My Crazy Life

Work

2008-02-27T23:23:00.001-06:00

The time has come to decide whether or not to stay with where I am working. I have gotten to the point where I can not handle it anymore. It is affecting my health, my happiness, my kids and worse my marriage.. I've been working because I get insurance, and we need it.

Income Tax Refund

2008-02-09T09:26:00.000-06:00

We finally recieved our refund check last week. I was so excited. We got all our bills caught up, and then since we had some money left over we bought something for us. We very rarely buy things for ourself, its usually always for the kids. We decided to splurge, so we bought a flat screen tv and a xbox 360. WHOOO..

Finally a new vacuum

2008-01-20T22:09:00.000-06:00

I only have a little bit of carpet in my house, but I've decided that I need something better than the manual sweeper I have. I was looking at the electrolux vacuums because my mom always used this type. I found the one I think would be perfect. It is the perfect vacuum the Electrolux EL1000A2 Pronto Bagless Stick Cyclonic Vacuum. It's small and light enough for the kids to use, and yet the suction will allow it to pick up after our ferret. I discovered after researching for a while that vacuums are expensive, but this one is reasonably priced..Less than a hundred dollars at most places.

Working too much

2007-12-03T17:22:00.001-06:00

I have been working way to much lately, trying to prepare for Christmas. I'm basically working two full time jobs. I decided yesterday that I can not take it anymore, and I'm going to find some more of the work at home jobs, so I can quit the one I hate.

Christmas

2007-11-30T01:09:00.000-06:00

Can you believe it, Christmas is right around the corner. I started my shopping and now I at least have some idea about what I'm going to get the kids. The only thing is that I have no clue what to get Brad. He seems like he would be pretty easy to shop for, but the crazy thing is, he's not. Now not only do I get to try to figure out what to get him, we drew names at moms, and I have to get something for my oldest brother and sister in law... I heard we were drawing names at work (which I hope we do not, because what if I get someone I don't even know), and then my little group of friends have decided to draw names and exchange gifts. Just when I thought I was getting a little bit ahead in this shopping thing, I fall further and further back.!!

Working from home

2007-11-26T11:22:00.000-06:00

I've been really concentrating on my work at home job for the past couple of weeks. I figured that I can use that money for Christmas. The hours I've chosen are usually pretty good, because I enjoy working the overnight shift. The only problem with overnights is that's when the crazy people come out. Last night there was this one caller who called probably 20 times... I got him at least 5. He was really odd.. He was gross like some of them are, but he kept asking "are you working hard" about 20 times.

Thanksgiving

2007-11-23T04:08:00.001-06:00

We had a very nice thanksgiving this year. We went to my moms, and usually at my moms there are 9 million people over there. ( i have a very big family). This year it was just my little family, my parents and my grandma. I really enjoyed that. We all got to eat at the same table, and of course my kids loved it because they had Nan and Pap all to themselves. My mom cooked like everyone was coming over, because she was not sure who was coming. Everyone kept saying they were and then they weren't. Most everyone showed up at one time or another during the day. My nephew brought GH3 over, and everyone played that. My son was actually really good at it.. He has awesome hand/eye coordination.. so that's probably why.

Strange

2007-11-18T01:00:00.001-06:00

Ok that was very strange.. I wrote a post on the "dranken wii party" we went to on Friday nite, but when I go to post it, I received an error msg. I hate error msgs.. They make me feel so errorish.

Fall Festival

2007-11-16T17:17:00.001-06:00

We went to my daughters fall festival last night and had a really good time. They had lots of games, and a hayride and all sorts of things. I usually don't take the kids to things like this but I decided to this time. I'm very glad we did because it was a blast!

Work

2007-11-15T07:23:00.000-06:00

Do you ever get so unhappy with what your doing or where you are, career-wise, that you wish you could just chunk it? That's how I'm feeling right now about my job. I used to love it and well the paychecks are not that shabby, right now... BUT I still wish I was somewhere else doing something I LOVE :)

Scared

2007-11-14T20:12:00.000-06:00

Do you ever get scared, like as in "do people hate me and their just not saying anything?" Or do you ever feel like people are talking about you, and you don't know if its bad or good.. It could always just be that I'm paranoid.

Diet

2007-11-13T08:06:00.000-06:00

I went to the Dr the other week, and after he weighed me and everything, he handed me this packet of info about this diet. They claim that you can lose 30lbs in 30 days. Now I was seriously thinking about this, because if I did it, in 60 days I would be at a weight that I could manage. I have struggled with my weight all my life and I'm sick of it. Truthfully, I'm happy with who/what I am, but there will always be a part of me that wants to be skinny. Now when I say skinny, I do NOT mean M skinny, I mean, being able to fit into cute clothes skinny :) I'm still thinking about this diet and hopefully after the holidays, I'll do it

Todays Word of the Day

2007-11-13T07:58:00.000-06:00

is... Insane- because I have discovered that probably 95 pct of the population is insane. They act totally normal, and then all of sudden their insaness pops up and your just left staring at them, like "What in the heck were you thinking".

My Birthday

2007-11-13T07:01:00.000-06:00

I have decided that after today, I am not having any more birthdays. I'm getting old, even though I still get carded all the time.. LOL!! So from now on I'm 29 and holding.. Does anyone else hate getting older?

Thanksgiving

2007-11-12T17:18:00.001-06:00

I just realized that Thanksgiving is literally right around the corner. When I went to pick up my son from practice today, there was a notice on their billboard thing, about bringing can goods. It made me realize that I am so lucky that we don't have to worry about where our next meal is going to come from, or if we're even going to get one. Sometimes we say "geez we have nothing to eat" but what we mean is that theres nothing we WANT to eat. So if you get a chance just give a thought to those who are less fortunate than us.

Todays Words of the Day

2007-11-12T17:10:00.000-06:00

When you go to Applebees, which had excellent service and atmosphere, and have more than one drink.. The stupidest things are funny... Anyhow, I have a word of the day at work, and so everyone gave me their word to use.. darn it, and I totally forgot every ones word. Oh well, that's the problem with getting old.. you tend to lose your mind!

Oklahoma

2007-11-11T22:10:00.000-06:00

We're trying to move to OK before Christmas. Hopefully, we'll both have jobs there, and everything will work out on that end. I've never lived outside of Texas and I'm kinda excited. It'll be different, because we'll be almost 10 hrs away from our families. My hubby has actually lived in many different places, because he was a military brat. I lived in the same house from the time I was born until I left for college. Needless to say the way we were raised influenced the fact that we move quite often. We've lived in this town for almost 3 years and its the longest we've been in one place. My kids are ready to move also, they're tired of being here. We have a big case of wanderlust, so our fingers are crossed that everything will fall into place for us.

People Who Drive Me NUTS!

2007-11-11T18:45:00.000-06:00

There are people in this world, who, I know they try hard, but for some reason their personality just totally clashes with mine. I don't know if I'm being too hard on them, or if its just the fact that I can't stand it when people are negative all the time. Everyone has a bad day every now and then, but not EVERY day and not about the same stuff.

My Car Died

2007-11-10T10:31:00.000-06:00

I was pulling out of the gas station after getting my hubby beer the other day. All of a sudden I hear and feel a KAPLUNK, and I wasn't going anywhere. Come to find out, I broke my tierod and lower Aarm. Thankfully we have a friend who can fix about anything you put in front of him, and he said that he would fix it. Well, hubby went to buy the parts yesterday and they came out to $110. I nearly fell over, of course he did point out that if it wasn't for our wonderful friend it would be costing us about 5x that much.

Eating with the gang

2007-11-10T02:28:00.000-06:00

Tonite we went to eat with some people that I work with. We decided for some reason to go to this Italian restaurant. It wasn't bad, but it could have been a whole lot better. Some of the people complained and yes they did have a good reason to. My hubby and I went with the attitude of we are getting out of the house and we are going to have fun, and thankfully we did. The baby's little boyfriend was there and they made googly eyes at each other across the table and then when they got down they gave each other five, and he kept trying to pick her up! All in all, we decided that we probably would not go back there again, but we are going to make going out a paynite tradition!

PayDay!

2007-11-09T18:33:00.000-06:00

Gosh this is my fave day of the week! Payday! Although, unfortuntely it only comes around once every two weeks. Another cool thing is that my work at home job now pays on Mondays, so I get paid every other Friday and then again every other Monday!

Report Cards

2007-11-08T21:18:00.000-06:00

My daughter came home with her first report card of the year last week. Needless to say I was quite worried, since she has problems in school.. We shouldn't have worried! She made all A's and had perfect attendance!! I was so excited.. Its the very first times she's had all A's..The very first time she hasn't failed a class!

Too much to deal with

2007-11-08T21:09:00.000-06:00

Do you ever feel like sometimes life is just too much? Do you ever just want to sit down and cry? Sometimes life just throws some curve balls at you, and your wondering what in the world did I do to deserve all of this at one time?

Its been a while

2007-09-28T08:19:00.000-06:00

since the last time I blogged, and thats only because I have had nothing to blog about. I've been doing a job search, and have had a few interviews but other than that, nothing has been going on. I need a job very bad and believe me I'm willing to go wherever I can find one.. If anyone has any suggestions.. I'm open!!

Paycheck

2007-09-12T19:35:00.000-06:00

Well, this one takes the cake. Out of all the companies that I have ever worked for I do not believe I have worked for one as idiotic as Etech. They docked my pay over 400 dollars because they said it was overpay. Of course, if you look at it the correct way, then they are actually not paying me for a week. Our pay periods begin on Sunday, and I did not change posistions until Monday. So because I was salary, I should have been paid for that week, plus the commission I made on the other side. Needless to say I am going to go talk to the HR guy tomorrow and see what he has to say about it, and if he can not satisfactorily answer my questions, I am taking the rest of tomorrow off and going to the labor board which happens to be next door.

My party

2007-09-12T19:31:00.000-06:00

My party is on Friday night, and I'm so excited. Quite a lot of people have said they are coming!! I'm having it at a coworkers house, even though she said her house was tiny. Thats ok, because not everyone who says they will be there will come. I'm gonna have drinks, and food. Although I'm still trying to decide what kind of food I'm going to have. I can not decide if I want to have pizza or get one of the big sub sandwhiches. If it was me personally I think I would go with the sub because I like them, but of course pizza is always a fave and cheap.

Friends

2007-09-09T01:10:00.000-06:00

Have you ever looked back and thought about all the people you used to be friends with and have no clue where they are now? Or do you have some people who say they are your friends and you wish they would just go jump? I have a couple of people like that.. It makes me very thankful for the people who I can consider real friends.

talking

2007-09-08T03:24:00.000-06:00

do you ever run out of things to say? i mean, i talk ALL day at work, and then I come home and have to talk to my kids... by the time i have a moment to talk to my hubby, i just plain do NOT want to talk..

Felt like a toddler

2007-09-05T19:19:00.000-06:00

Today I get to work, and discover much to my dismay we now how assigned seating. I'm not exactly sure why they changed us around, I heard something about making it easier for the sales coaches. Although, I'm still trying to figure out what is so hard about walking 4 extra steps.?

My Party

2007-09-03T15:33:00.000-06:00

I'm having a party next weekend!! It should be fun, I was inviting people at work today, and almost invited a certain lady that I work with. In the end, I did not, because I was afraid she would get offended. Another coworker of mine, was like "oh a tupperware party". Needless to say, I was baffeled, until he pointed out.. tupperware, rubbermaid.. ect. So needless to say, I thought that was highly crazy.

Work Hours

2007-09-02T14:02:00.000-06:00

Today I went to work, and the wait times were horridous. At one point this morning, the wait times were at 1.5 hours. I have never worked where they have been like that. From what I understand that is how they are going to be for the rest of september. Then hopefully in October they will pick back up, because everyone will be trying to get a credit card for Christmas.

Uniforms

2007-08-31T17:40:00.001-06:00

This is the first year, that my daughter has had to wear uniforms. My son has always had to wear uniforms as he in PACE. I'm glad, but the again I'm not. Its nice to know that everyday she wears the same thing, and we don't have to worry about her having the "cutest" clothes. Then again, I'm not happy, because of basically the same reason. This takes the freedom of expression and individuality away from her. So what does everyone else think?

Summers almost over

2007-08-26T15:55:00.000-06:00

I can't believe it, school starts this coming week. Kids are supposed to start on Monday, but Christopher won't start until Tuesday, and I have no clue when Skye will start. All three kids have had chicken pox, and for some reason skye still has fever. Hopefully, she'll get to start at the end of the week, and everything will be good. We are going to try LISD again. So I hope and pray that it will work out and everything will ROCK for her!

Sony Finally Rocks

2007-08-01T08:15:00.000-06:00

When we returned to EQ2, my account was messed up. Actually it was gone, and so I had to borrow another account just to play. This has happened before and no one at SOE would help me. I finally got someone who actually listened and they gave me a new key code! So I have my account back again!!! I have to start over on a toon, but that's OK, at least its all mine. Whats even better is the fact that on my old account I only had up to Kingdom of the Sky expansion, but when they gave me the new account I have up to Echos. That means I can get the new expansion when it comes out with no problems!! SOE finally ROCKS again!!

School time!

2007-07-30T18:45:00.000-06:00

OMG I can't even belive it. Its almost time for school. In a way I'm glad, because my kids are getting so bored at home. Then again, I don't want the headache thats gonna happen. They are going to a new school district, Emily is going to daycare, and Brad hopefully will have a new job. So lots and lots of stuff is going to be happening soon. Send happy thoughts my way!

Gaming

2007-07-25T12:08:00.000-06:00

Yes, we're back to gaming once more. We've reinstalled our everquest 2. I wanted to play, because it was a way for me to spend the evening with Brad. Now I remember that I really enjoy it. We're on a new server, with new people, but the same guild. PVP is really high, so that is lots of fun!

Harry Potter

2007-07-20T18:45:00.000-06:00

Four hours until the new Harry Potter book comes out!!!! I can NOT wait.. I'm so excited. Chris and I actually had an argument on who was going to read it first. I told him that since I was the mom I could tell him it was bedtime!!

I've Been Tagged

2007-07-18T18:08:00.000-06:00

Here are the rules:
A. Each player lists 8 facts/habits about themselves.
B. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning before those facts/habits are listed.
C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 8 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

Oh geez, 8 facts/habits? thats hard..

1. I have been married for 9 years, and with my hubby for 9yrs 8 months
2. I'm about to get into it with the Lufkin Independent School District for unfair suspension, and a stupid principal
3. I want to go back to school, but I'm afraid to
4. We want to move to Germany eventually..
5. I work at home for a telecommunications company, and they have totally screwed me in the last week.
6. I still talk to people I graduated High School with.. (and I still love them)
7. I've always wanted a TAT but i'm scared of needles with ink
8. My family is the most important thing in the world to me..

ok now who am I going to tag? thats a good question.. don't think i know 8 people.. lol

well i'll think about it.. and then tag them

Jenni-pooh, Raychel with a Y, Adam, Susan, Jennifer, Sue Ellen, Shauna, Brandy

Whoot i got 8 people!!

Back To School

2007-07-17T20:32:00.000-06:00

I have been thinking about going back to college for the fall semester. My goal has always been to get a degree in International Business with an emphasis on Marketing. The only thing about it, is the fact that I'm so scared. I did not too well when I went the first time, (of course I was only 17). I don't want to be a failure. So I've been sitting here trying to decide if I should go ahead and take the plunge and do this. I called and got the catalog for SFA, but I think I should go ahead and start with AC. That would make the transistion much easier I think.

Up All Night

2007-07-14T09:39:00.000-06:00

Last night, or rather this morning was the time I worked for the work at home thing. I only recieved 15 calls my whole shift. I worked from 2am until 930am. So needless to say I'm not to happy. Oh, and to top that off, I recieved an email from this company saying that they are going to stop paying hourly and talk per minute, and go just with talk per minute. Now I usually only work the overnite shift, since I also have my other job. So my talk per minute is very low, and it would end up being something stupid like me only getting 20 bucks for a whole 9 hour shift. There are a few other work at home companies like this one, and I suppose I am going to go ahead and send all my paperwork in for those. Thats really too bad, because I really enjoyed this company.

Another Job

2007-06-23T12:19:00.000-06:00

Ok, I've now started the whole "work at home" thing. Let me tell you its not going as well as I had hoped. Maybe because this is my first day, and it will get better as the days go on. Everything that could go wrong went wrong. I bought a new phone, that had a headset jack, becuase believe me it is so much easier. Anyway, come to find out the battery doesn't last hardly anytime at all. So right now I'm waiting for it to charge so I can finish out my day. After I'm done I'm going to go take it back, and get a whole other phone. I went with the cheap one, because well darn it, it was cheap. I think that was my first mistake. I think I'm going to get the one thats a little bit more expensive and hope it works.

Strange days

2007-06-14T20:26:00.000-06:00

I guess I really can't call them strange, new is a better word. I'm almost to the end of my 2nd week at my new job. I still love it, so no complaints there. My boss is great, he's a little odd. (no pun intended, his last name is little). I've discovered that my job consist of lots and lots of paperwork.
Tomorrow is my son's b-day. He's going to be 9. I can't believe that he's that old. Needless to say, I now feel ancient. He's always acted more mature for his age, so its not that bad. Brad and I use to have to remind ourselves that he's only a kid, not an adult. He carries on adult conversations, and if something happens that he doesn't understand he can look it up online now.
Skye's B-day is coming up at the end of this month. She will be 7. Geez, it seems like just yesterday she was born. Hopefully, her 7th year on this planet will be good. I pray we can find a school that is a perfect fit for her, and that will help her with what she needs.

A New Job

2007-06-01T10:58:00.000-06:00

I applied for a job, that would basically be a promation for myself. I was very nervous, since I was not the only person who had applied. I went through the interview last week, and did not hear anything. Finally on Wednesday, I was called in for an interview. It was great, because I sat and talked to the HR for about 45 minutes. He has pictures and statues of elephants all over his office. I collect elephants so I am always intrigued by other peoples. It turns out that he had been to India (which is where another branch of my company is located), and they gave him all of these. He told me some great stories about one particular picture he has, of a child with an elephant head. The picture turned out to be one of their gods. I would love to learn all about the different roles elephants play in our culture!

An Introduction

2007-05-30T21:27:00.000-06:00

This is my very first attempt at blogging, so I hope I do not bore everyone to death. I thought that since it was my first, I would start out with introducing everyone here. First is myself, I'm a 28 year old female, who has a job I just don't enjoy. Next comes my husband, a 30 year old self employed computer guru. Right behind him are the kids, three of them to be exact, a 9, 6, and 2 years old.
Its summer so they are all out of school, which is great for them, us poor parents. I think they had been out for maybe a day before I heard.. "momma, I'm bored." Hopefully, they are creative enough that they can keep themselves entertained most of the time.
This first blog is short, only because I'm not too sure what to say, plus its 11 at night, so I don't think all my brain is functioning at this moment.