The name is Bond. Sean Bond.

Happy Halloween!!!

Hating Dell

SO.... my laptop is having the power cord/motherboard issue AGAIN. (Unless we stat perfectly still, or hold the cord into the back and keep pressure on it, the screen dims and undims because it goes from power to battery) This time they refuse to fix it unless I pay $300. How retarded would that be when a new laptop WITHOUT a cord issue isn't much more?? It REALLLLLLY pisses me off because they KNOW it's an issue since they have changed the way they make their cords and have them come out the side instead of the back like mine does. And I also KNOW it's not just mine because there are people talking about it all over the 'net!!

There has GOT to be a way to rig it up cheap that will keep the cord in there. I don't understand why the WHOLE MOTHERBOARD needs to be replaced to keep the CORD in????

ARGH!!! SO DONE WITH DELL!! I REALLY need to just close my freakin' Dell Account since I have no balance on it so that I am not tempted all the time to get another Dell cuz it's so easy to just click "buy with Dell preferred account" and have a new computer on the way in seconds.

Look out!! She's dieting!!

Yup. I am. I started low-carbing last week, it's the only weight loss plan (sorry "way of eating") I've ever really had success with. Last time I did it was before we all went to Disney a few years ago. I was going strong for a few months and losing lots of weight, then we went to Disney and that was the end of that! I kept it off until we started building the house and then it all went to hell in a handbasket. A handbasket of cake. And cookies. And Reduced Fat Cheez Its.

It has been pretty easy so far, I really felt out of control with sugar and carbs and really felt like I needed to get away from them and until today even looking at any of that stuff has turned my stomach. Today was my first rough day though. Someone brought in chocolate swirl poundcake to work (it is SO GOOD slathered with butter).... Jessi wanted me to make cupcakes for school.... there is a can of frosting in the fridge.... Jessi and I watched a Food Network "Halloween Cake and Candy Challenge," those freakin' apples on Nicole's blog look DELICIOUS.... etc etc etc. Add in some office drama and a pulled muscle in my neck/shoulder and you have the perfect storm for cheatin' BUT I DIDN'T CHEAT!! I've already lost 7lbs and I would have to be a freakin idiot go back into the handbasket!! ....no matter WHAT is in the basket!!!

I have a THIRTEEN YEAR OLD!!!!!!

The PLAN was to go to Glow Bowl at Bangor-Brewer Bowling lanes.... or as I affectionately call it "The Ghetto Bowling Place." Fortunately we called first because they weren't having it because of a tournament. So instead we had to bowl with the big balls at the Sport's Arena... and I got to take a 2nd mortgage out on my house to pay for it...lol!! We had a BLAST though, so it was WELL worth it!! Len and Dyan even come over to bowl with us and to subject Len's poor son to being the only 13 year old boy among 5 thirteen-ish year old girls (Jessi is the only one who has had her birthday so far, so the rest are still 12)... he didn't seem to mind too much though ;)

Doggie Shennanigans :-)

Are you ready for some SPOOKY!!!???

Nicole and I are taking Jessi and her friend's again this year. We are going Saturday night and anyone out there in blog land that would like to tag along is more than welcome!! The more the merrier SCARIER!!

We had a blast last year and can't wait to do it again this year!!

The kids are super excited about Halloween... they are both being secret agents (much to Jessi's dismay), but Jessi is a "super spy" (think "Kim Possible-- but don't tell HER that), and Sean is going to be a "super COOL spy" (think Will Smith in MIB... and you CAN tell him that!)

Why I am voting republican!

Yeah I know... stay away from discussion about politics and religion (and at my office, cats also fall into that category...lol)....



I agonized about this one a lot this year. There are things on both teams that I think suck and honestly... neither presidential candidate makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. For me a lot of it came down to the fact that McCain is a crazy, rage-a-holic who has had a very hard life and chances are good he won't live through a presidency and while I think Sarah Palin is a great speaker, a passionate person, and a strong woman... I also think she is a very dangerous woman. If she had her shot at running this country there would be book-banning, coat-hanger and gun toting bonanza, and I am all set on that.

You won't BELIEVE what _I_ did last night!!!!

It was pretty much a case of “shit or get off the pot.” I ordered all the photos I needed to put in albums or scrapbook form 2007 several months ago. They have been sitting in a box since that ONE time this year when I scrapped a little one day. I have been going back and forth in my head for probably a year now “to scrap or not to scrap.” This whole “working” thing really puts a kink in hobby-type things. I finally decided that I have to do SOMETHING with my photos since ALL of my photos from 2008 where nothing more than a little piece of data inside my hard drive. SO… last week I ordered all my 2008 photos AND vowed to finish up the 2007 album.

I did have to change the way I think about the whole thing in order to make it work for me. That layout in the photo is the only real layout that I did of Christmas. The rest I just mounted on black cardstock and journaled a little. That way I still get to be creative and play with all my fun stuff… but I don’t have to feel overwhelmed by the huge amount of photos that I take… and my photos are in an album to look at… not hidden as a file inside a hard drive!

I almost forgot the best line of last night.....

Sophie asks Nicole is she can sleep over since Mikayla and Liv are staying over too and they made such a great fort to sleep in. Nicole agrees and Sean looks at Sophie and says....

"So...um... Sophie... You wanna sleep with me?"


(and just for the record... the fort was "girls only" once the lights went out...lol)

Wiffleball n stuff

The sign reads....ADULTS KEEP OUT! KIDS ONLY!!

Gee we've never seen photos from THIS place before....

Today was a gorgeous fall day!! I thought we'd go to the stream so that Lucy could play in the water a little... but the water was really high and fast, so we didn't encourage any of that nonsense. I'm all set on jumping into freezing cold water in October to rescue a puppy from being swept away to sea. Or to trash mountain. Or wherever that stream goes. Jessi was feeling very photogenic today. Sean... not-so-much. (Just in case you looked at those photos and where thinking to yourself... "WOW... she took WAY more photos of Jessi, clearly she loves her more and that poor little boy lives a sad, unloved life of misery.")

Looking VERY forward to this 3 day weekend!!!!

A little visit with my laptop

Jessi at a Field Hockey game......

Sean at a field hockey game....

::::sigh:::: oh how I miss my little laptop.

Our desktop is patiently awaiting it's turn with Jerry the master of all things technolocologicalalal since "Vista Service Pack 1" effed it all up. But since Jerry has a whole short bus full of tech tards that got on the bus before us... we will happily wait our turn ;) But... until then, my laptop is parked at the "family computer desk" and is enduring hours of teenage girl chat "OMG LOL IDK IK,R? BFF" and even more hours of Vikings football live feeds and huntchat.com. Actually...I bet my laptop misses me just as much I miss him! Yes... him... and his name is Johnny ;) ;) :-D

Pumpkins and Puppies

If ONE is good........

Then two MUST be better, RIGHT!!!????

GOTCHA!!!

Meet Lucy...... (who looks kinda black in this photo, but she is really chocolate brown)



We went to get the puppy with some friends of ours from Hartt. It's actually their cousin that had the puppies and they got one too. Her name is Emma.

Lucy is still a little shell-shocked... and Cooper is behaving himself so far, but not exactly helping her to settle down. Sampson is a non-issue... as you would probably assumer ;)

Let the housebreaking begin!!!!!!!!