Chronicles of Marnia

So I've been whining about my bad haircut on Twitter. Today I'm extra meloncholy about missing it because I found this picture from two years ago. I'm the second one on the right. Awwww, long flowing locks, how I miss you. You'll come back to me, I know you will, but until then, I'll pine (and whine).



My youngest is the cutie patootie in the center with a blanket wrapped around her. This was taken at a Make A Wish golf tournament we help out at each year. So this picture isn't just about my hair ;-) This is a lead in to tell you about what I'll be doing on my blog next month.

September is Childhood cancer (sorry, cancer never gets capitalized if I can help it) Awareness Month. Each day next month, I'll be featuring a child we met (and sometimes lost) on Peyton's journey through cancer. And each time I feature one of these brave kiddos, I'm going to tell you what you can do to help fund childhood cancer research.

Tell your friends. I hope you'll visit here daily once September hits. You will be amazed at the bravery and faith of these young warriors.

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You'd think my next posting would have been about sending my baby off to college. Yeah, yeah, I'm working on it. I don't want to be all mushy and sad right now and I'm afraid I would be if I started writing on it, so I'm procrastinating. And if procrastination were a spiritual gift, I could do big things for the Kingdom of God...but I digress.

Today's post, instead, is a public service announcement: This morning, my boss's wife called me. She told me she had received a call, on her home number, from a lady who was asking for me (WTFrak??). So boss's wife dutifully takes down the number and calls me to tell me about this really odd call.

I'm so suspicious of what this is, so I don't call it, I Google it. It takes me to a BBB site where others have posted complaints. This "company" that called my boss's wife apparently surfs websites, gets phone numbers and names, then calls to tell you that you owe thousands of dollars in debts from 15 years ago and could you just go ahead and settle this over the phone with a credit card right now.

Also, their MO seems to be asking for one of your friends or associates and telling them they are trying to track you down. If you think for a second I was thrilled some fake bill collector called my boss and his wife at home to find me, you'd be mistaken.

So, if you start getting calls from 866-428-6589 or a group called Portfolio Associates, find a way to slam the phone down so hard, you might send phone shrapnel deep into their thick skulls. Okay, I'm kidding. I think...

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STILL miss Helen!

Okay Wendy, I'm participating again this week. I think I deserve a t-shirt...or Chick Fil A gift certificates, for my efforts. I'm just sayin...

Beth, Billy and Peter, I know you all sent kids to school this week. I've not forgotten that and you and your little ones have been in my prayers this week. Sherri, I hope it goes without saying you and Big Al have been in my prayers too. You call or email me if you need prayer. I'm here...

And Steph...True are His promises. I'm praying for you.

So here' my week in Twitter. Make sense of it if you can ;-)

@weightwhat Sniff...tear. I'm all pfklempt. Talk amongst yourselves. I'll give you a topic ...cream cheese is neither cream nor cheese

marni71RT @br8kthru: @marni71 you gotta wonder if things taste different when you do that//TWSS

br8kthru@marni71 some people are just indescribably weird. I mean we're weird but that's a whole different brand right there...

marni71@PuriChristos my mac and cheese is based on a Tyler Florence recipe, but I've Marni-ed it up, so I know what u mean

PeterPollock@br8kthru One of @marni71's tweet sounds a bit disturbing? NEVER!

br8kthru@katdish @marni71 I'm not sure Jesus and butt-fat belong in the same tweet... :)

katdish@marni71 We should market our butt fat to skinny lipped celebrities.
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katdish@marni71 I figured people would be googling your lips. Who did them anyway?

weightwhat@marni71 I'm with you. Some people just NEED a good wedgie.

PeterPollock@marni71 I think I might have to explain the art of sarcasm to you....

marni71@PeterPollock No you don't. @katdish has been tutoring me. I'm at grade level. Tomorrow I have midterms and I'm a little nervous

marni71PUDGE IS BACK!!!! GO RANGERS!

marni71@weightwhat Yes, THIS time it wasn't you...

marni71RT @katdish: RT @br8kthru: @katdish besides if anyone knows disturbing, it's me.//Yeah, you're all up in disturbing...

marni71@br8kthru We're quirky, enigmatic. Butt fat lady was weird, yes. And no filter to determine when and where you ask personal questions.

marni71@br8kthru Yeah. Another lady assumed (ha!!) that it wasn't collegen, but my own butt fat. Nice. People do that. Ewwww

marni71@br8kthru "Makes no sense", "disturbing"...four words that describe mine and @katdish relationship to a T

marni71@weightwhat You don't like guac? You need to pray about that...

marni71@BartMillard I give my youngest time increments she can relate to..."we'll be there in 3 Spongebob shows" ;-)

marni71Daughter's college STILL won't let me pay tuition through website. Seriously, I'm about to keep the money and buy a boat with it.

marni71@prodigaljohn What @PuriChristos said. I caught my hubs trying 2 buy cutoffs at a garage sale once. We immediately went into counseling

marni71@PeterPollock i don't bother putting chocolate chips in muffins. Just eat them straight from the bag. Saves time.

marni71@weightwhat I'd be a grump too! Want me to give Home Depot a wedgie?

marni71@PuriChristos quit comparing my chopped off hair to toilets. Should I read something into that? Something about my hair and...crap maybe?

marni71@weightwhat It is SO short and curls toward my face. I look like a flapper. Not flipper, a flapper.

marni71@JeanneDamoff @katdish Are we talking haircuts? Well we are now. Went in for one yesterday. She cut waaaaay too much off.

weightwhat@marni71 I'm with you. Some people just NEED a good wedgie

marni71@weightwhat I'm not opposed to wedgies or swirlies either. Ya gotta do, what ya gotta do...

marni71: I'm pressuring my sister to start Twittering. By pressure, I'm going old school and pulling her hair and taking her Barbies.

marni71Ewww. The Twitter skanks are out in full force this morning. Scuse me while I go do some blocking...

marni71@PeterPollock mine goes to college on Saturday. Let's pray for each other this week.

weightwhat@marni71 Okay, when I first glanced at your tweet I thought you were asking for the recipe for dog yack. Um, eww

marni71@redclaydiaries how nice for you...my cat yacked in front of guests during dinner on Sat. nite. Fun times.

marni71@CandySteele no meat is fine for me. Leaves more room for extra cheeses. Holla!

marni71@PuriChristos thank u for the tissue alert! That was good stuff...

marni71@br8kthru AHHHHHH! MY EYES! YOU'VE SPRAINED MY EYES!!!

marni71@PuriChristos everyone has this recipe but me? Nice..

marni71@katdish why you gotta go now? There isn't anything good on TV. Now what am I supposed to do???

marni71@PeterPollock Okay, here's my latest blog. Pics of my kids. Summer is over. School starts Monday. Exciting stuff eh?

marni71@godhasablog I'm fighting with a snot-nosed Scottish college student...

marni71@br8kthru I never get that on commercials. My hubs said if that ever happens to him, he isn't calling doctors, he's bragging to buddies

br8kthru@marni71 I & a group of guys (all pastors) were joking abt this once. 1 wasn't laughing- he's a Dr who said after 4 hrs it's excruciating-

marni71@br8kthru For husbands maybe...;-)

katdishRT @marni71: @katdish @weightwhat @HerbieGookins @ redclaydiaries. Sherri just emailed us. She said Big Al is bored stiff. TWSS.

kelli1227@marni71 You are NOT going to believe this..someone just said "son of a monkey butt" in my meeting! Am I the only one who doesn't know this?

marni71RT @Brian_Russell: Dear software, if ever it's just me and you in a dark alley... I'll shank you so fast... sheesh...

marni71RT @dahallam: sitting on hold with the fabric department at Hobby Lobby listening to "Shout to the Lord" in the style of Kenny G

marni71@billycoffey I have to make a phone call...that's my euphamism for #runningawayfromthewrathof@katdish

marni71@weightwhat @billycoffey I suspect she is omnipresent. Her powers confound me. Quick, let's make a food offering to appease her...

marni71@PeterPollock Did you eat the chocolate chips out of the bag as you made them? And how did they turn out? Did you save me one?

billycoffey@marni71 Oh, come on! We're BLOOD, Marni!

marni71@billycoffey Doe's before bro's my friend. You understand, right?

marni71@PeterPollock I've been thinking about you since I got up. Praying today is a great and peaceful day for all of you.

marni71@tsholo_m It's okay...just send me some coffee and we'll put this whole thing behind us...

marni71@redclaydiaries I got a REALLY bad haircut 2 days ago. This morning, I woke up looking like a wet, ticked off, chicken. I spent so much..

katdish@marni71 Well dang. Now I'm hungry, and I don't have any bananas or nuts....

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STILL miss Helen!

Okay Wendy, I'm participating again this week. I think I deserve a t-shirt...or Chick Fil A gift certificates, for my efforts. I'm just sayin...

Beth, Billy and Peter, I know you all sent kids to school this week. I've not forgotten that and you and your little ones have been in my prayers this week. Sherri, I hope it goes without saying you and Big Al have been in my prayers too. You call or email me if you need prayer. I'm here...

And Steph...True are His promises. I'm praying for you.

So here' my week in Twitter. Make sense of it if you can ;-)

@weightwhat Sniff...tear. I'm all pfklempt. Talk amongst yourselves. I'll give you a topic ...cream cheese is neither cream nor cheese

marni71RT @br8kthru: @marni71 you gotta wonder if things taste different when you do that//TWSS

br8kthru@marni71 some people are just indescribably weird. I mean we're weird but that's a whole different brand right there...

marni71@PuriChristos my mac and cheese is based on a Tyler Florence recipe, but I've Marni-ed it up, so I know what u mean

PeterPollock@br8kthru One of @marni71's tweet sounds a bit disturbing? NEVER!

br8kthru@katdish @marni71 I'm not sure Jesus and butt-fat belong in the same tweet... :)

katdish@marni71 We should market our butt fat to skinny lipped celebrities.
about 2 hours ago

katdish@marni71 I figured people would be googling your lips. Who did them anyway?

weightwhat@marni71 I'm with you. Some people just NEED a good wedgie.

PeterPollock@marni71 I think I might have to explain the art of sarcasm to you....

marni71@PeterPollock No you don't. @katdish has been tutoring me. I'm at grade level. Tomorrow I have midterms and I'm a little nervous

marni71PUDGE IS BACK!!!! GO RANGERS!

marni71@weightwhat Yes, THIS time it wasn't you...

marni71RT @katdish: RT @br8kthru: @katdish besides if anyone knows disturbing, it's me.//Yeah, you're all up in disturbing...

marni71@br8kthru We're quirky, enigmatic. Butt fat lady was weird, yes. And no filter to determine when and where you ask personal questions.

marni71@br8kthru Yeah. Another lady assumed (ha!!) that it wasn't collegen, but my own butt fat. Nice. People do that. Ewwww

marni71@br8kthru "Makes no sense", "disturbing"...four words that describe mine and @katdish relationship to a T

marni71@weightwhat You don't like guac? You need to pray about that...

marni71@BartMillard I give my youngest time increments she can relate to..."we'll be there in 3 Spongebob shows" ;-)

marni71Daughter's college STILL won't let me pay tuition through website. Seriously, I'm about to keep the money and buy a boat with it.

marni71@prodigaljohn What @PuriChristos said. I caught my hubs trying 2 buy cutoffs at a garage sale once. We immediately went into counseling

marni71@PeterPollock i don't bother putting chocolate chips in muffins. Just eat them straight from the bag. Saves time.

marni71@weightwhat I'd be a grump too! Want me to give Home Depot a wedgie?

marni71@PuriChristos quit comparing my chopped off hair to toilets. Should I read something into that? Something about my hair and...crap maybe?

marni71@weightwhat It is SO short and curls toward my face. I look like a flapper. Not flipper, a flapper.

marni71@JeanneDamoff @katdish Are we talking haircuts? Well we are now. Went in for one yesterday. She cut waaaaay too much off.

weightwhat@marni71 I'm with you. Some people just NEED a good wedgie

marni71@weightwhat I'm not opposed to wedgies or swirlies either. Ya gotta do, what ya gotta do...

marni71: I'm pressuring my sister to start Twittering. By pressure, I'm going old school and pulling her hair and taking her Barbies.

marni71Ewww. The Twitter skanks are out in full force this morning. Scuse me while I go do some blocking...

marni71@PeterPollock mine goes to college on Saturday. Let's pray for each other this week.

weightwhat@marni71 Okay, when I first glanced at your tweet I thought you were asking for the recipe for dog yack. Um, eww

marni71@redclaydiaries how nice for you...my cat yacked in front of guests during dinner on Sat. nite. Fun times.

marni71@CandySteele no meat is fine for me. Leaves more room for extra cheeses. Holla!

marni71@PuriChristos thank u for the tissue alert! That was good stuff...

marni71@br8kthru AHHHHHH! MY EYES! YOU'VE SPRAINED MY EYES!!!

marni71@PuriChristos everyone has this recipe but me? Nice..

marni71@katdish why you gotta go now? There isn't anything good on TV. Now what am I supposed to do???

marni71@PeterPollock Okay, here's my latest blog. Pics of my kids. Summer is over. School starts Monday. Exciting stuff eh?

marni71@godhasablog I'm fighting with a snot-nosed Scottish college student...

marni71@br8kthru I never get that on commercials. My hubs said if that ever happens to him, he isn't calling doctors, he's bragging to buddies

br8kthru@marni71 I & a group of guys (all pastors) were joking abt this once. 1 wasn't laughing- he's a Dr who said after 4 hrs it's excruciating-

marni71@br8kthru For husbands maybe...;-)

katdishRT @marni71: @katdish @weightwhat @HerbieGookins @ redclaydiaries. Sherri just emailed us. She said Big Al is bored stiff. TWSS.

kelli1227@marni71 You are NOT going to believe this..someone just said "son of a monkey butt" in my meeting! Am I the only one who doesn't know this?

marni71RT @Brian_Russell: Dear software, if ever it's just me and you in a dark alley... I'll shank you so fast... sheesh...

marni71RT @dahallam: sitting on hold with the fabric department at Hobby Lobby listening to "Shout to the Lord" in the style of Kenny G

marni71@billycoffey I have to make a phone call...that's my euphamism for #runningawayfromthewrathof@katdish

marni71@weightwhat @billycoffey I suspect she is omnipresent. Her powers confound me. Quick, let's make a food offering to appease her...

marni71@PeterPollock Did you eat the chocolate chips out of the bag as you made them? And how did they turn out? Did you save me one?

billycoffey@marni71 Oh, come on! We're BLOOD, Marni!

marni71@billycoffey Doe's before bro's my friend. You understand, right?

marni71@PeterPollock I've been thinking about you since I got up. Praying today is a great and peaceful day for all of you.

marni71@tsholo_m It's okay...just send me some coffee and we'll put this whole thing behind us...

marni71@redclaydiaries I got a REALLY bad haircut 2 days ago. This morning, I woke up looking like a wet, ticked off, chicken. I spent so much..

katdish@marni71 Well dang. Now I'm hungry, and I don't have any bananas or nuts....

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So my smarty pants friends have spent the last few weeks doing twitter ho downs on our fun page. This week, I decided to join. Why not right? I mean I have been tweeting longer than almost all of them (BOO-YAH!) so I might as well give this a go. Here are my top tweets for the week:

@joannamuses Love Your Enemy...Good stuff. Yay John Piper. I heart his books!

A-ight Monday. Let's do dis thang!!

Priced school supplies yesterday. Been in a babbling stupor ever since....

@katdish I saw anon's and was trying to think of good snark to say...then I saw yours. Made me feel all warm and fuzzy

@HerbieGookins Where is Helen? I haven't talked to her in a while. But then again, I've been AWOL...

@Brian_Russell Amen. I couldn't take the pressure today, so I got iced coffee today.

@Brian_Russell And I'm clearly suffering. That 2 tweets with 2 typos. Iced coffee just isn't the same...sigh

sigh...back to work. Bye guys. It was fun saying hi. Miss you all...

My daughter just asked me what kind of clothes I wore in the 1950's. Nice.

@weightwhat Oh Wendy...why must u cut me to the quick? Everyone knows I'm only 29...

RT @wfaaweather: heat advisory for dallas, tarrant, collin & denton counties weds & thur. heat index values of 105-110 likely. (OMGee!)

@HerbieGookins yes, 29. That's how old Wendy and I are...for a while now ;)

@katdish HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

Sigh. I miss @helenatrandom...

RT @peterfacinelli: Just finished 2 hours of fight training 4 Eclipse. Now if anyone messes with me I can pretend to kick their ass well

@CHRIS_Daughtry What a kind tweet about Paula Abdul. Your sweetnees never "seizes" to amaze me! ;)

@weightwhat yes...I'm rereading the Twilight series. It's cutting into my sleep time. Do I care? No I do not!

RT @bartmillard: Some hackers shut down Twitter then tried to tweet their friends to show them how cool they were. Oops

When life hands u high fructose corn syrup, citric &, ascorbic acid, sodium acid phosphate, calcium fumarate and yellow #5.. make lemonade

@crowderband Seinfeld reference! I KNEW I loved you DCB!!! :-)

@Helenatrandom You’re here!!! I've missed you! How r things???

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