March Sixth…

Home from work… Hubby’s been working in the backyard… the boys have been watching Futurama online at Netflix… I’ve checked email and facebook and now I’m fixing dinner… some leftover roast and chili hot dogs… I’ve sent hubby to get the boys off the computer… as son2 still has homework and needs to get his clothes ready for school and tennis… son3 is off to the shower and needs to finish reading his book for school… we have Facing the Giants to watch tonight and Simpsons and Family Guy are new tonight…

Another fast day at work today… I set the ad… the other associates after what seems like a month now are still setting the new Spring shoes for women… of course the mixed directions they have gotten have caused them to have to reset it about four times now… I then went to lunch and was just putting away the shoes in the stockroom when I got called to the store managers office for a second interview for the shoe lead position… I was in there over an hour… he likes to talk… and since I’ve known him for thirteen years, I’ve heard all his stories before… he said a couple more have dropped out of the running since talking with him… I told him I was still interested and not backing out… I still think I am the most qualified out of everyone… and he probably knows it too, however there have many years and times I didn’t pursue other promotions and we talked about those… So I’m still waiting to see what fate has in store… when I got back on the floor of course the other associates wanted to know how it went… they want me to get it as they know me and don’t want a stranger, lol… One of the shoe associates that also applied said she had a dream that I got the position… Actually after talking with him today I feel more comfortable about taking the position then scaring me off…

I still think that this is part of the reason hubby lost his job… forcing me to continue on in my career after putting it on hold the last ten years or so since son3 was born… and waiting to see if hubby was going to step up his career at anytime… not that I wouldn’t take advantage of staying at home, I’m meant to go to work… hubby however I think prefers to stay home and take care of the house and the boys… not that we can afford for either of us to stay home, just that hubby will now work around my schedule when he gets a job and I will put in the hours…

Hubby does have an interview coming up on March 17th… He’s been applying at everything, part time or full time… and finally got an instant interview at one of the online applications websites for Macy’s…

So I’m still trusting God and waiting to see how his plan plays out… of me becoming a supervisor again… what kind of job hubby will get… that we will still pay the bills… and one of us will still always be here for the boys… I know it will all work out… I’m just impatient to see how…

Meanwhile we have about a months worth of work to get ready for inventory on the 15th/16th and only a week to do it… but I keep telling myself I’m not the supervisor yet so it’s still on my supervisor to have a plan to get ready…

Also hubby has been out of work for six months now… just doesn’t seem real… we got the last unemployment check and now waiting to see if he will get the extension… I feel he will though…

Son1 has been coming over about every two weeks to do laundry… he did come over for a minute on Friday as he needed some things from his stuff in the garage as his brake line broke on the Jeep… haven’t heard from him since so I’m guessing he fixed it… he has changed position at his job too… he is now in shipping instead of receiving… he was having a conflict with his supervisor so management moved son1 so they could access the situation… meanwhile his roommate is moving to a new and better job with a new company soon…

Son2 spends all his day at school and then tennis… his report card came: PE A; Anatomy C; English C; US History C; Geometry A; Zoology C+; Cooking/Sewing B; Draw/Paint A… Told him a few too many C’s in the important classes…

Son3 finally had his state testing writing test… so hopefully we are done writing essays for now… what he needs to get caught up in is his AR reading; reading a book each week and taking a test on it… actually reading as many books as you can and taking tests to accumulate points… but by time we are done with regular homework, I just want some down time and so we haven’t been reading in quite a few weeks… although he still hasn’t taken a test on the last book we read… So he finally agreed on a few books today from the bookcase that we can read and the school has tests on them in their system… On the 17th he is going on his mission field trip… I will probably have that day off as he will be on his field trip and hubby has his interview and we have inventory on the Wednesday before which is my usual day off… See how everything always works out… 

Now if I could find some time this year to take some vacation at work… I’ve usually already had two weeks of vacation by this time of year…. One in January and one for the week of Easter… but since my vacation got all messed up last year, I didn’t have any vacation left for January… and Easter is late this year at the end of April so still a long way off… not to mention if I get the position will I be able to take off on vacation so soon… Meanwhile I haven’t had a whole week of vacation since my birthday last year in June…

Dinner is ready… Time to round up the boys… Almost 6pm and still lots to do with eating dinner, watching movies and shows, getting ready for school and having five minutes of quiet time with hubby before I pass out for the night…

Happy Journaling…

March Fifth

We’re watching The Social Network… Very interesting… and gives a whole new outlook about how facebook really started…

We have Facing the Giants to watch next… We already watched Megamind this week… So funny… Son3 loves it…

I’ve been wanting to do an entry for over a week now… I keep running out of day but have lots I want to write about… Not to mention it hits 8pm and I’m ready for bed… Like now…  Hubby has brought me some ice cream with caramel sauce… Maybe a Twilight Zone and then get the boys ready for bed…

Son2 should be tired as he spent the night at a friend’s with a bunch of friends and they probably stayed up most of the night…

Today hubby gave me a haircut and made eggs, hash browns and spam for breakfast… son3 watched his cartoons and played his video games… I filled the birdfeeders, did lots of laundry and put a roast in the crock pot with a cranberry/orange juice/honey glaze… it was really good and I will share the recipe soon… I helped son1 figure out his taxes a couple of weeks ago and today I did ours… just waiting for the ink to come I ordered for the printer so we can print everything out and get them in the mail… hubby replaced a fence post in the backyard as the fence was falling down between our backyard and the neighbors… we also got new neighbors today… the house across the street from us has been in a foreclosure sale since hubby has been out of work… so it was a good feeling seeing someone move in… after we did all that son2 finally came home from his friends… so he and son3 watched Futurama episodes on Netflix and hubby and I went for a walk to feed the birds some old bread and popcorn… Came home and finished fixing dinner, we watched the movie and here we are watching Twilight Zone… They are on VHS tapes hubby taped from a Marathon back in 1988…

Tomorrow is work again… I so need an hour in the morning each day to write an entry… when I can think and I’m not tired… and feel more organized for my day… clocks changing soon so more sunlight, that will help… today was sunny and warm… chance of rain tomorrow and Monday…

Speaking of facebook, think I will check on frontierville before I go to bed…

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February Twenty Sixth

We just finished having lasagna for dinner and are now watching Lost in Space Season one… Waiting to have a brownie for dessert… I had another bit of a lazy Saturday today… Well I did wash the bedding, towels and rest of the laundry… Battled ants in the boy’s bathroom and wiped down the boy’s bathroom… I started the taxes yesterday so had to order some ink for the printer today so when the taxes are done I can print them out… I also ordered me some pants for work… I got caught up on blog reading… posted photos on facebook and in my photo blog, Not Just Roses… I texted with son1 to let him know that some bills had came… he may stop by tomorrow to pick up his mail…

Son2 had a friend over today… They played the card game he got son2 last week at the bday party… Son3 spent the day playing Playstation 2… Hubby was playing video games too…

Hubby also made pancakes and fried eggs for breakfast… Our Saturday morning breakfast topic this morning was about son2 getting his driving permit… some of his friends are already driving, so we also talked to him about not getting in the car with them as they are not allowed to drive anyone in their cars under 18 until they are 18… son2 says he is fine about waiting to get his permit til he is 18… time for hubby to get a job and son2 to get a job and then we can get son2 a car to learn to drive in and get his license in…

We were supposed to have snow and rain today… but not a drop, here anyway, maybe in the foothills… It rained all day yesterday…and it is still cold today… warming up tomorrow and then maybe rain by Wednesday…

Off to work again tomorrow… I so need a vacation… I usually have one in January and then again for Easter… but Easter isn’t until the end of April this year… and then if I get the new position… how will I squeeze in vacation too… five weeks of them even… tomorrow I have a huge ad to set but have help… it’s mad about shoes sale time again…

The boys both have history homework this weekend… and son3 and I have reading to do… and hubby is going to the grocery store tomorrow… and we need to take a walk and feed the birds again, have some leftover popcorn from son2’s party last week still… I also need a haircut… I had so many things I was going to get done today…

Hubby has brought my brownie with ice cream…

Lent is coming soon… March 9th… I’m making a list of things to do and not do during lent… And we start daylight savings time March 13th…

Now we are watching the last disc of F Troop season one…

Still have CSI, the Mentalist and Fringe to watch from this week too…

Happy Journaling…

February Twenty Fourth

Aren’t these bears just too cute… I found a bunch of different ones going through Google images…

Another week of February almost done… Son3 has had a bunch of homework this week… especially writing as they are getting ready to take their state writing tests next week… we just finished writing four paragraphs about a genie granting three wishes… and yesterday we had to write three paragraphs on his favorite story out of his school reading book…

Son2 is home from tennis, they had their first scrimmage today… they went to a tie breaker but the other school won… he didn’t go to practice yesterday as he had gotten behind in homework… he still needs to finish writing his essay tonight on cruelty of animals…

Tomorrow will mark exactly two months since Christmas day and we are still crazy busy at work… they added associates to the schedule for the rest of the week so we can get cleaned up but then the weekend will come and it will just get tore up again… we are still putting away all the shoes that we opened from the trucks and are setting the woman’s floor with all the new spring shoes… today we had our weekly count and I think we have tons of mark downs again next week… it just never ends… I think they just finished the interviewing for the lead position today… now just waiting for them to make a decision… As far as most qualified that would be me… but a couple have potential… and a couple have either changed their minds or are just not qualified… so we’ll see…

It is so cold this winter or maybe it is just me… We have the heater set at 68 degrees but it is still chilly… I don’t remember past winters turning the heater up so not going to now as we want to keep the bills down… it is only going to be in the 40’s the next two days with rain and maybe even snow actually in the valley…

Waiting for the boys to get out of the showers… we’re having parmesan chicken and mashed potatoes for dinner… and watching Hogan’s Heroes… Big Bang, Rules of Engagement, CSI and The Mentalist come on tonight… I’ll be taping them as I was fast asleep last night at 8:30… can’t wait til we change the clocks and the sun is up longer… the sun is beginning to peek out just before 6am now and stay up til almost 6:30pm…

Will be good to come out of hibernation so I can quit eating and get more done around the house… I just want to sleep, watch TV and eat…

Speaking of which, time to eat dinner, so I can watch TV and go to sleep…

Happy Journaling…

February Nineteenth

These pictures are from Wednesday I think… the weatherman keeps telling us rain but then that keeps changing… We did have a bit on Wednesday and a bit yesterday but just a sprinkle or two in between… Lots of clouds keep passing over though but they don’t stay long… the weather is on now saying a lot of rain tonight… although online only says a 10% chance of rain tonight…

I had my interview yesterday for the shoe lead position I applied for… I was a bit nervous and talked too fast but she was impressed with my experience and was surprised to learn that I’m not quiet since she doesn’t know me well as our paths don’t cross… even though she is my boss’s boss… I realized afterward that I actually seemed eager to have the position… darn, lol… I’m leaving it up to faith on whether I get the position, so I can get off this fence on whether or not I’m supposed to be a supervisor again… One day at a time either way…

We had til today to get all the boxes open and caught up at work… By time I left work yesterday they had all the boxes up even the ones from the truck this past week… Hopefully last night and today they got a bulk of the last of it opened… Tomorrow I have to set the ad, scan the floor for missing displays, open boxes and we have to start scanning the stockroom again to get the shoes located in…

Had all kinds of plans today while being in my room so son2 could entertain his guests but actually the time went by quite fast… I read a few blogs, played on facebook for just a bit, wrote a couple of entries, had big plans of sending hubby’s resume out to some printing places but that didn’t work out as planned as the websites were being difficult, still need to put away the laundry and wanted to clean my bathroom but we did get caught up on all our shows we taped for the week…

The boys have a three day weekend and son3 does not have homework… woo hoo… son2 does but that is on him… he is picking his classes for his senior year, he turned it in yesterday… he went to tennis yesterday but no one was there, don’t know what was up with that… he also got the papers for ordering uniforms and the match schedule…

I finally decided on what book to read next~Stephen King’s Dark Tower… the last time I read that book was back in 1982 when I graduated high school… I was trying to read The Dark Matter by Peter Straub but I couldn’t get into it nor understand a thing that was going on… Stephen King and Nora Roberts just have a way with words that just draw you right in…

I told son2 to start ending the party around 6:30 which it is now… I’ll give him fifteen more minutes and then may have to send hubby out there to start wrapping things up…

Anyone for more pizza…

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Party Day

Son2 is having an after birthday get together with a few of his close friends today…

I washed the floors, vacuumed, dusted, son2 cleaned the bathroom… Hubby did the grocery shopping…

Hubby made the cake and the iced tea… I made the pizzas, bean dip and popped the popcorn…

Hubby, son3 and I are banned to our rooms to watch TV and play on the computers… Such torture, lol… well for son3 it is as he wants to see what the big kids are doing and what all the laughing is about… He’s playing his computer games… Hubby and I have watched Castle, Bones, Fringe, CSI and now The Mentalist… Our popcorn is all gone, only one piece of pizza left and we’ve had chocolate reeses and chocolate covered raisins…

I wonder if there is any cake left… Only one more hour til the party is over…

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Pudding Cake

chocolate cake~chocolate pudding…

chocolate cake~banana pudding…

Here’s how hubby makes his pudding cake…

One box of cake mix prepared per box instructions…

Two boxes of pudding mix prepared per box pie filling instructions…

Pour cake mix in glass pan…

Pour pudding mix in center of cake mix…

Heat oven to 350 for 50 minutes…

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February Sixteenth…

Some pictures of when son3 and I made Valentine’s…

He’s signing his cards for his classmates…

His box he made for school…

Me making a card for hubby…

Hubby and mine cards for each other…

Here’s the cake that hubby has been making since he has been home being a homemaker while looking for a new job…

He’s been making chocolate cake and chocolate pudding…

The ones in the above picture are chocolate cake with banana pudding with banana cut up in it…

We are thinking lemon cake with lemon pudding next…

And hubby even saw strawberry pudding for strawberry cake…

The possibilities are endless…

And it is less than $4.00 to make… two boxes of cake mix and two boxes of pudding…

Holly sitting on son3’s library books… She was getting in some reading…

I can’t decide what I want to read next… For Christmas son1 got me the fourth book in Nora Robert’s Wedding Quartet, Happy Ever After… So since Christmas I read it then all three of first ones again and then Happy Ever After again… They are that good!!

So now I don’t know if I am in the mood for Stephen King, Richard Castle, more Nora Roberts, Narnia, Harry Potter~the last book to get ready for the last movies, or reread The Dark Tower series again…

Look at all the daffodils that came up this year…

And the non fruit bearing flowering plum tree is blooming in the front yard too…

Today was my day off… Got son2 off to school… Hubby drove son3 today as it was raining… Then hubby and I had breakfast and went to Walmart… I haven’t been to Walmart since before hubby lost his job in August… But finally had to breakdown and get some shampoo, deodorant, vitamins…. I was running low on a few things… Also got the boys an umbrella as the old one was broken and found son3 a backpack for school as his had a broken zipper… Son3 also needed socks and briefs as his were getting small… I was mainly looking for me some pants for work as mine are all still too big although not as much since I still haven’t lost those pounds I gained over the holidays… And plus I need new ones in case I do get the lead position… as I have been wearing jeans and we are not supposed to but I get away with it since I am mostly in the back opening boxes… They had nothing pant wise, well nothing in my new size, had some bigger sizes in the styles I was looking at… I did find a pair of jeans in a smaller size than the ones I am wearing… So I got one pair… I have ones that are size 14 that I wear at home and they are too big… I wear size 12 to work that were getting too big but have been fitting ok since the few pounds that came back… So today I bought a 10… First thing when I got home I tried them on… They are skin tight but I did button and zip them and I could still breath… Yay Me!! maybe just the motivation I need to stop eating again… Hubby has been cleaning the garage and we can now get to the weight system again… and we were doing so much more walking before the holidays…

After Walmart hubby and I watched Emergency and I ate popcorn this afternoon… I had bought some for son2’s party… Did I mention he has about six friends coming over this Saturday for an after birthday get together… They’ll have pizza, chips, dips, popcorn, and tea and soda… Movies and XBox games and board games… Hubby, son3 and I will stay in our rooms with our computers and movies… maybe I’ll even clean my bathroom…

Son3 and I got his homework done… I made chicken quesadillas for dinner… and hubby had to pick up son2 from tennis as it was hailing, so they got out before the buses came… Now we are watching Mike and Molly and Hawaii 50… Son2 has to pick his classes for school for next year by Friday… and he brought home the order form for his tennis uniform… and son3 brought home a permission slip for his field trip to San Juan Bautista Mission next month…

I’m gonna finish watching Hawaii 50 and get everyone ready for bed… I’m tired… I am happy to report that at work they have brought up all the boxes from receiving… we have til Saturday to get them all opened and put away… Anything in the warehouse is new that came off the truck this week… Woo Hoo… We were supposed to have a visit from the district shoe guy today, I wonder if he came…

Tomorrow is Thursday so don’t forget to visit me at The Motivation Station for Thursdays With Linda…

Happy Journaling…

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February Fourteenth…

Happy Valentine’s Day!!

I worked today… Lots of helpers this week as we only have til Saturday to get all the boxes open that we are behind in…

Tomorrow is the last day to apply for the shoe lead position… Two have backed out, two probably won’t be considered because of attendance issues, so down to me and two others who also have lead experience…

Son1 has plans with girlfriend… dinner and exchanging cards…

Son3 had a party at school today… Brought home lots of candy and Valentine’s Cards…

Son2 is still at tennis should be home any minute…

Hubby was home cleaning the kitchen, making chocolate banana pudding cake and applying for jobs…

We have left over lasagna for dinner plus I am heating up some soup and making more garlic bread and there is a bit of salad and veggies leftover too…

Hubby and I will exchange our cards we made later…

But first we are watching Valentine’s Day that came from Netflix today… I’m sure the boys will be tortured…

Then I’ll be taping Hawaii 50 and Castle and sleeping…

Happy Journaling…

February Twelfth…

A whole month later and what have we been up to…

Son2 celebrated his 17th birthday… We had a family party and next Saturday he is having a get together with friends here at the house…

After 18months, son1 has moved out with a roommate into a two bedroom apartment and I have reclaimed my front living room…

It has been super foggy but we are finally seeing some sun… Hubby and I were getting in a lot of walks before Christmas but have slacked off so one day we went on a nice long walk to see son1’s apartment complex… that’s it on the other side of those trees on the right…

Son2 has joined tennis at school…

Son3 got a 100% on his mission project board…

Son2 got his report card: PE~A, Anatomy~B, English~B, US History~A, Geometry~A, Zoology~C, Home Economics~A, Draw & Paint~A…

Son3 got his report card: Reading~C, Language Arts~C, Writing~C, Spelling~B, Math~B, Science~ B, Social Science~A,

Hubby is still job hunting… Unemployment money runs out this month but his case is still open and the extensions were voted to continue so hopefully he will be approved to continue receiving payments… However a job would be good too as he really needs to get out of the house, lol…

My supervisor finally found out she got the position she applied for so I applied for her position, shoe lead supervisor… Heard quite a few others also applied… I’m glad for some competition… Plus not quite sure I want the position… I’ve been on the fence for the last six years of becoming a lead again or not… so am leaving it to faith on whatever happens… meanwhile we are still behind in shoes and inventory is only a few weeks away…

Son3 continues to have so much homework… they have a three day weekend this weekend for Lincoln’s birthday and he brought home his class work from Thursday and a five paragraph book report to do… We got them done… and he had to make his valentine box at home because they don’t have time in class because they are so busy doing work… He also signed all his valentine cards for his party on Monday…

Friday I only had to work til noon, today I was off and tomorrow I only work 6-10am to set the ad… Son1 is coming over tomorrow to do laundry and work on a friend’s car, his tools are still in the garage… We’re watching CSI and The Mentalist… and son2 is fixing some pie… I’m so frustrated I still haven’t lost the 8lbs I gained over the holidays… I was still tracking my eating for three weeks but the last week I have not nor have I worn my pedometer… Starting over with getting my brain wrapped around it… Son2 has lost five pounds since joining tennis…

Shows are over and off to eat pie and go to sleep…

Happy Journaling…

January Twelfth

We’re flying through the new year already… The boys are three days back at school… And I’m still trying to get organized…

Hubby, son2, son3 and I are watching Legend of the Guardians; Owl of Ga’hoole… Son1 is off at the gym with his friend, using a free week pass…

Today I was off… I slept in, letting son1 and son2 get off to work and school their selves… hubby and I got son3 off to school including our walk… once home we had breakfast, went job searching online… I cleaned out the paper files for my entry for The Motivation Station for tomorrow… watched Emergency… picked up son3… math, spelling, and two paragraphs on Martin Luther King Jr for homework… first item I put into the shredder was too big and I broke the shredder… hubby tried to fix it but will continue tomorrow… several loads of laundry done and vacuumed… made dinner… and now we are watching the movie… plenty more I wanted to do but run out of day so quickly…

Was so nice to get away last weekend for a couple of hours to the snow… the boys and hubby sledded… I enjoyed the sun that we found above the fog… we had a picnic in the car…

I have been so grumpy and down this past week… part PMS and part  dreary winter weather… of course haven’t seen Chuck since before Thanksgiving… so maybe he is finally coming again… I have been eating out of control… still trying to get back to control eating so I can lose some more pounds… have gained just three or so over the holidays…

Lots of changes at work again or actually changing back to the old way… Still trying to recover from the holidays, such a mess… and everyone still shopping, every day we are still busy… and people are so messy…

Still not sure about the whole lead situation at work… Supervisor still doesn’t know if she will get the position she applied for and starting to change my mind if I want to apply for the shoe lead position if she leaves… just so much drama…

Only six more weeks of unemployment for hubby… of course the unemployment extensions were approved by the government… but hoping hubby gets a job before we have to deal with that… we made a new plan for job hunting and applying again today… we were stuck in a bit of a loop at the places we kept applying to…

Son1 will be moving into an apartment with a friend on February first… very nice, two bedroom, upstairs, across from the pool… girlfriend is not going back to city college but will be going to a cosmetology school starting at the end of the month…

I kept meaning to mention the results of hubby’s 24hr blood pressure monitoring… it was perfectly fine and the doctor will not be raising his blood pressure medicine… she still is not believing he just has white coat syndrome and his pressure is only high when she takes it…

Time to get the boys ready for bed and school and read with son3…

Wednesday: water, vitamins, green tea tablet… breakfast~hot chocolate, cereal with yogurt… lunch~black eyed peas, cola… BBQ chips… dinner~chicken, pasta with marinara sauce, salad, peach wine with lemon lime soda… chocolate pudding cake with ice cream…

Tuesday: water, vitamins… lunch~chimichanga, yogurt, cola… lasagna… tortilla chips… dinner~chicken, pasta, salad, johnny cakes, peach wine with lemon lime soda… chocolate pudding cake with ice cream…

Monday: water, vitamins, greet tea tablet… lunch~chimichanga, yogurt, cola… lasagna, gingerbread cake… dinner~tacos, baked potato, scrambled eggs, water… hot chocolate with ice cream…

Sunday: water, vitamins… lunch~chimichanga, yogurt, cola… mini tacos, brownie… dinner~chili dog, french fries, salad, water… brownie with ice cream…

Saturday: hot chocolate… water, vitamins, green tea tablet… breakfast~scrambled eggs, hash browns, ham, English muffin with jelly, hot chocolate… cola… dinner~mini tacos, taquitos, chimichanga, refried beans, tortilla soup, salad, water… root beer float, brownie…

Friday: water, vitamins… breakfast~cereal with yogurt… cola… lunch~ham sandwich… Ritz crackers, cola… dinner~mini:tacos, burritos, chimichangas, taquitos, refried beans, wine with lemon lime soda…

Thursday: water, vitamins, green tea tablet… lunch~chimichanga, yogurt, cola… tangelos, ham… tortilla chips… dinner~turkey burger, lasagna, black eyed peas, corn bread, wine, lemon lime soda… toffee candy… hot chocolate…

Wednesday: hot chocolate… breakfast~yogurt with cereal… vitamins, water… lunch~tortilla soup, cola… lemon cookie… chocolate chip cookies… potato chips…

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