Ok I  am officially wiped out.  If you saw the post previous to this, I got a LOT of work done today.  I didn't dust the entire house yet - I'll do that tomorrow.  I did end up dusting the upstairs living room though.  I got groceries and the only reason I didn't get the McWilliams is because I didn't see it there but they had Estancia Pinot Grigio on sale for $10 so I got that.

I'm going to take a shower and go to bed in my nice clean bedroom.

So today, I was outside at work, behind the building talking on the phone and looking out at the gorgeous river. When I got off the phone and was heading inside, I looked down and could see into my cleavage underneath my shirt. I was wearing a bra, a white tank top, and a white button down dress shirt. I noticed something big and black in my cleavage and it was a HUGE SPIDER! I started freaking out and trying to untuck my tank top from my pants and reach up into my bra and shake out my shirt but I wasn't sure I had gotten it out and I knew I couldn't undress anymore than that in public...

So I ran into the building, grabbed the first female I could find and dragged her to the bathroom with me. I made her stand at the door while I stripped down to find that spider. It must have come off outside because it was no where to be found.

Now mind you, I just started this job not even a month ago. I've only gotten one paycheck. So I'm guessing this girl thinks I am a freak for dragging her into the bathroom and stripping in front of her...

But hey, I'm not a spider person so what would you have done? Geez, I hope I don't get a sexual harassment lawsuit on my hands.

http://www.bestfriends.org/slideshows/mothersday08/mom.html

I got this from my Aunt Julie and thought I'd post it here. It's really sweet. I thought of quite a few of you "pet moms" on my friends list when I saw it.

(I'll give a real update later - have been super busy but will get to it soon!)

I started my new job on the 14th. They weren't prepared for me and thought I wasn't coming in until the 24th. This last week has been filled with reading a book that reads like IRS tax law, but without the financial fluff that goes with that. The base is beautiful and the people I work with are cool. I get 3 hours of PT (as in exercise) per week and I get every other Friday off, along with accruing 4 hours of paid leave every pay period (2 weeks.)

Still haven't painted our kitchen or finished removing wallpaper from the rest of the house.

Next weekend we're going to SC for my grandparent's farewell - they are going on a genealogy mission to Salt Lake City for a year.

That is all.

I just finished my second book in the last 10 days. I'm feverishly reading again and happy about it! It was a pretty good book - called The Devil in the Junior League.

In the first chapter or two I kept thinking about what a snob this woman was. Then I read on and just fell in love with her! It's a great read, especially if you know anything about "Southern Societies" and the such. It reminded me a lot of where I grew up!!!

Does anyone know how to lead music? You know, how to be a chorister?

It really is stupid that I have to jump through so many hoops to get my prescriptions filled because they are a "controlled" substance. What place does the government have in MY personal life? Do any of them have M.D.'s? I doubt very many of them do and the one that I know that DOES have one is against the stupid war on drugs anyway! Why are they meddling in something that should be between a patient and a doctor? If a doctor thinks I need a medicine and I agree and it actually HELPS me then what the hell does the government have to do with it?

I just had to go through hell and back to get my prescription covered because the insurance company says it's too early for it. Do they read my patient file every day and dispense my meds? No. The reason they are whining about it is because it's a controlled substance. Give me a break... it's a freaking PATCH... Last I heard, there wasn't much on the black market for patches! Don't most drug addicts want pills they can crush up and snort or shoot up? I doubt my little patch would do anything for them unless they put on like 6 at a time.

It's really frustrating!!!!!!

I'll give you 3 guess to tell me what happened to me on this day exactly 20 years ago today.

These pansies have been around since late last September. They got "smaller" during the winter but just exploded into bloom in the last couple of weeks!



These tulips have been growing for a few weeks but they finally showed their bloom in the last couple of days. I didn't even KNOW tulips came in this color!



I love Spring (except the grass growing like crazy!) My hydrangea in the backyard is sprouting again and I bought 4 more, along with raspberries and strawberries and watermelon to grow. I can't wait to get out and plant all of it.

I was doing yoga the other day and Scully was trying to do it with me. She was laying on her back with her legs up in the air and her head turned to the side with that wild look in her eye. I had to have the space she was taking up and so I tried to lightly push her out of the way. She thought I wanted to wrestle so she flailed out and her claw in one of her paws went up my nose and cut the skin on the ligament in the middle of my nose. This was a couple of days, maybe a week ago, and I was scratching it because when things are healing they itch. I scratched the scab off and it started bleeding like crazy again. Because it is in the middle of my nose, the band aid wouldn't stick so in order to get it to stop bleeding I had to make myself look like Lane Meyer on Better Off Dead.

Dear neveragain5,
I don't really know how to tell you this, but you’re a pervert. I think I realized it when you put cuffs on me in your camping car and I saw you carve your initials into my avocado plant. I'm sure you're senile enough to understand that Santa doesn’t exist. I'm returning the cut toenails to you, but I'll keep the results of your blood sample as a memory. You should also know that I never liked the incarnation as an Eskimo.
Warm Regards,
jennymoon75

( Instructions )

This is either a really good idea or a really horrible one. I'm not sure which.

There are thousands (hundreds of thousands, maybe) orphanages around the country filled with children who need parents. I bet more than half of those children in those orphanages who don't get adopted just get put out on the streets to fend for themselves when they turn 18.

Do you think it would be a good idea to employ those orphans from the time they are placed in the orphanage until they turn 18? No, I'm not talking about child labor like having them sew or make shoes or anything like that. I'm talking about acting. Put them in commercials, television shows, even movies. That would make them a lot of money. The orphanage could get a percentage of what each child makes and the rest would go into an interest bearing account for the child so they would have a trust account when they turn 18 and get put out on the streets. It could even pay for them to go to college. Plus just think about what that percentage of money could do for the orphanage! They could build bigger/better living quarters, hire professional teachers, psychologists, trainers, etc... and the children could have the best of the best!

So... good idea or horrible one? If it is a bad idea, hey at least they wouldn't have to use tax dollars anymore. (Not that I mind my tax dollars going to help orphaned children... not at all. I do hate my tax dollars going to the crack whores who have their poor babies in public bathrooms and leave them in the trash can, though.)

Marriage is fun.

Sometimes just the sound of his chewing will throw me off the deep end and I want to strangle him.

Ah. Marriage is fun.

Ok so I swear I'm not going to become this holy roller type or anything because it really does bug me when people throw that at you all the time and in every single aspect of their life... but I have seen God's hands play a part in my life the last couple of weeks. Things I would have not realized as being something He had a part of have been happening and I just had to open my eyes and see them, you know? I won't go into detail here because of my earlier promise not to be "one of those types"... but let's just say that thanks to a new friend, I remembered something I always knew. I had just forgotten for a while and kind of lost myself in this mess of depression, despair, and drowning in my own sorrow - pathetically feeling sorry for myself and concentrating on me, me, me instead of having Christ at the center of my life.

Whether you are a believer or not, whether you are a Christian or not, whatever you are/believe... it just makes sense that if you have something POSITIVE as the center point in your life, everything that happens to you will just seem easier to deal with.

I'm watching last night's American Idol and David Cook's performance just ROCKED THE HOUSE! I swear I have loved every single song that he's done. He should put all of his songs together on a CD and sell them!!!!!

(and what was with the black leather gloves Paula was wearing?)

You're kind of walking in a fog. You can forget about it for a short period of time if you watch tv or read a book but ultimately your mind goes right back to feeling like there is no hope, feeling like no matter what you'll never be a happy person, and feeling guilty for putting your husband through it.

I know that everyone experiences this sometime in their life but how do you stop yourself from feeling like it all the time? I know I'm feeling this way because my family left yesterday. My mom suggests I come down there and stay for a few weeks until my new job starts. #1 Steven would never be cool with that because he wants me to find a temp job for the next few weeks. #2, going home isn't going to cure anything. I'll be living out of a suitcase and just confirming the fact that I no longer have a home there. Then there will be the long drive home that just sucks and I am so depressed the entire time.

On top of that, I'm getting a stupid cold. I coughed a lot in my sleep last night and I have that nasty post nasal drip that is making my throat sore. Guess I should find some Zicam and Vitamin C.

- Wipe down baseboards on entire house.
- Dust entire house.
- Straighten game room.
- Wash sheets and blankets on downstairs guest bed.
- Clean both bathrooms.
- Vacuum entire house.
- Sweep and mop kitchen floor.

If I have time left over:

- Finish sanding down walls in kitchen.
- Prime kitchen walls.
- Fix chandelier in kitchen to go over table instead of in middle of room so you bump your head on it when you walk by.

I'm VERY excited my mom, sister Shannon, bro-in-law Jon, niece Sydney, and nephew Jake are coming up today!!!