Awww shi geez. I had written a post about the week I had but I got so worked up, rambling, even I couldn’t understand it! I’ll just give you a short version… Basically, I was stating the theory, “when it rains, it pours” is not a theory, it’s a fact. As I mentioned in this post, I cancelled my car insurance due to a huge rate increase.
• While inquiring for insurance else where, I found out there was an accident on my driving record I was not involved in- hence the rate increase! (raining…)
• I find a company that will insure me and as long as I sign a wavier, they will not count the accident in my premium.
• I’m a idiot.
• I had waited until the last minute to renew my registration. No registration = no insurance.
• I get a ride to the DMV and pay the fees only to find out my car needs to be smogged. No smog = no registration. (raining…)
• I drive my irresponsible, law-breaking self carefully to the smog dude.
• My car passed the smog test.
• The smog dude gets hit as he backs my car out of the garage.
• I have a wrecked car. (raining…)
• I get my tags and registration.
• I find out the DMV was to blame for the error on my driving record.
• I am told, I have to prove I was not in the accident before my record is fixed.
• Nobody can tell me what kind of proof is acceptable. But I need something.
• I find out my former insurance co. has a claim for car vandalism listed.
• My car was not vandalized, there was never a claim made. (pouring…)
• I sort through my mail that night and come across this Geico Insurance ad.
• I question myself. Coincidence? Car-Ma? The jingle hasn’t left my head since.
I am now working on coming up with evidence to clean up the DMV’s mistake. Then I will hop on over to my old insurance co. and deal with the incorrect vandalism claim. Somewhere in between, I will take my car in for the needed repairs from the smog dude’s accident.
There are many ways you could look at this. My version is the best. a) If the DMV would have never screwed up, my insurance rates would not have increased. b) If my insurance would have never screwed up, my rates would not have increased. c) I would not have cancelled my insurance. d) None of the rest would have ever happened.

Go mbeannai Dia duit
(May God Bless You)

Today was a huge day for What’s Left Of My Head! Huge! There has been a steady increase of visitors, particularly these past few weeks, but today was amazing! In the last 9 days, we have had almost 500 more hits, than we have had total in any given full month…ever! Again, thanks to each and every one of you for coming by to visit!

Yesterday I took my daily stroll to the little store around the corner. On my shopping list, cat food and Lifesavers. Both of my cats are extremely picky and were not having anything to do with what was on the menu at home. I have been on a Lifesaver kick lately and truth be told, I had been craving them all day.
I got my goodies, and again, swore I would be more prepared in the future to avoid having to pay close to a buck for a small can of kitty food. Just as myself and another lady in front of me were approaching the checkout, we saw a woman purchase and pass out 3 lottery tickets. She gave one to the cashier and one to each of the two people behind her. All of them just stood there smiling ear to ear.
The lady who had approached the line just before me turned around and jokingly made a comment about being too late. I honestly didn’t care, I had my Lifesavers and a small fortune in cat food. I told her I never win anyways, adding I hadn’t played in years. With a quick wink she reminded me that was probably why I never win.
It was my new friends turn at the register, she asked for 2 cigars….debating what flavor sounded good. Hmmm. After making her choice, the total came to $3.00. (Pretty damn close to the price of a can of cat food.) Pulling $2.00 out of her pocket, she said she needed to run out to her car for more money. I had already pulled a buck out for her but she was out the door before I could give it to her. In the mean time, the cashier rang up me up, as I paid I handed her the extra buck and asked her to give my new friend a lotto ticket when she returned. As I walked out the door she walked back in. With a quick glance I told her to have a great day, she smiled and told me to do the same. I couldn’t let it go there, as I walked away I turned back around and said, “I already am!”
Back in October, I made myself a goal to, at least once a week, practice a Random Act of Kindness. (R.A.K.) One that will put a smile on someone’s face or make their day a little brighter. I had gotten a little laxed on my commitment, but after seeing the reactions of the first 3 lottery recipients it reminded me why it was so important to me!

For those of you that stop by daily, don’t say I didn’t warn you….

I have always wanted to do these but had never really taken the time to learn. I had no idea how simple it really was, I found the best tutorial here! (for PSE users) Unfortunately now that I’m a pro, you may see these way more often than you’d care to…at least until the newness wears off!
Off to watch American Idol, have a great evening!

Reality Bytes- Part 7

Read pre-show introduction here
Dancing With the Stars kicked off season 8 tonight. The 2 hour premiere came and went without any new injuries. As mentioned in my previous post, Jewel and Nancy O’Dell were both hit with the DWTS curse before even making it on stage. Last minute replacements included Hugh Hefner’s former #1 girlfriend and reality star, Holly Madison and The Bachelor’s most recent castoff, Melissa Rycroft, (who by the way had her 1st practice only 2 days ago.)
The newest pros for this season are “So You Think You Can Dance” contestants Dmitry Chaplin, who shakes his groove thang with Holly and Chelsie Hightower, who boogies with Ty Murray. Other couples include; Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Denise Richards, Kym Johnson and David Alan Grier, Karina Smirnoff and Steve Wozniak, Mark Ballas and Shawn Johnson, Julianne Hough and Chuck Wicks, Cheryl Burke and Gilles Marini, Edyta Sliwinska and Lawrence Taylor, Jonathan Roberts and Belinda Carlisle, Derek Hough and Lil Kim, last but not least, Lacey Schwimmer and Steve-O.
I went into the season already knowing who I was going to root for, but I think they all did really good…exceeding my expectations. (Have I ever mentioned, in 5th grade I won a dance contest to The Osmond’s, Down By The Lazy River?) There are obviously the stronger contenders, but for the most part, they all held their own! I was especially happy to see Steve-O’s dedication and determination. Once a self-destructive, wild, attention whore, the former Jackass has now been sober since March 2008. The mama bear in me must have came out tonight as I suddenly felt a sense of pride watching him perform. I hope this experience is enough to prove to him he can succeed sober…(with clothes on, no staples or foreign objects!)
I haven’t been a faithful fan of this show, it usually just depends on the cast. Somehow, I get the feeling with this group, it could be the best season yet!

Spring ahead….
Don’t forget, today’s the day we put the clocks ahead an hour! We gain an hour of daylight, we also lose an hour of sleep!

I am dreading the week-end’s gloomy weather. I always seem to eat more when it’s cold. I always seem to sleep more when it’s gloomy. If you don’t hear from me for a few days, it’s not because I have run off to Bora Bora to soak up the sun. Chances are I am in bed asleep, popping Bon-Bon’s each time I fluff a pillow, roll over or get up to go potty.
It has just donned on me I have not posted any new “Random Acts of Kindness” lately and I probably won’t be doing that today either.
I had not seen the couple that live in the apartment next to us in awhile. We have always been friendly, more in a neighborly way and not so much in a up in each others business way. We would say hi to each other, talk about the weather….I recently commented on their really cute, new welcome mat but that’s about it.  So to be fair, they really didn’t owe me an explanation as to where they had been or where they were going.  I really thought they had moved, Let me just cut through the chase. After 3+ weeks of not seeing them, I conveniently took over their parking space and…hijacked their really cute, new welcome mat. (For the record, I rolled it up and put it out in a storage container.) Two weeks later I came home to find someone parked in my parking space. After I found an alternate place to park, I waddled up towards my apartment only to find their lights on. After locking myself inside and closing all the blinds I paced back and forth. I practiced my “no, I don’t know what happened to your really cute, new welcome mat” face, contemplating the best way to dig myself out of this one. I will just sneak it back in the middle of the night, I will tell them how I heard the other neighbor talking about how cute it was, I will just be honest. I somehow found the courage to knock on their door, I am sure as they opened it they could see low-life, guilty thief written all over my face. I first asked if everything was o.k., explaining I was concerned because I hadn’t seen them, (good conversation starter) they explained they had changed jobs and were traveling all the time. “Oh, o.k., I thought you had moved….” *giggles* “I have been parking in your parking spot…” I confess. “That’s fine, we are never here.” No mention of the really cute, new welcome mat, should I just quit while I’m ahead? After a bit of small talk, I start to walk away and out of nowhere I spew, “I took your (really cute, new) welcome mat.” She informs me she hadn’t even noticed it missing. I assure her I will put it back….,”No problem.” I go home with a great since of relief. A few days ago as my mom and I were walking out to her car, we passed their door. Once in side the car with windows up and doors locked I confess my horrific behavior. She gave me that, you’re 40 something and I taught you better than that look. I explained how I gave it back, and even told them I stole it….I didn’t have to say anything….nobody would have known. “But you would have had to live with it.” “But, in a sense mom, it was a Random Act of Kindness.” In a heartbeat, she pulled the rug right out from under me (no pun intended) “No Heidi, if anything you broke even on this one.”
On to an important announcement; If you, or anyone you know witnessed me in a car accident in Southern California on 3-13-08, please contact me A.S.A.P. It appears I have an extreme case of amnesia and may be in need of medical attention. True story! While I  have never had even a ticket in my life, I’ve sure had my share of accidents this past year. I was involved in an accident on March 31st, and despite my previous driving record, I knew my insurance would take some sort of hit. Come time to renew my policy, I was shocked…mortified at my new premium. I couldn’t help but wonder how people with a ticket and a accident could afford insurance, or someone who had a history of tickets. (Were they stealing and selling neighbors really cute, new welcome mats to make ends meet?) So I decide to call around for some quotes elsewhere. I answer the usual questions, they will call me in the morning with the numbers. The nice lady called within an hour, she had ran my DMV report and wondered why I hadn’t mentioned the 3/13 “incident.” I had no clue what she was talking about, that was my first clue I had amnesia. There were 2 accidents showing on my report, one for March 31st I remember that, the other 3/13, I have no clue. After talking with her for a bit and kind of convincing her I wasn’t looney, she came to the conclusion either my insurance co. or the DMV had really screwed up. March 31st had some how been recorded twice, once as 3/31 and again as 3/13. Just a number or two switched around…..Hopefully it warms up by Monday so I am able to set the Bon-Bon’s aside and roll out of bed long enough clean up this mess.
With that being said, I’m going to go climb in bed, grab myself a good dictionary and look up the word KARMA!

Reality Bytes- Part 6

I didn’t just hear her say “yes” when asked if Jay was her boyfriend did I?

This was sent to me from Jay Photoglou;

This 911 cal took place at 00:32 Wednesday January 28th 2009. 3 days before the filming of the reunion show of the Orange County housewives.

The events immediately leading up to and following this call are critical in understanding why I made this call. I really thought Gretchen had taken Lunest to take her life. A by product of this call will show Gretchen as someone who will say whatever she needs to to get whatever she wants.

*Please read this before you listen to the call.*

Grecthen knows the story of someone in my life that tried to commit suicide, she has even asked me if even I have talked to them to let them know how much it affected me, after meeting this person. This will always be a sensitive subject for me.

So, to the night of the call.

Gretchen and I started out Leaving our house at 8 or 8:30 P.M. (I had moved in December 29th 2008) we were going to a birthday party @ 3 thirty 3 in Newport Beach. While at the party, Gretchen noticed a girl there named J***. J*** works at the salon Gretchen gets her hair done. Gretchen had just found out a few days earlier that J*** had just started dating C**** her ex- husband (he claims they were just friends). She was not happy as she thought she was J***’s friend.

While at 3 Thirty 3 stares went back and forth across the bar between Gretchen and J***. About 10:45 a friend of mine comes out of the ladies room and says I think Gretchen is getting into a fight in there. I look over and J*** was gone too.

I ask the birthday boy’s girlfriend to go check and see if she is O.K. Birthday boy’s Girlfriend agree’d. Then another friend of ours comes out of the Ladies room and says “you should go in there and get your girlfriend”, to me. I figure Birthday boys girlfriend is in there one of them can grab help if it gets that bad.

30 minutes go by, Gretchen and 4 of our friends come out of the ladies room. ALL of them (except Gretchen) looking at me like ‘dude you gotta control her’. I asked what happened and Gretchen said “I gave J*** a piece of her mind”. Then one of the girls that was in there with her “yeah and almost a piece of your fist”.

I said “girl (referring to Gretchen) you gotta stop that, you gotta get over what C**** is doing”. I said this in front of the other people (I shouldn’t have done that) She claimed I was taking C****’s side. So this started an arguement between us. She explained this and that about how J*** was her friend and she has no right to date C**** several times. So after I still didn’t take her side and she said “I’m just gonna kill myself”…. O.K. I was (too) thinking dramatic. But figured lets go home, so to not excite the situation I said “Let’s just go home and write your blog”. We had watched the episode earlier and always wrote her blog together. Notice no blog since Jan 23rd 2009???

We were still arguing as we walked outside to valet. Valet pulled her car up she got in the passenger seat, that was fine, although she had driven there, I thought she was too upset and a little buzzed too drive. I shut her door got in the driver’s side of the car. as I started to pull away I realized I forgot my jacket inside. So I told her I was going back to get it.

When I went back inside and grabbed my jacket I let birthday boy know we were leaving. Gave him a short summary why (no longer than 5 minutes inside) we were leaving. I walked outside and saw she and the car were gone. I asked valet if he saw where she went, pointing at where the car was he said “she got out said “”F*** him”" and drove away.

I walked back inside to see if anyone else was leaving to give me a ride home. No one was. So I jumped in a cab and went home. My cell phone battery was dead. My keys to my car, car charger and the house were inside the house so I couldn’t call or let myself in.

I rang the door bell. I couldn’t have been more than 15 minutes behind her. No answer, so I walked to the back yard. Checking the sliding glass door it was locked too. The worst just went through my mind. She overdosed on her prescription sleeping pills (Lunesta). I now start banging very loud. I then walk to the side garage door and knock again very loud. I decide to walk to the street to see if someone driving by would call 911 I was scared she took her pills and was making good on her threat. No one drove by for 5 minutes. I walk back to the house, pounded on the front door very hard. She finally came down opened the garage door. I lived there. She even told the police that when they were there.

I walked in and immediately asked her why it took her so long to answer. She said “I was sleeping”. I said “Gretchen you don’t sleep that deep unless you’ve taken your sleeping pills”, and asked her if she took her sleeping pills. She said “maybe”. I said how many. no answer from her. I said “Gretchen I’m not kidding” she smirked. So I picked up the phone and called 911.

Now please listen to the call.

After seeing the reunion show. It became clear to me that Gretchen is going to do or say what she wants to get what she wants.

On the tape you heard her say I am her boyfriend. Then 3 days later on the filming of the reunion show when called out by Tamra she says no he is an ex. The morning of the reunion show filming I walked her cloths to the driver of the towncar supplied Bravo/Evolution. On the way home from the filming of the reunion show she sent a text to me ” I am too shaken up to talk I just want to come home and take a sleeping pill”. This has been her way of letting me know something is serious, and to take her serious she is not in a laughing mood. (The night of the 911 call she went one step further by using the word kill)

She lied about where I lived on the 911 tape, but when the police were there she told the truth (I think that was because I could hear her talking to the police officers in the house and she knew I would say something if she lied about where I lived.)

You hear her lie about my last name. This is because there was alot of stuff on the Internet about us. She later said she did that so no one could look up my name and see us in a police report together.

I am upset the most about the night she referred to me as sliding my hand over on her and making an unwanted advance. I was driving that night and the things she described DID NOT HAPPEN THAT WAY at all.

Gretchen tell the truth!!!

Jay Photoglou to take a Polygraph!

read more “Orange” Juice here

Wow! Today was another record breaking day….
A 40% increase since my last record breaking day 5 days ago!!!
I’m loving all my new friends & visitors!
Thanks to everyone for stopping by!

This is pretty random, but I found it interesting.
Did you know that yesterday was square root day? 3/3/09, 3×3=9.
Last time it happened was  2/2/04, 2×2=4
Next time it will happen will be  4/4/2016, 4×4=16
Even at my age, I guess we can still learn something new every day!

Saving the best for last, look what has surfaced in a Louisiana lake….

The marine mammal is the world’s only known pink Bottlenose dolphin!
I ♥ dolphins!