My weekend has started

I was really hoping for a quick workday today, and it was. But, since it's been a cloudy, rainy day I think that helped things along quite a bit to. My temp lady invests in stocks. I think she does a lot of it in the evenings, but today she was glued to the tv and making lots of phone calls. I myself, know nothing about the stock market, but I just might start asking her questions. She has been doing this since she was a little girl. Everyone she knows does it, and she seems to be more than willing to explain things to you. She said something to me the other day. You work hard for your money, so why not make your money work hard for you. Makes sense to me. Maybe if I did that, I wouldn't have to work anymore. Ha! However, a little more info and understanding on my part, and I might be able to convince hubby.

I can't believe it's raining again today. I listened to the weather report last night and the prediction was for only scattered showers in the morning. Well, we got rain all day and not just showers, downpours! I know, I was out in it doing errands for my temp lady. Came home to an irritated son, lol. He's frustrated there's so much housework all the time! I asked him how it feels to be me. He wasn't impressed! He has been keeping up with the laundry rather well. Yesterday nothing got done because he had to work with hubby. Don't know what the kid did all morning, but that made today's laundry double. Plus the oldest put all his clothes in with ours. I've told him and told him and told him to keep his clothes separate. He's been doing construction work and some days the kid comes home covered in dirt. His jeans are just black, his arms, his shirts. I really don't want to be washing his clothes with ours. The youngest said he has been so I told him not to if he realizes it's the oldest clothes, but if it gets in the washer by accident to let it soak, for 30 minutes and then use the second rinse. Lord only knows what's on that kids clothes and he can wash his own stuff on the weekends.

Tomorrow is supposed to be sunny so I want to do a few errands in town. Might go looking for some jeans for the youngest for school. Other than that I need to seriously hit the books this weekend. I've only worked on my class one day this week. I need to devote more time than that. I started a new Beverly Lewis book that I've been reading before bed. That's good for relaxation, but I need to stay out of bed longer and do my work. Lately I've been crawling in bed early and have been asleep by 9 pm. That's early for me, but then I've been really tired every night to. Not tired today though, maybe my body has adjusted to this new schedule.

Water, water everywhere!

Boy, did we get the rain yesterday and last night! I was pouring when I was driving home. You couldn't see a thing, but I made it home ok.

When I got up this morning to take the oldest to work I noticed the side of my yard was flooded. I should have taken pics this morning, but I had to be at work an hour earlier, hubby forgot to bring me something for lunch, so I was just to rushed. I did get pics after I got home tonight.


This is the side of the yard. Where the white lattice is I have, or maybe had, morning glory's planted there. This morning the water was covering all the grass, no dry spots so it has gone down quite a bit.

This morning the water was under the swing to.

This is around the deck. It shows all the water laying in there still.

Tomorrow is Friday and I'm really glad. Every night when I get home from work, I come home exhausted! I got so lazy just doing whatever while I was off. This week everything has gone back to normal. The oldest is back to work, hubby is back to work doing his 12 hour shifts, and I'm back to work. My body needs to adjust to this, to much so soon, lol.

Tonight is knitting and I'm staying home. I had to work earlier and then had to go to the office for an in service. It wasn't as long as I expected it to be, and I actually got home only 45 minutes later than normal. But I'm more tired than normal to. There was so much traffic in town! But then again, I never get into town during the week usually. There was one girl at the in service who is in the same position as me, just filling in for people when needed. So I know I'm not alone in this and maybe they really don't have the work.

Still working on class, just a lot slower. This next chapter is incredibly long to so I'm just taking my time with it. No rush.

Hubby had a follow up with the doc yesterday. She wanted to make sure his lungs were clear. They are so that's good, although he's still coughing, but not as much. He made an appt to get his blood work done on Monday. We'll see if he actually does this. He didn't want to go to the doc yesterday unless I went with him. He made the blood work appt during my working hours. He says he will go himself. Ha!

The other day I had given a friend of mine into about a book that was recommended to me. I haven't read it yet, but it looks interesting. I told her she could request a copy online. It's a religious based book. She was asking me if maybe she could get it at the library. I really didn't know, but it's worth a try. Then she went on to tell me that the library closest to her recently was selling/giving away all their religious books because they weren't allowed to keep them in the library! Can you imagine? It's a library for crying out loud! They can keep all other kinds of books except religious. I had no idea so I don't know if this is something recent or not. I'll have to check at my local library and see if they have the same thing and ask them why.

The oldest is home so time to make dinner. I'm really hungry tonight!

Another Monday

Today was one of those hit the floor running days. The oldest had to work. He has to be at work at 8:30 am. He woke me up at 8:20 am. It takes 10 minutes to get there. ggggggrrrrrrr My alarm was going off, but I kept hitting the snooze button. I'm not one of those people who can just jump right out of bed and go. I'm slow and pokie and need time to wake up. Lots and lots of time. It was close to 9 am when I got back home so I had an hour in a half to get myself ready for work. Since I thought I had a lot of "time" I decided to wash 2 loads of laundry, do the dishes and sweep and wet mop the floors. By the time I did all this and looked at the clock, it was 10:15. Now, I'm running late! Had to be out the door by 10:30 because works now a 30 minute drive. So I had to rush.





Note to self:


will get up shortly after the alarm goes off.


will leave a chore list for the youngest


will have tea ready to take with me when I drop the oldest off


will make lunch the night before


will start ONE load of laundry


will not do any cleaning before work, isn't that why I have kids, lol??????





Yeah right, now all I have to do is follow through!

Easy day

Had to take a pic of the cone flowers. It seemed to take them quite a while to bloom this year. Usually, they are one of the first flowers I have that bloom. Must be the lack of humidity we've had so far.

This is one of my favorite plants. I think it's called a Hosta. We have 2 of these planted on the side of the shed that gets the least sun. One side of the shed gets sun all day and the other half the day. We went this year and got some more like this to plant on the one side of the house that doesn't get much sun and for a few spots around the deck. Hubby just loves these plants now that he knows they bloom, lol.

Got up and went to church this morning. I really was/ still am dragging my butt, but I went anyway because we are working on the book of Daniel. As usual it was a good message, but the church was so muggy, even with the fans on. Nobody has put screens in the windows so we can't open them. Guess because the church is being painted they decided to not do that this year. There are 2 ceiling fans in the center of the church, but they always turn them down on low. Last week, the one ceiling fan in the front was turned low and the one in the back, that I conveniently sit under, was left on high. Not this week, both put on low. They do have oscillating fans on the end isles they had turned on. One at the front of the pews and one towards the back. It was ok, but, I was rather warm. Then my back started to ache and I was just fidgeting like crazy. Felt like a kid again, lol. To top it off, the service itself ran rather long. Not a good thing for a crampy, achy back. Hubby stayed home and slept. He promised he would go next week though. I try to get him there every other week because I do know how hard it is to work until early morning and then have to get up earlier. And with his being sick I want him to take it easy for now. He worked his normal shift last night and tonight he will be totally alone. Today is the last day for the festival so hopefully everyone is making the mad dash during daylight hours for home.

This is my last day off. Back to work tomorrow. In the heat and humidity. Figures it would start to get humid when I have to work. The office has been keeping me informed about the developments in this case. I knew this woman's husband was sick, and she was really upset over it. I got a call on Friday that her husband passed so not sure what kind of shape she's going to be n the next few days. I do know her daughter will be with her for a few days so that should help some. At least I'm aware. I pulled out all my cotton tops and got them ironed for the week. When it gets really warm I hate to wear anything knit. Just to warm. I like cotton better but cotton can be hard to find. As I was ironing a few of my tops for the week I noticed that some of them are beginning to show some wear. Time to start keeping my eyes open for new ones I guess. My work bag is packed, clothes ready, new id badge, planner for the week almost done. All I have left is to listen to my class online and then decide how many pages I can read during the week.

I spent yesterday afternoon doing just what I wanted to do. Finished the reading for class on Friday and did the study guide. Took a short break after that. Was in the mood to knit so that's what I did. Been working on my top, which I started way back in June, lol. I'm right at the part where it's just mindless knitting so I can do it and watch tv at the same time. The season will be over by the time I get this thing knitted up, lol. Then it will be time to work on the front of hubby's vest again. Maybe, just maybe if I work real hard on it he will be able to wear it when it gets cooler. Maybe, lol!!

Not much going on

Not sure if you can see, but the flowers are blooming around the lilac bush. They are almost as tall as the lilac, lol. I did see new growth on the lilac to while I was taking this pic. Sometimes it's hard to take pics in the bright sun. I can't see what I'm getting because of the glare, lol.

This is one of the flower boxes on the deck. I posted a pic earlier, but just the white flowers were blooming. Now there are purple and pink. Have now clue as to what these flowers are though.

My lilies are blooming! These are the Easter lilies I plant outside every year. I tell hubby and the boys to buy me white Easter lilies. Love the white ones. The other lilies are full of buds and almost ready to bloom. I'll take pics when they are blooming.

This is an impatient, I think. I planted 2 of them at the ends of the youngest shade garden. We have a fence behind there and the neighbors pine trees hang over the fence into our yard. This makes the perfect spot for my houseplants in the summer. Lots of light, but not to much sun.

This plant I rescued from near death, lol. It was marked down and very dry when I bought it. It's called a dragons wing. I have it sitting in the center of a bushie plant. Makes it look like that plant is blooming, but really isn't. It's under the pine trees to and has been blooming nonstop since I brought it home and put it there.
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This isn't a flower, lol! But, every time I go to turn the computer on, this "hairy attachment" comes and lays on my desk!

The gladiolas are in the center. Can't get that pic out of there! Anyway, I'm surprised they are standing like they are. We got had such severe storms move through here last night. Called hubby at work and they had no electric at the station. The youngster's girlfriend called and she had no electric at her house to. She lives about 40 minutes from us. Our lights flickered a few times, but the electric didn't go out. We had candles lit though, just in case. Nothing worse than trying to walk around your house in the pitch black.

TGIF

I have to say, I'm really glad today is Friday and I have no real plans for the weekend, except church. I have spent most of today doing all kinds of errands and well, I'm exhausted!!

The youngest had a eye appt today, so that was first on the list. Since hubby wanted

me to stop by the Verizon store and pay the Internet bill, we left early. Hubby's working for a few hours tonight so I had to be back by a certain time to have him to work. So, we leave and I decide since I'll be in town I need to go check where the house is for my new case on Monday. We get to the eye docs about 20 minutes early so we hit Dollar Tree first. I was going to go there while the youngest was at his appt, but it's right across the street and we had time. The youngest was a little upset about the fact that I was going to be leaving while he was there anyway. So, we get in there and he's the first appt so I stayed. It really took him no time at all. In and out. So after, we went to my office since when I was there earlier in the week I had forgotten to get a new name tag. Remembered everything else I had to do but that. Then we did a little food shopping. Actually I wanted to get some stuff to make the spaghetti dinner hubby and I watched on tv last night. Boy, it made me hungry! Hubby to, lol. Then off to the Verizon store. By the time we got home it was after 3:30. Took hubby to work and went to the local market for what I couldn't get at the other store in town. Now that I sat down, I'm really tired. I so wanted spaghetti, but I think that's going to be dinner for tomorrow. I need a nap, lol!

Hubby worked for about 2 hours yesterday, came home put his pj's back on and parked it on the sofa in the sun room and stayed put until bedtime. He even watched a movie with me on lifetime! He never does that. He always takes the remote and turns the Indian channels on. How rude, lol! The movie was pretty good, but it ran long. It was 3 hours so again I didn't get to bed until later than I wanted to. Since my reading was done I worked on some more tawashies. Got 2 done and another one on the knitting needles. I love those things! They work great on the dishes, knit/crochet up fast and just toss them in the wash and get a new one every day.

The more I think about it the more I think tonight is going to be get what you want for dinner night . I have a little salad left that I think I want. I'll put some chicken on it and maybe bake a potato for myself. The boys won't eat any of that, but I missed lunch and I'm really not all that hungry right now. I'll probably be starving about 11 tonight and then all I'll be able to have is a glass of milk. I'm thinking I need to add snacks in, especially after dinner, but when it gets warmer and humid, I just don't get hungry. I'm trying to teach myself not to eat if I'm not hungry. This weather and lack of a schedule is just workin for me.
I was reading someones blog the other day and she was talking about only counting non fruit and veggies in her total calories for the day. I thought about this and I like that because there was a time when I counted every bite of food I ate. It got to be real tedious when I would make a chicken sandwich and add a few slices of onion, tomato, and spinach leaves. I found it to be a real hassle. Besides, just how many calories are actually in 2 tomato slices???? My whole goal is to ear more fruits and veggies anyway and the mentality of this works for me. I tried it for a few days and it really made me want to eat more fruits and veggies, because in my mind, they don't count. I'm not saying every fruit and veggie is going to count as nothing, because there are some that I just have to count, but if I want that big salad for dinner, it's ok, I just have to count the non veggie stuff I add to it, like egg, cheese, or chicken. How many calories are in a cup of lettuce???? I really don't think enough to throw my calorie count off for the day. I also find at night when I'm starving, I'll go more for something like fruit, without the syrup, or even an apple. If I have the apple, I'll add the peanut butter that I had with it. The fruit counts as nothing, unless I add cottage cheese to the fruit. It's the mentality of it that works for me. Who doesn't want to eat something and have it not count? Now today, I've blown it. All I've had so far is cereal for breakfast and no fruit since we don't have any in the house and a cookie for lunch. There will be no loss this week because of the skipped meals. That really sucks. I used to be able to miss meals and lose weight, not anymore.

Well, I'm hungry now, all that talking about food! Going to have that salad with a potato and the boys are on their own for dinner, lol.

Thursday already

Finally made it to Bible study last night. Always interesting, but it was so stuffy in there! Only the front and back doors to the building were open. No windows! I made sure I sat by the open door to the room hoping for a little air circulation. I like that church but I think with all the heat they insist on keeping in the buildings I'm beginning to wonder if they are trying to sweat the weight off me, lol. By the end of the night the woman sitting next to me was fanning herself, but she had jeans on and sandals with socks on to. Just looking at her made me hot.

Hubby worked for about an hour and a half yesterday just doing an order and he was beat when he got home. I figured he would be. His fever has finally broken so that's good. He has to work this afternoon because of it being grocery day. They get groceries in once a week and it all has to be put out on the same day. Makes it rough if it's a big order, so they will take all the help they can get.

We put the window ac's in yesterday so now my house is nice and cool. Hubby gave me a little bit of a hard time about it but he keeps saying the ac guy is coming to fix the ac and I've yet to see the man so.................................... I go back to work on Monday, really don't want to, lol. I'm likin staying home and doing whatever. Lately, with hubby being home at night now, he's gotten me into staying up late with him. I was trying to get myself back on some kind of schedule of going to bed at a certain time and getting up at the same time every day. This way I can at least get the laundry washed and hung out before I go to work and a few odds and ends. Going to bed later than normal just throws everything off and I don't want to get up until around 10 or so. Not good come next week when I'll have to be at work by 11 am with a 30 minute drive. I got almost all of my reading done yesterday. All I have left is the conclusion to read and I'm done. Right on track. Tonight is knitting, debating on going. I should go since it's been a while, but for some reason today I just feel kind of out of it. I think I've gotten used to being home a lot now.

The oldest went to work at the station this morning since his boss called last night and said he wasn't working today either. The fool has been opening in the morning but having the kid, who is working nights for hubby, come in at 9 am and work until 11am to make the chicken and help with lunch. Then he goes back upstairs and sleeps until he has to be back to work at 5 pm and work until closing at 2:30 am. What a crappie schedule all because the fool is lazy. I know this kid can't wait until hubby comes back to work.

Well, guess I need to do something productive today :) For some reason the cat is glued to my ankles this morning. She has been pestering me all morning long. Don't know what she wants since I fed her, watered her, gave her a treat and held her for a while. Right now she's laying between my feet and the legs on my chair. Sure hope her tail is out of the way when I go to roll the chair back!