CoCo's Corner

I was going to go ahead an blog tonight for the next topic, BUT, I am so backlogged that I decided to not to do my entry tonight.  I will take up the challenge when I get back from my vacation. I am, if possible, going to blog my adventures for the next couple of days!!

There are lots of shows that I like.  There are reality shows that I am very addicted to; Amazing Race, Project Reality.  I have a hard time missing an episode.  I have a real thing for all the CSI shows.  I love sitcoms; Two and a Half Men, Mike and Molly.  But, if I was to choose a show that is my favorite, I would have to say The Big Bang Theory.  There is a reason that I love the Big Bang Theory - it's because I am absolutely 100% positive that they based the character Sheldon on my husband, Ted.  I am always talking about how Ted is a dork - well, he is a dork to Sheldon extreme.  Though Ted doesn't have the whole germaphobe problem, he does seem to have a lot of the idiosyncrasies that Sheldon does.  In the very first episode, was where I became convinced and it's all because of Sheldon's spot.  Ted has his own spot that he sits on - and even my 83-year-old mother is not allowed to sit in Ted's spot - and it's all a...

OK - by far, this is the dumbest, stupidest, insane, crazy topic of all.  So, what are you supposed to say - Education isn't important.  Nobody needs to know how to read or write - we can get by in life without it.  I don't even really know how to respond to this stupid subject. I will tell you about me - I went to high school in the furthest west school you can go in the Salt Lake Valley - I went to Cyprus High School.  The school opened in 1918.  It was one of the very first high schools in the county and is still here today - though it was rebuilt after I left it and it probably was before I attended.  At the time, it was about the only school that had an ice rink in it and it was kind of awesome.  I was on the Pep Club for two years, I was not a serious student my sophomore year, but became much more serious about halfway into my junior year.  So serious, I was named the Sterling Scholar for business (woop woop). It was my full intention t...

Wow, in a long life like mine, there are sure to be hundreds of thousands of them.  There is probably one or two a day.  I know of a few; not going to college, getting into debt, more family time, more attention to my kids when they were little, getting pregnant and married much too young.  There are so many things I could have changed; but, had I changed them would something be different?  Would one of my kids not be here? Would Ted not be here?  I don't think I would like to take that chance. But, that doesn't mean I don't have regrets. I think the biggest regret I have in life is one that I wish I could have or would have changed so long ago.  I grew up in a time where life was meat and potatoes.  It was what we ate.  I am not saying it wasn't healthy, because it was - except the saturated fat that everything was cooked and fried in and the ratio of fat to lean.  However, things were probably portioned a bit better than they have been in...

There are very few books I have read more than once.  I could probably count them on one finger - maybe two.  Not only that, it has become more and more unlikely for me to read at all.  I used to love to read - and would do it pretty much every night and every day. When the kids were younger, we would go to the library and check out books pretty much every week.  Now, I don't know the last time I really read a book.  Very sad.  I even stopped my newspaper, because it would sit and sit and nothing would get read. I used to love to go up to my bed and lay in it and read and read.  Now I go to bed when I am ready to go to sleep and I turn on the television and let it play til I fall asleep.  Ted comes to bed and turns off the television and goes to sleep.  Exciting, eh? There is one book that I do love.  It's called Wildest Dreams.  It supposed to be a romance novel, but, I don't see it to be a romance novel.  It's about a man...

I am going for last year - since this one just started. Highs - A month on a quiet graveyard shift. A birthday party at the Aquarium An awesome bridal shower for a beautiful bride. A trip to Disneyland with the girls. A beautiful wedding for an adorable couple. Won a 3-D television. Sold the 3-D television and bought a stainless steel refrigerator. Watched adorable girls that I love become the first annual champions of the Urban Challenge. Thrilled when another adorable girl became a volunteer for Make A Wish Moved KayeLynn to the dorms so she could begin her dream Moved into a dream position at work Saw Key West, it's sunset and hung out with some awesome friends - drove through the glades and went to Tampa for a conference - - had soooo much fun Lows - Watched my little girl fight with nasty health problems and deal with unemployment - and I worry for her every day Worried for my mama while she had open heart surgery Dream job has been very frustrating - though...

I must confess, I had to google what mainstream music is.  AND I must confess that when I googled, I wrote "main street music" - which it in turn said - "hey dumb bunny - are ya stupid??? Do you mean mainstream music?"  Which I in turn replied, "Yes, I do mean mainstream music".  So here is what Wikipedia told me: Mainstream music denotes music that is familiar and unthreatening to the masses, as for example popular music, pop music, middle of the road music, pop rap or pop rock; Mainstream jazz is generally seen as an evolution of be-bop, which was originally regarded as radical.   So - in order to answer the question of the day - I for the most part absolutely love mainstream music.  With the exception of Justin Bieber, with whom I do not care so much for - if I want to listen to a girl, I would rather listen to Katy Perry, Rhianna, Lady Gaga and the like - not some prepubescent boy who can hit the notes higher than they can and every time I hear him ...

I don't know if there is really anything interesting about me, whatsoever.  I generally find myself bland and boring - just a normal girl with normal thoughts.  So, this one is going to be hard and will probably take me all night long to come up with. I am a worrier - I worry about the dumbest things - I worry about everyone and everything.  I have been known to wake up in the middle of the night and not be able to go back to sleep because I am worrying about things; an example of this and one I don't live down very well is that when Zach was about 18 months old, I started worrying about a mountain lion sneaking into the yard and stalking him while he might be outside playing in the backyard or something.  I could not go back to sleep because this became a real possibility in my brain. It has to be really, really cold for me to actually wear a coat.  Generally, I wear a jacket.  Unless, of course, I am going out on the town - then I wear my beautiful c...

UGH!!!!  I have no clue.  No clue whatsoever.  I remember being in a crib in my parents room.  No clue why I remember that, because I can't remember anything more than that.  I have a horrible memory.  I don't remember my teachers names. I don't really remember much about my kids teachers much.  People from high school - I have run into them at the store and such and I have no clue who they are.  In fact, my memory is so bad - that when Crystal's dad was at her wedding reception, I had no clue who he was - and I was married to him for almost two years.   My kids will tell me stories of things - I have no idea what they are talking about.  That doesn't mean I don't have any memories - I remember good things; babies being born, first days of kindergarten, dance recitals, school projects, pinewood derbies. So - I wish I could give you a more definitive response - but, it ain't gonna happen.  Sorry.

OK - this post isn't fair at all - because I want to visit EVERYWHERE I can before this life is over.  There is so many places and so little time. I love to travel and there is absolutely no where I would not want to go. After a little taste of Europe - there is so many places I want to go on that continent:  Italy, specifically Venice - Germany - Ireland - Scotland - I would love to return to Paris - Austria - - love, love, love the idea of going to Europe I would love to rail Canada - from one end to the other I would love to spend some time in South America - Costa Rica, Panama  Australia and New Zealand - wanna see them Carribean - Hawaii - - yeah, the beach is where I wanna go. As far as the U.S. of A. - - I want to go to New Orleans, San Antonio is a dream, I would love to drive New England and go to all the little states clustered in the north east - in fact, I think if I could, I would get in a motorhome, spend eight weeks or so driving and visiting each ...

I wanted to add some pictures to yesterdays post, but, I was worried about doing it, because it was so long.  So I am making a separate post to go along.  It was a great day!!! Basketball Zach Watching for his "guy" Princess - watching B-Ball Whole family watching B-Ball Gathering at the pavillion Toasty fire Costco cake - - but those pirate toppers - - made by my awesome daughter Blowing out the candles Zach wanted donations for the animal shelter - made $208 AARGH - I'm a pirate Aye matey - Ted's a pirate Another scalawag - Aunt BooBoo is a pirate YUP - started to rain and snow and I never got warm again

I wanted to try and keep up with this throughout the day, but, that didn't work out so well - and it's only 6:45 and I'm exhausted and hurt from top to bottom.  I am so old!! 7:00 - woke up. 9:00 - woke up again to Ted saying, "Hey, what time is basketball, it's 9:00". Ate a healthy breakfast of Rice Krispies and a banana Took a shower Got dressed. Played on the computer Went to my mom's with Ted Made my mom breakfast - she had started it, I finished it - one egg, the heel of the bread for toast, some sliced strawberries and cup of coffee Put some dishes in the dishwasher for my mom Talked to Brandon on the phone - who asked me to go to the store for them Left my mom's and got in the car Ted took me to 7-11 and got a Diet Coke Ted and I went to watch Zach play basketball Ted and I went to Target - picked up a pair of snow pants, a birthday card, a gift card and 8 packages of hot dogs and $20 Talked to Brandon on the phone Talked to C...

I was really excited about this challenge.  A couple of weeks ago, when KayeLynn was home, she needed to find something from her "baby box".  When they were little, I got boxes to put in anything of memorial significance in.  Like their hospital bracelets from when they were born, report cards - - stuff like that.  Each of my kids have one and they are all still at my house.  Well, her box was under the stairs - and we had to dig it out.  Ted insisted the only stuff under the stairs was KayeLynn's stuff - but, low and behold, there was a bunch of other stuff.  Including all the Disney and other kids VHS movies, a bunch of Ted's movies and a whole lot of CD's.  So we went through the CD's and I took out what I wanted and ripped them to my IPOD.  It's kind of funny the different phases the CD's represented.  So - here goes my list of songs: 1 - A Boy Named Sue - - Johnny Cash  (went through a big Johnny Cash phase after Walk the Li...

FOOD - more food - and FOOD!!!  I want to say, just kidding - but, I am not.  I love food - I think about food - I savor food - I enjoy food - I crave food.  It's a very difficult problem for an old fat woman - because if you want to control yourself, you have to find foods that are not going to cause you to become an even fatter woman.  You have to figure out what food you can enjoy. You have to find out your limits. The next guilty pleasure is Diet Coke.  I drink it way more than I should drink it - I even drink it more than water.  It's not that it's delicious - cuz it really doesn't have a lot of flavorful taste - but, it is so dang refreshing!!! My final guilty pleasure is everything girlie.  I love a facial.  I love a massage.  I love a manicure.  I love a new haircut and color. I love to get my eyebrows waxed and shaped.  I love a pedicure.  If anything, I love my pedicure the very most.  I love to stick my feet...

I was thinking and thinking and thinking about this.  I have had a very long career at a job I love.  I don't always love it, but, for the most part - it's been an awesome job and career.  I always tell people that I want to work at an airline, because I want to have the benefit of flying wherever and whenever I wanted - so if I had thought about it years ago - instead of law enforcement, I probably should have found a job in the travel industry - - but, that didn't work.  And, I fully intend one day to have those flight benefits. But, I am thinking of what I would have loved my career to be.  If I could have chosen the path of my life, I would have chosen to be a stay-at-home mom.  I can't think of a more fulfilling career than to have been more available to my kids and been there more for them.  My kids were raised by a mom who worked away from the home and spent a lot of time away from home.  I worked shift work, so there were days they never...

This one is taking quite a bit of thought. And, though I would like to talk about the here and now - and my time with Ted, I think I am going to go before Ted.  A time that I was very independent - I was my own woman - I was very happy and fulfilled - I was single. As I said back on my day one post, I loved being single.  I was extremely happy at that time.  I spent a lot of time with my kids and became very bonded with them.  We were able to do some travelling and were all very close.  I am going to write about 2002. There were a couple of things about 2002 that made me very happy and very fulfilled.  My first was my discovery of Weight Watchers.  I am not going to discuss it much, but, prior to Weight Watchers, I never really paid attention to nutrition, health or anything like that.  My sister asked me if I wanted to go to Weight Watchers with her and I said I would.  I actually started at a very difficult time - right in the middle of...

Barbie Giggles Ya know - whoever came up with this challenge didn't realize such an old, elderly woman would be doing this. They want me to reach into the abyss of memories from long, long, long ago.  My gosh, I can barely remember the toys I had, played with, loved. The more recent memory is I was a crazy Barbie fan.  I loved playing with Barbies.  One of my favorite things in the world was two different Christmases waking to find these little suitcases FULL of handmade Barbie clothes.  I absolutely loved having all these Barbie clothes.  It was so awesome.  I also remember having a Barbie airplane and a Barbie motorhome.  Those are my very favorite Barbie memories. Drowsy  Before that, what I remember was dolls.  Baby dolls.  Sweet, lovable baby dolls.  Two come to mind - Giggles and Drowsey.  Giggles was an adorable baby - you wiggled her arms back and forth and she would giggle and laugh.  Drowsey was a...

I am an Aquarian.  Aquarius is believed to be the most unpredictable sign of the Zodiac.  A "heavenly bohemian" - who lives by their own rules of conduct; very rational in their behavior and exceedingly firm in their opinions.  Though they may not agree with you; they are very open-minded enough to support you in your right to your opinion.  Do not attempt to impose your philosophies or opinions on an Aquarian woman, as she will powerfully resist any attempt by you to influence or change her way of thinking about how she leads her life.   Aquarians are extremely impulsive in the use of their money and are very generous with their money.  Aquarius is a sign of friendship;  it is essential for them to feel like she and her lover are the best of friends.  Aquarius is an extremely loyal companion. Do I think it fits me?  A lot of it does.  I do feel rather bohemian at times - but, honestly, I feel like I am a rule follower for the most par...

Whew - glad yesterday's is done - - now onto something I so absolutely, obviously love - - -  FOOD!!!!!!! I have my normal comfort foods; hot roast beef with mashed potatoes (the real kind, not from a box, with lumps and all) and gravy - roasted turkey with those same mashed potatoes - macaroni and cheese (both from the box and homemade) - chicken and homemade noodles (something I absolutely adored growing up!!) - cream of tomato soup - and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. But, I have one food that I turn to when looking for the ultimate comfort.  It's an odd choice and some of you are going to scratch your head and wonder about me.  But, it is my favorite thing in the world - and it's easy and quick. Every Tuesday night, Ted goes to Civil Air Patrol.  This is what I look forward to having for my dinner every Tuesday.  What is it you wonder??  It's cold cereal - and no specific one - but whatever hits my fancy at the time.  I love ev...

This is something that is very difficult for me.  I hate the subject.  Arguments ensue when religion and politics are discussed.  Wars are fought over religious beliefs.  Lives are lost over the fight of ideologies.  And - I hate the thought that because I express these thoughts, I will end up offending one, ten or the masses.  I hate this whole subject and nearly had a panic attack at the thought of even writing about this subject - so I am going to do my post - but, I may not give the post the attention that the challenge desires, nor probably deserves. First and foremost - I am not religious.  I am not religious at all.  I have no desire to be religious.  At this point, I am apologizing to those who are shocked and dismayed at what I have to say. However, that does not take away from the fact that I am devoutly spiritual in my beliefs, I just don't believe I have to go to a building to express those thoughts.  I feel that what I d...

As I sit here, my beautiful blue lava lamp bubbling next to me, I ponder - what are my top five pet peeves?  I know of a couple right off the bat - but, I am going to have to think about the rest.  So - this one is pushing my brain a bit. 5 - This one is for my kids.  And mostly, it's because I have lacked in my instruction to you - as I have seen all three of my kids do this.  This pet peeve is about the incorrect usage of the words "your" and "you're".  Your is a possessional word like - it's mine, it's yours, it ours - something that belongs to someone; example - is that your doughnut (KayeLynn - hee hee  - I said doughtnut)?  You're is a contraction - as in you are.  It is connecting the two words; example - you're going to the store, correct?  Anyway, if people would use those two words correctly, I would be in a happier place in the world. 4 - I hate mean people.  I know that is rather cliche, but, I have been mad all day about...

HOLY CRAP - people who  made this challenge, do you know I am pretty much elderly??  I will be lucky to be unburied (also known as - NOT DEAD)!!!  Just kidding - my number one thing of my list of where I'd like to be is definitely alive, well, healthy, happy and mobile.  And,, along with that, I obviously want my family - my husband, my kids, my grandkids and all the rest - to be alive, well, healthy, happy and mobile, also!! I want to be out of debt or at least pretty dang close to being so. I want to be retired from my current job - I know that means I would have to be working somewhere else until social security age, but - I feel ten more years would be WAAAY too much.   I would want that job that I am working at to be in the travel industry - preferably in the airline business. That way - I could visit many more places, far and near - - I would love to have those flight benefits again where I could go places, see people and do many more things!!! I...

My current relationship??  With???  My kids??  My mom??  My boss?? My BFF??  They are all good.  Oh, do you mean with my husband??  OH!!! Ellis Island - the building where I said YES. What do you say about a relationship with the biggest dork you have ever met??  It's astonishingly good, actually. When George died twelve years ago, I vowed I wouldn't get married again.  And, to be honest, if I was single right now I would be fine with that (by that I mean, having never met the dork).  I actually loved being single.  I didn't even really date for five years - and I wasn't sad about that, either.  People kept telling me I had to get out and date again.  I really didn't care if I did.  I had a very full life.  Then a person from my past came back into my life.  That relationship was extremely wrong from the very beginning - everything about it was wrong... I knew it was and I didn't know how to break ...

My daughter - Crabby Mama - found a challenge.  A 30-day challenge.  And, I am stealing it and joining in.  Tomorrow I will begin and here are the questions I will blog about.   I have been frustrated, because I have felt boring and uninspired in my blogging recently - so this is a great opportunity for me to come up with some interesting and insightful things to say.  See ya tomorrow!!! P.S.  Feel free to join!!!