It has been awhile since I have begged for you to vote for me. I entered in a comedy contest this week, so if you love me.....could you please go by and vote for me?
Here is the link. Make sure you listen to at least 30 seconds before trying to vote or it won't count.
http://www.singstreet.com/play/?recording_id=1498
It is a spoof of the song Don't it Make My Brown Eyes Blue.
Thanks guys! xoxBarbara
A MAN WAS walking on the beach and found a bottle. When he opened it, a genie appeared.
"Thank you for rescuing me," the genie said. "For your kindness, I’ll grant you three wishes."
"For my first wish, I wish for $1 million," said the man.
"For my second wish, I wish for a Lincoln Continental."
Then the man piled all the money into the trunk of the car and was going to drive to the bank. He turned on the radio and began to sing along, "Oh, I wish I were an Oscar Mayer wiener..."
and this....is no joke
when I came home yesterday I saw the kittens box had been lain on it's side. One of the orange and white kittens was gone. Looked everywhere and could not find it.
very sad for me. any ideas?
also i have been having a time with getting kicked out of internet in the middle of doing things.
so if i have not commented on your journal i will as soon as Eric gets home to fix this.
going to work....xoxBarbara
1. Where is your cell phone? mousepad
2. Describe your boyfriend/girlfriend/S.O.? sleeping
3. Your hair? long
4. Your mother? funny
5. Your father? awesome
6. Your favorite item? piano
7. Your dream last night? gone
8. Your favorite drink? pepsi
9. Your dream car? mustang
10. The room you are in? small
11. Your ex? pharmacist
12. Your fear? gas/station
13. What do you want to be in 10 years? rich
14. Who did you hang out with last night? Singsnap
15. What you’re not? rich
16. The last thing you did? cuss
17. What are you wearing? clothes
18. Your favorite book? Bible
19. The last thing you ate? turkey
20. Your life? happy
21. Your mood? sleepy
22. Your friends? loyal
23. What are you thinking about right now? tomorrow
24. Your car? super
25. What are you doing at the moment? thinking
26. Your summer? when?
27. Your relationship status? Married
28. What is on your TV? Freak
29. When is the last time you laughed? tonight
30. Last time you cried? March
31. School? unfinished
WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS
I WOKE UP THIS MORNING WITH A FROWN UPON MY FACE
EVERYWHERE I LOOKED, NOTHING WAS IN IT'S PLACE
I LET TINY GO OUTSIDE AND QUICKLY STARTED THE COFFEE
I PUT MY MAKEUP ON MY FACE
AND PUT MY CURL IN FRONT
AND THEN I PUT MY UNIFORM ON
SHOES, SOCKS PANTS AND SHIRT
I WENT OUT SIDE TO START MY CAR
IT DECIDED NOT TO START 
RICK HAD TO COME OUTSIDE
AND GET HIS SHIRT ALL WET
I FINALLY MADE IT TO WORK
AND COULDN'T EVEN CLOCK IN
THE FLOOR PEOPLE HAD IT BLOCKED OFF UNTIL A QUARTER TO SIX
THE MORNING CASHIER NEVER SHOWED UP I HAD THE PLACE TO MYSELF
I HAD TO DO THE CANDY AND TAKE CARE OF THE CUSTOMERS AS WELL
A CUSTOMER MAN YELLED AT ME AND HE MADE ME CRY.
I WAS SO ANGRY WITH MYSELF AND KEPT ASKING ME WHY?
WHY AM I SO SENSITIVE WHEN PEOPLE START TO YELL, I REALLY WISH I COULD JUST TELL THEM TO GO TO........
I FOUND OUT I WILL HAVE TO WAIT A MONTH FOR MY INSURANCE TO GO THROUGH.
I AM WORKING NOW WITH JUST ONE EYE AND A TOOTH THAT NEEDS TO BE PULLED.
SOMETIMES I THINK I AM FALLING APART
AND I AM NOT YET OLD
I GUESS THIS ALL BEING SAID...
I SHOULD HAVE STAYED IN BED.
GOD HAS PROMISED ME A RAINBOW, I WILL NOT BE DETERED. I WILL STAND FIRMLY UPON HIS WORD.
I LOVE YOU ALL! BARBARA
I drew a cross on one side of this egg and it turned into this. On the other side I had written Jesus
Amazing!
Happy Easter!
Well as you see I survived. I felt your prayers all around me. I just kept singing to myself
Open the eyes of my heart Lord.
I had this one lady who had a bill of over 200.00 and then she handed me her food stamp card.
I showed her the machine that she was suppose to use to swipe her card and put in her pin number.
She didn't know how to use it so I helped her.
Then when it came to the part about the pin number she all of a sudden spoke no English.
I had to get a translater. She told him she had no number, could we just let her have the grocerys?
Ok so, no. We had to void the order and return all the items to the shelves.
I kinda felt sorry for her.
Her husband went before her and bought beer.
He took out a wad of cash to pay for it.
He didn't even try to give her any money for the food, he just walked away.
But God gave me a loving attitude about it.
We were really busy, but I made it through.
I am off today and will be spending Easter with Rick and Tiny.
Hope you all have a Happy Easter! xox Barbara
Well, I did it....I screwed up AGAIN!
Last night when I was taking out my contacts to go to bed one popped out and went down the drain. I was careful to put a towel down first, but the contact fell on the sink part and under the towel and down the drain.
Rick was fast asleep already, but I had no choice. I had to wake him.
I was careful not to turn on the water.
Rick took apart the sink and ewww gross at all the black stuff we found there.
We searched through it all and....
NO CONTACT LENSE>>>>
Luckily I had an old pair that I can use temporily even though it fits too tight.
I called my eye doctor and she said it would be 100.00 to replace it.
Wait a minute...I have insurance now that I am full time at work.
I called and they have not put me on it yet.
I became full time last December.
Now I have to wait until MOnday to call them and set this up. I also have a back tooth broken off in the back.
So after I get the insurance straightened out I have to make an appointment with my eye doctor and get new lenses.
After they order them it takes a week for them to get back.
So I will be wearing the old lense for over a week.
Lovely....
To top it off I am working today, my job as a cashier in a grocery store until closing.
We are going to be closed Easter.
When these people find that out they go crazy! It is already a mad house there. I drove by.
Rick went to cash our income tax check at the bank and even though we have banked there forover 26 years, they made him come and get me and my id before they would cash it....grrr
We drove by the store on the way home and it was packed.
It is freezing cold here today and raining.
Yesterday it was busy too, I don't even want to think about how busy we will be today....
I didn't get my lunch break yesterday until it was 2 hours past due.
Wonder if I will get it today?
We had 5 people call in yesterday.
I work 2:45-11:00 or close. People will be walking in at 10:59 expecting to take a leisure shopping trip...it happens every night.
I am still tired from yesterday.
I still have not colored any Easter eggs.
I love Rebeccas cute pictures and eggs. Good job Rebecca!
Please say a prayer for me today.
I need all the help I can get.
Until then, one-eyed Barb says chow,
To be made the evening before Easter.
You will need:
1c. whole pecans
1 tsp. vinegar
3 egg whites
a pinch salt
1c. sugar
zipper baggie
wooden spoon
tape
Bible
1. Preheat oven to 300
2. Place pecans in zipper baggie and let children beat them with the wooden spoon to break into small pieces. Explain that after Jesus was arrested He was beaten by the Roman soldiers. Read John 19:1-3.
3. Let each child smell the vinegar. Put 1 tsp. vinegar into mixing bowl. Explain that when Jesus was thirsty on the cross he was given vinegar to drink. Read John 19:28-30.
4. Add egg whites to vinegar. Eggs represent life. Explain that Jesus gave His life to give us life. Read John 10:10-11.
5. Sprinkle a little salt into each child's hand. Let them taste it and brush the rest into the bowl. Explain that this represents the salty tears shed by Jesus' followers, and the bitterness of our own sin. Read Luke 23:27.
6. So far the ingredients are not very appetizing. Add 1c. sugar. Explain that the sweetest part of the story is that Jesus died because He loves us. He wants us to know and belong to Him. Read Ps. 34:8 and John 3:16.
7. Beat with a mixer on high speed for 12 to 15 minutes until stiff peaks are formed. Explain that the color white represents the purity in God's eyes of those whose sins have been cleansed by Jesus. Read Isaiah. 1:18 and John 3:1-3.
8. Fold in broken nuts. Drop by teaspoons onto wax paper covered cookie sheet. Explain that each mound represents the rocky tomb where Jesus' body was laid. Read Matt. 27:57-60.
9. Put the cookie sheet in the oven, close the door and turn the oven OFF. Give each child a piece of tape and seal the oven door. Explain that Jesus' tomb was sealed. Read Matt.27:65-66.
10. GO TO BED! Explain that they may feel sad to leave the cookies in the oven overnight. Jesus' followers were in despair when the tomb was sealed. Read John 16:20 and 22.
11. On Easter morning, open the oven and give everyone a cookie. Notice the cracked surface and take a bite. The cookies are hollow! On the first Easter Jesus' followers were amazed to find the tomb open and empty.
Let the older children take turns reading the scripture.
Happy Easter! xox Barbara
I got this from Rayne:
1. Are you a child of the 70s, 80s, or 90s?
I was born in 1961..child of the 70's
2. Where were you born?
Illinois
3. What kind of home did you grow up in?
I grew up in a cute little neighborhood on the south side of San Antonio. All the neighbors were close and watched out for each others children....one reason I was always caught if I even thought about doing something wrong. It was a three bedroom house with two bathrooms. One for the parents and one for us girls. I shared a room my whole childhood. Mostly with my little sister Christi.
Yes!! My parents were the coolest. They wet boundarys for us and always made the holidays special. We didn't have too much or too little, just enough.
5. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
I wanted to be a missionary who worked in the circus and be one of those flying trapeze artists. I later as a teen wanted to be a writer or a child psychologist. I am a cashier now so I guess I have all these jobs combined in one.
6. What do you want to be now?
a child psychologist still
7. What was your first best friend's name?Susan Martin
8. Is she still your friend? Yes and she even lives in the same small town I do now. I caught up with her on April 1st this year. Her two boys wait by the phone each year for my prank.yes not sure of the preschool one though
Methodist church San Antonio
Bellaire Elementary San Antonio
Harlandale Middle School- sixth grade only
Terrell Wells Middle School -7th and 8th grade
McCollum High School San Antonio
10. Were you closer to your mom or dad as a kid?
I loved them equally the same. I must say at this point that my parents were both loving and kind. I never once saw my parents fight or have words.
Cher Half Breed Donnie Osmond and David Cassidy I also liked Barry Manilow and David Meese and Amy Grant
12. best age to be a parent
i think in your 20's you have enough energy and are able to still enjoy your adult hood when the kids are grown up
13. Are you scared of anything?
working in the gas station at work....yes they are pressuring me to learn again....
14. What was your favorite class in elementary school?
2nd grade. Spelling
15. Did you buy school lunch or bring your own?
i would bring it in elem and in middle i would buy it I ate pizza and star crunch almost every day for an entire year
16. Broken any bones or had any freaky accidents as a kid?
only as an adult17. Were you a mean kid?
no. I was the kid who befriended those picked on by bullies when the bullys weren't picking on me.18. Favorite board game of all time?
monopoly20. Seriously, are you still just a kid at heart?
I don't want to ever grow up. I am a Toys R Us kid. I love children and I love being a kid.
Ok I promised to tell you my adventures on April Fools Day. Here is who I got and what I did. If I did not get you this year...do not be sad....I will getcha next year......
The first victim was my son Eric. He came to visit and to show us his new car...Right at 12:0am as I was saying goodnight to him I mentioned that his cousin Emily was pregnant again with her third child. Rick and Eric both said, "What????" so this was a double whammy.
Next at work as the gas attendant was clocking in I told her that she missed all the excitement.
I told her when I arrived this morning the police were arresting a guy by the gas pumps who was completely naked. She said, Wow really and asked for more details. When I finally told her April Fools she called me a little piece of poop......in other words LOL
Next my main manager the head of the whole store was by the produce section talking to the guy there and I walked by and said Hello on my way out for a break. I ran back inside and told her there was an airplane landing in our parking lot.
I had to literally run after to tell her she had been fooled.
She thought it was so funny I had fooled her....she said, no one else was brave enough...LOL
I called my favorite guy at the Exxon where I go everyday after work for a soda and disguised my voice and acted really angry and told him that I had bought some cat food at his store and that my cat was acting very ill. He was so funny....then he remembered after apologizing to me that he doesn't even sell cat food. LOL
I got so many people with the easy ones of why are you only wearing one ear ring
And did you drop that money
My Dad calls me every year and says the same thing.
"There is an elephant in your backyard"
Well this year I was so proud of him.
He called and disguised his voice and said he was the constable and that he had received a complaint about me while I was on register 13 at work.....guess what Dad....there is no register 13 LOL
I called them back and acted like I was upset and could hardly talk telling them I was in jail that I had been arrested and was in jail for the complaint on register 13.
I have not heard from them since.
Maybe I should call them. LOL
Did you get fooled? Did you fool anyone?
This year I was actually quite tame.
Watch out next year!!!!!!
Barbara
Jellybean Prayer
Red is for the blood He gave
Green is for the grass He made
Yellow is for the sun so bright
Orange is for the edge of night
Black is for the sins we made
White is for the grace He gave
Purple is for the house of sorrow
Pink is for the new tomorrow
Ok...alot has happened.
To make a short story long....
Eric was in a car accident on March 14\
It was not his fault. Two trucks in front of him collided and he had no where to go.
He totaled the Taurus.
He had no car again
He finally went on his own and got himself a car.
His payments will be 257.00 a month
This is his new car
Ain't she a beauty
Sometimes things happen to us in life that we don't understand.
God always provides
We just have to put our troubles into his hands
Come to find out the guy whose fault it was cancelled his insurance the day before the accident.
We are going today to fax a copy of the police report to our lawyer/
Don't know if she will take the case/
If not I guess we got screwed again
But seriously
All I care about is that Eric was not hurt seriously and we still have him in our lives.
Cars can be replaced.
Thank you God for watching out for my precious son!
Thank you God for guiding us through the storms
Thank you God for everything/
xox Barbara
http://www.singsnap.com/index.cfm?wheels=/watchAndListen/recordingsForSong/36783
Me Singing you a Foolish Song For April Fools Day! Enjoy!!! xox Barbara
So far I have fooled over 100 people....full report to follow soon!
But Eric is here and I have a big surprise to tell you! xox Barbara
