Random to the NESS!!!!

I know it's been a long time since I posted...



Not much was going on....My parents and brother and his wife ;) had been out of town and I was sad....



Now that my parents are back and my brother and Denise are in route, I feel better...


So....what's new....let's see....


Not a damn thing... So I will copy what my friend Katrina did on her blog...

itunes Thursdays....

I will set my ipod to shuffle and share with you my music.....

exhilerating, I know!!

Ok, here we go....


1. There's Nothing Better Than Love (a remix on Luther's Tribute album) Love me some Luther...

2. A Healin' Fire (Skip Ewing) I love Skip but I always skip this song....ha ha ha ha (pun intended)

3. Sunshine (O'jays) I like this song too, but I always skip it when I come to it.


this isn't working very well....

moving on.

4. Back to Paradise (.38 Special) I listed to them when I wanna rock...just not this song...

5. Killing me Softly (Roberta Flack) I don't listen to this at work or else I will fallllll asllleeep....

6. Rain (Terence Trent D'Arby) He was a 1 hit wonder from the 80's ...too bad, I love his voice.

7. Takin' it to the Streets (Michael Mcdonald) Now we are getting somewhere.....this song is great!

8. City Lights (Brian Culbertson) Never heard this before....hmmmm?

9. Gimmealilclick (euge Groove) We are seeing a smooth jazz pattern forming here..

10. I'm For Real (Howard Hewett) I was hoping he would be in the mix.....I LOVE ME SOME HOWARD. For those of you who don't know, he is on my banner

11. I will remember You (Sarah McLaclan) Very fitting for today...thinking of two people who passed away this week. One who lived to be over 80 years old and one who never took a breath.

12. Save the Best for Last (Vanessa Williams) NOTE TO SELF!! Delete this from my ipod!!! I can't stand this song...

13. Patience (George Michael)...Love me some George Michael!!!


And I leave you with that...

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This is Denise and her Dad.

As some of you may know, Denise is my Brother's Fiance----and will be his wife tomorrow. (yay!)

Her Dad has been sick for the last few weeks and passed away last night.

I can't imagine what Denise is going through....I can just say that my thoughts are with her and hope that this week will be a happy joyous occasion considering the tragedy that she has gone through.

Love you Denise.....and love your Dad.

Happy Birthday to ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So here is what the In Style Magazine says for Leo's

Happy Birthday Leo!

What we love Warm, creative and chic, you are naturally social and gregarious. Given your organized and efficient ways, you easily take on leader ship roles. On the other hand....Your pride sometimes prevents you from admitting you're wrong. Stellar Style: You love designer clothes and have very sophisticated taste. You prefer to buy only the very best, like an exquisite vintage tulle cocktail dress or a limited-edition handbag, rather than scores of lesser wares. Love Personality: You relish the feeling of being pursued and expect to be courted in style, which is why you usually are!

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Now, with that said....I must say that the are freaking dead ON!!!! ha ha ha

I also included some pictures for your pleasure.....

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Picture 1: Taken at Grandma Mabel's house right after what seems an outdoor marathon playing session. I am sweating like a whore in church and Billy is browner than George Hamilton

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Picture 2: Just so damn cute. No other words.

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Picture 3: My Mother's favorite picture......and also so damn cute, it's sickening.

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Picture 4: My favorite picture. I just recently got this from my Uncle and I plan on hanging it in my room. So FLIPPING cute!!

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Picture 5: This is here just to show y'all that I was thin at one time and that I can tan, look at those legs!!! Since Billy and I were sheltered and never participated in outdoor activities, we had to make up our own entertainment....this included taking Rocky inspired pictures. Trust me, I have tons of him!!!

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Picture 6: The classic Olan Mills family portrait. I hope whoever took that picture is no longer a photographer because where is my left arm?

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The thing that cracks me up is that when I needed glasses, I wanted some like my dad. Notice pictures 1 and 6.

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Literally. like.. my. Dad.

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Anyway, Happy Birthday to ME!!

I can never post without a picture....

So even though this post has really no meaning, I thought I would post this lovely picture of my burly (he likes when I call him that) cousin Steve. You wil see here that he is fishing and a gust of wind almost took his pretty umbrella away.....I must say he was fast!

Anyway, back to the post.....

speaking of burly men, My man is out of town. He is with his sister at the place I like to call hell on earth. Elephant Butte Lake. Where shade is scarce and the sun rays can cook your skin. Not my idea of fun. I am sure he is having a good time and I will also this weekend. I plan on getting things organized in the ole scrap room and who knows....maybe scrap a little.

I am also excited that someone posted a comment on this blog other than my dear friend Denise....Her name is Sharon and would love to know more about her so, Sharon if you are reading, send me a shout out and if you have a blog, I would love to add it to my many that I read each day.....

Till then.....

I will try and post more now that I know there is a Sharon out there who reads this and posts!

This rocks!

WTF??

So this has been up for a while now. It is located on the South side of the freeway when traveling west bound.

When I first saw it, I almost wrecked my car.

Why you ask?

Well its because, I have a cousin whose name is Monica Lovato....

And if you know her, you will know that she would never be competing for a World Title Fight. I know there are many Monica Lovatos in the world, but it's just weird to see her name on such a billboard.

Love you Mon!

Dev A STATED!!!!

Last night I did something that I have never EV AH done before!!!! No I didn't take drugs (I am still afraid of the the maternal mother unit)

What I did was far more serious than that....I, Josette Myrick, left my cell phone at work.

I will allow some time for that to sink in....

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Ok, that's good enough.

I don't think you can come close to my devastation but you get the idea.

I won't go into the details of leaving it, let's just say the look on Ethan's face when I told him I think I left my phone at work said it all.... I almost considered rescheduling my nail appt so I could go back to the office and get it. But then again, what's worse? Crappy nails or having to drive back after my nail appt?

At the time, it was driving back.....now, I would have taken crappy nails.

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At first I was ok, I thought....it won't be that bad.......then around 8 p.m. panic sunk in. Thoughts raced through my head.

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What if something happens to someone and no one can get a hold of me?

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What if the building explodes and my phone is destroyed?

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What the hell time is it? I now realize I don't use clocks in my home, just my phone.

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How the hell am I going to wake up without my alarm?

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Do we even own alarm? THAT WOULD BE A BIG FAT NO!

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Now, what do you suppose a person like me would do in a situation like this?

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I know had 12 hours before I would be reunited with my celly.....

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Do I curl up in the fetal position and weep? Well, I thought about it but decided the best way to

work off the energy is to clean.

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And I cleaned like I have never had before.

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In addition to my weekly chores, I cleaned the interior of all my windows.

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I cleaned all of my baseboards even moving furniture.

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I also wiped the carpet where it meets with the baseboard as it is hard to pick up with the vacuum.

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And I also did 3 loads of laundry.

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I have been to the depths of addiction hell and I need help.

I now know what it feels like to need a fix.

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I never, ever want to go through that again.

Oh, when I got into work today I see that I had..

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14 missed calls

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19 missed text messages

The most important missed item?...... A picture of Steph's favorite shoes with a broken strap.

Very important indeed.

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I am so upset that I didn't get that last night and try to console her....

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My name is Josette and I am addicted to my celly....

Skillzzzzz

The thing to photography is not only do you have to have a good camera with good glass, but you have to have photoshop skills.....kinda like how Napoleon Dynamite has numbchuck skills ( I know I spelled that wrong) Anyway, in an effort to further better my skills, I have stayed up well past midnight each night this week to improve them. I think I am doing pretty good, but have alot to learn....What are your thoughts? Did you all know that there is a comment portion to this blog? Or is Denise the only one that knows....

Anyway, what do you think?

Ch ch ch ch changes....

As you can see I have made some changes to the look of this blog....

Maybe it will motivate me to add more often....

I will leave you with that and check back soon for an update....


P.S. The banner picture was taken by Billy....

100 things....

1. Born August 8, 1969

2. 8 is my favorite number

3. 8 is always present in my personal passwords

4. My Mom was also born on the 8th

5. Same as my Dad

6. Billy was born on the 23rd of May

7. I was married on May 23rd

8. I think that is enough about the number 8

9. I worshiped Sylvester Stallone when I was in high school

10. Billy and I can recite every line from Rocky's 3 & 4

11. I have never met another girl named Josette

12. A photography client named her daughter Josette after hearing it, not because of me

13. I am allergic to acrylic nails and bees

14. I am a clean freak

15. With my house, not my car

16. I don't like flavored coffee or flavored creamer

17. I don't like diet anything....surprised?

18. I talked for my brother when he was a toddler

19. My mother thought he needed speech therapy

20. I send/receive an average of 4500 texts per month

21. I can text without looking

22. I always have my phone with me

23. I also always carry my cameras with me

24. I have loved smooth jazz way back to the days of Kenny G

25. I have to shake my rugs 10 times. Not 9. sometimes 11 or 12

26. I buy only black ink pens

27. Found out how my Grandfather died when I was on my senior trip. He died when I was 9 months

28. When I found out, I realized how great my Grandma Betty was

29. I Love Howard Hewett

30. I love my gel nails

31. I am faithful to Ethan my nail tech, but never to a hair stylist

32. I don't like rap music

33. I don't like liver

34. I am a freak about texture

35. The toilet paper roll MUST always be coming off the top

36. I have been known to change the rolls in other's homes

37. I don't use over-the-counter shampoos and conditioner

38. I worked a salon and it was my favorite job

39. I know how to play deuces jacks, the bitch, baseball, 123 low, 123 high/low, shove it, 2/22, 7/27

40. I don't gamble

41. I have over 60 blogs bookmarked and read them each day

42. I am blind without glasses or contacts

43. My childhood friend died of AIDS in 1998

44. I am grumpy in the mornings

45. I don't like any nicknames that are derived from Josette except Jos or Jo

46. Some of my nicknames include: Joey, Eddie, Hose

47. My hat size is 1/8 of an inch smaller than Scott's hat size

48. I was born breach and face up

49. I have 2 god-children

50. I love Howard Hewett

51. I knew the minute I met Scott I would marry him

52. I have seen Howard Hewett, Elton John, Al Green, Garth Brooks, and many sax artists in concert

53. One song/concert brought me to uncontrollable tears

54. Jonathan Butler No Woman/No Cry

55. Went to the concert the night of Tim's funeral

56. The release of a very long 4 months

57. My favorite book is "I know this much is true" by Wally Lamb

58. I have read it 5 times

59. I wish I had curly hair

60. To date, have 1850 songs on my ipod

61. My favorite food is tacos

62. I prefer red chili to green

63. My Mom & Aunt Cathy make the best red chili ever!

64. I have never done drugs

65. I was grounded for life in the 8th grade, this involved drugs

66. I still can't go out until the entire house is clean.....its my house now

67. My husband is a mama's boy

68. Scott & Billy think my 2nd toe looks like ET

69. I love going to get my teeth cleaned

70. I have straight teeth and never wore braces

71. I wore a red suit in my 3rd grade play

72. I had a great childhood

73. I love Howard Hewett

74. I love movies that involve some type of photography

75. I have been to a gay bar

76. I like all cheese except cottage cheese

77. I can tell who sings a song based on their voice

78. I remember names of songs and the artist

79. I can't sing worth a shit

80. I am clumsy

81. I cannot go to bed with dirty dishes in the sink

82. I swear like a sailor, yet only used one bad word here (#79)

83. I want an iphone, but it's really not necessary

84. I don't like leftovers

85. I think my Mom is the smartest person I know

86. I pass by my childhood house often

87. My most treasured possession is my wedding ring

88. I am obsessed with correct spelling

89. I hate camping/outdoors

90. I love marking anniversaries

91. 1,3,4,10,20 years... doesn't matter, each one is important

92. I will generally mention a date of a day or celebrate it in someway

93. For dinner tonight, I will have spaghetti and lemonade

94. Tomorrow I will celebrate with birthday cake or bowl of cherries

95. Today is 3 years.

96. Three years since I held his hand as he crossed over to the other side

97. Tomorrow would have been his 58th birthday

98. I am so grateful that for the last 3 years he still comes to me in my dreams

99. That he is happy

100. Today is a day that I miss my Uncle Tim