My husband and I are going out tonight

believe it or not, my husband and I are going out to eat tonight. {notice I now use the term "my husband" instead of the term "your dad', that is because Kaci inform me , strangers might be reading this. Believe me I don't want to confuse any of those nice people. I figure they have as much time as i do, to do nothing and i appreciated the time they take, to get to know me.

today is my sister Bridget 51st birthday. my father is taking all of his children and their spouses out to eat to celebrate. Whenever my father does this, my husband and I have a date, because if we don't call it a date, that would mean period........ we never go out.

my husband loves his TV, playing cards and his friends in the basement or outside on the picnic table in the summer. I prefer bingo at the legion or my TV shows [we don't watch the same shows] from 7pm to 10pm. So if it works, no reason to fix it.

since we raised 5 kids, it was meant to be, that why we get by on cheap entertainment.

I do plan on ordering shrimp tonight. :-]

Another famous Iowan

I read an article in the DSM Register, Miss Piggy is from Iowa. I would of never guess. The article stated that Frank Oz-once said that Miss Piggy grew up in Iowa; her dad died when she was young and her mother was mean. She had to enter beauty contests to make money.

well it must of work, she went on to make a name for herself, which is a lot better than most the pigs that stay here in Iowa. They usually end up on the breakfast table and they thought Miss Piggy's mom was mean! It is such a small world!!

Hello john

What a nice surprise for me, John has become one of my followers. Glad to have you abroad.
You made my day. :-}

random thoughts

wow look for Shawn Johnston (yes, Iowa Olympic girl) on Dancing with the Stars, starting March 9Th. I am so excited i hope she does well.

your dad is building 2 rooms in the basement, he should of done that when we needed the extra bedrooms years ago. At least this keeps him and Tom busy.

Kaci , I am still waiting for your tax information. Kinsey, Melinda mail me yours, i should get them tomorrow. So hopefully i will get your forms done for the federal loan people on wed.

I really want to go on and on about something, rant and rave, yell and scream, I can't think of anything that is worth writing about and I don't have a lot of energy to make something up.

everybody should check Kassie's blog to see my idea for a new list thing.

grandpa and grandma Nixon are planning to go to Nevada 2 days after Bridget Birthday. It will be good for them to go. They always have such a good time. I hope they have a safe trip.

I think at least 7 or more Perry wrestlers made it to this weekend for sectionals. Your cousin Tyler lost last weekend, I seen him on Sunday, he seem to be taking if OK. He is such a good kid.

Sleeping way to much, I think

So i got a feeling that I sleep way to much,[ or else maybe I really am related to Kinsey]. So I went to bed at 1:30am last night and slept until noon today, which is 10 or so hours. I then laid back down for another hour and got up for good at 1pm.

This sleeping all day is not working out for me. I usually go to bed at 11:30pm and sleep until 10 or 11 the next morning. How many hours do you think I should sleep a day? If i get up earlier I just will have to take another nap.

I don't mind taking the 2 or 3 naps a day. I also realize it is when i sleep that my lungs are repairing them selves.

Just this past Saturday at bingo was the best I have felt at bingo in at least 2 years. I still didn't stay until the clear end, I was afraid of getting stop going up the stairs...this week is Bridget Birthday party....so i will not play bingo for 2 weeks....we will have to see how I feel then..

i feel like Kassie I have gain 7 pounds since Dec. 10Th but i have stay that weigh for a week.

So here it is now Monday at 516am, I have been in bed since 11pm last night unable to sleep so i decide to just get up. I will go back in an hour or so to try to go sleep. [I am also trying to learn a new skill. I have never add anything to a post after it has been previously posted,so we will see how this goes. ]

This happens to me at least twice a week, where i can't sleep at night at all, I take naps all day long then.

now I wonder if I spending so much time on the computer it is messing with all the neurons in my brain. Like Game Boy did when it first came out with that box game. You would go to bed at night and dream of boxes falling down. There is this one game I play all the time, "spot the difference".

Any suggestions from you college educated people.

things that made me smile this past week

Things that made me smile this week

1.My kids were all home [including Melinda} this past weekend

2.My baby turned 21. My sisters and my baby's sisters help her celebrate.

3.Kaci clean my house for me last week....

4.Kassie had a good check up at the doctors today.

5. The last thing I told Kinsey and Kelsey Sunday was to pick up the living room before they left. I returned and thought---------------oh well LOL

6.John responded to one of my blogs :-]

7.Kelsey--where is that black book I have been looking for all over house????? maybe steph has it? do you think so....

My 7 favorite post cards secrets

My 7 favorite post card secrets from the "Post Secret" book by Frank Warren. [the book Kaci got me for Christmas]

7. I paid an"F" student [50$} to write my valedictorian speech, and it was way better than mine could ever had been. {just goes to show some of the mot creative people are writers}

6.I make up fantasy stories because my real life sucks and now my fantasy life is starting to suck. {they should dream about stage coaches and house boats, things would be better for them]

5.Sometimes I want to run away from home. I am 38 married with a child. {yeah i remember 38 , oh boy i had 5 kids, I would have took my kids with me.]

4.I believe I will accomplish something truly great in this lifetime. I am going to be 53 tomorrow. [someone after my own soul ;-] ]

3.Once i was asked by a doctor if I heard voices . The voice inside my head shouted TELL HIM NO. [this made me smile]

2.I always wait a few days before returning e-mails from my friends because I don't want them to think I have nothing better to do. [Nada I never do that, everybody knows I have nothing better to do]

1.I bought a bunch of postcards stamps to use for post secret but I used them to write to my friends instead :-] [now that is something I would do]

So those were my favorites --------------------------the one that really bother me was this one: I was seven years old the first time I attempt suicide. [how sad, it grabs your heart