Proud MAMMA!!!!!!

"My BOYS DID it & I couldn't be prouder!! I believed in them ALL THE WAY"--Tina Lourenco, a TRUE Red Sox Fan OVERJOYED doesn't even begin to describe how i feel after watching last nite's Red Sox game!! I was soo happy and NEVER doubted their capabilities, hello did anyone see the 2004 Wold Series??!! I wore my Shirt yesterday, GOTTA SUPPORT, It says, "NUFF SAID," on the front and "I only root for 2 teams, the Red Sox and whoever plays the Yankees, NUFF SAID!," on the back, (Thank you K!! :) ). Don't even worry, I had people left and right, including my boss, telling me it's over. They're not going to win, how can they??...Blah, blah, blah. But you know what, they did and I didn't for one second think they couldn't!! The first 6 innings were absolutely PAINFUL, you just want to slap them around and say, "WHAT are you doing, cause you sure aren't playing Baseball!!" But once in the 7th inning, when Pedroia hit the RBI single, and Ortiz hit his homer, there was the light at the end of the tunnel...the rest is history, we FOUGHT to protect our possible win and we STOPPED the Rays, we NEVER GAVE UP and we did it!! What was funny was that I watched the whole game, but once we got into the 8th inning I had to run and switch my laundry...Well when I got back up to the t.v. the score was 7 Rays, 6 Us, (Red Sox),...So I thought, I can't watch the game...they won't win If I do now, I didn't want to jinxx it...so I sat in the Kitchen doing a puzzle, and I would go run to the t.v. when I heard cheering...I also turned the t.v. up really loud so I could hear it from the Kitchen...haha oh dear, good thing I was home alone. :) YAY for the Red Sox, Yay for Boston, the best place on Earth to be from!! I'm a diehard fan, always have been and ALWAYS will be!! Don't mess with us, we bring the maddness and mean business!!!!!! I'm EXCITED, I'm PUMPED, I'm fired up!! Life is GOOD!! (Now if only the Patriots would catch the bug!! ;) )

S.O.S. Please Someone Help Me

Ok so this story happened awhile ago, but i retold it recently and thought it was Blog worthy. :) This past August, the day my roommates and I moved out of our apt., (Aug. 21), we had to be present for clean checks. Not only was the Supervisor in charge of checking our apt. late, but she was a tad bit picky...luckily she allowed us to fix the details she pointed out. My roommate Kendra was in charge of the stove and apparently they were NOT scrubbed shiny enough for her liking. She recommended Kendra purchase some S.O.S. pads, scrub them down again, and she would return to recheck them. I didn't want to leave Kendra to do this alone, as we had all lived there and therefore contributed to the black ick stuck on the burners, so I told Kendra I would help. We went to Target and searched and searched through the kitchen/cleaning isles for these pads. (Kendra had never heard of them, which i was kindda surprised about...our family had them by the dozen it seems, so i thought everyone knew about them) I decided to STOP wasting time looking and instead go ask someone who worked there if they knew where we could find them. The only employee I could find at the time was a cashier, who was actually checking out another employee who seemed as though she was going to lunch. The cashier could tell I was in a hurry and somewhat puzzled and asked if she could help me with anything. I asked if she knew what isle I could find S.O.S. pads. She got this confused look on her face and asked me to repeat what I was looking for. I told her again and she HAD NO IDEA what S.O.S. pads were. (Am i that old that I can say S.O.S. pads are from "my day??!!" I couldn't help but thinking, seriously come on now!! Geez...i won't even get started on what i proceeded to think, as she was a blonde...) She asks me, is that make-up?? Umm, NO!! AND the other employee looks at me and says, "Oh i think I know what that is, it's medicine, isn't it??" Umm, NO!! What the?? I told them nevermind and chuckled as I walked away. It was pretty funny to me, but at the same time REALLY made me feel like I never imagined I would, OLD!! At that point, I figured we could just stop by a grocery store on the way home, as that's where I've seen and purchased some before. Sure enough, we found them at a local Smith's, went home, scrubbed our black burners, till they looked like Sparkling Beauties!! Oh the joy's of everyday life!! :) This is a picture of my dear friend and used to be roommate, :(, Kendra...Oh how i miss her!! We used to have soo much fun talking, laughing, watching shows together and movies...She comes from a beautiful family and I'm so glad I've gotten to know her and have her as a friend!! :) Love you!! P.S. This is NOT her favorite pitcure of us, but she sacrificed in letting me use it for my post!!

BEWARE of BOA CONSTRICTORS

This post is dedicated to the girls I work with, Hillary, (she's the one who actually told me this story), Jenn, Jimi, and Rebecca. The Four of us, Jenn, Hillary, Jimi and I all share the same office at work, which can be fun, but can have its moments (haha)...Anyway, the fun side of it is we constantly shoot the breeze about random topics, jokes, or even questions one of us will ask. And with the four of us being so different, our conversations get so interesting and so funny at times, and usually we seem to incorporate our stories or jokes into later conversations throughout the day. This past Monday (6th), I'm not sure how we got started talking about it, but Hillary told us this INSANELY, CRAZZY story about a Boa constrictor. I have this indescribable FEAR of SNAKES, always have and always will, so when she first told the story i tuned out. But later, as it was repeated over and over again, I wanted to hear it, and even tried to retell it myself adding my "own add-ins" of how i thought it went down. (haha) But here it is, so see for yourself and tell me what you think: Hillary's husband's Sister works @ the Provo Hospital and heard this story there: A family living in Springville owned a Boa constrictor as their family pet, I repeat, AS THEIR FAMILY PET. (whatever) Anyway, this "family pet" slept at the foot of the bed. It ate mice that the family kept in cages in the Garage, apparently it would slither off the bed to get its own food...Until all of a sudden they noticed it stopped eating and thought it was sick. The Mom took it into the vet to get it checked out. The vet told her there was nothing wrong, so she took it home, but it still continued to NOT eat. One day, (this is my add-in), she was in the kitchen fixing a turkey sandwich, wathching the Red Sox play, when she got a panick attack and started to worry about her family's precious pet, so she decided to go check in on it. (Ok this part is really what happened) She went into the bedroom and saw the Boa constrictor stretched out length wise on HER side of the bed...it was unusual. She called the Vet and told him what was going on and he told her it was sizing her, measuring her, to EAT her and she NEEDED to put it to sleep A.S.A.P. or even shoot it. (This is where i screamed and got a sick feeling in my stomach and where the Lady passed out with visions of the Snake's WIDE open mouth about to eat her...again, my add-in) But the story goes that she didn't want to put her FAMILY PET down and was torn about doing so, (this is where i CAN'T relate!!), but brought it back into the Vet and had it put to sleep. Can you belive that after what the Vet told her, she BROUGHT it back into him again??!! I seriously would've arranged for that beast to SHOT A.S.A.P./I wouldn't have even had the pet to begin with!! People can be SO CRAZZY!! I heard that story, got the hee bee gee bees and thought i'd share it with you!! :) These are the girls I work with, minus Jenn...I still NEED to get a picture with her!! (From left to right: Hillary, Me, Becca, and Jimi)