What goes bump in the night?

Last night while lying in bed and trying desperately to fall asleep (this being an every night occurance due to my life- long friend, insomnia) I was jostled by a very loud BANG on what I think was the roof! I was slightly disoriented of course. The noise was very loud and I’m pretty sure the house shook.

Anyway, I shot up straight and said “What the heck was that?!?”

My husband, who had been blissfully sawing logs next to me, didn’t seem to hear the same thing I did. He responded that it was probably ice thawing…   Ice thawing? Clearly he didn’t hear what I just heard!

“Babe, it shook the house!” I said

“(YAWN) It wasn’t that bad babe, its fine… go to sleep.”

---Fast Forward 45 minutes---

I am at sleeps door…. I have just arrived!

Oh how sweet it –

“Babe, are you awake?”

I purposely don’t answer. I can’t believe this is happening. I was just dozing off. At a DECENT HOUR EVEN!

“Are you sure that sound came from the roof and not the basement? “

This isn’t happening….

I respond “What are you talking about?”

At this point, Matt is out of bed and standing in the hallway with the bright overhead hall light on. He is concerned that it may have been the furnace (a noise similar to this came from the furnace last winter and all I know is there was a lot of smoke involved).

“Why are you concerned about this an hour later?!?” I ask, blatantly annoyed

“It has only been like, ten minutes!” He responds

“No! It’s been 45 minutes!!!!”

Apparently time goes by a bit faster in dream land as opposed to HERE IN INSOMNIAVILLE!!!

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As it turns out, the furnace is fine.         

I still don’t know what landed on the roof.

Matt is sound asleep… again. (grrr)

It is now around 12 midnight.

The pilot for “Roseanne” has just started on TV Land….

And I have once again managed to scare sleep away like a timid cat.... Lucky me.

Do these 60 inches make me man-ly enough....

On Saturday morning my husband decided to break the news to me that he figured out a way to get a bigger TV for his "man cave" in the basement. He then began to rattle on about money and savings and tax returns and numbers, numbers, numbers.... (ugh)

Needless to say, I trust my husband with our finances completely... so I ignored him( I can't concentrate on anything to do with numbers, anyway) and told him to do whatever he wanted to do. Apparently he mistook this to mean; "Oh please Honey, tell me that number filled story again!"

In the middle of his second attempt to "talk figures with me" I picked up my book and began to read it. My hope was that he would take that as a sign that I wasn't listening: He didn't. Instead, he prattled on longer about returns and credit cards and no debt blah, blah, blah!

Finally, I had to put my book down, look him in the eye and say very loudly, "Matt... go buy the stupid TV... PLEASE! I have no idea what you are talking about anyway"!


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Well, he bought the TV. Smiled like a pre-schooler in a pet store the rest of the day. I have no idea why we needed a 60" LCD or LED or whatever TV in the basement. I think he tried to explain this to me.... something to do with numbers.... not sure, I wasn't really listening.

30 things you may not know about me....

(This is in honor of my second 29^th birthday)

1.       I don’t really like dogs.

2.       For as long as I can remember I have had a best friend named Shannon. They have not always been the same person though… (figure that one out)!

3.       I have an older sister.

4.       I have two younger brothers.

5.       I tend to be pretty conservative but I think I would have been considered a Democrat in Lincoln’s day.

6.       I don’t drink coffee… never have.

7.       I sell fish boxes.

8.       I work with mostly men.

9.       I love cake.

10.   Sometimes I can get so wrapped up in a book that I will think about it incessantly…. Dream about it even! But usually if it’s that good I will finish it in 2 days.

11.   I love babies and kids… not a fan of teenagers.

12.   Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday.

13.   4^th of July is my 2^nd favorite holiday.

14.   I am really bad at calling people back.

15.   I get very frustrated with people who believe in blatant lies (i.e. Global Warming). This is because I know most of them aren’t that stupid.

16.   I love cooking.

17.   Not a fan of baking.

18.   I am so madly in love with my husband that I sometimes wish the drive home from work was a bit shorter.

19.   I love my cat.

20.   I have a godson. His name is Anthony. Sometimes I call him T-bone.

21.   I love Jesus Christ with all my heart and will never be able to thank him enough for what he has done for me.

22.   I love food….. mmmmmm…. food

23.   My momma is now one of my best friends.

24.   I really, really like sleeping but……

25.   I have insomnia… always have.

26.   I try not to take things too seriously in this life…. Unless I have PMS, in which case I can’t be held responsible for my emotions.

27.   I love Friendly’s Reeses Peanut Butter Cup Sundaes….. J

28.   I was 28 two years ago….

29.   I usually have nicknames for everyone I know. This isn’t because I don’t like the name your parents picked for you but because I just thought of one better J

30. I was born on February 7, 1981 really early in the morning.

Cheers!!!!