August Seventh

 

I had a much better day at work on Friday…

Changed out all the sale tables, went to lunch and opened boxes… worked 6-2:45… once home, still in a good mood… checked email… played on facebook… went to son3’s school to check the posting for his teacher and class number… he was happy, a few of his friends in his class… made chicken wings for dinner with leftover hotdogs and chilli… watched a couple of repeat bones on TV… and went to sleep…

son1 spent the night at his friend’s house… and then today had to go to girlfriend’s to go to a wedding…

son2 and hubby were deciding whether to go fishing on Saturday/today… son3 and I did not want to go fishing, we wanted to stay home…

Hubby and son2 decided not to go fishing as hubby wanted to have a family day, so I suggested we go to the antique stores…

So I got up first this morning, checked on the computer, did the dishes and made breakfast… scrambled eggs, corn beef hashed and toast…

Then we were on our way to the antique stores…

Went to the first one, very nice time looking at everything…

Then hubby went into one that we had not been in before… I like looking in the larger ones, but this was a small one person owned one… so in we went… the boys following… and I guess the door didn’t close correctly as the owner walked over to the door, closed it and stated loudly that the air conditioner was on and how rude that we didn’t close the door…

I was Pissed! I have to put up with opinionated customers and then when I am a customer I have to put up with opinionated associates… I told hubby I was done, went out the door, Firmly closing it behind me to be sure I didn’t let the air conditioner out… As I was mad, guess it slammed pretty good… cause the owner came out and called out to me, that wasn’t necessary, but I was too busy seeing red and to the end of the street by then that I didn’t hear him… however  hubby and the boys were coming out behind  the owner and hubby told him to calm down, the owner said something to the effect that I must have been born in a barn, where then son2 told him, that was his mom and that he better watch himself… hubby then told him that they were leaving and to back off…

They caught up with me and we went into another store that was more a ladies boutique but we were just trying to calm down at that point, so we pretended to look and then went on to the train store so the boys could look there… I still couldn’t calm down so I went back outside to wait for them…

Yes, the man was an idiot, and I didn’t catch the name of his store but I would post it every where so everyone would be warned not to shop there… However I am more aware of how much my cycle is way off last month and this month of my mood swings… I know I only have one good week a month and last week was my good week, but phew I am having my rages more often then just a few days before…

So we were able to go on to three more antique stores that we usually visit and the boys found some $1 comic books which was what gets them to the antique stores… and I calmed down a bit but my face and ears were burning all day and I got a big headache…

We then went to get Slurpees, having to pick different flavors as our favorites were not available…

Came home, the boys read their comic books, son3 had read two chapters in his Prince of Persia book earlier in the car, hubby started draining the pool and I swept the back patio and watered the grass…

I made some more BBQ wings for dinner and pulled out all the leftovers from the fridge and heated up some peas and carrots… Did three loads of laundry… Hubby ran to Walmart for a curtain rod for the front living room so we can finally put up a curtain over the top window that heats up that room… and I did the dishes again… Now we’ve been watching The Color of Magic that is a three hour two part mini series and we are about half way through part two… By the same people of HogFather…

Hubby already dozed off once so it needs to finish as it is back to work again tomorrow to set another ad and open more boxes and behave myself…

Happy Journaling…

August Fifth

 

Today I had a terrible, horrible, no good very bad day… and it’s not my grumpy week so what’s up with that… I worked 7-3:45… Today being Thursday, we have to do our counts… today was kids shoes… Got the sales floor done and started on the stockroom on all the boxes I hadn’t opened yet… since all the boxes were exactly where I left them on Monday… when they decide to bring up all the rest of the boxes that came in on my days off… I can barely move in the stockroom right now as it is and they want to stuff it some more… I asked if they could wait an hour til I finished the count but nooooooo… And I lost it… I was so mad… and they could tell… the only good thing is since they brought up all the boxes, I got all the kids shoes counted… I finished and went to lunch to adjust my attitude with my cola, chimichanga, peach yogurt and my book…

After lunch I got the signs ready for tomorrow’s ad… and then spent the afternoon opening all the kids boxes since I had them all together from the count… not all put away yet but they are available to stock to the floor for back to school…

I also had no patience for my coworkers whining today either… nobody wants to be bothered with anything, it’s called working…

But before the work day ended I found out that my friend/supervisor for the past twelve years got transferred to another store… she just found out herself… tomorrow is her last day… I got all teary eyed… I miss her already… Her girls go to the same school as my boys… she answers all my school questions since she volunteers at the school all the time…

I’m going to Australia….

Once home and I checked the mail, there was a letter for son2 inviting him to a program going to Australia… it was just an advertisement but I didn’t think it was funny… I’m the one going to Australia…

If you haven’t read the book above about Alexander, he keeps saying he’s going to Australia…

I never did make it through The Lightening Thief last night… Fell asleep at 8, woke up at 9, just as it was going off, the boys turned it to America’s got Talent, I went to my room to read my book, turned on America’s got Talent and the next thing I know everyone is in my bed watching the show… So it was 10 before I got back to sleep… I’m thinking this is why son2 has been so grumpy… we’re getting him up at 6:30am to practice for school starting but he is still staying up late for summer…

I’m feeling better now… After work I had a Cactus Cooler soda and a handful of tortilla chips… checked my email… talked with hubby and son2… son3 did five pages of practice math today and read two chapters in his Prince of Persia book… I made chilli dogs and curly fries for dinner… and now we are watching Smokey and the Bandit…

Haven’t seen son1 yet… he’s off buying his new used tires, four tires for $160… brand new, $850… he was trying to find a place still open that could mount and balance them for him…

It’s almost 9pm, do you think any of us are ever going get to bed early… I have to be to work at 6am tomorrow… so as soon as Bandit is done, it’s everyone to bed….

Happy Journaling…

August Fourth Evening…

 

I have eaten too much today… Had lasagna for lunch, then ended up having chips and salsa after getting back from son2’s school… Now we have just finished dinner and I had two helpings of pork, carrots, pasta and lima beans… I’m stuffed… We’re watching The Lightening Thief… son3 is too excited about the movie… he went swimming just a bit ago before dinner… and has also been catching up on all his eating the last couple of days…

We went to son2’s school… took five minutes to pick up his schedule and then the drama ensues… when we went to high school, you just got the classes you got right… now they pick up their schedules and then get in line to change them… This is the third year now that son2 has fought his schedule… I tell him it doesn’t matter what the schedule says he is not going to like it… So after an hour of us discussing, him not calmly, and then him waiting in line with his friends, his schedule was changed and he was all happy… His final schedule: PE, Anatomy Psychology, English 3, US History, Geometry, Zoology, Home Economics-Cooking and Sewing and Drawing/Painting… The three classes that he changed… Algebra/Geometry to just Geometry… he had Geometry last year but didn’t really pass with a very good grade so he wasn’t able to go to Algebra 2… so the class they gave him was an in between class that was new this year, it is also at the other campus and he would have had to take the shuttle during lunch to get to it… so he switched and decided to retake Geometry to improve his grade and he does not have to go to the other campus… He also had both his electives as Diesel Engines, I guess it covers two class periods… he had requested small engines as an elective but not diesel… so they switched his electives to Home Economics and Drawing… these are what he originally had signed up for… I said weren’t they full and that is why you didn’t get them… he said probably so on the first day of class when the teacher decides there are too many students they will send the freshmen out, since he is a junior he is safe…

Son2 read all the Percy Jackson books at the beginning of summer… He is not liking the movie cause it is not following the book at all… the rest of us have not read the books so are just trying to enjoy the movie… hubby is getting grumpy with son2 who is also grumpy… son3 was grumpy earlier having to do his four math practice pages and has promised me he is going to read two chapters in his Prince of Persia book tomorrow… I’m just tired…. I’m thinking everyone needs to go to bed early tonight… Son1 is helping a friend with their car breaks, don’t know if he fixed his clutch yet but is driving the jeep… he still needs to get gas in our car he borrowed and the van is short on gas too… we all work tomorrow, hopefully we all have a car and gas to get there…

Son2 is eating a popsicle, son3 is having a pudding and cookies… I hear cars in the front yard, must be son1 working on his jeep… think I’ll have a popsicle and we’ll finish the movie….

Happy Journaling…

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This is what I made for dinner last night… Boneless pork with Lowry’s Szechuan Sweet and Sour BBQ… I put the pork in the crock pot, poured about 3/4 of the bottle of sauce over the pork and cooked it on low for six hours… the meat was so tender it just flaked apart like fish… I then added some dishes of pasta, carrots and lima beans… Everyone loved it…

Happy Journaling…

August Fourth…

It is so nice to be back in the spirit of blogging…

Today is my day off… I was up early however at 5:40am… Had to make sure son1 was up for work,it was a good thing cause he was still sleeping, and then take hubby to work as son1 was borrowing our car for one more day… He’s going to try bleeding the clutch after work today to determine whether he has to replace the whole thing… I took hubby to work as I need the van today…

In a bit I will be taking son2 to his high school so we can pick up his class schedule, ID card and PE clothes… One week from today the boys will be at school…

This morning I have checked facebook, email, blogs, started the dishwasher and wrote up my entry for The Motivation Station… Be sure to stop by tomorrow as it is Thursday, my day to host… I also fed the pets, got son2 and son3 in the showers, trimmed son3’s nails and had them get dressed as they are going out in public today… I spent a few minutes skimming the top of the pool with the net getting all the bugs and leaves out of it… the cover acquired a big hole and we have not been using it the last few weeks… so the pool is quite dirty this year… lots of chlorine though so at least it is sanitized dirt… plus son3 has only been in it once a week so not a lot of splashing to mix the water around… think maybe we’ll take it down this weekend as he won’t have much time to play in it with school starting…

So far today I have had my vitamins and a bowl of Capn Crunch cereal… now I’m drinking my one allowed cola and fighting the urge to snack on chips and salsa… I’m not hungry and it’s not time for lunch yet so no need for food…

I think I will go have a pear though and start sorting through all the back to school supplies we still have for when the boys bring home their lists from school next week…

Today we should be getting Netflix movies: After Life, The Color of Magic, The Book of Eli and Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightening Thief…

Happy Journaling…

August Third

 

Son1 came home early last night from his friends as he was having a bit of car trouble… transmission fluid needed changing… so he called his boss last night and left a message that he would be late today or not in at all… I then reminded him that I was off today and he could borrow one of our cars… he had already bought everything he needed to fix the Jeep and gets off at 3pm so he would have plenty of time after work… he is now outside with hubby changing the fluid now… I told him last night that he is still under his 90 days and not good to be calling out… he was already written up for being late a time or two… he told me a bit ago that it was good that he went in as his boss was very pleased to see him not only there but fifteen minutes early and that he would not forget it any time soon… another guy they hired just three weeks ago may not make it til the end of the week if he doesn’t step it up a bit… he also asked me if it was ok if girlfriend came over and I said yes…

I have had pork chops in the crock pot all day with a Szechuen Sweet and Sour BBQ sauce… Boiling up some carrots and pasta now to go with them…

Back from having dinner… it was really good… now watching Star Trek The Next Generation season 1… son1 is still working on his jeep, girlfriend keeping him company… he’s just been in and said it may be the clutch but drivable for the rest of the week til the weekend when he can work on it more… about $250 for new clutch parts and he is working on getting a whole new used set of tires in wonderful condition for $200… son1  and girlfriend are now off to visit with the friends that they were not able to last night due to the Jeep not behaving…

Today I had a vacation day… Got up at 5:45 to make sure son1 got off to work… Hubby got son2 up 6:30 to practice getting up for school… son3 did not quite get to bed at 9pm like I wanted last night and even though I started getting him up at 7:15, he did not get up til 8:30… and then he and son2 proceeded to play video games all day… son2 did empty the dishwasher and son3 read a chapter in his Prince of Persia book and four math pages in his practice book… refreshing on multiplication…

I caught up on facebook, read all my emails, caught up in reading blogs, swept the floors, vacuumed, washed all the rugs and towels, cleaned both bathrooms, put away the laundry from yesterday, watered the grass in the backyard, took pictures of the roses, not too many blooming at the moment, watched Emergency on the retro channel, ordered hubby’s present for our anniversary on the 15th and did the dishes…

Today I had my vitamins with water, had Capn Crunch cereal for breakfast; tuna fish and tomato on a croissant for lunch with a pear and a cola; water throughout the afternoon with two plums; and for dinner the pork, pasta, lima beans, carrots and a cactus cooler soda…

Now I’ve cleared up dinner, did the dishes and we’re watching Family Guy… America’s Got Talent comes on tonight… we have gotten hooked on that show this summer…

Happy Journaling…

 

Color Carnival

To Play Visit Martha…

Colorful Monkeys with Hoodies from the Fresno Chaffee Zoo…

Happy Journaling…

August Second

 

Today I worked 7-3:45… Had to scan men’s shoes and athletic shoes for missing displays… then change out the ad from the weekend… did a bit of training on the computer… opened boxes… went to lunch… read my book… had my usual chimichanga, yogurt and cola… back to opening boxes… tons of shoes coming in for back to school… I made a big mess of opening them but not putting them away yet… waiting to see what all will fit on the floor first… got in over 8000 steps on the pedometer at work… not as good as last week, when I was getting up to 15,000 steps… but the supervisor is back this week so a bit more talking and planning then just working…

Came home and ate a plum and two apricots… plus a Cactus Cooler soda… and then I couldn’t resist and made some popcorn… been wanting some for weeks now… I did however eat them one at a time not one handful at a time… lol… for dinner I made lasagna with left over lima beans… hubby made some garlic bread… I only had one helping of lasagna but too much garlic bread… never did have any ice cream last night… having lots of water tonight due to the popcorn… son1 was here for dinner tonight… he and son2 have been playing computer games… now he is off with his friends and son2 is settling in for the night…

I’ve done five loads of laundry tonight… will put them away tomorrow… we are now watching one of the discs of Star Trek The Next Generation season 1… son3 has been warned that he is going to bed at regular bedtime tonight to start getting back on school schedule… today he did a bit of math practice with hubby and read one chapter in his Prince of Persia book… after Star Trek I think I will head to bed early too and read some of my Nora Roberts book…

Happy Journaling…

 

August First

 

For those of you who may have remembered an entry I did way back on May 19th about me having a weight loss plan… I apologize for not following up on that progress sooner… You probably thought I gave up on the whole thing…. but no…. my goal was to lose nine pounds by my birthday on June 12th… well actually I lost twelve pounds… I can’t believe it myself nor do I really know what I did exactly… I’ve also managed to keep it off til now in spite of all the birthdays and summer fun food we have been eating… So now that summer is coming to an end and school will be starting in just nine days, I thought it was time to get serious again…

 

Today I was at work from 6-2:30… had a multi vitamin and vitamin D with water before I left… Set the ad, had lunch of yogurt, chimichanga and a cola… I’m reading True Betrayal by Nora Roberts… then opened boxes and put away shoes the rest of the afternoon… got in over seven thousand steps on the pedometer… came home, did the dishes, cleared the island, cleared the dining room table, put away the birthday decorations, addressed the cards to go in the mail for August, checked email and made dinner… I had boneless chicken, lima beans, baked beans, sour dough bread with butter and water… I nibbled on the crumbs from the chicken strips I cooked for the boys too… I had a creme soda after work that should have been water… I’m still using the small salad plates instead of dinner plates… I really noticed the difference when we ate out at AppleBees for son3’s bday… when they brought our plates of food, the plates seemed so BIG, since I have been using the small plates all year… I’m full now so I should be done for the day… unless hubby offers me an ice cream or popsicle later…

The boys are playing IronMan2 on son1’s xbox… Hubby and I are watching Disc 1 of Hercules season 1… I’ve sent son3 to the shower… Need to start getting back on a night time ritual of bed time for when school starts… Son3 did read some of his Prince of Persia chapter book today, he says he is on chapter seven…

Hercules is almost done and it is time to go clean the kitchen again…

Happy Journaling…