Water aerobics was really fun tonight, we all were in good moods and got lots of laughs in. At one point we were doing arm exercises and the instructor was explaining that your upper arms should be burning and that it would help tighten up your upper arms and one of the ladies lifted her arms out of the water and wiggled her fat and said, "So it will take away our wavy parts? Ooh we need to do more of these!" it was so funny! She's a really nice lady, but I can't think of her name at the moment, and she has a great sense of humor.
Andy and I went to Kneaders for dinner and I got a yummy salad trying to make up for all the crap I ate at work today and then we went to see about a movie. We got to the theater and everything that was available to see was sold out, even the crappy movies! All the bored twilighter's waiting for the midnight show I guess LOL. Oh well, back home to watch tv and enjoy each other's company. We'll hit Twilight for the first showing tomorrow and hopefully miss all the annoying tweenies.
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Sadness
Today started out as a good day. I wasn't hurting, I was happy, we were going out, we were going to have fun. My mom called. My uncle is dying. He has been given two months to live, but he probably won't make it that long. All I can do is cry and be sad and be mad. I didn't get to meet my grandpa because he died of emphazema and drinking. My uncle Wayne has it and is now dying, my uncle Allen has it. My brother already has lung problems and had to move to Nevada and a dryer climate to keep from being hospitalized. My step brother, my cousins, my big sister and her husband, my brother-in-law. Do any of them learn? Do any of them quit? Do any of them care? How many more am I gonna lose before I really should? How much more heartache do we all have to endure before anyone gets it?
School, Work, and WoW
School is out for the summer and my entire work team came over to my house for a project. As we got going I got more and more confused and everyone got more and more upset with me and I couldn't figure it out. My boss came up to me and told me that as my teacher, she was very disappointed with me for not completing my school work but that my work work was going well. I was so confused, but then I figured it out. Somehow I had thought school had let out for the summer, but it hadn't really, I was really upset with myself and all my class mates were upset with me for not keeping up with them and because of this they no longer wanted me on their team at work. We all argued and I kicked them all out of my house and then I decided to go play WoW to let off some steam. I log on, and because it had been so long since I've played there were all these changes made and I couldn't figure them out and then I realized that all the other players around me were my classmates/coworkers and they were being really rude and wouldn't help me. And then I woke up. Holy crap dreams are weird.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Surprises
I fell asleep on the couch hurting last night, then Andy woke me up about and hour later to surprise me with an episode of my favorite show, Doctor Who. We watched it and an episode of True Blood and then headed for bed about 1:00 am. Andy woke me up the next morning with breakfast in bed, have I mentioned how much I adore my husband?, but then I shortly fell back asleep and didn't wake up again until 2:30. Man, I slept the entire day away. I hurt all over and really don't feel good. I hate having fibromyalgia. I got up and got dressed and was upset with my pants. They have gotten baggy and really loose, which is a good thing but I don't have any others to wear and can't go get new ones right now. I recently had to measure myself in order to order a new swim suit and realized I had lost 2 inches from the last time I had measured several months ago, and so I decided to brave the scale today. I got a really nice surprise and found out I had lost 9 pounds. YAY!
We did get to a movie though, we saw Karate Kid and it was awesome. We also discovered a new frozen yogurt place. I grew up in American Fork and next to our theater was this place called The Yogurt Parlor and it had the best ever frozen yogurt. They have closed and I have not been able to find another place with frozen yogurt that I like. I'm very picky about it. We the Yogurt Land in Jordan Landing is the bomb! they are as good and better than the Yogurt Parlor. Its self serve, have fresh toppings, and no artificial flavoring at all. They sell it by the ounce as well so you can make it as big or small as you want with whatever toppings. I had a chocolate and arctic vanilla with fresh cut strawberries and reeses pieces and Andy had chocolate and pistachio swirl and cheesecake and strawberry swirl with fresh strawberries. It was all really delicious and I highly recommend going. Oh and all their flavors are no or low fat.
We did get to a movie though, we saw Karate Kid and it was awesome. We also discovered a new frozen yogurt place. I grew up in American Fork and next to our theater was this place called The Yogurt Parlor and it had the best ever frozen yogurt. They have closed and I have not been able to find another place with frozen yogurt that I like. I'm very picky about it. We the Yogurt Land in Jordan Landing is the bomb! they are as good and better than the Yogurt Parlor. Its self serve, have fresh toppings, and no artificial flavoring at all. They sell it by the ounce as well so you can make it as big or small as you want with whatever toppings. I had a chocolate and arctic vanilla with fresh cut strawberries and reeses pieces and Andy had chocolate and pistachio swirl and cheesecake and strawberry swirl with fresh strawberries. It was all really delicious and I highly recommend going. Oh and all their flavors are no or low fat.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Better Food
Andy and I have decided that we want to eat healthier and get back in touch with where our food comes from. I think I've mentioned this before, but I really regret not doing a garden this year. Anyway, my dad raises cows and we get our beef from him. We know where they come from, how their treated, how their fed, and how they are butchered. We know our beef is healthy and naturally organic. We also know that won't last forever and we'll cross that bridge when we get there. But what about the rest? we get unknown pieces of meat in pretty packages from the stores. Where did it come from? How was it treated when it was alive? What was it fed? We have found out that approx 95% of all commercial meats, including farm raised fish believe it or not, are all fed a diet of corn. Corn!? and not the corn we buy and eat ourselves. These animals are not meant to survive entirely on corn. But it's cheap, so guess what? and on top of that, commercial growers DO NOT treat their animals well. I won't go into details. Now, I am in no way interested in going veggie and I know that I can boycott and complain all I want but it won't change how things are done. But, we can make changes and eat better for ourselves. And we will.
Next month we're going to have a little extra funds and we're planning on buying half a hog. I found a guy selling pigs locally and I am in the process of getting more information about his pigs. I'm really excited about it and can't wait to taste farm raised, naturally fed pork. I still have to find anyone selling chickens or turkeys butchered, but I am staying on the look out. I have been scouring the internet reading up on chickens and ordinances and chicken coops. One other thing that Andy and I are going to do is raise our own chickens for eggs. We're both really excited about it for a number of reasons. Chickens are fun to watch and raise and we only plan on having 2-4, depending on the coop we end up with, and they provide not only fresh eggs to eat, but also free fertilizer, free bug control, and free weed control depending on the breed we choose.
Next month we're going to have a little extra funds and we're planning on buying half a hog. I found a guy selling pigs locally and I am in the process of getting more information about his pigs. I'm really excited about it and can't wait to taste farm raised, naturally fed pork. I still have to find anyone selling chickens or turkeys butchered, but I am staying on the look out. I have been scouring the internet reading up on chickens and ordinances and chicken coops. One other thing that Andy and I are going to do is raise our own chickens for eggs. We're both really excited about it for a number of reasons. Chickens are fun to watch and raise and we only plan on having 2-4, depending on the coop we end up with, and they provide not only fresh eggs to eat, but also free fertilizer, free bug control, and free weed control depending on the breed we choose.
I hope I don't get in trouble for posting this, but this is the coop I want to build, but only half the size or maybe a bit smaller, if I can't find one that I like to buy cheap.
Thank you Red Roost Inn!
This coop is really cool because it is designed for no clean up by having open floors and it can be moved around the yard. This provides free fertilizer for your lawn and also allows the birds fresh bugs and weeds to eat. There is a door to let the birds have free run of the entire yard when you want as well.
We are going to start going to the Farmer's Market for our produce and bread, and then all we would need to find is milk and all I'll have to worry about buying is fish, but most places sell wild caught which is nice. I know this all kinda sounds crazy, but I'm tired of not knowing what I'm eating and when I might get sick from it. I know we won't be able to eat everything fully fresh and locally bought, but we're going to try our best. This does not mean by any means, that we're going to be snotty and snub our noses at anyone else's food, so no one flip out and get offended on me k?
Oh and I almost forgot, there is also and wild game processing plant near our house and we have been told that sometimes people drop off their deer or elk to be butchered but never come and get it. The butcher then sells it off to make their money back. We're going to go check it out and see if we can pick up some ground elk and maybe some steak and roasts and also some deer. We've been wanting to do that for a while now, just haven't gotten over there yet, but I'm excited about it since we don't hunt.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Swim Suit Dilema
Whew~ finally got to the current day! How's that? :)
Had a busy and rather rotten day at work. The attendance policy got tightened up and I'm not happy about it. Attendance policies are very important and are in place for a reason, but it is so tight now that it's almost as bad as a rotten call center's. Ugh. I know why it's happening though and can't fault the person at all that got the ball rolling. I think anyone would have done the same, had they been in her shoes and I still feel the main fault lies elsewhere, but I won't get into any of that. On top of this, they have totally reworked the process I use for the majority of what I do and really don't like it. It's clunky and confusing and forces the processor to have to research each and every transaction for more than is needed. It also adds so much time to the process it's become unreasonable. It feels like the whole process has been taken backwards and made less efficient and easy to use when upgrades should do just the opposite. Needless to say I was quite annoyed and a little mad by the time the day was done. Anyway, enough of work.
Because of overtime, Andy dropped me off at the pool for aerobics and Denise was on her way. Now, I'm a little worried about my suit because when I pulled it out of the wash the other day, It had some little white spandex fibers showing along the seam int he back. The means it was starting to split. This is not good for my self esteem, just more proof that I have a very generous butt. Now, keep in mind that I am still irritated from work as I get undressed and get my suit on. I realize the back just feels "lighter" than it should. Uh oh. Sure enough, I look in the mirror and guess what you can see? That's right, my big fat ass crack. GAH. Andy's gone and I've paid already. Great. I want to cry. Then, I remember Denise said she had a spare that might fit me! I hurry and text her and actually caught her before she left the house, yay! She got there and the suit fit great, albeit a but loose here and there but not enough to worry about. I was able to order a new suit thanks to a tip from my friend Chelly about my name appearing on the unclaimed property list from the state treasurer. I have no idea what it was for, but I had $50 owed to me from like five or six years ago. Awesome.Can't wait till it gets here. i also got a shirt for $1.50 on my order, nice. Anyway back to the evening. I was so distracted tonight at aerobics I kept getting lost. I also managed to almost dunk myself when we were out in the deep end doing push ups on the water noodles, but that was pretty fun. Currently, our goofy cat, Baggs, is curled up on my swim bag, happy as a clam.
I got home and found that Andy had not only gone to the store but he had bought some very healthy stuff for the week and got us a big yummy salad for dinner. I love my husband, he's awesome. Love you my gummy bear!
By the way, I have totally avoided my pc tonight. I've had enough. At least if I reactivate my World of Warcraft account, I can play it on my laptop. LOL
Had a busy and rather rotten day at work. The attendance policy got tightened up and I'm not happy about it. Attendance policies are very important and are in place for a reason, but it is so tight now that it's almost as bad as a rotten call center's. Ugh. I know why it's happening though and can't fault the person at all that got the ball rolling. I think anyone would have done the same, had they been in her shoes and I still feel the main fault lies elsewhere, but I won't get into any of that. On top of this, they have totally reworked the process I use for the majority of what I do and really don't like it. It's clunky and confusing and forces the processor to have to research each and every transaction for more than is needed. It also adds so much time to the process it's become unreasonable. It feels like the whole process has been taken backwards and made less efficient and easy to use when upgrades should do just the opposite. Needless to say I was quite annoyed and a little mad by the time the day was done. Anyway, enough of work.
Because of overtime, Andy dropped me off at the pool for aerobics and Denise was on her way. Now, I'm a little worried about my suit because when I pulled it out of the wash the other day, It had some little white spandex fibers showing along the seam int he back. The means it was starting to split. This is not good for my self esteem, just more proof that I have a very generous butt. Now, keep in mind that I am still irritated from work as I get undressed and get my suit on. I realize the back just feels "lighter" than it should. Uh oh. Sure enough, I look in the mirror and guess what you can see? That's right, my big fat ass crack. GAH. Andy's gone and I've paid already. Great. I want to cry. Then, I remember Denise said she had a spare that might fit me! I hurry and text her and actually caught her before she left the house, yay! She got there and the suit fit great, albeit a but loose here and there but not enough to worry about. I was able to order a new suit thanks to a tip from my friend Chelly about my name appearing on the unclaimed property list from the state treasurer. I have no idea what it was for, but I had $50 owed to me from like five or six years ago. Awesome.Can't wait till it gets here. i also got a shirt for $1.50 on my order, nice. Anyway back to the evening. I was so distracted tonight at aerobics I kept getting lost. I also managed to almost dunk myself when we were out in the deep end doing push ups on the water noodles, but that was pretty fun. Currently, our goofy cat, Baggs, is curled up on my swim bag, happy as a clam.
I got home and found that Andy had not only gone to the store but he had bought some very healthy stuff for the week and got us a big yummy salad for dinner. I love my husband, he's awesome. Love you my gummy bear!
By the way, I have totally avoided my pc tonight. I've had enough. At least if I reactivate my World of Warcraft account, I can play it on my laptop. LOL
Computers and Fibro
Man, looking over my recent posts, I really need to cut down on wordage. My walls of text are critting even me, so sorry to anyone who takes the time to read them. :)
Monday was busy and full of work. I came home and decided to wipe my computer one last time and take it back to xp 32. I hate that, but I can't get it to utilize my full 4 gigs of memory anyway, so now it will only use 2 but should play nice with work. Anyone on my team that ends up reading this and are baffled and/or pissed that I have home access, I simply asked and it was simply granted. Simple as that. I worked on work stuff while crashing my computer since it only requires a click every half hour or so. I ended up working over 10 hours just on Monday and we still have too much to do. Can't wait for the pay check.
I ended up going to bed a bit late and then was hurting so bad from my fibro that I could not get comfortable and could not get to sleep, it was so annoying. At some point my sleeping pill and ibuprofen finally kicked in and let me drift away.
Monday was busy and full of work. I came home and decided to wipe my computer one last time and take it back to xp 32. I hate that, but I can't get it to utilize my full 4 gigs of memory anyway, so now it will only use 2 but should play nice with work. Anyone on my team that ends up reading this and are baffled and/or pissed that I have home access, I simply asked and it was simply granted. Simple as that. I worked on work stuff while crashing my computer since it only requires a click every half hour or so. I ended up working over 10 hours just on Monday and we still have too much to do. Can't wait for the pay check.
I ended up going to bed a bit late and then was hurting so bad from my fibro that I could not get comfortable and could not get to sleep, it was so annoying. At some point my sleeping pill and ibuprofen finally kicked in and let me drift away.
Almost Done
I really need to learn to blog as I go, there's so much I want tell but then life grabs me, sweeps me away, and takes me on a fun ride and then I have to try to remember all that just happened and all that I wanted to tell. Okay now, on to Sunday!
I got up with computer on the brain again, it's just driving me insane that I can't get my machine to do just what I want it to. If we could afford it, we would so be ordering parts for awesome twin machines right now. Andy's puter is having hardware problems. Anyway, I took my lappy downstairs and got all my music and pics and docs and all things with saving moved to it, found the xp 64 disk and started the process of crashing my machine, wiping the drive clean and starting over. I put in the disk and went upstairs to sort laundry and bring it down for washing. I got the first load in and sat down on the couch downstairs and was out. Gone. I woke up later and Andy tells me my computer is almost done and that I have been asleep for two and a half hours. hehe, nice nap.
After getting windows installed, spending some time locating my driver disks and getting those loaded and figuring out how to get xp to spread across duel monitors, I still can't get my work programs to work. DAMNIT. Okay, give up for now, get some more laundry done and get going, before I let my whole day be ruined. Take a breath, whew.
We then got ready and headed for Andy's mom's place. I'm in a bad mood, but trying not to be and just really not being happy about celebrating Father's Day for a man who never leaves his bed. It just really annoys me some days that he can't get past his issues, I mean the man didn't even go to his son's graduation and there were people actually dying that made it. Anyway, my daddy issues aside, we got there and visited and enjoyed ourselves. There was a couple there that none of us had met that were friends of Lewetta that were really nice. They have a very adorable little girl about the age of my niece, Becca that us far more observant than any kid should be. I gave Andy a nice goose in the kitchen thinking no one was watching, then I Anne pipes up and said she saw that and next thing I know Brakelle(s?) is running around pinching butts! She was clear in the other room! hahaha I really liked Josh and Danny and we found out they like playing games, so maybe we'll get together some time with them for board games. John actually came out and socialized which was really nice and it was fun visiting with everyone. Mike and Ann were watching youtube videos called Drunk History and I watched a few with them with them. It was both entertaining and disgusting to watch. They interviewed someone and would get them really drunk and have them talk about historical events and then they would show reenactments done by real actors. Sometimes the person got too drunk and puked and they filmed the whole thing. LOL Anyway it turned into a wonderful evening with family, friends and good food. Lewetta made some of the most delicious fall apart ribs ever and Andy made a very delectable home made from scratch bbq sauce to put on them. It was soooo good! We had to go home earlier than we would have liked, but it was a school night and I still had laundry to do.
When we got home and out of the car we heard a woof from next door, from the neighbor that doesn't have a dog. I look over and there's this dog standing on the other side, I said hello and he came around the fence with his tail a-waggin' and happy as could be. He let us pet him and even let me get a thorn out of his paw, which is when I found he was a full boy. He had a collar on, but no tags, was friendly and nice and obviously someones pet. he wouldn't sit, but that doesn't mean much, it could just be that he speaks another language. we don't know many neighbors and the only neighbor we know with a big black dog weren't his people. I knocked on Mitty's door apologizing for bugging so late (10:00) and asked if he knew who belonged to. Mitty said he'd been around all day and he had no idea. Hmmm, that says no one is looking for him most like. We debated for a bit about what to do with him, I decided I wasn't comfortable calling animal control and we put him in our back yard thinking we could figure it out after work the next day. He got along with our dogs just fine and wanted in the house, but I was not willing to let him in not knowing anything about him. we sat down and Andy reminded me that our dogs are not up-to-date on their regular shots and decided the new guy couldn't spend the night and turned him loose out front. I watched out the window for a bit and the dumb dog stood int he road twice and about got hit both times. I couldn't handle the thought of him getting hit and went out and brought him back. I gave him some food and went back inside and went to bed. I got bad anxiety and was being stressed about who knows what and couldn't fall asleep and needless to say this dog decided he did not want to stay outside and he put up a ruckus off and on most of the night. I finally got to sleep during one of his lulls and then about 3:30 in the morning he started barking and howling and would not stop. I gave up, went out and opened the gate. He was more than happy to be out and I haven't seen him since. I hope he made it home.
I got up with computer on the brain again, it's just driving me insane that I can't get my machine to do just what I want it to. If we could afford it, we would so be ordering parts for awesome twin machines right now. Andy's puter is having hardware problems. Anyway, I took my lappy downstairs and got all my music and pics and docs and all things with saving moved to it, found the xp 64 disk and started the process of crashing my machine, wiping the drive clean and starting over. I put in the disk and went upstairs to sort laundry and bring it down for washing. I got the first load in and sat down on the couch downstairs and was out. Gone. I woke up later and Andy tells me my computer is almost done and that I have been asleep for two and a half hours. hehe, nice nap.
After getting windows installed, spending some time locating my driver disks and getting those loaded and figuring out how to get xp to spread across duel monitors, I still can't get my work programs to work. DAMNIT. Okay, give up for now, get some more laundry done and get going, before I let my whole day be ruined. Take a breath, whew.
We then got ready and headed for Andy's mom's place. I'm in a bad mood, but trying not to be and just really not being happy about celebrating Father's Day for a man who never leaves his bed. It just really annoys me some days that he can't get past his issues, I mean the man didn't even go to his son's graduation and there were people actually dying that made it. Anyway, my daddy issues aside, we got there and visited and enjoyed ourselves. There was a couple there that none of us had met that were friends of Lewetta that were really nice. They have a very adorable little girl about the age of my niece, Becca that us far more observant than any kid should be. I gave Andy a nice goose in the kitchen thinking no one was watching, then I Anne pipes up and said she saw that and next thing I know Brakelle(s?) is running around pinching butts! She was clear in the other room! hahaha I really liked Josh and Danny and we found out they like playing games, so maybe we'll get together some time with them for board games. John actually came out and socialized which was really nice and it was fun visiting with everyone. Mike and Ann were watching youtube videos called Drunk History and I watched a few with them with them. It was both entertaining and disgusting to watch. They interviewed someone and would get them really drunk and have them talk about historical events and then they would show reenactments done by real actors. Sometimes the person got too drunk and puked and they filmed the whole thing. LOL Anyway it turned into a wonderful evening with family, friends and good food. Lewetta made some of the most delicious fall apart ribs ever and Andy made a very delectable home made from scratch bbq sauce to put on them. It was soooo good! We had to go home earlier than we would have liked, but it was a school night and I still had laundry to do.
When we got home and out of the car we heard a woof from next door, from the neighbor that doesn't have a dog. I look over and there's this dog standing on the other side, I said hello and he came around the fence with his tail a-waggin' and happy as could be. He let us pet him and even let me get a thorn out of his paw, which is when I found he was a full boy. He had a collar on, but no tags, was friendly and nice and obviously someones pet. he wouldn't sit, but that doesn't mean much, it could just be that he speaks another language. we don't know many neighbors and the only neighbor we know with a big black dog weren't his people. I knocked on Mitty's door apologizing for bugging so late (10:00) and asked if he knew who belonged to. Mitty said he'd been around all day and he had no idea. Hmmm, that says no one is looking for him most like. We debated for a bit about what to do with him, I decided I wasn't comfortable calling animal control and we put him in our back yard thinking we could figure it out after work the next day. He got along with our dogs just fine and wanted in the house, but I was not willing to let him in not knowing anything about him. we sat down and Andy reminded me that our dogs are not up-to-date on their regular shots and decided the new guy couldn't spend the night and turned him loose out front. I watched out the window for a bit and the dumb dog stood int he road twice and about got hit both times. I couldn't handle the thought of him getting hit and went out and brought him back. I gave him some food and went back inside and went to bed. I got bad anxiety and was being stressed about who knows what and couldn't fall asleep and needless to say this dog decided he did not want to stay outside and he put up a ruckus off and on most of the night. I finally got to sleep during one of his lulls and then about 3:30 in the morning he started barking and howling and would not stop. I gave up, went out and opened the gate. He was more than happy to be out and I haven't seen him since. I hope he made it home.
Still going on and on
It took me forever to get to sleep last night. My fibro is on fire, I'm sure from the night before, which I'll get into later. Now, where was I? Oh yes Saturday.
So Andy gets me up and moving and we take off a little early since I really need to eat and we still need to stop at the store and get stuff for birthday's and Father's Day. Yes, I know, we're terrible last minute shoppers :). Anyway, so we head out a little before 2:00 and decide to head for In N Out burger. This is one of Andy's favorite places ever and as a bonus he did some research on where they get their beef, and to our surprise they search out local farmers for each store and are extremely picky about the quality of their meat. Awesome. I was on the phone with my mom as we were on our way to eat and found out the whole family showed up around noon except for us! It was all coincidence though, so we were still okay on time. So we head down Bangerter and hit the In N Out at Jordan Landing. We get our food and head out, but instead of getting back on Bangerter, Andy got on some side road and got down into some neighborhood. We ended up getting turned around and lost for a bit until we got ourselves back on Redwood and heading south again. Andy forgot that road heads straight to Lehi though and got off it again heading to the freeway. It was an interesting little adventure but it took some time. We got to AF and got off the first exit and hit the Target there to pick up gifts. We ended up running way behind and didn't get to mom's until 5:00 and had everyone worried we got in trouble on the way. We got Kinzie a Toy Story Mr Potato head that she loved and gave my mom cash for her birthday and dad cash for Father's Day. What else do you get people you love that have everything? lol. We had a very enjoyable evening visiting with family and eating good food, we stuck with salads since we ate late. I got to see my old friend Sharlee to my delight. I haven't seen her in forever and miss her, She has such a great personality and is so fun to talk to and laugh with. Got to say hi to her mom too. I love catching up.
Andy and I ended up being the last ones there and got to have some one on one time with my parents which was really nice. My sister and her husband and my step sister have all got me worried with what is going on in their lives and I was able to talk it over with mom a bit which is always good. We ended up not leaving until after 9:00 and decided to head for a movie. We saw Jonah Hex. I liked that it was a western type movie with a comic book twist, and it was interesting, but overall it seemed a little choppy and way too short. The ending came and I was like, "That's it, it's over already?" It was worth seeing, but is not a buyer.
Anyway, my break is up, gotta get back to work. Lot's to do today.
So Andy gets me up and moving and we take off a little early since I really need to eat and we still need to stop at the store and get stuff for birthday's and Father's Day. Yes, I know, we're terrible last minute shoppers :). Anyway, so we head out a little before 2:00 and decide to head for In N Out burger. This is one of Andy's favorite places ever and as a bonus he did some research on where they get their beef, and to our surprise they search out local farmers for each store and are extremely picky about the quality of their meat. Awesome. I was on the phone with my mom as we were on our way to eat and found out the whole family showed up around noon except for us! It was all coincidence though, so we were still okay on time. So we head down Bangerter and hit the In N Out at Jordan Landing. We get our food and head out, but instead of getting back on Bangerter, Andy got on some side road and got down into some neighborhood. We ended up getting turned around and lost for a bit until we got ourselves back on Redwood and heading south again. Andy forgot that road heads straight to Lehi though and got off it again heading to the freeway. It was an interesting little adventure but it took some time. We got to AF and got off the first exit and hit the Target there to pick up gifts. We ended up running way behind and didn't get to mom's until 5:00 and had everyone worried we got in trouble on the way. We got Kinzie a Toy Story Mr Potato head that she loved and gave my mom cash for her birthday and dad cash for Father's Day. What else do you get people you love that have everything? lol. We had a very enjoyable evening visiting with family and eating good food, we stuck with salads since we ate late. I got to see my old friend Sharlee to my delight. I haven't seen her in forever and miss her, She has such a great personality and is so fun to talk to and laugh with. Got to say hi to her mom too. I love catching up.
Andy and I ended up being the last ones there and got to have some one on one time with my parents which was really nice. My sister and her husband and my step sister have all got me worried with what is going on in their lives and I was able to talk it over with mom a bit which is always good. We ended up not leaving until after 9:00 and decided to head for a movie. We saw Jonah Hex. I liked that it was a western type movie with a comic book twist, and it was interesting, but overall it seemed a little choppy and way too short. The ending came and I was like, "That's it, it's over already?" It was worth seeing, but is not a buyer.
Anyway, my break is up, gotta get back to work. Lot's to do today.
Monday, June 21, 2010
Busyness Continued
July renewals are in full swing and work has become super busy and overtime has been approved. Nice, that will be a nice break.
Friday: Busy work day with a little bit of extra time put in but I was most looking forward to girls night that night. Denise and I texted back and forth quite a bit during the day to try to get the night figured out and I've just got to say, my lovely friend really needs to practice her texting. I got a huge kick out of the gibberish she kept sending me and in the end girls night is now dubbed "up wat" because of this. As we were heading home from work, Andy was trying to decide what to do all night and continuing to text with Denise, it was decided to have girls night at our place, so Andy would have to leave. We kick out the guys hehe. Anyway, I continued texting Denise trying to decide what time to get together and then she says that Lorie can't come because she is sick, then Char can't come because she is sick, then Beth says she'll be late but turns MIA. Wth? I know Denise was planning on making dinner and I know she put a lot of effort into it to and now this. I was a bit upset by this, one for Denise making all the food, but also because I was looking forward to seeing everyone, and I'm sure you guys could have said something the day before. There will be other nights, however, and I understand being sick. Get feeling better ladies, being sick sucks! Andy and I decided just to head over to the Boe's and dinner was delicious. The chicken tacos were good enough to make me not think about where the chicken came from. Beth did end up showing up just as we were finishing dinner and we all razzed her for it. Overall, it was a great evening. Oh and Dan and Denise are fostering a cat for Denise's aunt and this cat just loves Andy, he sat down and she was all over him. We almost took her home with us but I decided that I really don't want to deal with another cat in the house. To the Boe's, I don't know how you guys do it with so many. I love my Baggs and she is really the only cat I need.
Saturday: The roller coaster begins. *Warning: This is a huge wall of text, feel free to skip. If you choose not to skip it has a chance to crit and you could die and loose 10% armor.*
So my boss granted me permission and gave me access to work from home on an as needed bases and for over time purposes. I love this idea. I decided to put in some overtime today and try out my newly granted access. I had the needed links and passwords to download the app that will allow me to have remote access to my work pc and so I should be good to go right? Oh so painfully wrong. I have been worried about using my pc as it has been having issues and it has vista on it which i have decided I really don't like, but I decide to go with it anyhow. So I woke up at about 7:30 on Saturday which is unheard of for me, and without an alarm to boot. I was proud of myself for this. I get up, go downstairs, boot up and log in to my work email so I can get started. I get the websites up I need, pick the download links I need and get going. I get that done and click the .exe files. Bam, it errored out on the install, gave me some stupid vista error that I seem to get when trying to install pretty much everything. Okay, I can deal. I have a 64 bit os, so I go back to the site and download the 64 bit version, wish I probably should have done first. I click it and it goes through a dos routine and then vanishes and nothing. Hmm, okay. I clicked the first file again and again I get the error. I go online and look at some forums that seem to look like they might be helpful and I tried several possible work arounds, but to no avail. I text my boss and let her know I can't get in, she suggested I call help desk. Duh! So I call and get whoever is there on the weekends and knew I would miss not having Doug or Evan to help me. The guy immediately said the program doesn't work on vista at all. What? No one told me that! I'm getting very frustrated at this point and I have been working on this for a couple of hours now. I text my boss again and she says she uses it on vista and to try again. Well crap. I call the help desk again and this time ask for someone who is actually at our building and again he tells me that it can't be done on vista or on Windows 7, great no go for my lappy either. I knew I should have wiped my pc first and get it back to xp like I planned anyway, grrr. Andy and I have plans for the afternoon before we head to my Mom's and I'm running out of time. I decide to just give up and I let my boss know I can't get it. She let's me know I need to get in to work then. What? Overtime isn't mandatory yet. I really didn't have time to go into the office. Andy then reminded me that his laptop has xp on it. Well, okay then. So we decided to cancel our plans as I really do need to get some work done. Okay it's about 11:30 and I can work until 2:00. I go back downstairs and unhook my smaller monitor and guess what? I knocked the dang thing off my desk in the process. Thank goodness it didn't break, but now it has a flicker. Sigh. I bring it upstairs deciding I would like to work upstairs and get it and the laptop set up on the table. I get the stuff downloaded and it installs wonderfully. But then, guess what? I need the ID of my pc at work. Again, no one told me this. I just love getting info late. I try emailing some people at work that I thought might be there with no answer. I'm running out of time and getting more and more frustrated. I finally found someone at work and she ever so slowly got me what I needed. So I get logged in and hit further walls. I have two monitors at work but I just could not get the remote program to show me anymore than a tiny little screen for me to work from. Time is running out. I fought with it a bit and was so frustrated at this point that I just didn't want to do it anymore. I tried to get everything set up in a way that would work for me on such a tiny work space and then realized that it was well after 1:00. I got one item done and bagged it all. One huge frustrating morning. I hate fighting with computers. Didn't help that I didn't know how long Andy was going to sleep so somewhere in the middle of all that I made a bowl of cereal for myself and just after I finished it, Andy gets up and makes himself an awesome omelet. I can't make good omelets. Sigh.
I gave up and went and laid down trying my best to relax. Just after I fell asleep, Andy woke me to tell me it's time to go so we can get a few things done and get to mom's at a decent time. Sigh again.
Anyway, sorry for the wall of text I didn't think I would go on like I did. It's late tho and I need to get to bed, so I'll have to finish the rest of the story tomorrow.
Friday: Busy work day with a little bit of extra time put in but I was most looking forward to girls night that night. Denise and I texted back and forth quite a bit during the day to try to get the night figured out and I've just got to say, my lovely friend really needs to practice her texting. I got a huge kick out of the gibberish she kept sending me and in the end girls night is now dubbed "up wat" because of this. As we were heading home from work, Andy was trying to decide what to do all night and continuing to text with Denise, it was decided to have girls night at our place, so Andy would have to leave. We kick out the guys hehe. Anyway, I continued texting Denise trying to decide what time to get together and then she says that Lorie can't come because she is sick, then Char can't come because she is sick, then Beth says she'll be late but turns MIA. Wth? I know Denise was planning on making dinner and I know she put a lot of effort into it to and now this. I was a bit upset by this, one for Denise making all the food, but also because I was looking forward to seeing everyone, and I'm sure you guys could have said something the day before. There will be other nights, however, and I understand being sick. Get feeling better ladies, being sick sucks! Andy and I decided just to head over to the Boe's and dinner was delicious. The chicken tacos were good enough to make me not think about where the chicken came from. Beth did end up showing up just as we were finishing dinner and we all razzed her for it. Overall, it was a great evening. Oh and Dan and Denise are fostering a cat for Denise's aunt and this cat just loves Andy, he sat down and she was all over him. We almost took her home with us but I decided that I really don't want to deal with another cat in the house. To the Boe's, I don't know how you guys do it with so many. I love my Baggs and she is really the only cat I need.
Saturday: The roller coaster begins. *Warning: This is a huge wall of text, feel free to skip. If you choose not to skip it has a chance to crit and you could die and loose 10% armor.*
So my boss granted me permission and gave me access to work from home on an as needed bases and for over time purposes. I love this idea. I decided to put in some overtime today and try out my newly granted access. I had the needed links and passwords to download the app that will allow me to have remote access to my work pc and so I should be good to go right? Oh so painfully wrong. I have been worried about using my pc as it has been having issues and it has vista on it which i have decided I really don't like, but I decide to go with it anyhow. So I woke up at about 7:30 on Saturday which is unheard of for me, and without an alarm to boot. I was proud of myself for this. I get up, go downstairs, boot up and log in to my work email so I can get started. I get the websites up I need, pick the download links I need and get going. I get that done and click the .exe files. Bam, it errored out on the install, gave me some stupid vista error that I seem to get when trying to install pretty much everything. Okay, I can deal. I have a 64 bit os, so I go back to the site and download the 64 bit version, wish I probably should have done first. I click it and it goes through a dos routine and then vanishes and nothing. Hmm, okay. I clicked the first file again and again I get the error. I go online and look at some forums that seem to look like they might be helpful and I tried several possible work arounds, but to no avail. I text my boss and let her know I can't get in, she suggested I call help desk. Duh! So I call and get whoever is there on the weekends and knew I would miss not having Doug or Evan to help me. The guy immediately said the program doesn't work on vista at all. What? No one told me that! I'm getting very frustrated at this point and I have been working on this for a couple of hours now. I text my boss again and she says she uses it on vista and to try again. Well crap. I call the help desk again and this time ask for someone who is actually at our building and again he tells me that it can't be done on vista or on Windows 7, great no go for my lappy either. I knew I should have wiped my pc first and get it back to xp like I planned anyway, grrr. Andy and I have plans for the afternoon before we head to my Mom's and I'm running out of time. I decide to just give up and I let my boss know I can't get it. She let's me know I need to get in to work then. What? Overtime isn't mandatory yet. I really didn't have time to go into the office. Andy then reminded me that his laptop has xp on it. Well, okay then. So we decided to cancel our plans as I really do need to get some work done. Okay it's about 11:30 and I can work until 2:00. I go back downstairs and unhook my smaller monitor and guess what? I knocked the dang thing off my desk in the process. Thank goodness it didn't break, but now it has a flicker. Sigh. I bring it upstairs deciding I would like to work upstairs and get it and the laptop set up on the table. I get the stuff downloaded and it installs wonderfully. But then, guess what? I need the ID of my pc at work. Again, no one told me this. I just love getting info late. I try emailing some people at work that I thought might be there with no answer. I'm running out of time and getting more and more frustrated. I finally found someone at work and she ever so slowly got me what I needed. So I get logged in and hit further walls. I have two monitors at work but I just could not get the remote program to show me anymore than a tiny little screen for me to work from. Time is running out. I fought with it a bit and was so frustrated at this point that I just didn't want to do it anymore. I tried to get everything set up in a way that would work for me on such a tiny work space and then realized that it was well after 1:00. I got one item done and bagged it all. One huge frustrating morning. I hate fighting with computers. Didn't help that I didn't know how long Andy was going to sleep so somewhere in the middle of all that I made a bowl of cereal for myself and just after I finished it, Andy gets up and makes himself an awesome omelet. I can't make good omelets. Sigh.
I gave up and went and laid down trying my best to relax. Just after I fell asleep, Andy woke me to tell me it's time to go so we can get a few things done and get to mom's at a decent time. Sigh again.
Anyway, sorry for the wall of text I didn't think I would go on like I did. It's late tho and I need to get to bed, so I'll have to finish the rest of the story tomorrow.
Busy busy busy
Should I bother playing catch up? or do I just skip days I haven't written about? Some times I skip other times I catch up, just depends on what's going on I guess. We've had a very, very busy four or five days so I guess I'll play catch up one more time. I'll have to do what I can on my breaks until I get home. I have a blogging bug today.
Wednesday: We watched a documentary called Food, Inc. Let me tell you, if you don't want to know where your food comes from or how bastardized the whole commercial process for food has become, don't watch it. If you're like us, and like to know what you're eating and where it comes from, I recommend it but know it's pretty in depth and disturbing. Needless to say, Andy and I are going to be looking into measures to only eat commercial foods when we have to. I'm really regretting not doing a garden this year. I already know where my beef comes from, but I don't know how long Dad will keep up with the cows. He's getting old and it's getting harder for him to keep up with everything on the farm. I actually wish he would sell the cows and downsize. Yes, this would mean we would have to look for a different natural beef source, but more importantly, it would mean that none of us would need to worry as much about Dad getting hurt or overdoing it.
Thursday: Swamped at work and my boss asked for overtime, so I skipped lunch and worked until four. This meant that I skipped aerobics again which bothered me, I really hate missing, but gave us time to get home, let the dogs out, and then head to my sister's place. Some friends were in from out of town and Stacie had a bbq and invited lots of people over. It was really nice seeing friends that we haven't seen in so long, but there is something I have started noticing lately. They all have kids and we don't. I don't normally have a problem with this, but lately I feel so out place when we get together with people with kids. They talk about kid stuff and all I can talk about is dog stuff. My kids have paws, that's just how it is. Oh well I guess, it was still a very enjoyable evening. Andy couldn't bring himself to eat any chicken though and all I could think about was the images of how commercial chicken is raised and abused as I was eating mine. I think it'll take a few days for us to get it out of our heads.
Anyway, more to come later.
Wednesday: We watched a documentary called Food, Inc. Let me tell you, if you don't want to know where your food comes from or how bastardized the whole commercial process for food has become, don't watch it. If you're like us, and like to know what you're eating and where it comes from, I recommend it but know it's pretty in depth and disturbing. Needless to say, Andy and I are going to be looking into measures to only eat commercial foods when we have to. I'm really regretting not doing a garden this year. I already know where my beef comes from, but I don't know how long Dad will keep up with the cows. He's getting old and it's getting harder for him to keep up with everything on the farm. I actually wish he would sell the cows and downsize. Yes, this would mean we would have to look for a different natural beef source, but more importantly, it would mean that none of us would need to worry as much about Dad getting hurt or overdoing it.
Thursday: Swamped at work and my boss asked for overtime, so I skipped lunch and worked until four. This meant that I skipped aerobics again which bothered me, I really hate missing, but gave us time to get home, let the dogs out, and then head to my sister's place. Some friends were in from out of town and Stacie had a bbq and invited lots of people over. It was really nice seeing friends that we haven't seen in so long, but there is something I have started noticing lately. They all have kids and we don't. I don't normally have a problem with this, but lately I feel so out place when we get together with people with kids. They talk about kid stuff and all I can talk about is dog stuff. My kids have paws, that's just how it is. Oh well I guess, it was still a very enjoyable evening. Andy couldn't bring himself to eat any chicken though and all I could think about was the images of how commercial chicken is raised and abused as I was eating mine. I think it'll take a few days for us to get it out of our heads.
Anyway, more to come later.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Denise stole my title
Came home from work on Friday with a bad headache and it has come back for a second round today. I hate headaches. Needless to say, it made for a very lazy start for the weekend which isn't all that bad actually. I got lots of naps in.
Denise invited us all over to her place for a semi impromptu girls night Saturday. There was a moment of brief indecision when it was briefly talked about everyone coming to our house, but Andy put his foot down on that, our house was a mess. I decided to stay in my jammies and just wear my slippers over there and the girls were jealous that I was comfy and none of them thought to do the same hehe. The boys all went down stairs and we had a nice time chatting away.
We finally all got hungry and were trying to decide what to eat. We talked about ordering pizza, but Beth is on weight watchers and couldn't eat it, so we girls decided to go out and the boys could fend for themselves (they ended up going to Five Guys). We decided on Chilis and headed out in two cars. I decided I really didn't want to go to Chilis in my slippers and asked Denise to swing by my house. We got all the way over there and then Denise asked if I had my key. Damnit. So I went to Chilis in slippers, jamma bottoms, and a sweater, LOL. We all ordered fairly healthy stuff and it was all really good. I was glad of this as the last few times I had gone there it was really disappointing.
Lorie left us from there and Denise, Beth and I piled into one car and headed home. As we got going, the car started making a really odd squealing noise. We'd go and it would do it, we'd stop and it would quit. We got to the light and Beth started giggling in the back for no apparent reason. Denise said, "What's so funny?" to which Beth said, "Nothing". I was like, "You can't giggle and say it's nothing, what's up?" Apparently, Denise and I had been exchanging "Huh" back and forth in different tones as we were confused about the sound and didn't even realize it. Beth found it incredibly funny and so did we, but then Denise kept doing it. We all got a huge laugh out of it and she compared it to saying "um" too many times and said, "Damnit now I have one more thing I need to learn not to say." We all got a really good laugh out of it and kept cracking jokes about "huh" all the way home. It was great, but you may have needed to be there. I figured Denise would have blogged about it first and called her entry, "Things that make you go, huh?" hence my title, but I actually got to it first HAH! but I decided to keep my title anyways. hehe
We got back to the house and chatted for another long while and then Beth decided to go about 1:00. Andy came up from the basement and Dan and Brayden went to bed. Andy and I stayed and talked with Denise until after 4:00 in the morning. It was a great evening.
Like I said, I have a headache again today, but it is manageable. Andy and I have spent a good portion of the day today cleaning so we won't need to be embarrassed if anyone decides to come over. hehe
It's my Mom's birthday today, I called and wished her a happy birthday and we chatted for a bit, but my brother and his wife were over so I let her go so she could talk with them. Love you Mom! Happy Birthday!
Now I believe I hear a Sunday nap calling to me. *yawn*
Denise invited us all over to her place for a semi impromptu girls night Saturday. There was a moment of brief indecision when it was briefly talked about everyone coming to our house, but Andy put his foot down on that, our house was a mess. I decided to stay in my jammies and just wear my slippers over there and the girls were jealous that I was comfy and none of them thought to do the same hehe. The boys all went down stairs and we had a nice time chatting away.
We finally all got hungry and were trying to decide what to eat. We talked about ordering pizza, but Beth is on weight watchers and couldn't eat it, so we girls decided to go out and the boys could fend for themselves (they ended up going to Five Guys). We decided on Chilis and headed out in two cars. I decided I really didn't want to go to Chilis in my slippers and asked Denise to swing by my house. We got all the way over there and then Denise asked if I had my key. Damnit. So I went to Chilis in slippers, jamma bottoms, and a sweater, LOL. We all ordered fairly healthy stuff and it was all really good. I was glad of this as the last few times I had gone there it was really disappointing.
Lorie left us from there and Denise, Beth and I piled into one car and headed home. As we got going, the car started making a really odd squealing noise. We'd go and it would do it, we'd stop and it would quit. We got to the light and Beth started giggling in the back for no apparent reason. Denise said, "What's so funny?" to which Beth said, "Nothing". I was like, "You can't giggle and say it's nothing, what's up?" Apparently, Denise and I had been exchanging "Huh" back and forth in different tones as we were confused about the sound and didn't even realize it. Beth found it incredibly funny and so did we, but then Denise kept doing it. We all got a huge laugh out of it and she compared it to saying "um" too many times and said, "Damnit now I have one more thing I need to learn not to say." We all got a really good laugh out of it and kept cracking jokes about "huh" all the way home. It was great, but you may have needed to be there. I figured Denise would have blogged about it first and called her entry, "Things that make you go, huh?" hence my title, but I actually got to it first HAH! but I decided to keep my title anyways. hehe
We got back to the house and chatted for another long while and then Beth decided to go about 1:00. Andy came up from the basement and Dan and Brayden went to bed. Andy and I stayed and talked with Denise until after 4:00 in the morning. It was a great evening.
Like I said, I have a headache again today, but it is manageable. Andy and I have spent a good portion of the day today cleaning so we won't need to be embarrassed if anyone decides to come over. hehe
It's my Mom's birthday today, I called and wished her a happy birthday and we chatted for a bit, but my brother and his wife were over so I let her go so she could talk with them. Love you Mom! Happy Birthday!
Now I believe I hear a Sunday nap calling to me. *yawn*
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Noodle Motorcycles
Today lasted FOREVER, even by 8:00 am I was like, "Holy crap, it's only 8:00?" All I could think about was my family all heading to Nevada for my nephew's graduation and wishing we were too. I'm so proud of him for graduating and wish we could be there to support him. Love you Ian! Hope everyone drives safe and has a great time while out there.
Denise and I made it to aerobics again tonight and at one point the instructor had us straddle them like a bike and peddle like we were on one too. Denise decided hers needed to be a motorbike instead, but now that I think about it I wouldn't want a motorbike I had to peddle. I could not for the life of me stay in one place for any of the exercises she had us do where we were not touching the bottom and at one point I drifted over by Denise and she happened to have her back to me, so I grabbed her purple noodle and gave it a little bit of a shove trying to make her spin. Well, she spun a bit but wobbled too and almost went under. It was great. She got me back later by shoving down on my noodle and making me wobble too. hahaha
Kenton came over to help us haul some more stuff to the dump, but we decided there wasn't enough worth paying the five bucks. He hung out and kept Andy company while I was out. Andy made a really yummy dinner of cheese tortellinis (store bought) and homemade white sauce. We had a good visit after and talked about going fishing. I want to go at least one more time before our licenses expire. I don't know that Andy and I will renew it.
Now I'm really tired and think I'll actually get to bed early tonight.
Denise and I made it to aerobics again tonight and at one point the instructor had us straddle them like a bike and peddle like we were on one too. Denise decided hers needed to be a motorbike instead, but now that I think about it I wouldn't want a motorbike I had to peddle. I could not for the life of me stay in one place for any of the exercises she had us do where we were not touching the bottom and at one point I drifted over by Denise and she happened to have her back to me, so I grabbed her purple noodle and gave it a little bit of a shove trying to make her spin. Well, she spun a bit but wobbled too and almost went under. It was great. She got me back later by shoving down on my noodle and making me wobble too. hahaha
Kenton came over to help us haul some more stuff to the dump, but we decided there wasn't enough worth paying the five bucks. He hung out and kept Andy company while I was out. Andy made a really yummy dinner of cheese tortellinis (store bought) and homemade white sauce. We had a good visit after and talked about going fishing. I want to go at least one more time before our licenses expire. I don't know that Andy and I will renew it.
Now I'm really tired and think I'll actually get to bed early tonight.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Free Labor
So I got my lawn mowed again for free tonight, the back this time. Denise's friend Brandy was bringing her son over to Dan and Denise's to mow their lawn and Denise asked if I had anything he could do. Apparently he got in trouble and had to do some community service. I told her to bring him on over and I could find plenty for him to do. The lawn was too long for him to effectively pick up poop, but he got the back lawn mowed and my brother-in-law came over to help us get rid of our huge limb pile, so we had Alex help with that as well. It was wonderful to sit back and watch someone else mow for once and not feel guilty about it LOL. It's so nice to have my entire backyard back. I'm sorry he got in trouble but I was more than willing to help out with his sentence. I thoroughly believe in consequences.
As we were finishing off the wood pile, I found a break away collar stuck in among the branches. I was glad it was break away or we may have found a dead cat instead. The tag had a number on it and said, "Hi I'm Piglet" on it. I thought about it and decided to call and make sure Piglet was okay, I had no idea how long the collar had been there. I called and the lady said he was fine and didn't want the collar back, but she was really weirded out by me calling her about it. I thought that was funny and I thought it was even more funny that a boy cat named Piglet had a purple collar, poor guy.
I made it back to water aerobics last night and I am so feeling it today. My back and legs are really sore. This made me even more grateful that someone else did the work tonight. Denise was having a hard time from it tonight too. We'll be back at it tomorrow night.
I also discovered that our robin nest has come up empty. I can't imagine what happened to those bright blue eggs. It makes me sad, I was really looking forward to keeping tabs on them. I didn't even get to see them hatch. A snake or something probably got to them, she had it awful low and we're right next to a canal.
As we were finishing off the wood pile, I found a break away collar stuck in among the branches. I was glad it was break away or we may have found a dead cat instead. The tag had a number on it and said, "Hi I'm Piglet" on it. I thought about it and decided to call and make sure Piglet was okay, I had no idea how long the collar had been there. I called and the lady said he was fine and didn't want the collar back, but she was really weirded out by me calling her about it. I thought that was funny and I thought it was even more funny that a boy cat named Piglet had a purple collar, poor guy.
I made it back to water aerobics last night and I am so feeling it today. My back and legs are really sore. This made me even more grateful that someone else did the work tonight. Denise was having a hard time from it tonight too. We'll be back at it tomorrow night.
I also discovered that our robin nest has come up empty. I can't imagine what happened to those bright blue eggs. It makes me sad, I was really looking forward to keeping tabs on them. I didn't even get to see them hatch. A snake or something probably got to them, she had it awful low and we're right next to a canal.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Thoughts
There is an awful lot on my mind as of late. Most important for now is my little dog. He's just fine except for his eyes and thyroid and his teeth. His teeth have been really bad for quite some time, but taking care of them is expensive so we've never had them cleaned. Now they are what's causing his eye infections. For now we're just going to continue treating his eyes. His pain meds are finally starting to help him and he's doing a lot better that way at least. I feel a lot better about his health and am not as worried anymore.
Summer is finally upon us and the temp is on the rise. We finally turned on our ac and yard work has now become harder to do for me. Me and heat just don't get along. I'll have to start either waking up extra early to mow or waiting til almost dark.
My pool table is gone, and now that its gone I'm experiencing sellers remorse. I have always wanted my own pool table. I worked hard to get my own pool table. Sadly it is now gone and all I want to do is play. We ended up not really having enough room for it and finances are getting tighter. I got more for it than I paid and it will cover the majority of the registration for the car this month, so its a bonus.
Speaking of finances, it is becoming a bigger and bigger worry for us. All our expenses are going up but our pay is staying the same and that is becoming harder and savings is becoming smaller. Even tightening our budget and streamlining our expenditures we are still ending up just the smallest bit short. We do not have to pick and choose what bills to pay, but we have no extra at all after bills and groceries. Anything that comes up extra, vet costs, car registration, etc., even if we need new clothes for any reason, its a struggle. If an emergency comes up, we're screwed. We have both come to admit that we bought a bit more house than we should have, but that's neither here nor there. We have to suck it up and go on.
Now we have a deciding game to play. The housing market is still in the dump no matter what the rumors are. We have ended up just enough upside down from this that we cannot streamline, refinance, or sell. So, does one of us get a second job? Do we start selling off all our stuff? Do we beg for raises? Or do we utilize one of or our many rooms, give up our privacy, hope we can find someone trustworthy, and rent a room? None of these decisions are very appealing to me, but it's getting more and more clear that we are going to need to do something. If one of us gets another job, we would have to juggle the car more than we do and never see each other. If we rent a room, we give up privacy, but add some risk. Or we can keep up living at the very edge for two more years until the car is paid off. Andy is leaning towards renting, I have a lot of problems with it.
I just don't know what to do. I know things could be a whole lot worse, but it's still so painful. We can squeeze in some fun here and there, but it's all starting to catch up. If we got a renter, we could have a lot of wiggle room. Andy sees it as an opportunity to meet new people and learn to trust our fellow man again. I see it as something to be really nervous about. There's a lot we would have to do to even be ready to rent a room too.
Lots of stuff to think about in the next little while. Sorry for the rant but I needed to get it out.
Summer is finally upon us and the temp is on the rise. We finally turned on our ac and yard work has now become harder to do for me. Me and heat just don't get along. I'll have to start either waking up extra early to mow or waiting til almost dark.
My pool table is gone, and now that its gone I'm experiencing sellers remorse. I have always wanted my own pool table. I worked hard to get my own pool table. Sadly it is now gone and all I want to do is play. We ended up not really having enough room for it and finances are getting tighter. I got more for it than I paid and it will cover the majority of the registration for the car this month, so its a bonus.
Speaking of finances, it is becoming a bigger and bigger worry for us. All our expenses are going up but our pay is staying the same and that is becoming harder and savings is becoming smaller. Even tightening our budget and streamlining our expenditures we are still ending up just the smallest bit short. We do not have to pick and choose what bills to pay, but we have no extra at all after bills and groceries. Anything that comes up extra, vet costs, car registration, etc., even if we need new clothes for any reason, its a struggle. If an emergency comes up, we're screwed. We have both come to admit that we bought a bit more house than we should have, but that's neither here nor there. We have to suck it up and go on.
Now we have a deciding game to play. The housing market is still in the dump no matter what the rumors are. We have ended up just enough upside down from this that we cannot streamline, refinance, or sell. So, does one of us get a second job? Do we start selling off all our stuff? Do we beg for raises? Or do we utilize one of or our many rooms, give up our privacy, hope we can find someone trustworthy, and rent a room? None of these decisions are very appealing to me, but it's getting more and more clear that we are going to need to do something. If one of us gets another job, we would have to juggle the car more than we do and never see each other. If we rent a room, we give up privacy, but add some risk. Or we can keep up living at the very edge for two more years until the car is paid off. Andy is leaning towards renting, I have a lot of problems with it.
I just don't know what to do. I know things could be a whole lot worse, but it's still so painful. We can squeeze in some fun here and there, but it's all starting to catch up. If we got a renter, we could have a lot of wiggle room. Andy sees it as an opportunity to meet new people and learn to trust our fellow man again. I see it as something to be really nervous about. There's a lot we would have to do to even be ready to rent a room too.
Lots of stuff to think about in the next little while. Sorry for the rant but I needed to get it out.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Day
I had a good day today. I was hard getting going, but that's nothing new. I've been in a fairly good mood all day. I really like my new job responsibilities, it helps break up the day. I also got some good news about work that I'm not sure if I can share or not. Grin.
I'm having real mixed feelings at the moment though. I posted my gaming tables on ksl and I got a call about the pool table today. The person is coming to look at it and most likely take it away tonight. I LOVE my pool table. Getting it ready to go makes me sad, but it takes up too much room and our family room really isn't big enough to play properly anyway. We can also really use the money.
It got hot enough to turn our ac on today as well. I'm sure going to miss the high 60's low 70's weather. That my favorite temp range. It hit 80 today. Welcome home summer, took you long enough. hehe
I'm having real mixed feelings at the moment though. I posted my gaming tables on ksl and I got a call about the pool table today. The person is coming to look at it and most likely take it away tonight. I LOVE my pool table. Getting it ready to go makes me sad, but it takes up too much room and our family room really isn't big enough to play properly anyway. We can also really use the money.
It got hot enough to turn our ac on today as well. I'm sure going to miss the high 60's low 70's weather. That my favorite temp range. It hit 80 today. Welcome home summer, took you long enough. hehe
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Ramblings
Had a really nice weekend. Had a great time at the in laws on Saturday to celebrate John and Mikey's birthdays and John and Lewetta's anniversary. Happy birthday guys and happy anniversary you two! Was very lazy on Sunday except when I killed my arm and back using the weed wacker. I really should not use that particular piece of yard equipment. We had a very enjoyable afternoon and evening at my parent's for a bbq on Monday. It's was perfect weather and we were able to do it all outside. It was great.
I've been having a bit of anxiety about my little buddy, Chewy. We took him back to the vet today and his right eye no longer has the ulcer, but it now has a new one in a different spot and his left eye has such low pressure it doesn't even read out on the meter. Andy and I both decided we really don't like the vet we've been seeing so I think I'll ask for a different one next time. The tech was really nice and super sweet with Mister and kept sneaking him "cookies", too bad he wasn't the vet. They took some blood and have to send it out to do a full panel and thyroid test. We'll find out the results in a day or two. I'm having anxiety over it, the poor guy has been whining in his sleep, even on pain meds.
On top of all this, vets are freaking expensive. We're on a super tight budget and the car is also due for registration and our anniversary is coming up. This sucks.
I put my lovely pool table and our little air hockey table on KSL today. Oh well, they were fun while they lasted.
I also once again cancelled my wow account. I haven't been playing as much anyway.
I've been having a bit of anxiety about my little buddy, Chewy. We took him back to the vet today and his right eye no longer has the ulcer, but it now has a new one in a different spot and his left eye has such low pressure it doesn't even read out on the meter. Andy and I both decided we really don't like the vet we've been seeing so I think I'll ask for a different one next time. The tech was really nice and super sweet with Mister and kept sneaking him "cookies", too bad he wasn't the vet. They took some blood and have to send it out to do a full panel and thyroid test. We'll find out the results in a day or two. I'm having anxiety over it, the poor guy has been whining in his sleep, even on pain meds.
On top of all this, vets are freaking expensive. We're on a super tight budget and the car is also due for registration and our anniversary is coming up. This sucks.
I put my lovely pool table and our little air hockey table on KSL today. Oh well, they were fun while they lasted.
I also once again cancelled my wow account. I haven't been playing as much anyway.
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