I started a family website back in 2001, when Kaiden was born.  It was through a free site, and I could update it weekly and journal things about our family, for our extended family and friends and for my kids to have later.  When they started restricting photo sharing, I bought my own domain, also in 2001, and shared pictures and did my journaling in HTML.  I loved my site, and loved journaling about my life and my kids.  In 2004, when I actually switched from HTML journaling to actually “blogging,” I met Friglet and Smizzo, who have been two of my best internet buds since meeting them.  I met Chatty, who I now know in real life and hung out with in DC, and can honestly say is a great person.  I also very early on met Atomic Bombshell, TJ from Zhantic, Michele from Coffeesoup.  Soon after came Kristine from File Girl, LC from Palm Tree Princess, Peggy at Mommy Mishaps and Monica over at Miss Prissy – I could go on and on, but you get the point.  These girls have been with me through some of the hardest times during my life (of course so have my real friends Dena and Nadine – can’t leave them out).  Anyways, they have kind of become my online posse!

Yesterday I had a really crappy day.  Kaiden had to get bloodwork done to find out what is going on, and some of the results started coming back and I started freaking out and getting worried (Todd told me I need to stay off the internet, that the doctors did not need my help diagnosing the blood results – but that is what moms do).  This is where my posse came in and this is the reason I continue to blog – because of the friends I have made.  I got an IM from Smizzo that she Friglet and Monica wanted to chat – so we set up a “conference chat” and all made ourselves a chat cocktail.  These three girls had me laughing my ass off!  I know a lot of people type “LOL” but we seriously were LOL!  We talked about a lot of shit for like three hours and I really needed the laughing (and probably the cocktails).  We so needed webcams for the conversation - that would have made it even better.  I am so glad to have these girls in my life and I am totally excited EVEN MORE to go to Vegas now.  I hope that everyone that said they wanted to go to Vegas was serious… because we TOTALLY are.  Feel free to recap a small portion of our conversation if you doubt we will be there (click below and excuse any typos)…

missprissy: so yeah, vegas..plans??
smizzo: I went ahead and booked
smizzo: I booked MGM arriving the 17th and checking out the 19th
soapboxsuperstar: Southwest said the new rates would be out end of November, so I will book then.
friglett: I’m going to book now too.  If they come out with cheaper rates you can get the lower rate
smizzo: now I got the room room for $200 a night
friglett: that’s not bad!
soapboxsuperstar: Frig, are we roomin?
friglett: Misty, that’s the plan!
friglett: When are you guys planning on flying in?
soapboxsuperstar: Book, and If I can get it cheaper in November as part of my package, can you cancel
friglett: Yep, you can cancel up until 72 hours before
soapboxsuperstar: okay, that will work!
friglett: I cannot wait!!!
smizzo: dude
smizzo: brb gotta pee
soapboxsuperstar: OH GOD SMIZZO!
friglett: dude, get used to it
friglett: LMAO
soapboxsuperstar: hahaha
missprissy: any ideas of some things we can plan?
friglett: Should we make a no camera rule? lol
missprissy: no cameras? could we even do that??
soapboxsuperstar: like that is going to happen
smizzo: Kristine was asking me about this
friglett: You can’t get caught taking pics in the casino
friglett: that’s a no no
missprissy: michele has already said she is making out with all of us, photo op #1, lmao!
soapboxsuperstar: if we are away from our computers for longer than 2 hours, we are going to need the cameras to act as the paddles to charge our hearts!
smizzo: LMAO
friglett: LMAO @ Misty!!!
friglett: So true!
smizzo: we need to schedule room meetups for a web cam blog entry
soapboxsuperstar: they need to be small with no flash
smizzo: we can post it on all of our blogs..an update lmao
friglett: Maybe just the four of us should go for a weekend soon as a warm up to blogasm?
smizzo: O
smizzo: M
smizzo: G
smizzo: MISTY
smizzo: lmao
soapboxsuperstar: OMG - that would be INCREDIBLE!
missprissy: warm up…a foreplay to blogasm??
friglett: Monica’s on it!
friglett: lol
soapboxsuperstar: hahaha!!!
soapboxsuperstar: We do need to at least start drinking more until then, you know to build up tolerance.
smizzo:

<------------has her tolerance up
friglett: Misty, I'm working on it right now!
missprissy: good idea Misty!
soapboxsuperstar: I am going to go on a liquor diet…to show you guys how important this is to me.
smizzo: lol
smizzo: OMG Misty, can I quote that on my site?
smizzo: ROFL
missprissy: lmao @ Misty!!
friglett: bring hair clips
missprissy: hair clips? for the puking episodes??
friglett: Mon, no! for the serious gambling moments
smizzo: LOL Frig knows
missprissy: oh…o.k
friglett: There will be no puking! We ain't got time for that!
smizzo: :D
smizzo: no puking
smizzo: no sleep
smizzo: no eating
smizzo: lmao
friglett: That's what our shirts should say!
friglett: lol
smizzo: ROFLMAO
soapboxsuperstar: NO EATING
soapboxsuperstar: NO SLEEPING
soapboxsuperstar: NO PUKING
soapboxsuperstar: BLOGASM 2008
friglett: and on the back, "sometimes blogging"
smizzo: 1: DRINK
smizzo: 2: LAUGH
smizzo: 3: GAMBLE
missprissy: i'm going to be up all your asses! for realsies
soapboxsuperstar: my goal is to get as many drinks bought for me as I can, then sneak out, without having to actually hump anyone!
friglett: Maybe we should set aside some cash right when we get there. Just in case we need to post bail for one of us
smizzo: no.
smizzo: that's not an option.
smizzo: all cash goes to gambling
smizzo: drinks go on room tab
friglett: We can get free drinks if we gamble
soapboxsuperstar: sounds good!
friglett: Plus, I'm bringing a stocked cooler for the room
friglett: Mwahaha
smizzo: Monica, you should bring bring your hubby!
soapboxsuperstar: Smizzo does not want her husband to be alone.
friglett: Mr. X is never alone
friglett: Misty, does Todd have any interest in going?
soapboxsuperstar: not so far
soapboxsuperstar: but I have not actually asked him either.
smizzo: Mon, bring your husband seriously
friglett: We could bring the dicks
missprissy: dicks are good
smizzo: I love the word DICK
friglett: Monica, lol
soapboxsuperstar: What do I gotta bring? Can I fly with it?
smizzo: Monica, seriously
friglett: The one about Dicks?
smizzo: ask him
smizzo: yeah
missprissy: i'll ask my dick, misty ask yours
friglett: My dick will go anywhere with me, we just need someone to watch the kids if it's not going to be the dick.
missprissy: you got a good dick Friglet!
missprissy: the dicks can all hang while we play!
soapboxsuperstar: I am down with whatever.
friglett: That could be dangerous…a posse of dicks hanging alone in Vegas
friglett:
soapboxsuperstar: I am easy to please!
missprissy: LMAO!!!
friglett: Me too!
soapboxsuperstar: That's where my CSI skills come in.
smizzo: You guys
smizzo: here's the deal
smizzo: we, us 4, have to book, and swear that we will go..we will have the BEST time omg
soapboxsuperstar: I am in. PROMISE
missprissy: i'm there!
friglett: Me too!
smizzo: brb

***smizzo has signed out***
soapboxsuperstar: wtf?
friglett: I bet her battery died.  She’ll be back
soapboxsuperstar: she is still online
soapboxsuperstar: just not in the conference.
missprissy: poor smizz
***smizzo has denied your conference request***
missprissy: how rude denying us, lol!
friglett: She’ll be back
soapboxsuperstar: You denied us earlier Monica!
missprissy: i did?? the hell??
friglett: See, shit happens
soapboxsuperstar: OMG!
friglett: LMAO
missprissy: ...damn
friglett: Maybe she passed out from all of the wine
missprissy: very likely
soapboxsuperstar: she is on the keyboard passed out - HAHAHA
friglett: Drooling!
missprissy: looking like “the girl from the ring”
soapboxsuperstar: getting electricuted.
friglett: Like we all will be in Vegas
missprissy: sad to be such a lush!
friglett: Not in Vegas!
soapboxsuperstar: I invited her again.
friglett: Lushes are the idols
smizzo: LMFAO
friglett: It’s about damn time
missprissy: geeez!
soapboxsuperstar: what happened?
smizzo: I was talking to Mr. X
smizzo: lol
smizzo: about Vegas
smizzo: 
smizzo: He loves me
smizzo: he just poured me wine
friglett: He wants to get some