The Verstile Blogger.... impressive, I know!

Two awards in one week, I am feelin high on life, love, and popularity!

I was recently awarded The Versatile Blogger award by Joy from Confessions from a Southern Socialite. You should really check out her blog, she is super creative and full of blog energy! I love reading her post for great decorating ideas to fun things going on in the community. Thanks Joy!

Having received this great award, I have to follow the rules that have been put in place to pass it along.

1. Thank and link to the person who nominated you.
2. Share seven facts about yourself.
3. Pass the award along to 7 bloggy friends.
4. Contact those bloggy friends to congratulate them.



Seven amazing and wonderful facts about Rosie

1. I love my hair, it is long straight and dark auburn.... last week I decided to jazz it up by adding two red skittles to my hair. Not Skittles the candy.... a skittle is a colored hair extension, pink, red, purple, yellow, lime green. I have Red since that is one of my favorite colors and I have always wanted to have bright red highlights in my hair.

2. I have two beautiful little girls with blond curly hair, they get if from their daddy. #1 is 5 years old and #2 is 2. They are the love of my life. Both girls were born by cesarean in December. #1 was emergency and #2 was planned. Their birthdays are 2 weeks apart... one the week before Christmas an the other the week after. December is crazy at my house.

3. I have insomnia. Every night I wake up at 12:00, 1:00 a.m. and again around 2:00. I am usually up for about 30 minutes because  once I'm awake it takes forever for me to go back to sleep.. If I don't wake up during the night it is very hard for me to get out of bed in the morning. I haven't figured that one out yet.

4. I LOVE to eat crawfish, but only if the husband cooks or my bestie's hubby. I have been spoiled so bad by their cooking, I am very prejudice to other crawfish. Plus, no one else knows how to make coon'ass dip to go with  my taters.

5. I weigh more than I look... lots more. I'm bigger than I look too... couple of weeks ago, my husband put on a pair of my shorts and they fit. The husband is 6'2" and weighs in at 240. I'm only 5'7". I will not reveal my true size and weight, but I promise you wouldn't believe me if I did tell you... for reals yo.

6. When I nap... I hum in my sleep.... not like a song or anything, reminds you more of Ben Stein's monotone voice from Ferris Beuler's Day Off. It's one long loud continuous sound. The husband says its kinda the same sound of Locust, or a weed whacker.

7. I have an unhealthy obsession with sour stuff. I've noted this on the Secrets 'n' Lies page, but for reals yo. I love sour stuff. I like Cry Baby Gum, Warheads, Sour Punch Straws, and the list goes on. Please give me some sour candy with an ice cold Sun Drop!!! And it gets worse... If I need to really get my sour fix, I will eat a lemon with salt followed up with a cold Coke... talk about indigestion.

Now, I've got to pass this on to 7 bloggy friends

Make Daddy a Sammich

Adventures of a Middle Aged Drama Queen

I'm Just Sayin' ...

Airing My Dirty Laundry One Sock at a Time

The Un-Soccer Mom

Time for Me

a life of {un}domestic bliss

Please check out these blogs as well as Confessions from a Southern Socialite for some really great reading!

Payback... I deserve it... hehe

I was recently awarded the "Nice Rack" award by no other than Oilfield Trash at Make Daddy a Sammich. I'm sure it has something to do with the fact that I just jinxed him with the SBD award but, hey... it's all in fun and games... right. So, as a recipient of this award I am supposed to post a picture of my rack.... me, show a pic of my rack... well...

are you ready?


wait for it....




wait for it....




how about a rack of ribs...

rack and pinion steering....

rack of lamb....

how about a deer with a nice rack.....

But in all fairness....

and that is as much "rack" as it is gonna get... sorry...

Much love, Rosie


BTW - I'm not passing this one on.... ladies you are safe.

Maundy Thursday

Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will glorify the Son in himself, and will glorify him at once. My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going, you cannot come. A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (John 13:31-35)

The word “Maundy” comes from the Latin word for commandment (mandatum), which Jesus talked about when he told his disciples that he was leaving them “a new commandment,” that they “love one another.” There were probably so many things going on in the disciples’ minds in that upper room where they had their last supper together, including fear and bewilderment from Jesus telling them that someone in that very room would betray him.

Jesus handed the betrayer a piece of bread, just as he had been feeding all his disciples all along. Always giving, always gracing. Jesus fed thousands of people with fish and loaves, and every word that came out of his mouth was spiritual food for those who listened and understood. But on this night he fed them differently. Passing the bread, and then the wine, he spoke ominous, comforting words: “this is my body… this is my blood.” This was not an ordinary supper, not even an ordinary Passover. His words connected with what he had said on the shores of far-away Galilee “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty…. whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day” (Jn. 6:35,54).

Jesus told them to repeat this unique meal in the future, and then it was time to go out into the chilly night. In a quiet garden among olive trees, quiet but for the deep night sounds of distant dogs barking, Jesus prayed. In agony he prayed. The specter of shameful execution and of bearing the curse of sin tore into the human consciousness of Jesus. And in the end it was sheer obedience to the divine plan that carried Jesus into the hands of the conspirators waiting for him.



taken from Bible Gateway, Knowing Him - An Easter Devotional by Mel Lawrens, Ph.D.

The Wednesday Funnies

A little something to help you get over the "Hump"... Happy Wednesday!

Virginity like bubble, one prick, all gone.

Man who run in front of car get tired.

Man who run behind car get exhausted.

Man with hand in pocket feel cocky all day.

Foolish man give wife grand piano, wise man give wife upright organ.

Man who walk through airport turnstile sideways going to Bangkok.

Man with one chopstick go hungry.

Man who scratch ass should not bite fingernails.

Man who eat many prunes get good run for money.

Baseball is wrong: man with four balls cannot walk.

Panties not best thing on earth! but next to best thing on earth.

War does not determine who is right, war determine who is left.

Wife who put husband in doghouse soon find him in cat house.

Man who fight with wife all day get no piece at night.

It take many nails to build crib, but one screw to fill it.

Man who drive like hell, bound to get there.

Man who stand on toilet is high on pot.

Man who live in glass house should change clothes in basement.

Man who fish in other man's well often catch crabs.

Man who fart in church sit in own pew.

Crowded elevator smell different to midget.


Also, Hello Rosie his a milestone today
with this being my 100th post!

Integrity... it's free

"INTEGRITY IS TELLING MYSELF THE TRUTH. AND HONESTY IS TELLING THE TRUTH TO OTHER PEOPLE." - SPENCER JOHNSON

I stopped in over at S30P to check out what the writing prompt for this week was, low and behold there is a quote... not a word, but a quote. I couldn't pass this one up. As many of you know I have had a great deal of turmoil in my life. Between problems with my husband and the loss of several friends, the words INTEGRITY and HONESTY have played a major role in getting my life, the life of my family, and my career back on track.

“The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries to hide them, is unfit to walk the highway of truth.” ~ James Allen

I really don't understand why such a simple thing is so complicated. Honesty and Integrity... why is it so hard? Why is it so hard to be honest with people? Most folks don't realize that if they are upfront and honest to begin with, the repercussions are far less than if they have to explain why they were not honest to begin with? Oh, I was scared that you would be mad, I thought it would be better if you didn't know. Seriously? Let me make that decision, not you. And then there is integrity... Integrity people... If you don't act like "it", then you won't have to cover up and lie to other people about what happened and why you acted like "it" in the first place... oh and you won't be treated like "it" either. I put "it" in quotations because it would be unchristian like to call someone names... just saying. Name calling is simply childish.

I only have time in my life for people who are up front and honest with me.... hence the post about Honesty and Integrity. I do not have time for someone who says they are my friend, but run around telling my business to everyone. If you are one of those people who lacks the ability to be trustworthy... move on. I really hope that one day you will see that this type of behavior is unhealthy. I am not be the perfect Christian by far... but my Savior is. So with that in mind I will tell you I make mistakes, but I will admit when I am wrong. If you come to me and say.... Hey Rosie, did you say blah blah blah or did you blah blah blah? I'm going to be honest with you and tell you if I did or didn't. I may not be proud of some of the things I have done in my life, that is my business and no one else's. 

So as I'm writing this post, a song that I have grown to love comes on KLove... Matt Maher's Hold Us Together, and it all becomes crystal clear to me. You have got to be happy with yourself and the cards you have been dealt. You must make the best of everything you have. Happiness is not something that someone gives you, you can only give it to yourself. There is no amount of money or popularity that will make you love yourself and be happy. It took me forever to finally learn that as long as you are deceptive, as long as you lie to yourself and everyone else, you will never, and I mean NEVER be truly happy. I have found my true happiness... I found it with my renewed relationship with Christ, with my revived relationship with my husband, and my rewarding relationship with my children and my friends. I have learned that you have to have love and respect for yourself, to learn to love and respect other people. The only way to be a true friend and a happy person... the only way... it to have some integrity and honesty. Without that, you are setting yourself up for failure every time.

Thank you to my dear sweet husband, I love you Buck... and to my family and friends, thank you and I love you as well.  - Rosie

 “Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” ~ Dr. Seuss

“I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.” ~ Pietro Aretino

 Love will hold us together, make us a shelter to weather the storm. And I'll be my brother's keeper, so the whole world would know that we're not alone  - Matt Maher