Geez, everyone left in a hurry!

Well, today was an awful day at work. I've complained many times about this brat child and her spraying crap. Nothing has been done. It's a rainy, cool day here. Too cool to have any windows open. So this brat comes in with boyfriend in tow and starts complaining about the house smelling like old people. Goes and grabs stuff and starts spraying and spraying and spraying. Now, my lady is trying to eat. This kid is spraying when her grandmother is eating. Spraying everywhere except her room and her mothers. The thing about this kid is she doesn't know when to stop spraying. And it's not just one can, it's all different cans of stuff. Well, you can imagine the smell. The smell is so heavy that the me and my lady are coughing and sneezing. I opened the front door, which has a screen in it to get some fresh air because I just couldn't breathe. And if I can't breathe, then my lady can't either. She's on oxygen for a reason.

When my relief came, she was complaining about the smell being so heavy in there to. Well, I usually don't drive and talk on the cell, but I was so irritated, I called the office and complained all the way home. I was still on the phone when I got home, and everyone knew I was upset. They all ran for cover. It's raining outside and the youngest is outside. Probably over a neighbors house. Unfortunately, I had to take the oldest and hubby to work, so they were stuck in the car with me. Neither one of them was very happy about it either, but I'm just so tired of the same crap all the time!

Wednesday

Didn't know what to call this, so just called it the day, lol. I took off today to play taxi driver for the boys, lol. Actually, I just wanted a day off in the middle of the week. It ended up being a really productive day. I worked on the dress for the oldest graduation. Since it's sheer, I needed something with coverage under the dress. That I got all done today. The actual dress is all pinned and cut out to. Had to stop because I had chicken marinating for dinner tonight. I started the marinade last night, thinking it would be quick and easy. It was, except we needed something to go with the chicken, lol. So, made broccoli and rice. I made tandoori chicken, which is an indian dish. Hubby was peeking this morning and I told him I would bring him some for dinner tonight. He wanted it which worked out well, since I needed to get gas and drooping off his dinner he would pump my gas to.

The youngest is now done school. The oldest goes all day tomorrow and then that's it for him. Hubby has helpers, lol! Hubby got up early today and put, finally, a door knob on the bathroom door, that works. The old one didn't quite latch right so I took a large bottle of bubble bath and left it on the floor by the door so when someone was in there, they could just slide that in the front to keep the door closed. Unfortunately for me, the cat knew all she had to do was stand outside of the door and push with her head real hard and she could get the door open. Wish she could have learned how to close it, lol. Now, she won't be able to!

Have to work tomorrow and Friday and that's it for this week. I'm not taking on any extra time. I'm glad I had today off and I'm glad I took 2 days next week off. There's so much to do for this party. I was looking at my house today and I realize I need to give it a really good cleaning. With all the windows open all the time, so much dust comes in off the road. The ceiling fans are getting dusty from being used all the time now. I need to do all those little things I don't do on a regular basis. Except dust, seems like I could dust daily. And vacuum, lol. I think I'm going to start the cleaning when I get home from work on Friday. That way I'll have a head start and I can yell at anyone who leaves a mess. Actually, I'll just tell everyone that after I clean, if they don't clean up after themselves, they will have to re clean the whole room. None of them want that, lol. I told hubby that today and after he made bread he had some flour on the floor and he got a wet paper towel and cleaned it up. He never does that, he leaves it, lol!

I need to go find a quiet spot, my headache is getting worse. Hopefully it's not a migraine starting.

Nice day

Today was such a nice day. Sunny and comfortable. This past week has been a lot of clouds and showers. It did rain late yesterday afternoon, which made it much cooler. It was rather warm and on the humid side. But today, just gorgeous.

Hubby took me out to do my birthday shopping. There really wasn't anything specific I wanted. Well, there was, but I knew I wasn't getting it. What I really wanted was a wooden gazebo. A neighbor of his cousins has one, but it's long in length, kind of rectangular. There's enough room inside it to put wicker furniture. It's really nice, I like it. But I want hubby and the boys to build me one like that, but hubby says they are hard to make. Um, what about your carpenter friends?? Anyway, I want mine to have built in window boxes all around the outside. Maybe next year. At least the thought is in his head and I'll get it, eventually. The year before we bought one of those metal gazebos. It lasted a total of one week before a nasty storm blew through here and bent and broke the metal pieces for it. That was quite an expensive lesson. I honestly believe that when those strong storms come through, especially if they are hitting the field first, they pick up speed as they come through. Seems like me and the neighbor have a wind tunnel between our houses that just sucks the winds through, lol. So, since I wanted some shade over where we bbq I went and bought a cheap gazebo in April. Would you believe that cheap, flimsy thing is still standing??

We got hubby's tools he's been wanting while we were out. He's been looking at combination drill/screwdriver. I'm glad I waited because I almost bought him one, but it wouldn't have been what he wanted. He wanted an electric one. I would have gone for the rechargeable. But, he got that and a bit and driver set to so hubby's a happy camper right now, lol. I have put away some shirts and a pocket tool thingie. It's one of those tools that turns into like five more or something. I don't know, I just saw it and knew he would like it. So he will get that on father's day next week.

Well, I need to relax a little. Shopping with hubby was one of those lets hit all the stores days. He must have been in the mood to shop. I really wasn't, which is unusual, lol. I'm tired and my eyes just burn like crazy today!

It's going to be one of those days...........

Woke up this morning sneezing and coughing like crazy. Made a cup of tea and hopped in the shower, hoping between the steam and the caffeine, it will calm my allergies down until the benadryl kicks in. No church this morning. Who knows what silly thing I'll do in my allergy fog this morning, lol. So, I'll listen to the church program in the comfort of my living room where I can doze off until the benadryl wears off.

The plans yesterday were to take me out for lunch and then shopping for my birthday. Didn't happen. Hubby wasn't feeling good. Again. So, maybe I'll just take his credit card and take myself shopping, lol. That will give him a quick recovery! So, I went into town and checked out the dollar stores for different graduation stuff. I found some really large graduation bowls and serving trays. I was checking out the graduation balloons since I will get them the day of the party. I'm thinking I'm going to go to the store where you have to preorder the balloons. They seemed to have a nicer selection than the other one. Hopefully by preordering them, I can be in and out. Since I've been planning this party, the youngest has been having fits about it. He's one of those kids where he thinks he has to have all the attention on him all the time. The head butting has begun, lol! He's just going to have to deal with it and get over it. I might be a little grayer by the time the party is over, though.

The work week this week is a 3 day one. Unfortunately, the boys will both be home Monday, Tuesday and Friday. Why do they have to have 2 1/2 months off in the summer, lol??

The weekend is here!!

I'm so happy that this week is done. I'm actually even more happy that I made it through today! I had to work longer today. I really didn't want to but did it anyway. Next week is a 3 day work week so I'm hoping it will go as well as today did.

Our kids are basically done school here. The high school kids anyway. My kids went to school because there were things going on in school they wanted to do. Imagine my surprise when the brat child came walking in the door, with boyfriend to tow, at 11:15 this morning. I'm groaning, thinking what a long day this was going to be, but it wasn't. The boyfriend kept her occupied for a short time. Then, when he had to leave, she occupied herself until he got home and called her. She was still on the phone when I left. No wonder the cordless phones are never charged, she's on the phone for hours at a time. At least she was quiet. I've been wondering just what the attraction is between the two of them. She's 14 and he's 18. Well, I found out today. He's just as immature as she is, and she's his first girlfriend. Explains a lot.

Since I worked late, I didn't get to see hubby at all today. I even asked hubby if he had plans for today since it's my birthday, and he said no and to go ahead and work if I wanted to. So, I'm thinking the man forgot. When I got home there was a card and red roses on the table waiting for me :) I called him to thank him and asked him when he got the stuff. He said Wednesday. So I wanted to know why he didn't tell me last night he remembered my birthday. He said he knew if he played dumb I would think he forgot and then the card and roses world be a real surprise. Especially since I worked all day with the brat child, lol. I guess he could not have planned it better if he had tried!

I was really looking forward to a quiet peaceful night. Not!! The boys have no youth group tonight so I have them home with me. I'm just going to stay in and pay the bills and start on my dress for the graduation. I haven't done anything on it at all. I'm going to try to have it all pinned and cut out by the end of the weekend. It's pretty simple, except it has a zipper up the back. I haven't put a zipper in for a long time. This should be interesting.

Well, time to eat. For some reason I'm really hungry!

Finally, some rain

For days now there has been a chance of rain, but I've yet to see it. Then last night, as promised, it finally rained. I'm glad because I don't have to go out and water the veggie garden, the herb garden and all the window boxes and hanging planters. Not to mention the flower beds because I put some seeds in there to, lol. I don't know what got into us this year, but we just bought flowers and veggies and herbs like crazy. So much for a smaller veggie garden this year. I do have to say though, hubby did plant everything in rows so it will be a little easier when I have to go in there and pick stuff. I'm hoping anyway.

Not much else has been going on lately. The boys start their finals on Thursday and then they only have maybe 2 more days of school before they are done for the year. I don't remember having this much time off when I was in high school. We had to stay the whole day when we had final exams. I'm just not ready for them to be home and all the time, lol. Little do they know hubby has a whole list of things he's going to be expecting them to do. Both of them, lol. The youngest always has a way of getting out of work around the house. Hubby's gotten wise to him and plans on making him work all summer. It will be good for them.

New beginnings

I guess everyone has a breaking point. A zero tolerance level. Well, I think I've reached mine. Correction, I know I've reached mine. This has been on my mind for a while, but I've always pushed it to the back of my mind and that was where it stayed. Always, I'll deal with it when I have time kind of thing.

Lately, I've noticed on some days that I have to eat every few hours. If not, I get shaky, and start to sweat. I eat and I feel much better. I am well aware of what this is an indication of and I absolutely refuse to ignore the signs and let this become a full blown disease. This is something I can control and will control. I won't let this get out of hand, because now is the time to stop it before I can't.

I'm a total book freak. I love books. I would devote an entire room to books and make it my mini library. I have quite a few books on natural cures, natural remedies, and herbs. Problem is, I very rarely crack the cover after I get them. They just sit on the shelf gathering dust. Or getting buried behind other books because it seems lately that I have no more room on my bookcases. Since today was a day I had no plans to really do anything, I decided to take a look at what I have and do some informative reading. I spent quite a bit of time online yesterday looking for allergy remedies. How I ended up on facebook, I have no idea, lol. Must have just been wandering. Anyway, I found some really good sites and some, hopefully, useful advice. I was talking to one person who also suggested that I take a look at the foods I eat, that maybe some food I eat is what's causing the pain in my leg. She suggested pineapple. I had heard this before and also read that yesterday to. For the past week I've been putting local honey in my tea in the morning. I have noticed a slight difference in my allergies. My eyes aren't pasted shut or swollen in the mornings, and my lungs feel better. I used to wake up in the morning and take a deep breath and my lungs would just hurt. I haven't felt that in the past few days. I'm still sneezing and coughing and my eyes will itch occasionally, but the itch isn't so bad that I can't ignore it. For me that's an improvement. I was also out on a windy day and didn't react like I normally would. That was the real test for me. Dry windy days are miserable allergy days for me. It's a slight relief, but I'll take it.

I had bought a new allergy med, over the counter that I was going to start taking. I should have looked up the side effects before I bought it, but I didn't. What I read about the side effects scared me enough that I won't be taking it or giving it to my youngest. I went online looking specifically for the side effects because they weren't listed on the box. I thought that was odd. Now I know why. I was telling hubby what my plans are and he's all for it. He has recently decided to stop eating meat. He thinks that's why he's gaining weight. It's not. Since he's been back from India he promised his father that he would give up the whiskey. For the most part he has, except instead of whiskey every night, he drinks beer. I think the beer puts more weight on him than the whiskey, but his wanting to eat better will only help me to. I have to do a little more research on what I need to be eating in place of the meat, but meat and sugar are out. By no sugar I mean not adding any extra sugar. I can't use any of the sugar substitutes, including splenda, because they give me leg pain. I am switching to the cane sugar though. I was reading the sugar can play a huge role in allergies.

Then, of course, there's my weight. I really do need to lose weight and since I'm at that age where I gain in my middle first, that will be the first place the weight will leave. At least the last time I got serious about weight loss, that was the first place I noticed was getting smaller. And with that comes better health, lower blood pressure, and stability in my blood sugar. Why would I not want that??

Hubby and I talk about getting out and walking, but have yet to do it. Our schedules are so off I'm not sure if we will ever be able to walk together. I used to get up every morning and walk for 30 to 45 minutes, before breakfast. Now I'm just lazy about it. I did walk the perimeter of wally world today. That took me a good 15 minutes. I had to go in there for something for myself and my friend. Had I known that they wouldn't have what my friend needed I would have just walked around once. Up and down every single toy isle, at least 3 times before I just gave up. At first I went kind of fast, but as I wasn't finding what she wanted, I slowed down and actually stopped to really look. But, it was cool in there, for a change. Either that or my prayer to keep me cool in the store was answered, lol. I don't know why but when I go shopping, some stores I just practically run in there, and have to remind myself to slow down and just walk and look. Excess anxiety, I guess.

Back to work tomorrow. UGH! I really don't want to. It's been so nice just doing whatever. I feel so relaxed right now. But, as of now, I don't have anything new at the end of the month, so I just might get a nice relaxing break. I think I need it, lol.