Its about me and my family. Mainly me and the girls. I may twitter or tweet alot but its mostly thoughts and going ons here at home and thoughts about what we might be doing on weekend or our adventures. Sit down and Enjoy what you are reading.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Our Park Day...

Here are some photo's of the girls and daddy.. and just some photo's..











Last but not least my work for a dear friend of mine in blogland..





This last photo may need some explaining. I made a bonnet to go with the sweater. I think its adorable. I cant figure out the booties that go with the sweater but I think the bonnet and sweater do it justice.. You will notice I used the same colors I used for the afghan.. I think its beautiful.

Saturday, September 13, 2008

I Think It Was Dream..

Hi all. Jeff and I wont be going on our vacation. We are even thinking about not going to Chicago this year. I have to e-mail Candy yet about that one.. We rushed into it and we just found out that Jeff's grandmother just had hip surgery. She fell and broke her hip and isnt up to company right now. We understand totally.

I was so looking forward to going but hey there is always next year if she is still around. But the girls are going to go spend some time with his mother and then in July we are thinking about letting my mom take them for a week. I dont know about that one. We will have to more than likely bring them up there and then go get them too. That is a lot of money and gas for us. I was hoping my parents could bring them home because its a ways to drive to get them from my mom's house.

Oh well we will figure something out when the time comes. But the girls are excited about going to stay with grandma A and grandma S... We will let them have them from a Saturday to Saturday next month. We will bring them to his mothers house and then come home and then his mother will bring them home the following weekend. That is how it should be really. I dont mean to have to do all the driving.

Anyway I dont have a clue when we are taking a vacation. Jeff said something about next year taking a cruise but its more a dream than anything right now.. Just dreaming on getting out and going some place. I am almost done with Helene's suprise and I need to see if she wants me to post that here or have her recieve it before she see's it on the internet..

I am hoping she likes it. I know I do and I am so proud of my work. I need to finish it up though. Its so hard not to say what it is.. But I dont want to ruin the suprise just quite yet..

One of the managers at work last night her daughter just had a baby in July and she brought her in and she was so cute. I love looking and holding but glad I can give them back now. I love my two but I am glad we are done with the diapers.. LOL.. Well I suppose I need to go start dinner. Talk to you all Monday..

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Hurricane Survival List.. Thanks to my Parents..

I thought this was funny. I mean come on how many people have sense of humor lately. Laugh a little. It does one justice... LOL... I am in a good mood lately.. I know two posts in one day come on.. But there are hours between the two...


Toilet Paper.........................................check

Bud Light.............................................check

Keystone Ice........................................check

Budweiser..........................................check

Red Dog...............................................check

Misc. other bottles of alcohol......................check

Piece of plywood to float your old lady and booze on ....... Check









What I have been up Too

Hey all you know I am making a dear blog friend a baby afghan. Well the blanket is done but I am making a suprise to go in with the baby afghan since I have left over yarn for the suprise. My first attempt at making one so I am hoping it turns out.. LOL.. Silly me. I am not tired. I just got home about 15 minutes ago. Give me an hour and I will be awake. I dont have to work tonight so its ok.

I have to work all weekend though. If I have one complaint about this job its working every weekend. They should be switching us around every weekend since there are enough of us to do so. One weekend a month we should have off. LOL... But hey I am enjoying my hours.

The girls are doing great. Kora finally got her curriculum book I wanted to get her and she is grasping what a noun is pretty fast. We worked on Proper Nouns today. then she gets into the harder math later on. I am still working on her flash cards math being wrote down in a special notebook for her and then we write down her spelling words she is learning in her spelling area. She writes them down three times for me and then next week I will do a small spelling test with her for fun. Just to see what she remembers. I know I used to enjoy spelling tests. It just gives her some idea what she knows exactly.

Brianna is writing her name but we have to write it down with a highlighter first and have her copy it. but she enjoys doing it. She feels like a big girl with Kora when we let her do it. She can do it on her own but just for practice I make her copy my letters. She is growing up so fast. She was singing her ABC's to me tonight before I left. Sweet. I miss them both so much.

But hey its worth haveing the extra paycheck coming in. Boy is it getting chilly here. I have to take the pool down tomorrow. No more water for us this year. I told the girls if it warms back up we will just play with the hose but otherwise I am taking the pool down. Well I suppose. I need to go get ready for bed and then tomorrow do some cleaning. The litter box needs changing and the girls need baths, and then I need to sweep and mop and laundry.. Well catch you all later. N...

Tuesday, September 09, 2008

MENTAL HOSPITAL PHONE MENU

Hello and thank you for calling The State Mental Hospital.

Please select from the following options menu:

If you are obsessive-compulsive, press 1 repeatedly.

If you are co-dependent, please ask someone to press 2 for you.

If you have multiple personalities, press 3, 4, 5 and 6.

If you are paranoid, we know who you are and what you want,

stay on the line so we can trace your call.

If you are delusional, press 7 and

your call will be forwarded to the Mother Ship.

If you are schizophrenic, listen carefully

and a little voice will tell You which number to press.

If you are manic-depressive, hang up.

It doesn't matter which number you press,

nothing will make you happy anyway.

If you are dyslexic, press 9-6-9-6.

If you are bipolar, please leave a message after t he beep

or before the beep or after the beep.

But Please wait for the beep.

If you have short-term memory loss, press 9.

If you have short-term memory loss, press 9.

If you have short-term memory loss, press 9.

If you have low self-esteem, please hang up.

Our operators are too busy to talk with you.

If you are menopausal, put the gun down,

hang up, turn on the fan, lie down and cry.

You won't be crazy forever.

If you are blonde, don't press any buttons.

You'll just mess it up.

This coming week is

National Mental Health Care week.

You can do your part by remembering

to contact at least

one unstable person to show you care.

(Well, my job is done . Your turn!)

Monday, September 08, 2008

Tired but Doing Great..

Hi there. You all know the job is going well. I have worked my Ass off lately. I have been called into work two days when I was suppose to and of course I took the hours.. But now a girl that just started late last month got herself fired last night. She is pregnant and has a bad back and cant do much.

She said she had all this experience when they hired her and then when doing the job had none.. Yikes... I even admitted to the guy that hired me I dont care for the headsets but he wanted to hire me anyway and they have found my favorite spots. I can do fries rather quickly now and the back line making the burgers.

Saturday night I was presenting the food to the customers and this one car came through. I think it was the same kids that I mentioned before about the one saying I was sleeping with his father I had no idea who the damned kid was.. p

Well anyway I think this same car came through on Saturday and they ordered and the drive asked for some BBQ sauce and when I opened up the window to had out the sauce the kid in the back seat threw a rock at my glasses. He was aiming at my lenses. Thankfully I moved out of instinct. Well the manager saw it and so did the car behind him but no one was fast enough to get there liscense plate number. Damned kids... I was so mad I was ready to jump through the window and strangle each and everyone of them.

Then I worked last night when I was suppose to have last night off. I am seeing I am the only reliable one there except for the the people that have been there for a year or more.. I have been doing this job for almost two months and I havent called in once.

Anyway I have been up for half an hour and need to go get something to eat. I will catch you all later. Have a great day and I am going to enjoy my day off unless they call me in tonight. I can always tell them no but right now we could use the money and I might as well work if they are willing to let me. N...

Sunday, September 07, 2008

This is funny..

Priceless.....

Regardless of your party affiliation this one is great.
New Cereal Box for 2008






Catch you all tomorrow. I have something to say but I can do it tomorrow. Talk to you all later. N...

Friday, September 05, 2008

Want to do some early X-mas Shopping..

Hey I still have a whole bunch of Afghans from last year and scarves and headbands still from last year I made that I didnt sell if you want to start an early X-mas shopping. Just let me know via e-mail and look on my Crafting blog. I am not linking to it but its there. Tweety's Crafting Gallery.. N..

Thursday, September 04, 2008

I know I have been slacking

Ok my friends. I know I posted about us playing in the water this last weekend. It was hot and humid and just horrid but beautiful in the water. Its cold today but its suppose to go back up to the upper 70's for the next ten days after the rain stops tomorrow.

I am so looking forward to getting out. My hours are being cut by a day for winter but hey I was expecting it. It was dead last night. What else can you do when you have a job like mine but hey at least its a job right. It still pays the bills.

Jeff and I have no idea what we are doing. He has decided on something but I have to get in contact with two blogging friends and see whats up in there neck of the woods first. Candy Minx and Grizzly Mama for those are the two I am talking about.

Jeff wants to take a quick trip out to see his Grandmother in PA. I cant remember how to spell the dang state and I went to public schools all my life.. LOL.. See they arent the best. i am not trying to promote home schooling either but what do these small misgivings give us as adults when I dont need to know how to spell that state for my job...

Anyway I am done and gone for today. I need to have Kora read to me and then we are about to have dinner when Jeff comes home. Talk to you all soon. N...

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Hi World...

Hope you all had a wonderful Labor Day Weekend. We enjoyed ours really. We had fun with the family that came over. The kids had fun. They went swimming and then they all came in and we sat around and talked for hours. The kids played games. The kids pulled out Stay Alive, then the Bubble Game Kora got for X-mas. Then they played Twister before Nina and Rowan went home. Wish I would have gotten some photo's of them playing Twister. That was funny.



Then yesterday we went to the park. I even played in the water with the girls and so did Jeff a bit. Not much but enough to make them happy. It was just a relax and be a family day.

Me working on a puzzle book (word Search).... My favorites.













Last but not least.. Miss S.. LOL...




Enjoy my friends. I have cleaning to do before making my rounds. We started school today here at home. Kora is working on last years math cards written down in a notebook and Bri's learning how to make her letters to her name..

BoldUpdateJust checking my bold and seeing why this wont post my edited page when I want to edit my post for some reason. It saves it as a draft but it wont save what else I have put at the bottom of the damned post. Lets see if this works this time. If not I am lost with it for the time being.

Friday, August 29, 2008

Thanks BJ....




You See the World Through Blue Colored Glasses



You live your life with tranquility. You have faith that things will work themselves out with time.

You judge all your interactions through the lens of hope. You try to get all the facts before forming your opinion.



You face challenges with wisdom. You know that all bad things pass, and you have the confidence to see problems through.

You see love as the utmost expression of trust. Your relationships tend to be peaceful and stable.



At your worst, you can be cool, melancholy, and detached. You sometimes have to step back from emotionally charged situations.

You are at your happiest when you are able to reflect and relax.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Things...

Hi all. The girls have a play date a park tomorrow with a new set of friends. We have a new family in the home schooling group that is going to meet us at the park tomorrow. I havent met them yet but some of the others have. This new couple has an eight year old girl if I remember right. Will have more info tomorrow on how old she is and what she likes and how the play date went.

Then on Saturday we have our cook out with another home schooling family. I am still looking forward to that one. Even with them being vegetarian. I have thought long and hard on all of your comments about this and you all are right. I guess I was just trying to figure out how the kids were getting there protein. I mean its hard sometimes with us meat eaters to get it all.

Anyway I have to work tonight but have tomorrow off again. Every other day this week except Friday and Saturday. Yikes.. I work every weekend. I dont mind but we dont get to do much with me working every weekend.

We are looking at making a trip some place in Oct. Jeff has four vacation days left and a lot of sick days so we are looking at taking Oct 15-20th off and doing something with those days. He is thinking about taking us to Chicago for a couple of days to see a few things. They have a great big Zoo and some kind of Aquarium. Its like Sea World. But that is still up in the air yet. We will be putting my next few checks in the bank for that trip if we go. We have enough to pay our bills with his checks but mine are for stuff like this.

Since we brought Snowie home she is more cuddly than she was before we got her Spayed. She wants to be held all the time and she loves sleeping with me after Jeff leaves in the morning. I will wake up on my tummy and find her on my butt. The stinker. I cant roll over until she moves or I am afraid of hurting her.. Or she loves sleeping on my side. If I am on my side she curls up on my hip and refuses to move. Again i am afraid of rolling her off my side when I roll over. She is so cute.

The other day after we brought her home I was holding her and Jeff scratched behind her ears and she let out the loudest purrr. You could have heard her half way across the room. She just loves him but she tries to figure out why that big guy in the house doesnt like her. She hasnt attacked the girls either since we brought her home. She needs one more shot for the year and then we are done. Yayyy. She got her booster Rabies shot when she was Spayed..

I know I am rambling but that is what I do when lots on my mind. We have a new girl but I think she is going to have to quit because she lost her babysitter. She called in this week already and twice last week. Not good for her but hey its none of my business. It just makes it rough to run one person down.

Oh my goodness. You know I dont care who the girls play with usually but then there are some kids you just dont want your kids playing with. Well we have those two still in diapers or pull ups or what not behind us. Well we have been keeping the girls away from them. Its just they dont care if they stink or crap themselves or not. Well I was just telling Kora if she see's them to come in. She looks me straight in the face and tells me she is going to tell them i said if I caught her playing with them she is going to get grounded. That is not what I told her.. I told her to come in if she saw them.. Yikes Kids.. Esp MINE!!!!!!

Anyway I suppose I better get going. I have a few things to do. I got most of my stuff done yesterday but still a couple of things to do. Talk to you all soon. N...

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

What Car are You???

I'm a Mazda RX-8!



You're sporty, yet practical, and you have a style of your own. You like to have fun, and you like to bring friends along for the ride, but when it comes time for everyday chores, you're willing to do your part.


Take the Which Sports Car Are You? quiz.








You Are a Monroe Piercing



You are glamourous, sophisticated, and very classy.

You're the type to think carefully before getting any sort piercing or tattoo.



You are naturally charming. People find you to be very alluring.

Your manners are impeccable, and you always have something witty to say.



While you look like you're high maintenance, you have simple tastes.

You're a homebody who often rather curl up with a book than go out.

Monday, August 25, 2008

Tired.. Wore Down..

Hi all.I know I just started working about six weeks ago but I feel wore down and just tired. I am getting plenty of sleep and rest but I just feel wore down. Working at home and work. I am not complaining. Just stating how I feel. I know its part of being a grown up.. But sometimes I hate being grown up... LOL..

Thursday a manager and her boyfriend cook called in sick and then Friday we were two people short and it was busier than fuck.. Then Saturday we were on person short. Thankfully it wasnt as busy. I had yesterday off and then work tonight and then have tomorrow off.

I got most of my cleaning done yesterday but have laundry to do yet. But going down in a bit to do that. Snowie is home from her spaying and doing well. She is still a little sore but recoverying nicely. All I feel like doing today is laying around and watching tv. I dont even feel like doing laundry but the girls and Jeff both need clean clothes.. LOL..

We are looking at starting school next week and Kora cant even tell me what 7+4 is right off the top of her head. We have been working with her and she is so stubborn. She would never make it in a public school setting. I know what the answer is of course but want her to know. Like Jeff said if she cant do simple addition she wont be able to do long addition and subtraction. We are strongly considering repeating first grade with Kora with Math at least. We bought her some cool books for school. I dont know how it is for you Tshsmom and Grizzly Mama but here if you bring in the pink slip for home schooling to Barnes and Noble you get a discount on books.

Anyway that nosy old neighbor of mine has taken it to herself to clean out that hole where our tree was and then fill it today. She came over after she cleaned out the whole and then told me she is paying some one to put dirt back in the hole and then she is planting grass there. I just stood there and told her it was ok. I was to tired to argue with her and it was to late to tell her we wanted to keep the wood chips there since she already had them hauled away.. People.. I give up.

I know I am slightly complainging today. I just dont know what to do with Kora or life sometimes. I am trying though that is the difference. I am working with Kora as much as I can and so is Jeff but I just hate when she is stubborn and you ask her the simplest question and she cant or wont answer us.

Anyway we are doing good. The girls are adjusting to me working and I am adjusting to being away so much compared to being at home. Bri has asked when I work and she has said she misses me more and more lately. Its harder on her than it is Kora. Bri is a mommy's girl and Kora has always been more of a daddy's girl.

Well ok I am going to go catch up on my laundry. I will make rounds later tonigth maybe or if i get done with laundry earlier enough. Talk to you all soon and hope all is well. N...

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Hey

HI there World.. I have been busy today. I havent even made rounds yet and more than likely wont till I come home tonight. I might not even then. I am sorry to be lazy on making rounds but hey I am still here and doing quite well. I got my third paycheck today. Yayyy for me. I had just enough for Snowie's spaying and shots and then I bought some soda pop for the next month. They had it on sale for 5.99 a case. I bought three of them.. No I dont drink that much soda pop but enough to make me need the caffeine. LOL...

And then I bought myself a new purse today. I needed it terribly. The old one was tore to pieces basically and I needed this little boost of saying congrats to myself for sticking with the job and glad I can do it. I took one of my first orders with the headsets last night but plans changed so I didnt get to stay on the headsets like they wanted me to do when I got there. I was more than willing to try really.

Well I am in the middle of cleaning off the desk finally after a month. I know I know... I should be making that a daily chore but it doesnt come as easy as it sounds.. I have to wait and see whats important that comes out of his pockets first when he dumps things on the desk when he comes home.. Men..

I had this kid come through the drive thru last night and ask IF I was sleeping with his father.. I told him if he wanted to call me a whore he would be better off going some place else to get his food. He was drunk but only about 19 or so years old. I am not prone to telling customers things like that but hey I have to protect myself some how and some way. I tried to ignore it but he beckoned me to come to the window before he was presented with his food. I just told him what I said above and to shut up. Kids with no responsibilty. Running all hours of the night.


Anyway that is whats going on here. I will make rounds tomorrow I promise. Have great day and night and I will see you all sometime in the next few days. Enjoy.. N...

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Some photo's...

HI THERE... Here are some photo's I was promising today or soon but decided on today.... Enjoy..

Beautiful Sunset Sunday night...





3,000 piece puzzle he finished about two weeks ago but we just got hung up on the wall..




This one is in Brianna's room. she liked the cat one over the Train. Very pretty.



This a picture of the big boy from the Train Museum we went to last month. We bougth a couple of puzzles from the gift shop. So this is the Big Boy.. Enjoy..




Snowie and I... I took this one last night before going to work.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Not sure where to start today

HI all. I am not sure where to start today. I can start with saying Jeff and I have started a vitamin pack today. We went to GNC and got some vitamin packs with vitamin's, fish oil, and triflex in them. I will know more how they work in a few days after they start working.

I have to work tonight. I had the last three nights off and I have enjoyed myself with my little family. I made a ham and potatoes on Sunday and then I made Split Pea Soup. The only one that didnt like it was Brianna. I have to admit it wasnt that thick last night and it was alot better than the first time I made it. I used my slow cooker where I wasnt heating the house up farther than it already was.

Life is good here since I started working. We needed the extra income and we have been able to do more. We wanted to take the girls to the County Fair but we couldnt find out how much it was and what nots. I looked them up but couldnt find out how much it was to get them in this last weekend.

We had a small bonfire in the back yard on Sunday. We have a small fire pit one of the guys Jeff works with left last summer when we had a get together here. We were making Smores with it and the girls had fun with those.

Snowie goes in on Thursday to get her front claws declawed and her to be fixed. Its going to cost us 300 dollars but a one time deal. Then once a year she will have her shots unless she gets sick of course but I think she will be healthier here than with that FAT BITCH that I got her from.

I was talking to our neighbor down the street that is friends with Laura also about a month ago now and she said Laura was wondering why she let me have Snowie. Snowie is far from being abused. She is the most spoiled animal I have ever saw.

Oh talking about Snowie. Here is something funny. You all know that Jeff isnt particularly found of her right. Well I mean he wont abuse her but Saturday morning he got up to go to work for a few hours and he was sitting on the floor by the back door putting his boots on and she kept trying to get his attention so he turned around and rubbed her ears and she let out the loudest purrr he said. Then he went to put on his other boot and she climbed in his lap on foot at a time to see if he was going to push her away. Well he didnt and she wouldnt leave him alone. She wanted his his attention.. He kept telling her he had to go to work and she kept rubbing against his legs and such. Just cute and we laughed so hard when he told me this.

He's not afraid of her but not particularly found of her. I have some photo's for you all but dont feel like down loading them and posting them right this minute. Maybe tomorrow. We got a whole bunch of books for Kora for home schooling. We found some animal books for science this year and now we have to do is her math book I want and this big cirriculum book from Barnes and Noble the next time we go out there.

We had the big old pine tree come down last week already. I have a photo of it but its in the winter. Its a horrid tree but now its gone and the neighbor wants to take some of the dirt and such out of the whole for us. She is an older lady and cant just let it be for a while. She is nice but nosy sometimes. We want to leave it to see if it sinks in anymore really. I dont want to have a dip in the yard for anyone to get hurt in if it does dip in. but hey if she wants to fall its not ok. She mows the corner of our front yard that is attached to her yard when she does the yard.

Well off to get the girls some thing to eat. Talk soon. Hope you all have a wonderful day and I will be back when I come home from work tonight.

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Our Weekend.

Hi all. We took a mini vacation here in town. We went to one of the motels to stay for the night and let the girls swim and go down the slides. Its not the new motel we wanted to to go to. But hey it worked for the night. Hopefully you can see the girls and the slide ok.. LOL.. Being lazy today. These are not in order.. LOL.. Enjoy though.


Sunday August 17th,2008..





We are starting with the bedtime ones because I dont feel like pasting and copying right now. LOL...Saturday Agust 16th, 2008..
















Hi all. We took a mini vacation here in town. We went to one of the motels to stay for the night and let the girls swim and go down the slides. Its not the new motel we wanted to to go to. But hey it worked for the night. Hopefully you can see the girls and the slide ok.. LOL..

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Busy Busy People.

Hi there all. I have been busy busy busy working and taking care of my little family but find a few minutes to let my friends know how I am doing before I crash usually like now.. LOL.. Miss you all terribly and wish I could post more often but I like it every couple of days because now this gives me something to yack about..

I was actually talking on the headsets tonight... Yayyy me.. I was terrified of them when I first started and wouldnt put them on. Now I was listening and getting things like ice cream and iced coffee's and such tonight with listening and then talking to the person at the other end of the building with them on..

Well I do want to be in bed in twenty minutes. Just coming down from a slower night but steady. I actually did things tonight without being told to do them. Its a step in the right direction. I had to ask about the mopping tonight because I wasnt sure if he wanted me to do that or have some one else do it.But I actually took the fry hopper apart myself. Its the place where the fries are stored after they are fried and then the other thing that stores the fries before we cook them.

Its been amazingly cool here the last few days. Nice to be honest with you. The girls havent asked to go in the pool lately but we are hosting a pool party here on Saturday August 30 th for the end of the summer. We thought get some of the home schooled families together in our back yard and let the kids swim and let Jeff meet some of the people I talk to in the group and let me meet some of the dad's since I know most of the mother's.

We are having hotdogs, hamburgers, chips, a fruit salad, and soda and kool aide for the kids. The only thing that I dont understand is the one family coming is vegetarian. I dont see how the kids are getting all the nutrients they need. I mean being an adult and being vegetarian is one thing but a child. Yikes... I know Hammer you gave me a great recipe and I plan on trying it. Even with my own family. but every night I dont see a child getting enough from being a vegetarian.

I am not docking them dont get me wrong. It just makes me wonder how the kids are getting enough iron and such. Right I know none of my business. Just let it ride.. LOL.. Ok I am going to go make Jeff's lunch and hit the hay for a few hours. Talk to you all soon. N.....

Awards..

Hi all its been a few days again. I know I know. But hey you know what I was late for work last night because I read the wrong schedule. OOOPSSS.. She was ok with it this time. It happens she said and it wasnt that busy.

But anyway I have been hit with three awards. Two from Dear sweet Kitem

Kitem






Now one from Ortho. Ortho



OH goodie I am suppose to tag so many people with each but not sure who. Lets see here.

I am not going to link because I am lazy right now but check out these blogs when you get a minute if you arent familiar with them.

Tshsmom
Squirl
That Girl
Zombie Slayer
Wondering Coyote


Basically everyone on my list deserves this award so if you visit often you are more than welcome to take and reap in the awards.... Enjoy and I will be back to post about life and work in a few days again.

Here is a snip from Sunday night during bar rush. I turned around and saw these two people making out. No biggy so I told the manager they needed to go get a room. They couldnt hear me because the window was shut. But when I turned around to hand them there food there was two women sitting in the car. I had sworn there was a man and woman in the car. YIKES!!! What a suprise I had.. I dont care what your sexual preferences are but it was freaky.

Ok I am off for now. Take care..