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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

December Ninth...



Hubby has a flashlight that has a laser pointer on it... these pictures were from a week ago when he was shining the laser and Holly was chasing it... last night she was a big lump sleeping on the bed and I was trying to get her to play with her toys but she wouldn't budge... hubby turned on the laser and she took off after it... she couldn't stop, no matter where we shined it... on the bed, floor, wall, ceiling... it was better than catnip... we finally turned it off but she was still looking for it, her head was still spinning, she kept waiting for it to come back...






Holly has found the tree but not bothered any of the ornaments... of course now that I said that...


Got son2, hubby, son3 and son1 off to school and work this morning... I had the day off... I played a bit on the computer, ordered a bit for Christmas, printed out pictures for son3's class project, had breakfast and lunch, put all the Christmas boxes back in the garage, put the last of the ornaments on the tree, finished decorating son3's tree, laundry, vacuumed and watched an episode of Emergency... I also did my entry for The Motivation Station for tomorrow... Stop and visit us everyday Monday-Friday... Now son3 is home and we are doing homework... still need to finish laundry, dishes and make dinner... Glee, Criminal Minds and CSI NY all come on tonight... five tvs in the house and only one can tape... still no channels in my bedroom... family internet computer is still down... and laptop is dial up so can't watch too much on it as it takes too long to load... I'll probably watch Glee since I think it is the finale...


Tuesday son1 was off and the rest of us were off to work and school... I worked 9-5 but it went really quick... Now that we are a test store for commission and registers in the department again, I'm not the only one there... however the commission associates are more like just cashiers as that is all they do... I know it is Christmas time but even the rest of the year from the time we open the doors til the time we close there is always a customer in the shoe department... we are still messy since no one has time to clean, just ring the registers... I spent the day in the stockroom, matching shoes from all the mismates we still have from Thanksgiving weekend... there were two associates on the floor most of the day, no one bugged me well except the customers who bang on the wall and yell into the stockroom... someday I will find that sign that says bang on stockroom wall for service and take it down.... about a half hour before I was going home one of the closing associates had come in and he had two customers at once and called me out to help him... I just looked at him and said you can't help both, he said not at once... of course I was going to help him only cause I am nice but I was not joking when I asked him why he couldn't help both... I never have the luxury of handing off customers to other associates... these new associates who come in expecting things to be all cushy and rosy, I wonder how they will be thirty years from now, probably not still working retail like me....
Came home and had lasagna for dinner... I had taped Castle the night before and we were going to watch it but could not play it in the tv I taped it off of, it would only work in the bedroom tv... This whole digital is really making me mad... Family guy was not on either so got the boys in the showers so they could watch Prep and Landing... taped that too wonder if it came out ok... Hubby and I watched two more episodes of Sanctuary...
Son1 was telling me that girlfriend's family got him a ticket to go to Disneyland the day after Christmas... I think he's been like three times in the last few years... I haven't been since 1984... the money we used to help him get caught up when he moved back home was money I had put away so we could take the boys one of these summers... I don't want to talk about it... of course he still has to ask work for that weekend off...


Monday I had a lovely day off... spent the day in my room wrapping presents and I took a chance of watching Emergency online at Netflix... I have dial up on the laptop but it only took five minutes for an episode to buffer so I was able to watch two before the computer was getting too slow... I was so excited though... son1 went off to friend A's house to play friend A's new video game... then friend A had to go to work... son1 has been eating dinner with us this week... he's also had a headache and a head cold of sorts... gets cold in the front room where he sleeps as the air comes through the front door... he wants to get a floor heater and I even thought about it but his hamster throws all the bedding stuff out of his cage and I'm afraid it will get in the heater and go poof and set the house on fire... son1 went back over to friend A's later that night and I think he spent the night as he wasn't home Tuesday morning...
we had leftover deli chicken for dinner and watched Opus a Wish for Wings that Work... I taped all the Monday night shows that I still have to watch except we saw Castle... got the boys settled in bed and read in bed myself... waited for hubby to watch Sanctuary but by time he finished hooking up the printer to his computer and turning off all the Christmas lights I was asleep...
Now I think I'll make some tuna/egg salad on croissants... the boys can have leftover lasagna... hubby is home and son3 is still working on his homework... and he only had two math pages and color a picture to go with his story he already wrote in class... school says homework should only take 45 minutes and yet he manages to stretch it out to two hours... he was invited to a sleep over birthday party this weekend... he's only 8... I don't think he is ready for sleepovers at a friend's house just yet... actually this mom is very brave to have all these 8yr olds sleep over... son3 hasn't slept over any where before... he's afraid of the dark and I told him they may not have night lights... he was just telling me that so far no one from their classroom is going but other people are going... son2 was 13 when he went to his first birthday sleepover... we had plans to go to the Christmas tree farm on Saturday anyway... and now I'm trying to bribe him with the movies too, A Christmas Carol with Jim Carrey...
hubby is home and has gone off to the grocery store for some soda... son2 is home now too. so I better get on dinner... and I was supposed to make cookies today since the boys fought over the last batch...

Happy Journaling...

Monday, December 7, 2009

December Seventh...


It is cold and raining this morning... only in the 40's this week... winter is here... I got son2 off to school, hubby off to work and son3 off to school... I am off today and son1 is off today too... he is only getting about 15 to 20 hours a week... I knew working at Sears he would be part time as he is used to full time but I didn't think he would get so few hours in December... his old job before his last job offered him to work for seasonal but he is worried it would effect his hours more at Sears if he told them he could only work certain times in order to work the other job...
I am back in bed this morning keeping toasty with Holly next to me... actually I came in the bedroom so I could wrap some Christmas presents but got distracted by SuperPokePets on facebook... I was shopping so I could decorate my habitat in Christmas... lol...
But now I am focused on writing an entry to catch up on the weekend... then pay the bills... then wrap presents... then laundry, dishes, bathrooms, etc all around the house... then it will be time for son3 to be home and homework... but wait, don't rush my day off...
This morning when hubby was leaving for work (son1 stays in the front living room) we noticed that girlfriend had stayed over... probably on accident as they fall asleep watching movies but she always wakes up to go home on time... although she has gotten more and more comfortable at our house as she brings a change of clothes to be comfy while watching movies with son1, her pjs/loungewear... I'm not sure what her rules are at her house but I don't want her mom to think I allow such things... she is still only 19 where son1 is 22... when I took my shower to get son3 ready for school I think she left as when son3 and I were leaving she was no longer there...
Sunday I was up early for work at 4:30am... work 6-1pm... easy ad to set as none of the tables needed changing... so I could leisurely put up the signs and request all missing ones to make sure everthing was fully signed... Went to lunch and then worked on all the mismates for girl's boots from Black Friday still.... Came home, hubby was at work.. son1 was at work... son2 was finishing up watching Ironman and son3 was on computer games... I had planned to pay bills and such but got caught up on facebook, being lazy... playing games... made some chocolate chip cookies... washed all the pans and loaded the dishwasher... got the small tree out for son3 so he could put it in his room and decorate it... got the boys in the showers... pulled out the leftovers of pizza and deli chicken for dinner... hubby has been getting off early on Sunday due to they are slow but guess they are busy now as he was an hour late... son1 ended up working a half hour longer too... finally we ate dinner, watched Funniest Videos and Simpsons... got the boys in bed... got in my pjs... came out to help hubby decorate the main tree a bit more... heard girlfriend's voice so went back to my room since I was in my jammies... didn't know she was coming over...
One of our digital boxes has already gone out... researched on line to get another one, found one at Best Buy or Target for $55 but started reading all the customer reviews and everyone said don't buy only lasts six months... our other box still works so we put that one in the family room but now we don't have tv in our bedroom... not ready to get cable yet so deciding whether to take a chance on another box... very frustrating that I don't have tv in my room... so I put in Season 1 of Sanctuary that I got from Netflix, hubby came in to watch it with me and I fell promptly asleep... I had already seen the first one Saturday night but hubby hadn't...
Saturday I got up at 4:30am to be at work 6-1:30pm... set the ad, we didn't have any doorbusters but some of the signs changed anyway... was quiet in the morning so I stocked all the men's work boots... went to lunch and then proceeded to clean the stockroom... we still have tons of mismates from Black Friday and lots of go backs and just stuff every where... came home... we had planned on going to see the Christmas lights at the zoo but is was very cold on Saturday and I hadn't bought the tickets yet and son3 wasn't very interested in going, so hubby and I went to the grocery store instead... which was probably better as we hadn't been in a while, to the grocery store... had to wait for hubby to finish putting the lights on the roof first though... son2 and son3 were playing computer games... son1 was getting ready to go to a friend's house... son1 said girlfriend was coming over about 6:30 or 7pm... by time we got back from the grocery store it was after 5pm... I got deli chicken, pizzas and chips and dips so we would have plenty for everyone... we started eating dinner about 6pm and watched The Santa Clause 2... by 8pm I was putting everything away and son1 and girlfriend showed up both having eaten at different places already... now I can't remember what we did Saturday night... we had decorated the tree a bit more... I think I went to bed a bit early and was watching Sanctuary and fell asleep so that may be why I don't remember.... oh wait I remember Saturday night... when son1 came in he told me that he got pulled over by the dirt bike cop but the officer said don't worry... I said did you tell the officer to tell your mom that... the officer just pulled him over cause he didn't have his front license plate on and to please put it on... actually son1 has had it off for weeks due to he was working on his car but I think also cause it rattles so much when he is driving... he said though that the officer ran his license and it's not suspended so at least we found that out... son1 was joking with me due to the last bill we helped him with was a fix it ticket that became a big fine and missed court date with possible suspension of license...
Our main family internet computer crashed again... son1 has been working on it and researching possible problems all weekend off and on... one thing we discovered was that what we thought was the computer going in and out of sleep mode may have been the computer trying to correct a worm or virus... which it has been doing for months now... but then Norton hasn't said anything... but then a few days ago we haven't been able to get the desktop to load, just the screen saver... so we have no icons or toobars to click on to shut off or turn on the computer properly... last night son1 was finally able to get the icons back and he was going to try and run Norton... don't know what happened as he is still asleep this morning... our last resort will be to install windows again... at least this time there is nothing in the computer that we will lose as we have all kept our stuff on other computers...
Now it is 10am... I am watching the rain through my bedroom window and hear it on the roof... Holly has gone out to eat breakfast... son1 is still sleeping... I am going to get busy on my list and wrap presents today so son3 will have presents under the tree... two more weeks and the boys are out of school for three weeks...
Happy Journaling...

Friday, December 4, 2009

December Fourth


Son3 went to bed last night worried that he would be sick again and did have a fever but woke this morning all well... I was ready to go too... ready to get back to work... son2 had foggy day bus schedule again... hubby and son1 were off, so son1 changed the oil in the van...
I got to work and it looked just like it did when I left... four days ago... they didn't bring up any boxes while I was gone... they did today though... but that's cause I cleared the wall and made room... I put away all the boots leftover from Black Friday that we didn't sell back inline in the stockroom... stocked the floor a bit... and started sorting through the boxes of all the mismate shoes from Black Friday still left to go through... those had been worked on while I was gone... only worked four hours today though...
Came home and son1 was waiting so I could finish helping him with a bill we had already helped him with but since he didn't give us the info we had asked for when we needed it got even later causing late fees and mixups... so anyway after an hour we got that all fixed... hubby said son1 got upset over it in the morning with the company on the phone and had to leave for a bit to calm down... by time I got home he had all the info and we were able to take care of it... I was also able to talk with him calmly and learned a few reasons of why he could take care of his bills while he was living on his own and not now... so we know for sure we don't want to give him any more money but still trying to decide how much helping him stay organized is too much managing his bills for him... I want him to do it but he is getting eaten alive by late fees... so we are all still a work in progress...
At the age he is right now, I was two months pregnant with him...

He then took off with his friends and is still not back... Hubby and I picked up son2 and son3 from school... I tried to check my email and what not on the computer... burned some fried eggs, hash browns and sausages for dinner... We watched The Polar Express... started decorating the tree... taking a break now to watch Dollhouse... son3 has been on his computer games playing School Tycoon... son2 wanted to go hang with his friends but wanted to eat dinner and decorate the tree... so he stayed home and was with us but didn't actually put any decorations on the tree... he's tired and a bit grumpy... Hubby put the lights on the outside of the house today... Fedex and UPS dropped off packages today... and now it's 10pm and I'm ready for bed... gotta tape Numbers though... Today was the fastest day...


Happy Journaling...

Thursday, December 3, 2009

December...


I did it! Blog every day of November... and then December comes and I don't... lol... actually the last two days of November I fell asleep, luckily Holly stepped in and added some photos for an entry....
I don't know why I stop blogging... I want to be a better blogger... I want to read blogs but I don't... Why... I have no problem spending endless hours playing facebook games... I think I'm hibernating... but then what would it have been called in the summer...
This has been a good week but a not so good week... I worked Sunday 6am-2 setting the ad... barely finished by 2 and I had help... we are way tore up from Black Friday... Monday I was off and the boys went back to school, hubby went to work, son1 had to work and I had a whole day just for me... It was heaven... Then son1 came home from work and announce he was going to his grandfather's for a couple of days since he had a couple of days off... Tuesday I awoke with a gurgily tummy and a thought that I was owed a sick day from work since I only took one this whole year so far, so I called out... Another day of heaven all to myself... Don't remember what I did on which day but I cleaned and Christmas shopped online, watched old episodes of Emergency, watched The Holiday (actually I think that was Sunday) such a cute movie with Jude Law, Jack Black, Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet... hung out on the laptop, not blogging though, mostly facebook games... homework with son3...
Then Wednesday I was off again... had a quiet morning... then son3 came home from school and my quiet days were over and I was forced back into reality a half day earlier than I wanted... he had gotten in trouble in class but couldn't remember why... I thought he just didn't want to tell me as he would be in more trouble but I kept telling him the teacher already punished him, he was only in trouble with me for not telling me.... I guess her class rule is when they break a rule they have to pick up so many half sheets of multiplication facts to work... about 50 problems each side but each side counts as one... son3 was up to 19 by time he got home... took him 2 and a half hours to finish... plus one hour and 20 minutes for regular homework... he and son2 are slow when it comes to homework... son2 kicked in about fifth grade where he was finally able to manage his homework on his own and in a timely manner... so there is hope for son3... anyway I finally found out what he had done all day... seems he got four problems wrong on his homework so missed first recess and had to read... since he missed math homework shouldn't he do math work... and since when do you get punished for doing homework... then he dazed out two times in class and wasn't paying attention... and then he forgot to write one homework assignment on his agenda the day before ( we did the homework, it was in the folder)... so I was quite grumpy at the teacher at this point and wondered if she was having a grumpy day... son3 says she wasn't mad at anyone, he was just getting in a little bit of trouble that day... so we finally finish all the drama of homework, have dinner, girlfriend came over, son3 is bouncing off the ceiling and happy that homework is done... although I am telling him he is too happy for someone that was in trouble... settle him bed with his Wolverine cartoon... son1 and girlfriend are watching Christmas Vacation... son2 went to sleep... hubby and I are watching Glee... 10pm son3 is complaining his tummy is not feeling not so good, but I tell him he is fine... I'm thinking fate won't allow me to have another day off of work... so girlfriend has gone home, we are all asleep... Midnight comes and we hear MOM.... BLAH......... all over his bed he throws up.... OK I guess your tummy is not so good and I get to have another day off to make up for my bad regular day off....
So this morning I call me out again, call son3 out of school... son2 has a two hour foggy day delay for buses, hubby is off to work, son1 doesn't work til 2pm... girlfriend came over... son3 woke up at 10am, took a shower and proceeded to bounce all over the house all day... he didn't eat til 3pm though, just a waffle... and lemon lime soda all day... hubby is home, son2 is home, son3 is starving... I told hubby to go get Carl's Jr as all I've been doing for four days is eating.... Bones and Fringe come on tonight...
Hubby and I have been so stressed since son1 moved in... he is not taking responsibility or making any plans or goals... he is comfortable in our home but we are not... as he is very opinionated of what he dislikes... I don't know... I don't want to complain about him in my blog but then that is what the blog is for to work through things and share stories and help each other through the rough patches... I know he's just a kid and learning about life... but he keeps dumping everything in my lap waiting for me to fix it and I am not... so all our work of getting him caught up is falling behind again... he makes promises to us and others and doesn't keep them... as each day is new and whatever happened yesterday has gone away... ummmm no it hasn't.... every month you have to pay that bill again... so why does it seem a surprise when it comes in the mail or the phone rings with a friendly reminder...
Next year is almost here and a whole new decade before us... I have my own goals and bills that I need to address and pay for my own responsibilities... and even though son1 is a former responsibility I can only hope that someday all that we have taught him will come in handy soon... instead of him just thinking the world is against him and keeps taking his money... That's life... be glad you have the money for them to take... I am.... each year hubby and I keep getting through, amazed at how we make it on our little retail jobs... we're amazed we were able to help son1 a bit the last few months and still have something left, although that extra we used for him was supposed to pay down our own credit cards a bit more... so anyway I'm just frustrated that we keep giving him advice and he just ignores us and waits til its down to the wire and mad cause we aren't just handing him more money... and then he's kinda rude and makes comments in front of us in our house where we are welcoming him with open arms...
so that is why I shut down from blogging cause don't want to whine but hard just to write happy thoughts with all the ugly thoughts in my head... so I think I'm hiding in the facebook games...
My Carl's Jr is here and I made a chocolate cake... Back to work tomorrow for the next three days... so I can work off all these calories I have consumed the last four days....
Hubby just finished sorting through the Carl's Jr bags and seems we got our four fries and someone else' s four cross cut fries... is that to make up for son1 calling while I was ordering my Car's Jr to complain about another creditor taking funds out of his bank account that he promised them and now he is overdrawn... I can't seem to get through a whole day without son1 drama... son3 is only 8 and seems some days I never even see him or son2... but son1 has drama every day....
I'm off to drown my sorrows in cross cut fries and start anew tomorrow...

Took these pictures through the dining room window today....


Holly was lurking below... I think I see a Putty Cat...


Much safer up in the tree....

Happy Journaling...


Monday, November 30, 2009

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Holly


Happy Journaling...

Saturday, November 28, 2009

November Twenty Eight...


We just finished watching The Grinch and having turkey again... One more day of work and this holiday shopping weekend will be done... Wednesday worked til 11pm getting everything ready for the day after... Friday got to work at 3:45am, opened at 4am, small rush but nothing like we have seen before, by 6am there was finally a good busy crowd, by 8am I was at lunch and we were starting to get tore up, by 11am the store was at 56% of our goal for the day, 12pm the morning specials ended and 12:30pm I was on my way home... I only had four hours of sleep the night before so spent the day vegging on the laptop... the store did not make it's goal, so we didn't do our million but the shoe department made it's goal for the day and then some... Today got to work at 6am, the closers were not able to finish cleaning so we were quite shocked by the mess, so I put up the couple of signs for this morning doorbusters and started cleaning men's and athletic shoes, stocked the work boot tables and came home at 10:45am... Hubby made me go to Target today, I don't go shopping on holiday weekends, too crowded... Target wasn't too bad and we even found a few more Christmas presents plus got a couple on after Thanksgiving specials that we wouldn't have got another time... Then we came home and had another lazy day... Hubby did get the lights on the Christmas tree yesterday... We had the best Thanksgiving! wonderful company and good food... still eating turkey leftovers, hubby's putting them away now... had to make more potatoes and stuffing though... but boy am I tired this weekend... I have Monday off and the boys are back in school, so I can regroup... gotta go help hubby clean up the kitchen and get the boys off to bed so I can sleep...
Happy Journaling...

Friday, November 27, 2009

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

November Twenty Fifth...


Doing my entry early today as I have to work tonight to set the ad for Friday... Hubby was off to work this morning and gets off a bit early and is planning on stopping at the grocery store on the way home for a couple of things... won't he be surprised... with all the last minute shoppers still getting their Thanksgiving fixings... All the boys are home today... son2 has some homework to do... I've been having a quiet morning on the laptop... had some breakfast... cleaned the boys bathroom, told them they can't use it til Friday as we have company coming tomorrow... watered the houseplants... gotta feed the pets... gonna fix the boys breakfast, son2 is the only one up so far... then have me a bit of lunch... then clean my bathroom and get ready for work... won't be back til late tonight... hopefully hubby will figure out how to tape Glee, Criminal Minds and CSI NY... Son2 just noticed the power is out... I said no it's not, I'm on the laptop, oh I see the icon shows battery and not plug... hmmm wonder why the power is out... hope it comes back on soon or whatever will the boys do... unfortunately it does not take power to clean the bathroom, so will get that done while waiting for power to come on so I can make their breakfast, or they can just have cereal...
Happy Journaling...

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

November Twenty Fourth...


I knew today was gonna be a fast day at work... I finished up the kids shoe clearance, went to lunch and started staging the door busters for Friday and then it was time to go home... Hubby and I got off at the same time today but I got home first and he works closer, lol... did my crunches, checked email, made cube steak, baked potatoes and sides... watched Castle and watching Numbers now... and here we are 7pm... just gotta clean up from dinner and I'm tired... and that's all I got today... was a very fast day...
Happy Journaling...

Monday, November 23, 2009

November Twenty Third


Got hubby and son1 off to work this morning, son2 and son3 were still sleeping as they have the week out of school and I had several hours of total silence... I played on facebook, had breakfast, cleaned up the dining room getting ready for Thanksgiving... the boys got up... we discovered the tv in the family room would not work, it will play VHS and DVD but no channels... we think the digital box went out and it is not even a year old... the digital box works in my bedroom so we tried the remote from it in the family room and it would not work there... are you still even able to buy the digital boxes... got the boys breakfast... they proceeded to have second and third breakfast throughout the day... I washed three loads of laundry and put away and hung it all up including all the loads I did the other day... had some lunch... hubby came home and we went to Sears to do some more Christmas shopping... got home, had some pot pies for dinner, watched Jeff Dunham Christmas... now we are watching The Big Bang Theory and then taping Castle and going to sleep...
Happy Journaling...

Sunday, November 22, 2009

November Twenty Second...


I was at work at 6am, just a little ad today... no tables needed changing as we are just waiting for it to be Friday.... actually Wednesday night we will set everything up... so finished the ad, went to lunch, worked on kids shoes clearance and was home by 1pm... checked email, made some popcorn and cleaned all the kitchen counters and did all the dishes and washed the rugs and swept the kitchen floor... son1 had done a tune up and oil change on one of our cars... and got Carl's Jr for him and the boys... hubby was home early at 3:3opm since they were so dead at his store... he checked son1's work on the car and then fluffed out the artificial Christmas tree he set up yesterday... I made hamburger helper for dinner with corn and rolls... girlfriend came over... son2 was on the computer... son3 was on game boy... and hubby and I watched Criminal Minds and CSI NY... now it is not even 9pm and I am pooped... I am off tomorrow, yay... we are all heading off to our beds now...
Happy Journaling...

Saturday, November 21, 2009

November Twenty First


Friday was the longest day at work, of course cause I got off early so the minutes ticked slowly... I did get a lot done though... Stocked the men's work boots, organized the stockroom and worked more kid's clearance... son1 was off at work, son3 was on his computer games and son2 was trying to make plans with friends but no one was available so he came home and watched Smallville with hubby and me... then we all went to bed early...
This morning hubby and I went to Walmart to get a head start on Christmas shopping... I always have big plans to get it all done in one swoop but it never happens, lol... Monday we will hit Sears, then plan a stop at Target some time, a bit of shopping online and a few more stops in December and then we will be done... Then we came home and I had more big plans of cleaning but I had a big headache and a kink in my neck again... so I worked on the Christmas cards a bit, watched the original Halloween with son2 after he raked the leaves in the front yard, hubby blew the leaves in the backyard, hubby did the dishes, I made tuna sandwiches for lunch, son3 has been playing game boy all day, I vacummed and son2 and hubby put up the artificial Christmas tree, I did two loads of laundry, I made breakfast for dinner since we went out early shopping, son1 came home and we watched Role Models, too funny, now son3 is getting ready for bed to watch Narnia 2, son1 is settled on the computer, and hubby, son2 and I are going to watch Trick R Treat, scary..... tomorrow I work really early but get off really early too....
Happy Journaling...

Friday, November 20, 2009

Color Carnival

To Play Visit Martha...

It's Snowman Time....





Happy Journaling...

Thursday, November 19, 2009

November Nineteenth...


I always wake up hating Thursdays but then they always turn out fine... Son2 missed the bus this morning because his friend texted him and said it was foggy day schedule... so he came home to check the tv instead of going to the bus stop and checking for the bus... strangely his friends did not miss the bus... son1 was nice to get up and take him to school as his school is on the opposite part of town way out in the grape fields... so I got me and son3 ready and we went our way to school and work... today I finished stocking the men's athletic shoes, went to lunch and then worked on kid's clearance the rest of the day... we also got supplies in and I got the one that I really need that had been broken by other associates... also today is my 29th anniversary at Sears... 29 years ago I was temporary Christmas help... started my first day in the candy/popcorn counter and was a floater the first three months... I never turned in my last day notice as temporary help so they put me in the kids department and the rest is history... Got home and hubby had homework done and leftover chicken soup for dinner with biscuits... Now we are watching Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, too funny... I'm taping my shows: Bones, Fringe and Supernatural... One more day of school and the boys are on vacation for a week!! Off to finish the movie and then to bed, I work early tomorrow...
Happy Journaling...

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Color Carnival

To Play Visit Martha...


Cardboard Scarecrows from the Dollar Store last year...


I taped them on the wall over the couch... they're about three feet tall...

Happy Journaling...

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

November Seventeenth


Today was a long quick day at work, I could of used another hour on top of my eight... I stocked men's athletic and worked the clearance, then after clearing a lot of room in the stockroom, I could finally put away all the fashion boots... I'm off tomorrow and then Thursday will be finishing the men's athletic shoes and then mens' shoes and work boots by Friday... Only a week left til Black Friday...
Got home and hubby had hot dogs and macaroni and cheese made for dinner... Now we've been watching The Proposal ever since... Such a good movie! so funny and sad and happy....
Now it's 9pm already and need to get the boys ready for bed, another day of school tomorrow... son3 got another 100% on his reading book...
now I'm heading to bed too to finish watching Castle that I fell asleep to last night...
Busy day off tomorrow... lots of blogging to do, bathrooms to clean, dishes and laundry to wash, Christmas cards to sign and birthday cards too... Busy Busy Busy.....
Happy Journaling...

Monday, November 16, 2009

November Sixteenth


I survived my first 9-5:45 day today... I kept busy stocking women's and men's athletic shoes so the time went along at a good pace... hopefully it will tomorrow too... we were quite busy this morning so the customers kept me busy too...
On the way home there was a road closure on one of the major roads, Fresnians do not know how to merge and the sad thing is half of them are from the bay area where all we do is merge, so we had to detour, where there was an accident, and then a long line to get through the turn lane without a green arrow, I was going straight, then a fire truck was coming toward us in the opposite lane with it's lights and sirens going and then there was an ambulance coming from behind us with it's lights and sirens going... I got home safely...
hubby had scrambled eggs, chicken fries and leftovers for dinner and he was grumbling about homework taking two hours... I did my crunches, threw a load in the washer, ate dinner and watched Family Guy, read with son3 and now doing my entry for NaBloPoMo, post every day in the month of November... son1 actually ate dinner with us tonight and is settled in for the night and he's off the next two days...
Time to get the boys settled in bed and ready for school tomorrow... I'm off to have some egg nog and get ready to watch Castle tonight... OH and The Proposal came today from Netflix, can't wait to watch it....
Happy Journaling....

Sunday, November 15, 2009

November Fifteenth


Not much today... I worked 6am to 2:45pm... spent most of the time setting up the ad... was a small in between ad but I took my time and did everything completely... changed most of the sale tables and printed all the missing signs that got lost since last week... went to lunch in between and spent the last hour stocking men's dress shoes and women's athletic shoes...
Got home, changed, did my crunches, got a drink and settled in for an online chat with The Motivation Station gals, making our plans for next year...
by time we were done, hubby was home, so I pulled out all the leftovers, on Sunday it's fix what you want day...
Now we are watching Numbers from the last two weeks and the boys need to start getting ready for bed and school... Son1 has been out and about all day...
Think I'll have some hot chocolate while watching some shows... tomorrow is another full day at work...
Happy Journaling...