First up. The award I was given by not one but two lovely bloggers I adore. Thank you Kristin and Dani!
Here is The Low Down of what I am suppose to do…. I have to say 10 things about myself and then I need to give this award to 10 fellow bloggers. Since all of the bloggers I know have gotten this award already I will put it out there for anyone to grab. Its a purdy award!
1> I haven’t smoked for 40 days and 40 nights.
2> I have eaten at least 6 tubs of cotton candy this week.
3> I have gained a lot of weight thanks to the aforementioned sugar and non-smoking.
4> I am in full melt down mode this week, but keeping to to myself fairly well.
5> In the last two weeks I have become clingy with Jase. I do not know why but it annoys me. I’m not a clinger (Klingon?)
6> Due to stress my face has broken out in what I like to call an act of war. Thankfully Dani has offered to lactate for me because we’ve both read this story. We have concluded that a full out “squirt gun” attack is the best way to fight back.
7> Since I doubt anyone is still reading this list I will refrain from telling you all about my alien abduction. I am ashamed I did it and ask forgiveness from that lil green guy I probed. Not to mention I am not allowed within 500 feet of any type of space craft.
8> When I take my Ambien too soon before bed I get a lil weird. Like hearing voices weird, or my tv turns 3-d just for me. I feel like I move in slow motion but speak at the speed of light. Apparently I blackout and slowly molest my husband as I chatter like a squirrel in his ear. He’s calling in my refill tomorrow.
9> It does not look good for us getting the house contract before the credit expires. It ends Friday night midnight.
10> I have had to shut down all emotions but I worry if it’s normal for me to always shut down and refuse to deal with emotional things. I don’t like bad emotions. No one does but can others turn theirs off like a switch? Do I come across as hard hearted? A robot? Do people understand what I am doing or do they think I am an unfeeling shrew?
So tomorrow we will find out yea or nay about a few things.
Sock it to me, Baby!
It’s The Great Sock-It-to-Me Exchange. The warmth you feel from your bloggy support is a warm and fuzzy pair of snuggly socks. Take the support with you for a trip to the stirrups. Wear them when you’re chasing around your battle-won little person. Put them on when you have something to celebrate or when you need a hug. Wear them as a physical reminder of all the people inside your computer who you know care for and are thinking of you.
Last year when I participated in the SITM exchange I was more in the blog world to give support than to receive it. This year I have needed and received so much support and love and encouragement that it melts my heart to think of you guys inside my computer taking time out of your day to give me a boost.
Without your support I would not be where I am now in my Quit Smoking Quest. Almost all of you are non-smokers and it means a lot that you come here to cheer me on instead of saying “Suck it up, Loser! You shouldn’t have started in the first place so why should I waste my time on you?”
I thank you and my family thanks you. YOU GUYS ROOOOOOOOOCK!
Someone out there knows me, has really listened, and paid attention to the things I have posted. That or she dug through a ton of posts to see that I am a cherry freak! I was so surprised and happy to see that QuietDreams was my SITM buddy! She’s a one of a kind, caring friend who is always there with a comment or a smile. She’s been through some really rough crap this past year, things I wouldn’t wish on anyone, and I really hope things start to look brighter very soon. These socks couldn’t be more perfect and I wear them all the time now! I love ya, girlie!
I received Suzy from Not a Fertile Myrtle and I hope she enjoys the socks I sent her. I have been lurking on her blog for awhile now and I promise to comment more often. I look forward to really getting to know her and interacting with her until she calls me a crazy stalker just like Kym does. Hope you’re ready Suzy!
To bring you more crap that will rot your brain!
Yay my shows are back with new episodes! Stupid holidays messing with my viewing pleasure.
Becca is chasing Kyle around the house trying to pry the last Mo’Mint out of his grubby little hands.This could get UGLY. It’s damn fun to watch, though.
My postcards had a slight hiccup. Apparently I am not photo edit savvy enough to know what resolution I should be sending them. I am trying my hardest to get it right so I can continue my journey into your home! So more time for people to sign up! I’ve already found a new blog to read because of this!
Please send all your sticky thoughts to Miracle in the Making. She’s on the verge of finding out if this Clomid cycle worked. Please let it have worked. Please,please, please!
I joined Kristin’s Book Challenge and pledged to read 50 books this year. I put a bookshelf on my side bar so I can keep track of what I’ve read. Already 3 books in YAY! I’m just happy that any book qualifies and it doesn’t have to be Shakespeare or any “deep thought” stuff. I like my fluff!
I’m not officially on a diet but I am trying to lose weight and stop eating so much candy and snack items. Next up, cutting down on my Coke intake. My ulcer will thank me. Don’t worry no tofu or bean sprouts for me in the near future.
I have become an Apples to Apples addict. I make Jase and the kids play with me for hours. I blame Aunt Debi for introducing me to this game. I’ve bought the Party Crate and the A2A Junior game. Now I downloaded the online version. Addict!
Part Two: Drunken Gaming Night One!
We left off with the rest of the group bailing out to go home and take care of their bundles. *Big Bad Frown* That left Kym, Frank, Dani, Jase, and I to our own devices. Maybe we should have had a chaperone. Nah!!!!!!!!!
I went to the bathroom and when I came back there were 4 laptops on the table and each person hiding behind the screen. This made me laugh so hard I was glad I had just gone potty! Damn addicts. Oh wait, where the hell is my laptop? Jase has it? GIMME!!!!
I believe we all got our drinks and settled down to the kitchen table to play Cranium. Jase and I feared this game because we are social phobics and a lot of this game is all about standing up and making a fool of yourself. We made a pact to try and avoid the Star Performer category as much as possible.
Frank, Kym and Dani started out with some Mike’s HARDER Lemonade. This of course prompted me to crack some Viagra jokes. I had to pause for a moment to make sure everyone would laugh or it would have been very uncomfortable for me to be the only dirty minded pervert. I was ecstatic to see they were of the same mind as I am when they all busted a gut. Jase and I settled in with our Captain Morgan Rum and cokes.
Kym and Frank were KILLING us at Creative Cat modeling clay and drawing. Jase and I owned at Data Head and Word Worm. Useless trivia, that’s us!
Frank got the first Sculpturades of the evening where he had to sculpt the clue out of clay.
I giggled before I handed the clue to Jase so he could giggle at what the clue was. Then he handed it to Frank and reminded him that there were children present in the home. Frank’s eyes got big as saucers and then he smirked. I believe I saw some manly eye rolling going on as he set out to sculpt his shuttlecock. Yes, we are all in our 30s and still giggle at shuttlecock. You wanna make something of it?!
The funniest part was when Jase and Kym had to get up and act things out. Jase would just stand there and point at Kym and make some hand gestures. We totally robbed them during those. Kym was throwing herself to the floor and rolling around and Jase was just standing there with two fingers held out. Frank guessed Stuntman from Kym’s clues and seeing Jase’s two fingers and how he was trying to make himself short like Kym I guessed Stunt Double and stole it! Just like Jase to make the woman do all the work. LMAO!
Kym had her chin resting on Dani’s shoulder at one point and Dani was all like, “Ouch that hurts!” Kym pointed to her chin and asked Dani what that bone was called. Dani matter of factly blurts out “Mastodon! I mean Mandible!!!!” It was too late she done shot herself in the foot in the eyes of everyone. Mastodon was the weekend buzz word!
The buzz started setting in to all of us but when Kym, Frank, and Dani switched to rum and coke, it was ON! They had only had well rum before so they were scared of trying it again but we converted them without a problem. Thank goodness Frank freaked at the liquor store and bought the biggest bottle they offered. At first I was like, “DAYUM How much do these people think we drink?!” Since they joined in the bottle was going fast!
Dani refused to play Cranium with us but she kept us totally entertained with the cracks she was making and the mock sibling rivalry she and Kym engaged in.
Jase really started feeling his groove and did an awesome job correctly guess which LOTR dwarf names didn’t belong on the list. I had to draw freaking COMPOST. I just knew we’d never get it but when I drew a garbage can then a flower bed Jase totally nailed it!!! It was a Club Play so both teams had to try and draw compost. Tricky! We won the game and had bragging rights for the evening.
It was time to play Uno Flash and Dani played and Frank’s mom joined in as it is her favorite game. If you haven’t seen this new version of Uno I highly recommend it!
It has a base and everyone gets their own light/button. Instead of going around the table in a predictable fashion the lights make it totally random. When it hits you, play or draw then press your button within 4 seconds to end your turn. If you don’t you have to draw 2 cards. When someone plays a +4 you never know who will get slammed with it. It just might be the one who played the card and they screw themselves. If someone plays a SLAP card you must hit your button as fast as you can. Last one to hit the button draws two cards. When you play your last card you must hit your button to end the game.
So we begin and right away Jase starts having to draw all kinds of cards which prompted him to let out a few choice words. It was when he yelled, “FUCK ME SIDEWAYS!” after his button once again failed to register during a SLAP session that Kym and Dani lost their shit! They were laughing so damn hard we had to pause the game. Kym was leaned over, her face hidden behind Dani and she hung on for dear life and laughed her ass off! Their antics send me off the deep end and I couldn’t see because my big cheeks were blocking my eyes when I laugh.
They finally settled down but by this time their gazes were glassy and I realized that Kym and Frank were even more lightweight drinkers than I was. I have never found anyone I could possibly drink under the table. Dani was doing an awesome job because she’s a total lush, I mean coinsure. That phrase was said often and with gusto! Jase was becoming more outgoing and laughing and carrying on and that made me happy. I tried to be a little more reserved because I have a horrible habit of snort laughing when I am drinking. I didn’t want to become cannon fodder for the other drunken people in the room so I kept a low profile.
In case you don’t know, Georgia is infested with gnats. Biting ones. Since people had been going in and out of the house all day a lot of them came in to say hello and to fly straight up my nose every chance they got. Fucking gnats! I was scared to blow my nose because I didn’t really want to see the colony of gnats that had set up shop in there. Gross!
Back to the story!
I won the first game and Kym vowed I would never win another. Frank was of course being his charming self. Cracking jokes all over and making me almost pee myself. Their whole family has the best smiles I have ever seen! They give me the warm and fuzzies when one is directed at me.
Frank’s mother had to leave and Dani became my BFF in such a short time as we have the same sense of humor. Watching Dani and Kym bicker made me long for a sister or for them to at least adopt me!
During the second game things got really loud and fun. Jase demanded the board be switched around because his buzzer wasn’t working right. Kym went out only to forget to hit the button to end the game. She had to draw two cards for her mistake. She said, “Well, I won’t be making that mistake, again!” Of course 30 minutes later she went out again and you guessed it! She didn’t hit the button to end the game and got SCREWED. Now mind you, Dani realized right away both times that the button was not hit and thus she was just waiting for the buzzer to go off to declare Kym officially SCREWED! I love her for that because the rant that came out of Kym’s mouth was enough to make ME blush! Yeah, sailor mouth me! We all cracked the hell up and Dani had a field day teasing Kym about it. Kym and Dani went into a heartfelt rendition of “This is the game that never ends.”
We all did our fair share of friendly smack talking and I LOVED IT! It was so freaking comfortable to be around them and not have to watch what I said or did. Now that’s my perspective. Frank and Kym might be secretly saying to each other, “Don’t let those pale assed freaks into this house ever again!” I can’t say I would blame them but I would be heartbroken.
I believe Frank won the second game and all the while Kym was lamenting on how she should have won and how much bullshit it was that she missed it twice and kept the game going on to become the longest Uno game in history. I cannot argue that.
In the tallying of the final scores for game two it came to Jase and I’s attention (via Kym screaming “ARE YOU DEAF?” at Dani) that we underwent a secret name change. Even though our names were written on the same piece of paper from the last game Dani had written our names down as Chase and Jennifer. Guess what our names were the rest of the weekend?
As everyone dispersed from the table Dani tripped but wouldn’t own up to it. I soooo saw that shit go down! She stumbled and almost fell on her face. SCORE! Kym and Frank walked us to the door, albeit a little sideways walking was going on between the two! It was adorable, our little drunk friends leaning on each other, supporting each other. Now that’s love!
As we were getting ready to head out to the hotel we heard Kym and Frank at the door and Kym telling him that he better take her to bed, stud!
So of course that prompted Jase into a fit of giggles and for him to quote the Top Gun lines:
Carole: Hey, Goose, you big stud!
Goose: That’s me, honey.
Carole: Take me to bed or lose me forever.
Goose: Show me the way home, honey.
We get to the hotel and realize we’ve made a horrible mistake. No, the hotel wasn’t bad. In fact, it was the nicest one I have ever stayed in! It gets 5 stars from me!
No, our mistake is that we left our laptop at Kym’s!!!!! So at 2am I call her and tell her we are headed back to get my baby. She giggles and tells me to come on and don’t get lost!
We picked it up and went back to the hotel and fired it up. Guess what I found!? Kym had already drunk blogged! She’s done this once before and it was awesome! Since I was there for this one it made it all the more special and funny!
Stay tuned for Water Park Shenanigans and Drunker Gaming Night!!!!
Come and get it!!!
If you’ve never visited my blog before today I welcome you to enter!
This is not just for long time followers and friends.
Don’t be shy!
Welcome to my second ever giveaway!
I am doing this giveaway because I believe in Tarah and I love her products!
Up for grabs from now until Aug. 1st is a 4oz tub of Heavenly Whipped Body Frosting!! As soon as I got a whiff of this scent I just knew it was the one for this giveaway. It’s a scent that everyone can appreciate and wear!
One smell of this Whipped Body Frosting and you’ll be lathering yourself from head to toe with it. It is smooth and fluffy resembling that of actual frosting. It absorbs quickly, and completely into the skin without leaving a greasy residue.
Heavenly is a very soft scent that will make you feel like your floating amongst the clouds. It’s very soft, yet very fragrant and will leave you smelling beautiful all day long.
On Aug. 1st I will be using a Random Generator to pick a VERY lucky winner!
There are many chances to win! For each entry leave a separate comment here on the GeekByMarriage blog.
1. Go to The Heaven Scent Boutique and comment here on which product catches your fancy the most.
2. Tweet this giveaway on Twitter and come back and comment to let me know you did it.
3. Post this giveaway on your blog and again let me know you did it!
But wait there’s more!!! If I get 15 unique contestants to enter I will throw in a $20 gift certificate to Tarah’s Heaven Scent Boutique! So be sure to spread the word and get your friends and family up in here!
Doesn’t mean your skin has to be!
It’s Tarah’s GRAND OPENING!
Most of you know Tarah from The Johnson’s Have Angel Wings and about her long struggle to become a mommy. If you don’t I highly recommend you visit her blog and leave her some love.
She has opened a store to offer you great products at a great prices and to be able to save up some money towards her IF treatments.
I say let’s help her out and get smooooooth in the process!
She even has two stores to better serve you!
Both shops are offering 10% off an order of $25 or more in products! Order between 7/12 and 7/19 to save some bucks!
http://theheavenscentboutique.com/
(The one I helped create BTW *wink wink*)
Just put in the coupon code summer09 at checkout to receive your 10% off!!
Mmmmm Pumpkin Cheesecake!!!!
Or…*grumble cough* the other store on Etsy! Your 10% will be refunded via PayPal after your purchase is complete!
Either way you shop you’ll be helping Tarah get that much closer to her goal and helping your skin survive this long, hot summer!
Two good blog buddies have opened up Etsy Shops in the past few days and I want to give them a shout out. Click the banners to visit their stores!
Kym at I’m A Smart One and her AMAZINGLY talented (and very hot) husband Frank, have opened up an online bakery to sell his gourmet Monster Cookies. For a long time Kym has left her followers drooling with pictures and descriptions of Frank’s creations, she’s such a tease! Now we can have the pleasure all to ourselves! Sooooo sinful!
“These ain’t your Grandma’s cookies. These hefty cookies measure approximately 4″ in diameter (a little smaller than a CD) and about half an inch thick. Serve them right out of the box or warm them in the microwave for a few seconds to make it extra-soft. Either way you have them, you’ll love them. I dare you to eat a whole Big One in one sitting.”
Head on over and see what Frank’s whipping up!
Tarah at The Johnson’s Have Angel Wings opened up a shop selling things I cannot refuse! Bath and Body items! Lotions and Body Frosting! How’s a girl gonna say no to that?! You’ll never forgive yourself if you don’t go now and take a peek!
I think I’ve finally found my permanent home here. Thanks to Jase we got it up and running without me throwing the laptop through the window. Sit down get comfy and let’s chat! Please let me know if something seems funky here in Geektown so I can make Jase fix it ASAP!
