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I guess I am a Bella. Makes sense I suppose. Check it out at Twilighters Anonymous.

OK I have a ... small obsession ...

... OK so it may be a big obsession ... FINE it's HUGE ... HUGE I tell you!!! LOL I love chickens. Real and fake and all over my walls! HE HE HE



















And I do have some real ones.

But they keep running away every time I try to take their pictures. LOL

The Great 2009 Declutter Project!

So my new years resolution for 2009 was to clean and declutter my home. We have a few generations worth of junk laying around and it is time for it to GO! We started cleaning and throwing stuff out Wednesday night. I worked again today and the hubby and I might do more tonight. Not much of a date night but oh well. So here are some pictures of our progress. I will not be showing before pictures. They are sad ... very very sad ... but you can see how the rooms look as go threw them and clean.



Finally a place to do homework and plan meals for the family!


The dog kennels are gone and we can see the TV again!



Looooook .... we have chairs you can actually sit in again!


More pictures to come as the progress continues. Hopefully it will be done soon. It would be nice to have the space and comfort to have people over again.

I must be crazy ... but my head feels good.

So I was having a really rough time with my hair being so long and ratty and snarly and damaged. So I thought it would be a good idea to get a hair cut. Yaaaaa ... maybe not so short next time I am thinking. UGH! Why do I do this to myself. I had a great haircut about a year ago. It was short but not to short.

In the last year my hair has grown really really long. This is me before my haircut.

But when I miscarried last January out of grief I died my hair black. And it refused to come out. So on top of being damaged by the hair dye I had a 2 toned head. So I decided it was best to cut as much of the black and damaged hair out. I just didn't think it would be this much.

Yep that's me now ...

... it's all gone. *sigh* Why do I do this to myself? Now I feel like a boy!

Is that what you are wearing?

I know I know. It is none of my buisness. And I know I can't dress any better. But I would assume if you can afford fancy schmancy desingers and people to "dress" you then you would be well dressed. There is always the bad days were you just totally miss the boat. But if your husband is on the verge of becoming the President of the United States then maybe you should get your shit together and plan carefully! I am sure a lot of thought went into the outfits and I am sure the designers are so proud. Ok I know they are cause I saw them on the Today show this morning. And I would also assume that she was comfortable.

But I have to admit I did not like her clothes yesterday! She got out of the car and headed up to the church and the first words out of my mouth were "Is that what you are wearing?" I was pretty much just talking to the dogs as I am sure Michelle can not read my mind. Your dress should probably not match the dizzying yellow of the church. It is bad when the reporters have trouble commenting on the color of your dress and the church matching with out bursting into laughter. I also think the texture of your jacket should not match the texture of your grandmother's mustard yellow curtains. But then that is just me

But I had high hopes for her ballgown. It could easily be amazing and I was sure she would look beautiful. OY was I wrong. It looked like some one had taken a white dress and super glued pieces toilet paper to it. It reminded me of the toilet paper veil that was made for me to wear during my bachelorette party a few years ago. She could have looked so amazing it brought tears to your eyes. So sad that didn't happen.

Oh well. I cut all my hair off like an idiot yesterday. So I guess it was just a bad fashion day in general. *shrugs* Hair grows back and by now I am sure she has changed her clothes.

Brrrrrrr!!!

I can't take the cold anymore! AHHHH! I have had enough! Make it go away! Below zero is one thing. But 50 below zero is just to much! I dang near froze my face off walking to class yesterday. The boy had Thursday and Friday off due to the dangerously cold temps. I of course still have to go to class and work. Brrrrrrr! Is it friggin spring yet?

Proud Mama Hen

Bryan took a placement test at the end of last year. I had not heard anything about it so I figured he placed in the average range and thought nothing more of it. On Thursday I got a letter in the mail saying he scored high enough to be eligible for the highly gifted program!!! So I talked to Bryan and made sure it was something he actually wanted to do. It would mean going to a different middle school then he was scheduled to go to. Bryan was SOOOO excited when he heard he made it in! So I went down to the middle school today and filled out all the paperwork for him. I don't know if I have to wait for an acceptance letter or if it is just a done deal. Not sure how that works. But I am so proud of him and he is so excited! I am a little sad that I am old enough to have a child going into middle school. HA HA HA But I am so happy he is doing very well. It is something that those of us who have spent any time being a single mom worry about. It is so hard to raise a child alone and you wonder if you are doing right by them. I must have done something right for the first 2 years and a lot right in the last 8 years! WOOHOO!!!