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Dec. 9th, 2009 @ 06:45 am cowboy boots & a cookie party....
Current Mood: FROZEN !
Freeeeezing !.....Ice on the truck windows..waiting on the truck to warm up....15 degrees..wind chill 5..

Gonna be a cold day.

Cowboy Boots
Have to go to the boot store this morning so they can clean/polish our cowboy boots for saturday...could do it ourselves..but we don't have all the stuff..don't wanna ruin them..have to be @ store by 8am...Then we have to drive all the way to Sayre to work..oh god it's going to be freezing out there this morning/all day...hope the roads aren't icy.. ;(

Cookie party tonight w/friends...it's our christmas party..we didn't wanna do gifts...gifts aren't important..who needs all that stuff you don't really actually need ?.....it's more fun to make/decorate cookies---give them away &/or eat them...haha....we have a whole cabinet full of colored sprinkles/icings/cookie cutters for tonight...it's always a lot of fun...I'm making blue snowflake cookies, and i have sprinkles that look like glitters in blue/translucent...so cool.....silliness, laughter, music going on...everybody's excited..we're all immature but that's a good thing !...lol...

yes, amanda--you are the brightest crayon in the pack !...well...sorta...sometimes...LMAO !

~ xoxo ! ~ J.
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Dec. 8th, 2009 @ 04:44 pm Freezing Rain & COLD.......
Current Mood: cold
Electricity knocked off last night...Freezing rain/snow.....Slept by fireplace & will tonight again...warm/comfortable/peaceful....

Going to be extra windy tonight and 5 degrees !...WHAT ?! Double-Brr !...

Went to donate Christmas money to the animal shelter & the kidney clinic today....Made me extra sad going in both places..i cried after i left each one...we all cried...We got to the kidney clinic and Dad wouldn't go in at first, he just gave us a checkbook and said: " Oh no...i don't need to go in there, i'll get upset..ok ?...i just don't wanna see any of it...i can't take goin' in there. " Amanda told him it'd be better if he would go in so we could all donate the check together..so he got quiet and said:" Ok.." he was nervous when we walked in and we went to say Hi to the nurses that took care of me those couple of days i was sick..and say Hi to some patients that i made friends with while i was being treated for my kidney infection....

I just started crying because it's so sad to go back in that building to a place i was in when i was terrified and very sick & then to see those sweet people today still in there and being poked w/needles and still having kidney dialysis...and i'm better and ok and they're not..i mean, god i am thankful & grateful everyday of my life...but i still feel sadness for people & pray for them..you start to think: " Why aren't they ok too ? " as w/anybody who is sick/ill and just like the animal shelter, i wanna save them all and take them all home w/me forever so they will be loved and have a home and nice christmas....I could so easily be back in there again someday i know...so i am truly thankful to be well..i just wish i could save/help every creature, good person, that needs help or a friend...

He gave them a check in a large amount to donate/help them @ the clinic and told them almost crying:" We just wanted to uh... donate this, 'cause you guys really took good care of my daughter here..she's alive because of you and i was gone when she got sick...so you'll never know how grateful i am for that. " then he almost ran out of there...and started just crying his eyes out when we got in the truck..sad sad sad....then we all kept crying and he confessed to us that when i got sick he got severely depressed over it for weeks..and that's why he couldn't go in there and see what i had been through...that was so sad when he told us that....he just kept crying..and was quiet..We went to the animal shelter and donated money to them---it makes my heart sing to know we gave up our christmas money to help others !..Dad said: " Money is just paper it means nothin' to me..it's not what is most important to me...you kids are the most important people in my life, i love you more than anyone else or anything in this world..more than you will ever know " aww...we love you too !

Tears..sadness..ENOUGH of that emotional stuff !!! ---

Wrapping paper w/THE COUNT on it ?----oh man....we laughed so hard, Me, Sarah, Amanda cried !...we had to literally set down on the floor IN THE STORE and laugh !..we unfortunately had to show Dad-he cracked up laughing.--he started counting wrapping paper rolls in the store...embarrassing ! " 1, 2, 3, wrapping paper rolls..ah ! ah ! ah ! " LOL !..Oh no..he never stops....where did he come up w/this at ?!..hopefully someday he will stop..we can only hope so...

~Stay warm tonight..Mmwah ! ~ Love, Julie

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Dec. 7th, 2009 @ 10:54 am thanks for the..uh..song ?....
Current Mood: embarrassed
Cold....!

Radio requests in a small town radio station are funny....lol..

Driving down the highway this morning half-awake...this requested to ME on radio from FRANKIE !...sweet but um....IT'S FROM FRANKIE !..haha...help.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqJczxoE07w

Like i said...sweet but embarrassing when people do/say this !...
i hope not too many people heard it....they will tease me endlessly about frankie...

that song will wake you up..it's actually not half-bad...i've seen this band live..

oh, and guess who's kidney scan came back ok ? MINE ! ...relief.. ;)

xoxo !

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Dec. 6th, 2009 @ 04:27 pm random things/thoughts from today....(long sorry !)
Current Mood: cold
~Christmas parade went good yesterday...i think every small town here in Oklahoma had one.Frankie was there trying to talk to me & annoy me...saying stupid, silly things to me and pulling on my jacket trying to smother me...I told him he's STILL not one of my favorite people and he never will be..lol...The mayor gave everyone in the parade candy to toss out to the little kids as we went down Main St....I nailed Frankie right in the forehead w/some candy when i rode on by him !...LOL....too bad it wasn't a rock...haha...~
Airport
Went to get Grandpa & them @ the airport earlier today....they weren't coming home until the 9th, but Grandpa has a lot of stuff he's got to mess with and Jeff had to work...so we went to get them...We got to the airport, found them, and they were all tired looking..Dad started smiling when he saw us--People kept staring @ him, Jeff, & Diego all walking through there.....Grandpa was so sleepy..poor guy--having to put up w/them all week probably...haha...Dad was kinda drunk...lol...how he managed that on a plane we'll never know.....he was all glassy-eyed and smiling, so was Diego, so Amanda asked them: " Are you both drunk ? " and they started laughing...Diego said something like:" Had to get on a plane. " i don't know what he said ?
Dad kept saying: " Home at last..damn...I love you Oklahoma ! " ....haha...On the drive home they all kept saying: " Coffee..stop for coffee. " so we stopped and we all went in and got something...We were standing in line and Dad starts whispering/pointing @ us: " One, Twooo, Threeee. " and he started laughing....god..it never ends !...really you'd think he would have forgot about that The Count stuff after this week..guess not...
The Winter Ball dresses
We got to Grandma & Grandpa's house finally, we were snooping around for our gifts & found a suitcase full of our Christmas he bought us, that he could take on the plane--stuff in our favorite colors...haha..I really wish i could wear that necklace i saw in there to the Winter Ball next saturday night !...it's blue/diamonds soooo pretty !...Grandma was all talking about the Winter Ball today & saying that we should show them our dresses we bought for it....so we went & put them on, then walked in the dining room, being silly, twirling around to show them and Dad just starts crying and wiping his tears....trying not to let Diego & Jeff see him crying..lol....Diego said:" Holy hell ! are you F--ing crying man?!! oh my god." everybody laughed and he laughs tearfully: " Shut the F-- up Diego ! " .....I asked him: " Why do you cry so much about stuff like this ?...are you sad or something Dad ? " he starts bawling and goes:" I'm just so proud of you girls and you've all grown-up so fast...to be beautiful young ladies...i love you 3 & you'll always be little girls to me." that was sad..we hugged him and told him we loved him too...lol.Grandma's dress is navy blue, and Dad was asking us what color he should wear to it:" Should i just wear black or black/blue, blue/gray, black/gray how about that ?....how about what i wore to the Father of the Year thing ? " so we went & looked through his suits & stuff today, we told him it was between that or blue/gray..lol...it all looks cool on him--either way, whichever he decides...We told him his tattoos on his hand/wrist looks cool w/those fancy designer suits...haha...he started laughing...

Sarah, Amanda,Grandma, Dad all think my dress looks like Cinderella's blue dress from the cartoon...I think it kinda does too...haha...sorta the same colors..i certainly didn't realize that !..I'm sure it's gonna look just wonderful w/this stupid arm sling i have to wear on my left arm..oh well....Dad got all teary/sad again and said:" So pretty." ..aww...LOL..well, i hope it looks good w/cowboy boots, cause that's what we're all wearing w/our dresses !...LOL..it's a cowboy ball anyway !...haha...Grandpa told him:" Hopefully The Count won't be goin' along to this shindig. " lol.....that was so freaking funny !..i hope so too Grandpa...We're super excited about the Winter Cowboy ball....even though it's a whole week away it's fun to dress up and be pretty for one night....raises money for little kids/families for Christmas who don't have any money..i feel sad for everyone this time of year going through that kinda thing....but attending/participating gives money to them--good cause. ;)
one last weird thing journal---Last night i was half-asleep-awake kinda @ 1am and i was dreaming, couldn't see anything or anyone, i could just hear a man talking to me/or about me to someone ?--i could hear his voice plainly, but it wasn't any man's voice i know/recognize right off....he or it was comforting/safe feeling though in my sleep talking to/about me..low/fairly deep/soft voice..then i got kinda spooked by it, realizing i was dreaming, and sat up in bed, pulled the covers over my head and then turned on all the lights in the house...there was nobody in my room...no tv/radio on...Amanda & Sarah came running in the kitchen half-awake, and were like:" Are you ok !? " i told them what happened--they thought it was kinda spooky too..we even looked outside the house !....maybe a ghost ? or an angel ? or a Benadryl haze maybe ?...lol..Whatever it was, i've never dreamed something like that before !....weird stuff..i sound even weirder journaling about stuff like this i know...
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Dec. 4th, 2009 @ 09:49 am Christmas parade tomorrow @ 3pm......
Current Mood: groggy
20 degrees right now.no snow.

Can't wake up...good thing we have the day off... ;)

What the crap were we thinking ?.....There's no way we will EVER be able to see Grandpa, Dad, Uncle Pete, Diego & Jeff in the audience of the Finals Rodeo on tv !.....LOL..i guess we forgot the fact that there's just about 20,000 other people in the audience too...oh man...haha..we watched it last night, everybody came over to the house---lots of fun...i did fall asleep twice but i didn't miss anything...

I did see H.H. roping, that was cool and several other guys we know...we'll keep watching it anyway...

Going to the Christmas parade in town tomorrow @ 3pm....will be cold probably, but we are riding our horses in it...don't freak out !...we'll be careful as can be & bundle up against the cold..besides it's just down Main St...
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Dec. 3rd, 2009 @ 01:35 pm watching rodeo tonight.....
Current Mood: cold & stressed

Cold...brr !..
Just walked in the door---I hate that freaking ATM machine !..does it work ever??...why drive 45 miles to use it when it is always broke down??!! Thank god for cash.
Bought today:
------Wrapping paper---has kitties & puppies on it.
-------Tape
--------Gift boxes
---------Benadryl--allergies/to help us sleep.
----------shampoo
---------Tide--to wash clothes.
------a tank of gas to get back home--might snow tonight/tomorrow.

need to seriously charge my cell phone battery...it's low.

Also after fighting my way through the crowds, i remembered to get some strawberry Twizzlers, almonds, popcorn, all that kinda stuff..everybody's coming over to the house tonight to watch the rodeo on the satellite...they can B.Y.O.B. their drinks or whatever...lol...so we're kinda having a watch & see party..we'll be watching the audience to see if we see them !...plus watching the random local people we know who are actually competing in it....

yes, we are dorks..but rodeo/cowboy stuff is a very important " big deal " where we come from..LOL...this will be routine the next few days....i only hope i can stay awake tonight to watch it...so i will have to hold off on the benadryl until afterward...haha...

Outdoor christmas-light timers rock. ;)

xoxo !

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Dec. 2nd, 2009 @ 02:47 pm snow flurries.....
Current Mood: cold
Just got back home from working...try driving all over 2,000 acres in 1 day starting @ 5:30am....checking cows & horses on a day like this--it's killer !...sooooo COLD !.....
Snowed a little...flurries..so pretty to watch out the window.....we all slept in front of the fireplace last night...it was nice being so warm & comfortable....i fell to sleep fast......I really want to spend Christmas in the snow.....it's fun...the sunny weather tends to get boring this time of year...at least we can play in the snow....lol...

Drove around Monday evening w/friends singing along loudly w/the radio blasting Christmas songs full blast after a little Christmas shopping..laughing our butts off...LOL !...haha...so glad it was all of you i was being a total dork with...I love you guys !... ;)

Talked to Grandpa, Uncle P. & Dad last night over the phone from Las Vegas...sounds like they are having a lot of fun...They have met up w/all their rodeo buddies out there--checking out Vegas w/Diego & Jeff too...and are waiting around until tomorrow night...it's cute how much fun Grandpa is having. ;) I'm so glad he went along w/them...Still would be funny if we saw them sitting in the audience on the tv....haha...we'll be watching it every night..they come home next wednesday though...We get all the ESPN2, ESPNCLASSIC channels...good thing.

We know you are buying us Christmas stuff out there..haha...Grandpa accidentally told us !... ;)

---memo to myself--remember to buy wrapping paper, tape, & boxes tomorrow !
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Nov. 29th, 2009 @ 08:27 pm National Finals Rodeo schedule....
Travis....I couldn't get the whole schedule to post...it's too long for this journal to format to i think..so here's the link to look @ the tv schedule i found for ESPN.. ;)

I'll be awake i'm sure at all those early hours to watch it...lol...

http://www.eyeonsportsmedia.com/2009/10/2009-wrangler-national-finals-rodeo-nfr.html
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Nov. 29th, 2009 @ 08:01 pm lights & cowboy stuff....
Current Mood: sleepy
So far journal....

Saturday night we all went to the PRCA roping thing in town...It was cool...Met lots of nice people...it was chilly out but we stayed most the night until 1am w/Grandpa & Grandma, Dad & his friends, our uncle, my brother & his friends, our friends ya know pretty much everybody we know....lol...There was a bunch of cowboys headed over to the bar--friends who are competing in the rodeo...we didn't go we were too tired...but a lot of people went...

Dad promised he would hang up our outside lights on the house yesterday but he was busy all day...he felt bad he didn't get around to putting them up so @ 4am this morning when he left the bar, he called and came over and put up all the christmas lights on the house & barn door....yes...we even decorate the barn door !... i love christmas lights, so pretty and lots of colors to use...like painting in a way....I kept telling him: " But what if there's a skunk out there ?! " ...he laughed and said: " Well...i'll just have to kick his ass. " ...haha..we made him coffee and turned on the porch light so he could see...he got a ladder and put all the lights up just like we wanted them....he took us & my brother to eat breakfast after that @ the cafe..he looked tired...we met grandpa there...It was 5:45am at that point....a lot of fun..until Dad started counting things in his The Count voice: " One, Twoooo, Threeeee ! Fourrrr ! ah ! ah ! ah ! " ...god we made him stop that..it's getting annoying...he said: " What ?...ya'll don't like my countin' ?...I can't stop countin' things damn it ! "...then he pretended to cry and started laughing....My brother looks @ him and says: " You need to seriously get some sleep..you've got a long week ahead and you will go crazy. " He told him: " Too bad, i lost my mind a long time ago, son. " LOL !...that's probably true....

Earlier today we had to take them all to the airport in OKC to catch their flights to Las Vegas....They ARE NOT competing in it---Grandpa, our Uncle, Dad, Diego, Jeff...they're going to the National Finals Rodeo out there this week to see some of their rodeo friends compete...We took my aunt's black suburban...Jarrod drove...Dad was all freaking out cause he hates flying so we gave him 1 of my Lortabs that Amanda's nurse friend got me for my ribs...I told him: " That will knock you out..are you sure ?..your flight leaves in 30 minutes." he laughed and said:" Yeah that's what i need i would be drunk off my ass right at this moment, but i don't know....uh.....anything to calm me down." Grandpa & Diego kept on telling him not to take it...then Grandpa said: " Well..it can't hurt him after all the dope shit he used to take years ago..better not get us kicked off the damn plane Chad. " ..haha..oh man......so after he took it, it hit him fast !...he was all smiling, laughing, and hugging everybody....it was pretty comical...but that's how i am when i have to take Lortab...things get funny...he counted us in The Count voice: " One, Twooo, Threeee " , then he hugged us and started crying and he said: " Watch the tv you might see us in the audience..I love you ! "
The look on Grandpa, Diego, Uncle's, & Jeff's faces was so freaking funny.haha...it was like they were thinking: " Oh god this is gonna be one hell of a flight." They got to Vegas ok...Grandpa called a while ago he said the flight was ok and Dad was talking in that crazy voice then he fell asleep and is asleep right now.....LOL !..

Meanwhile we are all here @ the house..Grandma is staying w/us all week..she's so grouchy today !...
We Christmas-decorated inside the house today, bought a cowboy santa doll @ Tractor Supply, got the fireplace going again...Guess we'll be watching the Rodeo Finals all week on tv to see if we see them in the audience....haha !...I found the tv schedule for it i'll go ahead and post it tonight on my journal...

My sleeping pattern has changed again..some nights lately, it goes from 7pm-10pm then awake until 4am then sleep-wake up again..i have my bedroom mirror adorned w/gold/blue Christmas lights that put me right to sleep...
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Nov. 27th, 2009 @ 08:41 am he's not one of my favorite people.....
Current Mood: pain
I'm glad thanksgiving is over...crazy...that means normal in our family....lol..

Last night was the party w/our family and then the party @ the bar...way too crowded..We weren't drinking so i was standing in a group over by the wall talking to friends and all of the sudden Frankie C.(guy i went to highschool with) and another guy were " drunk & rough-housing " well...Frankie falls into Travis who falls into me on my right side and i got crushed against the brick wall on my hurt left side...bad bad bad...it felt like a billion knives sticking into my ribs...oh god did it hurt....(Travis, it's ok i promise ! ) Travis, Frankie and them are like 6ft 2 and i'm tiny compared to them..so it was like a pile of football players smooshing me on the wall....

I felt like such a dork...it hurt so bad i started to cry and i couldn't talk so i just mouthed the words: " It's ok. " and hurried myself back to the tattoo room and set in the quiet and cried so nobody would see/hear me cry....Sarah, Amy, Travis, Eli, & Frankie came back there to check on me and then all DadChad's wild women girlfriends were in my face: " Are you ok sweetie ? ..let me go get your Dad...blah..blah.." They were being sweet, but it hurt so bad i wanted them to just go away...
I begged them to not tell him what happened, cause he would get all mad and not see things as an accident--it was...which is exactly what he did...He was way up front when it happened...he didn't need to know !...the girlfriends all went and told him.....he came running back there to where i was and he starts holding me, asking me if i needed to see the Dr., how bad it hurt, then he cried...I was hurting so bad my teeth were chattering...he kept crying and he goes: " Ok, sweetheart let me take you home, you don't need to be in here w/it so damn crowded." I could tell Travis & Frankie were SCARED.I was ready to defend them....even though i have a long history of aggravation where Frankie is concerned..

He pointed @ Frankie and yells:" You've already been warned tonight about the shit you've been doin' in here !...I've warned you already haven't i ?...haven't i ?! god*amn it ! you get your sorry ass outta here !..what the hell is your damn problem ?!..you coulda seriously hurt her ! two big guys like you fallin' on her !...i'm so furious right now you're just lucky i don't F-ing kill you MF*****! "
yikes......I kept telling him he didn't mean to and he just kept on yelling @ Frankie and getting in his face..Frankie evidently caused some trouble earlier last night..Frankie has always been an annoying jerk..a flirt...he's always doing or saying something to me..he's funny..but annoying...i still took up for him..cause i didn't want Dad to flip out and cause a huge scene on Thanksgiving...at least he's not mad @ you Travis !... ;)

He took me & Sarah home back to the house..apologized a zillion times for what happened in his bar...and cried as he routinely does when he gets emotional, worried, or upset over us....He gave me some Tylenol PM then he talked & watched tv w/us awhile in the living room until we fell asleep in the recliners, then he must've left to go back over there.....

anyways..always something stupid going on in my life....oh well...just another day.

I really don't like Frankie C. right now...jerk...so a big Boooo!!!! to Frankie !!! Boo ! you suck !..LOL ! ;)

Going to put up the Christmas tree today...we want a cowboy santa doll to set in the house...where to find one !?
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