I've been tagged!

1. Link to the person (or in my case person(s) that tagged you and post the rules on your blog.

2. Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself (on your blog, we all want to know them).

3. Tag 7 random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs.

4. Let each person know that they've been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
Here is the link to the person who tagged me....http://chitchatfromdivagirlrn.blogspot.com/

7 Random Facts About Me

1. I love horror movies

2. My favorite color is purple

3. I love purses!!!!!! Have over 350 in my collection....

4. I love to dance

5. I am in love with LL Cool J

6. I am afraid of bee's

7. I hate green peas





I'm Tagging

1. Adrienne: http://adrienneslittleworld.typepad.com/
2. Bonnie Rose: http://alifeunrehearsed.blogspot.com
3. Heather-http://alifesosimple.blogspot.com/
4. Noelia-http://www.noeliaevangelista.blogspot.com/
5. Em-http://justemsblog2.blogspot.com/
6. Keisha-http://abiteast.typepad.com/
7. Melanie-http://brownenglishmuffin.blogspot.com/
That was fun...

it's Monday.....

...which means back on the grind time. This weekend was mellow. Didn't do too much! Saturday night we went over to our neigbors to play Kino and have dinner had a blast. After about three watermelon martini's I thought I was playing BINGO....lol I think I might have even called bingo a few times. Friday was a bad day for me, really bad migraine, with nausea and dizziness.. REally bad! Sunday, I went to church with my parents. REally good service. Felt great when I left. So refreshing and renewed. I guess I needed a spiritual tune-up. LOL


Ok, so I went out this weekend and bought the infamous HALL OF FAME. Haven't read it yet, but plan to hit borders tommorrow, and sit and read for awhile, while the kids are at school. I also have to swing by Archivers and pick up Life Artist. But, getting back to the HOF, I am sure most of you have heard that Kristina Contes has been disqualified from the HALL OF FAME. Here are my thoughts: I feel so bad for Kristina Contes, I think she's the scapegoat for a lot of people. I feel that she was not the first person who has submitted someone else's pics to the Hall of Fame and won. Think about she never said "it was her pic" from jump. She credited the photo to Nisa Finn. She never took the credit. However, CK still allowed her in the contest. I think that she should have never allowed in the contest from jump, if they knew the pic was not her own. Now that everyone is in an uproar, the dq her. That sucks! Now they want people to go out and buy a special supplemental issue....are they nuts????? I won't be. I would much rather keep my issue with Kristina Contes in it! Because I love her work, I respect her as a fellow artist, and I think this all could have been handled much better and differently.

Interested in knowing how you all feel about this? Don't be shy. You don't have to agree with me, just want your input.



ChitChatDivaRn, I know you tagged me, will do it later today....OK

Until next tiime

It's that time again!

OLD SCHOOL FRIDAY...THAT IS!!!

Ok, I can remeber watching this video over and over and over and over and over!
Trying to learn every single step! Not just me, my sibling, even MY MOMMA. This is one of the best VIDEOS ever made. Period.

I remember my best friend Monica and I, rushing home from school, so that we could practice our steps.

I was in love with Michael Jackson during this time. I thought he was fine. Jerry curl juice and all.

This is when Michael was black yall...LOL This is when he didn't look like a freak. This is when his career was at it's best.


This is my favorite video of all time and now I am sharing it with you all....


Without further ado...




I give you.












































































THRILLER!!!!!!

TOP THAT ADRIENNE....lol

A little new with the old....

Ok, so Adrienne, my long lost sister, started this friendly competition.... called Old School Friday. She just don't know! LOL I am the old school queen, plus I got her by 3 years.....LOL

But I wanted to let ya know what I am feeling right now.


I love this song right now...

Who doesn't love Jagged Edge right!

Rough night

We were hit with some heavy duty storms last night. Super high winds. Rain. Lightening. It was crazy. Alot of of my halloween decorations were blown down. I thought someone was trying to break in at one point, because the winds were pushing the door. Sounded like something right out of a horror movie!


We are supposed to be hit with some severe weather today as well. Highs in the upper 70, to low 80's.

The reason we are having this stupid weather in the first place is because of extremes of cold and hot weather.

Today, not much planned. But, my favorite show SUPERNATURAL is coming on today. Jensen Ackles is so freaking hot! I will definitely be in front of the television watching it.


So many good movies are coming out..... I wanna go see : 30 days of night, now this movie looks soooooooo scary. Then I have to see Saw 4, wonder if it's going to be any good without Jigsaw, since he's dead, and I wanna see American Gangster with Denzel, looks like it's going to be supergood. I am going Friday to see Why did I get married. My mom said its a definite must see.


What are your plans for today? Anything exciting....Do tell!

Until next time

My spin on the whole HOF fiasco...

First of all let me say I love Kristina Contes. I think she is a phenomenal scrapper! I have followed her work for awhile now and she's one of the scrapbook greats in my book. That being said, I feel really bad for both CK and KC for the turn of events that took place..

However, in all fairness, I feel bad for the people who followed the rules and were overlooked..... I guess I would be a little upset too.

I think that CK definitely should revamp the rules, as this was one of the stupidest rules ever in my opinion.

Everyone is in an uproar in KC response found here. Some say she was rude, some say she's full of herself, some say she's arrogant, and I see none of those things.

Everyone handles things differently. I feel she gave an honest account of what happened. Nothing rude at all.

I do think this is a wakeup call for CK and adhereing to contest rules. I do believe they will go everything with a fine tooth comb in recent contests....lol

Do I think its rigged, I think that CK has it favs, definitely, but some of the Hall of famers I have never heard of, so I think everyone gets their fair shot.

Everyone can't win....kwim?

I am very interested in knowing how you all feel about it?

I just think some people are blowing things out of proportion, boycotting Ck, even one lady, said she wasn't going to buy from Hambly anymore, because KC is on their design team. I think that's CRAZY........

Again, I love KC, her book the dares was totally kick ass...

I can't stop supporting CK, I am not going to pass up Ali Edwards, Life ARtist...LOL

Things are getting ghoulishly fun at the Brooks house

I just love HALLOWEEN. It's my second best holiday, with Christmas coming first. We decorated our house and it's coming along really nice..... I have always decorated, but this is my first house. It didn't take long before I used all my goodies from my townhouse. I had to go out and buy more. More scary territory to fill......

The kids are so excited! I really get into the holidays. These are the times your children remember and cherish forever....... I am going to take some pics, once we are done! The last thing we have to do is finish our graveyard and build our scary man! Then we are done.......


Stay tuned for some ghoulishy good fun!!!!



I'll get you my pretty........




Dana

The fun is over.....

After a whirlwind weekend....It's back to the grind.

I had a blast this weekend. First Friday dh and I went out with friends for drinks and laughs. Total blast. Saturday, we went bowling with the family and Jaree did better than I did. Then we all went to TGIF for dinner. Sunday, my bil and his family came over and we watched movies and ordered in pizza. Now it's back to the normalcy, which is all good.

My nephew Ezra came along with my bil and his family. Ezra is really a tough pill to swallow, but he's a kid nonetheless. Well, my bil's wife does not like Ezra (dh's sister's son), and its so obvious. She kept yelling at him and arguing with him. Helllloooooo, you don't argue with an eight year old. I told dh about it and he noticed it too. I just told Ezra to stay away from her and stay with me. Because it was so not cool. How could someone dislike a child? I love children and could never bring myself to be that mean. I thought about telling my sil, but I don't want to start anything....kwim?


In other news, today is dh's last day of vacation....I am so sad. We are just going to relax and watch movies... oh and let's not forget DAncing with the Stars!!! I love Mel B. I hope she wins....


What's going on with you guys, anything fun planned today?

Dana

You already know....

TGIF....


Yes, it's Throwback Friday. This was the jam! I was 18 when this song came out and me and my dh got into a lot of mischief when this came out....LOL

Since my last blog, Jariel broke his hand. Wanna know how......Punching his brother in the head. He has what is know as a boxer's fracture. Boy did they get into trouble.

Anyways today I have to go to get his hand casted. I am so mad I can spit fire....

Any plans for the weekend? We have tons, zoo, bbq, and out to eat....Don't ya just love the weekend?


Until next time...

Turn the volume and enjoy H_Town



Dana

Baby it's cold outside!

WEather: Cold as hell, cloudy, and windy.....LOL

What a drastic change. Just this past weekend we had 90 degree weather. It was so hot I was sweating bullets. AC was on....and now I need to turn the heat on. That's the wonderful life of living in Chi-town. Crazy weather. I am thinking of CHILI tonight...LOL

Jaree is sick and at home and in mommy's bed. She has a terrible cold and she came home from school sick yesterday. Didn't send her today, because she was coughing so badly and it was super duper cold. It was 43 degrees this morning.....YIKES.


The boys are at school and its just me and Miss Ray-Ray. She looks so pitiful and pale. Poor baby! I hate it when she's sick. She looks so sad!

Today I don't have much planned. PRetty much staying in since its sooooo freaking cold. I am going to the library, Panera Bread, and Borders today.....then coming home to make some chili.

Did anyone watch DWTS yesterday....I was so scared Floyd was going home. I kinda felt sorry for Wayne Newton, however he was the weakest of the bunch.

The kids and I have been enjoying all the good movies on Disney......yesterday we watched Halloweentown 2, I think. It was really good. We watch all the halloween movies on Disney until Halloween.

We are decorating the house this weekend for Halloween. The kids are stoked. Hopefully Jaree will be better by then. I hate to see her sick!!!!

WEll, I gotta go....

Until next time..

Introducing my new niece

AYA IMAN MILLER.

Weighing in at 7 lbs 2 ounces and 19 1/2 inches long.
She made her Debut October 2, 2007 at 7:30 am.

Isn't she cute?

Happy Birthday to my big sis

Today My sister celebrates her 45th Birthday. Damn you look good girl. My sister Tracy is more like a mom than my sister. We are 12 years apart. She helped raise me. I have a lot of respect for my sister. I love her dearly. We fell out awile ago, but we are cool now. She is a wonderful mom and I love her dearly.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRACY!!!!

Throwback Friday and other things....

Hi all,

Adrienne doesn't know what she started....LOL Ok. This video was a groundbreaking video to stop the violence. Can you guess what it is????


My birthday was fun. Dh took me out to Red Lobster, ate myself into an oblivion, we didn't go to the movies, because the movie I wanna see doesn't come out until next Friday. It's Called Why did I get Married? by Tyler Perry (aka Madea).

I got a bouquet of lovely flowers, a card from dh and the kids, some money, a trip to bath and body works. My nephew Marion came over with a cute card that sang,a gift card to Chili's yummy, and a balloon. My mom is taking me out tommorrow.....such a sweetie.

Ok, old school girls. Did yall think D-Nice was cute? I did?

Dana

Happy Birthday to me!!!

Today I am 33! Woo! Well, officially I am not 33 until 7:21P.M. that's what I keep telling everyone. Today, I am going to dinner and movie. Dh is taking me out! I love dates. He came in at midnight with a bouquet of flowers and a card, I was in a drunken stupor (not from being drunk, just sleepy as hell.....LOL) Looked at the flowers and said "That's nice" and went right back to sleep, dh had to put them in water for me, because I was GONE.....lol


For me, birthdays don't have the same meaning as they did when I was younger... Don't get me wrong, I am thankful to God, for blessing me with another year on this earth, but I can remember as a child just being so GEEKED. I couldn't wait to my birthday! Now, its just another day to me. But, I do love all the attention I get and all the presents.....Keep em coming....LOL

Last year I got a car, wonder what dh has up his sleeve for this year.....


Until next time...

ALLERGIES SUCK

I guess you can tell what kind of weekend I had, lets just say I went thru two and half boxes of Kleenex is less than 24 hours.... runny nose, itchy watery runny eyes, itchy nose, sneezing until I almost pee my panties.....just horrible.

But, that didn't stop me from doing the dummy and going to the club last night, where my poor sinuses were INVADED by cigarette smoke. I so should have stayed home, but besides that I had a good time.

Aj, the little boy I babysit is soooooooo bad yall. I have never seen a boy so busy. He is here now and the little time it took me to post I had to say don't do that Aj, 5 times. Busy little boy....LOL


Pray for me!


How in the world do you get rid of fruit flies, we have been invaded by a gazillion, turns out someone put the potatoes in the cabinet instead of the fridge and I went to open it and I felt like I was plagued or something, they seem to keep multiplying, I mopped with vinegar, I cleaned the area where the rotted potatoes were with bleach and vinegar. I hate bugs Please help!


Today, we are going to the movies to see REsident EVil......can't wait. What are you doing today?



Dana

Throwback Friday

My girl Adrienne does a Throwback Friday on her blog every Friday. So this is for you Adrienne. Did I ever tell how much I was in love Jodeci, especially Devontae Swing.....LOL oooo yay.lol

Fun Quiz

Found this really neat quiz on a fellow blog members blog. super fun
1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car) German Shephard Nissan

2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fav ice cream flavor, favorite cookie) Pistachio Almond Oatmeal

3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name) D. Bro or D. Pay if I use my maiden name

4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal) PURPLE LION

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born) ARTEECE CHICAGO

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first?
BRO. DA OR PAY DA....

7. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd favorite color, favorite drink put “The”) PINK FRAPPUCHINO

8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers) GEORGE CHARLES

9. STRIPPER NAME: (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne, favorite candy) PLEASURES CHICO STICK

10.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names ) KENNEDY WENDELL


Look forward to hearing your answers.....

Btw, Poor Jaree got suspended for 1 day for fighting. I so wished I would have kept her at G.W school.

Dana

Happy Birthday Jariel and a few pics of Ms. Ray-Ray

I am so tired.....

....so I decided to help a friend out and babysit her son for 4 hours every morning from 8-12. He is a HANDFUL YALL let me tell you. He is so busy. He's 4. She pays me well, but I earn every penny kwim? I need to get in bed earlier and then I will be alright. LOL


We had a great weekend. Friday was Jariel's birthday we went to Hamada House of Japan and ate ourselves into a coma. I love their food. We took him shopping for a brand new trick bike and he's in seven heaven.....LOL

Saturday, we went to a our neighbors relatives housewarming. It was really nice. We ate well. Played cards, I had to open up a can of whoop ass on the spades table. Dh and I were the reigning champions.....some how, no one ever seems to beat us. WE'RE GOOD! LOL


Sunday, we chilled, I cooked a huge dinner, POT ROAST, BAKED MACARONI AND CHEESE, SPECKLED BUTTER BEANS WITH HAMHOCKS, and CORN BREAD. We watched television and played a little bean bags, just chilled, nothing major.

Today, nothing big planned. Just cleaning my closet. Getting things in order...

Today's challenge on twopeas, was what do you do when you are stressed?

When I am stressed, I put on pot of hot water, have some tea, take a steam bath, and meditate. I try not to let myself get too stressed, but when the moment arrives, it's nothing hot tea and ahot bath won't cure. What are your destressing methods???


Dana

Blast from the past

Press play and laugh......

I used to love SNL, this was my favorite skit.


Eddie Murphy was a fool....LOL

Thought this was fun....

What is your stripper name????

1. Use the third letter of your first name to determine your new first
>name:
>
> a = Chesty
> b = Fantasia
> c = Starr
> d = Diamond
> e = Montana
> f = Angel
> g = Sugar
> h = Mimi
> I = Lola
> j = Kitty
> k = Roxie
> l = Dallas
> m = Princess
> n = Heidi
> o = Bambi
> p = Bunny
> q = Brandy
> r = Sugar
> s = Candy
> t = Raquelle
> u = Sapphire
> v = Cinnamon
> w = Blaze
> x = Trixie
> y = Isis
> z = Jade

2. Use the second letter of your last name to determine the first half
> of your new last name:
> a = Leather

> b = Dream
> c = Sunny
> d = Deep
> e = Heaven
> f = Tight
> g = Shimmer
> h = Velvet
> i = Lusty
> j = Harley
> k = Passion
> l = Dazzle
> m = Dixon
> n = Spank
> o = Glitter
> p = Razor
> q = Meadow
> r = Glitz
> s = Sparkle
> t = Sweet
> u = Silver
> v = Tickle
> w = Cherry
> x = Hard
> y = Night
> z = Amber
>
> 3. Use the third letter of your last name to determine the second half
> of your new last name:
> a = hooter
> b = horn
> c = tower
> d = fire
> e = thighs
> f = hips
> g = side
> h = jugs
> i = shock
> j = cocker
> k = brook
> l = tush
> m = sizzle
> n = ridge
> o = kiss
> p = bomb
> q = cream
> r = thong
> s = heat
> t = whip
> u = cheeks
> v = rock
> w = hiney
> x = button
> y = lick
> z = juice

btw..... meet the new Dana...my new name is: HEIDI GLITZ KISS......

or if I use my maiden name its Heidi Leather Lick.......LOL I think I like my married name better...LOL

DAna

Just one more day.....B

Just one more day and there will be no yelling at Jariel to brush his teeth...
Just one more day there will be no driving Bee to school.....
Just one more day there will be no yelling at Jaree for falling back to sleep after I woke her up..
Just one more day and I won't have to wake up at 6am

Just one more day and Dana will be totally happy....

Just one more day and Jariel will turn 11!

Have I ever told you I am totally not a morning person? Well I am not. Truth be told, I am a total CRABASS in the morning.....LOL

The weekend can't get here fast enough for me....

I did get a chance to pick up some cute ribbons from Joann's and the latest copy of Scrapbooks ETc and Ck's newest idea book Scrapbook Play, can't wait to dive in and read them.

Well, I am off to get a power nap....

toodles

I got bit in the butt.....

......by the lazy bug! Boy am I super tired today, but I have to snap out of it. I have to much to do. I just woke up at noon, then went back to sleep again to one. Was only supposed to take a one hour pour nap, layed down around 10 and it was over.....LOL


The kids are all at school and I need to atleast get dinner out and do a little cleaning. My room is a wreck and so am I....LOL

Jariel's birthday is coming up soon. My baby will be 11 years old. It's hard to believe. I can remember the day they finally brought him to me, he was sooooo cute. Fast forward to today, he has turned out to be a very handsome young man. You know their will be an 11 year old photo shoot. His birthday is Friday, SEptember 21st. He wants to go to the movies with friends and have a skating party, we will see...... More than likely we will.


Today I am going to attempt to get some work done....key word ATTEMPT.

I may even get by a scrap store or too, I have been shopping since I last posted, but someone told me that all I do is brag about my purchases, so I haven't beeen sharing as much as I used too, but I said "who cares what people think, this is my blog", so stay tuned for "bragging"....LOL


Dana

Bee's homecomming!!!

This is one of my favorites. He loooks quite handsome and so do you Nic....haha

This picture just cracks me up Bee and Nic doing the crank that road runner!
They look like nuts on this picture
I guess they they think they are cute. they thought right....LOL
another silly pic
don't they look cute

If I may say so myself, my son is quite the Looker....LOL I know I am shameless
they look so serious
Wow, bee looks like Nelly on this pic....
Those are some pretty good looking boys....
BFF's!!!!

I took tons more pics but didn't want blogger to have a brain fart.

Hope you enjoyed.....

Dana

Reporting live.....

......from the Brooks family bed. Right now I have two little piggies in my bed with me and dh can you guess who? If you guessed Bonnie and Clyde aka Jariel and Jaree, you would correct. They are in my bed watching Bring it on, all or nothing. Which is a really good movies. I love cheerleading movies anyways.....soooo.

Well, Bee had a great time at Homecoming. He stayed the nignt at his best friend Nic's house. I got go get him soon, because we are going to my parents house today. Jaree's going to be super happy, because she gets to hang out with Mia and Alyssa. Her fav buds at my mom's. Jariel will probably go to the skate park and bee will just talk on the phone the entire time.


It has really been cool around here lately. Yesterday night it dropped down to 42 degrees. I am looking forward to fall, love the 70 degree weather, just throw on some fleece and keep it rolling.


I have already started buying fleece blankets and hoodies, and wool socks to wear around the house, to save on those heating costs.....LOL


Well, I gotta go and get these kids ready, stay tunned for Bee's homecomming pics....He went with his boys, because his girlfriend Katie is out of town, and she wasn't trying to hear about him going with another girl, can you blame her....LOL

Dana

TGIF!!!!!!!

Yesterday, the kids and I had a blast. We had to go pick up mh oldest son from his friend Nic's house and all the way there, they kept on yelling out the window at guys and saying "Hey baaaaaby!!!"" That was funny! One guy got scared! It was so funny. We even yelled it at Bee and Nic!!! They cracked up. Then I came home with my God daughter Marissa and we stayed up last singing songs, badly I might add. Then we went to go pick up my air matress from my cousin Pam's house and then we went to Baskin Robbins.....its 24 hours ya know.....I didn't get to sleep until 4 am and boy does 6am come around really fast. I just had to pray Jaree and jariel put their clothes on right and brushed their teeth, because I layed down until 7:20, drove Bee to school and his homecoming is this week. He left his money for homecoming and guess what I had to drive back to school and give it to him. But, not before I took a power nap, woke up NOON, lol and took him his money. I am so sleepy guys!

But my house is a mess and I need to get it in order. That is my plan today!!! It's a dusty mess. But I will take care of that today and I will wash my walls and all my floors. I have been slipping lately and now it's catching up to me.

this weekend we are going to a baby shower and just relaxing, nothing big. I will be taking tons of pics of Bee's homecoming...stay tuned!!!!


Dana

What is the world coming too?

By now I am sure everyone has heard about the young AA lady who was kidnapped, raped and tortured by 6 males and females.

I am totally perplexed and disenchanted after reading that the DA has to figure out if it was A HATE CRIME. Duh! What the hell do they think it was. Everytime the stabbed her, they called her the N-WORD, and one of the ladies even went as far as to say, we are doing this to you because of what you are......come on now. Then they get a 100,000 bond. WTF? They were harder on Vick on torturing some damned dogs, and here it is a HUMAN BEING, being tortured and they have TO FIGURE OUT, if it was a hate crime. Just proves we still live in a very RACIST world. I am sooooo upset about this. I wished I made the laws, because whatever you do to someone else, the same should be done to you, and then we will see how much crime we would have.

Here is the story:
Deputies Say Woman Tortured, 6 Charged



LOGAN, W.Va. (AP) — A woman who authorities said was sexually abused, beaten and stabbed while held captive for at least a week was repeatedly called a racial slur during the attacks, the victim's mother said.

Six people, all white, including a mother and son and a mother and daughter, have been arrested in connection with the alleged abduction of the 23-year-old black woman, sheriff's officials said Monday.

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Authorities were still looking for two people they believe drove the woman to the home where she was abused, said Logan County Chief Deputy V.K. Dingess.

The FBI, which was asked by the sheriff's department to aid in the investigation, will look into whether a hate crime occurred.

The woman's abductors called her the N-word "every time they stabbed her," the woman's mother told The Charleston Gazette for a story published Tuesday.

The woman underwent surgery for leg wounds, Dingess told the paper.

Deputies found the woman Saturday after going to the home in Big Creek, about 35 miles southwest of Charleston, to investigate an anonymous tip.

One of the suspects, Frankie Brewster, was sitting on the front porch and told deputies she was alone, but moments later the woman limped toward the door, her arms outstretched, saying, "Help me," the sheriff's department said in a news release.

Besides being sexually assaulted, the woman had been stabbed four times in the left leg and beaten, Logan County sheriff's Sgt. Sonya Porter said. Her eyes were black and blue. The wounds were inflicted at least a week ago, deputies said.

During her capture, the woman was forced to eat rat and dog feces and drink from the toilet, according to the criminal complaint filed in magistrate court. She also had been choked with a cable cord and her hair was cut, it alleges.

"The things that were done to this woman are just indescribable," Porter said.

One of those arrested, Karen Burton, is accused of cutting the woman's ankle with a knife. She used the N-word in telling the woman she was victimized because she is black, according to the criminal complaint.

Deputies say the woman was also doused with hot water while being sexually assaulted.

"She wakes up in the middle of the night screaming, 'Mommy,'" the mother told the paper. "What's really bad is that we don't know everything they did to her. She is crying all the time."

The Associated Press normally does not name victims of suspected sex crimes, and is not identifying the mother to protect the identity of her daughter.

The six suspects were arrested Saturday and Sunday. Deputies were still trying to determine whether the woman knew her assailants, Porter said.

Brewster, the 49-year-old who owns the home where the alleged attacks occurred, is charged with kidnapping, sexual assault, malicious wounding and giving false information during a felony investigation.

Her son, Bobby R. Brewster, 24, also of Big Creek, is charged with kidnapping, sexual assault, malicious wounding and assault during the commission of a felony.

Burton, 46, of Chapmanville, is charged with malicious wounding, battery and assault during the commission of a felony.

Her daughter Alisha Burton, 23, of Chapmanville, and George A. Messer, 27, of Chapmanville, are charged with assault during the commission of a felony and battery.

Danny J. Combs, 20, of Harts, is charged with sexual assault and malicious wounding.

All six were held Monday in lieu of $100,000 bond each, and all have asked for court-appointed attorneys.

Where were you on September 11, 2001 when ...

the first plane hit the Twin Towers???? Well, I was 25 years old and I was at
Ceda with my cousin Pam. I remember watching Good Morning America, when they were talking about the first tower, then all of a sudden the second plane hit.....I remember saying oh my God, are we under attack? I called my mom and told her to turn on the news, and she said "Girl, somebody must have went to sleep at the control towers, because two planes just crashed into the Eiffel Towers? I remember thinking "what channel is she watching?", and she immediately corrected herself and said the "Twin Towers". I remember laughing and going to my mom's for coffee. No sooner did I get to my mom's did the kids school call and I had to pick them up from School because the school was on high alert and dismised all students. Thanks God, I only lived 15 minutes from my mom's. I remember going back to my mom's and explaining what was going on to a kingegartner and a 4th grader. I remember my son saying "God, why do they hate us?".

I remember my mom and I watching and screaming as the first tower collapsed......I remember bawling my eyes out and then the second tower fell, I was in shock. I couldn't believe it. Then we got new about the pentagon and the plain that went down. We watched MSNBC all night long. It was crazy!

It's hard to believe that was 6 years ago, because I remember it like it was yesterday!!!

One thing that changed that day was my ILLUSION OF SAFETY. I never thought in a million years that America would be attacked on their own soil. Never! That day, changed that illusion real fast.
Where were you when we were attacked? What has changed since then?

dana

The Good and the bad....

I will give you the good first. For the most part, I had a GREAT WEEKEND! On Friday we all went to Red Lobster to celebrate my nephew Plukes going away to Las Vegas. We had a great time! Good, Good, food! Then we went out to Meeks for drinks. Well, we had to cut everything short, when we get a call around 1am......I will get back to that later, because I am giving you the good right now.


Saturday, was a busy, busy day. I got up and went to Wal-mart and got my gifts for my sil's baby shower. Spent way too much money. YOu know they make too many cute things for baby girls...LOL I came home showered and layed my clothes out. Took the kids out to Country Club Hills fest. They had a blast. We got funnel cake and home made icecream. Was tooooooo good. The kids rode horses, got their faces painted, jumped in the balloon float, and road the train. We left, I came home and immediately got in my clothes, put my make up on and headed to the baby shower. The baby shower was really nice, my sil doesn't need anything. She got tons.

After, the shower, I was supposed to go to my cousins birthday party, but what happened was?.....LOL I told myself I would take a quick power nap and when I woke up the birds were chirping...LOL

Onto Sunday, we took the kids downtown to Johnny Rockets, and then later that evening we went to the park. Kind of a lazy day!

Well, now it's time to give you bad. You know that phone call I got at 1am, it was from my nephew Marion. Turns out that my son was JUMPED, at a carnival, both him and his best friend, by 20-25 guys. Thank God, he was not hurt. My children have taken Karate since they were little tikes and he defended his self well. He ended up with a small lump on the side of his head. Nic was not so lucky, he ended up being struck in the head with something and ended up getting 5 staples in his head. I was PISSED! So was Baptiste. I hurried over to Worth Police Department because a mom has to see for herself. He told me wasn't hurt, the police told me wasn't hurt, but I couldn't get their fast enough. The kids were trying to tell me how everyone that ran up on Bee got drop kicked or knocked out, didn't care to hear any of that nonsense, just wanted to see my baby. After I looked him over thoroughly, I blasted him for not calling me...I was so angry. But that wasn't even the tip of the iceberg! The prejudice in this world never ceases to amaze me, Worth is predominatley white town. My son was the only black kid involved.... Everyone else was either hispanic or white. Why did the police officer that handled the case, try to turn everything on Bee! He comes out and says that I heard you are the instigator of this whole thing, telling these kids (who are mind you ages 15-19 and bee is 14) you were going to come to Worth and blow it and shouting your gang stuff Pope, pope, this and Pope that, I said first off, get the hell out of my son's face. He's the victim asshole! I said, maybe your department is in the f*(%ing ice ages, but their is no gang call the Pope's. Never heard of it. I said, and foot is too far in his throat to have time to associate with any gang. He is only allowed at a few friends house. I keep a tight reign over my son. I know where he is at ALL TIMES...I said maybe you got a mail ordered badge, because if in fact my son was in a gang, it must be a two man gang, being that he was jumped by 20 plus people and if he was coming to Worth to blow it up, don't you think he would have blown some of the kids up who ATTEMPTED to jump him. He says, maam, to be honest don't believe either sides....I said well, I believe my son...and if you look at his record vs theirs, my son is a POPE as Pope John Paul a saint. He has never been in any trouble. He loooked like a total ass! Turns out 4 of the kids have a record long as my arms and legs put together.....

I took Bee home, and we had a long time about "the choices we make". I had just had a long conversation with God, that morning. I asked that God protect my children and keep them safe. I asked that he would just cover them in his blood. I guess I felt something....

Other than that one incident, my weekend was GRRRREEEEEEAAAAAAATTTT!

Hey Hey, It's Friday!!

Wow, this week sure went by fast! Now its time to relax, NOT! I have such a busy weekend. Today, we are going out with my nephew Pluke (not his real name, his name is Parrish, but its his nickname, in case anyone was wondering...LOL)he is moving to Las Vegas, sin city baby! He leaves Sunday, I am going to be sooooo sad ! Pluke is like our own. Saturday, I have to take Jariel to his 3 on 3 tournament, and then we are going to CCHIlls fest. From there I am going to my sil's baby shower, come home take a quick power nap, before I head to my favorite cousin Cherrones, 28th birthday celebration. I am going to be so toasted, because my cousins are such bad influences.....LOL

Sunday, I will be RESTING.....Don't have anything plan, might swing by parent's house for a little bit, but nothing big.

What are your plans for the weekend? Anything big?


Dh is off for two days, today and tommorrow, so I might be held hostage for awhile. I will try to post! LOL

Gotta run!


cya soon

Been having a blast

Labor day weekend was a blast, we ate so much, I felt like Violet on Willie Wonka and the Chocholate Factory. LOL We went to a. bbq with friends, then my dad had a company picnic, the kids had a blast! Then I cooked too. I cooked ribs, steak, chicken wings, chicken legs, hot link, turkey legs, and hot dogs. I cooked baked beans, dirty rice, potato salad, spaghetti, corn on the cob, and 7 layer salad. I was dog tired, but we sure ate good. Dh did all the grilling, I just marinated and seasoned the meat.

My nephew Marion is so hilarious. He told us we got our turkey legs off of Ebaby from the Flinstones.....It was soooooooooo funny. YOu had to be there.

Lately I have been doing a lot of soul searching and thinking, about the choices I have made, One being this house....I love the house, but the neighborhood is not all what its cracked up to be. I mean the kids are super mean, my kids constantly getting into it .....I mean everyday, its something. I Love the house, but am not happy with the neighborhood. I keep telling myself winter will be here soon and all will settle down, but what will happen when summer arrives again? I am going to give it some time, but I am growing very unhappy.

Other than that, I have 2 really good set of neighbors! Whom we really get along with good and they feel the same exact way. I am hoping things will get better and soon. If not this house will be on the market and I will be researching my next neighborhood....LOL


ON a brighter note, I am now used to the kids being in school. I love the me time that I have. I have been reading, reading, reading and writing, writing, writing....soon I will be scrapping, scrapping, scrapping.....LOL

I am looking forward to summers end, and welcoming FAll. Which is truly my favorite time of the year! Cooler days! Longer nights! Fun, Fun, Fun....LOL


Well, I have to go and break up a fight between Bonnie and Clyde, seems they are arguing over LOTION.....those two kids.....LOL

The kids are all in school and guess what I have been doing? READING!!!! I have been taking some time for Dana and getting back into my reading. I miss my babies, but time goes by so fast, before you know it their home.


Last time I blogged, we had some pretty horrible storms, I mean horrible. I think we may have even had a tornado. The winds were so strong, that it just anhihilated my patio furniture. The sirens went off, the kids were outside walking the dog when the sirens went off...It turned a really funny orangish color outside and we had some pretty strong winds and hail. We ran in the basement and I thought the windows were going to break. You literally felt the house shaking.... Jaree was hysterical! It lasted for like 45 minutes and then it stopped. Later that night we had more thunderstorms so it was horrible. The power was out for like 8 hours...It was hot and miserable....

Dh celebrated his 33rd birthday on Friday. We went out to Pappadeux's and ate ourselves into an OBLIVION.

He has been on vacation, so he has been keeping me occupied. Instert develish grin! LOL


Yesterday, we had a carbon monoxide scare.. I was cooking and the CO detector went off. REplaced batteries it kept going off. Called the fire dept and we had to evacuate, because the levels were 50. We had to evacacuate until Nicor Gas arrived. When they arrived the levels were 0. I guess it was from cooking. We were taking no chances. The kids were sleepy because we were out of the house until 12 midnight. Talk about a crazy vacation dh has had.....LOL

How are all you doing???

HOpe all is well

Until next time

When it rains it pours .....literally..

I am beginning to feel like NOAH...LOL
Wow, we have been getting drenched here in the Midwest. Nothing but rain! It's raining and cool here in Chicago.

What is it about rain that makes you sleepy....I didn't get up until almost 2pm today. I immediately got up cleaned the kitchen, took dinner out, and started laundry. I cannot believe I slept this late.

Bonnie and Clyde start school in 2 DAYS. I am going to miss my babies. Tommorrow I am going to braid Jaree's hair and we are going to go to HOllywood Park. Can't believe their Summer is over. We had some good times. Six Flags, Waterparks, beach, zoo.....we had a blast. Now it's back on the grind.

A lot of parents are glad for their kids to start school, but I must admit I am a little sad. I am going to miss them during the day. I love my kids sooooo much, they are my world. I cannot even fathom what my life would be like without them...
Don't get me wrong, some days they work my LAST NERVE, but I love them to bits!

Wednesday I will be a little misty, but I will get over it....LOL

Until next time

I love this song....

I so love this song!

Here are the lyrics:
I was told the true definition of a man was to never cry
Work till you tired yeah got to provide yeah
Always be the rock for my fam, protect them by all means
(and give you the things that you need, baby)
Our relationship is suffering trying to give you - what I never had
You say I don’t know to love you baby
Well I say show me the way
I keep my feelings - deep inside I
Shadow them - with my pride eye
I’m trying desperately baby just work with me

Chorus
Teach me how to love
Show me the way to surrender my heart, girl I’m so lost
Teach me how to love
How I can get my emotions involved
Teach me, show me how to love
Show me the way to surrender my heart, girl I’m lost
Teach me how to love
How I can get my emotions involved
Teach me, how to love

I was always taught to be strong
never let them think you care at all
Let know one get close to me
Before you and me
I den’ shared things wit chu girl about my past
That I’d never tell to anyone else - no
Just keep it to myself, - yes
Now I know I lack affection and expressing my feelings
It took me a minute to come and admit this but
See I’m really try’na - change now
Wanna love you better, - show me how
I’m tryin desperately baby hey

CHORUS
Teach me how to love
Show me the way to surrender my heart, girl I’m so lost
Teach me how to love
How I can get my emotions involved
Teach me, show me how to love
Show me the way to surrender my heart, girl I’m so lost
Teach me how to love
How I can get my emotions involved
Teach me, how love

Bridge
Ain’t nobody ever took the time to try to teach me what - love was but you
And I ain’t never trust anyone enough to let em tell me - what to do
Teach me how to show it and show me how to love you baby
(Teach me please just show me yeah)
Cause I’m willing
To let go of my fears girl I’m serious
About all that I’ve said
Girl I wanna love you with all my heart
Baby show me where to start

CHORUS
Teach me how to love
Show me the way to surrender my heart, girl I’m so lost
Teach me how to love
How I can get my emotions involved
Teach me, show me how to love
Show me the way to surrender my heart, girl I’m so lost
Teach me how to love
How I can get my emotions involved
Teach me, how love

Girl just teach me how to love you better
You know I wanna love you better girl

Crazy car, crazy husband, and crazy son makes Dana very crazy...

Well that was a crazy title.....LOL

First off, My oldest started school yesterday. Can you believe he is a Sophmore? That's one down and 2 more to go...LOL Anyways, I took him shopping yesterday, and he didn't see a thing he liked. We went to three different store, A J Wright, Burlington Coat Factory, and Value City. I was so mad I could spit. But that wasn't the worst of it. Earlier that day, I had picked Bee up from school. He started walking towards the car with his best friend NIcK, Nick rides the bus, so that means Nick missed his bus and guess who they want to drive him home.....ME. ON the way to NIcks house, I hit a pothole, flatten my tire and bend the rim. You know I was mad, because I really didn't want to take Nick home anyway, and in the process I get a flat tire. I go to the neighbors to use the air compressor, that is when I find out I messed up the rim. Now I am livid. I try to start the car to check the time, I am turning the key but nothing happens, not even a sound.


I was home all day cleaning, so I hadn't even had a chance to shower, so I felt so nasty. I had to go in Nick house to use the phone. His mom and mY friend Denise insists I stay inside with her. I told her Denise, i have been cleaning all day and I haven't even showered, and she says well that makes two of, I have been cleaning all day and haven't showered either. I call Dh, who acted a COMPLETE ASS! I won't even go all into it, but he pissed me off so bad, that I am put him ON MUTE ALL DAY TODAY AND YESTERDAY.... Make a long story short, he just dropped the tire off and told BEE to fix it. Bee has never fixed a tire in his life, luckily Ed Denise's neighbor came out and taught the boys how to fix a tire. Nick jacked the car up and Bee removed the tire and put the new tire on, and Ed refused to let the boys tighten the lug nuts. Denise and I did have a good time chatting!

Luckily the car starts, by this time its 6 oclock. The kids are starving and I have a dead lizard in the car that the flies want! I took the Lizard to the store to get a new one, took the kids to Taco Bell, came home to drop the lizard off, and car won't start again... I go inside for awhile comeback to the car and it starts, took a chance to take Bee shopping and we go to Value City and the plan was to leave the car running....but I am so used to taking the keys out of the ignition that I turned the car off, got out of value city and guess what? Car won't start. I figured it just needed some time, so we walked across to Burlington and Aj Wright and come back an hour later, CAR STILL WON'T START. I didn't even want to call Baptiste, but after almost an hour and half, I had called him and you guessed he turned into the ASSINATOR.....the kids were thirsty, so I gave them money to walk to Dominicks which was one lot over.....I just put my hands on the steerring wheel and BAWLED! I decided to give the car one last try and it STARTED! GRABBED THE KIDS, called dh and hoppend on the e-way came home. Got home took the key out, had my neighbor who is a mechanic come and look at it and the car starts back up. It wasn't doing it anymore. Went to the car to take Bee to school this morning and it started. I don't know if I knocked something loose or what, but its been working fine. I am still going to get it looked at.

but that was my wild and crazy day yesterday!

Hope I get a better start today......LOL

Dana

Irrational fear....

Or phobias if you will.... Do you have any? For as long as I can remember, I have had a fear of Clowns. I think the movie IT sealed the deal for me, but long before it was out, I never ever warmed up to clowns. I always kept my distance. I was never one to associate clowns as being fun or funny. They just plain creep me out. Look at the history of clowns, John Wayne Gacy used to dress up as a clown, in the movie Halloween, Michael Myers killed his sister wearing a clown uniform, the movie it..So many bad things have been asssociated with clowns. Let's not forget poor Robbie on Poltergeist, the boy was pulled under the bed and strangled and attacked by a clown....LOL

I also fear porcelain dolls and ventriliquist dummies. The movie Dead Silence just sealed the deal for both of those things.....LOL

I also have a fear of something bad happening to my children, I think that's every mother's worst nightmare.

What are some of your fears....

My mom has a extreme phobia of SNAKES, she won't even look at them on television.....LOL

I can look at clowns but I will run away if one comes near.....LOL

This movie still creeps me out......

I am a total horror movie fan, but this movie gives me the creeps to this day. Especially the part when the little girl opens his makeshift tent and throws up everywhere. Hey, did you know that little girl was none other than Mischa Barton formely of the OC. I don't know why I watch horror movies, they always give me nightmares......LOL

Dana

Finally.....

After months of being out of commission, Dell finally helped me fix my NOTEBOOK. I had been using dh's macbook, and he wasn't always willing to share....LOL So I had to get if fixed. I was on the phone 3 hours trying to figure out what was going on with my computer. My wireless network was not working.... They had me do a gazillion things trying to trouble shoot and I got so mad..... Also every one who works for Dell Technical Support, can hardly speak ENGLISH....so I found myself saying "I'm sorry can you repeat that"....until finally I blew a gasket, called back and talked to someone who spoke English CLEARLY....How the hell are you going to let someone work for you that deals with primarily customers in the US, not speak CLEAR English? By this time I am LIVID....

Finally, I get someone who speaks English and helps me fix the problem partially. You did get the PARTIALLY PART RIGHT?

He did get the wireless network connected, but it still was not connecting to the internet, kept getting an error message....after about 25 minutes, both the technichian and I threw in the towel....we were OBVIOUSLY DEFEATED right? He gave me the "CONTACT YOUR INTERNET PROVIDER".

What in the world could Comcast do to fix the problem. It was an internal error, which finally was fixed, but now we had problems with the router.....

So what did I do?

A. Did I slam the computer against the wall and scream like a crazy lady?
B. Did I call Comcast and ask them questions, for which I know they had no answers?
or C. Did I calm myself down with a nice glass of lemonade, take a walk, come back home and try one last idea...



Well, if you picked A, you are not far off, because I came really close to throwing the computer against the wall and screaming like a crazy lady, however I thought C would be more beneficial to me. I decided that I would reset both the modem and router and turn the computers off. I turned them back on and EUREKA.....my computer if fixed. See what you can do when you put your mind to it....LOL


I was stressing over this stupid computer and finally I got it fixed!

So what's been going on with me, nothing much. Just trying to get these kids in order for school Bee starts next week and Jariel and Jaree start in 2 weeks. Time seemed to fly by.....Can't believe summer is almost over....makes me want to cry!!!

We have been getting a lot of storms here too. WE even had a tornado warning today, luckily it all blew over! The kids were little troopers, they were showing me where we could go if a tornado was to come. Ms. Jaree even showed me how to protect my head.....These kids are too flippin smart.

WEll, I am sleepy as all get out, had to get up early to go register Bee for school now I am dog tired....


Until next time


Dana

Sad news....

Last night I got a call from my cousin Cherrone. She was crying hysterically....
Seems like my uncle Marion's cancer has spread to both lungs, kidneys, lymph nodes, everything but the liver...
This is so heart breaking. My aunt Plump has been with Uncle Marion for umphteen years...I don't even know how long. It was before I was born I can tell you that. Please say a prayer for my family.

Dana

DAYUM..........IT'S HOT!

WOW, IT'S 1OO DEGREES OUTSIDE!!!
Guess where I am in.....In my air conditioned house.

Whew.....and when I dropped Bee off with friends, people were actually jogging and walking the bike trails....how crazy is that. Talk about determination and drive....Noway would you catch me exercising in 100 degree weather.....LOL

Today, I am just chilling. Nothing planned today.....I am going to do a ittle scrapping. but that's all!

I have been doing well...
Depression seems to be subsiding....
No one could be more happy than I am about that....LOL

Can you believe the kids will be starting school in just a couple of weeks. Wow, where did the time go? My kids are CRAZY, they are actually ready to start school! LOL

I am taking the kids shopping Saturday, they are excited! Not looking foreward to taking Bee shopping, he's soo expensive, everything has to name brand....he needs a job....LOL

Anyways, I gotta do a little shopping and I will be back later.....

dana

Who does he think he is Rico Suave....LOL

This is my oldest son Bee. He is almost 15 years old. He is going to be a sophmore this year....but he already has a degree in MYSPACE. I just happened to look on his page and found some interesting pictures.

Seems like my son is in love with him self.....LOL

I made him set his myspace to private,I don't wan't just anyone having access. He looks a lot older than his age.

I remember when his dad had abs like that.....LOL

He spends more time grooming himself than a girl. He's very into his look. He'a a HOT MESS....lol

I just had to share with my blogging buddies....shhhhh don't tell bee....LOL

Dana

Bored out of my mind.....

and it's my own fault. Dh begged me to go to the club with him tonight,but I wasn't feeling it. My hair is a mess. I know I could have did it, but I just felt so blaw. You know those days when you just don't feel like doing a thing.... Well, today was one of those days. Now all the kids are at our neighbors house and I am just plain bored.

Today, we ordered in pizza. It's normally what we do here on Fridays. I am not a big fan of pizza, but the kids love it! Right, now I am just catching up on email, getting ready to finish my book and then start on the latest MM mag. Nothing exciting.

Still here taking it one day at a time, one step at a time. I am going to make myself blog. It is still something I find comfort in.....


Dana

Still hanging in ...

Gosh, its been awhile since I last blogged, which is so COMPLETELY unlike me. Blabbermouth, motor mouth Dana...
Well, I have been in a funk...
Depression is no JOKE ....
Its so unbelivabley hard to shake...
It robs me of so much...
It's a struggle for me to get out of bed some times...
I really hate to go back on meds, because I hate the way they make me feel....
I just continue to pray that things will look up for me..
I have every reason to be happy, good health, great marriage, beautiful children, new home...
I should be on cloud nine right?
Its hard for me right now...
So unbelievably hard...
Some day I wanna give up, but I have too much to live for...
please pray for me....
I hope this will soon pass...

I'm baaaaack.....

Wow,

Can't believe its been this long. First of all let me say ALL IS WELL. Everyone is ok. Just life got so busy. Kwim? We had problems with our internet service and it's finally been taken care of..... I just got it back on yesterday! Thank God. WE had a fabulous fourth. great food. spent it with family. went to firework celebration. bought tons of fireworks.
We still have fireworks you guys. Crazy huh? I was in a funk with my depression for awhile, but am ok now. WE did have a tragic event in the family. My cousin Darryl took his life last week. He was only 41. So sad. He was the only boy of 7 sisters. Our family reunion is Saturday and its going to be so sad.

WE went to six flags great america Saturday had a blast. Do you know MS. JAREE rode every single ride and was not scareed. She is definitely her mother's daughter. A total daredevil. It was 24 of us who went. We had a blast! Didn't get a chance to go to Hurricane Harbor, because it was not warm enough in my opinion, but Bee (my oldest), went with a bunch of his friends. He's growing up, he could not wait to break away from the family.....LOL He was with his girlfriend, his best friend, and his girlfriend's two best friends. I have a real problem with him growing up. I get kinda sad sometimes, but it's all part of life. right? HE's almost 15 years old! I must be getting old, because boy was my feet hurting the next day......LOL We managed to ride 9 coasters and rode 2 waterrides. So fun......


fast forward to today...... I am going to visit my mom, stop by the post office, and take Goldie to get his nails clipped....



Today's challenge was name 5 things you do daily without fail.

1. Shower (cannot exactly walk around stinky.....)
2. Brush my teeth.....
3. Make my bed (even if it's 5 minutes before I get inside it.....LOL)
4. Kiss my children and my hubby and tell them I love them
5. talk to my mom......
6. Sorry for the extra one, but everyday i thank God for all he has given me....


What are five things you do without fail?

Dana

It's Friday baby...

Friday's have kinda lost their appreciation, since the kids are out of school....LOL

No more umph.....

HOwever, today I plan to go to my mom's for some good eats and fun in the sun...somewhat. It feels more like Fall than summer here. Today, we will struggle to hit 70's. But that's what you get in the wonderful city of Chicago, you never know what you will get.

Dh is at work, the kids are playing outside and i am CLEANING as usual. I have mopped all the floors. Cleaned the bathroom. Bee cleaned the kitchen and vacuumed all the floors and I have 3 loads of laundry to wash. I tell ya, I don't know how I do it....LOL

I haven't been blogging lately, because I have been really reading.... I love to read!

I am going to attempt to scrap this weekend too....Hasn't been going well. I cut down on my kits because they were sitting unused! Summer always does this to me. Somebody give me some INSPIRATION.... I need it. LOL

On another note, it has been almost 4 months since I last spoke to my brother.....I know crazy! He's estranged like that. I love him to death. I guess I am going to have to take a drive over there if I want to see my nieces and nephew..... He lives all the way in the city and I am going to be meaner than a wasp if he's not home.....LOL

He's in the dog house with my mom.....
He didn't call her for mother's day....I know SHOCKING.... He's weird that way! Of all the days not to call your mom.......But that's Marcus for ya.....LOL


Today, not much planned, just cleaning and reading.

Wishing you all a great and fun filled weekend....

until next time

Bonnie and Clyde are at again!!!

Bonnie and Clyde aka Jariel and Jaree strikes again. Friday, Baptiste and I went out to dinner to one of our favorite restaurants Hamada House of Japan...where they cook in front of you. The food is sooooo good. We always get the Land and sea which consists of steak and shrimp. Talk about good. It's Thai, sorta like stir fry, but better. I love their ginger sauce. They cook it up with chicken fried rice, onions, mushrooms, brocholi, and zuchinni....oh my God. But anyway, back to Bonnie and Clyde. I DO NOT ALLOW my children to go outside when I am not home! Call me old fashioned but we were not allowed to go out when my parents were not home until we were teens.....

Well, hubby gets a call in the middle of our dinner and it's Bee my oldest. He tells dh that Bonnie and Clyde went outside (first thing they did wrong) and took some paper towels, rolled them out, and set them on fire (second thing they did wrong, they know better than to be playing with fire), and set the whole drive way on fire. Oldest son had to put it out. First of all, they could have burned the house down, second they could have burned themselves, after that dh could not enjoy himself. He could not wait to get home. Needless to say they got what was coming to them. They are on punishment for ever...LOL


I am kind of upset with Bee, because where the heck was he when they went outside....oh let me guess on MYSPACE. DID I EVER TELL YOU HOW MUCH I HATE MYSPACE!!! One day I will tell you why! Just not today! LOL

Today I am going to a wedding! Love weddings. Some friends of ours are finaly tying the knot! Can't wait. I have to get showered and curl my hair. It starts at 5, but since dh is the dj, we have to be there by 3.

Later taters.....

Dana

being a mom to a teenager ......

is NOT EASY.....
Why can't they stay babies forever....
My oldest is so giving me the flux right now. He does not understand that he is NOT GROWN...
He wants to just hangout every single day, and come an go as he pleases......
Life is not all about KICKIN IT...
It's not bad for him to go out, but he thinks he supposed to spend the night out, every weekend at his friend Nic's.
It's cool sometimes, but he not only wants to spend the night out, he wants to spend days at his friend's house.


I was not allowed to do it and neither is he. That's it, and that's all...

His new favorite phrase is WHY CAN' T I.....

If I asked my parents why, I would need a new set of lips...

This boy is definitely working my nerves.....

He gets to do far more than I was ever allowed to do..

One thing he is allowed to do is have a girlfriend....
My dad would have killed me if I had a boyfriend at 14.....

He has alot more freedom than I ever had...
But you know the saying, give em an inch and they wll take a mile...

His dad is about ready to kill em..

LOL

I so miss the baby days.....LOL

After a very long hiatus.....

In my last blog, I think I may have mentioned Baptiste was on vacation... We have been sooo busy. Waterparks, beach, parks, bbqs, and picnics... Sadly today is his last day. It went by so fast. Too bad!


Today, we are just going to enjoy one another and chill......

more blogging later...
I promise.


Dana

Did the weekend fly by or what?

Wow! Time sure flies when your having fun. Had a pretty sweet week! Spent some time at my parents which is always cool. Took the kids summer shopping. Spent tons of money! Boy if I didn't have any children I would be rich....LOL Jaree got tons of cute stuff. The boys are soo picky. Jaree ended up with 10 new outftts for summer. All shorts sets. Too cute! The boys are more picky. I think Jariel got 4 outfits. Bee only two. I have to take them to the swap! They want all these character shirts....Spongebob and Popeye......good lord.

Yesterday I cleaned my laundry room and gave Goldie Woldie a much needed bath. Never knew something so little can STINK SO BAD! LOL Now I have to take him to the groomers and get those freddy krueger nails clipped...LOL

On a bad note, Dh pissed me off so bad this week. I am not going to go into what happened. But he is definitely on my SHIT LIST! He's in the Dog house. Treading on thin ice. Everytime I think about it I get even madder so let me change the subject ....LOL


So who's watching Ex-wives club? Is it me or does this whole concept sound stupid. Some things should be PRIVATE. LOL Jilted exes help other jilted exes find love. Sounds interesting NOt!

Tommorrow, dh starts his vacation, normally I would be jumping up and down with joy, but I am still a little tart .... He won't get out of this one easy girls!!!!

My darned brakes are going bad, so I can't drive my car! So mad! Dh is getting them fixed next week. So I will be with out a car for a week. You never know how much you need something until its gone....LOL

Today, I am just bumming. Literally, I haven't done anything...I feel like a bad mom....LOL Kids had Mc Donald's. I had a crispy philly and I am done for the night.

Can't wait to watch Supernanny tonight....I know, I live such a fun life.....not....LOL

Dana

Times sure have changed!

When I was a child, I can remember racing home to watch afternoon cartoons. Most times they were on channel 50 upn or 32 Wfld. I loved watching such cartoons as the Flintstones, the Jetsons, Tom and Jerry, Woody Woodpecker, Top cat, Thundercats, Heman, Inspector gadgt etc.... I also used to watch Batman, Spiderman and Spectreman. I just realized that their are no afterschool specials. There are no cartoons on these networks anymore. Except for King of the Hill and the Simpson. NOt every child has cable. I guess with Disney channel,Nikelodean and Cartoon Network, those networks didn't feel the need to air cartoons anymore. It's just a death of an era I guess. However, I think it's so sad. I would love to share some of these cartoons with my children.....the only cartoon that still comes on is Tom and Jerry and these are the newer versions, not the Tom and Jerry of my day. It's kinda sad. Kwim?

I was flipping through my channels when I realized, hey what ever happened to Afterschool cartoons. I mean they were still doing it when I was in high school too. I watched the flinstones well into my teen years....LOL

I guess, since we have cable, I never noticed this change. I still think its a huge disservice to children who DO NOT have cable. Thank God they still have Saturday morning cartoons.

I don't know what I would have done if I couldn't watch Underdog, Top cat, Mighty Mouse and Droopy...LOL

It's going to be a scorcher guys.....

Today its going to be 92! OUch. I really don't like anything over 80 degrees. That's as hot as I like it..... Anything over that is stifling to me. It gets in my throat...LOL I haven't even really began summer shopping for the kids. Jaree has a ton of stuff. New bathing suits, cute capris, skirts, tanks.....I have to get some sandals and some all white k swiss and she will be alright. I love shopping for little girls. Some of favorite places are Target and Walmart. I like Kohls too! The boys are really basic white air forces ones, white tees, colorful tees shorts! NOthing major! LOL They are easy, but definitely not cheaper. LOL

Today, I really don't have much in the plans. Just cleaning my closet and trying to stay cool! LOL I am going to head over to starbucks and get my favorite....Vanilla bean frapp with carmel sauce. It's my guilty endulgence! LOL Another gulity pleasure of mine is carmel and cheese popcorn.. Will head to pick some of that up too!

I am going to check out ARchiver's and Mike's today. Dh gets off at 5, so I will head over once he gets off. got a little extra change.....LOL Few things I am looking for. I really need to bite the bullet and take the drive over to Windy City Scrapbooking. I reallly really, love this store. Wall to Wall scrapbook heaven! That is what it should be called. They always get the latest and greatest. I wish they would franchise out and come into the burbs.... A girl can dream huh?

I have some scrap plans two albums in the making so, I need to prepare for that. One is about my love of quotes and the other is for my daughter cheerleading competition pics....Total surprise for her!

So who's watching So you think you can dance. I love this show! It's my favorite show! Can't wait to see who makes the top twenty today. I will be watching tonight. My other favorite show supernatural is on hiatus until this fall. So I will be watching SYTYCD in it's place.

Well, gotta run and drop Bee off (my oldest) he's going swimming with his best friend NIc at his grandmother's house. This boy is always on the run, guess he's a typical teenager! LOL


Later taters...

Baby it's cold outside!

What else could you expect! It's Chicago! Get this it in the upper 50's today. By Thursday it's going to be 90. Crazy huh! Yep I know. Today, I am just going to chill out as much as possible. Jaree had her best friend Marissa spend the night and Jariel had his best friend Dave spend the night. House was total chaos. Fights over the television, the computer, the air mattress..... My head was throbbing by the end of the night....They finaly settled down. The boys declared victory, as the girls retreated to Jaree's bedroom to play school, paint, draw, color and play with Bratz.....typical girls huh? LOL

Baptiste is off today. Yay! I am so happy when he's off. I know i am not a school girl anymore, but the man still makes me blush. We slept in today and just snuggled. He is my official snuggle bunny. He went off to get my favorite mexican corn! Yummy. I love Elotes!

The boys are going to have a basketball tournament and get this guys .....they are betting SNICKERS! I almost fell out yesterday, when we were at walmart and all 4 of them were buying snickers for today. Now if that don't beat all.....LOL

I gotta see who's going to win!

We are going to the zoo this weekend, the kids are so geeked! The kids pick 10 things they want to do over summer and we do them all......and sometimes much more....LOL.

Picked some really good places this summer. Some include, Horseback riding, Fishing, Indiana Dunes, picnic at the beach, and Six flags.....

They also want to go camping, but this is soooooooooooo NOT DANA'S THING! Baptiste says we atleast have to consider it! I will have to do a whole lot of considering! LOL

WEll, I am off to get a bath! toodles

Great weekend!

What a week! It was fun! Friday was the last day of school for Jariel and Jaree, Bee has been out almost 2 weeks now. Schools officially OUT FOR SUMMER. The song is in my head, remember School's out for summer.....

Friday we didn't do much. Dh worked, I stayed in with the kids, we watched movies in my bed until we fell asleep. Saturday we went to a friend house who graduated from college. He had a graduation party. It was really fun! After a few Bacardi silvers, I was feeling noooooo pain. Let me tell ya....LOL We ended up going by the club, to hear the other DJ play. Had a blast, didn't get home until almost 4 in the morning and guess who was still up....NONE OTHER THAN MR. BEE....up on the phone and AIM. I told him if he didn't get off the phone and go to bed, it was going to be ONE! LOL

Needless to say I woke up very late Sunday ......LOL We ended up going to Border's and Panera BRead! Yummy! Then we took my mil to see MR. BROOKS, yesterday. It was sooooooooooooooooooo goood! My dh thought the movie was about him.....He insisted we call him Mr. Brooks and made sure he told the cashier at the movies that his ticket should be free, because the movie was about him and made sure he showed her his Driver's License. She was so tickled, that she gave us tickets at Matinee price...I couldn't believe it. You gotta go see this movie. It was so good!

Today, not much on the to do list. Besides cleaning my room. It is atrocious! I can never keep my room clean. LOL Things just tend to accumulate in their. The rest of the house is soooo spotless though. Crazy huh? I really don't know what to do with myself, now that the kids are out of school. Guess I will enjoy sleeping in......LOL

Well, I am going to lay back down, got up pretty early with dh. He makes so much noise when he's getting ready for work...I guess since he has to get up, he wants everybody to get up with him. He turns on every light and makes a ton of racket. You would think he would get the hint after I slam the pillow down over my head and make a very lout sigh..... LOL

Well, I am off to get some more Z'ss it's only 6 in the morning.....LOL


Dana