Fay Go Away!

I see by the latest Weather Underground map that my homies in the South West Florida area are gonna get a little wet.

Martha, Shelly & Robin and my FIL, BIL and gal pal and her daughter BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES and stay inside!  I think my crew from Naples and Ft Meyers just went back home after the wedding showers to hurricane showers.

The gang in the Keys are going to have a slow ride north....that's a long drive on a 2 lane road!

Gas up!  Load up on the snacks and batteries and flashlights and radios.  Ice down those coolers and pack em full of drink.  Ain't nothing like a good old fashion Hurricane Party.

My parents owned a large hardware store and I have spent many a storm sleeping there on a cot or lounge chair.  After Miss T was born I wised up and got an air mattress and brought my own sheets....it gets cold sleeping that close to a concrete floor even in the summertime.

It was BYO -- piled high in the break room.  Plenty of paper products, hand sanitizer, plastic forks etc, bread, chips, deli meats, peanut butter, jelly, donuts, honey buns, cheese, carrots, crackers, pop tarts, fruit, hot dogs, you name it, we had it.

One year Tom had just made some meatballs and sauce.....so I brought it out and we boiled up some noodles before the power went out.  We all dined rather well....even had steak and pork on the gas grill out back in the large storeroom.

At times there were as many as 16 of us all hunkered down in the store.  We knew that early the next morning we'd be up and helping customers as they needed it or we'd be working all day through the storm with or without power to get plywood, nails and such sold to the public. 

We'd crank up the generator and power up one of the main servers to work the registers and run some fans.  The longest we were ever without power was 5 days.  It was on at my house within 3 days and that was Hurricane Fran back in 97 just 2 months before Miss T was born.

As food defrosted we'd cook it on the grill or at my Nanny's - she has a gas stove.  We always hooked up her generator to keep her freezer running - didn't want to lose those garden veggies.

The "good" thing with Hurricane's is that you have some warning.  Time to pack up important items like pictures and legal papers and gather supplies.  I'd much rather be "overly prepared"  than much sorry later.

 

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Color Me Blue

Your result for The Color Code Test ...

Color Code: BLUE: The Social Butterfly

29% Red, 43% Blue, 11% White and 17% Yellow!

Here is the basics: For a more in depth analysis, I suggest you look up the Color Code, and take a more intensive test.

BLUE MOTIVE: Intimacy

BLUE NEEDS: To be good (morally), To be understood, To be appreciated, Acceptance.

BLUE WANTS: To reveal insecurities, Quality, Autonomy, Secuirity.

SUMMARY: Blues are motivated by altruism. They love to do nice things for others. they look for opportunites to give up something in order to bring another person happiness. selflessness rather than selfishness is their guiding philosophy. Blues seek intimacy. They want to be loved and to love. A true blue will sacrifice a successful career to improve an important relationship. Blues crave being understood. They are gratified when they are listened to, when they feel understood and appreciated. Blues may have thier hearts broken more than most people, but they also spend much more time in love. Blues are directed by a strong moral conscience. They have a moral code that guides them in their decision making, their value judgements, and their leisure time. A blue would rather lose than cheat. Ethically, blues are people who should be in positions of power, but seldom are.

 

http://www.helloquizzy.com/tests/

To My Friends

 

None of that Sissy Crap

Are you tired of those sissy 'friendship' poems?

Well, here is a series of promises that actually speak of true friendship.  You will see no cutesy little smiley faces on this card-Just the stone cold truth of our great friendship.

1. When you are sad --I will jump on the person who made you sad like a spider monkey jacked up on Mountain Dew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2. When you are blue -- I will try to dislodge whatever is choking you.

3. When you smile -- I will know you are plotting something that I must be involved in.

4. When you're scared -- we will high tail it out of here.

5. When you are worried -- I will tell you horrible stories about how much worse it could be until you quit whining, ya big baby!!!!

6. When you are confused -- I will use little words.

7. When you are sick --Stay away from me until you are well again. I don't want whatever you have.

8. When you fall -- I'll pick you up and dust you off.

 

9. This is my oath...I pledge it to the end.

 

'Why?' you may ask -- because you are my FRIEND!

Friendship is like peeing your pants, everyone can see it, but only you can feel the true warmth.

 

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I Do and I Do

Ahhhh the weddings of the summer are done.

Yes, the first wedding.  Walking over and on to the beach and a shot of the ring placement.  You will see Larry the Lobster in the trash can if you look hard enough.  I also included a picture of the "band" (juke box) and the wedding "cake" er pizza.

Then wedding 2 chimes in with starfish atop a cake.  I made the peach colored candy seashells for this cake for decoration . (Patting self on the back)  The rest were given out with each slice of cake.  A church wedding, country club reception and DJ dance music ending with the happy couple parading through a line up of large sparklers and hopping into one of 2 limos.

It was a beautiful day for each wedding.  Neither was too hot or humid (my hair stayed in place thanks to my Kenra hair spray).  Each bride was glowing and radiant.

I wish many many happy years together for both couples.

To the chapel...again!

Boy this summer has been filled with something to do.  It seems I've not gotten a moments peace.  It's either work or DH or dancing or weddings, showers, babies........

Today my bestestfriend Cindilouwho's daughter gets married.

I finished making the chocolate seashells for the cake.  I really liked the yellow ones and the light peach colored ones me and Miss T came up with.  We'll be picking up the cake today at 1pm and getting it set up....I'm sure to take some pictures of it once we're done.

Last weekend I made the chocolate ones and some swirled, some sand colored....

Why do I put myself in these positions?

I guess cause I love it!  Glad I can help in some small way.

I'm emptying out my camera card and making sure I have a full battery.  I'll be back with some pictures of both summer weddings....I hope.

I did get a chance to relax in my pool today....until the nephew dropped by.  He decided to swim too and of course only "Aunt Sharon" can catch me.  He's a dream!!  And a schmoozer too.

Off to get my beauty rest....got a long day ahead of me.

Nite all!!

Surprised they don't lock me up!

Me!  Yes, me. 

I got a ticket for not wearing a seatbelt.

So I'm sitting there in my car fuming! because how dare they stop ME for such a small infraction (I was saving my lunch which was sliding into the floorboard) when my DH is "allowed" to drive under the influence habitually!!!!!!

OK Greg, I know you're gonna say "It's the law" but geeeesh.  Motorcycle cops (which this one was) don't wear seatbelts!

My wearing a seatbelt does not insure that I will NOT cross the line and run over someone as a drunk would.

So what did I do?

Promptly asked the cop "why?" .......

He says "we do our best"....

(Oh no he didn't just say that!)

I held my composure and just stared at him.

Got back in my car; wrote down Mr Man's info, driver's license etc and told him to do us all a favor and do their job by catching people like this!

Can you guess that I'm pissed off????

Angry is more like it.

 

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Sharon needs.....

 

This is one of those things that from time to time you need to do just to get a laugh....or a handle on life.  GOOGLE your name with needs or wants behind it and write down the top 12 results.

 

Sharon needs….a new world.  (Oh to be able to wave a magic wand and make everything perfect and happy)

Sharon needs…to be told to stop shooting and start talking.  (I think they got this one backwards)

Sharon needs….our prayers. (AMEN)

Sharon needs….more time to work out peace policy.  (ROFL - goes without saying)

Sharon needs….a friend.  (Got em)

Sharon needs….to do succession planning.  (Planning????  Come on....when I plan someone else fails.)

Sharon needs….a hand.  (Please someone praise me for all my hard work!!)

Sharon needs….labor support.  (So very true...I need some part time help in my office!)

Sharon needs….5 minutes of peace. (CALGON!)

Sharon needs….to do something simple.  (A dip in the pool perhaps?)

Sharon needs….to get back together with Nick.  (ROFL - OK I'll admit, he IS a hunk, so I'm game if he is!! Young and the Restless)

Sharon needs….a swimming suit.  (Oh please, let's not even go there.....)