Since Sunday is valentines day...............

This the extent of what I want to see for valentines day. Yeah right, the stores are full of the stuff. Everywhere!! Anyway, it makes the blog look pretty.

So my weekend has started off rather productive. Once again, all the bills are paid, on time, got my shopping list ready for tomorrow, and calling cards for the week. I really was planning on staying home tomorrow, but the youngest is whining about always having to be home and he never gets to go anywhere. He's bored! Imagine that, bored at home, on the computer, phone and watching tv all at the same time! Since the predictions are for snow showers on Sunday, I'm going to run into town tomorrow and do the food shopping, drop my time sheet and get him out of the house. That way, I can stay home most of the afternoon on Sunday. Sunday. The oldest has been telling me he wants to take me out to dinner for valentines day. I don't want to go. Seriously, I don't want to be out sitting in a restaurant reminded of the day. I would rather just skip that day, or stay home and forget what the day is. But, I told him we would get take out Chinese food. He was ok with that.



My problem is I miss hubby so much now, that going out with the boys would just make me miss hubby even more. And I wouldn't be good company and probably even a little crabby. Just best to let me be. But, I know the kid is trying, so I compromised with him. Maybe it's hard because once again it's another weekend, maybe because I can't just pick up the phone and call him like I do when he's here. I don't know. Time just isn't moving fast enough for me right now.

I was dreaming the other night about hubby. I rolled over in bed and noticed he wasn't in bed so I looked at the clock and it was like 4:30 am. I thought maybe he fell asleep on the sun room sofa so I got up to check. No hubby on the sofa. I looked at the clock again and wondered where he was because it's awful late for him to not be home from work. I started to pick up the phone to call him at the station, and then realized he's not here. I couldn't believe I actually got out of bed and went looking for him!


On my snow day I got my scarf all finished. And blocked. It's so warm, I love it! Started my fingerless gloves on Thursday when I went to knit. Just finished the last finger on the one glove tonight. They are the kind that has a flap on the top that flips over the exposed fingers to make them into mittens. I decided to save the mitten flap until tomorrow since I was really tired. Knitting when you're to tired just doesn't mix. I make way to many mistakes then. By the time I go back to knitting next week I should have both gloves done. Then I have to work on hubby's vest. The back is done, need to do the front. Maybe if I work really hard on it, and work on nothing else, I might have it done by the time he's back. That would be great because then I can move on to something else for him. Or me. I was looking at infinity scarf patterns. I want to make one for me. The one I chose is crocheted in the shell stitch. I think it will be really pretty. I saw a picture of one and decided to try this for myself. The one I saw was for sale and for the price, I'm almost sure I can make one similar for myself. I found a washable wool in a bubble gum pink that I think will look really nice. We'll see how it turns out anyway!

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Snow fall amounts for Wednesday. With three different weather forecasts, and two agreeing on the amounts, does the inch more or less really matter? Not really. What matters is a Nor'easter is headed our way and we just might not escape it this time. But, that's ok, I'm ready for a snow day. And in the middle of the week to. I've already told my lady depending on what's going on outside and the predictions for the day, she might not see me. My main concern is getting home. The worst of it is supposed to hit in the afternoon. The drive in might not be bad, but look out on the way home. With hubby away, I have to make it home. She understands that. So it might be best just to stay put. I've already told the oldest not to expect to see me tomorrow if the weathers bad. He packed extra clothes and food for tomorrow if I can't make it. Went after work and got the few things I forgot yesterday so we're all set.

Hubby';s sister didn't get her visa because she forgot some paperwork she needed. Hubby said something about next Monday. Not sure if he meant they are going back next Monday or mailing the paperwork. His phone was dying because there was no electric all night because of some storms. Something about the storm knocking the power out or something. Connection was bad, and his phone kept disconnecting every few minutes. Then, the battery must have been dead because I couldn't get a hold of him at all. Even tried about an hour later and still nothing.

So, to make up for last night we had a nice long, uninterrupted chat tonight. No problems with the connection. Hubby's busy, but ready to come home, lol. Good, because I can only stay so busy and I'm ready to have him come home to. Washed his sweaters yesterday and some of them I could still smell his cologne on. Really made me miss him even more!

Well, I've successfully have gotten nothing accomplished tonight, so I guess I'll call it quits and go finish my scarf. Then I get to start the gloves I can't wait to get going, lol!

What I got accomplished

It's Monday, and I'm broke. I think the cat in this pic has more spending money than I do right now, lol! But, the bills are paid, we have a roof over our heads and God will provide the rest when I need it. It's just such a hard adjustment living on only one paycheck though.


So, worked my butt of this weekend to get some things accomplished. The knitting is well on it's way to being done, probably by Thursday. Thursday was the goal. Was caught up on the reading in Thessalonians, but missed the chapter reading yesterday. Will make that up today. The studying. Well, it's going so much slower than I anticipated. The first part of the chapter seems to be a lot of Paul's prayers. This is taking me more time than I expected. I've worked on it a few hours each day and I'm only on page 3. But, I've gotten 3 of the prayers done and some random verses to, so it's an accomplishment, just doesn't seem like it. So much for the 10 pages a day plan, lol! It might be the end of March by the time I get through all this. I'm ok with that though because this is the chapter the thesis is on. I figure, the slower, the better.

Basically caught up with the laundry and the cleaning. Did some really fast hit and miss on Saturday after my friend called and said they were coming, lol. Food shopped on Sunday. Can't believe how much I spent and just about everything I bought was on sale. The bottom of the shopping cart wasn't even full. Geez!!


Went to church yesterday. Service went really fast. Church was over in 45 minutes. That's rare, usually it lasts about an hour and a half. Sermon was fast and neither one of the elders seem to slow things down. Ok, makes up for the longer services. And it was sssooooooo hot in there!! It's cold outside, but that was just way to much heat for such a small room. Need to open some door a little to circulate the heat!

Hubby's sisters interview was this morning. Don't know how it went, I'll find out tonight when I talk to hubby. If all went well, they are going to get her ticket today. I really hope she gets on the same flight, or an earlier one.

It's been super cold here again. The temps are in the 20's but with the wind chills it's feeling like single digits. It looks deceiving. The sun is shining and you think it's milder than it really is. Talk about another major snow storm in the middle of the week. It's looking like we will miss the worst of it, but the areas that have already gotten hit hard, might be hit hard again. I've been thought winters like that and they are no fun.


Need to take care of the cats needs, since she's sitting here waiting so patiently, and then off to work!

What to do, what to do.....................

Well, first of all. Me and blogger, we got problems. I'm tired of my background so I wanted to change it to something more exciting. I also got an award that I wanted to put on here, but nothing ever changes. I can't seem to get other backgrounds from other sites on here. I get the "oops, sorry error" message. Anything I try to add on blogger itself gives me problems to. I find that the screen is larger than my computer screen. And my screen isn't small. When I try to make the screen smaller, it just disappears. Making it larger doesn't get me to the bottom of the screen where I need to click on the finish button, or whatever is down there. It's been so long I can't remember anymore. Scrolling to the bottom doesn't help because I can only go so far and it stops. So, not worth my time, aggravation, etc. And, I don't have the time to deal.

Since it is February, I guess I should get into the whole red theme. Tired of the blah white, snow and clouds anyway. The oldest spent the night here last night because I was tired and didn't feel like running him back. The youngest went to the movies last night. Two more trips into town and back. I don't like going into town on Friday nights. To many cops. Last night was the same thing. Flashing red lights everywhere. Not sure if they are running peoples tags or what they are doing, but I saw so many cops following people and after a few minutes putting their lights on to pull them over. It was towards the end of rush hour, so traffic was bumper to bumper. I highly doubt these people are being pulled over for speeding. All I know, is you can't pay me enough to go through the center of town at night on the weekends. But, since I was already there, I went to the office and dropped my time sheet. This way I can stay in my own little town and not travel far for anything.

Since today's my only day to sleep in, I did. Not realizing that the oldest was sleeping in to. Not until the phone started ringing, and ringing, and ringing. UGH!! Got the oldest up to go to work and told him if he's not going to get himself up, then he has to spend the night at his room. I'll pick him up when he's done and after dinner, off he goes.

When hubby called last night the oldest answered and hubby wanted to know why I hadn't dropped the oldest yet. I told him I thought the agreement was the oldest would spend his weekends at home. Hubby forgot, lol. But, if the kid can't get himself up, then he doesn't stay either.

Hubby wanted to know why I didn't call him last night. I told him he told me to wait until Saturday to call so he could get some extra sleep. He said that didn't work. It was about 7 am his time and he was taking his mom and sister to the temple. So, no break for hubby. It was a nice thought anyway.

Sunday night he's taking his sister and uncle to Delhi for his sisters interview. They are staying at a temple because the interview is 8:30 am and with it being a 6 hour drive, it's easier that way. I have to remember that because I might not be able to get a hold of him that morning. He said he would call me instead because it will probably be a very early morning. A hurry up and wait morning.

So, my plans for the weekend. Laundry, which is going along quite well. Got pork chops out for dinner last night, thawing in the fridge. Got the last of the reading for school done last night to, so the next few weeks of studying are planned out. Reading a book on I and II Thessalonians, up to chapter 3 of I Thessalonians. That I have fallen behind on so have to start again. We are working though the books of I and II Thessalonians in church, but this elder flips from one verse to the next verse, between the two books, I find it's easier to just write the verses down and go back over it at a later time. Reading this commentary will help me to understand what's going on to. I'll probably be done the book after he's done preaching on it, lol. Hope not!

So that leaves a small food shopping at the local supermarket, reading for class today, and knitting. Tomorrow I have to go visit my friend for a while. Every time I go to see her I can never get out of there within the hour. It's always more like 2 or 3 hours, lol. I'm glad for the company and so is she, but geez, time is not something I have a lot of lately.

Speaking of time, time to get myself busy. I want to have something accomplished by Sunday evening.

Almost the end..............

The realization that today is Friday is kicking in. Better late than not at all, right? So, in a few hours my weekend will officially start. I don't have any specific plans so I think I'm going to take today to try and make the best of my 2 days off. There are things I want to do like, the knitting. I'm getting to the point where I want this thing finished because I'm ready to move on. Then there's laundry, always laundry, right? And school, have the last few pages to read, then on to the next. I'm feeling like I need to actually accomplish something with this weekend. Maybe because so many weekends have been full, I haven't gotten to really do any of my stuff. Then, I want to just relax to. Now sure how that might work out for me.

Went to knit last night and was totally miserable. So miserable that I left early. For some reason those folding chairs were really bothering my back. When I left the house I had stomach pains and thought it was from not eating anything. To late to eat so I thought I would wait until after knitting and have something small there. Had only half a cup of tea and it felt like it was going to come back up, so time to go. When I got home I realized I was so bloated and it was probably gas that was my problem. Well, I suffered most of the night. I managed to eat about half a piece of toast, which helped with some of the pain, but, around midnight I finally got some relief and some good sleep. Not sure what caused that, but going to watch what I eat the next few days because I don't want a repeat of that! This morning, I'm just tired and moving slow. Considered calling off work, but, unless I'm so sick that I can't move, I have to go. Only one income right now and I need the money. I keep telling myself it's only a few hours, it's only a few hours. Packed soup and crackers for lunch. Have to push the fluids today to. The youngest had made plans to go to the movies tonight, so I have to go back out later tonight. Twice as a matter of fact, once to take him and back out to get him. Like I really want to. Maybe as the day goes on I'll get more energy, who knows, because I don't have it now!

I'm so missing hubby already.

Short post

Can you tell I'm getting tired of all this snow outside my window? On my deck. In my driveway. On my boots? I'm really tired of having to wear boots all the time and shaking the excess snow off them before I get in the car, go in my house, or walk in to work. But, I'm glad we are just getting a few inches at a time instead of a huge dumping of it all at once, like in past years.

Hubby left for India last night. I got a call this morning before I went to work that he was leaving the airport. His flight took off on time and went well. He says it's not to cold or to foggy in India. That's good because he has a 6 hour drive from the airport to his families village. I can't help but be uneasy about him being on the roads, especially in the dense fog.

His sister has her interview on Monday. Once she knows for sure she will be getting a visa, they are going to go and book her flight on the same one hubby is on. A friend of mine told me if it's done early enough, that there will be room for her. I sure hope so. His arrival date is March 12. It's a Friday so he will have the weekend to recuperate before going back to work. And I'll have him somewhat to myself for the weekend to, lol!

It seemed like January was such a long month, even with preparing for him to go. I'm glad it's finally over. February is a short month, compared to January. I'm hoping this trip of his goes fast. Missing him already.

Going to go knit tonight because I need the socialization. Didn't go to Bible study last night because I was just so tired, and the driveway hadn't been plowed when I went by around 5 pm. Went by this morning and it was plowed, salted, and sanded. Oh well, there's always next week. The realization that today is Thursday is finally sinking in. I feel like it's earlier in the week than it is. I'm hoping to stay occupied this weekend so I don't miss hubby to much. The first few days are so hard. After that things do get better. I can't call hubby until Saturday night because he wants to sleep and he forgot to get me calling cards. He says this morning when I asked about a number to reach him at, that he has 2 or 3 calling cards in his wallet. Then he kind of giggles and says he forgot to give them to me, lol. Glad he figured that out because I was getting ready to tell him I can't get them out of his wallet because it's with him.

That's it for now, time to get my knitting ready to go!

39 days..........I can do this

Woke up to about another 4 inches of snow this morning. It's been flurring all day long, but not accumulating. The schools were delayed for 2 hours this morning, enough to have the roads get better. Those kinds of mornings throw me off to. I'm used to having the kitchen and bathroom all to myself. Sharing isn't something I plan for in the mornings.

So, so tired today. Had a rough time sleeping last night. Hubby was trying all night long to find a ride to the airport for today. But then, he didn't get any information about his ticket until yesterday, so no wonder he had trouble. His cousin just told him when his flight was and what time. No return date. I asked hubby why he didn't ask because he has a wife who wants to know. He said his cousin told him he would talk to him later about it and never did. So, no taxi for this morning so he called his cousin again. His cousin ended up having to take him, but when you give someone less than 24 hours, what do you expect. Hubby had mentioned something to me about taking him to the airport, but I don't know how to get there and really, it's better if he finds a way himself. The better I can keep myself occupied the next few days, the easier it will be for me. So, as of now, he's in the air and on his way. He'll call me sometime tomorrow after he gets out of the airport. He did warn me that his uncles phone isn't working so I might not be able to get a hold of him for a few days. His sister said he could use her phone, but he wants his own phone. Normally, he uses his uncles cell phone. But, either way, as long as I know what's going on I'll be fine. Not knowing anything is what makes me worry. He did leave me his uncles and sisters cell phone numbers though. The past years I've had nothing. Have to call using calling cards. Calling cards are ok, but not the greatest. He's having someone he works with get me calling cards because the guy will give a discount. Those I won't be getting until Friday I think. I have international calling on my land line, but it's rather expensive. I wouldn't be able to pay the phone bill if I called international on the land line everyday.

So no Bible study tonight. All I really want to do is shower and veg. I'm ready for sleep. Dinner's in the oven, so soon. After dinner I have to run the oldest. He's staying with a co-worker while hubby's away. With the oldest having to be at work early in the morning, having him stay across the street works much better. He comes here after school and then after dinner I drop him off to spend the night elsewhere. Weekends he stays home. This is the option we came up with for now. Like a trial thing until hubby gets back. I'm thinking the kid isn't going to want to move out. He's not happy about this arrangement, but.......oh well.

Saturday night we went to a birthday party for the cousins daughter. Wish I had brought my camera, but I need to develop my pics on there. Memory card is full. Since 8 people wanted to go in one car, the boys stayed home and so did the cousins son. Only his daughter went. I have to say, I was not looking forward to going, but I had fun anyway. It was a long night though, and by the time the party was over, I was more than ready to go home. I still can't get over the segregation between the men and women. Still very odd to me. The only man who ventured in with the women was my husband. Of course, he was drunk and wandering like he always does. He's usually drunk enough to be entertaining for them. The cousins wife went with us but not many people really talked all that much to her. I think she must have said he wasn't happy here and ready to leave and maybe that put them all off. After all, they all have made the adjustment to living here. She was the only one who wouldn't get up and dance. So I told hubby I was determined not to be like her and I got up and danced and had fun. All the younger girls tried to get the cousins daughter up to dance, but she refused. Every time someone would approach her, her step-mom would step in. From what I saw, I think she's smothering the girl. She's 11 after all. Time to let her get out there and participate, not make her a stick-in-the-mud like her step-mother. The very last dance one of the girls came over to me and told me it was the last dance for the night and everyone gets up and dances. I really didn't want to, but I did. I did stand on the outside though, because I just couldn't handle dancing around in a circle all the time. Starting to make me dizzy, lol. By the time we got home I think it was close to 2 am. So tired. Needless to say, no church that morning.

Now that hubby has left I feel like I can finally relax. Everything is so busy before he goes. I feel like I've been running on a treadmill for a few weeks now. Time to destress and relax some.

The one good piece of news I have is that I went and bought a new pair of jeans and they are a size smaller!! I knew I had been losing weight because I could feel it in my clothes. With hubby having the scale out to weigh his suitcases, I decided to weigh myself. Bad move! That thing had the nerve to say I was 8 lbs more than the last time I weighed!! And hubby wonders why I tell him that thing lies and I hid it, lol! He wanted me to get on last night because everyone else was. I told him no, he wanted to know why, I told him the scale lies :)