Can't Believe It

I can't believe that today was the last day of January, February is here. Where did the time go? I've been feeling alittle stuck, in a depressing groove today. I think it is because it is so cold outside and I haven't left the house in 2 weeks. I hate winters and will stay in at all cost if I can. But I think it is time to go spread my wings and leave the nest. I getting alittle bored with just cleaning, tv, computer, crocheting...lol I need some adult people to talk to instead of just my kids. I think it must have something to do with my hubby working out of town during the week and only home on the weekends.
I also haven't felt all that great today, its not like I can really put a finger on just one thing. Maybe I need some extra sleep, I'm feeling very tired tonight.

There Here

I'm so excited, my fragrance oil for my effusion lamps came today. One cinnamon and one mulberry. Its been along time since I got to burn them.

My brother in law just called and said my buick rivie is just about fixed, alright. We haven't been able to use it for several years. He just needs to put on some new tires. I should have it back this weekend. So, on friday I will need to get some new plates for it and put insurance back on it. I'm one happy camper, I really miss this car.

I got alittle more done on the Christmas doily that I was doing. 1 big one and 2 little ones done. Just working on the last big one.

The Rest of the Day

I wasn't sure just how my day was going to go today. I went to bed with a headache and woke up with an even worse headache. I took some excedrin but nothing happened. About 2 hours later I took some more. Finally it was feeling much better, still there, but better. I managed to dust my family room and half of my living room before it simply time was time to stop for the day. Talked to my Deana on the phone while I cleaned the family room. Hung up on the poor girl once and went to flash 2 times from holding the phone with my shoulder.....lol She on the other hand did really well, she went to 3 stores and some place to eat, drove home all while we talked...lolol

Anyway, I messed around on the computer for about 30 minutes and went to lay down. While half laying down watching tv, I managed to get 2 small and 1/2 large doily made. They are red doilies for Christmas time. Sometime after pay day this week I want to go pick up some ecru color and make some new ones, mine are started to get kind of gross. Need fresh nice looking ones for a change. I also make, but haven't in a few years, snowflakes, 3 D snowflake, snowballs, angels and harden them up for the Christmas tree.

Not A Great Start

Just alittle note, its not a great start to my day. I woke up with a super bad headache and it doesn't seem to want to go away as of yet. I had many things I wanted to do today but as of now, nothing will be getting done. It is a good thing I did alot of picking up and cleaning over the weekend.

1-28-07

Today dh, Daniel and Chris went ice fishing. Which in the end they didn't catch anything. I spent the time picking up and cleaning a bit. Then decided it was time to just relax for the day and watch TV with Nicole.

So, that was my boring day.

Do You Wonder Why?

Do you ever wonder why you do the things you do? Why you have to live with uncaring, ungrateful people that you call your family? Wonder why you spend anytime cleaning and find the next day it was for nothing? Wonder why you are the one that has to pick up others drink glasses, soda cans, dishes, throw their trash away, put back pillows and remote controls, put back blankets, shoes, nail clippers, all the things that were done the day before? Why is it when they get older, the lazier they are? It was easier to get them all to take care of their things when they were younger. I had the kitchen completely cleaned yesterday. My sons job is to take care of the kitchen after dinner. Yes he put the food away, but no, he only stacked the dishes while the dishwasher sits almost empty, no he did not wash the counters or stove. So, here it is again, me cleaning it up. I wonder at times why I even care, no one else does, they don't care if they live in a pig pen. Of course they don't care that the carpet is so gross and badly needs vacuuming. ( I can't vacuum, tendinitis, still waiting to get me a vacuum I can use). I tell them over and over to take care of this or that, sometimes it gets done, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes I just have to yell. Sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn't....lolol It is so hard to take care of a home when no one else is. The house is falling a part, needs many many things done. But there are a few things that embassies me badly in and outside of this house, but my hubby don't seem to care as long as there is a roof over your head, then he don't care. What happened to him as he aged??? I don't get it.
Well enough of my complaining for today and it is only 10:31am...lol

Anti Procrastination Day

One thing that I have been putting off and putting off is taking care of a bunch of clothes that I want to sell at a yard sale this spring. They have been sitting in my living room. I didn't want to touch them, see them, nothing, but yet they sat there. So, I finally packed up all the clothes and brought them upstairs and put the boxes in my big storage room. I now have my living room back.

Homemaking ...........

Homemaking meme I found this over at Mrs. U's who found this over at Tammy's who found this over at A Gracious Home. What fun!!!!

Homemaking meme...

Aprons – Y/N? If Y, what does your favorite look like? No, but I do have a Jeff Gordon one that I have never used.

Clothesline – Y/N? Yes I have a clothes line, but it mainly gets used for swimming suits and towels in the summer.

Donuts – Have you ever made them? Donuts? Yes but has been years, they were cinnamon

Every day – One homemaking thing you do every day. I straighten up

Freezer – Do you have a separate deep freeze? Yes

Garbage Disposal – Y/N? No

Handbook – What is your favorite homemaking resource?......MY FRIENDS

Ironing – Love it or hate it? Or hate it but love the results? I own an iron, I rarely use it!

Junk drawer – Y/N? Where is it? Drawer? Yes one drawer, it is in a wicker unit in my kitchen.

Kitchen – Color and decorating scheme: Green in color on the walls, the cabinets are med. color wood, the counters are white, My theme is ivy leaves, touch of apples and watermelon

Love – What is your favorite part of homemaking? Taking pictures to hang on the walls, making doilys for all tables, just trying to make it feel like a home without the big cost.

Mop – Y/N? No, I have no floors to mop, maybe the stairs, but I wash them by hand.

Nylons – Wash by hand or in the washing machine? I have cleaned them both ways.

Oven – Do you use the window or open the oven to check? Open the oven.

Pizza – What do you put on yours? Ham, onions, mushrooms, Italian sausage, black olives.

Quiet – What do you do during the day when you get a quiet moment? Blogs, play computer games. Clean (I don't like to clean when there are people around), relax without the noise.

Recipe card box – Y/N? What does it look like? Yes, country look with apples

Style of house – What style is your house? If we are talking inside, depends on the room, I have many styles inside. Outside, I couldn't even say, its a weird shaped house.

Tablecloths and napkins – Y/N? No

Under the kitchen sink – Organized or toxic wasteland? Organized as of today, toxic wasteland is gone.

Vacuum – How many times per week? I don't vacuum, to hard to use the vacuum because I have tendonitis in both wrists. It usually don't get done enough for my likings. Going to buy me a light weight one so I can start doing it myself.

Wash – How many loads of laundry do you do per week? Maybe 3 for me and my dh, but my two kids do their own laundry.

Do you keep a daily list of things to do that you cross off? Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't

Yard – Y/N? Who does what? Yes, either my dh or son mows the yard, I do the flower beds

I'm Tired Today

Today I have been tired pretty much all day. I think I may have gotten way to much sleep last night. That sounds so wierd to me. Went from not getting much to taking a pill at night and sleeping like a baby. A stressed baby, but still sleeping....lol Even so, I did managed to get a few more cabinets in the kitchen cleaned out. Did some sweeping, picked some thing up that were laying around. Unloaded and loaded the dishwasher, ran it. So I did do something today.

D didn't come home on the bus again today. Said he stayed after to work on his accounting class at school, then walked home.

For some reason one of the stupid dogs outside is howling tonight, he is driving me nuts. I hate it when he gets in those moods. Sometime he will do it all night long. Can't put the shock collar on him tonight, he needs to go a few days without it. Should put it on him and not put the key in to shock. Make him think he MIGHT get shocked if he don't shut up....lol

1-23-07 Lazy

Today I'd say I was really rather on the lazy side. I spent a great day on the computer, still trying to get my photo store up and running and placed a picture on ebay to sell. I'm not sure where or if this will take me anywhere, but I feel I must try.

I'm feeling rather stressed over the fact that my son will not be graduating next year for he will not have enough credits. He has been a stressful child to raise in a lot of areas since he became a teenager. There are days when I feel like I just can't go on, like I have just had enough. I feel so drained, emotionally and physically. I so can't wait till all the school years are behind me. 2 down, 1 to go.

Little Here and There

Today was another get up and down doing things around the house day. It seems like it never ends, even on the weekends. Still had picking up to do, still had stairs to sweep, beds to be made, laundry to get started. I put new pictures up on my Decorating site. But all in all it was a quiet day with no kids here till this evening.

Another long day

It was another long day today. I got up, went to pick up hb truck and headed to Home Depot. Upon getting home there was much to do since I had company coming over tonight. Clean clean clean...lol, but little did I know that I was going to have more company then I thought in the first place. I realized shortly ago that I never did have dinner...lol, but it is to late to worry about that now.

Update On My Dad

My dad had a heart catherization (sp) done today and everything looks the same as it did a year ago. Nothing has changed, has a few minor blockage, which I pointed out to him where they all were, but nothing to deal. Some are just normal with aging, under 30%. The stints that he has are working fine. They figure it is just the usual angina that he gets anyways and are upping his nitro patch from .02 to .04. Which does not make him happy because the nitro gives him a headache. He was released from the hospital this evening and is home resting. Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers.

My Dad

I got a call this afternoon from my mom, my dad is in the hospital with chest pains. So, I stopped what I was doing and headed up there. He was still in the emergency room waiting on a bed. Prayers are needed. Thanks!!

Today

I also found the curtains to the computer room window and they are now in the washer.

I called the La-Tee-Da Effusion Lamp company to tell them that my burner stone only lasted a few months before it stopped working and to find out where I could get another one. They don't sale them there, they are a warehouse. But after talking with the lady, she is sending me new FREE burner stone in the mail....so so cool!!

This has been a productive day all in all.

Another Long Day

Well, we woke up to a blanket of snow this morning and no school. It has snowed off and on today but it sounds like we are only suppose to get maybe a inch more tonight. Its very cold and windy out.

Today I started cleaning out my computer room. Such a mess. I moved things around to make it more comfortable. Vacuumed, called it a day after spending hours working on it....lol

I took a short nap, but I still don't feel rested. I had another weird night of sleeping again last night.

D woke me up with a dog coming in my room. His little bratty dog Toby got out of his kennel again. That dog finds anyway he can to get out. Its not like it is a small kennel in the first place...lol. D had to go fix the door area where Toby was getting out. Now lets see if he is still there in the morning.

So that was my boring day today.

Long Day so far.....

Today my bil and his son came over to work on my rivie that hasn't been working for sometime now. He put it on a dolly and is taking it back to his house. He says he will have it up and running in 2 weeks. We will see.

I did do some picking up. I hate it when my dh is working out of town all week. He comes home on the weekends and all his stuff that he needs to take back with him the following week is laying all over the place.

So any hoo, Nicole is finally cleaning up her pig pen. I think after I put her vanity back in her room yesterday she realized that needed to cleaned it up if she was going to use it. Chris came over and dropped off his clothes that needed to be washed and then headed to his cousins, then off to see dh's parents. Daniel went with him, nice to be able to spend some brotherly time together. He told me they would be back around 5pm. So, that is the time his friends are coming over for a visit. (my other adopted kids...lol) So, I better get going and make some ginger snap cookies, that is Dan's favorite cookies from me....lol

I also swept the stairs down while I was at it today. I must have gotten some energy that I didn't have this morning, but I do feel a headache coming on again, bummer.

Yesterday

Yesterday seemed like such a long day to me. I did some picking up before heading to a friends house in the afternoon. She had some clothes that no long fit and wanted to see if I wanted them. It was a day of a misty kind of rain, cold, windy and a bit floggy. Not my kind of day to go out. I spend a few hours at her house and got home before dh got home from working out of town.
I feel like I'm coming down with a cold, so it is airborne in the morning and before bed. Want to stop it before it comes full force.
There really isn't much of a plan for today. The only thing I need to get done is my bedroom. Which I won't even start for a few more hours.

1-11-07

For some reason my brain just isn't working right today. I can't seem to stick with one thing at a time in my house. I've made a mess and just can't get myself to think through to cleaning it up....lolol

I got my products in from the company I'm now in business with, so I'll play around with them later. I also got some of my business cards in the mail. I made a mistake, but oh well, life goes on.

I did finally get around to a letter for my nephew that I'll send out in the mail tomorrow. I also printed off some Christmas pictures for him to see. I sure do miss him and can't wait till we can all be together again.

So, if all the words on here are mixed up, just read between the lines......lol No brain=Wrong words...lol

Numb

Today was a dentist day, I hate going to the dentist in the first place. But, had to have an old silver cracked filling replaced with a new white looking filling. Man, why do I need so much more numbing meds. then the average person? He numbed, started drilling and I'm like, ah wait your butt one little minute here, numb me more....lol. So, while I was getting that done, Chris was getting his teeth cleaned and since he rode with me, he had to wait till I was done....lol

By the time I got home, it was 3:30. Didn't want to get into some big cleaning project, so I picked up a few things, vacuumed with the hose around some walls that had build up dust bunnies. Swept the stairs down and now I need a nap...lol. Need more then 5 hours of sleep you know...lol I came home to a empty house again. Nicole is at work and for some reason D isn't here. Either he missed the bus or he is uptown with his friends, which by the way, he didn't ask, so I thought he would be here. No phone call either. Will have to have a talk with him when he shows up home.

Its a cold day

I has been a windy, cold, snowy kind of day. Just my kind of day to stay home and relax. But that wasn't the case today. I had to get to walmart and get some things that were needed like yesterday. I could no longer put it off. So out into the ice box I went.

Upon getting there and pick up a few things I run right into my cousin Jim. What a nice surprise. I just don't get to see him very often. We talked for awhile, then both went our separate ways. I got some new shelf holders for the wall in the laundry room, I'm so tired of the shelf falling down and all my laundry products with it. I went back to the fabric department for a special project that I would like to start soon, found some fabric that I liked and thought would go well in the room I need it for. Deana, your going to laugh at the fabric...lol Got my stuff for the camera and headed off to the groceries. Not that I wanted to pick any up, but D wanted to make homemade pizza tonight. My kind of meal, I love pizza and I'm NOT making it....lol

I came home to an empty house as there was a note for me in the kitchen, saying I (D) went for a walk be home around 5pm. I'm thinking, the kid has to be nuts, its freezing out there with the windy blowing. When will he ever learn to stop thinking he needs to walks for exercise...lol

So the rest of the day will be relaxing, computer, some tv then sleep. Got it all planned out...lol

Update For Today

From the last time I posted.

I managed to get my closet cleaned out. I even see I have a shelf above the clothes bar....lol. On the shelf I found a old teapot that I haven't seen in years behind the mess. I cleaned it up and put it on a end table in my living room. I have all the clothes nicely folded in some cubbys under where the clothes hang from. Put all the shoes away. The clothes is nice and neat now. Tomorrow I think it will be cleaning off all the dressers in my room, dusting what is on top.

As I stated earlier, I got up late today and have had a headache all day long. I will probably be in bed early tonight. I hate sleeping in so late, makes me feel like I don't have time to do anything.

I still haven't made it to the store yet, so that will also be on the list for tomorrows "to do list".

A New Day

Today is a new day for challenges. My friend Deana and I are doing different challenges each week in our houses to make them more of a home. This weeks challenge is our bedrooms. There is much to do in my room and to start with I'm going to work on my closet. It is such a mess. As Deana stated in her blog, I live in Mi and she lives in WA, so pictures for each of us is a most. Sorry, you all won't be seeing them...lol. But a email is how we are doing that for each other. I think for me the challenges get me moving in the right direction for my house. Someone else to motivated me to do the things that need to be done. Thank you Deana!

Last night I didn't end up in bed till 3am which is very late for me. I ended up on the rocking chair trying to sleep but got woke up 2 different times by 2 different people. I finally ended up in my bed around 8:30 this morning. Usually it is D that stays up so late and me waking him up at noon to get his butt out of bed. (he is still off from school till wed) But this morning it was D waking me up.....lol

I took care of a few business things today and run up to the post office for stamps. Now I shall get my butt in gear and head to my bedroom to start on my work in the closet. I hope everyone has a productive day.

Long Day

This morning was a morning of dh laying in bed sleeping and snoring, which of course I couldn't sleep thru. So I was up early. I figured out a way to put a video on my Photos For Life page and then added links to each one of my pages. I spent hours in a business conference meeting online. ((wink wink)) Julie. So for now I'm pretty tired and pretty hungry. Just a laid back kind of day so far.

Sat. 1-6-2007

Well believe it or not, I finally got my Christmas tree taken down. I still have to dig out the rest of the ornament boxes, but that will be for another day. That will take me some time and I didn't want to do it today. My brother in-law came over, put some meter on my car and found out what censor that needs replaced. It's a 125.00 part so right now it will have to wait. Car runs fine so until we have to get the part, it will do the way it is.

Never did go to the bar tonight to listen to the local band. My other brother in-law got home to late to go tonight so maybe we will hit it up next month. So instead we went to MY OTHER brother in-laws house for a visit. Ok, so this is the brother in-laws. The first one was my sisters husband. The second two were my dh's brothers....lol

D went out coon hunting with a friend of ours and ended up in a pond trying to get his dogs back on the other side of the pond. Come home soaking wet. I made him drop the clothes and get in a hot shower. He went back with the friend of ours and is spending the night. Nicole came home from work after closing and went out with her boyfriend to a friends house.

Nicole and a co-worker busted a shoplifter tonight, had to hunt the lady down in the mall at the food court and the police got called, what a mess that was. So, now she has had to deal with the first shoplifter while working. I guess the workers have been trying to catch this chick for a year now but no one has seen her in the act of doing it. Didn't see her today so her didn't get arrested. They seen the price tags and stuff on the ground and knew she had been looking at the stuff, then she left fast like. Well, she had the cell phone holder on her with the paper inside of it yet. Tried saying she bought it last week...lol. Ok, then why do you have your cell phone on a belt in a holder, have this one in a pocket with the paper stuff still inside of it...lolol duh!

So that was my boring day today...lol