Happy Anniversary to me! and hubby too of course
Almost forgot to mention that today is my Anniversary. Happy Anniversary to my wonderful hubby. Thanks for the past great 6 years of marriage and the 8 years of being with you so far. I love you just as much today as I did years ago.. if not more 
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Baby, it’s HOT out there!!
Well, the south certainly does have it’s fair share of hot weather. Sometimes I think itge
ts too much of it’s share. July and August are always the hottest months but it’s usually August before we start getting 100. Here is today’s weather, and that was only at 2:30 pm. If you look very closely you will see that the heat index is 111 degrees. Can we say ouch? That’s some hot stuff, and with humidity being at 40% it’s just down right yucky!
I feel like I am pretty much writing to myself on here, except for the occasionally spammer that comes around and tries to put their useless links in my comments section. No offense people, but I don’t want your useless links in my comments. Comments are for comments, not your advertisements.
I was trying to do some job hunting this week but it’s just way too hot out there to be trying to drive all over 3 different cities with my air not working in my car. By the time I get anywhere, my hair is all over the place and I’m sweating to death. Not a pretty first impression, let me tell you! Plus, my black ink ran out on my printer and it’s kinda hard to print out the resume with no Black Ink!! I have the best of luck sometimes and then I have the worst of luck at times. They seem to always balance each other out. It would be super nice to have the good outweigh the bad for a change, but then again, I’ll take the balancing out over the bad gaining strength on the good! LOL
Well, enough from me for now, enjoy the weather everybody!
Just too good NOT to post! OMG!
No more debating in your underwear in Colo. town
Associated Press
ATHENS — BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The days when a citizen could address the Boulder City Council wearing only underwear may be over.
The council will vote on new decorum rules in September, seven months after a resident stepped up to a microphone in his boxers.
The rules were already under review, but that incident led to a proposed ban on undressing during meetings.
It’s not the first time the university town has wrestled with how much clothing is enough. In April, the city barred teens and adults from showing their genitals in public. That could put the wraps on two annual traditions that involve running or cycling naked.
But the council declined to outlaw topless females, despite complaints about a woman who gardens in a thong and gloves.
Today is my Birthday!
Although it’s only 8:30 in the morning, it’s turning out to be a pretty decent day so far. Friday night, my sister took me out to dinner and a movie, we went to see The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. It was a good dinner and a rather good movie. I remember being terrified as a child of the original Fantasia! LOL Ok, maybe I wasn’t totally terrified, but I remember that movie kinda scaring me.
Anyway, my brother called me this morning at 8:00 am to wish me happy birthday and him and his wife and friends were over in Utah on the motorcycles about to head into a park for the day. I was totally impressed! He usually remembers my birthday late! LOL I hope they have a good ride today. One day I’ll venture past Mississippi and see some of the world!
Till next time, Have a great day!
Went job hunting today
Job hunting is torture! Enough said on that subject! LOL
I added a new link today. The 365 Things to do in Nashville link.
And for your viewing please.. here if my husband at my sisters house. We were checking out the new baby goats. They are SO cute!!!
This is just way too good and too funny not to share
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I wanted to share a news article about a friend.
Under pressure
Athens multi-tasker runs business while fighting leukemia
Staff Writer
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ATHENS — Jeremy Kiefer could be walking on top of a roof one minute, sitting in a doctor’s office having blood drawn the next and ending the day operating a driving-under-the-influence checkpoint.
Kiefer could teach lessons on multi-tasking if he decided to add one more item to his to-do list.
The Athens business owner has juggled multiple jobs since he was a teenager in college.
Now he is running a business and fighting cancer.
At age 17, Kiefer took classes at an Indiana college, managed a tuxedo store and ran his own window cleaning business.
At age 34, Kiefer is a husband and father, the owner of Clear Shine Maintenance and a reserve officer for Athens police.
Work hazards
Since December, his life has involved more than his usual multi-tasking. He has been designing a battle plan against chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
A doctor discovered the leukemia after deciding to do a blood test as a follow-up to Kiefer having e-coli earlier in the year.
“I was having panic attacks, and my equilibrium was off, so the doctors said we should do a full blood work,” Kiefer said.
Panic attacks and equilibrium issues are dangerous for Kiefer’s job, because he climbs ladders and gets on top of roofs as part of his cleaning business.
“This type leukemia is usually diagnosed in those 60 or older,” Kiefer said. “There’s not a lot of background for people my age.”
According to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, there are 15,490 new cases of CLL each year. It can cause loss of energy, shortness of breath, swollen lymph nodes and infections.
Waiting on chemo
This type of leukemia is slow-progressing, so Kiefer and his doctors have decided to wait until the disease affects his red blood cells before starting chemotherapy and doing a bone marrow transplant.
Once there are a high number of CLL cells in the marrow, they can crowd out normal blood-forming cells, and Kiefer will have to attack the cancer with chemo and a transplant.
Although Kiefer is taking the wait-and-see approach with leukemia, he is not taking that approach with his career. Between medical check-ups, Kiefer markets his business, oversees his crew of three, mixes chemicals, conducts demonstrations, operates the equipment and climbs onto roofs. His father, Stan, helps him run the business. They travel throughout North Alabama to provide residential and commercial cleaning.
Kiefer’s company uses a soft wash process to clean roofing shingles and the more common pressure washing process to clean chimneys, driveways, sidewalks and other structures.
“Many people don’t think about cleaning the roof,” Kiefer said. “The roof process is gentle and doesn’t void the warranty. It’s so soft you can put your hand in the stream of water. We put a detergent mix on the roof, and then when it rains, it cleans off the mold and debris.”
Kiefer said that no matter what his future holds, he will keep multi-tasking. When the time comes to put his focus on leukemia treatments, he will do so, but keep other projects going.
“I’m very one-track minded,” he said, “but at the same time, I have to have a lot of things going on. I focus on one thing at a time, but I have to have multiple things to focus on throughout the day.”
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Rain, rain, go away
But in all actuality, I don’t mind rain this time of year. I guess my favorite time of the year to have rain is summer, just because it gets so hot here and it cools it down so good. I really don’t like rain in the winter time because there is nothing like 30 degrees and rain!
Yesterday because it was such a dreary day, I literally could not stay awake and I ended up napping like 2 hours! I’m having that same feeling today and I hate that because when I nap in the middle of the day or even if I sleep too long one night I feel like total crap later…. usually for the rest of the day.
Speaking of naps. I can’t stay awake this morning and it might be a good time for a nap now.. instead of in the middle of the day LOL
Later all.
Another cloudy day
So it’s another cloudy day here. But at least it’s not freezing cold like it’s been for the past 4 months or more.. This has been the longest and coldest winter Ever! Then, it gets up to 71 degrees on Monday and has since held steady in the 50s since then and been cloudy and rainy. But that’s ok, I’ll take that over 15 and 20 degrees. I have just about frozen to death this winter.. We aren’t used to this in the South! 
See, here is just a week or so ago.. I guess it’s been 2 weeks now. What a winter! LOL This is just 1 of several snows we had this year and usually we are lucky if we see any ground coverage at all any winter.
But bring on the Spring! Did you know that this Sunday the 14th is Daylight savings time so move those clocks ahead 1 hour and then.. Big J will be 17 on Friday.. omg where does the time go? St. Patrick’s day next Wednesday and then next Saturday is the First Day of Spring!! Woohoo.. next week is Spring Break for the boys so Yeah!
Till next time!
My first official post using Word Press
Being my first official post. I figure I’ll put Chewbacca up here. He is hogging the bed as usual. This is his normal place to lay even when you try and go to sleep he still tries to take your spot! And when I say first official post.. what I mean is using Word Press.. I’ve had this blog here for YEARS!! It’s just the Blogger is no longer going to let you ftp blogs to your site and I lost all my MT Publishing stuff when my computer had to be reformatted so.. now I’ll try out Word Press..
I will hopefully have a new template for this new WordPress up soon. I actually kinda like the fact that you can change the themes. Just have to figure out how to get my own banner up there instead of that plane text which I don’t like.
I am enjoying the word press so far. It was actually Extremely easy to install.. once I read the instructions fully and went snooping around in my cpanel. Just bare with me while I get the hang of this thing and I do like posting to my site better than over to the blogger site. I am saddened by the fact that they all want you to use a blogger site that they furnish instead of letting you ftp to your own site. I like having control of my own things instead of using “free” services which usually end up disappearing or changing too much.
Well. Enough for now.. I have to add all my blog roll links and get some new themes for this thing. <3
