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November 10 Journey for the FutureSo I am sitting here waiting on my hubby who embarked on yet another mission to try and raise money for the school library. He has titled it "Journey for the Future" where he and several others are walking 50 miles to the state capitol. They left at around 5 yesterday afternoon, and have not yet returned. I wish I could have been there. He has really met with a ton of resistence too if you can believe that. I haven't done the math but it is set up in pledges. You can pledge however much you want per mile. However many miles he walks you pay. Or you can just give a flat rate donation, doesn't matter. Anyway, probably the lowest amount that could be pledged per mile was something like $2.50 total and people still didn't want to do it. Can you believe that? Tons of businesses wouldn't even put up the fliers about it and the teachers at the school, half of them did not even send the fliers home. The fliers of which myself, his mother, and he all stapled together and dispersed to all the classrooms ourselves. Not only that, but he personally signed each and every one. After the fact half the mothers he inquired about it with had never even seen the flier to start collecting pledges. Nice huh? Oh and even better yet, his mom called all the local media outlets about covering the walk of which they all responded that they couldn't because they were covering the football game instead. Priorties are just a little fucked don't you think? Unbelievable. I hope he did at least o.k. anyway. I guess even if he didn't get the full support he was hoping for, he got at least some. Something is better than nothing. It will be a few more books in the library. He even had shirts made this time. He was going to bring one with him to personally hand to the mayor to show that we care about our children's education. He had also welcomed all members of any other PTA organizations to join him along the way on the walk to show their support. I just really wish I didn't have to go to work. I really wanted to see how it all went before I left. I am certain he is going to be so zonked when he gets home today. I will try and update when I hear how it all went. October 21 Freaking funny shit......The following is an email I received today from my mother-in-law, I thought it was hysterical and decided to share. Enjoy!
A WOMAN'S WEEK AT THE GYM If you read this without laughing out loud, there is something wrong with you. This is dedicated to everyone who ever attempted to get into a regular workout routine. Dear Diary, For my birthday this year, my daughter (the dear) purchased a week of personal training at the local health club for me. Although I am still in great shape since being a high school football cheerleader 43 years ago, I decided it would be a good idea to go ahead and give it a try. I called the club and made my reservations with a personal trainer named Belinda, who identified herself as a 26-year-old aerobics instructor and model f or athletic clothing and swim wear. My daughter seemed pleased with my enthusiasm to get started! The club encouraged me to keep a diary to chart my progress. MONDAY: Started my day at 6:00 a.m. Tough to get out of bed, but found it was well worth it when I arrived at the health club to find Belinda waiting for me. She is something of a Greek goddess - with blonde hair,dancing eyes and a dazzling white smile. Woo Hoo!! Belinda gave me a tour and showed me the machines. I enjoyed watching the skillful way in which she conducted her aerobics class after my workout today. Very inspiring! Belinda was encouraging as I did my sit-ups, although my gut was already aching from holding it in the whole time she was around. This is going to be a FANTASTIC week-!! TUESDAY: I drank a whole pot of coffee, but I finally made it out the door. Belinda made me lie on my back and push a heavy iron bar into the air then she put weights on it! My legs were a little wobbly on the treadmill, but I made the full mile. Belinda's rewarding smile made it all worthwhile. I feel GREAT-!! It's a whole new life for me. WEDNESDAY: The only way I can brush my teeth is by laying the toothbrush on the counter and moving my mouth back and forth over it. I believe I have a hernia in both pectorals. Driving was OK as long as I didn't try to steer or stop. I parked on top of a GEO in the club parking lot. Belinda was impatient with me, insisting that my screams bothered other club members. Her voice is a little too perky for early in the morning and when she scolds, she gets this nasally whine that is VERY annoying. My chest hurt when I got on the treadmill, so Belinda put me on the stair monster. Why the Hell would anyone invent a machine to simulate an activity rendered obsolete by elevators? Belinda told me it would help me get in shape and enjoy life. She said some other shit too. THURSDAY : Belinda was waiting for me with her vampire-like teeth exposed as her thin, cruel lips were pulled back in a full snarl. I couldn't help being a half an hour late, it took me that long to tie my shoes. Belinda took me to work out with dumbbells. When she was not looking, I ran and hid in the restr oom. She sent another skinny bitch to find me Then, as punishment, she put me on the rowing machine -- which I sank. FRIDAY : I hate that bitch Belinda more than any human being has ever hated any other human being in the history of the world. Stupid, skinny, anemic, anorexic little cheerleader. If there was a part of my body I could move without unbearable pain, I would beat her with it. Belinda wanted me to work on my triceps. I don't have any triceps! And if you don't want dents in the floor, don't hand me the damned barbells or anything that weighs more than a sandwich. The treadmill flung me off and I landed on a health and nutrition teacher. Why couldn't it have been someone softer, like the drama coach or the choir director? SATURDAY : Belinda left a message on my answering machine in her grating, shrilly voice wondering why I did not show up today. Just hearing her made me want to smash the machine with my planner. However, I lacked the strength to even use the TV remote and ended up catching eleven straight hours of the Weather Channel. SUNDAY : I'm having the Church van pick me up for services today so I can go and thank GOD that this week is over. I will also pray that next year my daughter (the little shit) will choose a gift for me that is fun -- like a root canal or a hysterectomy. I still say if God had wanted me to bend over, he would have sprinkled the floor with diamonds!!! October 20 Coffee, but no CreamerYou know, that is just a crappy way to start a day. You wake up, barely, stumble into the shower, fight the 5,000 questions that your 6 year old is already bombarding you with, and go to make that delicious cup of morning coffee, and there is no creamer. Not only that, but no milk. Not even a substitute. I don't even like milk in my coffee all that much, but shit, that would have been better than nothing. So I shuffled around a bit more, contemplating actually getting out and going to the store just to get creamer and I stumbled upon a small canister of Vanilla flavored creamer. I know it is better than nothing, but for some reason I am just not that big of a fan of vanilla, so as I am typing this it is sitting next to me on the desk completely untouched. I am actually afraid to drink it, lol. I know you think I am crazy, but I am very peculiar about my coffee. It has to be a certain kind of coffee, made a certain way, with a certain type of creamer. It is the way I have it every morning, and I don't like to change it up. When it is involved with the waking up process early in the morning, I don't like the unexpected. O.K. so I just tried it.
 I am unsure. I don't like it, but it could be also due to the fact that I just brushed my teeth. I know, I know, why did you brush your teeth before drinking coffee? Don't ask. I have no idea. I am so freaking sleepy right now, but I guess I can be happy that I get off early tonight. I only have to be there until 6 tonight. And the kids will be at their grandmother's house tonight. Woohoo! This is the night I usually go grab Chinese after work. I cannot wait to get off and get home and relax! Whew! Well, on that note, I am going to run. I think I am going to finish getting ready for work and try to grab some coffee elsewhere. Later!Bird October 18 Rainy DaysYayyyyyy!!!!!!! We have rain today!! I am sitting here typing this and listening to the rain pour down! I am so happy, we have been needing some really good rain. I was watching the news night before last and they were discussing certain areas of our state having a water ban of sorts, due to the extreme drought here. I am pretty sure there are already places who are restricted to a certain amount of water, but to think you could be restricted from using it at all is nuts. It was so crazy, a few months ago I remember seeing a newscast about one of the surrounding counties. They had a laundry list of stipulations for watering. Certain places could water for a certain amount of time on certain days. I don't know about you but that is quite disturbing to me. Thankfully my county hasn't done anything like that, though I do believe the cost of water has gone up. My water bill is the highest I have ever seen. I don't know how we will ever get out of this stupid dry spell. It seems like we will need to get rain non stop for a year to make up for all this dry weather. I found myself semi looking forward to hurricane season just in hopes of getting a good rain storm. Of course that really hasn't happened either. I think we had some residual rain off of one a while back, but it wasn't enough to get excited about. If I am not mistaken though, we are supposed to get some pretty good rain from this system that is here now. And of course I have to go to work. I love sitting and watching storms and drinking some coffee. It is so relaxing and calming. Mother Nature in all her glory. Well guys, I need to run. I have to finish getting ready for work, and suck down my coffee. Later! October 17 Halloween PartyHello again all! So I am planning a huge Halloween party. It is mostly for the kids, but it will still be awesome. My husband and I are going to put together a giant pentagram made of strings of purple lights around the table in the back yard, or at least that is the plan. We'll see. Hopefully in the next day or two we can get the poles in position so I can string the lights. I really want to do a test run before the actual party to make sure it actually works. We are also supposed to be making a graveyard in the back somewhere. I also got a few really cute paper lanterns that I am putting glow sticks in. I already tested that one, it was really cute. I am so excited!! I guess we are going to do a few games including bobbing for apples and pass the pumpkin for the kids. I have tons of little prizes already bought. Me and the girls went out in the back the other night and hung ghosts all over the back in the trees. They love doing that kind of stuff. We already have some lights and things in the front, I suppose one night I should go take some pictures of that too. Maybe I will do that after work today. Speaking of work, I really need to get offline and finish getting ready for work. Catcha later!
Bird October 14 WorkO.k. So work has really sucked ass as of late. I feel like I am doing the job of twenty people, while getting paid for the job of half a person. Meanwhile there are people who make more money than me who do the job of about half a person. WTF!! I mean really, shouldn't the fact that I kick major ass at my job be reason enough to pay me accordingly. My boss absolutely loves how well I work and how dependable I am, but can't find it in him to pay me for it. He drops me an extra 20 here and there so as not to cause any friction among the other employees by giving me a raise. I am sorry but that does not make up the difference of what I would be getting if I were to get an actual raise. Though I do appreciate the extra cash, don't get me wrong. I just feel that I am worth more than that. I am an ex- Marine and a neat freak. My work ethic goes off the freaking charts. And if you asked anyone else at my work place they would say the same. It just doesn't make sense. As a matter of fact, they often have to MAKE me sit down and stop doing things, because I make them feel lazy! How about that?! And I can't get a raise. Shit I can hardly get the hours I want. He will give me like 34 or 35 hours and I have to stay late and come in early to try and get it up to 40 hours. Snatching hours here and there. I have said repeatedly I need at least 40 hours if not more. It takes my ENTIRE check EVERY check, to pay for all the bills. I never have any decent amount of money left to work with. Blah!!! And this week, thanks to my bum back, it took all I had to work what I was scheduled, much less any extra. So this week I clocked out with 37 hours instead of 40. Close enough I suppose. It still pisses me off. I could probably go on and on, but I am sure that is all the whining an bitching any one person can stand in one sitting, so I will end it for now. I may get back on later. Back to drinking my coffee!! Later!
Bird October 08 LifeDo you ever feel like you just can't ever get ahead? Like you got hit by a truck, but you still have to keep going? Yeah, me too. I am so exhausted. I guess it doesn't help that I recently did something to my back that has been quite unconfortable for a few days. It makes me angry because I cannot function fully. Everything in my house is getting behind and I can't fix it because my back is screwed up. I suppose on a good note, it has improved over the weekend, but I still need to be very aware and careful so I don't really screw it up. Hopefully I will have tomorrow off and I can work on the house then. I am also planning a Halloween party, which has really had me stressed out. That is another thing I need to work on. I need an actual order of events for it. Right now it is a complete cluster-fuck. I have been trying to buy things here and there because I don't really have much money left after all the bills are paid. It has gone pretty well. I have most of the decor and we got the kids their costumes last night. Well I guess that is all for now. I have to finish getting ready for work. January 06 Back to SchoolSo not only are the girls back to school from the holiday break, but I will be starting back also. My schedule is as follows,
American Literature II
Principles of Nutrition
A Math that I will not name because I severly suck ass at that subject.
History of World Religions
And that is it for this semester. So wish me luck!
January 05 Pictures from my camera
Big Fish!!
Pretty Mia
My little dishwasher.
Yes?
She loves to pose with the kittens.
Sally and Rowan, so cute.
Aww, the little snuggle bugs. Freya on the left, Misty on the right.
Misty decided to crash out on my head, lol.
Mid-Scratch
My beautiful Sally cat, looks like a greeting card.
December 29 Christmas TreeWow!! I don't know how long it has been since I was on my computer last! Apparently it has been quite a while. I am back from all the Christmas craziness and it was a wonderful one! I got the most awesome thing, my hubby got me a digital camera! Woohoo!! So I had to get online and share some pics of our tree because I was so proud of it this year. It is totally blue and silver and the big ornaments that I have close ups of are homemade, yay me!! So anyway, I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and enjoy the pics!
      And last, but not least, my wreath that I have been dying to make for a year now,
 November 06 Wow, craziness all around.....So, today has been quite eventful. My oldest daughter went to see the eye doctor for the first time, and picked out her first pair of glasses. She went to the dentist last week and found out she needs braces also. In addition to this I had to take 3 of our kittens to the vet this morning. Yes, 3 of them. Whewww, So the night before last I noticed that Sally was not feeling to well. She wasn't jumping on the counter to get her food and she meowed like she was in pain when I picked her up to put her on the counter. I sort of tried to investigate the pain, but I did not see any blood or anything and I was bothering her quite a bit so I stopped trying to see what was wrong. Anyway, I took note of it and watched her for the rest of the weekend. Next is our new baby, Freya, she was limping for some mysterious reason when I got up this morning. I tried to look, but she wouldn't let me. Last but not least is our newest baby as of like a week ago, Misty. She has been sneezing for 3 days. So I piled the two babies into one carrier and Sally in the other. Anyway, long story short, Sally had an abcess (sp? I have no clue how to spell that) they did surgery on her today. So now she has a tube in her leg to drain all the infection out. Poor baby. I feel so bad for her. The lady checked out Freya's leg and could not find a break or infection or anything, so she just gave me antibiotics and pain medicine for her because she was running a fever and told us to keep an eye on her. The baby, Misty, so far as we can tell, just has a little cold. So, again, we just have to keep an eye on her to make sure her antibiotics are helping. Well, that is about it. I am sorry this is pretty randomly written, I actually started writing this earlier today and left to go take care of something and have just now gotten back to finishing. LOL. I will catch everyone later though.
Bird
Oh and the grand total.......$247 yeesh! October 24 Poetry
Samhain Poetry as posted by my friend, Wiccan Emperator on My Space:
Hear the wolf cry and the old bull bellow
October 19 MeIt has occurred to me that I have no life whatsoever. Either that or I am just that boring. My last post was on the 4th of this month, granted circumstances caused part of the break in blogging. I will not mention those at this time because it will just be a constant reminder and I am still hurting from it. Missy you know what I mean.
We have adopted yet another kitten. She is so tiny and has fur like you would not believe. She is solid black and has yellow eyes. At night if her eyes are closed you can't see her. I will post pictures as soon as we have some. I had the priveledge of naming her this time. My children decided together that it was my turn. So I decided on Lady Freya. I think once you see her that is a good name for her. I was trying to find a good witch name of sorts and stumbled upon this one, it is a goddess, but I thought it was a really pretty name. We are just going to call her Freya, but on paper she will be Lady Freya.
Other than our new kitten I cannot really think of anything happening lately that would be of any interest to anyone. I think I have just been really depressed lately. I find myself sleeping all day long if I can. I get up and get the kids ready for school and go back to bed until it is time for them to come home. Or I go to work if I am sceduled. Either way, I do nothing everyday. Just eat, sleep, and go to work, oh and watch tv. I have a friend on My Space who is helping induct me into Wicca and he is telling me step by step what to do, and guess what? It has been a month since I got instructions for the first step and I haven't done it yet. What kind of lazy loser am I? I mean this is what has gotten me the most excited in years and I am not following through with it.
I never see my husband except in passing. It is always hi, bye, goodnight. We work at the same place, but we can't work at the same time because of the kids so that sucks really bad. If I am at home, he is at work. And if he is at home, I am at work. What kind of stupid shit is this? We NEVER have a day off with each other and even if we do, he is busy. Ughhhhh. I am sorry, I guess I just need to vent. It just seems so redundant. I mean the only contact I have with adults is at work or it is my mom and sister. I love them, but they are the only friends at home that I have. Well, and a mutual friend of my husband and I, but he is a he. I have no female friends. Except online. No one to hang out with. No one to call up when I am bored or sad. No one. It sucks. I feel so utterly alone all the time. Well, I am off to get ready for work.
Bird October 04 You gotta be shittin' me, right?Georgia mom seeks ban on Harry PotterMother of four claims the teen wizard is ‘evil,’ promotes witchcraft
Full Story here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15127464/ The World Can't Wait! (Hat tip to Wehlia!)
This is only a portion of the page, to see more click here: http://worldcantwait.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2418&Itemid=232&_event=14 September 30 For those who are not aware.........You know, I often complain about being poor but in reality, we do ok. I mean we scrape by from pay check to pay check, but we are ok. Problem is that if one of us gets sick, we are screwed. Well, the kids are covered but my husband and I are screwed. I have been having a horrible pain in my lower back and abdomen that could possibly be cysts of sort for 3 weeks now. It is driving me crazy. It hurts really bad. I went to the doctor last Friday just to pay $61 to wait another week and take pain pills to see if it would go away. (O.K. it was actually supposed to be $71 but I only had $61 so the lady felt sorry for me.) Well, guess what? It didn't go away. Now I am going to have to go back and pay another $58 for the visit so he can send me to the hospital for an ultrasound on my ovaries, which is going to cost $845. I HAVE to pay at least $254 of that $845 tomorrow when I go. Well, I can't go. I broke out in tears when she told me how much it was going to be. I don't have that kind of money, EVER. I don't know what to do now. I have an appointment tomorrow morning with my doctor that I am seriously contemplating canceling because I won't be able to do anything besides see him and that is just a waist of $58. Ughhh..... I am so utterly depressed right now. *Update* I went back to my doctor yesterday morning. First and foremost, he was confused as to why I was even there. Apparently his assistant doesn't know shit about shit when she told me I HAD to schedule a follow up appt. He said that I was just supposed to call if I was still in pain so he could schedule the ultrasound. But it all turned out ok. He didn't charge me for the visit. I love my doctor. Then, while I was there I told him how much the hospital said an ultrasound was going to be and he freaked! He gave me the strangest look of disbelief. So he told me to stay put, that he was going to figure something out because that was just ridiculous. Long story short, he found a place that is only going to charge me $100 as opposed to $800 some odd. Huge improvement. The only glich, is that it is an hour away. No problem though. I think I can find my way to a place an hour away to save $700. Anyway, my appt is on Monday, so I will most likely update sometime that day. Ughh, I hope they find something out SOON. Working like this is not nice. Bird P.S. On a brighter note, I have not had a cigarette since Monday!!! WooHoo!!
September 15 So Freaking Awesome!!!!Today I found out that a really great friend of mine will be visiting from PA next weekend! I am so siked. I have not seen her in forever and she has been one of the most awesome friends I have ever had. I miss her terribly. She also has two children. When she lived here we used to plan days to get together to do crafts with the kids. It was so much fun and the kids loved it. Or we would just get together to watch a movie or cookout and let the kids play in the yard or in the pool. I just want to get up and jump around, scream and yell!! Woohooo!! Well, anyway, that is about all. I was just so excited and the hubby is at work, so I wanted to share my great news with everyone. So Good Night everyone!!
Bird September 11 Courtesy of my friend ♥Angel Ize♥*§erendipity* on My SpaceFOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND (lil twist) One night I had a wondrous dream, One set of footprints there was seen, The footprints of the Goddess they were, But mine were not along the shore. But then some stranger prints appeared, and I asked Her, What have we here? These prints are large and round and neat, But much too big to be from feet. My child, She said in somber tones, For miles I carried you alone. I challenged you to walk in faith, But you refused and made me wait. You would not learn, you would not grow, The walk of faith, you would not know, So I got tired, I got fed up, And there I dropped you on your butt. Because in life, there comes a time, When one must fight, and one must climb, When one must rise and take a stand, Or leave their butt prints in the sand. August 27 And so it begins........ |
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