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| Friday, April 4th, 2003 |
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From FridayFive.org 1. How many houses/apartments have you lived in throughout your life? I grew up in one house with my family who incidently have lived there over 30 years. It truly is home. I lived in 1 dorm room with two different roomates, 2 apartments ( each with 2 different roomates) and this duplex with my husband. 2. Which was your favorite and why? I have to say that the last apartment i lived in was my favorite. Sara and Kim were my roomates and we got along great and the apartment was SO NICE. It was a duplex, it had cathedral ceilings, a fire place, a huge kitchen with brand new appliances, a nice dinning area, 3 bedrooms and two baths and lots of closet space. It was in a great location, we had great neighbors and it was a cul du sac so we had a good place to walk in the evenings. I loved it! 3. Do you find moving house more exciting or stressful? Why? It's exciting and stressful, probably more stressful than exciting. I love looking for somewhere new, deciding what i'll do and of course it's always good if your looking towards a new begining. But it's stressful and sad leaving a home behind. NOt to mention packing! It is the bane of my exsistence! 4. What's more important, location or price? I feel that location is more important. Price is too, but usually you can find something reasonable where ever you go. For instance, where we are living right now. The cost of living is outrageous up here, but we got lucky and found this great place, in the villiage, where it's nice and quiet. 5. What features does your dream house have (pool, spa bath, big yard, etc.)? My dream house will be very traditional. I need a huge front pront with a swing and rocking chairs and big columns. The ideal house will be two stroy cape cod style. Living room, family room, office kitchen and dining room downstairs, with a huge deck. Upstairs will be 3 big bedrooms and 2 baths and a two car garage. A pool with a pool house would be great and the front yard would have a big weeping willow out front. I would also like a finished basement with a big room for a pool table and a laundry room and maybe an Art Studio for me and a game room for the husband. And my dream house would also be full of lots of beautiful children, with 2 cats and 1 dog:) |
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| Friday, March 14th, 2003 |
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Of course, I have all the time in the world to do this, and absolutly nothing to say. I didn't get the job, and yes, I was kind of bummed. I thought that i had it in the bag. That's what I get for thinking. This all leaves S. and I in a pickle. If I can't work here, I know of a place where I can work. All the work I want. Unfourtantly, that place is in North Carolina. S. isn't keen on going back to NC just yet. I'd go tommorow if I could get him to go with me. He knows it's simply not fair for us to be up here and only him be able to work if I can't find a job. On top of that we're 100 % sure I won't find a teaching job because of a.) lack of jobs and b.) difference in certification. This means my degree is going to waste. AND there are no schools except West Michigan U. which is in Kalamazoo that has the course of study I am interested in. All the signs are pointing down. Down South. I know S. dosen't want too. I know how hard it is to do things you don't want too. (i.e. staying in greenville, moving up here, being apart from him) but sometimes it works out best. I have given Michigan 110%. It's just not working out for us. Our quality of life could be so much better if we were some where else. Some where we could both work. Instead we're here and I am locked into house wifedom and I want out of it! I have it so much better than most people and I still find something to complain about it. B. is fighting cancer and I'm complaining because I am at home watching tv all day. Perspective is a wierd thing. In other news, the atkins diet is going ok. I'm having some trouble getting into induction. I do ok in the mornings and evenings, but the afternoons are tough. I get bored and hungry and crave sugar. Water starts to make me nauseous. Ugh! The one good thing, i have lost weight since Jan. My dress for the wedding was too big. Speaking of the wedding, it was great. Much wine was consumed and much fun was had. Sara has a great family and a great bunch of inlaws. I hope this war dosen't happen. I hope things fall into place somehow. I will support the effort if it comes to it. News Update: Israel and Palastine have apparently come to some sort of agreement. Also, finding Elizabeth Smart was just freakin' awesome. I hope that what she went through wasn't too bad and that she can adopt back into her normal life soon. My prayers were definitly with her. The cats: Stinky. I need to clean the litter box right now. Crazy as always. Snow: Do I even have to tell you that is snowed a few inches this week? Didn't think so. In good news it's supposed to get up to like 50 degree's today. How happy am I? Very. Being in beautiful, green, colorful and warm NC made me homesick for a perfect spring. I guess that's all. I'll try to do this more. Is anyone even reading anymore? Doubtful. I like documenting this stuff for me though. Weekend - have a good one! |
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| Thursday, February 27th, 2003 |
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Seriously. Could this week/month get any worse? Mister Rogers has gone to his beautiful neighborhood in the sky and I am almost in tears. I was flipping this morning and caught the tale end of one of his episodes and thought, Man, I hope he is still around when I have kids. This week has been horrible. The SIL lost another baby, much sadness. I just want things to work out for them. I am horribly sick with what was a cold and is now bronchititus and My Mom is having surgery on Monday, B. won't be having any more chemo and my grandma has flipped her lid. I just don't know how much more I can take. I know there are people with much worse problems, but still. When it's you, it's you and everyone's feelings are valid. This is my last week at this job. I have an interview tommorow for a job that I really really want. I really need some stability in my life in regaurds to a job. Temping is fun...but I need something to depend on. S's wedding is in a week. I can't wait to go home and see everyone! It's a bright, sunny and cold day here in W. Mich. I just wish it was 69 degree's instead of 29. |
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| Friday, February 14th, 2003 |
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I swear I didn't think it had been so long since i updated. I got side tracked I suppose. We had a snow day on Wednesday and it threw my week off. Yes, that's right, A snow Day in Michigan. The night before it had been blizzard-esque with almost zero visibility. The actual snow day it was like, sunny and clear and perfect. If only it was above 0 degrees! Right now my weather bug says it's at 6 degree's. It's freezing out there. Happy Valentine's Day! We are heading out to Chicago tomorrow for a trip to Ditka's Restaurant and to IKEA. My mecca of all things cool. I hope it will be a good time for us. Speaking of 6 degree's, it feels as though it's about 50 in here, literally. Maybe it's this big window. Nothing else exciting has happened. The only thing is I went to the doctor yesterday and I have to have some blood work done. If I could write a letter to the doctor, this is what it would say. Dear Mr. Doctor, You suck. For $66 a visit, I think that you can look at me instead of out the window. I am 23 years old. I have been fat for 23 years. I do see myself naked everyday. As I have done for 23 years. Telling me more than one time during a visit that I am fat will only make me hate you. In fact, I shouldn't be bothered with this. It is plain to see that you are an egotistical mid life crisis, chest hair revealing jerk who thinks that since I am fat, it's ok to tell me that multiple times. Hm, NO. Thanks for nothing, Your former patient, The tall fat girl in your office yesterday. Yes, I'll be finding a new doctor. It's called tact, people. I still find it amazing that some people think that we are fat because we enjoy it. Yes, that's right. We like to huff and puff and be out of breath, be pointed at and talked about and called horrendous names and even be told by medical professionals that we are fat. That's it. You've figured it all out. What is up with this way of thinking? Anyway, S. and I are both watching what we eat, drinking more water and cutting out a lot of the bad stuff. I am proud of us. He has been eating a ton of oranges and I have been eating grapes. And now, For the FridayFive.org Questions! 1. Explain why you started to journal/blog. I have done this a few times, the first incarnation being on Diaryland in 2000. I thought it was a good idea and I actually kept up with it for about 8 months. I even had a notify list with about 30 people on it. The only reason i stopped updating it was because I lost the password and got a new computer and I couldn't update anymore. Sad, Huh? 2. Do people you interact with day to day or family members know about your journal/blog? Why or why not? To my knowledge no one does. Except S. But I doubt he even knows I'm updating again. I like it that way for the most part. If they find it, fine, but if not, fine. 3. Do you have a theme for your journal/blog? No theme, much like my life. Heh. I am a go with the flow kinda gal. 4. What direction would you like to have your journal/blog go in over the next year? I'd eventually like to get my own domain and make it my home with pictures, links and other things about myself. We'll see how that goes.. 5. Pimp five of your favorite journals/blogs. http://www.princessmelissa.com - that girl is so funny. You know, Melissa from Real World New Orleans. Http://www.shelleyness.com - She spells our name right and she is funny. I just wish she updated more! Http://www.pamie.com - Long time fan of the Pamie. I am glad she is back! http://www.stinkerpie.net/blog/ - Spencer is such a cutie pie! I enjoy reading about his family. http://bobofett.com/ - So very funny, that Dana. |
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| Friday, February 7th, 2003 |
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Fridayfive.org 1. What did you have for breakfast this morning? If you didn't have breakfast, why not? I had an Egg and Cheese Crosanwhich from Burger King and Some Coke. Breakfast of Champions! 2. What's your favorite cereal? Fruity Pebbles 3. How often do you eat out? Do you want that to change? Right now we eat out about...3 times a week? Tuesday, Fridays and Saturdays. It suits me just fine although our bank account would like to cut it down to twice a week. 4. What do you plan on having for dinner tonight? Got a recipe for that? We are having Hamburgers, Fries and possibly salad. 5. What's your favorite restaurant? Why? This is such a hard question! My absolute all time favorite place to eat is Tripp's. In Michigan I like to go to Sam's Joint in Eastern North Carolina it's Dixie Queen or Mike's Deli in G-Vegas What am I doing this weekend? I'll be cleaning the house, watching it snow, planning for our trip to chicago, celebrating my smart sister in law passing the CPA exam on the very first sitting and probably watching Sweet Home Alabama. |
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It has been so long. This time I think I am finally ready to update more. I was going through my old Diary Land entries and thought about how I barely remember the things that I wrote about but how I liked reading about it. So here I am. I am working at a university around here as a secretary. Right now I'm in the English Department, I must say I like it. I am a temp. so I get moved around a lot. This job is for 8 more weeks though. Married life is good. I am sure glad those first 4 months are over with though, they are the absolute hardest. My old roommate S. is getting married in March. I need to buy shoes to match the red shoes. I'm lucky that I have such an easy, flexible job that I can update this whenever I want. I heard they started limiting the post and what not. Fine with me, for some one who started this thing a year ago I sure haven't done much with it. Here's to a new beginning in journaling.. |
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| Wednesday, August 28th, 2002 |
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wow. an update. where did the time go? I'm married and uh, living in the hell known as Michigan. i am trying to remain happy and my same old southern self. The southern thing I don't think, even if i tried, i could lose, but the happy part is harder than I thought. I love the hell out of my husband and as far as the core of our marriage we are doing wonderful, but I just do. not. like. living here. i liked vacationing here but that was different. I miss my family, I miss my friends, I miss an income. I need a job, sitting at home all day talking to cats isn't fun. Once I find a job, I'll make friends, etc, etc., but until then, it's me and him and the cats and a gaggle of inlaws who don't much care for me. anyone want to trade lives? I hope to start writing more eventually.... Here's to new beginings i suppose. |
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| Monday, March 18th, 2002 |
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fours 4 bad habits you have Complaining Talking way too much Procrastination, Procrastination Freaking out over the small stuff! 4 scents you love Clean Laundry Butter Cream Cinamon Liliac 4 things you'd never wear MC hammer Pants blue nail polish glitter things high heels 4 animals you like Cats Dogs Monkeys Horse's 4 TV shows you love Friends Trading Spaces Real World The Ozzy Osborne Show (yay!) 4 celebrities you don't like Billy Bob Thorton Michael Jackson David Schwimer Genivieve From Trading Spaces 4 drinks you regularly drink (aside from water) Coke Sweet Iced Tea Mello Yellow Dr.Pepper 4 ice cream flavors you love Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheese Cake Triple Chocolate Vanilla 4 random facts about yourself I love to fly I am a computer freak! I like the color purple I love butterflies 4 random facts about your family We have 15 animals between my parents, my brother and myself. We seem to love em! My dads family is really tall, and we all have big chins and noses My Mom's family is full of danity ladies who fix there hair and love to shop Until I was 18, i lived within 10 miles of 95% of my family. Now i live within 10 miles of no one. 4 websites you recommend http://www.half.com http://unclebob.diaryland.com http://www.televisionwithoutpity.co http://www.weddingchannel.com |
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| Friday, March 15th, 2002 |
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1. What's your favorite animal? Monkeys 2. What pets have you had in your lifetime? Many cats and dogs, and many fish. The ones that stick our are Tabby cat, Smookie, Pretty Cat, Sparkus, Weenie, Freddy and presently in my home Katie Bug and Ash. The dogs....Samson, Molly, Lady, Pumpkin, Rowdy, Dusty, Sinclair, Mattie and another Lady. I have fish, one of them is 14 months old and still kicking 3. Is there any specific pet that you've wanted but never had? Why? I really wanted a monkey, you can see why i didn't get one! 4. Are you allergic to any animals? I wasn't, but i think i have developed an allergy to the cats. Thank goodness for Zyrtec! 5. Do you have any 'pet' pet peeves (your pets or others' Dogs who hump, Cat Puke and Piss (eww the smell) and when they go ape shit and start climbing the curtains and breaking things |
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| Friday, March 1st, 2002 |
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Friday Five compliments of Smattering.Org 1. What's your favorite vacation spot? During the winter, i love to go to chicago. During the summer months of love the beaches in north and south carolina 2. Where do you consider to be the biggest hellhole on earth? When we drove accross the country we were in the desert of calafornia and it was 128 degree's. Yeah. Pretty Hot. 3. What would be your dream vacation? My honeymoon in July. A cruise to Cozumel and Keywest with My soon to be wonderful husband 4. If you could go on a road-trip with anyone, who would it be and why? Well, I have road tripped (NC to CA and back) with a group of girlfriends and that was so much fun. BUt i'd proably have to says Shawn Cuz he would drive the whole way and then my friends Krista and Bailey and Stacie. 5. What are your plans this weekend? Absolutly nothing! This is the first weekend in 2 months nearly that i have not had to travel atleast 3 hours each weekend. I am going to get caught up on homework and lesson plans, etc. |
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| Friday, February 22nd, 2002 |
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I certainly wish I was using this more than I am. Unfourtantly, I am not, but I am trying. I know that one day these thoughts will be important to me. We finger painted today in class. There is something so very healing about finger painting with a group of 4 year old girls who want help with butter flies and pictures of their mommy. I wish that I was as carefree and worry free as they are. We dug our fingers into the purple and smeared it all over the paper. We used the yellow and the green too. We made suns, people and hearts. It was fun. It makes me long for the day that I am ready to be a Mom. To have that human being see you as the greatest person on earth, I can only imagine it's a wonderful feeling. Usually it's only babies that make my uterus weepy, but here lately it has been children of any age. No worries though, I am going to keep my chld bearing days in the future for now. I am going tommorow to get my wedding dress. I can't wait to put it on and twirl around in it. I am going to call today and try to get a hair cut and also try and get my nails done today as well. I am being a girly girl, i know. It rarely happens, I suppose I should try and hang on to it, huh? Sara and I are also going shopping tonight. I am in desperate need of clothes. There is no way around it, I hate spending the money but I hate looking like white trash even more. Favor, if anyone, anyone at all is out there reading this, could you drop me a line? I'd like to know if i am completly alone in this or what.. ok, more after I get my dress. maybe a picture or two if anyone is out there. |
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| Monday, February 18th, 2002 |
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it has been just that, forever. last week was busy and complicated and then of course came valentine's day, of course i was sick for that. Shawn got in thursday night, but not before sending me a dozen red long stem roses at schools. The kids were in awe, as were most of the middle age teachers. We at dinner at a fancy steak house in raleigh, and then had the jucuzzi suite at a near by hotel. It was the perfect night, even if i was severely congested and lacking my sense of taste and smell. He got my chocolates, candles and bubble bath, it was indeed a nice way to start the weekend. On friday we registered at Bed, bath and beyond. 5 hours. I like to shop, but i really just wanted to get out of there by the time it was all over. We vegged on friday night and just hung out. On Saturday we did a little shopping at Sam's and I cooked dinner for him, chicken, mashed potato's and roasted corn. He was supposed to go home on Sunday, but then my washer broke down, rather caught on fire which delayed us getting on the road, so we called and got his flight changed for 9:05 this morning, talk about early at 5 am i was up and at em. It was worth the extra few minutes. I missed my teachers workday today, but I had to go to the doctor anyway. I now have augmentin and nasonex (steroids to shoot up my nose) and I am hopefully on my way to recovery. Tommorow, we are doing the Cracker Barrel thing. It just opened today, so i expect a long wait and horrible service. My second observation is on Thursday and I am a wee bit nervous, but I am sure it will go fine. I guess thats all. My week in review. |
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| Monday, February 11th, 2002 |
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Mondays are always horrendously long. I teach and then I have class from 3-8pm. There is some bad virus going around at school. One of my kids got sick during morning group time, it was so not a pretty sight. They are very excited about Valentine's day (as i am too). They are ready for there party and I am ready for my long weekend. Shawn will be in thursday evening early. This will be oddly enough our first valentines day in each others presence and our last as an un wed couple. Speaking of unwed. This whole marriage, moving to michigan, graduatation, find a job, plan a wedding thing is really causing some major paxil moments in my life. I was looking at some old pictures of myself from when i was a freshmen/sophmore and i looked so young and carefree. That was of course, pre-tumor, pre-serious long distance relationship, pre internship,pre medication, pre responsibility days. No wonder I looked so happy. What the hell did I have to be sad about? I guess thats about all I have today. I'm out. |
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| Saturday, February 9th, 2002 |
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First off, Thanks Pale_blue for setting me up with this journal. I used to keep a journal over at diaryland, but it has been over a year since it was updated. Hopefully i will be using this on a dailey basis and hopefully it will remain pretty private. I want this to be for me, not for readers like the other was. Making people laugh is fun, but sometimes the other stuff needs to come out too. Children (my students) and wedding planning will also be pretty prevalent around here too. At least until I can get all this shit behind me. Anyway, Hopefully I will be able to pick up my writing knack as quickly as I lost it. I'm gonna work on that... |
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First off, Thanks Pale_blue for setting me up with this journal. I used to keep a journal over at diaryland, but it has been over a year since it was updated. Hopefully i will be using this on a dailey basis and hopefully it will remain pretty private. I want this to be for me, not for readers like the other was. Making people laugh is fun, but sometimes the other stuff needs to come out too. Children (my students) and wedding planning will also be pretty prevalent around here too. At least until I can get all this shit behind me. Anyway, Hopefully I will be able to pick up my writing knack as quickly as I lost it. I'm gonna work on that... |
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LiveJournal for Shell.
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giddy.
grateful.
accomplished.