8 Years

Posted on September 15, 2015 by dkbadmin under Everyday Life

Happy Anniversary!

Today Jeff and I have been married for eight years! And we have been together for ten years! That is super awesome!

Wow eight years of marriage. Life is good. I always like the middle of life not really the beginning. I love just knowing Jeff. I love how sometimes he doesn’t have to say anything I know what he is thinking. The same goes for me, he just knows.

Thinking about the beginning. We have been through up and downs. Even in our downs we always find way to climb back up. I would say the hardest down we had I would say it was not being poor because we have been poor. Not my family drama where Jeff is awesome about always takes my side. No none of that I would say when Jeff’s mom died. That was the hardest. Also the hardest I think is Jeff’s dad remarrying. Yes we both like her but she will never be mom. Even though we do see a lot of mom in her, it will never be the same. That was the hardest so far.

Something that Jeff’s mom told me before we got married and I sometimes think about. And I think that it’s’ totally true. She told me that I will know Jeff better than her or his dad. Better than anyone in the world. True and same goes for him knowing me.

Sure we fight but we do not fight often. I like that I can say whatever. Jeff and I have no secrets between us. We talk about everything, I mean everything. We can just be ourselves around each other. It’s great!

This year like every year Jeff is making steak and mash potatoes. I thought it would be fun instead of alcohol to drink. To buy sparkling grape juice. I will take a picture of yummy food and attach when I can.

Happy Anniversary Jeff, I love you!

Yummy!

Masked

Posted on September 11, 2015 by dkbadmin under Music

Am I strange?

Probably.

In the nineties I used to love ICP Insane Clown Posse. I remember when I got their CD. One of Adam’s friends Chase asked me if I wanted this CD. It was the Ringmaster. I had never heard of ICP before that. I said sure, the cover looked interesting.

When I was listening, all ICP mostly sang about was killing people. The one song that got me was Mr. Johnson’s Head. The song is about them chopping off a teacher’s head. It’s so dark and strange. However I liked it and I liked most of the other songs as well like Murder Go Around. As soon as I got to listen to the whole CD. I asked mom if we could go to the used CD store to see if they had other albums.

I was hooked and bought most of their music in the nineties. ICP was the second concert I have ever been too. A lot of people wore face paint when I went. I actually went this shy kid from class. I had no idea he liked them. We were like the two shy kids from class listening to people killing other people. Funny.

The concert was awesome and sticky. ICP loves Faygo which is a brand of soda. They sprayed us with soda in the concert. It was a great time. Also what is funny is my mom let me listen to ICP. I know she had to hear them from my room. And that kid from class his name was Ricky his mom let him listen to them as well.

However I know that there songs are purely just for fun. No way would I ever act that out or anything. I hate when people say that music makes people become murders. Only crazy people say that. I turned out fine and I listened to a lot of ICP. But now I no longer listen to ICP. I know they are still around but I have moved on, maybe.

Yeah moved on to other masked bands.

Slipknot. I really like Slipknot. It’s funny because back when Slipknot came out it was ICP versus Slipknot. Either you were an ICP fan or a Slipknot fan not both. So I secretly liked Slipknot in the late nineties. Which now as I think about it, is ridiculous.

I had Slipknot’s first CD and I really liked it. So different from ICP more rockin’. Not really about death but heavy metal. I could really rock out to Slipknot plus I liked and still like the lead’s singers voice Corey Taylor.

If you listen to Slipknot of the late nineties and Slipknot now you can tell Corey Taylor voice change. Meaning he got older. Funny. I hope one day I can see Slipknot in concert that would be awesome.

Ghost B.C. which now just Ghost.

They just changed to Ghost and dropped the B.C. But still hard to find without the B.C. Even their new CD has the B.C. Anyways enough trivia music facts. I heard of Ghost last year and liked one or two songs. But now I can’t stop listening to them. It’s funny because when I heard the band name and heard some of the songs intros without the singing. I thought hard rock. Well they are still hard rock but the lead singer doesn’t sing like a hard rocker. I like his voice though.

This band unlike ICP and Slipknot they keep their identities hidden. The lead singer who is referred to as Papa Emeritus. They are on Papa Emeritus three which I think is funny. Then the band is referred to as the Nameless Ghouls. They wear cloaks and masks. I think the whole thing is fun!

If you are easily offended about religious things you would not like Ghost. They play off the Roman Catholic Church. Papa being like a pope and the Nameless Ghouls as clergy. Sac-religious in their songs and on stage.

Their new album is great which is called Meliora. Ghost is a Swedish band. When they do interviews they wear their outfits and you can tell they have an accent. When the lead singer does an interview he wears a Nameless Ghoul costume but I can tell it’s him just by his voice. Also he speak English better than some of the other Nameless Ghouls.

Ghost just got new masks too. I love their new masks paired to the other ones. Makes them look more devilish.

Thanks a lot Chase you put me on this path to masked bands. Also thank you it’s fun and awesome at the same time.

Labor Day

Posted on September 7, 2015 by dkbadmin under Holidays

Today is Labor Day. Today many people get the day off. It’s great! We usually do nothing on Labor Day and this Labor Day is no different.

But yesterday we celebrated my mom’s sixtieth birthday. I was nervous going because there was going to be family there I haven’t seen in about five years. And they way my mom was talking is that this party was going to have a lot of people there.

Jeff and I are always the first one at my parent’s house and guess what? We were the first ones there. As people started to come in there weren’t that many people as my mom said. There were few of my mom’s co-workers and they were very nice people.

I saw aunt’s and uncle’s I haven’t seen in a long time and it’s funny they really haven’t changed. Who changed was me. They seem older. And my Aunt Kathy I never really have anything in common with her and her husband Dave was always strange to me. But now as I am older they are still strange but not as strange.

Everyone was just having fun. Mom was all over the place but that is okay. Jeff and I made cake for her birthday. Mom wanted confetti cake with cherry frosting. We also made chocolate marble cake as well.

It was good day.

I’m

Posted on September 3, 2015 by dkbadmin under Everyday Life

Sick!

Ugh I am sick and it’s all Jeff’s fault. Jeff got sick about five days ago. He said he got it from co-worker. I don’t doubt that but he didn’t have to share with me. We also went to my parent’s house last Saturday and on Sunday dad told me he had Strep throat and it’s contagious. So I just knew I was going to get something.

What’s ironic is early last week, I was thinking no one has gotten sick in a while. Shouldn’t had that thought. Sort of funny.

I just thought I was having allergies for two days. But then I got a sinus infection. I went to Fast Care on September 1 2015. They shouldn’t call that Fast Care because it took them over thirty minutes to see me. They also made me wear a mask. Have you ever worn one of those things? It’s hard to breathe in those and I wear glasses. My breath was fogging up my glasses.

I did have a funny thought while waiting. I was thinking if I had to wear this mask in a zombie apocalypse, I rather be infected. I know funny. All I was left with is my thoughts while waiting. In our Theda Care there isn’t any magazines anymore. Nothing to look at.

I use to be anti-looking at magazines because I would think of all the germs that could be on them. But lately have been thinking I use to look at them in the nineties and I use to love going to the library. What’s the difference now? At least now I have hand sanitizer.

Tuesday I went to Fast Care or Slow Care or hope you don’t die here Care. The doctor I saw was funny. He was all over the place and he talked really, really fast. Which I was trying really hard not to laugh. He got me some good drugs to take. I am hoping I feel better by this weekend.

Sunday September 6 2015 my mom is having a huge Labor Day/Birthday party at her house. We are making dessert. Monday September 7 2015 is Labor Day and it’s a day off.

I need to get better. Who likes being sick? Not me! Stupid sinus infection makes me feel like my head is going to explode. Also I could lead Santa’s sleigh with my nose being so red from blowing. The joys of being sick. Time for a nap. Good night. Zzzzzzzz……….

Projects

Posted on August 31, 2015 by dkbadmin under Project

We finished the lighthouse! And it’s gorgeous! On Saturday August 20 2015 we went to my parent’s house to present my mom with her early birthday present. My mom was so surprised! The lighthouse is taller than my mom. Too funny! She really loved it and that is the best part.

I finished the cross stitch of the flags! It’s so cool. I can’t wait to put it in a frame and hang it in my house. With this project I made the least mistakes I have ever made which for me that great.

My next cross stitch project is Rick Grimes from the Walking Dead. I am making it for Jeff. I got the pattern off of Ebay. We had to go to a store just to get all the thread for him. It’s over forty DMC threads! That is the largest project I have ever done. Jeff said at least it’s not a gold project. Have you seen those gold cross stitch patterns? They are hard I know have done a couple. This project is more like a diamond project. I just know it’s going to be a lot of blending. But I am up for the challenge and can’t wait to start it. Of course I say that now.

Happy Birthday

Posted on August 28, 2015 by dkbadmin under Everyday Life

August 27, 2015 was Jeff’s birthday! On Wednesday his dad bought us delivery pizza for a present. It’s Jeff’s favorite thing to eat, pizza.

Yesterday Jeff turned (drum roll please) thirty nine! What an old man. Joking! Since Jeff is seven years older than me, I forever can tease him about it.

I can’t believe Jeff is going to forty next year. I remember celebrating his thirty with him. It was great. We were still dating and we celebrated it at his parent’s house. His mom made dinner and cake. Oh his mom would make a big production of Jeff’s birthday and then mine. It was awesome. We got cards in the mail and a lot of e-cards as well. At the time I didn’t think I would miss that. But now that she is gone I wish that still happened.

Thinking of that I sent Jeff a birthday card in the mail. He was surprised and it only took four days to get back to our house. He liked it. I think the little things are the greatest.

Another great thing is Jeff doesn’t look his age. If you look at Jeff you would say thirty three or so. He has such a baby face. But I could gush all day because I love him.

Happy birthday Jeff!

Hanging with April

Posted on August 24, 2015 by dkbadmin under Everyday Life

Another Adventure with April

On Thursday August 13 2015 I went to hang out with April and sleepover. It’s never a dull moment at her place.

We met at Camella’s in Appleton near the Fox River Mall. I have to say I felt discriminated against. Which I have felt before but not in a restaurant. There is no sign saying you have to dress up and it was a Thursday. I was wearing a t-shirt and shorts. I did see other in in jeans and t-shirts. But most people where dressed up. April was there with Heidi her sister and her husband Brandon. They were really dressed up but a little nicer than me. One side of the restaurant was really nice then wall and other area. Guess where they seated us? Oh no not near all the nice dressed up people. Nope! The other side of the wall where I fit in with the people in not dressed up clothes.

We waited forever for our waitress to wait on us. The portions were small for what you pay for. We had to wait in the beginning for thirty minutes which is fine but waited twenty minutes between every time our waitress would come by. She never asked how our food was or refill things. The food was okay not great. I felt like because we didn’t look fancy that she treated like we couldn’t afford to eat there. I will never go to Camella’s again and tell the people how they treated us. I thought it was unfair and quite angry about it. Camella’s is near a mall! People don’t dress up to go to the mall. I like trying new places but I don’t like being treated less because of what I wear. And I wasn’t wearing anything offensive. My t-shirt had a tiger on it.

April has new rat babies. And I got to see them. Now she has a variety of colors. Awe they are so cute and I love when they yawn, adds cuteness. She has a rat that is hairless looks like a little alien. Another rat that is lighter in color. Most of April rats have been black and white. She does have two new black and white males. Who fight! It’s funny because I have never seen a rat that fights. They stand on their hind legs and box. It’s funny! But it’s not good that they fight. They fight because they are young. Other than that all her rats are so cute!

What’s funny is that April and I always make plans to what to watch to what we are going to do. And we never do those things. We never watch the movies that we are going to watch or the shows.

April and I wanted to go for a walk but of course the weather was too hot. It’s either too hot or raining out. That night we took out her dog Marty to go potty. And we ended up taking that walk at night. We walked three miles! Average for April not average for Danielle. That was a lot for me. However it was cool to see her town. There is this one part of town that feels like a ghost town. There are people are around in their homes but everything is dead around. It was actually peaceful and we didn’t’ feel like someone was going to hurt us. What’s strange is I felt that way sort of through the regular neighborhood with normal houses.

During the night. We walk to the heart to of the town. Where they have a memorial for the men and women in the military. It was so neat to see the statutes and everyone one’s name who served on plaques. What’s silly is Marty got thirsty and thought the pot lights was water. He was licking the lights in the cement. Funny dog! We had fun even though it was a lot of walking.

During this week we got some writing in. it was great brainstorming with April for her story. We are good at brainstorming ideas. For both days we just talked and laughed. We really didn’t do a whole lot which is still fun. We never run out of things to talk about.

It was fun hanging out with April.

Random Thoughts

Posted on August 21, 2015 by dkbadmin under Everyday Life

Just some things I have been thinking about lately.

My teeth I have been thinking a lot about them lately. I just had that tooth pulled and it left a huge hole in my mouth. Much bigger than any of the other teeth I had pulled out. Also the dentist said that the tooth died and that is why I was in so much pain. I have never had a tooth die before. She said that it was all black on the inside of the tooth. And it broke into pieces when she was taking it out. I have never had that happen before. Usually it just comes out in one chunk. Since it’s so huge it’s been sore and painful. This tooth has caused months of months of pain and still hurts. Just a different kinds of hurt.

Eating. Since now my mouth mirrors itself. Meaning on the left side of the mouth I am missing two teeth on the bottom. Also on that is side the screw for my crown next month. On the right side of my mouth I am missing two teeth on the top. Eating is horrible. I eat like I do not know how to use my mouth. I try to stay positive about it. Saying well I am on a new diet it’s called I have no teeth to eat food with. But its true chewing is hard when you have no molars to break things up. I mostly use my front teeth. Try eating food with your front teeth.

Money. I think everyone worries about money sometimes. As you know my father in law Ken is engaged. Even though we are happy for him he put us in a position where we are like oh shit what do we do now? We all live in the same house and share rent. But since he only spends four days here and the rest of the week with his fiancé he wanted to have reduce rent. Jeff and I can’t afford this house on our own. This house is one of the more expensive houses to rent in our town as well. Also what is super crappy in this town there isn’t anything to rent EVER!!! It’ so rare to find a house to rent. And when one pops up you almost have to be quick to get it because houses for rent go fast. We can live here it will be a little tight. I wish he would have said can I have reduce rent in like so many months. Not I want reduce rent now. Would have been nice to have that little buffer in between so we could plan better. We are not sure what to do.

I wish I could have one month this year where I don’t have to think about things so much. Being an adult is hard. Sometimes I wish I could be a kid again in the summer. Where I didn’t have to worry about such things. Strange because when I was kid I dreamed of being an adult. Now that I am one, I want to be a kid again.

Technological Difficulties

Posted on August 18, 2015 by dkbadmin under Everyday Life

Derp!

As you can see blog, switching servers causing this, old postings. Thought I was getting a better deal from switching to one hosting company to another. Wrong!

I switched from A Small Orange to Arvixe. Arvixe they suck! I was getting really frustrated at them. They for some reason couldn’t get my blog to work on their server. I was posting and pictures weren’t posting. I had to redo blog posts and even paid extra to have them do an ‘emergency service’ on it and still couldn’t get it to load. Money we will never get back. Good thing they had a thirty day trail so we could get most of our money back.

The only reason I switched it. Is my blog was getting too big. So it was pay extra or try to find a better deal somewhere else to go. That was a wrong decision. I think I will forever be a loyal customer of A Small Orange. Never had a problem with them. I guess the saying ‘if it ain’t broke why fix it?’ Applies here.

Here is what going to be happening. I have to post some old posts that I posts over there, here. Then I will be all caught up. Sorry blog for doing that to you. It will be fine, though.

A Wedding

Posted on August 3, 2015 by dkbadmin under Events

Friday July 31 2015 we went to a wedding reception. Warning Danielle in a dress sighting!

I hate wearing dresses. I also wore high heels. Me, I wore high heels! Two things I hate wearing. However I thought I looked good. Also I was never really taught how to walk in high heels. I sort lurch forward when walking in them. Who cares I wasn’t there to impress anyone. It was my cousin’s wedding and I haven’t seen her in years. That means I really didn’t know anyone. So what do I care what they think of me.

I have to say this wedding reception was the strangest one I have ever been too. First I thought alcohol was going to be free. Beer is usually free and it was at a distillery. However bartenders were not that great. We got a couple of beers free and had to pay three dollars after that. Three dollars for a little cup of beer! That is ridiculous. While others were getting beer for free and then some weren’t. What is that all about? Also they didn’t have any Tom Collins mix. What bar doesn’t have a Tom Collins drink? Drinks were expensive I thought for a wedding. A bit unhappy about that. Also the food was not good. We had fried chicken which was the only thing that was good. Then some really salty stuffing and the mash potatoes were disgusting. Typically with a wedding they have coffee at the table. No coffee.

Something I thought was really disrespectful came from my own family. Before the dinner they had a woman say a prayer. My sister was laughing during prayer and I know my older brother and his wife are atheists. And laughing as well. They didn’t have to participate, they could have just sat in silence. That made me mad. I don’t care what your religion is or not but be respectful when someone is saying a prayer. Basically keep your mouth shut. Disgraceful.

After dinner there was dancing. And my family and some extended family was there. Aunts, uncles and cousins. We just sat there and didn’t dance. We all looked like a bunch of old people. Sort of funny now that I think of it. We were there for a good three hours and that is all we could handle. They didn’t even cut cake which is a unusual for a wedding to do. It was strange.

Also Jeff and I did something that Corey and Kim do to us all the time. We left without saying goodbye to them. Funny! But said goodbye to everyone else. They were off socializing with people. Oh well!

What I thought was nice is that my cousin Kristin did come up to us and thank us. She looked very happy and pretty.

Here is some pics of the wedding reception.

Whooo! Isn’t my husband handsome!