Category Archives: Everyday Stuff

Today was better at work then yesterday. I had a lot to do, but didn’t feel as overwhelming. I wasn’t able to get all that I wanted done, but I still got a lot and it helped me to get a head start for Friday.

I was thinking of switching shifts tomorrow to a mid. I like the day shift, but sometimes it wears me out sleep habit wise when I try to get things done here at home. When I work a later shift, I get my sleep, time to get a few things done before work and I have enough energy to get things done when I get off. But Harold made plans with friends tomorrow night and I have the next 5 days off………so if I stay on the day shift I start it earlier. That was a hard one to turn down, but the plans have been made.

My list for my days off is long, I just hope that I can stay focus and get some of it done. I do want ONE day of nothing but reading, chilling and being a bum……don’t know if I can do that……lol This is my first “vacation” with out any major traveling in god knows how long. I love to travel, but when there are things to do around the house…….I just don’t want to go anywhere.

Time to head to bed, thankfully I don’t have to have a “bedtime” for a few days starting tomorrow……….grin

It has been a long day.

A project at work took much, much longer then I wanted and just wore me out.  It didn’t help that I keep getting interrupted, but that is the nature of the beast………  I finally got it done, about 1hr after my shift ended.  I just wasn’t going to leave without it being done.  I have 2 more days with tons of work to do before I have my “mini” vacation.  We have some important visitors coming to by when I’m off and I want to get as much done for my co-workers to make it easier for them.

I did get my stuff that I ordered for my Ipod………grin  I have a case where I can either wear it on my arm or on my belt and I have a charger for the truck.  So all I need is a wall charger so it doesn’t have to be plugged into my pc all the time, which I didn’t think about it when I ordered the 1st time……..doh

We have the LSU/Norte Dame game on.  We’ve rooted for ND in the past (when they aren’t playing a Big Ten school……….lol) but we just don’t care for the coach.  Just too damn arrogant and don’t like his attitude.  So we are pulling for LSU.  Besides after what they went through with Katrina, it would be great for New Orleans.

It has been a very long day and I have a long one ahead of me tomorrow.  So I’m going to watch the half-time show with Bon Jovi and head off to bed.

(I just wanted to use one from the game)

Yesterday was pretty productive. I got caught up on a ton of messages (which included emails, private, LJ and about 4 other boards), did laundry, dishes, a year in review blog entry and balanced the checkbooks. When I look back at the list it doesn’t seem like much, but the messages and boards took up a good portion of the time.

I need to get the pics from the Champs Bowl edited. I want to add a couple of them to my IPod…….grin Some of them came out blurry. =(

It is time for a new “party” camera. I hope to get one by mid February. I’m looking at this one :  Olympus Stylus 740

I want something small enough to fit in a pocket without being too tiny for us to handle, a simple point and shoot that gives quality pictures and doesn’t take forever to charge up due to the flash. I’ll be giving my old one to my mom. It is similar to hers. She can decide which one she wants to use and give the other to my niece. She is going to be 11 and that is about the age that I started to take pictures.

I know that there was something I wanted to do tonight when I got home, but for the life of me I can’t remember what…………I worked all day, had my mind on work at home, then an hour before I get just lose my energy and thoughts………sad……..oh fudge, I think I’ll make up my to do list for my days off.

2006………Like Harold stated, on a personal note it started out pretty rough.  =(

We lost Aurora.  It took awhile to get out of my funk over it.  Sometimes if I see the boy out of the corner of my eye, in one her favorite locations I think it is Aurora.  I miss her.  But I do have her picture on my desk with her ashes.

It started rough at work.  I got a new boss.  We butted heads a lot.  It took awhile before we got it worked out.  I think what helped is that I realized that even though I was an assistant I had pretty much ran the store and now I wasn’t in charge anymore so we were butting heads over that.  We both want the best for the store and have the same goals, but we clashed on how to go about it.  I think a lot had to do with that we are both control freaks and workaholics.   It drove me nuts because I love working as a team and we couldn’t seem to do it.  Now I just do what I can, add my thoughts, I care but try not to stress it any more (life is just too short) and do my best to do it the way she wants because in the end it is her responsibility.  I’m proud on how far we’ve come.

My family came down for a visit.  I loved seeing them!  We got the kids for a few weeks.  It was too long for the kids and Harold.  Especially since I had to work and couldn’t be home to help as much.  I try to remember the happy memories of them being here and not the rough ones.  I just hope that they did come away with some good memories and some learning experiences.  I do miss them.

We had a great exploring vacation in the Pacific Northwest and decided where we were going to move to.  We can’t wait to get to Portland and get settled in.

I got to see Jessie this year and go to a Purdue game.  That was awesome!  (even though we lost.)

Business wise, we cut our ties with someone we can no longer do business with due to their hypocrisy and lies.  We are just so glad that it is over.

We made some excellent new connections, business wise.  We had a very productive business trip where we learned a lot.

I think I got the majority of what happened this year.  2007 is looking both very promising and very stressful.  I have my fingers crossed.  =)