Just a few things I miss about living in PENSACOLA FLORIDA

THINGS YOU LEARN WHEN LIVING IN THE SOUTH:


Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.

There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in the South.

There are 10,000 types of spiders.

All 10,000 live in The South plus a couple no one's seen before.

If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls, it bites.

Onced and twiced are words.

It's not a shopping cart; it is a buggy.

People actually grow and eat okra.

Fixinto is one word.

There is no such thing as "lunch." You eat Breakfast, Dinner and Supper.

Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're two.

And they do like a little tea with their sugar!

"Jeet yet?" is actually a phrase meaning "Did you eat yet?"

You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what time it is.

You work until you're done or it's too dark to see.

You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH them.

YOU KNOW YOUR FROM THE SOUTH IF:

You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

You use "fix" as a verb. Example: "I'm fixing to go to the store."

All the festivals across the states are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.

You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.

No one wants an angry burglar.

You know what a "DAWG" is.

You carry jumper cables in your car . . for your OWN car.

You only own four spices: salt, pepper, Tabasco and ketchup.

The local papers cover national and international news on one page,

but require 6 pages for local gossip and sports.

You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm."

You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, still Summer and Christmas.

Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as"goin' Wal-martin" or off to "Wally World."

You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good pinto-bean weather.

A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola or pop... it's a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor.

Example: "What kinda coke you want?"

Fried catfish is the other white meat.

They don't need no stinking driver's-ed... if your mama says we can drive, we can drive.

You understand these jokes and forward them to your friends from The South

(and those who just wish they were, OR WISH THEY WERE BACK "HOME", LIKE ME).

POSTED IN MEMORY OF MY EX-MOTHER-IN-LAW,

whom I think of OFTEN:

MATTIE EMMA WARD

(WHO IS UP IN HEAVEN NOW, WITH MY OWN MOTHER,

and they never really hit it off - hope things are better now!)

Why Doug didn't call.. and WHY IT'S A GOOD THING

Another pissy, dull day. Better than being dead tho....

Doug didn't call I found out, because they guy I met with him up at the bar on Doug's birthday,
Tim, died. He called me yesterday, all broken up and teary, to let me know that Tim had shot himself in the head and was dead. Sad. Things were really shitty for that guy, I was saying
how much Tim was complaining that night, and I didn't want to go back the night time he
invited me because I didn't want to hear Tims bitching again...here it was something he
needed to do. he needed to vent and for someone to care. Maybe not me,
I barely knew the guy, but maybe for someone not to mask his problems in alcohol,
but maybe to show him a better way to move on. he must not have found a better way
and decided that nothing was good for him here anymore. he supposedly drank
3 bottles of booze, say on the edge of him bed at his parnets home
(who lives in Florida now I guess) and shot himself in the head.
They found him with his shirt up, and Doug was thinking that maybe
he tried to stop the bleeding because he didn't die right away.
Here is his obituary: http://www.legacy.com/toledoblade/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=19201555
I went to the guestbook to leave an entry and the family deleted it.
It mentioned about Tim reaching out, and being sad and depressed,
and they MUST HAVe thought that it was innapropriate. GEES MAYBE
THEY FEEL GUILTY BECAUSE DOUG SAID NONE OF HIS FAMILY
EVER KEPT IN TOUCH WITH HIM...not his brother Ray or his Mom anyway.
Not so much as he had to sleep in his truck for part of the 7 months
here was back up here in Toledo...(Doug said that Ray wasn't even
going to go to his memorial (yesterday). Ray is one of the guys that my
ex-friend Kath dated a year or so ago. He's a bar-fly too. )
Seven months ago, Tim left Florida where he lived, after he left his wife
whom he caught fooling around on him after 9 years of marriage,
and who he told me, wouldn't let hm see the kids.
I'm not saying that none of it was his fault, I only wish I would have
listened a little bit more instead of not wanting to be around him
because he was so negative. I am still pretty pissed about the family
deleting my entry, so I wrote another one.
http://www.legacy.com/toledoblade/GB/GuestbookView.aspx?
PersonId=19201555
If you knew Tim laBounty - above, is the link to the condolences book.
I pray that Tim did not feel any pain-he'd had quite a bit before that
...May God rest his soul.


And here is just a forward I recieved about WHAT EVERY WOMAN SHOULD HAVE;
I kinda liked it...
WELL SHIT - I CAN'T GET THAT THING TO POST SO
SINCE I LIKED THIS BETTER I'm POSTING IT INSTEAD. DAMMIT.

HOPE YOUR MOOD IS BETTER THAN MINE.
I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE SPRING SHIT ON ME for the
NEXT DAY when I ALREADY HAVE PLANS.
THAT'S WHY ELSE I AM IN A SHITTY MOOD.
I GET A CALL AT 9:30 PM TONITE...ready to go to bed..."I'll be there tomorrow morning"
I HAVE TO GET MY DRYER FIXED WHEN I GET THE OFFER FROM SOMEONE. I REFUSE TO CHANGE IT.
SO SORRY- YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT OUT THERE TILL
I'M FREE FOR ME TO CALL YOU BACK AND GO OUT AND MEET YOU.
I CANNOT BELIEVE I COULDN'T GET A LITTLE MORE NOTICE
THAN 9:30, THE NIGHT BEFORE!!
ANYWAY, Y'ALL HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
TTR
:P

UPDATE:
STILL NOT CALLING AND I AM GLAD.
HE IS WITH SOMEONE AND WE WILL NOT EVER MAKE IT AND THAT'S A PROVEN FACT. WE HAVE GOTTEN ALONG SO MUCH BETTER AS FRIENDS. I GUESS I JUST ENJOYED GETTING THE OCCASIONAL "GUY" PHONE CALL NOW AND THEN (I DON'T WISH TO BE PHONED EVERY SINGLE DAY AND TALK FOR AN HOUR THO - NOTE TO NEW-BUT-GONE-DOUG..)
BESIDES, WINTER IS COMING AND MY DEPRESSION IS SETTLING IN ALREADY - HARD.

I have spoken to him about athousand times since the date this was originally typed.. Most of the time he was driunk. At first i didn't mind. Then the less i began to drink, the more his drunk-calls annoyed me. The last time we spoke THIS TIME, he got mad because he "loaned" me 20 dollars to buy food, (he owes me aver 200.00 from when he lived with me for a year and i bought all his Christmas gifts!) and i said something to him about him calling and bigging me for the money back - which HE DID NOT - he kept calling to "see if the Fergie CD he asked me to burn was done yet". I know his sly calls. I am not ignorant to Doug's ways any longer...

This was taken in 2003. He has aged, like all of us.

He now has a HUGE beer gut, and a buzz cut haircut. But he still gets a good tan.

UPDATE AGAIN: 06-12-07: I broke down and called and left a voice mail message for him today. I hope he calls me back...

My Baby Computer

(buy "Computer Love" by Mmechelle McLendon-Simmons, at http://www.amazon.com/Computer-Love-Mechelle-McLendon-Simmons/dp/images/1401035590)

Sometimes I hve a little excitement down in the pit of my stomach,when I wake up in the middle of the night, and know that I can get up and come out to the computer and read, write, or get lost. That is how I feel right now.

It's 2 am; a group of idiot black loud-ass disrespectful girls was just walking by the hous, yelling and calling each other names. They madethe dog next to me wake up, and then they woke me up.

The comfort of my baby computer, out here waiting for me to type on, make it all okay.

It's a beautiful, starry summer night. It's cool outside; enought to allow the windows to be open and be covered up with a light blanket in your bed.

I am so grateful to have Internet, and my computer, out here to help me enjoy the moments I am up when it's late. I am content. I need to go back to bed so Ican get up early and take my little one to her first day of art classes tomorrow.

Good night and God Bless

(a quote from a much loved and missed comedian and actor: Red Skelton),

TTR xoxo

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A Wonderful Spring Day

Today is June 8th, 2007, and it's hot, very hot. We had a monstrous thunderstorm with vicious lightening, while I was driving across town to the doctor's office, and it only lasted for about 15 minutes. I prayed that it would hit the other side of the river, so I wouldn't have to water the plants and flowers in the yard tonight, and it did! I finished moving the furniture (I also prayed I don't suffer tomorrow for moving as much as I did, but I probably will..) Lindsey even offered to have John come over and help move the furniture. I took that as a hint that she was bummed that the house was all still in disarray from when I cleaned the carpet on Monday night...
I am thinking about Dar, my cousin, and praying that she got through her 90 day rehab okay, and that she is facing each new day with her bright happy smile again. I NEED TO SEND HER A CARD!
I decided to take on a new look about my house and not being able to afford it. I am going to fight for it as long as I can. I paid the damn 615.00 mortgage and prayed that God would make something come up so that I could afford to give my daughter SOMETHING for her birthday.
We are going camping that day, and Paul and little (but now big, I hear, about 5'10"!) Paulie are coming out and camping right next door! I am so GLAD!! party on! AND BETH IS COMING FRIDAY NIGHT and MARTI MIGHT come out on the same night which is LINDSEY'S 16th BIRTHDAY!!
OH - right before I left to go across town, and before it rained, I picked up all the weeds I pulled out yesterday and pulled out a little more. The sunflowers are growing so fast! I can't wait till they're big again! And all kinds of weeds are coming up REALLY FAST. I have to wait to pull many of them because I planted about 30 packs of seeds, and I don't want to pick new flowers by mistake. The yard really looks great.
Pumpkin has no signs of parvo yet today. Praise God. One more day till the incubation period is over. Her best little girl doggie-friend is getting better every day out at East Suburban Animal Clinic. Praise God again and again. My friend Jeremy, Lissie's Daddy was so distraught. I tried to call him but I have the wrong number.
I feel like I have gotten all caught up with my phone calls and am in touch with everyone again. I don't know if it's my short time-of-month, or my Effexor, that I just started taking 5 days ago (but not today - forgot) or the Fat-blocker I took this morning combined with the 1/3 of Monster Energy drink I drank on the way to the Doctor. But i really got a lot done. Even checked up on my checkbook! RIGHT AFTER I GOT UP! Usually I lie there for an hour or 3, trying not to fall back asleep, dreading the day full of stress. I know one thing for sure, it was less stressful because l went to her friend's today after school. They still have to go to school till next TUESDAY! Everyone else is out of school as of today!! Bummer, huh?
The only thing I still need to do is get ready for that Block Watch meeting that is coming up fast - on Thursday of next week. IN 6 days! Ii still haven't made flyers OR passed them out (all 500 of them) or dropped them off at the CSO (Community Service officer's) office yet to be copied. I haven't worked on the agenda except for deleting things from last month. 'Just don't feel like it. I REALLY need a partner. Feeling not so good about my work for Block Watch this month. I lost control of the meeting last month and it left me with a apathetic feeling. I pray that gets better. I'm sure it will now.

Anyway - that my life, praise God, in East Toledo today!
Hope things look as good for you too,
XO TTR

PS. IF ANYONE finds a Spell-Check that fixes small "i"s and changes them to capital "I"s, PLEASE LET ME KNOW - I WASTE SO MUCH TIME FIXING THEM ALL!

THANK GOD the Justice System works right SOMEWHERE!

If my little brother, who has back problems and depression, and REALLY want to see his kids, and his ex-wife won't let him (it's been about 8 years now!! - she won't let any of us see them) and IS TRYING SO DAMN HARD TO STAY ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW, has to go to jail for something he did almost 7 years ago - GOT BEHIND ON CHILD SUPPORT and an old DUI- (and a warrant was issued) THAN DAMMIT that prissy assed-rich-bitch Paris Hilton, should have to serve for her DUI AS WELL. In Jail. Man, my bro would have GIVEN ANYTHING just to be OUTDOORS for a week, let alone at home. He has a "medical condition"..

And while we're on the topic, this NEVER has made sense to me:

Why send someone to jail who is behind on child support, just so they can get FURTHER BEHIND on child support, and the jail sentences go on and on...they NEVER can get caught up! Those children need that money to contribute to the family income to pay for their expenses.

I'm so sick of the justice system sometimes. It all needs to be reviewed.

Thanks 4 listening,

TTownRobin

Screaming Paris Hilton sent back to jail

By LINDA DEUTSCH,

AP Special Correspondent

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Paris Hilton was sent screaming and crying back to jail Friday after a judge ruled that she must serve out her sentence behind bars rather than in the comfort of her Hollywood Hills home.
"It's not right!" shouted Hilton, who violated her probation in a reckless driving case. "Mom!" she cried out to her mother.
Hours earlier, the 26-year-old hotel heiress was taken handcuffed from her home in a black-and-white police car, paparazzi sprinting in pursuit and helicopters broadcasting live from above. She entered the courtroom disheveled and weeping, hair askew, without makeup, wearing a fuzzy gray sweat shirt over slacks.
She cried throughout the hearing, dabbing her eyes, and her body shook constantly. Several times she turned to her parents, seated behind her in the courtroom, and mouthed, "I love you."
Despite being ordered to serve the remainder of her original 45-day sentence, Hilton could still be released early. Inmates are given a day off their terms for every four days of good behavior, and her days in home detention counted as time served.
Superior Court Judge Michael T. Sauer was calm but apparently irked by Sheriff Lee Baca's decision to release Hilton three days into her sentence due to an unspecified "medical condition."
"I at no time condoned the actions of the sheriff and at no time told him I approved the actions," Sauer said. "At no time did I approve the defendant being released from custody to her home."
The hearing was requested by the city attorney's office, which had prosecuted Hilton and wanted Baca held in contempt for releasing Hilton despite Sauer's express order that she must serve her time in jail. The judge took no action on the contempt request.
A member of the county counsel's staff said Baca was willing to come to court with medical personnel. The judge did not take him up on the offer.
Assistant City Attorney Dan F. Jeffries argued that Hilton's incarceration was purely up to the judge. "Her release after only three days erodes confidence in the judicial system," he said.
Hilton's attorney, Richard Hutton, implored the judge to order a hearing in his chambers to hear testimony about Hilton's medical condition before making a decision. The judge did not respond to that suggestion.
Another of her attorneys, Steve Levine, said, "The sheriff has determined that because of her medical situation, (jail) is a dangerous place for her."
"The court's role here is to let the Sheriff's Department run the jail," he said.
The judge interrupted several times to say that he had received a call last Wednesday from an undersheriff informing him that Hilton had a medical condition and that he would submit papers to the judge to consider. He said the papers never arrived.
Every few minutes, the judge would interrupt proceedings, state the time on the clock, and note that the papers still had not arrived.
He also noted that he had heard that a private psychiatrist visited Hilton in jail, and he wondered if that person played a role in deciding her medical needs.
The last attorney to speak was another deputy city attorney, David Bozanich, who declared, "This is a simple case. There was a court. The Sheriff's Department chose to violate that order. There is no ambiguity."
Hilton's twisted jailhouse saga began Sept. 7, when she failed a sobriety test after police saw her weaving down a street in her Mercedes-Benz on what she said was a late-night hamburger run.
She pleaded no contest to reckless driving and was sentenced to 36 months' probation, alcohol education and $1,500 in fines. In the months that followed she was stopped twice while driving on a suspended license. The second stop landed her in Sauer's courtroom.
Back before Sauer on Friday, Hilton's entire body trembled as the final pitch was made for her further incarceration. She clutched a ball of tissue and tears ran down her face.
Seconds later, the judge announced his decision: "The defendant is remanded to county jail to serve the remainder of her 45-day sentence. This order is forthwith."
Hilton screamed.
Eight deputies immediately ordered all spectators out of the courtroom. Hilton's mother, Kathy, threw her arms around her husband, Rick, and sobbed uncontrollably.
Deputies escorted Hilton out of the room, holding each of her arms as she looked back.
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Associated Press Writer John Rogers in Los Angeles contributed to the report.

FOUND AT: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070608/ap_on_en_tv/paris_hilton

Slideshow: Paris Hilton going back to jail

What I was doing at this time LAST YEAR

FROM A LETTER TO MY FRIEND, SHIRLEY, IN PENSACOLA, FL:

"Today is the 1st day our heat index was even showing up anything-near 90 but the temp is about 85. Rain rain clear all weekend then two more days of rain.
The sunflowers that I planted all around the street sides of the fence around the yard are gonna be huge. GOODY.
I'm at a 4 way stop and every one can see in the house if my drapes are open - not to mention the BUMP BUMP BUMP - noise. I gotta have SOME privacy. So I plant huge sunflowers all the way around the house. When they come down in the Fall, I feel nekkid'.

I have an appraiser coming Monday - so I am painting a few things today to cover up water spots (my bedroom ceiling) and cleaning - besides the studying with Linz this weekend.
As soon as I am done with this email I am going to paint the walk up stairway to the attic. There's another bedroom up there. Plus storage...It's HUGE the whole size of the house. If I could add a stairway from the living room instead of the stairs going up from the laundry room (very narrow too I could double the value of the house.
I am getting refinanced - I am currently in a predatory loan and the Fair Housing Dept is helping me get tout of it. Want more info just ask. Long story.

Other than that. Nothing for me. no love life at all since Larry left me last July.
Linz saw him on the bus 2 days ago and she said Mom - his teeth are getting bad. YUK. You are better off. I totally agree. But Ii still miss him every day.
Another ex (Donnie) stopped by, the last night of the American Idol singing competition (I was so upset! I was flipping between the Country Music Awards - I wanted to see Carrie Uunderwood sing "Jesus take the Wheel" - and American Idol, and I missed the last half of them both.) We went for a walk - he wants me to like him but I just don't feel romantical about him, and I can't help it. Too bad, too, because he is the sweetest, most thoughtful man I have ever known. There's just no chemistry...He has been my brother's best friend since forever and he is just too young for me. Kinda dorky too, BUT CUTE and super nice. Anyways, we chatted for while about him moving down to Tennessee, and then he left. He only lives about 5 minutes from me by car.
Then my other ex (Doug) stopped by the NEXT DAY - CAN U BELIEVE IT? - It must be a full moon. All these "exes' and no boyfriend for a year. SUX! He just drove by and stopped to say hello. He has been with Jodi for 3 years now. Longest relationship in his whole life except me. We were 3 1/2 years plus 25 more between marriages. He is still so cute. He wants anything but a relationship if you know what I mean. No thanks.
SO no one all winter then 2 in 2 days.

Gotta go - write soon
Love ya and miss ya.
Robin xoxo

COMING SOON - AN UPDATE, COMPARING THIS BLOG FROM LAST YEAR, TO NOW!