Tired

I am so tired right now. Deep down tired. This coming weekend is a four day weekend for me though, hopefully I will get the recharge I need. I don't have too much planned, we don't have a very large family locally. Thursday will probably just be me and my girls, Tristin is coming down for the holiday. Friday their dad is taking them to his mother's. I get them back that evening to take them downtown for Christmas lights and Santa. :) Saturday evening we are having our "family" dinner at my sister's house. It will just be both my sisters, their significant others, my niece, me and the girls. I invited the guy I'm seeing, but he wasn't sure about his own family goings ons. So not too very much going on. Plenty of time just to sit back and relax.

I followed a link...

from my statcounter and came across an interesting way my blog was found.


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Number 4 on Google!!!

Heard from the backseat...

"Happy Birthday to you,
happy birthday to you,
you look like a monkey,
and you smell like one too!!!"


My kid is hilarious.

Lyrics of the Moment

Keeps Getting Better
~Christina Aguilera

Step back, gonna come at you fast
I'm driving outta control
and getting ready to crash
Won't stop shaking up what I can
I serve it up in a shot
So suck it down like a man

So baby yes I know what I am
and no, I don't give a damn
and you'll be loving it

(Chorus:)
Some days I'm a super bitch
up to my old tricks
but it won't last forever
Next day I'm your super girl
out to save the world
and it keeps getting better

Kiss kiss gotta tell ya right now
I make it sweet on the lips
and simply knock you out
and shut up I don't care what you say
'cause when we're both in the ring
you're gonna like it my way

Yeah baby there's a villain in me
so sexy sour and sweet
and you'll be loving it

(Chorus)

Hold on
it keeps getting better
Hold on
it keeps getting better

In the blink of an eye
In the speed of the light
I'll hold the universe up
and make your planets collide

When i strap on my boots
and i slip on my suit
you see the vixen in me
becomes an angel for you

(Chorus) 2x

Hold on
it keeps getting better
Hold on
it keeps getting better

Interesting

I find it interesting that when I first started this blog, I would say just about anything. I did not worry about who would see it. I didn't have many friends. I was a stay home mom trapped in an unhappy marriage. I didn't care. I made the blog private for a time because my ex wouldn't stay off of it, questioned me about stuff that was none of his business. When I made it public again I was a new person. I had a job, people I work with, more friends and acquaintances that might come across the blog. I edited all my old entries, hid some posts. I decided to keep some things to myself.

I'm more careful about what I say online now. It isn't that I have anything to hide, it's just that some things are personal. Some things aren't meant to be shared with the world. Some things are best left to private emails and conversations with friends. I love this blog, it was very therapeutic and most likely the first thing that started me towards freedom from a loveless marriage.

It will remain here, no matter how rarely I post.

I been a bad blogger...

Today I reconnected with a blog friend through Facebook. In the process I found that another old blog friend had a new blog and I missed it! My links on the sidebar are all old, some don't even work anymore. I will fix. Soonish. Also I have been going through my own archives and plan to make collective links to old short stories and poetry.

I will be a better blogger. :)

Change is good

I did this a long time ago and found it perusing my archives. I redid it without reading the old answers to be fresh with it. The old one is from June 19, 2006.



I know ~ I'm going to be ok.

I believe ~ in fairies!

I fought ~ for my freedom.

I am angered ~ by controlling asshats.

I love ~ my girls.

I need ~ peace.

I take ~ only what I need.

I hear ~ music.

I drink ~ occasionally.

I hate ~ very little.

I use ~ music to feel better when I'm down.

I want ~ to be a good mom.

I decided ~ to take it one day at a time.

I like ~ to read.

I am ~ happy. :)

I feel ~ good.

I left ~ because it hurt too much to stay.

I do ~ like my life.

I hope ~ because without hope, there is only darkness.

I dream ~ of good times.

I drive ~ a long way to work.

I listen ~ the best I can.

I type ~ fast.

I think ~ too much.

I wish ~ for a long healthy life for my girls.

I compensate ~ for my intense-ness by holding back a little.

I regret ~ no regrets. I learn from my mistakes instead, so I won't make them again.

I care ~ too much.

I should ~ relax more.

I am not always ~ crazy! ;)

I said ~ just enough for once.

I wonder ~ how I have changed so much in just a few years!

I changed ~ because I was unhappy, and it affected my children.

I cry ~ very rarely now. :)

I am ~ almost done with this.

I am not ~ a bitch.

I lose ~ patience sometimes, but not as easily as before.

I leave ~ my bitterness in my past. There is no room for it in my future.

I'm Crafty!

KatEyes.etsy.com


Support the arts. ;)

Adventures in Banking

Two months ago my ex gave me a bad check. The account that my ex so royally screwed up is finally, as of Saturday, fixed. Yes, it took him two months to get all the fees paid off. And the bank was very nice to me. I called and explained the problem to them twice and they worked with me, and never treated me rudely. They charged me $75 just because his check bounced. That was before they even took his check amount back out and charged me for my transactions. So beware taking checks from people you don't trust. Even if you wait before using the amount, they will still charge you a ridiculous fee.

Speaking of fees, I have a rarely used account at a bank I shouldn't name. *cough* SUNTRUST*cough* I opened it in the first place for the $50 checkcard offer, while I was cashing a check I had been given from that bank. Every time I go to use the account, they piss me off. You can't cash a check for more than the balance in your account. You have to wait 48 hours to get your money if you deposit it after 2pm. Etc, and so on. It's just a hassle, and one teller pissed me off trying to say another bank had the same policies. Well, I have an account there too, and I beg to differ.

Anywho, I miscalculated this last time I used the account, and aquired a fee of $35. The amount of my mistake?? Three cents. Yep, three lil ol pennies. I emailed the bank, letting them know I generally take the fee when it is my mistake, but come on, 3 cents? That's a bit silly. I was informed that they could do nothing about it, I had to pay the fee. Well that pissed me off, I've never had a fee at that bank in all the four years I've had the account. Give a gal a break. I replied that it was the last straw, I'd had it with their stupid bank and I was closing my account.

They refunded my fee the next day.

Today, I deposited three pennies and cut up my debit card.

Good Times

Brianna started Ballet last week. She loves it. And her little friend that left her school a few weeks ago is in her class! She was so upset when her friend went to a different school. I was sad for her! Dance is even more exciting for her now. And after class we go over to The Fresh Market close by. Last week we bought the most delicious apples. Honeycrisp. If you like apples, try them.

Things are still going well with the guy I'm seeing. He met Brianna a few weeks ago, and the week after went to the mountains with us for a cookout. I like that he tries to include her sometimes. And she likes him. He took us to lunch last Sunday, then hung out at my place for a while. I asked her what she thought after, and she said she liked him and "I played with him." I think it tickles her that he includes her.

Mommy gets time off this weekend. Brianna is spending the night with my mom Saturday and going to church with her Sunday morning. My date's birthday was a couple of days ago, so I'm treating him to dinner and a movie. I think. That's the tentative plan, we sometimes change it last minute. Whatever we do, I will have good company and that's more important than what you are doing. I used to think the last minute changes in plans were what irritated me. Now I know it was the company.

So funny, yet so true...

I owe, I owe so off to work I go.

A couple of weeks ago I was looking through some paperwork at work. Something caught my eye, but I wasn't sure if I saw what I thought I saw. Sorry I have to be so vague. Well I mentioned to my boss that maybe he should check what I saw out. Two weeks later the bookkeeper was let go.

So now I have her job as well as mine. Not totally, the boss and I both work on it. I like it that way, two pairs of eyes are more likely to catch a mistake than one. So now I do accounting, HR, and the small bit of IT a small company needs. I am busy and loving it. Things were so slow before, I was worried about my job. Now I'm not.

I Luvs Halloween

Its early, I know, but stores have stuff out already and I got this new polish. I didn't take a picture, but found one on the web. Here's a link, I don't have the black, just the red. It's called "bloodshed".

I luvs Halloween. :)


Claw Polish on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

What I've been up to

I've spent time over the last couple of weeks going through all of my old posts. Stalkers will notice there are some posts that are no longer there. Since making this public again I've become more self-conscious about what I post. So, now that I've tidied up a bit I will aim to post more regularly. I will aim for twice a week, and expect it to be rather random. Because I am rather random.

On a side note, IE sucks, Firefox rules.

Just sayin. ;)

BTW, when did Blogger start letting you schedule when to post your post??? I didn't know I could do that! Awesome.

Interesting point of view

Found at Wicca.com:

Most Christians quote the following infamous scripture that appears to support their belief that the Bible condemns witches. "Thou shalt not suffer a Witch to live" (Exodus 22:18). Obviously, in the original Hebrew language this word did not mean 'witch'. It actually referred to someone who used poisonous herbs to harm others. In Greek, this same word is translated as 'pharmacopeia'- someone who cast curses, and provided people with poisonous herbs to harm others. Today, we might call that person a drug dealer, and a more accurate modern translation might read 'Thou shalt not suffer a drug dealer to live'. The passage was NOT intended to condemn people who used herbs and magic to help others. So, unless someone is dealing in poisonous herbs or drugs with the intent to cause harm, this scripture really does not apply!

Curious development

I was wandering aimlessly through my own archives, and noticed something peculiar. The text I worked furiously to align correctly with pictures is out of whack.

Why is that?