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....
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It's Snowman Time....





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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...
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Cardboard Scarecrows from the Dollar Store last year...


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

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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.....
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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....
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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...
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November Fourteenth...

Waiting for the pizzas to finish cooking... the beans for the dip are simmering on the stove... Saturday is coming to an end and back to work tomorrow... a full 40 hours this week... makes for long days... I know, I know... I'm just spoiled with my six hour days... still have to come home and be the mom too...
Been a quiet day today... son3 is feeling better... no throwing up, drinking fluids and says he wants pizza, although he hasn't had any food yet... son1 worked this morning and isn't home yet... son2 has been lazy all day on facebook... his report card came today... not pretty at all... he of course has all the answers and refuses to change his ways to try our way since obviously his way isn't working... four D's, two C's, one B and one A in computers 2...
I've done dishes, tons of laundry, worked on the computer, barely any facebook for me today, ordered some Christmas from CurrentCatalog and made brownies... Hubby has begun setting up the Christmas decorations in the house... Garland and lights all around the family room... and I put snowmen all over the entertainment center...
Lots of shows from the week to watch that we taped... think we will start with Castle and Supernatural... Pizza is just about ready... the sun has set and need to close the blinds...
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Friday the Thirteenth...

I always embrace Friday the 13th! It's a spooky day not an unlucky day...
I am home from work early today... son3 has been throwing up since 3am, so no school for him today... hubby is off on Friday so I didn't need to call out of work but I did ask to work a half day so I could reprieve hubby and he could get his errands done... plus the house is now in need of delousing... and lots of laundry to do... at work I just needed to count the men's shoes for the weekly count... they accidentally counted the athletics yesterday...
I am eager to get the Christmas shopping started but haven't had a chance yet...
It so does not seem that it is Christmas time already... how can it be November already when it was just August... I'm getting in the spirit but seems we are doing it the wrong month, lol.... I want hubby to start putting up the decorations in the house...
Son3 is sleeping and the dryer is buzzing so I should get busy on that delousing...
Be sure to visit The Motivation Station today as there is a surprise give away!!!
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November Twelfth

I always dread going to work on Thursdays... maybe cause Wednesday is my day off and I just don't want to go back to work... or cause usually we don't have as much coverage on Thursdays... but I always end up having a good day... go figure... today went really quick... I worked athletic clearance, went to lunch and stocked the women's athletic shoes... tomorrow I go in early and get off early...
now it's 8pm already and all I've done is come home, do my 100 crunches, heat up leftovers, eat dinner and here I am....
we had rain today! last week the weatherman said rain on Wednesday this week... then this week they said rain Thursday and Saturday... then this morning they showed no rain all week..., I went to lunch and discovered it was pouring outside... lol....
Bones has started and I'm missing it... I still have to get a tape ready to tape Supernatural and the sink has dirty dishes in it...
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November Eleventh

I have just a few minutes til Glee comes on and I settle in for the night... Had a nice day off with the boys today... They slept in, I had quiet time... Got lots of paper filing and list making done today... didn't go on facebook even once... yay me... I missed it but it will still be there tomorrow and I was less stressed getting things done instead of playing on facebook... Son2 went with son1 to get his car insurance... then son1 was off to see girlfriend... son2 was on the computer and then went off with his friends... son3 was a computer game guy all day... well they did do their homework this morning when they first got up so they could have computer privileges... I watched an episode of Emergency while paying bills and filing papers... Hubby, I and son3 went to the grocery store when hubby got home from work... got groceries and all the fixings for Thanksgiving and deli chicken family pac for dinner.... and chocolate cream pie for dessert... I'll have some while I'm watching Glee... I finished washing all son1's bedding from when he was sick and a load of work clothes for me and hubby... still have a sink full of dishes but don't feel like emptying the dishwasher, that's my least favorite part, don't mind filling it... I also wanted to clean out son3's long sleeve shirts but ran out of time... Don't forget to visit The Motivation Station tomorrow as it's my day to host... I'm off to find jammies, watch Glee and have pie... Ok now I'm off... laptop lost connection so I am now on the main computer... put the laptop to sleep for the night...
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November Tenth...

Another easy day at work.... I worked on men's clearance, went to lunch and then opened boxes til 5pm...
Came home and hubby had made lasagna... we're trying something new... I leave him a note of the main thing to fix for dinner and then I just have to finish up with the sides when I get home... no school tomorrow but still had homework but hubby only had him do half and then I'll finish up with him tomorrow... another 100% on his reading test today...
Son1 went back to work today... he was feeling better all around today... he's working on a payment plan with the guy he owes money to for the car... he also has a fix it ticket/court date that caught up with him that we are working on a plan for... always something... one more thing...
But now we are all getting ready for bed for sleeping... I'm tired and this getting dark early is not helping... just want to crawl into my flannel sheets and big comforter and sleep and sleep and sleep...
Tomorrow all the boys have the day off except for hubby... I'm off too....
I want to work on Motivation Station Stuff and Christmas stuff and bill paying/paper pile stuff, blog reading stuff, making lists stuff and all kinds of stuff...
But for now I am in my comfy bed watching Dancing With the Stars and then Numbers with hubby...
Happy Journaling...

November Ninth...

It's chilly in here.... that's a good thing... no air conditioner... had to turn the heater on yesterday though... it's 70 but feels cooler... 55 outside...
Quick day at work today... opened boxes and helped the associates now on commission learn how to use the registers...
son1 called out of work today... he and girlfriend went to Red Robin last night, came back to watch TV and then son1 was throwing up til this morning... he kept down some oatmeal and juice but still has a tummy ache... everyone at his work has been sick and he had a stressful weekend so think everything just caught up with him... don't think girlfriend got sick...
Hubby is teaching son2 and son3 how to play chess... son3 is catching on quite quickly...
We had chicken quesadillas for dinner... kitchen is all cleaned up... garbage totes put out... I had big plans to get more done but I'm tired and getting a headache... so as soon as son3 is done with his chess game gonna read with him and then get him in bed... meanwhile I just remembered I was at a good part in my book so gonna read a bit while waiting for Castle to come on....
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Today we are sharing our favorite photos...

I just took this one the other day... I like how the foreground leaves are blurry making a frame around the sunlit leaves...


I love this picture of son3 from Halloween... SAY CHEESE!


Monterey last summer... I'm needing a beach day soon....

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Trees at the park...


Tree in my side yard...


Close up of tree in my side yard...

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Sad Day...

I am a very mean mom... I have been very frustrated with son1... probably the cause of my stiff neck and headache for two weeks... I can overlook his coming and goings... and his room area that he doesn't keep clean, he's the one that has friends over... I've tried to help him keep up on his bills but he lived on his own for two years, you'd think he could handle that... the DMV finally sent him a notice to get car insurance... he is working and getting his unemployment to compensate for the part time... he got his car running good but still owes friend money for car he no longer has... I wish we talked more instead of just when he needs something or is hungry... I wish he never got his second dog, actually third dog as girlfriend took second dog when they broke up and he took first dog... My backyard is destroyed... I can not overlook the fact that son1 has only scooped the poop maybe four times in the four months he has been moved back home... I did it every day for two weeks at the beginning of October maybe giving a hint, but he never even said thank you... he did notice... He feeds the dogs maybe every twelve hours, when he gets up and when he gets home... Danny is fine as he is inside and a small dog... however Pistol is outside all alone and only five months old... I've had son2 feeding Pistol in between... I am a mean mom... Pistol has been sick twice before when son1 brings him over to friend's house and they have dog food out so Pistol gorges himself and then can't eat for a day... Pistol got his initial puppy shots but never his follow up ones and don't know if had his rabies shot... son1 did not want to get him fixed either... wanted to raise him as a hunting/breeding dog... Well Pistol hasn't been anywhere since before Halloween and yesterday morning he threw up and didn't eat all day as he didn't feel well... Son1 went off to friend's house and then to work at 2pm-8pm and then didn't come home til 10pm... Pistol was still sick... we suggested some chicken and rice soup, but he wouldn't eat it... He was up and walking around... This morning Pistol still would not eat but was up a bit but then laying around a lot more... I'm a mean mom as I said a lot of mean things this morning about son1 not caring for his dog and God teaching him a valuable lesson and hopefully he would learn that his dog needs him... we went through all this two months ago when I told him a dog was like a child and needed constant nurturing, not like a cat that could take more care of itself... Son1 went to get friend and to PetSmart to get advice and talked to friend's vet and they said probably Parvo... to give him Pedialyte and chicken broth... So son1 gave him some Pedialyte and then went to work at noon... me still being a mean mom was still lecturing everyone on caring for pets and respecting my house... At 1:30pm me being the uncaring mom that I am checked on Pistol and he had passed away... I really didn't think God would take the lesson that far... This is not the way I wanted to get my yard back... I do not blame the poor puppy but son1 who tries to have it all.... Hubby called son1 at work and told him and told him to stay at work and he and son2 took Pistol to the SPCA... Now hubby and son2 are back and hubby is cleaning the backyard as Danny still needs to go out there and if it was Parvo I don't want him to get it...
Son2 is getting ready to mow the front yard, son3 is on his computer games (he does know about Pistol) and I am going back to my mountain of laundry and sink full of dishes/pots and pans....
Happy Journaling... :(

November Sixth...

Yay it's Friday! I worked early today and got off at 3:30 today but here it is almost 8pm already... Hubby was off today and finished the last rung on the fence... and did some yard work and had some quiet time for himself... I finished stocking the men's workboots and then opened boxes after lunch... Got home and put on my jammies, son2 was off with friends, son1 is off at work, son3 on his computer games... son3 has been getting 100% on his reading tests! hubby went to the store to pick up a few basics and eggs, hash browns, kelbosa for breakfast and egg nog and pumpkin cake... signed up for medical benefits for 2010, today was the last day, I was not wanting to see what it is going up to and I was right... paid the bills that need to get in the mail... made dinner: frozen family turkey and chicken with leftovers from the fridge... We are all off tomorrow which is good cause I have a sink full of dishes and a mountain of laundry to do... Now I'm off to watch Smallville and tape Ghost Whisperer...
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November Fifth...

We're watching Bones and Fringe... Taping Supernatural...
We had leftover stew and hubby made cornbread in the mini bundt cake pan, so we all had a huge corn bread cake either in our stew or with butter...
I ran the dishwasher but I still have a sink full of pans from the week to wash... I also only did half the laundry yesterday... no sign of son1 after work today yet... most days he doesn't have dinner with us...
I thought I wouldn't have anything to do at work today due to the visit but I spent the day stocking men's workboots, didn't even finish... and I still want to stock the men's dress shoes... I work early tomorrow... I hear son1 home now... and I just found Holly, she's so soft...
Our weather is supposed to get a bit cooler this weekend and maybe even rain...
I still have to read with son3 for his reading test tomorrow and he has a spelling test, math test and maybe multiplication test tomorrow...
Hubby is snoring next to me, time for jammies and set my alarm clock...
Be sure to visit The Motivation Station tomorrow, we have a new Friday host!!
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November Fourth

I was off today... Racing the clock to get everything done... I had a nice day though but I'm grumbly now... I got lots cleaned up but the laundry is still not done and the sink is full of dishes again... I did get Halloween put away and Thanksgiving set up but the bills aren't paid... I made stew, it was really good... Son3 did good homework but also had classwork he brought home... He's now studying his multiplication flash cards... Son1 called home from work and made me grumpy... three years ago his friend loaned him money to buy a car, he no longer has the car nor has he paid the friend any money... the friend called him again today demanding the money or give him the car... he doesn't know that son1 no longer has the car... son1 wants me to co sign a loan... I refuse to help him on this... they were both wrong to make this agreement and the friend got nothing in writing... son1 has made several plans in the last three years to pay back the friend but has not followed through on anything... son1 wants to have all the money at once to pay him... he didn't like my no answer on the phone so he hung up on me... my headache came back and I still have the kink in my neck... finished son3's homework, talked with hubby, talked with son2... ate our stew for dinner while watching Aliens in the Attic and son1 came home an hour before he was supposed to be off work... he did come to talk to me and hubby but just to say don't worry he had taken care of it... stopped at the bank for a loan and made a plan with his dad... see it's all or nothing with him... I gave him a stern lecture about being grown up and responsible and following through and would we ever be able to have a full conversation without one of us getting angry... he doesn't want to discuss things... he wants an instant plan and then tomorrow it's a new plan... not to mention I'm sure he asked to leave work early so that's 4 points now, he is still in his 90 day probation... and girlfriend was with him... they are watching TV... I'm off to get son3 settled for the night and then get my jammies on and watch Drag Me To Hell with hubby... Holly is sleeping next to me.... Work tomorrow and our VIP visit...
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