wonderful

reba in atlanta.
reuniting with childhood friends in florence
florida at the end of june
and now
a prestine NC beach shore awaits us in July.
how Blessed are we.

bliss.

Memorial Day in Florence with my family, wife, and chi'ren.

words of encouragement.

from mrs. melissa etheridge to rosie.

wtf, man.

White House Seeks Lying Czar

and

G.O.P. Hopefuls Clash Over Who is the Whitest

i was blind, but now i see.

this year's American Idol was boring as hell.
it comes as no surprise that Jordin won.
I must admit that I was disappointed by the Divine Miss M.
I was hoping for a power house performance from the lustrous Bath House Bette.
either way,
it was wonderful to see her perform.
might I add in,
that Kelly Clarkson rocked the house.
oh,
how I love crappy TV shows.
there was absolute nothing on tonight.
however,
Elisabeth hasselback is a ignorant bitch.
but,
that’s nothing new.
I will always be on Rosie’s side.
none of that matters because,
as Reba sings,
talk is cheap and the price is high.
Recently,
the GLBT community lost one of its own due to this sheer outrageous catastrophe.
as a house wife,
i wondered if there was anything i could do about this
(along with this other war bullshit),
so i found a solution what i,
as an individual,
could do.
i wrote a letter to my senators,
imploring them to pass the Matthew Shepard hate crimes Act in the US Senate.
if you are as sickened by this heinous crime as i am,
please do as i did and give voice to well deserved justice for everybody.
this is NOT an act for gay marriage,
this is an act to PROTECT EVERYONE EQUALLY under the hate crimes statute.
i'll outline how to find your senators,
& a pre-written letter to send.
(this is the letter as given to me by the HRC.)
a simple email can and DOES raise awareness.
i have written emails to the senators before and have received an actual letter back via snail mail from one to whom i wrote.
please take 5 minutes out of your day so we can give hope to justice for all.

1- How to find your local senators-
http://capwiz.com/hrc/dbq/officials/
2- Pre-written Letter-
Dear [ Decision Maker ],
As your constituent, I am deeply concerned about hate crimes, and I am writing to ask that you represent the interests of your state by voting YES on the Matthew Shepard Act.Americans overwhelmingly approve of legislation to prevent hate violence.
In fact, three in four (or 68%) support expanding hate crimes laws to include sexual orientation and gender identity and giving local law enforcement the tools and resources they need to investigate and prosecute these tragic acts of bigotry.
I am confident that you will champion the will of voters in your community and the majority of Americans, and bring our federal hate crime laws into the 21st Century, by ensuring that all of our citizens are protected against senseless hate violence.
While a random act of violence against any individual is always a tragic event, we know that violent crimes based on prejudice are meant to terrorize an entire community. As Americans, we must defend our neighbors from becoming victims of bias-motivated violence.
I urge you to vote for this very important legislation.

We, as Americans,
for the time being anyways,
have the power to change this.
Tiananmen Square is proof,
as are Martin Luther King Jr. and Gloria Steinem.
this is still the United States of America.
do what you can to be a responsible and informed citizen
(unlike that dumb bitch Elisabeth H. on The View,
who is nothing more than a well placed widely viewed tool for the right wing propaganda.)


I would also like to leave you with an address of one of the two hospitals for wounded war vets.
please,
if anything,
send a postcard to tell these girls & guys thanks.
(I would post the address to Walter Reed Army Medical Center,
but “Walter Reed Army Medical Center continues to be overwhelmed from the tens of thousands of Americans showing their support to our Wounded Warriors here in the form of cards, letters, care packages and more. However, this patriotic level of support has not only heightened security concerns but has also increased administrative burden, drained resources and limited other functions. Therefore, the medical center is phasing out its ‘To Any Wounded Soldier’ mail program. It is instituting a more effective alternative for such American generosity.
Whether individuals or groups want to send a care package to a soldier, donate airline miles to help reunite returning military men and women with their families, support scholarship funds or send support to wounded service members, the organizations listed below that are dedicated to helping soldiers and their families.
http://www.americasupportsyou.mil
http://www.defendamerica.mil/support_troops.html
http://www.usocares.org/src/uso_donate.htm
http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/tooursoldiers/
http://www.redcross.org”



BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER
3851 ROGER BROOKE DRIVE
FORT SAM HOUSTON, TX,
78234

2.

sinus headache for 2 days straight.
joyous me.
ah,
but tis temporary, no?
somehow
i can see that i should be grateful for the headache.
at least i can have headaches.
i'm getting homesick.
i can't wait til next weekend.
yay!!

i wonder.

Not sure why,
but Prick has been in my head more than I care to like.
I wonder how he feels on my birthday.
I wonder if he thinks of me.
Not that I care what he thinks of me,
as he has made that blatantly and painfully crystal clear.

“Sometimes I think about you
Wonder if you’re out there somewhere thinkin' 'bout me
And would you even recognize the woman that your little girl has grown up to be
‘Cause I look in the mirror and all I see are your brown eyes lookin' back at me
They’re the only thing you ever gave to me at all”

I have no desire to attempt to erect another disastrous relationship with him.
But I think that now as an adult,
looking back,
it would’ve been nice to have truly been a daddy’s girl.
I also know now that parents are far from perfect;
mistakes are made,
especially when you’re the guinea pig.
But I also know that if you allow for it,
love can smother the anger and hatred.
To live one’s life submerged in that darkness
undoubtedly causes blindness to all.
I vowed to eradicate every trace of him from me.
But as time paces onward,
I’d be foolish to deny the reflection I see in the mirror.
You can see him.
While I may not like that,
I can also see where he isn’t,
as compared to where he was.
And I think that,
is quite grand.
"What lies behind us and lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

pimptastic.

bliss.

My decision to take the summer off was a challenging one;
albeit the correct one.
First con on the list:
the heat situation.
Fellow IBS sufferers can easily comprehend.
Second con:
Can't really spend loads of quality time with my Pookie
Third con:
Wouldn’t be able to freely concentrate on training Jackson.
Fourth con:
Skipping classes to travel.
Fifth con:
My attention would be stretched too thin to actually do what I’ve been wanting to,
such as get a couple of paintings finished,
and read a few of the books I’ve been wanting to complete.
Yes, it will take me longer to finish school,
but hey,
if I can take my own pace and keep a 4.0 GPA,
I think I’ll be doing FANTASTIC!!
I was unaware until this afternoon at how remarkably well behaved Jackson is for his age.
We took him to his first puppy class sponsored by our vet,
and the other puppy there was a 6 month old Shi-orkie.
Well, it was obvious to any dog owner that this dog has issues.
Aggressive,
unruly,
not house trained,
or crate trained.
Ha!
It’s been 2 whole days since our youngest son has had any accidents!!
He’s not aggressive,
he’s crate trained,
and mostly obedient.
I am a PROUD Mommy.
We were told what to work on (Come, Sit, Down),
and how to handle the whining.
And that was really all we were told to do!!
Speaking of Mommies…
Mother’s Day was fabulous.
My Mother-In-Law loved her diamond necklace we got her.
I’m sure my Mom will love hers too.
We’ll go there in about a week;
They weren’t home for Mother’s Day weekend.
Oh I cannot WAIT for this summer!!
The trips we have planned are awesome:
Georgia to see REBA!!
(For the SIXTH time, might I add!!)
Florida back to the Gulf Coast!!
Folly and Florence of course,
and quite possibly Georgetown/Pawley’s Island.
Yesth, yesth.
And,
and,
AND…
Bella’s gonna head to the bank sometime soon.
Yesth, progress is being made.
Life is great.
bnb,
IT really happens.

happy birthday, asshole.

I Wonder

Kellie Pickler

Sometimes I think about you
Wonder if you’re out there somewhere
thinkin’ ‘bout me
And would you even recognize the woman
that your little girl has grown up to be
‘Cause I look in the mirror
and all I see are your brown eyes
lookin’ back at me
They’re the only thing
you ever gave to me at all
Oh, I hear the weather’s nice in California
There’s sunny skies as far as I can see
If you ever come back home to Carolina
I wonder what you’d say to me
I think about how it ain’t fair
that you weren’t there to braid my hair
like mothers do
You weren’t around to cheer me on
Help me dress for my high school prom
like mother’s do
Did you think
I didn’t need you here to hold my hand,
to dry my tears
Did you even miss me through the years at all?
Oh, I hear the weather’s nice in California
There’s sunny skies as far as I can see
If you ever come back home to Carolina
I wonder what you’d say to me
Forgiveness is such a simple word
But it’s so hard to do
When you’ve been hurt
Oh, I hear the weather’s nice in California
And just in case you’re wonderin’ about me
From now on I won’t be in Carolina
Your little girl is off,
your little is off, your little girl is off
To Tennessee

so cute..

bnb.

my son adores laundry sheets.
ya know, the kind ya throw in the dryer with ya clothes.
he doesn't eat them,
or even try to eat them.
he just likes to chew on them and wrestle them.

update.

Wow.
An update is necessary.
Jackson is hitting a growth spurt, big time!
When we took him to the Vet for his second round of shots,
the little booger has gained 2 lbs in three weeks!!
But I tell you one thing,
my hair’s gonna go gray before its time.
I completely forgot about the hard part of house training.
Not just simple house training,
but a MALE DACHSHUND!!
if you’ve never owned a Dachshund,
then you can empathize.
Anyways,
so it has come to the day where a third grader delinquent can commit the “perfect crime.”
some rat bastard punk ass dipshit robbed my mama’s house,
taking a variety of stuff belonging to my siblings.
Anonymous tips:
the public’s best friend.
So it appears as if Orangeburg was in the news again.
*sigh*
Lucky us.
Cheryl & I did catch a few snapshots of our ALMIGHTY PROTECTORS wrapping up.
Here Here and Here.
Is it any wonder that our world is coming to Virginia Tech massacres,
a tyrant president,
global warming,
illegal wars,
and torture?

lmao!!

good-bye Mr. Lima Bean.

the lonely Lima bean
is now content & fulfilled.
he has joined his family
in the bowels of a rural septic tank somewhere in the area of south carolina.
good-bye Mr. Lima Bean.

the woes of a wayward lima bean.

the lonely Lima Bean
was doomed to a life of depression,
resentment,
and anger
when the giant woman
took his family away from him.
he shakes his fists in defeat
and vows vengence
as he screams
"damn you, woman!"

mmmm...

a stimulating dream this morning has refueled my lust for Rosie.
my,
my,
oh my.
such a tease,
she was.
only in my dreams
will i formulate a conspiracy theory to eliminate Kelly,
my rival.
LoL.
many fail to comprehend;
but it makes total sense to me.
the perfect butch.
mmmm...

the meaning of life.

ya think?

Bush Has One Of Those Days Where He Feels Like 68 Percent Of People Hate Him
May 2, 2007 WASHINGTON, DC—
In an East Room press conference Tuesday, President Bush told reporters that he had the "sneaking feeling" that 68 percent of the U.S. population hated his guts that day.
"Maybe it's just me, but when I woke up this morning, it really seemed like 60 percent of men and 77 percent of women didn't want to have anything to do with me," Bush said. "I'm even getting the feeling that nearly two out of every three people who identify themselves as devout Christians—people who usually love me—are giving me the cold shoulder lately."
Though Bush admitted he found it "disquieting" that more than two-thirds of the country thinks he is not the right man to lead the nation, he assured the public that he "won't let it affect the way [he does his] job in any way."

shit.

It comes as no surprise that Monkey Butt has vetoed the Iraq pullout timeline bill.
he has postponed thinking about this until 2009,
and is showing little appetite for compromise in his meeting with Dems today,
concerning a funding bill for Iraq.
Monkey Butt wants a blank check.
of course he does,
the more he can prolong the war,
the thicker his pockets get.
our congress MUST unite
to scrimmage up the required number of votes to over ride the veto.
but with that,
the parasite that is everyman’s’ agenda comes into play fucking the whole thing up,
sucking the blood right out of anything that could possibly be of any good for this country.
but never mind that,
all the attention is on who’ll replace Rosie on the view.
what a fucked up society in which we call home.
our focus needs to be readjusted
so we can more adequately see the strife within our own society,
instead of being the playground bully
and the hypocritical Christians attempting to “educate” the “Neanderthals” to Christ’s ways.
does this mean that God condones this war?
what kind of God would do that?
I was under the distinct impression that “God” was supposed to radiate love.
would this “God” approve the American death toll SINCE THE WAR BEGAN on 3/19/03,
it being ESTIMATED that American CAUALTIES in Iraq between 23,000 to 100,000?
WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE?!
when the media refers to these soldiers as “troops”,
we are again being desensitized to this ILLEGAL war!!
TROOPS ARE INDIVIDUAL MEN & WOMEN WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR AN ILLEGAL WAR.

WAKE UP, PEOPLE!!


This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector. -Plato

PLEASE VISIT THIS SITE!!
http://www.antiwar.com/

9/11 First Responders Dying at Rapid Rate!!

update...

Well time for an actual update:
yesterday I had this freakish sickness thing.
my joints were inflamed,
my face was partially swollen,
I got a headache,
and I was both dizzy and nauseas as hell.
my baby had to pump me up with drugs so I could sleep it off.
and boy howdy!!
did I ever!!
that was the best night’s sleep I’ve had in a long while!
my baby is growing so fast!!
he can now almost run up the back porch steps without hitting his chin on each step,
and his personality is blooming faster than the spring flowers.
I’m pretty sure I traumatized him today though,
when he began smelling like butt
I broke down and bathed him.
he just tried to get out the tub,
but he didn’t fight too much.
Sunday Cheryl & I went to Old Navy
so I could get some bday clothes.
I LOVE MENS CARGOS!!
they totally ROCK!!
school is drawing to a close.
yippieeeeeeeeeee!!
I’ll enclose a link to all the bday party links…
peace out.


MY BDAY PARTY PICS

queer!

now,
i normally do not read
ross the intern,
but i had to repost his post that is just,...
well...
QUEER!!


Today's topic is...
If you could bring back any sitcom from the past, which one would you choose and who would you cast in the roles?
I'd bring back Designing Women but I'd call it Designing Men and I'd play the role of Julia Sugarbaker (Dixie Carter) except I'd be called Johnny Sugarbaker and I'd be all Southern and confident and no-nonsense-straight-to-the-point-don't-mess-with-me assertive, only without the shoulder pads.