The Joys of Womenhood

Okay, a very fun morning......a trip to the gyno. Why is it, that our yearly check up never gets easier? 50+, 2 kids, yada yada, and no, it never gets any better. You start dreading it about a week before. Then you start thinking, should I call and cancel? Maybe I should just put it off for another week or so...but if you do that, you just have to dread it for another week. No, just go.
Okay, here's my deal (I won't go into details/lucky you) but I have for the past several years gone to a female gyno. But she is a PA to a gyno, so can't do any procedures if you need one. She also had to take some time off to have a baby....how dare she? Anyway, no problem, we can get you in with Dr. T. (I will keep his name out of this). Oh all right, I will go to Dr. T. Well no one told me about Dr. T. If you have watched Grey's Anatomy....Mc Steamy! Not the main guy, the one with the beard....Mc Steamy, not Mc Dreamy. This is who walks into the room.....wait, back up. Take your pants off and put this paper over your legs the Dr. will be in in a minute. Great, is it me, or are those paper things getting smaller and smaller? So now the wait.....trying to stretch the paper around your whole body, as if you need to hide anything? Because in a minute Mc Steamy is going to see it all.....good grief. But still you think, if I can just cover this and that, so when he walks in your big butt won't be hanging out.....then you think, should I take my socks off? No, better not, have not had a pedicure in tooooooo long! Socks? Really? Oh hurry up, where is this guy? Wonder if this old geezer knows anything, where is Dr. L when you need her? La la la....Oh No....In walks..you guessed it, Mc Steamy! You mean he really is a Dr.? I thought he was an actor, no he is a Dr.- MY Dr.! And now ...put your feet in the stir-ups, that's good, now move forward..a little more, a little more.....Lord help me. Okay, don't make eye contact, just meditate, take yourself to Kauai...visualize the beach....as I look up to the ceiling...great, a cut out from a magazine of the beach! Oh yea, like that's going to help....are you kidding? I was almost there, then that stupid picture...right back to reality, now just a little pinch, almost finished.....now, can you raise your arm, we need to to a breast exam........:(

THE LION'S WON!

The Streak is over.......yahoo......go lions go lions go lions. Now on to next week, slow down people......1 game at a time. Okay, relax, one game at a time. But....go lions go lions go lions.....can't help myself! :)

A Cynical World

We live in a cynical world. The news is enough to make anyone think there is no hope. Sometimes our surroundings cause us to ask, is there no GOOD anywhere out there? Murder, rape, gangs, children missing, people holding children for 18 years in their backyard, the list goes on and on and on. But then you sit in church and you look around you and realize all the good in the world. I have great neighbors, great friends, great family. They would give me the shirt off their back if I asked them (most of them). We can make the world a better place. We do make the world a better place. The holidays are creeping up on us. Every year, myself and several friends have a needy family project. We collect food, donations, and buy Christmas gifts. We make a difference. It makes this crazy world a better place. There IS good news out there, we have to look for it. Better yet, we have to make it. Go out and make it a Good Day.

Like I Said GIVE THANKS!

The LION'S won! Yippee! They broke the streak...GO LIONS, GO LIONS. GO LIONS, not to mention..#57 ROCKED IT! Yea baby!

Sunday, Give Thanks....

Another beautiful day in Colorado. Sun shinning, birds chirping, roxy is basking in the sun.....off today, church, Lion's.
Life is Groovey......slow down, you move to fast, gotta make the mornin' last, just look at the sun, life is groovey......lalalalala lala, life is groovey......(good thing you can't hear me sing this, it would ruin your groovey day)
PS-After you give thanks for this awesome day....could you slip in a prayer for the Lion's? Go Lion's, Beat the Redskins!

Work gets in the way...

Okay, beautiful day in Colorado today, 80's.....tailgate at UNC, go Bears.....wait, stop, no.....got called into work.... It's okay, Put on a happy face. I'm lucky I have a job, my husband has a job, we have health care, we have so many blessings.....there are people out there that would give anything to be called into work today. So there you go, yes, work gets in the way, thank goodness.

Keep Em' Coming!

The Recipe's are comin' in....Yummy! Check out the Groovey appitizer page, keep em' comin', thanks!

It's Official!

Check out the "groovey appetizer link"! We have our first Guacamole recipe. Sandy's guac is yummy...thanks Sandy! So come on people...email me your recipes!

Sorry!

Windsor Wizards Won! They beat Berthoud! HUGE WIN!
GO WIZARDS!!!!!!!(in response to comment below).

Holy Moly Guacamole!

Hey people! I am adding a new page to this lovely blog....Groovey Appetizer's.....yum! And you are all invited to join in! Just email me your favorite guac and salsa recipes and I will post them, just think how many awesome recipes we will get! Can't wait! Not to mention, won't this be great for our diet's? NOT! :)

Life......

New job is good, old job is good.
Family is good.
Big football weekend.....CU won, UNC lost, UNLV won, Detroit lost.
2 for 2.......
Cold and Raining today.....NOT ready for the cold.
Want to be back in Kauai, on the beach with Mai Tai in hand.
ho hum, ho hum.

She works hard for the money.......

Okay, I am officially back in the work force, it's been too many years. This old housewife is not a happy camper. Okay, I'm in the cosmetics dept./fragrances.......easy, right? Fragrances, over 1 bazillion perfumes! eau de parfume, eau de toilette, lotions, gels,
oils....men's, women's. classics, contemporary, spicy, fruity, fresh, fresh powder, not too mention along with all the classics, everyone and their brother has a scent.....Usher, Sean John (p.diddy), Jessica Simpson, J-lo, Paris Hilton, Gwen Stephani, yada yada....
And everyone is different! And all product is on the wall, not in any order, oh, and did I mention, NO price tags?????? Sure I know the price of every frickin' bottle on the wall....NOT! I am a moron in this department.....the best thing....it smells great! I smell great! My customers smell great! My co-workers smell great! Yippee, we all smell great! Anyway, they wanted to leave me in the department all by myself tomorrow....just me...are they kidding? I said no way, not this grooveymom...to scary. So I mentioned this little bit of information to my manager and trainer..I have only been on the floor shadowing someone for ONE day.....you want to turn this whole place over to me on a week-end day? All by myself? Thank goodness they came to their senses.....I will not be alone tomorrow....can't wait till I know what the heck I'm doing!
One other thing....someone out there is making bank.....people pay $58.00-100.00 a bottle for these products and don't even bat an eye! Whatever...... PS- the new mens fragrance by Usher, VIP, is awesome!

Training day 2

Eight hours of training...in a room by myself, with a computer and a mock register, one CD.....did I say 8 hours, okay. I think I can ring up a sale, maybe even do an exchange. Sometimes I need my glasses, sometimes I don't, please don't tell me I have to get a chain to hold my glasses and wear them around my neck.....is there anything good that happens after 50? How can I stay groovey with glasses around my neck?

New Job

Okay, I am starting a new job this week. Part time to go with my other part time job...so now I can say I work full time (not quite) but close. So this new job I have (not saying names) but its in retail, large chain store.....that's all I'll say, don't want to get into legalities.....
Day 1 and 2 consisted of short orientations....2 hours each day.
Greet the customer, the customer is always right, sell, sell, sell,
all good. Think I can do this.
However......I may have a few issues once I actually get on the floor on my own.....I can make decisions....please don't tell me I have to have authorization to do everything.....pick my nose? Better ask a manager....Lord help me...I'll keep you posted!
Lot's of red tape....hard to teach an old dog new tricks. :)

blogfrog

How many blogs could a blogfrog blog? If a blogfrog could blog blogs? Hahahahahahahahah....

what the heck is all this stuff?

Okay, I have 3 email accounts, don't ask. 1 facebook account. 1 twitter account. 1 blog site. I belong to blogher, sitemeter, AdSense, and more. Now my niece says I need blogfrog, but I need a widget. My blog site has gadgets that you get to from your dashboard. But I can't find anything on my dashboard that says widget? We actually call my other niece Widget (nickname) but I don't think she can help.....I have also been researching Pings, from ping-o-matic, someone told me I need pings.....I'd like to take all these gadgets and widgets (not you K.) and pings and shove them up someones blogfrog.......whatever.

Sick of the news.....

Having a hard time writing today.......too many things to mention.
Realized I have too many crazy thoughts running through my mind...all from the news......
Wow, what a turn out in DC to protest Obamacare, taxes, big gov.
Amazing.....hope they were listening.
Sick of Bin Laden.
Very sick of ACORN.
Sick of awards shows.
Love fall, football, white chili, the power of prayer....
more later :)

Never forget 9/11

God Bless America and all those who have sacrificed for our freedoms!

Gotta keep movin'

Okay, I went to spinlates last night, yea! But I was home today, all day....so I had bran flakes for breakfast....good girl. Then I was hungry 2 hours later, so ate some leftover noodle stuff with green beans, healthy right? Green beans? Then was hungry 2 hours after that, lunch? Okay, pb&j, yum.....then I was bored, so I made peanut butter chocolate chunk oatmeal cookies, probably about 1000 calories per cookie....then dinner, I know, something small, light, tuna melts! And more noodle stuff with green beans. Then cookies for dessert, why is it I can't lose weight??????????????? Thank goodness for my neighbor, she came over and made me go for a walk, that was good, right? Just gotta keep movin' :)

Life.......

"Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes........"
Thought this was a cute quote, not sure if it makes me feel any better.

Start anew.....

My daughter sent me this scripture from a daily devotional she reads. It is by Joel Olsteen.
"For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland" Isaiah 43:19
Joel Olsteen then writes:
"What do you want to do with your life? If you could write your life story this morning, what would it say? Is your first reaction to see and describe yourself in terms of past experiences or present limitations, more in terms of losing or surviving rather than fulfilling your dreams?
If you've packed away your dreams, dare to unpack them today and ask God to rekindle them in your heart and mind. Its time to enlarge your vision. He wants to pour out his far and beyond favor on you. He wants to do big things and new things in your life."

I have been going through major changes in my life the past couple of months, and have been searching for what this next chapter holds, and then my little girl sends me this. What would my life story say if I wrote it today? It would be in the past. Time to start the future, and let Him lead the way. thanks missy-moo.

Forming An Opinion

"if we can't help each other see differences of opinion, then how can we form our own" grooveymom 2009'
I know we are all strong in our opinions, beliefs, religion, especially this groovey mom. But I do believe we have to listen to the other side (no matter what side we are on). If we don't listen, hear, ponder, study, discuss......how do we ever form our own opinion? One of our goals in life should be someone who's opinion is admired by others.
Now, go out and vote republican! just kidding.......:)

twitter dee twitter dumb

Okay, ridiculous! I now have twitter....I am "grooveymom" on twitter. I think that is all you need to know, if you need to find me on twitter. I have one follower.....don't think twitter will bring my blog to the masses.....groovey content, that's what is needed. Spread the word.....groovey content soon! :)

Dave Ramsey

Okay, more good stuff from Dave Ramsey. I wrote a little about him on my common sense page, but felt I had to comment again on him. He is amazing....he tells it like it is. No fluff, just gives it to you straight. Today was the last of the Dave Ramsey series our church is doing.....I don't think I'm ready to be done with him. I have his book, I will read it daily. I love how he reminds us, everything we have is NOT ours. It's His, it's Gods! ALL we have belongs to God. Something we need to remember when we get caught up in all the "stuff" out there....its not ours, its His.

Paranoid

Okay, starting to get paranoid.....email, blog, face book...too much of ME, out there for all of YOU. However, all of YOU seem to be out there also.....so are we all out there together? Thinking I need to make my blog about other stuff, not me. I never really wanted it to be about me.....but of course giving my opinion and writing stories about things in my life make it about me. Ugh! Who IS reading this anyway? Probably only a few people. Bummer, I want to reach the masses.....how can I get this blog noticed? Maybe I'll open a twitter account. What the heck is twitter? No, maybe I need more RSS feed, what's that? Oh no, the phone is ringing....it must be "big brother", should I delete something, I'm not answering......

Go Lions!

Go Lions! Go Lions! Go Lions! :)

FRIENDSHIP

Friendship is mutually cooperative and supportive behavior between two or more people. In this sense, the term connotes a relationship which involves mutual knowledge, esteem, affection, and respect along with a degree of rendering service to friends in times of need or crisis. Friends will welcome each other's company and exhibit loyalty towards each other. Their tastes will usually be similar and may converge, and they will share enjoyable activities. They will also engage in mutually helping behavior, such as the exchange of advice and the sharing of hardship. Friends are honest and understanding, and have the tendency to desire what is best for the other. (wikipedia) I have such friends........thank you K.

GROOVEY HAIR!

Yippee, I'm out of the 80's and into current times! Thank you Cari! (my groovey hairdresser)! I don't have a Mohawk, it's not bright red....but is is shorter and actually has some pizazz.....look out people, I know it will be hard to notice me without a clip in my hair......you'll probably confuse me with some cougar.....hahaha

Hair

Okay, today is the day. I am getting my haircut. And colored, long overdo! Every time I do this, my intention is to get a real haircut..something cute, new, up to date, you know, 2009ish.....
Then I get there, oh just trim it, I'm not sure, I want to be able to wear it up, pull it back....I have been saying this for 25 years. If I banana clip my hair up one more time I think I will barf.
So here I go......cut it, dye it, give me a Mohawk, shave it, punk it, dye it red, I don't care.......change it! I am in a time warp, stuck in the 80's (I think), who knows where this doo comes from? Help me.......I'll keep you posted.

The Trojan Warrior

Okay, I have gone totally techno! Yesterday I finally joined facebook, I think I had 25 friends in 25 minutes....I had no idea you people were all out there members of this crazy club....without me!
Anyway, back to blog reality. I love this whole blogging thing, very fun. And trying to make it a profitable small business thing makes it even better. I know most of you get the "ad thing", AdSense, they place ads on your site, if people click on the ads you earn money, yada yada. When you join AdSense you are able to request or deny any ad content you want. I placed filters on singles stuff, sex and reproduction stuff, drugs, you get the picture. However, one day I logged on and there was this large Trojan Condom ad, good grief, not that condoms are a bad thing. But I think that falls under sex and reproduction stuff. I logged into my AdSense account and checked my filters, all in place. So what's up with Trojan? It soon passed and I haven't seen the ad again. Then I get a message from a friend on facebook, she enjoyed my blog, yada yada, but did I realize I have Trojan ad's? Right next to my daughters wedding picture? I told my husband about this mysterious Trojan ad, he didn't see why I would filter this stuff? Are you kidding, if you allow it, I'm sure I would be a billboard for Vialis, Viagra, erectile dysfunction, not to mention, Hi, I'm Bambi, call me stuff.....anyway, if you try to contact AdSense, it's impossible. No phone number, and if you read comments from other people, they read-has anyone out there ever reached anyone at google AdSense? The replies are always no, and with a little attitude, like are you nuts, no one has ever talked to them, kind of like the CIA or something. So anyway, Mike and I have named this guy the Trojan Warrior, he's out there riding on a thread sneaking into blogs daring everyone to catch him. If you see him on Grooveymom....please ignore.