ignorance is not bliss

I will have to admit...I have not wanted to even post since I "LOST" my template for this blog back at Christmastime.  I don't even know how I did it...I'm not sure how I got it back...but, it's back..and now I am happy again...my blog looks like my blog again...exhale....delight~

priceless

ok...working obviously is NOT that big...put "tanning" in that spot....oh, and eating is a wole lot bigger too...just sayin....

ok...here's the kicker...the PROMPT for this past post...was this....I can't find the 4 pack of "scotch tape" I bought to wrap presents with....because I forgot where the "safe" place was that I  put it....but I forgot to write that....see?  It happens ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL the time!


and now I'm outta tape....

forgetfulness

"faithful observer"

The older I get the more frustrating "a life in the day" is....simply put...I forget everything allllllllllllll the time.

Today...Christmas music is playing...it's a nice sunny day out, it's time to wrap presents.

I have the paper, tape, name tags, scissors & pen....everything necessary...all laid out...ready to go...

here's what happens OVER AND OVER....

• I choose the paper
• where's the scissors?
• oh there they are.
• cut, wrap....where's the tape?
• look look look, oh, there it is.
• grab a name tag
• ok, now where's the pen
• look look look....oh, there it is..

and ON AND ON this goes....I don't even want to wrap the presents now.

HOW OH HOW can everything be laid out...and then everything moves?  Do I just live life unconsciously moving things about...hiding them from myself?  ahhh, I need a video..of ME....what do I do to myself?

grr....AND I DON"T want to be "bah humbug"....but right now...I am.

P.S.  I was trying to update my blog "layout"...I clicked on "something....it deleted everything on the "side panel" that I've been collecting, oh, I dunno...for maybe a YEAR.....that's all

Birthday Month...."Flippin 50!!"

roses, edible boquet, baloons & happy dog

(this has been in the "saved" drafts file for a month....grrr)
Cynthia Lou Miller.....popped onto planet earth in Tell City, IN, on October 19, 1961...the fourth child &second daughter to James & Zelma Fuchs......loved by them and her siblings Linda, Dan & Chris.....

Now a wife and Mother...happily and...

celebrating birthday #50...all month long....in Key Biscayne, FL, Hammock Beach, FL, Ocala Country Club, Tallahassee, FL, Blakely House and American Coffee Roaster's...all Ocala.....and feels duley (can't spell) celebrated!  Cheers and thank you!!

Birthday Cupcake from Blakely House w/King's Cross Gals

Ocala Country Club Celebration

Whitney Miller comes thru!!

Dinner at Harry's in Tallahassee

Yummy Betty Cake

My favorite "kids"

Happy & Free @ 50!

A Kuykendall Cheers!

Serious BIrthday Bling

Hammock Beach Chillaxin!

Ocala Fun Timers

Mtn Climbing in N. FL

The Greatest T

October Birthday Gals!!

a picture is worth...

Took 7 1/2 hours to decorate the church lobby...we didn't have a step ladder so we used the coffee station...it has wheels... :)

OH...I have a list alright...then YOU...go home!!

Pippa...she's a cat who
"carries" her blanket around...

Goose likes the sunshine...and watching the great outdoors from the INSIDE... (it's safe)

Christmas pooches posed by Mom

my Chistmas Card "Photo Op Setup"...all ruined by that STUPID date stamp...grrrr

Yep, I'm that person...I kiss my dog...

in between "takes"...check out Marc's smile...and the girls mouths...related?  yep!! (stressed)

The One..this is our 2011 Christmas Photo..it's was a hot December day...

Whitney and Steven...her best "friend"

Whitney..the newly inducted Tri-Delta

Congratulatory DDD flowers from home




That's all...the end!

Thanksgiving 2011

Goose & Me

2ND Time is charm....was finished w/this post...complete with pictures and captions and suddenly..."it" deleted itself...hmm!  grrrr  Are the computers of America overloaded this T-giving day and short-circuiting?  I know an I.T. person  or someone from the "Geek Squad" would laugh at that statement...but I am not either of those so...it's just what I think...

back to Thanksgiving....

it began today at 4:30 am...Ollie NEEDED to go outside....this threw my body clock way off....the next thing I know...it's 9:30 AM...yep...the day you are to get up early & get started cooking...I sleep in...sooooooo here is the bread...didn't read the directions first...just thought the picture on the package looked really good.

The directions read:  thaw 1 - 2 hours, let rise - 1- 2 hours...bake.....we've now been finished w/our Thanksgiving feast for hours now....still waiting on those babies to get ready to bake.  I thought perhaps by setting them outside in the sunshine it would speed up the thawing time....guess not!

Now the fam is just chill-axin....Dad & Ollie on the couch, Kippy & Winduh in the chair...Adah w/her puta..Pippa is NOWHERE to be seen...and Goose is beside me...ahhhhh

peacefull, quietness.....why is it that only the odd, unbathed YOGA people are the ones who practice still, quietness?  We should do it more often...why has the "to do " list grown to 90 pages?  How much of that stuff REALLY needs to be done?

not sure....

whining...again

ok...this is not a complaining...it's  simple observations :)

Yesterday was "spa day"...a little pampering w/Whitney....some time at the hair salon...followed by pedicures.

Now, granted we don't go to the high end spas, and yes, English is the 2nd language of the spa-ticians.....BUT this particular place with his singular name ...using "nail" vs "nails"....has great massage chairs AND their polish lasts f-o-r-e-v-e-r.

Well, yesterday afternoon, while sporting my  fab hair and bright pink toes....I noticed I had a new "kink" in my neck....really?  From the Spa CHAIR?   argh...answer:  yes...it still hurts today

So....it is Thanksgiving...late November....and I'm taking my little dog for our morning 30 min walk....I've got my flip flops, shorts and T on....completely comfortable...loving the cool breeze....6 minutes into our walk....a downpour....really?...great...so glad I wore my neon yellow brazierre under my white T......guck

Also on this fine lazy walk on the first day of t-giving vacay....my hern-disc is really acting up...so here's the list:  kink in the neck, inflamed periformus muscle, downpour, and now....because I am walking at a high rate of speed...heaven forbid I get to jog bc of that stupid disc....my hip flexor decides to cramp.

ALRIGHT ALREADY.....I have been faithful to an excercise regimen for 30+ years...I am not overweight and I am not old....WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY does it feel like I am?

grrr

I AM thankful for

• 2 legs,
• the ability to walk,
• for a neck that holds my head straight up (vs bent over)
• a head that can think (although yesterday I did have a brain freeze and w/a straw in my diet coke I tipped the can to "sip" and spilled it all over my smock at the hair place...really?)
• for cortisone epidural injections
• the Mistah's job that pays for spa days & pedi's w/massage chairs
• The Mistah, 2 lovely daughters, my extended family and fab friends all over this nation
• Ollie & Goop
• a home...oops 2 homes (grr, ok, I'm trying here)
• the good health I do have
• and a God who loves me madly and thinks I'm the best...in the midst of my ugliness...and gave up His life, His glory, and the perfection of heaven...just for me!

Happy Thanksgiving do do dooooooooo!   :/

Thanksgiving starts here...

Fresh Hair-cuts

Every good holiday begins with pampering...today was haircuts, color and pedicures....followed by some errand running and shopping....a good day. 

Let's just see what the rest of the week holds.....I'm ready...it's only Tuesday and alllllll the groceries have been picked up for the Thanksgiving weekend....oh yeah...this year...I am on TOP of it!!!  Oh, and also.....Christmas picture card has ALREADY been picked out...just have to take the picture (outfits have been assigned and setting ready) upload it and "drag" it onto the digital card, click 'add to cart' and voila...away we go...Christmas HAS begun!

that's all

musings

FSU vs UVA...lost by 1...durn!

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Happy Miller girls watching football!

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Papa and his "kids"

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the "Kids" ...not so happy road travelers!!

oh hello....where have I been?  not sure...probably 1000

time away

ooooooh love the beach.....love luxury.....love it when it's FREE.......Marc had a conference at the wonderful resort of the Ritz Carlton at Key Biscaye.....delight!!!!!!

Champagne at checkin....fully stocked frig in the room, view of downtown Miami, sunshine, wind, great walks on the beach, good time with friends, fun functions every evening....topped off with fabuluh sushi on our last nite in DT Key Biscayne...met with a downpour and a jog back to the hotel....topped off with a "fender-bender" on the way to the airport in our taxi the next day...what a great weekend away!

just landed and taking a stroll of our new surroundings...

toes in the sand...we think we will stay....

my favorite spot

last day....the storm was coming....

my view from the pool

downtown Miami in the distance (in the rain)

home away from home

champagne served at check in....

waiting to check out of paradise

stocked drawers in the room

stocked frig as well

poolside iguana friends

more iguana friends

favorite view

Thanks MRMC.... I love you!

Happy Miller-2

Oh what a happy Mistah!

4 Days, 3 nites of pure luxury........arrive on the beach....within a few moments your towels arrive, along with your pitcher of water and cup....and the question, "May I bring you anything else?, If not, when you need something....just raise your flag..."  Oh my goodness, really?   Booyah!