I have some projects in the works.
I can’t wait to share them with you but for now you’ll have to wait.
Don’t worry…I won’t be gone for long. I promise this time!
I’ll give you a hint just to keep you in suspense…
it has to do with spray paint….chew on that for a bit!
See you soon!
I am sorry I have been such a slacker for so long.
I had no idea that anyone was checking back every day waiting with baited breath, on the edge of their seats to hear the latest on how slow my big toenail is growing back or that my hair is thinning. Who knew?! I didn’t!
Let’s just say Sweetbippy has been on hiatus like the prime time shows and movies stars. Except, I’m not prime time or a movie star, so I have no excuse really, other than I think the world would find my daily goings on to be boring. At least that is how I was feeling when I would sit down and try to write something on this thing I call a blog.
I really have tried to sit down at least 10 times and squeeze out some sort of update or funny story. I guess it shouldn’t matter how boring I think it is to tell you about the 3 new pairs of cute flip flops I got or about the new car we just bought and why we needed one. Most of the people who read SB already know why these things happened (although they would all argue they will never know WHY I buy so many pairs of shoes/flip flops). I was wrong. You do care about my boring life. I’m sorry (Natalie, Leslie, Mom, Dad, and that lady over there in the corner who reads my blog, but never comments) for leaving you out of my life and thoughts. From now on, I will let it all hang out. Be open, be honest, and most of all be boring.
Love,
Angie the queen of shoes and procrastination
This is where I drove between 7:30 am and 6:00pm today
I haven’t updated in 4 weeks. There is a good reason for it.
Yeah, yeah…I asked for it. I knew it would be hard to get up and do a 12 hour day. I can’t complain because I am getting paid for all my diligence and percerverance.
(Here comes the whine) I’m tired. It’s hard. Cry. Moan. Groan. Whhaaaaa!!! I don’t get home until it’s almost dark and I wear my scrubs more than I wear regular clothes! I don’t get to see my friends as much as I used to and I still have to work when my parents come to town next week while they are here. Alone. Booo!
ahem…ok..I’m done.
No seriously…work has been a big big change in our household and in my life. I am getting up while it’s still dark outside, I’m making it to work on time, and I am giving 110% at the clinic. Most people know I am NOT a morning person, so I’m pretty darn proud of myself for not getting fired for not showing up to work on time! LOL
In other news…we have also been dealing with sickness and injury. I got a cold which turned into bronchitis and that required antibiotics and nebulizer treatments every 6 hours to which I am still not over. I think it’s time for some steroids.
Jon ended up at the doctor as well with belly pain. That turned into a visit to the diagnostics center at hospital for a CT scan. The doctor thought it might be a kidney stone, but that was declared all clear. What they did see was some streaking in his colon so the doc thought it was diverticulitis. All I could think was, great. Now we both suffer from that?? Fabulous!! Just what we both need.
Add insult to injury I have a pretty severe case of tendonitis in my left wrist that requires 12 sessions of ultrasound to deliver medicine to the tendon. I haven’t even begun the treatment yet, I’m that busy with work. Hopefully that’ll get started very soon.
Brenna came home from school yesterday sick and ended up testing posative for the Flu virus at the doctors office!! I mean, come on?! Because she was wheezing they couldn’t give her the inhaled medicine for the flu and so she’ll have ride it out until then. Then Lauren came home early from drama practice with an upset tummy. It’s all too much. Hopefully they will be 100% well before Mom, Dad, and Leslie come for their visit on Saturday. OMG…that is 4 days away!!
On top of all that, or I guess I should say inbetween all that, I got to get away for a couple of days with my girlfriends last weekend. We went to Canton and stayed in a B & B there. Wellll…I wouldn’t exactly call it a bed and breakfast, more like a room and pancakes. Definately not high class, but a lot of fun for sure!
I’m looking forward to this weekend when I get to see my Mom and Dad and Sister! I’m a little bummed that I only get 4 out of 7 days with them before they have to leave, but 4 is better than none!
Now if only I could get a maid in here to clean up the place!
That’s pretty much it.
Jon and I decided last night for my birthday that we would go to dinner and then see a movie. We made an attempt to go to Chuy’s last night for like the 3rd time since I went to lunch there with Felicia and Andee. There was an hour and half wait; on my BIRTHDAY!!! How rood! Because I was in the mood for some good salsa, I remembered just how good Cristina’s salsa was and so we were off to McKinney for dinner. It was convenient for us to be that far north because the movie theater was also up there. Four Christmases sounded like a lot of fun to go see. By the time we ate (wayytoomuuuch) and rolled walked out of dinner, we had over an hour to kill before the movie started. We drove in circles for a bit because I was the navigator who was answering Happy Birthday wishes/phone calls from friends while I supposed to be giving directions. LOL We ended up at Best Buy over near Debbi’s house to look for another guitar for my our new addiction game. No such luck as they had been wiped out of all Wii GHWT paraphanallia. We did find a stand for our guitar, drum sticks, mic, and soon to be 2nd guitar. Seems like I’m going to have to get used to having that home decor accessory in the living room for a while! Anyhoo…
We headed over to Fry’s hoping we would get there before it closed because Jon saw a guitar there for about 30 bucks and wouldn’t you know it, we got stuck in traffic because of a major 3 lane closer accident. We would have been late for our movie anyway, so we ditched the idea of a movie in lieu of the search for the less than holy grail of Guitar Hero WT single guitar for the Wii. We got there at 9:39 pm and there were still poeple coming out of the store. We waited and watched to see if some other chump would try to walk in after the store was clearly closed, and sure enough, we saw this poor guy try to walk in only to be met with confusion and agnst because he couldn’t go shopping for a GHWT guitar for his wii to use his new gift card.
We didn’t want to go home too soon because that would mean putting the boys to bed, so we decided to head over to Wallyworld to see if they by any chance had any. Nope, not them either! Dangit!! We were so close!! While we walked around the romantic atmosphere that WM offers, we bought some cereals. Raisin Bran for Jon’s digestive health and 2 bags of gut rotting cereal for the kids and that later night snack that comes after a very satisfying meal that I’ve made. 😀
We came home and after everyone was in bed, I couldn’t just sit there and watch plain old TV!! I had to play. So I played and played and played. I played until my fingers hurt, my wrists felt like they would fall off and my eyes, oh my eyes! They were bloodshot and burning. If you play long enough, when the scrolling hyway that shows you the notes you are supposed to hit stops, the screen comes up that gives you your stats looks like it’s floating up and so does everything else in the room. If I were on drugs it would have been more than a psycadelic experience for sure!! I think I fell into bed around 1am. Annnd I slept until about noon.
Overall, it was a fun, relaxing, awesome day! I plan on entering a 12 step Guitar Hero Program as soon as I can find one and if I can’t find one, I’ll just have to live with my addiction. I think I’ll need to get Wii fit so I can work off all the extra calories I consumed from the chips and salsa and the sitting for hours on end!
In other news:
I plan on doing my very best to keep my blog up in the new year. I got a new job working in Medical Records at a Back Clinic at the beginning of December and it threw a huge wrench into my life. I am only working 4 hours a day, but what I have to do to get ready and drive to work and then work and then drive home, it feels like a full time job and it’s all I can do to come home and make dinner. The last thing on my mind is blogging, but I am going to make, as Brenna likes to call it, a “New Years Revolution” to blog more and complain less.
Happy New Year ya’ll and I hope that the next year brings much happiness (because remember Happiness is a choice! my new painting says so!) and joy. Seems like the most important things in life are being happy with those you love and squeezing as much joy out of life as you can!
Until then…Happy New Year!
Love,
3 Joys:
1) Giving my life to Jesus Christ 10 years ago this month.
2) Sleeping. I’m so pretty cuz I love to sleep in and take naps!! (Cleaning makes the world go ’round, but naps make you pretty! -Angie Stueve )
3) Hearing my children belly laugh!
3 Fears:
1) Getting in a car accidentbr2) Getting another phone call that someone else I love is sick or ill. My plate is full up of sick loved ones. I hurt so much that they hurt.
3) Not being able to provide for our family.
3 Obsessions:
1) The computer and my iPhone. I use both of them waaaay too much!!
br2) My teeth. I floss, brush, worry and obsess about getting them bleached!
br 3) I’m always thinking of ways to decorate stuff…the house, the walls, furniture, anything that doesn’t really move!
3 Surprising Facts about me:
1) I have not ridden a roller coaster in over 25 years. I was so sick afterwards, I vowed never to ride another.
2) I have over 150 moles on my body. Eww I know, but I didn’t make me, God did. I guess they are there for a reason!
3) I actually like to be neat and tidy. brbrbrHere is my turn to tag someone.
My Sister tagged me so I can’t tag her back. Instead I’ll tag my bff Debbi, bffh Matt, and the nerd of my dreams; Jon. Go forth and spill all your 3’s!! Go on shoo…I’ll be waiting!
This was our first attempt at video taping Michael Jon opening his presents on Wednesday. Of course the memory card quickly ran out of space and it was cut short. My second attempt at video taping was successful, but YouTube thinks it’s too long, so we have to edit it down some. We’ll be getting that up very soon so Grandparents and Auntie Leslie can see it.
Is he just not so adorable you could eat him up with a spoon?? He makes me smile inside. Happy Birthday my sweet boy!
It’s been just about a week since my last post. Last week I spent 3 of the 5 days with my girlfriends and one with Jon having lunch. On Monday, I surprised Jon with a picnic lunch at a local "waterfall" near his work. That was really fun and although we didn’t get to spend a lot of time together, I enjoyed it and can’t wait to have another picnic again with him. Tuesday I had lunch with my dear friend Debily at PF Changs and we walked through the rain to our cars after a great visit. Tuesday night was Ladies Night Out at Mi Cocina restaurant where we were assaulted with local geese. These said geese felt it was ok with us diners to fly OVER the table, OVER our food!! I said, "Great! Now I have duck wind on my chalupa!" That brought roars of laughter around the table. What can I say? I’m funny.
As if the first 2 days of social hilarity wasn’t enough, I met two more girls for lunch on Wednesday at Bread Winners. I’ve been there before with Natalie and we met a quirky waiter named John who I had to let down gently that I was married. He didn’t cry too much, but instead gave us free chicken enchilada soup and a recommendation on a great burger place in West Plano, called The Counter. When we were at Bread Winners on Wednesday, I asked if we could sit on the patio in John’s section again. I guess being a redhead now has made me even more friendly (I’m sure you doubt that Les, but it’s true!) because I again chatted it up with John and had a pleasant lunch with Andee and Felicia. They looked at me a few times and wondered what the heck I was doing, but in the end, John gave us our dessert for free! Next time I go there, I think I’ll give John my number and maybe I’ll get the whole lunch for free?! LOL Just kidding honey!!
Wednesday night was spent at church doing brown bag dinner, bible study, and choir practice. I slept in on Thursday and did nothing because I was exhausted from all the socializing I did the 3 days before!! Friday was more domestic as I did lots of shopping at Sam’s Club before heading out to Natalie’s for a Cookie Lee Jewelry party and Birthday Celebration. Felicia and I drove together and after we came home, Jon and I pretty much stayed glued to news reports of Hurricane Ike. I stayed up late, as did Lauren and her BFFL . They were locked away in her room giggling and making anime videos.
The morning bought us to a gray, windy day with the threat of rain. We opted to stay in not knowing just how stormy Ike would be and I didn’t want to take any chances of getting caught in it while Brenna and I shopped for her birthday. Sunday brought church and shopping at the mall and target. There is still money to be spent and a movie to see, but I think Brenna doesn’t mind stretching her birthday out just a little longer!!
Sleep can’t come soon enough and then it will start all over again. Bring it on! I’m ready. Michael Jon will be 6 years old on Wednesday and then I am good until Oct. 5, when Mom birthday comes.
Today is my Sisters birthday! Happy Birthday Leslie! Every year I try my hardest to send a card or a present in time for her birthday. Last year I did better than sending a present or card, I showed up for the weekend!! It was so much fun and we said we should try to do it every year. Um..yeah..didn’t happen again this year, but that’s ok. I had a plan!
My plan was to search online and in person for a glass cake stand for her collection. Well, I don’t know if she has a collection already, but I was bound and determined to start her one. She talked about growing one a while ago and I was going to get her started.
I didn’t find any in my local antique mall that was within a reasonable budget for a stinkin’ cake stand, so I went to ebay. I found THE one I thought would be perfect for her collection. 
I bought it and waited to get it in the mail. I won’t go into all the sorted details, but lets just say, I didn’t get the cake stand in the mail because the seller was an idiot and felt irrationally threatened by my inquiries as to when it would arrive and when I said I would leave negative feedback if they continued to ignore my emails, the seller canceled my purchase and there is nothing I can do about it. Well there is one thing I can do. Leave negative feedback because they are stupid and paranoid and don’t care about the customer service they so desperately want say they want to protect!! Ahem….sorry. Anyway, this is what I had picked out for her and I think she would have loved it. Maybe I can find another again someday and it will have her name all over it!
So because I was so wrapped up in fighting for this piece, I missed my window to send a card and the other small gift I picked out for her as well. (Sister- that will be coming in the mail this week…just late!)
Which brings me around to the beginning again….I missed sending a card and gift AGAIN! and even when she tells me it’s ok, I still feel like I suck! Good thing I have another year to work on getting something to her! LOL Maybe I should just send them all at once and she can dole them out each year to herself! Hahaha! Instead, we talked this morning and I sang a speshal song for her on her voicemail.
Something you don’t know about my Sister. She is the most hardworking woman I know! She is kind and loving, she does for others and her heart is the size of Texas. All that awesomness is all wrapped up in one little person! She’s a dynamo! She and I share a common bond: we think we are so stinkin’ cute! And we totally are!! She is loved by so many people who know her and that is why I have spent my whole life looking up to her and striving to be like her. She doesn’t really know just how much of a role model she is to me. Her spirit and courage to get through some of life’s most excruciating challenges has not only made her stronger, but is a shining example of how to live life despite ones circumstances and ultimately thrive. She may not think that her life is all that awesome sometimes, and I know there are lots of things she desires for her life that she has yet to accomplish, but my Sister is a woman worth noting not onlyfor what she has done, but more importantly for who she is.
Happy Birthday Leslie, my life is so much sweeter because you are in it! I hope you have as wonderful a birthday as you are!
XOXO
Your little Sister, Angie
