This past weekend was one of the most memorable ones I have had in a while, thank you so much Shanon J for this amazing opportunity. Our first show aired Saturday night and it was a hit! I am beyond thrilled at the positive feedback we have both received. I wish I could tell you more, but it will have to wait a while.
I have to stop watching the Walking Dead before I go to bed on Sunday nights, I had dreams about being one of the characters off and on all night. It was crazy nuts. It was a shocking episode; I won’t talk about it because I don’t want to spoil anything for those who have not watched the episode yet. It was a great episode and gave me nightmares, so you know it was awesome!
On my twitter feed I am following two of the housewives from the RHNJ franchise, one has been very good about updating her twitter feed regarding the situation in Jersey these days. She and her family have been very fortunate, they have two generators, using them sparingly, certain rooms in the home, not all. But the thing that impresses me the most is she is using her twitter to gather items to hand out to the less fortunate, the whole family has gotten into the spirit helping. I cannot tell you how many truck loads they have delivered to effected people in their area. They set up a central location, the business of one of the family members, Cafface is the drop off point, and even before they can make it to the building people are dropping off items. This is incredibly amazing to see, the human spirit is resilient, unstoppable and if you are an American, it is unbeatable.
The major telecommunications company I work for has 10,000 employees that have been impacted by Hurricane Sandy; the company has set up a fund that will go directly to these families. I am so proud to be associated with such a company, which is where I chose to direct my funds, to help a fellow employee. It is simply wonderful they have chosen to help the employees, I hope the employees feel that we, here in other areas care about them and are praying for them and want to help any way we can.
Being in Texas it feels as if we are far removed from the people up there, and yes, we say up there, but seeing the footage, reading the tweets, I pray for these people, my fellow Americans. I know without a doubt New York, New Jersey and all of the other areas up North will not only recover, but come back stronger.
Recording, Sons and Sarah Palin
So many things to write about, my head is full, I’ll start with yesterday, at the beginning so to speak. It started with me going into the studio to record with Shanon. Our first show, it airs today, 7pm on Heaven 97, a Dallas, TX based radio station, if you download the Tunein Radio app on your smart phone then search for Heaven 97 you will be able to listen to us.
I hope everyone enjoys the show as much as we enjoyed doing it, while I was in studio, the DJ who was on air at the time asked us to come in and do a live promo for the show. It was so exciting! I felt like Kelly Raspberry! I think it went well, it was my first time on the radio, and it was fun!
Afterward I went to Target, I came out and my car would not turn all the way over, well it would turn over, but would not catch. Alex was in the area and came and got me and helped me get the car into a parking space. Well, I helped him, ok, I was more of a hinderance, but he got the job done. Then today he and Jeffrey came and of course the car started right up. Jeffrey will be bringing something home to test it next week. I feel very blessed to have two sons that will drop everything and come to the rescue of their mother. I don’t have enough superlatives in my vocabulary to properly express how I feel about them. Just know I will be grateful for the rest of my days for my sons.
I watched Game Change today, mostly because I love Danny Strong, he was Jonathan on Buffy, he wrote Game Change and actually won an Emmy for it. Everyone knows I am not a big fan of Sarah Palin, I do believe she was a liability to John McCain in the ’08 election, I believe if he had convinced Kay Bailey Hutchison to run as his VP it would have been a much tougher race. I do not believe they vetted Palin properly, or at all. She was uneducated, a wild card and personifies everything that I am appalled by.
However, there are things I do admire about Sarah Palin, her strong moral character, her unwillingness to bend in what she believes to be the right way of doing things, her loyalty to her family, the way she loves her children. If she had been educated, she would have been a force to be reckoned with, if she can get herself up to speed, learn about foreign policy, world events and the economy, lose the accent, I really hate the accent, I believe she would be unstoppable.
Please remember to listen to our new show today, I hope everyone enjoys it!
Friday, Starbucks and Candy
This week has gone by fast; I cannot believe that tomorrow I will be at the station recording our first show. Don’t forget, 970 AM 97 KHVN, Saturday evenings 7:00 PM, Conversations with Shanon J and her special guest Angie B. I am billed as the special guest because it is a small station with limited budgeting; I am perfectly good with this arrangement until we get sponsors and perhaps even move to a live mode. The sky is the limit and I cannot wait to see where God takes me next, this is all Him, I am still amazed at how all of this has come about. I don’t know why I am so amazed, due to the fact I know without a doubt He is in control and everything is his timing, not mine.
I have sad news people, I have fallen off the wagon, the Weight Watchers wagon that is, I need so desperately to get back on. I ate my weight in candy yesterday; however I am not going to beat myself up over it. I will just get back on that pony and start over, that is what I have to do, I will once again have to get all of the sugar out of my system. That is not pleasant people.
I battle this constantly, I so badly want to eat whatever I want, cookies, candy, Taco Bueno, all of it, but I can’t. I will be 800 pounds, and that is not good, it doesn’t look good and it doesn’t feel good. Remember Star Jones? When she was so big and would have difficulty talking because of all the weight? I couldn’t watch the View then, it was painful, ok, I can’t watch it now either. It is so one sided, there is no give and take, if you disagree with these women you are the enemy. I have plenty of friends I don’t agree with everything that comes out of their mouth, but we are still friends and don’t feel the need to put each other down.
Of course weight issues did not stop me from getting my Starbucks treat, Peppermint Mocha made with soy, triple shot of esspreso, yum!
I have rambled on enough now; I will let you all know how my first recording experience goes!
Halloween
Well today is Halloween, come as you aren’t day, this is one of my favorite days of the year. This year I did not dress up, no one else was at work and I didn’t want to look like a donkey. But here is my question when did Halloween become dress slutty day? Every costume is sexy something, whether it is nurse, witch, pirate or princess. Seriously, when did this happen for adult women? Halloween has always been a scary day, the day the spirits come out, not vampires, too commercial for them, but ghosts, goblins and monsters, this is the day for them. So why do we feel the need to dress slutty or sexy? Why can’t we dress scary and have a good time, Halloween has become a day of pressure for women, to be something they really may not be, I am not talking sexy, I mean slutty, why can’t we dress up as superhero’s without the revealing factor of the costume? Why can’t we dress up as nurses without being the slutty nurse? What happened to creativity in costumes? Let’s get back to that, let’s encourage our girls to think creatively, fun, wildly out of the box.
I would love to see more goblins, ghosts, black cats and mummy’s on older girls, let’s make this a scary holiday once again!
I miss my kids being little and dressing up, they were all so stinkin cute, I hope I get to see Tess today; I usually go over and get a glimpse of her costume. Take a picture; give her a hug, then leave so she can go get her candy. Love that girl.
Friday is coming quickly, it is the day Shanon and I will be recording our show for the first time! An historic event, perhaps we need to mark the day with Starbucks, I will have to leave early and find out her favorite Starbucks treat. I have a new dress I haven’t worn; I am thinking Friday is the perfect day for said dress. It is purple, my favorite color, and it rocks, add some black boots and I will rock the look.
Dean Cain and Voting
People overshare. It’s a statement, not a question; once again I blame social media for this phenomenon that is happening. I have to be honest I long for the days when people didn’t talk about their personal ailments, by that I mean personal, private medical issues, embarrassing medical issues. I do not share what my issues are, except my arm hurts right now, I don’t know what is wrong with it. Other than that, if there is something else going on, I will not be announcing it on Facebook, Twitter or here for that matter.
Whew, I feel better, now, on to better things, Alex called me last night and said “Mom, you are going to be so proud of me.” Since this was Alex, I held my breath, it could be anything, he then said “I voted today”. I am so proud of him! He exercised his American right and made his voice known. It is his first presidential election and I am so proud he voted. I asked him if he got a sticker and he did not, I also asked if he took a picture and he said he started to but thought they might frown upon that.
I will be voting on the day of, I am a purist, no early voting for me, I even took two hours off to make sure I had enough time to hit the voting site.
So yesterday I went home and watched an episode of Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, featuring Dean Cain in blue tights. Best. Evening. Ever. Dean Cain still the prettiest man on the planet earth, I don’t know if he is just aging well or if he has good doctors and I don’t even care. I love him with my whole teenaged soul heart. Yes, I know that is the biggest mess of a sentence, however, I don’t care.
Not a lot exciting going on today, will be working and then going home to watch Castle so BBFF (Jess) and I can discuss it, as he is bursting at the seams to tell me all.
Good News!
I have a lot on my mind and I don’t know where to start, first off, my big announcement, I am going to be on the radio!!! I am so stinkin’ excited! I am going to be on the radio! Starting Saturday November 3, 7:00 pm, the show is called Conversations with Shanon J with special guest Angie B. I am Angie B, in case you didn’t know. It will be on 970 AM KHVN, please tune in, we are so excited to bring this to everyone, we will be discussing issues that effect everyone, with the Christian woman’s perspective. For years we have had these amazing conversations, I am so excited to share with all of you.
Next on my mind is the internet, yes the internet, and how easy it is for some people to forget they are in a relationship. It is so easy to flirt online, no one can see your face, no one knows the real you, no one out there has to pick up after you, or buy your groceries or make sure you have shampoo. All they know is you are good with the words. I am here to tell you, when you engage in this kind of behavior, if you are in a relationship, it is disrespectful to the person you are with. Whether you are male or female engaging in this behavior, I want you to know it is not harmless. It is harmful, also, talking about your relationship online with people you don’t know, disrespectful, you know you had some good times or else you would not have stayed as long as you did. Men and women these days seem to have no boundaries, it is insanity, it is no wonder relationships are hard to maintain, if you are not talking to your partner about what bothers you, then the relationship is never going to grow. It will end up dying on the vine; there will be no harvest, no long term anything.
It is so easy to get sucked into this type of behavior, you are alone, you are really not cheating because that person is in a different state. That is what you tell yourself, but it is cheating, even if it is not physical, it is emotional cheating. Once again, if you don’t like what the person you are with is doing, tell them, if the behavior doesn’t change, then leave.
Facebook has made this so easy, people have lost all sense of propriety, dignity has gone out the window, people think that what they are doing is private. Well, guess what, as my grandmother used to say, it all comes out in the wash. If you are on Facebook and are engaging in behavior that is less than respectful to others, you will be found out. It will be made public; you have to ask yourself, is it worth losing my partner over? Is this person I have never met worth it?
Things I am Obsessed With
Straws
Milk Duds
Popcorn (Pop Secret Homestyle)
Starbucks
Nashville (the show)
Grimm
The Walking Dead
Castle
Joss Whedon
Dean Cain
Purple (the color)
Frito Chili Pie
Revolution (the show)
Shoes
Thor
The Avengers
Boots
Snow
Animals
Homeland
The Real Housewives of New Jersey
See Dad Run (Scott Baio rules!)
Polka Dots
My Friday is upon us and I could not be more thrilled, I didn’t get much sleep last night, I am having ear issues. One ear, my right ear, so strange, my right arm hurts and my right ear is doing strange things. I think the right side of my body is falling apart. However I look fabulous, new Anne Klein dress, black with white polka dots and a red belt, throw in some red pumps and we have a great outfit.
I am hoping this weekend is low key, I need some sleep, tomorrow is Tessa time and possibly a doctors visit for ear thing, if it does not clear up by then. I have no other plans, I want to catch up on my TV time, my laundry and I really, really want to organize my bedroom. I need to do so much to get ready for the colder weather coming. Such as organizing my closet, getting my boots out and seeing what needs to be replaced. Other than that, I am planning on sleeping and waking up to drink copious amounts of coffee. That’s healthy, right?
Makin’ It
As I was driving to work one of my favorite songs came on the radio, it was Makin’ It, by David Naughton. I love that song, the lyrics speak to me, especially this part:
Listen everyone here
This coming year’s gonna be my year
I’m as bad as they come
Number two to no one
I’ve got looks, I’ve got brains
And I’m breakin’ these chains
Make some room now dig what you see
Success is mine
I’ve got the key
I’m makin’ it
This year has not been good to me, however, 2013 looks like it is really going to be my year. So many exciting things are coming my way, I can hardly wait to share with everyone. I know without a doubt that God loves me and has great things in store for me. I just had to travel an unbeaten path to get there.
I am looking forward to a year that has a good luck number in it, I have often said 13 is a lucky number in our family. A whole year with that number, well the possibilities are limitless, add a Friday the 13th in there and my eyes are spinning in my head. So amazing! I don’t have a lot to say today as I am not completely filled with coffee yet, working on it, will get there, just not at this moment. It is my Thursday, I gearing up for a great “Friday” and a fantastic weekend. So until then, I shall say see you later, tomorrow in fact. I will be celebrating tomorrow, I expect everyone to have their Starbucks in hand while reading me!
Tuesday Thoughts
When you are friends with a couple and they break up, who decides who the friends go to? I found out, via the Irishman, that a couple we are friends with apparently broke up. He found out via Facebook, the woman in the couple had unfriended him. I did a quick search on my Facebook and sure enough, she was gone. I was sad, I didn’t have a choice in this, I met them as a couple, I considered her more my friend than him, but I got dumped, I don’t even know how to take it. I wasn’t given a choice in the matter, why didn’t I get the option to choose? Was it that bad of a break up that she felt the need to purge anyone that knew him out of her life? I don’t know, I will never know, and I have to be honest, I didn’t know she had deleted me from Facebook, I don’t pay attention to unfriends me. I would not have known, ever, if the Irishman had not said anything.
I’ll miss seeing her at his friend’s gatherings, she was a lot of fun, delightful, full of life, well, I guess she still is. She’s not dead, but when there is a breakup, the person that is no longer around might as well be, as I will never see her again. Oh well, it is what it is I guess, such is life. All of the other cliché things I can think of, which at this hour of the morning, with the scant amount of coffee I have had is not many.
I am very upset with the weather conditions here in North Texas, I want snow, I want fall like weather at the very least. I am getting balmy, really, balmy in October, I need cold, winter, wet, this is beyond ridiculous, I am going to have to have a conversation with the big guy. I am wearing boots today, as I believe if you dress for it the weather will follow suit. Theory is being tested lately. Is there a snow dance?
Angie World 