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Hi-Ho Hi-Ho It's To the Beach We Go 2007-03-04 14:05:00 Yesterday as I sat at the kitchen island flipping through page after page after page of a South Carolina tourism guide; ocean and beach pictures, families frolicking on the beach, sun, sand and surf... I found myself getting a little more excited about the trip.I have been saving my paychecks the last few weeks to pay for our trip and since I don't make much, this is a long term goal. It's one of the reasons I'm starting my seventh week of my two week resignation! Every penny helps!I realized yesterday that this vacation is going to come up quickly and since it's the dead of winter here with 5 feet drifts of snow lining the streets I'm lulled into thinking I have plenty of time to make sure this family of five has shorts, t-shirts, summer dresses, swimsuits and rainbow sandals. The trip isn't until the end of April, but in the meantime I'm quitting one job, interviewing for a new one, we have Easter, a French foreign exchange student coming, final rehearsals and photos for Read more:Beach
Dear Me 2007-03-06 02:51:00 The "Dear Me," ProjectHave you ever wished you could go back in time? That if you could, you'd warn yourself not to date that man, or wear that outfit or hairstyle? To look after yourself better? To be kinder to yourself or others? What did you learn from these experiences? What can others learn? (The photo is a link to the original author of the Dear Me project).To: The Meritt of 1987 - Small town IowaFrom: The Meritt of 2007 - Small town IowaDear Me,One of the first things you will notice is that 20 years from now you will be writing from a small town in Iowa. This is going to make your stomach flip flop and you are going to cry, but please don't! I know you are keeping a count down of the days until your 18th birthday and you can leave Iowa and your family behind... and you will! You will live in Southern California and a few more states, and only then will you be transferred to Iowa with your husbands new job. And even though you hate being back in Iowa again after
5 Minutes for Mom 2007-03-05 22:59:00 If you are here for the 5 Minutes for Mom party it's here.
I have coffee... so let's talk 2007-03-05 21:30:00 I've noticed (and Kelly noticed too!) a distinct lack of posts lately! Not just here but at a lot of our sites. She asked in one of the comments below; is everyone that busy!?Yeah... I think we are. But for me it's also another mixture of the 'blahs'. The blizzardy weather, the gray skies, the emotional baggage with working 7 weeks past your resignation, plus a lack of topics to blog about. Sometimes I just don't 'feel' like blogging. Other times I surf a few blogs but it feels like too much work to jump through all the clickable hoops to leave a message. So, I admit, I don't always comment. But other times I've wanted to leave a comment and by the time I click on "post a comment" and the person has their blog set up to bring me to the comment page but then I have to click on another "post a comment" to get a blank box, then I post it and I get ready to leave the page only to see a sneaky little "your comment will be posted after you type in the letters below" a
Mr. & Mrs. Smith find a therapist 2007-03-05 14:21:00 One of my current favorite movies is Mr. & Mrs. Smith
. The two characters are incredibly similar to Coffeehusband and I except, of course, for the fact that neither of us are hit men. But the personalities of the characters, their conversations and quirks are all similar to my husband and I. The beginning and the ending of the movie are set in a marriage counselors office. He is asking them about the happiness of their marriage on a scale from one to ten and then how often they have sex. Angelina Jolie's character of course wants to know if that is a legitimate 'one to ten' question because of course 'none' would actually be zero... not one. That is so ME! Coffeehusband and I have never actually seen a marriage counselor, but if we would I imagine our session would be similar.If in fact you are in need of a marriage counselor, or even a therapist for any other reason, whether it be mental health or even disability issues, take a look atfindcounseling.com, which some of you m
Well? 2007-03-05 14:02:00 Coffeekid and I talked about myspace last night I told him what I changed his password to. It involved the word "BUSTED" in it.He actually laughed about that one. (His version included the word BOOBS).I told him I was resetting his password, and what would he like it to be?His little sister piped up; "ILOVEMYSISTER""NOOOO! NO MOM!!!! ANYTHING ELSE BUT NOT THAT!"He looked really scared. Hee hee.(PS: In case you were wondering, there was/is nothing objectionable on his MySpace page, it's just that he changed his password so I couldn't see it, which is agains our family rule that I have access to it if I ever want to check it. I think he did it because he was arguing with his ex-girlfriend about 'why' they broke up and if they 'should' still be friends and he used the f-word. I don't think he wanted me to see that he swore on it.)~0~0~0~0~Let's see....BabyGirl and ExBoyfriend hung out this weekend and watched a movie together. They are getting along wonderfully. They la
Coffee's On! 2007-03-07 13:58:00 Thanks to our stupid yippy neighbor dog I was awakened at 5:26 am this morning. That alone is enough to be a little pissy about, but as I lay there I realized I had 'sour' stomach. My first thought was "Oh, I hope I'm not getting sick with the flu!" and my second thought was "Maybe it's the 3 cappuccino's and all those pistachio's you ate right before bed." About 20 minutes later it occured to me not only did I have coffee and pistachio's... but I ate my 'dinner' around 9:00 last night which consisted of;Garlic Stuffed Olives in Napa Valley Cardonnay with italian herbsBlack OlivesDiced Red PepperMarinated Artichokesand Feta CheeseThat mixed with the pistachio's and coffee? Ummm, yeah that might be why your stomach is wondering what in the heck you did to it.~*~*~*~*~*~*~I also figured out why I was feeling 'hot and cold' about blogging. As you all know Monday starts my eighth (8th!) week of my 2 week resignation. Yes, I handed in my resignation on January 16th and Read more:Coffee
Snipets of a Conversation with Coffeekid 2007-03-07 04:36:00 ... and his jeans.Coffeekid
: "I don't know! They just ripped!""The staples didn't hold.""Staples hurt. Especially when they fall out and go downinto your snow boot!" Read more:Conversation
It's Just the Coffee Talking 2007-03-06 21:54:00 If the last coffee I drank was at 9:30 this morning and it's now 2:30 does it still count as a caffeine jolted conversation that I can blame on the coffee talking? Good. Thank You. (Your $5 pay off checks are in the mail).First off, how I can be so hot and cold about this blog? I swear some mornings I look at it and think; I don't even want to blog anymore, I should just delete it all. Of course, those of you who have been around here for awhile know I did just that last Fall. I was fine with it too! Done. Over. Kaput! And then what happens? TWICE in one week I get offers from coffee companies to test their products and blog about it on my blog. Free coffee just for blogging a review. LOTS of free coffee. Like, almost 4 pounds of the stuff. So I was like, heck YEAH I'll crank up the old blog, it's only been down for 2 days ya know?But really, I don't blog because I'm an aspiring writer. I'm not. I don't hope that I'm 'noticed' and someone wants to turn my Read more:Coffee
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Oh the drama of being sixteen 2007-03-06 13:46:00 BabyGirl: I'm NOT going to Paris next year.Me: Why not?BG: Because Catelyn is going now!Me: So?BG: MOM! When Catelyn is around Alison, I don't even exist! WHO am I going to hang out with in France if Catelyn is there!? I'm not going.Me: You are going to give up a chance to go to Paris, France... perhaps the best and only chance in your life... and you will give it up just because Catelyn is going to go too? You. Are. Stupid. You're acting like a drama
queen.BG: I AM NOT!
Payin' The Mortgage 2007-03-06 13:08:00 Yesterday I was surfing blogs and came across one linked to Dooce. She hardly needs a link or even any more explanation other than 'Dooce' because, well, everyone seems to know her. She's cute, perky (even though she would die to be called perky, then again... so would I), and she is a great writer... but, she got so popular because she is the one who got fired because of her blog. "Ohhhhhhh, yeah, now I know who you are talking about!" (You just said that to yourself, didn't you?)So I'm skimming the entry and I see this; "... I get asked a lot about whether or not I had any idea when I started this thing that it would one day pay my mortgage."Pay. My. Mortgage
.I think my shoulders slumped, all the air went out of my lungs and my eyes teared up. Oh what I wouldn't give for income like that! Even if it was accidental and she had to lose her job to accomplish it. I'm losing my job! I have a blog! I can write! (Sometimes).Instead I'm trying my best to earn twelve cen
The first post I have to write to get out of the way before I post what I was going to post! 2007-03-08 13:17:00 First let's just the SFC story out of the way. The cat insisted on being IN the room last night when Coffeegirl went to sleep. She was scratching and banging up against the door and doing the pawing sound on her door at 12:30 AM to be let out. Screw that. I grabbed a book and read until I fell asleep. At some point someone in the family got pissed off enough to let her out because she was out this morning when I got up. Now, at 6:15 am she is driving me insane wanting IN again. I've 'whisper yelled' at her twice, because all the kids and my husband are still sleeping. I physically went up twice and grabbed her and while restraining myself from squishing her as I carried her downstairs I DO admit to using the f-word a lot and telling her I WAS going to squish her if she didn't leave the door alone. She was NOT going in the bedroom and to SHUT UP!Now I have went up yet again (HOW CAN CATS BE SO STUPID? DOGS WOULD HAVE "GOTTEN IT" BY NOW!) she is now on the basement stai
There is Hope for our Future Kids 2007-03-08 01:15:00 Tonight while the kids were setting the table and I was getting dinner, the term "Hillbilly" came up as a way to describe someone from Tennessee or Kentucky. My son actually thought being "part hillbilly" was a possibility, akin to being part German or Italian, etc. This led to a discussion about derogatory terms for people. While trying to explain to my 11 and 14 year olds why it wouldn't be ok to label a group of people from Tennessee "Hillbilly" and how offensive that could be to them I used a couple of examples of other terms that people wouldn't like to be called. One of those was that you wouldn't call a black skinned person 'nigger'. My son understood this, but I was surprised, yet couldn't help be proud when my 11 year old 5th grade turned to us and with a very confused look on her face asked, "What's nigger?"I have to admit... I love the fact that I have an 11 year old, 5th grade child in the public school system that has never in her life heard that phrase use Read more:Future
Afternoon Delight 2007-03-07 20:30:00 Well... not really. It's not like I'm having sex or anything -which of course, is what that song "Afternoon
Delight" was all about. I'm just home from work, high heels off, jeans on, quiet house for 1 1/2 more hours and no errands to run. Which, for me is better than sex. Afternoon Delight indeed!So, Coffeekids jeans are indeed sewn and fixed. I actually had to go buy sewing needles at JoAnn Fabrics to do it, but by golly it's done and it felt soooo good to sew again! Yesterday after work I ended up having to go to the PetStore, the Bank and the fabric store all the while dealing with idiots behind the wheels surrounding me, one child with me, and no less than all three other family members calling me on the cellphone. The bank pissed me off to no end but apparently the girl working the window heard me telling my husband on the phone how much I "hate this fucking bank more than any bank on the face of the fucking earth!" and she didn't say a word... just did the transac
Customized Poker Chips 2007-03-07 18:13:00 About two years ago my son and his friends got on a huge 'poker' kick. All they did really, was mirror the same poker-craze that has been sweeping the adults in the nation as well. From online poker tournaments to the many tournaments going on in Vegas and elsewhere, you have to admit Poker
is huge!I'm not a poker player, but a couple of my friends are. Now, if you were hosting a poker game at your house, wouldn't it be the coolest ever to break out your own personalized poker chips? No, seriously! And really, they are fairly affordable. I checked out this site; e-pokerchips.com and saw they have personalized and customized sets available starting at $375. Read more:Chips
I have coffee... but nothing to say! 2007-03-09 15:29:00 Like that would ever stop me from talking, right?Coffee: Gevalia Breakfast BlendMug: Starbucks Grande ceramicIt's Friday! It's my day 'off' but you know what I'm going to say right? I think I may go into the office for a couple hours. Ahhh... don't throw things at me!!!! Yesterday I worked my tail off but there is a pretty big project that came in and needs to get done and I am thinking I should go in and work on it for a couple hours. Yes, I'm trying to talk myself out of it... put it off until next week. We'll see if I succeed in convincing myself to stay away from the office.Monday the 'new' person starts and I start training them. Next week is my last week. 8 weeks into a 2 week resignation. I can't help but wonder what in the world they would be doing if I had walked away when most people would have. My new co-worker isn't even in the office this week or next as he went 'home' to his hometown 3 hours away as his wife had their first baby yesterday. This
My Boca Burger verses their beef cheeseburgers 2007-03-09 06:32:00 Me: Mmmm.... This is so good!Coffeekid: No, MINE is good.Coffeegirl: No, mine is the best! I have mayo and onions on mine... mmmmm.Me: True, but no critters had to die for my burger.Coffeekid: Well, no tomatoes or lettuce had to give up their lives for MY burger! Read more:Burger
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More Ghost Stuff...... No coffee... I swear 2007-03-09 05:12:00 It's 10:00 pm. I'm not drinking coffee this late... I swear! I did however have a cappuccino around 4:00. Just one though! :)So tonight while Coffeehusband and I were sitting on the couch talking he looked past me into the kitchen and by the look on his face I knew something was going on so I asked, "What's wrong?""I just saw one of the cats.... in the kitchen. On the counter. It looked like Guinness's tail... it swished back and forth.... but........." his voice trailed off as he stood and stared, confused, while still looking at the kitchen."It was her tail... it went back and forth... but she isn't on the counter. No cats are even IN the kitchen."He was walking into the kitchen as he said that he walked to the counter and repeated himself, this time waving his hand back and forth where he showed me he saw the cat that suddenly wasn't there. As we were sitting right there we would have seen and heard if there WAS a cat in the kitchen as both our cats wear collars wi Read more:Ghost
Wanted: Date for my brother 2007-03-09 05:03:00 Every morning I read the news to check on the situation in Iraq as I'm always keeping an eye out for my baby brother currently serving over there. Tonight I just finished looking over their units website, searching for any photo of him or a glimpse. He isn't one for jumping in front of the camera though so it's hard to catch him in a picture. They were supposed to return to the states in April (the weekend of Easter) but his unit is one that got extended deployment and they won't be home until August. At this point I'm ready for him to settle down, find a nice girl, get married and live a nice quiet life that doesn't involve me reading the news to see if a roadside bomb killed any soliders in his unit! Think I should send him the website for Christian Dating? You know... the big sister helps find a date for her little brother. *smirk*
I have such an electric personality! 2007-03-08 22:35:00 A few years ago I was at my parents house and the topic of watches came up. My Father has always gone through watches quickly. Some only work for about 2 months before they just stop working, others have lasted up to a year but that is rare. The last I heard my Dad was going to try to find the old fashioned 'wind up' watch again as it is the only watch that won't go dead within 2 months. Another oddity is that we gave him an electronic spell checker and address book one year as a gift and he used to take it to work with him tucked in his shirt pocket so he could take out while writing tickets and doing paperwork, as he was police officer with terrible spelling. Within 6 months it just went dead and new batteries wouldn't save it. Lastly (I know this is getting long, but it's important background to the story.) He had laptops for work and of course, sitting in his patrol car most of the time, he would use the laptop right on his lap, close to his chest, against the steeri
Whose Cheap? 2007-03-10 13:33:00 Don't forget to turn your clocks ahead tonight people... or you are going to be very late for church tomorrow.On a board I read frequently elsewhere on the internet we are discussing people that we have seen or know that are cheap cheap cheap! Not just frugal... because Lord knows that's ME (remember? Married at 18 and moved 2000 miles from home and friends and family? Literally dirt poor newlywed teenagers... yeah, we know how to pinch a penny!).No - I'm talking cheap."Worked for a man who refused to buy coffee filters and made us use Kleenex Tissues in the coffee pot because they were cheaper" kind of cheap."My Aunt will iron and reuse Kleenex Tissues! She found you can iron and reuse them three times before they disintegrate!" kind of cheap."A man on a talk show about this subject only allows his family (including his wife and teen daughter) to use THREE SQUARES of toilet paper per bathroom visit. They are allowed 6 squares if it's a 'number 2' kind of visit" kind of Read more:Cheap
A Beer Receptionist 2007-03-09 19:26:00 While I was whining about how I don't 'want' a career or a full time job right now....Me: "I just wanna-be-a-receptionist."Coffeehusband: "Yeah, I want a beer-receptionist too! Hey receptionist, bring me my beer!"(I obviously must slur my words together when I'm whining.) Read more:Receptionist
"Umm, I think your fish is dead." 2007-03-11 15:01:00 The dead-fish float(except he never dies)A few minutes ago I looked over and our fish was actually right side up and floating in the center of the fish bowl as if he was alive. You know, like most all normal fish are. But ours? I don't think
I've seen him do that in almost 3 years. He is usually doing the 'dead mans float' or in this case the 'dead fish float'. He pulls it off quite well too as almost every single person that has visited our home(s) in the last 3-4 years have insisted our fish is dead.While I wrote that paragraph he went back to his normal 'dead fish float' at the top. I suspect I just witnessed the one-and-only time in almost 4 years Mr. Rainbow Betta has looked like a normal fish. But I also am apprehensive. I can't help but wonder if it means the end might truly be near this time.You see... once upon a time.....Well, we won't start that way. We will start this way; Five (5) years ago, Coffeegirl and I went to Walmart. We looked at the 'fishie
(IGNORE) Photos from local concerts 2007-03-10 22:11:00 (Just pictures of my husband and daughter at some of the rock concerts
from a local radio station's website... saving links for future reference)Ten YearsSeetherSevendustWith Bret Michaels
"Pimp My Ride"...... Mom Style 2007-03-12 12:55:00 To Moms Everywhere...I offer you"Mom My Ride"(At the very beginning you will see a red minivan. This was, indeed,my vehicle of... choice (?) for 12 years.I am HAPPY to say I finally graduatedto a Land Rover 2 years ago andI no longer have my minivan...nor a child under the age of 10.)For those of you with no kids, or only babiesyou may not understand (yet).For those of you with more than 2 kidsor children over the age of 4you will understand.(And the car-down-the-side-of-the-van at the beginning?For us it was a ROCK (thank you Coffeekid) but, it's all true. Read more:Style
Morning Coffee... this time in my Santa Claus mug 2007-03-13 13:46:00 *updated at the bottom*Yesterday started my eighth (8th) week of my two (2) week resignation. But this is it. Eight. This is my last week. The 'new' replacement started yesterday and the training has begun.She didn't seem very happy when she left yesterday. Her comments were akin to "this isn't what they said I'd be doing in the interview" "this wasn't the job description they gave me". I've said all along my 'bosses' had no idea what I did or how our organization works. They show up for a 1 hour meeting once a month and don't even see me or the inside of the organization. They didn't involve me in the hiring process nor the interview process outside of asking if I could 'jot down a job description'. I did. I wrote a 1 1/2 page job description and more condensed 3 paragraph job description. They had this when they did the hiring.I have no idea what they told her job would be, I only know that it's my job to train her and show her how to do my job. I hope she Read more:Morning
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I Told Ya So.... 2007-03-14 19:32:00 She came into the office this morning.She got her travel coffee mug she left.She quit.Told Ya.*Dang it! What happened to my blogger comments!?
Yesterdays Conversation With BabyGirl (16) 2007-03-14 12:52:00 "Did you see the cellphone bill?""Yeah.""Did you see how many text messages you had?""Ummm Yeah.""Five thousand, three hundred and twenty four."(She smiles)"5,324 text messages. In like, what? Three and half weeks?""But it didn't cost any extra!""That isn't the point.""But... you're getting your money's worth. I get unlimited text messaging, remember?""Yes. I know. That ISNT THE POINT. FIVE THOUSAND TEXT'S. That's the point.""But... why is that bad?""Because that is just. not. acceptable. Over 5,000 text messages in less than a month?""Mom... I'm not trying to back talk... or be a smart mouth... really. But.... again, why is that a bad thing?"*Note*Apparently teens now-a-days don't actually "talk" on their cellphones. Well, rarely anyway. They have long conversations by 'texting' and when you are so dumb as to ask why they don't just call and TALK to their friend they look at you like you are crazy and tell you that it's 'faster' to text. Read more:Yesterdays
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Online Banking Options 2007-03-14 12:47:00 Over the past couple of years I've wrote about my issues with a certain well known bank here in our city and their inability to do so much as cash a check in under 12 minutes or sometimes telling me "I'm sorry, you don't have an account here." (I HAVE SIX ACCOUNTS WITH YOUR BANK!) My regular readers will remember that a few months ago I closed out all three kids savings accounts with them. I intended on opening them back up at another bank closer to my home but as of yet, haven't. So when I see ads and options online or hear them on the radio I listen, take note, and tuck the information away for future reference. A new online banking site is up-and-coming that promises up to a 6% return, which is better that average right now. If you are looking for a high interest savings account feel free to Compare online banking, find a savings account or checking account and earn more interest today with SavingsAccounts.com. They do the footwork for you to help you find a bank with the Read more:Options
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