I've put myself through the hell of Blog Beautification! It sucks, badly. Trust me when I say, it sucks! Blogger used to be so easy. Not any more. I'm ready to move on and need to find a new host. I'm officially a FACEBOOK CHEATER! I have cheated on my blog for way to long. Blogging and writing is therapeutic.
Riddle me this. Am I trying to make my blog sparkle and pretty to hide the non sparkly I'm feeling inside? Hmmm. That's the question. I will continue to make this try and look pretty, because I like looking at pretty aesthetics. Maybe I just want the pretty to hide the hell. I haven't quite figured it out, yet. The journey will only help me discover the answer, if there ever is one to find.
On To Prettify (As Mama Boo Boo's June would say,...I just quoted something from Honey Boo Boo LOL)
Christie
xoxoxo
Friday, October 12, 2012
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Diary Of The Third Act....Here It Comes
A second act is inevitable. I believe we get as many acts as we want in our lifetime. I feel like I'm nearing the end of my second act and ready for the third fabulous act. What shall it be? I have no idea. My kids and family are always center stage, but now I need do something for my self worth and loveliness. The lonely and looking back are behind me. Working on the here and now, including the future drives my moments coming out of my solace.
Am I enough for you? I have given up enough of me to be everything for you, but I forgot about the loveliness that I am. I wasn't allowed to live my dreams, because I took care of everyone else in my world. Now it's my turn.
I am ready for that next act of mine. I'm ready for some of those dreams.
XOXO
C
Am I enough for you? I have given up enough of me to be everything for you, but I forgot about the loveliness that I am. I wasn't allowed to live my dreams, because I took care of everyone else in my world. Now it's my turn.
I am ready for that next act of mine. I'm ready for some of those dreams.
XOXO
C
Monday, July 23, 2012
Crazy of Moving!
From Diary of A Move With Kids, Dogs, and one crazy GYPSY!
Our move is about done and it has been EVENTFUL! Three kids, two dogs, a husband, Barb ( my GPS,) and Gypsy (his GPS) make for one crazy trip through the south. Barb is the perfect GPS and Gypsy, well Gypsy takes routes like, well, a Gypsy!
Hotel living consists of two rooms, with dogs and three of us in one and two in another. Traveling with dogs makes me think, why?! What was I thinking?! We don't have crying babies with us, but we do have barking dogs. Along comes my savior, to help save my sanity!
What is the SAVIOR? Hmmm... Wait for it! Wait for it!
Doggie Daycare! Just make sure you don't call it Doggie Daycare to the staff, because they call it Doggie Day Camp! It's the deal of the century! My pups love it! We drive past it and they go nuts!
That's it for now.
Until I have a little Sparkle or Pink to share!
Our move is about done and it has been EVENTFUL! Three kids, two dogs, a husband, Barb ( my GPS,) and Gypsy (his GPS) make for one crazy trip through the south. Barb is the perfect GPS and Gypsy, well Gypsy takes routes like, well, a Gypsy!
Hotel living consists of two rooms, with dogs and three of us in one and two in another. Traveling with dogs makes me think, why?! What was I thinking?! We don't have crying babies with us, but we do have barking dogs. Along comes my savior, to help save my sanity!
What is the SAVIOR? Hmmm... Wait for it! Wait for it!
That's it for now.
Until I have a little Sparkle or Pink to share!
Doggie Daycare Mommy! Don't take another picture! Let's go!
Mommy, I love my picture getting taken by you! 
Sunday, June 3, 2012
My Sparkling Mermaid
The Mermaids of Norfolk
There are so many things to do when we make the big move. Something fun will be to find the Mermaids. Ok, sounds very much a "chick thing," and that's ok to think that. I am of the female persuasion. :) There are about 170 mermaid sculptures, like this one, but painted and decorated differently. I can't wait find and photograph all my mermaids. My boy just told me, "Mommy, don't go overboard on the Mermaids."
Me go overboard on something? Never! Ha!
Sparkly yes. Feeling sparkly, not so much.
Not so sparkly is the feeling that I need to pack up and change everything. Florida hasn't been my favorite, but the kids have really found their niches. From the high school, to the friends, and finally the the swim team that has become my two younger ones' haven. It's a hard one to tackle emotionally.
I'll tackle this head on and with all the grace I can conjure, in this soon to be 40 something of myself. xoxo
Until Later,
xoxoxo
Christie
Monday, February 20, 2012
Gifting, Getting, Wine, and Ass Backwardness of FL!
Wonderful World of Christie....Diary from gifting, getting, wine, and ass backwardness of FL!
When my husband decided that he wanted to return ALL of his birthday gifts, from me, I could have really been mad. Then he said in the same breath, "Let's just return these things now and get you some new clothes." Well, how could I argue with that? LOL. I'd say he's the HARDEST person to shop for, but actually He's lucky he has such a great wife. I have supplied him with every single gadget and electronic thing..plus the unmentioned good stuff...that a man could want. So, really, he's just lucky he wants for NOTHING! He did say a 32KG Kettlebell would be nice. UGH! He's been doing kettlebells before they were cool. LOL. We have so many freaking KBs.
Next, let me introduce you to class. Meet my new favorite thing, The Target Wine Cube.
I pull out my fancy crystal, because that's how I roll, and taste the YUM. It really is tasty.
Finally, I am going to work out this morning. My kids seem to be the only kids who have to go to school on Presidents' Day, but hey, here in the Tampa area they will give the kids the day off for the state fair and the Strawberry Festival! LOL. Now here's a state with their priorities!
PS...Rick Santorum Scares me.
Until I something good to say, later...
Xty
When my husband decided that he wanted to return ALL of his birthday gifts, from me, I could have really been mad. Then he said in the same breath, "Let's just return these things now and get you some new clothes." Well, how could I argue with that? LOL. I'd say he's the HARDEST person to shop for, but actually He's lucky he has such a great wife. I have supplied him with every single gadget and electronic thing..plus the unmentioned good stuff...that a man could want. So, really, he's just lucky he wants for NOTHING! He did say a 32KG Kettlebell would be nice. UGH! He's been doing kettlebells before they were cool. LOL. We have so many freaking KBs.
Next, let me introduce you to class. Meet my new favorite thing, The Target Wine Cube.
Finally, I am going to work out this morning. My kids seem to be the only kids who have to go to school on Presidents' Day, but hey, here in the Tampa area they will give the kids the day off for the state fair and the Strawberry Festival! LOL. Now here's a state with their priorities!
PS...Rick Santorum Scares me.
Until I something good to say, later...
Xty
Monday, February 13, 2012
Whitney Houston - Didn't We Almost Have It All
Wonderful World of Christie...Diary Of My Memories In Song.
Whitney was my songbook. I hear her voice and the memories flood to my heart and soul. I can't hear Whitney sing and not sing with her. I miss this voice. I remember this voice.
Whitney was my songbook. I hear her voice and the memories flood to my heart and soul. I can't hear Whitney sing and not sing with her. I miss this voice. I remember this voice.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Social Media Demystified
Wonderful World of Christie...Diary From The Social Media Realm. Thank you @ThreeShipsMedia for explaining to all of us the difference, ever so slight as they may be to the user! I love this! I need this. I can now be sure I use the correct info in my Social Media Experimenting. LOL. Love!
Social Media Explained a la @ThreeShipsMedia http://instagr.am/p/nm695/
Friday, January 27, 2012
D Cups Do Not Need Padding!
The Wonderful World of Christie...Diary From The Quest For Sexy..
Just another fun fun fun conversation with my hubby. He loves me. He's a man. There's some TMI language, but if you read me, then you know how the words just flow from the fingers.
"Hunny, I need you to do something today. GO on VS (Victoria's Secret) and order something," He said with a sexy little wink. LOL.
"Ok, but does it have to be sexy or can it be comfy?" I asked, without any coffee and holding the peanut butter knife while listening to the dogs gobble up their food. It was quite the sexy moment.
Gotta love him. :) I'll take a look, but my ass is so not thong or semi thong worthy, in my opinion. LOL. I've got the boobs, though. Oh and PS, when did it become standard to put padding in bras? D cups do not need paddingk I'm done.
Happy Friday Friends and Lurkers. Comment and I'll follow you!
Find a little PEACE today and embrace your sexy. Sexy does not mean perfect. I'll tell myself that today when I'm ordering the hubby's requested item. :)
XOXO
Xty
Just another fun fun fun conversation with my hubby. He loves me. He's a man. There's some TMI language, but if you read me, then you know how the words just flow from the fingers.
"Hunny, I need you to do something today. GO on VS (Victoria's Secret) and order something," He said with a sexy little wink. LOL.
"Ok, but does it have to be sexy or can it be comfy?" I asked, without any coffee and holding the peanut butter knife while listening to the dogs gobble up their food. It was quite the sexy moment.
Gotta love him. :) I'll take a look, but my ass is so not thong or semi thong worthy, in my opinion. LOL. I've got the boobs, though. Oh and PS, when did it become standard to put padding in bras? D cups do not need paddingk I'm done.
Happy Friday Friends and Lurkers. Comment and I'll follow you!
Find a little PEACE today and embrace your sexy. Sexy does not mean perfect. I'll tell myself that today when I'm ordering the hubby's requested item. :)
XOXO
Xty
Thursday, January 26, 2012
A Little Bit Crazy
Wonderful World of Christie's...Diary Of Some Crazy,
Chelsea Handler is my favorite! I've read her books, I've listened to her books, and if you want a never ending laugh then pick up any of them. Her new show makes my night, well not my night, but my Thursday morning without kids and with coffee time, after my Sexy Matty Lauer time.
"Where did you get that Forever 39.".. New Waitress in slutty t-shirt to prudish and breast feeding Sloan. (Natasha Legger, Are you there Chelsea?)
" I am breast feeding. Where did you get that, in the stripper section of Abercrombie and Bitch?"...Sloane. (Chelsea..Are you there Chelsea)
After waking up to my coffee brewed all over my counter and not any in the pot, because it leaked to a clogged brewing spout, I was ready for a nap already! After cleaning up the mess, making lunches, breakfasts, getting the kids all ready, I was overjoyed with my whining and crying daughter. Oh, what fun to listen to my child cry for 20 minutes, because she wanted to STAY HOME! Oh give me a break. That was the last thing I needed. I wasn't functioning. I gave in and told her to go her room and to bed. I couldn't deal with her. Needless to say she stayed home. I was done and it wasn't even 8:30.
Am I bitching? Yes, I am bitching. I realized I wasn't functioning and handling the morning very well and it hit me as I went for a cup of freshly brewed coffee. I grabbed my coffee and glanced down at my Starbucks bag. Wait for it....Wait for it.....IT WAS DECAF! The new packaging makes it almost impossible to make a distinction between regular and decaf!
Note to Starbucks, PLEASE FIX YOUR PACKAGING! It's not working for me!
On that note I will say TTFN. I'm off to watch House Hunters International and decompress. Dinner is over. Migraine meds worked. I am taking a Klonopin and seriously tuning out everyone.
XOXO,
Xty
Chelsea Handler is my favorite! I've read her books, I've listened to her books, and if you want a never ending laugh then pick up any of them. Her new show makes my night, well not my night, but my Thursday morning without kids and with coffee time, after my Sexy Matty Lauer time.
"Where did you get that Forever 39.".. New Waitress in slutty t-shirt to prudish and breast feeding Sloan. (Natasha Legger, Are you there Chelsea?)
" I am breast feeding. Where did you get that, in the stripper section of Abercrombie and Bitch?"...Sloane. (Chelsea..Are you there Chelsea)
After waking up to my coffee brewed all over my counter and not any in the pot, because it leaked to a clogged brewing spout, I was ready for a nap already! After cleaning up the mess, making lunches, breakfasts, getting the kids all ready, I was overjoyed with my whining and crying daughter. Oh, what fun to listen to my child cry for 20 minutes, because she wanted to STAY HOME! Oh give me a break. That was the last thing I needed. I wasn't functioning. I gave in and told her to go her room and to bed. I couldn't deal with her. Needless to say she stayed home. I was done and it wasn't even 8:30.
Am I bitching? Yes, I am bitching. I realized I wasn't functioning and handling the morning very well and it hit me as I went for a cup of freshly brewed coffee. I grabbed my coffee and glanced down at my Starbucks bag. Wait for it....Wait for it.....IT WAS DECAF! The new packaging makes it almost impossible to make a distinction between regular and decaf!
Note to Starbucks, PLEASE FIX YOUR PACKAGING! It's not working for me!
On that note I will say TTFN. I'm off to watch House Hunters International and decompress. Dinner is over. Migraine meds worked. I am taking a Klonopin and seriously tuning out everyone.
XOXO,
Xty
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Suck it up and Wait!
Wonderful World of Christie's..Diary From Here We Go Again,
Another move is upon us with the Marine Corps. It's inevitable that every 3 years we are going to move. Timing of this move couldn't be worse, though. I have to move my daughter at the end of her Junior and beginning of her Senior year of high school. Hard? Yes. Fair? No. I did it at her age and know the havoc it wrecks on the academic and social structure of the child.
My middle daughter is in Middle School. Talk about crap. She gets to begin 8th grade in a new school and I couldn't imagine anything more difficult at that age. My goal is to get us into a neighborhood with kids and kids in her age group! She needs someone people to, at least attend school with on the bus or share lunch with during the day. Sigh.
My son will go with the flow. He is still young enough to just make friends everywhere! I'm not writing off his potential anxiety, but I do see a little more ease in that situation.
The bright spot is that when we move we will move somewhere we have been before. I am the one that must get over the anxiety and potential heartbreak of where we may end up, if it's not where I want move! Happiness is where you find it! I have that sign in my kitchen. It's time for me to suck it up once again and wait! Ugh.
XOXO
Until we meet again.
Another move is upon us with the Marine Corps. It's inevitable that every 3 years we are going to move. Timing of this move couldn't be worse, though. I have to move my daughter at the end of her Junior and beginning of her Senior year of high school. Hard? Yes. Fair? No. I did it at her age and know the havoc it wrecks on the academic and social structure of the child.
My middle daughter is in Middle School. Talk about crap. She gets to begin 8th grade in a new school and I couldn't imagine anything more difficult at that age. My goal is to get us into a neighborhood with kids and kids in her age group! She needs someone people to, at least attend school with on the bus or share lunch with during the day. Sigh.
My son will go with the flow. He is still young enough to just make friends everywhere! I'm not writing off his potential anxiety, but I do see a little more ease in that situation.
The bright spot is that when we move we will move somewhere we have been before. I am the one that must get over the anxiety and potential heartbreak of where we may end up, if it's not where I want move! Happiness is where you find it! I have that sign in my kitchen. It's time for me to suck it up once again and wait! Ugh.
XOXO
Until we meet again.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Sparkle Sparkle Where Did You Go?
Wonderful World of Christie's..Diary From The Less Sparkly,
The dazzle isn't here. The coffee has run dry. Spirit fingers are hiding in the webs of these fingers that are just the extension of my unspoken life. What the fuck. Sometimes days are just dull and maybe that's why I left the Christmas tree up for a few extra days this year. I loved the sparkle of the lights brightening up the otherwise dullness of my little realm.
The dazzle isn't here. The coffee has run dry. Spirit fingers are hiding in the webs of these fingers that are just the extension of my unspoken life. What the fuck. Sometimes days are just dull and maybe that's why I left the Christmas tree up for a few extra days this year. I loved the sparkle of the lights brightening up the otherwise dullness of my little realm.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Dixie Chicks - Not Ready To Make Nice
This is my favorite video right now. I watched the disgusting interview Chris Wallace had with Santorum. It brought me back to this. A trio of women villified and threatened during the war and their views. Then there's Santorum skating by with a vile attack on gay men in the military. Video will be to follow. Call this Man out! Dixie Checks need to come back out and sing it!
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