may you be blessed with all of the luck o' the irish.

Made it Home..Now to Packing!

Never thought I would appreciate the Air Force for this reason before. Yes, I thank them for all they sacrifice for us, my husband was one of them. Gave twenty one years, my father-in-law also gave 21 years, plus another 13 again for civil service, then my daughter served in the Air Force before, during and after the war and beyond for 6 years. The sacrifices are many, and YES the prices are very, very high. We moved a total of 5 times, (some of those don't include multiple moves on the base from house to house!) once out of the country, and we SURVIVED! BUT what I would like to thank the military for that some may not know is those in the background....the MOVERS!! Yes, now that I have to move AGAIN, and have to pack all this up AGAIN, I would like to salute you, the one's that make it all happen when they say we gotta go now, you get us or now them, there in one piece. Well, mostly in one piece. I have only had a very few broken items in all my 21 one years. They know their stuff. Again, thanks for your hard and back breaking work! I'M HAVING TO DO IT NOW!!!

Please be patient, me bloggy pals, I'm MOVING!

hey all! i know i haven't posted in a bit. i have had to leave on medical emergency to my husband's family home in NC. his dad is really bad off, and now we must leave KY and go there to be with his parents. they are in their 70's and need him now. his dad will more than likely leave the hospital for a convalecent home. so we have to work out all the legal things for his mom and such. but i will keep up and keep posted here and there. take care me lil bloggy buddies. i will be checking in and reading in on yours to make time go by. and i will post as i can. blog on....jo

Ahhh, Music Soothes the Soul, the Heart, Mind, Ears

This has not been a very good week, so in looking back, I think, my heart, mind, soul and my ears need a good purging. Yes...a good "Spring Cleaning," if you will. Music has always done that for me. So I have added a little addition to my page to help "keep me focused" on what is important. Also...on top of that awful week long black week of migraine...I now have a double ear infection. I have decided the music will soothe this savage beast. It may also be pleasing to my reader also, so as you read, and browse sit and listen, these are a few songs that have special meaning and are very powerful for me. They lift when you are down. Encourage when defeated, and most of all soothe when ruffled as I was. So, bloggy friends, enjoy, from me to you. And if you would like to add music to your page you can download the player at the bottom by clicking on it and following the links. 8)

Stupid, stupid, stupid and then more stupid!

i thought these were pretty funny....but mostly stupid. i laughed so hard, tears in my eyes, then realized, someone actually made these. they actually took the time, spent real money, wasted energy, used good serviceable things on STUPID STUFF!! it totally makes me so mad that there people out there that do that when we have kids starving, some without shelter and clothes or medicines they need. and here they are wasting resources on stupid stuff!! how dumb can they be??? well....that was my ranting and raving for today....not that it did any good. but by golly....i put my foot down hard and i meant every word and i typed it hard too!! dang it!!

LET'S DRESS UP AND GO DANCING LADIES!!

http://supahmommy.blogspot.com/
oh my, my, my, forgiveth me ladies and jelly beans! this give-a-way is from supahmommy not me. whew, that was a close one. at first, i didn't catch it. then i thought, i am going to have to go through my house looking for stuff to give away!! hey.....there's a thought....hmmmmm.....i'll get back to you on that. lol jo

This week's giveaway makes the bubonic plague blues go away!!! If I could fit into them , I'd be all over them.

Bring on the GIRLY cuteness. You will adore these. May I introduce to you:

TutuLegz...
A fabulous, one piece, unique, not so puffy, comfy tutu with legz topped off with girly designs to add some fun!


Their mission...

To get the tutus out of the dress up box and into the everyday wardrobe.
HOW CUTE????? Insane I tell you! Isanely cute! I cannot handle it!
Up for grabs for you and your girly one! One pair of CUPCAKE designed TutuLegz! Winner chooses in stock size!

Who created these goodies??
TWO SISTAHS!!

My kinds of girlz!

Who we are...Two inseparable sisters and best friends that love to do everything together! Anyone who knows us well, knows that we are always coming up with new ideas and this idea could not be more perfect for us...as little girls we were obsessed with tutus and now we are obsessed with designing them! We are so excited about our TutuLegz, we hope you find them as irresistible as we do!

I love my sis more than anything and I love seeing two savy sisters become a success. :) I have a set on the way and I intend to order a set for each of my other girls! I plan a picture shoot already!! I'm a planner!
Here are some more pics from the site!

Your head will spin at the cuteness factor and forcing you to pick a favorite will be a challenge.
I can hear the whining now!
" They're so cute.. I can't choose.. you can't make me ~d.. you just can't!!"


You're ALREADY IN THE CAR HEADING OUT TO PURCHASE HOT PINK CONVERSE: in case you win? I knew it.

I'm on my blackberry as we speak. Driving 89 miles an hour to the Converse Store. ;) I think I just PASSED YOU!

I knew you'd love them.
I know you so well.
Maybe we should be sistah's too.
Give them some love. Hit up their site.
SIGN UP FOR THEIR " In the Know" subscription for extra entries!
Follow the rules and hey! Guess what?
Your peanut could be sporting this INSANELY CUTE Cupcake outfit on your next outing. She'll be a star! THE DETAILS: Contest Ends February 27TH at 12AM EST.
WInner will be announced at the bottom of this POST and in a seperate post. Winner will be contacted via email or blog by me.
YOu have 72 hours to claim your prize or another winner is chosen.

No boo hoos about it.

TO ENTER: READ CAREFULLY. :0)
***YOU MUST HAVE A U.S. RESIDENCE AND P.O. BOXES ARE NOT ELIGIBLE

1. You must visit the TUTULEGZ SITE Snoop around. Tell me what you LOVE.
You must do this. Worth one entry. If you don't visit or comment about their site, I won't count any entries.
2. http://www.mommydaze.webs.com/ members are eligible for 15 extra entries.
3. Put my blog button on your blog; located on my sidebar. Let me know in the comment and - 20 extra entries.
4. Post the link / and contest information in a post on your blog: 30 Entries. . I will check.
5. No blog??? Email your friends and family the link for the contest : CC me supahmommy@comcast.net and it's worth 5 entries PER PERSON you email forward.
6. Follow my blog by clicking above with the rest of the koolaid followers. 15 entries additonal for any follower.
7. Twitter about it. Let me know. 15 entries
8. Facebook about it in your 'STATUS BAR' 15 entries
9. Subscribe to TUTULEGZ'S "In the Know" . 20 entries.
Make sure you tell me what you opted for if you chose additonal entries.
5 extra entries for anyone who TALLIES AND TOTAL'S their entries for me.
Your comment might look like this:
CUP- CAKE ME. I want every single one.
I'm a follower. 15
I have your button. 20
I posted on my own blog: check it out. ( provide link) 30
I am a mommydaze member. 15
I emailed and CC'd you. 25
I twittered ( link me up) 15
total plus one ( original entry) 121
plus 5 for tallying: 126
WHO LOVES YOU?
5 extra entries for anyone who TALLIES AND TOTAL'S their entries for me. GOOD LUCK!!

FRIKKING MIGRAINE!!

Why must they torment me? Why don't they just go away? Who invented them anyway? It has to be some guy with nothing better to do. It is not HORMONAL, I don't have any. I don't smoke. Check that off. I don't drink as much as a priest during communion. (sorry if your Catholic, I used to be, or still am, if you can ever get out of it!) So what gives? Why do some have to suffer the days of misery with a migraine? I have been at home now, off from work, which I love so much, I don't even call it that. I hang out with teenagers in a dorm. That is not work. It is fun. No...they did not give me the headache, when it gets rough, i just go to another room! lol, not really, it isn't that bad there. But really, just SHOOT me it would be less painful! I would rather give birth...the 18 years of the child at home would be so much less painful.

So...Okay, I call the doctor (neurologist) last week when it started. She never called me back. That was Wednesday. I called my regular doctor today, still nothing. I went to the ER over the weekend. They gave me and IV of some crap combination of motrin, zantac, and something for nausea. What the heck!!! Where are the narcotics??? Give me something to knock it out, people!! GEEZ!!! So...I just called the pharmacy and still nothing has been called in from either doctor as they had PROMISED! and now both frikking offices are closed AGAIN!! So another sleepness night with a frikking headache.....hey....where is the nyquil?

Something to make you Smile

Check out this Lady's Stuff!

Here is another give-a-way folks! And boy are they cutie patootie things too! Check it out here:



she is giving away some cute tights right now, but also on her sight, she has a ton of other contests going on. you have to go look! have fun!

ladies and jellies beans.......

announcing KIMBER P's 100th give-a-way!! please visit her bloggy to enter:

http://justclosemyeyesnbreathe.blogspot.com/

i for one, am guessing that inside the cute lil basket might be:
1. a puppy
2. a new 2009 car of our choice!
3. a brick of gold boullion!
4. a tall, dark, handsome gorgeous guy!!
5. a private jet to take such gorgeous guy, with gold and new car on nice vacation!! (with cute lil puppy for special effects!)

Guess what we have.....Another BLIZZARD!!

Yup...another hits eastern kentucky! we have at this typing, 5 inches and still falling. today it was 60*. tonight it started out raining, turned to slushy rain, then snow, by the time i left work, we had 3 inches, now it is 5 inches, and it is still falling. i walked my little weaner dog when i got home, and it was up to her neck. bless her short little legs. she didnt even want to poop. who would of seen it? where would it fall? poor lil baby....and her brother, the 6 month old shepherd mix that towers over her, laughed right at her. like....ha ha, you are buried up to your neck, ha ha. it came up to his ankles. how mean can puppy brothers be?

well, anyway...just thought i would stop by and give a weather update and say hi. off to bed now. see you all later. have a wonderful sunday. love, jo

CHANGE, IT IS COMING

"Be the change you want to see in the world."

"Nobody can hurt me without my permission."

"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

"Whenever you are confronted with an opponent, conquer him with love."

"I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."

all quoted from Mahatma Gandhi

Do I Really Need To Post....

Why is it that I feel like I have to post something each day? I don't have something to say each day. I feel guilty. I read all these wonderful, creative, witty, inspiring blogs and they fill me with awe at what I would like to do with mine, but then I get here, and blaaaaaaaaah....nothing, nada, zilch. I am I bloggarly-challenged. I admit it. Now, is there a 12-step program for it? So, for all you lucky ones out there who just write and it just spills out of your mind and comes out, (Christine) gives thanks for that gift. It is hard for us who have to work extra hard to keep up with you who have "the gift". I will post when I have something interesting to say, and I pray that it will be funny, and it will amuse you! Now...boring as that was, let's start a new game.

You don't have to play, but if you decide, just send it back to me, I will start:
10 Things I Want To Change About Myself
It must start with the letter of the day of the week we are on

1. TIGHTEN upper arms & upper thighs
2. I would THINK more before I spoke
3. THIRST more for knowledge of the Bible, the desire is here, but the action is not
4. TACKLE everyday with passion, like it was my last
5. TALK more about my faith with others
6. TAKE with a grain of salt the worries of each day
7. To be more THANKFUL for what I have
8. To be THRIFTY with resources I am given
9. TIRELESSLY pray without ceasing, for cares of the world
10. To TASTE & TOUCH life each day as God gives me one more

OK, now it is your turn, so if you want to play, just send it back to me, since I started. Copy and paste into your blog and so on. K? Have fun! Jo

A Twisty Taste of Spring

for all my bloggies who have not heard from me in the last week: well i have been off line. we have experienced up close and personal a very fine taste of spring: A TWISTER! very rare in these parts. we live in a mountainy area, very rarely does it ever see funnel activity. we have had straight line winds. but no actual funnel clouds. well, i was at work at our school last monday. we had a big storm come through the area. one touched down just above our school on the ridge. our school sits in a little valley surrounded by three sides of mountains. on one hill, we have houses and the farm, just across the river. this is where the tornado touched down. it is not even a mile from where we were. i had all my girls huddled in the cafeteria, it is partly underground. the boys are on the hill in their dorm. they huddled in their hallways on the floor. all we have is the weather station and our radios to relay to each other. good grief....it was supper time, we were all getting ready to go to the dining hall when it hit. so any way...it all lasted maybe 30-45 minutes. i actually live 4 miles away from the campus. on my little road, 5 trees were down. some of the men had to go with a chain saw and remove them before we could get home later that night. anyway...the campus had debris all over, no one got hurt. just trees down. oh...except i had no phone, cable or internet for the last week. oh well, when you look at all the crap in life, this is but a small thing. life goes on. God bless you all. jo

Finally, feels like SPRING

Well it is about time! We had a warm day yesterday, and looks like today will be another!! YES! It should make it 70* today. Wow....Can you believe just a few short days ago I posted about a snow storm? And today, as well as the next few at least, (hey, I will take what I can get!) it is supposed to be seasonably warm. Thank you, God for wonderful weather! What a wonderful way to pick up the winter blahs, mine being the second and third time being sick this season! Other than that, it hasn't been that bad, really. So, for those who have the privilege of enjoying warmer temps, get out there, go for a walk, get your hands dirty, play in the dirt, clean up the yard, wash the car, do whatever you like, just GET OUT!! It's nice and warm, don't waste it on being inside. Winter is enough for time for that. Enjoy!! Jo

Top Ten Things I Like, Oh boy, this will be fun

ok, so i have to make a list of my favorite things beginning with the letter "D". so here we go:

10. dogs, more specifically, DACHSHUNDS!! lol they are long, low, lean, lickable,(them, not me) adorable, of course they have the puppy breath when they are little, they are so cuddly, they love to burrow under the covers in the bed, they follow you everywhere, they are loyal....need i go on?

9. derriere's: i love butts. i like looking at guys butts. i like baby butts. mostly guys butts. just looking at. not naked, cuz lets face it, a guys butt naked and hairy isn't all that cute, but in the right pair of jeans or nice dress pants, oh, man you could just grab them and ....well....get the picture?

8. dreaming: anytime, anyplace, i can just float off into another dimension or era, that is why i love to read so much. it transports me there for hours. i love it.

7. dozing: yup...i can sleep for hours on end. it can be a regular night sleep, and i will snooze for 12 hours, not think anything about it, and sometimes your body just needs that! go for it!

6. drinking: no i am not an alcoholic, but i do love a beer now and then, i love the taste of it. my fave is corona with a wedge of lime, and a titch of sea salt. mmmm...

5. my DELL: ha ha! i had to get it in here some how on the list!! my computer is a BIG part of my life. it is a dell, by the way, so i did not lie. where would we be without our puters?

4. Dennis: he is my favorite brother, my one and only! i love him. we were very close growing up, and he is a twin with my sister. they aren't as close. he recently had open heart surgery last year. we went there this last Christmas, and we are even closer. my best bubba. :~)

3. driving: i can drive for hours and hours. i used to drive 18 wheelers, and the best part was just going to new places and the peace you got just being on the road. i enjoy that.

2. dining: eating, yummy...either in the house or at a restaurant. i love to eat. any or all kinds of foods. junks, candy, gourmet, everything. yup...i'm one of them.

1. daddies: my husband, the father of my kids, my father, my father-in-law, my grandfather, etc. on up the line..... but most importantly, the BIG DADDY OF THEM ALL, God the Father. I love Him the most.

there you go ladies and jelly beans, my top ten fave list. i had fun, it took me a lot longer than planned to make it. but it makes you take stock in what is big in your life. i had a good time. jo

Happy Birthday Mom

today would of been my mother's 90th birthday had she been alive. she was a wonderful mother, full of life, passion, a zest for living like no other. she could make anything out of nothing, and feed us all for a long time with it. her ingenuity got her far in rearing the four of us children alone. she was a very brave and also prideful person. i think that may of hurt her some, but she did with what she had. i loved her more for that. i miss her so much on these days. memories flood my mind. i miss our talks, our laughs, and yes, our arguments, we had some of those too. we disagreed on plenty of things. but in the important ones, we agreed on. we loved each other. we were family. we are all we had. but my heart is warm when i think of her. i will keep her there always. until we meet again, ma petite maman, je t'aime, ta plus jeune, jojo

funny puppies

i am dedicating this to my sister C, (christine) and her lady "di". they have a boxer named bella. she is just too cute. so, here, enjoy....and then there is one in there that is a kentucky boxer wanna-be....LOL!