My Goodness - this has been a long day!! Caught the 715 bus - work, work, work - stupid spreadsheet that gives me fits every single month end!!! Then caught 515 bus back to Issaquah - which at this point it would have been a quick trip home and I would have lots of time to do what needed to be done tonight - but nope - I got to go back towards Bellevue - pick up L - plus two of her friends which I wasn't expecting - took them back to Issy so L could cash her check - then it was over to her McDonald's so she could pick up food with her 50% discount - then back to her house - then finally back home. Got home about 715! Now - would be nice if I could sit down and relax but I needed to walk Chrissy - clean the kitchen - make 2 desserts for Kimmie's Birthday at work tomorrow!
Made the Lemon Blueberry one first - took about 30 minutes to prepare then it had to bake for an hour. Next it was time to tackle a regular Cheesecake - not as easy as I thought it was going to be - not to mention the fact that the baking process takes forever!! Got it all put together and in the oven at 10pm - bake for 15 minutes at 425* - turn down to 275* and bake for another hour - then turn the oven off and leave it in there for 2 hours without opening to door - then put it in the refrigerator!!! Which basically means that this whole process won't be done until 115 am!! Yeah - I'm thinking I will just set my alarm for the two hour part - get up - put it in the refrigerator and then go back to bed!
Last night was a late night too! I had my first RS Committee meeting for church - we plan the additional monthly meetings for Relief Society - pretty much an Activity Committee which I am perfect for! The committee is fairly small so I will be able to get to know some of the members a little better. The meeting went a little later than planned so I didn't get home until 900 - which meant that poor Miss Chrissy had been in the kitchen for 14 hours!! She was more than a little hyper!! When I took her outside she ate a bunch of grass - then threw up - yuck! She must have gotten in to something that upset her tummy because she hadn't eaten anything during the day - but once she puked she was fine - ate some dinner!
I am getting sleepy but I need to stay up until time to turn off the oven!! I certainly hope everyone likes the cheesecake - I'm gonna be so mad if it doesn't turn out!!
De
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Hmmm . . . . .
Ahhhhhhhh . . . . . . . deep sigh. There's been some back and forth with L over the last couple days that has just kinda tired me out. Being her Mother is really hard and really exhausting! My thoughts are some sayings that a friend of mine on Facebook has posted - they seem to make me either go Hmm . . or laugh!
De
- Sharks aren't bad guys. If some stranger entered my house in just a Speedo, I would probably attack them too!
- Some people are like clouds . . . . When they disappear its a brighter day!
- Spring really needs to stop impersonating Winter
- When Vegetarians get nervous are they allowed to have Butterflies in their stomach
- Never do anything you wouldn't want to explain to the paramedics
- I need to stop saying "How Stupid Can You Be?" I think people are taking it as a challenge!
- I have a button on my microwave that says "stop time". I assume it means the timer but I don't touch it just in case.
De
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Thanks For The Help . . . But . . . . .
The condo next to mine is for sale - they were having an open house today. I didn't know this until I got home from church and saw the signs up. When I got to my door I realized that my recycling was gone - I had the box outside the door so I could take it down to the bins by the dumpster. Now - I understand that real estate agent wanted to the landing to look nice - and I really did appreciate that someone had taken my recycling down for me - But . . . . . . . . . . . they crushed up and recycled my actual recycling box that I use to collect everything to make it easier to carry down the stairs!! Really - you couldn't just ask me to take it down - or have me move it inside until your open house was over - it's very hard to get big boxes that are sturdy that you can use for carrying items. I can always try to get another paper box from work - but I have to time it for when they replenish the paper and I drive - little hard to carry the box on the bus.
Today after church I made a double batch of spaghetti sauce and made a huge Spaghetti Lasagna - the Iss 3rd Ward was supplying food for a homeless shelter in Bellevue and I signed up to make a casserole. It has given me such a good feeling inside that I am helping out those in need. I hope they like the lasagna. I thought I would have some leftover to make a small one for myself but it took all of the sauce to fill up the 13 X 11 pan.
L sent me a text while I was on my way to drop off the lasagna - she was at work, had a headache from her wisdom teeth and wanted me to bring by something for the pain. I said sure seeing as I was already out and about. So I got there - she came out to get it - said I should so come get her at 9 and take her home! I said - Uh No - I don't think so. So I made my way home - via QFC because I was now craving some spaghetti. As soon as I started cooking L called - she had gotten off work early - I should so come get her so she wouldn't have to wait so long for her bus - it was 7 the next bus was 730 but she didn't think she would make it to her stop by then so she would then have to wait another hour. I said - No that I had just started cooking my dinner and had laundry to do. She gave me one of those heavy sighs and a - Fine, whatever - bye. Hung up on me. Must be tough when you think the world revolves around you and you don't get your way.
Watching Amazing Race right now - one of the three teams I chose to make it to the end is having a very hard time right now - My only hope is if this isn't an elimination round. They are in India right now - there are so many people - the drivers are crazy too - they don't care about red lights or pedestrians. I won't post the outcome here though - I don't want to give it away if a reader hasn't watched it yet.
OK - show is almost over - Miss Chris is laying on on the couch right next to me - all curled up. She's not quite the companion Muppet was - but she is starting to like to hang with me.
Night All - Have a good week.
De
Today after church I made a double batch of spaghetti sauce and made a huge Spaghetti Lasagna - the Iss 3rd Ward was supplying food for a homeless shelter in Bellevue and I signed up to make a casserole. It has given me such a good feeling inside that I am helping out those in need. I hope they like the lasagna. I thought I would have some leftover to make a small one for myself but it took all of the sauce to fill up the 13 X 11 pan.
L sent me a text while I was on my way to drop off the lasagna - she was at work, had a headache from her wisdom teeth and wanted me to bring by something for the pain. I said sure seeing as I was already out and about. So I got there - she came out to get it - said I should so come get her at 9 and take her home! I said - Uh No - I don't think so. So I made my way home - via QFC because I was now craving some spaghetti. As soon as I started cooking L called - she had gotten off work early - I should so come get her so she wouldn't have to wait so long for her bus - it was 7 the next bus was 730 but she didn't think she would make it to her stop by then so she would then have to wait another hour. I said - No that I had just started cooking my dinner and had laundry to do. She gave me one of those heavy sighs and a - Fine, whatever - bye. Hung up on me. Must be tough when you think the world revolves around you and you don't get your way.
Watching Amazing Race right now - one of the three teams I chose to make it to the end is having a very hard time right now - My only hope is if this isn't an elimination round. They are in India right now - there are so many people - the drivers are crazy too - they don't care about red lights or pedestrians. I won't post the outcome here though - I don't want to give it away if a reader hasn't watched it yet.
OK - show is almost over - Miss Chris is laying on on the couch right next to me - all curled up. She's not quite the companion Muppet was - but she is starting to like to hang with me.
Night All - Have a good week.
De
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Loved A Discovery of Witches
Hi friends - I have been absent because I have been buried in my book - A Discovery of Witches. This book drew me in and wouldn't let me go. I just finished it and all I can think about is that the second book isn't going to be released until 2012 - How am I going to survive!! I love books that can draw you in and make you feel like you have been living in another world with the characters. I feel sad and alone now that the book is done. That was one good thing about Twilight - I didn't start reading it until all of the books were released so I could just keep moving through the story - how did readers do it when they had to wait so long for the next book!
Now I really need to get off my butt and do some chores around the house - seeing as everything was put on hold while I read. Just need to figure out where to start - my room? guest room? kitchen? bathrooms? Ugh - just thinking about it makes me tired! Maybe I should take a nap first!!!
De
Now I really need to get off my butt and do some chores around the house - seeing as everything was put on hold while I read. Just need to figure out where to start - my room? guest room? kitchen? bathrooms? Ugh - just thinking about it makes me tired! Maybe I should take a nap first!!!
De
Monday, March 21, 2011
The Award For Worst Monday . . . . . . . .
Goes to ME!!!
Listed below are the things that happened today - if you can beat these let me know!!
D
Listed below are the things that happened today - if you can beat these let me know!!
- Woke up this morning to Niki retching up her breakfast. She doesn't throw up in a nice pile - oh no - she has to sit up high on a chair or the couch and projectile vomit across the room!
- When I got off the bus at Westlake this morning - the longest/steepest escalator was out of service so I had to walk up the stairs.
- I got a call from L - in tears - her rent money was stolen! She was going to have to move out. Supposedly they all put there rent money in envelopes with their names on them and post them on a board in the house. She got a text this morning saying they never received her rent. Yes - she pays with cash so no way to trace it.
- Came home to find that the cats - not sure which one so I am going to blame them both - had peed on my bed!! WTH!! Soaked through the comforter - blanket - sheet - to the mattress.
- While I was putting the comforter in the wash - Chrissy decided she was not happy that she was still in the kitchen so she peed on the floor right next to her puppy pad. She also had thrown up in the kitchen during the day.
- Discovered that what Chrissy threw up was the foam from inside her bed - which she had torn up!
D
Sunday, March 20, 2011
A Mother Knows
Saturday was going to be chore day - I had planned on working on the spare room - trying to get it in shape for Sissy's visit next month. So I got up - had some breakfast - played with Chrissy - I was ready. Ring . . . Ring . . . . Ring . . . . . Mom, can you come pick me up from work and take me home, I'm sick. I could hardly understand her - her voice was awful. She had called in sick but was told she needed to come in because other people had already called in. She was there for an hour and then they decided she really shouldn't be there and sent her home. So I went to pick her up. She looked awful!! Pale, Glazed Eyes, Could hardly talk. When she had tried to call in sick her fever was at 101.7!!
I stopped at the Albertsons by her house and picked her up some juice, Tylenol, water, and Popsicles. When I got back out to the car she was just laying there - she looked so pitiful. I asked to look at her tonsils - swollen - almost touching each other - and those nasty white spots! This was not going to be a simple virus she could just rest and get rid of. So it was back to Issaquah because that was the closest Urgent Care. It was packed! Hour long wait. Now - L has no insurance so I was a bit worried about how much this was going to cost. L said - you can ask them how much and if it's too much you can just bring me back home. Yeah - I don't think so. So she filled out the paperwork and we waited. When they called her name I had her go back by herself - she's old enough that her Mommy doesn't need to see the Doctor with her! She wasn't back there for very long - L said that the Doctor took one look at her throat and said Oh Yeah - you have strep. No Strep test needed - you even have the pus pockets - do you want to see! They had her swallow a medicine that would help to take the swelling down - and put her on Penicillin. If you pay the full amount up front you get a 20% Discount - so the visit was only $125 - I was surprised!! I thought it would be more. Now it was off to Walgreen's to get the prescription. Thank God for generics - only $13!!
So that pretty much took care of my Saturday. Today - after church - I just was not motivated at all. I napped!! Now the weekend is over and I did none of my chores! I so need a cleaning crew to just come in - clean it from top to bottom - haul away the junk - so I can start fresh.
Oh - and because L's work made her go in even though she was sick - and highly contagious - she probably infected a bunch of people because she was in the second drive-thru window handing people their drinks and food. Kinda makes you not want to go to fast food!!
De
I stopped at the Albertsons by her house and picked her up some juice, Tylenol, water, and Popsicles. When I got back out to the car she was just laying there - she looked so pitiful. I asked to look at her tonsils - swollen - almost touching each other - and those nasty white spots! This was not going to be a simple virus she could just rest and get rid of. So it was back to Issaquah because that was the closest Urgent Care. It was packed! Hour long wait. Now - L has no insurance so I was a bit worried about how much this was going to cost. L said - you can ask them how much and if it's too much you can just bring me back home. Yeah - I don't think so. So she filled out the paperwork and we waited. When they called her name I had her go back by herself - she's old enough that her Mommy doesn't need to see the Doctor with her! She wasn't back there for very long - L said that the Doctor took one look at her throat and said Oh Yeah - you have strep. No Strep test needed - you even have the pus pockets - do you want to see! They had her swallow a medicine that would help to take the swelling down - and put her on Penicillin. If you pay the full amount up front you get a 20% Discount - so the visit was only $125 - I was surprised!! I thought it would be more. Now it was off to Walgreen's to get the prescription. Thank God for generics - only $13!!
So that pretty much took care of my Saturday. Today - after church - I just was not motivated at all. I napped!! Now the weekend is over and I did none of my chores! I so need a cleaning crew to just come in - clean it from top to bottom - haul away the junk - so I can start fresh.
Oh - and because L's work made her go in even though she was sick - and highly contagious - she probably infected a bunch of people because she was in the second drive-thru window handing people their drinks and food. Kinda makes you not want to go to fast food!!
De
Friday, March 18, 2011
Rain Rain Go . . .
Yeah - so not gonna go away - it's Seattle!! It was so nice outside at lunch time - WTH happened! I am soaked and I still have 20 freakin' minutes until the dang bus gets here. I usually catch the 218 in the bus tunnel - warm, dry, cozy. Not today though.
I really wanted to rent Life As We Know It - well it wasn't available at any of the Redboxes by my house but it was at the one on 3rd and Pike. So I reserved it thinking no big deal I'll just catch the 554 on second - it was nice after all! Sure didn't stay that way - and I couldn't cancel the rental!! So one just sittin' here - getting wet - fun Friday night!
De
I really wanted to rent Life As We Know It - well it wasn't available at any of the Redboxes by my house but it was at the one on 3rd and Pike. So I reserved it thinking no big deal I'll just catch the 554 on second - it was nice after all! Sure didn't stay that way - and I couldn't cancel the rental!! So one just sittin' here - getting wet - fun Friday night!
De
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Fugeddabouti
Yo Yo Yo - how you doin? My name is Big Joey! I's been hired by D to do some "collectin" for her - that dame has a big heart but is a bit naive to the ways of the real world. Yous know what I mean - she likes to believe the best in people - thinks people will do the right thing when they give their word. Wells - the poor girl loaned out some money to a dead beat who just hasn't been payin - has even been avoiding her so's they wouldn't have to look her in the eyes and lie. Yous see, this particular dead beat is a relative - now's me, Lefty, and Knuckles have told her the rule - Never Loan Money To Relatives - you might as well kiss it good-bye. She tried to do some collectin on her own but after the last few days she's had enough. Let me break it down for you . . . . . . . oh oh oh . . . . don't be scared - I's wasn't going to really break anything! I's meant I would shorten the story for yous.
The "dead beat" owes some money borrowed over the past couple months - each time givin' their word it would be paid back next pay day. Nows - everytime D tried to collect she was told the money was for rent and the debt would be paid next time. D - being the nice dame that she is - didn't want the person to be on the street. So's she extended the payback period. Nows durin' this extended period - this person went out and bought some clothes and a new tattoo. This is not keepin your word - or doin right by your family. A collection phone call today did not bring forth any results - other than being told she was persistent, gettin "bitchy", and stressin' this person out.
So's I will be takin over this "little" problem - puttin' the relative on a payment plan - and if a payment is missed . . . . . . . . . . wells . . . . . . . . . lets just say . . . . . . . . . we'll have a sit-down!
Big Joey
The "dead beat" owes some money borrowed over the past couple months - each time givin' their word it would be paid back next pay day. Nows - everytime D tried to collect she was told the money was for rent and the debt would be paid next time. D - being the nice dame that she is - didn't want the person to be on the street. So's she extended the payback period. Nows durin' this extended period - this person went out and bought some clothes and a new tattoo. This is not keepin your word - or doin right by your family. A collection phone call today did not bring forth any results - other than being told she was persistent, gettin "bitchy", and stressin' this person out.
So's I will be takin over this "little" problem - puttin' the relative on a payment plan - and if a payment is missed . . . . . . . . . . wells . . . . . . . . . lets just say . . . . . . . . . we'll have a sit-down!
Big Joey
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
It's Been A Year
Thank you Lord for providing me with something to do tonight that needed my undivided attention so I didn't have a chance to sit and think.
Today marks the 1 year anniversary of Muppet's death. I still miss her so very much. I know to some people she was just a dog - a pet - nothing more. To me she was a friend. Her absence is felt every day.
I Love and Miss You Miss Muppet.
De
Today marks the 1 year anniversary of Muppet's death. I still miss her so very much. I know to some people she was just a dog - a pet - nothing more. To me she was a friend. Her absence is felt every day.
De
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
I Miss My Hour
Not sure why it affects me - I mean it's just an hour - but it really messes me up. I got to bed at my regular time but then when the alarm goes off - it's like, really . . . . it's morning already . . . . I'll just hit snooze once . . . . OK - I can sleep until quarter past - well maybe half past is better - Just one more snooze. I did get out of here at a good time this morning - got to work at 730 - early enough to have some quiet work time but too late to have some work in the dim lights time. I like it before the bright fluorescent lights get turned on - just my desk light - it's very calming and peaceful.
Missed church on Sunday - woke up with a major sinus headache and a cold in my eye. I slept most of the day away. The ward is definitely a family and when a member is missing other members will check up on you. I received two emails making sure I was OK. Nice to know I am missed - if I ever fall and can't get up someone will miss me.
Day 6 of riding the bus - Yay me! I was able to finish a book, Labyrinth by Kat Richardson last week - I have been trying to read this one since Christmas. I started A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness yesterday - so far so good - it moves kinda slow but not so slow that you lose interest - more like slow that makes you want to read it faster so you can get the story moving along. I like having that time to read - and I have now saved $72 by not parking in Seattle!!
Right now I am watching Glee - Love This Show!! I can't say much about what's going on cuz I know a few people who read my blog record Glee and watch it later - let me just say - you will not be disappointed! Lots of hype about New Directions singing Original Songs - which are great - but there is also a side story that "mmphm mubble mphme thmphfm" I put my hands over my mouth and mumbled it so I wouldn't spoil it for you!!
Chrissy is in the process of destroying yet another one of her toys - She has rediscovered her Crinkly Christmas Moose and is working very hard to pull all of the crinkly noise makers out of the ears. She's already pulled the squeakers out of a couple of her toys - she is a one pup destruction crew! Oh - and so like L when she was a toddler too - no sooner do I get all of the toys picked up and put back in the baskets she goes back around and pulls them all out - she doesn't play with them all - she just wants them on the floor spread out every where. And now she is hiding more socks - I have no more matching pairs because she only hides one from each pair. Yes . . . . . I think she does this on purpose . . . . . . . . hoping that maybe I won't leave for work and she can hang out on the couch all day . . . . . . . . Not Gonna Happen!
De
Missed church on Sunday - woke up with a major sinus headache and a cold in my eye. I slept most of the day away. The ward is definitely a family and when a member is missing other members will check up on you. I received two emails making sure I was OK. Nice to know I am missed - if I ever fall and can't get up someone will miss me.
Day 6 of riding the bus - Yay me! I was able to finish a book, Labyrinth by Kat Richardson last week - I have been trying to read this one since Christmas. I started A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness yesterday - so far so good - it moves kinda slow but not so slow that you lose interest - more like slow that makes you want to read it faster so you can get the story moving along. I like having that time to read - and I have now saved $72 by not parking in Seattle!!
Right now I am watching Glee - Love This Show!! I can't say much about what's going on cuz I know a few people who read my blog record Glee and watch it later - let me just say - you will not be disappointed! Lots of hype about New Directions singing Original Songs - which are great - but there is also a side story that "mmphm mubble mphme thmphfm" I put my hands over my mouth and mumbled it so I wouldn't spoil it for you!!
Chrissy is in the process of destroying yet another one of her toys - She has rediscovered her Crinkly Christmas Moose and is working very hard to pull all of the crinkly noise makers out of the ears. She's already pulled the squeakers out of a couple of her toys - she is a one pup destruction crew! Oh - and so like L when she was a toddler too - no sooner do I get all of the toys picked up and put back in the baskets she goes back around and pulls them all out - she doesn't play with them all - she just wants them on the floor spread out every where. And now she is hiding more socks - I have no more matching pairs because she only hides one from each pair. Yes . . . . . I think she does this on purpose . . . . . . . . hoping that maybe I won't leave for work and she can hang out on the couch all day . . . . . . . . Not Gonna Happen!
De
Friday, March 11, 2011
Friday - It's About Time!
Going on 3 days without having to reboot my wireless router! And I have connection in my bedroom! I think there were 2 reasons I was having issues - Crappy Router and an unsecured network! I think other people were using my Internet which put a load on the router! I now have a better router and my network is secure! Yay me!
Fairly uneventful week - it did seem to drag though - not sure why. I got up early this morning and got into work at 645 - I had forgotten how quiet it is in the office that early - it was nice. Of course, now that I am getting to a point where I can get up that early again it's time to lose an hour! I am thinking I may change my clocks tomorrow so that I get to bed earlier so I can get up for church on Sunday - seeing as getting up at 700 is really going to be getting up at 600 - ugh . . . .
I have had a feeling of anxiety in the back of my head for a few days - you know that feeling that you have forgotten something important. It is making me chew my lip!! I'm gonna have Angelina Jolie lips soon if I don't get this under control. I never noticed I had this nervous tick before - I think it might be new - I think I used to clench my teeth - not sure which is worse. Any readers have a nervous tick?
Oh . . . . so Lent started on Wednesday and I was trying to decide what to give up - thinking it would be Fountain Coke - which I Love!! Then - found out from Jason that we - meaning Mormons - don't observe Lent! Yay - no giving anything up! But - I will try to cut back on the Fountain Coke - in fact - I didn't have any on my way on to work this week until today - and I rode the bus everyday but today - so it was a good week.
No real plans for the weekend yet - my contacts came in so I need to run up to the eye doctor tomorrow to pick them up. I should do some grocery shopping too - I have nervous energy these days - I think I need to bake!! Maybe I will try something new - or something I haven't made in awhile. Oh - and Starbucks stole my idea!! They are now selling Cake Balls on a Stick!! I could have been rich!! That's me - A Day Late and A Dollar Short!
My Sissy is coming to visit in a month! Yay! Very excited and then I thought Oh Crap - Now I need to clean my house! Last year it looked like they were filming an episode of Hoarders and it's not looking that much better. Guess I know what I will be doing for the next few weekends! Unless . . . . . . . Hey C - last year you said you could clean the house and get it organized in a week - wanna extend your vacation and give your little sister a helping hand!!
De
Fairly uneventful week - it did seem to drag though - not sure why. I got up early this morning and got into work at 645 - I had forgotten how quiet it is in the office that early - it was nice. Of course, now that I am getting to a point where I can get up that early again it's time to lose an hour! I am thinking I may change my clocks tomorrow so that I get to bed earlier so I can get up for church on Sunday - seeing as getting up at 700 is really going to be getting up at 600 - ugh . . . .
I have had a feeling of anxiety in the back of my head for a few days - you know that feeling that you have forgotten something important. It is making me chew my lip!! I'm gonna have Angelina Jolie lips soon if I don't get this under control. I never noticed I had this nervous tick before - I think it might be new - I think I used to clench my teeth - not sure which is worse. Any readers have a nervous tick?
Oh . . . . so Lent started on Wednesday and I was trying to decide what to give up - thinking it would be Fountain Coke - which I Love!! Then - found out from Jason that we - meaning Mormons - don't observe Lent! Yay - no giving anything up! But - I will try to cut back on the Fountain Coke - in fact - I didn't have any on my way on to work this week until today - and I rode the bus everyday but today - so it was a good week.
No real plans for the weekend yet - my contacts came in so I need to run up to the eye doctor tomorrow to pick them up. I should do some grocery shopping too - I have nervous energy these days - I think I need to bake!! Maybe I will try something new - or something I haven't made in awhile. Oh - and Starbucks stole my idea!! They are now selling Cake Balls on a Stick!! I could have been rich!! That's me - A Day Late and A Dollar Short!
My Sissy is coming to visit in a month! Yay! Very excited and then I thought Oh Crap - Now I need to clean my house! Last year it looked like they were filming an episode of Hoarders and it's not looking that much better. Guess I know what I will be doing for the next few weekends! Unless . . . . . . . Hey C - last year you said you could clean the house and get it organized in a week - wanna extend your vacation and give your little sister a helping hand!!
De
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Mom Credit Card
I am actually sitting in bed and blogging on my Mac!! I finally broke down and went to Best Buy to get a new router hoping it would fix my connectivity problems - I was having to reset the darn thing every time I came home or got up in the morning as well as not being able to connect in my room on the Mac. Well - the new router fixed the problems - the connection is so fast too. The next test will be if I can connect tomorrow night when I get home.
I met L at her work tonight - gave her the check that was in the mail and a package that was delivered for her - she ordered something from Hot Topic. In the past week she has gotten her IRS refund, a paycheck, and 2 unemployment checks. She owes me $150 and told me she couldn’t pay me yet because she had to pay rent. After she tells me this she proceeds to tell me that yesterday she got another tattoo!! How is it she can’t afford to pay me back yet she can afford to go shopping! I know what she’s thinking – why do I want to pay Mom when I’m not going to get anything in return – forgetting that she already got the return when I gave her the money in the first place. Tough thing to learn – credit! I believe she has hit her credit limit on the Mom Card and will not be getting anymore loans from me.
Her new tattoo is kind of cool though – she got a small peacock feather tattooed behind her right ear. A weird spot – but it looks nice – small – good colors.
De
***Update - my Internet connection went out while I was writing this last night. Had to reset the Internet this morning. I am thinking it might be my DSL Box. Great - that will require a call and an all day wait for Comcast!**
I met L at her work tonight - gave her the check that was in the mail and a package that was delivered for her - she ordered something from Hot Topic. In the past week she has gotten her IRS refund, a paycheck, and 2 unemployment checks. She owes me $150 and told me she couldn’t pay me yet because she had to pay rent. After she tells me this she proceeds to tell me that yesterday she got another tattoo!! How is it she can’t afford to pay me back yet she can afford to go shopping! I know what she’s thinking – why do I want to pay Mom when I’m not going to get anything in return – forgetting that she already got the return when I gave her the money in the first place. Tough thing to learn – credit! I believe she has hit her credit limit on the Mom Card and will not be getting anymore loans from me.
Her new tattoo is kind of cool though – she got a small peacock feather tattooed behind her right ear. A weird spot – but it looks nice – small – good colors.
De
***Update - my Internet connection went out while I was writing this last night. Had to reset the Internet this morning. I am thinking it might be my DSL Box. Great - that will require a call and an all day wait for Comcast!**
Monday, March 7, 2011
Good Day
Today was a good day! Rode the bus to work - was calm and happy all day - came home and didn't immediately lay down on the couch!!
I credit God with this turn around. Yesterday was Fast Sunday - during my Fast I asked for help coming to terms that there are some things I have no control over and to have the ability to just let them go. When I woke up this morning I just had a sense of peace. I haven't felt like this in quite awhile. I believe that Fasting and Prayer works.
De
I credit God with this turn around. Yesterday was Fast Sunday - during my Fast I asked for help coming to terms that there are some things I have no control over and to have the ability to just let them go. When I woke up this morning I just had a sense of peace. I haven't felt like this in quite awhile. I believe that Fasting and Prayer works.
De
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Tone
I can't stop thinking and worrying about something that happened on Friday. I snapped at someone who was just asking a question - wanted to know if I was going to be doing something - but what I heard was Why isn't this done yet. And before I could filter myself I answered back in a snippy voice - I was not very nice. I went back and apologized but I can't stop stressing about it. I so did not mean to do that. Have you ever said anything to someone that either came out wrong or you used a snotty tone - later you regret it?
This person probably has already let it go - I on the other hand am having a tough time doing that. That's me - worry wart!
My motto for this week: Don't worry about the things I have no control over and cannot change - Focus on me and do the best I can.
I will also take deep breaths before answering questions and work on my filter.
De
This person probably has already let it go - I on the other hand am having a tough time doing that. That's me - worry wart!
My motto for this week: Don't worry about the things I have no control over and cannot change - Focus on me and do the best I can.
I will also take deep breaths before answering questions and work on my filter.
De
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Things That Make Me Wonder
I just have one random question to ask.
De
- Why is it that you don't have to pee until you pull into your parking spot at home and then you have to go really really bad?
De
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
I Had Fun
I'm out walking Chrissy - it's dark, cold, and she's in the mood to sniff around. Home late again tonight but not because of work - it was the monthly Relief Society gathering. Tonight it was an International dinner. Sisters brought dishes from different countries. It was a lot of fun. I actually remembered names and faces! Now I have to stay up for a bit and login to work to do some month end stuff. Well worth it though to have a fun evening with friends.
De
De
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Where Am I
Guess where I am!! No . . . Not at home - which is where I would like to be. Guess again . . . Nope, not on my car either - which is a good thing seeing as I am typing. I am on the bus! Yup - 2 months in to the new year and I'm finally starting on a New Years Resolution!! Yay me!!
Because it's month end I was at work late tonight so I couldn't catch the 218 - I had to catch the 554 on 2nd and Pine - which required me to walk by the gang corner on 3rd where someone was stabbed a week or so ago. I had forgotten how incredibly creepy this bus stop is. I am thinking that next time I will go the extra blocks and catch it on University!
So - please raise your hand if you were one of the readers thinking that the blog has been too calm and quiet. You so need to stop doing that! I got to enjoy one of L's calls where she turns into a little shit because she's not getting her way and I'm not changing my plans. I seem to get calls like this about every 2 weeks - they coincide with her payday! Yup - she wanted me to take her to cash it tomorrow after work - well not only is it month end but I also have plans after work that will not leave me any wiggle room. She told me that maybe I shouldn't schedule things for right after work - she certainly wouldn't do that. Oh - she was also mad that I took the bus and didn't drive because she wanted me to stop by on my way home . . . For s nice visit you may be asking yourself . . . Uh no! She has no money and wanted me to bring her .75 so she could take the bus to work tomorrow!! I told her that she needed to figure things out and not rely on me . . . I know - I sound like a broken record! She told me it would be easier if she has a car. I pointed out that if she would have just gone to her court date she'd probably already have her license back. She got a bit snotty and commented that she still wouldn't have a car - to which I replied that she'd at least have the option to get a junker to drive around. Oh she was not happy with me!!
Other than that excitement it's been a good day. Time to get home - snuggle with the pup - and watch crazy Charlie Sheen on 20/20!!
Night -
De
**Pardon any spelling errors - I am posting this from my phone**
Because it's month end I was at work late tonight so I couldn't catch the 218 - I had to catch the 554 on 2nd and Pine - which required me to walk by the gang corner on 3rd where someone was stabbed a week or so ago. I had forgotten how incredibly creepy this bus stop is. I am thinking that next time I will go the extra blocks and catch it on University!
So - please raise your hand if you were one of the readers thinking that the blog has been too calm and quiet. You so need to stop doing that! I got to enjoy one of L's calls where she turns into a little shit because she's not getting her way and I'm not changing my plans. I seem to get calls like this about every 2 weeks - they coincide with her payday! Yup - she wanted me to take her to cash it tomorrow after work - well not only is it month end but I also have plans after work that will not leave me any wiggle room. She told me that maybe I shouldn't schedule things for right after work - she certainly wouldn't do that. Oh - she was also mad that I took the bus and didn't drive because she wanted me to stop by on my way home . . . For s nice visit you may be asking yourself . . . Uh no! She has no money and wanted me to bring her .75 so she could take the bus to work tomorrow!! I told her that she needed to figure things out and not rely on me . . . I know - I sound like a broken record! She told me it would be easier if she has a car. I pointed out that if she would have just gone to her court date she'd probably already have her license back. She got a bit snotty and commented that she still wouldn't have a car - to which I replied that she'd at least have the option to get a junker to drive around. Oh she was not happy with me!!
Other than that excitement it's been a good day. Time to get home - snuggle with the pup - and watch crazy Charlie Sheen on 20/20!!
Night -
De
**Pardon any spelling errors - I am posting this from my phone**
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