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! :)
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