Ho hum day

Today seems to have become one of those days where nothing suits me. I got up early to take the oldest to work and then off to town to drop my time sheet and do a little shopping. Wanted to get the youngest some hoodies, since I'm so tired of seeing him in the same few all the time. He said he couldn't find any he likes. Yeah. Everything he wanted has skulls and crossbones and crap like that on it and I told him no. No child of mine is going to walk around in that stuff while he's living with me. So he got nothing. I, however, found quite a few things to spend my money on, lol.

As we were coming home from Ct last night it was flurrying. I didn't think much of it because it's normal. Imagine my surprise to walk out the door and find 3" of new snow on the ground, lol. I had to take the time to clean the car off. The roads were a little slushy. I was considering having the driveway plowed, but then again, maybe not. It's all ice under this new snow and at least now we get some traction. No sliding as we come to the end of the driveway and try to stop. Hubby said to wait because it's really not that much and flurries are predicted all weekend anyway. He wants to wait until after this next storm.

The fool called right as hubby was getting up today wanting him to come to work early. What's new, right. The door to the station broke and he wants hubby to fix it. So he has to go to work 3 hours early to do that? It's not like he gets to close 3 hours early. But, that's ok. Hubby and I are going into town on Monday, and I'm going to take my time and make sure he's 3 hours late to work that day. After we get the car fixed we have to get a printer and go food shopping. I'm sure that will take most of the afternoon. Who knows how long it will take to get the car taken care of. And if we're in and out fast, I'll just drag my feet, lol.

So I have so many things I could be doing and nothing I really want to do. Hate when I get in these moods. Went shopping online and got the last book in my series. I did a book fetch with the one company I usually end up buying my books from. So, the second week of Feb should be a very busy week. That's around the week all the books and my stuff for my course should be arriving. I also placed a yarn order, but I think that will be here around the end of Feb. If hubby goes to India the end of next month, I'm getting a yarn order ready for him to, lol.

Just to much

Well, I've started my course online and most nights I feel like my poor brain is going to explode, lol. I'm on information overload. I always work on it with the intentions of only spending an hour to a hour and a half, but then I start getting into it and well......... a few hours have gone by. I think this weekend I'm going to have to set up a schedule, and stick to it.

Looks like yet another major snow storm coming our way on Tuesday. The forecasters are all being very vague about it. They will only commit to a major storm. Hubby has already told me to stay home if it's to bad. Then every time it snows a lot, he says that, lol.

Not really much has been going on, just working and studying. I made my last appt with the dentist the other day. I'll be so glad to be finally done with all this. I don't know yet if I like this woman or not. She really didn't do much of anything. Actually she looked at me kind of confused as to why I'm sitting in her chair. She asked me who I had been seeing and I told her that he doesn't take my insurance any more so I had to see someone else. Since I'm in the middle of something, it wasn't my idea to change dentists. She still looked confused. I was the last morning appt, sat in the waiting room for 45 minutes, to see the dentist for a total of 5 minutes. Talk about a waste of time. Guess I shouldn't complain though, there have been times, I've warmed that chair for longer than anyone should, lol.

The youngest has a cold. You would think the kid was dying. Every time I ask him to do something he can't do it because he has a cold and his throat hurts. But, it doesn't keep him from going to visit the neighbors, going shopping with me, and talking on the phone. He only has problems when it's time to do chores, lol. Got that kids number. They didn't make it to youth group tonight because the youngest was out with me and the oldest was working. It did work out that we were all back in time for them to go. But that was because we cancelled. Had I not cancelled, we would have all been running late. Oh well, that's how it goes.

Tomorrow I have a few errands to do and then home to relax for the day. I get to go shopping for a new printer on Monday after the car gets fixed. I think hubby should just give me the money and let me get it over the weekend, that way I can make the copies I need and this course would go that much smoother for me. But, for some reason he wants to go to. He's still in that "missin my wife mood."

What a day!

Woke up this morning to quite a few inches of snow on the ground already. Got the oldest out of bed and told him he had to uncover the car and shovel the steps and a walkway to the car so I could leave for work. I figured why should I do it because I'm going to have to uncover the car before I leave work. He did everything but the walkway to the car. He never shovels a path to the car, I don't know why. I hate driving to work with wet boots. Well, my 10 minute drive to work took 40 this morning. My road, which is a rather main road, was plowed, but once I hit the side road my lady lives on, forget it! There had to be at least 6 inches on the ground when I left for work. When I finally made it to work, of course I couldn't get up the driveway in my car. Hubby's cousin took the truck to his business in Ohio, he's due back sometime this week I think. Not doing me any good. Well, I was determined I wasn't walking up that steep driveway in 6 inches of snow, so I backed out of the driveway, went up the road, and went as fast as I could and floored it up the driveway, lol. I did a lot of sliding and spinning of tires. I thought the car was going to end up in the yard a few times it was swerving so bad, but I made it up! My lady's daughters boyfriend was in his truck, I didn't know it, he was watching the whole thing. He got out of his truck laughing his butt off at me, lol! All I told him was "I ain't walking up this driveway, lol!" He says he thought that's what it was because I looked very determined to get the car up, lol. Wouldn't you know it, after all that, 10 minutes after I get there, the driveway gets plowed! I also get a phone call from the office wanting me to stay because the other woman who comes when I leave didn't want to come out in the snow in the afternoon. I told them I wasn't staying because the roads were not plowed and really bad. I figured I made it here, she could have at least tried or had someone give her a ride there. Of course hubby wanted me to stay home today, but since I have tomorrow off for the dentist, I went. I should have stayed home, it looked like everyone else did, lol.

Came home and gave the boys their orders and I'm hiding. I wanted to work on my course some more so I chased the boys away and told them not to disturb me for at least an hour or so. The oldest is going to make dinner, probably with the youngest help. So now that they are leaving me alone and I have this time, guess I should use it wisely, lol.

More snow and ice on the way

It seems every time I watch the weather, it reports something different with this coming storm. As of tonight, we are supposed to get snow first, then ice. Just snow already and be done with it! Snow and ice, snow and ice, I'm getting tired of the combination, lol.

I got home from work and only found one kid in the house. Cool. The other one was out with the neighbor. He never called me to let me know either. Usually he does. Hubby was walking out the door as I was walking in. I did do a little shopping before I came home since the boys are here and need something for lunch. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches or cereal for lunch gets old fast.

While I was cooking dinner tonight, I kept hearing this funny almost popping noise at the stove. I opened the door thinking maybe it was my chicken, but it usually doesn't do that. Then I listened closer and realized it was down in the drawer part of the stove. I thought it was a mouse walking around in the drawer. I got the oldest and told him to wait while I got the cat. He heard the noise to. I get the cat and told him to open the drawer (I'm expecting to see a mouse) and I would put the cat in the drawer, lol. She had no interest in the drawer. Then the oldest says the noise is coming from under the drawer, so he pulls the drawer out and there's the mouse, all the way in the back. He grabs the cat and this time she sees what she's there for, lol. She crawls under the stove and eventually the mouse runs out with her right behind it. She chased it behind the entertainment center. Meanwhile, I'm standing on a kitchen chair, because I don't do mice. I finally get down because I realize that dinner will never get finished with me standing on a chair, and if the mouse moves, I'll see the cat and I can hop back up. I'm watching and watching and I don't hear anything. All of a sudden I look up and there's the cat sitting on the arm of the sofa just looking at me. If there was ever a time I wished the cat could talk, that was the time. She was just sitting there looking bored. I have no idea what happened to the mouse. I don't think she got it, but she has a habit of playing with them for a while before she actually will kill it. I think she gets to rough with them. This mouse wasn't that fast, so she might have already had a hold of it earlier and is just toying with it. Personally, she just needs to do her job and be done with it, lol!!

Not such a bad day

For a day that started out kind of rough, it did get better as it went on. Only problem is it just went to fast, lol. I asked hubby why my work days can't go as fast as this day went. Hubby informed me that he is probably leaving for India the end of February. If someone can work for him, if it doesn't interfere with the fools plans, who also says he has to go to, and if he can get the money together. Well, at least I got more notice this time that I did last time. He says it will be for 30 days. I told him to stress the 30 days to his cousin who will probably be making the arrangements for him. Last year the 30 days was 6 weeks which became over 9 weeks. I didn't appreciate that.

Well, I finally did it. I signed up for a class today. Online. I should be getting my books in the next week or so. That also means that I will be getting a new printer. We have to take the car to the shop next week for an oil change and have them check for a power steering leak. I think it's my car, not sure. There's spots where I usually park so don't think it's the truck. Anyway, since we will be in town we will go looking for a new printer. Hubby can't fix the one I have now and no one I've asked knows anyone who can. The normal response is it's less hassle to buy new. Printers are very hard to get apart. Seems like a total waste to me, but the only thing I can do with mine now is scan to the computer. I guess they aren't made to last very long, like everything else these days.

But I'm really excited about this course, it's work at your own pace. Great for me, I can take a day or two to do other things and not feel stressed about missing a deadline or anything. I''ve been playing around on the computer most of the day today just looking for different things. Spent way to much time on the computer, guess I'm making up for lost time, lol. I was looking for something specific and I'm amazed at just how much there is out there. I was really good, I only bought one thing to, lol.

The youngest is all happy that his one day of school is finished for the week. I'm sure by Wednesday I'll be wishing for this week to end, lol.

Hubby was telling me about something he saw on his news yesterday. This just happened the day before in an neighboring country. There is a law over there about what the length of your pants should be if you're a man. Someone didn't follow that particular law and lost his life because of it. I won't go into the barbaric details, but he was singled out based on his particular religion. There is an predominant religion in that country, which he didn't follow. Hubby said seeing that really bothered him. Things like that happen in his own country, he grew up with that going on, but it just made him realize that nothings changed, and probably won't.

Sunday

This weekend is shaping up to be rather non eventful. Spent most of yesterday cleaning and more cleaning. So tired when I was done, but the house looked nice, lol! Until hubby spilled something on my not clean for even an hour kitchen floor! If it wasn't him, it would have been someone else. Got caught up on all the laundry and turned the machine over to the boys. I think they are all caught up to. I hope, lol. Tomorrow is the only day they both have school and I'm off. Looking forward to a peaceful few hours. Of course, hubby wants me to go the the bank and then the post office first thing in the morning. Yeah right, when I get up and get moving, lol. He won't know, he'll be sleeping until I wake him.

Finally had church this morning. The oldest got ready for work late, which means he got to work late, which means I had to hurry up and eat and get the youngest ready, which made us late for church. At least I got there, lol. The elder that was preaching this morning was joking that he has two more sermons left on the book of Judges, which means we should be done sometime in March with the way the weather has been going, lol. The forecast is predicting snow for Wednesday, but right now it's so so. Not predicting any accumulations, which means they have no clue. It's been about a week and a half since we have had any snow. We're probably due, this can't last forever, it's to early yet.

Since I worked my butt of yesterday, I did basically nothing today. Felt so nice to not have anything that had to be done. I did get some knitting done. Dentist appt on Thursday. Since this dentist only works one day at the office I go to, I couldn't be choosy about the time I got, so I made it far enough ahead of time to get the day off. I don't make appts around work any more unless I work for a few hours in the morning and have the rest of the day off. You just never know how long you are going to end up sitting in the waiting room.

The cat has spent the past 2 nights chasing a mouse all night. I wish she would either catch that thing, or chase it into a trap and be done with it. Every time she goes ripping down the hallway I hear her. Why is it sometimes cats can be so quiet you don't know they are there, and then other times, they sound like a heard of elephants? It that like pay back or something??

Ok, going to put this in here, just won't let me put it where I want it without moving everything around and leaving spaces. I had found a neck warmer pattern online that I thought would be pretty cool to make. Sometimes I want something around my neck, but just don't want to deal with the hassle of a scarf. Since what I'm working on can be frustrating, especially when I've knitted rows and rows only to realize that they all have to be ripped out because I either made a mistake or dropped a stitch like 4 inchs ago. That's when I need something fast and easy to work on to make me feel like I've accomplished something. Finished this in 2 nights and sewed the buttons on this afternoon. Hubby was looking at me like I've lost my marbles, and maybe I have. I showed it to him and asked him if he thought I was crazy. He just grinned and said yes and he ran out the door, lol. H has to live with me, guess he would know, lol. Oh well, I keep his life interesting, lol.

End of the work week

My work week has finally come to an end. This week just seemed to drag and drag. Glad my weekend has officially started and I can relax some. Did most of the local errands today so that only leaves food shopping in town for tomorrow.

The boys come home and informed me that next week they don't have to go to school part of the whole week. What!! Why!! It's to early for any breaks yet, lol! Next week the school has testing and they both have to go to school on Monday, Tuesday the testing starts. The youngest has the rest of the week off, and the oldest only has to go to school Thursday and Friday. This is turning out to be one of those school years where they are out of school more than they are in it, lol.

Since they boys are going to youth group tonight, it's movie night for me, and the cat, lol. It's our down time. Last night I went to knit. I had told hubby that if the oldest wasn't done working by the time I left for class, then he would have to wait until I was done class and then I would swing by and pick him up. I told both of them this. Hubby calls the house and the youngest tells him I left. So..........the youngest has to call me and tell me this and let me know I should probably call hubby back. Few minutes after that my cell rings again. It's the oldest wanting a ride. I told him he had to wait or get a ride with someone he knows going this way. He's having a fit because he has to wait. I told him his options and hung up on him, lol. A few minutes later the cell rings again. This time I shut if off completely. This is my time just for me. This class is my socialization time with other females. Living with all males, I need that. It's only 2 hours long, once a week. It runs for 8 weeks in the fall and 8 weeks in the winter. Why, why can they not give me this?? So, the conversation at home was basically for those 2 hours you don't have a mother, lol. Hubby can deal with things. I am to only be called in an extreme emergency during that time. They are 17 and 18, I think they can do without me for 2 hours. Kids!

Time to get the boys moving if we are going to be out the door in the next hour and a half. No snow storms in the forecast so it looks like there will actually be church this week. There was no bible study this week because of a broken pipe in the social hall. It feels like forever since I've been to church. I'm missing it. I just might be able to talk hubby into going with me now that he's working nights again. He used to go with me before. Since he's from another country this is all new to him, but he likes it. He says going makes him feel better, so he must be getting something out of it.

There's a cat fish in my tank

I was listening to something the other day, and I realized it described my situation perfectly.
There were these fishermen who fished for cod ( I think). At first when they caught the cod, they would freeze them before they brought them to market. This changed the way the fish tasted. Not fresh. So, then they decided to just let the cod be in their tanks on the way to the market. Again, the cod, just weren't as good as expected. Since the cat fish is a known enemy of the cod, they decided to put a few cat fish in the tank with the cod. The cat fish were constantly chasing the cod. When the cod got to market, they were fresh and tasted great. Sometimes God drops a cat fish in your tank to keep you fresh. He put one in mine. It's been one thing after another. First the computer, then the printer, then frozen pipes, washer springs a leak, new washer has issues, and for the past 2 days, no phone. Ok, ok, I get the point, lol!! I'm fresh now, this all can stop, lol. I finally have a phone so I can get online. It took 2 trips out to the house. The first time only one jack in the entire house was working. Today they were out to hook the rest of the jacks back up. For some reason, there are 2 separate wires connected to the one line. I asked them to put all the jacks on one wire. Hope he did.

As for the washer. Well............... the guy was telling hubby that these things have an anti-theft device preinstalled in them. That was the problem. We left that in. I remember hubby and the boys trying to remove this thing and they couldn't budge it, so they thought that maybe if it wasn't coming out, maybe it's not supposed to. The guy who came to check the machine couldn't get it out either. He ended up having hubby hold onto the machine while he pulled it out, lol. Guess that one was really in there.

Since the temps are back to normal for a few days, hubby's going to go under the house and put insulation around the hot water pipe that needs it. I told him he has only tomorrow to do this now because starting Sunday we are going back into the teens during the day and below zero temps at night. The printer he said he will take a look at, probably over the weekend to see if he can replace the rollers. If not, he'll see if he knows someone who might be able to do this. Still printer less.

The oldest had to order his gown and any other stuff he wanted for graduation. I could not believe the prices of that stuff! I'm in the wrong line of work, lol!! I knew it would be high, but not that high. I decided that if I'm going to send out announcements, I would make my own. Much cheaper since every package had anywhere from 60 to 100 invitations and what not. I don't need that many. If I print them up myself, I can print out just what I need.

Needless to day I haven't been around to any journals lately. I'll try over the weekend.

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See what happens when I get bored?? This is our cat, Miss Melinda napping on the youngests laptop.

Nothings getting done today

Today is one of those days where there's just to many interruptions and not enough being accomplished. So, I give up on trying.

Went to see the doc this morning. Glad it was an early appt. My view was get in and get it done and over with. The rooms were cold. They to had no water this morning. By the time I got home hubby was ready to get up. He was getting up early so we could go and get insulation. We didn't go yesterday because it snowed all day. I never told him I had a doc appt because he can't remember anything anyway. He was worried that I wasn't here when he got up and the boys didn't know where I was. Then when we go into town and I'm telling him I have yet another script to get filled. Drop the script, and then go get the insulation. He wants to know what the script is for. Well, some things men are just better off not knowing to much detail about and this is one of those things. All I have to do is say one word and he drops the subject. He knows better, lol. He's following me all around the pharmacy while I'm gathering my list of over the counter things I need. As a matter of fact, he's been clingy all day. Don't know what that's all about. He's off to work now so my hip attachment is gone, lol. It's really to late now to get into to much today, so I'll just do whatever.

Yesterday I got a lot accomplished. Finished cleaning the rest of the house, really well. Even got the sheets changed. My vitamins must be kicking in because by the time I looked at the clock it was only around 1:30. And everything was done. That was a first. Got some of the menu planning done, but not what I wanted. I just pulled some slow cooker recipes and shoved them in my planner. Nothing is detailed like I wanted. Maybe next week or maybe that will be something I'll work on all through the week.

Since the boys have both lost their ipods and some privileges, they got up this morning and cleaned, did dishes and took the trash out. Including cleaning the cat box. They never do this without being asked a million times. I know what they're doing and I'm not backing down and giving in. They're making me feel bad, but I can't give in. So now I feel lost because everything is done. I can't remember the last time that has happened. Guess I'll take my time going through all my email and read some journals.

Random thoughts

Got my early morning phone call of church being cancelled. I kind of figured it would be. It's still snowing. That and since the heat wasn't left on after Wednesday, they have some frozen pipes in the building. During the winter months church is held in the social hall because the heat in the church itself doesn't work that well. It's an old building, the church is an independent church and there is no offering plate passed around. Ever. I think the pastor that just retired said that has been stopped for about 20 years now. They don't request special offering for things the church needs either. The few special offerings are for missionary's, if requested. They have stopped supporting a few of the missionary's because the church has been looking for a pastor for 2 1/2 years now. They think the size of the church and no income is part of the problem. So the elders take turns each month speaking. One of the elders chooses a whole book to cover and the other elder chooses random passages. He's currently working on the book of Judges and because of all the cancellations, it seems to be taking forever. In Bible study we are working on the book on Philemon. That seems to be taking forever to, and that's a very short book, because of all the cancellations due to the weather.

I have no plans for today. Hubby took a load of laundry to work with him. It was one load. When he got home from work he took the basket and dumped it on the sofa. He did that yesterday to, but I thought it was because he needed the basket. This really irritated me this morning, especially since I worked so hard in the living room and it looks so nice, and then I walk out and see that on my sofa. Gggrrrrr. I'm going to have to tell him again, to keep it in the basket. We are pretty much caught up and have empty baskets around.

Need to work on my food menus for the week. I'll be thanking myself later in the week for doing this. It seems like by Thursday, I'm tired and just can't wait until the weekend gets here so I can relax just a little.

I was talking to a few of my neighbors and they were telling me that the night before was the coldest night we had yet. It got to -15. Apparently, we weren't the only ones with frozen pipes. Some of them had some to. Hubby was telling me that over at the station, they have a basement under the store, and one of the pipes burst. Hubby sets up a kerosene heater down in the basement when it gets to cold. Guess the heater wasn't enough that night. At least we weren't the only ones with problems. I think after today it's supposed to gradually start climbing into the 20's. It's going to feel like springtime around here, lol.

Time to brave the snow covered roads to take the oldest to work. Think I'm going to take hubby's truck, it has 4 wheel drive in it.

Saturday

It's taken me just about all day, but the living room is finally rearranged. Talk about tired!! I did have the youngest help me and then the oldest when he came home. It looks better. It was time for a change. It's something I have not been looking forward to. I have a set of bookcases in the living room that do hold books, lots and lots of books. They are a chore to move. I took the computer out and put it in the small room to, so that gave me more space. I was only going to do a few pieces at a time, but decided since I was on a roll, why not do the whole thing. This way, it's done. Now the little room has a online computer and an off line computer, right next to each other. We use the off line computer for games. I haven't really had much time lately to see whats wrong with the Internet connection on that one.

Woke up this morning to no hot water again. Last night was probably one of the coldest nights yet. Fortunately, hubby was here. I've been telling him that we need to keep the cabinets under the sinks open and the water dripping during the night, so hopefully, the pipes won't freeze. When he gets home he insists on shutting the cabinets( the only time he does this) and turning the water off. Ok, what do I know. Guess who was under the house with a hair dryer trying to dethaw the pipes, lol?? He had the oldest out there with him and checking every now and again to see if the water was on. Then, he has the nerve to come inside and tell me to let the water drip over night and keep the cabinet doors open when it's this cold. %^&&$$%!! Whatever. I asked what the problem was under the house that the pipe froze and he said there wasn't enough insulation for the pipes. I distinctly remember having a conversation with him during the spring about going under the house and checking everything. Making sure everything is still intact. His response was everything was still fine, why wouldn't it be?? So, as a temporary fix we are going to get insulation tomorrow and put it around the pipes that need more, then in the Spring go under there and fix anything that needs fixing. Guess these things sound better if he says it??

Knitting class starts up again this week, and I can't wait. I so desperately need that female companionship and time away. There's just something about sitting with a group of women and knitting that just alleivates all my stress . I miss that time when the classes stop. I got one of the gloves done that I started before the class ended, now I have to work on the other one. Hopefully I'll have it done by the time I go this week. It was so hard for me to do at first, but then once I wrapped my head around the visual part, it just flew together. It was a challenge, to say the least since it wasn't done the traditional way, and I'll be proud of myself for getting them done and sticking it out. So many times I wanted to throw in the towel. Since they were for my mother, I was going to send them to her for her birthday. Then we were talking the other day and she makes the comment that she never wears gloves anymore, just mittens. Well, crap man! Now I know, lol.

Hubby's been taking the laundry and doing it at work. Yesterday, he kept hounding me to give him all the dirty clothes. So I did, lol. The man was doing laundry until midnight, lol. I told him he had to dry it there to because I didn't want to be up until midnight drying clothes either. He did come home and put one load in our dryer. He took the one basket of clothes we had from yesterday. Little does he know, that basket didn't have the boys clothes in it. Oh well, they know he takes it and if they want their clothes cleaned, then they should know what to do.

Tomorrow we are supposed to get more snow. If it's to much predicted, church will be cancelled again. I plan to go some organizing for the week. Things worked much better during the week, when I took the time to plan out the weeks and plan out dinner for each day. Since we are generally out of the house 3 nights a week, getting slow cooker recipes ready for the week, makes things much simpler. While I'm at it I'm going to try to rearrange my own eating. I'm going to try 5 smaller meals and see how that works for me, but to also include the total amount of water, dairy, fruits and veggies I should have. I did feel better when I did this, but things got thrown off with having my teeth fixed and not being able to eat certain things. I still have to be really careful with certain fruits and veggies. One thing it has done for me is make me more mindful of my chewing and to slow down and take smaller bites. But, I need to start taking care of myself again. I've let myself go and it shows, so back to square one again. There is a local tops meeting that I've been thinking about going to, once the weather gets a little better.

The boys are doing their best to avoid me. They are both being punished because of their attitudes. They even lost their ipods. Both of them. Next on the list is the television. If this continues into tomorrow, I will make them write sentences. I used to do that and they both hated that with a passion, especially the youngest. He used to write me a story or an apology letter, lol. It's amazing what losing a few prized possessions and privileges will do for the attitudes, lol!

I did all my errands yesterday after work in the frigid temps. I was beginning to think I was crazy, but the payoff was it's done and I could do anything I wanted to today. Why I chose today to work my butt off in the house is beyond me, but it's done now. I can focus on other things.

The weekend has to be better

All day today I've been thinking it was Friday. It's been a very long week already. No plans for the weekend since it's supposed to still be bitterly cold. And more snow Sunday into Monday. The kids have off on Monday, I have a doc appt, maybe I can get them out of the house for the day, lol.

We went and got the new washer yesterday. It has issues. Can't seem to get it to spin the laundry out and actually stay in one place. Jumps all over the place. Hubby worked on it today, even put a piece of plywood under it as a last resort and still the same thing. So, I called and someone is coming out next week to check it out. I plan to take the afternoon off because I want this fixed, and fixed right. Hubby will be here, but might not be up and he will agree with anything the service person trys to tell him. I've had problems in the past with an appliance not being fixed right. Then when the warranty is up, all of a sudden it's fixed.

Hubby offered to do a few loads at the station tonight. I did feel bad, but then I figured, he's offering to help me so fine, I'll take it. I did send the youngest to take care of the laundry. It beats sitting in the laundromat tonight. Unfortunately hubby will probably be taking laundry with him the rest of the week. The oldest is there helping hubby in the station and the youngest is doing laundry. I have the house all to myself. Much needed quiet time for me. I came home today very focused on what I wanted to get accomplished. Got some much needed things at the store before I got home. My big mistake was walking in the door. Hubby took the oldest so it was just me and the youngest. I don't know what's the problem with this kid, but he's just so miserable and nasty lately. All week. After dealing with this attitude all week, and no change, well, we got into it big time today. Just had enough. I was seriously considering some major retail therapy, but behaved myself. My retail therapy was in the form of grocery shopping, lol. Went to the local market. Decided I really wanted to stay close to home. Anything I would have bought would not have been a need but a want. Do I really need those clearance boots? No. Do I need more clothes? No, can't take it home and wash it tonight anyway. Do we need food? Yeah, we always need food, lol. I think I just needed to get out of the house for a short while to clear my head. So glad knitting class starts next week. Tonight would have been one of those nights where I would have gone early and been one of the last ones to leave.

Hubby's family is tying to reach him. I hate when they do this. It usually means they want money or someone has a problem and they want him to drop everything and run and help them. They called this morning and left a message and again tonight. He might be avoiding them, or it might have been a while since he's talked to them and they just want to make sure he is ok. What I don't understand is why they don't call him at work. They know the number. Call during the day when he's sleeping. Call at night when he's working. He's been doing well with the not drinking. They never fail to trigger him to start again.

Just heard on the news about a plane that crashed in the Hudson river because the plane hit a flock of geese. Imagine that. This is the second problem with a plane in the news today. There was an emergency landing at Albany international this morning.

Time to get my few chores done for the night so I can relax. Gray's is on tonight, lol.

A cold Wednesday

The heater has been running like crazy and today is just the beginning of the frigid temps. Tomorrow and Friday are supposed to be even colder! I'm not one who likes warm weather. I would choose the cold if I had a choice, but I don't like it when it's this cold. This extreme cold tends to make my back go into spasms. With hubby working nights now, it's hard to have him rub out the pain when I need it.

We didn't make it to bible study tonight. I just took the cake out of the oven for the youngest birthday. We had to go and get the washer today, and take the old one out. I just moved out of the way and let the guys do it. Didn't want to be around when the tempers started to flair. And they did. Hubby partially set it up and had to leave because the fool claimed he had to go somewhere today. Hubby put the hoses on backwards. Imagine my surprise when the rinse is coming in and there's steam coming out of the top of the lid, lol! For some reason the boys can't seem to get it balanced right. I did one load to make sure the machine works and there are no leaks. All's fine until the spin cycle. Jumps all over the place. They get one side balanced and the other side is off. Can't seem to get both sides balanced. So, since they were losing their tempers, I told them to just leave it and see if hubby can get it before he goes to work tomorrow. If worse comes to worse, we can put a piece of plywood under both machines.

Hubby took my car to work today. He knows someone who can get us a headlight for the car. It's not broken, just I think maybe the brackets or what ever holds the headlight in is broken. Hubby had the chore of picking all the deer fur out, lol. And that stuff that was on the side of the car. I'm a little afraid to even guess what it was. Eeeewwww. The paint is definitely cracked. I could see tonight where hubby or someone picked at it. Fortunately, the damage doesn't look any worse in the daytime than it did at night.

We celebrated the youngest birthday tonight because the rest of the week will be busy, and there's the possibility of more snow on Sunday into Monday. It was tonight or not at all. The youngest got 3 new hoodies, 2 pairs of sweat pants and an iTunes card. One of his friends gave him an iTunes card to. Guess he's happy. Hasn't said much. He did work on buying music and movies for his Ipod though.

The cake should be cool enough to frost and then I'm going to call it a night. I haven't been sleeping well at night. Believe it our not, it's just to hot for me to sleep. I have to kick all the covers off, then I wake up because I'm cold, cover up, then hot again. Geez! Of course, when hubby comes home and I'm uncovered, he makes sure to bundle me up. Doesn't cross his mind I might be hot! Going to have to sleep with the ceiling fan on again. It's been off because of hubby being sick and not wanting it on, but I need air, lol!!

Glad this day is almost over!!

What a day! I get home from work and hubby is still here, waiting for me. I get in late, just as the kids are getting home. Hubby tells me to meet him at work. I'm confused as to why since I thought it was just me and the oldest going into Hudson to fill hubby's script and pick up the last few things for the youngest birthday tomorrow. He tells me he's going to so we can hit Sears and look for a washer. Oh! He had someone come this morning and give him an estimate of how much it would cost to fix the washer. The guy told him $300 to $350. Ouch!! So, hubby decided it would be better to get another one. If we hit a sale, we could pay a little more for a new one. I did, once again, tell hubby we are going for the extended warranty if we get another one. He agreed. We drop his script, with a 45 minute wait, and go to Sears. Only one person in the store working. By the time we were ready, the guy was on the phone. So we had to wait. I thought hubby was going to get impatient, since he had to be at work by 4 pm, but he hung around. Guess he didn't want me hitting him up for quarters for the Laundromat all the time, lol. This Sears is a little store. They had a lot of Kenmore and Maytags. A few Whirlpools. Of course, if I could have any kind I wanted
I would have gone for one of the front loaders. Poor hubby
would have gone into heart failure if I told him that after seeing the prices, lol. I stayed away from the Maytag's. I checked out consumer reports online last night and they had nothing good to say about Maytag's. Everyone I know has nothing good to say about Maytag's. I always thought they were good, but, going with the majority on this one. I got a Whirlpool. It's really nice. Has a separate setting for jeans, second rinse, which I love, and lots of other cool features. It was slightly more than the Kenmore I almost got. Hubby was fine with it as long as I stayed away from the front loaders, lol.

So, we go to Walmart to get the birthday gifts. Every. Time. I. Turned. Around. Hubby. Was. Gone. I spent more time trying to find him than I did actually shopping for the few things I bought. I felt like I should have brought a leash for the man, lol!! By this time it's 4:45. I'm ready to go get his script and leave. He decided to order pizza. Another 30 minute wait. So we walked around Big Lots. I kept a hold of the man in that store, lol.

Get to the station and hubby tells me to wait, he wants the oldest to help him stock for a few minutes. We leave and we're talking as we're going home. The speed limit in the area is 30 and I was going under that because it's a speed trap. Well, I hit a deer right in that area. Didn't kill it. It turned around and went the way it came from. The pick up behind me, swerved into the other lane, I guess to avoid me and/or the deer. The oldest is jumping around in his seat scared out of his mind. He's yelling at me to pull over. There was a lot of traffic behind me and I wanted to pull over where the shoulder was bigger. He finally starts yelling at me to stop the car. I didn't think there was much damage. No lights broken and nothing rubbing. I hit the deer behind the shoulder. I figured if the deer went the other way, it wasn't to bad. I pull over and the oldest is so upset he couldn't get out of the car. He gets out and wants to look at the damage. I wanted to wait until we got home. We only live 5 minutes from hubby's work. The front of the hood is bent a little. The hood opens. The head light is pushed in a little and the lens cover for the side running lights is cracked. It looked like on the fender the paint is cracked. The damage looks minor, but I know to fix it will require a new hood, fender, and lights. I ran my hand along the side and didn't feel any dents on the fender itself. I'll be able to see better tomorrow in the daylight. Both the boys said hubby is going to flip when he sees it. I did call hubby and told him what happened. I explained where the damage is. He said he wasn't mad, but he got all quiet when I told him. We'll see how he acts tomorrow when I actually see him. Or if the damage looks worse in the daylight.

Tomorrow we have to take the truck and get the washer. We have to move the old one out first. Hubby didn't want to pay the extra money to have it removed and delivered, even though you get that money back. Tomorrow is also the youngest birthday. I wanted to go to Bible Study, but I really don't see that happening. By the time we get the machine and I bake a cake, it just might be to late to go. I really wanted to since Church was cancelled because of the snow. It's to late now to bake. I had to finish folding all the laundry I did over the past 2 days. I was lazy this weekend, lol.

Well, I'm getting tired. Going to call it a night soon.

Taking a break

And going to enjoy some "me" time. I've done about as much housework as I can stand right now. For some reason today, I'm tired of just making do. I'm ready to get rid of some of these things and get new. Like the vacuum. The on and off switch doesn't work anymore, so you have to plug and unplug it to turn it off and on. Not to much of a hassle. Except, it seems to have it's days, like today, where every little thing slips the belt off, and the hose decides to clog, repeatedly, where the bend is. This gets really irritating after a while. Can't even make it through one room without stopping a few times. Then there's the washer. It really needs help. The water doesn't turn off when it's supposed to and leaks all over the floor. But not always, only when it feels like it. Then it gets stuck, again when it feels like it, and won't spin. Hubby's looking around for someone he might know who could come and maybe fix this. Maybe these things are all bothering me because it is truly a Monday.



Go to vacuum in the boys room, which I rarely do, and step on some pic cd's that are laying all over the floor. Why?? I have no idea since they are my pics and the last time I saw them they were on the shelf where I put them. To avoid this kind of thing. But, that's the youngest, not happy unless he's into everything and making a mess. I do think the oldest was having a tantrum this morning because I heard him growling this morning before he went to school. He was also the last one out the door. He doesn't feel good anyway, so I'm sure anyone who comes in contact with him today is just going to be dealing with such a sweet child. To bad I can't ship him off somewhere for a few hours, lol.



Hubby's working nights now. The fool brought back the other woman and she started this morning. Hubby, worked his normal shift yesterday, came home around 4:30 went to bed and then went back to work at 8 pm because the fool couldn't work any later than that because he had to be up early today. Hubby worked until 1 am. I'm glad hubby did come home instead of going upstairs and resting for a few hours. But he knew as well as I did that if he went upstairs the fool wouldn't leave him alone. He knows coming home, I won't let anyone bother him. I even woke him up late and took the phone off the hook, lol. As soon as hubby walked out the door the fool was calling and calling. I didn't answer it. I only would have been mean to him anyway. Since the woman is back the oldest doesn't have to work every day after school. Just on weekends and Thursdays. The woman has Sundays off which means the fool has to open, (yeah, right) so I'm thinking of talking to hubby and having the oldest not work Sunday's. That way the fool is forced to work by himself. Mean I know. The woman opens at 4 and leaves at noon. Hubby comes in at 2 and works until closing. That leaves the fool alone for only 2 hours. He's upstairs watching tv or running all the other times. What really gets me is he crys to all the other family members that hubby is lazy and doesn't work!!

Well, while writing this, the washer just put water all over the floor and hubby's not happy. He wants to know why I haven't fixed this sooner. Maybe because he can't remember anything. I've been telling him about the washer, for a while now. He never says anything, so, ok fine, have it your way. Now that he's here and see's there's truly a problem, he wants to know why I didn't take care of it. Just can't win. He either wants to have it fixed, depending on how much it will cost, or replace it. I don't want another machine. I don't want to go looking for another machine. But, since we live in such a underdeveloped, rural area, it's hard to find someone to come and fix things, without wanting an arm, leg and the firstborn. Maybe it would be cheaper to buy something else. I did tell hubby, and told him to remember this conversation, that if we buy another one, we are buying the warranties. For as long as we can get. Over the summer we had to have the fridge fixed. We had it 13 months at the time. Really aggravated me. Since this is the second appliance we've had problems with, I think, for us its a good idea. I figure if we do that, then nothing will happen until the warranties run out anyway, lol. And before we buy, I need to check into how hard it is to get something repaired. Thinking maybe we should stick with Sears because they will come out here to boonieville, lol.

Took hubby to his docs appt. Didn't go in with him, I should have. Asked him what the doc said he has, he doesn't know. He came out with a script. What's it for, he doesn't know. Did she tell you to do or take anything special, he doesn't know. I asked him if he was still breathing, he looked at me and goes, I thought she would write everything down for me. Lol, apparently not, she is under the mistaken impression that you can remember things, lol.

Snowed in

It's still snowing!! This started yesterday around 4 pm and is still at it. We just might get that 10" they are predicting. There's quite a bit out there now. I had to take the youngest to work with hubby, since the oldest isn't really feeling all that well. The youngest cleared the steps and a path to the car. He also cleared the car, but he forgot to clear a path to the car, lol. Wet feet for me, lol!! I did wear my waterproof boots, because I know this kid. He tells me if I didn't want wet feet that I needed to move the car to where it's been plowed. But, I still have to walk in the snow to get to the car to move it to the plowed spot, lol. He missed the point. He's more than willing to move the car for me, but he's never driven in snow and I'm not about to let him start just yet. Hubby's uncle's car is still taking up space in our driveway, and I don't want to take any chances with someone hitting it. Especially not him. I've come close myself. It's parked in such a spot that makes it difficult to maneuver around. Of course, he can't find the keys for it................ Just don't know why he didn't take it with him, would have made things much easier for everyone.

Since there's no church today I listened to my radio shows message today. It was on tithing. I've been watching some of my preachers on tv and seems like that is a common theme lately. One thing I have decided to do was to tithe on a regular basis. I learned when I was a single parent that giving 10% worked. I always had just enough money when I needed it. But, you have to know how to look for it. At least I did. After moving to NY and getting settled, it took me a while to find a church. A lot of churches up here have the word reformed in their names. That's all new to me. There are a lot of independent churches up here to. That is a new thing to me to. I also knew that I had to be careful about where I went. There are a lot of different preaching styles out there. Some churches have changed with the times, some haven't. I knew what I was looking for, it was just finding it that was the problem. Anyway, a little off track here. The church I attend is an independent church, and they don't pass the offering plate. You give if you can. I have mixed feelings about this. But for myself, since I decided that I need to attend church and Bible study weekly, and I've been doing really well with that so far. In the past few months I've only missed bible study once, because by the time I found out there was bible study, it was to late. Missed church once because I just didn't have the energy to get out of the bed. But now, since I've been doing that, I find I really miss it when it's cancelled due to the weather.
Ok, back to the tithing. I know when I give back that 10% I will always have just enough. Enough for the necessities. Not necessarily for the wants. I think that's what makes it so hard. I have to many wants, lol. But, I've noticed that every week, I have enough money to pay the bills that need to be paid at that time. Since I'm working less, hubby is picking up more of the household bills to. I no longer have the monthly fuel bill I used to have. The phone and Internet are all on one bill, which is actually cheaper than if it was separate. I myself have cut back on buying magazines and books. I cancelled my monthly book service. I now only renew the magazines I really want. Not that I actually read them each month, but at least it's not so many. The electric bill I have on a budget plan. This plan ends the end of the year. That means either a huge bill in December, a normal bill, or nothing. My electric bill is paid ahead for about 4 months now. I'm hoping that it doesn't work to hurt me in the long run. Last year my payment in December was double. But, I honestly believe that if I wasn't giving back, things wouldn't be this way now. Things just feel much easier now. It's hard giving back, especially when, well as a woman, there's always something we think we need, lol. All the stores are having great sales and I'm one of those people who loves to update my winter wardrobe in January because I can get all that great stuff for half of what it was a few weeks ago. We always need new shoes and purses, lol.

Went food shopping yesterday. I can't believe how things are still going up. I spent more money yesterday, than I have on food in a long time. Hubby gave me more money that I asked for and I spent every penny of it. I still have to get a few other things. I went to 2 stores. My normal store and then to the local market since they are having a one dollar sale. I try to really stock up when they run those kinds of sales.

I've finally finished my antibiotic so now I can eat the fruit I've been missing. It's odd how when I can't have something that's when I miss it. I usually have grapefruit in the morning for breakfast. Can't have that with an antibiotic. I myself avoid all citrus fruits when I take that. Of course, I have grapefruit and tangerines in the house. My bananas went bad because when I eat a banana with an antibiotic, I get such heartburn from it.

The oldest has a cold and he's acting like a cripple, lol. He can't do anything because he has a sore throat. Even hubby's babying him! Ugh, not me. No one babied me when I was sick. Hubby took care of me one night, that was it. I was on my own after that. I even had to do my own ear drops. You know how difficult that was? The fridge is well stocked so I think I'm going to make a pot of veggie soup for tonight. I'll freeze the leftovers. I have no plans for today except to work on mom's gloves. I haven't touched them since knitting class ended. It should be starting with in the next few weeks again. It would be nice to have at least one done before then. Hubby's vest is still waiting. I have to be in the mood to do these things, because they really do take a lot of concentration. Sometimes, I just want a nice easy project. I take easy projects to work with me because of all the interruptions. It's very easy to get lost and there's nothing I dislike more than pulling stitches out of knitting. Crocheting I have no problem pulling stitches. Knitting, forget it.

My printer has decide to give me a hard time. It refuses to feed the paper through. I don't want to get another one, can't afford it now. It seems to me that I remember reading, long time ago, about something that you can put on or do to the rollers to make the paper feed through again. I think over time the rollers lose their grip or something. Anyway, going to have the oldest look at it today.

Not likin' this day

This has been one of those days where I've been taken out of my comfort zone, and I have to say I'm not likin' it, lol! The oldest has been contacting military recruiters. There has been one here a few months ago, but the oldest wasn't home and never really made any definite plans to talk to them again, so basically I forgot about it. Until today. This afternoon one shows up at the door. The oldest is home, by chance, because he is getting sick. I think he is starting with what hubby has. I heard him up a few times during the night so I thought he was sick. This kid never gets up during the night. He said he just couldn't sleep because his throat hurt and his whole body is achy. So, I took him to work to just make the chicken tenders for the lunch rush, and then told him he could come home. While he was working the youngest and I went food shopping. Yes, stupid me, braved the grocery stores right before a big snow storm. After we went shopping, I switched kids at the station. That's why the oldest is home now. At least I got away from the youngest for a few hours, he can make hubby crazy, lol. This kid just is never quiet and never still.

So, the recruiter shows up and the oldest is just jumping for joy that he can finally meet with this guy and get this process going. Mom on the other hand, not so much. But the oldest takes the practice test and me and this kid talk about how the military works. Because, I'm clueless. Not that I believe everything this kid told me, but they have to make it sound good. I have friends who have kids in the military. My first husband was in the Navy. Anyway, I'm trying to digest everything he told me, which wasn't much. This guy was still learning how to be a recruiter, so a lot of his responses were he would have to call his station commander for answers to my questions. Well, my thoughts at first were pretty much if he's still learning and doesn't have the answers, why is he here and not someone who can answer my questions. I think I really frustrated him because he was just like, look, I'm new at this, I don't have all your answers, but I can find out for you. I'm learning to. Once I got him to start explaining how the military process works, he was much more comfortable. Then he had answers to my questions. I'm not anymore at ease with this whole thing now than I was before his visit. While we were talking the oldest did a practice test to see kind of where his score is. He needs to practice more. I thought he did ok, considering he's never laid eyes on the test before. Not enough for the Army to accept him, but he could have done much worse. So when the recruiter left, I told the oldest that if he really wants this, then it is up to him to make the time to study and discipline himself to pass this test. No more playing the ps2 until all hours, no more movies all night. He has to put in the study time. We'll see what happens. He graduates in 5 months, so he has to have something in place by then. He's still fighting me on college, and I know I can't force the kid to go. Maybe this is something he really wants and will put the effort in to do it. As for myself, I'm leaving all of this in God's hands. I'm like any other mother, I don't want my son in the military, but maybe it's God's will that he goes there. And I'm trusting God to take care of him if he goes in. I've had quite a while to wrestle with myself on this, and things keep moving in that direction, so maybe it's meant to be. First he has to get accepted. I'm sure if he does, my first reaction will be to panic. I really think the whole reason the military appeals to him is because of the routine. He's the most comfortable with routine. We'll see what happens over the next few months.

I just found out today that hubby is going to be starting on nights on Monday. I don't like hubby working nights. We never see each other, but I don't like him working alone over night in the station. The last time they were robbed, hubby was the one working. That is always in the back of my mind when he's there alone. I would always call him before I went to bed, just so I knew I talked to him. The good part of hubby working nights, is I don't have to listen to him snore all night and me and the cat get the whole bed to ourselves, lol.

While I was out I hit Walmart. I'm not a frequent Walmart shopper, but I was looking for some warmer socks. I only have one pair that is heavy and warm and since my lady's daughter doesn't turn the heat on, and there is no basement under the house, I have cold feet a lot. Warmer socks just never occurred to me until I wore a heavier pair. Some days my head's just not attached. So, since I was out and had to get a new toothbrush, since having strep, I went searching for boot socks. For once, Walmart had what I was looking for. Took some searching, but I found them. Bought 3 pairs. That should be good for the really super cold days. I know I have some wool in my yarn stash, so going to dig that out and work on making some to. Nice easy projects I can work on in the summer.

Church has been cancelled for tomorrow because of the snow. No surprise. We are now supposed to get 10+. Well, if it's going to snow that much, may as well do it over the weekend so on Monday, everythings clear and the kids don't miss any school. These kids have just had way to many days off already, lol!

Why, why, why

Today was a decent day. Then I get home and find a message on my voice mail from the dentist's office. Again. I called yesterday morning and rescheduled my appt for late next week. Last night, the dentist himself calls to reschedule me for Tuesday, later than they normally give appts. Ok, fine. He must know what his schedule looks like that day. Today I get a message that my dentist, as of today, no longer takes my insurance. There are only 2 others out of the group that do. My whole problem with this is I have such a fear of dentists, that I finally find someone who I'm comfortable with working on my mouth, and then, oh well, sorry. You have to find someone else. Hubby went to one of the other dentists first, decided he really didn't like him, and went to mine instead. Don't think I want him. Hubby complained about being so sore after the guy did just a general cleaning for him. I wasn't sore and I didn't bleed after the dentist I went to did my cleaning. I know nothing about the other dentist. I guess I can't exactly call the office and ask the receptionist to schedule me with the dentist who's the most compassionate, that takes my insurance. It took about 4 visits for me to finally relax with my dentist and not feel like I was going to have an anxiety attack just going into the office. Now I have to find someone else. Why is it that these companies just can't leave well enough alone?? It seems like there are always changes being made. I'm sure I'm not the only person who feels this way. I always take my car to the same mechanic shop, and have the same mechanic work on it, even for a simple oil change. Why wouldn't I do that with myself? Why do these companies not realize this? Hubby's due for a cleaning to, he's not going to be happy when I tell him this news either. It was hard enough convincing him he had to have this done.
My work day was rather rough to. My lady was not having a good day at all. She has Alzheimer's. Her daughter called and when she answered the phone, she's yelling at her telling her she had to come home and if not she would not be allowed to leave the house for a week, lol. I had to take my cell phone into another room and call her daughter back to see what she wanted. At least, she should be fine by the time I walk back in there on Tuesday. It normally lasts for about 3 days, and then she will spend about 4 days or so just sleeping, because she doesn't sleep at night either. I can just imagine what the nights are like, especially since when she gets that way, it seems like the grand daughter just trys to irritate her even more.
Really don't have much planned for the weekend. Should go food shopping, since we are low on everything. Might do that since it's not supposed to snow until later in the afternoon tomorrow. Since it's supposed to go into Sunday, probably no church either.
I made hubby a doc appt. Of course it's for Monday afternoon. Looks like I'll be in that office twice in one day. Exactly what I didn't want. Think I'm going to go curl up with my book and read for a while. Dinners all done, left over chili. Been reading the Twilight series. I'm hooked, what can I say. I just started the last book. My oldest is still on the second book. Last night, the youngest comes out and is looking at the second book that the oldest is reading. Now, the youngest avoids reading, at all costs. I've tried and tried to get this kid to sit down and read and he just won't do it. He askes me if we have the first book in that series. Of course we do. Then he says he wants to read it to because everyone, all his friends are reading this series. I was glad I was sitting. I've tried to get him to read the Left Behind series, nothing. Harry Potter series, nothing. Well, if he chooses a vampire series, then, at least he's reading. I know I probably shouldn't be reading these types of books, but I view them as just works of total fiction and a very active imagination on the writers part. And I do explain to the boys that if we aren't strong in our faith, these kinds of books could possibly make us question our faith. My faith is strong enough that I just find it pure entertainment and so does the oldest. The youngest says he just wants to read it to have something to talk about with his friends. I hope so because he's the one I question.
It seems time has gotten away from me yet again. Hubby's home.

Short day

Work was a short day because I had a dentist appt this afternoon. Unfortunately, the dentist won't be there this afternoon, so it was cancelled. Rescheduled for a late appt next week. Now I remember why when I made an appt I took the whole day off. Because of this. This is the second time this has happened to me. They always offer an morning appt, but I'm working then!
Didn't get as much ice yesterday as was predicted, so glad. Getting to work yesterday morning was rough. None of the roads were plowed and they were slippery. My 10 minute ride to work became 40. But I got there in one piece, just late. By the afternoon, the roads were plowed, finally. More snow coming this weekend, so I'm going to do the errands that need to be done tomorrow, and then that's it. Not going out over the weekend except to take the oldest to work.
Hubby's still feeling bad. Asked me to make him an appt for this afternoon with doc. Problem is, she's closed today. Hopefully, I'll be able to get him in tomorrow afternoon or Monday afternoon. I have an appt Monday morning with her. Really don't want to end up in the waiting room twice in one day, lol!
Feel like my body's trying to catch up on all the lost sleep I've been missing. Went to bed last night at 9:30. I was just so tired. Slept until 7:30 this morning, without waking up once. Now that's tired, lol! Came home after work and made hubby homemade chicken noodle soup. You know the man feels bad if he's requesting that. So my afternoon was spend in the kitchen at the stove. Made a huge pot of soup, and all that's left is the small container I put aside for my lunch today. Growing boys, what can I say!
Tonight I'm making chili because that's what I want and it really isn't to time consuming. I was planning on leftovers for tonight, but that just wasn't to be.
Well, that's about it for now. I need to use my free time wisely.

Yet another snow day!

Kids are home yet again today. The ground is snow covered, but I think it's sleeting. I hear something hitting the windows. Since there' no school the oldest has to go to work. I put him to work scraping the car, lol. I know there's lots of ice under all that snow.

Hubby's still sick and refusing to let me make an appt for him with the doc. He's had a sore throat for more than a week now. I do think he has a cold, you can hear it in his voice, but I still think he should be seen, just in case.

Wow, it's time for me to leave for work. I thought I had more time than that. Guess I'll write later.

This and that

As of this afternoon, we are supposed to get more ice, as much as up to 1/2" along with 2 to 4" of snow. I'm hoping for more snow than ice, but I'm prepared. After last time I think everyone is thinking along the same lines. The supermarket was packed. Lots of people buying bottled water and easy to prepare stuff. Hubby said there were a lot of people coming in and filling gas cans today to. Even though we weren't hit with the worst of the last storm, nobody seems to want to get caught like last time. They still have crews out mulching up the tree branches that broke. I'll be doing a lot of praying for less ice and more snow.
I went buy a friends house and noticed her husband must be away again, so I called her to make sure she is prepared for the storm to. Last time they had no power for 2 days. Her mom, who lives with them, is away visiting her sister so shes totally alone with the kids. I told her not to hesitate this time if they lose power and we have to just come here. Since I know now that her husband goes away to work, I make sure to keep in contact with her in case she needs anything. I know how hard it is when you hubby goes away for a while. It seems like everything goes wrong then, lol.
Hubby has been talking about going to India again this year, maybe next month. He'll go if they can find someone to work for him. I, personally, don't want him to go. I know that sounds selfish, but I had so many problems while he was away last year, I'm just not ready to face that again. He said if he doesn't get to got his year, he'll go for sure next year. That sounds better to me. The oldest will be out of school and can go with him. He wants in the worst way to go with hubby. That would be a nice thing for the 2 of them to do. We'll see what happens.
I was listening to a program on the radio and they were talking about new years resolutions. I don't make resolutions. I never stick to it for more than a few months, at the most. This program was talking about spiritual resolutions. That gave me something to think about. Making a spiritual resolution will just serve as a reminder to do something that I should already be doing anyway. And it will make my faith stronger. So, I decided to do that. I haven't really thought of something I can/should do, but as soon as I do, I'll write that down and post it everywhere as a reminder.
Woke up this morning in "one of those moods." Nothing suited me, felt bored and just out of sorts. I didn't sleep well, had a lot of strange dreams. I really think it was because the house was just to hot. I only put the heat back to 60 before I went to bed. I haven't been putting it any lower since it is really cold outside and one morning last week I got up to no hot water. I had been turning the hot water heater off to. I see such a huge change in the electric bill, that I thought why not. Why heat water all day and night when we only really use it when we are home for a few hours. Anyway, guess the combination of single digit temps, and turning the heat back to 58 was enough to make the pipe freeze a little. It dethawed after a few hours. Hubby swore it wasn't a frozen pipe. Since I had cold water he said it couldn't be. Now, I know the hot and cold water run in 2 separate lines. It makes sense to me that one could be frozen and not the other. But, what do I know. At least that's all it was and not something else, like the water heater itself. I've been leaving everything on, and letting both the hot and cold water drip over night and there's been no problems. I still think it was a frozen line.

Feeling better

It's Monday morning and the kids are finally back to school, even though they had a 2 hour delay, and I'm ready to start my week.

Finally starting to feel like myself again. My throat is still sore, but only when I cough. I can finally talk and not have my throat hurt. Saturday night was the first night I slept through the entire night for the past probably 2 weeks. Don't feel the need for as many naps, lol. Did a few errands over the weekend, but not to many. Fought with hubby so I didn't have to go into town to get the groceries for the station. Kept telling him just because I'm up and moving around doesn't mean I feel that much better. I still need to take care of myself because I don't want this back again. He grumped, but I got my way, lol. Little does he know, but all this running for them is going to stop.

My house is in desperate need of a really good cleaning, but I keep telling myself I'll get to it when I get to it. And keep closing my eyes, lol. Looking at a messy house just makes me crazy. I can't stand it, lol!!

The kids had a late start because we got ice over night. Nothing like what we had about a month ago, but enough that I can look outside and see frozen ice drops hanging off the railing of the deck. I had to put slippers on and go deice the steps before I have to leave today. You would think one of the boys would have done this since they had to go down the steps first and they know mom has to leave the house to. While I was out there, I started the car, hoping some of the ice will melt off of it before I have to leave. I just love the remote start! I've heard that it's supposed to get up into the mid 30's today, so maybe, just maybe , some of this will melt. I know that sounds cold, but compared to lower to mid 20's, it's not, lol. Then another snow storm is moving in Tuesday night into Wednesday. Oh, joy!

Work called this morning and left 2 messages for me to work today. Haven't called them, back and don't intend to. This is the only semi free Monday I have this month. I'm getting my hair trimmed later. I've been putting that off since Thanksgiving. I'm in desperate need of a trim right now. The rest of the Mondays for this month will be spent in the docs office. I had some blood work and tests that needed to be done to finish my physical, and I cancelled my appts and never rescheduled. Since I had to see her last week, I got caught, and well, I really should go. I just hate all that waiting around. She asked me why I haven't been back and I told her I could only handle one doc at a time, and right now, the dentist has all my attention. She just laughed and said she understood. But, I need to have this done to, it's important.

Dentist is on Thursday. I think I have just one more appt with him and then I'll be done, for 6 months anyway. Hubby just got his reminder for his 6 month cleaning and is telling me it's to early. I think he doesn't want to have the cleaning done because he hasn't forgotten the last cleaning he had with the other guy, lol. He wants to avoid sore gums at all costs, lol.

I haven't been around to any journals lately, but hopefully I'll get there some time this week.