Mixed day

Here's the deal.......I'm not feeling exceptionaly witty today....I will try to pull it together though....no gaurantees!

Felipe texted my phone today and said he that Saturday would be a good State Fair day for him! It will be great to have Phils here if only for a short time. We will have a great time at the fair!

I learned today that a high school classmate of mine committed suicide last Friday. It is a very sad thing to hear and hard to understand why some one would do such a thing. He has two teenage children that will have a difficult time in the coming years. Unfortunately he chose to die by stagging his death in the family's garage so the wife would find him when she arrived home.

I may joke occasionally about the situations I have found myself in at the funeral home but understand that the comments I make do not disrespect the people who have passed on or their loved ones......I would be a horible person to make light of such tradgedy in peoples lives.

On a lighter subject.......Ok I have no lighter subject today......I have no humor, no wit, nothing funny to write....oh the pressure of trying to keep you all smiling! It is not an easy job and if you think it is, post your own funny comments on a blog. Trust me the well runs dry.....I would say I am blog blocked but apparently a certain someone has beat me to it.......He owes me Royalties though........we are clear on that, right? Oh sorry......blonde moment.....I was taking pity on the person......because I have a huge heart and a weakness for Brasilians....especially if their names are Gustavo, Andre and my favorite, Julio........then there is Felipe (Favorite #2), Gui and of course the secret browser of my blog Miguel....aka Miggy..........

That is it for now.........I will post more later should I get incredibly inspired by something.......At this point it might have to be close to a miracle to inspire me.......just how I am today.....
Asi soy yo..........
One more thing......Julio check out this web site! I am hoping you will be back in time to go to the festival with us! http://www.renaissancefest.com/minnesota-main.htm
Muitos Beijos.....

End of summer

Hopefully it will be a beautiful day Saturday! Felipe Is going to come down and go to the Minnesota State Fair with Evan and I......and maybe my beautiful neices if I can swing it! Phils would like that!

The State Fair is the last big event and signals the end of summer. It is sad to see summer end when it seems it only was a couple weeks long.

School starts next Tuesday. Evan has the normal jitters when it comes to going back to school. New grade, new teacher, less boys in his class. In fact I think that there is just Evan and Michael Lee.....Michael Lee is going to be a Funeral Director when he grows up! Just like his Dad and his Aunt......Scary Carrie Starry from the Mortuary! Ok no tales about the dearly departed today...... but boy do I have some things I could tell ya!

For me, I will continue with the same job with the same people and their same problems. Oh joy! The excitement......not so much. The thing I am looking forward to the most is Julio's return! Yesterday Anntionette, the international admissions counsler called me a told me the I20 was ready for Julio! I was so suprised because she had told me that she would not be issuing the I20 until the 15 of September! I was jumping up and down when she told me it was ready! It will be a great year for Julio! I can hardly wait to find out when he will be here!

I better get back to work now though... Have a great day! Beijos

Tom's son Peter and my guy Evan. After a game this summer. They look happy so maybe they won! Winning was rare but they did their best! Their team the Diamond Backs.

ONE PISSED OFF BLONDE

I was out running errands today and happened to be in Long Lake! That is where my office is and where my Russian friend Lidia lives. So I stopped by her place and say Previt!

Lidia was resting on the couch! I knew she had been working all week because I had not seen much of her at my work.

Lidia told me today that she had been starting work at 5:00am and would work until 11:00pm. That is a hell of a long day and she spent it cleaning. Lidia then told me that they paid her $50.00 for that amount of time..........This is where I got royally pissed off...Let's do the math shall we...It amounts to $2.70 an hour....Give or take a few rotten cents! I told Lidia that I wanted to call these people. She said "No, Becky, No!" I am saying OH YES! This isn't something I can pretend I did not hear or have knowledge of!

Lidia told me that this woman has people working for her with no green card, no valid visas and no Social Security card.......I am sorry for these people and I know they need to care for there family's but this type of work should not exist here! I'm sorry my actions will effect there only source of income but we do not practice slavery here in the United States!

I know my friend Luba may ask me not to do anything about this woman who runs this company. But how can I sit back and let this continue knowing that people are not being treated fairly and possibly not humanely? I cannot have this knowledge and do nothing!

If I contact the proper authorities and give them enough information, maybe that will be the extent of my involvement. I am not looking for trouble, but I cannot sit back and know in my heart that this is happening to people who come here to be free!
Beijos from your pissed off blonde!

The audio says it all...take pity on me

Just Funny....No, this guy does not to my knowledge live in Minnesota..

Just a silly Audio....Hey it made me smile!

Random Rattle

Ok......I am still trying to figure out little tricks to this blogging thing....Like how to have a links column......I am working on that but it is slow..or I am slow...ok, time for a debate here? Nah! I win hands down! The other thing I want to figure out is how to add sound to my blog........you know.....when the page opens I can have some silly audio clip play.......I'd kinda like that.....Until of course it got terribly annoying and I stopped visiting my blog altogether......boy that might hurt my self esteem......Scary thoughts there....you would think working with the dead for a year would have cured me of scary things......not so much I guess......Ok, YES! I have actually gone to a persons house and picked up their dead body and brought it back to the funeral home.......Please get the shocked look off you face.....you should be so lucky to have a caring compassionate women such as mysel.......... my good friend Scary Carrie Starry from the Mortuary take care of you once you have left your shell behind......ok, how did we go from wanting to update my blog with Links and sounds to dead bodies.......who's the freak here........Oh wait!! That might be me....sorry.....and watch out for me when I start talking about myself in the plural form.......yep time for some intervention then.....

Ok enough of my mindless typing of tangent (diverging from an original purpose or course : IRRELEVANT) subjects...I am going to rest my feeble brain from all this technical blogging stuff and try to figure it out another time....boa noite

Saturdays are great!

I love Saturdays! I can sleep late.....Which rarely happens......But I could! I get to just hang around and not rush to do anything. Set my own pace and enjoy the day!

Today I talked to Cris. I wish we could talk once a week! It is so much fun! We talked for over an hour today! There is so much to say! We talked about Andre and the package I sent him......Which was the reason I called her in the first place! Cris said that she had to try not to cry when she saw the picture of all the things I sent to Andre! Of course then I wanted to cry and that made grumpy......Julio hates crying because his heart is so tender and is filled with love for his Mom......And maybe me too...lol....muitos amor Julio! Cris and I talked and talked and talked........She reminded me of things that we did while she lived with us that I had totally forgotten.

I am glad you were home this morning Cris!!! Don't forget to thank Gustavo for telling you I called late last night and that I sent my love and told him to tell you not to cry! Gus you Rock dude!.....I knew you would come through for me! .........ok yanking your chain...sorry Gustavo...but ya know....ya left the door wide open for me to step in and give you a little merda....

Andre was thrilled with all the things I sent him! Andre will have to wait a month or so for the next time I spoil him rotten! I am sure that if I keep this up he will be very popular around campus........That is only if Gui and Luis let anyone else share in Andre's packages! They might want to keep this package deal between the three of them......lol.....

Today Evan and I are going to see the movie "Without a Paddle" I am a little nervous about the content of this movie.......the sexual innuendos... here is a link to the official movie site: http://www.withoutapaddlemovie.com/home.php line from the movie: "Tom you were a Boyscout!" "No, but I had a Brownie once." I am sure you know what a boyscout is right? A Brownie is the girls equivalent of BoyScouting........see what I mean....might have to cover young Evans eyes and ears while I laugh my butt off......or roll my eyes... I will write a review later. Have a great day!

This is the Blanket I made Andre, Most of the cookies, Colonge, 2 Necklaces, 1 bracelet, 4 DVD's (League of Extrodinary Gentlemen, Anger Management, Big Daddy, Bullet Proof) 670 minute Phone card, Microsizer RC CAR(http://www.microsizers.com) M & M's...and other things.....if you have to know......ask Andre.........Enjoy Andre! Muitos amor e beijos.....Becky

UPS Has until 7:00pm

I am going nuts here waiting for this package to be delivered.......It went out on the UPS truck this morning before the sun came up.......If they don't get it there soon...........FUR WILL FLY! Cat fight people........I will call until I get the results I want! Yes!!!! It's time to call the men with the little white coats........I have almost gone over the edge here! I'm sorry......I know this seems next to ridiculous.......But I want Andre to have his package TODAY!!! Maybe I had to much caffeine......Yeah that must be it.....All those decaf lattes have finally caught up with me! I need a diversion.........My fingertips are bleeding from all the furious tapping on the desk waiting for the package to be delivered........Ok! Fine I will try to find something else to occupy my time........Now you have all experienced me completely nuts!........Let's all hope it doesn't get worse.......Or I might call the authorities myself!
I am going to go compose myself now......and later I hope to post the picture of the majority of things I sent to Andre!

Picture from his camera phone........Actually a very good picture....you look great! Ok maybe I am biassed..... luv ya muitos.....(package today!!!!!)

TODAY IS PACKAGE DAY!

I will have to make this short........Yeah right.......Have I made any postings short? Asi Soy Yo...

Andre's package arrives today.......Okay I am sure the only ones interested in this package are Andre and me......And Cris too......The rest of you.....Deal with it......It's the little things that make me happy!...In the case a BIG THING.........It weighs 16KG or 33 pounds.... lol........Not so easy to carry up to the 2nd floor......Sorry Andre....Take a picture of that will ya!

Tonight I am going to post a picture of the things I sent......well most of them anyway....Some of them Andre and I are keeping to ourselves..........With the exception of me telling Julio......Hey, I trust him and I know he won't tell on me......lol.....Anyway I am not good at keeping my own secrets and had to tell somebody.......somebody close to Andre........Oh yeah, Phils knows too....see I get so excited about this package I have to tell everybody......Please don't send the men with the white coats.....I trust Phils too..........He won't tell on me either......If he wants Dinner at Mojitos again........Ok I would never deprive Phils of dinner there........Never....I like it to much lol

This is relatively short....I have to be to work in and hour so I better get going.......Have to have a couple Caribou Coffee's before I am functioning on all brain cells....Has nothing to do with the Bondo......Just me....asi soy yo.....

Getting high at work

We are finishing up the rehab project at the property I work at. It is a good thing too because what should have taken 4 - 6 months to complete, has taken over a year!

Today was caulking and Bondo day. If you are not sure what Bondo is, I will explain.....there are two uses normally.....3 after today. The first and most widely applied use of Bondo is to cars, generally used for Auto body work.

The second use (which is really not a use at all, but stick with me here) is for women who use excessive make-up applications.....we call these women....bondo jobs.....there is a bit of a mystery here as to why women would apply make-up so heavily, but then again, maybe we are better off not knowing what is beneath all that Bondo they apply.....I for one do not come from that school of make-up application......I go with the "less is more theory" which could be equally disturbing on a really bad day.

I discovered today the third use of Bondo......no cars or make-up deprived women today....no, this was all about my office! Pat (Jack of all trades, master of none) decided that Bondo would work good on the frame of my office door. This is a reasonable application for Bondo, works on the metal cars, works on the metal door frame, so go for it! However no one read the warning label on the package of Bondo........let's be realistic here......the person mixing and applying the Bondo has no concern for the side effects.........in fact he may welcome them... Hence we come to the title of this post.....and maybe the reason why Bondo was such an important use in this case, especially for the person doing the application! (I will stick with a beer or a good Caipi Vodka...lol....actually I like tequila) Back to the Bondo and lack of reading warning labels....I have concluded that Pat does not care about the side effects.........nor does he seem think about the side effects for others.....MOI! It took about 10 seconds for the over powering smell of the Bondo to reach me.....Holy cow Pat are you trying to get me high?.........little chuckle from Pat......definitely no concern.......about that same moment one of my residents stands up and says..........Oh yeah that will get you high! I used it for years..........all I do is shake my head (after my burst of shocked laughter) and save myself by calling it a day........don't worry I have all my blonde capabilities intact.......no loss in that department......maybe a little enhancement??? I guess we will see.........beijos

Blonde Star.......have you been there yet?

I have to say this is the funniest thing that I have come across on the web........It's about blondes and I absoulutely love it!

In GMC Cars they have a button for "On Star" you push the button and it connects you with a rep who will call an emergency vehicle for you, unlock your car, give you directions......that sort of thing..... at www.smartelic.com they have a logo there called "Blonde Star" ( i know I posted this b4) you have to listen to the sound bite of the Blonde Star Advisor talking to the blonde locked in her car....I shared it with my niece Jess and she ask me if it was real......guess what?? My sweet niece is blonde like me.....Actually both of them are......talking about Mattea, my other sweet Niece..........So go to this web site, listen to the short little sound bite.....let me know what you thought.........I hope it works for you.......if you have dial up it may not! Until my next random post.....beijos

A couple more things......

Okay I was just thinking of what I was going to write..........It was semi important too........But being me means........I forget things as quickly as I think them....asi soy yo......Sorry.....(pause- - - think, think, think.......all that thinking hurts my head.......think.......) oh oh oh I got it!!!

I wanted to say how much I enjoyed talking to Julio and Cris tonight........I have wanted to talk to Gustavo too and I feel bad that I have not made the effort to connect with you and talk to you when I have called.........but ya know, I am really not that exciting to talk too.....I do want to get to know you better Gus.......You impress me so much and to talk to you about anything would be like opening up a window I never thought was there........does that make sense? Okay in laymen terms.... talking to you would be very enlightening....oh what am I saying.....you do not need any explanation on anything.......just goofy me.......sorry....(looking meek and embarrassed now) LOL

I have talked to Andre so much lately both on the phone and messaging when he has time to get online......Maybe in a week or two he will get things mapped out with work and classes and be able to get on the internet.........He is so busy right now! Andre dude, luv ya and I hope that everything is going good for you in Pensacola......and even though we have not met.....I miss ya too.....kinda silly isn't it?

Phils, Phils, Phils........you are such a sweetheart......you let me embarrass you and make me laugh.....it was the cherry stem thing that was so funny and you know me........if it doesn't hurt someone feelings I will voice the thought that runs through my head at the moment........thanks for tolerating my silliness Phils...luv ya......muitos! You Rock! BTW........Evan was disappointed that he was not here when you came down so maybe I will have to come up for a day with him when your not busy and visit...........

I know other people read this blog besides you all (MIGGY)........and I told a certain someone(MIGGY) in an email, that if they did not start leaving comments on my blog, that I would write some totally bizarre, yet convincing, story about them (MIGGY) Be afraid, be very afraid........I can be very good at telling bogus stories about people..........not that I ever have........but there is a first time for every thing.......amor & beijos to all.......... you too MIGGY

Is it Monday all over again?

I can't seem to get past Monday......Today was a drag! I was not at my office which throws me off right there! Why? Well, cause......I wasn't there! geesh people......I am blonde and need the routine......lol
I was in a dreaded Section 42 Tax Credit class.........okay......say the word taxes and I am asleep........say taxes and class in the same sentence and I am in a coma.......what a long boring day.........it ended at 4:30........if you think I lasted that long you don't know me very well! Little devil that I am.....I left with my "boss" at 2:30 before I went totally braindead! There was one upside to the class though.......a very cute guy sat across from me and we were sharing jokes and rolling our eyes to keep us from falling into the dark abyss of Tax credits......just saying it gives me a headache.......Nice guy......

Otherwise I just feel out of my element today or something......A little edgy I guess.........Evan comes home tonight which is a good thing because I have been missing him so much and having an empty house makes me miss Julio more than usual.......and Phils!! What a great guy! He came down to dinner with me and that was so terrific! that took away some of the loneliness of not having Evan and Julio here.......I think Andre's Package is so big because I had no one here to spoil! Andre was the spoilee of choice........I don't think I could have picked a better guy to spoil this week!

Tomorrow I hope I will be back on track with everything.........I hate this feeling like your missing something but you can't quite put your finger on it! I even got my hair colored on Sunday.........hmmmm.....maybe that didn't do the trick .........more bleach next time.......I think Lonna is still trying to get my hair to be darker when all it wants is to be blonde.....c'est la vie... Look at me........French! Can I speak 4 languages now?....LOL...... english, russian, portuguese and french.....that would be impressive.........almost as impressive as
Gus....... hehe...

Au revoir, До свидания, αντίο, adeus.......amor e beijos

Andre's Package.....You know I'm smiling.....

I absoulutley LOVE doing this! Weird I know! Asi soy yo..........I just can't help but smile....I told Andre a couple of the things I am sending him but not all.......hehehe.......can't wait for him to get the package.......it will cost me to send it.......it's big and heavy! Lots and lots of cookies.......But so what..........I can skip lunch for a couple days and that will pay for the shipping......okay maybe a month of no lunch.......Andre is worth it don't ya think........I think so and I have never met him!! How crazy is that!! Asi soy yo.........Crazy! yeap, that's me!
I will post a list of things I sent him (besides that mass amount of home made chocolate chip cookies) after I know he has recieved the package....I don't want to spoil too many surprises for him! He knows I made him a blanket......I will post that picture tonight.......he also knows about a couple dvd's I got for him......but tha's all and the box is really, really big! Ya know if it didn't cost over 200 dollars to send a package to Brasil.........I would.......I would have done that a month ago to keep Julio longing for my home made cookies.......Miss you dude! I am spoiling your brother almost as much as I spoiled you......amor & bejios Andre, Julio, Gustavo and Cris!
Give my love to Ramiro too please.....

Blanket for Andre.........Just in time too becuase he has a cold.......sorry dude....feel better soon....Love ya

Mixed Tears

Ok I cannot hold my emotions in that well......oh well....asi soy yo.......

Last night family got together at Grandma and Grandpas house.......Grandma's cousins from Iowa were there.........They are awesome and so very funny! These ladies are all in their 50's and were telling stories of their travels together and how they get to laughing so hard they wet their pants.........OMG they are SO FUNNY!

Anyway the whole family got together (with the exception of missing Julio) and when Mattea and Jessie showed up........I became a little puddle of tears......They left about a week after Julio and just got back this week. Seeing them reminded me so much of Julio and Phils that I had to leave.....or I knew I would have a hard time stopping the river of tears......So I went to buy them more presents for their birthdays......While I was out drying my tears up I called Andre.........that helped.......He is a great guy and fun to talk too! It cheered me up and I got my gifts for Mattea and Jess and got back to the party about and hour later........and of course I get there and the girls are leaving.........Probably a good thing because I might have teared up again......I gave them their gifts and told them I would see them today! I will get pictures of them posted here today.

Right now I have to get going! Getting my hair colored by sweet Lonna........She keeps my roots blonde.......She actually tries to make my hair darker but the darker colors fade to blonde within a week or so......I let her do whatever she wants with my hair color.......Scary isn't it! She is great and I had her cut Julio's hair while he was here.......I am sure she will ask about him today........Well gotta go..........Appointment in 30 minutes and I still have to shower and get dressed.......Thank goodness I don't have to worry about curling my hair........

Sleepy Phils............ya know I love ya.......but I couldn't resist taking this photo and putting it on my blog.......kiss kiss

Tante Becky, Julio said he was coming back, When will he be here?

Spencer, Sophie and Stacy

Spencer and Stacy Schuett (John's children) With little Rock, Rock, Rock at Grandma and Grandpas last night

Can't just Pick on Andre! When I have Julio and Cris!

Andre & Grandpa Schuett........luv ya Andre! forgive me for the pic's but I had to post them.....beijos

Andre and Grandma Schuett.......Sorry I never got to meet you when you lived so close.....We will have a great time though when we do finally get together...I do corruption very well......lol.....shhh don't tell anyone or they won't let you meet me!!

Andre I told you I was going to post some pic's of you.........There good Pic's!! Just shorter hair.....

To all Ithe people I love, and cherish in my life......Thanks for understanding me better than I understand myself..........Blonde thing, I think??

Card I received from Evan in California....He is thinking of Julio.....aka....Cherrio...Silly Evan........don't you know it is......Julio aka INSANO.........lol.....I love both you boys and miss you both TONS!!!

Gus.....This ones for you........

I AM SO HAPPY!! SMILING ALL DAY!!!

PHILS IS COMING DOWN TONIGHT!!!

I TOLD HIM I WAS GOING TO MOJITOS TONIGHT FOR DINNER AND ASKED HIM TO SKIP WORK AND COME DOWN!!! PHILS ROCKS, CAUSE HE SAID HE WOULD!!! I HAVE BEEN JUMPING UP AND DOWN ALL DAY ABOUT THIS!! IT THE LITTLE THINGS.....BUT PHILS COMING DOWN IS A BIG THING! I AM SO SO SO HAPPY!! THE ONLY THING THAT COULD MAKE IT BETTER IS IF JULIO WAS HERE TOO!

THE OTHER EXCITING THING IS.......I DON'T HAVE TO WEAR MAY CAST ANYMORE!! SWEET......GLAD TO BE RID OF THAT THING!!

AND ONE MORE THING........ANDRE HAS A PLACE TO LIVE IN FLORIDA AND SAID HE WOULD CALL ME TONIGHT!! COOL! i CAN SEND A PACKAGE OFF TO HIM!!! JUST IN TIME FOR THE START OF SCHOOL........AND ANDRE IS GOING TO CALL ME TONIGHT!! SWEET.......PHILS AND ANDRE!! .........JULIO GET BACK HERE!!!

Kinda Blank........Blonde thing

Kinda in a blog rut.....not much to say......no big plans as of yet for the weekend with the exception on dinner out tonight at Mojitos......Great South American Restaurant. Last time I was there was for Felipes Birthday.....and later that night broke my foot.......Dinner with my neighbors tomorrow night at Gianni's in Wayzata........very nice place......great Buffalo steaks...but not this time for me! Those are my plans so far.........


OH YEAH!! My sister in law, Jill comes home today with her kids ..........Mattea, (Phils)...... Jess.. (Julio) Peter and Sophie...
(Julio's heart beating for Soph).........I have missed them so much! I can't wait to see them! I will probably spend Saturday with them if they will let me!! I am such a drag to have arround ya know......Love & Beijos

To my cat lovers.......yeah right.....you know who you are.....

My house.........Lonley and Empty right now..No Evan, No Julio and Phils is working to much to be able to visit........Just me, two cats and the little Rock

Hey little Rock, Rock, Rock......Ya cut a cut, cut, cut........much better

Many things......

Whoever said that 'Silence was Golden" must have had a dozen small children! Then I can understand.....I have one child and no car stereo........Did I mention the car stereo was inoperable??

My Sweet son left tonight........Staying at his Dads house so they can catch a very early flight to California in the morning. I thought that he was doing really well, until he got all of his stuff in his Dads truck and realized that he was leaving me for an extended period. Sweet child came running back to my car to have Mom hold him tight one more time! It is great being a parent and getting all that love! It will be very quiet at my house! I will miss him so much but it is good for me to have a break too!

Please keep your fingers crossed for me that I can return to having something to listen to in my car besides my own voice! Trust me when I say that silence is golden when I have to listen to myself go on and on about absolutely nothing.. (hey I scare myself)....I need the stereo back!!

It was so nice to talk to Cris tonight! Gustavo, Andre & Julio, you have a great Mom! I have to say that you Boys are so COOL!!! You all Rock! I am so lucky to get to know each of you and your friends! I cannot wait to see Julio again and have him living here with me! You Rock BJ! Congrats on the TOEFL......One step down and a couple more to go and you will be back soon! I am so excited to get something going here in a law firm for Gustavo! It would be absolutely incredible to have both Julio and Gus here at the same time! I will meet Andre at Thanksgiving! I already told him not to make plans because he is coming to Tampa to spend the Holiday with family! I can hardly wait!!

One of my dreams growing up was to have lots of kids! I got one great one of my own and three great guys that Cris is so generously sharing with me! Part of my dream was to have a house full of boys too....(lets face it, Girls can be down right mean...I don't like mean people and I have not met a guy yet that is as ruthless as a girl can be! So that is why I always wanted BOYS) ....Funny how dreams come true in unexpected ways! I am so lucky and blessed! Now if I get Phils here too.....and everyone is speaking Portuguese 24/7.........I might have to move......You all will miss me........After a couple months when you realize I left.......lol...

Andre..........Cookies are coming, along with other goofy stuff! Julio.........you will be here soon and you will have cookies waiting for you and a endless supply...cause I luv ya and your skinny and can eat them endlessly! Gus.........I will work the phone tomorrow and put the word out that you would like to get involved in the American Justice system.......International Business Law?? Contract Law and Negotiations? Let me know if I am close! Tell me what interests you most and I can pass that along.........

I can't forget Phils..........however it seems that Andre and Gui may have..........Let's see what did Phils and I say about you two tonight.......oh yeah Phils called you bums for not calling him and I threatened to stop supplying cookies if you didn't call him soon! Ok I just said that for Phils sake......I wouldn't really stop supplying cookies to you!

Till the next random rattle on.............Beijos to all and lots of hugs too!

Hey little Rock, Rock, Rock.........you need a hair cut little dude!

So much to say.....so many I think about..

On Monday, Evan leaves for California........without me. He is going with his dad to visit relatives that he has not seen since 2002. This year he has no apprehension about leaving......at least not yet. Hopefully he has matured out of that stage of his life where Mom is everything. It is wonderful to be loved that way but Evan needs to be independent........and so do I.

I cannot say I am looking forward to being totally alone for 11 days......I will miss him very much! I will have enough to do to keep me busy especially with work. I am also looking forward to spending some adult time with my friends......it seems like when school gets out we all get so busy that it is hard to get together. I am looking forward to a fun night out with my very good friend, Carrie.....aka Scarry Carrie Starry From The Mortuary......Love that girl.......5'2 and weighs about a buck, and has the strength to lift dead weight, literally! She operates, with her brother a family owned funeral home in Wayzata. I have worked for her at the funeral home and it has cured me of any weird feelings I might have had towards death & dying. I never understood the compassion that many of the people in this business have. Carrie is a light in my life and a great girlfriend!

I have spent much time over the last few weeks with my other very dear girlfriend Julie....aka Jewels......She is loving, giving, supportive and easy to joke arround with! But the time we have spent together has been at work and I want to spend some girlfriend time with her! She commented the other day how fun it is to be together and that if we did not have children and in her case a husband......we could get ourselves in a lot of fun trouble........we are seriously silly when we are together and there is nothing we cannot say to each other.....especially about men.....hehehe........I will stop right there.

There are other people in my life that I miss............Julio! Beijos BJ!!!! I want him to come back to his US home! So during the time Evan is away I will be doing whatever I can to help Julio get all the documents here to the US and to Normandale College. Hopefully this will go smoothly and we will find out for certain when Julio is coming home to Minnesota.

Another plan for my free time is to get a second package off to Andre. After the long drive from middle of no where Kansas......to hurricane season Florida....Andre can use a package and the fun that surrounds knowing that you are getting it! Andre and Gui are going to be very busy getting an apartment and registered for classes by the 23rd.......They need all the support they can get. I have said it before..........Andre is amazing and I am grateful to have him as part of my life even though we have never met......you rock Andre! Beijos to you and Gui! Julio, dude, I know you want some cookies, but I don't think that they would make it to Belo.........maybe I will try just for you!

I would love to go to Duluth and see Phils, but he is working non stop for the next two weeks! Sorry Phils.........work sucks! Phils has a soccer tournament this weekend and tomorrow(Sunday) at 6pm his team will play the college of St. Scholastica. I want to go and see him play but I have a feeling I won't be able to make it with Evan needing my help to get packed for California......Miss ya Phils......Beijos buddy!

Can't think of anything else to ramble on about but I am sure that won't last......lol

No Music...Better driver??? Nah

It is hard to enjoy driving without Music! If I had to take a road trip this weekend....I would be insane with the silence......I can only talk to myself so much before I am bored with me! Singing to myself just won't happen either....I am not into self torture....lol......I hope to get a stereo Friday...but I could go through the whole weekend without music in the car.......therefore less driving. So in that respect, I guess the roads will be safer and I will avoid another HUGE speeding ticket.....Like the one I got in Wisconsin for driving insanely fast.....82 in a 55 zone...OPA....told the sheriff that Julio, Phils and Rafa were teaching me how to drive like a Brasilian.....he did not go for that.....can ya blame the guy, he chased me for 3 miles before he caught up...BUSTED.....so learn a lesson from me.....especially if you are driving in the US, my car insurance went from $130.00 a month to $345.00..........yeah, It hurts bad, really really bad......nothing is worth that kind of financial pain......this I will have to pay for the next....YEAR!!! We won't even talk about the $290.00 ticket and the suspension of my license in Wisconsin.... ok I have to forget about all of it or I will crumble from the checkbook pain...

August 10th at Red Robbin for Evan's Birthday Celebration with Family.......Evan will be 11 on Friday August 13th....He was born on a Friday! Friday's Child is loving and giving!

Evan with his new Stereo from Grandma & Grandpa......Now he can rock out in his room......hopefully not louder than I rock in my office......Happy Birthday Sweet Child of Mine!

Grandma & Amy celebrating with Evan at Red Robin

Grandpa at Red Robbin.....I think he was caught off guard a little.......sorry Dad....

Evan & Cousin Tyler......Amy's Son.....still at Red Robbin

My Car.....

There are several things I love about my car! It is a Mitusbishi Montero LTD. It is fun to drive, It looks great and sporty and I can have 7 people in it too. The one thing I like the most is the stereo! Love listening to good music, LOUD.......especially if I am alone! Today I was cut off, left out in the proverbial cold, crying in my coffee....My stereo/CD player went out, froze up, kicked the bucket.......It so hard for me to drive my car without listening to good music.....Can you imagine? I drive in silence....I didn't know Blondes could do that...The guy at Mitsubishi in Wayzata told me to sing to myself........Hello Mitsubishi buddy! I am no Norah Jones......If I sang in the car without any music to cover up my voice.......I would hurt my ears and probably go deaf.........yeah DEAF.......then, why bother to have a car stereo....can't listen to music if your deaf!!...I can't get an appointment until Wednesday.....seems like a year from now!.....and Mitsubishi won't have a new stereo/CD player in stock and will have to order one......I told the guy.......HELLO....Order it today! I don't want to wait........Oh sorry ma'am.....(call me miss please.......I'm not crippled and gray yet) We can only order that part after we determine that it isn't working..........I told you it's not working..........what, do you want it inscribed on a tablet.........this is what my girlfriend would call Stereo Rage.........some people have road rage....me, Stereo Rage.........GET ME MY MUSIC BACK NOW!! whew....well I am glad I got that out........

Tired of reading my posts......lol

I will get my Camera out and start taking some new Pictures.......I do have much on my mind though and blogging is a great way to clear ones head if needed.......and well...I am blonde, so I need to empty my head out often......Otherwise I might get a scratch and start skipping, skipping, skipping........opa........see........I need more memory.....lol......Promise, more pic's soon...Beijos

DMB.....

Dumb Manic Blonde......No Dave Matthews Band.....but you knew that....

This weekend I have tickets to see Dave Matthews at http://www.alpinevalleymusic.com/ In Wisconsin. I love Dave Matthew Band.....and generally I would do whatever to get there and see this concert...but I am, unfortunately a grownup with grownup responsibilities.......yep you get to be a grownup far to fast....So being this grownup, I have to miss the concert this weekend (insert very sad face here). Hearing DMB music live would be absolutely amazing.....the people, the music, the absolute fun! Hearing...Crash Into Me, Ants Marching, The Space Between, Diggin a Ditch, Bartender, What Would You Say, When the World Ends....(wow for that one) It would be incredible!!! I would be so, so happy......it doesn't take much...I have said that before...lol. As I sit here in my office with the high tech surround sound speaker on my computer playing DMB Live from Folsom Feild....Awesome CD, I dream that I am there...Forget about missing the concert and be happy that I have...........everything I could want or need..........most of us do. So I will be content to be a grownup this weekend......at least when needed.....My son is away for the weekend with his Dad......so I can escape the adult world responsibilities......for a short time and put in the DMB DVD Live From NYC! I will dance like a fool alone.........maybe not.......i forgot my foot is broke.....(insert sad face here)........So I will sing loudly and probably very badly.....but damn I'll have fun! Bonus with that scenario too.......... I can play my favorite DMB tunes over and over again and no one will care.......cool! Have a couple Coronas......lite a doobie..........Just kidding.......don't do that....ever........so that will be my Sunday......as DMB takes the Stage in Alpine Valley.....they will also take the Stage in NYC......in my living room......

Batista......I am sure there is NO Relation here

Workin' at the Car Wash

2003 Darwin Award Nominee

Confirmed True by Darwin

(29 January 2003, Brazil) At work, Manoel Messias Batista Coelho was responsible for cleaning out the storage tanks of gasoline tanker trucks. He had been employed in that capacity for two months when he ran afoul of fuel.
The 35-year-old began to fill a tanker with water, a standard safety procedure that forces flammable vapor out of the container. He returned an hour later to check whether the water level was high enough to proceed. But he had trouble deciding, because it was so DARK inside the tanker.
A resourceful employee, Manoel forgot the very reason why he was filling the tank with water when he lit a cigarette lighter to shed some light on the situation. His little test successfully determined that the water level was NOT yet high enough for safety. The vapor explosion launched him through the air, and he landed in the company parking lot 100 meters away.
Manoel suffered severe burns, blunt force trauma, and an injury to the head that exposed his brain. Our witless car washer had learned his terminal lesson in safety by the time the firemen arrived

Simple things make me smile.......BIG

One thing is a given with me.........Little things people do or say that are nice and sincere and true......Light me up......I can smile all day if someone does something so simple for me....It means they care...And it is always nice when people show you they care......Even in the smallest way........I myself love to show it in a big way if I can......I love doing things for people I care about.........I get silly about it! Then I smile for days........I recently put together a package of things for Andre! I have never met Andre, but he is family and I wanted to do something fun for him.....It is a good thing for me too.....I love it!

By the time of this posting Andre will have opened his package (hopefully things did not melt in the heat) He will be eating homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies....This is a certainty...Julio loved them......Maybe listening to one of the 3 CD's I burned for him....(I did not pirate the music...I payed for it) or the CD his brother left behind...Dashboard Confessionals........Or wondering why I sent glow sticks....I had them so I sent them....And he is thinking, cookies were enough......Mini candy bars too! Maybe by this time he has read my card......It is okay if you went right for the cookies...I bet he is looking at the silly Electronic Hangman game......And hopefully thinking that it will be great for boredom on a long road trip..............See how silly I can be about this........I have had a grin on my face since I shipped it out on Monday........I bet he is wondering about the Target gift card too..........There are no Targets in Great Bend........But I promise there are Targets in Pensacola!

Anybody else want a package from me? lol........

Seven Degrees of being Blonde....# 2

SECOND DEGREE:
Two blondes are walking down the street. One notices a compact on the sidewalk and leans down to pick it up. She opens it, looks in the mirror and says, "Hmm, this person looks familiar." The second blonde says, "Here, let me see!" So the first blonde hands her the compact. The second one looks in the mirror and says, "You dummy, it's me!"

Summer slips away II

When I wrote my first post about summer, I had not had the opportunity to get to know Andre.....Since then I have chatted with him often and enjoy our conversations so much that I am looking forward to the next time I get to chat with him!
Andre is every bit as amazing as his older and younger brother. He impresses the heck out of me! He is a hard, hard worker and has his priorities in line with where he wants to take his life! It is not an easy life he leads! I imagine that it is lonely sometimes when your friends are away and you are in KANSAS.....for those of you who haven't been there.......Go! Stay! See if you make it in Great Bend for longer than a week...........I would personally run screaming from the place....Andre is tough and he has some good friends there and that absolutely helps! If he were there alone........I would personally drive down there, and move him out of there!!! Andre deserves a break in a big way! I hope Pensacola is good to you! It is going to be a heck of a lot better than Kansas......Beijos Andre........Your a great guy and I am so happy to have the opportunity to know you!!! SMILE

Monday...hmmmmm

It was a good day.........and a sucky day.

The Good!
I got up...a little later than I should, got ready for work........slowly..... had a cup of home brewed coffee....decaf........you do not caffinate this blonde! Drank my coffee, checked my email and then left for work, indirectly.......Went to the bank........Then the post office......Then UPS, where I mailed a package to Andre.....I am so excited about him getting it....hehe...it doesn't take much for me to smile.......Then to caribou to get another cup of decaf..........in the form of a chocolate coffee cooler....yum! Then went to work.......got there, got on line......and there was Andre....Smile......I am at work but I am not working yet........have to talk to Andre for a bit.....then answered some questions for people at work.......tried to do some paper work then my good friend Julie shows up to work........Of course she wants to work as hard as me (smile) and the first task on her list was to go to lunch....Good Idea Jewels.....little guilt on my part for not doing much that morning...got over that quick! Went to lunch with Jewels.........always a good time! Talked as girls do! Of course I will not share that here.......okay we talked about men.....gosh give me a break.........that is all I am saying I am not telling you about the sex talk........opa........I mean the sax talk..yeah that's it.........there was a great sax player at the restaurant! Yeah! He was really good too.......At playing the sax...geesh get you brain out of the gutter! LOL
Went back to work to drop Jewels off and oh yeah.........show her the funny Blonde Star web site....Yeah, I like to go there and listen to it!......I am blonde what do you expect!

The Sucky........If you don't know.......which apparently Andre did not know! I have a broken 3rd Metatarsal on my left foot....I have been in a cast since July 8th. I fractured it on Felipes Birthday (July 7th) when Julio, Felipe and I were downtown Minneapolis......Andre says maybe it was Julio's fault.........I can work with that! Thanks for the suggestion Andre! This last weekend, knowing I was going to the doctor on Monday, I was thinking the Dr. would tell me I could go with out the stupid stinky cast.... So I practiced with out it...I did not wear it....opa........I did not reinjure it, and it felt fairly decent.........considering that when I broke it, I thought it was a muscle cramp.....but when the doc showed me the x-rays today....I thought it was the pictures of the initial fracture.....He said.......uh, NO, these were taken today Ms Blondie! ( oh fine he didn't call me that) My jaw dropped......I had no idea how bad my foot was...he showed me the pictures from July 8th, the ones I was never shown! That was probably a good thing.........I cannot believe that they call that broken bone a fracture......OMG it broke in the shape of a "W"........ so the end result is...........I have to wear the stupid, stinky, gross, hot, ugly cast another 3 WEEKS..........boo hoo I want to cry........The doctor told me, when I confessed to not wearing the cast this last weekend, that I was extremely lucky I did not do more damage.........that is the sucky part of my day.......I guess it could be worse.......I could break my other foot.......then I would really be in trouble.........but it would be funny to see me try to walk with 2 cast.......even I would laugh at that!!! Beijos to all

Cristina....aka Mom......in US calling her Mom

Cristina Calling home her first day in the US.....very homesick for her family.....needed lots of hugs & beijos

Sledding with me...the little sister

Cristina de Alvarenga.........In Minnesota! After sledding with her little sister! Beijos Cris

Beautiful.....what other word is needed.....Beautiful

I love each one! Phils, Mattea, Julio and Jess! What a great Picture.........Beijos

Those are two lucky guys.......and Sophie isn't doing too bad herself...........if she could just get a kiss.....

Lucky Guys.....Cute Girl!

Asi soy yo............Phils

Julio.... Minneapolis Airport

Yeah, we got beer.....Julio in his travel T-shirt. Same one he wore when I met him in Chicago to come stay with Evan and I in Minnesota. Now at the Minneapolis airport ready to leave for home in Brazil.....Hurry Back! THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF MY FAVORITE PIC'S! JULIO IS VERY HANDSOME (sorry we can't see your good looks) GOOD SHOT!.....BY EVAN ACTUALLY...not bad for a10 year old

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