Hi. My name is Marcey and my last blog post was in April 2009. I must confess FB has taken a front seat to my blog. Sorry. But ya know--FB is what brought me back here today! I saw a video blog from a woman I went to high school with and it got me thinking about my own neglected and completely forgotten blog. Why do we blog? Is it really to keep up with our friends that we love and cherish so much which sometimes even if you live next door you overlook? I think that's just what we tell ourselves to justify keeping up and checking in without having to say--oh-hi--how's it going? I really wanted to know how its going but didn't want to call you or see you --just wanted to stop by your page. Strange huh. Take teenagers for example--they are so compelled to texting with one another that when they are actually together they have nothing to say. Remember when we used to speak to one another and see people's reactions be it good or bad? Maybe I am dating myself by saying I really rather talk on phone than text. I have noticed people text me all the time--which is fine--as long as Oprah's not around--and a quick sentence or two and there ya go--conversation--sorta. On the other hand of texing conversations--it does keep you on the subject--which anybody knows who has ever chatted with me for at least 6 minutes knows I can skip topics like lighting and I really appreciate a fast talker!! Anyhow.....what brought all this about was a remark made by a guy whos almost 30--and we were chatting about what to post publicly and what not to post. I was surprised by a personal post he had made on FB and I said well--why would you put that on there? (in my best--Oh I know sooo much more than you tone--) he said --well my generation communicates differently than yours---my reply??( no I didn't smack him) I said --well my generation can KEEP A SECRET! SO then THAT got me to thinking about what the younger peeps now think is public and private regarding their lives. I find it a bit sad that they--younger peoples that moi--don't savor moments in their lives that really are a turning point of some kind. I say--hang on to that moment for a few minutes to yourself and maybe its something that only you & your spouse know or best friend but the point is savor it. Life can, will and rightfully should be sending curveballs out to you every so often, so why the rush to announce everything? I can chat with complete strangers and when the moment is over--I am always surprised to hear all the things of their life they will tell me. Really. Floored sometimes.
I may be old school but I say somethings are better off a secret...at least for a bit. So on this valentines's day--enjoy the one you love and don't tell your co-workers all the sweet stuff that was written in your card tomorrow morning at your 1st morning break.......SQUIRREL! :)

I'm Baackkk

Can you believe my last post was March 3??? Yikes...well the blog police called me last nite and said get with it sista! So, let's see....been workin..check..driving kids around...check check....laundry...triple check...started another diet....check.... sounds like same ole same ole huh!

This guy right here..er left here...that's my nephew David.

Looks down right happy huh! I dunno why they can't smile in those Army pics...just once I wanna see a guy cheesin like he's thrilled to be running 98 miles a day!! I remember when he was just a wee tot.....snifff...

Ok, what else....went to soccer tourney in Shreveport. I will just say I'll pass on the town of Shreveport. I said to Gary well I'm sure there's a part of this town that is super nice and you would want to be there all the time, but we sure haven't found it!! Anyhoo....Taylor is running track in addition to soccer...feel my wallet's pain?! Ever priced running shoes? We had to go to an official running store in Norman to get fitted for these track shoes and the SOCKS there were 16.99 for ONE--yes ONE pair!! Not to mention Gary & I were the fattest people in the whole store....runners...someone should really introduce them to mexican food. Poor souls. Anyhow Tay & track...now this might shock some, but I am not a track star, nor was I a track manager, nor watched track, hung out at a track...gettin the pic? Well, Gary was in track...so NOW the man is trully fulfilled b/c he has one child out of 4 that has latched on to soccer and track....HIS sports.....joy. No real point to that story just sayin.....

67 days til the 20th reunion...expect strange and wild ramblins ahead.......its from the hunger!!!

AYE-YI-YI

March 3, 2009

Dear Diary,

I think I have lost my mind. Clutter and disarray have entered into my normal 'Martha' life and I can't seem to get a hold on it. I can't go the housekeeper route b/c she won't do it right and then I will just redo it. Issues, I know.
Today was my 'annual' visit with my most fav Dr. who right before she hugged me good-bye, b/c I am her fav patient who won't do anything of what she says, " I want to see you back in 1 year, well, I want to see 'LESS' of you......."
Comedy. Comedian. All those yrs at med school and she's throwing one liners at me.
Lucky I like her.
I am thinking my diet should start now....not b/c of her, but b/c the 20 yr reunion is freakishly getting closer and closer....and some of my peeps on FB actually note things like, I'm so sad b/c I missed my workout.....I feel so great after my workout.....
ya know, Diary, I am starting to think maybe its a conspiracy. MAYBE they are fat too and just don't want anybody to know. This could maybe work for me too.
So tomorrow I will post how fabulous my work out was.........oohhh, wait! But then I would have to see them at some point huh, crap.
Learing to love myself phase?? Nah, did that 2 yrs ago. Tragic car wreck that left me unable to diet and depressed b/c Armando is not father of the baby....nnahhh....Telemundo might sue me for copying them, well, Diary, I may have to give up Ted's.
Wha...??? I know! Hotline my therapist now! I've lost it for sure!
Maybe another round of Madea movies and I will have my groove back, er was that Stella?
Anyhoo Diary, that's pretty much all I got for now.
Oh yeah, I gotta give a wink, wink, nod,sneeze,handsignal to my bloggy friend who refuses to get her own blog......for Pete's sake if I can sit down and bang this out then YOU can too!!

Peace out

Catch up catch up catch upppp...

good grief--get addicted to Facebook and PUFF!! Your blog goes down the bloggy drain!


OK let's see......
This is my nephew David and my sis--his mom Angie...I can hear u now...You have a sister??!
OH the things you don't know about moi...
anyhoooo....David left for bootcamp on the 4th. And I don't mean the she-she-poo-poo bootcamp all the skinny moms are doing to get ready for spring break....I'm talking ARMY!! Believe me, I tried everything...bribes...lies...blackmail...but he still went. I know I know!! I should be ashamed, but honestly I just don't want anything to happen to him, so then my Taylor says to me, Mom, don't you know God's hand will be on him? (Thanks Jesus) So what do ya say to that--who knew a 13 yr old actually listened...didn't work when I told her to clean her room.
Anyhow, ARMY---ya know, I couldn't do it....crawling in the mud, sleepin outside, and really what would get me is being yelled at. Now, don't get me wrong, I can take alot, but just signing up for some Joe to scream in my face isn't my cup of diet coke. I would just opt out, 'eh, I'm gonna have to pass onthis one, but Thanks!'......so I will be an Army aunt, mail whatever he wants and smuggle him into Canada, err, I mean send lots of postcards.........
What else......sold my 1st set of life insurance policies and cancer policies...........LOVE my ENLYTEN stuff and everybody needs some/should sign under me and GROOOWWWW........
Won at Bunco and didn't even roll the dice.....;)
oh yeah, life lesson here--our dishwasher broke and repair guy says just buy new one, soooo
the kids have gotten a new treat...washing dishes....(b/c I haven't bought one yet--its only been 2 days) SO.....my son--who can tell you when something isn't scientifically possible, name every stinking detail to some 3rd world country and spell every word I've never heard of--has NEVER hand washed dishes. So, I get him started--meaning I sat at the bar and supervised and it occurred to me that he was washing yet not rinsing....hhmmmm, uh son, you gotta rinse them off. He says, no you don't, the soap will just slide off as it dries.....did he just say..........(I'll wait for u....I know, I was stunned too and then had to laugh awhile until I realize he's serious) uh, no son, you have to rinse the soap off or it will create a soap residue that won't taste so good w/your chicken.
No mom, it will just dry off, it will be fine.......(insert bell sound here b/c round 1 is off & runnin)
we go round & round....literally for half an hour on this.......I ended up finishing them b/c he was mad at me. Gary then comes home and gets the details and just looks at him and says,yeah son you gotta rinse them off....so then he stormed off to his room............AHH LIFE W/TEENAGERS! I say to Gary---maybe we should not get the dishwasher so quick, unplug the microwave and hide the TV remotes b/c our kids don't have a clue...........my mom didn't even HAVE a microwave until AFTER I was MARRIED!!
I wonder how much they pay for the family TV reality shows........"Hangin w/the Hollons"..........
"Callin All Hollons"........"HAHAHA w/the Hollons".....I could go on for days........... ;)

This plates on OVERLOAD!

OK-Its Feb. 1st and I'm back to post! I know, I've been a slow-poster gal lately but I've also been a busy lil bee too! I am officially addicted to Facebook. Sad. True. I sold my first set of life insurance policies to a married couple.....ok-- they are my friends, but they count! (although the guys at the office don't think so......however... I did beat them last week in written premium--but that's ANOTHER post...but ya'll know not to mess w/this super-diva) Girls rule/boys drool..maybe they didn't the memo
Anyhoooo...... where was I?? Oh yeah! New company--new product--Enlyten Products!
MLM company-outta Tulsa--launched 30 days ago--product is like a listerine strip....we have energy--electrolytes--antioxidants--melatonin I LOVE the stuff...so much so I signed up to be a distributor! Holy Moly! I am just one of those wackos that really buzzes along much better when I have tons on my plate. If I just have one thing going on.....really I get nothing done. Like having the WHOLE day to do ONE thing....and still not get it done! SO, real estate--love--insurance--begining to love--Enlyten--love enough to sink $$ into......what else???
I've considered stripping too but why take good jobs from hard working peeps? Bambi's gotta feed the fam too ya know.....and Nascar has enough drivers for now, but I know I could be a Nascar driver inthe blink of an eye!
OK-reunion update.....4 months and a few days to go.....GULP......tomorrow my diet goes into overdrive.....
hey wasn't it supposed to go into overdrive a few Mondays ago? well, shhhhh its our secret!
Valentines is coming up and I am not a mushy gushy kinda person, however I did tell myself I would work on showing more emotion---well, I show enough really but I mean be ok hugging somebody other than my fam--welp, not there yet, so stay tuned.(don't hold ur breathe though)
Mortgage rates are freakishly great so if you of anybody looking to but or sell........MARCEY HOLLON is your gal!! Except for all u FSBO peeps.....may weeds take over your yards..in love, I mean in love may weeds take over your yard. I'm working on it!!!
OK-gotta iron and jump in bed w/4 new magazines..........aaagghhhhh my fix!!

Everybody move-buy insurance and your whole family needs some Enlyten strips!!

Either slow news week or I dunno....

Well, as the title states, either I had a slow news week or nothing really popped out at me as 'BlogWorthy'. Monday--worked/picked up kids/cooked/cleaned/laundry
Tuesday-repeat Monday....get the idea? Sometimes I think I'm gonna journal everyday and have such an appreication for life its gonna be great why didn't I do this years ago.....then that thought goes away...er rather I think, that's not journal worthy...nah...what's on HGTV?
Got my nails done this week...in my mind its like a glorified "spa day" only its just my nails and chatting w/Marla......no facial or massage.....let's call it 'budget spa day'! Then my sweetpea T got something the Hollon children so far have never had...detention--20 whole minutes.....talking.
Ya know, she's gets that from Gary, poor girl, just like her dad, blah blah blah, he just goes on and on......she lived.....very upset and completely wronged and the teacher hates her and the school is out to get her, but she lived. The teacher even apologized to her saying she really didn't deserve the detention just wanted her to stop being so chatty.........hhmmm, I call that 'caving'---T must have had on her I'm about to die face......that one works on lots of folks.....except u know who.....she's fine....nothing therapy won't cure in 20 yrs or so! LOL She even told me, Mom, most of my friends think you are a mean mom......really......hhhmmm......only MOST??? My game must be off, I usually get ALL..............I'm perfectly fine being the mean mom. I had the mean parents too and low and behold I made it thru life and never became an exotic dancer, never had Bambie for a nickname,no mugshots lurking out there and no arrests. Just saying...that's all.
Did I mention it was a s.l.o.w. week? I got a new headshot on my Facebook page and got an email from an old guy friend telling me I looked younger in the other pic......dontcha just love men?!
Speaking of FB.....I like it. Simple. Easy. I don't need Brady to explain anything. Thumbs up.
I'll be on the look out this next week for blog worthy events.
Only 155 days til my 20 yr reunion.........FYI

Ciao Bella!

When the new year came about I said to myself, self, this year I am going to always look on the bright side, look for blessings and seek Him in all things b/c I know He's there.
Apparently self has ADD and a sketchy memory. So now, I'd like to just ask for prayer.
For preserverance to keep trying to get my real estate and insurance bizes going and healthy for I am not made of gold and don't have a money tree in the backyard. For patience of which needs no explaination if ya know me at all. For whatever it is you would call letting people in and not being so guarded. For self control, b/c the preacher I heard on the radio the other morning said we all needed self disipline and no has never been my favorite word. And just for some plain ole blessings to come my way b/c there are just days I look up and say, Are You watching the same channel as me?? Last year was really a yucky year and I REALLY would like a catch a few breaks this one. I firmly believe the saying, 'and this too shall pass', I have no doubt my God is in control. Maybe its just me in a strange mood. See, there I go again trying to discount myself.
Ok, just lift me up if ya can, I'd appreciate it and I'll be doing the same for ya'll. Tomorrow is a new day--the sun will shine again--what else?? Uh, I think I can, I think I can--what doesn't kill you will make you fat--er I mean strong--that's all I can muster for now.........I gotta go wipe my hubbys eyes..........OU lost the "big" game............again.
Much love to you all.......................