• Wow…I’m kinda scared with the way I woke up today. As soon as my peepers popped open, I was super happy. Don’t get me wrong - I’m glad I’m happy, but for me to wake up happy…well, that’s not common AT ALL.  I normally detest mornings! I think Amir is really rubbing off on me!  

• I’m wearing the miniature Martini glass earrings my Mom made for me. They really are adorable. I love them. Hmm…maybe I’ll send a pair to my BFF!  

• I’m rockin’ out to some KMFDM today. I listen to them once in a while. Usually when I have more energy than I know what to do with…today is the perfect day!

• I forgot to take my Paxil yesterday and I’m really paying for it today. I’m super dizzy! I hate it when that happens…it even makes me feel kinda pukey. I can’t believe that just one day without it does this to me. It’s very obvious that my body is addicted to the stuff…which I hate the idea of, but oh well. It keeps me (sorta) sane.

• I’m still not totally happy with the smilies I have on here. I will either look for a different pack or create a pack of my own. The latter would take more time, so I’m hoping I can find some premade ones that I like.

• My cat, Araya, is sitting on my lap with her arm and head resting on my wrist. Do you know how hard it is to type with a cat laying on your arm?   Carpal Tunnel, here I come!

• Lonnie just turned to me and said, “Can you put a sock in it? I need to make a call!” I’m dying over here…hahaha. That was so funny. He wasn’t being rude like it may seem…he was quoting “Zoolander” when he tells Billy Zane to put a sock in it. Everytime I see that part of the movie, I nearly hyperventilate with laughter! (I’m easily amused…in case you hadn’t noticed.)

• My leg is totally asleep now…but I’m feeling too guilty to move Araya. Wow…she’s so spoiled. I’m willing to let my leg die rather than have to disturb her while she’s sleeping.

• My son has been listening to Insane Clown Posse lately. I’ve never been ashamed of anything he’s done…until now! I mean really…yuck! They totally suck! I’m hoping this is just a phase that he will outgrow ASAFP!!!

• Uh, yeah…speaking of my kids and their horrific taste in music, my daughter asked me, “Will you please burn me a CD of Miley Cyrus?” I pretty much want to kill her friend for getting her into that crapola. She had no interest in Miley Cyrus AKA Hannah Montana prior to spending two nights at her friend’s house. Once again - I hope it’s a phase!!!

• My neck hurts.

• Wow! It’s like Araya knew what I just typed…she got up!

• If any of you use Twitter, please let me know! I haven’t found anyone over there that I know, and I would like to add my friends to my list of people I’m following.

• Awww, man! I didn’t realize National Left-Handers Day was on August 13th! What a total bummer. I would have celebrated like a mo-fo! Oh well…next year.

• We got my daughter a desk from a garage sale the other day. It was only 5 bucks…pretty nice desk, too. The only problem is that it needs to be painted. It’s white…some of the paint is chipped off here and there. It looks kinda trashy because of it. Well, we have some spray paint to paint it with, but the weather isn’t cooperating. It’s too hot and humid outside. The paint wouldn’t stick on there properly. Of course, my daughter is all bummed out about it…she wants her desk and she wants it NOW. There’s no winning!

• My feet are frozen solid. I’m going to go put socks on.

• Ahhh…much better!

• Okay, the time has come for me to shut the heck up. I have a lot of stuff I need to accomplish today. I want to come up with at least two new designs for my shop. I have an idea brewing in my head…just gotta make it work in Photoshop. I also need to begin the layout for a client’s site. On top of that, I need to figure out how to code a tree menu for another client’s site. I also need to clean around the house, figure out what to cook for dinner, and do a buttload of other stuff. Wow…I’m even more busy than I thought!

• I just created the graphics I’m using in my Random Randomness© today. I totally dig ‘em…if I may say so myself…and I may since it’s my blog. :p

• I’m in a freakishly good mood today. Normally I’d be happy about it, but wow…what the heck? I haven’t been this cheerful in quite some time.  Don’t get me wrong - I’m not complaining…just trying to understand.

• I added a couple items to my sidebar last night. The first one is a Twitter widget.  It displays my most recent Tweets. The other item is a translation widget. It’ll translate my blog into several different languages. I have no idea how well it works since I only speak English, but I thought it’d be a good idea to offer that option for those of you whose first language is something other than English. I did my best, anyway. If it doesn’t work well, I apologize.  

• I’m really happy that I didn’t decide to do away with this blog. I’ve been enjoying it quite a bit lately. It just needed to be updated and whatnot. I’ve been spending more and more time over here and less time on My Opera …although I still spend an unreal amount of time over there.  :lol:

• My daughter has been drawing a lot lately. She’s always enjoyed drawing, but lately I’ve really noticed that her skills are improving drastically. She drew pictures of our two cats…they were very impressive. She’s only ten years old, but I would say that her drawing skills are about the same as someone who is around 15 or 16.

• Lonnie bought me some pink legal pads the other day. I was touched that he thought of me while he was at Office Depot.  He also got me some pink Post-It Notes that have a big ‘K’ on them.   8o  I was so excited when I saw them! I’ve been doing my best to use them sparingly so I won’t run out of them anytime soon.

• If you’d like me to link you on my sidebar, please let me know and I’ll do so. I have a few of my friends’ links over there already, but I am always up for putting more junk over there.  :D

• I like these smilies way more than the default ones…although they’re still not perfect. I might end up making my own and using them instead.     I’m super picky.  (EDIT: I just published this entry and noticed that lots of my smilies aren’t working. I’ll fix it as soon as I figure out why the heck it’s doing that.)

• We haven’t done any back-to-school shopping yet.  All four of us dread doing it…it means that school is right around the corner and none of us want that.  Well, maybe that’s not totally true. I don’t think Lonnie shares my dread for the kids going back to school.  He pretty much looks forward to it like most “normal” parents do.

• I’m listening to “Doggy Style” by Snoop right now.    I’m not exactly a fan of Rap, so this is a rare occasion.  There are very few Rap songs I can tolerate…but I oddly like this entire album.  I guess Snoop’s the exception to the rule for me.  Freaky, I know.

• I’ve only had two cups of coffee so far today. I’m kinda trying to take it easy.

• I just cranked my sub-woofer up.

• I’ve got some chicken thawed out for dinner tonight. I’m not sure what to do with it yet.  Maybe chicken tacos or something.

• My Wakoopa thing isn’t accurate. I’ve been using Photoshop like crazy lately, but it says that only 9% of my computer use is on Photoshop? BUNK!  :(  Not true! I’ve also been using CuteFTP Pro a whole lot as well…but its’ not even showing on my little pie chart thing!  I’m irritated….but still happy at the same time.  :shock:  I’m just a loon.

• I wonder how many times the ‘F Bomb’ is dropped on this album?  I should start it over from the beginning and count each time that word is used….but even I have better things to do than that. (believe it or not)

• Lonnie’s feeling better lately. His gums are finally healing after having that dental catastrophe happen.  :(  My poor Baby.  I hated seeing him go through so much pain and suffering.  It was so bad that I wanted to put a hit out on his dentist….but then I remembered that God will take care of the revenge side of things, so I concentrated all of my energy on spoiling my man.  8)

•  :lol:  I think I’m enjoying these new smilies a bit too much. I’ve used like 23948732 of them so far!  :o

•  I guess I’ll bring this edition of Random Randomness© to an end. I could seriously continue to babble on and on for hours, but I will spare you, my badass readers!  I hope you have a really good day…if you have any awesome chicken recipes, please send ‘em my way! I need a change. It’s boneless chicken, BTW.  ;)

I finally got a new smiley pack…although I don’t know how much I like it, so I might end up changing it again later on.

Here is the key for it (remember not to put spaces in!):
: ) =
: D =
: ( =
: o =
8 o OR : shock : =
: ? =
8 ) =
: x OR : mad : =
: p =
: | =
; ) =
: lol : OR : mrgreen : =
: oops : =
: cry : =
: evil : OR : twisted : =
: roll : =
: ! : =
: ? : =
: idea : =
: arrow : = 
By the way…I added a link to the smilies in my sidebar so that you can always go back to this list when you want to. Here’s a screenshot of the sidebar so you’ll know exactly what I mean: