Scientology and Anonymous

I don't know how many of you have been following the group called Anonymous who has essentially declared war on the COS (Church of Scientology). It all started when the COS forced the removal of the Tom Cruise video on COS to be removed from the internet after it had been leaked out. Anonymous is a group of people from all walks of life who use their knowledge to hack into computers, servers, etc. They had decided that 2/10 would be the day to attched the COS websites, phones, etc. They started some attacks on their sites, and many were successful, but after a backlash they have toned it down. Their huge attack would be compromising the hard work that the activists had done against the COS.

Demonstrations are planned across the world at the COS locations on 2/10. Many cities have already had "raids" and are planning many more. Since reading up on this group Anonymous and seeing their video message on YouTube and visiting the "good" and orderly boards I have become very interested in learning more about the COS. What I have found is very scary. Frightening beyond words. This is no church (I already knew that though) but a cult and a very dangerous one.

Did you know that the COS successfully conducted the biggest infiltration against the US Gov't, Interpool and other over the seas agencies? They had two covert operations planned, Operation Snow White (the gov't infiltration) and Operation Freakout, that I am sick to my stomach about. These are true stories that have actually documentation in the form of handwritten and typed notes from high ranking officials in the COS.

Operation Snow White was a plan that entailed more than 5,000 COS agents across the world who stole information from the IRS, US Gov't, and Interpol to name a few. Their goal was to remove any documents that reflected unfavorably on L. Ron Hubbard (their crazy leader) or the COS itself. During the investigation by the US Gov't of Operation Snow White they uncovered documents about their other covert operation Freakout. This is where they get even scarier.

Paulette Cooper wrote an article for what is now Harper's Baazar in the 70's. The COS was furious with her story and before it was printed tried unsuccessfully to have it shelved. After it was published and the COS filed a libel lawsuit against her. She continued on and wrote a full length book on the church. They sued her once again after the book was published. To condense this the Guardian Leaders (their like the CIA of the COS) decided to find out as much dirt about her and have her ultimately either jailed or committed to a mental institution.

They had one of the operatives go into her home acting as someone collecting donations for a charity and this person took sheets of her stationary which had her fingerprints. They then wrote bomb threats on the letters and mailed them to themselves. Paulette Cooper was picked up and indicted for these threats. After she was indcited but before her trial the FBI found documents during the raid as a result of Operation Snow White that the COS had stolen her stationary and planted those letters. The FBI found handwritten and typed documents that incriminated the COS where they as much as admitted what they had done.

In addition to that there was an elaborate scheme to get her finger prints on more blank paper to use to send more threats. Thankfully none of the other attacks were carried out because the FBI busted them. You can read more comprehensive information on these attacks here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Snow_White and here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Freakout.

The COS is scary. They have ruined so many peoples lives. Especially that of Lisa McPherson. She died in their care. They did not feed her or give her water for 6 days per the coroners report. This will continue on if they are not stopped.

Also... who in their right mind would seriously believe a "religion" that says that billions of years ago the bad Xenu came and tried to infect people with Thetans. I mean all of this stuff is the craziest stuff ever. It gets even crazier. The kicker is that L. Ron Hubbard, their leader and founder, was a semi-sucessful science fiction writer. Hmmm... I wonder if he is having a tiny bit of a laugh down in hell knowing that the rest of these crazies, especially Tom Cruise will be joining him soon.

I am not scared of the COS. I don't care who they have followed, tracked their IPs for posting blogs that put them down and shutting their sites down, mimicked their IPs and used the net for purposes not allowed by their service providers and tried to have their internet shutdown by reporting the activity (this recently happened to over 1,000 Cox Communication customers by the COS), messed with their credit, jobs, etc. just because someone tried to discredit them. They are eveil and Christianity will prevail. Humanity will prevail. Not some stupid COS that brain washes people, have killed people, kidnapped people, framed people, stolen their money and are robbing the IRS by using tax exempt status.

So stick it Church of Scientology. Hail Xenu!

:-)

Opium

You know how certain scents remind you of people, times in your life, etc.? An attorney moved in to my office in the end of December and the lady who works for him has a very familiar smell. I couldn't quite put my finger on it. It was never strong enough to put my finger on it, which I am surprised. The scent comforted me in a strange way. Last week I was talking to her and her perfume was strong enough for me to figure out where I know it from. It's Opium. My grandmother Avonelle wears it. I love smelling it because it reminds me of her. I don't see her, Wilson or my other grandmother enough. It's nice to have a daily reminder of her though.

We Made It

Well we made it through the weekend with no more vomiting. I'm thankful for that. Poor little guy. He's feeling much better now and finally started eating more last night. I hate to see either of my kids sick. You just want to take it all away from them.

Well we didn't do much of anything this weekend. I left only once and it was because Lee made me get out of the house for a bit. He knew I would end up going stir crazy. I had no where to go so I went to my office for a few minutes and then to CVS. Woohoo! Now that's how to have a crazy time!

I was very sad to hear about Heath Ledger's death this week. He and I share the same birthday, but he was born a year before me. I thought he was a good actor and followed him only in the tabloids/gossip columns. I think his daughter Matilda is just adorable and looks just like him. This death just hit me hard. I don't know why. Perhaps it's because we are so close in age and I can't imagine leaving behind my family. Or maybe it's because he's in the public eye so much. I just hope that they find that his death was from natural causes and not an overdose. For his daughters sake.

I am soooo sick of seeing Hillary Clinton and her punk of a husband all over the news. I think they are both a disgrace. I also don't care for Obama either, however, I don't have the same disdain for him as I do Hill and Bill. To be quite honest I can't stand any of the current GOP candidates either. I am very disappointed in the choices we have. They all are too liberal for my taste. In talking to a few people whose opinions I respect it seems that out of those left in the race that Romney is the most conservative on both social and economical issues.

I vote based on the candidates positions and not because I like their looks or their name (like that stupid lady on the news back in '88 and said she voted for Dukakis b/c she liked his name, and yes I still remember watching it as an 8 year old). That being said, there is just something about Romney that I don't like. I don't know what it is. I can't put my finger on it. He seems so polished looking that honestly he reminds me of some slick liberal democrat. I think that's what irks me. Our primary is on Tuesday and I've gotta start making my decision.

Our country needs a good solid leader


One who will reduce the budget and reduce our taxes

One who will appoint conservative judges to the bench

One who will not only commit but ship all of the illegals out of here, yes, every single last one. If they are arrested or noticed by a cop for any reason then they go to ICE and they go straight back to the border. Better yet just drop them from the plane over Mexico.

One who will not spend more money and build up the government. One who will reform welfare (actually my request is to cut it off completely, I'm tired of the no good lazy pigs sitting at home having babies upon babies and taking MY freaking money, while their kids wear Polo, Tommy and the ghetto brands and when I needed help I was struggling and they were collecting their checks living the high life... can you tell I have issues with welfare???) .

One who will not try to socialized our healthcare systems

And finally one who will not digrace our country and defile the Oval Office by receiving oral sex from some 2-bit skank. If you elect Hillary I pretty much assure you that this will happen again but because of the first man Bill.

Poor Poor Jackson

Yesterday Lee called me and asked if I'd go to lunch with him. I of course accepted and he picked me up at my office. We decided on Longhorn and when we got there he told me to wait in the car. He came and opened the door for me. He then opened the door to the restaurant. It was so funny because we rarely go anywhere just the two of us and even when we do I'm so use to opening all the doors and being ahead of everyone because of the kids. It was nice him doing those small things. It sort of became a joke.

We had a great time together and I enjoyed it very much. I desperately needed to go to the grocery store so he suggested that we go together and he'd drop me back off at my car and he'd pick up Mackenzie and he'd take the groceries home. What girl wouldn't take him up on that? I'm no fool. We went to Walmart and bought a ton of groceries. Two buggies full to be exact. We needed them so badly. He was joking around that the groceries would last us a week and I told him that next time we do this and someone asks us if we have a lot of kids we just look innocently and say "No, we don't have any kids yet, it's just to two of us".

So I went to pick up Jackson and as soon as I walked in to Candy's house I smelled cleaning products and heard her vacuuming. She tells me that Hayden and Caden woke up during nap time throwing up. And Colten had been out sick on Thursday. Colten's sister, Kendal, is good friends with my daughter and they are in the same class, well she was at home sick on Thursday too witha stomach bug. I'm thinking this can't be good for us. We get home and I feed Jackson dinner. All 4 of us lie in the bed and watch a TV show together. After a while the kids up and leave.

A little bit later Jackson comes in my room telling me that his tummy hurts. Now he had already had 3 really nasty diapers. I pick him up and he's okay. He gets down and comes back standing by my bed telling me he doesn't feel good. Then it happened. All over me, the side of my bed, the floor and my (gasp!) bedroom shoes. He's crying, I'm trying not to puke, I'm trying to get Lee's attention (he had his headphones on watching the computer). It's chaotic. I'm attempting to clean up but I start retching. He throws up on the floor on the way to the bathroom. Lee takes him and puts him in the bath. Lee tells me he'll give him a bath and clean up. I insist on taking care of his bath. So we hang out in there while Lee starts working on the nasty stuff.

We get all clean and in the bed. We have a throw up bucket ready, towels, etc. We lay down with Jackson in between us. He looked so pitiful. He finally falls asleep. I'm about to get up for some ice cream when I hear him stir. I just know it's going to happen again. Yup. All over the place. It was gross. So by 7:30 this morning I had gotten maybe 4 hours of sleep, watched 3 sets of sheets, 2 pillow cases, 4 comforters and 9 towels. He hasn't thrown up since this morning. He just doesn't feel well.

So I stayed with him today. We've been in the bed all day long. He took a nap from 12-1:30 and then from 2:30-4. I took the last nap with him. He's had some gatorade today and that's all. He seems warm but honestly I'm not giving him Tylenol b/c I know he won't keep it down. So I've been with my baby all day. I've enjoyed being with him but wish he felt better. And now I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the rest of us don't get sick. And that the throw up smell eventually disapates.

My Mom

So last night I had a really hard time falling asleep. Truth be told I didn't fall asleep until a little after 3:30am. I think the nap I took with Jackson threw me off. So while trying to fall asleep I started thinking about my mom. How much fun she can be. In my head I was typing a post about her. I doubt I can remember all of my good thoughts but hopefully I can.



Anyone who knows my mom knows that she's reserved. I know that this was a blessing over the years because as a preacher's wife there are times where you really need to be reserved. Those who aren't would probably go ballistic over some of the crazy things that the church members would say, etc. I for one would NOT make a good preacher's wife. I wouldn't take some of the things said sitting down. I digress.



My mom has a side to her that most people don't ever see. I've only really seen her let loose when she's been around me or my sister. She just acts differently when dad is around. It's not a bad thing, not like she's hiding something but just well, reserved. When I was young, either in kindergarten or 1st grade (we lived on Ridgewood Lane at the time) dad was out of town and I had a friend spending the night. Mom and I were prank calling the Winn-Dixie and some other places asking them if they had Prince Albert in a can. Yes, I was young telling them they had better let him out. I remember giggling so hard and mom having a great time. We also called people to see if their refridgerators were running. Man how caller ID has changed the prank calling days.



Whenever dad would go out of town I would end up in the bed with mom. Every Sunday night after the 10 o'clock news NBC would show some crappy movie. So one Sunday when dad was out of town I remember the movie Ants came on after the Sunday news. Mom and I stayed up and watched it. These Ants take over a hotel and start killing everyone. I loved those times with mom. She's also the one that loves scary movies. I remember one October we were watching the Halloween movies together. What's funny is that she never would really do much of that when dad was around.

When I went to their house when they first moved in I was showing Elizabeth some videos on You Tube about the girl who is the one upper on SNL. Mom is watching it over my shoulder and just laughing. She said that she loves those skits. Apparently my parents know someone who is a one upper and were showing off their digital picture frame to them at a Christmas party. I guess acting in a way as "we have so much and it's just better than yours". You know the type. Now mind you these are really nice people but I guess the wife is a one upper.

So for Christmas my mom got a digital picture frame from Elizabeth. They started their own one upping. Hearing mom relay it back to me had me in stictches. My mom says (in the same tone/voice of the one upper from SNL) "My picture frame is better than yours, I just think about taking a picture and it shows up". It went on and on and it's probably not funny relaying it here but it is.

So here is to my mom. A very funny lady.

Oh My Gosh!

I think I have previously mentioned that whenever we eat at Outback we have to have sit by the shark in the back of the restaurant. We are known as The Shark People. Seriously. In the summer when Jackson fell in love with the shark I even asked Laura, the GM, if we could buy it from them. She told us no but if they ever changed their decor then we could have it. She took down our name and I told her where Lee worked.

Since then she comes to his place often. In fact I just saw her a few weeks ago sitting at the bar eating dinner after work. Her and Lee have become friends now. So... Lee calls me today and tells me he'll never guess what was dropped off at the restaurant. No, I couldn't. It was the huge shark from Outback. Laura had just dropped it off on her way to B'ham for a meeting. I don't think y'all understand how excited all 4 of us are.

The kids and I went up to the restaurant tonight to see and bring home the shark. Seriously it was the best gift. Jackson LOVES it and I have to admit so do I. Mackenzie is even crazy about it. So here are a few pics of the wonderful shark! Oh and be ware... the teeth are seriously sharp. Don't try to pick it up with your hands on the teeth. I made that mistake.

Cold Cold Cold

In Florida the temperature should not go below 40 on any given day, much less hit 20. This is ridiculous. I can't believe it snowed in Birmingham and Montgomery yesterday. I have to admit that I would loved to have seen it. I know the kids would have enjoyed it as well. Not only has it been cold but it's windy as all get out. I want to move further south if it keepsp this up.



So last night we went to the restaurant (surprise surprise surprise) for our weekly outing. I really didn't think that there would be that many people out due to the cold. I kid you not but I drove around for 10 minutes looking for a parking space. It was so busy that we drove around for 20 mins before going to eat b/c Hector didn't have a table. He ended up being slammed so Tomas our 2nd choice finally had an opening. It was really nice walking in and our table being ready and not having to go on the 30 min wait list.



Jackson just adores Tomas. Tomas talks to him about his sharks and that's pretty much all you have to do to win Jackson over. Tomas and his wife have had infertility problems for 10 years now. She too suffered an ectopic pregnancy and had to have one of her tubes removed. They tried invitro and spent their entire savings on it. It never took. It just breaks my heart because he is so great with kids and is such a sweet man.

I have no idea the point to these ramblings. I'm just nutso!

Early Mornings and Ugly Aunts

This morning I had to be up by 5:30. I was helping Ms. Betty with her 11th Annual Customer Appreciation Breakfast. I have to say I was not looking forward to getting up so early, especially on a weekend morning AND when it was freezing cold w/ torrential downpours. I couldn't fall asleep last night and didn't even go to sleep until 2am so I am going on very little sleep. I am glad I went though. All of my hard work paid off and hers did too. It was a lovely breakfast and there were appx. 60 who attended. I think that is phenomenal considering that at 8am when it started the temp was 42 and it was pouring down rain. I think it just shows how respected she is in this community.

So the ugly Aunt Flo has come back. I had gone so long without her visits that I forgot what it was like. Thankfully I didn't get moody or cranky and I had no idea it was coming. When I got home from the breakfast I realized she was here. It has made me very tired and my stomach has been cramping. I'm glad it has come though. Now we can make a consciencious decision on whether or not we want to try again for another one. At this point though I really fell like I'm done. I just can't find any reasonable reasons for wanting another one. So we'll see what happens.

The Small Things

My last post seemed a bit dark and harsh I suppose. I also want to clarify that we don't live in filth. Our house is clean, but not spotless and super organized. I didn't want anyone thinking that we live like white trash.

Today I was given some news that made me sit back and realize that I should be grateful for what I have and not to gripe and complain. My sister drove down to Dothan last night to spend some time with her ex-boyfriend of 3 years, Ben. They've been talking again (she told me that this is a universal term and not one that just some groups use, apparently I am out of the loop with terms). She called me this morning after I sent her a text message to call me. She calls me around 9:30 and told me she was following Ben to his parents house. His childhood home burned down this morning.

Ben's dad and sister were inside this morning when his dad started a fire in the fireplace. It is the first time he had used it this season. The fire spread to the attic. They left the house and called 911. The firefighters came out and in the middle of fighting the fire they lost the water pressure. Mr. Ford and Melissa, his daughter, sat back with the firefighters and watched their house burn down. I am guess she was home from college for the long weekend. Their mom has been in Virginia with her dad who has been very sick.

So as of this afternoon the firefighters were holding them back from part of the house b/c the side is goin to collapse. The only part that had anything left in it that was able to be salvaged was in the parents room. Everything else is gone.

I can't imagine losing my house. Losing the childhood photos, videos and momentos. The furniture, clothes, etc. can all be replaced. Yes, it's a major inconvenience, but it's all material things. It's all the other things that matter. So please pray for Ben and his family. His uncle is on the road right now driving his mom down here. She was in no condition to drive herself down today. I know they had insurance but it's going to take a while for everything to fall into place. As Melissa told my sister today is she's in her PJ pants and t-shirt without her bra and all of her bras burned up.

I can't even think about being stuck outside with just my t-shirt and pants and not even a bra. No shampoo at your disposable to take a shower, and not even a shower for you. So I am thankful for what I have. I am a lot more fortunate tan a lot of people. I should start looking positively at things.

Wishing

I love my children more than anything. My entire world revolves around them (perhaps a tiny bit of that should be directed towards Lee and I'll start working on that. I just wish I was a little different type of mom. I see some of my friends in real life and from their blogs and their pictures and just wish I could be a little more like them.

I wish...

• I was more organized.
• I had the time to keep my house spotless (those of you who know my husband know that it is literally a full time job b/c of him)
• I was able to keep everything in its place at all time (or most of the time)
• I was the type of mom who made sure my child always had a hairbow that matched her outfit perfectly. That took the time to make sure she's always in the cutesy (is that even a word) outfits all the time. That Jackson would wear his really nice shoes to match his outfits rather than his crocs that we cannot remove from his feet.
• I wish that I had the patience to do activities with the kids at night and on the weekends. Even the messy playdoh or paint or foamies.
• I had the time to cook dinner every night and clean it up. And after dinner have time to spend with Mackenzie going over her school work without being so exhausted.
• I could organize my garage and keep it that way w/o Lee destroying it in 2 minutes while looking for something
• I could keep up with the laundry, not just cleaning the clothes but putting them up too

These are the daily and every day life things I want. I know I don't work 40 hours a week and I would have time to do some of this to get started but it's so hard. It is impossible for me to do this when Lee is at home so for me to drop off the kids in the morning and come home isn't worth it. He is either grumpy when I clean or organizing. He always tries to convince me to do it later or tells me he'll do it for me on the next day, etc. I don't think he's do anything to help in a long time. I am tired of begging him to help me. A month back or so I was so frustrated with his lack of help and his contribution of mess. He told me just to keep asking him. He would eventually do it. Went through this last week yet again. No help at all.

I am sick and tired of coming home every day and finding the same things...

• At least 2 coke cans on the counters or random places
• At least 2 cups placed in random places
• Paper towels littered around the floor in the bedroom and kitchen from where he just throws them down
• Finding the pink cleaners tags on the floor and the clear plastic thing from his dry cleaned shirts
• Finding the clothes he wore to work the day before strew all over the house
• Him leaving his towel lying in the middle of the bedroom
• Having him get shaving cream all over the sink and keeping at least 2 (right now there are 3) shaving cream bottles on his counter top, 2 toothpastes, 3 toothbrushes, 2 mouthwash bottles on the counters
• Leaving books in the bathroom from where he reads them when he takes a bath. Currently there are 6 in there. I continue to stack them nicely on the ledge above the bath. I actually asked him the other day if I needed to have a bookshelf installed in the bathroom
• His leaving the couch torn apart from where he slept on it the night before or before he went to work
• Leaving the blanket and pillows strewn all over the den
• Leaving not only the bedroom TV on but the living room TV on too
• Leaving the package of the Peanut Butter Keebler cookies on the nightstand or den table
• Leaving the bathroom, closet, powder area and bedroom lights on
• Leaving his shoes in the middle of the room or half way hanging out under the bed
• Leaving the comforters on the floor when they fall off the bed
• Leaving the laundry room door open and the light on

Now these are things I come home to EVERY SINGLE FREAKIN DAY. I am sick of it. I want to go on strike but it's only going to hurt me. He won't care. So I'm thinking about totally organizing everything in the entire house. Then I'll make a spot for his stuff in the closet and dump all of his things there every day when I get home. Then he can take care of it himself. His laundry, shoes, belts, etc. I'm going to wash my hands clean of it.

I am tired of the excuse that he works so much. I am tried of him sleeping all day long on his off days. I am tired of him sleepin the day away before he goes to work. I am tired of him acting like his life is so hard. I'm over it. I'm on a partial strike. I'm starting the revamping process on Thursday and then can work on it again on Sunday (I've got a work thing Saturday morning and will be working on the breakfast on Wed and Friday). Then I hopefully can go on official strike on Monday. Maybe I can find a big box to throw his stuff in to. I'm done. I'm wiping my hands clean of his stuff. He blames me for every mess that the kids make or their laundry or tells me it's not his mess well his mess isn't my responsiblity. He's 34 freaking years old and he can start taking care of himself.

Wow, I feel sooooooooooooo much better. I've been frustrated lately and needed to get this off my chest.

Funny Little Girl

Last night we are on our way to have dinner at Lee's restaurant. We're listening to Justin Timberlake and one of his songs he sings "I keep losing my way". Mackenzie and I have sung this song together many times. We're singing at the top of our lungs and then an interlude comes. Mackenzie looks over at me and says "Mom, if he keeps losing his way then he needs a GPS system". I seriously think that is the funniest thing she has said in a long time. So cute.

My Grammy Moment

I was looking around on You Tube for music to listen to and found the video from last year's Grammys when Robin Troupe won the My Grammy Moment and got to sing alongside Justin Timberlake and TI. I loved the performance. It was really good for her. And of course there's just something about JT.

Biggest Football Weekend of the Year (NFL)

I am giddy with excitment waiting for the football games to begin today. Today we have the Jacksonville Jaguars at the Patriots. I hate the Patriots. I don't know why. I just can't stand them. I even think Tom Brady is a little cute but that doesn't matter. I want them to lose so badly. Could it be their their almost flawless team that kept winning year after year? I don't know. I just don't like them. So Lee and I will be sitting in front of our big screen yelling for the Jaguars. I'm sure that Jackson will also be in here yelling "touchdown" and "go go go" whenever he sees someone running with the ball no matter who the team is.

The real game that I'm interested in is the Colts vs. San Diego. I am a HUGE Colts fan. I love Peyton Manning. I think he comes from a good respectable family and duh, he was a quarterback for Tennessee and SEC team. SEC loyalty runs deep with me. I have seen them go for too long being beaten out by the Patriots until last year. Now let's take it all the way again. I don't know much about San Diego but that they have LT. Yeah, he's awesome but I have faith in the Colts.

Now the Giants are playing Dallas. Hands down I'm pulling for the Giants. The same reason as the Colts. SEC quarterback and his family, although I do love the Colts more. I've been pulling for Eli since he started with the Giants. Honestly I think they've done a good job getting this far especially without them having Tiki Barber this year. (I love Tiki but am just sick that he went to work for NBC, he was great hosting on FoxNews morning show)

What would be really cool is if the Colts and Giants made it to the Superbowl. I think it'd be a great match up but can't imagine what it would be like for the brothers. I can't imagine being pitted against my sister for something as major as the Superbowl. I'm sure it's the most watched sporting event of the year.

So I'm gearing up for this weekend. Ready to scream on Jax. Ready for the Colts and Giants to win.

Video of the Birds

Here is the video that Lee took of the birds. I'm telling you crazy and this wasn't even the most aggresive group of birds that visited our boat.

Playing Hookey

Today we let Mackenzie play hookey from school. Now just to make sure she doesn't do it in high school. Lee was off today and it was absolutely gorgeous outside and we took the boat out. We don't normally let Mackenzie miss school for no good reason but this was an exception. We had a blast. I have decided that seeing dolphins isn't a great phenonenom as they are constantly going in and out of the pass. We have seen them every time we've gone out. We saw them by the pass, by crap island and multiple times. I don't think I'll ever stop being amazed by them.

We picked up Chick-fil-a for lunch and ate it on the boat. A bird came by and Lee threw up a piece of chicken. Seriously within moments our boat is surrounded by birds. It was hysterical. They were so close to the boat that we could literally reach out and touch them. So we start throwing up french fries and watch them catch them. I'm holding one in my hand and the bird just flies in and takes it from my hand. It scared me to death. So we're going through crab island heading to the harbor to the pass. We have our own personal entrourage of birds following us. I took some video of the birds on my camera. Lee then later took some more video.

We go out into the gulf and man oh man was that a mistake. The waves in the gulf were so high today. Well where you make your entrance to the gulf. Water was hitting our boat so hard. I got a little freaked so we came back to the pass. The pass makes me so nervous. It is the 3rd most dangerous pass in the country. Boats go down every year. It's kind of like the Bermuda triangle, for no reasons boats will just start sinking.

So what do I want to do? I want to feed the birds some more food. I want my entourage back. So my sweetheart of a husband went to the gas station and bought a loaf of bread and popcorn. We were waiting for some hungry birds. We found some but they weren't as bold as the other birds. Oh yeah, earlier one of the pieces of food Jackson threw landed back in the boat by him and Lee and this one brave bird swooped in the boat to eat it. It stayed on the floor for approximately 10 seconds. Screams abounded. Thankfully we were only one of maybe 10 boats we saw all day long.

The boat has really brought us together as a family. It is the only thing that we all do together and truly enjoy. Mackenzie got to drive the boat again today and loved it. She thinks it is the greatest thing. Then I was going to drive and Jackson got in my lap. Oh no, he was driving. He told me he wanted to take me to Walmart. That's where he was driving us. What's so great is that he has such an imagination. He pretended we were there and going in. I love his great mind.

So in December it was jelly fish, today it was the birds that entertained us. I love it. I had a blast. Now Lee is sleeping (and snoring loudly) while Jackson is playing with trains and Mackenzie is sitting next to me. I'm getting ready to watch the BCS game. Go LSU! And that's only b/c you're an SEC team.

Big Noodle

You may soon see that my children are big noodles. I think they are going to turn into Mac 'n Cheese based on the amounts they consume. Perhaps I should go ahead and buy stock in Kraft and Michelina's (they LOVE the Wagon Wheels). So keep on the lookout for either my noodles or for me to get rich of myself in the stock market.

I Love Me Some Noggin

For those of you that don't have young kids there is a TV channel called Noggin. Up until New Years Eve the channel ran from 6am-5pm and when it went off there was some teen channel that took over. At nighttime there weren't cartoons available for Jackson to watch and goodness knows that sometimes we desperately needed some for him. Well they launched the channel 24 hours now and I am just over the top. Jackson loves it because he can watch Diego, Max & Ruby, The Backyardigans, Little Bill, etc. at nighttime. It's great for me because it helps him go to sleep. Go Noggin!

I was so glad that the kids went back to school on Thursday. Mackenzie had a great day back and it's probably because she said they didn't do much work. I thought it was a little crazy having the kids go back to school on a Thursday, but what do I know. Jackson too had a good time at "school". He's so funny about going to Candy's house. He loves it there. Oh, on Friday he was talking on the phone to Lee while driving to Candy's house. I hear him say "take a right, go around the circle". He kept saying this over and over again. I thought it was Lee playing with him. So I get the phone back from Lee and ask him if he was giving Jackson directions. He said no. About that time I was getting close to the light by Candy's house. Jackson says again "take a right, go around the circle". I realize he was telling me to take a right at the ligh and then there is a round-a-bout we go through. He's a smart little sucker. Lee said he has a better sense of direction than he does. And yes, that is the truth. I told Candy and Rick about this and Rick joked that Jackson has told Lee that everytime Lee bring him. Yes, this is the same man who passes our turn to go to our house. This is also the same man who walked into Steven and Stacey's house thinking it was ours. Yes, we have the same floor plan but different cars and our front porch is set up different.

Ready for School to Start Back

I have loved having Mackenzie at home with me, but I'm dying for her to go back. This whole thing of no structure is driving me nuts. I have to have structure. The staying up late (until 3am and once even until 4) because of Jackson not sleeping or waking up in the middle of the night and not going back to sleep or something else. Do I necessarily want to have to be up and showered early every day? No. But I need normalcy.

I have an appt. tomorrow for an 80 minute massage, 80 minute facial and 60 minute body polish. I'm sooooo excited! I'm going to be so relaxed I'm not going to want to move. I don't know how I'll muster up enough strength to leave to pick up the kids.

I've been at home all day long w/ the kids. Jackson didn't take a nap. Man oh man they've been going and going all day long. I'm ready to go to sleep. Or atleast ready for them to go night night. To finally have peace. Peace. Wow, that'd be nice to have for once. Lee was suppose to be off today but Eduardo is on vacation in Mexico and then Mike's dad had a heart attack up in MN or MI or somewhere really cold. So it's just Lee and Clint left to run things. His next day off isn't until Monday. I do hate it for him. He has worked so hard and so many hours this past month. They even came close to running out of food Sunday night. Monday he had to go to Winn-Dixie and buy chicken and meat. They didn't anticipate all of people who came down.

Lee did get home early on New Year's Eve and we watched the latter part of the Auburn game together. Man Auburn was great. War Eagle!

So now I'm off to hope that they go to bed soon. Mama needs a break.