The Wait is Over!

The waiting for Barry's check saga is over!

His check arrived today at 10:30 AM via UPS overnight.

The Plant Manager ended up calling up Mr. Controller and chewing him out big time. Whatever he said worked, because the check was mailed the next day. I only wish I could of been there to see the look on Mr. Controller's face!

Funny this is, in 4 days Barry will be sending off this months invoice....... wonder how long it will take Mr. Controller to cut that check?????

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14 Years Ago

14 years ago today at high noon...... Barry & I said I DO!!!!

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It's Not Funny but.........

Barry moved into a new rental house last week. It's in a better part of town , much bigger, and has a garage.

While it's a better place the stove is how shall I put this............ a piece of crap. There isn't a oven rack and all the cleaning supplies in the world wouldn't clean the stovetop.

Because of this his ways of cooking are pretty limited. He has a microwave, one of those George Forman grills , and a electric skillet.

He just called me on his way to the grocery store...... Help I need to know what kind of things I can cook with the limited cooking utensils I have. I couldn't help but laugh.

Ah Men what would they do without us women ?

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This Just Sucks!!!!!!!!!!!

There is no sugar coating this to make it not suck as much.

For the last month or so Barry has been working the night shift. Long story short he is working on some stuff and needs full control over the machines, and he can only have that at night when they aren't running parts.

It just sucks! We hardly talk/text anymore because there just isn't a right time to do it. When he's awake I'm asleep and when he's sleeping I'm awake. This sucks more then when he was in Europe most of last year.

It even sucks when he come home now because all he does is sleep. His "clock" is so backwards that he has a hard time staying up during the day. He may as well not be here at all.

And it looks like this is how it's going to be for the for seeable future...... oh joy !

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Well That's Done

Barry's 18 month contract ended yesterday and today he signed a new one.

This time for 2 years.

A nice hefty pay increase came with it.

The two year contract still hasn't sunk in yet. By the time this contract is over with Daughter A will be starting her Sr. year of high school and B-Monkey will be starting his freshmen year.

Another two years of living in two different states. Another two years of living via email, text, cell calls & webcams.

I've lived through 18 months I'm sure I can do this for 2 more years.

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I'm Back :0)

I'm back from the weekend visit with The Husband.

A weekend visit for a few hours we thought wasn't going to happen after all.

He left Wednesday to head up to Rockford, Illinois for his business meeting on Thursday. About 30 minutes into his trip I get a call from him....... the transmission went out on the van and he was waiting on a tow truck.

Several hours later he was back on the road again , after a guy from work let him use one of his car. He drove until 1 AM and then found a hotel for the night. Got up at the crack of dawn and drove the last 4 hours for his meeting. A meeting that lasted an hour....... then back into the car again for another 3 hours so he could come home.

All in all we had a great visit with him. It was short but much enjoyed.

Hope everyone had an amazing weekend.

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The Husband

The Husband made it home safe and sound yesterday evening.

He'll be here until Sunday morning.

So if you need me....... you know where to find me :0)

Have a great weekend !

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Exciting News

I got some exciting news last night and thought I would share it with you all.

Around 10:30 last night I was in bed and my cell rings, it's The Husbands ring. So, I get up to answer it and he says

" Sorry to wake you but (His Boss) just called and he needs me to be in Rockford, Illinois for a few days to dig into a few problems, so I will be home this weekend"


This is very exciting news because he wasn't going to come home until sometime in May. While he will probably only be here Friday night and Saturday. We will still get to see him for a little while and that is good news in my book.

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Don, Done, Done & Done

For the past few days I've been working on those projects that you put off doing FOREVER because you really don't want to do them.

It all started on Friday when I was putting bird seed in the feeders. Some spilled out onto the garage floor, which lead to me having to sweep. Which then lead to me picking up and putting away all the stuff that just gets put out there and not put away. Which lead to me cleaning the entire garage.

Saturday was pretty much spent driving daughter A back and forth to the high school, since she had a choir competition, they took gold by the way ! But I did manage to go out and buy the weed & feed for the grass, plus the locking paver sand stuff for the back patio. I had hoped to get both the weed/feed and sand down that day, but the weather had other plans since it starting raining. Another days project I suppose.

Sunday, Son M wanted to use my laptop so he could work on my blogger background. So, since there wasn't squat on TV I decided to clean out the master bedroom- bathroom cabinets. Which lead me to clean out the medicine cabinet, which lead to organizing the small cabinet that houses all my perfumes, lotions and bath stuff.

Once I was done with all that, I had the bright idea to clean out and organize my dresser drawers. Which then lead me to clean out and organize my closet. Then I moved onto the desk and organized that again.

When I woke up yesterday I had planned on taking the day off , but since it was yet another cold rainy day I decided to tackle The Husbands dresser drawers and closet. That took me less than an hour do, which didn't surprise me, since half of his stuff is down in Arkansas.

As I was sitting on the floor organizing all his stuff, I got to thinking about how tired I am of the furniture placement in our room. It's been this way since we moved in three years ago. Then you guessed it..... I rearranged all the furniture in our bedroom.

Want to see some pictures? They are crappy and were really only taken to show The Husband the new placement, and since he knows what all of our stuff looks like I really didn't care how they turned out lol.

This is what you see if your standing the the doorway. See those windows? There's two more that size in my bathroom..... yummy light for taking photos in...... just not these. ( Note sitting on the cedar chest is a painting I need to have framed for The Husband. It's only there so I remember to do it)

Standing in the bathroom area. Where the dresser is now is where the bed use to be. You can't tell from these photos but that wall is a chocolate color.

Standing next to the dresser. Where the desk is now is where the dresser use to be. See that huge mask on the wall. The Husband bought me that before he was The Husband...... it's made out of paper. That area to the right of the desk is the sink area of our bathroom. It has a vanity/ make-up area in it and as I'm getting ready I can look out at the lake. It was one of the many things that sold me on this house...... being able to look at the lake from our bedroom. Anyway to get to the toilet/tub you have to walk through this area.

It still needs some tweaking here and there, but I'm really liking how it looks now. Just not today..... I'm taking the day off.

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My Easter "present"

The Hub's sent me this today. Happy Easter to Me ! LOL

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The Hubs-Coolness

The Hub's sent me a early morning e-mail today to inform me that he had brought The Beast over to his rental to give it a bath.

An hour or so later I get this picture from him asking if his rental looked any cooler now

Then an hour later I get this email asking if I remembered this guy. Which could only mean one thing he's taking The Beast for a ride.

God I miss him right now !

Don't forget to enter my Spring Clean Contest !!!!

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The Winnings

Trophies that The Beast has won

First trophy won ( second from the right) was 2nd place custom. He knew as soon as he saw what the judges rode that he didn't stand a chance of winning 1st. They all rode fully dressed Harley Davidson's and that was the kind of bike that won. Oh well a win was a win.

Second trophy won ( far right) was 1st place - Radical. It was for a ride he went on with ABATE of Indiana for the Make of Wish Foundation.

Third trophy won & his pride and joy ( the piston) 1st place- Radical Class. This one was voted on by the people and if he had won Best of Show his bike would have been in Easy Riders magazine. He didn't get Best of Show but was still thrilled to win 1st place at this one.

Fourth trophy won ( not pictured) Best of Show. This contest was put on in our subdivision and he won a huge packaged of car cleaning supplies. While winning it was fun, taking a picture of it is not so fun so I left that one out lol.

Fifth trophy won ( far left) Best of Show. A local church has a car and bike show every year to raise money for local groups and he more or less walked away with this trophy since there wasn't many bikes entered. Oh well a win is a win.

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The Husband & The Beast-Update

The Husband and The Beast ( AKA the bike) made it to Arkansas safely. While I'm not happy the bike is gone, I am happy it made it there in one piece.

I have a few funny stories to share with you about The Husbands travels.

Normally when he's traveling back to Arkansas I call him every few hours just to say HI and to see how things are going. This time around I told him that I wouldn't bother him since he had the added stress of pulling The Beast behind him. I asked him to call me when he stopped for gas, etc. so I knew he was doing OK.

Anyway around lunch time my cell rings and it was his ring so I answered it. His first words were

" Want to buy a bike?"

Me: Why?

Him: " Want to buy a bike really cheep"

Me: Why?- By this time my brain is thinking what's wrong with the bike, but he must be OK since he has called me. And I continue to say Why about a million times

Him: " Well I saw something that will be forever burned into my brain and the bike had something to do with it"

Me: Why?

Him: " I was driving along and this pick up truck with two women pulled up along side and the passenger flashed me and ( how will I put this ...... she was REALLY FLUFFY) they were the size of footballs but not in a good way".

Me: after I stopped laughing..... Glad to hear that the bike hasn't lost its touch LOL


Moving along....

His rental doesn't have a garage so The Beast is being stored at one of the guys he works with house. He has a 3 car garage and offered to let him store it in the same bay as his vintage Corvette, so The Husband knew it would be in good hands.

Anyway he was to met up with the guy at 10:00 last night ,so he had to go back to his rental since he got in around 7:00 last night. His neighbors already think some pretty strange things about him so I knew him pulling up with The Beast was going to be good.

A few examples of the strange things are: Most of his neighbors think he either is or works for " The God Father" if you catch my movie meaning here. They told his landlord this and he later told The Husband. His landlord works for the same company he does so he knows the truth about what The Husband does for a living.

Then a few weeks ago The Husband was outside without his shirt on and one of the kids( around 7 or 8 years old) came up to him and said " My Pastor told me that people with tattoos are going to Hell"
The Husband replied to him" You tell your Pastor that it doesn't matter what a person looks like on the outside that determines if they go to Hell or not. And that your Pastor needs to quit spreading such lies to little kids like you" I guess the kid turned white as a ghost and ran home.

Anyway back to him pulling into his rental

He pulls in and his neighbors being ever so nosey all looked outside and once they saw the bike they quickly pulled their drapes closed. Then as he's getting all his stuff out of the van the same "Hell Boy" kid comes up to him and says " Is that Spiderman?" The Husband speechless just says NO it's not.

How on earth the kid thought The Beast looked like Spiderman I will never know. Does this look anything like Spiderman to you?

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You Capture- Week 7

Fun that was the theme for this weeks You Capture.

Fun is such an subjective word. What I find fun may be completely different from what you find fun. So I thought it would be fun to show you a nano fraction of some things I find fun. And to also see just how many times I can use the word fun in one post. LOL


Spending almost an entire week with The Husband was fun. We laughed, talked, had many lunch dates, shared bottles of wine and had several midnight soaks in the hot tub.



Sadly I just said good bye to him and he is now on his way back to Arkansas. Behind him he's transporting something he finds extremely fun. If your a reader of my blog you know how I feel about that, but I won't get into that here. I will ask that you say a little prayer that he and the beast make it there in one piece.



Moving on...

I find cooking fun. Chopping, mixing, stirring, creating. It's all fun to me



The only thing better than creating the meal is eating the fruits of labor.





Followed by eating some kind of chocolate, which is also fun.







While sitting still for hours isn't fun, nor is dealing with the after care. I do find The Husbands & my tattoos a lot of fun. Please excuse the crappy photo of mine, it was taken with my webcam.





But what is really fun is reading comments on my blog. So leave one and I'll love you forever.

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I'm Alive

Hello my blog readers, I'm still alive. Just enjoying my time with The Husband.

He's busy working on a project for work right now ( and getting very frustrated ! ) so I thought I would take the time to pop in and say hello.

Hope all is well in your part of the blog world and I will be back later in the week.

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O'Kay Then......

Just got a text from The Husband " Not exactly sure when I'm leaving but I will be home for most or all of next week !"

I sent him a text back " Ok, are you going to surprise me or will you tell me when your coming home?"

His reply " I'll no more when I finish some things up tomorrow"

Me: " Good because you know I have to make sure the other man is out of the house" * I'm joking with him & he knows it *

Him: " 3 way?"

Me:" Ummmmm..... NO! "

Him: " Well just make sure he's gone by the time I get there "

Me: " Ok will do"

So in other words he's coming home, but I don't know when and for how long. Talk about leaving a girl hanging !

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Mixed Feelings

I know I've talked a little about The Husbands bike before, but this post has me filled with mixed feelings about it.

I've always thought of the bike as his baby, since he did bring life to it by building it from the ground up. What started out as just a bunch of pieces became one kick ass piece of work.

I have never been one of those wives that gets upset when their husband wants to go for a ride. In fact, I have been that total opposite. I've been the one telling him that he should go for a ride, I would always tell him you built the darn thing go ride it because what's the point of having it if you don't ride it. It wouldn't take much arm twisting before he was all geared up and heading down the road.

With him in Arkansas and the bike being here, his ride times have been few and far between. Last summer he only rode a handful of time, because it seemed like every time he was able to come home it either rained or there was other things had had to be done. Because of this he has decided that he wants to take the bike down to Arkansas with him, and this is where the mixed feelings come in.

Part of me knows that it's a good thing. The riding season is longer and he loves that fact. It may just be what he needs after a long day at work..... just him and the open road.

The other part of me is screaming NO you can't take the bike down there. It's like having a part of him here all the time. Yes, I know that his flesh and blood children are here, but this is a different part of him. It's his bad boy side , the side I love, the side that makes me tingle from head to toe with excitement. Whenever I walk in the garage and see the bike I just smile thinking about him coming home from a ride. The way he smells...... his leathers, the fresh air, the testosterone pumping through his body..... it well very erotic to me. Plus there's the whole sound thing. I LOVE the sound of his bike. I can hear it a mile away and know he's on his way home.

With the possibility of him coming home this weekend, I will have to face these feelings head on. Because when he leaves to go back to Arkansas ,the bike will more than likely will be going back with him.

It's always the silly little things isn't it?

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Dinner

The Husband is always sending me pictures of his dinner, so I thought I would send him a few pictures of our dinner tonight.

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Send Him Some Vibes!

The Husband has two major problems at work right now, one is fixed and he's working on the other one as I type this. They were found do to them being inspected by the American Rail Industry in order to get their certification.

Anyway *IF* he gets the( hopefully last) problem fixed today ( or this week) he may be able to come home this weekend and MAYBE THE ENTIRE WEEK next week.

He won't know for sure until tomorrow. So in the mean time could all of my blog readers please send some fix the problems vibes his way ? And no more problems would be great to. I know I just saw him last week, but I would love to see him again.

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Still Tired But.......

I'm still a little tired from the drive home from Arkansas but........

The drive down to see The Husband was pretty much uneventful. The boys watched their movies and I jammed away listening to my iPod and GPS Girl as she gave me directions. By the time we got there, The Husband had started the grill for dinner. Which if you will recall I had to bring part of it with me. Since I had the brain function of an gnat, we just hung out on the couch for the rest of the night watching TV.

Thursday the boys & I just hung out at The Husbands rental. They played games, watched movies and I took a 3 hour nap. I did really well up until The Husband went back to work after lunch, after that my eyes couldn't stay awake any longer so to bed I went. The night we hung out at home and made our plans for the next day.

Friday The Husband took a half day off and we headed to Little Rock, Arkansas for the night. It's about a 3 hour drive from The Husband's rental and I tell you I had to laugh at some of the sights I saw along the way. There was this town that, I kid you not , had 14 people as it's population ! Can that even be considered a town? Then there was all the liquor stores. Down one road there was no less then 6 of them and not another building in sight around them for miles. Guess you really need your booze if you have to drive for miles to get it.

We got to Little Rock around diner time and went out to this place a few doors down from our hotel called The Flying Fish. Except for the restaurants and bars, the town pretty much rolls up it's streets at 6:00, so after dinner we took a walk down by the river. We found this park for the boys to play at and I want the floor ! It was like walking on marsh mellow, except is wasn't sticky. The park also had tunnels that were under all the equipment and rock climbing walls. The boys including The Husband had a fun time exploring.

Here's a few pictures from the park.

J-Bird


B-Monkey & The Husband


J-Bird


B-Monkey



Across the river there was a submarine . Here's a picture of the entire thing



And then a close up I got with my little "purse camera" . Which I was very impressed with !



Some artwork at the park









The Next day we took an hour drive to Hot Springs, Arkansas. We were meeting up with The Husband's boss and his wife at Oaklawn horse race track.

We had gotten there early so we watched the first few races outside, in the freezing cold. Which gave me the opportunity to take photos up by the railing of the track. Here's a few of them.
















Inside the paddock where the horses and jockeys want until it's their turn to race. This is a very popular area of the track, so I had to squeeze into a tiny spot to get this photo.

Once The Husband's boss got there we watched the rest of the races from inside the viewing area. These last photos were taken from there and through glass. Again with my little "purse camera" and again I was very impressed.










This photo was taken with digital zoom ( 40x) and I was very impressed with the details it picked up. Even more so when you could hardly see this building from the race track.

After the last race we all headed out to dinner and this yummy steak house on the river. Just wish it was warmer because I would of loved to have eaten outside. Once that was over with , it was back in the car for a 3 hour drive back to The Husbands rental . We got in around 11:30 and it was straight to bed.

The next morning the boys and I were back on the road to home. Other than a few traffic jams ( darn road work !) and wanting to throw GPS girl out the window at the end of the trip ( why can she not take me back home the way I leave? ! ) the trip home was pretty uneventful as well.

I'll leave you with one last photo. Just because I think he's so darn sexy




There's a few more pictures I took and you can view them HERE if you like.

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