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her album is out today!

Katy Perry:

You think I’m pretty
Without any makeup on
You think I’m funny
When I tell the punch line wrong
I know you get me
So I let my walls come down
Down

Before you met me I was alright but things
Were kinda heavy
You brought me to life
Now every February, you’ll be my valentine
Valentine

Let’s go all the way tonight
No regrets, just love
We can dance until we die
You and I, we’ll be young forever

You make me
Feel like I’m living a
Teenage dream
The way you turn me on
I can’t sleep
Let’s run away and
Don’t ever look back,
Don’t ever look back.

My heart stops
When you look at me
Just one touch
Now, baby I believe
This is real
So take a chance and
Don’t ever look back,
Don’t ever look back.

We drove to Cali
And got drunk on the beach
Got a motel and
Built a fort out of sheets
I finally found you
My missing puzzle piece
I’m complete

Let’s go all the way tonight
No regrets, just love
We can dance until we die
You and I, we’ll be young forever

You make me
Feel like I’m living a
Teenage dream
The way you turn me on
I can’t sleep
Let’s run away and
Don’t ever look back,
Don’t ever look back.

My heart stops
When you look at me
Just one touch
Now, baby I believe
This is real
So take a chance and
Don’t ever look back,
Don’t ever look back

I’mma get your heart racing
In my skin tight jeans
Be your teenage dream tonight
Let you put your hands on me
And my skin tight jeans
Be your teenage dream tonight (tonight)

You make me
Feel like I’m living a
Teenage dream
The way you turn me on
I can’t sleep
Let’s run away and
Don’t ever look back,
Don’t ever look back.

My heart stops
When you look at me
Just one touch
Now, baby I believe
This is real
So take a chance and
Don’t ever look back,
Don’t ever look back.

I’mma get your heart racing
In my skin tight jeans
Be your teenage dream tonight
Let you put your hands on me
And my skin tight jeans
Be your teenage dream tonight (tonight)

The Real Housewives of New Jersey, man, what a season finale! I love, love, love Caroline Manzo. You mess with my family you mess with me. That could be me up there on the screen. Meeting with Danielle was a gutsy thing to do and how crazy was Danielle, bringing armed guards, to meet with a lone woman. And how horrible was Danielle’s education? She cannot string simple sentences together. And I quote; “This is how their mother teaches them to treat people and woman.” What does that mean Danielle??? You say that all the time, using the word woman instead of women. Not only are you certifiable, you are insanely uneducated. Your poor daughters, wow, little Jillian begging you not to go where she knows you will act crazy. You drag these sweet girls into your craziness, I can only assume that their father is the stable one and has instilled that in them. I so totally cannot wait until the reunion show next week! It looked awesome! I have to say this is the only Real Housewives show I watch. I love these New Jersey girls, I can’t help myself.
Last night I slept so hard, I fell asleep at around 7, woke up at 11, fell back asleep and woke up at 12:45 then back asleep, then the alarm went off at 3, I woke feeling like I had been drugged. I usually wake up like that if I have been on a sugar binge the day before, I did not go on a sugar binge, so I don’t know what was going on.
I got my mail this morning on my way out of the complex and am so excited; I got the Vogue Fall Fashion Bible! Cannot wait to tear into it and see what is going to be fabulous for fall fashions. It makes me long for fall, sweater dresses, boots, jackets, sometimes coats! I have already spotted boots that I want.
I am still reeling from the news of the weekend, I am too sad to talk about it anymore, but if you all could continue to pray for my friend and her family I would greatly appreciate it.

I have a deep, profound sadness today; I haven’t slept all night so forgive me if this post is disjointed. I learned last night that a very dear friend could simply be losing her battle with cancer. This is her 3rd round with the beast in the 20 years I have known her.
I vividly remember the first time I met her, my oldest son had just started kindergarten and for the first week he came home every day talking about one particular little boy. So I asked him if his new friend rode the bus home or if his mommy came to pick him up. He said that his new friend’s mommy came to pick him up. I told him that when I picked him up the next day to point them out to me and I would introduce myself and see if we could arrange a play date.
The next day I go to pick up Jeffrey and said ok, which one is your friend, he says he’s over there and randomly points. So I said son, there are a lot of little boys with mommies over there, he said, he has on a blue shirt. Well, this was kindergarten; there were at least 5 little boys with blue shirts on. I explain this to my son, he sighs and grabs my hand and takes me over to meet his new friend.
I was faced with the most gorgeous, sophisticated woman I had ever met. For the first time in my life I felt a little intimidated, she immediately put me at ease and explained that she didn’t let her son go to just anyone’s house, nicely of course, and that perhaps she could come over with him. That agreed with me as I love making new friends. She then explained she was a Mary Kay Beauty Consultant and would I mind having a facial. Would I ever! That was even more up my alley. So began a lifelong friendship of not only myself and her, but between our sons.
I think our sons spent equal time between our two homes, I consider her son my son, and he is a member of our family as is she. She not only generously shared her son with us; she has shared her mother with me when mine passed away.
I am both angry and sad, I am angry because she didn’t tell any of us how bad it was this time, not one word. Not that any of us could have vanquished this monster, but we could have helped her with chores or errands or simply telling her a funny story to lift her spirits.
I am asking that everyone lift up a prayer for my friend and her family, and all of us that love her.

It is Sunday morning and here I sit waiting for Tessa to awaken. We had a huge day and night yesterday. First I picked her up from her Great-Grandmothers house, and then it was off to Target for a round of shopping. She ran straight for the $1 aisle, a girl after my own heart, she promptly picked out plastic dinosaurs and a puppy. Then it was popcorn and icee and a new outfit!
Oh and the movie! I found the Care Bears movie; we promptly came home and had popcorn, whoppers and the movie. She loved it; in fact we had to watch it twice. Then it was off for an evening of playing with my friend Gladys’ daughter Sam. Those two played like they had never seen another child before!
They kept me hopping, we had to go up and down the stairs about a hundred times, I really should go over there with the girls and do that about three times a week! Those girls had the best time; they would just squeal with laughter for no apparent reason, well at least to my adult eyes, I am sure their toddler humor was in full effect.
They are both for all intents and purposes only children (Sam has siblings, they are adults and do not live in the home, much like I was raised) so I think that is why they got along so famously, perhaps they are kindred spirits.
Tess fell asleep in the car on the way home and is still zonked out. I am wide awake and contemplating being productive. I am not sure how that is going to work out for me.
Will be seeing The Irishman today, we have decisions to make, he got a really bad schedule at work, I believe I have spoken about that before here. So we need to figure out how we are going to carve out time for us in there.
Not much of interest today, sorry about the rambling, however, I can’t be on a soap box every day!

I know you have all been wondering why I smell so good, it is all due to the free shampoo and conditioner samples I have been getting from http://www.sampleaday.com. If you have not checked them out, please do, not only for the fabtabulous free samples but for the witty comments made by the keeper of the site. You too can smell good!
I have gotten a lot of fun samples from this site.
Ok, you got me, I smelled good before finding these guys but ssssssshhhh don’t tell them!

I downloaded a new app, this one is about Greek Gods and Goddesses, and it has a series of quizzes regarding Greek Mythology. I have aced every one of them; I think this app was made for a 5 year old. I thought it would be more of a challenge. Oh well, at least it was a free one!
I officially proclaim today Tammi Day! We all know my proclamations are made into national law in Angie World so let the celebrations begin in honor of Tammi. She and I first met when I moved to Owasso, the summer before eighth grade. I was a city girl out of my element, stuck out in the country, she had moved there the year before from Tulsa, so she was the same. A city girl out of her element, it was instant bonding. We had so much in common, a love of clothes, shoes, music, makeup, tanning and soap operas. Since that initial meeting so much life has happened, she is still my best friend. She is the one person on earth that knows every single thing there is to know about me and still loves me. She is more like my sister than friend. Through thick and thin there she is, no matter how much time passes where we don’t speak when we do again it is like no time has passed.
Let me tell you about this amazing woman, she has a huge heart, she opens it up and loves with everything she has, she isn’t like me, I am very much more cautious than she. She listens, doesn’t judge, and is warm and giving and generous. It doesn’t hurt that she is a former Mrs. Oklahoma and is still amazingly gorgeous, color me green.
So my friend, I lift my Starbucks cup to you and offer this toast, to health, love and life, may you have lengthy bouts of each!

Last night I read something on Facebook that just slapped me in the face, my friend Randy posted something on Facebook that created a maelstrom of comments. What Randy posted was not what slapped me in the face; it was one of people commenting on his comment. So, KW this is for you.
I am not well traveled, however, I consider myself well read, well informed and have a large circle of friends that include people from different cultures, ethnicities and who have originated from countries all over the world.
I am well aware of our history as a country, a country I might add that is a mere 235 years old, the other countries of the world have had a lot longer to work on themselves, let’s say that right now. Yes there are things we have done as a whole that were horrific, the way we had slaves, that we bought from Europeans, the way we treated the Irish when they first immigrated here, the way we treated the Japanese during WWII, these are just a few things that have occurred in our history to not be proud of. However, and it is a huge however, we, as a whole, learn from our past and continue to evolve, can other countries say that?
I am extremely proud to be from this country, I am proud of my ancestors who came here and fought for our freedom from England and Mad King George, I am proud of my uncles that fought in WWII, I am proud of my brothers, one who joined the service during Korea and another during the Vietnam conflict. I am proud that my family has fought for everything this country stands for.
I am proud that I live in a nation that fosters free speech so we can know who those people are that do not value human life or equal rights for all. I am proud that I live in a place where I, as a woman, can wear what I want, say what I want, do what I want for a living and not live in fear that I will be stoned to death.
I do what I can in my part of the United States of America to continue to stand up for, not only my rights, but the rights of others, I am a proud Union Activist, and a proud Equal Rights Activist. KW what do you do to make your part of the United States of America a better place for your progeny? If you are so terribly embarrassed to be one of us that can be easily rectified, you can leave. We won’t stop you, that is the beauty of living in a free country, you don’t have to sneak out in fear of being caught, you can simply pack up; get a stamp on your passport and leave. You say that you are obtaining a PhD, is that here in the United States of America? If it is and as you have said you are embarrassed to be one of us, perhaps you should leave and obtain that education someplace less embarrassing.
I am proud to be from the United States of America, I am proud to be an Oklahoman, I am proud to live in the state I have chosen to live in for over 23 years, Texas, I am not always proud of the way we have behaved as a whole, however, I believe we are a country that learns from it’s mistakes, one that evolves and continues growing as a nation. Not all countries can say that, countries that have been around for thousands of years still stone women to death for speaking up, or for trying to work to earn enough to feed their children, they will not allow their people to even leave if they are embarrassed to be from their country of origin, they have to sneak out. We can do whatever we want, within the law of course. In the words of Lee Greenwood “I’m Proud to be an American.”

So last night before I am getting ready to go to bed I check my bank account, there are two charges there that I did not authorize. I immediately hang up on my friend Mary and call the bank, I canceled the bank card and will have to call today to dispute those charges and get the money put back into my account. Seriously these people charged things like yahoo mail and match.com. This is the best you could come up with thieves? And how did they get my card number? I feel so very violated.
I wish these people who do things like this would get sent to the pits of Tartarus, the Titans would make short work of them. Who does this? Who sits around and comes up with ideas just to steal other people’s identities and money? They should be punished severely.
It is Wednesday, only two more days of waking up then I can sleep in for two days, woohoo!
Just thought I would throw that in there. The Irishman’s work group had a shift bid; his new hours are going to be 1:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Friday through Monday. We will never see each other with that schedule; we are going to have to have a serious conversation as to what we are going to do. It is hard for him as he is the lowest in seniority and has to take whatever is left. I admit it is hard on our relationship. I guess this is a test; I hate real life tests, love school type tests. Oh well, whatcha gonna do.
Happy Wednesday peeps!

Yesterday was a good day for some and a not so good day for others. Today is an ode to Jess, my male best friend, yes; I have a straight male as a best friend. I do realize I have quite a few best friends and you are all my best friends; please do not be offended that today is Jess’ day for recognition.
Jess is one of the most intelligent people I have ever met; he definitely keeps me on my toes intellect wise. He is funny, wicked smart, good looking and great company. I know it sounds like I am advertising for him, ok, here is the deal, if you are interested in Jess you have to go through his sister Amy and me, and we get final approval for all future involvements.
Jess and I first met when I was a clerk and he was a first line manager at the major telecommunications company we both work for. I believe it was instant friendship karma, we found we not only shared a love of television shows (Buffy and Friends) but we were both Orchestra geeks and science fiction nerds. I felt like he was the little brother I begged my parents for and never received. This is odd because in my head I am younger than Jess.
Jess is someone that I not only like, but have deep respect for, someone that only deserves the best in life. So Jess I proclaim this week Jess week, it is your birthday week, I hope it gets better for you from this point forward!

So last week was really tough on me, Monday was Michael’s birthday, he would have been 26, Wednesday was the anniversary of my mom’s passing, it has been seven years. Friday I took Arthur, our cat we have had since 1993 to the vet, he is down to seven pounds. Good news is his kidney function is great, his liver function was high, and he was dehydrated and had lost a lot of weight. The vet put him on a special diet with electrolytes; Elizabeth has been feeding him every hour this past weekend and at last update he is doing very very well. She said that he now expects to be fed every hour and goes straight to his bowl to let her know that the hour is at hand. Very good sign indeed.
I still miss Michael and I still miss my mom, I guess those feelings will never go away. Add on top of that I am very much persecuted at work; it was a very tough week. I really don’t talk about it; I don’t like to burden my friends with my darkly emotional demons. I think this week will be better, I don’t know though; it is not starting off too well. I still feel emotionally raw due to other things going on in my life. Like I said I really try not to burden anyone with the bad things, I know everyone expects me to always be up and the life of the party so I totally like to deliver what people expect.
So, for the masses, I will be happy, positive and up, when I go home I’ll unburden to the dogs, they are great listeners and they never seem to let my emotions affect them. So a win for everyone!