CAUTION: Woman In Progress

Friday afternoon: Saturday: Sunday:

I've always loved a cute guy in a big truck. 

It's so disappointing when you post something on Facebook that you just KNOW will crack people up and then...crickets. :-/ I posted the following this afternoon: Let it grow, let it grow, ain't shavin' legs anymore. Let it grow, let it grow, throw the razor on the drawer. I don't care 'bout no prickly hair. Let it all grow long...the fur never bothered me anyway.  Just four "likes" and two comments, neither of which were about my comic genius.  My humor is WASTED on those dry losers on Facebook.  :-P A darn happy thing that I don't rely on social media for my happiness. Amiright?! Unless...ugh. I'm not as funny as I think I am. :'-(

Sheesh! I just re-read my weekend posts and...WOW, between auto-correct and my own blithering mistakes ("hearding" FTW!!) I sound like a blithering idiot. Which, in the interest of complete honesty, I sorta am. But you already know that. So, yeah. I'm owning the fact that I can be a sloppy and clueless writer on a good day and complete blithering idiot on the iPhone autocorrecting tiny "keyboard." Also, in case you're wondering, the "hearding" should have been "herding". You know, just in case anyone ELSE is not the sharpest tool in the shed today. Also, also "FTW" means "For the win" in case also like me, you're not always too hip on this here internet lingo. Hey, if we can't laugh at OURSELVES, we'll be totally devastated when the rest of the world laughs AT us, amiright? :-D

Tried a Boca veggie burger for the first time. I was a little leery about it at first, but it was actually really good. Had sweet potato fries (oven "fried") with it. Trying to eat healthier without sacrificing the things I love like burgers and fries. ;-) Mama bought Alyssa a desk for Christmas and I "get" to fix it up. Fun. Actually, though, I haven't worked on a big project in a while so I'm due for one. You know I'll share the deets.  I watched the last hour of the MSU/LSU game and nearly lost my voice screaming because MSU was thisclose to winning and they almost let LSU steal the game from them in the last two minutes. 😬🙈 But dem dogs finished off dem tigers 34-29.  I only turned it over to check the score because my FB newsfeed was blowing up with excitement. Got sucked in and now I remember why I don't watch sports...in beet we all the boring standing around, it can get way too intense. lol I was so tired/lazy that I didn't bake my pie ...

Someone is trying to talk me into another cookie. Trying to heard me toward the kitchen.  I'm not gallon for it...yet. 

Kelly Clarkson has this song on one of her more recent albums titled, You Can't Win. I'm sure you know what it's about...how no matter what you do, it's going to be wrong? That is my life right now. I can't win no matter what I do. If I step up and take charge, I'm taking over but if I step back and wait to be told what to do, I'm a lazy slacker. If I initiate a project, I'm being bossy but if I wait for someone else to initiate it, I'm a lazy slacker. If I go off and do a project on my own, I'm playing the martyr but if I ask for or wait for help, I'm a lazy slacker. And Heaven forbid I get recognized for my talents because then I'm uppity. But if I keep my talents hidden, I'm a...you guessed it...a lazy slacker. I'm just so frustrated! I don't know what else I can do! I don't want to be anything more than I am...a person who does her job. I come to work to collect a paycheck and put in my 40 hours so that I can pay my ...

So as I mentioned in the comments, the memorial service for Mr. Leslie was yesterday. It was a lovely service in a very small, very crowded church and I made a mess of my mascara. His wife seemed to teeter between being okay and being just utterly shattered. The church was already so crowded when I arrived that many of us were standing around before the service, hoping some chairs would appear. As I was standing there, I heard my name and there was his wife getting up to come to me. I don't think she'll ever know how much that meant to me that amidst her grief and among her family, she saw me and reached out to me. We only hugged briefly and with a short exchange but it was a very meaningful moment for me. I don't know if I've mentioned this before but I'm not a very social person. (Yes, I know I mention it a lot. ha) "Socially awkward" is a mild way of describing me. And the above scene is what has always made Mr. Leslie and his wife so special to me....

It's 63* here this morning and for the first time in forever Libs and I are AWAKE and ALIVE.  My spirit feels fresh this morning in the cool fresh air.  We went tramping and frolicking around the yard and soaking in the reprieve from the oppressive heat.  My windows are open and my soul is singing.  PS...I had to say "Milkbones" to get her to look at me for the above photo. :-D

Got word this morning that a much loved family friend passed away last night. Not sure what happened...possibly a heart attack but I haven't heard. I didn't go to lunch with Mama today, who probably has all the deets by now. At first I felt a little guilty about that because I figured she needed someone to talk to. But when I saw her in passing just now I realize it's probably for the best. I can't deal with her grief and my own right now.  Selfish? Maybe. But the Lord works things out for us in our best interest and I'm pretty sure He worked out our lunch plans exactly the way it was supposed to be. I'm actually not even really grieving yet. I don't think it's really settled in that it really happened. I mean, I just saw him recently and he was fine. Or he seemed fine. Me and Mr. Leslie at the church Valentine's Banquet, 2010. One thing I know for sure, he was the sweetest man I think I have ever known in my entire life and I'm not exagg...

So I feel like I've been absent a lot lately. Not that any/many people notice since I don't have a huge following. But if my stats are to be believed I do have a few lurkers every now and then. Hi Lurkers! I love you! Come talk to me. I don't bite. Much. ;-) I love you, too, Trix ! And Aunt B! My two regular/semi-regular commenters/friends. Honestly, my heart just isn't in blogging right now. So much of what's going on in my life is work related crap--AKA--Things I can't talk about on the web. Because I NEED this job. Right? Right. And I know I've skirted around talking about work related things here but I need to shut that kind of talk down. No matter how well I think this here blog is protected from people I know in real life, we all know that nothing is safe on the internet. That being said, I started this blog to document my life, my feelings, and often times my silliness. I love that it's a great record of the past 9ish years. I can go back ...

"Don't watch dis TBs, Mama. Dey's kissun."

A day of my favorite things. Coffee, television and romance novels. Delicious.