Trivial Drops in the Bucket of Life

Johny-A-glow-go!

2007-07-06T09:17:00.001-07:00

Johny-A-glow-go!
Originally uploaded by katdmb

DAVE ala Warhohl!

2007-04-26T10:31:00.001-07:00

DAVE ala Warhohl!
Originally uploaded by katdmb.

Shay in Yellow Flutter-byes

2007-04-26T10:30:00.001-07:00

Shay in Yellow Flutter-byes
Originally uploaded by katdmb.

1 year old already.
SHE IS JUST TOO CUTE!
She looks just like my sister did when she was that old!!

TRIVIAL DROPS

2007-04-19T13:27:00.001-07:00

TRIVIAL DROPS
Originally uploaded by katdmb.

crazy... how it feels tonight

2007-04-17T07:23:00.001-07:00

crazy... how it feels tonight
Originally uploaded by phil h.

crazy
how it
feels tonight.
crazy
how you
make it all alright love.

(Dave Matthews Band)

"THE ADAMS FAMILY"

2007-04-11T07:09:00.001-07:00

"THE ADAMS FAMILY"
Originally uploaded by katdmb.

Happy Easter!

Almost 1 year ago

2007-04-03T12:26:00.001-07:00

first download 018
Originally uploaded by katdmb.

The boys made signs for teh Easter Bunny last year.
That was the last time they all would still believe in the big pink bunny.
This year, it is a straight path to Heely's and forget about the fun.
Whatever!

At work

2007-03-29T13:09:00.001-07:00

moms 054
Originally uploaded by katdmb.

You can see my Dave picture behind me, he keeps me safe!

Ready for Winter...

2007-01-22T13:12:00.001-08:00

Ready for Winter...
Originally uploaded by KathyDMB.

"Eat, Drink and Be Merry"

2007-01-18T06:43:00.000-08:00

"So why would you care
To get out of this place
You and me and all our friends
Such a happy human race
Eat, drink and be merry~ For tomorrow we die"
DMB, Trippin' Billies

R.I.P "LITTLE E" Emil.

Hopefully now, you have found the peace you have been searching for.

DeLurking Week 2007

2007-01-11T12:36:00.000-08:00

Can you "delurk" your own site?? Yes, good.. I thougth so.
I mean it has been FOREVER since I posted, so I guess coming out of the woodwrok finally constitutes delurking.
Anyway, no one else comes here, so there is nobody BUT me to Delurk.
Truth is, I just like that word, and the implications of "lurking" in real life are certainly not as innocent as here in the blog world.

I can tell you though, that I have discovered SO MANY new blogs to pass my work day away because of this DLW07'. Seems there are many out there that like to cyber-stalk other peoples lives, and it aslo has proven to me that I have ZERO business even trying to be creative, because damn, some of those that were hiding sure hava a lot of talent.

AND-- I DIGRESS.

As you may have guessed, it is now 2007. Unless, of course you go by the chinese calendar.... but it was new years on there already to, right? or no??
ANYWAY-- 2007, and the one phusdo-resolution I have made is to "reconnect" with friends and family that I may have been ignoring,errr, I mean neglecting as of late.
And that included this here dusty blog. So far I give myself major props because I do not think I have ever kept a resolution past, like January 3rd.
If you are reading this, and I am still ignoring, I mean NEGLECTING you , and you feel like I am just one big fat liar, call me out on it... because resolution number 2 is to be a nicer person this year... but I am doing good on one so I can break that number 2 is super-bitch-style.
WHOOOOO!

BTW-- I am now a google-blogger, what ever THAT means.
I am hoping that it means I will be able to figure out how to post pictures, cuz I have been a picture taking fool as of late!

Think that just about does it for now, wish me luck on the pictures, I can use the help. And if you do not, please see the unavoidable-breakage of resolution numero dos:)

Kat

Everything, and Nothing at All...

2006-10-26T09:56:00.000-07:00

~~ I heard from an old friend the other day who is going through a hard time right now. The thing is, they chose ME to reach out to. But why, really? Because they say *I* am the one person that really "gets" them... and would understand, and not judge... ahhhh, warm and fuzzies!

~~ My boys are in the "fighting" stage. More specifially my middle and youngest. They fight like cats and dogs ALL THE TIME. ande the thing that kills me, Anthony who usually is my good child is the instigator. He will pick and pick at Aaron until the gut wrenching screams are had. Then I yell, yell at Aaron for screaming, yell at Anthony for starting and it goes on, and on.. the half hour spent getting ready for school and work is like an entire shift of work. It just DRAINS.ME.

~~ It is exactly one month until my ten year anniversary. TEN.YEARS.PEOPLE. How in the hell did THAT happen?? "how I got here I haven't a clue"....just wow.

~~ Tonight is Grey's Anatomy night.. this makes me very happy. How I love this show, it is my whole reason for muddling through another mundane Thursday.

~~ It is getting very cold out very quickly. We have had flurries throughout the day the past few days. I think it will not be long until we get some accumilating snow. I am not sure how I feel about that. I know that there are 2 pratically brand new snow boards that are begging to be busted out by the boys, which is good (???) but it also means that Christmas is right around the corner, and really, who needs THAT pressure?!! BUT I did get some funky new clogs that are super fun and super comfy , so I guess its all good!

~~ Ok I'm done, I think, or maybe not.. we'll see

Kat-- who has thought about blogging everyday, but gets caught up reading everyone elses blogs and poof the thoughts are gone!

So I'm thinking.....

2006-08-25T16:31:00.000-07:00

That I may just give this whole "blogging" thing another go around. What is weird, is, I do not want to have to like be all like "hey, I am back in the blogging game, come by and visit my mindless ramblings" to all of my friends (and by all, I mean the like 4 that have me *still* blogrolled because they are all loyal like that) but, I do want to let them know that I may start coming back here to empty my brain every now and again.

Well... maybe I will just leave it at this.. I will attempt the blogging one more time, hope for no trolls and icky (yes, I said icky) annonymous comments... some positive (or maybe not) feedback and if it all works out well then YEAH. If not, then, we will just let it lie.

Here goes nuttin...

What are YOU doing December 6th

2005-10-06T11:22:00.000-07:00

I am going to see Dave Matthews Band at Penn State University.. YES that is right folks, 2 months, 60 days , 1440 hours.from RIGHT NOW... I will be sitting at Bryce Jordan Center seeing my 12th DMB show... courtesy of WKSB, and a little luck!!

YEAHHHHHH for winning radio contests!!

YEAHHHHH for Dave!!

Where are Pacey and Dawson when you need them?

2005-10-06T10:40:00.000-07:00

Pacey and Dawson (notice how the cute one is mentioned first) come save your girl, would ya?? She is being abducted by one crazy ass dude and made to think that she is in love and NOW, this , the baby stunt??? Come on guys, Joey Potter can not be preganant, EVER, and really a TomKat Kitten, are you kidding me????

Grams, Mrs. Leary, Jen, Gay Jack... can not someome help her... maybe Andie can bust out of the looney-bin and help???

Do you even think she is preganant, like, for real?? She must be *this* close to firing her agents ass for even allowing her to get wrapped up in this Scientologists-take-over-the-free-world media blitz, can it be anything more than that??

I think the Scientology people must brain wash these celebs and force them to mention there "new religion" like, a million times a week. Or pay them, yeah, thats it... pay them booko-bucks for uttering the greatness and wonderment and be-all-that-ends-all of life because it is really being rammed down our throats lately.

Tom "the scientologist" wants to marry Katie the Catholic(gasp)-turned-scientologist-because-someone-obvioulsy-gave-her-a-labotomy-and-she-has-no-brain... WHO mentions peoples religion as much as these crazies??

I told my sister today that her and Katie were both preggo together, I think she is scared!!

~~Kat-- who shutters at the fact that I used to have a "crush" on the king-of-crazy!!

9/29/94:The story of a boy

2005-10-03T09:50:00.000-07:00

To my jock!!

You came, eleven years ago... with the whitest skin, the bluest eyes and the reddest hair. You were so small, yet so full of life. You filled my heart with so many wants and worries, laughs and tears all at once. I was still learning life myself, yet fully enthrawled on what your life could be. You smiled, and lit up the room around you, you crawled and took us on your adventures, you walked and before we knew you were running. You play the games with so much love and joy, if only I could see into your future, see what you will become now that you can think for yourself, yet I want to hold you and be able to guide you and love you and never let you go.

You now make me crazy, and happy, and mad and proud all at the same time. Your smile is still as bright, and not a day goes by that it does not still light up the room. Your hair no longer red, and sometimes so full of gel I could scream, yet I see the starting of a man. A man I know will love and care for everyone and all things that enter its path. Your hugs are still as strong and sincere as the ones you gave me when you crawled into my lap with cookie smeared hands. You no longer need me to do it all for you, but sometimes let me think you do.

I love you as much now as that cold fall day eleven years ago.. happy birthday to Andrew, love mom

WBW- Poppin My Cherry

2005-09-28T07:49:00.000-07:00

WBW.. Way Back WHENsday. Brought to you by the ever so lovely MAMADUCK . She picks a subject each week, and you get to rummage through your pictures of the past and humilate yourself on the internet. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME (hense, the cherry poppin, cuz I'm clever like that!!) I have wanted to play before, but, lack the ability to post pictures (cuz I AIN'T clever like THAT!!). So the wonderful and generous JENNIFER hooked me up and posted my picture (100000000000 thanks Jennifer!!)

This weeks theme was soriritys/frats, to which I was part of neither. So I oppted for the photo of my "line dancin pals" YEAH, I line danced, so what of it?!!! My friends here all laughed when I BEGGED them to join line dancing with me, but obligied me because, ya know, I was 21 and had 2 babies at home and they felt bad and stuff.... but, truth-be-told, they ended up LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF IT!!

Pictured here are my friends Kimmie, Jen, ME (at the ripe ol' age of 21, whooeeee) Jill, my mom, and Diane (standing in back). Kimmie, Jen, Jill and I all attended LCCC, or Last Chance Community College to the locals, and we were all very good friends, so I guess this qualifies as our "sorority" picture... more importantly, we spent most Saturday nights those years getting drunk and line dancin (in all of our NEPA-meets-the-south glory!!). This picture was taken on my moms 40th birthday!!

So there you have it, my de-virginizing escapade into WBW!!Maybe next week will be more interesteing!!

Kat-- glad she doesn't have pictures of us wearing the "country garb" we actually put on back then, oh the horror!!

BABY, BABY, BABY

2005-09-23T08:19:00.000-07:00

Big congrats to Rosalie and her husband Andrew on there announcement! Rosalie is pregnant, how great is that!!

My sister,Stephanie is also preganant, (for those of you that do not pay much attention!!)

So that is two, who will be lucky number three?!!!!

Kat~~ Who loves new babies, but is glad she will not ever be having anymore herself!!~~

Every Little Step I Take

2005-09-22T09:06:00.000-07:00

~It is nearly 1000 steps from the door of my office to the other end of the building. I walk these 1000 steps about 8-10 times daily, sometimes more. I guess when asked if I exercise, my answer should be in fact, yes.. cause lets face it...that is a hell of a lot of walking. And not even just normal walking, in like sneakers, but in dress shoes, with like 2 inch heals. Sometimes I even impress myself with the amount of walking I do, other times I curse the very thought of taking another step. So the very next time someone asking me in that, oh so condesending tone "how did you loose weight like that", I will let them take a walk in my shoes, LITERALLY!!~

~~ We are pleased to announce new Dave Matthews Band tour dates for November and December 2005.

/Dec 06 / Bryce Jordan Center / State College, PA / with Soulive
/ Dec 09 / Madison Square Garden / New York, NY / with Soulive
/ Dec 10 / Madison Square Garden / New York, NY / with Mike Doughty
/ Dec 13 / Wachovia Center / Philadelphia, PA / with Mike Doughty

OHHH the things this band does to me, so close to the holidays, yet, so doable in a if i really pinch my money and save kinda way. Maybe Santa will come a little early this year and leave me some tickets in my stocking! I mean, really, it is like the best of all worlds, DMB in NYC (that post a few days ago was like a sign, from like,the concert gods!) at the holidays, the tree, and the lights and the .. fun, oh yes, the fun it would be...sigh~~

~~ Sadly, another hurricane is in the midsts of hitting down. This time it is set to hit parts of Texas, and perhaps Louisianna AGAIN. I just feel so sad, and really that word does not begin to grasp how horrible I feel. There has to be people out there, already affected from Katrina, or those that graciously opened their hearts and homes for those in need, that are questioning how much more they could possibly endure in such a small amount of time.. god bless you all and keep you all safe.~~

Kat~~who knows that in the grand scheme of things my walking moans and seeing DMB woes are only minute details, and sincerly hopes that everyone will be sparred any further devestation.

Sometimes a search brings a new surprise

2005-09-20T15:00:00.000-07:00

**Noted in the Wonder Lyrics search under DMB**

Any/Anti Noise {Say Goodbye}

it's gracious of you
to hold your arms
throw your charms around me
it's gracious of you
to lead me by the hand
I really love you
it's gracious of you
to be by my side, rolling wild
reeling thunder
it's gracious of you
come again, come again to me
and save me the need to say goodbye
and why would I ask of you, need to say goodbye
say it, say it, oh, I don't know how to say this,
please, here leave me warm, hollowed and open.
(yodeling.... ) one more.... (more yodeling)
and then leave, yeah.
it's gracious of you to hold me while
I don't want to say goodbye, yeah...
oh goodbye...... it's too soon for me to
say goodbye, say goodbye hey, it's warm here
say goodbye leave it cold again, cold again.
say, say goodbye.

~~ I found these lyrics today, never in all of my lyric searches (yeah, I look them up.. I mean, you know, don't wanna be one of those NEWBIES THAT DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THE LYRICS!!) have I found this song. Has my Dave been moonlighting with new music?!!!

~~ My original post was going to be a less than favorable one against my brother-in-law, or should I say "soon-to-be, maybe-never at the rate he is going Brother-in-law". Lets just put this out there, the boy is, in a word, a waste. Of time, energy and space, other than to have helped create THE MONSTER, my nephew whom I love dearly, and to have helped create the pod that my sister is currently hosting. OTHER THAN THOSE 2 SMALL DETAILS, I am convinced his only other goal in life is to make my poor sister absolutely MISERABLE. Does he not know that making a preggo girl cry is bad carma and will only result in years of things coming back ten fold. You see, she was called by our friend E,yesterday with an extra ticket to the FROM THE BIG APPLE TO THE BIG EASY concert (yeah, I know, lucky bitch!) all she would need up front is $ for tolls and to spend and she could pay the ticket price back when she could. The b-i-l was all for it yesterday. This made sis happy. Enter Dr Jeckyl, no wait, Mr Hyde.. WHO WAS THE BAD ONE THERE AGAIN?? Well, you get it. The boy had a minor altercation with bi-poloaraity and changed his mind, at SIX O FREANKIN CLOCK THIS MORNING. WHO does this? Of course, she calls me up crying hysterically. I mean, the girl is carrying your kid for god sakes.. no alcohol (which YOU seem to be picking up the slack in THAT department) no late nights dancing, ya get it don't ya?? Nine months sans the fun. Is an evening with a little Dave for a good cause REALLY too much to ask?? I think not.

So I did it, I played devils advocate, I told her to go. I told her to have fun, I told her to forget about he, who thinks only of himself, and forcus and THEE for a change. I did it, and have no quams saying I did. I think she is entitled............... plus, maybe I will get a concert call!! (ok, so maybe THAT PART was a bit selfish:)

*So the new DMB discovery beat out the b-i-l bashing post, and y'all got a little of both! Hope you enjoyed!!

~~ Kat, who can really hang with the best of the tangent-eers, and is PROUD of it!

~~ Hey Brett, It's called a "HURRY UP OFFENCE"

2005-09-19T13:26:00.000-07:00

Because they want you to hurry the hell up!!

And I am not even a Packers fan, but damn, that was a painful 5 minutes, only to loose anyway.

AND... it is freaking FAV-RE, not FAR-VE.. if they wanted it to be pronuonced that way WHY IN THE HELL DID THEY NOT JUST SPELL IT THAT WAY.. jeessshhhhh.

Because being Miserable is SOOOO much fun

2005-09-16T05:55:00.000-07:00

Dear Mr Miserable,

I know that working is not necessarily the most enjoyable thing for one to do with ones time.. but lets face it, being miserable does not help the day go faster, nor does it make that perpetual crink in your frown less apparent. But really, must you infect everyone around you with your plauge of disdain, barking your responces like a dog with rabies, foaming and frothing at the mouth.. or throwing your hissie fits like a 12 year old girl on her first period? Because,frankly, you make my stomach turn into a huge knot and glimpses of me gauging your eyes out with the end of my staple puller would seem like a day in the park.

Your miserable, I get it. But, hey, I am not the one that made you a middle aged man stuck in a job you hate just so your kids can go to the expensive catholic school and your wife probably controls your life in every way and you dream to be that young dead head pot smoking free loving dude you were back in the day.It is not, nor will it ever be my fault.. so get over it and get nice!

If not, best to keep your distance when I am pulling staples, because it is all fun and games.. well you know how that one goes.

With most sincere regards,

The Nice Girl

~~ Kat- who hates the fact that in spite of my desperate attempts to be nice to certain people they continue to feel the need to lash out on me and tell me how to do my job. UGHHHHH:(

DMB AND ME IN NYC

2005-09-15T08:52:00.000-07:00

http://www.fromthebigappletothebigeasy.com/

AHHHHH If I were independantly wealthy, and leisuraly available.. I could be heading into NYC on Tuesday to see Mr Matthews, Mr Anastasio and (uck) Mr Mayer for an all star cast line up, more importantly a Katrina tribute @ RCMH. AND the all proceeds go to the relief fund. This is the second even in 2 weeks that Dave is involved in for Katrina relief... DAMN THAT MAN IS SOOOOOOOOO GOOD!!

And the title, hey it rhymed.

Kat-- Who will write as many posts in one day as she can just to make up for the lack of posting, yeah.. y'all will be sick of me soon!!

Bringin' It Back with a PA Bash

2005-09-15T07:51:00.000-07:00

Jeff Foxworthy on Pennsylvania:

If you consider it a sport to sit in a
treestand all day long with a bow or a gun just to
put food in your freezer.. you might live in
Pennsylvania.

If you're proud that your region makes the
national news 96 nights each year because Bradford is
the coldest spot in the nation, you might live in
Pennsylvania..

If your local Dairy Queen is closed from
November through March, you might live in Pennsylvania.

If you instinctively walk like a penguin for
five months out of the year, you might live in Pennsylvania.

If someone in a store offers you assistance,
and they don't work there, you might live in Pennsylvania.cause you're all
so damn friendly.

If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving
around the middle of his forehead, cause he wears a
hardhat you might live in Pennsylvania.

If you have worn shorts, sunglasses and a
parka at the same time, you might live in Pennsylvania.

If your town has an equal number of bars and
churches, or if you are in church and your priest or
minister asks you to pray for the STEELERS , and wants
to get you all home for 1 p.m. kickoff, you might
live in Pennsylvania.

If you have had a lengthy telephone
conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number,
you might live in Pennsylvania.

YOU KNOW YOU ARE A TRUE Pennsylvanian
WHEN:

1. "Vacation" means going up north past I-80
for the weekend.

2. You measure distance in hours.

3. You know several people who have hit a
deer more than once.

4. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in
the same day and back again.

5. You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of
snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.

6. You see people wearing camouflage at
social events (including weddings)..

7. You install security lights on your house
and garage and leave all the doors unlocked.

8. You carry jumper cables in your car and
your girlfriend knows how to use them.

9. You design your kid's Halloween costume
to fit over a snowsuit.

10 Driving is better in the winter because
the potholes are filled with snow.

11 You know all 4 seasons: almost fall,
winter, still winter and road construction.

12 You can identify a southern or eastern
accent.

13 Your idea of creative landscaping is a
concrete statue of a deer next to your blue spruce.

14 You were unaware that there is a legal
drinking age.

15 Down South to you means MORGANTOWN W.V

16 A critter is something you eat.

17 Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate
his NEW FORD F150

18 You go out to fish fry every Friday.and
bingo every Wednesday.

19 YOUR 4TH OF JULY PICNIC WAS MOVED INDOORS
DUE TO FROST.

20. You have more miles on your snow blower
than your car.

21. You find 0 degrees "a little chilly."

22. You actually understand these jokes,

~~KAT--- I'm back, so you Blogger-Stalkers STEP OFF BIOTCHES:)

Happy Happy Birthday Baby

2005-08-18T08:22:00.000-07:00

Blogging just to hear you Blog

2005-08-02T10:24:00.000-07:00

~~ I was late watching TV, when flipping through the channel I happened upon Crossroads with Dave and Eemylou Harris and since I have never seen it (I know, gasp, such a DMB-Fan-Slacker am I... and on that subject I still have yet to buy Stand Up.. I suck)I know I have said it a bazillion times, but I just love that Dave, LOVE LOVE LOVE!! There is something about his ways, they were interviewing he and EmmyLou and the things he says are just funny, I mean FUNNY funny, and it seems as if he does not even think he is funny, like he says these things and then goes on to the next thing and he cracks out another and so on. I could SO see me hanging out with him!! I know people that knew him when he was still only a bartender @ Millers and they say he is very genuine... I wonder if Miss Ashley Matthews finds her hubbie and wonderous as I..hmmmmmm?!!

~~Andy and I went to see 3 Doors Down, Breaking Ben and Staind on Saturday, good show. It was so much NOT a DMB show, there was moshing and A LOT of fighting going on as we walked through the lawn.. and the overall tone is very different being that these are hard rock as opposed to my scatting-jamming DMB, but a good show just the same.3DD put on the best part of the show(as they were the headliner) with the screens playing different pictures on and the light show was good and they had good energy, we got up rel close to the front for the encore, and Andy was VERY VERY EXCITED (3DD is to him as DMB is to me).. then there was a moment that I really thought how very different our music tastes are, but how passionate about each we both are.

~~ The boys had their baseball picnic on Saturday afternoon. There was BBQ-food-a-plenty, and the atmosphere was very relaxed, but most shocking to me was the barrel of beer they had for the adults. You see these people (not all of them as it was for all of the leauges teams) several days a week for months, yet, to see them with a few beers in em' letting down there guards was another beast of its own... kinda like when you see someone outside of work, whether it be at the store, or at a bar.. you have to do a doulble take because they almost are unrecognizable out of there "element". The picnic was fun, they had a homerun derby for the kids and Aaron took 2nd for T-Ball and Andrew 2nd for 10 year-olds.. and they even had little trophies for them, they were going to have an adult game, but ran out of time OR the parents were feeling a little too-relaxed and it never happened. Too bad we had to go to the concert,because it would have been fun to see the snooty-patootie mones really get hammered, but hey, there is always next year!

~~ My sister is "pool-sitting" for her aunt & uncle-in-law while they are on vacation, so I took the boys and my mom came and my sis & nephew and her friend and her son went swimming. 6 boys and 4 women=FUN! It was nice to hang with both my mom and sister without it being a big family-ta-do which is usually the case when we are all together. Reminded me of living at home with our pool, only I am not 18 with an actual chect that fell south o' the border anymore... WHATEVA!!

~~ My nephew is in his terrible 2's, and by that I mean he is into EVERYTHING and can not be told ANYTHING.. I was thinking (1) my kids were not as , eh, bad, as he is or (2) I have blacked that part of my life out.. the later is probably more the case but damn, I would NOT wanna do THAT again!!

~~ If there is any new people that have happened upon my blog, please feel free to drop a comment on any of the mundane-mindless-ramblings-o-mine you might fancy!

~Hidden Talents~

2005-07-28T06:02:00.000-07:00

Rosalie has started her own business, er, is in the process of starting her own business. Isn't it great?!! I am so proud/jealous/envious of her. She had a thought, a dream, and is actually going through with it... I had thoughts like this when I was still @ T-Time, espeically seeing as 85% of the embroidery sales we had in the last year I was there were generated BY ME and I was getting a measily 4% commission although I was handling every single aspect of the sale. I may just take a que from Rosalie and finally get off my butt and do something, ANYTHING that is just what I WANT TO DO... could be a new trend started here!!

PS... WHY IS NANCIES DOWN YET AGAIN???

SMARTASS says What?

2005-07-27T07:44:00.000-07:00

~~ I have been told i am a smartass a time or two, or three... or MANY. But I never consider myself that way... more a witty one with a great sense of humore that other people don't always get (read-- there problem not mine syndrome!) But I wonder when it is a quick-witted comment becomes a down-right insult when not intended to be so and how to go about remedying the situation? A quick slip-o'-thy-tounge can cause unmendable damage to ones soul, or at the very least ego and a few stumbling words of non-heart-felt condolenses just doesn't seem to do the trick... this is always realized just after the words leave your mouth(open-mouth-insert-foot) and all you want to do is rwind time and take it all back yet it doesn't work that way. Then you are left red-faced and embarrased and so is the recipient of the words you would like to refund....

Why can't it all be like in court where you can just advise the person to strike the statement from the record and the world can all be better again... (at least until the NEXT time) ... ugh:(

~ The questions, the answers, WHAT does it all mean?~

2005-07-21T07:26:00.000-07:00

What were you doing:

10 Years ago....I was 1 month away from turning 20 (yeah to the day!) My first son Andrew was 10 1/2 months old and keepong me very busy with his attempts at walking. ( he had crawled at a very early age and never wanted to stop crawling, it got him where he needed to be and that was just fine by him!!) We were living in an apartment with a bitchy-ass downstairs neighbor who complained often the landlord that we were banging dumbells on the floor all hours of the night (until today I still do not know what it was that the wackbird heard, possibly my Andrews bottle hitting the hardwood floor) needless-to-say we were planning on moving out of that place soon. I was working at Pixie Paradise Daycare, was not married but we had gotten engaged the Christmas Eve before ( Andys birthday is Christmas Eve and he thought that to be the best day to pop the big question and I was VERY surprised!)

5 Years ago....I was working as a supervisor for the telemarketing company I worked for 4 years then. Andrew was going to be 6 and ready to start kindergarden, Anthony was going to be 4 and Aaron was a lively 7 months and 19 days old!! We were knee high in wedding plans for our big church wedding less than a month away. (we will celebrate 5 years on August 19)

1 year ago... I was still working at T-Time, but planning on getting out of there. I had just gotten back from the Hartford shows the past weekend, we were getting ready to go to the race.. we were still seperated but were working on getting back together.

Yesterday... I had a very hectic and busy day at work (yet again) I went to Anthonys all-star game ( they lost 18-7... but played a great game) went over to Andy's game but it was over (they won 15-12) went home to the suprise that Andy ordered cheesesteak stromboli(yummie) watched some TV and went to bed!

Today... I am at work, catching up on reports that were to be done yesterday, but they were installing the scanner on my computer and then I was just too busy to finish them. After work I will get things ready for the race, go to my aunts to pick up our canopy, do laundry .,. watch a little TV and go to bed.

what WILL you do

Tomorrow.....Work, hopefully it will be less busy and I can leave a little early.. go home and finish packing up the camper, shower and go to Andys game.. around 8:00 we will be on the road to Long Pond to our 20+ race at Pocono ( the racetrack is about 20 minutes away from our house) and begin our weekend at the races!!

There it is , my answer to the survey. Not terribly exciting, but it was fun to think back at the amount of time that has passed by so quickly and revel in the memories!!

Thank you to Rosalie for replying to the Tag, now I want to Jennifers and Spikeys posts... get to it people!!

SURVEY SAYS

2005-07-15T13:06:00.000-07:00

Although I was not tagged or baton-tossed this survey of sorts, I thought I would answer it anyway, why? Because I wanna. So it may seem vain that I just decided I would survey myself for myself sakes, but I don't care. It is not like my blog is one of the super-fun ones that have 100's of people on the blog roll. There are a hand full of people that read(and maybe handful is a bit ambitios) but I hope one day I can be one of those "super-bloggers"... maybe after I figure out how-in -the-hell-to-post-a-god-damned-picture, just maybe!!

So, the survey (I find it interesting how easily I can run on a tangent, stay focused her Kathy, maybe it is my self diagnosed Adult ADHD)....and please feel free to participate in the survey as well, and to be sure I will TAG Jennifer ,& Rosalie and I guess Spikey,too!!

What were you doing:

10 Years ago....

5 Years ago....

1 year ago...

Yesterday...

Today

AND FOR YOU GRAMMER WHORES!!

what WILL you do

Tomorrow.....

That is it, since nobody will read this until Monday, I will answer then, too.

Have a GREAT weekend!!

Kat:)

PS... How do I link other blogs into the body of a bost (I tried to do it like on nancies, but that does not work... and I also need to know how to change font color?? I AM SOOOOOOO BAD AT THIS:(

Picture Posting-- WILL BE the death of me!

2005-07-13T10:43:00.000-07:00

OK, so if that does not work, then I obviously did SOMETHING wrong!! Then I will just enlist the help of my trusty blog-savy friends to help me once again!!

BUT, if it DOES work than, that means that I just "may" be getting the hang of this afterall, heres a hoping!

I Love the 80's--STRIKES BACK!!

2005-07-12T13:17:00.000-07:00

There was some talk of crazy 80's things on nancies today..

"Miss Suzy had a steam boat, and that steamboat had a bell.. Miss Suzy went to heaven and the steamboat went to hell~o operator , give me #9, and if you disconnect me I will slap your behind~the frigerator there was a piece of glass Miss Suzy sat upon it and it went right up her~ask me know more questions, tell me know more lies, the boys are in the bathroom and there pulling down there~flies are in the meadow, cows are in the corn, boys and girls are kissing in the D A R K, D A R K, D A R K darkdarkdark!!!"

Remember this, we mastered it... I mean we spent hour upon endless hour at girlscout camp learning this intracte hands-slapping-motion type thing to go along with the quarky lyrics.. if you don't know about this, this was our "white-ghetto-wannabe" attempt at the jumprope rhyming of the 80's city kids( not that I know ANYTHING about 80's city kids, or any city kids for that matter, but we thought we were super cool doing our rhyming!)I also learned the essential game of SPIT @ camp, Texas-Hold-em' has nothin' on this game of fast paced, one handed solitare-only-with-two-people. My sister and I have spent many an hour in recent years playing games of SPIT and WAR while our men-folk played playstation! Sadly, she must have had a good teacher in her big-sis, because she usually kicked my arse!!

There are so many things that were GREAT about the 80's, of course, back then we thought we led such a boring life we just might be the first generation wiped off the face of the earth being atually BORED TO DEATH:) Now, though.. I have countless novel-length emails with my friend Danielle (we will soon celebrate our 25 years of friendship, since we started Kindergarden in 1980..eeeek!)about our antics and shennanigans in that decade known as the Hair-Band era! Aqua net, florecent clothes, slouch socks, acid washed jeans--- hell WE had Silver Spoons& Punky Brewster~~ think about.... we were having the "Time of our lives" weren't we!!!

Drips

2005-07-12T10:06:00.000-07:00

** My mom and I are very close.. we even work together. (well not really TOGETHER.. but at the same company) She was on vaction for 2 weeks, and I did not realize until today how much I missed her. I went to visit her and told her how I missed her, she gave me a kiss and it made me feel all better. PLUS, she brings me lunch.. so when she was on vaction I had to "fend for myself".. which plainly put meant a lot of take out. After just losing nearly 25 lbs since last August, I can not afford all of that take out food... so I am even more glad she is back!! I think everyone everywhere should work with there mom, if only for the yummie lunches!! (today was Sausage and Pea soup.. MMMMMMM:)

*** My Aaron was bugging me to go for a quad ride all weekend, so I gave in last night and off we went. OUr first objective was to check the salt-licks (for attracting Deer to the area for hunting season) I was not real sure where they were, and my 5 year old was not a super great navigator.. but we tried real hard to find them. He would take me to a clearing, jump off and run from tree to tree, path to path with such excitement you would have sworn it was Christmas morning:) After about 15 minutes of scavanging through the woods, we decided we could not in fact find them, so we went for another ride. Down the windy paths we drove, over the rocks and along the stripping banks(we are smack -dab in old coal country... the woods are chock-full-of old stip mines), we stopped along the "lake" (which is more an old puddle, filled with much water from past rainstorms) to skip rocks, and look for tadpoles. We theb drove further down the paths to the slate banks... to which my son gleefuly challenged me to a climb up the hill. (of course, I never turn down a dare.. so up went)At the top we picked some slate rocks to paint and walked around a bit. Back on the quad, we found some dirtbike jumps and went over those just enough to get the butterflies in your belly! Atfer about an hour of fun, we headed back home. He "drove" us all the way back home. It amazes me that this child is having a hard time mastering his bicycle sans taining wheels, yet he can easily manuver a Magnum 330 ATV... then again, everything about this child amazes me. He can be my baby, who at times hangs on me so much I think he wants to go back in me.. at other times he is a little man who says the funniest, zaniest things... hard to believe that my baby will be entering kindergarden in August, and I will no longer have any childen still at home. Does this mean I am getting older~ or ~wiser?? I like to think a happy medium of both;)

**** I heard something interesting on the radio yesterday.. Eva Longoria(sp???) was interviewed in one of the many mags geared to keeping us "normal" woman feeling inferior in self image. In it she very uhhh--humbly admits that she is 100% absolutely, without a doubt happy with her looks. There is nothing she would change about herself. So it got me thinking, is she flaunting in my face her 5 foot nuthin, 100 lb nuthin frame of beauty, or is she really just filled with that much self asteem that she has no quams what-so-ever?? Is there things that I would change about myself if money was not an object and opportunities were a plenty?? Damn right there is, am I happier with my body than I was 10years ago, thankfully YES...would I ever be so bold as to make such a self-adorning statment as Miss Longoria even if I changed everything that I dislike and I was happy with my looks...ehhh.. probably not. But then again, I have neve been that type of person.So, in closing, Eva.. I am glad your happy with your looks, I am glad for you that most men would die to have a woman who looked remotely like you.. however, in the future.. please humor me , because quite frankly.. I like to live in a bubble where even the most beautiful of beauties have at least "something" they would change!!

SIGH...........

A great post lost forever:(

2005-07-11T09:39:00.000-07:00

I was in the middle of a really long, well thought and articulate post... and SOMEONE sent me an email with an attache picture... not thinking I opened it and lost my post:(

SOMEDAY I will rewrite that post, but not today... I am too busy.

AND NOW... I want nancies to come back already. DAMN THOSE ERRORS DAMN THEM.

A post for the sake of posting..

2005-07-08T08:49:00.000-07:00

I log on to blogger, go through the actual logging in and then... stare at a blank screen. WHY? I have lots to say, but for some reason when facing the dashboard, I draw a blank. There is just nothing, I can not form a sentence, there are no thoughts circling in my brain, just a whole bunch of nothing else... so here you have it, a post of nothing-ness, a post for the sake of posting........ENJOY!

Baseball, Baseball... followed by MORE baseball...

2005-07-05T13:25:00.000-07:00

I am starting to believe that if they paid my kids and husband for playing baseball we would be millionares and never want again....

Yeah.. it has been THAT MUCH baseball, this all started MONTHS ago, and now with all-stars there is no light of letting up.. CRAZINESS

ON that note: congrats to my Andrew and the Tri-County 9&10 year olds, 2 straight wins , on to the finals we go...yipppiiiieeeee?!?!?!?!?

Montage Moutain~ The NEW Sweetest Place On Earth

2005-06-28T05:17:00.000-07:00

SO~Dave Day 6/22/05 @ Montage Mtn proved to be everything I had expected AND more! The ride up and traffic were less the media infalted nightmare, and more the normal concert traffic to be expected. The tail gating was left me pleasantly surprised. The lot we were directed to was a dirt lot a small hike up-hill from the actual venue. We quickly found a spot, opened a few beers and relaxed a bit. The only "real" problem we had was the slight overheating of the car.. mostly due to Andy driving up and back and up and back (since he works 10 minutes from the venue.. and we live 30 minutes southward) BUT I digress.. I was not going to let a little steam rising from the engine of my car that is also needed to drive us all the way back home, ruin my DD!!

AND IT DIDN'T!!

THE SHOW... we tried to get with my sister and friends before the show, but they had headed up a few hours before us so I had already figured that we would not. So we headed into the show about 7:30ish.. caught a little of Howie Day (not actually SEEING him, but you could hear him out in the vendor area)and he sounded pretty good.. I give him 2 thumbs up.(because MY opinion matters soo much!!) then we met up with my Stephie (my sister)& Larry(bro-in-law) Marleen & Todd (friends of ours).. but missed Eric and Sara and Tina (other friends... btw.. these are my normal Dave ay friends, and you really can't get better friends than them. They are all huge DMB fans and just overall good times:) We all chatted (us girls were more in 13-year-old-shreak-mode, but consider the circumstances!) Quickly we realized that Marleen and Todd & us (proper English,whaaa??) had same rows/different section tickets... so it was obvious that we would all just sit together. We made our way to our seats (not bad by any stretch of the imigaination) and made freindly w/ the kids next to us. The fun times were about to begin.

The opener: DREAMGIRL.. a new little dity off of Stand UP-- nice, sweet& lovely... in all a song sung so beautifuly by Dave you can not help but get wrapped up in it (and nod off in "If I was Daves Dreamgirl Land" .. SNAP OUT OF IT ,KATHY!) ... next OneSweetWorld(an oldie, but goodie!)~Don'tDrinkTheWater (sooo much into this song, you can see Daves frustration and emotion.. great, great song!)THEN... MY NANCIES~~~ Oh how I love this song, great dance and let-go song.. I feel especially close due to my OBSESSION with www.nancies.org {sorry... another rant!}...THEN THEN THE>>>>CRASH..OMG-UN-FREAKIN-BELIEAVABLE.... first time live for me, and even those Non-DMBers can appreciate these beauty of a song, just beyond words!

Onto a few newbies- HungerForTheGreatLight -- ehhhh, not totally amazed by it, but coming off of Nancies~Crash.. not much could hold a candle to it(EXCEPT Say GOODBYE.. but that is another beast of its own that I don't dare get into).. YouMightDieTrying.... liked it, has great potential..... Everyday/#36.. the interation of these songs is AMAZING.. the band feeds off of the crowd, (which I failed to mention was just beyond intense, I mean.. INSANE.. EVERYONE was on there feet, jamming and dancing and singing. )then BestOFWhatsAround.... last years Hartford opener.. very fun, good ol song. Warehouse... the Whoo's make my hair stand on end, and chills up my spine!!

Stolen Away on 55th&3rd... nice new song, sweet and simple. Dave sat and took a load off.. nice to see!.... JimiThing.. one of my most favs, heard it almost every show I have seen live and yet it is such a crowd pleaser.StandUp--- a funky Get-on-your-feet-and-dance song (although, the desperate attempts for this band to get people on there feet is far from needed!) Louisaiana Bayou-- LOVE IT.. funky and fun and very old school DMB, and just when you thought those 2 jams would end the set they bust out the opening chords to TOO MUCH and I about lost it.. (The ability of the band to pull off several jams like this is part of why I love them so!)

The Encore~~ The much anticipated American Baby started the encore, cute song radio style/ better song live. Scats and Jams added to the tail = fun times!! And the perfect end to the evening Two Step~~ FUN FUN FUN, always a great way to funnel the shows energy into one great climatic end!! It left me yearning for more.

All in all the night was perfect. The energy was tremendous. Andy enjoyed his first show and I would bet the band has already penciled in Montage for next years schedule.

Saturday was Hershey~ the ride down and tailgaiting were fun, the show was sub-par at best. The best part was my Andrew expereinced his first DMB show and first real concert ever. It was great to see the wide eyedness that a show like this brings to a child. I know I was in my teens when I went to my first concert, so he owes me BIG!!!!

HAPPY DAVE DAY!!!!

2005-06-22T07:38:00.000-07:00

For those of you that know me, you know today is the day that I have been counting down since March, or more importantly for 4 years.. the day that DMB finally comes to Montage Mountian! The Ford Pavillion has been a site I have seen many concerts in the past years, but has never UNTIL TODAY hosted my very most favorite band!! They are in "my own backyard"... or so the slogan for NEPA goes. I am having heart palpatations just thinking that David J Matthews and his clan of lovely men (shout out to Stefan, Carter, Boyd & Leroi) are less than 1/2 hour from me is beyond words!!!

The downfalls (of course, it can NEVER be uneventful can it???) I have to work today... and by work I mean that today is by far and large the BUSIEST day I have had since taking this postion in Shipping&Receiving in January. I can not begin to put into words the actuallity of the business... it is just BAD.. enough to leave me with heartburn at 9 am that I swear is buring a hole straight through my chest. (now, that is no way to meet Dave... hey there is a chance *this* big that can happen... or at least humor me!!) My plan was to leave at 4:00, go home change, and Andy and I will be on our way... to fight traffic from the Baseball game and PGA masters that are ALL OCCURING ON THE SAME F*ING MOUNTIN TODAY THAT ONLY HAS ONE DIRECTION IN AND OUT (and YES I am YELLING!!) But with this chiaoticness that is my day I don't know if leaving early is even a possiblitly:( (think positive thoughts, think positive thoughts)

In any case, the worst thing that can happen is I will miss the HELLABULUB that is parking-lot-partying and the opening of Howie Day (which I was looking forward to) and get there just in time for boys to take the satge. Truth-be-told... I have arrived at other shows just in time for the opening notes of "BEST OF WHATS AROUND" or ushered in to the overwhelming screams of some good'ol fashioned Dave Speak... I also missed Norah Jones in 2001 (which I still kick my own ass for).. but the build up for this show has me wanting so despertaly to be there early and take it all in.... OH WELL.. I guess it is better than NOT GOING AT ALL (BLASPHEMY)

THEN AGAIN THERE IS ALWAYS SATURDAY AT HERSHEY!!!!!!!

UUUGGHHH.. part 3.. ehhh forget it:(

2005-06-17T10:43:00.000-07:00

So, I have been trying to figure this whole blogging thing out, and honestly have not had time to really do so, sicne the only computer access I have is at work and I have beyond busy lately.. and then today I publish 3 titles without anything actual typed. Ask me how, well I DON'T KNOW.. maybe just maybe I will figure this all out one day and be an avid blogger like everyone else.. but I don't see that as an acheivable goal in the very near future:(

Aarons vacation...

My Aaron (my 5 year old son) went on vacation with my in-laws on Monday to South Carolina. Andy's aunt(on his moms side) and family just moved there and his grand-mother on his dads side moved there a few years back.
Grannie has not seen the kids, let alone Aaron in 2 1/2 years, Aaron was 2 1/2 then.. she literally dropped the phone the day they arrived (she was talking to Andy) and shreaked and cryed and laughed in excitment over my young little Mo-Mo. I can only imagine how many changes she has noted in this her youngest great grandchild. Probably things that we take for granted in my little man. Things that have tend to annoy me are thrilling her. This whole ordeal has me very sad. I miss my baby terribly. And the worst part is I have not spoken to him since 9 pm Monday. When I left him he was crying an hugging me and telling me he wanted to saty with me and didn't want to go. I did everything in my power to assure him he was going to have a great time and he would get to adventure all new things, all while holding back the tears I wanted so badly to let out. I wanted to hold him close and tell him he could come home and be with mommy. But I left and cryed all the way home and havve been missing him so much that is breaking my heart. He called on Wednesday and talked to Andy and cried that he missed us so much.. but I wasn't there, I didn't get to hear his little voice. So I sit and wait and count down the time until he is home and snuggling up with me on the couch, and bugging me for yet his 100th drink of the day, and fighting with his brothers... and back with his MA-MA.

UUUGGGHHHHH.. and other ramblings, contd..

2005-06-17T10:42:00.000-07:00

UUUGGGGHHHHH.. and other ramblings.

2005-06-17T10:40:00.000-07:00

And with that I am a Blogger.

2005-06-07T09:15:00.000-07:00

So, here it is .. the first post in my new Blog. Thanks to the request of Rosalie, Jennifer, Christina and Shannon.. my nancies friends (stay tuned to find out what THAT means!!) I am officaly a Blogger. Actually, Jennifer had encouraged me to start one, to include the adventures of my life and my children.. foundly known as the Adams Boys( this is how my husband beckons them as a group) or for those that "think" there funny.. the Adams Family~da da da daaa (ok, you get that one and ONLY one time:)
But I could not post a comment on Shannons unless I set up an account... so here it is.. revel in it as this may be the only exciting post you'll ever read from me!!

And now, the afore mentioned ladies need to show me how to work this damn thing so I can post links to their much more exciting blogs!!