Slumber parties sure have changed!

So do you remember way back when? You are six or seven years old and your friend has invited you over for a slumber party! You are so excited. You come straight home Friday after school, pull out your little pink backpack and start packing for your overnight stay. Clothes for tomorrow? Check. Toothbrush? Check. Favorite video (VHS, of course) just in case they want to watch it? Check. Stuffed animal? Check. Your mom reminds you to add underwear and socks and you throw those in as well. You grab your pillow and your sleeping bag and you are ready to go! You get there, eat too many sweets, watch a movie and claim that you are going to stay up all night! By midnight your friend is drowsing, by one you are both out like a light!

Those were the good ol' days, right?

Wrong.

There is something to be said for a good old fashioned slumber party when you are that age, but we are adults now! We get something ten times better!

My roommate, Dennis, has a friend at work, Ashlee, who was having a Slumber Party last night. Slumber Party capitalized? You betcha! Slumber Parties is a company that distributes things of a more... *cough*... risque nature. Lotions, creams, oils, lingerie, toys.. You name it, they have it!

It started at about eight o'clock with Crystal introducing herself and the company. The product demo is so much fun! You get to taste the edibles, try the glitter, wear a few choice creams and gels. I won't go into details but it is just an all around good time!

Left to Right : Tanya, Yalila, Jenna and Ashlee enjoying the "toy" part of the evening.


A bit of the toy display!


Crystal says "G-Whiz, Slumber Parties are fun!" (Yes, cheesy, I know. My sense of humor is retarded in the morning.)


And on the plus side... I'm hosting one! November 14th. It's going to be a blast and a half. Can't wait.

-M

24 Hours? Where Did They All Go!

So, I didn't get nearly everything finished today that I wanted to.

I had a fairly decent day at work. I enjoy Tuesdays. More busy than Mondays, but a good lead up to Wednesdays. Hope I remember to wear my running shoes tomorrow! All in all, though, Wednesdays are hectic, but fun! It's a good change of pace to have the one severely busy day. It doesn't look too bad tomorrow, though.

After work, I headed for my Dad's house. We had a dinner date planned. We decided on Old Spaghetti Factory and had a really nice dinner. I decided to challenge myself to see if I could go to a restaurant and not order a meal containing meat, so I tried a spinach and cheese ravioli dish. It was phenomenal. I may have found a new favorite! (Kandice, the gal I work with, is a vegetarian. I have no clue how she does it! There ARE really good dishes excluding meat, though. It was fun to see the other side of the fence.)

We had a great talk. Dad and his long-time girlfriend, Jaymi, are splitting up after nearly twelve years. We talked quite a bit about how I felt, how he felt and how things were going, in general. All I want is for him to be happy. That is all that matters to me. It was nice to spend some time with him. We haven't gotten to do anything, just the two of us, in a long time.

After I hung around his place for a while after dinner, I made my way toward my best friend, Shaun's house. I spent some time talking and joking around with him and his mom. I don't really get to spend much time with them, either, so again... It was great getting to do that tonight. He means so much to me. I can't stand that he has hit such hard times. Also, I found out tonight that he may be moving to Nevada for a job opportunity. Bah... I hate losing people in my life.

Needless to say, after so much love and mushy gushy sensitive bull... stuff... ( ^_^ ) I didn't make it to Wal-Mart to exchange the battery for the RX-7 and pick up the radiator fluid (cheapest 50/50 premixed radiator fluid. I REMEMBERED! I'm so good. Lol.), OR to Home Depot to get the plumber's tape that I was supposed to get. Oops! Good thing my husband loves me.

I can't leave work tomorrow during lunch, so I decided something kind of fun. Typically Ron takes me to work in the morning, then comes back to pick me up at lunch. (My lunch is an hour, but I don't have enough time to get all the way back home, take him all the way to work then return to work on time.) I take him to work, then go back to work. I get off at five and go home. I go back to his work to pick him up at eleven. Tomorrow, Ron will take me to work then go back home. He'll drive to his work at 2:30. When I get off at 5:00-5:30ish, I will walk to Ron's work to pick up the keys and the car. Good exercise, time to think and savings on gas! Woo! It's only about seven and a half miles. I should get there around seven or so. Yay for saving gas!

Good night everyone. Need my rest. :)

-M

Mornings

Do you ever wake up and wonder where the hell the time went that you were supposedly asleep? My night was over in seemingly seconds!

I've always wondered where your sense of time comes from when you are in your subconscious state. Some nights fly by, while others seem to drag for hours and hours. Does it have to do with how many times you awaken? The kind of sleep you are experiencing? The dreams you have?

Typically I dream in vivid, saturated color. It never allows for a very restful sleep. A deep, healing sleep, yes. Restful, no. I always remember my dreams. Last night I don't remember dreaming a thing! Perhaps that is why.

Which is another question: Why do dreams seem to last for hours when they flash by in mere seconds in our minds? Strange to anyone else?

Eh, regardless. It gives me something to think about today. Have a good day all!

-M

Alrighty...

Consider my wrists officially slapped.

It's been nine months since last I posted anything. Let's just say that someone new in my life gave me the motivation needed to come back to this long abandoned friend I call a blog. (Granted, it's a very neglected friend, but aren't the best ones the ones that are still there even after a long absence. Thank you, cyberspace, for not banishing this dear blog to the unknown in the time it took me to return to it!

I won't bother trying to update you with everything that has happened since last I posted. It would take ages! So... Let's break down the year, shall we?

January - Ron lost his job.

February - I turned twenty-one and took my final trip with my mother to Wendover. We saw Styx in concert and went gambling together.

March - Mom died. Gave Oreo back to CAWS.

April - Ron turned twenty-one. Sent Doolee to Idaho to live with Uncle Richard.

May - Still in shock.

June - Still in shock. Gave Rebel to the gal who was watching him.

July - Had some problems, but worked through them.

August - Dr. Bova's clinic (my employer of the previous [almost] two years) closed, leaving me unemployed. Found a great new job that isn't nearly as stressful. Ron found a job.

September - Started to get the hang of my new job. Got to know my coworker and the physicians a little better. Came back to my blog.

Hooray! 2008 in a nutshell. It hasn't been a great one thus far, but things look to be changing. [Knock on wood]

This brings you to the present. I am still the same person. A bit shy, a little over the top, married to a wonderful man and enjoying life to the fullest. After all, we never know how much longer we have on this planet. Take what you can get and roll with it. Rest in peace, Mommy.

Mom and I in San Francisco when I was about fifteen or so.


Christy, myself and my beautiful mother at my wedding.

My mom's headstone on Mother's Day.

Gloria Donna Dickerson
"Mumzies"
Our Guardian Angel
August 2, 1961 - March 9, 2008