MY NEW FAMILY

My moms family does a calender every year. Therefor they need pictures from everyone to be in the calender.

My aunt Shelia sent an email out about month ago (give or take) and said I need picks by Nov. 27. OK, I said I will get them. On Nov 27 I could not take the picture for the following reasons.

1.) I lost my camera

2.) mom bought her camera in Mexico from a little kid off the street therefore no usb cord (and nov 27 is turkey day so i could not go by one)

3.) not everyone was home

So I emailed Shelia and she gave me an extension. The next day we were all going to the movies at 12:55 therefor I made an announcement at 11:45 we will take the picture before lunch. Is that OK with everyone? No one said no so I kept it at that time. 11:30 no Stovesands 11:45 only me billy mom and randi..... So I said forget it I do not care. 12:15 Paul shows up so I decided to take the picture with my new family Randi (dans girlfriend), Billy, mom, Milo, Paul and me.

By the way if any of my family members are reading my blog....My mom said she did not care if she was in the calender or not so please yell at her or even better put a big nose on her picture she will hate that.

THANKSGIVING EXPECTATIONS

So Turkey Day is over!!! Went quite well at the Haskins house everyone is nice they want to know how you are doing and nothing negative is said to you.

About 3 headed over to the Stovesands and the nightmare begins. Yelling screaming and meanness, only from one person however he (tall old and gray) will remain nameless.

So only one more day here in Ptown and I will be back in Enterprise. Enterprise is looking good at least while I am there no one makes fun of me and calls me names.

Oh yes and this is for Anna: I am thankful for...... sausage in the stuffing....just kidding (actually no I really like sausage in the stuffing)..... I am thankful that you got to go somewhere cool on Turkey day (NYC) I would just be more thankful if I was with you...

SOLICITING

Solicitor: Mam would you like to help the "kids from the Gulf Coast share a Cross"

Me: NO....you should solicit in your own community

Solicitor: Mam would you like to give to the Montgomery little ones and big ones

me: no please solicit in your own community

Solicitor: Mam would you like to help the ozark community police departmant...

me: what I pay tax's a lot of tax's what could you need money for

solicitor: It is to "save" for our police fund

me: what police fund....what is it for what do you do with it

solicitor: we save it until we "find" a cause

me: when you find the cause then ask me for money....please do not call my house at 8 a.m. again

Solicitor: would you like to donate to the Mt. Zion Church

me: Ah....no I am a Catholic we do not share our money with other church's (just kidding I did not say that however I did donate to this church because I knew the person who asked me to)

What I hate about soliciting for "not for profit" it is usually a cause I have never heard of, a cause that does not have a logo or a web site. I also hate people that come from other communities, stay in your own community and get money from them....oh yeah and do not send those 10 year old kids in because I will tell them no also (OK wait I am not that mean I can not tell the kids no and I think the adult is horrible that asks the kids to do that). I also hate getting nickled and dimed to death please quit coming in to my office, please quite calling my house, please quit stopping me outside the win Dixie to help your cult convert poor innocent children into "Christians."

Now do not get me wrong I like to give however I want it to be my choice and feel good about it and give it to a reliable organization that I know will use the money in an efficient manner. I also will donate if someone I know asks me because I feel they are reliable and will make sure the money goes to the organization and not to some preachers pocket.

CAN YOU MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY

Well Thanksgiving is upon us and Billy and I have the same agenda we have every year, two thanksgivings. Well, I am sure you are like well Bernadette you are not the only one, some people have three. Well yes maybe they do however this is my senario.

Thanksgiving 1 (i will not disclose whose house I am at):

So first of all I do not grab that much food (actually it would be considered a normal portion however it is turkey day you are supposed to stuff yourself until you can not breath and since I do not have much room in my abdomen lately it is very easy to do) people are staring and they ask arn't you going to eat....arn't you hungry....you do not have much food there Bernadette. Hey why don't you mind your own business I have two turkey days to go to...keep your eyes on your plate!!!!

Thanksgiving 2 (by the way only 2 hours later): Yelling screaming and disapointment.....Too bad I can not just get drunk!!!! However the dressing is quite good at this Thanksgiving!!!

CRAZY BERNIE

Now do not get me wrong I love pain relievers my favorite Motrin!!!! Motrin rocks for those long runs or those "ladies days." Also I love Dr's especially the ones that remove my moles and leave no scares and the one special plastic surgeon I may use one day, to "perk" myself up.

So why Bernadette are you leaving a link on your blog to the history of pain killers in child birth. Well, I say to you loyal blog readers it is because I saw a video today (circa 1960) on what they used to do to women in the delivery room and the fraze the Dr kept saying to the mother, "as long as you cooperate there will be no pain." By the way the woman was bound by her feet, hands and blindfolded..... Sounds like a kidnapping to me or maybe they had to restrain her after all the Novocain they gave her!!!!!

So after reading my link you may laugh at chloroform, Novocain, needles (in places I can not talk about... that oh yeah by the way Drs do not do any more because they were poking to many babies in the head) yet I have one question to ask you...In 30 years will we be laughing at an epidural also ????

http://wondertime.go.com/learning/article/childbirth-pain-relief.html

PANETTONE

Well it is time to roll out the panettone...........YUM YUM YUMMY!!!!!

Panettone is this awesome bread (yes bread not cookies not cake bread) made with raisins some kind of orange crap and other specks of sparkly goodness (there may be alcohol not sure). I love this stuff it comes plain, with icing (my fave), and now I am seeing chocolate, coffee and other yummy flavors (only Italians could come up with).

So break out the box, yes I said box this treat always comes in a box and toast a slice with your morning Joe.... By the way this stuff ain't cheap a really big one I mean really big probably 12 to 20 slices depending on how you slice it will run you about 37 dollars so hope someone sends it as a gift.......Or better yet wait until after Christmas and they are usually are on sale.

THE SEARCH FOR THE PERFECT NAME

It is hard to pick out a name for someone, especially if you do not know them. For my husband it is easy ..... just use my name it is perfect...........OK whatever. Well my name is neither perfect nor do I want to share it (i am selfish like that). So the search goes on for a Girl name. So what are the parameters to a name. These are mine I do not want a name that everyone has or that everyone in my generation is naming their kid! Nor do I want a crazy ass name that people are like what I thought you named a gerbil that.

So how far does one go in deciding a name for a human being that you have not met yet? Are Winnoc, Verona, Vibian, Thea, Syrus, Sola, or Serafina crazy (these are just some of the many I am contemplating I did not feel like typing them all out and by the way i have not run them by Billy yet either so I am sure a lot of them will be nixed)?

I guess I will find out when my kid comes home from kindergarten saying Tommy (by the way not Thomas because people name their kids nick names down here) said "his mommy told him that my name was weird because we are the Yankees from the north."

By the way I guess the names I picked out are unusual because spell check thought they were all spelled wrong and they are spelled right i promise I got them straight off the saints website.