With my surgery (and a computer on crack), I've been a huge slacker on posting pictures.
Pics from Snow Part 1!
All the chicklets doing their best to sled on 1/4 inch of snow. Good times. 
LOVE me some Zac Brown Band!
And REALLY love me some "Toes"!!
Right about now, with 1-4 inches of snow in the forecast for GEORGIA...
(Did I mention GEORGIA! Seriously people, it should not be snowing here!)
...I'd love to have
My toes in the water,
Ass in the sand,
Not a worry in the world,
Cold beer in my hand!
Have a GREAT Friday and think tropical beaches and cold beer!
Here's hoping my elbow surgery was a SUCCESS!!
Several weeks of physical therapy down.
I'm still nowhere near being ready for tennis, but at least I can type without shooting pain.
Which means....
MORE FREQUENT BLOGGING!!
Seriously. Really. HATE MY COMPUTER!!!!
It has taken me two hours to download pics and video. ARGH! I'm so frustrated!!
Wanna know why I don't regularly upload pics...COMPUTER!!!
Enough of the rant.
Deep breath....
So....
Pumpkin and I taught Baby Chicklet to ride her bike with NO TRAINING WHEELS! So fun!
And the first "war wound"
UPDATE!!
Aidan Stivendar Courtney is here!!
8 lbs 8 oz!!!
Welcome to the world, sweet boy!
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I'm SO excited for my friends, Shauna and Larry, who are being induced today for their FIRST baby!!!
They waited a while and struggled to have sweet Aidan!
They are going to be PHENOMENAL parents.
Good luck, and we can't wait to meet him!
Pure Romance - my new career!!
And I am SOOO excited!!
I have a teaching degree. Taught middle school for 9 1/2 years! I stopped when Baby Chicklet arrived. She's about to start pre-K - perfect time for me to go back to work, but with our lovely ecomony, NO teaching jobs! Never in a million years would I have thought teachers would ever be losing jobs. It is incredibly sad. Yes, let's cut back on education and sacrifice our future. But THAT is ANOTHER topic!
On to Pure Romance!!!
A couple of months ago, some friends and I decided to do a surprise birthday party for a friend. We chose to do a Pure Romance party. We all had SO MUCH FUN!!
And, oh yeah - RIGHT UP MY ALLEY!!
For those of you who don't know me in real life, I'm crazy.
There's NOTHIN' I'm leery of talking about!
So.......
Here I am!!
Pure Romance consultant!!!
WOOT!!! WOOT!!!!
Check out the website! There are ALL kinds of things - from massage, to bath, to toys, to lingerie, to WHATEVAH!!!
Orders on the website are COMPLETELY private!! I don't see names - ANYTHING!! I just see there was a purchase and my commission.
So, go check it out!
And have FUN! :)
If you are in the Altanta area and want to book a party, please email me at djpureromance@yahoo.com
It's been a WHILE - for sure.
My arm - still a mess. It hurt to put on my bathing suit today. But that's a whole different story.
Today, I am moved to talk about MJ - yep, that's right, Michael Jackson.
His titles range from iconic to demonic. King of Pop vs. King of Pedophile.
My husband, my Pumpkin, the love of my life, is in mourning.
His Elvis has died.
Yes - his ELVIS.
My love is a break dancing PHENOM.
Last week, while we were in Florida for the middle chicklet's baseball tournament, my Pumpkin did the WORM across the beach road.
Yes. THE WORM.
Michael Jackson is an ICON.
His music, his talent, has formed a generation and defined our culture.
Michael Jackson paved the way for Easy E, Snoop Dog, Tupac, Justin Timberlake, Chris Brown...the list could go on and on.
He has musical talents that surpass any our generation could ever imagine.
His choreography for videos is Broadway quality -no question.
Watch Smooth Criminal.
Did MJ do terrible, horrendous things to children.
Maybe...
But I REALLYthink not.
I PRAY not.
Did the parents of said children put them in a TERRIBLE position?
ABSOLUTELY!
Would you EVER, EVER send your child to someone's home who had an amusement park in their backyard, and who has been under suspicion of child molestion?
HELL NO!!
Someone PLEASE show me where the parents of these children have been prosecuted?
They haven't.
Do I believe Michael Jackson is an innocent "misunderstood" celebrity?
By no means.
I truly believe Michael Jackson had a severe mental illnesss.
He needed help a long time ago.
Do I think he was pedophile....
No.
I really don't.
He was never convicted.
Ever.
Yes, he paid a LOT of money to negate the publicity and perhaps the charges.
Again, I think we are talking about money hungry parents who put their children in a precarious position.
If you want to challenge my philosophy, the floor is open.
But please have a basis for your opinion.
HERE is MY opinion.
Michael Jackson reached a breaking point in his childhood abuse.
I AM A SURVIVOR of abuse.
I had blood running down my legs more times than I care to count.
But I survived.
He didn't.
He broke.
Is that weak? Is that wrong?
No.
It just happenened.
He was stuck in childhood.
Neverland.
How else to you justify being photographed as an ADULT with toy trains in his hands?
How else do you justify being surrounded by children...AT ALL TIMES?
Did it allow for him to be molest children?
HELL NO!!!!
And if that happened, he WILL account for it. I completely believe that.
In the meantime, my faith is persuading me to believe that MJ's mental illness trapped a man in a child's body.
So...
I will remember him as the man who changed pop culture.
I will remember him as the man who is the Elvis of my generation.
I will remember him as the man who created videos that would rival any Broadway production to date.
I will remember him as the man who defined GENERATIONS.
May you rest in the peace you never had on Earth.
