Shamma's Corner: March 2009

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Missing Lamp

Weird.

oh yeah, my mom's candy stash. This is prob the freshest candy I seen in there since 1973

and it's prob candy from 1988!

Went to visit my mom. Here's what transpired. Ended up calling an old stepbrother. Gilly. Or rather he called my mom back as a surprise.

My mom used to be married to a nightmare of a stepdad. The man was just plain MEAN and he did things I won't mention for those who dont know me. But praise God I have been healed! Anywhoo, Im happy to hear from them as they were super fun and most were nice. Oddly enough I got along the best w/Gilly and the first brother I called after 25 years,Larry (no pic yet) who broke my wrist when he was 15 and I was 9 or so. He fell on my wrist while playing football in my front yard. All 200 lbs of him!

So he sent me pics of his twin Robby. Both are confirmed bachelors and their birthday is the day after mine. To this day my mom STILL gets MY bday wrong and I get a phone call on T

HIER bdays! sukky!

Gilly was the lous funny one,Robby was the quiet pushy one,Debbie was the down to earth one who ma

de guys heads turn .

And last comes Marilou the Janet Jackson look alike. well, back then.

They all look the same but different??
So anyway, we had fun w/all the txts and pics.

Back to the visit:
Mom was ok. She ahs been thru 2 cancerous situations and is down to 85 lbs. She looked better today mebbe she gained a little weight.
She ran out of TP in the bathroom and said she had plenty under the sink. So being the good little daughter I am, I went to replace the roll,lemme say that again, replace the roll (for all you non roll replacing people out there, SHAME ON YOU!). And dang! the woman had 4 rows deep of the stuff! She said that the lady across the st actually SELLS the stuff out of her garage. Like 22 rolls for 5 bucks!! So since she goes into Mexico all the time I wondered if she's some sort of TP smugglin secret person type uh,person. I could write a book about it ya know!! Sounds THAT far out!

Hey Rhetta and Gaga! Lookie what I found in my moms closet! You think YOU had old clothes? This is 80's stuff! can you say yuk twice?yuk! yuk!

Last but not least........
And I just HAD to take a pic of this lamp!! Remember this one?? lol! My mom put it in the middle room just a couple years ago and replaced it w/TWO ugleeeeee lamps w/lampshades that don't even fit them! hahaha
(serious!! I "lost" my lamp pic...here lampy lampy lampy. If it somehow shows up when I post,so be it,if not well, I dunno what to say.......)

Friday, March 6, 2009

My Man

Hey there! I been wanting to do this for a long time, so here goes......
The Bible says to "write the vision,make it plain on tablets" or in modern day times "get a specific goal and write it down, stoopid, before you forget the dream!". Ok maybe not so harsh,but you get the pic.
My ideal man:
Definitely Christian! He better love Jesus more than he loves me!
At least 5"11".
Lean to slightly bulky ok
HAS to want to experiment in the kitchen and try healthy meals using REAL food.
Would rather GO see a game than spend all his extra time watching one.
On that note wants to spend more time with me than the tV.
Hates conflict but will confront when necessary.
Has a good job. I want to be a kept woman!ha! But I plan on being good to him.
No children in the house.
Is semi spontaneous.
Cleans up after himself.
Debt free or close to it and hates credit and debt as much as I do.
Is patient and kind.Not loud or brassy.
AND
Is willing to put up w/all my crud!!!
yah I believe he exsists. I can wait. But I hope God hurries. I been divorced since 1999!

Crazy Days

Ok, this week turned out tottally different than I expected. Here's a brief (I hope) recap:
*Mon-Ok day- had no daycare kids but onein the pm
*Tues-also went ok
*Wed-Ok, this is the day! About 5pm I got a call from an old friend. She asked if I knew what apt # her bro's lived in. I said no. She then told me she was worried because someone called her and said he was very depressed and was worried that he might harm hisself (himself?).
My friend wanted to call the ambulance but didnt have the exact address. So I asked her to keep me informed since I have been friends w/her family for about 25 years. So while in the church nursery I get this txt from her that hes on his way to the local emergency rm. No other info.
So I decide that after awhile I will head up to the ER.
When I get there they won't tell me a thing! I said I was family so I could get in. There was no other family member there and Im thinkin that if he's passed out,tried to kill himself,mebbee I will be the last person he sees before he goes to ??? and I wanted to make sure he made the uh,better, decision.
After 30 min they let me into the actual bed area of the ER. much to my surprise he comes walkin out of the bathroom weaving around. He was super drunk! SoI wait around for him to get discharged and Im talkin to him and he's breakin down. He cant believe Im the one to be there. He's 4 years older than me and was my friends big bro. he had come tomy church a few times but the lure of the bottle was greater. A friend once called it "liquid courage".
Anywhoooo, he's telling me he needs a "good woman", Im tellin him he needs Jesus. Women didn't help him so far. So then we go get my daughter from church (she's waiting in the bathroom cauze its 10:30pm and Im NOT driving him home by myself even tho I do trust him).
On the way he says he's gonna fill up my tank. We go to the gas station and he's looking much better. We park outside his house and talk for awhile and in that talk he tells me "Why don't you marry me and have my kids?' He's was laughing,but he wasn't kidding (at that moment). If I had gone home,got my clothes and moved in that night,he would have been trippin IM SURE, the next morning!!
Im not that great lookin and im defineatly NOT a spring chicken! I told my daughter that at 2am to someone that's drunk EVERYONE looks good and it's his 2 o clock!
Anyway, the next day he tells me he's checking into rehab for the DT's for 5 days. I believe God can do ANYTHING in a short amount of time and Im believing he will deliver my friend from alcohol. But 5 days is not enough time to heal what's REALLY bothering people.
So Im gonna leave you with THIS to comment on.
Aud
PS> did Imention that this man used to look like Richard Gere? sad. He asked me how he looked and I told him "bad". But he's still young.