Why I chose the in-laws I chose.....

Picture this Sicily, 1945, ok maybe not.  It was really Mt. Iron, Minnesota 1986 and I was waltzing with my dad, you know that Father/Daughter dance that makes everyone tear up.  Well about the second time around I hear this "Don't worry, you'll always be our number one daughter in law".  Good thing my dad was nearly deaf because it would have hurt his heart beyond belief.  I on the other hand decided that night that it was friggin "game on"!!
I was marrying someone from across the tracks that was apparently destined since conception to do great things in life and have a wonderful family with integrity and poise and well......he fell in love with me instead.  HA HA
So we've been married for 24 years...TAKE THAT Mommy and Daddy dearest!!
Next year we hear that there is a nice celebration being planned for us by a few of our closest and "imperfect" children and friends.  I've seen the guest list and it seems there are no mommy and daddy on it....it'll be too dry (ya know, only 2, 3 kegs a few jugs of whiskey, vodka and other tasties) late for them to stay up.  It'll be fun, it'll be relaxing and it'll be REAL.

Here's to Talking Like a Loser Northerner and to Keeping It Real....

It's a Hospital Vacation For Me!!!

I can't believe it but was approved in about 2 hours!!  Yay  Will update more later-am tired and crabby.  Nightall!!

Vacations....

Ok, I admit-I LOVE to get away.  But I feel like I deserve them and here's why.....

I live in a house with 4 adults and 2 children.....I'm the only one presently that cleans or gives a crappola that it's clean!

I am married to an amazing guy!

I am a full time student pursuing a TOUGH major and it will make me great money when I'm done!

I'm married to a wonderful guy!

I do a lot of charity work and most of the time it's out of the kindness of my heart!

I'm married to a nice guy!

I'm a TOTALLY dedicated WIFE, MOM and Nana!

I'm married to a sweet guy!

So, I take these little vaca's a couple of  times a year...when I can and around everyone else's schedules. 

Lately tho, my 54 year old hubby has been going through a pretty expensive change of life thing.  Last fall when I took a little breaky, I came back to see a brochure of a brand new CAMO 4-wheeler.  The biggest that Arctic Cat makes...why does this matter you ask...                                         

Because he HAD to have it

This past spring our daughter and I went to Georgia to visit friends for a few days.  Upon arriving home I found Paul waiting at the door, car key's in hand saying "let's take a little ride"  to get this....

So we are now Harley owners...I don't really enjoy it, but do what I must to be a doting wife (insert Dr. Laura cackle here!) and I do  ride along.  smirk smirk

Ok, so I do enjoy it but don't tell him!  Oh and BTW our friend that we were riding with that night took this pic, isn't it beautiful?  It's taken down in Duluth riding the North Shore and it rained just a bit, thus the awesome rainbow.  Isn't that what captures your attention in this pic?  Well our good friend KRIS, who just happens to YELL out on FB..."I DIDN'T NOTICE THE RAINBOW, THOUGHT THE PIC WAS ABOUT RONDA'S RING!!!  LOL  No Kris.....natures candy NOT finger candy!!

Ok, getting back to business, um where were we, vacations.  So I'm planning another little jaunt in Sept. and I'm scared to death that Pauls little mid life crisis will strike again.....what else can he buy you might ask?

Best be along these lines babe....and I know you read this blog!!   

And for all you non Northern talking folks...Here's learning to :)

P.S-I figure I'll be ordering my own Harley in about a year...wasn't cut out to be the b#tch in the back!

My Vices....

I have vices and it's not really food.  They are satellite radio personalities and Most of the Bravo Housewives.
I call into the radio personalities on a regular basis (ya I know....too much time on my hands) I love call "Mary O"-she's a psychic intuitive and she's ALWAYS right!!  Seriously!!
The first time I called her it was because I was going to have a biopsy and scared to flippin death....she said "you're gonna be fine sweetheart".  2nd time was to see if our home in Virginia was haunted as our kids said it was or if they were just early crack users....I ate crow.  Mary said that  there were children playing in that house (did I lose ya here) and that the room that was ALWAYS cold (we swore someone had died in that room!) was where the children were sent when they were naughty. AND Mary O. described that room right down to the stinking window cover colors!!  I know, it's sacrilegious, but I'm hooked!!
Then there is Rosie Odonell  and her crew......laugh for two hours straight!!  No, I'm not coming out of the closet here but she and I think along the same lines.  She says what she thinks and offers no apologies....as does rOndA.  You all know my motto "if it's worth using the air, make it the truth"!
And I HAVE to listen to Dr. Laura ream people out simply for DARING to say a thing against your man!!  If your man gets drunk and beats the living tar out of you....put up with it and stop whining!!  She is her children's mother and her husbands wife....bitch!!
Those housewives of New York and New Jersey just make life worth living for me!!  They live like I want to live...taking trips,  buying any darn thing you want and living in lavish homes....never mind that your hubby is bi-sexual, filed bankruptcy and losing their homes or have obvious mental health issues!  There are times I shake my friggin head and say WTH just happened?  And on national tv....WOW-I LOVE it!!  Makes my life seem AMAZING!!
But my reality tv daily-"the View".  My girls....Joy and Sherry discussing the days topics and then wait for that snatchy Elizabeth to jump down their throats with her "my life is perfect so I can judge you bitch" attitude!  But Whoopie ALWAYS saves the day in her motherly ways and wisdom of life.....she is one of my heros!!

Well folks, remember to saver a little bit of today and U-Betcha-talk like a northerner

Summer has returned to Minnesota!!

It's a balmy 64 and windy....as it should be up here.
I'm not sure what mom nature was thinking but we CAN'T handle upper 80's and 90's!  Our body's are not equipped to deal with such!  We have several extra layers of fat under our skin (unlike my wealthy, gentile southern friends) which allows us to keep toasty from Oct. to June when we have snow/cold!   Then July and August the temps. generally shoot up to the 60's and we FINALLY get that summer we've been reaming about. I'm actually hoping to shed some of those layers soon tho...HEY, maybe we can move in with one of our rich wonderful, republican southern friends as I won't be able to handle these -50's anymore!!!  We can eat caviar and shrimp and go to cocktail parties every weekend...it'll be a "swell" time with the damn southern folk!!  lol 
You know I love you all!!! <3

As always...Take a Little Time to enjoy the Little people things in life, and Talk Like a Northerner.....

It's Time.....

Ive been thinking recently about starting a blog as it's supposed to be a great outlet for that which my mind gets carried away with!  So....it's time!!  It's time to reveal that I'm pursuing bariatric surgery, specifically a procedure called the "Duodenal Switch".  It's a procedure that's not for the light of heart or body!!  

When I had originally went into my bariatric surgeon 4 1/2 years ago it was with the intent that I'd have either the "rny" procedure or the "lap band" placed.  Because I'm very challenged in the height area and carry a majority of my weight in my mid-section-Dr. Ikk (or Sayeed, I call him, whom I might add is from India and a VERY smart fella) said that I'd benefit from the D.S. or duodenal switch because in folks with the above "issues" research has shown that the long term success is better with the ds.

I've had friends that have had both the rny, lap band as well as the ds and they've ALL benefited from their respective procedures and I want this to be VERY CLEAR....I believe that if you believe in your procedure...(which EVER it is) it IS the choice for you!!  Let me say this once more....You chose the procedure that fits you, your lifestyle and your body!  

I have been sooo amazed and utterly fascinated watching these friends morphed into healthy, happy, fresh,... HEALTHY women.  It brings tears to my eyes to think about.  My friends mean the world to me and to witness this is magical...

  

...now all we will need to pray for is the insurance approval....ewwwwwww