Ode to TN

Tennessee calls me
Spring green trees and rolling hills
I will be there soon

Ode to cake

My sister Jen made delicious cake.
It was so good I was compelled to create this haiku to cake.

Delightful orange cake

You fell before you were done

Yummy cracks of love

Spring Cleaning

Spring cleaning of the spirit is hard to do.

When you do spring cleaning around the house it is out with the old and in with the new. There is always deep cleaning involved. You throw away some stuff that’s either old or lost it’s usefulness for you. Sometimes you sell it or give it away.

Spring cleaning of the spirit doesn’t always work that way. Sometimes the spirit wants to incorporate the two. It wants to keep the old and still let in the new. Part of what or who keeps the spirit bound is part of what needs to go. It’s like keeping the good parts of who you became and what you have learned are qualities that can stay. The old, dusty, tired thoughts and feelings that leave you down and depressed. Those are the things that need to go.

Remembering that what you do does not define who you are needs to be kept in front of you. A friend pointed out that I lead with my heart. That means that I end up getting hurt a lot. That doesn’t mean I am willing to stop leading with my heart. It’s who I am. I love easily. I love for the moment. I love what you bring to my table of life, if that’s for right this moment, so be it. If it’s for 59 years, great! I will make the best of what I have and the best is right now!

I am poetry. I am more than what I have done. The things I have done do not define who I am as a person, nor do they diminish me.

The question becomes less of whatever will I do now, to what won’t I do now? The thoughts full of self-doubt start to get smaller and smaller and hold no power. I did that, I’m proud of that or not proud of that, whatever the case may be and look at who I am now. I am poetry. I am a goddess. I am me.

I am working on living a life without regrets. That means that even the things that leave me lonely or angry or broken or hurt, I don’t regret those things either. They make the happiness, friendships, kindness and love that much sweeter and full.

It’s a circle that continues to turn and pour onto itself. Remember every now and then to give it a good shake, get the dust off and let the light shine through.

Spring cleaning is good, even for the spirit.

Webcam!

So, it's time for me to post the link for the webcam that will be set up for the official "Kimmy is coming to TN" meetup on Friday, March 28, 2008.

Now, remember this is not a PG event. If you are easily offended, what the heck are you doing on my blog?

http://www.blogtv.com/Shows/50253

**Note the link has changed from the last time this was up.
Stacy was having technical difficulties on the other server.

So, any requests?

Happy Spring!

Yesterday it was 50, light jacket/sweater, no socks, slip on shoes.

Happy Spring in Wisconsin!

I'm so glad that it's spring again. Look, the birds are singing and the flowers are blooming. It's a renewal of the Earth's spirit...

Spring should totally kick Winter's butt for this.

Heehee! I said butt!

Hand Tattoo

The day off...

So, I have this freakishly unwell friend, Scott, he's having Kimmy blog withdrawals, so I thought I'd help him out. It's what friends do.

I have the busiest schedule known to man these next eight days!
I have the day off today, but it's being spent being lazy and going to a doctor appointment. I'm also going to try to squeeze in a pedicure. I know that Scott was dying to know that and I'll have to post pictures later to prove that I actually did it. I know, I know...

Then tomorrow I open, which is great because it gives me all evening to get stuff prepared for EASTER! I close on Friday and Saturday. Sunday is Easter and I'm going to my friend Bernie's house. She is having an egg hunt in her backyard and of course, cake. The only reason that Caetie wants to go.

Then off to my sister Jen's house for the family extravaganza that is our holidays. Then on to Monday opening, Tuesday and Wednesday I close and Thursday I work a mid-shift only to come home and finish last minute packing, take a nap, and DRIVE TO TENNESSEE!

See, when I type it out, it's not that long. How come it won't move faster?

J got his pump! It's rockin' awesome. For those of you not in the "know". My youngest son J is a diabetic. He was diagnosed one year ago and he just got an insulin pump. If you do not know what an insulin pump is check out this website http://www.medtronic.com/

It is the coolest invention since sliced bread as far as I'm concerned. He is staying in pretty good control and we can't leave any supplies behind so Grandpa won't need to drive him back home to get his insulin and supplies so he can eat on Easter.

I am amazed at how easy and fast it works to control his blood sugars and for me that was my biggest worry. I want him to have good health in his 20's, 30's, 40's and beyond and how do you convince a 12 year old that what he does now affects that?

My hand tattoo is finally totally healed. Thankfully, because it itched something fierce last week! I LOVE it. I get so many compliments on it.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE my new job. It is good. I am good at it. I love all of it. We'll see what kind of job they think I'm doing in May. Could be a whole quarter raise! I am sure that I will get it!

So, other than being extremely busy, nothing much has been going on. I am hoping that I haven't bored you all to tears yet with my boring life ramblings. I mean seriously, it's hard to stay cool.

Keep it crisp today!
Smoochie Boochies!

Right now...

Nothing makes me happier right now than getting off work at 1:30PM, driving home with the sun shining and the window open, singing out loud, Venti Strawberry & Creme, spring cleaning, and dinner and conversation with a friend.

Well, except maybe that two weeks from right this minute I will be in TN enjoying my family and friends there.

What makes you happy right now?

My new friend Scott is cool.

So, you should totally go and check out my new friend Scott's blog.

He's totally cool.
He's the man.

He's got a poetry blog.
He's got a geocaching blog, which is...say it with me, cool.

I put a link for it in my sidebar, check it out!

Off to the Bullseye to stuff some little plastic holders for the weekly ad. It's one of my favorite jobs there and it's my last day doing it.

With great power comes great responsibility and being a GSA is too much power for a lowly Ad stuffer. Alas, with great sadness, I will hand over my "Sale through Saturday" bubbles to Shelly and she will carry the torch for #2348.

She's brave and strong.
She's still not as cool as Scott.

Have a good one and remember you can never have enough cool friends.

One more observation for Scott:

You didn't even need to leave the house to make new friends, now that is COOL.

FIFTEEN!

There are only fifteen more long, drawn out, exhausting, never-ending days until I am again in the wonder that is Tennessee.

I am trying to make it easier on myself by planning stuff to get done. I need an oil change. I need to clean out my car. I need to put stuff aside to bring with. I have presents!

I sold my T-Bird. I'm very sad. That was the first car I bought with my own money and I loved it. What I am going to love next is the brand new installed windshield that the new owner has found for me. I think it's going to be a match made in heaven.

Oh, as my friend pointed out today, I need to make reservations at my hotel. You'd think I was going to be there in fifteen days or something.

Stacy got the webcam up and running and I got to see her fishies on it tonight! I am so freakin' excited about the whole BB. Now if you want, YOU can join us for karaoke in TN! Well, you can watch us enjoying it! If' you'd like the url just email me or leave a blogment. It's not a PG broadcast, so keep that in mind.

Oh, the things that are running through my head. I can't wait. I can't wait. I can't wait.
I need to go to bed so that I can have one less get up!

Peace, out!

Trial by fire

So, the night ends with me deciding after 8 hours at the mall with Caetie to go out to karaoke. I wanted to sing! Dave and his friends from Elkhorn are there (Thanks, Scoop, for pointing me in their direction!) and we all hung out and told silly stories and of course, sang with the Dale.

Then I came home and could not sleep for the LIFE of me!
I was so anxious and excited and restless and...

Well, the first day of a new job is always a little intimidating!
(So, I guess you figured out I got the job, huh?)

It was SO busy busy busy today! It was exciting and scary and intimidating and yet, I knew what I was doing and it felt good!

I liked it. I'm kind of glad that I'm not a Team Lead yet (that's the next step). It's nice to be able to hand the keys over to someone else and just like that go back to being a cashier and letting someone else handle the crazy.

Quote of the day, "Today has been brought to you by the letters J and C, as in Jose Cuervo."

I'm blogging this!

So, eight hours at the mall with darling Caetie and while we are eating dinner we were talking about all of the stuff we saw.

I said I wanted the t-shirt that says, "I'm blogging this."

Caetie, off-the-cuff and totally deadpan says, "That is so you. The only reason you leave the house is so you can blog about it."

Now how's that for the best quote of the week? Doesn't get better than that. She's here all week, try the veal.

Oh, and I am totally not excited about TN at all. I don't know if I gave that impression to someone, but meh...(and who is proud of me? I love that!)

Geeze, it's not like I have tons of friends coming to my very own Basement Bar and not only is it a Basement Bar but an "official" meetup that is just for lil ole me!

It's not like I'm not singing all of the High School Musical songs with Meggie and having our own private karaoke party before the karaoke party or having Shawn teach me how to play that song on Guitar Hero.

Probably not going to tease Lisa or play the "everything is a song game" with Jon. Probably won't even have time to see Alex's newest drawings and such. I doubt I'm going out to dinner with Lisa, Jon, and the kids to the Chinese Buffet.

It's not like I'm not spending the day in Nashville with a friend or spending the entire day Sunday with Stacy.

I mean, you'd think I'd been gone for ten months or something...holy crap! I've been missing as long as I lived in TN...dammit, I'm not supposed to cry on my own blog, I miss you freakin' TN people...

I CANNOT wait to come and visit!!!

Memory lapse...

I just logged in to tell you a funny story and I can't remember what I was going to write.

I think I'm done for the day.

Oy.

Haircut Face!

Happy Caetie's Birthday!

I just wanted to wish everyone a happy Caetie's birthday!

Honey, I was going to make you a cake and then remembered that you wanted cookies. I thought, now how am I going to make sure to give you cookies in cyberspace, then it hit me!

Ta da! Happy Happy Birthday! I love you!

Mo
xoxox

March

This is one of the things I did with my extra day. Don't waste a moment!



So, since we only get the 29th of February once every four years, I thought that Leap Year needed more of a reward. With that being said, the month of yes is upon us.

This month any reasonable request is met with a resounding YES.
Let's see what the month holds.

I'm sure that I will have adventures that will need to be told. Pictures will need to be shared. Memories will made.

Will you make some memories with me?