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  1. viv
    Okay so I sort of had a mini breakdown yesterday I think I'm going to mostly blame it on my monthly female hormones... but I finally got to see some pictures of my brother's wedding that I couldn't go to cause it was in Spain and I was crying! Then I wondered why I was crying and I think it was because I really, REALLY wanted to be there, which is REALLY selfish because it's not about me, it's about him and how he got married and that I should be happy for him, which I am, but... anyway then I realized I was being selfish, and then I got mad at myself and that made me more upset... vicious cycle.
     
    Anyway, I had a few friends talk me down off the proverbial ledge so I could get my crap together enough to go to work, but the thing is... I am still pretty sad about it. I guess that will pass eventually and I really only get in these moods every once in a LONG while so I guess I'll deal.
     
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEVIN!!!!
     
    Okay so I just had the funnest little chat with Rich while he was at work and I took a little break from the wedding cake making to talk to Joey! Here it is...
     
    Viv: and this f'ing cake... the thing is HUGE
    Rich: I get that a lot
    Viv: really?? who else are you showing that thing to?
    Rich: Well when my freak flag is flying, the whole world can see it
    Viv: HAHAHAHA!
    Viv: omg! i love it!
    Rich: i get that a lot too
    Viv: mm hmmm, modest man
    Viv: and give it to me baby
    Rich: i only get that from you
    Rich: no one really wants it they just point and stare
    Viv: that big huh?
    Viv: anyway, i better go get dressed so i can go pick up more frosting and then get back to my naked cake making
    Rich: ill get the frosting off you
    Rich: you are not naked...are you?!
    Viv: who wants to know?
    Rich: My flag pole is rising
    Viv: now i have to go... so i can say... let them eat cake!
    Rich: ok but are you really naked?
    Viv: lol!
    Rich: awwwwww
    Viv: what do you think?
    Rich: i think you're all pulling my...chain?
    Viv: well, no, i do have a little apron on though
    Rich: ?!?!
    Viv: been a while eh?
    Viv: need some lovin babe?
    Rich: yes i do
     
    So between my pals and my hubby I am smiling again...
     
    Hugs,
    Vivian and one apron
     
    PS. Joey! You can doooooooooooooo it!
  2. viv

    watch this!

    By viv,

    Okay so a crazy hectic week and it's just gonna get worse I'm pretty sure... but I guess it's all worth it since I'm getting a new sister out of it all and I get both my brothers home at the same time I do have to make a wedding cake though so it might almost be a trade off...
     
    I just got home from work and Rich showed me this video clip, OMFG!!! This guy is awesome! You TOTALLY have to watch this! http://www.break.com/index/evolutiondance.html
     
    I actually started chapter 19 this afternoon, so yay for that!
     
    I'm kinda excited cause I am working on a project... sort of... with a friend I met on here... and I hope for his sake something productive comes out of it cause he is a really great guy with so much to offer!
     
    I signed up to write something for the summer anthology but I have NO idea what I'm gonna do yet and I can't even begin to think about it this week anyway.
     
    OMG! and... I went to the mall yesterday to buy a wedding gift for my brother and his new wife and the beep beep store was CLOSED!!! In the middle of the day I swear there are rules about this somewhere... so now tomorrow I have to bake a wedding cake, take my son to get a haircut cause now it's so long he is doing that really cute head flip thing to get his hair out of his eyes, buy a wedding gift, mail off Mother's Day cards, and go to work tomorrow night...
     
    Hugs to my pal, hope your finals are going well!
     
    It's Kevin's birthday on Friday and all I can say is yay and hahaha cause you turned 29 first
     
    Sweetie! just cause...
     
    Hugs, Viv
     
    PS. Hey angel welcome to GA!
  3. viv

    sooooooo behind!

    By viv,

    Okay this is going to be short and sweet... kind of like me! Giggle
     
    Let's see here... First, I have to wish a Happy Birthday to two very motivating people in my life...
     
    Comicality and Matty! Happy Birthday boys! Hope you both have amazing years and thanks you for being the guys you are and my friends and motivators and just all around nice guys! Cute too! well Matty is anyway, haven't ever seen Com... still waiting on him to return the favor And while I'm at it... I might as well wish it to my German friend too... even though it's already passed and I already told him, but just for fun!
     
    Okay, anyone who emailed me, I swear I am gonna take tomorrow and reply... finally and I'm sorry it's been so long, but I will do it, tomorrow, I promise! I really am just trying to finish this chapter so I can get it out tomorrow too. It's gonna be great too! Just as soon as I finish editing for Davey ...
     
    Umm to that cutie I've been helping... mostly helping him avoid his education I think, hehehe, I am SO proud of you for being brave and going after what you want!
     
    I want to wish Kevin a.k.a. A Friendly Face an easy move and good luck on his finals, can't wait to hear from you again hun!
     
    Here are some links to some stories I think you all might like to check out... they are new and from new authors, but really promising if you ask me... which you didn't but it's my blog so deal!
    http://www.voy.com/17262/7687.html
    http://library.gaycafe.com/nifty/gay/celeb...bands/runaways/
     
    If you read those, take some time and give my boys some feedback... I know they would appreciate it so much!
     
    Hugs, Vivian
     
    P.S. Smooooooooch pal!
  4. viv
    I'm gonna preface this blog with the fact that I'm sunburned and my dog is shedding her winter coat ALL over my house! Also, I am so ready to start a new week. Last week left me feeling like I couldn't concentrate on any one thought for too long, which for me, is ridiculous since normally I think things to death and then... rethink them. Anyway, on with the blog!
     
    So lemme see... I started out the week editing two amazing new stories for some friends and all I'm gonna say is the stories are fantastic! Then on Tuesday we had our G.S. meeting and the girls gave me cards they had made at home for Leader Day, and OMG! they are so, SO sweet! I've been seriously considering not being a leader again next year... but I think I might stay one more year and let my daughter finish this level with me and then she can go on if she wants to.
     
    Besides that my freaky pal had some stuff happening, but I'm REALLY glad that it's under control now cause they are all such amazing people and deserve some happiness. Then there was Kevin... but at least he was considerate enough to tell me and assure me he was safe or I would have killed him myself! Then there was a few other guys who were in need of some Vivvy time.
     
    Umm, so I took my girls to camp this weekend. The whole thing is a competition from the theme and decoration of your campsite to the skills to games, etc. We won second place in the fun events out of like 30 troops so that is way awesome, especially since my speech all weekend to them was it's not about winning, we are here to have fun and if you do your best that's good enough for me and you all are winners then.
     
    Then they have a leader event too and one leader from each troop has to compete, but they don't tell us what it is until the event happens. SO, since my co-leader is pregnant and so I had to do it again this year. They blindfolded me, spun me around five times and then two of my girls had to guide me through and obstacle course... blindfolded!!! But it was fun and I didn't break anything so
     
    I ended up staying up on Saturday night talking to another mom who came along and we were discussing how you learn how to be or not be a parent from how you were raised and I told her that I still am realizing things about myself that I am figuring out how I got to be this way... Like how I feel like I can save the world and help everyone, etc.
     
    At the end of each campout, they have a little reflection on the weekend and they sang this song. I Love Being a Girl Scout
     
    On my honor I will try, to keep the promise that I made
    To serve my God, to serve my country
    Because it's right to live that way
    I'll do my nest to be courageous
    Honest, friendly, fair, and strong
    Respect myself, respect all others
    If I do that I can't go wrong.
     
    I love being a Girl Scout,
    Sisters everyone, working, having fun, oh...
    I want to help the world out,
    That's what I'm about.
    I love being a Girl Scout!
     
    Across this land, around this Earth
    Girls like me reach out in peace.
    Different skin, different language,
    Sharing in the same belief.
    President or astronaut,
    Doctor, lawyer, CPA,
    And a mother when I'm grown,
    Proud to hear my daughter say
     
    I Love Being a Girl Scout!
     
    That tells me a lot right there...
     
    Other than that, Rich attacked the beehive and is still alive so now all he has to do is cut the wall open and remove it :wacko:
     
    That's about it for now I think... except to say that I am really SO proud of my sweetie who posted a story finally And to my other friend who I sort of motivated to write something again... it's great! I'm so glad you are doing it!
     
    Love ya,
    Vivian
     
    PS. I am a girl!
  5. viv

    g.l.a.a.d. to be here!

    By viv,

    So last night I made myself go to bed at 9 pm since I was supposed to be up for work at 2 am but I couldn't fall asleep so I ended up watching TV and on VH1 they were airing the glaad media awards. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) So I watched as Melissa Etheridge was presented with the Stephen F. Kolzak Award. The award is presented to an openly lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender media professional who has made a significant difference in promoting equal rights for our community. I watched her give a very moving speech about existing and living in your truth. Amazing woman!
     
    Then they presented Charlize Theron with the Vanguard Award. The Vanguard Award is presented to media professionals who, through their work, have increased the visibility and understanding of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. During the presentation they showed a clip of Charlize Theron being interviewed and she made such a powerful statement. The person interviewing her was asking about her boyfriend Stuart and then asked when would they get married and Charlize replied... when everyone in America can get married! Amazing woman!
     
    I just got this email from a reader today and it is things like this, and people like those above, that make me proud to be here and to have made friends with you and to those of you have become even more special to me, that is an added bonus for me. Here is part of the email... hello i just want to say THANKYOU for "From Behind Those Eyes" it was a great 18th birthday present and i even did an Essay on it for my English.
     
    Holy moly! I'm way honored!
     
    Soooooooooo excited the spring anthology is almost out and thanks to Kitty for keeping it all together!
     
    I owe a HUGE thanks to Joey, my html man, who I always seem to overlook, but he always tells me not to thank him.... anyway Joey... thanks so much for all the time you spend pep talking me and computer explaining and htmling... can you make that a verb? Oh well, I just did. You are the man
     
    From the inner circle, right where I like it
    Vivan
     
    PS. I have to work at 3 am the next two days also so I really apologize for the chapter delay but hopefully by Sunday if I can keep my eyes open long enough to type.
  6. viv
    I sometimes find it funny the way people describe the act of having sex or making love, or some would even say f**king... I guess it comes down to a few factors though; who the two people are and what type of commitment you have to one another, but then... in the end really, it is the same act... maybe it's the amount of emotional feeling you put in to it that makes the difference.
     
    It had been just about two weeks yesterday when we finally got to engage in that same act ourselves. That is a LONG time for us too but I had this crazy stomach flu for some days and then we left on this trip to Arizona for the funeral and were staying at a friends place and in a hotel room with our kids in the next bed... nuff said, and by the time we got home to our own bed... well, let's just say that I had some girl issues happening. UGH! So by the time that was all over... it had been like fourteen days!
     
    I mean we snuggle and cuddle every night in bed and I even helped him out a few times but it's just not the same, you know? And... I missed him, and that feeling he gives me. Not THAT feeling, although I do appreciate that one alot also, but the one where my brain finally lets go of all the millions of details it is thinking and working on and trying to remember, and I just... LET GO and FEEL instead of think.
     
    I told Rich the other day as we were passing all the cactus and nothingness in the car, that I think I sort of thrive on chaos and stress, but what I didn't say is how he is about the only on who can calm it all down for me. Make me just forget everything, even if it's only for an hour, it's magical, necesary, perfect.
     
    We were in our bed yesterday morning and I had a couple hours before I had to get up and go to work and since we had some privacy and no girl issues standing in our way and it was only obvious that we both were quite available I took it upon myself to initiate something, but it was strange because you would think after fourteen days of not having sex that he would have been all over that idea, but instead he just cuddled me, and then...
     
    He made love to me, his fingers in my hair, his lips against mine without it really being a kiss, but just enough so I could feel them there, and his warm breath. Fully clothed, but every sensation was magnified, multiplied, and every place his fingertips touched seemed to come alive, a feeling of heat remained as his touch moved on, and after a long while of this... being intimate, letting go, he did make love to me in every sense of the word.
     
    Later that night, after I got home from work and we went to bed, we had sex again, but this time it was more about THAT feeling. And afterwards he said... we should do this every night. while I fell asleep.
     
    Vivian
     
    PS. I can't wait to read the spring anthologies
  7. viv
    Home Sweet Home~ My own bed, my own pillows, back to sleeping naked ahhhh! Sigh of relief!
     
    Well, the trip to Arizona in a nutshell...
     
    We, left here around 9:30 am, an hour and a half behind schedule by the time we stopped for gas and air in the tires and breakfast and some medicine for my son who had a runny nose and we drove... About an hour into it we see this accident that had just happened. It was one lane on an interchange from one freeway to another and they had these cement barriers up along the sides because they are doing construction there and there is this SUV poised carefully ON one of these barriers It's back passenger wheel was up on the barrier and the other back tire hanging in mid air and the front end on the ground... I have NO idea how a car would even get into that position unless you dropped it from the sky, but whatever. Everyone appeared to be fine as they all piled out looking in wonder at their car and probably wondering how they were gonna get it down again.
     
    Then it pretty much goes like this... cactus, cactus, dirt, cactus, dirt, casino, cactus,... I think you can sense the pattern here. But I did see 2 bilboards as we were driving that were so funny that I actually wrote it down in my trusty notebook that I was using to write Chapter 18 since I was passengering, not driving. The first one said... Warm Hugs, Hot Slots! Obviously for a casino but it was funny and the other one said... Tall, outdoorsy type seeking relationship, call Lamar and a phone number... and Rich was like... Dude, is that a personal add?! It looked like it, but as we kept on driving we saw another one similiar and then he noticed that all the bilboards say Lamar on the bottom and I decided it was a clever advertisement for bilboard space, the bilboard of course being tall and outdoors...
     
    So we get through there and pass through Palm Springs and 29 Palms and I waved at a friend as we drove through and then to the border where we stopped for lunch and Rich is grinning and I ask him what's up and he points to the hotel there and we stayed there which we did... Before we get back in the car Rich notices that they sell tapes there and so we go to look for one for the stretches of 'no radio stations' cause he doesn't really like the 3 I had in the car already and I found Bad Boy Ballads 2! And after I make him go buy it he says... this never leaves the car! Back in the car... and my son went back to sleep and slept most of the trip... we get to Bette's about 6.5 hours later and see my daughter for the first time in 10 days We visited for a little bit and then get back in the car and went to visit another friend in the area I knew and then after she fed us some GREAT tamales for dinner we get in the car and drive 3.5 hours further to the big town near Rich's aunt and uncles house. We got there at 11:30 pm and checked into our hotel for the night.
     
    Next morning I am up at 6 and get everyone ready and packed up and we go find a Denny's for breakfast and then drive the 25 more miles to their house which ends up being about 25 mikes from the border of New Mexico. They live in this little house with a wood burning stove for a heater on 10 acres of nothingness and the town is 25 miles away!!! So we visit for about an hour and then head over to the church for the memorial service where Rich's uncle is the pastor. It was really great, his grandpa was in the Air Force in World War II so they did the whole flag presentation and the 21 gun salute and the bugler played Taps... needless to say there were tears! Then they asked if anyone had any memeories to share and after most of the 10 brothers and sisters his grandpa had spoke, Rich's cousin went up there and... MORE TEARS! I did realize though that he looks a lot like Val Kilmer...
     
    Then they had a little luncheon there at the church and we all sat around and talked. There are these drawings in the church we were looking at and I laughed because the artists name was Milo! I got a text from Kevin Rich's other cousin, the one with the six kids that lives there on the same property as her parents is pregnant again! She has a 16, 13, 9, 6, 3, 2, and one on the way and she home schools them... The 16 year ols was telling me that she is learning algebra right now on video and I was like... I took it twice with a real teacher and I STILL don't get it! So we hang out and Rich took the kids for a walk down their property to an Indian Cave and then we had dinner altogether and we finally left there around 7pm to head back to Bette's for the night.
     
    We get to Bette's around 11 pm and put my son to bed since he was asleep already, and then visit some more and then decide we are gonna go pass out too... woke up, got a text from my sweetie and we had breakfast and then packed and then we went downtown to old Scottsdale to the Indian shops there and looked around and got the kids some souveniers and some lunch and then we went back to Bette's for a little while and then got back in the car for the 6.5 hour drive home. Needless to say, we now are quite familiar with every rest stop from here to Phoenix since my son needed to use the bathroom every 5 minutes! Waved on my way back through 29 Palms again and we stopped in Blythe at a Del Taco for dinner where some teenage boy took a picture of my daughter with his cell phone and there were like 2o kids out there about 14 or 15 years old skateboarding in the parking lot... We got home at 10:45 last night and my sister even cleaned the house while I was gone
     
    So I got 12 pages written, but I'm sure that typed it's only like 5 and I type sooooooooooooooo slowly anyway... but I worked on it, I promise...
     
    SO glad to be home again! Yay!
    Hugs,
    Viv
  8. viv
    Well, I'm officially outta here in 9 hours until late Tuesday night or perhaps early Wednesday morning the way Rich drives. We're off to Arizona for the funeral and to retrieve our long lost 10 year old! My son FINALLY asked yesterday if we were going to go pick her up soon and he was sad today that she didn't call him last night like she has been to say goodnight... I know, I'll pause for the mushy awwwwwwwwwww!
     
    My entry is in to Kitty for the spring anthology and it's Matty approved, Eric repaired, and Davey titled... so I think we're good to go now. Thanks to the boys!
     
    I guess since I'll have 21 long hours on the road as a passenger, I'll have all kinds of time to get chapter 18 written... I may be texting my sweetie like crazy when I get stuck but I can deal with that!
     
    Oooooh! and I'm excited about this little side project I'm helping out on, and it seems to be coming together wonderfully! So yay about that too!
     
    Also, in chat tonight... we decided there needs to be a petition started! About pizza delivery boys.
    As per the discussion in chat, the following is requested of all pizza shop owners:
     
    Only CUTE delivery boys allowed.
     
    Only allowed to dress from waist up.
     
    Allowed a half hour to get aquainted (unless they want to stay longer) which they will
     
    If they decide to stay, you will deliver their final check with the next pizza order, cause by then we will be starving.
     
    And the guy delivering it must be CUTE, see above!
     
    Any more points, post them with your signature below...
     
    I fully support this and will be the first to sign it!
     
    Hugs, see you Wednesday... and behave!
    Vivian
     
    PS. Davey BETTER take it easy and Eric is the MASTER of making beautiful music! Swoon!
  9. viv
    So much to say and I have no idea where to begin...
     
    I guess I'll go back to Monday and start there. So I woke up feeling like some dumbass guy had his fists inside my stomach and was opening and then clenching shut his hands and that I might just vomit at any moment... so apparently I was fortunate enough to get whatever my son had... thanks go out to the little guy who lays on my pillow and drinks out of my cup.... Rich told me to call in sick, which I never do, like in the last 9 years I've worked there I have called in twice, once cause my mom died and once cause I really was so sick. But I told him I couldn't, that I had to go cause I had a big meetimg to go to with Randy and it was his first day back after being out on disability for a month.
     
    He had to have surgery to remove a cyst the size of a golf ball from his upper ass crack, and yes it's okay to laugh and no I'm not kidding So I get to work just as he is walking out and we leave to the meeting. So on the way to his truck he says, "How have you been?" and I reply, "Good, but I'm trying not to vomit right now." He says, "Oh no!" So we get in his truck and he says, "You're not gonna barf in my truck are you?" and I tell him I'll let him know, ugh! So as we're driving he is telling me about his surgery and his recovery and he says, "I missed you while I was gone, I didn't miss everyone, but you were on the list." Awwwwwwwwwwww, giggle. So I say, "Well, it's not like you would have seen me anyway since apparently I work all nights now and he says, "I gotta look at that schedule!"
     
    If we're keeping count here, I think that's at least 2 points for me already... so we get to the meeting and he is chowing down on this bowl of candy and he offers me some and I tell him I REALLY don't think that's a good idea in my 'begging my body not to vomit state' in front of all his director friends and his boss... so anyway we make it through the meeting and back to the store without any vomitting, thank golly, and as we're walking in he says, "You look really pale, maybe you should go home"... so I say, "Really, cause that would be great since I'm supposed to be here until 9pm and it's only 2 now." So he says, 'Well, hang on, lemme tell Wendy."
     
    Wendy is the girl I don't really get along with, gasp, because she is selfish and I have to do her job for her plus my own and she doesn't like me cause all the guys do... whatever. So we walk in the office and he tells Wendy in a way that makes it sound like it could be up to her that he thinks there is enough coverage and that they could send me home and she suggests back that instead he send someone else who would be off earlier home instead and he says, 'Well, she's sick." That earned me the look of death from her and I walked out. I swear it was like... 'she has only spent 2 hours with him and already he is doing whatever she wants'. So a minute later he comes out and says go home I think that's worth like... 20 points!
     
    My daughter is with Bette and two days into it Bette calls to tell me her daughter who is 16 had a friend who is also 16 who commited suicide and she wasnts to know how much she should say or how to deal with it with my daughter. I tell her that death os nothing new to her sadly, and to just tell my daughter that her daughter's friend died and she doesn't need to know why or how... ugh!
     
    Today at work, Loss Prevention was all over the place and a girl who I have worked with for a couple years there was eventually escorted out of the store after 2 hours in the office with the LP guys... sigh!
     
    My son said the cutest thing the other morning so I totally forgive him for getting me sick... I was helping him get dressed for school one morning and Rich walked in and said, "Shorts! Tell Mama she is crazy!" and my son said, "No Dad, she's my girl."
     
    Anyway, I realized today that I have all day off tomorrow and most of Friday except a tiny 4 hour shift late in the evening and then 4 DAYS, 4 whole days of in a row... too bad 21 hours of that will be spent driving, and that it only happened because we are going to a funeral, and to answer Kevin's question, Rich;s Grandpa was cremated and there was another memorial somewhere else in the country first so that's why it was so long after he died.
     
    I have to admit that I haven't even started the next chapter of FBTE, but that's becuase I have been writing like crazy, trying to finish the entry for the spring anthology which is almost done and I am so loving it! But as soon as I finish it it's back to FBTE and apparently I will have 21 hours in the car to write
     
    Hugs to everyone, and an extra to Kurtie for being so brave!
    Viv
  10. viv
    Well, I'm going to try and explain the last three hours of my night to you :wacko:
     
    Rich got home from work two hours late cause he stayed after to help his boss try to set up some computer thingy and then we decided that the trip to Costco would have to wait since it was way past dinner time... cause we all know how I feel about Costco. So, Tony decides we should go to Chili's for dinner and we all pile in my car and Rich is driving and he passed the driveway to the restaurant on accident so he goes up to the light and turns left to go in another driveway and then there are lights flashing behind us so Rich says... Shit, I'm getting pulled over, what did I do???... and looks for a place to stop that's safe while I am saying... You are SO getting a haircut! The policeman comes to the window, flashlight in hand and does the whole... Do you know why I pulled you over? speech. So Rich says no and the cop says... Well your brakelight in your back window is out, did you know that? and Rich tells him no. Can I see your drivers lisence please So then he says... Are any of you on probation or paroll or have any warrants? Ummm, HELL no! So Tony is in the backseat telling my son to wave at the policemen on each side of my car. The cop asks Rich who we all are and he says my wife, my son, and my brother in law... Again, are any of us on probation or paroll... I thought we covered that already but again NO!!, but I say... No, but I do sell Girl Scout Cookies see prior incident... So the cop says okay, goodnight and I thank him for pointing out that the light was out and we FINALLY get to the restaurant.
     
    As if that wasn't enough... we put our name on the list for a table for 4 and wait the 20 to 25 minutes for a table and Rich had left the restaurant for a second to put some jackets in the car. Tony had my son on his shoulders for a few minutes and then my son said he wanted to get down so he was standing on the bench we were sitting on behind us and the next thing I know... my son throws up all over everywhere It's on my pants, my jacket, Tony's pants, his own clothes, the floor, and the bench we were sititng on! So Tony grabs him and takes him outside leaving me standing there covered in vomit and then they say... Richard party of 4... UGH! So I say, that's us, although now I'm standing alone waiting for the poor guy who has to clean this all up who was so, SO nice about it and they tell us that they will wait for us and we went back home to change.
     
    Once we are all dressed... AGAIN... we get back in the car and joke all the way there about getting pulled over again... before we walk back in and sit down to eat. My son was fine after that so we went back, otherwise we would have stayed home, but he seemed fine so...
     
    Now then... if you survived all that... heheheh!
     
    So, Myr has given me my own little space here at GA and Rich made me a web page. You can see it here... http://members.gayauthors.org/viv/index.html Thanks Myr...
     
    So, I guess this is my 70th entry... WOW!
     
    The next chapter will be out soon, as soon as I can quit stalling and just finish it already but I swear it will be in the next day or two.
     
    Hugs everyone, extra ones for my sweetie and his family
    Vivian
  11. viv

    too tired to be clever...

    By viv,

    I worked till 10pm last night and then just before I was about to go home a co worker called and said her mom had died and she wouldn't be in for a week so I volunteered to cover her shift this morning that started at 6am... The upside is I get overtime, the downside is I'm tired and that on top of my mood which I can't explain, is making me... :wacko:
     
    My daughter is going to stay with a family friend in Arizona for 10 days before we join her, pick her up and head to Rich's grandpa's funeral, and since we're there we will visit some family and friends we have there. It's kinda cool cause we have year round school here so she is about to go on her break anyway, for the whole month of April, so she would have been bored out of her mind anyway... but she hasn't ever been away from us for more than two nights and it's not like she's just up the road... she's like a whole state away! But, I think she'll be fine, and it'll be good for her... The upside is I don't have to listen to my son and her argue for 10 days, the downside is I'll miss her, she's my baby after all!
     
    I really am trying to get the next chapter finished but... it's hard to write erotic sex, meaning something WAY hot to read, with Tony sitting next to me looking over my shoulder
     
    I forgot to say in my last blog... Happy Mothers' Day to my sweetie's mum! I LOVE Davey's mum! A seriously amazing human being!! SO many hugs for my sweetie and his family
     
    My really good friend at work is getting divorced after 8 years and 3 kids Another guy I work with... his wife cheated on him after about the same amount of time and 3 kids also! I swear... I CANNOT understand what it is withpeople who cannot control their parts... and themselves and be honorable and trustworthy and loyal to the commitments they make and the families they create. I'm not saying that if they are seriously unhappy and miserable that they shouldn't move on and make themselves happy, but you can do that without cheating! Okay, deep breaths!
     
    I'm looking for another song I heard on the radio and I can't find it but as soon as Tony stops irritating the hell out of me, I might ask him to help me find it... you know since he is 16.6666666666% smarter than me and won't let me forget it either!
     
    Hugs everyone,
    Viv
     
    PS. He found it! It's called get to me by Train
  12. viv

    park on my front lawn...

    By viv,

    Well, I got a great surprise the other day I had gotten off work and hour early so I got home an hour early and I had an hour to kill before I needed to pick up my daughter from school, and I saw that Davey was online so I figured I would call and surprise him So I pick up the phone and dial and it rings and rings and no answer so I dial again and same thing, his voice mail picks up, but I know he's home cause he is online so I message him and say... you don't answer your phone or what sweetie? and he says... OH! sorry, I had headphones on call again! So I do, and we are talking for a few minutes when I see this car pull up and park on my front lawn So I tell him... Umm, someone just parked on my front yard! I see two people briefly as they get out of the car and I don't really recognize them but they are walking up to my front door so I go and open it and... it's Bette! Surprise visit from Arizona! So I hug her lots and giggle! Then I tell Davey I better go and talk to Bette since she dropped in from a whole different state, but before he lets me hang up, he asks me who it is... it was like he wanted to know that I would be safe or something Too sweet! Like he's gonna say... hang on sweetie I'll be there in 15 hours to save you but I love him for it! And now I still owe him a phone call.
     
    Rich made me a web page for FBTE that I think Myr is gonna put in the shared hosting section and it's SO awesome!
     
    Umm, Kevin a.k.a. A Friendly Face, I can't find the How Gay Are You Quiz on the forums anymore but I'm pretty sure this is the test... http://www.channel4.com/life/microsites/G/.../gayometer.html
     
    The next chapter is almost done so hopefully it'll be up soon for you all.
     
    I was talking to this friend the other night, and I told them that I think I might be more excited about my new story for the spring anthology than I am about FBTE and that seemed to surprise him considering I have only written 4 pages of the new one as opposed to the... wait doing math here umm, 17 chapters times 12 pages each... 204 pages I have written of FBTE. Okay I'll admit it!!!! Geez! I did use a calculator!
     
    Okay so, I am currently hugging SO many of you... and I LOVE to hug, but yikes! Can we start hugging in celebration of good things instead? Worried about a BUNCH of you just now! I really hope that you all get what you want, and if not... I'll hug you more!
     
    Super extra thanks and hugs to Michael for being an amazing human being! Seriously there aren't many out there like him... and to a few pals who have made me SO proud! Also I think Dr. Mike deserves a HUGE thanks too for helping me and a few others help one special guy smile just a little
     
    Hugs,
    Viv
     
    PS. Bette wants to take my 10 year old pre pubescent, over emotional, drama queen daughter for 2 weeks... hmmmm, tough choice there
  13. viv

    sexy details...

    By viv,

    So, last weekend while I was sitting outside the grocery store for SIX hours selling cookies... I picked up a magazine to read... They had this article in it that allowed three couples of different levels of commitment and length of time answer this questionaire... I thought it would be fun so I made Rich do it with me He's answering his portion right now and keeps telling me not to peek, giggle! I think the man needs a voting booth and a curtain the way he is hiding his answers
     
    Anyway, I think it would be neat to see other people's answers if you feel like sharing
     
     
    Our Answers
     
    Okay, enjoy... I just said, "Wanna know a secret? I have on the white satin panties!"
     
    Hugs, Viv
     
    PS. Thanks honey!
  14. viv

    feeling chattty...

    By viv,

    First off, I started my entry for the spring anthology and I'm super excited already! The only down side is... I don't want FBTE to get left behind. I'm going to try my very hardest to get them both worked on... Have no fear!
     
    So I was chatty with Rich today while he was at work...
     
    Rich: whats fer lunch?
    Viv: whatchya wantin'?
    Rich: something warm
    Rich: or maybe even...
    Rich: hot
    Viv: awwwwwww, you say the sweetest things honey
    Rich: thats me, mr say the sweetest things
    Viv: so sweet thang sayer
    Viv: what do you want?
    Rich: i dont know...what do we got?
    Viv: we got... to meet somewhere i think
    Rich: wanna come get me then?
    Viv: sure thing love
    Viv: when will you be ready for me to pick you up?
    Rich: you can pick me up any time
    Viv: beautiful dawn, lights up the shore for me, there's nothing else in the world i'd rather wake up and see
    Rich: ?
    Rich: whos dawn?
    Viv:
    Rich: beautiful vivian, lights up the shore for me, there's nothing else in the world i'd rather wake up and see
    Rich: much better
    Viv: okay earning your title then?
    Rich: i wear it proudly
    Viv: will you be my shoulder when i'm gray and older? promise me tomorrow starts with you
    Rich: tomorrow starts with "t"
    Rich: unless of course you wake up to youmorrow
    Viv: oooh, there's choices?!!
    Rich: i guess so
    Rich: depends on who's dictionary you are using
     
    Thanks to James Blunt and his songs and to Davey for giving me the whole album
     
    Tony was chatty with me and showed me this... it's pretty cool
     
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    Hugs,
    Viv
     
    PS. Darlin' get well like... RIGHT NOW!
  15. viv

    Brokeback Blog

    By viv,

    Okay so right now Rich is out getting me some MUCH needed food and I want to blog about SO much stuff and I just know I'll forget it all by the time he gets back and I finish eating and I can't possibly type it all now cause I type so freakin slow! So... I'm going to make a list of stuff I want to blog about so I can come back and do it later Is that cheating?? Oh well! It's my blog and I can do what I want to! Giggle.
     
    1. Brokeback Mountain
    2. IQ test
    3. Premenstrual food
    4. Backrubs and lost pages
    5. Annemarie's room move
    6. DD inspired male behavior questions
    7. MORE shamrocks!
     
    Okay... Hours later... I am now ready to tackle the list.
     
    1. So Rich and I watched Brokeback Mountain last night. I was left frustrated by the whole story and I certainly cannot understand what all the hype and drama was about. To me, it was a sad situation and the struggle they endured, partly because of the times and partly the inner struggle of Ennis, made it that much worse. Rich had heard on the radio that the first love scene was about 20 minutes into the movie and when it came on we were both really disturbed by it. Not because it was two men, but because it was... brutal almost. Like, had the same scene taken place with a man and a woman, I would almost constitute it as rape. I just felt like the struggle Ennis dealt with about accepting himself and his own feelings left me frustrated. I watched every little sign in the movie, every chance he had to tell someone, anyone he loved them, and it never happened.
     
    2. Tony messaged me yesterday and told me he took this IQ test and got a 140! Damn! So I went and took it, and Davey did too, and we both got a 120... apparently he was shocked by this, but mostly cause we are so much alike and it just keeps adding up with little things like this. So here is where you can go take the same test... http://web.tickle.com/tests/uiq/authorize/...uiq%2Findex.jsp and here are what my results said... I am an Intuitive Investigator. Your IQ score is 120. This means that you are smarter than 91.0% of all other Super IQ test takers. You've got a sharp, logical mind and you are multi-talented. There seems to be nothing that your mind can't process and understand. You're able to detect numerical patterns easily, and grasp the true complexity of the world, both in its details and in the abstract. Even in particularly challenging situations, you are more than capable of using a variety of words to explain yourself. The combination of all these things makes you simply "brilliant." Your mind is so active that you might sometimes forget about your physical environment, or feel a little clumsy with your body (since the mind which governs your body is so busy thinking.) But even this is not likely to pose a significant problem for you.
     
    3. So it's about that time for me.. necessary info for you all I know... but when this time comes every month... I get soooooooooo hungry and no matter what I eat or even if I eat so much I feel sick I still feel hungry and I get crazy cravings for things I don't normally even want to eat. :wacko: Anyway, the point of this all is... last night Rich took me out to dinner and we were trying to decide where to go and he suggested this place I have never been to and is known for serving great hot dogs... which are definitely NOT my favorite food so I was... hesitant but I gave in because like I said... and OMG! I had a chicken noodle soup, half a chili cheeseburger and some cheese fries and a coke and we shared a piece of chocolate cake. Normally not things I would eat, except the soup, cause I LOVE soup! and way more than I normally would ever eat, but it was sooooooooooo good and I made him go back and get me the same thing, minus the soup surprisingly, for lunch today, Well, actually, I guess it was really breakfast since it was my first meal of the day, even if it was at 1 pm.
     
    4. So I always get up early, I am one of those crazy morning people... I guess it comes with the Mom title... So I was up at 8 am, which is actually sleeping in for me, but that's okay since it's my day off and I was writing some and talked to Davey a bit and Natey. Anyway somehow I managed to make a dumb mistake TWICE!! and lose a whole page of my story I had just written and then Rich woke up and came in complaining that his back was hurting and he NEEDED me to rub it So I went to rub his back for a while... the only problem is... I was a cake decorator for a while and now... my hands really hurt when I have to do anything that involves pressure for any long term amount of time and I'm pretty sure I have Carpal Tunnel. Anyway... I rubbed, with yummy smelling sweet almond lotion and then he said this to me... I think we should have sex. I said, 'You do?' And he said, 'Yeah, it'll be good.' And I said, 'It's always good.' And we sent the kids off to play for an hour
     
    5. We are almost done moving my daughter into her own room... finally! We did a lot of it a few weeks ago, like the bed, dresser, clothes. Today we did the bookshelf and the entertainment center and the toy box. Now she just has a few odds and ends to move and things to hang on the wall.
     
    6. So, normally, I have this guy Davey I ask all sorts of boy questions to, especially gay sex ones cause... well let's face facts here, I am neither a guy nor am I gay so... and he is always so sweet and so helpful and never ever embarrased or offended. But this one I have now... well I would like to know what all of you have to say. It's just something that popped into my head reading DD and made me wonder what guys feel in this situation. I know for girls, it's a HUGE deal... losing your virginity. It's something you envision a certain way, and it's a big deal when it finally happens. So the question I have is this... In DD it seemed to me that Rory and Seth, when they had sex for the first time, Rory's first time specifically, he wasn't hardly at all terrified nor did he struggle much with making the decision of whom to give his virginity to. What's important to you when you give it up, like what requirements do you have, if any, and did you have a scenario that you envisioned before it happened? If so, how did it compare to your imagination and was it with the same person you imagined it would be?
     
    7. Welcome to CA... Timmy and Aaron, Robbee, Matt, Dom, Mikie, and Com...
     
    Wow that was long I know... I guess I had lots to say today... and thank golly I made a list or I know I would have forgotten a lot of it! Hugs to drunk, chocolate biscuit/muffin eating Davey and to Bard who's been cleaning all day :wacko:
     
    Vivian
     
    P.S. I hope the plan is working Eric!
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    Welcome to CA...

    By viv,

    So I'll warn you up front that this is going to be a HUGE random dump of info...
     
    So I decided I would print out DD 36 to read it, instead of sit here at the computer like I usually do to read it. Rich wanted to play some new game so... anyway I copied and pasted it into word and... Holy S**t! It was 64 pages long! But after refilling the paper twice AND changing the ink cartridge once... I had 64 pages of the most awesome story to read... and then... I stayed up till almost 1 a.m. reading it... but it was so worth it! Thanks Dom... SO, so much!
     
    So at work we are doing this fundraiser for the MDA and Jerry's kids. We sell these shamrocks for a dollar and the customer who donates the dollar writes their name on it and we hang them all over the store. Our store has a goal of selling 3000 shamrocks, in effect raising $3000 dollars for these kids with muscular dystrophy. So they posted a note by the timeclock that said we are close to meeting our goal and any employee who donated $5 could wear jeans to work for 3 days or if you donated $10 you could for a week. So I donated $10 and got 10 shamrocks to write names on So I bought 11 in total and I wrote one for my son, one for my daughter, one that says Rich & Viv, Davey & Chris, Ben & Seb, Kevin, Natey, Joey, Ronnie, Jon, and Eric! So... Welcome to CA guys!
     
    I have been writing some more and hopefully the next chapter will be out by Monday... I might have to take a short break though so I can write my entry for the spring anthology... yikes! Whatever, at least I'll be writing something
     
    So, I tend to hear a song and then go absolutely crazy and listen to it over and over again for liek a whole week till I discover the next one. Right now it's Be Without You by Mary J. Blige, which super slueth Bard found for me
     
    Rich is making dinner tonight AGAIN! He's funny. He has gotten all into the Food Network and watches all these cooking shows and then wants to try all this stuff... the funny part is, he is so picky when it comes to food... and apparently pants but anyway... yay!
     
    I got my daughter's school pictures and... WOW! She is sooooooooooo pretty she is gonna be a heartbreaker once she realizes how pretty she really is, but right now she is stuck in that awkward... I'm taller than all the boys and most girls and I'm growing things in places I never did before, and as much of a change as that is it's not enough cause she's not big enough to wear 'women's stuff yet... thank God! and all the drama of elementary school is still holding her back from really being herself' stage...
     
    I have this friend who has endometriosis and she and her hubby have one son who was born with a heart defect and has already had one surgery and is about to have a second, then she miscarried a baby at 8 months and actually had to give birth to this baby and then bury it and then I think... she miscarried again once but very early on, and now... she tells me she is pregnant AGAIN! Plus, she already has two other kids from a previous marriage... I just don't understand. It's like something about the combination of her and her husband that can't produce a healthy child and I KNOW what she went through and still is trying to get over after losing the other baby... why would she let herself get pregnant again? Totally overlooking the fact that she could DIE giving birth again leaving 3 or possibly 4 children motherless.... sigh!
     
    So, I better post this since Ben is waiting patiently to see what I wrote about him and Seb
     
    Hugs Everyone,
    Vivian
  17. viv
    I already typed this once :wacko: and just as I was about to post it my son pressed some magical button on my mouse and it disappeared so here is try number two! Grrrrr...
     
    Okay so we just finished eating dinner and apparently my daughter seems to think that they only kill poor old chickens to make chicken nuggets and that's only so they won't have to suffer
     
    My son has been watching Dora the Explorer lately and has been quizzing us on stuff he learned while watching, For example, he'll ask us... Does an armadillo have wings or a hard shell? or... Does an anaconda live in river or a snowy mountain? Once he got bored of those questions he started substituting them for others. Like this morning while getting dressed he asked me... Do my pants go on my arms or on my legs? So tonight during dinner he was asking me how to spell moo so I said M-O-O. Then he asked how to spell bark and I thought I would tease him a little so I said R-U-F-F and he said NO!!!!! It's W-O-O-F! Then he asked me how to spell 'the sound an elephant makes' :wacko: I'm gonna go with Pfffffffffft!
     
    So I was chatting to Ben earlier and I was telling him how I was so pissed because that crappy kid in my daughter's class at school called another boy a 'faggot' She didn't know what the word meant and I was mad because now she has learned a hate word because of this crappy kid and his crappy parents. But as I talked to Ben I realized that I had the opportunity to teach her that it's a word people use because they are afraid and confused because they think it's wrong to be gay, which it's not. To which she replied, "I know!" That's my girl!!
     
    I am almost finished with the next chapter. I know I have been saying this for like... a whole day now but... in my defense Dom posted DD35 and I HAD to drop everything and
     
    Rich got pulled over on his way to work yesterday... Anyway, because he has long hair the cops asked him to 'please step out of the vehicle' so then when he is standing there with the cops the one guy asks him why his car is full of Girl Scout cookies and he said... "Because my wife is a Girl Scout leader!" Whatever... he so needs a hair cut! and I'm not just saying that cause his hair is soooooooooooo much prettier than mine either. This isn't the first time it has happened either! But he seems to think that it's okay because once they find out their assumption if him is wrong and let him go it's all fine. I disagree!
     
    Hugs to everyone who has been waiting so patiently And an extra hug for Natey, who's sick... and also for Bard and for Eric who is FREAKIN amazing, and for my sweetie and my darlin just cause I can.
  18. viv

    Hah! and awwwwwwwwwww~

    By viv,

    Okay I'm warning you know this is gonna be a little long, but stay with me it'll be sooooooooo worth it
     
    Okay first... I think I told some of you about this but it just got sooooooooooo much better So I bought Rich some jeans for Christmas cause the pairs he has now all have these holes where the back pocket attaches to the rest of the jeans, probably from putting his wallet in and out of it. Anyway, I knew he needed more jeans and he is so easy to shop for because he is really... boring. He always wears exactly the same shoes, jeans, brand of t-shirts, etc. He is soooooooooo hopelessly straight.
     
    Anyway so I went to buy him pants at Christmas but after I was in four different stores and couldn't find the kind he likes in his size I ended up getting this other type that look exactly the same as what he always wears, like I actually held one pair up in fornt of the other and they are REALLY the same except the pair I bought seems to have a smaller thigh area by a half an inch... SO he humors me by trying them on and they look great! Like you can actually see he has an ass, and they aren't so baggy, not that they ever were TOO baggy, but his shape is much more apparent.
     
    So he swears he hates them and he returned them and then he can't find the kind he normally wears and when he finally puts his man issues aside and asks the girl working there if they have more she tells him they are being discontinued So when I try and convince him... again... that the ones I bought him are seriously almost the exact same thing he like freaks out and says, "I can't do this right now... we have to go!" So then he stopped on the way home and bought a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts... UGH! :nuke:
     
    So yesterday we go back to The Block to try and find some jeans for him. I figure with so many choices there he can find something but... I mean seriously... there is American Eagle, Hollister, Ron Jon's. Tilly's, Anchor Blue, Pacific Sunwear, Old Navy, and more.... Well straight, boring guy with no fashion sense won't even go into American Eagle or Hollister, refused to look past seeing the Old Navy label on the jeans, Ron Jon's and Tilly's were like $75 to $100 a pair and he was like 'hell no!', so we ended up back in Anchor Blue... nothing. I'm beginning to wonder if he will ever buy anything while stifling ALL my normal inclinations to just take over and MAKE him buy some freakin jeans!
     
    So we end up at ANOTHER :wacko: Anchor Blue and again... big shock and surprise, they don't have the style he likes in his size... since they have been DISCONTINUED! Anyway, by this time, I may kill him if he doesn't just buyu some beep beep jeans NOW! So I make him try on two pairs... the kind he does like in the wrong color and the same freakin pair I bought him that he returned a week earlier... and they really do look almost identical, except I still say the pair I bought looks better on him. So he ends up buying the pair he likes in the color he hates while I ask the sales girl if they can order us some or call ANOTHER store... so the girl calls another store and they say they have 2 pairs that are one size too long bt Rich says he can deal with that so we go there to get them.
     
    SO when we get to the other store... and if you've lost count by now, this is number seven today... the kids and I wait in the car while he just runs in to get the jeans. When he comes out he gets in the car and practically throws the bag on my lap, so I say, "All done then?" Guess what he bought... just guess...
     
    The same freaking pair I bought him at Christmas and he tried on at the last store... SO hard not to gloat...
     
    Girl Scout cookies have taken over my house again :wacko:
     
    My daughter had to write a report about herself. It had to be 8 pages long, each page about one topic, like Art, Sports, Music, and Me or My Family and Me, and I had to write one page about her also. so here are some of the things she wrote
     
    My mom is hard working, loving, caring, smart, but very funny. Most of the time she is on the computer though. My dad is funny, weird, cool, and very helpful. I was playing mash with him and he was marrying my dog Ocean, his job is a dog food tester, and he was laughing so hard. My brother is very annoying, rude. A long time ago he hit me in the wind pipe. I just have to say one thing he loves pigs. Everyone in my family is loving, caring, smart, and is helpful. I guess we are the six pillars of character.
     
    The people I mostly admire are my parents. That
  19. viv

    Brrrrrr, lumps, and... ugh!

    By viv,

    I have a lump! Right on the top of my head and it hurts! A LOT! I was trying to climb into Rich's beep beep car in the dark and I hit my head. SO owwwwwwwwwww! Then... he tried to say that it was the car's way of getting back at me for talking badly about it :wacko: Whatever... all I know is it hurts. Then, THEN, he offers to whack the lump back in with a hammer....but I pointed out to him that in cartoons when they do that, the lump just pops out in another place. That I do not need.
     
    My friend Marie at work told me this story Apparently Marie and her boyfriend were out to dinner a few days after Valentine's Day since they hadn't yet been out, although they had exchanged gifts already. The boyfriend had a gift bag with him though, but she thought... COOL, more presents! So after they eat, he gives her the gift. She opens it and it's a pillow. So she says, 'Thanks baby... it's a... pillow'. The boyfriend says that he bought it at her favorite store and that he had to get it cause it reminded him of her. She says, 'Oh! How sweet!' Boyfriend puts the pillow down on the ground right before he gets down on one knee and proposes!!!! SO YAY! Too sweet!
     
    Also! I'm not a big Cosmo reader, but I'll admit right here and now that I did buy last months issue because it said 'What he feels during sex' on the cover. I thought... awesome, research! Hehehehe! It was actually quite informative and accurate since I made Rich listen while I read it and I got to watch his reactions... and blushing cheeks! The bonus to the whole Cosmo purchase... Firstly there was a second cover that I didn't see till I got home that said it was a topless men issue and every man in the magazine was indeed topless and... it said that I'm not always cold cause I'm short like Rich tried to tell me but instead it's because I am a girl Apparently, according to Cosmo magazine, men are typically warmer than women because they tend to have more heat generating muscle mass. Hah!
     
    Race for the Cure is on Sunday and I'll be wearing my awful kiwi green t-shirt as a part of Team Albertsons... well, at least it's for a good cause!
     
    Hugs...
    Vivian
  20. viv
    The rumors are all true... I have arrived safely back home... where it's WARM
     
    It snowed all weekend! :wacko: Damn! It was so cold, and I'm already always cold... 4 hour bus ride Friday night in the rain and snow with a bunch of kids and it was dark so they couldn't even read, although many of them did fall asleep! We finally arrive and get off the bus and unload all the gear and bags. We have a quick meeting and then walk up to where we were supposed to be sleeping. Every girl has to carry their own bags... that was fun in the dark and snow
     
    The awesome part of this story is that like 20 years ago when I was a Girl Scout and we went to this same camp we stayed in the same place and it snowed too! Apparently there has only ever been snow there when girls are camping twice in 20 years so she kept saying how lucky we were... apparently I'm twice as lucky cause I was there for both
     
    Anyway, we had breakfast and then we went on a hike in the snow, visited the museum there, hiked some more, the girls got to learn archery... in the snow... and then I gave them the choice to go back to the nice warm cozy cabin, cause by now they were whining about how cold they were... or go canoeing like we were scheduled to do, and they picked canoeing! So proud! I'm so glad they didn't wimp out on me!
     
    After lunch, I had one girl who looked SICK! So I took her to the health center and she had a temp of 102 degrees So, I spent the next 3 hours in the warm cozy health center waiting for her parents to come pick her up... I used my time wisely reading The Five People You Meet In Heaven... So good! I finished it on the bus ride home... All I can say is... read it!
     
    Anyway... campfire, singing songs, etc. More snow, but an entirely fun, frosty weekend! Thanks for worrying about me I am feeling the love!
     
    Okay, so I'm gonna actually try and work on the next chapter now that I have caught up on all I missed this weekend. So awesome that my sweetie and my darlin finally had their big V day celebration And 2 of my other guys sorta... had a great Saturday night! SO YAY!
     
    Get Well Bard! You being sick... sucks ass!
    Vivian
  21. viv
    Today I need to be quick... not eloquent
     
    I posted the next chapter, chapter 12... WOW I can't believe it, as promised for you to all hopefully enjoy while I am freezing my ass off on some mountain all weekend! :wacko:
     
    I hope Rich doesn't kill my sister while I'm gone... but at least Tony will be home to wear the referee shirt for the weekend.
     
    I got my hair done today and it looks sooooooooooooooo awesome! I know it's funny, and I only go about once a year, but I swear I still can't get over all the little old ladies that go to this salon every week and get their hair done and gossip and live vicariously... too funny!
     
    Rich said I get to be the one with the great hair now, but only after I begged and pleaded that it was my turn. I told him he could have the great boobs for a while!
     
    Just in case, which shouldn't be necesary, after all I am trained for these situations, hehehehe, please come find me if I fall off the mountain. I plan to stay firmly on the ground, but who knows what can happen when you send me up there with 75 other girls and women
     
    FINALLY got to talk to a long lost pal... so I'm smiling.
     
    I should be back Sunday afternoon guys... Think WARM thoughts... please
     
    Hugs, Viv
     
    PS. Hugs for Eric if he's reading this!
  22. viv

    Happy 'V' Day and stuff...

    By viv,

    Ugh! I just ate sooooooo much ice cream... spumoni from this yummy italian restaurant we go to. It is so good and I couldn't stop myself! :wacko:
     
    So, first of all, Happy Valentine's Day!!! To everyone!
     
    I am SO proud of Davey! Just an amazing effort from an amazing little brother with an amazing heart and a way to use a crappy situation and turn it into something that's just... AMAZING!!! If you want to know what he did... ask him! It's his news to share... but SO YAY sweetie! A seriously SUPERB... thing you've done!
     
    I'm working 6 days in a row because I needed Friday, Saturday, and Sunday off for Girl Scout Camp. Yes that's right, I will be gone all weekend on a mountain with 75 other girls and women I will post another chapter before I go... I won't keep you all waiting... and in case I fall off the side of the mountain or some bear eats me or something, Editor Davey has all the chapters that are finished and a complete storyline in his pretty little head!
     
    I <3 LOVE Rich! So much... I love that he can always make me smile, I love that he walks up behind me and rubs my neck and shoulders and especially that part on the front of your chest by your collar bone! I love that I can sleep all cuddled up to him. I love that he is bigger than me, stronger, taller, and that I always feel safe and protected when he wraps his arms around me. I love that when I can't help myself even though I'm trying really hard not to gloat about winning a disagreement, he finds a way to make it seem like he still won even though we both clearly know that I did I love that he has agreed to walk beside me in this life we have built together.
     
    Just because he said to Bardeara spoiled chapter 32 Of DD for me but that's okay... I'll forgive him... THIS time, hehehehe!
     
    Fish kisses... for Dr. Mike, giggle, are when you make fish lips, like how a fish looks and then kiss someone.
     
    LOVE Vivian
     
    PS. SO proud of you sweetie! Hope you're not mad...
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    RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICH!

    By viv,

    Eww! Eww! Eww! Eww! Eww! Eww! Eww! Eww! Eww! Eww! Eww! Eww! Eww! EWW!
     
    Last night my cat was kind of freaking out, we could hear him scurrying around at the end of the hallway, and Rich even went down there once to find out what was going on and came back shrugging. So I went down there to go to the bathroom and the cat is still being freaky and when I turned on the light OMG!! He is batting around this 'thing' on the bathroom floor. I literally have to shove the cat out of the way with my foot to see what the 'thing' is and when I do... RIIIIIIIIIIIIIICH! OMG!!!!!!!!! "Come get this 'thing' of the floor NOW!"
     
    I'm sure he was rolling his eyes at me thinking I'm such a girl, and I am, I admit it, I don't do bugs... EVER! Not spiders, ants, mosquitos, bees, anything... but this was no bug! When he gets down there I have to grab the cat while he looks down at the floor to see what the 'thing' is before he grabs some tissues to pick it up. UGH! He holds it closer so he can get a better look at what it is and I even convince myself to take a peek... bad move! It is the tail of something... I automatically suggest a lizard since we have those around a lot and I have even seen a few in the house immediately before I say... RIIIIIIIIIIIIIICH!
     
    He says nope, he thinks it's more like a gecko or something. Like someones pet... Now I'm worried that the rest of the 'thing' minus its' tail that Rich is still holding, shivers still just thinking about it, must be running around the house.... AGAIN! So of course I make him go in search of the 'thing' but he doesn't find anything. It occurs to me then, and maybe I'm just trying to make myself feel better, but maybe the cat brought the tail of the 'thing' in through the open window that is still without a screen since we still haven't finished painting the windows.
     
    Besides that, I posted the next chapter a day or two ago, hope you all liked it... PLEASE don't hate Davey... I him! Seriously... besides, now that he is officially at Editor status, he could do that cliffhanger thing at the end of every chapter so be NICE! :2hands:
     
    My son ate a whole box of Girl Scout cookies while I was in the shower this morning and has been a sugar high then low grumpy mess all day. :wacko: A 4 year old with nothing else in his tummy but 13 chocolate covered peanut butter cookies equals no fun at all, except when he is giving me fish kisses Sometimes It hurts how much I love him, well, both of my kids.
     
    Hugs and smiles!
    Vivian
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    Okay so I just got home from this pititful excuse of a way to spend my Monday night. I had a Good Scout Leader meeting to go to, every month once a month... so it was my month to bring a game, craft, or song to share with the other troop leaders so they have something new to take back and use at their troop meetings. So, I brought a game... In this game you pass a roll of toilet paper around telling each person to take as many squares as they need, of course, not telling them what for. Then once everyone has at least one square we go around the circle and each person has to tell you something about themselves for each square they took. It's a getting to know you game and you could vary it for the girls by using candy or balloons or marbles, whatever...
     
    So we start going around the circle and two of the other women there said that they love their husbands sometimes so after we went around the whole circle they came to me and I hadn't taken any squares, but I was a good sport so I told them... I ALWAYS love my husband... even when he accidentally steps on my foot in the dark driveway and then calls me short... and then... when I kissed him he asked me 'what's that sound?' and I said fireworks I know, corny, but like in all the movies when the people fall in love and kiss there are fireworks. SO he says, no, no fireworks Then I made a pouty face at him and he laughed at me...
     
    I am almost done with the next chapter... I know I keep saying that, but I really am. The past few chapters have been very emotionally close to me, and because of that they are difficult to write. Well, no, they are easy to write, but hard to feel again. To the few I let read ahead... thanks for holding my hand through it.
     
    So, I think I might have told you guys this before, but I can't really remember :wacko: anyway... So Davey and I thought it would be fun to send each other a box of stuff we like since we are so alike personality wise to see if we like the same foods too. Since he is all the way in Scotland and I am here in California we don't really have the same foods and stuff. So anyway, I sent him 12 pounds of junk Now I can tell you what I sent since he received it today The box contained... my favorite bottled water, Aquafina, a box of Cheez-Its, a bag of cheese popcorn, a bag of Caramel Turtle Chex Mix, a bag of Jolly Rancher Lollipops, a jar of chocolate chip, toffee cookie mix, a jar of some cheesy dip stuff for tortilla chips, 3 boxes of Good Scout cookies, a bag of mexican rice mix, and a candle that smells soooooooooo good... I think that's it. Anyway, I told him he better not eat all of it at once or DANGER!!
     
    I did hear from Matt finally and he is alive and kicking... so that's awesome!
     
    Okay so a couple of short funny stories about working superbowl weekend...
     
    There was this older couple that came through my line and the husband was putting their groceries into their cart since all the box boys had been sent outside to collect carts since it was so busy. So the wife looked to her husband and sais, "You're a cute box boy, I think I'll take you home." I looked at her and said, "Ma'am we don't offer that service here." She laughed so hard and called me clever...
     
    Okay next story... So this guy I really like cause he is so nice and funny, Steve, told me this happened to him...
     
    He was giving change to a customer in his line and one of the dollar bills was ripped on the corner so Steve told the guy, "Let me get you a different bill." The guy replied, "Yeah cause the prostitutes don't like it when the money is ripped!"
     
    Anyway, I'm told it was a good thing I missed the halftime show since I worked the whole time the game was on... But I ended up in this conversation with these two women probably like 20 years older than me and I told them that when I called Rich on my break he told me the halftime show was soooooooooo bad and they agreed right before telling me that Mick Jagger should give it up already and just retire and how he has got tobe one of the ugliest men ever... right before one of them said, "Yeah, last year was even better than this year. At least we got to see what's-her-names tit!"
     
    Okay, enough of that... Hugs to all, especially Eric who I am missing like crazy and Davey in case he didn't heed my warning and pigged out on the 12 pounds of junk. Thanks Bard for the awesome reviews and you can definitely have a part when they make the story into a movie A hug for Matty, and for Chris who I miss too, even though Davey regularly hugs him for me
     
    Vivian
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    umm, random stuff, yeah...

    By viv,

    We got our taxes done yesterday! That's out of the way, yay!
     
    I gave two tours of the store today to kindergarteners... I just love doing that. They are so... easily amused, predictable, intruiged, and still LOVE learning new things. Plus, there were the WAY HOT firemen there again today!
     
    When I picked up my daughter after school today she told me that the kid she sits next to in class, the one that is always bugging her to the point that she has asked the teacher to relocate him, got into a fight at school today! Apparently it was at lunch recess and he and some other boys were playing basketball and he punched some other boy twice on each side of his face and then in the nose and gave the kid a bloody nose. Damn! This is the fifth grade! How do these boys get so worked up and so full of ego and testosterone at age 10? And... furthermore, who taught that kid that when he gets angry or upset about something it's okay to hit someone? This is NOT a small kid either! Bully!
     
    So I finished the next chapter and I am really pleased with how Davey and I have got it worked out, even if the story keeps evolving and it's gonna take three chapters, at least, just to get out all the ideas we've had. I guess there's something to be said for writing what you feel, because I've heard 'Jesus Viv!' and 'OMG!! You're amazing!' and I even was asked if I'm okay That makes me feel... so, SO good. I blamed Davey when Deb asked if it was his fault, I'll admit that... but he said I could!
     
    So, I'm not a big fan of dogs... okay no, I like dogs, but... I LOVE cats way, WAY more, and I like dogs when they belong to other people We even own a dog and have for 10 years, a beautiful siberian husky named Ocean cause she has blue eyes. My daughter keeps asking me if when Ocean dies, will we get another dog and what kind do I want and when I told her that I don't think I want another dog she looked at me like this------> Shrugs. Like I said, I like them, especially in puppy form. I do not like cleaning up after them and always having to entertain them... sigh. Our dog is getting up there though, and I know my daughter will be a mess when the day comes since we have had the dog since they were both three months old
     
    Random facts here. I have 14 keys on my key ring and one key chain, a respectable gold and black Girl Scout one. No bumper stickers, and right now I am wearing a black pair of ankle socks that have the funny bunny on them and they say 'let's focus on me' I have somehow managed to, and without any exercise or trying, lost 20 pounds and now I can take off my jeans without unbuttoning or unzipping them Only like a million more pounds to go before I'm actually thin! :wacko:
     
    Hugs guys,
    Viv
     
    PS. The next chapter should be out soon and serious thanks to Davey for... EVERYTHING, and to Joey for being the man, as usual!
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