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June 28, 2009
May 5, 2009
Upgrade
Sorry about the layout change. I did an upgrade tonight and didn’t realize that the old layout wasn’t going to be compatible with this new system.
In a month or so, I hope to do a complete revamp of the site. Yes, again. But it’s going to be SO MUCH better. And hopefully we’ll find a few more bloggers for you to check out. Maybe we’ll even be able to get a few of our regular readers to start their own blogs as well. *smiles* That’d be pretty neat if you ask me.
So stick around — Big changes coming soon. =D
March 8, 2009
Huge News
Guess what happened today. =D
My little Savannah laughed. We’re talking full on belly laugh. I can’t wait until that becomes a daily thing. I love baby giggles. I think I may even love them more than I love baby feet.
February 23, 2009
Time To Get My Learn On
I know I’ve been gone for awhile and really slacking off on posting. For that I apologize. But, I have good reason. I’ve been mulling over some ideas for ways to make money from home.
My real passion, if you can call it that, is web design. I know more than the average Joe but there is so much more that I could learn. There are so many different opportunities out there if I would just buckle down and fill my brain with knowledge.
A couple of years ago, a good friend of mine sent me a book about PHP. For those who don’t know, PHP is one of the languages that you can use to code websites. That book was invaluable! I couldn’t believe how much I was able to learn from it. It was like being in high school again, but this time, I wanted to learn and I knew that I could put the information to good use.
I decided that since that single book was able to make such an impact, I’d do some research and buy a couple more. Anyone who knows me will tell you that I’m cheap thrifty and I can find a good deal. So that’s what I set out to do. I wanted books but I didn’t want to give up my first born to be able to afford them.
My first stop was eBay. That’s where I always find the best deals. I found 3 books that really looked promising but the price was way out of my budget. So my next step was to find those 3 books, but to find better prices.
I tried at least 10 different sites and was amazed at how many people wanted more than $50 for a book. I started thinking that maybe I’d just go “borrow” the book from the library and see how much it would cost if I were to “lose” said book. LOL
But then, I found it! I finally found a site with prices I could afford. Instead of asking $30-$50 for a single book, the price was $9.06. Yes!!! Success!!!! Even when I added in the shipping cost of $4, I still didn’t feel like I was being ripped off. I even found books for under $5. Woohooo!!!!
So, if you want to go see if you can find some cheap books for yourself, go check out ValoreBooks.com Let me know if you find anything!
February 10, 2009
I Aint Skeered
Kennie just left for another week on the road. He’s going back to Texas again. Let that be warning to anyone who lives between Illinois & Texas. Bad weather is on your way! Remember last week when Kentucky, Arkansas & even Texas froze over? Yeah. Totally Kennie’s fault. Bad weather follows him wherever he goes. Actually, it doesn’t follow him. It tries to stay about 10 miles ahead of him.
I took a trip to the gas station this morning (18 miles round trip) and got Coke & bread. Guess what I drove. My newly acquired HEARSE!!! *shivers* I kept doddling and seriously just didn’t want to drive that thing. As I got ready to leave, I told Kennie “I’ll be back soon… if the zombies don’t eat me.” His response?? “It’s not the zombies you have to worry about. It’s the creepy black shadows that jump around in the back.” GUH!!!!!!! Like I SERIOUSLY needed to hear that!!
I went out and checked to make sure I could open the gas cap. Didn’t feel the need to drive 9 miles and figure out I was too stupid to operate it…. or unlock it. Then I peeked into the back to make sure there were no zombies, cats, homeless people or monsters in there. Unlocked the door and got in. At this point I’m totally surprised to see that my brother has removed the window that once separated the driver from the boogie man casket. Eeek…
Then I had a nice little conversation with myself about how stupid I was being.
Self, you’re being stupid. Don’t be a sissy about this. It’s not like they carried souls in the car.
What is that smell?
I mean, by the time the hearse got the body, it was nothing more than skin & bones. There weren’t even organs left. Right?
Seriously - What in the world is that smell?
I mean… the ambulance always picked up the body to take it to the morgue… right? Or a coroner’s car maybe. Heck, a minivan came and got Grandma.
How bad would that suck? If one of my last rides is in a minivan, I will come back and haunt everyone that had anything to do with it. Oh man. What if someone else had to ride in a minivan? I bet that ticked them off. What if….
They don’t use the hearse for this sort of stuff. Only for transferring from the funeral home to the cemetery.
If someone comments to set me straight on this lie I’ve convinced myself of.. so help me….
Okay, just turn around, start it up and go. Oh, check that out. This dash is just like the Caddy I drove in high school. That’s cool.
What was that? Is there someone behind me?
Cool. It even does the self leveling thing. Holy cow it’s cold. Where’s the heater. Does this thing even have a heater?
You don’t want a heater in a hearse, you idiot. Hot dead bodies stink.
Oh, there’s the heater button. I forgot they hide them in these Cadillacs.
Oh man, is that what that smell is? Did someone put the heater on too hot? Is that dead body stench? Maybe it’s formaldehyde.
Aww yes. Heat. I thought they said it was suppose to be warm today. Liars. Alright, let’s see if I can pull this thing out of here without hitting anything or getting stuck in the mud.
Holy cow someone needs to bleed these brakes.
Bleed… bleeding… blood. I wonder if blood ever spilled out into the back of the car. No. No blood. Just skin & bones. Skin.and.bones!
Why is this jerk on my bumper? He’s gonna end up slamming into me and killing us both.
How ironic would it be to die in a hearse.
Yeah… just keep staring!!! Yes I’m a girl. Yes I’m driving a hearse. Pass me and get it over with.
OMG What if he sees something behind me. Maybe I can’t see it because the reflection won’t show up in the mirror. You can’t see vampires in mirrors… can you?
Is this speedometer wrong? Why is everyone passing me? I’m going 62. That’s well over the speed limit. Okay. This guy’s staring at me, too. What is wrong with these people?
OMG What was that!?? I saw something. There’s something behind me. Oh…. that was my head in the mirror.
Let’s just adjust this mirror here… Why is there even a mirror in this thing? It’s not like you can see out the back with all these curtains.
Maybe it’s so you can see them when they reach out to grab your head and suck your brains out through your ear.
Go idiot! You have the right of way. See, when you get to the 4-way stop before me, you go first. Morons! I swear!!
Oh man it’s cold out here. I knew I was gonna be pumping gas. I should’ve worn gloves.
*peek into back of car* No boogie man. *go in and pay* *peek into car* No boogie man.
Go idiot!! Come on! People in this town shouldn’t be allowed to have licenses.
Wow! Is that a coyote? That looks a lot like my dog. I always thought she was probably part coyote but now that I see that one running….
OMG What was that? Ok. I definitely saw something that time. I am not driving this stupid thing again.
I really do think she must be part coyote.
*walk through the front door*
Kennie: So, how was it? Were you all freaked out?
Me: I was fine. I was only kidding about being spooked. Ya know, if it had room for more than 3 people to ride in it, I’d actually think about keeping it. But, since it doesn’t, I guess we have to get rid of it. That kinda bums me out.
LmBo — SHuT Up!
January 27, 2009
Forty-one or Fourteen
The other day I called Verizon Wireless to talk to them about my bill. I was super happy to get an english speaking assistant. Super happy… until we were 5 minutes into the conversation and she still didn’t have my account up on her computer.
Before I start this story, I’d like to ask you a question. WHY!!!! on Earth!!!! am I required to answer 200 automated questions before talking to an operator if that operator is not going to see or hear the answers? It irritates me to death when the automated operator says “Please enter your phone number. Please enter your zip code. Please enter your account number. Please enter your mother’s father’s aunt’s 2nd cousin’s social security number……. followed by the pound sign” And then, after 10 minutes on hold, the real live assistant asks for all of that info a 2nd time.
Even more annoying than THAT is when I do a help chat on the internet. They always start by making you type out your question before you even get connected. Then, what’s the first thing the helper asks? “How can I be of assistance today?” Grrrrrr
Okay, so anyways… I’m talking to this Verizon Wireless woman. She asks for the phone number of the account. I’m one of those people that go number by number. I don’t say twenty-two or thirty-nine. No, it’s two two or three nine. So… I tell her ###-###- nine three four one.
She comes back with “ninety-three fourteen”
“No… nine three four one”
“Yes, ninety-three fourteen”
So, I switch it up and talk HER number language. “No!! Ninety-three forty-one”
“Oh, I’m sorry. Nine three one four.”
OH COME ON!!!!!!!!!! And, at this point, Kennie’s looking at me like “Oh, got an idiot didya?” lol
I told Michele about this earlier today in the middle of one of our “my site is broken, what in the world is going on” conversations. Then, tonight, on House, a woman said “I confused the two numbers and walked into room two fourteen instead of two forty-one”
How weird………
January 16, 2009
Harsh Discipline
Yesterday I promised to tell you about the time my mom found a loaded water gun under her couch.
This isn’t gonna be as traumatic and dramatic as you’re probably hoping for, but that’s just too bad. Our childhoods were not filled with trauma and drama so……. sorry….
So uhm…. My friend and I walked in the front door and Mom was cleaning. She was standing there with a broom in her hand and with the other hand, she lifted up the couch and moved it. Yeah - my mom’s all strong-n-stuff. So, she moved the couch and under it, she found, a water gun (obviously). She gave it a little shake and realized that there was water in it!
Now, here’s where any “normal” mom would freak out and go all “NO WIRE HANGERS IN MY HOUSE” on their kid. (Did I ever mention that my nickname is Chrissy and that was a terrifying movie for me??)
So mom found the loaded water gun and…. She picked it up… and shot someone with it!!! Hahaaaa
I love my mommy =D
January 15, 2009
Slightly Chilly
School was let out early on yesterday. Then they canceled school for today. We just got another call that school will not be in session tomorrow either. I wonder why. Could it have something to do with this…
I think we should all move to Colorado and live with Becky until this insanely cold weather is over. Yes, Colorado! It is warmer in Colorado!!! I can hear her giggling away as she reads this. ” ‘No, no. Don’t move to Colorado,’ they said. ‘It’s cold in Colorado,’ they said” ……. Shut up, Becky*!!! And hand me a blow torch so I can go unthaw my dang pipes and drains. ~sigh~
*That’s Becky Becky… not Mom Becky… Mom Becky would knock my block off** before I finished that sentence.
**Haha — No she wouldn’t. She’s not the violent type. She’d just grab me by the front of the shirt and pull me really close and threaten distruction to my backside.
P.S. One of my grandmas did a great impression of this. I wish I could remember which one did it. I can picture both of them doing it and it’s really funny. Funny to them, but it brings back terrible scary memories for me.
P.S.S. Okay, it’s not like PTSD flashbacks or anything but I knew Mom meant business.
P.S.S.S. I sure do miss my grandmas. Both of them!!!
P.S.S.S.S. Come back tomorrow and I’ll tell you about the time my mom found a LOADED watergun under her couch while she was cleaning. Oh man…. You wanna talk PTSD flashbacks! I just had one!!
January 14, 2009
Love At First Sight
With Christmas not even a month behind us, some people are still posting blogs and pictures about the wonderful gifts they received. While I don’t have anything about Christmas to post, I do have a picture of my favorite gift I received in 2008.
I know I already posted this picture for everyone to see, but Sarah at In the Trenches of Mommyhood is hosting a giveaway for a $50 gift certificate to Tiny Prints. Step 1 is to share a photo that depicts love. So, thank you Sarah for giving me a reason to share my picture again. Otherwise everyone would be all “She’s off her rocker. She’s just posting the same stuff over and over.”
Here she is, my sweet little Savannah Jo on the day she came home from the hospital. And the blanket she’s laying on, Christian bought that for her with his own money, months before her arrival.
The kids absolutely adored her from the first second they saw her. And now, almost 2 months later, they still fight to be the one next to me or Kennie while we talk to her and try to coax smiles out of her. Like me, they don’t want to miss a single smile or laugh.
January 9, 2009
Going To School
Kalie is just dying to go to school. About two weeks ago she got it in her head that she needs to go. Christian explained to her that she has to wait until she’s 5 years old. He told her she has to wait until she has two more birthdays. Being three, she has no concept of how long it will take to have those birthdays.
Three or four times a day, she will put all of her crayons and notebooks in her backpack and will inform me that she’s ready to go to school.
“Mom I go cool now.”
“Okay”
“I gone be fie year ode I go cool.”
“Yep”
This morning, I woke up to Kalie standing beside my bed. She had taken off her night time panties (pull-ups) and put on her morning panties. She had put on a clean shirt, socks and shoes. She was wearing her coat which was totally zipped up and snapped. How the heck she did THAT is beyond me. She was also wearing her mittens and her hat. She had her backpack on and it was full of her crayons & notebooks as well as her bear, the Gameboy, the Gameboy charger and 2 games.
The girl was ready to go out the door!!! Well… except for her lack of pants.