Day Four -- Joan and Jerry {The Parents}

Name --  Joan AKA: Mom, Joanie, Le Joan, Junk Food Joanie and many others.

Occupation -- Awesome, as well as mother of 4 {six including the Husbo and Thomas.  ALMOST 7, Not there yet, John}, Office Manager and Wife of the Year. 

Interests -- Smut mags, wine, working out, balance bands, her kids, her dogs, her husband.

Likes -- Order {she's a LITTLE OCD, and when I say a little, I mean a whole lot ;) }

Dislikes -- Back Talk

Favorite Food -- Lays Potato Chips, with a side of burger.

My Favorite Thing About Her -- She likes the thrill of a roller coaster as much as I do. 

Name -- Jerry AKA: Dad, Jerry 'Jamaican me Crazy' Maymi, Lardo Gerardo

Occupation -- Dentist, Actor, Comedian, Father, Ice Skater, Circus Performer, Paparazzi

Interests -- Facebook,  taking pictures, spending time with his family, cooking, Junk TV

Likes -- Making his family happy

Dislikes -- Cold food

Favorite Food -- Food

My Favorite Thing About Him -- He's young at heart!  

LOVE YOU SO MUCH MOM AND DAD!!!! 

Keep on Keeping On. 

What's Next? A Challenge, Perhaps.

Now that I am back to the land of FB I need a new focus.  I was perusing blogs and saw a 30 Day Challenge and I think I'm up for it.  It's not much of a challenge to talk about myself and my life, so here goes nothing.  Here is what you should expect in the next 30 days.

Day 1-Introduce, recent picture, 15 interesting facts
Day 2-Meaning behind your blog name
Day 3-Your first love
Day 4-Your parents
Day 5-Your siblings
Day 6-A picture of something that makes you happy
Day 7-Favorite movies
Day 8-A place you've traveled to
Day 9-A picture of your friends
Day 10-Something you're afraid of
Day 11-Favorite TV shows
Day 12-What you believe
Day 13-Goals
Day 14-A picture you love
Day 15-Bible verse
Day 16-Dream house
Day 17-Something you're looking forward to
Day 18-Something you regret
Day 19-Something you miss
Day 20-Nicknames
Day 21-Picture of yourself
Day 22-Favorite city
Day 23-Favorite vacation
Day 24-Something you've learned
Day 25-Put your iPod on shuffle, first 10 songs
Day 26-Picture of your family
Day 27-Pets
Day 28-Something that stresses you out
Day 29-3 Wishes
Day 30-a picture 

DAY ONE -- INTRODUCE, RECENT PICTURE, 15 INTERESTING FACTS

Well, I've already done this, so just refer back to THIS POST and here are 5 more interesting things about me --

• My favorite color is purple
• I've ALWAYS wanted to be a race car driver
• Don't feed me after midnight.  I will turn into a gremlin.
• Monday's are my hell, just call me Cathy.
• "I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints"...and you know why. 

Hope your Monday wasn't shittay....even with the "snow". 

This is How I Dealt....

In an effort to cope with the loss of FB, every time I had an urge to update my status I wrote it down on paper.  So over the past 40 days, this is what I came up with....

• You'll never be another bitch in a dress.
• What's Hunky Dory? It's how awesome people say, "Great".
• Get a life, and then come talk to me. -EMB
• Heaven is so much better than Hell.  You should really come up here. -AF
• Some lady just told me that she couldn't give me a recorded statement right now.  She doesn't have time, because she is doing something for the President....true or false? 
• OTH was OTH
• I'm not only dying, I'm dead
• Grey's are you kidding me.  Cutting that kids head open  Gaaaaaaross. 
• Hungover for the first time since....I can't remember. 
• Thank You, Grilled Cheesus. 
• My president is black, my lambo is blue, and I'll be damned if my rims ain't too. 
• Little Orphan A-hole
• I was booooooooooooooooooorn, to love you.  I was booooooooorn to lick your face.  I was booooooooooooooorn to rub you, but you were born to rub me first.  
• Just ate dinner with the Jay-Zs.  
• Those mustaches, you gotta Nair that shit
• You is some handsome boys
• Midnight, all alone in the daylight
• I don't get drunk, I get awesome. 
• Before we duet, we're gonna do it.
• Stay sad, I'll be back
• Eat the sword. 
• I want chicken pot pie. 
• The dog is happy, and we have pickles.
• Hot like Eskimos. 

Done and done.  Back on FB, and it's like I never left.  Oh well....on with my life. 

TWO More Days

As Lent SLOWLY comes to an end, I would like to reflect on what I have learned in the past 38 days.

♥ I am not the first or the last person to be obsessed with all things facebook.

♥ I have now become obsessed with blogging.  Reading them and writing them.

♥ I don't NEED facebook, but it sure is fun. {the word facebook in this sentence can be replaced with new shoes, new clothes and smut mags}

♥ My house is cleaner, I have a husband, and I watch way too much TV. {maybe a sabbatical from TV is needed???  You bet your bottom dollar that's never gonna happen!!!}

♥ The great outdoors are truly great.

♥ my friends and family are the best. {not that I didn't know this already, but just thought I would remind YOU}

♥ I have never been more productive at work. I won't go into detail, but when I started Lent my daily tasks list was well over 100 things to do...today I only have 20. :)

♥ I don't care if Lent was a good thing...I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU ON SATURDAY, FACEBOOK!!!!!!!!

Maybe I Should Get This

I was watching Ellen when I got home yesterday {yes, I do TiVo Ellen, and HIGHly recommend it if you need to get your daily laugh on} and she showed this little video

Given recent events, I think I could get some use out of it.  I figure if I am not going to be communicating with people via the modern way, why would I take pictures the modern way?  But then that would mean that I would have to stop watching tv, stop using my cell phone, stop using this computer, stop blogging...OK, wait, wait, wait, wait, WAIT, forget it, I don't think I could live without Facebook AND you!  You guys keep me going through this difficult time.  So to you I say, THANK YOU!!!  And please don't stop reading.  :)  

Happy Wednesday!  Half way there peeps...HOLD ON, we can do it!!!

P.S. This was also on Ellen.  NBD....

Can I have him???

MISS YOU!!!

I saw this today and it brought a tear to my eye!!!  I MISS YOU!!!!



Is it cheating if I see this???

Running Out

On Saturday night, after taking care of the CUTEST kids ever, my good friend Aubrey came over and stayed with the Battles.  Aubs does not enjoy staying at her apartment by herself when her BF, Dill is out and about on the town, so we invited her to spend the night.  Anyway, we spent 45 minutes talking about these puppies....

...life is not as exciting as it used to be.  Ha ha.  Sorry that I am running out of things to talk about, but that's what happens when you don't know what's going on in the world and you're stuck at home with no where to go. 

ATTENTION WORLD:  I disappeared from Facebook, not real life...GEEZ!!! 

What a Concept...

Today was the first Saturday that I have had to work during Lent.  My productivity was way up.  And by way up, I mean THROUGH THE ROOF!!!!  Maybe something good will come out of this "sacrifice".  Maybe NOW my boss will stop looking at me like this:

And start looking at me like this: 

Only time will tell.

 Hope your weekend is Super Bad Ass Sweet Daddy Jones!!! See ya. 

P.S.  I didn't miss FB much today.  Looks like EVERYTHING is looking up!  :) 



Getting Status Updates Via Nicole is NOT Cheating

FB has become such a part of my life, that I sort of feel out of touch with the world.  Yesterday I went to lunch with my lady friend, Nicole, and she asked me to clarify what my dad's status meant.  I reminded her that I was in FB AA and that I had no idea what she was talking about.  {See, I can't even get through lunch without FB being a part of the conversation.}  Anyway, she continued to taunt me by sending me this text:

I really doubt that she will stay true to her word and not tease me anymore for the next 37 days.  It's a cruel world, people.  ;)

Have a Happy Thursday everyone!!!!

Day Two

Day two of Lent.  All limbs are intact.  We're off to a good start.  However, I was playing around with Photoshop online, and I desperately wanted to make this my profile picture:

UGH...my ♥ hurts.

  

P.S.  I almost clicked on the FB link on my shortcuts menu.  Time to remove it from the shortcuts menu.  Temptation sucks.  HUH...maybe this is like Lent, NOT minus the Jesus part....

Lent

Hi Blog Friends, how was your weekend?  Mine was AWESOME!!!  Girls sleepover was a HUGE success.  However, I have not gathered you here today to discuss that.  Today I am here to make an announcement...

 I was reading through the blogs that I love the other day, and came across a blog post about this girl that has vowed to be celibate.  My first thought was, WOW, Bitch is crazy.  My second thought, I haven't given up anything since Lent '99.  {Way back when I was still a Bulldog at good 'ol JMCHS.}  You know that time every year when Easter was coming and it was time to sacrifice for 40 days?  And it was right then and there that I made a decision.....

I made the decision that, I too, was going to give something up.  But what?  What could I give up for a short period {40 days is nothing} of time?  There is no way that I was going to vow to be celibate...are you kidding me?  Husbo and I JUST got married.  So I continued to think....What is a guilty pleasure that I don't need?  Something that I could eliminate from my life, and in the end possibly make my life better????  And then it hit me, like a golf club to the head, I have become EMBARRASSINGLY addicted to Facebook.  So it is here, on this blog, that I VOW to you, Blogsters, that I will be giving up Facebook for 40 days and 40 nights.  Like Lent...minus the whole Jesus part.*

And to prove to you how embarrassing my addiction is, I am going to make a list of all the reasons why my addiction is a bad thing {I guess this could be sort of like confession}

~ Signing onto FB often.  Often includes, but is not limited to:
              First thing in the morning
             At the stop every other stop sign on the way to work.
             In between phone calls at work.
             During a recorded statement. {Sorry Lynn}**
             Upwards of 30 times during FBS
             Upwards of 30 times during work
             Upwards of 30 times during anything that gets too boring
             Sometimes if I wake up at 2:00 am, I'll take a little sneaky sneak
           
~ Changing my profile picture more than once a day.
~ I once tired to erase the app from my phone and see if I could stay off...it lasted a day.
~ I mean, how many of you know what we did on our honeymoon???
~ How else would my family rallied over 1000 votes to win a free print from our wedding photographer
~ I updated my status 3 times today.  Lame.  I don't even want to know what's going on with myself THAT much.
~ I'm guilty of facebook stalking....I do it all the time. 
~ My feelings get a little hurt when my friends post pictures and I'm not in any of them.  {If FB is controlling my mood, this might be the best decision I have EVER made.}

Okay.... I think I have embarrassed myself enough.  The list could go on and on.     

I hope that I can make it the full 40 days without the thrill of a notification.  {Yes, seeing that little red box at the top of the page gets me all hot an bothered}  So if any of you facebookers are reading this, maybe you can let me check on your facebook for you? That's not cheating, right??? 

From this point on my profile has been deactivated.  Don't worry, I can reactivate it with a click of a button.   

I have no idea what I am going to do with all this free time.  Maybe I'll take over the world????

K, Love you lots.  And Facebook...I MISS YOU ALREADY!!!

*i don't know who reads this blog, but if this offended you, I am sorry.  that was not my intent.

*this doesn't really happen, just trying to get a laugh. ;)