Shopping Saturday

Just a quick post before Jordan and I head off to Zona Rosa in North KC. It's supposed to snow tonight and I am sooo excited to see the first snow of the season....if folklore has it right, we will see either 29 or 30 snows this year! Yahoo, by now those of you are thinking that I am a complete crazy crack head for wishing this. I am still bummed about being sick Thanksgiving especially when I checked Katie's blog and seen she brought the shrimp and bacon appetizers. AND I have yet to see Wayne and Sherry's new homestead. Katie put some pictures on her page so I seen a bit of it. I was still funky yesterday, this New Year's Eve, I am going to say somekind of something so that in 2009 there is not a illness, ailment, or trip to the ER ONE!!! I have a wedding in March and of course, my 40th birthday. Both will require not only my presence but cash for them. Gotta go for now......wish us luck at shopping and I don't punch some rude person out today.

Terrible Thanksgiving

I hope who ever reads my page had a great Thanksgiving.....I got sick to my stomach after waking up but chalked that up to drinking a lil crown last night. Then I started fixing the stuff to take to Wayne and Sherry's when I was feeling worse. I had just about started to get dressed when I just couldn't get into going, all I wanted to do was lay down because the thought of eatting was making me very nausiated. So I called my sister in law, Sherry and told her I wasn't feeling too grand and wouldn't be making out there. Then I crawled into bed and stayed there just about all day until now. I missed the best cheese grits in the world today and probably the oyster dressing I love....damn of all days to get whatever it is!!! I also had my camera ready for pictures so I could post them on here and my facebook page. So Jordan tore into the California blend casserole I made along with a pasta salad that will go to work and the gooey butter cake I also made this morning. Steve worked til 12:15 and then took a nap for a bit then he went over to the McGuire's house for a visit. He brought me a plate back that has stayed in my belly so I did get to have turkey, oyster dressing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, and macaroni with cheese thanks to them. Jordan and I are heading to Zona Rosa in North KC on Saturday to do some shopping since there are a couple of stores that has cheap clothes I can get her for Christmas. I work tomorrow so I won't get to mess with the crowds of mad shoppers out for those special bargains, I am thankful for that!! Also that I have a great husband and daughter who bless my life everyday.

Happy 17th Birthday Jordan!!

Today is Jordan's 17th Birthday.....I can't believe she is that old, every year at 5:25pm it seems that long ago I was hearing her cry after they took her out. Now I just hear her say how she doen't have time for me now. There's always something more important needing her attention these days. We took her out to Applebee's to eat lunch with her sister Aimee, niece Kailyn, and brother Aaron. He, by the way is growing a beard that really looks good on him as he is quite a handsome man. I don't think I brag on the stepson as I have the girls. I promised him that I wouldn't take pictures of him today and Steve wasn't into it either. I'm not due til Christmas when I may try again to get a couple of them in a photo. I also worked on my Santa's which are not turning out like I had invisioned them to be but they are still a work in progress and good weather. I may have to borrow a garage to get them finished in time. Kailyn came out and painted some of the bricks and things that turned out to be a spot on the porch and the grass. That spot will mean something someday even if we got in trouble for doing it. Have a Happy Monday and til my next post.....

How stupid I can be!!

I thought this would be a neat picture to put on here since it is fitting of the pre-Thanksgiving holiday. It looks so homey and like they are getting the house ready for Holiday visitors. That is what I should be doing myself instead of ding donging on the computer. Let me explain briefly why the title of todays post is that. Yesterday morning in my pj's and just woke up look, I left the house to get a diet pepsi because I am apparently addicted to that in the morning. Since it was around 15 degrees, there was frost on the windshield which I tried to get off with my windshield wipers and fluid. Needless to say that wasn't working worth a crap for me to see out of it. I headed toward the old IGA in hopes of just getting a can and be on my way. They moved those machines out I did see so then started to turn in the parking lot as I planned to just go back over to Northside and use the drive thru. For reasons I really can't explain still except to defrost the windshield, I turned into the deep ditch getting my car stuck. It cracked 3 places in my bumper because the bumper was cold because I didn't hit that hard. So then I learned through turning this in to my insurance, that if I had smacked a deer. Lots better deductable wise for my car insurance. That deductable is $100, the deductable for being a dumbass is $500 so there goes my birthday party money I was going to save from tax refund. Now it goes to paying back my loan shark after getting taxes back. I also thought for some other dumb reason that I needed to jump over the ditch to where Steve was by then to help get my car hooked up. In doing that Wonder Women feat, I twisted my bad cankle that was torn up when I was 16 doing about the same dumbass feat. So today I am hobbling around still pissed at myself for being so dumb.....but can laugh also because I know I looked like a crack whore going into Northside to use the phone to get Jordan up there to come get me. Yea flannel pj pants, mule nikes, shirt, and coat that was not one matching thing on. Then to top it off, bedhead and bad breathe. Cute I know.

Another new adventure

I joined Facebook today so that I can keep in touch with some old classmates and friends on there. It's different and Jordan thinks I am too old to be doing it. So any of you that reads this, go on there and add me as a "friend", I am under Penny Reith Shannon so that those who know me by both names will find me if they want to. Now I have two things to keep up to date on. I already have 2 friends that was added to there and have a few more that I am waiting to hear from. It's kinda neat to do since some of these are old classmates that I seen at our 20 year reunion last year and would love to keep in better touch with them instead of emailing. That I totally suck at but can do this blogging thing without even trying. So I hope they look at my profile and then check this thing out too. Lord knows I spill everything on here that is going on at the time I start typing. Got to end this one quickly because I am excited to see if anyone else has accepted my invite on Facebook. I can't believe how this month is flying by, I actually thought I had another week before Jordan's birthday today until I looked at the calendar and seen it's actually 4 days away.....then she is 17!! Yea that has flown too!!

Official end of volleyball

Tonight was the annual volleyball banquet that marks the end of the season. There is always a abundance of food that is really tasty and the awards given out to the players. Jordan played JV this year again because there was only 3 spots available for Varisty this year. If I was a good mother, I would have taken a ton of pictures of the games that she totally rocked in. Such as the one she scored 17 pts in a row and the Lady Owls ended up winning that game. I am very proud of her accomplishments in the sport I always wished I had gone out for. She got the awards for Hustle and Offensive player tonight. As for all her official stats, I have no idea, I just know that when I am at the games.....I am a very proud Owl Mom of my volleyball player.

The meaning of the 17th of November

This date is kinda special today because 17 years ago, Jordan was supposed to come into the world. It was my first due date but as it is known, she came by emergency c-section on the 23rd. Here's just a little bit more on this date. I have 2 very good friends(Laura and Christy) who also was pregnant during this time and this was both of their due dates also. Laura was 10 years ago and Christy was 4 years ago, well then it came and went, so the next due date was the 23rd for both. Jordan was really excited that she was going to get to share her birthday both times. Laura had Lauren on the 22nd and Christy had Haylee on the 21st. I think it's kinda neat that the 3 of us shared the same due dates and our daughters birthday's are all in a row. Tonight Jordan, Laura, Lauren, and I are going to China Inn for the girls birthdays. I really don't know why we haven't done this before, probably because some years they fall on Thanksgiving and just the scheduling of the parties hasn't let us do this. So hopefully it will now start somekind of tradition with us taking our birthday girls out, especially since I only have this one and next year left that Jordan is home to celebrate them with me. Before I get into some sappy blogging I better go and get ready for our dinner. I also started the painting of the Santa's yesterday and will post them later. The face turned out too pink but I am going to wing it and see if it turns out after I add the beards and fur on the hats. Hopefully that calms it down a bit, I thought the color was perfect when I mixed it but not after it dried. Happy Monday to all that reads this jibberish...

Spitting Snow Saturday part 2

I am going to start my blogs with pictures of vintage Christmas cards that I found online. I love how they look and was dissappointed when I couldn't get the huge book of them that my Uncle Bubba had before he passed. There was several of them in the book that he had that were absolutely beautiful. Steve went to Sedalia today to watch Nick Schaefer race at the fairgrounds in the Matheson building. I was supposed to go and get my spa manicure and pedicure done at Bodyworks but wasn't feeling up to it. This is probably a little TMI but since I am sharing everything on here, I feel the need to explain why I wasn't feeling well enough to go get pampered."Aunt Flo" came for her monthly visit and the first day or two are absolutely horrible. I have always had problems with bad cramps and was relieved by taking birth control. When I was 33, I had my tubal ligation done with my gallbladder surgery so no longer took birth control. I also have problems with cyst on my ovaries, which sent me to the emergency room in August. So as I have gotten older, they are getting worse with cramps that are from hell. Heating pads are not helpful as that seems to make the cramps worse so I asked my doctor for pain pills to help calm them down. Over the counter pain relievers don't really do the job if they are some strong ones. That is only helpful if I happen to start on a weekend where I can knock myself out. So to end this probably I am going to plan a hysterectomy next year after all the festivities are over. Those being Aimee's wedding and my 40th birthday so the medical bills won't interfere with the cost of those important events. Anyways, I decided to go out to Patty Hammer's house for a visit since Christy was already there and I didn't feel like doing any chores at the house. Patty is my adoptive mother because she has never hesitated to get into my ass when she thinks Christy or I have been messing up in life. She also will introduce me as her 3rd daughter since I have been around the family for just about 30 years. I can't explain the love I have for her because she has always accepted me for who I am, faults and all. Patty lives in the house she grew up in out by the Grand Pass wildlife area northeast of Malta Bend. She moved back there in the mid 80's after her father passed away. I have alot of memories of Christy and I staying out there when we were teenagers and also in recent years for the holidays which I am always included in. I got home around 4pm and have been alone in the house since. Should have started some chores then but got totally lazy and watched tv for awhile. Now I am blabbing on here for the second time today instead of doing those chores that can wait til tomorrow. Unless the weather turns out warmer so I can get some Santa's painted. I also need to go to my grandma's and see what decorations I have stored over there. I have alot of Christmas crap since it's my favorite holiday to decorate for, just ask Steve sometime and I am sure he will groan before he agrees that I probably have too many. Just wait til I have a much larger house that I can put a tree in every room and fill it with all my crap and then some!!! I already have planned a tree with all my Barbie ornaments on it. I call them my "girls"and yes I am still a Barbie freak after all these years when I should have grown up. NEVER when it comes to them, there is a world of Barbie ornaments that I want so thanks to ebay, I will have them someday. Good night for now and will blog more on here tomorrow if I don't get swamped with painting and decorating.

Spitting Snow Saturday

Steve came in and said it is spitting snow outside. I love it!!! Yes I love snow, cold, and winter as long as there isn't ice like we had a couple of years ago. I love to go outside when it's snowing, there isn't a more peaceful time than that. I love how the countryside looks with a fresh blanket of snow. I absolutely love when it snows on Christmas Eve and there is a white Christmas. It reminds me of when Jordan still believed and there was "sled tracks" on the roof one Christmas. It's so magical when children still believe in Santa, I had so much fun with it by having sleigh bell ringing outside her window to get her asleep so I could go set up her Santa stuff. I believed until I was in the 3rd grade and the mean teacher (Mrs.Sims) told me that there wasn't a Santa. I will never forget that because she made a spectal out of me and the kids in the class laughed. What a bitch...anyways this picture is what I call my dream Christmas home in the country. I can almost see me in there COOKING somekind of treats or dinner and Steve tending to the fires. Bundle up today if you go out and enjoy Sunday, the last forecast I seen was the temp to be in the 60's. Got to love the Missouri weather!! So I am going to get painting on my Santa's and yes Tina I will post my creations and thanks for readng my blabber~~

I am starting to slack off

I have been a slacker and not blogged on here for 4 days.....I have started to wonder if anyone really reads this crap I blab about so I have changed the settings so that anyone can comment. If you read this crazy crap, leave a comment so I know that I am entertaining some bored sole to death. We, as in Aimee and I, got our photo cd from Kathy so I am going to just put a couple or more maybe on here. Not only have I got my tree up but actually got a few presents bought before December 20th this year so I am kinda proud of that. Tuesday night, Steve and I went to tear down some old barn wood that my boss, Shirley, donated to my crafting for Christmas. I am going to attempt to paint Santa's on them, for those of you that don't know, yes I am artsy fartsy when I want to be. If you go out to the Habilitation Center to view their Christmas crap, there are a few characters that I painted about 12 years ago when they started the big hoopla there. The Charlie Brown Christmas was my favorite to do, I am proud of Peppermint Patty, Lucy and Sally so that is a hint to pay attention to those. Also check out the 12 days of Christmas, I am responsible for Days 1, 6, and 8. The first is supposed to be David Partridge in a pear tree but looks more like Michael Jackson back in the Jackson 5 days. I still go out every year after my departure from there and admire my work. I will have to take pictures this year and of course put them on the blog......so for now Happy TGIF everyone.

It's beginning to look like Christmas

I think this is the earliest that I have put up my tree since I was pregnant with Jordan 17 years ago. I nabbed a Christmas tree from Katie when they were moving that fits in the dinkus dump living room. Steve went and got it out of the storage shed so I could see if it did fit in the spot. Then checked to see if it lit up and after that it only made sence to me to start decorating it. Yea Steve was thrilled!! So then I got out some of the other decorations too and once I started, I couldn't stop. Sadly though, Aimee beat me to it. When it comes to Christmas, we are very alike about getting the tree up early, giving presents before Christmas morning, and really get excited about Christmas in general. So I must get back to the decorating and there will be future blogs with pictures of my Christmas madness of decorations. I almost could out do Mrs. Scott by the Eastwood Casey's. If you don't know who I am talking about, you need to go by and then you will understand what an addiction to Christmas decor can do to someone.....if you ask Steve, he will agree that I do have too much "Christmas Crap" and gets all giddy each year when I do have to sacrifice something due to damage in the off season. So buckle up cause it's going to be one ride to remember this year kids. Yea that sounded gay so I need to get off now.

Happy Saturday

This morning I used one of my gift certificates I got from Jordan for Mother's Day. It was a 1hr full body massage (heaven) then a 1 hr facial. I have had massages there before but never a facial. The chic said I have good skin for rarely taking care of it when I was younger. My face does feel different so I may have to invest in those regularly. Then I went to JCPenney's wanting to do some Christmas shopping and couldn't get into it. The 1 thing I found to get Jordan was missing the hoodie and the associates had no idea if they had anymore around and pretty much blew me off. Bitches!! So when I go to Columbia, I'll check that JCPenney's for the same thing. Hopefully they will have it. Jordan is a Mizzou fan and has been for awhile. I am hoping for her to go there just so she isn't that far from home.....besides we have a couple of Mizzou alum in the family. We also got our new galleries up again this time with a total of 63 photos with some new ones added that I am very happy was able to put on the new discs. She is a great person to have put up with all my crap over the order the past week. Bless her heart for being so patient with me and all the indecision involved.
I am now in the process of Christmas gift buying and proud that I have a few already bought. Now I am in the Jordan birthday mode of trying to figure out what to do for it. Since she reads this even if she thinks it's gay, she does know that we will take a trip to Zona Rosa the Saturday after Thanksgiving so what birthday money she gets can be spent on whatever she wants. Then it's back to Christmas gifts for the kids, Kailyn, and my most difficult person to get for, Steve.
So hope ya'all stayed warm this blustery Saturday and have a good weekend. Hope we can get to the country so I can get my donated barn wood so I can start some of my artsy fartsy presents this year!!

Still adding to the page

I have been playing around on the page again and found some cute stuff...can you tell my favorite holiday is approaching!!!

It's the middle of the week

Wednesdays are so boring....two days since the weekend and two days before the weekend. Last night I took my best friend that I have pretty much since the 4th grade out for her 40th birthday. Christy isn't the big celebrating birthday type so it was just me and her for dinner at Hustler's. After work I ran to vote because I am too lazy to get up early and go do it then. It's kinda weird that yesterday was a historic election and I can say someday that I was part of it by voting. I don't vote on the regular basis, just every 4 years since I registered when I was 18. So anyways it doesn't matter who won now just that people got out and voted yesterday. It is a historic election that will be a huge part of history.
Today is my Grandma Joy's 90th birthday so we are taking her out to eat at Applebee's and Jordan made her a cake. She told Jordan that she hadn't ever got a birthday cake made for her, so we will give it to her after dinner. Well I am blogging at work and lunch hour is over so back to the trucking business.

Family Pictures

Our gallery is up on www.kathymccloy.com now and most of you have our password to view it. The pictures turned out great but since we had so many taken, we have asked for 2 discs now and probably a new gallery to view. I asked Kathy to separate the family and Jordan from Aimee's engagment and Kailyn's 5th birthday. When she gets back from Califonia the first of this week, there will be a check of what photos are left behind to be sure that we can separate them. Sounds like some dramatic crap on tv and now you are waiting during commercial.
Kailyn had her last soccer game today and got elbowed right in the eye so she had to sit out for a bit while MiMi put ice on it. As you can see, I have changed the blog colors to more of a Christmas theme and added a countdown. Yes I do get excited about this holiday and this year we will be finding room in the dinkus living room for my tree. Aimee was here earlier and said that Kailyn wants the Christmas tree up this week, my answer was to start getting my snowmen out and yea I may get my tree up this week and slowly get it decorated. I love love love Christmas and hope we have a white one this year, it makes it all more magical, as does having a granddaughter that still believes. More on my Christmas traditions in later posts.

Oh me oh my

The past few days have went in a whirlwind.....Wednesday night was Jordan's first MHS singers concert at BMS, those usually start late 7-7:30. Then off to get a costume from Ashley's house for my coworker Sue to wear on Friday after the concert plus carve pumpkins since I had put that off. Thursday night, I got my hair trimmed up and was waxed too then Steve and I went to Bogey's for the $1.25 or $1.50 taco night. Of course Friday was Halloween and I stayed dressed up as the witch but this time I wore my taller boots to work and to hand out candy. I managed to scare only 1 kid but we didn't have alot of kids in this neighborhood. I have what I call my "Special Kids" bags to make each year and most of them came by. We had one last stragler around 9pm and I dumped the "other" candy in their bags. "Other" means that it is the kinda cheaper stuff that we give the kids we don't know and the "Special" is of course for my special ones.
Yesterday started off with taking Grandma to the beauty shop then to get her some ribs, go get 2 Wedding cards for the Kolkmeyer reception at 1pm and the Crew's/Thornton wedding at 5:30. Steve didn't get off work until 3pm and went straight for the couch to take a nap, Jordan was already taking a nap then. so I went in and was intending to lay around for 30 mins and watch tv. Then silently try to get ready for the wedding since Jordan was going with me to that and Steve would be ready for the reception after. That 30 minutes lasted until 10 minutes to 5pm by Jordan coming in and asking if we was still going. I dozed back off after a negative to that question until almost 6 pm. I have no idea what made me so tired unless it was the Halloween Spirits I drank while handing out candy, the intense pain my body was in after wearing those boots way too long, or that I'm just a freakn train wreck of ailments anymore.........
So after that we decided to go to Hustler's since I was wanting somekind of food besides the bowling alley. Then we met Aimee and Joe for supper and some pool shooting. Laura, Johnny, Gala, Glen, McKathy and Mike showed up and we sat there for awhile having a good time. Laura and I was the sober ones for the first time at a bar. Suprisingly I can fun around some drunks while staying sober now, either it's my age or the medication working out for me! haha
I will have to pass the apologies out to the Kolkmeyer's and the Thornton's for missing their special events when I give them their cards that, when I got them, we was intending on showing. This seems like the longest Sunday morning with the time change.....I love the winter but hate it getting dark so soon after work now.