Saturdays

Another Saturday coming to an end... I have been lazy today... Not even looking at my list of things to do... No pressure, lol... Last night I cooked beef enchiladas, cheese quesadillas, corn and salad for dinner... It was a burn day so I started a fire in the fireplace... We had planned on watching part two of John Adams, started watching The Untouchables and ended up watching Underworld... I fell asleep at one part but made it through most of it this time... I fell asleep right after it though and hubby fell asleep half way through Numbers... We were in bed fast asleep by 11pm with son3 calling out at 3:30am for someone to turn on the hall light... He sleeps with a small light on his room and the hall light, which we turn off and hope he doesn't notice til morning... I was then awakened by a cat meowing at 6am, thought it was Holly but she was asleep with son3 so it must have been one of Holly's gentlemen callers outside...

We need to get her fixed as soon as possible, she is drawing attention from all the male cats in the neighborhood that are not fixed... I'm also wondering if she has a bladder of steel as she never goes that I can see... She does not use the litter box, she refuses to go out unless we go with her and then we don't see her do anything... We have only found a couple of accidents in the garage and one behind the chair in the front room, so what, she only goes once a month, lol...

Today hubby had to close to cover for another associate who had a family matter to attend to, they gave hubby a thank you note and gift card for McDonald's for switching his schedule to accommodate their vacation... So he was home this morning for family breakfast time and we got to sleep in til 8am... So talking with the boys, showering, trying to get son3 to pull his tooth and getting hubby to work was the extent of the morning...

Yesterday son3's school called me at work... During lunch recess he bonked with another boy hitting his mouth and causing his two month long loose tooth to bleed... I was like yay it came out but no it is still hanging by a thread... The poor lady in the office was flustered as he would not even let her look at it... So I got them both calmed down and went on with my day... Meanwhile it poured all day yesterday with flooding and thunder even... So hubby was worried about the boys getting home from school... Then at pick up son3 got in trouble for lying to his teacher that he had the missed work in his backpack from when he was in the office cause he thought he would get in trouble from us for bringing home classwork cause he was in the office.... When he wasn't in trouble til he lied and got in worse trouble... argh.... So no computer games for him last night and he had to do the math page as soon as he got home even though he has three days off... Of course then meanwhile the tooth is barely hanging by a thread and he still won't pull it out or let us touch it... So he was on a time out this morning, threatened him with no movies and no games, but nothing works... so the latest is I told him he has til tomorrow, but Monday me and his dad are pulling it out the hard way... with drama and trauma.... the new tooth is almost all the way in...

So this afternoon he and son2 played Heroscape, although son2 is grumpy and snappy today, watched Madagascar 2, Space Buddies (son3's fourth time), son3 is playing computer games, son2 and I watched Bones, and now son2 is doing his chores and as soon as I finish this entry I'm off to do a second load of dishes, fold laundry and watch Ghost Whisperer...

I also cooked tomorrow's dinner today... I don't really follow recipes... I use what I have, maybe look up a recipe for temperatures or seasoning suggestions... But usually I just experiment with the basics... Hubby says my experiments always come out good.... So I took 3 mini tri tip roasts and put them in the big turkey pan with two cans of chicken broth, apple vinegar, seasonings, can of pineapple with juice, potatoes and carrots and cooked it for about two hours.... I sampled a potato wedge, mmmmmmm, gonna be good....

I also mailed out the bday cards today and spent awhile on facebook and read through some blogs...

Not too much at work, I have mostly just been opening boxes to be ready for inventory next month and I am still getting used to these later hours... Tomorrow I go in early to set the ad and then work til 2pm...

Happy Journaling...

~~Changes~~

Well hubby's work finally decided on his new schedule... I don't know if I'm just fine with it or I am in shock and it hasn't hit me yet, lol... For the last 15 years I have been the go into work early mom so I can be home for the boys and for the last 10 years hubby has been the work at night dad so he could be home in the morning for the boys... The last 6 months hubby has been trying to get on more of a day schedule so he can be home with his family in the evenings... The last 4 years I have been grateful that I had a job in shoes after they eliminated my supervisor position and was allowed to still go in early even though technically no associate is needed in shoes til the store opens at 9:30 or 10... Which is why recently with the shortage of hours I changed my availability to come in a bit later and stay a bit later on some days....

Well I guess I was practicing for my new schedule cause are you ready for hubby's new schedule...........

He now works: 5:45am-2pm... I'm laughing at him, lol... until he gets used to this he will be falling asleep a lot....

Of course it means I can no longer be available early in the morning for work except on Sunday and Monday, his days off.... Of course I will still be getting up early cause I will hear hubby getting ready for work and I still have to make sure son2 is up and off to the bus and now I will have to get son3 ready for and off to school.... Plus I am liking that I have a bit of time on the computer in the morning now to do an entry...

So now I will be going into work at 9am and getting off any where between 4pm and 6pm... So the biggest adjustment will be the evening routine of who starts homework and who makes dinner... OK so lots of changes for hubby, lol... but at least he will have afternoons now to do his chores and make appointments that he used to do in the morning before he started going in at 9:30am and lost his morning chore time... I've already started doing some of my chores in the morning like loading the washer and dishwasher since I have already been going in later...

So except for hubby being tired for a while and me not liking staying at work past 3pm, I am finding a few good things with this new schedule... I know I haven't been liking the schedule we have now of both of us getting home later in the evening... Of course hubby's work gave him no choice, it was either open or move to another store at a different position and go back to closing... To adhere to the economy they are going by the book now and that requires hubby's position to open although they have always scheduled him where they needed him as he is the most dependable... we are wondering however if he will ever get a vacation... it was hard for him to get a vacation before and could not have Friday and Saturday as he was the closer... now he is the only opener... he has over 100 hours of vacation in his bank... hmmmmmmm.....

And due to the economy I had also opened up my availability so I could work later not knowing that I was getting ready for hubby's schedule change... I will let the supervisor know today... I'm sure though that when hours pick up she will still go in early and I will be staying later then her most days.... but then I always get my vacation and I have five weeks a year, which I have already put in for the week of Easter... Hope I just didn't get cocky and jinx myself, lol....

But now today is Friday... Yay... I'm sure I'll still have Wednesday's and Saturday's off... Hey I just realized with my hours opened up I could be a supervisor... NO! Just kidding... they get downsized and lose their jobs... I'm safer being an associate...

It's raining today... Smallville and Supernatural were good last night... Still need to watch Bones... Tonight I will tape Ghost Whisperer and Numbers and hubby and I will watch part two of John Adams... Son3 has already watched Space Buddies twice... He loves it and wants us all to watch it this weekend, lol...

I'm off to jump in the shower before hubby... Don't know why I'm so ahead of the day today... Looking forward to the boys having a three day weekend... And being a Gemini (we get bored easily) I'm kinda excited about this new change in schedules... I wasn't liking hubby's schedule of 9:30-6pm and him not getting home til 7pm or later if he stopped at the store to pick up milk... Not that I want to be the one getting home at 7pm...

Happy Journaling...

Just as I was about to hit publish our power went out... for about an hour... but it's back on now, we were able to finish getting ready for the day and we are off to it.... in the pouring rain...

Long Short Day

It's 56 degrees here today and raining... My short four hours at work today were so long, lol... I set a small ad change, straightened up the sale tables, replaced some missing displays and opened boxes... And answered some questions here and there... We did sell 23 pairs of shoes the short time I was there... I thought it would never be 1pm though, lol... I picked up son3 from school and now he has been watching his PBS shows and I had lunch, I was starving... I had a pork steak sandwich with BBQ sauce, it was so good... and now I am munching on some tortilla chips... Son2 is now home and had some cereal and is now eyeing the chocolate cake... son3 is munching on fishies... We have leftover spaghetti for dinner in about an hour...

But first I am gonna have to pull son3 away from his shows to do homework... Last night we did homework for two hours... He had three pages of classwork to finish, he said he was not the only one, his regular math page, spelling words, sentences, timed reading and we read his library book... and we studied spelling words but not for very long as it was almost 7pm by then and he was headed to the bath... The last of the spelling words: search, rehearse, parent, sheriff, prove... Tonight we have one page of language, usual math page, timed reading, write spelling words and study the spelling words... He only got 6/15 right on the practice test today...

I was only able to pay one bill in between all the homework and washing pans last night so tonight I still need to pay bills and fill out bday cards for the month... Last night hubby and I were able to watch part 1 of John Adams... It is very good and I am relearning my history... Tonight we will watch Smallville, Supernatural and tape Bones...

The first daffodil has bloomed in the front yard... A couple more weeks and all the trees will start to bloom, full of pink and white blossoms...

OK I'm off to tackle second grade homework and my chores... and I think I am too full for dinner now, but that chocolate cake sounds good with ice cream while I am watching Smallville....

Happy Journaling...

Wednesday...

It is 73 degrees here today but we are looking forward to rain tomorrow... Hubby got son3 off to school this morning and then hubby was off to work... Son2 had a four hour delay due to the older kids still having testing... I called him yesterday to check on him since I told him to stay home since foggy day caused them to only have an hour of school for those who weren't testing and he didn't answer his cell phone... So I called the house and he didn't answer the house phone, called his cell phone two more times before he finally answered... He was on the school bus on the way home, he had gone to school... I yelled at him did he call his father and let him know he had gone to school... I hang up and turn to supervisor and laugh cause I had just yelled at son2 for going to school, lol... I guess all his friends ended up going for the one hour so he went too.... They only had first period and that was it... Today each class is a half hour and they get lunch...

I am all thrown off by all the schedule changes between, school, hubby's work, my work, my inner body schedule... What did I do with my extra time yesterday morning waiting to go to work, I nagged hubby... Argh! Poor hubby... Words just fall out of my mouth and I can't stop them... I am beating myself up lately for not being more productive... I am constantly doing but going in circles... Even at work I am getting things done but it is the same over and over...

Yesterday I still could not work in the men's shoes to finish my project due to the special needs were still working there... So I swept the stockroom and rearranged the stockroom and got rid of some empty carts we no longer need... and then I opened boxes... the day went fast... Tomorrow I only work four hours but have a lot I want to do at work, lol...

Today I was off... I've eaten several times, I showered and got dressed, received all my gifts in facebook, only read three blogs so far, ordered hubby a Valentine treat from Cabela's, ordered son3 a Valentine treat from Walmart where I was stuck for over an hour cause either my computer froze up or the website, finally got the computer rebooted, ordered son2 a Valentine treat at Doubleday book club, washed all my bedding, vacuumed half the house, watered the plants, loaded the dishwasher, made a chocolate cake, cooking spaghetti, saved Holly from the mean kitties outside, and am now writing an entry... Now that may sound like a lot to read but it didn't even make a dent in my list... The sun needs to stay up longer so my days don't end at 5pm...

Last night hubby and I watched CSI, but paused the tape to watch Fringe... I guess we forgot what we were watching cause when the creature came out of the airplane bathroom, we both said why is there a creature on CSI, lol.... Fringe and CSI were both very good! Nothing on tonight so maybe we can watch part one of John Adams...

Now the boys are due home any minute... I need to finish fixing the spaghetti and see what son3 has for homework... Spelling words so far this week: groundhog day, underground, shadow, predict, season, valentine, loving, cupid, hearts, and harp... While I am helping him do his homework maybe I can pay some bills, update the checkbook and fill out the bday cards for February...

From Netflix today we should be getting Wanted and Space Buddies...

Happy Journaling...

Foggy Day

Well we now have foggy day on top of our four hour test day delay which means the students going in for testing this morning now go in two hours later because the buses are delayed due to the fog and son2 now goes in six hours later since the freshman are not testing... The freshman go to school for ONE HOUR... Is the school crazy... I told son2 he could stay home... It is not even foggy here, clear blue sky, the sun is out and it will be 72 degrees today... Son3 has school however since his school is just across the street and they do not offer bus service anymore... So he is up and having pancakes this morning... I am waiting for hubby to get ready for work so I can get ready for work as I don't go in til ten today as we are on the same schedule and in each other's way, lol...

Yesterday was a crazy day at work... I didn't get as much done as I wanted... We have a special needs group that comes in a couple of days a week to dust and such and they were working in shoes yesterday and in my way so I couldn't everything done I wanted... Plus all the shoplifters were shopping yesterday and I was having to stay out of the way of security... So mostly I just opened boxes and stocked... Today I hope to work on displays, clean the stockroom a bit for the visit tomorrow and open more boxes...

Last night I worked til after five, came home and tag teamed hubby with homework and making dinner, checked email and fell asleep watching CSI Miami...

Now I'm off to load the dishwasher, load the washing machine and get me ready for work...

This fog better be gone tomorrow as I have a day off and everyone needs to be at work and school, lol....

Happy Journaling...

Happy Groundhog Day!

In just a half hour or so we will know the fate of winter.... http://www.groundhog.org/ However here in Ca. tomorrow it will be 71 degrees...

Son2 has just walked back in the door from the bus stop, seems it is foggy day today... Tomorrow and Wednesday he goes into school four hours late due to the older kids are taking the high school exit exam... And changing both the boys early days from Wednesday to Thursday...

I have been going into work at nine or ten, instead of seven lately due to not many hours... Of course then I get out at four or five instead of two or three... Allowing for the evening associates to come in later, using less hours... So our home routine is all thrown off lately...

Hubby is off today and works ten to six the rest of the week, except for Saturday he is back to closing for a couple of weeks...

We hadn't planned on watching the Superbowl, son2 made us, but not for the game but for the commercials and he was waiting for the trailer for Transformers Two, lol... The trailer was shown sometime in the third quarter but by that time we were caught up in the excitement of the game since the score was so close it could go either way... I was hoping for the Cardinals since it was their first time to the Superbowl but they didn't even kick it into gear until the fourth quarter... So I figured the Steelers would win, they were so much bigger than the other guys, lol, huge even... Besides it allowed us to eat chips and dips, burgers, fries, potato salad and baked beans...

Foggy day just extended to three hour delay... It is not even foggy here, but the school is way out in farmland so the school goes by a different cities fog where it is probably way foggy...

Prince Caspian was very good the other night... Now it makes me want to read the Narnia books next after I finish my Stephen King, Just After Sunset...

Lots to do at work today... Make sure all the men's and athletic shoes have displays... Stock all the men's shoes and work boots... And I still have lots of boxes to open since I didn't get any done yesterday...

Hubby is getting son3 up for school... He still didn't pull the tooth yet...

I'm off to get ready for work...

Happy Journaling...