Signe Says

Our back yard is a huge mess! There’s a massive pile of dirt and a big hole!

Yep, our addition is beginning finally!! I’m stoked. Today the concrete is coming. Our 3 yr old is loving the big tractors and is excited for the concrete mixer…that’s how we got him to go to bed last night. We told him he’d need to get good sleep so he wouldn’t miss it today. It’s was great.

I’ve been tagged with the Bookworm Meme by My Funny Dad, Harry.  Here’s how this meme works:

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next two to five sentences.
5. Don’t dig for your favorite book, the cool book or the intellectual one. Pick the Closest.
6. Tag five people to do the same.

“This is her daughter!” Here’s the rest of the paragraph…”She has the right to know what we are doing, and she has the right to know it now!”

This is a book called The Alliance by Gerald N. Lund. It’s about the US after an enormous war where most of civilization has ended and a group called the Alliance plants computer chips in people’s brains to control their behavior.In the above paragraph, a doctor is arguing with another doctor about letting the main character’s mother know how the procedure is about to be done to her youngest daughter.

Ok, so here’s the next 5!

An Ordinary Mom

Dad to Two

Whatever Comes to my Mind

Mommy’s Little Corner

Life’s Sweet and Spices

Yep, there’s snow on the ground this morning! Not a lot, but a decent sprinkle over everything. I’m sure it’ll melt by noon, since it’s sunny, but crazy!!

I’m not a snow person. Growing up in Texas, we’re not used to the stuff. The whole state shuts down if there’s flurries

As long as it would stay off the roads I’m ok…for some reason it doesn’t do that, though. Go figure.

I really try to post every weekday, but yesterday I had to take off. That migraine I had Saturday has been extremely stubborn. And my tolerance to pain killers is so high even 2 percoset didn’t kill it. Luckily it’s been downscaled from migraine to really bad headache, which is more tolerable. I’m not curled up on the couch with a blanket over my eyes.

If you don’t get migraines or really bad headaches, add that to your “to be thankful for..” list. You’re very lucky.

Remember that gun discussion we had? If I had one, I’d be tempted to shoot myself in the foot to distract my head from the pain. Cuz, after all, it is all in my head….I’m fortunate in that I have learned to live with them. It’s impossible to be selfish and rest with a headache when there’s very small kids in the house.

If you do have these miserable things, what’s your drug of choice?

Thanks to those who commented in my venting the last couple days. It’s great to hear what others have had to say.

Yesterday I had an extremely wicked migraine, one I just couldn’t shake, despite a cocktail of Excedrine Migr, extra strength Tylenol and my favorite, Percoset. Hopefully it’ll clear up today.

I hope any of you that live in CA are out of the fire’s way and are safe…remember not to inhale!! If it’s near you, my prayers are with you.

We should be getting our home addition contract today…keep your fingers crossed.

Yesterday I went to a leadership training meeting at church and dh stayed with the kids a majority of the day. He said everything went well and had a good time with them.

Ds1 got his first professional haircut a few days ago…he did really well. No squirming, fussing or anything. And he looks darling

Our weather is supposed to turn cold this week. Forecast for Tuesday is 33F and snowy…yuck. Time to migrate south.

Thanksgiving is coming up soon. I love this holiday. I love the reminder to be thankful for what we have. Our family is far from well-off, and our house isn’t big, but the things we have are all nice and comfortable. And that’s really all we need. I love that my husband works so hard to give us the life we have. And I’m happy I can stay home to be with my kids all the time. I realize it’s a luxury and I cherish it each day.

This is about the voting in CA, so if you’re tired of the subject, sorry. But I’ve got to get this off my chest.

If you’ve looked around my site or have read for awhile, you know I’m LDS (Mormon). And the Mormons have gotten a lot of publicity in CA for their stance on gay marriage. They have been targeted with hate crimes and have had protesters outside of churches. These people protesting are the same ones who have been shouting for tolerance!! How can  you say something like that, then turn around and show intolerance because you disagree? You don’t see any Mormons picketing gay clubs or beating up gay/lesbian couples.

We have a very strong stand against abortion…when “pro-choice” got voted in in CO, did you see Mormons bombing clinics?? Of course not.

There was a choice, a vote to be made (in both states). The options were given to us by the gov’t…yes or no. That means each of us has a right to our opinions, liked or disliked. The decisions were made by a majority. And that’s where it should end. Anything past that is poor losing and flat-out bullying and scare tactics.

The percentage of “no” votes in CA was 52%. Do people realize the Mormon population is no where near that? So that means others also voted no. 70% of black voters said no. That’s a huge group! And I know without a doubt not every single Mormon voted no…I know 2 people just in my church here in my town that have gay/lesbian siblings and they would have voted yes. And that’s just here, in the boonies, not out in CA where the population is higher.

I’m sick of all the blaming and hatred (and don’t go tell me Mormons hate gay people…if you do, I assure you, you’ll feel my wrath). The voting is over, leave people out of it! If you don’t like it, go to the government who gave us the choice in the first place and protest there.

I recently heard about this new drug, salvia. It’s legal in 43 states and is being compared to LSD. (not to be confused with my religion, LDS :D  )  I looked it up on wikipedia, so if you’re clueless, like me, check this out.

It’s a hallucinogen from Mexico. Apparently it’s really easy to find, and being legal, anyone can buy it.  Teens are taping themselves and their friends while they’re high and putting it on YouTube.  As if teenagers don’t do enough stupid stuff, they’re adding a legal drug to mess up their brains.  How addictive it is is not well-known, as well as long-term effects of usage.

I just think it’s really scary that anyone can just go buy this hallucination-inducing drug. I also wonder where this will go, as far as legalization.

So, I thought I’d just bring this up for anyone who’s not heard of it and the controversy surrounding it.

Yesterday I got my hair cut and highlighted…it’s been about 6 months since my last highlight, so it was much needed! I usually do blonde or caramel colors, but I decided to do something different this time around.

I went with purple.

Yes, purple.

Violet to be exact.

And even my worst critic (my dd) thinks it’s “cute!” She was imagining punk dark or bright purple, big, thick chunks. It’s not. My stylist is awesome and she really does a great job.  My hair is light brown, with blonde highlights…so she covered the blonde with a light violet and it really blends well with my natural color. Some of the violet is light (because of the blonde before it) and some of it’s darker because it was over brown.

It turned out really good…It’s subtle and in thin strips and I’m lovin’ it already!

I think I’ll stick with the purple next time around, as well, then probably go red (strawberry-blondish) and blonde for summer next year. Who knows what colors will come up

A redneck was stopped by a game warden central Texas recently with 2 chests full of fish. He was leavin’ a cove well-known for its fishing.

The game warden asked, “Do you have a license to catch those fish?”

“Naw, sir,” replied the redneck. “I ain’t got none of them there licenses. These here are my pet fish.”

“Pet fish?”

“Yeah, everynight I take these here fish down to the lake and let ‘em swim around for a bit. Then, when I whistle, they jump right back here in these ice chests and we go back home.”

“That’s a bunch of hooey! Fish can’t do that!”

The redneck looked at the warden for a moment then said, “It’s the truth, Mr. Government Man. I’ll show ya. It really works.”

The redneck dumped the fish into the lake then stood for a minute and waited.

After another minute, the warden said, “Well?”

“Well, what?” asked the redneck.

“When are you gonna call them back?”

“Call who back?”

“The fish!!” The warden demanded.

“What fish?”

Moral of the story….You can say what you want about the south, but you never hear of anyone retiring and moving north.

So my weekend was uneventful and there’s not a whole lot going on this week. I found these pics in a recent email and thought they were good. Some funny, others just cute.