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.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Friday, January 30, 2009
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."
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."
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
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.
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.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
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!!
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!!
Monday, January 26, 2009
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.
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, January 25, 2009
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.
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.
Friday, January 23, 2009
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.
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.
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