Mindless Chatter, Freakin' Friday!

 Stooopid cat woke me up way too early today.

I think I forgot to pay my garbage pick up bill. They took my can yesterday! doh!

FINALLY !!!!  A beautiful sunny day !!!!  Long walk planned with the poor dog who won't go out in the rain.  

This is my first Mother's day without my daughter (she's away at school) so it just feels really weird for some reason.  But, we're getting together with the rest of the family for Brunch on Sunday.  I see a nice Bloody Mary in my future !!

Deb W.

One of my dearest friends had a baby yesterday.  They waited to find out and he is a precious little boy.  Devin was quite the center of attention when we went to visit them yesterday b/c her mom and sister hadn't met her yet and she was smiling and flirting with them....she loves to smile and flirt with anyone that gives her a little attention.  She does it every time I go into Starbucks with whoever is standing behind us.

Last night she slept through the night!  I am sure it won't continue to happen but I felt so refreshed when I woke up this morning!  We are in the early stages of transitioning her to her own room in a few weeks.  I started with not getting up to put the paci back in everytime she whimpers and also taking the swaddle off of her legs earlier this week.  We are going to start solids soon too.  This morning when I got to daycare everyone was doing floor time so I put her on her tummy and she was happy as a lark which isn't the same as at home.  I think she isn't as tired though as she is by the end of the day which helps...and she rolled over for me too!  She has done it a few times for me but this was a good one without any encouragement from mommy! 

Oh, I am so happy it is Friday and it has started out as a great day so far!

 well my house is finally back together - lots of things haven't been done right so they'll be back but the walls are fixed so B can't go in them any more

I spent about 5 hours last night cleaning and it still seems filthy - going to be a long road back to my version of clean LOL

but I don't care - we are off to the beach for a long weekend woooooooooooooooooohoooooooooooooo!

Good Morning all!  Such a pretty day here today, and not so hot as the mornings like to get.....yet.

In the past week we have worked like pack mules, but, the good news is that it's really making a difference.  Yesterday I finally had enough floor visable to actually SWEEP the floor instead of little pieces at a time before I put something on it.  Of course you can literally stand in one spot for 10 minutes and never get everything up.  Plenty of dust to begin with, then add in the concrete dust as well.

The boys are likely to sleep in a bit today.  The last time I noticed the time...which was when I got up from the bench at the table and went to the real bed....was 1:50, and they were still working.  DS was crawling around in the attic running the network and phone wiring.  He had to wait for it since shielded Cat 5 isn't available locally....unless you want to pay 4x the price......so it was ordered and next day shipped and last night he just went to town belly crawling in the attic!  Of course all the dark office furniture is now covered in a layer of dust, but I'll just wait until I'm sure he's done making messes before I clean it all again.  Any and all wiring we use in this building has to be shielded.....phone, electrical and networking, because the transmitter is on site, in the building, and throws RF or RH or something that I don't want to know, but it causes interference.

So much got accomplished yesterday and it feels so good to know that we're getting so very close to turning this puppy on!

Woke up around 0130, couldn't sleep, couldn't get comfy.  Read a bit, opened a window for some air, dozed back off around 0300.  Woke up again at 0500, usually Moose the cat is bugging me by then to feed - no Moose this morning.  So I got up, did the food, he won't eat.  I'll keep an eye on him and if he's not right later, it'll be a trip to the vet.

I'm supposed to go help my son finish moving tomorrow.  He called yesterday, said he hadn't eaten in two days due to no money.  I offered to send a care package.  He was angry and refused.  Then called back and asked me to come down to help him move and then maybe buy him a few essentials until his unemployment kicks in.  Lost his job two weeks ago, got evicted, paid the back rent but owes the court fees, hasn't paid his cellphone bill.  When he gets the bill from the ER for last week's visit, he's going to flip even more.  He is bi-polar and has an alcohol addiction, neither of which are easy to deal with.  Ugh.

Weather is nice today.  I have about a million dandelions in the yard and I don't care.  At least they're bright - takes my attention away from all the crap around my house that is...well, crappy.  I need more money to fix it all...sigh.

Mother's Day is Sunday, don't forget everyone!  I'd already sent a card and gift card to my foster mom before she called the other day.  I really shouldn't say I almost wish I hadn't - it's an odd relationship anyway.  But I guess at least I tried.

Rode my bike to work today - woo hoo!

I am so excited about this weekend.  I'm flying home to NC this afternoon for the Mother's Day weekend.  My SIL and I have been conspiring on this for a few months now. 

We are cooking a big breakfast at my brother's house Sunday morning for my mom, her mom, and my grandmother.  We're even allowing the men-folk to partake in the breakfast, lol.  We're having a huge spread, with pretty place settings, flowers (that they can take home with them), and I even made up some menus. 

Then after breakfast, all us ladies are all heading off to get mani-pedis, then massages and a late lunch. 

The best part....they have no clue about any of it.  All we told them was to keep the day open...that we had something planned for them.  Tee hee!!!  I can't wait!

How does someone get a blackhead on the underside of their nose?  I mean really, this is just ridiculous!  Happy Friday to me.

 my lawyer emailed me a copy of my divorce decree... signed by the judge and stamped at the court house. so it is official!

scrubsfiend

How does someone get a blackhead on the underside of their nose?  I mean really, this is just ridiculous!  Happy Friday to me.

I get those, too! Bugs the heck out of me and then I have to sniff tea tree oil the whole day, since that's the only thing that kills them.

aerial1313

I am so excited about this weekend.  I'm flying home to NC this afternoon for the Mother's Day weekend.  My SIL and I have been conspiring on this for a few months now. 

Heather - your plans for Mother's Day sound wonderful and I'm betting they're all going to be thrilled.

DH works Sunday so we're taking his mom to brunch tomorrow. It's supposed to be 80ish and sunny for the next several days, so I'm excited about that. I need to do some tidying up outside, wash my car, wash windows, etc., but I don't feel like spending my weekend doing chores.

We're having a mgt planning meeting in about 2 wks and it's my opportunity to reorganize my job, hire an assistant and change my schedule. I'm thinking hard about going to a 4 10s work week. I'd love to have 3 day weekends but I worry that it'd be brutal to get thru 10 hour days. If I do it, I'd work 10 hrs straight and eat lunch at my desk. I do that most of the time anyway, but every other day I go to the gym at lunch and I don't want to give that up. I really need to make a decision though. Anyone got any creative ideas for a work schedule?

cyclefiend2000

 my lawyer emailed me a copy of my divorce decree... signed by the judge and stamped at the court house. so it is official!

Yep, now you'll be able to enjoy the same dilemma I had yesterday.  I go to the doctor, have to fill out paperwork.  Standard question - are you single, married, divorced, or widowed?  Okay, so I was divorced 11 years ago, but after about the year 2000, I put myself down as single, not divorced.  What's the diff?  At what point is it appropriate to label oneself single again?

cakana

We're having a mgt planning meeting in about 2 wks and it's my opportunity to reorganize my job, hire an assistant and change my schedule. I'm thinking hard about going to a 4 10s work week. I'd love to have 3 day weekends but I worry that it'd be brutal to get thru 10 hour days. If I do it, I'd work 10 hrs straight and eat lunch at my desk. I do that most of the time anyway, but every other day I go to the gym at lunch and I don't want to give that up. I really need to make a decision though. Anyone got any creative ideas for a work schedule?

No suggestions, but the long 10 hour stretch is one reason I don't do 4 10s.  Plus I live close enough to go home for lunch and it's a nice break.  Since Bear died, I often walk instead.  Productivity goes down around hour 7 anyway, so for me, it's not worth it.

One of my co-workers does 4 10s, but between the two 20-minute breaks she takes in morning and afternoon, and the half hour - 40 minutes to go get lunch, she's not even working 10 hours.  But hey, I probably spend 1/2 - 1 hour on here sometimes, so who am I to say? 

sharismom

Plus I live close enough to go home for lunch and it's a nice break.

I wish I could do that too. I'm about 45 min's from home and that's if there's no accidents. It's one of the reasons I think I might like 4 10s. I hate the commute. I'm alone in this office 75% of the time, so I can take breaks easily, but leaving for an hour to go to the gym would be a problem and I don't want to be here 11 hrs - ugh! I really wish I could afford to work 4 8s but I can't quite yet.