It's Really True

Ya'll, I was in Spin Class this morning and I heard something so distressing that it has not escaped my mind all day. In fact, I'm not sure I will ever be able to forget this as long as I live. My instructor made a little quip about some woman that got stuck on the toilet for 2 years. I thought she was joking until several people chimed in and actually knew what she was talking about.

How did I miss this? I don't even know how to voice my feelings. I just Googled this and it is true! I had somewhat hoped that maybe I had gotten punked. Apparently, this woman had a boyfriend who brought her food and water for 2 years and then finally on 2/27/08 decided to call somebody to get her some help.

WHAT! How do you leave somebody on the toilet for 2 years? He basically said that he would ask her to leave the bathroom but she would say she didn't want to come out. I have no words. OK, maybe a few. Where was her family, friends, etc.? I mean, does this need to go on the back of a driver's license like organ doners? Do I need to make a living will stating that I do not want to be left in a bathroom, specifically sitting on the toilet for so long that my SKIN GROWS TO IT?? Let me shout it to the mountaintops of the internet THAT I DO NOT WANT TO BE LEFT IN A BATHROOM FOREVER!

Clearly, the woman was not stable. I read that apparently she had some kind of tramatic childhood experience. So maybe this woman had a mental excuse but WHAT ABOUT THE BOYFRIEND?? There's no way any normal person would leave someone in a bathroom for 2 years!

This is going to haunt me.

Here's a statement from a neighbor. "It really doesn't surprise me," Ellis said of the bathroom incident. "What surprises me is somebody wasn't called in a bit earlier." Ya think?

Here Comes the Sun

Despite the fact that I lost a very precious hour of sleep Saturday night, I am loving that it's 6:26pm and the sun is still out! Oh, how I love, love, love this! It just seems like I can get so much more done with my day. I can't really promise that I'll actually get more done, but at least I know I can if the mood hits me just right.

I really don't have much to say tonight but I did want to let you know that you can go to http://www.arbys.com/arbyscoupon/?cid=bn_msn300x250030909 and print a coupon to get a free Arby's RoastBurger if you buy a drink!

Mornin' Glory!

I know it's been a whole week since I've written and I do apologize to all of you who are on pins and needles every morning waiting to see what I have to say (that would be you, Mama), but it was just one of those weeks. Obviously, I had a week of a million and one exciting things going on and I was just too overwhelmed to write. OK, not really. I pretty much just worked like I do every week - I have no excuse.

I don't think I've mentioned this in a post before but I have recently started going to a Spinning class. Never in a million years would I have thought I would like it so much and actually look forward to going. It's kind of blowing my mind since I've spent the better part of my adult life looking for any excuse to just lay on the couch and watch TV.

Saturday morning I went to my first Spin Marathon. It was an hour and 45 minutes of pure exercise. I think I sweated more than I ever have in my life. I would love to be able to say that I glistened like a good Southern lady should but I was just one big sweaty, stinky mess. I LOVED IT!

Afterwards, the instructor treated us to some organic muffins she had made. Ya'll! They were so good. They weren't anything like a normal muffin. They were thick and somewhat chewy and hit the spot like nobody's business.

I'm sure like most of you, I find it really hard to find something for breakfast that I can eat on the go that will fill me up and be good for me. So when Cindy gave us the recipe for these glorious "Morning Glory" muffins and despite the fact that the recipe had 14 ingredients and I had to go buy 6 of them, I decided to try it. Since I am about as close to being a Cooking Queen as I am to being the Queen of England it took me a SUPER long time to find all the stuff at Target. If Jay hadn't been with me, I'm pretty sure I would have given up. But, we prevailed!

Since Hubby went dirt-bike riding this afternoon, I decided to try my hand at making something that has more than 5 ingredients. Check them out!

It really wasn't that hard to make them and they turned out pretty great. I wouldn't say as good as Cindy's but I'm not complaining.





It's quite possible that there just might be hope for me yet in the cooking arena!

Let it snow, let it snow....

Oh my word - it's snowing! Yes, right here in the deep South. And I'm not talking just a little dusting, we're talking "inches". (Please note that our last real snow storm was in 1993 when I was still in college.) This is what I woke up to.

Front Door View:

Back Door View:


Sissy on the back porch:

Callie looking out our bedroom window:

So how bout that? And my Mama is gonna beat me because I DID NOT go to the store yesterday so I have no milk and bread. I know, I know. I promise I was raised right here in the South but oh how I hate to go to the grocery store. And how sad is it that Jay-Baby had to go to work....

Better Late Than Never

Ya'll! I did my first piece of embroidery today. Well, my first piece of embroidery that worked. I got my machine over a year ago and immediately tried to try something simple. About an hour later I had broken a needle, had a half-finished project and totally gave up. You get free lessons where I bought my machine and it only took me a little over a year to sign up for one. I know, brilliant.

Anyway, better late than never. I am now officially a member of an Embroidery Club and have done my first project. It's a birth cloth for Sister's new baby (whoever she may be!)



So there you go! I already signed up for next month's project and you know I'll display it (unless it's ugly!)

Fear Factor

I won't name names but I have been told that my last post was a little, shall we say "negative"? It was just a baaaaaaaad day. Anyway, things got better - as they always do. Although, I did leave my cell phone at home today and I'm just hoping that I don't have car trouble, get kidnapped, etc. on the way home.

The car trouble thing at night is a big fear. It might have something to do with the fact that my Dad drilled in our heads the importance of ALWAYS making sure you call when you arrive and before you start to leave to come home. My best friend lived one street over and don't think I didn't imagine all the terrible things that could have happened to me in that 3.5 minute car ride.

Now that fear is nothing compared to my biggest fear of getting caught at train tracks at night. I have no idea where that came from but sometimes I feel my breath quickening just thinking about it. It's a real fear ya'll.

What kind of crazy fears do ya'll have?

Thankful

I know I'm supposed to be thankful for all the things that happen during the day so here's my Top 5:

1. I'm thankful that my alarm was set for 6 instead of 4 and I missed my workout this morning. (This was after I spent last night getting all my workout clothes ready for the whole week, packed my gym bag, etc.)

2. I'm thankful that when I walked in the living room this morning there was cat vomit on the rug.

3. I'm thankful that I tried on 2 pairs of pants this morning that almost cut off my circulation. See #4.

4. I'm thankful that I wore a skirt that itched my stomach and legs off all day. I even went to Wal-Mart on my lunch break and bought a tank top to wear under my sweater. It helped zero.

5. I'm thankful that I'm home now and can look around and see how badly my house needs a good cleaning.

Does it sound like I have a bad attitude?