work from home...I have Medusa hair on a good day...everyday is a bad hair day.

Check this out

2009-02-18T19:58:00.004-07:00

Remember how... I have told all of you, that I am stumped as far as a writing subject everyday?

Wellll, I stole this idea from Rhonda.

God I love to steal things from you guys...just kidding...sort of.

Anyway Rhonda told me about this place called blogsvertize. It's kind of a neat idea, you review products for advertisers and get a little ka-ching for it.

I was looking for someway to make money and stay home with the children/critters...this probably won't feed us all though :) They/I really do eat

A LOT!

Anyway go check it out.

Maybe we could make enough money to take a trip and have a big ole blog party, at my house, I am kind of in the middle of you all. Deb will bring the toys, Marilyn will bring me a buffalo of my very own, Jill can bring herself and her sis to fix us if we get wounded in the process, Asthma Girl will bring her Brut Squad to keep Buddha busy while we visit. Snooty is going to make us some yummy lobster quesadilla's, Tiff is coming to keep us laughing at her colorful southern language and to take a much needed break from her life.

OK, if I left you out...appoint yourself something fun and lets make some money from these people.

How's that? Do I get the job? Huh?? Do I?

All Alone

2009-02-18T08:53:00.004-07:00

Ever feel like this?

That's how I feel today.

This is not my picture of course...I snagged it off of the internet...of course.

This is what they said about it.

This shot is taken on a Norway’s cliff Prekestolen (also known as Preacher’s Pulpit).

That would probably be a fitting place for me to go today...the Preacher's Pulpit.

The WINNERS ARE....

2009-02-17T09:49:00.004-07:00

OK, so I haven't forgotten all of you that entered the giveaway. First place is taken but the other 2 prizes will be drawn for. You guys gave some good ideas and I can't decide, I'm wishy washy like that.

1st place goes to Snooty. I actually have checked on the Medical transcription field already and I think it's going to work for me. You can work as much or as little as you want. You plan your vacations. You work in your jammies which by the way...sealed the deal. I can also work in offices or hospitals later on in my life if I need to. Sooo Miss Snoots gets 1st.

Second place goes to.....I have to go find a hat brb.

I had Chris, who is home sick from school do the drawing. I kid you not...he drew Mrs Parks twice. She has better odds I guess :) We love her so much around here ya know. I almost had to call 911 this morning when I read her last comment about chicken sexing with a piece of toast in my mouth. Someday I will learn not to read her with food or beverage.

So I made him do one more for the third place winner and he drew out Karla. It was in the stars. Karla just recently went through a house fire and she is living with her mom and dad. So we are glad we can send her something a little fun! Maybe a cookbook too!

So there you have it! I really appreciate all of the thoughtful comments and suggestions. Who knows if the transcription proves to be too hard for a senile ole bat like me...I might enjoy chicken sexing? I could do doggie daycare and sex chickens all day...I'm already changing my mind.

Will the winners please send me your address to alpacamountain@gmail.com

The giveaway!

2009-02-13T06:54:00.000-07:00

OK here is the giveaway

I would promise you my first born...but I kinda like him, so I can't do that.

I am going to give you a generic resume and whoever comes up with the best idea of a job/career for me will win.

I have worked my entire life. I love to work and be around people...well nice people like you guys, not snotty bitches or leering men or screaming kids.

I want to be around normal people, or work from home would be great too cuz I need to smooch on Buddha at least every 20 minutes.

Here is what I have done so far:

Age 12....bussed tables

Age 15....cleaned the above bar and restaurant before I went to school

Age 16....breakfast cook at same restaurant

Age 16 married for the first time

Age 17....Quite school to go to work at a construction company, flagging for a pipeline that ran across the country

Age 18.....divorced..you seen that one coming right? Still flagging

Age 19....professional drinker and flagger

Age 20....flagger on I-70

Age 21....waitress

Age 21...carpet installer's helper, linoleum installer.

Age 22....painter of houses

Age 23....drywall finisher, more money than the painters

Age 28....decon washer. It was a federal job cleaning up mill tailings left behind from the Uranium mining many years earlier. Yes, Uranium is what killed my father...keep your fingers crossed for me.

Age 28-31...Safety Supervisor of job above.

Age 31...mommy, yes it ended the above career.

Age 32...mommy again...accckckkck

Age 35...started my own floral/greenhouse business, I don't do well with little crabby old ladies.

Age 39....Daycare provider...what was I thinking?

Age 40... Kindergarten Para-professional...again what the hell was I thinking?

Age 43...SAHM, Alpaca Madame, pooper picker upper, help hubby with office work, interior designer..cough.. and a devote Buddha lover.

Pretty scary huh?

I did get my GED in 1985 and I have done 2 years of college but I have yet to get an associate degree.

I'm a bit of an invalid. Because of my professional drinking career when I was 19...broke my knee skiing with a hangover. Three surgery's later I am a gimp.

My hands are getting arthritis from too many years of drywall work. So even though I still have all of my tools...I refuse to drywall.

My brain is broken from the kids (mine and other peoples).

Well hows that for an impossible task?

What kind of job/career should I pursue?

The BEST/favorite idea will receive a complete set of facial products from Skinlogics.

(...it was another one of my career choices gone bad. Last Christmas I was going to sell Skinlogics and have Spa Parties....sounds like fun huh? They even give away Mustangs to their top people! OH my...where do I sign? Only problem is that everyone and their sisters were doing the same thing around here...What I am trying to say is the stuff is fresh and not old.)

This set includes a facial scrub, moisturizer, cleansing gel, tonic and 1 oz of Regeneration tight, firm and fill cream.

This is the best selling package for Beauticontrol

The Second BEST/favorite idea will win the

Save your Sole set...it's yummy!

The Third BEST/favorite idea will win the

Creamy *Margarita* body lotion and Frozen *Margarita* foot cream

....this stuff will take you straight to the Bahama's...if only in your mind, just sayin...

And because I love you, I will throw in a jar of Herbal serenity aromatherapy instant manicure with this set. My favorite stuff :)

OK ladies and guys? Do I have any guys reading???

This is going to be hard because I have been home so long that I am afraid to go out and successfully get *that* job. I see stuff all the time and then I conveniently forget to go apply.

I am open to training/schooling for any thing that you come up with. As of today, I don't need a job for the money, but for my sanity.

If I only get one entry...you get it all, and I get to stay home and forget the whole deal...hahaha

The Outcome

2009-02-12T11:11:00.003-07:00

I loved all of your answers...I went through the same feelings one by one.

I need to clarify the story a bit more for you.

First off the little boy gets bloody noses because of dry heat not because mom hits him....(I think!) No I'm sure.

Another thing I left out. Last year little boy was in this same daycare. Mom came to get him one day...earlier than normal, only to find her son locked in a high chair because he was out of control. Yeah, you guessed it. Mom told them that she would turn them in if she ever caught them doing that again and pulled him out of that daycare. She has been through the last 2 daycare in town since then. This little 4 year old likes to get into trouble. I also tried to watch him here in my home...he shoved my cat off of the 2nd floor balcony. I hated it, but I had to ask to get out of my obligation too.

Any way mom being out of choices, she HAD to return him to this questionable daycare under a new manager (mayors wife) plus old manager (high school principals wife) in tow.

You see, I know this girl and her rotten and adorable 4 year old boy from working together in the ABC daycare, several years back. She's sweet but she will never win mom of the year, but she doesn't down right abuse her kids either.

The outcome:

The said daycare called the police on mom after she dropped off the 4 year old and explained that he got another bloody nose. She jokingly said "probably cuz I smacked him for cussing". The daycare waited for her to leave and called the police, the social services and the county sheriff. The police showed up at her house at 9 pm that night telling her that they were going to take her kids away from her. Took pictures of the 4 year old, without his clothes on. Questioned her 6 year old daughter who was molested last year by a sicko boyfriend...I said she wouldn't win mom of the year. Got the grandma involved...it went on for days...well it still goes on. At the public school where this actually happened, the teachers gave her a glowing review to the police and SS. The police dropped anything they had because they didn't have enough to go on. The social services are still involved however. The dude from SS said he was going to do everything in his power to get this in front of a judge.

So there you have it. I am leaning towards mom because I know that she has requested a psych evaluation for the terrible 4 year old and I know her mom really well and grandma keeps those kids well taken care of.

It's just one of those things where you feel sorry for the kid and you do what I did, you jump in to help, only to find out that you are not anymore capable than the mom or the daycare. I know deep down the little boy just wants attention...good or bad...however he can get it. But whatta ya do? I kissed him way too much...when I see him in the grocery store I still get mooches from him, but I can't take care of him now because now I have the almighty and wonderful Buddha. Nothing must ever.happen.to.Buddha.

I am going to be doing a giveaway tomorrow.

It will require you to put your thinking caps on and help a sista out!

What would you do?

2009-02-10T07:54:00.002-07:00

What would you do if a young single mom was picking her child up from pre-school to take him to daycare and the 4 year old boy throws himself down on the ground (mom has a broken ankle also) and screams at the top of his lungs "I don't want to go to the F***king daycare!!!" Mom promptly and swiftly smacks little boy in the mouth...not hard, but hard enough to get his attention. Little boy gets a bloody nose. But! you also know that this little boy gets a bloody nose at least once a day.

What would you do?

Call Social services?

The police?

Think to your self..."little shit deserved it"?

Talk to the mom?

I'm curious what you guys would do...leave me a comment and tomorrow or there abouts I will tell you what happened.

Dreams live on

2009-02-05T06:45:00.001-07:00

When I was 26 or so, I used to go swimming at a place they called pinion. This fabulous swimming hole was about 10 miles from town and it was just beautiful. The river rocks used to fascinate me to no end. In fact I loaded up a bunch of them and built a rockin flower bed.

That's what I called it...rockin.

I even got hired by a housing contractor to bring in a bunch of them for Oliver Stone's cabin, that was being built outside of Telluride...they were beautiful and they made his fireplace a site to see. I think he got his $90's worth.

Anyway

I used to go swimming at pinion and on the way in you passed an old cabin that was falling down. I noticed several years in a row, that there were lilacs blooming every spring when I would take my dogs out to swim in the creek. It was too cold for a wimp like me...the water was fresh off of the mountain. I had to wait till mid July before I could force myself in. I could however sit for hours up there by the creek, there were only peaceful sounds and you could think without interruption for days I suppose.

Every time I would drive by the old cabin I would get a little sad...I wondered who lived there? Were they happy? Where did they go? It was after all, a beautiful place to live.

Jump ahead 10 years...I found out who used to live there.

My mom and her family. Her mom died shortly after they moved out of the cabin and moved into town. Grandma Ellen died of leukemia in 1953, my mom was 7.

This is the latest thing that my mom has sent to me to haunt me till my dying days. Funny thing is...the crazy bitch doesn't know that I used to hang out at the cabin. My Auntie told me, years after my time up there that, that is where they lived for a while.

Dreams live on

The walls of the old old cabin were weathered soft and brown.

The creek still sang by the doorway.

The fences were crumbling down.

The plowed ground taken over by the wild brush.

A dream here that proved to be in vain.

But straight and tall by the doorway the lilacs were

blooming again.

You could tell by the look of the cabin the years had been

many and long.

But a dream still lived in the lilacs long after the dreamer was gone.

Ellen Davis 1916-1953

My Grandma Ellen was a bit of a poet in her time. She had a few of her poems published. Although I couldn't tell you where.

Chemical Peels..anyone?

2009-02-04T12:50:00.002-07:00

Has anyone ever had one? Do they hurt? My esthetician says that the one she uses has a built in numbing effect? Is she lying to me? OK you guys wouldn't lie to me would you?

I finally get 3 seconds to myself and now I have to go get kids in 20 minutes...

My son and mostly me got an A+ on our science fair project! The science teacher was so proud of me :) OK she was proud of Josh too.

Buddha is still a non housebroken little turd..literally. Now he likes to bark in the middle of the night, right in my ear. He hears the healer outside barking and running the deer off of my haystack and he has to tell everyone in the house what a good job she is doing. Little ass!

Could whoever commented as anon please sign your name to your comments...I am so paranoid that I will have to shut this blog down too. AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH MRS PARKS! You seriously don't want that! She got a, new to her, sewing machine and she knows how to use it now!

I don't deserve the dear and very sweet Mrs Parks!

2009-02-02T21:25:00.005-07:00

Here I am getting "stuff" done and Mrs Parks in tending to my fading blog...what a sweet heart! I am going to have to send her puffy heart things for V day. Hmmm...flowers? Candy? A little Russian dude perhaps? Just kidding, sort of, about the Russian dude.

I have hit a huge major gigantic wall...I can't for the life of me think of anything to blog about??? Any ideas?

So I give you some funny pictures I got in an email...their kind of rude....so if you have tender eyes...don't look

Hello, My name is Buddha's Mom and I am a bad blogger

2009-01-30T11:40:00.004-07:00

Where in the heck do the days go?

OK, I have apologized...now I have a funny story that happened today.

My Dish Network went out again 3 days ago. Yes, I have been without TV for 3 days...it's un-heard of around here.

Anyway the guy shows up this morning and he's in his early 20's. He sounds like he's from Russia or somewhere there abouts and he can't speak very good English yet. He's a little on the adorable side too...should that matter? No, not unless your a mean ole SAHM like me.

So Russian dude comes in and takes his boots off at the door... (I think I love him!) and says "What seems to be you problem with you TV?

Me... "I don't have TV".

Russian dude... "Where is your dish Ma'am?"

Me..."Up on the left side of the house..over there...you can get to it by going through my

bedroom window."

Russian dude...(all squirmy and terrified looking) uhm...ok...uhmm, OK Ma'am I will go to your bedroom." He was terrified!

Me..."Would you like some coffee or a soda?"

Russian dude..."Gulp..No thank you Ma'am."

Me..."Well, if you would rather you could use a ladder from the front porch too."

Russian dude...(very relieved) "OH! OK OK that's what I will do Ma'am!!"

Poor handsome little Russian dude thought he was going to get raped by probably another SAHM. Bwhahahahha

Sadly that's where my story ends!

Are you acidic or alkali?

2009-01-23T05:42:00.003-07:00

Have you seen these yet?

Human ph strips

I discovered these over at Ashley's Closet.

I took my test yesterday and I am slightly acidic and I should pay attention to what I eat.

Well Duh!

No seriously, it says if you are too acidic it could interfere with your weight loss. I'm all about the ever eluding weight loss. I did hubby, both kids and Buddha. Buddha was quite willing to take my little test. The kids and Buddha are in good shape. Hubby and I need to possibly quit drinking diet Pepsi :(

I have to investigate more before I do something so drastic.

It has rained alllllll night....on top of our 3 foot of snow....messy messy.

This is a huge block of snow that is sliding off of my roof.

It came back positive!

2009-01-22T07:45:00.005-07:00

It's official...I'm gonna be an alpaca nanny (?) mommy (?) grandma (? shut up) somewhere around June 21st. En Vogues pregnancy test came back positive.

Happy dances for Vogue!

She was bred to this guy...

The Alpaca, Camelot...not Justin ;)

So I'm thinking...the baby will beeeee... white!

Whites are not my favorite but their fleece is in higher demand because you can dye it any color you choose. Bummer thing is the alpacas carry their baby's for 11 months, acckkkk I don't think I can wait 5 more months. It was like torture waiting 6 months to find out if she was even pregnant. Yes! I was a mess when I was pregnant myself. I have the patience of a 2 year old and it does not do me well.

More good news!

I finalized the deal last night to get Ronda and Baby Cakes bred to this guy in March...He resides in New York but he is making a trip to Denver just to meet Ronda and Baby...oooo la la

Isn't he handsome?

And then, as if the waiting wasn't bad enough...I will get En Vogue

(it seems barbaric to me, but you re-breed them 3 weeks after they give birth??)

and Rita bred to this guy, we hope. He hasn't made any baby's yet so we are hoping that by July he will be ready.

The younger boys...ya know...the inexperienced boys are cheaper, just like in real life lol.

He seems to be a bit on the wild side...he will fit right in around here!

Are you sick of my baby stories yet? I am so excited I have to tell someone! Hubby is sick of listening to me talk about other studs...

Chi's, Tuna Casserole and alpacas

2009-01-21T11:11:00.004-07:00

So I am at a loss today. What to blog about? Hmmm. The little Chi Chi would rather eat cake than a diet tuna casserole....I can't say as I blame him. I didn't want anyone to know that I was eating cake, but in the name of blogging nothing is sacred. Besides I started and I must have sugar...damned be the one that gets in my way! Except little Buddha...I would share my husband if he/Buddha wanted him bwhahaha.

Buddha is the subject of blogging today.

So anyway I am registering my alpacas and getting a breeder id blah blah today (did you know it cost $50 a head to register an alpaca and $125 for a breeder id? I didn't and I'm still having sticker shock). Anyway remember the caricature guy, his name is Rick, that commented on my other blog? Well he made me a logo....

What do you think? Pretty awesome right? I took 4 million pictures of my mountain and of Baby Cakes and I think he nailed it.

I am spoiling the girls today. They have been in the tiny little pen too long, so I let them out onto my yard...gasp...don't tell hubby. Well hubby will figure it out when he sees alpaca prints to hell and back in the snow. You probably can't see them out the window? I think one of the cats is teasing them.

Well hows that for an absolutely boring day?

Denver National Stock Show 2009

2009-01-20T06:34:00.005-07:00

I went, I saw and can I just say it was nuts! The only thing I have to compare to this was Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras. While these people were drinking they were not throwing beads or showing off their tata's.

They were however wearing their cowboy hats that look like they are used once a year. Their cowboy boots were brand new and stiff. Their children were enthralled by the sight of the horses, cattle, sheep, pigs and the alpacas. They had the alpacas stuck in a far away corner of the stadium, but it was well worth the hike. The huacaya alpacas look like really odd teddy bears and the children loved them.

I also fell in love while I was there. His name is Maxx. Maxx is awesome. I do believe Maxx is going to be the daddy to my babies....well at least one of my babies. I found a godsend at the stock show. She has some beautiful male suri alpacas (both of the guys that she had there, took Grand Champion in their class this year!) that will fit into my program perfectly. I went out to her farm and visited for a couple of hours. I think in those 2 hours I learned enough to feel comfortable with sending all of my girls to her. Not only does she have Maxx, she also has Aurileus, Rockstar and Snowman...and she said she would pick which herd sire would go best with my girls... sniff ....I am so happy.

She also took me into her studio.....heaven is all I can say. She has her fleece made into fabric instead of yarn. When you ran your hand across it, it felt like silk but thicker like creme de la creme as compared to milk.

I am also a lazy idiot! I didn't take my new camera. I thought it would be too heavy to pack around along with my purse and my spoiled little dog...I was right but I missed some awesome shots. Anyway I borrowed this picture from the Internet because it is of the Stock Show parade in downtown Denver this year AND it is across the street from where we stayed. If you ever get a chance to come to Denver, you have to stay at the Oxford Hotel. It is one of the oldest hotels in Denver that was built during the silver rush during the 1800's.

Very nice cozy hotel.

Photo by Nina Davidson,

OK unfortunately I have to clean up now. My house looks like a class 5 hurricane hit.

OH I almost forgot .... Yea Obama! What a day this will be!

Friday's Foto

2009-01-15T20:35:00.001-07:00

Dad and Clyde

Aren't they a handsome couple?

This was taken 8 years ago at Bullhead City, Nevada.

They were not hung over or sick they just seem to look like they are. Dad was asleep and lard ass Clyde decided he wanted to nap with Dad.

Rest in peace guys. I miss you!
Head over to Candid Carries for some Friday Foto Fun!

He evicted them :(

2009-01-15T09:23:00.003-07:00

Hell froze over yesterday!

I broke down and cleaned youngest's room, I know, I'm weak.

(I couldn't find the Buddha poo in that mess)

Upon seeing youngest's room last night, oldest declares he wants me to do his room too!

His only request is a sad one...he said to get rid of all of his stuffed animals.

Whaaaaaa boo hoo sniff, snivel.

I want my baby back!

I do not want to enter this next realm that is looming upon us.

Just so you know my dear friends I fully intend on screaming and kicking the entire way.

He did say these 2 could stay. One I gave him in the hospital after his hip surgery and the other one he has been attached to since he was a little guy, sniff OK....I feel a little better :)

Trigger ain't got nothin on me

2009-01-13T15:21:00.002-07:00

Do ya think I am feeding him enough?

Is this what they mean by "A figure like Trigger"?

Florida Keys

2009-01-13T06:19:00.000-07:00

I am going somewhere warm for Spring Break, I want to go to the Florida Keys. Can someone tell me where to stay? I have to take my dog, who is not really a dog. It has to be Tween friendly because I can't stand it when my kids stand in the middle of the motel room and whine that they are bored.

SWF Looking for long walks in the park and baby's

2009-01-12T05:25:00.005-07:00

I have been online all weekend trying to find a boyfriend/husband for the girls. Can I just say this is going to be difficult. So many handsome fellas...so little money. There was one guy that was $50,000 he was pretty but not that pretty. That would be like the movie Pretty Woman. My girls aren't rich and neither is their owner. These are some of my picks. This first one Polo Fields Brix would make beautiful baby's with Rita, but they are both a few years away from the responsibility's of parent hood lol. And then there is Pro's Caliber who is awesome and quite experienced with the ladies. I really like Suri Peaks Zakar but he is going to put a dent into the pocketbook. It is so confusing when you don't know what your looking for. Hubby is going to take me to the National Western Stock show in Denver this weekend. I am going to be sitting on the judges laps asking a million questions like a curious 4 year old. Yeah... I would probably be escorted out by security.

I found a vet from a few towns over that was willing to make a house call on a Saturday. We were trying to do a pregers test on En Vogue. En Vogue is a bitch...a really mean one. There was four of us sitting/laying/pushing on her and we just barely got enough blood for the test. If she was pregnant she probably aborted. I really don't think she is pregnant but I am hoping!

Buddha tried to commit suicide yesterday...the dumb little shit ran into the alpaca pen like he knew what he was doing?? Honda Ronda reared up on her back feet and came down inches away from him. I had 37 heart attacks before I could catch him...he thought we were all playing with him. grrrr. I have to teach him to "come" bewwwwwaaahahaha.

I got another card from the crazy mother. She basically said that I can't change the past so I should grow up and act like an adult. I really would like to right something back but I will be the grown up in this sick little situation. The funny thing is on the back of the envelope it said "Good Letter", hubby and I both started laughing. There is no such thing as a good letter from her. I must be getting a handle on the situation...it bothered me for about 3 seconds and then I read the rest of my mail, while muttering something about being a crazy bitch.

Did you notice my wallpaper? I did it all by myself...yay me. It doesn't really match the rest of the blog...but I got it on there so I will now become Sybil the second.

My world is tilted a little to the left

2009-01-09T12:37:00.003-07:00

LOOK OUT SYBILS SISTER IS IN THE HOUSE!

I stayed up half of the night last night trying to download and learn Photoshop c4....It downloaded after an hour and a half last night. This morning I uninstalled it. I would need 2 years of training to figure that stuff out. Anyway I am a bit on the grouchy side from my little all night party with photoshop. I am telling hubby who is still home from his encounter with the dentist, that I don't know what to do with my boys. Why are they so slovenly? I wish I had a girl (I know I know, I haven't had any sleep). I'm almost in tears because of the crap all over the house...their clothes thrown where ever they drop off of their stinky bods. They leave towels all over the bathroom and Buddha poo's on them..icky. And you have heard my tales of their bedrooms. You get the idea right? I'm fed up.

My little sister calls about the time I am ready to take off running from my dirty house.

I don't know if I ever mentioned her adoption of 4 kids within 2 years. She and her husband tried for 10 years or so to have babies of their own. She finally decided to become a foster parent and wound up adopting 4 of the 6 kids that she fostered. Pretty cool story right? She calls this morning to tell me that my BIL had to move out of the house...he did something inappropriate. Uhhhmmm what? I have called her back twice in the last hour to ask her again what she just told me.

What?

Apparently it was something that is not one but two felonies, BUT it's not bad enough for her to divorce him.

What?

She is going to work it out. They are getting a lawyer to help them get him back in her house.

What?

I am so confused. She started to tell me what it was that he did and I told her I didn't want to know. I am going to have to make ANOTHER phone call and ask because I am confused as shit.

This is the sister with her shit together and she wants to save her marriage to him, and the two girls that he did something inappropriate with, want him to come home...they are not afraid of him. What?

OK you get that I am confused right? Here's what I started out to tell you. My kids' rooms are a minuscule drop in the bucket compared to the world around me. Dirty smirty...that's my excuse for not cleaning up after my two male pigs today.

Tee Hee

2009-01-08T12:13:00.002-07:00

I just imported all of my post from the other blog onto this blog and now I am going to delete that other blog ;P....do you think she will find me? All 302 posts are in my list of post's, but not published. So that means they won't come up if they are googled right. Right? Right...damn it.

Everyone needs a little Sybil in their lives

2009-01-07T05:44:00.005-07:00

Did you notice the wallpaper? Sybil aka Miss Marilyn was so kind as to help me put a wallpaper on the blog. Cool huh?

Speaking of cool...is anyone else sick of winter already? It snowed again and again and again and it is starting to interfere with my life. hhaha. It has to be pretty bad to interfere with my boring life.

First off I have been without Internet for 4 days...cuz that's how smart I am. I thought the snow filling up the satellite dish was messing up my connection. Nope it wasn't that.

Second off hubby has a terrible case of periodontal disease. He had to have all of his top teeth pulled and a few on the bottom. This was on Monday. He couldn't talk until last night. That's when he says "My card may have expired" (the one that pays the satellite people?) ahhahahaaaaa. So I was on the phone until 9:00 pm last night talking to some people down south. I say that because they reminded me of Tiffany on her video. I would giggle every time one of them would talk to me. I could listen to them talk all day long. So anyway that explains my MIA situation.

My kids started back to school on Tuesday, how is it possible that you get busier when you ship them off? They are not happy about the fact that they HAVE TO GO back to school. It is a good thing they went back...they were about to be absorbed by xbox. I can't complain too much I think I have WIIitis. I play the WII for awhile and then I can't move my arms for awhile. I have been walking around ouch...ouch...ouch. I guess that means I am overdoing it.

OK enough of my crap...here is a picture of Buddha herding cats. They said it couldn't be done.

Rollin, rollin, rollin...keep those kitties rollin

You can't see it in the first picture, but he has back up.

Herding kitties is hard work.

2009-01-06T17:43:00.002-07:00

Sybil has left the building!

Snow, snow go away, come again another day

2009-01-03T07:09:00.002-07:00

It's a small blizzard outside. I say small because on my weatherbug, in animated mode, shows that this storm shall pass soon. Somedays weatherbug is on crack and I hope today is not one of those days.
I am having Christmas with my sister today. We live 10 miles apart...how sad is that? We had one party canceled because of a death in the family on her childrens fathers side. Did that make sense? My house is a wreck and now my road is also a wreck. Thank god sis loves me.

I have gotten several comments on my old blog that I am letting my mom win. She doesn't win. In fact this will drive her (more) insane. She hates it when she is not in the middle of everyone's business...which makes me a happy girl lol. Hey I tried to make it work and now I am tired after my 43 year lonnng fight with an insane woman that thinks she has the right to call herself a mom. I have been worrying myself sick over the fact that I do share the same gene's as her, well at least half of them. Am I going to go crazy? Somedays I can feel the crazy sneeking in around the edges of my brain. Or is that just life sneeking in? I get really confused somedays as to whether I am going insane or is the worrying and thinking about it making me insane??? I do believe that it is the thought of being like her when I am in my 60's that makes me insane. I have 20 years to think about that one and you poor souls will have to endure with me:)

I am html challenged

2008-12-31T09:53:00.003-07:00

Z'S mom, Karla is trying her very best to help me become html savvy, she has her work cut out for her. I tried and tried on my laptop and nothing would happen. So I moved into the office where my hubby just had a new computer brought in for us to do his office work on. It is a massive computer with two monitors. When you are opening a zillion pages one right after another (because you want your blog to be beautiful like Karla's) it opens them on the opposite screen from the last page. You can drag the pages from screen to screen if you really want to have some fun. I'm in a hurry this morning...I don't want to have fun right now..I have stuff to do. So instead of a cool wallpaper and header I came up with black and 1 so so header. Scrap blog is fun but I need more time to figure this out. This kind of fun could do damage to a OCD person.

ANYWAY I just wanted to stop by and wish everyone a fabulous and safe New Year!

That was a pain in the backside

2008-12-26T11:30:00.000-07:00

Yay, you followed me...yay.

That wasn't so hard now was it? hhhaahhhaha snort snort. I thought, well it won't take much to start a new blog....cough, cough. I guess it did take me an entire year to make the last blog beautiful in a messy sort of way, so this one will take 2. I kinda like it empty and clean instead of kramed full and cluttered. So I hope my unwanted followers don't follow me to this blog. I made the mistake of telling one family member about my blog and before you knew it...they all were reading it. Including my insane peice of shit mom. So here we are all new and I can talk about whomever I want. That is why we blog isn't it? To vent about our families that drive us insane. OK I need to go see if I can get some of your attention without giving up my secret identity.

Testing, testing

2008-12-26T11:04:00.000-07:00

Is this thing on?