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...
Happy Journaling...
Happy Journaling...
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...
Happy Journaling...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
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....
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...
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...
Happy Journaling...
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!!!
Happy Journaling...
