Spring has Sprung

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We are Here! We are Here!

I feel like the Who's in Horton Hears a Who calling out to you all that we are here, lol... Can you hear me calling as I walk past the computer... I haven't written in the journal since over a week ago, how did that happen... I'm on the computer enough but still not enough time... Working 9-5 opens up time for some things but blocks out time for playing on computer... well of course then there is stupid facebook, lol... I love My Farm, Eco Racer and lots of other little applications that are fun to play...

So what have we been doing, I don't remember that far back, lol... It has been raining a lot! But today is Sunny and 66 with no rain til maybe tonight or Saturday...

We finally saw Wall-E, very cute...

At work we are getting ready for yet another visit for next Friday... we have a ton of hours this week... Working 9-5 isn't too bad, I have time in the morning to check email, throw in some laundry, load the dishwasher, get the boys to school and this or that... but then in the evening it's finish homework, dinner, watch a show to relax and fall asleep... Sunday I still go in at 6am to set the ad and Monday's I go in 7am but only if we have hours, like this past Monday...

Hubby worked his first 6-2pm yesterday but now today he is back to 10-7 for a training class, then the next two days 6am, so we will see how he is by Saturday... of course they have talked now of changing the store hours so he may go to 7-3pm, which doesn't work as well for school pick up....

Son3 has been doing better on spelling, his reading has improved, but he still brings home too much classwork.... I wonder if it is him or the teacher trying to do many things and they run out of time.... Hubby had a bit of a chat with her the other day but he may still have a conference with the counselor...

Son2 is doing fine... He seems to have grown into his 15 years lately... Gets up for school on his own... texts with his friend that is a girl every day giving her advise on her boyfriend that is also son2's friend, all the while finally admitting to us that he likes her too.... He is on book 3 of the Twilight series, I am on book 2... I still don't see what all the excitement is about so we debate over the books every so often...

Son1 called a week ago asking if he could move back home.... said girlfriend was cheating and he was going to confront her.... He was coming over on Sunday to talk... Son2 text him if he was coming over, he never said yes or no all day Sunday... he finally text son2 that he didn't want to be a burden by moving home... Son2 text him back that he was not a burden and to come home and pay off his bills and start fresh... Son1 has not responded... So we are waiting for the other shoe to fall....

All the trees in Fresno are blossoming pink and white... All the daffodils are blooming in the front yard and a couple of the bulbs I planted in the backyard are just pushing up through the ground... The rosebushes all have new leaves sprouting and the trees are also sprouting new leaves... The birds are busy at the bird feeders... Spring is here...

And other than that, you can see you haven't missed a thing, same things going on now that were going on a week ago, lol....

And as usual I have laundry, dishes and what's for dinner all waiting for me and the boys will be home from school soon and homework will begin...










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Happy Birthday Robin!!

In case you didn't know... tomorrow is Robin's Birthday!!

Wish her a Happy Birthday, she'll love it!!

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Happy President's Day!!

I took a personal holiday today so we have all been home all day... We were going to take a drive to the snow but with all the rain that wasn't possible so we have been nice and cozy in the house... We slept in til nine, hubby made cranberry orange pancakes, blueberry muffins and fried eggs with hot chocolate... He has been playing computer games with the boys all day, but he did clean the microwave and checked on the yard in a few places where it is flooding... I did all the dishes, cleaned the counters, washed the kitchen floor, washed the bedding on mine and son3's bed and made brownies... For dinner we are having leftover bbq sandwiches, chicken strips, cole slaw, scalloped potatoes and green salad... And watching disc three of John Adams... quite appropriate for President's Day....

Yesterday I got to work at 6am to set the ad and found I got off work at noon... Yay! However I came home and spent too much time on the computer... The power went off two times yesterday too... When I first got home it was off for 45 minutes and then again later for about fifteen minutes... I did make a lot of yummy things for dinner, see leftovers above but I also ate too much chips and dips and too much soda... arggggggg..... I want to get back where I was before the holidays hit, when I was doing all the crunches and not drinking soda... I have a plan when hubby starts his new hours... So one more week... Meanwhile I am getting back into the frame of mind... of course part of the problem is I can't think about eating better cause then I eat... Have to be distracted and not be aware of my plan... That is why I like my new schedule, I won't be home from two to five snacking.... We also watched The Untouchables with Kevin Costner and Sean Connery, pretty good...

Valentine night hubby got home from work about 8pm and son2 and I had just put in When Harry Met Sally... hubby went off to change his clothes and get a snack, watch the news what have you and came back in the room just as the movie was ending, lol... So son2 and I spent time together eating conversation hearts and watching a romantic comedy... He loved the movie though laughing through the whole thing...

Hubby is putting in John Adams and I am off to heat up dinner... the boys need showers as it's back to school and work again tomorrow... Hubby got released from jury duty on the first call so that is a big relief off his mind.... And I just remembered I promised myself I would sort through some paper piles while I was watching the movie....

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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...

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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...

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TGIF!!

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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....

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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!

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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...

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**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...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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Quiet Saturday

Hubby just called, he's getting off early, so he is stopping at the store on the way home to pick up some eggs and bacon for tonight's dinner and hamburger buns and fixings for tomorrows dinner... Son2 is off riding his bike and checking on friends... Son3 is of course playing computer games... And I have just been letting the last day of January slip away while I have been on the computer most of the day... I did run the dishwasher and three loads of laundry and I finished Twilight, but other than that I have no expectations for the day or plans... I am on a timeout as the wrath of Mom appeared last night when the whole week caught up with me and the boys had told me 'no' just one too many times... Son3 is being unreasonable with this loose tooth and hubby sent him to bed early to think about why it was so terrible to just wiggle the tooth... He has only been on the computer an hour today and only after showing me that he is wiggling the loose tooth today... The other tooth is almost completely in and there is no reason why the baby tooth should still be in... And son2 in his new 15yr old teenage hormone mood swings doesn't know when it is wise to get out of the way of mom's hormone mood swings and simply got mauled over by the wrath of mom... Hubby wasn't safe either as I think his note of having to work late was the last straw, after I had been telling him all week of our family plans for Friday night and he didn't know all along he was scheduled to work late... I know the only constant thing is change but it seems every time I start to get into a routine something changes and I have to adjust again... I'm off, the dryer is buzzing at me and the dishwasher awaits another load... Plus the sun has come out finally and burned off the fog so I'm off to see what's going on in the backyard... Hopefully we will all behave tonight and we can watch the Narnia, Prince Caspian movie... and then tomorrow is February 1st, back to work and the Superbowl, so hopefully we won't be too busy....
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Meme found on Facebook...

A

Available: No...

Age: 44...

Annoyance: arrogant people...

Animal: cat...



B

Beer: no...

Birthday: June 12th

Best Friend: just lots of friends...

Body Part on opposite sex: smile...

Best feeling in the world: cold, clean sheets...

Blind or Deaf: deaf...

Best weather: 72 degrees...

Been in Love: yes...

Been on stage?: yes...

Believe in Magic: yes...

Believe in Santa: of course...



C-

Candy: chocolate...

Color: purple

Chocolate/Vanilla: chocolate...

Chinese/Mexican Food: Mexican...

Cake or pie: cake...

Continent to visit: Australia...

Cheese: American...



D-

Day or Night: day...

Dancing in the rain: sure...



E-

Eyes: blue...

Everyone's got: worries...

Ever failed a class?: Geology...



F-

First thoughts waking up: they all rush in at once...

Food: enchiladas...



G-

Greatest Fear: the dark...

Goals: working on them...

Gum: gives me a headache...

Get along with your parents?: yes...



H-

Hair Color: dirty blond...

Height: 5'7-

Happy: not today...

Holiday: my birthday...

How do you want to die: of old age



I-

Ice Cream: french vanilla

Instrument: piano...



J-

Jewelry: gold, diamonds, saphires, pearls...

Job: retail...



K-

Kids: 3...

Kickboxing or karate: kickboxing...

Keep a journal?: it's called a blog now... :)



L-

Love: God, hubby, sons, family, friends...

Letter: Z...

Laughed so hard you cried: yes...



M-

Milk flavor: chocolate...

Movies: XMen, City Slickers, Mulan Rouge, Excalibur, LadyHawke, StarDust, LakeHouse, True Lies, Indiana Jones, plus tons more...

Motion sickness?: no...

McD’s or BK: Burger King...



N-

Number: 12...



O-

One wish: to be content...



P-

Pepsi/Coke: Coke...

Perfect Pizza: Hawaiian...

Piercings: ears, but haven't worn earrings in 15yrs...



Q-

Quail: bird...



R-

Reason to cry: Raisin and people losing their jobs...

Reality T.V.: hate it...

Radio Station: KLOVE...

Roll your tongue in a circle: no... but I can wiggle my ears...

Ring size: don't remember...

Song: So Much In Love, The Tymes...

Shoe size: 10w...

Salad Dressing: Catalina...

Sushi: still haven't tried it...

Skinny dipped?: no and I think since everyone else has that there should be some entries of when, why and where...

In the shower?: doesn't everyone skinny dip in the shower...

Strawberries or Blueberries: strawberries...

Sport: blogging, is that a sport...



T-

Tattoos?: maybe someday...

Time for bed: whenever my eyes close sometime between 8pm and 11pm...

Thunderstorms: love them...



U-

Unpredictable: weather...



V-

Vacation spot(s): Monterrey...



W-

Weakness: chips...

Which one of your friends acts the most like you: I'm the only me...

Worst feeling: when hormones attack...

Wanted to be a model: no...

Worst Weather?: gray skies and fog...



X-

X-Rays: teeth...



Y-

Year it is now: 2009...

Yellow: sunflowers...



Z-

Zoo animal: tiger...

Happy Journaling...

TGIF

I am so glad it is Friday and this week is over... My house is a mess... I've gotten nothing done this week... Well I have almost finished reading Twilight that son2 borrowed from his friend... And son3 studied his spelling words all week. This week's words: people, easy, busy, taught, picture, listen, follow, focus, effort, computer, correct, details, review, noun and verb... Son2 had to pick his classes for next year and potential electives... Son1 had jury duty so I had to check the computer each day, but he never did have to go in... I forgot to mention when he came over for son2's bday that he told us he got another dog, a Dachshund/Terrier Mix, a girl dog... He already has Danny... And he has a hamster too.... Son3 has had a cold all week and now hubby is getting it... Hubby is still working his day hours, but didn't check the schedule and found out when he went in today that he was scheduled late, I don't understand how people don't look at their schedules to see what they are working... Hubby of course just assumes it's the same every week... But the people I work with don't even look until the day before... I like to know for the whole month, lol, but only know for the week... And now they are having to move people around again at his work, so he may have to go back to closing a few nights... I have mixed feelings... On the one hand I like him home earlier in the evening but he has not been getting any of his chores done... So we will see when he goes back to nights if between the two of us we get this house back in shape... I have had to get up several times to referee son2 and son3 who are bickering with each other and me.... grrrrr.... Son3 has still not pulled his tooth that has been loose since December, so I told him no games until he wiggles it... Oh the drama, just for him to wiggle it... Work has been dramatic this week too... On the one hand I have gotten lots done... However the company is going through some restructuring due to the economy and so three managers were let go this week at our store... I realized today that is was the same positions that replaced mine after I was restructured four years ago... It's unsettling what other changes we will go through this year... Meanwhile with hours low for it being only January and medical insurance going up, my paycheck is not much anyway... But I am fortunate to have it... And I am lucky to be here... On the way home today I was sitting in a long line of traffic waiting for the light to turn green, when out of the corner of my eye I see a flash of the car behind me as he has to slam on the brakes and swerve to the shoulder to avoid hitting me as he was going fifty and not seeing that the cars were stopped... At first I thought it was a young guy but after he got back in line behind me I saw it was a middle aged man... And then I noticed the lady behind him talking on her cell phone, last year they passed the law of hand free cell phones only, hers was not... Then to the left of me a truck drives past, going the wrong way, as it is only a two lane road, he continued driving past all of us waiting for the light until he reached oncoming cars and then he merged back in line with us... I'm so glad to be home where I can curl up comfy cozy and finish reading Twilight and watch some TV when hubby gets home and get a good night's sleep and wake up refreshed to tackle my list that has been waiting all week.... I miss Raisin....
Happy Journaling...

A-Z Photo Challenge-U

A-Z Photo Challenge - The letter U

To Play Visit Martha at Menagerie

Looking UP...

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Ignore hubby's comment, lol, we lit the candles before son2 was ready...

Son2 Opening Present Movie

Son2's 15th Birthday!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

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