I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend with your family's and friends, I know that we did. So where should I start. Well Austin came home Friday afternoon from his nanny's. It was so- good for him to be home. Trenton misses him so much while he is there visiting. So we took off to Wal-Mart after I got off from work and we bought National Treasure 2. However, none of us made it to the end of the movie. So I guess we will finish it this week.
Saturday, I took Austin to tutoring. I felt bad when I left him because he was the only kid. But when I picked him up, he had thoroughly enjoyed his session. But while he was there, I enjoyed a pedicure. That was the only relaxation I got this weekend, but I really enjoyed every second that I was there. After that, Austin and I met my friend Brooke and her daughter Madison for lunch and shopping. We had such a great time visiting.
Saturday evening the boys and myself went to a cookout at Regina and Jason's. Danny use to work with Jason at Circuit City, and they are such a sweet couple. This was the first cookout at there new house, and what a beautiful house they have built. The boys had a blast playing outside and loved playing with their dogs. And I guess you are wondering where my husband was. Well he went to some fight in Florence with the guys from work. So he missed out on the good food and great company. Well Saturday night when we got home the kids were exhausted. So I got them to bed, and of course got myself ready for bed. And about 3 am Austin starts coughing, and he coughed and coughed and coughed. So I finally got myself out of bed and found some cough syrup, that didn't have antihistamines in it. Since he is already on so much allergy medicine. And the cough finally quitened down. So little to say Sunday morning, we all slept in.
So Sunday we went furniture shopping. We are finally going to buy us a nice set of bedroom furniture. So off we went with the boys, and after one store, I think we finally decided on what we both like. I am very simple, and I don't want any big exquisite furniture. Just something that we can have and will last us for years to come. So more to come on the furniture ....
Sunday afternoon we had a cookout with Danny's parents and his grandmother. We haven't seen Nana in a while, so it was nice seeing her.
Then Monday we did a little housework. Girls can we say LAUNDRY!!!! I am terrible at this chore. If anyone has suggestions, I am always willing to try new things. We also started moving things around in the house. With the repairs starting this week, it is starting to put me and Danny at each other's throats. But we are trying to work thru this. It is just hard having your house is chaos. But we got the boy's room ready, and got all of the pictures off the walls in the living room. So right now, we are just at a stand still. Then Danny and I went patio furniture shopping. We have a little bistro set that we got when we bought our place, and he really wants a bigger set that we can all sit at. Well we went to several different stores, and still came home with nothing. We really don't want to spend a fortune, and wanted to buy a set. However, these days, companies sell them piece by piece. So if anyone has suggestions on places or websites to buy patio furniture please sent them my way. After this we enjoyed another cookout with Danny's parents, his grandfather, and my mom. What a wonderful meal Deborah and Steve prepared and what a nice time we all shared together.
Well, as they always say good things must come to an end, and back to work we all went today. And back to school for me as well. Today is my first day of school, after my break. After having two biopsy's last year, I needed a little time off for myself. So today starts a new day, and hopefully in a few years I will graduate. I keep telling Danny we are having a huge party when this happens. So wish me luck, because as we all know, being a mom is hard in itself. Now I will be working fulltime, going to school, and still try to be the best mom and wife. Just pray that my husband and my children have patience in me.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
The Foreign Man
So the foreign man shows back up today, after picking his vehicle up on Tuesday. This man is from Russia, and this was my first experience dealing with a Russian. Well first off, he talks real fast in what he think is english, and you can't understand one word that he is saying. Second, he is extremely picky, and you will do things his way. Third, well hopefully this will be my last experience with the Russian man.
The joys of working in the public, which somedays I truly love. But right now, I am so tired of people being so rude and just mean tp me. What happened to manners, and saying "Thank You." I mean, do people honestly think that you can be rude to people and get anywhere. Obviously they do, but in my eyes, I try to be nice. And I find that you get better customer service when you are nice. So I am asking, do you see the rudeness that I am seeing in today's society??? What happened to all of the nice people?
The joys of working in the public, which somedays I truly love. But right now, I am so tired of people being so rude and just mean tp me. What happened to manners, and saying "Thank You." I mean, do people honestly think that you can be rude to people and get anywhere. Obviously they do, but in my eyes, I try to be nice. And I find that you get better customer service when you are nice. So I am asking, do you see the rudeness that I am seeing in today's society??? What happened to all of the nice people?
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
ALLERGIES
NEED I SAY MORE....
AUSTIN HAS HAD ALLERGY PROBLEMS SINCE HE WAS BORN. HE INHERITED THESE FROM HIS FATHER. HE ALWAYS HAD A RUNNY NOSE GROWING UP, AND WAS MOST OF THE TIME SICK. WELL AT TWO WE STARTED GOING TO AN ALLERGIST, WHICH MEANT DOING THE ALLERGY TEST. IT WAS HORRIBLE. THEY THOUHT IT WOULD BE EASIER TO POKE HIS ARM AND NOT HIS BACK. IT WAS ONE OF THE WORST EXPERIENCES I HAVE WITNESSED AS A PARENT. HE CRIED, I WANTED TO CRY. BUT WE GOT THRU IT. HE IS ALLERGIC TO EVERYTHING OUTDOORS: GRASS, TREES, WEEDS, YOU NAME IT.
WELL THIS YEAR, THEY SEEM WORSE!!! SATURDAY I TOOK THEM TO SONIC FOR LUNCH. WELL THE SONIC BY OUR HOUSE HAS A PLAYGROUND, AND THE KIDS WANTED TO PLAY. SO WE GET OUT AND I GO PLACE OUR ORDER, AND BY THIS TIME AUSTIN WANTS TO LEAVE. HIS LITLE EYES WERE SWELLING AND BURNING. SO I HAD TO LET HIM GO TO THE CAR WHILE I WAITED ON THE FOOD. WHICH I HATED TO DO, BUT I COULDN'T RISK HIS EYES SWELLING SHUT. WHICH HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST. SO AGAIN TODAY, IT HAPPENED. HE IS OFFICIALLY OUT OF SCHOOL AND WITH MY GRANDPARENTS. MY GRANDFATHER CALLED AND SAID THAT HIS EYES ARE SWELLING AGAIN. SO I GUESS WE WILL BE GOING BACK TO THE DOCTOR. WE ARE ALREADY ON TWO MEDICINES AND AN INHALER IF NEEDED. JUST PLEASE KEEP HIM IN YOUR PRAYERS, THAT HIS ALLERGIES WILL EASE UP SO THAT HE CAN ENJOY THE OUTDOORS. BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT A BOY WOULDN'T BE A BOY IF HE COULDN'T PLAY IN THE DIRT. :)
AUSTIN HAS HAD ALLERGY PROBLEMS SINCE HE WAS BORN. HE INHERITED THESE FROM HIS FATHER. HE ALWAYS HAD A RUNNY NOSE GROWING UP, AND WAS MOST OF THE TIME SICK. WELL AT TWO WE STARTED GOING TO AN ALLERGIST, WHICH MEANT DOING THE ALLERGY TEST. IT WAS HORRIBLE. THEY THOUHT IT WOULD BE EASIER TO POKE HIS ARM AND NOT HIS BACK. IT WAS ONE OF THE WORST EXPERIENCES I HAVE WITNESSED AS A PARENT. HE CRIED, I WANTED TO CRY. BUT WE GOT THRU IT. HE IS ALLERGIC TO EVERYTHING OUTDOORS: GRASS, TREES, WEEDS, YOU NAME IT.
WELL THIS YEAR, THEY SEEM WORSE!!! SATURDAY I TOOK THEM TO SONIC FOR LUNCH. WELL THE SONIC BY OUR HOUSE HAS A PLAYGROUND, AND THE KIDS WANTED TO PLAY. SO WE GET OUT AND I GO PLACE OUR ORDER, AND BY THIS TIME AUSTIN WANTS TO LEAVE. HIS LITLE EYES WERE SWELLING AND BURNING. SO I HAD TO LET HIM GO TO THE CAR WHILE I WAITED ON THE FOOD. WHICH I HATED TO DO, BUT I COULDN'T RISK HIS EYES SWELLING SHUT. WHICH HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST. SO AGAIN TODAY, IT HAPPENED. HE IS OFFICIALLY OUT OF SCHOOL AND WITH MY GRANDPARENTS. MY GRANDFATHER CALLED AND SAID THAT HIS EYES ARE SWELLING AGAIN. SO I GUESS WE WILL BE GOING BACK TO THE DOCTOR. WE ARE ALREADY ON TWO MEDICINES AND AN INHALER IF NEEDED. JUST PLEASE KEEP HIM IN YOUR PRAYERS, THAT HIS ALLERGIES WILL EASE UP SO THAT HE CAN ENJOY THE OUTDOORS. BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT A BOY WOULDN'T BE A BOY IF HE COULDN'T PLAY IN THE DIRT. :)
Monday, May 19, 2008
Sick Little One
Well, I am home with Trenton this morning. I guess he has a stomach bug!!! So I have been on lysol duty all morning. Of course, he is four, so I am pretty much just running behind him spraying everything he touches! I just pray that he will be feeling better soon!!! And that no one else in the family gets sick too!
Friday, May 16, 2008
Saving money
Check out my new poll. For a little over a month I have been trying E-Mealz to plan my meals by. It is very easy to do, and very inexpensive. Each week I print off my menu with my shopping list, and I am ready. Well that is if I like what is on the menu for that week. However, with groceries going up weekly, I thought I would do a poll. How do you save money on your groceries, or do you??? Just thought I would get a little insight on what everyone else is doing to save a little money on the necessities that we have to have.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
What a day.......
Well I am so glad that tomorrow is Friday. If I hear you got messages one more time I think I am going to scream. And of course, I check the messages and they are NEVER for me. So I am thinking to myself, why is this my responsibility. Well I think the answer is, some people are lazy. The phone drives me crazy, and I find myself at night letting the phone ring just because I am tired of answering it. Not because I don't want to talk to my friends, I am just tired of the phone in general. I love talking in general, I just get tired of talking to customers, and sometimes my customers can be rude and obnoxious.
Like for instance, the foreign man. I can't remember where the man is from. He want talk to a woman, but tomorrow he will. Because women, he is going to have to come to my desk. And my goal is to make this man talk. He is very LOUD and obnoxious and tomorrow is my day. I get to be the one to take his money and I am going to make him aware that his car looks fabulous and if I have to ask him a thousand questions, he will have to answer me at some point. I don't mind foreigners coming to this country, well if they are willing to live like an American. That means they need to speak English, treat us with respect, and live by our laws. That means, talk to women with respect. Drive only if you have a drivers license and insurance!!! And again speak ENGLISH!!! I am not racist, I just see this on a daily basis. And I see the people that get ran over by the mexican with no drivers license, no insurance, and the cops just let him off for free. And we pay for this everyday.
I know, enough about this rant for now!!! But I will post more about the foreign man. This man is a very picky man who is very rude. I just hope he picks his car up tomorrow. I am sure I will give you a good laugh with that post. If only I could get a picture of this man looking at his car. :) It would be priceless!!!
Well I am off to put Trenton to bed. He is my night child. And every night I have to put him back to bed at least 3 times. And each time he is up for a different reason. Nite
Oh, I almost forgot, Austin lost another tooth tonight while we were eating dinner. So I better go get the tooth fairy outfit on. Not really, but I must go do her duties.
Well I am so glad that tomorrow is Friday. If I hear you got messages one more time I think I am going to scream. And of course, I check the messages and they are NEVER for me. So I am thinking to myself, why is this my responsibility. Well I think the answer is, some people are lazy. The phone drives me crazy, and I find myself at night letting the phone ring just because I am tired of answering it. Not because I don't want to talk to my friends, I am just tired of the phone in general. I love talking in general, I just get tired of talking to customers, and sometimes my customers can be rude and obnoxious.
Like for instance, the foreign man. I can't remember where the man is from. He want talk to a woman, but tomorrow he will. Because women, he is going to have to come to my desk. And my goal is to make this man talk. He is very LOUD and obnoxious and tomorrow is my day. I get to be the one to take his money and I am going to make him aware that his car looks fabulous and if I have to ask him a thousand questions, he will have to answer me at some point. I don't mind foreigners coming to this country, well if they are willing to live like an American. That means they need to speak English, treat us with respect, and live by our laws. That means, talk to women with respect. Drive only if you have a drivers license and insurance!!! And again speak ENGLISH!!! I am not racist, I just see this on a daily basis. And I see the people that get ran over by the mexican with no drivers license, no insurance, and the cops just let him off for free. And we pay for this everyday.
I know, enough about this rant for now!!! But I will post more about the foreign man. This man is a very picky man who is very rude. I just hope he picks his car up tomorrow. I am sure I will give you a good laugh with that post. If only I could get a picture of this man looking at his car. :) It would be priceless!!!
Well I am off to put Trenton to bed. He is my night child. And every night I have to put him back to bed at least 3 times. And each time he is up for a different reason. Nite
Oh, I almost forgot, Austin lost another tooth tonight while we were eating dinner. So I better go get the tooth fairy outfit on. Not really, but I must go do her duties.
A Normal Wednesday in My Shoes
Every Wednesday I go to work....well I get up and rush around the house to get to work to begin with. You know just the normal, try to get everyone dressed, fed, and make sure the kids brush there teeth. That is a must!!! And then hopefully make it to work by 8. Well Wednesday's Austin goes to tutoring. So I have to leave work, go pick him up at afterschool care, and get him back to town. Now this trip takes me about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Not so easy!!! And then I have to leave at 5 o'clock, which is impossible where I work, because my boss thinks that we should just let people pick their vehicles up whenever they want to. I mean who cares that we have been here all day, most of the time eating lunch at our desks. So usually I rush to Trenton's daycare, grab him, and off we go to get Austin. And usually I am LATE!!! Seriously, I feel like I am a taxi service.
Well then this Wednesday I had to sub at church. And of course, my boss made me really late leaving. So I had to do everything backwards...I ran to get Austin first, then Trenton. I fed them some food before church, had to go get Trenton a new shirt because his dinner was all over the front of his shirt, then make it to church by 6:45. So when I finally made it to church I had a very nice hour with 4 little babies that were all so sweet. After church was over, we finally made it home around 8:30. Just in time for Austin and Trenton to eat again (they are growing boys) and myself to eat. Then to bed they went, and I had an hour with my husband. Which was so nice since Tuesday was bunco and I didn't get home till late.
Only two more days of work this week, and then hopefully we can have a wonderful weekend.
Well then this Wednesday I had to sub at church. And of course, my boss made me really late leaving. So I had to do everything backwards...I ran to get Austin first, then Trenton. I fed them some food before church, had to go get Trenton a new shirt because his dinner was all over the front of his shirt, then make it to church by 6:45. So when I finally made it to church I had a very nice hour with 4 little babies that were all so sweet. After church was over, we finally made it home around 8:30. Just in time for Austin and Trenton to eat again (they are growing boys) and myself to eat. Then to bed they went, and I had an hour with my husband. Which was so nice since Tuesday was bunco and I didn't get home till late.
Only two more days of work this week, and then hopefully we can have a wonderful weekend.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
My First Blog
I have to say I am super excited about starting a blog!!! Now we will see if I am good at this. I will be keeping everyone up-to-date on my crazy life as a working woman. And when I say crazy, I mean crazy!!! Everyday is a new adventure. And everyday I just pray I get thru it. I am the mother of two wonderful little boys. They bring me joy each and everyday. I have a wonderful husband, who most women would love to have around. He is a wonderful cook, and most of the time he does the cooking. And he also, tries his best to help out in our house. I mean, if I am going to work fulltime, then it is only fair that we share the chores. But we can talk more about that is a future blog.
I can already see, today will be a very busy day. When you are a working woman in the body shop business, rain means more wrecks. And in my shop....we are already very busy. I am the office manager at Joe Hudson's Collision Center. They are a chain of bodyshops that have a very good reputation. We try to keep the customers updated and strive for the best customer service. Sometimes this can be very difficult with some of our customers, but we try to do this with each one of them. And we have crazy customers at times, and I am sure that there will be more posts regarding them....esp. the crazy foreign man who doesn't speak to women and screams when he talks. Somedays, it is very hard to love my job, but I try. :)
I can already see, today will be a very busy day. When you are a working woman in the body shop business, rain means more wrecks. And in my shop....we are already very busy. I am the office manager at Joe Hudson's Collision Center. They are a chain of bodyshops that have a very good reputation. We try to keep the customers updated and strive for the best customer service. Sometimes this can be very difficult with some of our customers, but we try to do this with each one of them. And we have crazy customers at times, and I am sure that there will be more posts regarding them....esp. the crazy foreign man who doesn't speak to women and screams when he talks. Somedays, it is very hard to love my job, but I try. :)
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