More Miscellaneous Jack n Jill

Yours truly and Jennifer

"Bartenders" - my hubby suspiciously looking like he's groping Brian in the nether-regions

Jen Higgins (left) with Bride to be, Vicky (on the right)

Smooth Moves

"Selling" Jello Shooters

Progression

I was warned by Kristen not to post any "Stupid" pics of him being super drunk outside lying, sitting, or otherwise engaged with Jason's pickup truck. And because I am such a smart girl I decided that I should probably not take the chance of him reaping vengeance on me in future. And so I include just this one photo of how the night began with a close relationship to the beer fridge therefore beginning the downward spiral of drunken sickness.

Sweet Dreams

I think the hubster may serioulsy be losing it. I mean, there have been times when I questioned his sanity but lately...oh my goodness! His worrisome nature has really been carrying over to his sleep. Thus in turn, making me unable to rest peacefully. And then he proceeds to remind me, "Well it's for better and for worse, you know?" Somehow I think I have ended up with the "worse" end of that deal because he seems to still sleep wonderfully through all of this and often cannot remember anything. lol, anyways, let me give you some examples:

So far all of the following has happened to Jamie WHILE he has been SLEEPING:

Having entire conversations which are completely both incomprehensible and unintelligible.

Jumping up suddenly and starting to dress in a fury (all the while scaring the living daylights out of me) and in a panic-stricken stupor insisting that I tell him the time because he is OH SO LATE for work when it is really only about 2am in the frikkin morning!

Jumping up suddenly (again scaring the crap out of me) and staring at me blindly and bug-eyed (it's really quite eerie) like he's trying to figure out who I am and then just laying back down and going right back to snoring. And then of course I'm left totally creeped out and awake in a dark room.

Grabbing me in the middle of the night. Okay, so picture this...being awakened by a huge man hand coming down and grabbing your face. Yup, that would be Jamie once again scaring me half to death...and then me screaming "What are you doing???!!!" and then he lays down and goes right back to sleep and remembers none of this in the morning.

Leaning completely over the edge of the bed and almost falling off to grab a pen that was on the floor so he can write down something. Me waking up to hear the pen scratching and scribbling something totally illegible. IN HIS SLEEP may I remind you.

Forcefully knocking over the lamp.

Taking the pillowcase off his pillow.

Throwing a pillow across the room.

And the most recent a couple of nights ago:

Picking up the lamp and laying it down on the carpet because in his dream he was constructing our fence in the backyard (he remembers this dream) and the lamp was the "fencepost" and a pen was a "nail" or something and he was nailing on the slats to the post "in the ground" (our carpet). Something like that. And again I woke up to a scratching sound of the pen and said, "Jamie, what are you doing?!" and he kinda woke up and said, "I don't know" and went back to sleep.

So, there it is...just some of the craziness that happens in the Hynes residence.

www.dreams.ca suggests the following when talking about nightmares. Not sure if Jamie's dreaming can be classified in the "nightmare" category but I think the obvious stress causing these dreams may make the following statement legit in our case:
"....they provide a natural ‘pressure-release’ therapy for the psyche, and especially since they may even provide what amounts to an early cure if we listen to, make an effort to understand and then act upon the valuable insight that dreams try to bring us..."

According to www.dreammoods.com
"To dream that you are building a fence, signifies a solid foundation for future wealth through your economical and industrious character."

Any other interpretations you'd like to share? Personally I'm thinking the hubs is just a little whacked...ha ha!

*Note: My apologies to my dear husband who insisted that I not share these stories to the world in my blog.
Sorry honey, I just couldn't resist :)
Your most loving and supportive wife,
Myrna

Happy Birthday Jenny!!

A Day Late

I didn't have a chance to sign on and post yesterday so here it is today:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERYKAH!!

Her party is on Sunday so hopefully I'll get some good pics to post.

6 years have flown by WAY too fast!

Condolences

...to the wife and children of my cousin, Milton Barnes, who passed away yesterday after a hard battle with cancer. He fought and held on much longer than anticipated. Unfortunately even with a will so strong, the body can only handle so much. May he rest in peace and may his family find comfort during this difficult time.

Death is a friend that alone can bring the peace his treasures cannot purchase, and remove the pain his physicians cannot cure. ~Mortimer Collins

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.
~ Richard Bach

Dear Tara...

...Thinking of you and your family today and remembering the sweet baby Joshua.

I found a couple of quotes/poems online that I really love and wanted to share.

Tiny Angel

Tiny Angel rest your wings

sit with me for awhile.

How I long to hold your hand,

And see your tender smile.

Tiny Angel, look at me,

I want this image clear....

That I will forget your precious face

Is my biggest fear.

Tiny Angel can you tell me,

Why you have gone away?

You weren't here for very long....

Why is it, you couldn't stay?

Tiny Angel shook his head,

"These things I do not know....

But I do know that you love me,

And that I love you so".

--Author Unknown

Those who have lost an infant are never, as it were, without an infant child. Their other children grow up to manhood and womanhood, and suffer all the changes of mortality; but this one alone is rendered an immortal child; for death has arrested it with his kindly harshness, and blessed it into an eternal image of youth and innocence.
- Leigh Hunt (James Henry Leigh Hunt

Take Home Chef

Flicking through the channels yesterday around 5pm and came across this show on TLC called "Take Home Chef". I had never heard of it before and the chef was lookin' pretty cute so I decided to stop and have a look.

Basic Synapsis: Cute Aussie chef Curtis goes into local grocery store (filmed in the U.S.), tracks down a girl who's shopping for dinner, while she's looking completely flabbergasted and overwhelmed by the cameras, he asks her to take him home.... where he cooks the family meal. One of the girls responses yesterday, "Well if your food tastes as good as you look then I'm in." lol :)

I thought it was great! It's new and different and fun...and he makes dessert too...lovin' it!

The website has Curtis' bio, pics, recipes, episode guide (episodes are named after the girl who takes him home), etc. Check it out!