Emotional breakfast

             I must admit this month has pretty sad and emotional for our family as many of you probably know my mom's cousin from Florida passed away and it seems like only yesterday I was over at his house giggling and laughing and sampling food that he was cooking.  I also remember him wishing me a happy mother's day and me giggling and saying "Thanks but I am not a mother."  He just laughed and said "Not yet but I am sure you will become one when you meet the right guy." I never got to see Jeffery that much since he did live in Florida but there are a couple things I will always remember such as his cooking and his sense of humor.  But anyway he will always be missed and emotions are still pretty raw especially for his his immediate family like uncle Robert and aunt Sue and Jeffery's siblings.
             Well anyway yesterday was the day that uncle Robert and aunt Sue and grandma were coming in from Florida for the memorial that's taking place on the 27th.  Mom was the one who was going to pick them up from the airport and Mark and grandpa, and I were at grandpa's preparing breakfast or rather warming up breakfast that mom prepared ahead of time.   Mom had made a breakfast casserole and all that needed to be done was prepare some bagels that grandpa had purchased.  Anyway it was all ready by the time they arrived but we didn't eat right away we just sat around and talked and that was when it got emotional. Uncle Robert had pulled out his cell and said that he'd better call Bobby, and everyone in Fl to let them know that they got in safely but before he said Bobby's name he Jeffery's name slipped out and it hit him and me kind of hard too.  He started to tear up and mentioned that Jeffery called him every morning and that he loved cooler weather and he seemed extra cheerful when it got done in the 50's in Fl.
                 It was cooler yesterday.  everyone was in jeans and heck I was in my UGG boots which are my favorite shoes ever.  I LOVE both pair of my Uggs.  I said to mom if you buy me another pair of UgG boots in another color for Christmas I will be so happy.  :)
                  Well anyway just seeing Uncle Robert cry got to me because you rarely see a man cry and I remember when I was little I remember thinking when a boy reached a certain age like 18 he couldn'tcry anymore so yes it gets to me.  Well anyway I think I better go.  Lots to do.  Have a great day. XOXO
                           

A miniture Thanksgiving day

                   Well if you all have been following me since last year you all should know that my favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. As I recalled I mentioned that in the post that I titled Thanksgiving preparations or Preparations for Thanksgiving either one it was the same post and I explained why it was my favorite holiday and how I share that with my dad.  Well anyway Saturday dad had invited me over for the night and to watch football Sunday and he had the menu planned for Saturday night which were burgers, tater tots, and whatever we wanted to drink.  Sunday he was originally going to make his usual which are spaghetti and meatballs, and homemade garlic bread but then he thought of a small twelve pound turkey he had downstairs and he said I better cook that now before it goes bad.  So of course he called James and said mentioned that he will need some help frying the turkey and that Nate and him were welcome to come over along with Hailee and Carson. If you are wondering about Carson she's James's new girlfriend and Hailee's best friend.  
                      Anyway Sunday literally did feel like a miniature Thanksgiving.  Yes at Thanksgiving people are usually by the TV watching football or the parade and eating chips or gathered together laughing and the one who is frying or basting the turkey is joining in on the laughter but keeping an eye on the turkey as well.  It was all being done but  everything was smaller then a normal Thanksgiving including the crowd.  Nate didn't want to come and Hailee didn't know about it.  Dad made of course two of the usual sides which was the green bean casserole, and mashed potatoes and used cambells gravy as a shortcut. 
                    Everyone but myself went up for seconds.  It was that good.  :)  I wanted to but I am trying to watch my girlish figure lol.  Anyway talk about Thanksgiving even came up.  I will not be spending it with dad this coming year I will be spending it with my mom and Mark in South Carolina.  :)  But even though I was a miniature Thanksgiving it did feel that I celebrated it with my dad.  :)   Well better get going.  XOXO

Book overview (Pretty Little liars book 1)

It has been awhile since I had posted a book review on the book that I was reading hadn't it? Sometimes I do go through a spurt as where I lose interest in the genera of books that I am reading and that I need to switch it up and I had the hardest time deciding what that should be until I watched a documentary of the making of the ABC family's Tv series Pretty Little Liars and the author Sara Shepard said that it was going the tv producers are doing things differently as far as the mystery, thriller, ect and I thought what the heck I am going to start and I read it in 9 days which is really fast for it usually takes a good two weeks to a month to get through a book. But then again it also depends on the length of it and what is going on. Ok enough chitter chatter.
OVERVIEW
Gossip thrives amid the Mercedes-Benzes mega mansions, and perfectly manicured hedges in the exclusive town of Rosewood Pennsylvania. Behind their big Gucci sunglasses, beneath their perfectly pressed polos, everyone has something to hide. Especially high school juniors Spencer, Aria, Emily, and Hannah. Spencer covets her sister's gorgeous new boyfriend, Aria is having an affair with her English teacher. Emily is infatuated with the new girl in school, and Hannah is using some ugly tricks to stay beautiful. Deeper and darker still is a horrible secret have shared since sixth grade, a secret that they thought was safe forever.
MY THOUGHTS
I loved this book because it kept me wondering about each of the characters and what was going to happen to them. Yes they throw some wicked curve balls at you as far as the differences from the show. Many of the characters have different physical traits then the TV series but the personalities were there. I however wouldn't recommend this book to a preteen such as 10 or 12 and I must admit there is a lot of drinking and cussing, and just really advanced behavior such as even bulimia. It is a teenage desperate housewives but heck if you are 16, 18, maybe looking for a good thriller mystery to start in high school or even when you are 25 like me give it a try. It will leave you hanging :-). I already purchased book 2.
Well better get going. Need to take a shower. :-)

Cleaning frenzy

                  Do any of you of that one place in your home that you dread to clean?  Of course it wouldn't surprise me if anyone said the kitchen or the bathrooms since everyone is in it so much but how about the bedroom?  Trust me that can be also the least favorite room to clean depending on how messy you are.  I must confess I can be messy and it doesn't help that I have a small room because even leaving the bed unmade and make it look worse then it is, but on the other hand having a small room also makes it easier to clean.  But anyway everyday till yesterday when I would open my door I would just shake my head and stare at the mess I had created overtime and say,
                              "Tomorrow for sure,"
                             but of course one thing would lead to another and I would keep on making excuses such as, I have a birthday party to attend and need  to get ready, or I am going to dad's" 
                                   It would almost remind you of someone who makes excuses of a weight loss program doesn't it?  Well anyway yesterday I didn't have any excuse.The weather was awful.  (We were under a tornado warning in fact.)  But I was keeping an eye out and watching the news so that I knew to get downstairs in the basement.
                        Anyway I DID almost everything as far as cleaning
                                   made the bed
                                   emptied the trash can out and picked up access things off the floor
                                   Windex and dusted
                                    hang up clothes
                                    take my dirty clothes downstairs. 
                                         What I still need to do
                                                 Vacuum
                                                 The reason why I haven't yet was because if I ask mom to help she wants to do it and yes I am capable of vacuuming.  I don't know why but I just want that great feeling that I cleaned my room on my own.  :)  Well better go.  Till next time.     
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Pretty in pink

              Has anyone ever had the trouble of finding the perfect outfit to wear for a party where it has taken days to decide?  Trust me I just went through that problem this past week for Aria's birthday party that Becca was throwing.  I think the reason it was so difficult was that it involved one of my least favorite colors pink.  The theme of the party was tutu since Aria just turned two and if you were not able to wear a tutu wear pink which I got admit made me cringe because I am not big on pink.  Now for those that know me and  see me on a daily basis know that I DO own a few tops and one pair of shorts that are pink but it's not like I wear them all the time and they are more on the hot pinkish or purplish side.  
               In fact I did feel a little down about not owning enough of the color I went to my mom and asked her this,
                  "Why can't I be more girlie?, I feel so useless at times."
                    Mom of course knew about the party and the theme and what I was struggling with.  She just looked at me laughed and said, 
                     "You're too big to wear a tutu and she said there was nothing wrong with me not being super girlie.  
                      In the end it was all settled I wore my watermelon colored spaghetti strap top with my blue jean jacket over it along with a pair of jeans since it was a bit nippy and white shoes with a flower in my hair with makeup on.  

             This is my over all look for those who haven't seen.  

             The party was fun.  Most of the adults that attended had the same idea as far as the women.  They had flowers in their hair or wore fancy skirts or pink.  Becca looked goreous in a hot pink top and Aria looked cute in her tutu and little ballet slippers.  She loved her gifts.  I got her a snow cone maker and I think her family got her piano which she LOVED making music with her aunt.  So all in all it was a great party.

          Well better get going.  I am going to catch up on some TV shows.  Till next time bye.  

Cedear point update, novel fustration

                Yes, I am still here if you want to know.  I have been so occupied lately with stuff around the house and the novel writing I haven't really thought about blogging or I would think about it but just say I would do it later and then never get to it.  I almost need to do it in the morning when I am having my cup of coffee so that I don't forget because I know many of you enjoy reading the posts that I write.  Well I have been meaning to update you on the Cedear point trip and the progress of the sci fi novel I am writing.
                               Beautiful day at Cedear Point
                                    Well as I mentioned in my last post we were not able to go with Mandi and Charles but Nathan, and Hailee, and Mark joined Mom and I on the 11th which was that Thursday and we couldn't have picked a better day.  It was partly cloudy, maybe in the low 80's and we packed a cooler full of drinks, and food, so that we didn't have to spend a whole bunch of money on food.  Mom even got us preferred parking so that we didn't have to walk all that far from the park.  But anyway we got there around 10:30 and Nathan was immediately for riding the newest ride The Gate keeper.  But the thing was we didn't have a fast lane pass.  which was a wristband that could allow you to wait less and ride more by entering the fast lane entrance.  
                                  Anyway people who enter that entrance can get on 30 minutes faster then those who just wait in the regular line.  Anyway the wait for the Gate Keeper was an hour and a half without the fast lane and it was the busiest time.  I was about ready to kill Nathan because we may have been able to get on a couple other roller coasters or rides at that time and it was the very first one.  Nathan seemed to agree and thought it would get busier as time wore on but he was wrong.  Anyway neither of us were thrilled with the Gate keeper.  Mom complained about the harness being too tight and Nathan just didn't understand what the fuss was about.  After getting on The Raptor a similar upside down one we all agreed it that one was better.  
                                      Yes we did end up purchasing the fast lane passes.  We all agreed it was the way to go and even though mark seemed against it at first because of the price mom looked at him and said, "How often do we really go to Cedear point? maybe once every five years."  The fast track is what it's called and it's good for all the roller coasters except the top thrill dragster (fastest and I think highest roller coaster in the world.)  I don't remember the name of every roller coaster or ride that we went on but I will give you a list 
    The Gatekeeper
     Raptor
     Gimini (If you've been on that one you know that two roller coasters race each other.  (Nathan and Hailee in the blue car and Mom, Mark, and I in the red.  I didn't see the out come.  I think they won but we kept passing each other.  
Mavric (I don't like that one)
The iron dragon 
Magnum 
Millennium force  
Top Thrill Dragster )  I blacked out on that.  I was so petrified and mom was trying to calm me down assuring me it was going to be ok.  That is the worst thing you can do to me when I am petrified.  if you want to help me out when I am petrified Don't say anything!  even saying Heather I'm right here doesn't help.  Even Nathan's voice didn't help me.   When I am petrified or nervous about something I usually start imagining or even start hearing people's voices telling me I am a coward or I am too crippled to do it.  
             I kept hearing my grandparent's voices telling me that.  I knew that wasn't true because they were not there.  But I kept hearing the voices inside saying that she's too crippled, she'll have a seizure and I'd just tap my fingers against the railing as we would move closer.  I would mutter to myself,
                          "You are not backing out, you have to face your fear sooner rather then later."  
                            But anyone who has ridden the top thrill dragster knows that the ride takes off in a flash and is over in less then 3 seconds.  In fact it is just one huge hill.  Well I could see nothing but black and mom had to yank me back and I didn't even feel her do it.  She said I had blacked out.  If you ask how I liked that ride I have no answer because I don't really remember it.  I almost have to go on it again just to see.  But it was the perfect day for Cedear point.  :)
                                            Novel 
                                              Yes as I mentioned to you before I am still working on the novel.  I have had good days and bad days.  See lately I have been getting frustrated because I had written many pages in a way that I really liked but then as I re read them I wanted to change it so I decided to start over and rewrite it in another point of view but then after a bit I decided that the original was better so scrap the new idea and go back to the original.        Sigh when will I ever learn that the orginal works best although I have learned that trying new approach can be helpful.  sometimes I just want to bang my head against a wall but what good would that do LOL.  Now a walk would be helpful then that.  Well better get going.  Till next time Xoxo           

Back to the original plan

                          Boy it has been one crazy week maybe two because of the fact that we knew that Mandi was coming into town with Charles.  In fact we never knew the exact date and as you know I just arrived back from Florida and it felt like I just got settled.  Yes my bags were unpacked, yes I had seen most of the family except for one person and that was dad.  He has been busy so finally we got together this Saturday and had a great time.  We chatted, laughed, and watched him cook and watched a movie and relaxed outside.
                            But anyway plans kept on changing with Mandi because she wanted to take Charles to Cedar Point since he has never been to Ohio before.  She wanted to go Saturday at first but mom and I wanted to go as well and Saturday didn't work because it was Mark's birthday.  So mom said it was OK to go to dad's so it was back to my orginal plan.  Another plan that we had was that dad was going to do ribs, cucumbers and Sour cream, and a rice casserole, but he was afraid that wasn't going to possable because of weather but then he thought what the heck he would do them anyway so it was back to the orginal plan.  So anyway another plan that we had orginally set up was going to Cedear point on Thursday but because of weather Charles and Mandi had wanted to go today but due to an illness we couldn't go so mom, and I and a couple more of us are going Thurs but Mandi and Charles CAN'T because they will be back in South Carolina.  But anyway that is all for now till next time XOXO