Okay Folks,
I left Maryland this morning, dropped my two gally girls off with their dad, grabbed my 18 year old for supper and a movie to get some in time (she is a working girl now and is registered for college this fall so she doesn't make the trek out this summer), and am now back at the apartment.
Tomorrow I am headed into the office for a staff meeting (one hour) then headed out for Pennsylvania (two hours) to catch my mom and sister-in-law for lunch, spend the night with my parents before togging out once again for my sweet home in Maryland (6 hours).
I have to get home and hug my sweet hubby, he got portable dvd players for the kids, so when they ride, they can divert some of the 9 hour ride with that, I tell you, that was a blessing! We left early after a breakfast out, then they slept until after lunch so we grabbed drinks and a snack to hold off until 5, where we reached home town, ate supper and had them to their dad's by 6 o'clock change time and not one complaint! Matter of fact the girls can't wait for the two weeks to fly by so we can do it all over again.
*takes a deep breath*
I found this picture and thought it was the perfect description to my life. I travel 4 states, (MD, DEL, PA and NY) and where I live in MD is only 20 minutes from Virginia. What state am I in most days? Confusion!
My middle child said I was a Yankel. (mixture of north and south) I was born in NJ, raised mostly in PA, lived 15 years in NY and last 2 in MD. I have a mixture in language, truly. I say many PA things, like crick for creek, ruf for roof and rum for room, I will some days ask if 'use guys are comin' yet say goodbye to 'yu'all' and say 'Now' if something is nice or sweet.
Matthew had a friend who lived up near where I did in Ny, near the apartment, for years. He asked me how I drove (I knew he meant what route), but I am so me, and I positioned my hands as if I were driving and said *looking really serious* "Like this." Matthew laughed right away because he KNEW I would go there, and his friend realizing what I just did, shook his head and said, "Oh man, you have your hands full Matt."
*grins and whispers* Use guys know me and you all know he does, huh?

If you read Rholt's blog, 'Unskilled and Mediocre', you will find that he and I have been tossing around the ole cell phone.
Bob posted his dismay of having some ring tones dashing around in his head for the rest of the day. I then commented and explained how vibrating phones have caused a terror in the heart of someone I know and love. Bob, then set forth a challenge from my blog,to find the top ten cell tunes, yet when I did my homework, I came up with nothing concrete. I then realized, the taste is ours!
What cell tunes have you downloaded or used for particular people on your phone list?

Here are my top list:
Oldest daughter, I have Greenday ~ Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Hubby, John Mayer ~ Neon
(He has Billy Joel's ~ 'New York State of Mind' for my ring)
Youngest daughter ~ Muppets tune
Middle daughter ~ Invader Zim tune
EX ~ Beethoven's 5th

Besides my ex's ring, I was in line one day and someone had set a siren for their ring tone, Now that was annoying.

Tell us your favorites.
What jingle do you hate to hear?

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_image_quiz.htm

Here is my results:

You answered 39 items out of 45 correctly.

Your score is 87%. Great job!

So how much of what you see do you believe?
Test yourself!

This is a trip, I guessed lucky at most of them so don't be daunted, it is great fun and sometimes spooky!

Lacey has been a part of Matthew and My life now for 6 months.
She is spoiled rotten. We are finally apart from the long nights, poor Matthew suffered through that much on his own. He got up 3 to 4 times a night but now she does much better and can make the whole night before being let out.
Lacey is much like having a child again. We have to spell certain words around her because if she hears them, she won't give up begging for it or bugging for it. The list right now consists of, w-a-l-k, t-o-y, and r-i-d-e.
She has learned to sit, fetch and catch, lay down and shake, on command.
Although the ball is a good game of fetch, and her coordination is finally catching up with her, frisbee is still a one time deal because she loves to chew on it. The game of Frisbee consists of her running, catching, chewing all the way back to us, then dodging the release of it while she chews as fast and as hard as she can until we finally pry it from her. Thus, this game tires us out and we lack playing it much.
We trained her to a pen and she loves her *whispers* b-e-d, but when Matthew is home alone, she will sleep on the end of the bed a couple of nights when he pretends she isn't there, she tries to remain as quiet as possible to not waken him, it's actually quite comical.
Lacey cannot be trusted on her own, she is teething still and EVERYTHING is a chewy toy.
She is a sweety though, and the funniest thing is Matthew owns a massager that is the shape of a frog. She now thinks it is hers because we used it on her one night, she loves the thing! If you use it on someone else she whines and nudges until it is used on her own self. That too has to be spelled..the f-r-o-g-g-y, or she wants you to use it on her right then and is relentless until it happens.



Oh baby girl, you are a loved doggie!

Okay, this blog post was inspired by a friend's blog, Unskilled and Mediocre, by Rholt.
Bob will be proud!
It is about cell phones, okay, mine in particular, but feel free to tell me about yours in the comments. If you own one, what it looks like and if you use it much and what peeves you have.

*proudly displays a shiny silver device*
I have a cell phone awareness badge.
I own the top-of-the-line verizon Bluetooth capable, web search phone.
This beauty is a must see. The wireless Bluetooth is a chrome pink and lights up blue.

*looks wide eyed and open mouthed pointing delightedly at her wireless connection device*
*hugs cell phone*

I love my cell phone capabilities, and I have purchased song bytes that fit the personality of my friends who call me. Including the song 'your so vain' for my ex.
*nods with serious look on her face*
*points her finger outward, shaking it slightly with a frown*
Please turn off your phone or on vibrate when out at public events.
I turn my phone off when I attend any public events, including dinner out. You never have to worry about being able to hear around me, I am not about to interrupt any public outing, besides I like to let my phone box receive messages as well so you all can reach my recorded voice encouraging a message.
I never answer if I am with a friend, I think this is a rude thing, to have someone pick up their phone and chat with someone while their present body is facing you. I have experienced this first hand and felt a bit cheated of my time and ended up cutting it shorter than I had planned because it seemed that my friend was more worried about missing a call than visiting.
Now, I will say that I have an attachment more than most because a lot of times my phone is my only connection to hubby and kids. I can talk free to them at any time or state since we all have verizon and it is free cell to cell, but it is not to be used to make anyone else's life inconvenient. My family know the rules of etiquette too, and we all practice them and so we are not upset if we have to leave a text or voice message.
There are other benefits to having a phone. For one, decorating it!
*hopping from one foot to the other in anxious delight*
I do like the fact that I can purchase a new carry case and bangle for it. I have a summer theme right now and if you were to be around when hubby calls you would hear Kenny Chesney sing 'old blue chair', you would see that I have a wallpaper of the beach and have a flip flop bangle hanging off of it!

*twangs flip flop to make it move back and forth for added effect*
Okay,*shrugs* so I really like my cell, if you have any complaints, or compliments.... *grins wide*..........call me!