In’s & Out’s of the Thaden Family

Man oh man, walking the dog this morning and smelling the moisture in the air and the bird’s chirps echoing through the trees…….so so peaceful.

I have to say I’m looking forward to spring.

Bye snow, I’ll conquer you again next year….ya pussy!

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Ya know what really sucks? Missing talking to my little brother Steven. I get updates from Mom about Chris and Trav (heck I talk to them if they’re home), but I’ll never learn or hear anything new about what Steven learned.

Before he passed, he was getting into his spiritual side and Lord knows where that would’ve taken him. The last time I spoke to him, he was real happy about the possibility of capturing a ghost on camera and how excited he was about visiting places that were supposedly haunted. I think he was starting to figure out the difference between the religious side of life and the spiritual side of life.

I’ll never get to have that, “Yea, I know what you mean dude!” moments in that aspect.

I know I’m not the best brother and son in the world, but I’m trying. I don’t know, it’s just those small tidbits that ring forever that make ya wonder. Like before Duane passed he always mentioned Led Zeppelin, did he like them or was he going through a phase? Like a tootsie pop, the world may never know.

Love you mom, Terry, Dad, Monique, Margaret, Trav, Chris, Holly, Aunt Betty Lou, Uncle Lee, Uncle Dave, and Aunt Taki.

Tags: daily blah, family & friends

Here I am post to my blog from my new little toy otherwise known as a Ipod… I’m even more connected to the matrix now

Tags: gadgets

I noticed while playing with Lucas from time to time he gets a second wind. What I mean by that is that he’ll be panting like crazy, but like a burst of adrenaline, he’ll explode with energy and excitement.

That happened tonight when he tried to hump me. See, I saw him get his second wind and come at me at full speed. I usually dodge him and grab his toy and he’ll shake the shit out of it. Nope not this time. He jumped up at me and I turned to my side and I felt his front legs grab me. I was like ‘what the jeff you doin’?’ and I realized in a split second he was trying to hump me.

So I threw him to the side, grabbed his head and humped at his face (ya know, to see how he liked it). He didn’t care for that and came at me again, this time from the front. So I threw him down again and got behind him to give him a taste of his medicine. He really REALLY didn’t like that (he tried to nip at me). When he came at me the last time, I decided that instead of stooping to his level I put the claw to his neck and put him down on the floor on his back. I let him lay there till he calmed down.

So glad he’s neutered cause you know his dong would be all flopping about while squirting nastiness all over the place. Not to mention MY CLOTHES!!!

So gross in all ways.

Tags: daily blah, family & friends, pets

I love my new boots.

I’ve had them now since November (i think), but they’re awesome. I realized today that I wear them more than being barefoot.

The brand is Danner and the boot is made in the USA. It has Goretex, so it’s waterproof and the leather was hell to break in. Even when we were at -17 degrees outside, m tootsies were toasty. Also another cool thing, I can send them back to get resoled and a few other things, so these will possibly be the last pair of boots I’ll ever own (thankfully). All we need to do now is get Margaret a pair.

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So, here I am, off of my feet and writing a post while waiting on dinner. I’ve been in the kitchen since 2 or 2:30 and it is now 6:51pm. I made guacamole, a faux white cheese queso, and chicken enchiladas. Anyone without an army of people to assist would think that time management was an issue. I’ll tell you this much, it wasn’t time management. Nope, it was liquor management. See it started off with a nice glass (or two) of Three Blind Moose, then it progressed to the finale of a margarita. I’d say that it happened somewhere between the transition of wine and margarita that time began to slip away.

Between all that I managed to order some new instruments, argue with the misses, and feed the dog food that he didn’t need. Overall, I managed to somehow be productive while being selfish. Works out rather good I’d say.

Today started off early. 5am is early for a day off, but when the Baby Whisperer is on the way, you gotta do what you gotta do. So I did my round of chores and the day began.

We dropped off Margaret’s car to the auto shop, then we grabbed a bite to eat, and from there headed home. I got some laundry going while Margaret vacuumed and then I assisted in the vacuuming while she got the bed ready to be made. We’re an awesome team. From that point we finished up and were happy that all we had to do for the rest of the day was relax. That wasn’t so unfortunately. I got a wild hair and decided to walk the dog for a walk around the block (ended up being 45 minutes of walking till he pooped) and when I got back I started in the kitchen.

The kitchen is a wondrous place, especially ours. See, it started with 80’s music and then went to baroque style music. From there the alcohol kicked in and so did the talking to the dog and the misses with serious “in depth” conversation. Cause you know, Lucas can say a lot with just the movement of his eyebrows……

…..So cooking commenced while progression slowed down. In the end, it results with me here typing this while the food is cooking (and sipping on my margarita). Okay, the food is now done. I looked out the window and the snow has managed to dust the driveway. I’m gonna have to eat, walk the dog, and then cool down before bed (while managing to drink a glass or two of water before beddy-bye).

Night peeps.

(and Lucas stop licking your wiener, cause the sound is so disturbingly nasty!!!)

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I love being the first person up in the house. Everything is silent and I have time to myself. I know the boys will be waking up soon and my attention will have to be split between them, but for right now this silent moment is mine.

Tags: random thoughts

I love relaxing on the couch with you and Lucas

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I’m slowly working on the projects that were supposed to be Christmas presents for 2009. I”m hoping to get them all done by this weekend!

I’ll post pics if I get them done. =o)

Tags: crocheting, food, handmade, scrapbooking, sewing

When I have kids I’ll never make them go through this hell! GAWD!!!! I’ve got to finish these tasks up so I won’t have to deal with this this weekend!

I might as well shoot myself…

Tags: random thoughts, silly

I made a grocery bag out of Darryl’s old shirt. I’m pretty happy with it.

Before :

After :

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with Green Craft magazine! It’s my new fav magazine! I found it while at Hobby Lobby with my friend Jen. Don’t get me wrong I don’t go in with the environmental issues, but I love to repurpose, reuse, and refurbish things.  I’ve been pouring over the magazine constantly, and I’m loving the ideas that keep popping up in my head.

p.s. that saving the planet stuff  is just a bunch of bullshit. If you believe in that stuff then I feel sorry for you and quite honestly I don’t want to hear you spouting on about it here. Besides I can delete your comments if you say something I don’t like (ultimate power is mine)

Tags: crafts, magazines, sewing

My first sewing project was fabric coasters. I love them.

1st one

Front/Back

2nd one

Front/Back

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hope you had a wonderful b-day! Love You!

Tags: birthday, celebration

*Announcer*
“In this field we have a slew of deer and on this street we have a car; driven by *ba ba buuuuuum* Margaret Thaden!!!! Which one will prevail and which one will fall? We shall see in the following post!!”

Wednesday morning and Margaret is leaving for work. She’s going down one of the snow routes for the hospital which means it’s traveled on quite frequently. As she’s going down a hill she sees a deer pop out of the field on her left and dart across the road. Well, she’s already going slow, but she slows down even more to around 10 to 12 miles an hour. And as she’s creeping by the area where deer number one flew across, WHAM!!! Damned deer number two ran into the side of her car. From what she said the deer ran into the headlight on the drivers side, flew on top of her hood, slid off, and then ran away.

*Announcer*
“Oh, and that’s a bad miss!”

Margaret goes up the road a notch or two and pulls off into a parking lot to look at the damage and she sees that the bumper is pulled out and that the turn signal doesn’t work. Other than that, so far so good. Then she hears glass shatter and another car pulls in beside her. This guy came out asking if she saw the deer. After Margaret explained that she got hit, the guy looked at her car and said, “that’s nothing, look what that deer did to my car!! It kicked my car’s ass!” Seems like the guy slowed down to, but he happened to hit a deer and the thing fell over. As he was getting out of his car to check on the animal, the deer was kicking and broke all of his headlights trying to get up. As it got up, it some how managed to jump on the hood of his car and really mess it up.

We thought the damage wasn’t too bad and that it’d be under our deductible. Boy were we wrong. Damned estimate was $1,700 dollars and that didn’t even include a new fender if they couldn’t fix the one that’s on there.

Seems the deer pushed in the headlight and bashed the total backside of that: new headlight. It pulled the bumper out and put a nice crack in it: new bumper. And it curled the end of the fender where it meets the headlight: possible new fender. The rest is paint and labor, but my Lord what a pain.

*Announcer*
“As you can see folks it’s a draw. The car survived and the deer ran off; hopefully to it’s death. Till next time: Road, KILL!!!”

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