So I started a new job about three weeks ago and I'm loving it! I'm not loving the two job thing and I'm not loving the way Rick seems to want to push me, but I think the job is perfect for me. I'm very excited about it. I'll probably be bored and stressed out of my mind in two weeks but I hope not, I hope I continue to like it for a while and thus proving to the world that I CAN be happy!!! LOL Because I sure as hell don't want to work at Pizza Hut for the rest of my life.
Katerina is doing well at daycare and I'm happy because she actually seems to be enjoying it. She's talking a lot more, she's demonstrating newly learned things and I think it's fantastic. She even enjoys watching tv more because she doesn't get to do it every day.
I'm sooooo excited about next week, halloween is friday, which I love love love of course and Cathy Sam, Aaron and Chuck are coming for Katerina's party, which is on Sun. And I might be working on Sat, doing recons, which is AWESOME because I'm extremely excited about some OT! If I knew for sure I could work 1 OT day per month, I could probably just do PH one day per week or maybe even none!
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
Perspective
sometimes in life you need a little perspective. Sometimes I let things affect me negatively and I shouldn't. I never realized how much I am ruled by my emotions...but also, more powerfully, I could control my emotions in a small way, and eventually in a large way.
Whoopi Goldberg taught me on The View, that no one can make you feel a certain way, only YOU can ALLOW them to make you feel a certain way. This affected me tremendously, and I think of it often.
Tonight a co-worker dropped a $20 bill. I thought it would be funny to convince him that it was mine, and if I were convincing enough, he would give it to me, at which point I would immediately give it back. Well it backfired horribly. Not as horribly as it could have but....well he believed that I wanted the $20 bill, but knew it was his all along. So he thought I wanted to steal it. When I explained that I was joking, that I would never take his money, a preposterous notion to me, he did't believe me and even told someone else, see she was lying because she stuttered. okaaaaaaaaaaaay whatever. I guess I can't joke around like that.
But I can't let this affect my life either. People will think what they want to think of me, how are they to know about my exceptional morals? Guilty until proven innocent, right? I can't be friendly with someone who thinks I'm a thief but I don't have to be obnoxious or immature either. I was thinking he would tell me that he knew I was joking the next time I saw him, and knowing that it was a lie because I SAW the look in his eye, and tell him I knew it was a lie. After all, if he really did believe me, why wouldn't he say it tonight when I was so obviously pissed about him saying I was trying to steal his money. But now I'm thinking I will just let it go, bygones be gone and all that crap. Because so what if he DOES think I'm a thief? God knows and I know and my husband knows. Hell, my own brother accused me of stealing his crappy gameboy.
Whoopi Goldberg taught me on The View, that no one can make you feel a certain way, only YOU can ALLOW them to make you feel a certain way. This affected me tremendously, and I think of it often.
Tonight a co-worker dropped a $20 bill. I thought it would be funny to convince him that it was mine, and if I were convincing enough, he would give it to me, at which point I would immediately give it back. Well it backfired horribly. Not as horribly as it could have but....well he believed that I wanted the $20 bill, but knew it was his all along. So he thought I wanted to steal it. When I explained that I was joking, that I would never take his money, a preposterous notion to me, he did't believe me and even told someone else, see she was lying because she stuttered. okaaaaaaaaaaaay whatever. I guess I can't joke around like that.
But I can't let this affect my life either. People will think what they want to think of me, how are they to know about my exceptional morals? Guilty until proven innocent, right? I can't be friendly with someone who thinks I'm a thief but I don't have to be obnoxious or immature either. I was thinking he would tell me that he knew I was joking the next time I saw him, and knowing that it was a lie because I SAW the look in his eye, and tell him I knew it was a lie. After all, if he really did believe me, why wouldn't he say it tonight when I was so obviously pissed about him saying I was trying to steal his money. But now I'm thinking I will just let it go, bygones be gone and all that crap. Because so what if he DOES think I'm a thief? God knows and I know and my husband knows. Hell, my own brother accused me of stealing his crappy gameboy.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Hurricane Ike
Well we fared the storm. It hit Galveston at about 2am on Saturday morning 9-14. It started hard here by 6am. It was a little hard to sleep. Let me just say, wow. We are extremely lucky. We were totally and completely unprepared. We have some roof damage, those damn insurance people were supposed to call by today but they haven't. We lost power, Rick says, for about 9 hours but I slept through most of it. It was on when I got up at noonish.
Yes, we are of the lucky few. 2.2 million customers were out of power, roughly 4 million people. But not us. We have satellite, internet, hot water, food....Even now, several days later, most of the people I know here are without power. Most of Cypress does have it but not Fairfield. We are the only ones with roof damage in our neighborhood.
Ike was a Category 2, and hit at 110 mph. Galveston is meSsed up. Nicholas was out of school Friday and will be out for the remainder of this week. Worked on Sunday at Pizza hut, we did carryout only, and it was crazy. Scott kept telling us, don't take orders, take orders, don't take orders. I know we pissed off more than a few customers. I don't get why. It's like they didn't realize that there was a hurricane and that everybody & their mama would want food because there was no power. We only sold large and med. handtossed, beef, pepperoni, or cheese. And the customers weren't happy. Did I tell you that we were one of maybe 3 food places OPEN???? You would think these people would realize that we were short on employees, getting our asses kicked and ALSO went through an effen hurricane.
So I called today to see if we were delivering and Victor said we were but for some reason we did not have many deliveries, only carryout. I wonder why. Very strange to me. We were closing at 8 too so I didn't go in since Rick needed to fix someone's computer for Subway.
What I would do differently....
if it was a harder hit, a harder look at evacuation
more more more water
ice ice, baby
more non-perishable food
I don't know. If we had done any of these things it would have been a waste but it could have been sooo much worse.
Aunt Bettye and the rest of that side of the family went to Smithville to ride out the storm in her RV. I was so worried but thank goodness they didn't get any weather. They are extremely lucky that the storm went east a little.
Yes, we are of the lucky few. 2.2 million customers were out of power, roughly 4 million people. But not us. We have satellite, internet, hot water, food....Even now, several days later, most of the people I know here are without power. Most of Cypress does have it but not Fairfield. We are the only ones with roof damage in our neighborhood.
Ike was a Category 2, and hit at 110 mph. Galveston is meSsed up. Nicholas was out of school Friday and will be out for the remainder of this week. Worked on Sunday at Pizza hut, we did carryout only, and it was crazy. Scott kept telling us, don't take orders, take orders, don't take orders. I know we pissed off more than a few customers. I don't get why. It's like they didn't realize that there was a hurricane and that everybody & their mama would want food because there was no power. We only sold large and med. handtossed, beef, pepperoni, or cheese. And the customers weren't happy. Did I tell you that we were one of maybe 3 food places OPEN???? You would think these people would realize that we were short on employees, getting our asses kicked and ALSO went through an effen hurricane.
So I called today to see if we were delivering and Victor said we were but for some reason we did not have many deliveries, only carryout. I wonder why. Very strange to me. We were closing at 8 too so I didn't go in since Rick needed to fix someone's computer for Subway.
What I would do differently....
if it was a harder hit, a harder look at evacuation
more more more water
ice ice, baby
more non-perishable food
I don't know. If we had done any of these things it would have been a waste but it could have been sooo much worse.
Aunt Bettye and the rest of that side of the family went to Smithville to ride out the storm in her RV. I was so worried but thank goodness they didn't get any weather. They are extremely lucky that the storm went east a little.
Friday, August 29, 2008
31 years old
I turned 31 today. Wow. I had a great day. We went to Fogo de Chao for lunch, a real treat. It was goooo-od. Before that though, we found out that Katerina most definitely has hypoglycemia. We thought she was sick, & I had slept in and came downstairs at about 11 after scrapping for a couple of hours. Well...she was laying on the couch, complaining of how cold she was, completely covered, which is so unlike her, even her feet were covered for pete's sake. She was also sweating profusely, abnormally for a 3 year old and she had no fever. She was quite literally, comatose. I realized this after sitting with her and realized that she was completely awake, but laying with her eyes closed, completely unmoving. After discussing it for a bit, Rick finally mentions that she had no dinner the night before. I knew she had not eaten breakfast but he has done that before without her almost dying....so I mention the hypoglycemia, and he claims that he didn't know that the DOCTOR actually told me she had it, but the diagnosis was unconfirmed blah blah blah, he's a male. He is now utterly convinced. He gave her two glasses of chocolate with a side of milk in them, 2 cookies, and she was fine! But all that sugar goes right through her, and by the time she got to Fogo's she was cold again, outside in the 100 degree Houston heat. Unbelievable. We did finally get her to eat, and she is fine. But this will NOT happen again.
Scrapping Survey
1. Who makes your favorite Pattern Paper? Basic Grey, October Afternoon, & Cosmo Cricket
2. Whats the best glue in your opinion? xyron & tombow
3. Do you use only bazzill cardstock? no, never
4. Do you like sketches? yes, starting to
5. Do you like AMerican Crafts paper? eh
6. What about Doodlebug?yes
7. Is journaling important to you? very
8. Do you "swap"? yes
9. Tags, Be honest do you really like them, more important use them? like them a lot, never seem to get around to using them
10. Do you feel fiber is for the "beginners"? nope
11. Whats you favorite 3 manufactures? Basic Grey, Prima, & Heidi Swapp
12. Name your favorite embellishment? prima flowers
13. Would you ever attach 3 eyelets or brad as an embellishment for your LO? yes
14. What do you think of Tinkering Ink? not my style
15. If you were choosen to be a lifetime Design team member for only ONE company and would get their products free for life, but you could not use any other companys stuff.... would you do it? Nope, I don’t think I would want to be a DT at all
16. Should all pages be started on cardstock? for me, yes
17. How many different pattern Papers are the right choice for pages to have balance. 1-3
18. What bugs you most about other peoples work the most? Nothing, unless it is for a swap and it’s not quality
19. Whats the best advice you would give another scrapper? Do what YOU like and no one else
20. What makes the perfect page in your honest opinion? great title, journaling, & pictures
2. Whats the best glue in your opinion? xyron & tombow
3. Do you use only bazzill cardstock? no, never
4. Do you like sketches? yes, starting to
5. Do you like AMerican Crafts paper? eh
6. What about Doodlebug?yes
7. Is journaling important to you? very
8. Do you "swap"? yes
9. Tags, Be honest do you really like them, more important use them? like them a lot, never seem to get around to using them
10. Do you feel fiber is for the "beginners"? nope
11. Whats you favorite 3 manufactures? Basic Grey, Prima, & Heidi Swapp
12. Name your favorite embellishment? prima flowers
13. Would you ever attach 3 eyelets or brad as an embellishment for your LO? yes
14. What do you think of Tinkering Ink? not my style
15. If you were choosen to be a lifetime Design team member for only ONE company and would get their products free for life, but you could not use any other companys stuff.... would you do it? Nope, I don’t think I would want to be a DT at all
16. Should all pages be started on cardstock? for me, yes
17. How many different pattern Papers are the right choice for pages to have balance. 1-3
18. What bugs you most about other peoples work the most? Nothing, unless it is for a swap and it’s not quality
19. Whats the best advice you would give another scrapper? Do what YOU like and no one else
20. What makes the perfect page in your honest opinion? great title, journaling, & pictures
Monday, August 25, 2008
1st day of 4th grade
Wow my baby boy is all grown up. It is difficult to even remember him as that same baby boy that I once held. He can do so much now! 4th grade. We went on Thursday to meet his teacher and HIS name is Mr. Sessler. Then that evening Rick took him to get a hair cut and ended up cutting Katerina's too! :( Oh no! I don't know how much they cut but it could have been enough to donate to locks for love. It's just below her shoulders. I would have left another 2 inches, but oh well, I guess it will be that way in another month or so. Getting geared up for my birthday! Woo hoo! I already know that I am getting a NICE camcorder so that should be fun. Still trying to decide if I want to go to Kemah, the Woodlands (Palotta's), or Texas Roadhouse. Hmmm, so many choices-not always a good thing. And WHAT do I want to do during the day????
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Tuesday/Wednesday
Sooo Katerina fell and fractured her elbow. It is teeny tiny but still, poor thing. She is a really good sport about it. Wow, she is growing so quickly now. It is her natural inclination to cry instead of talking about her problems (i.e. when she hurts herself, she is always falling, stumbling, and biting her own tongue, sheesh at 3 years old) but it's all good. I just remind her to talk and she does well with it. I think we have made some major mistakes with both our kids.
With Nicholas it was letting him sleep with the bottle and generally using the bottle for too long. So his teeth were not pretty. But he took himself off the pacifier at only 6 months.
Katerina took herself off the bottle at 13 months, and has gorgeous teeth. But she kept her pacifier until she was just past 3, and I believe her speech suffered.
Luckily, neither are life altering, and are already fixed or on their way to being fixed.
We are having a nice little summer, going to Splashtown every week and now planning a trip to San Antonio, meeting Cathy there.
Also, got a new car and I am in LOVE! It is an 04 Toyota Corolla. Sure, maybe not some people's dream cars but I have had a think about wanting a Toyota or Honda for YEARS, and this has only been made more prevalent by the rising gas prices, $3.91 yikes! and my profession. Anyway, right now people are getting rid of their SUVs and compact cars are hard to come by. So I feel really blessed. I love love love the 27 city 35 hwy mpg!!!!
With Nicholas it was letting him sleep with the bottle and generally using the bottle for too long. So his teeth were not pretty. But he took himself off the pacifier at only 6 months.
Katerina took herself off the bottle at 13 months, and has gorgeous teeth. But she kept her pacifier until she was just past 3, and I believe her speech suffered.
Luckily, neither are life altering, and are already fixed or on their way to being fixed.
We are having a nice little summer, going to Splashtown every week and now planning a trip to San Antonio, meeting Cathy there.
Also, got a new car and I am in LOVE! It is an 04 Toyota Corolla. Sure, maybe not some people's dream cars but I have had a think about wanting a Toyota or Honda for YEARS, and this has only been made more prevalent by the rising gas prices, $3.91 yikes! and my profession. Anyway, right now people are getting rid of their SUVs and compact cars are hard to come by. So I feel really blessed. I love love love the 27 city 35 hwy mpg!!!!
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