Tales from the Fairy Gothmother

I had to go by myself BUT...

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:35:37 GMT

WEDNESDAY 13 kicked ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Life Updates, X-mas Plans, Etc...

Sun, 03 Dec 2006 02:57:25 GMT

So after many twists and turns every and all doors for Chris trying to PCS, remote tour, and/or totally get out of the AF have been shut, locked forever. It is either due to his med codes, Corey's med codes, and the fact he is behind in his tech & mil career (his slot isn't funded so no one will put him in for training or awards). Hence, paperwork sumitted to get that slot funded so training can be for him. All of this equates to Chris tweaking out, he has not been "the same o' Chris" and it has been scary for me. In the end I pray that this can help Chris learn the skills to cope/deal in a healthy way when, well, when you just have to. I am always here for him but stuff like this there is nothing I can directly do, I just play the support role.

Me, meh, same o same o. Since Corey isn't active in school this yr (just the job) I seem to have free time on my hands and getting bored very quickly. Looking into belly dance classes. But will have to drive to B'ham one night a week for it. Chris and I may get into some league (pool, bowling, poker) but it has to have me home by 9:30pm at the very latest if a school night.

Yet another lesson on life's fragility: Yet another funeral to attend next week for a man in his fifties that died of cancer. Every funeral I have been to in the last 3yrs have all been cancer victims except one. This one is related to work - John V. from our business office...very sudden and fast..leaving behind a wife and 11 yr old daughter. Friday was a very quite day at work. Just sad and mad (this is taking too many people I know and I want a cure damn it!!!!)

Happier subject: Christmas Plans: Knew were going to Jax, FL but looks like we will be in Orlando. All so Chris' sis can spend time w/ her new bf (very long story but this is being pushed my his Mom who wants the daughter to hurry up and marry a naval officer..this is her 3rd or 4th naval officer she has dated). I am like whatever, don't want to rock the boat it just means less time w/ my family in Jax, more time on the road, & more vacation that I had planned on taking. We will have one day at park (his sis won the grand prize at a x-mas party which is a trip to Disney) (don't know which one yet) and they are treating us to the Animal Kingdom Lodge buffet dinner Sat. night. This will be my first x-mas I do not wake up in my own bed x-mas morning. It will be fun, I know, just had my heart set on some stuff in Jax that won't happen.

Anyone throwing in their party hat for a New Yrs Eve Party yet??? If someone hears of something give us a holla. Feel like I haven't spent quality time w/ my friends in a awhile (Chris party we were just busy w/ everyone else but visiting w/ our friends).

Anniv plans in ATL in Jan: Plan on seeing the new Cirque show - Corteo and seeing the Louvre exhibit at the High Museum. May have to skip on doing a really nice dinner but I think it is pretty cool to have a flavor of Italy (the Cirque show) and France (Louvre exhbit) on our anniv weekend. And ofcourse, will be at Masq/secretroom that night!!! Probably not staying at the Chateau this yr but will have to at least drive up to it. Words cannot describe how I am looking forward to this weekend. We really need some time away (if only for one night).

Thats all folks!!! Hope every has a very merry, happy, and safe christmas season.

All moved in and walkin' like old folks

Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:08:50 GMT

Ah, another yr and another move. Got all moved into our apartment. HUGE kudos to geredan and nekodachaos and Bill from Chris' work for helping us (oh and Bills wife for the almost better than sex expresso brownies!!!). God knows there were so many other less physically demanding things you could have done w/ your saturday. many, many thanks!!!
Moving beats your body up but this was my first move to the third floor. We are moving around like we are 70yrs old. Very stiff if we sit in one place for too long. Took a beer and sat in the jacuzzi for awhile which helped before going to bed last night.

Off to organize the bathroom and to the old house for cleaning.

Teen/parental vent...

Fri, 06 Oct 2006 23:35:56 GMT

So had leave work early and show up at a house this afternoon to collect my son - he was there for a trip to the fair and a slumber b'day party. The school nurse came to the house (Chris was home) frustrated as all get out because Corey forgot to tell her some major things (hard to explain but since there is a school nurse she is obligated to ensure Corey gets here get there ok, stays at after-school practices, etc...) and oh, also left his diabetic kit at school. Too many times in the past have we run over this and that because he forgot but he never has forgotten EVERYTHING that he needs not to get very sick. This was really hard for me to do because you don't want the punishment you give your child to directly impact another family. But felt this time I had no other choice. I deeply apologized to the dad (mom was picking up other kid to spend the night) but he said he understood. I also apologized to the friend and said we hope to see him tomorrow night. Friend was asking when he could come over again and I said I don't know - we will have to talk this out as a family. Told Corey we will talk later. 90% of the time I do want to talk when things happen but the 10% when I don't, there is a good reason to that. Seems to be my dilemna of late - how to discpline a teen who has great motivation/grades in school but everything else just sucks. My Mom called it carrots. Finding the carrots that you can take away/earn back. But the carrots nowadays either don't exist like they used to in younger yrs and/or so major that I am scared of inadvertently discouraging the one area that is going good.

Wanna Party like we are still at D*C??

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:22:05 GMT

In hopes of resurrecting a tradition of some friends of mine I want to throw the idea out there and get feedback. If + then it is a go.

The "I wish I was still at DragonCon" Party. Yes ladies and gents, bring your pictures, video, badges, spoils from the dealers room, costumes (this is a feel free to dress up shin dig), but most importantly bring your D*C stories to share. This started a long time ago because we all got sad the very last night not wanting to leave so to try and savor it people threw this party. That being said, even if you didn't go this yr, you are very much invited (cough-hint- Alicia -hint-cough and Drea if in town/state)

When: Either this Friday or next starting around 7-8pm-ish (shooting for this Friday...the longer we wait the closer we are getting to Mike's wife giving birth)
Where: Cramer Casa
What to bring: Other than what was mentioned this is a total Bring Yor Own Food/Drink as we all who attended the con are probably broke.

Please reply as to what Friday will work if this is something you want to do.

And a 'lil highlight review of the Cramer D*C '06 experience (w/ a longer review when a feel 100% human again). It rocked!!! We stuck to our plan of not spending the days in the dealers room and sleeping in the hotel room. We went to 2 out of 3 Firefly/Serenity panels, Klingon Beauty pagent, The Last Dance panel, 3 acoustic band sets (2 being Voltaire) and most all of the concerts. The only drama that happened sucked but it sucked in the best way: Mike's wife (Melinda) came by the room Sat. night w/ the friends she was spending her b'day with. One of which was Chris and ex-wife's neighbor when they were first married. Apprently she (one of meinda's friends) never liked his ex-wife but still runs into her at Woodmere a lot. If I was ever to meet his ex-wife or someone who was/is close to her: let it be in fetish gear (latex that is!!!). More on that to come but after a stiff drink- I was ok back in the D*C groove. Needless to say, other than a death metal concert, the LAST place I would think that Chris ex-wife's and that whole issue would enter my thoughts would be DragonCon!!! However after walking around the Hyatt she is wanting to go next yr. But we have all yr to plot and plan the Cramer experience around that. Lets just say we go to DragonCon to get away from people like that (Chris told me she is a smaller version of his ex-wife).
Drea girl- I really, really missed you and Ty ( I am sorry if this is adding salt but just really needed to say it).

Oh, and Yami Yami just was the icing on the cake!!! Eating good sushi and amazing beef teriyaki almost everyday at the Con was splendid.

C&C Dragon Con Plans

Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:59:47 GMT

1) I am taking Wed. off to run errands/pack for the trip as I ran out of time taking care of other people/items over the weekend.

2) I will be leaving Thurs. morning riding w/ Michael and Mark F. After getting settled into the room we will head down to Little 5 Points for lunch/shopping(me)/whatnot. One of our friends coming up from FL will be leaving his car at a relatives place in Little 5 so we will have two cars going to Little 5 but only one coming back to the hotel. Then once reg opens (4pmish)get our badges and await nighttime activties.

3) Chris will leave for Atl after class Thurs. night (he will get to the hotel right before midnight).

4) Hopeing to get up early enough to splurge on the Marriott bkfst buffett Friday morning. Looking into checking into Robert's room early but who ever does will be looke dupon as staying in that room. SHould be ok unless said person loses hotel key. Have to talk w/ Chris.

5) Cell phone service gets if-ee the lower you go in the hotel so if you can't reach us, leave a msg and/or text msg and once we start moving from the lower levels up, we will get the message.

Some D*C Must's for Me...

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 20:50:51 GMT

Belly Dance Lessons (ouch- but at 10am- that will be hard to get myself up for but will try)

Klingon Karoke!!!!!!

Don't mind me-- just excited we will be getting out of town for a few days w/ some geek-dom and goth-dom!!!

ATTN DragonCon 06 Folks: The Schedule is UP

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 20:43:41 GMT

http://www.dragoncon.org/pdfs/DC06PocketProgram-Web.zip

Have fun scheduling out what you want to do/see!!!

ATTN: DragonCon Folks (again, I know) Re: PARTIES!!

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 02:13:46 GMT

Below is a listing of some D*C parties. Don't know if these will make into the programming schedule that comes w/ your badges so thought I would post 'em here (will be sure to check website before leaving next week). I feel like I have to get my hands on a brown coat by next week :) Also, there will be a Wash Wake in the Con Suite Saturday from 6 to 9pm. Something about hawaiian shirts and mustaches?? Anyhoo, I will be glad to join in on some browncoat action this yr.

http://www.kaneva.com/channel/channelPage.aspx?communityId=14490&pageId=14298

The End to a Very Hectic/Very Crazy Week

Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:03:52 GMT

I think I had a beer every night before I went to bed this week which is very out of the normal range for me.

Work- Got thru our huge audit w/ flying colors. So proud of those IT folks!!

Corey- Along w/ this major audit at work was Corey's first week at a new school and high school at that!!! SUpplies, clothing, fee's and book bag cost $250. Now w/ that out of the way we can D*C crunch our finances. Every night I had to spend 30 minutes on the phone w/ my Mom and talking to Chris on who will take/pick up Corey to school since I had to be at work early and stay late Mon-Thurs. I took him to the 2nd bus pick up location this morning and all ran smoothly. He is very talky about school, friends, girls, and teachers right now.
This boy has been throwing down some major attitude this week so we will have a family "Pow Wow" to re-established all the rules.

Chris- Was home some of the week to Dante a class for the semster- took the test on Tuesday won't know how he did for a month or two.

Also found out some 180 degree info on his staying in/getting out of the AF issue. Ball has officially begun to roll and we are to know a final decision in 2 weeks. Can't discuss much here but as normal the offical word was opposite of what Chris has been told for months now. It goes to show why I never trust any date or info anybody tells me or him until the last signature is signed on some offical paperwork.

Me- Will try to de-stress this weekend. I am highly concerned that I will enter this yr's D*C as I did last yr, a ball of stress. And I for one do not want to repeat of last yr. Chris and I had planned on going to a concert in Atl this month prior to D*C which we agreed would be our de-stressing mechanism. And for a variety of reasons & people, we were not able to go to any of the four and I now can see how beneficial it would have been to go to one.

Hope everyone else has a de-stressing weekend!!

ATTN: DragonCon Sci Fi/Fantasy Book Lovers

Tue, 15 Aug 2006 20:59:03 GMT

The SciFi and Fantasy Literature track is proud to announce its first annual (if all goes well) Swap Meet. Bring your old books, swap them out for new-to-you reads. Or films or any sf memorabilia for that matter. One fan's discard may be another fan's treasure!

This will happen Saturday, September 2nd at 7:00 p.m. in the Fairlie room.

Well, today deserves some beer

Tue, 15 Aug 2006 01:06:10 GMT

1) What idiot scheduled the AF Technolgy Conferene along w/ the first day of public school?? I don't know why the conference could have moved to P'ville (i.e. Legends Resort). That is way closer to Maxwell than AUM is. Plus no one lives near Legends. People live at/near AUM!!!!

2) It took me 45 minutes ot get home.

3) Kiss Taylor Rd goodbye this week (plus two weeks on top of the conference on Taylor Rd)

4) Did I mentioned I worked a 10hr day (yes I worked most of those 10hrs).

5) At the end of the day found out the areas that was hoping to aviod will be audited this week (this is th eone time a yr where my job/ass is on the line) AND I lost my ENTIRE Inbox of emails at work today.

Bringing back Memories.....

Sat, 12 Aug 2006 15:37:04 GMT

Right now I am watching the "WHose Wedding is it ANyway" on the Style Channel. They are featuring a wedding at the Chateau Elan where Chris and I were married (well receotion but that was wedidng central). AND the couple is using the florist we did. Even seeing this place on tv brings a sense of calm, peace and and amazing sense of love.

Before this segment, Style featured a wedidng in the city that was our #1 choice- St. AUgustine, FL. The reception was at this incredible Arabian nights style hotel (Casa Marina I think). The day Chris proposed to me in St. AUgustine we waltzed thru this hotel dreaming of how incredible a reception woould be there.

Man, I can't wait for January to get here!!!!!

ATTN: DragonCon peeps

Mon, 07 Aug 2006 14:00:32 GMT

Prelim Schedule is up. Ofcourse this isn't everything (but most of the major events/seminars are listed) but at least gives you an idea so you can start planning your days.

http://members.cox.net/hantamouse/dragon/dcsched.html

Damn Bumpy Road....

Mon, 31 Jul 2006 18:36:15 GMT

(Disclaimer--mainly this is to get racing/circling thoughts written down to attack options and oh, also VENTING!!)

This morning I :
1) Faxed paperwork in so if child support payments are going to start back up they will have my new address & name tho last time it took them 6 months to change my address in their system.

2) Filled out paperwork to mail to first dental ins. company for braces

3) Called bank. Finally disbursed loan funds but took yet another call to make them do their job

4) Oversight on our fault- Both apts we would move to require Knology. We are in a 2yr contract w/ BellSouth so if we go w/ those apts we would be paying double phone/internet for one yr. If bellSouth cannot service the area we will live they cannot hold us to the 2yrs. So all is still a go for Verandas/Barrington.
As far as transportation for Corey this yr: I can either drop him off at Brew Tech or the zoned school Lee (where he would take a bus to Brew tech) in the mornings and then the afternoons he can do the double-bus route (from Brew Tech to Lee to neighborhhod drop off)

5) Called Reserve Apts (place that screwed us last summer) they are cool w/ BellSOuth BUT huge issue w/ Corey and getting him to Brew Tech.
5a) Process to get child to school using buses: He will be picked in in the neighborhood of where he lives and then taken to his zoned highschool (currently is Lee and at the Reserve Apts it is Jeff Davis---this is the problem). From that zoned school he will board a second bus that will take him to his magnet HS- Brew Tech. Boy this school system sure knows how to waste tax payer's money. Lee=Good; Jeff Davis= BAD!!!! Work around- I can drive child to Brew Tech but will need dedicated help to pick him up in the afternoon from Brew Tech. The Reserve Apts in same zone as Deer Creek. Have one friend in that area so will call her tonight to see her plan for getting child to Brew Tech and if she knows of other parents in same situation. A car pool of types where I drive to Deer Creek every morning, pick up kids and drop them off at Brew Tech and then their parents pick up at Brew Tech and drop Corey off at our apt. Problem is this will fall on me, Chris, and my parents (who are into retirement traveling) to be able to be at Brew Tech NLT 4pm, almost every schhol day unless a car pool can be worked out then it would be 2-3 times a week. And all hinging on fact I can push my work hrs out even more from 8-5 to 8:30-5:30 (normal work day 7:30-4:30).

6) Chris calling bank to see how much of a house we can currently buy

In the end: I am dizzy- still am. All of these moves have been w/in town and we end up w/ so much drama. Guess we are thinking hell, just buy the farm, err, house and be done w/ it!!! Just wasn't quite ready yet for a mortage - we were going to take this yr to get finances in order for it. And yeah still kinda do but would liek one more yr before buying the house.

But Chris I did have a nice/quite weekend. Rented Mrs. Henderson Presents and Walk the Line. Both were excellent movies!!!

All Around Update

Fri, 28 Jul 2006 15:31:18 GMT

Apts: Update on where to live: As I was driving to Auburn on Sunday I noticed the Storage facility which our Verandas apt would be near backs right up to I-85. So not saying Chris and i did this but two people may have walked the Verandas property to see the actual apt we would get in Nov and just how much noise from the interstate we would hear. Again not saying we did, but it appears the flashing red storage sign would be seen from our lviing window and the noise was tremendous (no walls built just the wooden frame tho). The other bldg ready for Oct. isn't that bad since it has a bldg between that and the area that backs up to I-85. So I think we both are praying that either an Edgewood or Fitzgerlad floorplan at Barrington will open up for us. Or I will buy noise machines for every room.

Corey/braces/school- He is in some pain. He was so depressed yesterday when he realized eating will be a time consuming process having to cut everything in bite size pieces to eat. And brushing the teeth routine takes on a whole other meaning- again time consuming. He started on rubberbands (one side). Having bank issues w/ getting the funds disbursed for the loan to cover the $1000 down payment I wrote the check for yesterday. I told the bank do not expect me to pay for bounce checks since this all was your (the bank) fault.
Corey's school nurse from jr high will be at his highschool and both he and nurse (talked to her yesterday) are thrilled. She really is a gem (also acts as a friend/counselor to Corey) and so glad she will be there during the HS yrs.

DragonCon/New Orleans/Concert- Holy Sh*T the band line up this yr rocks!!! I am getting uber excited tho wandering what will go wrong this yr. Excited about costumes, going to panels, concerts, talking w/ Jeff again from TLD, and lasting memories w/ friends. I wish, wish we could do the NO trip but no way in the same month as D*C. We gave ourselves $50 for fun this month prior to D*C. W/ 5 people in our room, DragonCon will costs us $600 to drive, park, eat, sleep, and attend the con---that is w/out buying one single item. So add to that he braces, and buying school supplies all in the month of August we just can't financially do NO. There are 4 concerts in August we would like to attend. Our last one was in March so for those that know how much of concert whores we are---we have been that broke!!! It is Chris' choice to choose one out of those 4 to go to since I had the SKin two/Rubberball party. But we can do any of the shows for $50-$60 (tics plus tank of gas) so that works.

Job Front- good news and bad. Did better in my perf review this yr than last. I still want to keep telling my boss how messed up I was in '04 (hello- almost died in Italy on my HM) but just let it be- still it bugs me that he doesn't know the true/full picture. Next contract is looking to have a ton of top-secret IT stuff. Company would possibly have to pay for TS clerance which is expensive (my secret costs them $5K) and I would feel obligated to stick around (that could be the bad news). But for once in my 4 yrs here I feel appreciated and valued, don;t expect the feeling to last more than a few days but it is enough of a bite to keep my hopes up for the new contract and what (hopefully@$#@) challenges lay ahead.

Chris- gets fitted for the C-pap machine Aug. 7th so kinda nervous on how much time the miltary will take w/ paperwork all the while no clue where turning his job into civil service stands. He can go a 'lil over a month or so being unemployed but that is about it.

Not a Good sign...

Tue, 25 Jul 2006 13:24:08 GMT

For those of you unfamilar w/ costs of mandatory school supplies/fees here..it can run upwards to $150. Tack on another $50 if your child needs a new backpack. So because the start of school coincides w/ DragonCon I like to start early. In july I look for deals on clothes and then each trip to the grocery store I like to buy a little bit of supplies at a time. Well, that is if the school has the supply list ready.

Corey's new school, Brew Tech HS, DOES NOT!!! I called yesterday and was informed the indivdual teachers (which he will have 7 of) will pass out their own supply list the first day of school along w/ the novel of other paperwork that has to be filled out. By the second day of school- Office Depot is running really low on stuff and I have seen people dive for folders/binders (me being one of them).

What this means is I have no clue how much we are talking about (this is HS) and god knows how many stores I will have to visit that first week to get evertyhing. And on top of that, we have at work our BIG audit going on he first 3 days of school (ie.e long hours).

SO yeah, not a good sign that this school is organized so expecting the chaos that resembled last yr.

ATTN: Possible DragonCon 06 Peeps

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 18:38:51 GMT

Chris and I have a room reserved (2 beds) at the Marriott (the Double or triple rate which is $150 to $160 a night plus taxes) for all 4 nights of DragonCon (Thursday thru Sunday night checking out on labor Day). We are 99% sure we will be staying w/ a friend so before we cancel our reservation wanted to open it up to you all who want to go but don't know where/who you will be staying with. The Hyatt & Marriott are currently sold out. Hilton has rooms avail but they are $30-ish more expensive a night than Marriott/Hyatt. I don't know the avail of other hotels around the area.

So just let us know if you or someone else you know is interested and I am sure we can all get on the phone and transfer our reservation to someone else. You will need a cdt card to hold the room but they do not charge until the actual day of check-in.

Blue Hands Everywhere

Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:04:07 GMT

You scored as River Tam. The Fugitive. You are clever and dangerous, which is a nasty combination. The fact you are crazy too just adds to your charm. They did bad things to you, but you know their secrets. They will regret how they made you.

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River Tam

94%

The Operative

88%

Zoe Alleyne Washburne

81%

Capt. Mal Reynolds

81%

Shepherd Derrial Book

75%

Simon Tam

69%

Jayne Cobb

56%

Inara Serra

50%

Kaylee (Kaywinnet Lee) Frye

44%

Hoban 'Wash' Washburne

25%

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Update on the Cramer Casa

Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:38:30 GMT

So after Mexican was found on our porch a few weeks ago we have been looking on where to move when the lease is up (10/31).

Looks like our next place to call home in Montgomery will be The Verandas at Mitylene (teehee- we are inching our way closer to Atlanta every move!!). http://www.verandasmontgomery.com/

Chris bursted my hopeful bubble on being able to still rent a house. We would count on most of the $900 deposit coming back to us to pay off the loan we would have to take out to put a deposit down on another rental home. Being we are first tenants at the hoose, we do not know how nice/naughty the rental company will be when we move out. Bubble bursted.

So it came down to Barrington vs Verandas apartments. The 3br w/ garage at Barrington will eat up one whole paycheck of mine and that lead me to a sleepness night. There is only one floorplan at Barrington that we can afford and will give us 100 sq feet more for the same amt of money as Verandas. But I am assuming this would be there most popular 3br so doubtful one may open up for us. However, we still are open to either apartments.

Verandas wants our business bad and I like the lady we have been working with. It is about 100-120 less square footage than Barrington and I think current house. But it is affordable and w/ $5200 of ortho work for Corey ahead of us (we will have to pay $2K of that) + Corey driving = increase ins. rates + we want to save up for a house down payment == we cannot afford a place that eats up a whole paycheck.

Chris like Verandas because they have Lanai w/ a grilling set up that even gave me a hard on. We can use it at anytime plus rent it out for private parties. Pool area is wireless, and they act as a conccierge service (will take your dry cleaning, trash pick up outside your door {they will give us container for trash}...). I am worried about less living space and overall apt living. If we wait till first week of Nov. (current rental company said we can stay 2 weeks longer in house) we can get the bldg facing a pond and nothing behind that pond. Only parking will be for our bldg and RV (yay--better set-up than what we would have avil in Oct there). Problem is the move weekend would be Nov. 3-4 and we have a family reunion to go to. So at least Chris will stay behind but if I go to the reunion he really need to call upon the help of friends to not only move out but help clean the old house since I will be out of town. If Verandas we will be on the top floor which is the 3rd sfloor and Chris will promise to pamper those that help.

They are currently being built and they have reassured us what happened to us last summer will not happen again. If there are construction delay's they will pay to put us up in an extended stay place (we will pay to have stuff put in storage) but will not leave us with no place to live as The Reserve did to us last yr. Complex will be having a grand-opening party at the end of September w/ a Martini bar and will invite folks who are/will be residents and we can bring friends!!!

Ok- long post (sorry) and not nearly in a bad of shape as the T&A team looking for a place to live overseas (I have been keeping fingers crossed w/ strudels for you).

We are sure to have one last big blow out before moving (maybe an after DragonCon party so we can share pictures and stories).

ATTN: Ladies w/ Size 7-8 Foot

Fri, 07 Jul 2006 15:38:53 GMT

I recently sold a pair of boots to a dude who is here at Gunter taking a class thru the end of the month. He does foot photography. Payment for letting him take pictures of your feet in a variety of shoes will be your choice of a pair of shoes or boots from his collection. Now doubt he has the likes of Prada but more like Pleaser, Ellie, Demonia, Jante. Most of the shoes/boots in his collection or Size 7 and 8.

Really nice, cute, married guy (Chris and I met him at Gunter to drop of the boots). He wants me to model my feet for him and Chris gave the go-ahead. So maybe sometime mid- month I will give him a call.

I have his contact info so if you or anybody else female w/ a Sz7-8 foot is interested send them my way. Below is a link to his website:

www.geocities.com/sexyshoes.geo

Um, Yeah, What a Nite

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 03:43:52 GMT

1) Get a call from Chris when he gets home to let me know one of the Mexican construction workers was sleeping on our back porch. During the broad daylight. While the real estate agent is busy with customers. (2 months ago we had to ask the real estate agent if they could please provide them w/ a water hose and facet since they had been using ours. Oh, also a few months ago had to ask real estate agent to get a dumpster by the site so workers would not think our yard was a dumpster.

2) Same phone call Chris tells me the shock fliud on his bike is leaking, AGAIN!! Last two visits up to the BMW dealerisg in B'ham was because of this same problem.

3) Corey burns his hand while taking pizza out of the oven. I forego my run/crunches tonight (which is a ot due to what I ate at the luncheon today) to troubleshoot and make a decison as to go to Primed or not. 9pm Corey said he is ok to go to bed. 9:45pm Corey wants to go to Primed. Call his doc and get instructions. 10pm- drive up to Rite Aid to get stuff for the burn. Wanted Chris to help look for stuff in the house but got marbled feedback due to WWC.

(I am enjoying some German beer right now)

LESSONS LEARNED TONIGHT
1) We are so moving!!! Calling Prudental and the police tomorrow. Probably cannot get out of lease early w/out penalty but will try. Or ask owner installs security alarm. Cannot tell my parents or they would flip and want to move us out this weekend. I feel violated. I feel the safety of my family and valueables during the day are at risk. I maybe over-reacting but this was the last straw for this neighborhood for me. More than likely we will move to Barrington Apts.

2) Chris getting rid of bike somehow.

3) Buy oven mit for Corey. Go thru the how to bake a pizza in the oven process again w/ Corey.

Military and Other Updates

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:06:03 GMT

Well, we at least know for sure we will not be moving for about a year.

As of last week Chris will go before the medical review board due to sleep apnea. His new mil doc basically lied to him to get him to pursue the C-pap machine (promising no med rev board), Chris said ok, and doc said alright- we will let you know what the rev board decides. Now I am sure there are and have been many people who have stayed in, specially coded for assigments and deployments that have/had a C-pap machine. But w/ the AF hacking/slashing (sorry, I mean re-shaping) we seriously doubt he will be able to remain in.
Review board can take anywhere between 3 months to a year. He is working to try and get his job turned into a GS slot but as some of us know the entire AF is on an hiring freeze till late-August so it will take time to work that one.

W/ this new info, we will be buying D*C tickets, getting Corey an ortho-consult, and I want to look into lasik surgery (tho my parents are highly agianst it due to lack of long-term studies- think it goes back just 25yrs).

That is about it on major new stuff. Even tho we seem to always be broke (camp, car repairs, and power bills) every summer (and this one is no exception) I am enjoying the summer (i.e Corey is not in school months). Lots of cleaning and resting I am catching up on over the weekends.

I am desperatly trying to find a way to go to some/all of the Skin Two pre-Rubber ball party next weekend but it is dismal financially. I will try and talk Chris into driving up on saturday, leaving around 1am from the club and driving back home (tho latex will be almost impossible to get on/lubed up/off in the confines of a car)

When my Mom comes back from FL I will have a sewing machine (very small, one stitch type of machine that my grandmotehr used). I want to just jump into everything but know I need to baby-step my way back into sewing.

Also, need to plan a saturday where I can use those Six-Flag tics (a big thank you to Drea) w/ Corey and maybe a friend of his, w/ Chris (since I am not the thrill-ride-seeker type).

Let's see, other random thoughts: Getting excited about D*C. Praying that Chris and I can get away for a weekend during the summer but financially, unless we camp out, it ain't happening. Probably can't do Shadows Fall or Lacuna Coil as we hoped in Aug. Will be glad when hiring freeze is over.

Holy Sh*T..Why did I just find this now??

Sat, 10 Jun 2006 04:03:42 GMT

Ok, so I leave in the morning at 7am to pick Corey up from diabetes camp. I can't find my directions (this is his 6th yr going so I know I know how to get there but just wanted a back up) so I google Camp Seale Harris. I come across the camp's blog site basically w/ pictures and video's of what's been going on all week. I watched one lip-sync talent show video and saw Corey just cuttin a rug- I never really saw his face but I did see the outfit he was to wear for tonight (the dance) at this talent show. Every yr they do a themed dance and htis yr it was Hollywood Movies so he did the gangster deal- I gave him my Fedora, bought him suspenders and he brought his pants w/ white shirt and white tank.

I almost cried when I saw this. Hopefully all this stuff will stay w. the next camp starting on Sunday. The reason I love watching him around friends/going on field trips is to see this other side of him- this really let loose, laughing all the time side, just having a ball of fun kid. This short video of him really brings that out. man, I need to get to bed buty I just want to explore this site to find more stuff like that.

In case you guys want to see what this camp is about/what I am talking about the link is below:
To see the talent show video scroll down to Camp Seale Teens Put on Quite a Show (he is in the second group when the video starts to play)
Also neat is the Love Note video. They had a box all week where you could rop love notes in and/or ask people to the dance (that is going on right now). That is the first video on the next page.

http://www.campascca.org/journal/

Upcoming C&C Atl Trips....

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 21:05:40 GMT

If anyone is interested in going just let us know.

Trip I
When- Friday June 16th
What- Kinky Prom (This is an annual event hosted by the great fetish performing troup secretroom.net and
                                   Whippersnappers- the Atl BDSM organization)
Where- The Jungle (formerly The Chamber) at 10pm (guessing a $10-$15 cover)
The 411- Being that the club will be bigger this yr I am sure more fun will be had. Last yr there were vendors and play areas. This is a great one to come to if you don't have any goth-club gear to wear as many in the whippersnapper group showed up in regular attire and/or reg. prom dress.   Also good if you want to know more about joining whippersnappers. Yes- there will be a King and Queen of the Prom contest (best dressed)

Trip II
When- Friday/Sat. July 7th-8th
What- SKin Two Pre Rubberball Party
Where- The Jungle (Ticket prices haven't been posted but thinking it was $25 for the whole thing last yr)
The 411- The Skin Two Rubberball is one of the world's largest fetish balls in London. Atlanta is the only place that host the official pre-party. Two nights filled w/ fetish performers (last yr Emily Marilyn was the guest of honor), suspension/piercing acts, and fashions shows (mainly latex but this yr they will bring in AMF corsets- drool!!)
See the flyer in the Future section- http://secretroom.net/

Also, July 7th Ministry & the Revolting Cocks will be in concert in Atlanta. Thinking of doing that Fri depending upon funding. But if not- they will be playing in B'ham later in the month.