CoCo's Corner

So, I just read Amberly's blog. The way she writes is amazing and I would love to tell her that I am not sure whether to be happy or sad by what she has written in her last post. Anyway, she got me to thinking. Is tomorrow really a new beginning? Does one day really make the difference to a whole new life or ideaology or new way of thinking? Does one day change lives? Oh, I am sure they can change your life, but, does it necessarily have to be January 1? Yes, I do resolutions and they are alway the same thing. I resolve to lose weight. I resolve to pay off bills. I resolve to not take Ted for granted. YAWN YAWN YAWN!! Maybe it's time to resolve to NOT be Mary Sunshine. Maybe it's time to resolve NOT to let people take advantage of my good humor. Maybe it's time to resolve NOT to let the weight of the world get me down. I would love to say I am not going to sit on my couch, with my computer on my lap and watch television constantly - but, I know that AIN

It's 10:30 in the morning. I have been up getting ready for tonight. It's my Christmas tonight. I've got three pies made; two pumpkin and one dutch apple - YUM YUM. Stuffing is done and inside the big turkey. Turkey is now in the oven. Gotta get the rolls rising (thank you Mrs. Rhodes). Made my orange cranberry relish. So, I decided to sit down for just a few minutes. Gonna get Rustie and KayeLynn busy stuffing stockings as soon as KayeLynn is done with her bath. I always look so forward to this day, but there sure is a lot of work that goes into it!! I feel like I run and run all the day. Ted really wants to go to midnight mass this year; I would really like to give him his wish. I am very excited this year. Zach and Chelsea are so excited about Christmas. Zach has been doing a count down. This many days til Coco's Christmas - this many days til Christmas. They are so adorable and I am so excited to see them and all my kids tonight. We have a new addi

I have said that Halloween is my favorite holiday. It's just plain fun. But, as far as holidays that make me happy, sentimental and reminiscent, it would be Christmas. As a child, I can tell you that my favorite Christmas was when I was about 13 or 14 years old. It wasn't from any present I got, it was something even more special. My father had a drinking problem and it seems like every Christmas Eve he drank, drank to excess. My father wasn't a fun or funny drunk, he was depressing and maudlin and he wasn't fun to be around when he had been drinking. So, I usually didn't enjoy Christmas Eve very much. However, this one Christmas Eve, way back when, he didn't drink. We had a great time. We stayed up and watched one of the old Christmas Carol movies and then we watched Holiday Inn. Those two movies have become two of my very favorite Christmas movies ever. It really was a turning point in my understanding of what the holiday is truly about. Now, it'

So, it was that time again. That wonderful time of year. The time when I get to go with Santa to a party and see the reaction of the guests, meaning the kids. This is the best and sweetest Santa ever. All of the kids were so shy around him and he was there for quite some time. He sat in the rocking chair and let them come up to him, most of them kind of just left him alone, but they were always aware of his presence. I love Santa so very much and appreciate how wonderful he is to do this every year. Thanks Santa!!

So, that guy that kidnapped and victimized Elizabeth Smart has been found guilty. Yes, I know his name, but, I don't think it's worth mentioning. However, she was a big part of my life back eight years ago. Mine and a lot of other people I work with. I was at work the night after she was taken. Those dispatchers dealt with non-stop ringing phones. It's unimaginable what they had to deal with. We knew exactly when the Larry King show was on, because every line would start ringing and ringing and ringing and ringing. Every time any kind of information was put out to the press and broadcast, the phones would start ringing and ringing and ringing and ringing. Every psychic, pseudo-psychic, thinks-they-are-psychic called in. Not once, but constantly. Sad thing is, some of these psychics actually had some pretty good information, but we were so inundated with such varied information, there was absolutely no way to keep up with it and sift through it all. However, the d

So, I live in a PUD. It's got some great perks. I don't have to shovel my driveway, because I pay to have someone else to do it through my HOA dues. I don't have to mow my front lawn, because I pay someone else to do it through my HOA dues. I don't pay a water bill, because I pay that through my HOA bills. So, like I said, there are definite perks. However, the last newsletter had an item that concerned me because they had two board member openings and nobody was volunteering to do it. They said that if nobody volunteered, they may have to turn over the duties to a management company. This would come with a probable hefty increase of the homeowner dues. Now, I am just getting to a point that I am comfortable and able to make sure my bills are paid without much stress - with a little left over to get some debt paid off, hopefully completely out of debt, within the next three to four years. So, the idea of a hefty increase was not something I wanted to consider,

I have become obsessed with a little tab on my dashboard. For those of you who don't blog, your dashboard keeps track of the blogs you follow, let's you change your design, where you can post new stuff, etc. Anyway, I look at it ALL THE TIME!! Why, because I want to see who and what is looking at my blog. Now, at this point, this is what I have found out: 1) I believe I have bored my children to pieces, because they no longer look at it. 2) Trynitee, Natalie, Emily and Amberly do look at it still. Why, I don't honestly know. 3) Some people look at it through my Facebook page. 4) Three people in Malaysia looked at it last week through a website MoreDietPlan.com. I am guessing because I put in one of my posts about HCG and going on a diet. Not sure. 5) The second most views (by nation) is from Canada with 14, then Russia with 5 (Ted is sure it's because the Russians are looking for him), plus Denmark, China, Pakistan, Germany, Spain and Panama (don't forge