Where have I been?

Well, so much has happened in the last 8 months...where to begin!

I have a new grand daughter, Savannah - yes, she is adorable!
Cayden is going to turn 4 this month.
Gabriel is getting bigger and cuter every day!

I am currently providing day care for my grand children and for a couple of other kids to earn some extra cash. I still bartend and I am still loving that!

I had an interview yesterday with Maui County! Hope they liked what I had to say and took me seriously! wish me luck...

Until next time...
Carol

Two Week Notice...

I put in my two week notice this morning *sigh* I'll be okay ~ right?

Aloha Friday #10

Welcome to this week’s edition of Aloha Friday.

In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. The An Island Life blog has a tradition to take it easy with posting, too. So I thought that on Fridays I would take it easy on posting, as well. Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response.

If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and leave your link below. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!

To answer Kailani's question...
I love the sunshine in summer. The beaches, laying in the sun and riding my motorcycle! Love summer!!!

My question for this week is:
What is the sure fire way to get an employer to take your resume seriously??

Unimaginable...

Are you effing kidding me??

What kind of person prey’s on others sympathies by misleading them about a sick baby?? Seriously, what is up with that?? I honestly am aghast!

I pray for her!

You know what I mean - if not, read about it here!

Until next time…
Carol

Aloha Friday #9

Welcome to this week’s edition of Aloha Friday.

In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. The An Island Life blog has a tradition to take it easy with posting, too. So I thought that on Fridays I would take it easy on posting, as well. Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response.

If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and leave your link below. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!

To answer Kailani's question...
I'd like to write for Grands Magazine or maybe a travel magazine! How fun to write about the worlds best beaches!!

My question for this week is:
If you had the opportunity to meet fellow bloggers in person would you do it?? Any blogger in particular you'd like to meet? What would you talk about?

Did last night last only 5 minutes?

I’m tired, exhausted, drained, beat – no, really…

Kevin, Tyler & I were enjoying a beer after work last night and trying to decide what we wanted for dinner when Tyler got a phone call from his supervisor at work, “we need you in Atlanta tomorrow” was what he told him. We thought he’d be home all summer, but there is a repair job and they need him!
Okay, so we go online, book the airline ticket and start laundry. The evening became longer than normal *sigh*

After the ticket has been secured and the ‘checklist’ of things he needs is run through, he realized that his company badge and his hardhat and his phone charger is in his truck, which, coincidently was taken to the repair shop to get a dent fixed earlier in the day. We called the repair shop (at 11:45pm) hoping someone might be working late – unfortunately not. We, our neighbor who used to be married to the repair guy’s brother, called the repair guy at home (about 12 times) no answer! So, I called the secretary of the repair guy at home (I apologized over and over and over again). She met us at the repair shop so Ty could collect his stuff!.

Kevin will be taking him to the airport – hey, I think right outluod “I bet Cayden would love to go to the airport and see the airplanes”, there I go suggesting things again….Lindsey brought Cayden over, he’s going to go along!
I played with the very wound up Cayden &let him use permanent marker, I folded laundry, packed Ty’s suitcase and got everybody tucked into bed.

The alarm went off at 3:30, I woke up Cayden, got him dressed and popped him into the carseat. The car is loaded and off they go to the airport.
I snuggled back into bed and reset the alarm for 5:30 so when Lindsey arrives to drop off Gabriel, I can use her car to drive her to work so I have a vehicle to take Gabriel to daycare and get myself to work. I get back from dropping her at work, reset the alarm for (the third time) 7:00 so I can get up & ready for work. Gabriel (thankfully) fell back to sleep in Nana’s bed!

I was awakened by the ringing phone, Cayden LOVED the airport. We have no photographic evidence, because Kevin left the extra batteries in the camera case in the car and didn’t realize the ones in the camera were dead until they were in the terminal!
They hung out in the airport for a while and then Kevin & Cayden said their goodbyes to Tyler and headed back home.

Kevin took Cayden to Lowe’s to look for pond lighting, stopped at the Harley Davidson shop in Albert Lea and then called to say they were about 90 miles from home!

Then, about 10 minutes later Kevin called me and said they were headed back to the airport! Tyler’s plane was broken down and he wouldn’t be flying on it. When he told his boss that he couldn’t make it today, the boss said to just get there by Sunday!

So after jumping through hoops, racing around like crazy people, waking people in the night to unlock doors in order for Tyler to arrive in Atlanta today, Tyler switched his flight, called his dad who turned around & headed back to the cities to pick him back up.

Tyler now will be home until Sunday – which, ain’t all bad! Man, I love that kid!

Did I mention that I’m tired!?

Well, it’s my life!

Until next time…
Carol

List of 8 ~ with a BONUS!

1. We (Kevin & I) got a new entertainment surround sound system from our son Tyler for our anniversary. It’s an early gift – our anniversary is in 2 weeks. 26 years – wow, time flies!! We didn’t get it hooked up yet because we need an extra thing-a-ma-jig to get it working (I’m super technical, as you can tell). We’re glad that Tyler will be spending (hopefully) the majority of the summer with us!! He is thinking about getting his motorcycle permit so he can ride our ‘extra’ Harley!


Thanks Ty! I love you! As you can see, I stole borrowed a picture of yours from Facebook!!

2. We snuggled both boys this morning in our bed. It is “normal” for Cayden to crawl in between Nana & Papa, but this morning Gabriel was fussy (which is NOT “normal” for him – he’s usually always happy) so we popped him in with us too! I love those guys – even if I wake up with milk in my hair from their bottles &/or sippy cups!

3. We have three Harley Davidson motorcycles. A 2003 Hundred Anniversary Edition 883 Sportster (she is for sale – if anybody is interested $6,600 {that's sooo ChEEp); a 2003 Hundred Anniversary Edition 1200 Sportster and a 2005 Dyna Super Glide. I get to ride “whichever one I want” – ‘cause, I pay for them! I love my bikes. This is one of my favorite places to shop.

4. My gas light in my Durango came on again today. I have gotten used to the dinging of the ‘low wash’ light but today I heard two dings – and notice the gas light on again. That car is such a gas guzzler, but, it’s paid for so I can’t justify trading it in and having another car payment! I hate payments!

5. I’m two days behind in my invoicing, that’s not uncommon at the beginning of the month! I guess I should just get used to being behind – my vacation is coming up (July 31 – August 9, I’m going to Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota). There is nobody here in the office who knows how to do invoicing, close day procedures or month end and getting statements out. My boss told me yesterday that he thinks it might be okay if I close the month of July after the 30th so it is done and statements are ready to go before I leave on vacation….ugh….I was hoping SOMEONE would step up and learn the procedures so I’d not have a 6 day pile up of invoices when I return…no luck – evidently!

6. It is a sunny day and tonight I’m going to try to finally get our trench dug. We’re digging a trench between the house and garage so that we can run a gas line out their so it stays warm in winter for my Harley’s! Kevin won’t let me bring them into the house for winter – imagine that?? We started digging the trench last September, and it’s time to finish it wouldn’t you think!

7. I am so not ready for my Lia Sophia party on Saturday, I was hoping that it would be warm weather and I’d have the party out on the deck. Well, according to Kevin (who watches the Weather Channel – ALL the time) it’s going to be cold and rainy on Saturday morning. So, I have a house to clean, laundry to fold, dishes to do, counters to clear off – oh man, that’s going to take forever – any offers of assistance would be greatly appreciated! At any rate, if you’ve taken a look at their site and see something you simply cannot live without, pop me an e-mail and I’ll gladly take your order!


8. Our recycling can is usually fuller than our actual garbage can. I can take full responsibility – my beloved Amber Boch bottles take up a lot of room. Maybe this is where I should enter a ‘list within a list’ of my favorite beers/drinks: Michelob Amber Boch (tied in first place with a Screwdriver – not picky about the Vodka, but Absolut is good), Leinenkugel 1888 Boch, New Belgium Fat Tire, Modello, Corona (with a lime), Leinenkugel Caramel Boch, New Belgium 1554. That list within a list WAS the bonus – so, if you were looking for something extra special cool as the bonus, I’m sorry I’ve disappointed you!!

Until next time...
Carol

Aloha Friday #8

Welcome to this week’s edition of Aloha Friday.

In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. The An Island Life blog has a tradition to take it easy with posting, too. So I thought that on Fridays I would take it easy on posting, as well. Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response.

If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and leave your link below. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!

To answer Kailani's question...
I work Friday nights and after work we're heading to the lake for a weekend of camping and fishing!

My question for this week is:
I'm changing the question...Lindsey is pregnant and she is terribly nauseaus all the time!
What is your sure fire remedy to qwell morning sickness.

Who knew who you'd meet?

When I’m driving in my car from work to home or home to work I have a hundred of blog post ideas running around in my head…Then I sit down in front of the keyboard and cannot recall one of them!

Weird – I am too!

Okay, well one thing I do want to do is blog a bit about some really interesting, talented, very special and bright people, none of whom I know IRL (in real life) but I know they’re cool because I “met” them in bloggysphere!

One of my favorite blogs to read is written by Beth Fletcher, she’s an amazing photographer – I wish I had 1/2 the talent that she has in just her little finger. She has two super adorable children! You’ll have to check out her blog today and enter her giveaway, a $100 gift card from Land’s End!

Another that I read daily is authored by Stephanie, an extremely talented writer!!
She is a ‘babywearing’ mommy who simply adores her sons & her little baby girl. I really think you should check out her writings!

And then there is MckMama, yeah she’s amazing. The mother of 4 small children, the youngest one with a heart condition, you can read about Stellan on her blog! This family is pretty amazing, I kind of wish I had known her when I was raising my own 3 children all those years ago. I am, however, able to take some of the information from her blog now and apply it to my grandson’s who, as you know, are a HUGE part of my life!

I know, I know, I should make some bloggy friends my own age, but, I am truly fascinated by these young wives and mothers!

There are a few other blogs I follow also, mostly so I can help to lift these little ones up in prayer! Go share their stories Little April Rose, Jonah and Noah. I know God will continue to watch over them!

Okay, I guess that’s all I’ve got today!

Until next time.
Carol

Fishy Fishy Fishy

Memorial Weekend plans changed, we didn’t go camping, it was kind of rainy & cool, and Gabe had pink eye (and, Papa got it too – Gabe shared!), but we did go fishing.
We fished at Fox Lake, and caught nothing but Cayden found some dead minnows which were ‘fishy’ enough for him!

We fished at the Des Moines River (at Ashley Park), and Cayden ‘caught’ his first ever fish. A Bullhead…it was spotty dotty – and we threw him back into the river.

We fished at Loon Lake, and Cayden ‘caught’ his second fish. A Bullhead…it was pretty nice, we would have kept it, if we would have caught enough for a meal, but it was the only catch of the day – so we threw him back into the lake.

Better luck next time...but, for his first ‘fishing weekend’ Uncle Ty helped Cayden catch 2 fish!

And an amazing thing happened over the weekend.
I (with a LOT of help from Kevin) got the fish pond cleaned out.
We’re on the hunt for underwater lighting – anybody know where we can get our hands on some?? As soon as we get the lighting in place we can fill it up and go find some fish. I think we’ll try to find a Koi this year!

So, there you have it – all the fish stories!

Until next time…
Carol

Aloha Friday #7

Welcome to this week’s edition of Aloha Friday.

In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. The An Island Life blog has a tradition to take it easy with posting, too. So I thought that on Fridays I would take it easy on posting, as well. Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response.

If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and leave your link below. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!

To answer Kailani's question...First - congrats on the new baby girl!!
Favorite little girl name Savannah - yep, definately Savannah

My question for this week is:
In honor of Memorial weekend my question is about camping? Do you go camping? In a tent or camper?
I'm a tent camper all the way!! Big air mattress and lots of marshmellows!! I love camping!!! (even if it rains!)

Post Script

Okay...so, I'm not a professional - I DID smell something that to me smelled like smoke. Evidently when there are 90 mile per hour winds and the back door of the warehouse is open and the traffic through the front of the store is heavy things blow around in here. Maybe it wasn't smoke at all I smelled! It could have been corn dust, powder medicines (feed additives) or just plain something blowing in from somewhere else! So you'll all be happy to know that the building didn't burn down over night which is kind of sucky because I don't get a couple of days off to ride my Harley good!

I wanted to participate in the You Capture that is hosted by Beth at http://www.ishouldbefoldinglaundry.com/ today - the topic is "sweet"!! I just didn't get a picture of Gabriel eating a Smore which to him was "sweet" but the clean up for his mommy was not so "sweet"! He is so cute!!

And, that's all I've got.

Until next time...
Carol

I'm not a professional - but, something IS burning!

I went on a date today with my wonderful husband. Thank goodness we don’t have any groceries in the house, well, besides soup – & really, who eats soup when it’s 90 degrees outside?

Lunch at my favorite place in town, Bridget’s Bucksnorts Brew-Ha-Ha and Grill, was great. He had the fish sandwich, they got new fish – it was HUGE and hung way over the bun. I had the chislix with toast & chips. I took 4 bites of chislix, three chips and because I don’t eat bread - that’s what Kevin will have for dinner tonight (well, he'll finish the chislix also - I only had 4 bites)!

Shirley was our waitress, she didn’t drive her new-to-her Harley to work because of the wind. She was afraid it would get sandblasted – it’s super windy – excellent choice to leave it parked at home in the garage!

Kevin & I talked about our grandkid(s) (specifically the new one which will be here in January) and I got a new sweatshirt from Bridget – a new shipment came in today and she’s giving every employee one! Lunch went by very quickly, however, I got to hold my hand on Kevin’s knee the whole time we ate lunch – it was super nice!!

We’re going to forget that last night turned out like it did! Honey, I love you and I know we’re just fine – broken goose and all!

And, when our date was finished I had to come back to work for the afternoon. I’m not a professional but…there is something burning here at the office. I smelled it right away, I have a great nose for smelling stuff – it’s not always such an asset! I alerted M.R. the salesman, he smelled it also, but we cannot locate it’s origin. He alerted B.H. he too smells it but cannot figure out where it’s coming from!! Should we call the boss? Something ALWAYS goes wrong when he’s gone!! Hope the building doesn’t burn down tonight – that would be kind of cool then I could have a few days off to ride my Harley bad!!

Like I said, “I’m not a professional” and, trust me, it’s NOT a steamy, sultry, scorching hot, burning sizzling office romance either – something’s burning!

Just a post script from yesterday’s post – I didn’t get the pond drained and cleaned last night…I used the boys as an excuse – it was just that, an excuse!! I’ll get it done tonight. Promise!

If you haven't already make sure you send your "hoping in pink" photos to hopinginpink@gmail.com for Little April Rose! If you don't know April you can check out her mom's blog here!


Until next time…
Carol

What's going on in my head?

I've got a million things going on inside my head, interestingly enough, I didn't think my head could hold that much, but, anyway - I would like to put it out here and then it's out!

Item 1. I need a change.
I got to work this morning and I really just don't want to be here! It is the second beautiful day in a row and I think I should be out riding my Harley. I even went so far as to tell my boss that he and I both should play hookie, he simply said, "I have too mcuh work to do" - and didn't volunteer to just allow me to play hookie! The nerve!!
I know, as I've said before, I'm lucky in these 'economic times' to be employed, but, I really wish I were somewhere else.

Item 2. I haven't given up on my dream of living on Maui.
I think I could work at just about anything if I were in that setting! Sending resume's to every business in Maui hasn't panned out! If anybody has connections...hook a sister up!!
I have been buying a powerball ticket two times a week. I know, I should be saving that $8 each and put it in the "Maui jar", with the pennies that I mentioned in this post and I'd be closer to that goal!! Recall, I only need 32.5 million...
Maybe my luck will change!

Item 3. My pond is a mess.
I have to etch out some time - okay, I've decided tonight's the night! I'm going to get it done!

Item 4. Other people's blogs.
I follow 4 very closely and I love reading them, but, I can't compete. I had to figure out why I decided to blog myself. I don't blog for "the masses" (although if someone read it that would be okay too). I write for me. I am not terribly interesting, not well spoken (or written) as in the case of a blog. I am what and who I am and so I'll just continue to write for me. The number of people that visit may someday suprise me, but if it doesn't that's okay too. I can watch my new grandbaby grow with my new babystrology widget from my blog and I'm content with that!

Item 5. Relationships are hard.
I work at mine, relationships ARE hard, and I worry about my children's.

Item 6. Little boys.
Cayden and Gabriel - I adore them, sometimes I give in too much to them, but I TRULY can't help it. Is it turning them into little brats? There honestly is NOTHING they can do that I don't love. I have to try harder at sometimes saying 'no'. That too will be hard!

Okay, I think that's everything in my head.

Until next time...
Carol

Not Me Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

Well, it has been a week since my last theraputic Not Me Monday confession...so, settle in and read about what I haven't been up to this week!

I did not show Cayden my tattoo while he was coloring with his markers, most certainly giving him the idea to create his own tattoo. He makes the cutest airplanes (that look like little crosses) I didn’t encourage him to be creative and let him make leg, arm and tummy tattoos whereby annoying the crap out of Papa, because it drives him insane when the boys use the markers on paper (if it were up to him we would NEVER have bought the markers in the first place), leave alone when they use them to make (the cutest ever) tattoos!!

While I was at work (at my part time job) just a few minutes after the kitchen closed and the grill was turned off, one of my co-workers (from my full time job) came in and asked if he could order a burger. In the spirit of good customer service I told him “SURE”…well, I turned the grill on and threw on the burger and bacon on. After 10 minutes the burger wasn’t getting cooked…nor was the bacon – I realized that the pilot light on the grill wasn’t burning. Well, he’d waited a LONG time for his burger so, to comply with customer satisfaction I wouldn’t have dreamt to put the burger down in the deep fryer for a second or two to get it cooked, and then I wouldn’t dream of throwing it back onto the grill and put cheese on it and then deep fried the bacon & apply to the cheese to get it melty. I would never deep fry a bacon cheeseburger take such measures in the name of customer satisfaction!! (Disclaimer…if he would have hated the burger I wouldn’t have charged him for it – but he loved it…so maybe I’m on to something here?!)

I would never get caught up in a movie causing me to be awake until 5:00 in the morning, when I have to babysit the Cayden & Gabriel at 5:30. Thankfully they fell back to sleep and I was able to get a couple of hours of rest before our day began….I just know that I would never allow myself to stay awake half the night whereby requiring a nap in the afternoon with the boys!

I wouldn’t have gotten dressed in my long underwear, three shirts, all of my leather (chaps, coat & boots) putting on my bandana and tying up my hoodie to ride (on the back) of my bike and travel 40 miles to a church service and a blessing of the bikes in 45 degree frigid air – risking pneumonia for the sake of the bike blessing, man…it was super cold!!

None of that stuff happens in “real life” – for sure not to me…

Until next time...
Carol

Aloha Friday #6

Welcome to this week’s edition of Aloha Friday.

In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. The An Island Life blog has a tradition to take it easy with posting, too. So I thought that on Fridays I would take it easy on posting, as well. Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response.

If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and leave your link below. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!

To answer Kailani's question...
Common Sense Smart ... I didn't have the opportunity to go to college, and everything I've learned has been through the school of hard knocks.

My question for this week is:
When you're in a bad 'funk' what do you do to cheer yourself up??

Where have I been???

So, it has been a while since I’ve blogged and thought it was time for me to update.

The past few days / week have / has been a busy time blur.

Last Wednesday I got exactly what I needed wanted for Mother’s Day from Lindsey & the boys – my new hair dryer and curling iron. Thanks Lindsey, you’re the best!!!
The cards I got were just perfect too. The card I got from the boys was signed “Love, Cayden & Gabriel AND in really super small print – so small I didn’t notice it – at all… & “Baby #3”. Did I mention that the “The “Baby #3” was super small and I missed it because it was written super small & maybe because I wasn’t wearing my glasses…
Then after I opened the gifts & cards Lindsey bathed the boys. It was written super small and totally subtly….

So, when Gabriel came out of the tubby he was wearing a shirt that read, “I’m the big brother” – I simply asked Lindsey why Gabe was wearing Cayden’s shirt. She told me that it wasn’t Cayden’s shirt, rather they (she & Dave) had made that one for Gabriel earlier in the week!!!

DUH…Gabriel was going to be a BIG Brother….that’s how we found out she was expecting.

She then redirected my blind ass me to the card – to read ‘Baby #3’ noted in super small print there!!!

Check out the Babystrology Widget in my sidebar and keep track of “Baby #3”!!

We’re going to be grandparents again in January 2010!!


Next, Kevin & I departed on Saturday morning for a motorcycle trip to Oklahoma…yes, I said Oklahoma! We rode 688 (or so) miles on Saturday, arriving in Muskogee, Oklahoma to visit Tyler & Amanda for the weekend.

We spent Sunday at OK Castle Renaissance Festival having a super fun time. Eating everything we saw and had a couple of beers while enjoying the shows!

Tyler & Amanda got me a really cool leather beer mug for Mother’s Day, which I’ll treasure forever. I may not drink from it daily…because it’s HUGE. I’ll save it for our annual trips to the Minnesota Renaissance Festival – it will save me so (SO) many trips to buy beer!!

On Monday morning we ‘saddled up’ and rode back 688 (or so) miles. We arrived at my favorite ‘watering hole’ (Bridget’s Bucksnorts Brew-Ha-Ha and Grill) around 9:30pm to our own welcoming party – Kevin Kiehl & Stan & Shirley!! We had a few drinks before heading home for some MUCH needed sleep!

I know…that was a LONG ride just for the weekend!
People (I can’t tell you how many people) told us it was impossible to make that trip in 3 days and insane to attempt that many miles in one weekend and….on and on…..but, we made it!!!



I’m back to work now and remember why it sucks to take even just one day off – I’m backed up, behind and I don’t have the time I NEED I’d love to take catching up with other blogs I follow -- leave alone the time to focus on this one!!

I need some back up here in the office – or to find another way to earn an income working less hours and allowing more time for blogging!!

Until then…
Carol

Wild Turkeys Have Beards

Did you know that wild turkeys have beards?

Sometimes the small stuff pushes me to the edge.

Have you ever wanted something so badly, dreamed something so big & the truth of the matter is that you know in your heart of hearts that it will never come to be – and get really sad about the actuality of that?

I love my home, it is the house I grew up in, I’ve got the same phone number I’ve had my entire life, I love being close to my daughter who lives across the street, BUT I want to move to Maui, work & live in paradise and ride my motorcycle EVERY day!!

Have you ever been in the car running an errand and think to yourself that you should forget the errand and just drive. I mean just go, keep going, driving off to nowhere in particular - just disappearing? And, then do you wonder how the people around you – close to you - your children, your grandchildren, your spouse, your co-workers would react if you were just suddenly gone? Could they function without you…

I am employed, that is more than I can say for hundreds of thousands of people in these trying economic times who have become laid off because their company was downsized, etc. BUT I wish someone else here knew how to do what I do so I could take some time very necessary off!

I simply adore my grandchildren, I love to spend time with them, play with them, spoil them rotten BUT I don’t like the threat to have them taken to their father the sperm donor when I would like a weekend of babysitting off!

I don’t eat very healthily, drink to much, sleep too little, work too hard, love with my whole heart, swear a lot, don’t exercise enough, miss my mother and really believe the grass is greener…

I know, there are people with sick children, physical ailments, mortgage/financial problems – people in much more difficult situations than mine, BUT, this is my pity party so I’m going to pout if I want to!!

No, really, wild turkeys do have beards!

Until next time…
Carol

Not Me Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

Well, it's been a rather uneventful week at the Olsen ranch (okay, we don't have a ranch it's just a figure of speech) but, in the spirit of Not Me Monday I had to confess just a few things. It is kind of theraputic - so here goes:

I have not been following Stellan’s progress throughout his recent trip to Boston and I have not prayed every day for him to be healthy, Nope – not me!

I, being a lazy daisy Nana, wouldn’t think of letting Cayden & Gabriel have Easter Peeps, the little yellow marshmellowy chickens for their (first) breakfast on Sunday so I could lay on the sofa and rest a bit longer, No Way – Not Me!

I wouldn’t blow off doing the yard work so I could put just under one hundred miles on my Harley on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, Yep - Not Me!

I would never in a million years have my wonderful husband start a fire in our backyard fireplace, invite several of my motorcycle riding friends over for a beer or two and tell them (even the men) about my period – who talks to their friends (especially the men ones) about that!? DEFINITELY Not Me!!

I do not refresh my blog page about a hundred times a day to keep in touch with my ‘blogger friends’, mostly strangers that I’ve never actually met (but would love to one day), whose lives seem much more interesting than mine, ABSOLUTELY Not Me!!

Until next time….
Carol

Aloha Friday #5

Welcome to this week’s edition of Aloha Friday.

In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. The An Island Life blog has a tradition to take it easy with posting, too. So I thought that on Fridays I would take it easy on posting, as well. Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response.

If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and leave your link below. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!

To answer Kailani's question...
When I was a kid I wanted to be a truck driver! How funny....

My question for this week is:
Who is your hero and why?