The Questionaire

Aaron had a challenge for me on his blog. He wanted me to answer these questions, so here you go Aaron. If any of you so desire, please answer them yourselves and post them for me to see too!

What were you doing 10 years ago?

-Let's see, I was still at Tech, I hadn't quit school yet. And Aaron, your girlfriend and I would go to Metropolis and Jack Jammers every Wednesday to shake our asses with complete strangers.

What were you doing 1 year ago?

I was almost 5 months prego and already had a 13 month old child trying to explore a house under construction that had no roof-- in the middle of winter! I was having a breakdown!!!!!

5 snacks you enjoy...

Swedish Fish, the red ones
Mozzerella sticks
chocolate, in any form
Lady Fingers (those powder sugar covered cookies)
BROWNIES BROWNIES BROWNIES

Five Songs to which you know all the Lyrics:

One of my strange talents is that I can somehow remember lyrics after only hearing a song once or twice, so it would be easier to say five songs I DON'T know the lyrics to...

-Old Lang Syne (everyone will sing it in a couple of days)
-Informer by Snow
-Its the end of the world as we know it
-Hava nigilla
-The Thong Song. Well, I know parts of it

5 Things you would do if you were a millionaire:
-Buy my dreamhouse, the Brandybrook...but bigger
-Build my own zoo, in my yard
-Buy my dad a dreamhouse-with a zoo
-Have some "work" done
-Hire nannies and maids to clean my house and help me with my kids so my husband and I can enjoy my new million dollar porn star curves!

5 Bad Habits:
-Nail Biting
-Procrastinating
-Laziness
-I sometimes overspend hee hee oops
-swearing God Damn I gotta stop that shit

5 things you will never wear again:
-Leggings
-cuffed jeans tucked into multi layred, colored socks
-any item of clothing that would confuse my alligiance to rival gangs
-This James Brown perm my mom made me get. Oh, it was aweful. I'll find the pic and post it
-A wedding dress. I may still try mine on from time to time, but I'll never wear another one for my own purposes, except for modeling of course.

5 Favorite Toys:
-All of my toy horses
-A volleyball
-My pinball machine
-ZooTycoon, that game is so addicting
-And there was this one thing I got from my Passion Party...

Where's Jessica's Post Damit?!?

I had a huge brainfart today when I was searching for Addy's Friend of the Day: Jessica
I was freaking out when it did not appear at the top of my blog...
I know I didn't do all that work just to lose it.
I republished and republished my entire blog and all that I kept seeing headlining was Johnny's manly mug with the TOBO sex swing on the roof of his car. Isn't really a bad thing-- but I was looking for Jess!
Well, I published an update a while ago about Jess's post coming soon, so if you want to read about Jess, which I HIGHLY suggest doing, you'll have to scroll down to read it or click on it on my sidebar.
I don't know how to move posts or keep them at the top after new ones have been written. That would mean that I've been taking tips from Aaron and I don't want to be known for doing that.
SO SCROLL DOWN TO MEET ADDY'S FRIEND OF THE DAY: JESSICA
oh, and read the posts in between too will ya'!

SEX SWINGS for $10.00 --Only At TOBO's

Last night, all of my friends decided to get together. Many of them you've already met as Addy's Friends of the Day. John, Dan, Kelly,Jeff, Andrea (you'll meet her soon),
Jess (whom you'll meet TODAY) and Kevin and me, all met at Thunderbay restaurant in Waukesha for A DRINK as it had first been described and intended as such when planned.
As we were waiting for everyone to arrive, many drinks were had, which made our drunken anticipation to visit TOBO's only increase that much more.

I bet you're wondering, "WTF is TOBO's???" My friends, TOBO's is pure magic. TOBO's is anything and everything your little heart could dream of spending the American dollar on.
In short, TOBO's is awesome.
John's father, Tom, owns a shop in Hartford where he has just about anything you could think of...and he sells it dirt f*ckin' cheap. It's absolutely amazing. It's not all junk either if thats what your next thought was. Many of the items he has are overstock products from stores you buy from everyday. We bought all of our light fixtures from there when we remodeled our house. I'm talkin' crystal chandelier's for $60.00 when they're selling in the stores for $300. Only because the box was a little damaged, but none of the contents were.

The store's name is not called TOBO's. It's actually "FINDERS JEEPERS", but on a trip out there once, yours truly created the name TOBO's, meaning Tom's Overstock Bargain Outlet
and it stuck once Tom said he hated it. I think it's fitting.
You have to enjoy searching for your treasures though. If you've ever been to Goodwill, TJMaxx or BigLots and haven't pulled your hair out...YOU'LL LOVE TOBO's!
Since Tom recieves dozens of palletes everyday of- whatever is on a truck, things are jumbled everywhere in the the most fascinating labrynth of books, tools, furniture, clothing, nic nacs, toys, collectibles, electronics and sex swings.

Did you just say SEX SWING Addy?!?! Yes I did blogheads.
We all thought that Jeffy discovered the deal of the century when he found a collectible, working Light Saber for $20.00!!! The same Light Sabers dorks are paying $150.00 for----twenty bucks at TOBO's.
IT IS SO COOL!!!!! It lights up just like the light saber would engage, it makes the sounds of a light saber, and when you make contact with something, you hear that great static-ish assult sound! Yeah, all of the creation of Industrial Light and Magic...for one Jefferson...at TOBO's.

Jeff had a good find no doubt, but I know you want to hear about this sex swing.
Since we were "Preferred customers", Johnnys dad took us up to the 3rd floor on this great, old elevator, that I wasn't even sure would hold us all. You know the ones that have no door and you can see the floors passing you by as you rise up to your designated floor.
Well as we were perusing around stacks of chandeliers, old telephone booths and antique furniture, Tom had finally started to realize that we were fun loving people that were just a little drunk--not crazy. So Tom directs us over to this huge shelving unit and says in a loud, carnival style voice, "And the winner tonight will recieve..."
and there it was--a sex swing.
Everyone began to laugh hystericlly and then the guys began to walk away uninterested. But a spark ignited in us girls and we began to investigate this wonderful find. We were astounded to see that the swing came with a stand. I won't name names, but one of our ladies so boldly asked Tom, this keeper of the mystical sex swing, "How much you want for the swing?". In which everyone looked at her stunned, except me. I was interested too! I can admit that.
"How much?" Tom contemplated,
"I'll give ya' ten bucks" my sexually empowered friend boasted,
"OK" TOBO responded.
So we all gathered our arm fulls of purchases and readily paid Tom with anxious delight. And yes, Tom only charged TEN DOLLARS for the swing!!!!
Unfortunately, we did not have enough room in the back of our minivan for the large package that the sex swing encompused, not after all of our purchases. So Johnny stepped up to the plate and strapped that baby to the roof of his truck!!!

Just visualize driving around downtown Hartford, which is mostly composed of retirement communities by the way, and seeing this truck with a huge box that reads in bold print,
UNIVERSAL SEX SWING WITH STAND complete with these illustrations on the box...

So what did we decide to do once we got this love making toy extrodinare strapped on the roof for everyone to see what one of our friends had proudly purchased? We stopped for a bite to eat at the "Mineshaft" restaurant and bar. We were all starving and I think most of us needed another drink(s) after what had just transpired. So Johnny pulls up directly in front of the Mineshaft's front windows, giving the entire bar a front row view of Johnnys "shaggin' wagon".

When we walked into the bar, we were greeted with a standing ovation from every Minshaft patron and employee. I told John, "If you didn't have a girlfriend when you woke up this morning, you'll have one when you go to bed tonight!" The funny thing was, that it wasn't even for him, but he's a great friend and wanted to help in ANY way he could. Yeah, I'm sure that's what it was.

People came up to us and were asking if it was ours and if it was for real. We actually didn't think it would still be on the roof when we left the restaurant!!!!

On the way home, passing cars were slowing down and I think I even heard a few horns blare as John passed them by with the "love swing" gracing the ski rack on his Mitsubishi. But we were prepared to use Jeffys Light Saber to fend off any pheremonal females once they got wind of the sex swings scent.

We joked that it will be a "community swing" and everyone would get their chance to experience it's magic. I don't know about that though...can you use Lysol Antibacterial Spray on pleather?

Well, I'll let you know how it is-- if the swing ever finds it's way into my living room. For now, I'll just have to suspend myself from my canopy bed, and wish my friends who DID take it home, happy times.

And if you get the chance to visit TOBO's, I highly suggest it.

Finders Jeepers is located at 710 N. Johnson Street, Hartford, WI 53027

Though the swing was probably a one time deal, you never know what other treasures await you at Finders Jeepers. If you do happen to find another swing, pick it up for me will ya"?

This Idiot's Got A Lot Of Balls

Every now and then, my friends over at Mitchieville report on topics near and dear to my heart. Most time's very sick and twisted, though this story I'd heard about before and thought I should share it again on my blog.

In this case, it's okay that this story orginally came from the Republican-American website, evil people are evil people and it doesn't matter who exposes them- as long as the word gets out.

WATERBURY -- A Bridgewater man admitted having sex with a young girl as his case was prepared to go to trial.
Robert Stillman, 56, of 410 Northrup St. in Bridgewater, pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of risk of injury involving sexual assault before Judge Frank Iannotti in Waterbury Superior Court.

Now in Addy's world, without hearing anything else, this is grounds enough to suit up this asshole and send him to Iraq wearing a sandwich board that reads, "I rape *sand niger girls" and see how long he lasts on his own.
*Disclaimer- I never have and would never use that term for my own purposes. EVER.

Stillman pleaded guilty under the Alford Doctrine, which means he acknowledged the state had enough evidence to win a conviction at trial.

And what, I ponder, was the undesputable evidence that made this sick dirtbag come clean???

The key piece of evidence against Stillman was the victim's ability to describe his third testicle, a congenital abnormality which he initially denied having.

A medical evaluation later confirmed it and prompted Stillman to accept the plea agreement.

A MEDICAL EVALUATION? How in depth did that eval have to be?

"Mr. Stillman, would you please drop your pants."

(pants hit the floor)

*snicker* *snicker*

"OK , he's our guy. Book em' Danno."

Prosecutor Dawn Gallo said the evidence was clear that Stillman had sex with the girl, who was 8 and 9 when the assaults occurred. The girl's story, which she told first to her brother and then a counselor, matched the evidence in the case. DNA evidence gathered from Stillman's home further backed up her story.

Okay, so, great. Evil person caught. What happened to our victim? The little girl who will have to live the rest of her life with the image of this sick, demented bastard burned into her brain...

The child has been in state custody for more than three years, Gallo said. Now 13, she has blamed herself for Stillman's prison term and the breakup of Stillman's family, Gallo said.

See, when shit like this happens to people, they're scared for life, not only physically but more so emotionally. And where are her parents throughout all of this I wonder?

Stillman faced a life sentance if a jury of six had found him guilty of having sex with the girl on multiple occasions.

So what kind of sentance did our Valiant rapist recieve?

In exchange for his admissions, Stillman accepted a plea agreement and must serve three and a half years in prison and 15 years of probation.
The agreement also requires Stillman to register as a sex offender.

This is what really pisses me off!!!! How does that even come CLOSE to life in prison? And registering as a sex offender is almost a joke, at least in this country. They'll probably put him up in a condo about three blocks away from a middle school or a community pool.

The plea agreement was also accepted by attorney Judith Dixon, who represented that girl.

Well, I'm glad to see that justice was served in a fair and noble way. That the innocence of our children is being protected from sexual predators who seek to destroy their livelyhood.
If you ask me, I think they should chop off that third mutant nut he has and make him eat it.
God knows it won't help that little girl, but as a former victim myself and now as a mother,
I'd sure appreciate it.

...and for this, I apologize

In one of my recent posts, I made reference to an ex-boyfriend of mine and falsely represented his dating status.
While this was not my intention, nor was I aware that he had been living with someone for 2 1/2 years, I undeniably roughed the waters of his current realtionship.

Tonight, shortly after finally getting my kids to bed, the phone rang. Needless to say it woke up my son. Anywho, the voice on the other line was none other than Matt (the Lovemachine) himself. Oddly surprised, I said, "Hey! How are you?"
Then he proceeded to ask me if I was familiar with some blogspot something or other and asked if I wrote two pages about him on my blog.
"No" I said. "It was more like a paragraph, and it was about how you always told me when we dated that you should never have to work at a relationship and how I disagreed,"
and I then said, "I jokingly added- thats why you were still single."

Well, as I mentioned above, I can't say that I remembered him telling me he was living with a girl for 2 1/2 years. And rightfully so, why would he tell me?
And moreover, why would I care? It's really none of my business. When I have seen Matt, our conversations are momentary and consist of nothing more than...
"How's your mom doing?"
"My kids are great"
"Wow, wrestling in Italy, good for you."
Thats about it. Anything more would require entirely too much effort on each of our behalves.

So as Matt is talking to me on the phone about my controversial blog post, he asked me if I could tell his girlfriend (who I'll remain nameless out of respect for her) that he and I haven't gone out on a date for a couple of years, and that basically there's nothing between us.
"Sure" I said. I'm a good sport, and I don't want to cause drama in anyone's relationship. And since I've actually BEEN in her shoes before, I felt I owed it to her. No one deserves to feel that they've been lied to.

So she got on the phone and I told her that Matt and I haven't been out together in more than a couple of years. It's more like 5 years to be exact. Shit, I've been married for a couple of years. I've got a couple of kids. If Matt was in my agenda (which he's not) why would he even dream of taking on all of my baggage. That would just be silly.

I guess when I used the word "SINGLE" to describe Matt's social status, I meant- not married. In my world now, either you're single, or you're married.
Not that I'm discrediting relationships of co-habitation either. I was Kevin's
"domestic partner" before we got married.
Domestic partnership- it's not just for gay people anymore.

Bottom line, she felt offended, and for that, I apologize to her. And out of respect for their very commited and serious relationship of the heart, I will remove the post where I spoke of Matt and lighteheartedly poked fun at him and his long-since-extinct dating habits.

So if you are indeed a fan of "The Lovemachine", you only have a few hours left to click on the link I supplied to give him his props, and purchase The Lovemachine's Greatest Matches on VHS or DVD.

I guess the only positive thing that came from this, is that I know people other than Aaron, read my blog, even if they don't comment.

Besides, I've got my own Lovemachine, and we have our own "greatest matches" collection, but you can't buy those tapes online----well, not yet at least.

FINALLY Addy's Friend of the Day: Jessica

I've purposely been waiting to post this just to keep my pal Aaron on his toes. I know he's been waiting for this version of Addy's friend of the Day.

In my life, there have only been a handful of people that have inspired me in the most powerful of ways. Someone that makes you a better person, just for knowing them. An individual that gives of themselves and asks nothing in return, but your friendship and love.
For me, and so many others, is why I dedicate this post to my wondeful Friend, Jessica.
I met Jess not too long after Kevin and I had been dating. Jessica and her husband, Jeff invited us over to thier apartment for dinner. Jeff, like John, Aaron and Dan, also went to college with Kevin for engineering and would also be at this party. Needless to say, I was terrified and extremely nervous. This was the first time I'd be meeting many of these people, and all that flowed through my head were thoughts of inadequecy.
"Am I going to fit in with these people?" I thought.
I was more worried about meeting the women than the guys though. See, women hate women, it's a scientific fact. And typically, women aren't fond of other women infiltrating their fragile circle of "Friends" (which basically means they've surrounded themselves with women their husbands would never want to sleep with).

I could barely breathe when Kevin and I walked up to Jeff and Jessica's apartment.
Of course, like all men do, a quick intro was made and then the guys scurried outside for a smoke, and I'm sure, to talk smack about Kevin's newest "flavor of the week"!!!
So I was left alone with Jessica and Andrea (Dan's wife, who you'll meet soon).
Now you have to understand, I was a bit intimidated. Jess is a stunning woman, tall, beautiful long, blonde locks, perfect teeth, bright eyes, and then I look over at Andrea....tall, blonde, great smile- you get the picture. Well, once they started making small talk, I felt much more at ease. Jess (as well as Andrea) was a huge animal nut, just like me, in fact, we had all gotten along SO WELL that before the end of the evening, our conversation had even graduated to ripping on our significant others! A red letter day for any woman that needs to vent.
Jess was the most warm and genuine person I had met such a long time. She was a breath of fresh air for me, as was the entire evening of getting to know all of these wonderful people that would soon come to be my most cherished friends.

Flash forward a couple of years, when Kevin and I announced that we were getting married, similtaniously in accord with the announcement that we were going to have a baby, Jessica was such a sweetie and said she would help in whatever way she could. For my bridal shower, Jessica and Andrea brought me yellow roses, my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE! The funny thing is, that I don't remember ever telling them that, though Jess swore I had. It really was one of the nicest things anyone did for my shower.

Also, I forgot to mention that Jessica was expecting their first child at the same time I was, so she and I had become closer just in that manner alone. We became "bitching" buddies, always complaining and sharing our experiences about pregnancy. Jess was there to help me through the times when being pregnant AND planning a wedding were just too much to take. BELIEVE ME ---there were times I wanted to get away from everything.
i.e. Bachelor parties....GGGRRRRRRRRRR EVIL F*CKING MEN!
In retrospect, I should've asked Jessica (and Andrea) to stand up in our wedding if I had known what wonderful, wonderful influences they would be on my life. But we just didn't have enough friends on both sides to match people up.

Jessica gave birth to their beautiful baby girl in September of 2003. And this says what a wonderful friend she is... less than a week after their baby was born, I was having MY baby shower as I was due only 8 weeks after Jess. Jeff and Jessica CAME to my baby shower with their newborn Tess. It was so great! No one could believe how great Jess looked.
After Vinny was born(8 weeks later) in November of 2003, Jess and I then went from exchanging pregnancy woes to stories of new mommy blues. Not "Brooke Shields" mommy blues where she wanted to end it all, but there were some times that if I didn't have Jess to talk to, I don't know what I would've done. My eyes would've dried up and fallen out due to all the crying I was doing.
When Vinny was about 7 months old, a strange feeling came over me, and I was compelled to search for that home pregnancy test I vowed to bury after my son was born.
Of course... the damn thing came up positive and I just about shit my pants.
"What?!? I'm just starting to fit in my 7's again!"
So who did I call first? Jess.
The following is a reinactment of an actual telephone conversation that took place in July of 2004
"Jess, it's Addy"
"Hey Addy! How are you hun?"
"Uh ok. So I've been feellin' kinda weird lately and..."
"SHUT UP..."
"Yeah, so I found my spare EPT and..."
(Jess knew how EPT's came in a VALUE 2 pack, you know- just in case)
"SHUT UP..."
"Yeah, and it came up positive"
"You're F***ING joking right" *laughing*
"Nope."
"HOLY SHIT ADDY!!!" "Congratulations...I think" *still laughing*
A month later, we were all playing in a volleyball tournament in Hustler, Wi called the Hooterbowl.
Hooterbowl in Hustler, classy I know.
So when Jeff and Jess got in their hotel room, I jumped on their bed and began rubbing my ass all over it spreading my "prego germs". Jess immediately yelled, "Get off the bed! You're gonna curse us too!" Though the weather sucked, and it rained all weekend for an outdoor sand tournament, we had a blast...
and it seemed that my prego germs worked.
A few weeks later, Jess called me and didn't say anything but, "It's all your fault."
I couldn't believe it!!!!! It really wasn't my fault at all. Jess was prego before the tournament and just didn't know. So once again here we were, both expecting, at virtually the same time. People thought we went to some weird sex camp, which probably would've been pretty cool.

I am convinced that these circumstances fall on our husbands' shoulders. See, Kevin & Jeff have this strange non-competitive competition going on. It applies to tv's. When Jeff bought a big screen, Kevin got a bigger big screen. It applies to vehicles. Jeff bought a Chevy Avalanche, then Kevin got one too. Though Jeff has the Z31 package or whatever, so his is still better.
Then it applied to offspring. Jeff got Jess prego, so Kevin rebuttled. Then Kev thought he'd top Jeff and give us yet another baby, but Jeff would not be outdone so easily.
Our daughter Madison was born this April, and only 3 weeks after, in early May, Jeff and Jess welcomed their second little girl, Maya to the world.
Family life, though it came on very suddenly, without planning, seemed to work for Jess and me since we kinda had each other to lean on, knowing we would each understand the other.

Jessica is such a wonderful mother. She stayed strong with nursing her second child long after I'd put Maddy on formula. Maddy just wasn't getting the hang of nursing and I truely didn't mind not having her attached to my ta-ta 24/7.
In June, Jess told me she was having some trouble nursing too and that she was going to the doc to see what was going on. We all got together a few days later to go to the grand opening of our zoo's new feline house (very awesome by the way) and I wanted to ask Jess how the doctor's visit went then, but I didn't think it was the right time or place. So when Jess called me and said that they had found a lump in her breast, my heart sank deep into my stomach. Then a whirlwind of unwanted information of the worst news, surrounded us concerning our beautiful Jess that was wrapped up in two shocking words.
Breast cancer.
"How could this happen?!!" I thought. I was infuriated and confused. I felt much like myself at 9 years old again, trying to grasp issues far beyond my control. Jess is a healthy woman, 28 years old, lives a good life and has a beautiful family to care for. What the hell was going on here? This wasn't supposed to happen to people like her. I guess thats we all thought when we heard the rest of the news.
It turned out Jessica would need surgery to remove the mass. Since it was detected early, the out look was very positive that after the surgery, and routine chemo and radiation, Jess would have a full recovery. Doctors make it sound so simple though. Sure, you may lose a breast, you'll be sick all the time, you'll have to leave your job, you may lose your hair and your entire world will be turned upside down, but we did catch it early.
Through ALL of this, Jessica has been no less than an absolute inspiration to me and the hundreds of others her story has touched. With help from her tremendous family and friends, Jess ahs still managed to care for her family and still get out with us to tear it up at times.
We all participated in the Susan Komen Race for the Cure and you can read all about that on Aarons blog. Of course, I would've written about it, but I didn't want to steal Aaron's thunder. We had one of the largest first year teams, cause we all love her so damn much. Awe, i know. I don't have the pic of the ENTIRE team Jessica, I don't think I'd know how to minimize it enough to fit on here anyway! But here's the people that mean the most to me anyway...

From left to right: Kelly, Danno, Jessica & Maya, Andrea, Me & Maddy, Johnny, Aaron (with PINK saftey goggles), Kevin & Mr. Vinny, and Jeff is kneeling with Pretty Miss Tess on his shoulders

Jessica will be recieving her LAST chemo treatment this week!!!! YEAH! WOOHOO! WHOOP! WHOOP! Then she will have radiation, and hopefully be able to kiss this shit good bye. Then I'm takin' her out and us girlz are gonna get completely blitzed and curse the day we got breasts, though I'm still waiting for mine to arrive!

I do have other photos I will post up here for everyone to enjoy, but it is a long post so I will update this with new photos later.

So not only is Jess a wonderful friend, wife and mother, she is now an inspiration to women all over the globe that are dealing with the same issues this disease brings to millions of women. Thats whay I'm changing Jess from Addy's Friend of the Day, to "Addy's Friend of the Year" That means she gets a FREE Lifetime subcription to Inconspicuous Construction, otherwise known as, my blog. heehee

She has made such an impact on my life, I'm so blessed to have her as a friend.

Jess, here's to a wonderful upcomming 2006 for you and your amazing family! We love you!

For more info on Breast cancer awareness go here