Celebrate...

I was experiencing some minor technicalities and therefore was not able to do much for a while...it seemed that just getting up out of bed was a chore in its' own...now I know why though...and now I seem to have some energy back...why is it that people instantly assume that you are depressed or something when you tell them your symptoms? I am NOT (!!!!!!)...just to share that with ya and it has been proven now...Ok so this last weekend I went out with friends and then didn't get home until like 2 A.M. and still managed to work the next day...something that would have been unheard of about a month ago (hell...even 2 weeks ago) But as you can tell I am excited to be back in the world of the living again...and now can start to CELEBRATE and plan my summer...It really was starting to feel like I was totally out of it...
Sure, enough about that...gotta start investigating trips...to where I really have no idea...I am one of those people that sometimes I go where I plan to go...like on vacations that is...and usually it is to somewhere where I know people...but I am feeling adventurous this year...and ENERGETIC! So, therefore I have been thinking that I would love to go somewhere where I have A. Never been too and B. Where I don't know anyone because isn't that what being on an adventure is supposed to be like...and I think that it really is time to go out and celebrate what life holds in store for ya...Stay tuned though...should be making a decision sometime...and have a great week...whatever there is left for you that is...hey look it is almost Midnight and I have been going since 8 this morning and I am not even tired or worn out...The Energizer Bunny in me has returned!!!!!!!
Love ya!!!!!!!!!
And guess what...The Sioux WON! Frozen Four here they come!! April 6th to the 8th in Wisconsin...GOOD LUCK GUYS! (Huge fan here if you can't tell!)

Marc-Thinking Good thoughts for you! Get well soon! I did...so you can also!

Going...

Well...I am out of ideas so I think that I am going to be off for a while now...You all take care and I will blog hop still occassionally...To check up on you all...OK?
Until the next blog...

Love,

~J~ This ND chick!~!~!~!~

Please remember that you can always email me anytime----

joynelson@ausi.com

And I will reply to you.................Please do not be afraid because I will check that still......

Of course there is chat also....

joynelson@go4.it (that is my screen name) Please feel free to add me if you have MSN chat...


March 25, 2006...I was beginning to think that it was all my imagination...the fact that I had no energy and can't stand to be cold...then I find out that there MAY be an issue with the thyroid...And more than likely it is that...considering the fact that I already have had problems with it in the past...SO I may come back a little-by-little basis...but I have an appointment on Monday in Fargo with some specialist to get the results of the TSH test...But I am off to see some friends that are visiting...Very interesting and WEIRD day...all these people from my past were all over town today and none of them are even from around here...it is from the "Hellish Summer" Take care and Laterz---
Love,
~Me~

GO SIOUX!!!!!!!!!!!!! (When they win tonight it is off to the FROZEN 4!!!!!!!!!!) Gotta do it GUYS!

OH OH-THAT'S NOT A GOOD SOUND...lATERZ

March 20, 2006
HAPPY SPRING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I was thinking that it would never get here!!!)

March 20thThey took 6th place. Not that good...At work we all thought that they would do SO much better...O-well they had a great season and we are proud of them...:)And I hurt my knee so it is official that I am out of Volleyball for the season...and since it just started that isn't a good thing...I was thinking of playing still (even against medical directions)...and when the team doc isn't there I probably still could...and trust me I won't tell him...maybe he won't find out kinda thing...shhhh...lol Take care and off I go now!


Hi again-
I have 2 entries in the same day...I am bored I think and I was just playing on the 'net...I watched the state basketball games on television...high school boys and a local team is playing in state...but they lost yesterday so they are still playing for 5th place! (Go guys!)
I was going to go out tonight, but when I was at Volleyball on Wednesday and all is well, until the unthinkable happens...yeah I hurt the knee again...so I was told today that I may sit out rest of the season...ok since it just started...o-well worse things happen and I still have my health! Well, enough whining about that...I am going to go drink 1 more drink and then watch a movie...I know that next weekend will be lotz'o'fun...a friend that moved away last year is coming back to town for the weekend so we are all going out...other than that I hope ya all have a great weekend peeps!

Love,

~Joy~

It is St. Patrick's Day! I think that I am going to go out tonight with some friends and maybe try some green drinks (other than Apple Wine Coolers that is) :) I will see though, since I made plans to drive my sister and some of her friends to the movie and then somewhere else after that...but she can't be out too late, since the family is leaving for a Volleyball tournament at 6 A.M. That leaves me with a whole day...and nothing to do...o darn...Sad face! LOL hehehe and since I think that I am officially done with my season...I will not go to one of her games either...

But I hope that you all have some fun tonight for St. Patrick's Day...Behave though!

Until next time...

What is up with the tags this week...I mean they are kinda fun and all...I got one on my email so I thought that I would post the questions here...I want to see how many people actually do this one...It was a little interesting...here goes...and Marc, you are tagged for sure...Um whoever else wants to do it can...

tag you're it...have fun with this one...

4 places you have lived:
1. Wahpeton, ND
2. Fargo, ND
3. Grand Forks, ND
4. Perham, MN

4 tv shows love to watch
1. Missing
2. Lost
3. Strong Medicine
4. Ummm...what else is there?

4 places have been on vacation
1. New York, New York
2. Oregon
3. California
4. Texas

4 websites I visit daily:
1. May emails (that should count as 3!)
2. My blogs
3. Other peeps blogs
4. Hockey website

4 favorite foods:
1. Italian (meatless of course!)
2. Chinese vegetables
3. Mexican (all vegetarian)
4. Vegetarian Lasagna

4 places would rather be right now:
1. Arizona
2. Grand Forks
3. Anywhere out east
4. Minneapolis

4 friends that are tagged:
Consider this your tag!! Now start working on it....
Thanks everyone...

Love,

~Joy~

P.S. Marc I am there tomorrow night!

Hello...I have been tagged by Marc of Voyeur Nation...and I would link him here, but I have still have not figured that one out yet...But Marc when you read this I will be in Wednesday night to chat with ya...so you better be ready!!!!!!
So, I start talking about 6 strange things about myself...

1. That I will NEVER drive down a gravel road...Last year I was travelling along this gravel road (yeah mind ya speeding also but hey that's a different story some other time also!) and I was about to turn to look at something and all of the sudden I see this patch of loose gravel in front of me and guess what...I hit the ditch...well, if that's not enough the following winter I was travelling down another gravel road and I saw a patch of snow coming up, but figured "hey whatever" and continued down the road, and there was pure ice under that snow, and I hit the ditch again! Ok, so that makes 2 times in less than 3 months, so now I have this horrible phobia of ever driving down a gravel road, because I always think that I am going to go into the ditch. Oh yeah the last time that I went into the ditch when it was winter, I was in snow that was so deep that I had to jump from the passenger window to get out of the car...Too bad that I decided to go HEAD FIRST! Yup to land in a snowbank head first, and then find out that eventually when you get the car out of the snowbank (8 people it took plus one big tow truck) that it was the gravel road...so I swore that I would never be on gravel again in my life...And that even goes for when I have to get my sister's best friend...I have not gone out there since both of those occurred! Not planning on it either...

2. I am deathly afraid of escalators...The first time that I was ever on one was when I was in Dallas...and we went to the mall and I thought that it would be fun to ride on it...well, little did I know that you are supposed to step off of it at the end, and I tripped over it...fell into some old guys arms...and I have to say that now I know that you step off of them at the end...But whenever I am on one...I hold on for dear life and refuse to talk to anyone until that horrible ride is over with...I guess that I should never visit anywhere that has a lot of escalators...I will take elevators over escalators, but since I have Meniere's elevators make me feel like I am forever riding one, even after I get off, something to do with the balance sense...and the fact that mine is forever on a crazy cycle...

3. I have never grasped the concept of riding a bike...When I was 5 I knew how to ride a bike...and then one day I was riding around my new neighborhood to see if there were any other kids, and I turned the corner too sharp and fell onto a fence that was the old netal style fence...and there was my first broken bone...so then I learned again how to ride a bike in the 3rd grade and once again I had an accident on it...this time a friend of mine was on the front of my bike and I was pedaling it...and she jumped off of it, and I tipped over on it...and broke my foot...so now I only think about that when I am riding my bike...and I start to freak out and think that I am going to break another bone...and since I know that's not what I need in my life right now...I get all shaky until I get off of the bike....and I walk the bike to my destination...Yeah not cool...since I could just walk there in the first place instead of walking the bike...

4. I have a horrible fear of fair rides...a few years ago I was on this one ride...I think that it was The Spider...and we were having a great time...and then lo and behold I had to vomit and I threw up all over the poor guy that was workign the ride at the time...so now whenever I see any rides in motion...I get so sick and feel that I am going to throw up all over someone again...therefore when I go to Valleyfair every summer I am there for the attractions and not the rides.

5. I am afraid of heights...but only at a certain point...you see I can fly great...I was on top pf the empire state building...on the top of the staute of liberty...but I can not climb a ladder or be on a roof...for my fear of heights...maybe it is more of falling off...and breaking a bone that I could fear...I don't know

6. Ok so here is the last one...I tend to be shy until I get to know someone...and then watch out because I am very outgoing and can tend to be brutally honest with ya...you will know if I don't like something that you have said or did...because I am brutally honest with people that I know...just ask anyone that I work with...if you do something that I know you aren't supposed to be doing you are going to be told...

So, what do you think?

But on that I am going to leave it here right now...
Oh yeah they didn't come in last place! Although during the game yesterday I thought that the referee had swallowed his whistle...just some of the things that happened...So, I asked him that...and want to know he DIDN'T kick me out of the game, because I think that he knew that was coming...and then when he finally blew it...I made the smart ass comment..."Oh look he choked it back up" but by then there was only about 30 seconds left in the game so he couldn't do anything to me!
Until next time~~

Love,

~Joy~

It is 10:30 A.M. here and this weekend has been great! Well, for me that is...Not for them...I am going to drink some more tonight and then sleep for about another 5 hours before they play again tomorrow morning... We will see...Lotz and lotz of snow here already!!!!!!!!!!! *Happy face* But now I want the warmth that has been promised!
But enough about that...I am going to go and make use of that hot tub that they have here...I think that most of the parents are making use of it (even tho I am not a parent I still am)...but then again I also am going to hit the mall today. Today is my sisters' best friends' birthday. Finally 14! She can get her drivers permit now also. Even though my sister has had hers for about 2 months already. They are taking behind the wheel together this summer.
But I am tagged and I am working on that. I know of like 2 that are givens already! I have many more than that, but the 2 that I know are super weird ones that you would never think of...well, ok, maybe you would...talk to you later peeps!

Love,

~Joy~

P.S. I love taking pictures!!!!!!! If you ever see me with a camera run the other direction! LOL

It was such a nice day weather wise and I am in such a good mood tonight! I know first time for everything! J/K LOL!!!!
But the weekend is coming very fast and I am excited but yet I know that it will be here and then go real fast, so it can take its' time getting here!
I think that I have hit a writers block now...I can't even think of anything to say...totally unusual for me. But sometimes I am that way. Usually I can talk and talk, but tonight maybe it is just that since it is Wednesday...I don't know.
But I shall quit rambling now! Boring I know...But just stopped to say "HI" Hope to talk to you REAL soon!
And I intend to take LOTS of pictures this weekend of the girls! One of the parents is making memory books and wants someone to help her take pictures so I think that I will volunteer for that job. I am in the volunteering mood right now. I am chaperoning a trip next month for church and my mom is in charge of a Project that makes boxes of presents for the families that are less fortunate, and I have also volunteered to help her with that. But since that isn't until Christmas...Does that count right now? O-well of not...
Take care and have some fun for me!

Love,

~Joy~

That's the way too be...I have this song in my head and I totally can't remember the name of it now...so it is driving me nuts!
Well, happy day to you all! I have to work tomorrow (my reality check is back again I believe...just hope to be as productive tomorrow as I was yesterday!) and I also start practice tomorrow night (for 2 hours even)...um sure it has been about a week since the last time that I ran...so I am thinking that I may be a little sore on Thursday. Wow, the summer is coming rather fast and I am excited for it!
Talk to you all soon. Until then...Behave...I have to start that sometime I know!!!

Love,

~Joy~

Hi again!
Well, the weekend wasn't all that bad...Of course I didn't watch the academy awards last night...so I have yet to hear about who won what and all...
Just had to finish up some computer work that I had to do, and then I did my taxes (UGH every year but it is only one time a year!) and filled out financial aid stuff online so I should be getting the papers from the schools in about a week or so (I hope at least that is!)
But I actually got 2 (!!!!!!!!) projects done at work today! Pretty excited about that...now I am off tomorrow since I had to work this weekend and all, but this coming up weekend should be a freakin' blast! Have to go to Grand Forks (yes again) and then to Fargo on Saturday. Yup I think that it will be a long and lovely day though! I am pretty pumped to see the friends that I didn't get the chance to see when I was in Grand Forks the last time, and then to watch Hockey in Fargo on Saturday and Sunday...But I am also waiting for my birthday to come because I am going to Minneapolis. Sister has a game there that weekend and then (hopefully at least) I can go see my cousin and see if we can go out and do something that weekend. I have (honestly) never been out with her. She is 6 years younger and we were never really close until about the last 3-4 years. Now at least we can talk civilized compared to when we were younger and only fought (verbally and sometimes physically) I think that I was a big meanie when I was younger...I have grown up since then. :)
But here is to all of you to have a great week. I am going to Fargo tomorrow to look for something black and white for the gift bags for this weekend at the hockey tournament! We have been looking so hard and there is nothing that we have found that is 22 in stock of it...Even at Target! Sad.
Until later...

Love and >>>HUGZ<<<

~Joy~

I got a call the other day...UM...Maybe yesterday...yeah it was...As you can maybe tell this can't be a good call.
But the call was from this guy that I met about a year and half ago...I went to Oregon on the train and there was a guy I thought that he was hot (ok so sue me) but I also thought that he was a complete and total a**. BUT it turns out that he was incredibly sweet and thoughtful. But to move on about a year ago I met his daughters and we got along very well...Just one of those things I think. Now the other day he calls me, and (remember we are only friends right especially since he live across the next state) that he wants to "take a break". Ok, so let me get this straight...we are going to "take a break" but from what? Then I got the complete story out of him, so now I am ANGRY!
It turns out that his psycho ex-wife has reentered the picture after she was released from jail. She spent about 2 years in prison for kidnapping the kids when they were first split up, and then she had no contact with the girls for a few years and now thinks that she is a fit enough parent to gain custody of them. Yeah I think NOT! She is using the fact that he is on the road a lot and she is also claiming that since he has a girlfriend he has no time to spend with the girls. UMM... back up one minute...I have had no interest in finding a boyfriend until the right one comes along and I will know him when I meet him. So, where does that leave me...To yell and scream at him. But today I was totally taking it out on the co-workers and those that just happened to be around me at the time. So sorry (maybe that is). The only thing that I am upset about is the fact that he wants me to not communicate with the girls until all of this is over with. Yeah sure...In what life would he expect that to happen? Mackie, or Mackenzie, still will not talk about what happened to her when she was with her mother, and Maddie, Madison, does not recall any of this ever happening, since she was 3 months old when she was taken.
But I got all of this news and then of course I went to the gym and worked out some pent up frustrations and ANGER at him for this to happen. So, needless to say I WILL be waiting for him next weekend to show up, so that way I can ask him Why? and What was going through his head? I can tell you for a given fact that there is no way EVER that she will gain custody of those girls (only over MY dead body that is) and that Mackie is scared to death of her mother, so why would she ever go back there. What kind of courts would send her to live there again. Hopefully none.
I leave on that thought right now...before I start to cry again that is...I hope that you have a great weekend!
~Joy~

I finally had the chance to get in on Wednesday night chat...and it was a blast! Thanks Marc for it! Had a good time just listening, but you know me, I got my opinions in also!
Tired is how I feel...Snowing right now, so I can play in it tomorrow...But it is also Grandma's birthday so we are going to do something for that tomorrow night...Probably just Pizza and go over there...Saturday family from St. Cloud are coming here, so we are all having a lunch together. Should be interesting, since it is her sister (who is 94) and her family. We don't see much of them, but when they do come it makes for a good time. Plus my aunt is coming, and we will see how that one goes, since there is so much snow to the north of me, and that is where she is coming from, so not quite sure on her yet.
But...Hey my birthday is about a month and half away and tonight I found out that my sister has a hockey tournament in Minneapolis that weekend. So excited. My step-dad's brother, sister and her husband all live down there, plus there is my cousin (that I never get to talk to) and of course some college friends of mine that are all there also, so that should make for an interesting birthday! After last years' though this one will be kind of lame I think regardless of what I do. That surprise party was SO MUCH FUN!
But I am going to go to bed now...It is almost midnight, and I am taking tomorrow off. Go to the gym and tan and then to my Grandmothers house for supper. Be back tomorrow night though!
See you all then!
Sending you a little >>>HUG<<<