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The Cowboy in the Continental Suit from adam kimmel on Vimeo.
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This is a crosspost from Jaded Sunburns
Brings tears to my eyes.....
if only, life, wish list, wait, love, jaded
This is a crosspost from Jaded Sunburns
If you follow me on Facebook, then you know what my morning was like.
Here is the status update from 7am : "My car is screaming like a big boobed blonde in the shower in a low budget horror film."
That's not really an exaggeration either.
Real nice right? Oh, wait, it gets better.
My car has decided she isn't going to start every time I want to go somewhere. She gets bitchy and refuses to catch, forcing me to sit in here and whisper pretty things to the dashboard until she feels sufficiently loved. Then, and only then, will she start right up. Not a sputter or hint of an issue that would have caused the previous temper tantrum.
Thus was my day today.
At Taco Bell. On my lunch hour. She had to go and get all emotional because I was completely embarrassed about her screaming so loud that I couldn't go through the drive through. I parked her, as any mother would to do an insolent child. I left her outside while I ran in. Of course, when I came back outside, she wouldn't start. She wanted me to know exactly who was boss and forced me to sit there for 15 minutes until she decided to start again.
*le sigh*
Luckily, I know someone who knows someone who came out post haste to look at my car today after work. The belt was merely loose and needed tightened. Easy enough fix, thank God, however, the non-starting up every time thing might be a little more of a deal. Not sure yet just what it is, but we will eventually find out.
Keep your fingers crossed for her. I might just have to turn her over to the junk yard if she keeps this up.
car, jade, jaded life, not laughing
This is a crosspost from Jaded Sunburns
I believe this needs to be seen by everybody. It's graphic, but it's really well made and it will make you think a thousand times about distractions on the road. I have a 16 year old going for her license and I'm in 100% belief that their should be a chip within the car that renders your cell phone useless, blocking incoming and outgoing texts of any kind, blocking calls other than 911. The works. Not just for teenagers either. For everybody.
psa, texting, driving, cell phone, idiotic, accident, scare
This is a crosspost from Jaded Sunburns
And it wasn't much better in Roseville either!
See, we headed out to take the kids to the Warren County Fair in Roseville. They touted on the radio that it was kid's day on Sunday. Well, w00t! we have a houseful of kids right? What more perfect thing than to take them to kid's day at the county fair.
BIG FAT PFFFFTTTTT!
Whatever. What a freakin' bust that shit was.
Fair? Yeah, there wasn't one. We got the kids, headed out to the fair grounds, and wouldn't ya know it if that fair wasn't already packed up and movin' on? Seriously? It was late afternoon for cryin' out loud! One day of fair, and not even a whole day at that. Am feelin' a might ripped off by the midwest county fairs. Just sayin'.
So, we decided to go on a little detour outside of Abingdon to a little town called Avon and there they were. THE best entertainment of the day! The Camel-Llamas. Double humpers as they were. One was even having a bad hump day as his humps wouldn't stand up straight and kept lofting over one to one side and the other to the opposite. We found it quite funny. It was a bad hump day. It wasn't even Wednesday. I know, we are dumb.
Ya gotta find joy in the little things in life.
Like the white camel who thunk he needed to kiss mamma. Ya. That would be me. I was all kinds of up close and personal in his grill, taken his pic as he approached us. He kept coming closer and closer and I kept shooting. So? Is what I was thinking. Of course, I have a pretty good lens so it's kinda hard sometimes to see exactly how close or far away I am from any given subject. That works well when I am shooting macros of spiders and what not, but when a camel is all up in your face, you might want to be aware of his exact whereabouts, yanno? Well, anyhow, I am shooting and shooting and J is like "OMG, um, honey, you might want to pull back cuz he is going to EAT THE CAMERA!" I didn't pay much attention to him until the panic in his voice rose to undeniable levels. It was then that I pulled the camera back from my eye and saw that the camel was right on top of my face! Oh lord. What a surprise. He was trying to kiss me. Sweet thing. Ha ha ha ha!
When the camel near the fence was eating his grass by the fence line and we approached him, he decided to pose for the camera making all kinds of silly faces! The kids wanted their picture with the crazy camel, so I had them stand close to where he was but not close enough that he could get them in his mouth or anything. I thought they were going to wet their pants giggling at the silly critter!
So, ya see, who needs a county fair that doesn't even exist when you have Camel-Llamas in your neck of the woods! They are real, with bad hump days and all and can bring about a grin even after the worst disappointments in life!
This is a crosspost from Jaded Sunburns
How much humans sit in judgment of each other? Constantly. Day in and day out. As if they have some right, some place to judge one another. I falter. I fail. I judge from time to time, no matter how hard I try not to. I try to "live and let live" as I know that each will face their own judgment day, by their Father and it is not my place to judge anyone. I am far from perfect. I have made many mistakes in my life.
I believe our only choice is to remove ourselves from circles of people/situations that may hurt us. Behaviors that we do not agree with. Slip away and move along. Let the offenders live their life while choosing to live your life elsewhere. Leave the judgment and condemnation to Him. Bite your tongue (this one I still have a hard time with) when you feel evil words and intentions slipping out, even in defense of yourself. Smile, sigh, and walk away.
"He who angers you, controls you."
I think people do a lot of judging out of sheer anger. They can't control you. They can't dictate your life. They are jealous, they are full of fear, they are bitter. If you aren't an angry person, if anger doesn't reside inside, your thoughts will be different and not wander to the motion of judgment. These things I am learning through council. Wise men within my life sharing the gospel, sharing their faith, and sharing their wisdom of the world. I am coming to see how judgment, guilt, control, and anger have played a big roll in the relationships of the past and those I chose to disassociate with.
Take away the control.
I do not give it any longer.
Those who sit in judgment, those who condemn are the ones who need forgiveness the most.
This is a crosspost from Jaded Sunburns
Iffn' ya'll have an extra couple of pennies to rub together, head on over to the Blogathon website and surf around, find a cause you want to back and sponsor them!
Or, do it the easy way, head over to where the Bitch's are hanging out and sponsor their efforts @ Therapy In the Making.
I am sorry that yet again, this year, I am not able to participate, but I swear I am going to get back into the groove next year! I only am not able cuz I missed it somehow. That's what happens when you're a space case like me. :-)
Give it a whirl. Some interesting reading, great causes, and it will make you feel good too!
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OMG I want These!!!!
This is a crosspost from Jaded Sunburns
This is a Facebook message that came in my inbox the other day. The person that sent this is someone I knew through the church I went to when I was in jr. high. He was the older brother of a guy in my grade. I had the hots for him waaayyy back then. Somewhat like I'd had the hots for Kirk Cameron. Young, dumb, and hadn't developed much taste yet, I suppose.
So, as recently as my move to Illinois, this guy finds me on Facebook and friends me. We start talking back and forth about the old days, like folks do, and get to the topic of my crush on him and his on me. That was news, but whatev. Then he starts pushing me for phone sex. Idle chatter through a social networking site between two old acquaintances, and truly that's all him and I ever were. I mean, his brother and I were never close friends and you know how the older sibling is - too good to even look at the younger sibling and/or their peers. Needless to say, it's not as though we had much of a history.
This new development left me feeling rather uncomfortable since I had just come to be with the love of my life and he, opening touting his upcoming nuptials on Facebook, was preparing to walk down the aisle! I politely, but sternly, turned him down and that was that. I hadn't heard from him except at one point right before the wedding reminding me what I would be missing out on. I let it go and forgot about it.
The other day I received the above message. It was just this past Saturday to be exact as I was sitting at the balloon launch with J when I checked my emails on my phone and saw it. I showed it to him and sat there in a complete state of disgust for a few minutes trying to absorb it. I seriously can't believe it. I cannot wrap my mind around it. Harassment much? Seriously, I know I am all that and a bag of chips, but good lord dude, you JUST GOT MARRIED! Does marriage mean nothing to people anymore? It's "not natural to be with one person for 60 years"? I am just flabbergasted. And, I wonder just how much his new bride knows about his "open" marriage ideals? In my experience with pig men, the men always have an open relationship agreement with their wives, its just that their wives don't exactly know about it yet. Poor girl.
And I have to feel a little sorry for him too. I mean, to not know and experience the intense satisfaction and joy that comes along with a truly monogamous relationship is really sad. It is possible for men to experience true love and complete monogamy. It's taken me 20 years to re-connect with the one I was mean to spend my life with - 60 years may not be attainable at this stage of life, but damn if I am not going to give it a good run for my money!
dumbassery, fucktards, jaded
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Yesterday was a fabulous day! Not only did we have a smooth transition of children, we had a great meal with a great friend in Keokuk (OGO's Family Restaurant Buffet if you're interested - 2 pounds of awesome sauce!!) but we even got to see 2 bands and an amazing display of hot air balloons!
While we were enjoying heavenly food at OGO's, we were told that the 7th Annual Balloons Over the Mississippi hot air balloon event was taking place in Fort Madison and we would be just in time for the lift off and then the balloon burn after. Squeeee! I love hot air balloons and have been to one hot air balloon in my life so I was looking very forward to seeing this too!
We did indeed arrive just in time. We also got some great parking, as parking could have proven to be a major nightmare, so that was the first plus. We had no idea if we were going to have to pay to get in to these festivities and it turned out we did not. WIN! Next, we got ourselves some front row seats to the balloon lift and found ourselves literally right in front of where they were blowing up and launching these majestic balloons.
Oh wow. I have never been that up close and personal with hot air balloons before. I felt like a kid at Christmas! Watching them pull out the giant balloons, lay them out, cold fill them, then light the fires that causes the lift was incredible. Seeing these giants float so gracefully from laying on the ground to flying through the air was breathtaking! Such a rush!
After the balloons lifted off, and we stayed to watch each one of them liftoff, we wandered around the festival grounds absorbing the sights and the sounds around us. Including indulging in some beer tent beverage while listening to the first of 2 bands for the day. She Sways, She Sings was the house band for the night in the beer tent and we sat and listened to their groove for a spell while sipping on a cold one. In hindsight, maybe we shoulda had two beers....
Once we finished our beverages, we decided we were in dire need of some funnel cake. Now, keep in mind that we had just finished stuffing our faces to disgusting proportions at OGO's, but for some reason we actually needed the funnel cake. How do you smell it/see it without needing it? A skill I have not yet mastered, young Jedi.
We wandered back to the beer tent to sit and eat our funnel cake, as that was the only place with some empty seating. We listened to the band some more as we ate. I am not sure if that was a good idea or not, but I didn't loose the cake and it all turned out ok in the end. Not to mention we didn't stick around too long as the balloon burn was going to be starting soon. So, we meandered back over the grassy knoll where the hot air balloons had since returned from their flight over the Mississippi and were in the process of setting back up for the spectacular spectacle known as the Balloon Burn.
OMG. And here I am, the biggest 'tard of them all, sitting there WITHOUT my baby, my beautiful camera BECAUSE I AM AN IDIOT! I rued the fact that I had left the house without my camera about 20 minutes from home. Long before I even knew any of this was taking place, but that's my point. Life with J is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get and you never want to be without your camera for that very fact. *gah* So, all I had was my lousy cell phone camera to take pics of the glorious-ness before me. And believe you me, they do this stuff NO JUSTICE AT ALL.
Can you tell I am just a little freakin' irritated at this whole forgetting-the-camera-thing?! Um. Yeah. Just a tad.
So, anyways. The balloon glow was the most beautiful, breathtaking thing I have ever seen. First they just illuminated variously all over the field as we watched like giant lightning bugs. One at a time in random intervals. Then they began to synchronize and burn all at once, and a few 'wave' burns where they begin at one side and roll to the other. It was so romantic, being there with J, lost in the amazement of the sight before us. Lost in the profound love for each other while basking beneath such majestic beauty was so incredible. After they burned for a while, they invited the crowd out onto the field for a closer look at the balloons and a chance to get to meet the pilots and the crews. Those guys sure are living their dreams.
Screw buying a boat or some other expensive toy as such. I want a hot air balloon!
I just couldn't get over it all. I am still in awe this morning.
Although that awestruck feel good feeling of last night was nearly destroyed by a decision we made on the way home from Fort Madison. We decided we wanted to go have a quick beer at our favorite local watering hole, CrossRoads. Usually they have a great live band on Saturday nights and since we were both still wired from the long but great day we'd had, we thought we'd unwind to some good music while continuing the good times.
Oh boy were were wrong. The band they had, Shotgun Dixie, was not made of win. That's all I have to say about that here. Follow the link for more if you want to.
The review for She Sways, She Sings is behind the link posted previously in this post as well. Read at your leisure.
If you'd like to see all the Balloons Over the Mississippi Cell Phone Suckage pictures, please head over to flickr. Thx.
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