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You ever wake up and just want to growl? I do. Like today. I get the most pleasant wake up a person could ask for, no rude alarm clock or anything like that it’s the sweet face of dear hubby in the mornings waking me up. That’s wonderful.

However, these last two nights of sleep have been particularly good and restful, where I sleep through the night and don’t wake up at all. Nights like these are rare for me, I wake up constantly through the night usually. So when I get to rest this way when it’s time to wake up, it’s really hard for me not to go back to that place of no bills, worries or problem that we all love. Sleep is so comforting.

But damned if these paychecks aren’t important too, so I had to get up today and so did you and that’s what led you here, I’m part of your routine. (I’m so digging that by the way, you know who you are!)

But the meat of this contest is this…that look you get in the morning, when you’d rather not deal with anything and you look like the covers are the only thing you want on you, that snapshot of your face (or your loved ones) might win you $50 smackeroonies.

Oh yeah. I want the mad face, grumpy face, no caffeine yet face. The one that makes people who don’t know you laugh and realize we are all human, like this one of @DoubleAgentGirl (a bud from Twitter):

Or this one of Khalik Sheikh Mohammed when he was arrested in the middle of the night by Americans for his terrorist activities:

Sucks to be him doesn’t it? LOL, couldn’t help but share that photo, I can hear a thick Arabic accent saying, “I don’t do mornings!”, ROFLMAO!

There’s been endless speculation about DoubleAgentGirl’s involvement in the capture of this terrorist however, our formal statement is that we have no statement.

So here’s how it’s gonna play out, you guys are going to submit your photos that follow the theme “I Don’t Do Mornings”, each Friday (8-29, 9-5, 9-12) for three weeks I’m putting the photos submitted up for a vote from the readers on which picture best fits that caption, ideally each week there will be one clear winner. Each Friday’s winner will be held over for the fourth week of voting and will get a mention here as well as the Winner of the Week and gain entry to my High Profile BlogRoll for a whole month!

In the fourth week, on September 19th we will hold the voting for the ultimate winner of the three Winners of the Week. That winner will win the $50 Grand Prize Gift Card!

You can submit the photos to MouthyGirl@Gmail.com.

Get started now the first drawing is this Friday!

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Over the weekend I got down to business and got a lot of things done on the site and at home. I talked about it a little bit yesterday, updated the version of WordPress that MouthyGirl is built on and all the plugins as well.

Geeky stuff, but done. I also ordered a book that will help me write better, hopefully. I am in the market for a book about grammar, or maybe a book on tape. This is something I need to work on, I know Elements of Style is the bible of grammar, but I get bored quickly and am afraid I won’t read it. So if I could get a book on tape that would be great, I think that would be easier to ingest.

So I got quite a bit done, thought I’d share one of my favorite songs with you guys. From none other than the angriest white rapper, Eminem….this is a fun song.

It’s Monday and Mondays are always miserable, so with that I share another song I adore and own the cd for: Misery Business by Paramore.

I love that song. So if any of you know of a good grammar book on tape or something short and sweet that will give me a crash course that would be great.

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Sunday is a somewhat busy day around the house, it’s laundry day and despite our good intentions to do it Saturday, usually shopping day as well. Lots of errands and housework.

But yesterday I got a lot done too, worked for several hours and then finally installed the last updates on for the administrative parts of MouthyGirl.com the geeky stuff.

I also did away with lots of excess categories, so the category section is not so long anymore. Every post had multiple categories, but at the end of the day, one will get you to any post here. Or you can use your trusty search box, handily provided below. This is going to be over there to the right from now on by the way, so that you can find anything you’re looking for on MouthyGirl.

Custom Search

Now that we’ve settled into the new digs here at MouthyGirl it’s time to get down to the business of this movement we’ve started. More than feminist and not as abrasive appearing…we are mouthygirls. Lovable, beautiful, enjoyable, fun MouthyGirls. Right?

Maybe later today I’ll relax a while and play Galaga ‘90 on the Wii. Oh yeah. Did you know I’m the Galaga Champ? Yes, indeed.

I’ll take some pictures later and post them so you can see what a slayer MouthyGirl is of the aliens on Galaga. I’m the Annihilator!

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Today we’re having a Motley Crue sponsored Girlfriday - today my Dad had his heart shocked because he had an irregular heart beat, this is their way of trying to get it to beat the right way again. My Dad was diving in Cozumel in 1999 and died when he tried to come up to quickly…they brought him back thankfully but since that time he has had an irregular heart beat. His stroke a month ago made that something he could no longer do nothing about. So since this is the second time he’s been kickstarted…

I miss being a kid and thinking that Dad would never go anywhere. Thinking that he was superman and that he could do anything. I still think he can do anything, but I know now that he’s not superman and he is but a mere mortal. That scares me to think about so I avoid it when I can.

So the procedure was successful, they stopped his heart and then started it up again and it started the right way. There’s a lot he has to do to maintain that, but he’ll do it.

I know my Dad never gets on the internet, and when he does get on, my website is the last thing on his mind….but regardless, here’s a song to you Dad.

Facing mortality is such a draining thing to do.

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No one likes to think about it, much less admit it, out loud or to themselves. That side of us that thinks negatively, judges quickly, makes us paranoid and suspicious, that ugly side of us, that we don’t want anyone to see because we know it’s a frowned upon attitude or thought process.

I have that inside me, the UGLY. The ugly makes me think I am ugly and that makes me care what other people think of me. I don’t like to think other people affect the way I feel about myself, but they do. That same ugly makes me think ugly thoughts about other people, I make assumptions that aren’t right, judgements that I feel guilty for later, and other deeds that are certainly not honorable.

I drink far too much. I find it to be one of the precious few things that calms me. Sometimes I feel lost and don’t know what direction to take, wishing I had a clear talent, something I was good at. I have to try at everything…nothing comes easily really.

But I have the UGLY. The syndrome that makes me feel like I’m being judged and where I too am guilty of the wrong assumption. Do you have days like this? Weeks, even months?

Seems sometimes I can’t shake this negative attitude, then for a while I’m doing well and staying positive and feeling successful…

Oh well, tomorrow is GirlFriday and that always cheers me up!

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DUE TO RECENT BUDGET CUTS, AND THE RISING COST OF ELECTRICITY, GAS AND OIL -

THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL HAS BEEN TURNED OFF.

WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.

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I’ve been tagged with a meme by LilMomThatCould, a blog that you definitely want to check out. You’ll be glad you did.

On to the meme, which if I didn’t mention it before is a sort of chain letter adapted for the internet. LilMomThatCould posted this same one, which I linked to above and tagged me to do the same meme. Given the opportunity to tell you something odd about myself is something I am delighted to do! I see these oddities all the time, so it won’t be hard to give up five of them. Naturally I pick myself apart, but I’m glad I have people around who love me despite them.

Here are the Rules:

1. Link the person who tagged you.

2. Mention the rules on your blog.

3. Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks you possess.

4. Tag 6 following bloggers by linking them.

5. Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger’s blogs letting them know they’ve been tagged.

Okay…so six unspectacular quirks that I possess.

1. I hate my sheets to be exposed so I make my bed everyday. I have two cats, and I do not cotton to the idea of having kitty hair in my bedsheets, much as I love the little money sucks, I don’t have any desire to share my sleeping space with their hair. So I make the bed everyday. And we lock them out of the bedroom while we’re gone. They don’t need to get the idea they have the run of the house. Said kitties featured below, first we have Punk (very aptly named by the way) and then we have Rebound (whose nickname is SpeedBump for obvious reasons).

2. A second oddball quirk…I hate a full sink. And if that means I have to stack dirty dishes neatly beside the sink, that’s what that means. Yes I know it’s easier just to wash them…but sometimes I don’t want to take the time to do that. Which takes me to number 3.

3. I have to wash my dishes before I wash my dishes. Yeah, no rinsing and sticking them in and winging it for me, oh no. So when my dishes come out with crap on them, you know I’m pissed off! I know they didn’t go in there like that! I used to hear when I was a kid, “the dishwasher is NOT a garbage disposal!” I got the point.

4. I hate trash anywhere but in the trash can, and I hate it there too. I hate trash. Further, I think that should be a man’s job, every time. I don’t think women should have to deal with that at all. We’re expected to smell good, look pretty and give you hot sex….ahem, step with the trash yo.

5. I’m outta numbers but not quirks….hmmm….maybe you guys will be lucky enough to hear about more again later. Okay…last but not least quirk… I think hairy people are gross. Ew Ew Ew. When a person is hairy, then has the nerve to wear shorts, um could we cover that up please? I could puke, really. Icky Icky Yuck!

So that’s my five, now I gotta figure out who I’m gonna tag. So of course I’m going to pick on the quirkiest people I know in the blogosphere.

We’ll start with tagging Dan who was reading Sabrina’s Money Matters back when I was getting my blogging feet wet. Tag you’re it Dan! I know what that means and you’re on! Then I’m tagging Sara who wrote about unfortunate incidents the same week I had one, so I couldn’t help it, and I love her blog, who couldn’t use a little lesson in Simplicity?

I don’t know if CardioGirl will participate, but I hope so, she always makes me laugh. Always. I must tag JD, we both do things, but she blogs about it, you’ll love her and her quirks!

Last but not least is a new blog I’m reading FatGrrl. I love it. Nuff said, you must check it out. I have another one I’m reading, but not gonna divulge that gem yet. We’ll just say FatGrrl led me there.

So tag peeps! You’re it!

** Update: As I reread this post I realized that between the title and the end I forgot I owed you six quirks…um not five. I guess I forgot how to count. So sixth quirk, sometimes my brain will be going through thought processes faster than my brain can keep up and I lose things in the process….like how many quirks I was supposed to tell you about. It’s frustrating, some might call this ADD, I might too, but I don’t like labels.

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