Happy Valentine's Day!!

I hope everyone is having a nice Valentine's day with their favorite Valentine's... We got to sleep in til almost 9am today... Hubby is closing tonight so we got to have a breakfast of scrambled eggs, sausages, english muffins with apple butter and waffles and exchange our Valentine surprises before he left... In the last entry for the letter V there is a picture of the Valentine packages... I got hubby a shirt he wanted from Cabela's and a special hubby card with coupons to redeem for a date, a candlelit dinner and breakfast in bed... He of course made me a card and a devil in a mug, shown in the last entry... I was feeling festive this year so I got the boys treats too... Son3 got computer games, Ice Age the Melt down and Open Season and hubby got him a Star Wars figure... And I was worried cause son2's package hadn't arrived yet... I ordered him all four books to the Twilight series, so I printed out the pictures of the books and rolled it like a scroll and wrote on it coming to your front porch soon... It worked out perfect cause as we were eating breakfast I saw the mailman go by so after a bit I checked out the front window and there on the porch was the package so after son2 opened his scroll we told him to check the front porch and he didn't believe us, lol... so it was perfect timing... Hubby also got him the movie, The Punisher...

So I have installed both of son3's games that he is already bored with, son2 has already watched his movie, we are having some hot dogs, I have been loading pictures into the blog which has taken forever and I am not even dressed yet today and it is already 3:30pm...

I came home from work yesterday and son1 was over doing laundry... He's a bit tight in the funds at the moment and doesn't get paid for another week... He did say he has been finally getting more hours again... He had gotten a bit behind on his credit card payments but after his next paycheck that is caught up... He also got another fix it ticket on his car but said that is fixed just needs to get it signed off... However his landlord says he has his last warning for working on cars in the apartment complex and the next time he is evicted... And that he and girlfriend are on a break of some sorts... she has been staying at her mom's all week... she is mad cause he spends more time with his guy friends than with her... His dogs are doing good and the hamster cage needs cleaning... He named the new dog, Abby... He and son2 did the dishes while he was here and he helped hubby figure out why the new bulb for the van brake light wasn't working, so I can now drive the van again... I didn't want a fix it ticket... I sent him off with three bags of groceries and a a bit of money to cover his checking account til he gets paid... I'm sure he'll be back soon as he mentioned something about taxes needing doing...

It rained most of the week here, so nice... Today it is clear with blue skies and white puffy clouds... We are forcasted with more rain through Thursday and if we get another inch and a half we will finally be up to the normal range for this time of year...

The boys are watching Jack Frost and eating their hot dogs...

I was hoping to get in a lot of blog reading today, but I still want to see Ghost Whisperer from last night and maybe vacuum, clear up the dishes, put all the laundry away and maybe take a shower today.... Not to mention the forty something requests I have in Facebook, lol...

Happy Journaling...

A-Z Photo Challenge V

To Play Visit Martha at Menagerie...

Holly sitting in the V shape of a tree...












Van...












Past Valentine roses in a Vase...

Vase passed to hubby from his Mom...

Vase from Overseas...

Vase from hubby this past Christmas...

Vase by a Vine...

Sunset nestled in the V of the rooftops...

Valentines for everyone this morning...

Valentine from hubby...

Happy Journaling...

TGIF!!

Happy Journaling...

Thursday Evening...

I'm getting spoiled... I came home from work and homework is all done again... I told son2 if he continues to do homework with son3 on Tuesday and Thursday and I do Wednesday and Hubby does Monday, that would be a fair plan... and that I would even do son2's recyclable chore for him every day, he still has to do the garbage though...

Work wasn't too bad today.. I did notice that I am entering grumpy week though... I had an ad to set when I got there... Then it took me all the way til lunch to clean and stock the men's shoe clearance... and I still have one more row left to finish... then next week I will have room to start putting out the men's sandals... At lunch I started a new book, The Edge of Winter by Luann Rice... I'm intrigued already just after the first chapter... It's set in Rhode Island where it is still winter but then it will cover spring to summer... so I thought an appropriate time of year to read it... since we are awaiting spring now... Then after lunch I had quite a mountain of boxes to open, I finished about half of them.... new spring shoes are coming in and sandals too so lots to stock now... so my wondering what to do at work list is not a problem next week, lol... Tomorrow I will finish the clearance and finish the boxes...

Now we are waiting for hubby so I can heat up the left over teriyaki chicken, we can watch part 5 of John Adams, study spelling words, this week's words: babies, pennies, puppies, carried, hurried, knives, lives, wives, ponies and cookies... I want everyone to be settled in beds early tonight, by 9pm anyway so I can watch CSI... No Smallville or Supernatural tonight... and I think it was Fringe that won't return til April... Tomorrow night is Ghost Whisperer and Numbers plus Terminator: Sarah Conner Chronicles moves to Friday and Dollhouses, a new show by Josh Whedon airs... Two more movies from Nextflix came: Jack Frost with Michael Keaton left over from our Christmas list and Dead Space: Downfall for hubby and son2, too bloody for son3 and me...

Tomorrow is Friday the 13th, insert evil laugh, hee hee hee.... I only have to work til 4pm though and then come home and finish all the Valentine surprises for Saturday morning... Hubby has to work late Saturday so I'm thinking we'll exchange Valentine treats in the morning, the boys have some surprises too... I'm still waiting for son2's to come in the mail, hopefully tomorrow....

Happy Journaling...

Tired...

I'm up... I'm tired... I don't wanna go to work... Since I go into work later now, I am staying up too late watching TV, lol... I've been staying up til after 11pm, ten was better... Just another week and we will all get to sleep early cause hubby will be getting up way early, lol... That is going to be so weird...




OK time to get motivated! Son2 is already off to school... Still another ten minutes or so before hubby gets up and then the chore of getting up son3 who has also been going to bed too late... Think we have all been getting a bit of spring fever... We have rain forecast all this week but the sun comes up and stays up a bit more and the buds are starting to bloom on the trees... A big storm blew over our town last night, dropping buckets of rain in minutes with hail and thunder and lightening...

We stayed up too late watching Part 3 and 4 of John Adams... Then I watched the end of CSI NY even though I was taping it while hubby was watching the news...

What am I going to do at work today... The supervisor is off for two days so it is just me in the morning but then I do get lunch relief and help in the afternoons... I want to clean the men's and athletic clearance racks and fill them... There should be a bit of boxes to open... I still have a bit of stocking to do... The staying til five is getting old already, lol... Thursdays usually aren't too busy but it is almost Valentine's... I'm sure I'll find something to do to keep busy...

I got everything done on my list yesterday!! Yay me!

Happy Journaling...

Lots to do today...

I am off today and surrounded by my lists, lol.... I have been up for over four hours and yet here my butte is still in this chair, lol... But I have got son2 off to school, hubby and son3 up and son3 off to school and hubby off to work... I cleared out all my requests in Facebook, had a fried egg sandwich, checked my emails, made the lists and printed out a list of all the blogs I read... I am still having trouble keeping track of who belongs to which blog with all the blog name changes and actual names instead of screen names... I did the same thing at the beginning of journals too and after five years of journaling I could recognize everyone at a glance... lol... I have met new people now too and I am getting every one confused... We are not allowed to all have the same names... Popular names in journaling: Linda, Lisa and Barbara... So now I will have my check sheet of who's who....

Work was not as crazy yesterday but it was Tuesday when all the needy people come out to shop... There could be only two customers but they both need help at the same time with everything and there is just one me so they are mad... I did stock some more work boots, fix displays, almost finished with price changes, pulled some recalled shoes, moved the shoe accessories to a different location, so I could put out more women's hanging sandals... I also figured out that we sold 89 pairs of shoes on Monday... And yesterday we had sold 52 pairs by 4:30pm... I don't know how this compares to our norm cause I have never kept track before but it sure seems like a lot due to the economic times...

The boys surprised me yesterday and had all their homework done by time I got home from work, so I just had to fix dinner... The nights go by a bit quicker now that I am home later so after dinner it was time for baths, the boys to bed and hubby and I watched Fringe... It was a bit freaky last night...

Today from Netflix we are getting disc 2 and 3 of John Adams... son2 is excited, I'm not being sarcastic, it's really good...

Now today I've gotta start getting all the Valentine things together to wrap the Valentine surprises as they arrive... Download pictures off the camera... Laundry, dishes of course... Vacuum, Holly sheds everywhere, looks like it snowed in the house... Make dinner, maybe some teriyaki chicken... or fried chicken... but teriyaki is easier and the chicken is not thawed yet.... clean up the dining room table of everything dumped there... and go to Target for a few unmentionables and Valentine cards for son3's party at school....

Happy Journaling...

***Tuesday***

Work was crazy yesterday!! It's not officially the holiday til next Monday but our schools have yesterday and next Monday off for President's day... So everyone brought their kids in to buy shoes... I think we sold about 35 pairs by 2pm... I forgot to check at 5pm before I left... So I was hopping all day and trying to stock the men's work boots... what normally takes me about two hours took me all day and I still have a bit more that can go out... I also did two other processes that took about an hour each... But it was just me and supervisor all day and she was manager on duty for half the day... so between the two of us we were trying to do our projects, keep the floor clean and help customers... We had a power failure about 12:30pm... We are supposed to direct the customers to the exits but these people weren't budging for nothing... Luckily it was only off for a minute... But our system was then offline for a half hour... Plus then all afternoon the managers were all a bit testy with each other and tempers were flaring... I just noticed this morning a large moon up in the sky, well that explains a few things, lol... I, however was on my best behavior all day and with chuck on his way any day now... lol...

Hubby and the boys maintained the house yesterday while I was gone... Hubby did some grocery shopping, made son3 an eye appointment for next month, had dinner heated up for when I got home, son3 read some books to son2, son2 however did not write his thank you notes yet for his bday, and they all played computer games, even hubby....

Hubby and I watched Wanted last night... that was a strange movie... about ten minutes in I was about to turn it off with all the bad language and such but then it finally got interesting and we found ourselves laughing a lot, was it supposed to be a comedy... lots of impossible reality with special effects and twists and turns to the plot, so it ended up being an OK movie...

Son2 is off to school, I've had my hour on the computer, it's time for hubby and son3 to get up, the tooth fairy came last night, and I'm off to the shower and then to work to see if I get anything done today... It can't be any worse than yesterday although Tuesday is usually our busiest day... We're expecting more rain tonight and all the way through the weekend...

Happy Journaling...

**Monday**

The Tooth is Out!!! Hubby was finally able to pull it out after son3 fell asleep last night... The Tooth Fairy can claim it tonight and we are done with baby teeth, lol...

The tri tip and veggies were delicious last night! I forgot to mention I also added a purple onion...

We watched Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, so funny and part two of John Adams, so interesting...

Everyone is still asleep... It is hubby's day off and the boys have a day off for Lincoln's Birthday... I however am up and ready for work... I did get to sleep in til 7am, since I am working these new hours of 9-5pm... It is going to be a long day, lol... We have leftovers though and no homework... The boys will be in bed early for school tomorrow and hubby and I can watch Wanted...

Happy Journaling...