So my new job is really easy. I get to work with a computer a lot, and think very little. I don't have to interact with very many people, and when I do--I don't have to worry about making them happy. Hell, I can't communicate with half of the people I work with because I'm too lazy to finish learning and use Spanish.
I hope the girl I'm filling in for doesn't come back--that way I can stay. :D
It snowed here. I hate snow. The kids lost their gloves again so they couldn't go out and play in it, so they're all kind of upset.
We had lasagne tonight, but we cheated. We used the 2hour oven version. Zachary made garlic bread out of a loaf of sliced bread. ^.^ We're also having yummy creamy smashed potatoes with butter and garlic.
Anyways, not much else to say. I'm really tired.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
New Job
I'm off to start my new job.
How exciting.
I hate waking up this early, but at least I'll get off early to be with the kids. :)
See you all later!
How exciting.
I hate waking up this early, but at least I'll get off early to be with the kids. :)
See you all later!
Monday, January 28, 2008
Job Interview, and Stuff bnhjgujusxvv
I have a job interview tomorrow! Yay!
It's not the job I'd originally wanted, but at this point in time I'll take what I can get. It's full time, it's semi-casual, and it's not in a stuffy office. YAY.
The other half of the title is from Amaya.
It's not the job I'd originally wanted, but at this point in time I'll take what I can get. It's full time, it's semi-casual, and it's not in a stuffy office. YAY.
The other half of the title is from Amaya.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Juvenille Diabetes Research Foundation
It's coming, it's coming!
The annual Walk to Cure Diabetes is coming. It will be held on May 31, 2008. (Our local one, anyways!) It's going to be at the Oklahoma City Zoo. My father will be walking to cure type 1, or Juvenile Dibetes.
Diabetes is a life-altering condition that is serious, and painful. However, researchers have announced that it's very possible we may see a cure well within our lifetime!
Be a part of the cure, and support the JDRF in their mission to find a cure!
Make a donation by sponsering my father's walk at the following link.
http://walk.jdrf.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=extranet.personalpage&confirmid=86961724
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Every little bit helps.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
The Secret Life of....
...do you ever wonder what life would be like if everything you knew to be true were suddenly reversed?
My Dad has several times told me he was in a crisis, like losing his job or life or whatever. (Wow that sounds insensitive.) I guess you'd have to understand our relationship to see why I don't care anymore. So, he told me lastnight he would be getting laid off in March. Why do I feel like it's a case of the little boy who cried wolf? Well, I guess we'll see what happens when March rolls around.
In the mean time, welcome to tax season. I've been running so many errands for my Dad and his co-workers I feel like a rubber band. I have a bunch of signs in the van that I have to go put up at his office today. There is a couple of cute ones, they look like street signs and say "Rebate Dr." and "Pro Filer Pkwy" - although the second one sounds like a show, but it's cute.
I thought I had more to write, but I really don't.
Unless I go back to bragging about how much I'm enjoying playing Anarchy Online for FREE! Man I love free games. -.-
I'm going to go finish digging out my Sims CD's so I have something to do.
My Dad has several times told me he was in a crisis, like losing his job or life or whatever. (Wow that sounds insensitive.) I guess you'd have to understand our relationship to see why I don't care anymore. So, he told me lastnight he would be getting laid off in March. Why do I feel like it's a case of the little boy who cried wolf? Well, I guess we'll see what happens when March rolls around.
In the mean time, welcome to tax season. I've been running so many errands for my Dad and his co-workers I feel like a rubber band. I have a bunch of signs in the van that I have to go put up at his office today. There is a couple of cute ones, they look like street signs and say "Rebate Dr." and "Pro Filer Pkwy" - although the second one sounds like a show, but it's cute.
I thought I had more to write, but I really don't.
Unless I go back to bragging about how much I'm enjoying playing Anarchy Online for FREE! Man I love free games. -.-
I'm going to go finish digging out my Sims CD's so I have something to do.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Thanks a LOT, Sandra.
So, I've been tagged by Sandra for a...meme? I'll have to look into this a bit more.
I'm supposed to list 7 weird things about me. (I had to consult my husband, because I don't think I'm weird. LoL!)
1. I cannot follow a recipe to save my life. When I write them out, I have to have Kelly edit them because I go off on tangents about how you can change or alter it. I often never look at recipes, although I've become quite addicted to slow cooker recipes. :)
2. I'm a hardcore gamergurl. I've played over 6 betas for MMO's, over a dozen MMO's, and billions of shockwave and java games. I'm addicted to console games as well, from Atari all the way to the Wii skipping very few in between. I heart games. (And boardgames!! And electronic machines like pinball, etc..)
3. I learned to type playing MUD (Multi-User-Dimension online textbased role playing games) and can type over 100 WPM because of that. I do not use the traditional touch typist methods, and have a more of a hunt and peck type method that only uses about three fingers per hand. -.-
4. I'm mildly paranoid. We have to run fans at night so I can even get to sleep.
5. I'm the mother of five, and my fifth child was born when I was 22. All of my children will be 18+ the year of my fourtieth birthday.
6. I edit my kids' schoolwork (3rd grade and under) for grammatical correctness at a college level based on APA standards. ((Although, I don't let them see it, or make them correct it..yet.))
7. I've written over 500 poems, most of which only my husband has ever read.
And...since I don't really know anyone else, the tag ends here. Sorry :(
I'm supposed to list 7 weird things about me. (I had to consult my husband, because I don't think I'm weird. LoL!)
1. I cannot follow a recipe to save my life. When I write them out, I have to have Kelly edit them because I go off on tangents about how you can change or alter it. I often never look at recipes, although I've become quite addicted to slow cooker recipes. :)
2. I'm a hardcore gamergurl. I've played over 6 betas for MMO's, over a dozen MMO's, and billions of shockwave and java games. I'm addicted to console games as well, from Atari all the way to the Wii skipping very few in between. I heart games. (And boardgames!! And electronic machines like pinball, etc..)
3. I learned to type playing MUD (Multi-User-Dimension online textbased role playing games) and can type over 100 WPM because of that. I do not use the traditional touch typist methods, and have a more of a hunt and peck type method that only uses about three fingers per hand. -.-
4. I'm mildly paranoid. We have to run fans at night so I can even get to sleep.
5. I'm the mother of five, and my fifth child was born when I was 22. All of my children will be 18+ the year of my fourtieth birthday.
6. I edit my kids' schoolwork (3rd grade and under) for grammatical correctness at a college level based on APA standards. ((Although, I don't let them see it, or make them correct it..yet.))
7. I've written over 500 poems, most of which only my husband has ever read.
And...since I don't really know anyone else, the tag ends here. Sorry :(
Friday, January 18, 2008
Friday...Already?!!?
A few things today..
First of all, my Grandma has a pacemaker put into her heart. Since thing she's had an irregular heartbeat, that has caused dizziness and a few other problems. Well, she went in today and they "shocked" her so now her heart is beating regularly and she's doing much better. We're very happy for this great news, she's an amazing woman and I hope she sticks around a lot longer.
Secondly, it's just tax season. Don't panic. Do not panic. You can handle it. The papers come in the mail, you fill out the forms, you send them in. If you aren't lying--you have NOTHING to panic about. We use TurboTax online, because we don't trust tax preparers. (Especially ones we're related to.)
Third. I haven't had a chance to rant about the "natrual" mother of my little angels in this blog yet. Mainly because she's done the normal dissapearing act. Well, her oldest son- who still lives with her...or is supposed to when she isn't pawning him off on her family, bless his little heart!- recently emailed Zachary to say she would be calling on his birthday. Guess what she didn't do? She hasn't called since last summer, early--before I worked at Sonic, so I'll say around May. When she called THAT time it was 9pm, and she wanted me to wake the kids up so she could talk to them. WTF? I'm not waking my kids up for a chat, let alone a chat with a complete psycho!
Anyways, before that I think it was around 2 years since the last time she called. Regardless, she's insane. She calls to wish the kids a Merry Christmas in May, or a Happy Birthday in June when none of our kids HAVE birthdays in June. She lies endlessly, and harps on the kids for not calling her mommy. LIKE SHE DESERVES IT? Anyways, I've decided to be nice to her. She never follows through with her idle threats of visits and phone calls, I might as well humor her.
What really breaks my heart? She's using Cody to lie to her kids now. They all worship Cody and adore him, I really don't think it is fair to him that she's ruining his reputation now as well. Luckily, Zachary calls her a liar and knows that the messages Cody passes on are only as good as her word. He's such a mature young man!!
My job waiting continues. I've been upgraded now, instead of a $10.00 an hour part time job with the electric company, I'm not being offered a $12.00 an hour full time job with overtime possibilities. This is an AWESOME opportunity, as it'll give me more income. More income means more money to save for our move back to Idaho. YAY!
I made some bread lastnight, and it came out pretty decently. I'll share the cheap recipe. ;)
2 tubes Pillsbury French bread
butter
sugar
cinnamon
Honey
Pre-heat oven to 350!
Remove bread from tubes, twist and put in a spiral pattern in a round pie pan. Cut slices randomly into the top- the more you cut the more patterns you get at the end, and it looks really neat with a bunch of cuts!
Spread butter over the top of the bread dough, and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.
Bake for 45 minutes or so, until the break isn't doughy in the center, it'll look dry all across the top.
Cut out slices of the bread, butter, drip honey over the top and sprinkle with additional cinnamon and sugar.
Yum!
That's all folks! :)
First of all, my Grandma has a pacemaker put into her heart. Since thing she's had an irregular heartbeat, that has caused dizziness and a few other problems. Well, she went in today and they "shocked" her so now her heart is beating regularly and she's doing much better. We're very happy for this great news, she's an amazing woman and I hope she sticks around a lot longer.
Secondly, it's just tax season. Don't panic. Do not panic. You can handle it. The papers come in the mail, you fill out the forms, you send them in. If you aren't lying--you have NOTHING to panic about. We use TurboTax online, because we don't trust tax preparers. (Especially ones we're related to.)
Third. I haven't had a chance to rant about the "natrual" mother of my little angels in this blog yet. Mainly because she's done the normal dissapearing act. Well, her oldest son- who still lives with her...or is supposed to when she isn't pawning him off on her family, bless his little heart!- recently emailed Zachary to say she would be calling on his birthday. Guess what she didn't do? She hasn't called since last summer, early--before I worked at Sonic, so I'll say around May. When she called THAT time it was 9pm, and she wanted me to wake the kids up so she could talk to them. WTF? I'm not waking my kids up for a chat, let alone a chat with a complete psycho!
Anyways, before that I think it was around 2 years since the last time she called. Regardless, she's insane. She calls to wish the kids a Merry Christmas in May, or a Happy Birthday in June when none of our kids HAVE birthdays in June. She lies endlessly, and harps on the kids for not calling her mommy. LIKE SHE DESERVES IT? Anyways, I've decided to be nice to her. She never follows through with her idle threats of visits and phone calls, I might as well humor her.
What really breaks my heart? She's using Cody to lie to her kids now. They all worship Cody and adore him, I really don't think it is fair to him that she's ruining his reputation now as well. Luckily, Zachary calls her a liar and knows that the messages Cody passes on are only as good as her word. He's such a mature young man!!
My job waiting continues. I've been upgraded now, instead of a $10.00 an hour part time job with the electric company, I'm not being offered a $12.00 an hour full time job with overtime possibilities. This is an AWESOME opportunity, as it'll give me more income. More income means more money to save for our move back to Idaho. YAY!
I made some bread lastnight, and it came out pretty decently. I'll share the cheap recipe. ;)
2 tubes Pillsbury French bread
butter
sugar
cinnamon
Honey
Pre-heat oven to 350!
Remove bread from tubes, twist and put in a spiral pattern in a round pie pan. Cut slices randomly into the top- the more you cut the more patterns you get at the end, and it looks really neat with a bunch of cuts!
Spread butter over the top of the bread dough, and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.
Bake for 45 minutes or so, until the break isn't doughy in the center, it'll look dry all across the top.
Cut out slices of the bread, butter, drip honey over the top and sprinkle with additional cinnamon and sugar.
Yum!
That's all folks! :)
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Yummy Split Pea Soup
So I modified this recipe from a Good Eats episode--which, by the way, everyone should watch. Before you say "ew peas!" and run away, you should so give it a try! This is the yummiest soup, and all of our kids LOVE it.
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup chopped onion
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon minced garlic
32 ounces dried green or yellow split peas, picked over and rinsed
4 cups chicken broth
4 cups water (or so)
5 or 6 slices of bacon, well done
2 Tablespoons of flax seed, ground
1 sprinkle basil
((*substitutes? You can leave out the chicken broth, and use more water. You can use leaks instead of onions, and technically you can use table salt and pre-ground pepper, but it changes the taste. :())
Start by putting water and broth in crockpot and turn to high. Fry up the bacon slices and crumble them up. Put about 1/3 of the bacon into the crockpot now. The rest will go in as it is served to add crunch. :) You may need to add more water later in the cooking process, depending on how thin or thick you'd like your soup.
In a small pot melt the butter over medium heat and add the onions and garlic. Keep the temperature below a simmer, and stir frequently until the onions are soft.
Now you're going to want to wash, and sort your split peas if you haven't already. Make sure there aren't any rocks or any other objects in there! Add the peas to the water, as well as the onion/garlic mix.
A pinch of kosher salt, and liberal grindings of black pepper should be added as well. Obviously this is to taste, since we enjoy pepper we add a bunch. :)
Since peas don't take long to get tender, if you put the crockpot on high it will be done in around an hour. Make sure you take a hand blender and mash up the peas, making sure to leave it lumpy for the texture. Add the flax seed, and turn to low/warm until ready to serve.
Serve with sprinkled crispy bacon on top, or shredded cheese.
This is what we're eating today. :) Yum.
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup chopped onion
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon minced garlic
32 ounces dried green or yellow split peas, picked over and rinsed
4 cups chicken broth
4 cups water (or so)
5 or 6 slices of bacon, well done
2 Tablespoons of flax seed, ground
1 sprinkle basil
((*substitutes? You can leave out the chicken broth, and use more water. You can use leaks instead of onions, and technically you can use table salt and pre-ground pepper, but it changes the taste. :())
Start by putting water and broth in crockpot and turn to high. Fry up the bacon slices and crumble them up. Put about 1/3 of the bacon into the crockpot now. The rest will go in as it is served to add crunch. :) You may need to add more water later in the cooking process, depending on how thin or thick you'd like your soup.
In a small pot melt the butter over medium heat and add the onions and garlic. Keep the temperature below a simmer, and stir frequently until the onions are soft.
Now you're going to want to wash, and sort your split peas if you haven't already. Make sure there aren't any rocks or any other objects in there! Add the peas to the water, as well as the onion/garlic mix.
A pinch of kosher salt, and liberal grindings of black pepper should be added as well. Obviously this is to taste, since we enjoy pepper we add a bunch. :)
Since peas don't take long to get tender, if you put the crockpot on high it will be done in around an hour. Make sure you take a hand blender and mash up the peas, making sure to leave it lumpy for the texture. Add the flax seed, and turn to low/warm until ready to serve.
Serve with sprinkled crispy bacon on top, or shredded cheese.
This is what we're eating today. :) Yum.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Almost a Decade
Zachary's 9 today.
What an exciting day! We're going to go out to dinner, and spend time together as a family.
Not much else going on, we're all excited about his birthday!
What an exciting day! We're going to go out to dinner, and spend time together as a family.
Not much else going on, we're all excited about his birthday!
Monday, January 14, 2008
HmMmMmm
Well, now I'm sure I *could* be a bigger nerd, I'm just not sure how. All I will say, in my defense, is at least I didn't use DAoC screenshots.
We got report cards for the kids today. Zachary is still getting all A's - he's so brilliant! I wish his teacher would send him home with more homework, so we could be more interactive with his learning process. I haven't even had the chance to meet his new "Texas Imported" teacher, who had to leave town during conferences, and short of showing up in the middle of class hasn't given me the opportunity to meet her. (grrr.)
Sarah is over-performing, which I'm very proud of. Her teacher is very fun, I enjoy talking to her. She's going to have such an easy time with school, I'm going to have to find a way to keep her interested so she doesn't let her mind wander like I did.
Joshua's a helper in class, always helping everyone. His teachers always love him. (It's easy to do. ;)) Unfortunately, I think his teacher is a bit flakey. (And I swear it has nothing to do with her 5 foot 9 slender model figure and flowing golden blonde hair--augh!!) She drives me nuts with her circle talk and "smoothing over" skills.
Gabriel is getting along decently well, although he aparently gets distracted by Sarah being in the class next door to him. His teacher was teaching second grade last year, because her class was next to Zachary's class last year. Was putting her in charge of K a demotion from 2nd?? <.< >.>
Joshua and Gabriel's report cards are things I will be discussing with the principal sometime soon. They both show lack of mastery in several areas, and I disagree. They show proficiency with these things all the time, and I feel like their teachers are slackers to say the least. I'm really just not impressed with this school. :( I forgot how much I hated the Oklahoma School System, but I let Mom talk me into believing it was just perspective. Well, it isn't.
Amaya's getting so big. She's addicted to Telletubbies now. These shows drive me nuts. Anyone know good shows ? -.-
Anyways-- tomorrow is Zachary's birthday. He's going to be 9. When did he get so big?? I remember just yesterday he was starting school on base, and ....and.....sigh.
Friday, January 11, 2008
No News
I Miss Idaho
Still no word on the job, I guess I'll be getting dressed Monday and heading out with resumes. How fun!
I miss having adult friends, but we can't seem to get along with the people in this state. We talked briefly to a couple with two kids who lived a couple of doors down from us. For some reason one day they snatched their children bodily back into their apartment to keep them from playing with our kids. Since I wasn't outside, I'll never get the whole story, but they wouldn't allow their children to come out to play with us after that. Screw them anyways, they have a problem with my kids, they have a problem with me---and....then I have a problem with them and it gets really sticky at that point. -.- lol
We've made a choice, and we're sticking to it. We have a plan made out and everything.... It's pretty big news, for me anyways.
We Are Moving Back To Idaho!!!
I'm so excited. We're saving up, making plans, and hopefully we can move soon because Oklahoma is just not working out for us at all!
The kids are so happy to be back in school, and I'm happy they're back in school. Don't get me wrong, they are the reason my little world goes around, but 5 kids in a 3 bedroom apartment over winter break with no yard to play in and no parks nearby? ....ugh I hate this city. Can't wait to move!!!!!!
Anyways, I'm off to put pictures on these keychains Dad bought for Mom and Grandma. They have little LED screens, and were only $17!! Anyways, since I have pictures from my sister's wedding on my laptop I got volunteered for the job.
Have a Yummy Day!
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
School's In!
I'm so glad the kids are back in school. It's so quiet around here for a few hours now! I would like to say it gives me more time to get things done without distractions, but it isn't true. I haven't done anything really, just chilled and enjoyed the quiet.
Anyhow, today is Mom's 50th birthday. We're all going over to her house. It's making everything very tense here, because we have some pretty different views from my parents. Like about how to raise kids, how children should behave, and well---life in general. I know we have great kids, I've had a small hand in raising them to be as bright and wonderful as they are. I shouldn't need my parents' approval, but for some reason as with all things in my life great and small, I sort of wish they could see how great their own daughter is. Yea, right.
Not sure what Dad has planned for tonight, but I'm sure it'll backfire. Or my little sister will show up and throw a fit like she usually does, until everyone's angry at her or eachother and wishes they had never shown up.
My parents changed the locks so my little sister wouldn't be able to "move back" into their house---again. So she's pretty pissed at them. I don't blame her--they've had the same lock on that house for 15 years, and change it because of her. In their defense, she was stealing painkillers and is quite addicted. In her defense...they're her parents! THEY SHOULD BE HELPING HER!! .......anyways, they didn't tell her about the small Christmas get together they had. It wasn't formal, I had gone over to wrap kids' presents since we didn't really have the room here. My little brother was there, because he fell at work and couldn't move (lol, trapped him!) and my older sister and her husband showed up, and then Mom came home from work. So, it was basically Mom and Dad's whole family, minus my little sister. They lied to her over the phone about people being over, lied about what was going on, and I left soon after that because I was mad at them for treating her like that.
Then a few days later my little sister called me, and I was shocked as I looked at the caller ID, but happy she'd think to call me at all. ................but all she wanted was to know if we had any left over pain killers she could get from us, because she's in "so much pain." I really want to believe her, but after 5 years and dozens of doctors unable to find anything wrong with her, my faith is being testing a bit too hard.
Oh...I didn't mean to rant. :
I'm sure there will be another post later, after the fiasco at Mom's birthday.
Have a wonderful day!
Anyhow, today is Mom's 50th birthday. We're all going over to her house. It's making everything very tense here, because we have some pretty different views from my parents. Like about how to raise kids, how children should behave, and well---life in general. I know we have great kids, I've had a small hand in raising them to be as bright and wonderful as they are. I shouldn't need my parents' approval, but for some reason as with all things in my life great and small, I sort of wish they could see how great their own daughter is. Yea, right.
Not sure what Dad has planned for tonight, but I'm sure it'll backfire. Or my little sister will show up and throw a fit like she usually does, until everyone's angry at her or eachother and wishes they had never shown up.
My parents changed the locks so my little sister wouldn't be able to "move back" into their house---again. So she's pretty pissed at them. I don't blame her--they've had the same lock on that house for 15 years, and change it because of her. In their defense, she was stealing painkillers and is quite addicted. In her defense...they're her parents! THEY SHOULD BE HELPING HER!! .......anyways, they didn't tell her about the small Christmas get together they had. It wasn't formal, I had gone over to wrap kids' presents since we didn't really have the room here. My little brother was there, because he fell at work and couldn't move (lol, trapped him!) and my older sister and her husband showed up, and then Mom came home from work. So, it was basically Mom and Dad's whole family, minus my little sister. They lied to her over the phone about people being over, lied about what was going on, and I left soon after that because I was mad at them for treating her like that.
Then a few days later my little sister called me, and I was shocked as I looked at the caller ID, but happy she'd think to call me at all. ................but all she wanted was to know if we had any left over pain killers she could get from us, because she's in "so much pain." I really want to believe her, but after 5 years and dozens of doctors unable to find anything wrong with her, my faith is being testing a bit too hard.
Oh...I didn't mean to rant. :
I'm sure there will be another post later, after the fiasco at Mom's birthday.
Have a wonderful day!
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Put on Hold
There really isn't anything worse than being put on hold.
Especially when it's about a job, and you're in desperate need of money.
Anyways, this job I've been waiting on for half of forever is aparently waiting on my background check to come back; which seems a bit fishy to me, as there's nothing they could possibly dreg up about me unless they're hunting down ex'es. ;) I mean seriously I went for the drug test/background test starting paper work the week before the New Year. Doesn't that seem a bit too long? Well, it does to me.
So I've put my book on hold for a few days while I let my brain veg out. I've been playing Anarchy Online, since it's free. It's a pretty fun game, but it's way complicated.
Oh, I have a fun story about my apartment to share. When we moved in here, we complained at length because there was paint on the carpet. Not only on the carpet, but on everything including sinks, and the heat elements of the crap stove. It looked like they gave a monkey a roller brush and a vat of paint and set it loose on this place. Plug faceplates painted over, cable outlets, everything, coated in this tacky cheap paint. On some walls, there is debris all over that was painted onto the walls, and it won't come off and it just pesters the hell out of me. Anyways, the bathtub has been chipping for some time now, and lastnight I got a glimpse of the tub beneath the paint. Brown, stained, and gross! So I dumped a bunch of bleach in, scrubbed until I wasn't angry anymore, and now it's all pretty and white and paint splotched. :) It was another sign of how gross this complex is on top of all the other problems we've faced!
Tomorrow is Mom's 50th birthday. Dad called to invite us to her dinner, or well....I think it was "us," he didn't really say who all was invited. I'm going to have to call and clarify later. If he didn't invite all of us, then no one will be going. I hate to sound really petty, and I know it's Mom's birthday and we should all be nice and get along or whatever, but I refuse to go to a family function if I can't take my family and have us all be welcome. :
So I'm excited today, to say the least. I could have a job by the end of this week, and it'll be so fun and such. I know there's nothing on my background report, so it's a pretty positive thing. :)
Have a great day#$%^&*!
Especially when it's about a job, and you're in desperate need of money.
Anyways, this job I've been waiting on for half of forever is aparently waiting on my background check to come back; which seems a bit fishy to me, as there's nothing they could possibly dreg up about me unless they're hunting down ex'es. ;) I mean seriously I went for the drug test/background test starting paper work the week before the New Year. Doesn't that seem a bit too long? Well, it does to me.
So I've put my book on hold for a few days while I let my brain veg out. I've been playing Anarchy Online, since it's free. It's a pretty fun game, but it's way complicated.
Oh, I have a fun story about my apartment to share. When we moved in here, we complained at length because there was paint on the carpet. Not only on the carpet, but on everything including sinks, and the heat elements of the crap stove. It looked like they gave a monkey a roller brush and a vat of paint and set it loose on this place. Plug faceplates painted over, cable outlets, everything, coated in this tacky cheap paint. On some walls, there is debris all over that was painted onto the walls, and it won't come off and it just pesters the hell out of me. Anyways, the bathtub has been chipping for some time now, and lastnight I got a glimpse of the tub beneath the paint. Brown, stained, and gross! So I dumped a bunch of bleach in, scrubbed until I wasn't angry anymore, and now it's all pretty and white and paint splotched. :) It was another sign of how gross this complex is on top of all the other problems we've faced!
Tomorrow is Mom's 50th birthday. Dad called to invite us to her dinner, or well....I think it was "us," he didn't really say who all was invited. I'm going to have to call and clarify later. If he didn't invite all of us, then no one will be going. I hate to sound really petty, and I know it's Mom's birthday and we should all be nice and get along or whatever, but I refuse to go to a family function if I can't take my family and have us all be welcome. :
So I'm excited today, to say the least. I could have a job by the end of this week, and it'll be so fun and such. I know there's nothing on my background report, so it's a pretty positive thing. :)
Have a great day#$%^&*!
Sunday, January 6, 2008
WOO!
Oh yea, I'm awesome! I rock! blahblah..
I finished the outline. I'm starting the rough draft. This is going to be so exciting!
I need proof-readers! :D
I finished the outline. I'm starting the rough draft. This is going to be so exciting!
I need proof-readers! :D
I did it!!
I did it!! I finished the entire series.
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Shopaholic Abroad (Shopaholic takes Manhattan)
Shopaholic ties the Knot
Shopaholic & Sister
Shopaholic & Baby
-----what fun! I haven't decided where to go from here, though. I wanted to read the Divine Comedy, but it's slightly harder to follow than the Shopaholic books where, and I find my mind wandering at length.
I went sorting through more boxes, and got my livingroom back in order over the weekend. It didn't take much effort, really, since I force the kids to keep the livingroom clean every day. :)
I'm also plotting out a new schedule for the weekly cleaning. I find myself slipping, and focusing too much on one room and ignoring others. Being out of work has thrown me for a loop, because I'm definately not used to being at home all the time. I miss it! I recently got a letter from the Social Security Administration and it listed off the amounts of money I'd made each year since I started working. It almost made me cry, to see the year that I just didn't work at all, because Kelly was in the military and we lived on base, and I didn't need to work. I miss that, sitting with the kids all day and playing games. I really enjoyed spending so much time with them, but now with them in school it wouldn't be the same anyways.
Oh well, I've been working at length on my book, and I've sorted through my contacts on deviantart.com, and I may even start posting on there again some time soon. I haven't had a chance to write much for all the work I was doing.
Amaya has become quite addicted to this show called Boobah. It's cute, but after so many times of watching it the stupid things become mildly annoyoing. It's definately an adorable show, because through most of it they have sounds of children laughing, little kids mostly, and it's very infectious.
Anyways, off to clean and cook. Enjoy!
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Shopaholic Abroad (Shopaholic takes Manhattan)
Shopaholic ties the Knot
Shopaholic & Sister
Shopaholic & Baby
-----what fun! I haven't decided where to go from here, though. I wanted to read the Divine Comedy, but it's slightly harder to follow than the Shopaholic books where, and I find my mind wandering at length.
I went sorting through more boxes, and got my livingroom back in order over the weekend. It didn't take much effort, really, since I force the kids to keep the livingroom clean every day. :)
I'm also plotting out a new schedule for the weekly cleaning. I find myself slipping, and focusing too much on one room and ignoring others. Being out of work has thrown me for a loop, because I'm definately not used to being at home all the time. I miss it! I recently got a letter from the Social Security Administration and it listed off the amounts of money I'd made each year since I started working. It almost made me cry, to see the year that I just didn't work at all, because Kelly was in the military and we lived on base, and I didn't need to work. I miss that, sitting with the kids all day and playing games. I really enjoyed spending so much time with them, but now with them in school it wouldn't be the same anyways.
Oh well, I've been working at length on my book, and I've sorted through my contacts on deviantart.com, and I may even start posting on there again some time soon. I haven't had a chance to write much for all the work I was doing.
Amaya has become quite addicted to this show called Boobah. It's cute, but after so many times of watching it the stupid things become mildly annoyoing. It's definately an adorable show, because through most of it they have sounds of children laughing, little kids mostly, and it's very infectious.
Anyways, off to clean and cook. Enjoy!
Friday, January 4, 2008
!!!
I've been reading a lot lately, the Shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella. I completely blame Sandra for it. (http://familycorner.blogspot.com) as I got the idea from her book blog.
Also, had a lot of time to think about the outline for my book, which is really starting to flesh out quite nicely. I've changed the setting and characters quite drastically, and I think it'll work out a lot better this way.
We have been playing the Wii my parents got the kids for Christmas a lot lately. The baby has gotten quite good at one of the games, the one where you race cows. It's pretty hilarious.
It's so cold here....well it was mild today, but it HAS been cold. Since our windows are terribly insulated, we put sheets up over them, which has helped keep it much warmer in here. I really hate how terrible this apartment complex is, I don't know why I thought we'd get anything decent at such a low price. In fact, we're probably getting exactly what we pay for, bleh!
Anyways, not much else going on. I'm off to read "Shopaholic & Sister" which looks like it's book 4 of the new series I'm hooked on. Hope it's as fun as the others!
Also, had a lot of time to think about the outline for my book, which is really starting to flesh out quite nicely. I've changed the setting and characters quite drastically, and I think it'll work out a lot better this way.
We have been playing the Wii my parents got the kids for Christmas a lot lately. The baby has gotten quite good at one of the games, the one where you race cows. It's pretty hilarious.
It's so cold here....well it was mild today, but it HAS been cold. Since our windows are terribly insulated, we put sheets up over them, which has helped keep it much warmer in here. I really hate how terrible this apartment complex is, I don't know why I thought we'd get anything decent at such a low price. In fact, we're probably getting exactly what we pay for, bleh!
Anyways, not much else going on. I'm off to read "Shopaholic & Sister" which looks like it's book 4 of the new series I'm hooked on. Hope it's as fun as the others!
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Early Spring Cleaning
I've spent almost an entire week now, sorting through everything we own. I've thrown things out, sorted, repacked, and forced the kids to help with the whole mess. Needless to say they are not really happy with me right now. If only I had eBay figured out a bit better, we could sell all this clothing, I think we'll just donate it instead. Either way, we've had a very productive Winter Break to say the least, and now we're all excited and ready for school to start again next Tuesday.
I've decided to pick up a few hobbies again, mainly writing and sketching. Hopefully it will help clear my mind, and rid me of the limitless frustration I've had going on lately. Winter always brings a certain level of restless energy to our house, and since we moved to "this neighborhood" the kids are unable to play outside as much as they desperately need to.
Reading is another thing I'm picking up again, and I'm getting most of my book suggestions from my husband, and a friend who posts in her blog here at blogspot as well. (http://familycorner.blogspot.com) Her blog is amazing! Hopefully if I keep up with it I can have as much fun with this as she does. I'm currently in the process of downloading the Shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella, as well as persuing the Divine Comedy.
We're also working on an outline for a story I've had brewing for several years. My husband enjoys being on my creative team, lucky for me! I've also decided to begin posting again at deviantart.com, my page there is http://toxic-erotica.deviantart.com. It will start slowly, as usual, but hopefully I can dedicate more time to the persuit of these hobbies this year. A little time management will help!
There is also another blog I'm working on, a family friendly gaming blog. http://confessionsofagamergurl.blogspot.com.
Idle hands are the devil's tools, so I'm finding a way to keep them busy.
I've decided to pick up a few hobbies again, mainly writing and sketching. Hopefully it will help clear my mind, and rid me of the limitless frustration I've had going on lately. Winter always brings a certain level of restless energy to our house, and since we moved to "this neighborhood" the kids are unable to play outside as much as they desperately need to.
Reading is another thing I'm picking up again, and I'm getting most of my book suggestions from my husband, and a friend who posts in her blog here at blogspot as well. (http://familycorner.blogspot.com) Her blog is amazing! Hopefully if I keep up with it I can have as much fun with this as she does. I'm currently in the process of downloading the Shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella, as well as persuing the Divine Comedy.
We're also working on an outline for a story I've had brewing for several years. My husband enjoys being on my creative team, lucky for me! I've also decided to begin posting again at deviantart.com, my page there is http://toxic-erotica.deviantart.com. It will start slowly, as usual, but hopefully I can dedicate more time to the persuit of these hobbies this year. A little time management will help!
There is also another blog I'm working on, a family friendly gaming blog. http://confessionsofagamergurl.blogspot.com.
Idle hands are the devil's tools, so I'm finding a way to keep them busy.
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Happy 2008
Here comes another year, and another blog. I've wiped all my previous entries, and decided to start this thing over again. I went from a tech blog, to an artsy blog, and my last terrible blog was a political thing, which I'm not too good at. Now, I'll just post at random and see if anyone can keep up.
I'm a working mother of five. When I say working, I mean: I work, but my family comes first. I also enjoy online gaming, reading, and writing. I dabble in some artistic crafts--but never anything serious. It's pretty much a simple life of family and hobbies. My husband is a retired USAF Sgt. and computer geek, who's always right. We have five beautiful children, (by age) Zachary, Joshua, Sarah, Gabriel and Amaya. They range in age (currently) from 8 to 2.
The kids are out of school for Christmas break, and since I abandoned my most recent job before the break, I've gotten to spend a lot of time with them. It's been a lot of fun!
Zachary got an award for being one of the top students in the school. This is from his great grades, willing and helpful attitude, and lack of disciplinary problems so far this year. He's on the principal's honor roll, and got to go out to lunch with the principal because of it.
Joshua is progressing as well, although at his grade they don't do the same awards they do at Zachary's. He's ahead of his class in most areas, and his teacher adores him--it's an easy adoration to catch on to. He's a helpful child, and enjoys going to school.
Sarah and Gabriel are both doing well in their classes, Sarah is somewhat a teachers pet and is far ahead of her class. I feel at times I should've let her go to school last year, although it would've ended up being late. I realized in around January that her birthday was before the cut-off date, unlike Gabriel's. They enjoy being in the same grade, their classes are next door to one another, so it worked out for the best I think. Gabriel's a bit on the shy side, and I think having his sister closer helps him out.
Amaya is learning her letters and numbers with flare, and taking great pride in herself for yelling them at random moments. She may be going to daycare soon, which I'm sure she will absolutely enjoy--she's so lonely during the day when the other kids are at school.
Overall the children we have in school are all brilliant, and continually out perform the rest of their classes, I'd like to say it's genetics, but I think it's just good parenting.
My recent persuits include a book titled "Coyote" by Allen Steel. This is a sci-fi book about a group of political dissenters who basically hijack a multimillion dollar space ship and rocket off to a new, uninhabited planet. It highlights the life of the teenage generation of settlers, and follows the trial and error of living in a wild environment. I greatly enjoyed this book, although there are times when the technical side got to be a bit long-winded. It did give the story a sense of reality, but it distracted from the immersion factor since I don't always understand the theory behind the long-winded descriptions. Either way, it was a great read and I happily give it a 7/10 subtracting three for the long-winded nature of technical explainations. The character development is delightful, although there are some chunky spots towards the middle.
Well it looks like it's way past bed time. I have a billion things to wrap up, and a pile of books to dig through.
Happy Surfing!
**Our children enjoy their learning experiences at school, and at home. We promote Study Dog and StarFall.com, great tools for all young minds! Our schools have StarFall in their classes!
I'm a working mother of five. When I say working, I mean: I work, but my family comes first. I also enjoy online gaming, reading, and writing. I dabble in some artistic crafts--but never anything serious. It's pretty much a simple life of family and hobbies. My husband is a retired USAF Sgt. and computer geek, who's always right. We have five beautiful children, (by age) Zachary, Joshua, Sarah, Gabriel and Amaya. They range in age (currently) from 8 to 2.
The kids are out of school for Christmas break, and since I abandoned my most recent job before the break, I've gotten to spend a lot of time with them. It's been a lot of fun!
Zachary got an award for being one of the top students in the school. This is from his great grades, willing and helpful attitude, and lack of disciplinary problems so far this year. He's on the principal's honor roll, and got to go out to lunch with the principal because of it.
Joshua is progressing as well, although at his grade they don't do the same awards they do at Zachary's. He's ahead of his class in most areas, and his teacher adores him--it's an easy adoration to catch on to. He's a helpful child, and enjoys going to school.
Sarah and Gabriel are both doing well in their classes, Sarah is somewhat a teachers pet and is far ahead of her class. I feel at times I should've let her go to school last year, although it would've ended up being late. I realized in around January that her birthday was before the cut-off date, unlike Gabriel's. They enjoy being in the same grade, their classes are next door to one another, so it worked out for the best I think. Gabriel's a bit on the shy side, and I think having his sister closer helps him out.
Amaya is learning her letters and numbers with flare, and taking great pride in herself for yelling them at random moments. She may be going to daycare soon, which I'm sure she will absolutely enjoy--she's so lonely during the day when the other kids are at school.
Overall the children we have in school are all brilliant, and continually out perform the rest of their classes, I'd like to say it's genetics, but I think it's just good parenting.
My recent persuits include a book titled "Coyote" by Allen Steel. This is a sci-fi book about a group of political dissenters who basically hijack a multimillion dollar space ship and rocket off to a new, uninhabited planet. It highlights the life of the teenage generation of settlers, and follows the trial and error of living in a wild environment. I greatly enjoyed this book, although there are times when the technical side got to be a bit long-winded. It did give the story a sense of reality, but it distracted from the immersion factor since I don't always understand the theory behind the long-winded descriptions. Either way, it was a great read and I happily give it a 7/10 subtracting three for the long-winded nature of technical explainations. The character development is delightful, although there are some chunky spots towards the middle.
Well it looks like it's way past bed time. I have a billion things to wrap up, and a pile of books to dig through.
Happy Surfing!
**Our children enjoy their learning experiences at school, and at home. We promote Study Dog and StarFall.com, great tools for all young minds! Our schools have StarFall in their classes!
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