The life of me, Budgyrl

I am pretty sure the title says it all

Thursday, March 08, 2007

Quiz day

What Your Soul Really Looks Like

You are a warm hearted and open minded person. It's easy for you to forgive and forget.

You are a grounded person, but you also leave room for imagination and dreams. You feet may be on the ground, but you're head is in the clouds.

You believe that people see you for how you are, not how you look. But deep down, you know that's not exactly true.

Your near future is a lot like the present, and as far as you're concerned, that's a very good thing.

For you, love is all about caring and comfort. You couldn't fall in love with someone you didn't trust.


You Are 26% Bitchy

You're a pretty sweet person, and you're definitely not prone to bitchy outbursts.
Sometimes, though, you can't help thinking mean thoughts about people. But at least you don't act on them!

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Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Update

So I was able to find a room 6 miles from the track and it's not more expensive then a college education! I am so proud of myself! It's not by any means cheap, but, it's not gonna break the bank, so I'm happy.

I am getting more and more excited! I just downloaded some Johnny Cash, Merle Hagard and Willie Nelson for the trip. I got the Johnny Cash that was live at Folsom, so that totally kicks major ass.

Now I think I need to shop for some more JR stuff!! MUST. HAVE. NEW. CLOTHES.

Monday, March 05, 2007

Let's Give This Another Go

I cannot use the "I don't have time excuse" for blogging since one of my internets friends, who has two kids, one on the way and a dick head boss and he finds the time, I have no more excuse. I do not always have stuff to talk about, so I'll make up stuff I guess.

Today is a real day. I am super excited because my husband and I were invited to go to Bristol in a few weeks. Neither one of us has ever been and it's a track we have really wanted to go to. One of the problems in front of me is that we as of now have no place to stay. For those of you who don't know, NASCAR is a very popular sport; it has been for a long time. Bristol is a very popular track and always sells out. Now I have to find a hotel room that is a reasonable distance away for a reasonable price. Those two things may vary in accordance with how close the race is. Well, it's in 3 weeks so I don't really see myself being able to find a place to stay that has either of those two things. We shall see I suppose.

The other problem is that it's about a 5-hour drive from here, which for me is not a problem. I went to college 8 hours away and drove it by myself at least 5 times a year, maybe more depending on how homesick I was. The problem is my Budman. He doesn't do well on short car trips. He is going to be nauseous and generally in a bad mood for the entire drive. I could rent a few movies and use Budboy's DVD player, but then Budman may feel left out because he can't watch a movie. I could sleep, but then he will complain that is tired when we get there and that I got to sleep the whole way. Driving is out of the question because he won't let me for one and second, he will be Mr. micromanager if I'm driving, like I'm 15 and just got my learners. Good times will not be had.

Nevertheless, if those are the only two problems I will have, I can deal. We are going to Bristol and I don't care! I'll find a hotel, we will pay out the ass, but we will have a place to stay. I'll get through the drive and so will he because we will be all giddy and stuff. We can do NASCAR math on the way there, which is always fun, and smoke lots of cigarettes. Then, when we get there, we will begin drinking immediately and not stop until we go to sleep Sunday night.

WOOHOO, Bristol, here I come!!!

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Friday, September 29, 2006

Daddy's Birthday Party

Today is my daddy's surprise birthday party. He is going to be 70 tomorrow. I am so excited about tonight. I think he knows about it and that makes me kind of sad, but I know he will never ever admit that he knows or that he knew.

He was at my house on Wednesday night babysitting the Budkids and someone from his bible study class called to RSVP. Had it been any of his other friends, I could have covered because I talk to them anyway on a regular basis. But not the bible study group because I've never met any of them. My daddy answered the phone and the man on the other end said something along the lines of "I'm calling to RSVP to Ralph's birthday party." I don't know if he said when or anything, but then my dad said, "Do you know who this is?", he said "no" and my dad said. "this is Buddad." then the man hung up. Then my dad's cell phone rang and it was him and he asked him where he was and he said "I'm at my daughter's house" he said OK thanks and hung up. I wasn't worried because my Aunt was coming so that would have been a surprise, but she called last night and she is too sick to make the drive.

Oh well, he will love it anyway and I know that he appreciates the effort, but like I said, we will never know if he really knows or not. He would never tell us it wasn't a surprise. He is the best daddy in the entire world. He does anything for me and always has. I just pray that he knows how much he is appreciated and how much I adore him.

My daddy was the first man I ever loved and like many other little girls, I wanted to marry him when I was little. He will always be my hero and I will always love him more and more every second of every day.

Happy birthday daddy!!!

Friday, September 22, 2006

I'm bored and don't have anything interesting to talk about.

Things I would like to do before I die

1. See my kids get married
2. Be happy with my life
3. Go to Europe
4. Have 1 MILLION cats (just kidding, but I love me some kitties)
5. I don't have a 5th, I didn't really have a 4th...

Things I CAN NOT do
1. Math, any
2. Root against Dale Jr.
3. Have only one beer
4. Cut my hair
5. Drive slow when there is no one else in the car

Things I CAN do
1. Tie a cherry stem in a knot with my tongue.
2. Drink lots of beer
3. Make my friends laugh
4. Ride a horse
5. Smoke like a chimney
6. Spend the hell out of some money

Things that attracted me to my boyfriend (Husband in my case)
1. His smile
2. His eyes
3. He is really really hot
4. I felt at home with him right away
5. He makes me laugh

Things I say most often
1. IIIIII KNOW!!
2. Right
3. What the Fuck
4. Shit
5. crap

Books I love to read
1. James Patterson, all
2. Anne Rule, all
3. Where the Wild Things Are
4. Guess How Much I Love You
5. Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
6. Goodnight Moon (The last 4 are to my kids incase you didn't know)

Movies I love
1. The Godfather I & II
2. Scarface
3. Titanic
4. Forrest Gump
5. The Breakfast club
6. Anchorman
7. American History X
8. A Clockwork Orange
9. Goodfellas
10. Reservoir Dogs
11. Anything Scary, I added this one since 10 is never enough, I could go on and on with this one fo sho!

Monday, September 11, 2006

John S. White

September 11, 2001 was the most horrifying day I have ever lived through. I will never forget what I felt on that day for as long as I live. I will always remember exactly where I was and who was around me on that day. It was the worst attack that our nation has ever suffered and it changed me forever.

I have always been a very patriotic person because my parents taught me that I live in the greatest country on earth. My grandfather fought in WWII and received a bronze oak leaf cluster for his acts. My grandmother was a lieutenant in the Navy during WWII and as a nurse she took care of the wounded solders that came back from Pearl Harbor. It is my duty as an American and as the granddaughter of these two brave people that I honor my country and love it for everything it is no matter what.

That is not the purpose of this post though, the purpose of this post is to honor the victims of this day 5 years ago. I signed up for 2996, which is a tribute to each victim. I was assigned to John S. White.



Mr. White emigrated from Jamaica when he was 20 years old in 1973 and he lived in Brooklyn. His wife Enid, did not like New York because of the cold winters, so she and their two daughters, Maxine and Denise, moved to Florida. He would visit them 3 times a year, and those were his favorite times.

He loved to help people, perhaps that is why he was put on this earth. He would help his friends at a moments notice with no questions asked and always offered a smile. He would fix broken pipes in the middle of the night, or pick up a friend at 5 am if they need a ride to work. If his supervisor needed him to stay until midnight on his job operating elevators at the World Trade Center, he always said yes.

Once, while he and some friends were painting the facade of a church in Brooklyn, an elderly driver crashed into some young toughs, who jumped out of their car and began pummeling the older man. Mr. White and his friends ran over and pulled them off the driver, enraging them. A half-hour later, the men returned with guns and began shooting, killing of Mr. White's friends and hitting Mr. White. His sister said he still had a bullet in his spine. (I found this story here)

He was one of the many that went to work that day, never to return home. He would never get to retire and move down to Florida to be with his wife and daughters as he was seriously considering. He worked in the World Trade Center for 27 years. He missed his family very much and longed to be with them.

I don't know where in the building he was at the time of the attack. I don't know if he was trying to get out when the buildings came down. All I know is that from what I have learned about him in the past few weeks, is that he was more then likely helping others get out when he perished.

In the guest book that I found at the above mentioned page has an entry from his daughter. She says:
Daddy was a man who I loved dearly. His compassion for people and his warm approach made it so easy to be around him. People always say how I look just like my daddy. I remember going to different places with him and just having that wonderful father daughter relationship. He always had an encouraging word to say and always made you smile. I will never forget his words that he said to me the Monday before he died. He told me "Max, take care of your mother and remember that I love you and will always love you." I think about it all the time and thing about my daddy all the time. I love him very much and miss him dearly. But the food news is that he is in a better place resting.
I love you daddy
Love Always
Your daughter Max


I cannot imagine the pain that that family and 2,995 other families felt that day. There are many tributes to the people that perished that day. One of them is a United in Memory, which is a memorial quilt and each victim has their own quilt square. I emailed Kim Monins and asked permission to use a picture of Mr. White's quilt square and I was sent the picture, but for whatever reason, I am unable to post it at this moment, so I will do that later. United in Memory is touring with the quilt so that we can all see this moving tribute. They are in Staten Island today and the next show will be in PA. Go here to see Mr. White's quilt square.

I signed up to do this today because it is a way of helping me heal and I hope that if Mr. White's family ever comes across this, they will be pleased. I pray that I did him justice. It seems to me that he was a friend to everyone, and I can only hope that if I had ever had the pleasure of meeting him, he would have been my friend too.

To his family, I am truly sorry for the loss you have suffered and I will keep you in my prayers.

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Slacker of the worst kind

Good lord, I am such a slacker! I still haven't even posted those pictures I told ya'll about! I have been so busy at work I sometimes can't even post to my favorite message board! Imagine the horror! I don't really have much to say today but I do have some pictures from this past weekend. I took the Budkids to my Mother-in-law's house for the weekend. Budboy went to his first baseball game and Baby Budgyrl went to the beach for the first time. So if you are interested, Here are all 179 pictures. That should keep you busy for a while! I'll be back soon with something I'm sure!