Are You Sure You Want To Shut Down? May 2, 2008

The fact that finals are next week is evidence by the way I’m just shutting down.  There are so many things I need to do, but I only feel like crawling in bed and sleeping it all away.  I can’t think coherently enough to create a good blog post and I realized today that I haven’t checked my email in a few days.  I usually talk to my sister multiple times a day and we’ve gone days without talking this week!  I tend to do this when the pressure’s on, so hopefully I’ll get some good studying hours in and I will be back to normal and I can continue to educate you guys on my life, past and present.

Overheard at School Today April 16, 2008

“Are you giving blood at the blood drive today?”

“Yeah.  I’ve been trying to lose weight and I haven’t eaten in a few days, so I’m thinking I’ll lose a couple of pounds if I give blood.”

What I would give to see them scrape her skinny ass off the floor when she passes out!

April 14, 2008

At 4:30 this morning, we got home from a whirlwind trip to Iowa.  We have some very good friends who live up there and one of them is leaving this week for his third tour of duty in Iraq.  He will be overseas for 15 months, so we made the quick trip up to send him off properly.  It was so nice to be with such great people that we don’t get to see that often.  It was too short, though, and I wish that we could have stayed.

But this week marks the end of my working career!  Tax season is over tomorrow.  I will come in for a few additional days to work on collecting money from some people, but then it will all be over.  I’ve really enjoyed the job, but I’ll be so glad for that time back.  And my ass will be glad that we can start going to the gym again, as it’s growing in rapid sucession.

And this crazy school semester is about to wind down.  I’ve got lots of studying to do, but then I can relax for another month before it all starts again.

In other news, I haven’t seen my Squeaks since Friday and I’m dying.  DYING.  She’s at my sister’s and I would have gone to get her first thing this morning, but she has to stay there this afternoon while I work.  We didn’t want to upset her by seeing me and then getting left again, so I have to wait until 5:00 tonight.  She’s fine, but I’m the one going crazy.  She’s probably a foot taller and can do everything without me now.  I’m never leaving her again.

Mindless Drivel March 9, 2008

• Squeaks has been hit with yet another stomach virus.  I walked into my MIL’s house today after work to pick the kiddo up.  She ran over to me, said “My tummy hurts”, then vomited all over me (and most everything else).  I’ve been spending the day cleaning puke and doing the piles of laundry that have resulted.  I hope tomorrow is better.  And Alison, sorry for the details!!
• I really need to update my blogroll.  There are quite a few on my list who no longer blog or have shut their blogs down completely.  Plus I need to add some new ones.  And I’m also stalking all of your blogrolls, trying to find who you like, so I can start reading them as well.  Like I have time for this.
• We are going to Texas for a family reunion.  We leave next weekend and we get to stay gone for a whole week!  We’re going to hop over to New Mexico to visit some old friends we never get to see and meet their new baby.  It’s not the most exciting vacation, but I’ll be so glad to get away.  We broke down and bought Squeaks a portable DVD player.  It’s going to be a very long drive and she won’t fall asleep in the car anymore.  I’m hoping she’ll watch a lot of movies to pass the time, but I’m also hoping she’ll keep the headphones on so that I don’t have to hear 7 hours of Go Diego Go.
• We watched the movie Beowulf tonight.  I was really excited to watch it because I remember reading it in my senior English class and loving the story.  Either I don’t remember the story correctly or they took some major liberties with the plot, because it was a lot different than I remembered.  My favorite part was when The Hubby said, “All they do is kill demons and then get drunk.  Sounds like a pretty kick ass gig.”
• I’m in need of some good books to read.  I love mysteries, thrillers, and medical thrillers.  I’ll even do some romance, as long as there is good storyline and not just gratuitous sex!  Anyway, I have this Barnes and Noble gift card to spend and I’d like to do it before the trip so I’ll have plenty to read.  I love authors like Janet Evanovich, James Patterson, Nora Roberts, Linda Howard, Erica Spindler, and the likes.  Let me know who you like or what book I must absolutely read.  And fiction, please.  I don’t want to learn when I’m reading for fun! 

TMI…Trust Me January 16, 2008

There is a phenomenon in our house that I’ve noticed that’s entirely gross and that’s why I feel the need to share it with you.

When we bought this house, it was 1.5 bath.  We tore out the half bath and made one huge master bathroom.  We are also in the process of putting in another full bath by Squeaks’ room (because there’s no way in hell I’m sharing a bathroom with a teenage girl when that time comes!).  But as of right now, we only have one toilet.  Does anyone see where this is going?

When The Hubby feels the need to “drop the kids off at the pool”, he always takes forever.  I mean, it blows my mind how anyone can stay on the toilet so long.  It makes me wonder what he does in there, but then I decide I really don’t want to know.  He’s even joked about putting a desk in there so he can write his memoirs while he’s on the crapper.  So here’s where the problem comes in:  apparantly we are so hard-wired into each other that anytime he drops a deuce, I feel the urge as well (yes, women poop….sorry Ster).  But I never feel it until he’s been in there 3 minutes or so.  And when I have to go….I have to GO.  This means that I’m stuck waiting half an hour while The Hubby leisurely takes his time.  At this point I’m usually dancing around the house and yelling at him through the door to HURRY!!!  It’s horrible.  And I’m sure he takes his time even more just to spite me.  Usually Squeaks thinks I’m dancing for fun and she sings at the top of her lungs and spins circles outside the bathroom door.  It’s a freaking 3 ring circus at our house at poop time.

I can’t wait until the other bathroom is done.

Yay! December 28, 2007

I’m home!  I’m home!  I’m home!  Thanks to all of you who were thinking of us during this horrible storm.  We actually got to come home a few days before Christmas.  We went to buy a generator, but they didn’t have one big enough to run our house off of.  Thankfully, the next morning our power came back on and we were back in business!  I have never been so glad to see my house in my life.  I was excited to clean and do laundry, simply because I COULD!  Then we had the internet issue — a tree hit our dish and broke it, so we have been without internet until about 30 minutes ago.  I have been dying without it!  I feel so out of the loop.

I’ve got so much blogging to catch up on, both reading and writing, so stick with me while I get back in the swing of thing!

Sucky, Sucky, Sucky December 11, 2007

An ice storm has decided to tear Oklahoma a new one.  I’m homeless for the time being, as we have had no power since 5 am yesterday and the temperatures are below freezing.  We’re staying with my parents until we get power, which “they” say won’t happen until at least next week.  I’m assuming longer, as we went home tonight to check on things and there isn’t a power pole standing within two miles of our house.  We lost all of our trees (and we had a LOT of them), possibly damaged our roof, and are living out of grocery sacks until we can go back home.  I am very thankful that we have a place to go to, but I’m sad that I can’t go home to my own stuff.  I’ll post more when I’m not so down about things.

The Art of Thankfulness October 12, 2007

Sometimes life has a way of slapping you in the face and reminding you that you have things to be thankful for.  Last night, The Hubby was in an accident.  He was the last car in a 3 car pile-up.  Although he could technically be considered at fault for hitting the middle car, the police officer didn’t write any citations, once the circumstances surrounding the accident were revealed (it was the fault of the first driver, but he took off before the police showed up).  Thankfully The Hubby (and everyone else) is fine, as they were only traveling about 15-20 mph at the time.  The Hubby’s truck is pretty messed up, but we were planning on getting him a new one at the end of the year anyway, so we’re just taking the insurance money and putting it towards a down payment on a new vehicle.  It might be a few months sooner than planned, but I’m just glad that my husband is all right.  I tend to think that nothing can happen to my family and then something like that happens and I realize that we are not invincible.

Another Bulleted Post October 2, 2007

I have had so many things going on lately, yet nothing that has warranted an entire post.  In honor of this brainfart, I’m going to just cheat and do a bulleted post today.

• We spent the weekend at one of Oklahoma’s larger lakes.  A friend of ours is building a lake house out there so we went to help with painting and such.  After all of the slave labor was finished, we spent the rest of the day out on the lake.  It was a nice way to relax after a crazy busy week.
• I set our yard on fire this week, totally by accident.  I was burning some things when it got a little out of control.  Thankfully I caught it before it spread too far and it was easily contained with our fire hose.  Thank God because we only have a volunteer fire department around here and I don’t completely trust them. 
• In attempting to figure out how to work a shock collar, I shocked myself.  It was hilarious.  And don’t lecture me about shock collars.  I worked for a vet for years…I know when one is necessary and what kind to use.
• I don’t know if I’ve ever mentioned it one here, but The Hubby had yet another new job.  It kind of fell into his lap and it’s amazing.  The money is much, much better, the benefits are better, and it’s something he’s more interested in.  Hopefully he’s finally found his niche, but I’ll be enjoying the paychecks until we know for sure!
• School is extremely crazy right now, but I’m holding up better than I thought.  I don’t know how I thought that I could handle 15 hours and a toddler, but I’m learning that it’s possible.  Not easy, but possible.
• The state fair is in town, so we will spending tomorrow night there.  Hopefully I can get some good pictures to share with you all.  But pictures or not, I will be enjoying some deep fried, clog your arteries fair food!

Insert Witty Title Here September 26, 2007

You know that garage sale I’ve been wanting to have for over a year now?  We finally had it this weekend.  And I’m giving you, oh blogging community, the opportunity to kick my ass if I ever talk about having one again.  It was that bad.

For starters, we did it at the last minute, so there was a total lack of advertising.  We did put up signs, but that was the extent of it.  Second, instead of having it at my parents’ nice, in-town house, we decided to host it at our own, out in the middle of nowhere home.  Granted, there is a pretty busy highway not far away that we posted signs at….but you get the idea.

So we had it all set up and had things priced way too cheap.  And we waited.  And waited.  And waited.  After almost 2 hours, one crazy old bat showed up and bought most everything we had (yay!).  She then started eyeing the clawfoot tub (which was the love of my life until Mr. Corner Jacuzzi came around).  Old Bat mentioned that her daughter was fixing up and house and yada, yada, yada.  She sends the daughter over.  I made the mistake of going inside to grab a bite to eat, leaving The Hubby as the dealmaker.  He ends up selling my precious tub for much less than it is worth (it has the original feet on it which can fetch a nice price).  The lady pays him the money, but won’t be able to come pick the tub up until the next day. 

Not 10 minutes after that lady left, our new neighbors stopped by.  The wife made a beeline for the tub that I had just hung a “sold” sign on.  She fell in love with the tub before she noticed the sign.  To make a long story short, she was looking for a tub just like that and was willing to pay much, much more than what we got from the other lady.  It made me sick.  Not only could we have made more money, but our neighbor would have appreciated it more than the woman who bought it (she’s painting it red!).

By 11:30 that morning, things had slowed down again and we decided it was time to close down.  We wound up with so much crap left over, but we’re so sick of it that we’re taking it to the domestic abuse shelter.  Hopefully someone can use it.  All I know is that it’s out of my house!  We finally have our 4 bedroom home back!