I'm Full for the Next Week!

So, I hope you all had a happy and restful Thanksgiving! I was able to take the day off but ended up running around for last minute groceries and things. Ugh. Dinner was yummy, as always, and dessert was even better. The best part of the whole dinner was that we didn't have to spend all day cooking it! We order our whole meal at a local 'higher end' grocery store and they always do a fantastic job. This year's desserts came from Costco. LOL I LOVE their cheesecake and pumpkin pie. I got a can of cherry pie filling for the topping since they only had plain and mango or something. It was SO good. See? There's my cheesecake and pumpkin pie...Mmmmm. LOL! I know you want some. ;o)So we'll be eating our way through this meal forever and hate every minute of it just like every other year. LOL! I've already eaten left over turkey twice today. I'm trying to see how long it will take before we end up at McDonald's or something to change things up. Hmmmm...Mexican sounds really good right about now. LMAO!

Hunting for the Hunter

By now I’m sure that we all know that I’m not big on hunting…but my friend was telling me about how hard she's been having to look for stuff for her DH (she doesn't like hunting either but of course her DH does) and finally there was a great deal that she found. She got this Nikon BDC Slam Hunter's Package that comes with like five different things, including a $50 gift card! She saved $144 which was really great and since there’s a gift card her DH can get something else too. She was telling me that they have binoculars and other things so the selection isn’t just gun parts and stuff and you can get gift cards with some of them too. My DH has been eyeing this pair of Trailblazer binoculars…I’ll have to go and see if I can get something extra with them. LOL Anytime you get something for your purchase I think it is worth it…well, okay, almost anytime. It depends on what it is of course. LOL

It's Been a Long Time...

So, I finally did it...it was only back in JULY that I wrote about the power of suggestion. You can read it here. I had talked about watching a series of shows on PBS that were on different subjects and one of them was on sandwiches. I got a HUGE craving...like I am right now AGAIN...and I had to have a hot pastrami sandwich like I used to eat when I was little. Well...I didn't get the damn thing until last week! Can you believe that?! I had sat with this dumb craving for months! I know, I can't believe it either. LOL! I know the craving would come and go but the point is that it would come back and I wouldn't do anything about it at all. So there it is....in all it's greasy glory. I have to say, it wasn't as peppery and tasty as the ones I used to eat when I would meet my grandma for her lunch break, nor as pretty as the picture in my previous post, but it was still good. It may look kinda small but the sandwiches at this local deli called Little Lucca's are SO big that you can eat them for like two days. Well, that all depends on how hungry you are. I almost always get two servings out of one sandwich but it's rare now to find a deli sandwich for like $6-7 that is this big. Normally you'll get some skinny thing that has like nothing in it and they'll want almost $10 for it. No thank you...I'll make my own darn food for that amount. LOL!

The Need for Speed

Okay, this is going to sound pretty weird. Yes-Yes has been into cars A LOT lately right? So when I’m not on the computer guess what he does…he’ll check his email, myspace (yes, I let him on there), You Tube, and then check out car parts. Car parts! I can’t believe it. He doesn’t have a car and won’t be getting one unless he pays for it at this point! It’s too weird to me. I guess that’s because I’m a girl but still. LOL So I’m waling by him the other day and he goes “Mom, come look at this Nissan Supercharger“. I’m like WHAT?! Why?! So he shows me this supercharger thing, I don’t know why, and then he starts telling me how cool it would be to get that and the Nissan that he wants. If he had his way he would make it so that when he sped off, blue flames would come out of the exhaust like in the movies. LMAO! Then he starts looking at Pontiac superchargers for our car! I don't think so. LOL!!! This site that he showed me did have really good customer service and free shipping on top of a pre-paid return policy so I guess that’s good. I don’t know...something tells me that he won’t be getting one of those anytime soon. LOL! But, he can dream all he wants. :o)

Happy Birthday...Where Ever You Are

So here's an interesting tidbit of my life. When I was really young, I met a couple of guys...dated one and became best friends with the other. After some time, I he and I got together but split when he went back home. He is some kind of jerk but to make a long story short, he and DH don't get along so I haven't talked to him in years. I do think of him every now and then though. At least he lives across the country so I don't have to worry about bumping into him. Today is his birthday...so, where ever you are now, Happy Birthday!

What's Taking So Long?

When I'm out shopping, or for anything for that matter, I tend to pay attention to details that I normally wouldn't. That's usually because I've worked in so many different customer related areas that it's hard not to sometimes. We can be out eating and I will notice that the service is either really fast or going slow and I'll start to look around and see how many tables the server has or when I'm shopping, sometimes it takes SO LONG to get a person to help you or get rung up. Like the other day. I went to an electronics store and I had to laugh at their POS systems. You would think that they would be all up to date and have some really great system. Nope. All the monitors were old and yellowing and it almost looked like they were still on some program that would be from the 1980's. LOL It was SO SLOW and I just had to wonder why they would keep something SO old. If you've ever shopped at Nordstrom or worked there you'd know that I mean. But even they have updated.

Black Friday is Almost Here!

You know how excited I was to go out and shop black friday this year? Well, no more for me. :o(I'm pretty sad about it since I've never gotten to do it before...I always had to work it instead. I've even been keeping track of all the black friday ads and when the item is available for the sale price online too. Target has some pretty good deals on their list this year. I was really looking for a laptop but it will have to wait. Bummer. Best Buy had a few that I was really interested in too. I guess I'll have to save up for it for next year. It wouldn't have been easy anyway. I would need someone to go with me and then who would be with No-No? I guess it all happens for a reason.

Girls and Golf

Man, I just heard of this new thing and I had to laugh. As if golfers don’t get snotty enough with all of the exclusive clubs and memberships, now they have a service all to their own to make them feel more like someone special. Apparently the new big thing is to have a Female Caddy Service. What do these girls do? Basically, they walk around with their golfer all day performing all of the typical caddy duties but act more as a hostess to the golfer too. While touring the course and its clubs and restaurants, this lovely will introduce the golfer of the day to people of interest as well as take care of any other needs coming close to a concierge service. I’m not sure what to think of this really. It is great that females have become more accepted on the courses as players or an employee but is it really necessary? I mean, could you imagine what kind of pumped up ego some men would have having this woman follow them and dote on them all day long? As if they aren’t feeling that way enough going to some of the best courses such as the Royal Links Golf Course and the different Las Vegas Golf Courses, among other higher end courses. Egos are really something. Personally, I might want a female caddy if I were a golfer. I think it would be interesting conversation and more like I was with a friend than someone serving all of my needs. I guess I’m just not used to being pampered at all. LOL

Please tell Me I'm Adopted

I had another one of THOSE days yesterday. I thought it would be a nice day off and we would go out and walk around with my grandma and see stuff we haven't seen in a long time...BUT NOOOOOO. My parents had to go and ruin the whole day.

What was SO awful that they did? Well, they went to get the car washed and were going to go get some food for lunch on their way home. About an hour and a half later, they came back, sorted out the food and went to sit to eat. Innocent enough right? WRONG. I go over to get mine and DH's and there's only one. Wait, what?! Yeah, those ass****s decided that because he wasn't home at the time, they weren't going to get him anything. Okay, so why am I making this SUCH a big deal?

1. There is hardly any food at all in the house (no I'm NOT exaggerating!)
2. They do this to me ALL the time. They will bring food home and not even consider asking if I want anything when they know they are getting food because there isn't any here. When I would ask why they didn't get me anything they will say "We didn't know what oyu wanted" or even better "We didn't think you wanted anything. You weren't with us". Apparently, my lack of presence warrents me starving...and yes, this has gone on since I was at least 10 years old.

3. They give bullshit excuses (see above)...this time it was "WE didn't know he was going to be home". WTF IS THAT?!?! ARE YOU SERIOUS?! Like he's NEVER going to come back?! WHY do you WANT to act SO incredibly STUPID?! I HATE stupid people.

4. They will NEVER EVER say they were sorry. That would be admitting they were wrong and God knows we can't have that. Even when my mother dropped Yes-Yes on the head when he was a baby and we had to take him to the hospital, and even years later...to this day, NOT one apology to me, DH, or Yes-Yes (who was incredibly pissed off once he was told).

5. The rest of the day, they will act like nothing at all happened and then look down on me like I have the problem and blame me (purposely) for being a bitch because EVERYTHING is my fault. No, I'm not kidding. They will find any reason at all to blame me.

This is just the TIP of what they are really like. I cannot believe I'm related to my mother. She's got to be one of THE WORST people I have ever known in my life and drives me more than insane. It may sound horrible to some of you that I can say such things but in my book people are people no matter if they are related or not. They don't get off just beacuse they gave birth to me. If it were my choice, I wouldn't have been born and that's the way she has "not" raised me.

My Pillow is Calling

Well, since I'm up and I haven't posted in a couple of days I thought I should before I hit the hay. It's 4:30am right now and we just finished Yes-Yes's project. Ugh. I hate projects. He's come down with a cold or something and hasn't been able to work on it too much...so guess who gets to do it. Yup...me. It really wasn't as bad as some of the others he's had in the past. He did all of the research and other things needed with a lot of help from EcoQuest intl stories. That was great because it was involved since it was all about the envornment and the ways we can better ourselves with the use of which types of green cleaners, eco-friendly products, and air purifiers along with other things. That can be very complicated to throw into one night...it was nice that this time I really didn’t have to do as much. LOL I think the worst project he’s ever done had to be an Egyptian tomb. It couldn’t just be some random shoe box thing it had to be historically accurate and it was ridiculous. Yup, I stayed up till he went to school doing it for him because things didn’t work out as planned. Even worse, he only got a ‘B’ on the damn thing! We had gone to a semi local Egyptian museum a couple of weeks prior so that he could see all the things according to time period and chose which one to portray. Well, apparently his teacher didn’t do all of his homework and I think he thought that the coffin wasn’t correct because it wasn’t embellished with stones and gold. Duh, he did an early period so it was a wooden box. That teacher drove me nuts. Anyway, I’m off to bed…more from me later today.

Scars

You know, I've been faced with a lot of friend issues lately. I know that sometimes people just wigg out but I'm one of those people too. I have made a bunch of good friends while I've been blogging and it's been a bit strange lately. None of them are talking to me anymore. I feel pretty crappy about it. I know we're all busy little bees and I've been on and off the computer faster than anything but it is just strange. I'll sign in to talk at different times of the day and no one will answer me. I can't help but wonder if I did something wrong. But what?!

In "real life" I actually don't have a ton of friends. I'm kind of a loner but at the same time, as I grew up, I did purposely lose contact with many of the people I knew and kept the true friends. I couldn't handle their drama anymore. They were all still really into gossip and a bunch of other junk and that really wasn't for me. On top of that, they would call me at like 3:00am cuz they knew I'd be up and cry to me about their problems. Don't get me wrong, this was perfectly fine with me but when I needed someone to talk to do you think they were there? Nope. I was a cast off and that didn't sit well with me. I can't tell you how many people I mothered when I was younger thinking that I was doing what any good friend would and it would eventually be returned. How wrong I was. :o(

Now that I have grown up, I'm still meeting people like this apparently. I just can't understand why people have to be this way. I'm almost wondering if they all ditchd me to go somewhere else and leave me out. Well...so much for the friends I thought I had.

A Children's Christmas

My FIL just came back from his vacation in the Philippines the other day. He goes there a few times a year and owns a flat over there. We think he has a girlfriend there too but he won’t admit it. LOL He had married a girl years ago and brought her over here. A few years ago she divorced him, as we all knew she would, and went to “start” her life on her own. It was sad but not unexpected.

She had brought over her dad and I was kind of surprised that the rest of the family didn’t join them. I’m thinking that they wanted to ensure that they would have a house large enough and enough money to start it all off. I have seen pictures of their home and it was pretty upsetting although “nicer” than some others I’ve seen. They live in not much more than a shack with dirt floors and a metal roof. This reminded me of this YouTube video I saw of the Payatas dump in the Philippines. It is the largest dump there and people basically live in it to scavenge for food. Their children join them in doing this everyday and are exposed to horrible conditions not to mention the emotional trauma of it all. The dump trucks will come to unload and people will surround it before the back even starts to tip and will already be going through the trash before the rest hits the pile. It is absolutely terrible.

There is a project that was created called Christmas For Payatas. Many different organizations and businesses have come together to donate and help raise money to bring some kind of Christmas to the children going through this. It is a most worthy cause and I encourage people to help out with whatever they can. Below is a little more information...

The landfill in Payatas, The Philippines, is notoriously known the world over as Smokey Mountain. For over 35 years, the smoking dump site has grown to become a stark and heart-tugging reminder of the desperate onditions of humanity.

On a daily basis, children pick through newly arrived garbage to
collect material to sell. The earnings made by one child are not enough to even buy food for the day. Hence, entire families are forced to climb the mountain each day, hoping to earn enough to feed everyone. Children as young as four years old are forced to work in this daily struggle for survival.

In response to the plight of these children, Totedaddy.com is working with Lighthouse Center For Children Foundation to bring a little cheer to the children this Christmas.

Totedaddy.com has kicked off with a cash sponsorship of USD 10,000 to enable the children to celebrate Christmas. FusionExcel International has also pitched in a USD 5,000 in cash sponsorship. The money raised
will help fund the projects already in place, and help fund additional projects aimed at providing better housing, and a means of livelihood for the Payatas community.

It is hoped that by creating better awareness to the plight of these children, more support can be garnered towards their betterment. Together we can bury poverty!

It's Bad

So did you hear? Michael Jackson is in trouble again. This time he's being sued by a sheik that loaned him money way back when. Apparently they had worked out a repayment deal but now Michael claims it was a gift (don't they all) and says he owes nothing.

You know, he has been in SO much trouble in his life, you kind of wonder what happened. I mean, yeah there was the tearing of the boob scandal but Janet turned out fine and that wasn't her fault. Is she the only one that came out semi normal? And where did all his money go? That man had earned more money than I can even begin to think about and it's gone. Well, we all know a significant amount did go to his many surgeries he claims he never had, and I did watch him spend ridiculously on a program once. But my God...I just can't see how he could blow through that before he turned 60! It's just amazing...the amount of stupidity people will do to themselves.

Don't You Know?!

Do you ever wonder what’s happened to the companies in this country? I mean, it seems like everything here is hunger for greed and how to get the most for little effort. Take the CEOs from the auto industries the other day. They all flew in separate private jets to ask the government for money. Hmmmm…something about that doesn’t sound right. Maybe if they would have “jetpooled”, they could have sat down and actually compared figures to give Congress some definite figures on exactly how much money they really need. I couldn’t believe that. How can you go all that way, waste money to ask for money and not know how much money you’re asking for?! That was ridiculous. I would think that Dennis Carey the CEO recruiter guy would have his hands full trying to replace all of these dumb CEOs…but NOOOO. They stay there, get great bail out packages and walk away the rich people that they are while we sit here like losers waiting for the government to help bail US out. The people really don’t matter under this administration and never have. Thank God we’re turning a new leaf…how much worse could it get?!

Biker Boys

It's kind of funny, a ton of people I know are now buying and riding motorcycles. These are people that I never would have thought would buy let alone get on a bike. Of course most of them are riding Harleys...could you imagine a bunch of gang banger looking guys riding around on those?! LMAO! It's too funny. And of course, DH is trying to check out a cool motorcycle rating site now. I'm like, I don't think so. We just recently heard that an old friend crashed and is now paralysed. I love my DH but no, he is not ever getting a bike. Ever. My dad had wanted one when he and my mom were married and she wouldn't let him get one either. I don't blame her because before that, my uncle had one and crashed into a car and went flying about a block away. That's SO scary! At least he walked away from it...thank God.

Safe and Secure

Some years ago our house was broken into and I think it had to be one of the scariest things I have been through. My friend and I had taken a walk with Yes-Yes (when he was a little guy) downtown to rent a movie and get some Starbucks when it happened. That was the scary part. It appeared that someone was watching us and waiting for us to leave. When we returned, we found the side door that we normally used open and it scared us to pieces. I can’t remember exactly what happened after that since it is all kind of blurry but I do remember the violation I felt. The weirdest part was that out of everything in the house that could have been taken, they only took things from my parent’s room. My step-dad’s mom had recently passed away and they had tons of jewelry in there which got ripped off. My parents couldn’t have made it easier for them either…it was all in a backpack so it was nice and portable.

That was when we lived at my grandmother’s house. It was big and old and on a dark street. I always told her that we should get some kind of home security system up. Every now and then people would walk around our house and didn’t know why. That was weird. I would have opted for a video surveillance system with a motion camera in the back. That would have really come in handy when the break in happened. I think our cats were the only witnesses and a lot of good that did. LOL ADT is huge in our area and I have heard lots of good things about them. It would give me piece of mind that someone is watching over our house. We should be getting up something on this house as soon as we can afford it but for now it is okay since someone is always home.

What Do You Wanna Eat?

Don't you hate this question? It's always the one thing thrown at me around 4:30pm. I mean, come on! Why am I the only one who has to think of what to eat? Then what happens? I go around and ask everyone what they want and the answer is always the same thing...I don't know. ARGH! It's SO frustrating. Then, if I pick something without them, they will sit there once dinner is ready and say "oh". Well, excuse me...I didn't see any volunteers racing to make dinner or offering a better choice. It drives me nuts! Sometimes I'll just make myself a sandwich while I'm cooking and be done with it myself. LOL!

I Want One!

I totally know what I want for Christmas! A massage chair! LOL Yeah I know, we’re broke…but I could still dream can’t I? This site called Takemi Select has THE best selection of great chairs at really good prices. They specialize in health and wellness products so they really know what they’re talking about. I’ve heard wonderful things about their customer service too. Man, wouldn’t I LOVE to have this sitting in the corner rather than my glider…LMAO!

Getting a Job

I talked a bit earlier about DH getting laid off earlier this week. Well, he hit another snag yesterday and this seems to happen EVERY time he has to go out and find a new job. He needed to get a new tire, there was a leak in the one he had. Of course, we cannot afford a new tire, SO we had to pay to have the one he had to be patched...again. I know, I know. LOL! I have NO idea how many times this damn thing has been patched but this is the last time for sure. Hahaha I really couldn't believe that it was happening again. Anyway, now he has no excuse at all to not be able to go anywhere...unless, that is, if for some reason his back goes out on him or something. LMAO *knocks on wood*

Being Fat

Yes, I'm still going to complain about being fat and not being able to fit into my clothes. LOL! I can say something good this time though. There are tow things that have worked a while back and that was the Michael Thurman diet and alli. The bad thing is that the Michal Thurman diet made me starve. They say you won't be hungry...you will be. I couldn't stick with it because tasteless chicken wrapped in lettuce was not yummy at all. Nor was using Splenda. Blech. Alli works quite well but it's not cheap and there are foods that you can't eat but then it's a good thing because it's kind of like a reminder that you shouldn't be eating it anyway. LOL Everything has its ups and downs...it's just a matter of what downs are right for you. LMAO

Jealousy

Isn't jealousy a funny thing? I have my own problems with it...and I always thought they'd go away. For example...

I don't like this one girl that DH's friend has a kid with. Now, there is a reason...she is friends with these girls I used to work with. I never made my private life part of work but one of them did. As soon as she found out who I was with (she made it a point to lie to me to find out) she then tells me that her friend (the other girl who worked there) was going to get with my DH and he was calling her and stuff. Ummmm...EXCUSE ME?! Of course I almost slapped the crap out of DH when I told him about it. It was this HUGE thing and I never wanted to go to work again. I even had to talk to my manager about it. It was terrible. I thought by working so far away from home, I could avoid people that knew me or anything. I was SO wrong.

So, back to this girl. I don't like her. Yeah, I know...it may be petty but I can't help that. Once I have problems with people it's kind of like guilt by association. LOL Anyway, I HATE (with a passion) when DH goes anywhere with his friend and she goes along. I HATE it! (LMAO!!! He and his friend just walked in) Maybe another reason is because I don't go out with him and his friends anymore and some of their girlfriends do. It just feels kind of wrong, you know? Like he's go a seperate life or something. I don't remember feeling like this when we had mutual friends. I don't know...what do you think?

Pretty Pictures

Since I was talking about Paris, I decided to throw up this pretty picture. LOL It is of Notre Dame at night. Pretty cool looking huh? I would love to go there. The architecture is really beautiful. I thought we might want to see something other than the Eiffel Tower. LOL

I have a hard time finding blog pictures sometimes to post on here. You can probably tell…many blank boring posts. LOL! So I found this cool site called acobox.com. They are specifically for bloggers so we won’t get in trouble for stealing copyrights unknowingly and stuff. I’m SO happy to find them. I hate being worried that I’m doing something wrong. I’ve heard of people getting sued by big companies for posting their pictures without consent. Scary stuff! Anyway, acobox.com is super easy to sign up with like most others, and they have lots of great pictures to use on your blog. You can sign up as a blogger or a photographer and post your stuff. I think it is super neat to know that people love your work and would want to use it. How cool would it be to see your stuff all over the internet?! Very cool! Too bad I can’t take a picture for my life. LOL! My BFF did photography in school and has a ton of really nice ones…hey! I should ask her to let me use them. Now there’s an idea….lot more work than I want though. I don't have to resize or anything using this new site. YAY!

Ah Paris...I Wish!

OMG, I'm SO jealous! My aunt just emailed me and she and my cousins are going on a trip..to PARIS! UGH. I'd SO love to go there. They live in Germany and if they take this super fast train it will only be a four hour ride. I wanna go! Maybe not with them...but I wanna go! LOL! I really can't stand my aunt very much....it's a long story...but I'd love to go to Europe and see all kinds of things. I could spent months over there. Maybe even years! I just need to move. Yup, that's it, I need to move to Europe. Maybe England...then I won't have to learn a totally new language. I should call up my uncle and tell him I'm coming. LOL!

Centering Myself

I wrote about spirituality a bit on my other blog but didn’t go too much in depth. Don’t worry, I won’t do it here either. LOL

There is a big uprising of new age ideals and how to become more spiritual. Not religious, spiritual. Meaning that you are living a conscious life and not over run by life itself or what some people call getting “stuck in a rut”. To live more spiritually is to be aware of you, your surroundings, and your intentions. Many people have found a tremendous happiness living this way. Personally, I’m still in training mode. LOL! It really isn’t as easy as everyone thinks. You really do have to be “on a different level” of thinking and stuff. It is really a good thing though. The hard part is to not think about what you “have to do” but what “you want to do” taking that literally. It really isn’t the “new age” we think of when we hear the words.

I came across a site called mindfullivingtv.com and it’s pretty cool for those interested in this. If you’re one of the thousands that read “A New Earth” you will love this site. It is created by the “viewers” not some random group of people and it’s all about sharing and creating this way of life. I’m VERY excited about it because I have found it so difficult to not get stuck in routine and life in general. There are tv shows online and a community and it will be nice to interact with people wanting to live the same way as me. God knows I need this right now.

New Happenings

Here's a quick update of what's been going on here lately...

DH got laid off on Monday. Absolutely perfect timing...not. It's bad enough that this boss was an idiot but he ended up losing not gaining accounts, hence the lay off. This guy is a complete moron and the business will proably go under. He said he'd bring DH abck on when things picked up but we aren't counting on it. Frankly, I'd rather DH not go back there anyway. I'm hoping he'll find something new soon.

Since DH has been home, I still can't get anything done...it's like having a third kid. On top of that, No-No freaks out and whines and cries all the time because she's that way with DH. It's been a mad house around here.

OH...and did I mention that DH's tire has a bad leak? Now we have to shell out for a new tire so he can actually go get a job. UGH

New TV

I'm still thinking that we may want to get a new TV before the transition to D-TV but I'm not sure it's all that possible right now. We really do need at least one new one since our downstairs TV totally fried. We can't use it for anything except video games. It's fine for now since Yes-Yes is the only one who seems to use it anyway but it is kind of a waste of space if we can't actually waatch anything on it. I have to say though...all these abriviations are making me totally confused, like HDTV. What is it? Is it a way of transmitting or what? I tried reading through the government website for the transition and I think that made it worse. God I feel old. LMAO!!!

Job Loss

SO many people are getting laid off it's not funny. We are still hoping that nothing happens to my step-dad who works for United. One of my friends got laid off recently but he's in a good field and has been looking for good IT job search sites. At least he has that to go on.

The lady I work with has been offering me more work...which sounds good but really isn't. Making jewelry is SO time consuming and it doesn't pay much at all. As it is I work 20 hour days and it's still not enough. Ugh, you can't have it all can you.

Clothing Crisis

You know, every year I've had some money to get myself a new sweater or something to wear for Christmas except this year. It's quite disappointing. It's not so much that I may have to wear the same thing as last year...no one's gonna remember anyway, but I'm not sure I have anything that I can actually fit. LOL! I have gained quite a bit of weight being at home and sitting down to work. I may have to crash diet and/or get some diet pills to help knock off a few pounds really quickly. I hate doing that but it's cheaper than trying to afford something new.

Dell vs Gateway

Since I was on the subject...anyone ever had a Dell or Gateway laptop? If you did, how did you like it and the company's service? I've heard that Dell can have some really crappy support and that Gateway always has the opposite and it's fantastic. Is there any truth to this? I'm figuring that I may or will run into some kind of problems sooner or later and will need to try to talk to someone eventually. Also, does anyone know if support usually comes with a fee? I've heard that it does and am wondering if there's any way around this.

Sorry for all the weird questions...can you tell I'm totally pc stupid? LOL! PLEASE, if you have some reccommendations, SHARE! I have no idea what I'm doing.

Cute Clothes

I’m SO jealous of the moms to be that are out there right now! You know, when I was pregnant with Yes-Yes, there were NO good looking maternity clothes in the stores. I had to resort to big oversized clothes or frumpy old lady maternity styles. It was not fun at all. I always just looked like I was wearing dh’s clothes. Then with No-No, I had more of a selection but still there wasn’t anything very flattering. Sure it was only a couple of years ago but each year better and better looking things keep hitting the stores. It almost makes me want to have another one just so that I can have a wardrobe. LOL!!! There are so many new mommy boutiques and web sites opening up that offer the best stuff it’s incredible....like that bella band. (I always wanted one of those but couldn't find one) I’ve never seen anything like it. I found a great one called duematernity.com and they have a fantastic selection with great prices. One thing that was really hard for me to find then and even now not being pregnant is a really nice black top. This one would have worked out perfectly for me. Work clothes were really difficult to find and this one could go either way. And even better, if you use the code “BLOG1” at checkout, you can get FREE SHIPPING! We all know how much I LOVE that. LOL! Man, I wish I could have found them sooner.

Laptop Looking

Well, despite my feeling awful today, I went out to a couple of electronics stores and played with a bunch of laptops. I still have no idea which one I want to get. I'm understanding more of what I need but there are so many other terms and abriviations, I don't know what they are. And then of course there's the cute factor. Yes, the cute factor. I need something cute otherwise I'll always regret getting "that" one. I saw a pink Sony Vaio today and it stuck with me at every store I went to. One of my friends wanted this when she saw it the other day too. It's funny how we have the same taste sometimes. I never thought that I would want a pink laptop but it really is too cute! Too bad I don't have more modern furniture to match it and make myself feel really good when I go to sit and work. I am using this funky old kid's desk that was some hand me down from god knows where. It functions but it's really ugly. LOL!

Here's Another One

I saw this thing on Oprah and our local news the other day as it has won Time magazine's best invention of the year. It's a genome kit that you spit into and send in for results that was created by two women local to me and founded the company 23andme, one being the wife of a Google guy. They are able to identify your genome structure, I guess you could say, and tell you what kinds of markers you are carrying in your body for a range of health impairments from Parkinson's to lactose intolerance. There are tons of things that many of us don't think about and might possibly want to know. So many parents have a baby and soon find out that they were both carriers of a certian thingy and then their kids turn out to have and carry on the disorder. It's really sad when it turns out to be something fatal or drastically life changing. That's something we never think about as a natural part of life. I think this kit would make a fantastic gift for someone this year. I'd make sure to have a conversaion about their feelings on this before hand though since it's not really for everyone. This thing is SUPER cool though and for a fraction of the price that you would normally pay for the lab.

Give a Great Gift

I may have talked about stem cells, blood banking, and related topics before. I probably will always have something to say about it because I feel that it’s really important to do something on your own that may help save your life or a relative’s life in the future. There are always so many new breakthroughs that you can never say never when it comes to your health and to prepare for the future.

Many of my friends and me have wanted to be able to save our baby’s cord blood for future possible use for anyone in our family but some of us and me especially, don’t have the money to do this. I have to say that it was rather depressing to know that all that went to waste after I delivered No-No. The idea never crossed my mind to ask for funding as a present and I couldn’t believe that I never thought about it before now. Actually, I didn’t know it was possible to give a gift certificate towards this to begin with. LOL Had I have known, I would have put this as my only item on any wish lists that I had from the beginning. It would have made an excellent baby shower gift or Christmas present. Man did I miss out. I hope that I can encourage some of you to talk to your loved ones about the idea and see if it’s something they would like to have. I wish someone offered it to me. It is not only cord blood but there are other ways to collect stem cells also. You can find out more about Cryo-Cell and how to give a gift by clicking on the links.

Still Feeling Crappy

I have no idea what's wrong with me but I still feel totally awful. One day I'm good the next it's back to crap. I can't even say whether this is truly a virus or just exhaustion. I've spend SO much time over the last, i don't know how many months, trying to work that it may just be total burnout. If that is the case, this sucks royally! I really don't have time to be lying around doing nothing. Damn, if I would have gotten the laptop a while ago I could be lying in bed doing this. LOL! Oh well, what can you do. Ugh, gotta go...No-No has been twice as awful since I've been out of it and she just got into the old maps and is running around with a las vegas strip map. Yeah...there's a place that she'll be forbidden from for her whole life. lmao!!!

AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!

Okay, I REALLY don't understand this...why do parents think they have the right to "raise" their grandchildren?! I mean, don't they know when to shut up?!

Here's what happened...Yes-Yes was his usual forgetful self and didn't turn the stuff he was using off when he left the room. Then he goes and takes a shower but it was hecka long, so I went and yelled to him to hurry the heck up. BTW, the water bill has skyrocketed. SO, when he gets out, he gets dressed and goes to get something. Before he hits the stairs, my mom, who's room is at the end of the hall, starts laying into him about taking the long shower. He starts telling her that he was sorry and wasn't paying attention to how long it really was and that he'll be more careful next time. Well, this woman wasn't satisfied with his answer and starts yelling at him and making him feel guilty. So he goes back at her in a more whiny tone and of course she won't take that from him. OMG I wanted to run down there and scream at her. He said he was sorry and he has been really good about it, so wtf?! Man, I wish we didn't have to live here.

No Help Wanted

One of our old friends has some problems with drugs and alcohol and has been in and out of rehab clinics for years. Not to mention jail. We’re never sure if he’s really going to get the help that he needs and each visit for him is pretty much a waste of money. There’s really not much anyone can do if he doesn’t set his own mind to it. It’s really sad to see this happen to him. It would be nice if he was open to the wonderful help and services they try to provide for him.

My Neighbors

I live in between some very interesting people. On one side is a couple that are both retired and own an apartment building or two. He's a chef that taught at a semi local college and I think she used to work at a school. They have like three kids and have at least five grand kids. They garden a lot and keep redoing rooms in their house. The smells that come out of that house are terrific. On the other side of us is a young couple, about my age, that just had their first child and are expecting their second. I'm not sure who does what since they didn't move in that long ago but it seems that he stays home and does something. They paid a huge amount as a down payment on the tiny house ($500,000.00) and it kinda makes me want to know what they do. LOL They seem nice but kinda phony some how. I'm wondering if our daughters are going to grow up to be friends or enemies...if we are still next door then. Kinda random but great reflection. LOL!

Making Change

From irritating to inspiring we go. LOL!

I came across this kid named Bilaal Rajan on youtube a while back and was totally overwhelmed by the motivation that he has for making change in this world. It started with him selling Clementine oranges door to door to raise money for his cause and to date he has raised millions of dollars and is now the youngest Ambassador for UNICEF. Not only had he raised more money than most of us as a group, he has also written a book and created his own programs for children to help children in need. He has been able to visit numerous countries to see first hand what needs to be done and how his hard work will be spent. He is truly an amazing young man.

I know that most people don’t quite think of giving until the holidays come up and with the economy the way it is now it’s pretty difficult to even think of being able to give whatever you have. The thing is that it really doesn’t take much as Bilaal has shown us…a little at a time does end up going a long way and the reward is much greater than the few dollars spent. If you need an excuse…the holidays are coming up quickly so please make sure that you do your part to help someone else that needs it.

Peeves!

I love chips as most other people do but there's something that I absolutely can't stand about them...the way people sound when their eating them! Omg, it's like nails on a chalkboard to me. It hits right up there with chewing with your mouth open and hitting your utencil on your teeth. the worst is that chips and other cruchy things are big in my house and i have to sit here and listen to people chomping away on them all the time. UGH. Then they'll even chew with their mouths open and I have to hear that too. There's gotta be a "safer" snack. LOL!

Dr. 411

Another one of my friends is thinking seriously about weight loss surgery and is looking for a good lap band doctor. I told her that I’m sure my other friend could talk to her’s and see if he might have a couple recommendations for her. Interviewing surgeons is not a light task and should be considered very carefully. It’s a good thing I know someone who had a great experience with it so that I can help get proper information to someone else who may need it too.

What's the Deal?!

OMG, I have been having the worst time with my children EVER! It's crazy! One's pissed off one day and the next the other is freaking out all over the place. I swear I don't know what to do with them.

No-No seems to be getting worse everyday. She's really a violent holy terror. I almost wish she was still an infant! Yes-Yes is getting WAY worse in attitude. I can't handle his crap sometimes and I have to put him in his place. I usually just give him a warning but occasionally I have to rip into him and check the uncontrollable attitude he's got. He'll get all pissy for what appears to us as no reason. UGH. I swear I can't win with my kids. LOL!

Eagerly Awaiting Black Friday Cell Phones

We are SO excited about Black Friday in this house, I can’t even tell you. Yes-Yes is becoming a HUGE tech geek and is always looking out for all the new stuff. He would really love to have an iphone but he is starting to lean towards other touch screen cell phones. He has been telling me about the Sprint Samsung Instinct a lot lately. The only quaff I would have is that I don’t think it is a 3G phone, not like he needs that, but otherwise I love that it comes with so many features. LOL He is watching and eagerly waiting for the Sprint Black Friday deals. I haven't told him yet that it's possible to get this phone for...FREE! I absolutely love when you can get the cell phone that you want for free. I’m not quite sure we want to get Sprint or not but having Nextel would be pretty neat. It could save us some money and stress to have the one-push walkie talkie thing they have. I would really like a new phone also, so I’m waiting to see what’s on the at&t Black Friday deals which is what we have now. It’s actually pretty funny because DH wants to get a T-mobile phone. We aren’t sure why but I’m thinking he likes their plans and selection a bit better. So, he’s waiting for the T-Mobile Black Friday sale. Then there are my parents who use Verizon. They both have some generic type of cell phone and have wanted new phones with clearer reception for a long time, so can you guess? Yup, they’re watching out for the Verizon Wireless Black Friday sale. I’m telling you, this house is getting pretty crazy and it’s really funny how all of us want something different. At some point I think we are going to have to compromise. LOL!

Prayers

I am posting in hopes to collect some prayers...

A dear friend of mine's husband has a failing heart and needed surgery. It happened the other day and it doesn't look good. After about 8 hours of surgery he crashed before coming out of the operating room. After they stabalized him, they let the family in and he coded again. He's only been stable for a few hours now and they aren't sure if he'll make it.

Update:
He has made it through the last couple of days but it's still a touchy situation as he could return to a bad one. We still need some hope to throw their way.

Even though I am not posting their names, PLEASE say a prayer to help bring him through. God will know who they are. Thank you.

Blech

I am SO sick today it's not funny. The worst is I know that it's only going to get worse tomorrow and the next day. It stared a few days ago with my head being kind of messed up. I thought it was just a migraine but was freaking out because I started to lose my vision also. Then my head wasn't the same for a few days. Today it hit and I'm just yuck. Even worse is that I was supposed to go buy some sports gifts for my friend's twins that have a party on Sunday. I may not even be going to that so who knows. In the meantime, I'm staying in bed.

What Did I Do?!

I'm feeling pretty crappy today. We went out to the outlets the other day and had a blast. It was great not to have to worry about being broke and we spent some money on things that we need for ourselves...well, kinda. I was an idiot and went into the Coach store when I knew I really shouldn't have. What did I do? I wpent the money I was saving for a new laptop on a purse. Actually, it could have been worse...usually, I'll buy an accessory for it too like a keychain that shouldn't cost even half of what the price is. I was good about that this time. I LOVE my new bag but the excitement has worn off and the guilt is setting in. Now I'm going to have to work even harder than what I've been killing myself to do to make up the money. Yeah, I know...good one.

Awwww Man!

My boss’s site is down again. We really can’t figure out what the problem is. It could be anything from the domain to the development but we aren’t sure. She doesn’t think it’s the website hosting but you can’t rule that out either. The bad news for me is that if no one can go to that site, no one will buy anything. If no one buys anything, I can’t make anything to get paid from. LOL So in a round about way, it’s totally my business. I hate being nosy about this kind of stuff but when it comes to my money, sometimes I have to be. I’m not sure what she’s going to do if it keeps going out on her. I told her that it might be a good idea to start all over and brand new. New everything. Then she might have a better chance of it staying up well. By now, so many people have messed with it that you can’t really be sure where the problem is. I hope she gets it up soon! We really could use some extra Christmas and birthday money. I already bought myself a Christmas pressie…more on that later on. LOL! I really shouldn’t have but I couldn’t help it. Plus, I think I deserve it after spending countless hours working. ;o)

Family Feuds

Whenever the holidays come up, everyone expects to spend it with extended family right? Not here. half of my family is in Europe and the uncle I have here sucks, so we never anticipate spending any time with them. I feel bad because his youngest son is the same age as Yes-Yes and they get along really well. I'm sure they don't care though. He's the biggest jerk I have to deal with. Any time we have to talk to him it's through email because we can't even stand the sound of his voice. Even in writing he's a jerk! He's constantly undermining, patronizing, and crtitising you. Not to mention that he's just plain rude as hell.



He's always kind of been this way but it's gotten worse over time. The worst part of all is his trying to control every aspect of my grandma's situation. She has dementia (growing towards Alzheimer's) and lives in an assisted living home. This home is not the kind of place that she should be living in as there isn't enough individualised care. There is no one to monitor her which is what she needs on top of daily routine care. He REFUSES to agree to move her into a smaller group home which costs less and will provide more care. He even had the balls to ask "if she doesn't shower, is her health at risk?" I couldn't believe it. That is nothing short of senior abuse! Ugh, I'm getting angry just talking about it. I'll have more later.

Contest!

I've got a GREAT contest for everyone! How does $33,000 in prizes or a grand prize of $15,000 sound to help out your holiday online shopping?! I'm SO there! LOL It's SUPER easy too. All you have to do to enter is write up your shopping confession or turn it into a video and register it. It's up to you what to write but if you need some more details they are here. While you're signing up to win a butt load of prizes, PLEASE use my blog's url in the url box so that I can keep track of the referrals that enter the contest...NO I don't get anything for your referrals...I just would like to see how many people I can get (my own personal thing). I REALLY hope everyone signs up to enter! There are TONS of great prizes...who doesn't love that?!

The Poor Man's Diet

In my house how to lose weight is always a major topic. Most recently it's how to lose weight when you're poor. LOL!!! Our diet is not at all what it used to be and with food costs rising, it didn't help our situation. At least gas is going down and there's a tiny bit of breathing room there now. It's really amazing how our economy has changed so much so fast. Anyway, we've come up with what we call the poor diet. Basically you have to find another use for everything in your fridge than what you would normally use it for. It's starting to work out well now...once we got used to it. LOL I'll be posting some tips once we perfect them a little. ;o)

Christmas Vacation

I just found out that my great aunt and uncle won't be around for Christmas this year. They're going on another cruise. It's CRAZY how many cruises they have been on. They've been all over the world and go on at least two cruises each year. My grandma was lucky to go on one with them before she could no longer travel alone. Her poor sister had to babysit her like no tomorrow and probably wasn't able to enjoy much of it herself. At least they got to spend time together. I've never gotten to go on one but heard they are really fun. Meanwhile, I'm too scared of something bad happening. LOL!

Terrible 2s!!!

No-No has been a total nightmare lately...more so than normal, which I almost thought was impossible. I have NO idea what to do with her. She runs around all day terrorizing anything and everything that she can. From body pinning the cats to crashing into you with her little car thing. It's just overwhelming how bad this little girl is. There isn't a second in her waking hours that she isn't screaming or whining about something. The house is a TOTAL disaster area 24/7 from her running and throwing things ad she does. She's into every single space that she should not be in and thinks that she can do everything we do. Her latest is plugging the stereo into the socket. If you have ANY advice besides 'wait it out', PLEASE share! We're SO lost!

Mixed Reviews

You know, when I was working outside the house, I would have to deal with MANY different types of people, just like at any job. It was quite difficult when I was younger and didn’t work directly with my bosses because they would rate my performance without even watching me work. The worst time was when I was accused of doing things that were inappropriate because it wasn’t me, it was another girl with the same name as me. I had even complained about what this girl did and It went unheard by the “big bosses”. I heard of a new technique to eliminate this problem called 360 defree feedback. It’s when you create your own review and are reviewed by your peers or coworkers in a meeting type setting with the higher management as well. I think it’s a really great idea and wish I would have had this type of thing back then. Ever since then, I’ve made a huge point to become a bit more personal and work very closely with my manager or boss so that nothing like that would happen to me again. You can read more about this practice below.

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The new rules predict who is most likely to become a star performer in their field of work and are crucial to their marketability for future jobs.

These rules have little to do with what we were told was important in school: academic abilities are largely irrelevant to this new standard. The new measure: Emotional Intelligence (EQ) takes for granted having enough intellectual ability to do our jobs. Emotional Intelligence focuses instead on personal qualities or emotional competencies based on

Self Awareness - Managing Emotions - Self Motivation - Managing Relationships - Emotion Coaching.
One of the most effective ways to develop Emotional Intelligence is to use the Appraisal360 Emotional Intelligence tool monitor real life behaviour. Appraisal360 specialise in providing online 360 degree feedback (multi-rater feedback) tools to support companies with the development of their staff.

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SALES!!!

I LOVE the holiday season! There are SO many great deals and sales out there if you hit it right. Even though we are broke, I have been working my tail off to bring in a bit of extra spending money. It's not as much as I used to make by far but it's something. I really wanted to take advantage of the bad times for retail right now to get some things that we need. I can't wait for all the electronic stores to put out their black friday advertisements! I'm still looking for my laptop and hope to have it within the next month. In the mean time, here are a couple of sales for you...


Gap - Additonal 25% off including Baby Gap, Gap Kids, and Gap online and in store *Enter Code EXTRA25 for online purchases* vaild until Nov 11, 2009


Gymboree - 30% off your entire purchase *Enter Code GYMFRIEND for online purchases* offer valid Nov 6-8, 2009

Old Navy - 50% off ALL outerwear! Unknown end date

The Poor Diet

I am having a really hard time with my weight now a days. I know I am never going to be able to lose anything if I keep sitting all day but I don’t have much of a choice since that’s what my work requires. This is why I ALWAYS chose a job that had me running around all day. I haven’t been this fat ever! UGH.

I’ve always tried all sorts of diets hoping to find something suitable to work into my life but I haven’t come across anything yet I don’t think. There have been lots of them. The hardest part is that we don’t have the money to buy as much fresh food as we would like, so we end up eating a ton of stuff that’s not so good for you since it is cheaper. I call it the poor diet. I’ve looked for recipes that would work with this to no avail. So, I thought of going on one of those diets that is a meal plan kind of deal. You know, they provide the food. I know some are REALLY expensive so that wasn’t working out too well. But I did find one called Medifast. Their meals are healthy enough for diabetes patients so it can’t be all that bad. I’m even more excited because…I FOUND COUPONS!!! How rare is that?! Yup, I’m proud of myself. LOL If you’re interested, click the link to get your Medifast coupon code. There is actually more than one so you really can save a lot of money! I'm hoping this will help me a great deal.

Ummmmm...

Okay, I know I have stress and stuff but this is just insane! Would you do this to yourself voluntarily?! I don't know. LMAO! I've thought about getting acupuncture done and have been told it's wonderful but this picutre really makes me think twice. LOL I wonder what kind of problems you have to have to have that many needles in your face?!...And why is he wearing make up?!

Do You Send Christmas Cards?

So, when do you start sending out your Christmas cards? I know a lot of people like to start after Thanksgiving. It’s crazy how many people keep up with sending them too. I personally haven’t ever been good at sending anything. LOL Stuff just ends up sitting around here and doesn’t move until I end up throwing it out. I really wanted to send out cards last year but No-NO would not cooperate taking a picture for the life of her. Now I think I might have a better chance of getting one but not by much. LOL! I love all the photo Christmas Cards that you can do now. It’s even better because you can get them done online instead of trying to do one at those photo kiosk things. I don’t have the patience to sit there and wait for people to play around with them…they take forever! I love having the option of vistaprint.com. They have a great selection and very reasonable prices. Not to mention that they are always running some kind of promotional deal. I’m always looking for that. Their processing and shipping time is way better than a lot of other services out there. Sometimes they even offer free shipping…we all know how much I love that. LOL!!!

I'm SO Sorry!!!

OMG...I feel like THE worst friend ever!!! I just realized yesterday that I missed my good friend's birthday! By how much? Oh, just about A WEEK. *hangs head in shame* LOL!!! I feel SO awful about it. At least she doesn't live here...then I'd really be in for it I think. :o} So, since I missed it...HAPPY BIRTHDAY E.W.!!!!!!!!!

Save Up!

Since I’m talking about money so much, I thought I’d let you all know that my savings rates are terrible. LOL! Yeah, like you needed to know that. I’m sure you wanted to know too, huh? Really though, they do and in my dizzy sleeplessness I was able to actually think about it. So I started looking around and found a cool site that compares rates for you. It’s pretty neat and I haven’t seen anything like it. You just choose what you want and your location and it will tell you what’s available. I know I’ve been wanting to switch banks but I’m not sure if right now is a good time or not. I wish I had enough for a better account type.

OMG...I'm SO Tired!

I just mentioned earlier about me working to bring in a bit more dosh...I have had NO sleep at all. I'm not kidding when I say that. (As of this minute, I've been up for almost 24 hours.)I have been up at least 20 hours a day trying to get some Christmas and birthday money for us and the kids. It's such a pain in the arse to be doing what I'm doing. Even worse, the TV was mocking me on Tuesday night. I was sitting at the table at 5:00am making jewelry (no sleep mind you) listening to the news, obviously about the election, and after a while I finally noticed that they kept playing the same part of Obama's speech over and over and over for some weird reason. I knew they were playing it but didn't realize until some time later, what part it was. It was when he talked about people working longer hours for less pay to get less sleep. It did resonate with me when he first said it but at this point someone was really messing with me. LMAO!

That's Odd

I had a funny thing happen to me yesterday. A while back I mentioned getting DH some 511 Tactical pants and stuff because I had seen a good deal for it online. Well, I was cleaning up our junk and I came across a catalog with all their stuff in it. It turns out that my cousin in law works for a place that sells this line of gear and other stuff for police and security people. I had to laugh because it was such a coincidence at the time. Ok, maybe it wasn’t THAT funny. Sorry…random thought. LOL!!!

When?!

Since we changed our clocks back, I have been a total mess. I used to LOVE the time change so I could sleep in a bit longer before heading off to work. Now that's come back to bite me in the butt! I forgot what it's like when you have a little kid! No-No is waking me up earlier than normal now and it's driving me mad. She has a cold right now so her sleeping is crap to begin with and that's making it harder for her to stay asleep. Then the day is even more crappy cause she's tiring faster, or earlier. UGH. The evenings are always hard no matter what but now it just comes too early. I'm sitting here trying to get work in before putting her down and she's freaking out all over me. I can't wait till her cold is gone and she gets used to the time again. My perfect day would be to sleep in, not work at all, and stay in bed all day. Man do I miss that!

Helpful Programs

I was just talking to the lady that I work with today about where online she can sell her products. If you don’t know, I make jewelry for her. She tends to be more wholesale but would like to directly sell. She’s not too savvy online and didn’t know about the esty shops. I think that would be a really great place for her. Anyway, I also told her about www.SoftwareTech.com. They have great business software for small businesses and the like. She could really use the HR program for the employees that she has and to keep her organized. She was able to download the free trial of it and will be getting back to me to let me know how it goes. I took a look at the programs too and they seem really easy to use. I’ve made a note for myself too in case I decide to go into business too.

Free Shipping

I got a couple of emails for online deals recently that I thought I'd share. Who doesn't love discounts and free shipping?! So, the details are as follows (see the site for complete details)...

Spend $50 or more on GAP brand clothing and receive $10 off your purchase ~ code:SKP1J1BCV2VH

Buy at least one item from Banana Republic and get free shipping on your entire order including items from all the other GAP brands ~ code:MPVJ1FQT3ML1

I can't wait to see what other kinds of deals we can get out of this not so good situation! Not that I have the money to spend. LOL!

Moving Day

My best friend and her family are moving again. I swear…they move every few years. LOL This time it wasn’t their fault though. Their landlord had sold the property they lived on and it had a few houses on it. The people that bought it decided to take out the cute cottage they lived in and are putting in a swimming pool. You should see there they lived. It was on top of a mountain that lined the coast…meaning ocean. I’d like to know when you are going to go swimming when it’s always cold and foggy?! LOL Anyway, they are making tons of trips to their new condo in the neighborhood where we used to live. It’s funny how you end up making circles in life. I was telling them that they should have used Relocation.com. I found their website a bit late though. They have lots of really good moving tips and an assortment of services to help you find what you need. That would have helped when they moved cross-country years ago. The movers were terrible and they lost their stuff for a while. Not good. LOL!!!

Happy Anniversary...or Not

Well, it's been 14 years now that I have been with DH. Damn that's a LONG time. LOL! Our anniversary was yesterday and of course, he had no idea...again. I can't remember one time that he's actually remembered. Some of it isn't actually his fault. He has no concept of dates at all. We're lucky if he knows what day of the week it is. Thanks to him working, it isn't too often that he doesn't at least know that. LMAO

I ended up getting into a yelling match with him too. I had forgotten to take a picture of No-NO and her first Halloween stash, so I was going to re-dress her back up and snap a few. Well, when I went to look at her candy...yup. He ate it all! Okay maybe not all of it...he saved the candy that she can't eat (bars) for later. I was SO pissed. His excuse? "I only ate a few". DUH! She only had a few! She's a toddler! UGH! And no, I wasn't going to give it to her anytime too soon...just bits here and there. Why do men have to suck?!

Blood Suckers

Since SO many homes in our area were foreclosed on, we had a record number of mosquitoes at weird times this year. People had abandoned their homes and left their swimming pools filled. It would have been nice if they would have at least drained them or dumped a ton of bleach in them. Abatement went around in helicopters looking for green colored pools. It was no fun. I think that the banks should have looked out for this and hired a company like Shasta Pools to go around and clean out and drain the pools. They do great work and are environmentally friendly. Then we wouldn’t have to worry about all theses darn bugs and the West Nile virus.

Go Vote!!!

My aunt just emailed this to me and in honor of election day, I thought I'd post it. I couldn't help craking up when I saw it. Look closely! I have to say, I think they did a great job with Obama's face. LMAO!!!

I hope everyone went out to vote today. This one is SO ibg I couldn't understand why anyone would pass this one up.

Now It's My Turn

Okay, so since I just vented about DH now it's my turn I suppose. LOL!!! As I mentioned, I do have a lot of problems and most of them are from having the kids. After I had No-No everything went totally down hill for me. I have constant back problems, carpal tunnel syndrome, and I think, tendinitis or something. I have lots of soreness sometimes too and I'm starting to wonder if I have fibromyalgia or something because a lot of times I'll feel like I'm bruising from the inside out and nothing ever shows up on the outside. I've never known anyone who's had this and I don't think it runs in my family at all, so I'm really going to have to make an appointment and get checked out. I hate not knowing what the deal is with my body. There's lots of other stuff too but I won't bore you with that...like you aren't bored already. LOL!

Something's Wrong

OMG...I'm getting SO tired of having to deal with DH and his crap. No-No is slightly sick right now and my mom is getting over something also. I wasn't feeling well today and now I have to hear him complain that he's getting sick too! Okay, I know this doesn't sound very nice coming from a wife and mom but come on! Something is ALWAYS wrong with him! No, I'm not kidding. It's like he's a hypochondriac or something. It can be everything from his back to his pinkie toe. There's always something to complain about that hurts.

I have a lot of physical problems too but I don't just sit around and complain about them. You're lucky to hear me say anything at all about it. I will most likely say something once, just to let you know and that's it. I don't have to mope around complaining all the time about it. MOVE ON! Geesh! And then...he has to get all dramatic about it saying that he's not going to live that long and blah blah blah. OMG! He's 36!!! Shut up already! Today I totally lost it when he started saying that we need to check out some term life insurance quotes. I was like, "Dude, that's for old people!" UGH! I think he needs some serious help. LMAO!

Post Halloween

Okay, I know Halloween was yesterday but I was really busy with No-No being sick and Yes-Yes not knowing where he was going. I really wanted to post some of my favorite pumpkin pics that I've seen around but couldn't get around to it. Sorry, I know it's not like me to be so "after the fact".

I haven't shown Yes-Yes this yet...yeah, I forgot that too...he's gonna love this one. He's such a Star Wars geek. He was a Jedi again this year.

Yeah, he's gonna love this one too. I always thought those boomb guys were SO cute! Mario Rocks! LOL

This one is just TOO funny! I love that look on the little one's face!

And lastly, a really bad pic...LOL!!! No really, this one is really cool, although the picture is pretty awful. I can't believe that people really do have this kind of time and patience...I don't know either anymore. :o}

New Glasses for DH

I know I mentioned a while back that No-NO was nice enough to break my favorite pair of glasses. Yes, they are still broken and skewed on my face but I’m still wearing them. LOL!!! I haven’t had time to get any new ones and so this is just going to have to work out for now.

Dh called me the other day from work freaking out that his eyeglasses had broken and didn’t know what to do. His eyes are WAY worse than mine. The worst part is that he hasn’t had an exam in years and really need a new prescription which is going to make it cost WAY more than it needs to be. His glasses had been on the verge of falling apart for a LONG time and the lenses would even keep popping out. LOL We would have to stick them back in all the time. I’m hoping that we can get the exam done and get the prescription to fill somewhere else. Zenni optical has really nice frames, I’ve looked there a lot for myself, and the prices are more than reasonable. I have to check with him and see which ones he likes and find out how to do this but I think it will save us a LOT of money in the long run!