Vacation was nice but...I'm ready for another one!

Our trip to Tennessee was awesome! We got there on Sunday evening and got all checked in to our awesome hotel in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The next day we had to go to listen to a time share thing which lasted 3 hours even though they promised it was only going to be 90 minutes!! I was so mad I finally told them how I felt. I sai honestly I'm so tired right now I just want to leave. Tom said he didn't blame me at all and was glad I spoke up. We went to Gatlinburg that evening and walked up and down the little strip there. So much fun. We did an old time photo and everything. On Tuesday after checking out of our hotel we went to Dollywood. It was amazing. It was country and friendly and lots of Dolly of course. They had a Train and everything. We got on this water ride that was awesome and we rode these mini cars. LOL we looked so silly. It was an amazing day but man were we tired so instead of heading home we got a hotel and went and laid down and rested our feet. We got back on Wednesday and then left on Saturday to go to Norwalk for the Buick meet. My husband had his 1964 Buick Skylark and all was well...until they broke the rear end. We had to have it towed back home. So, that was my vacation in a nutshell. Now if I make it through the summer without majorly messing up something it'll be awesome! I've been put in charge of training volunteens and volunteers, supervising them, doing stats, money, and generally running SRC. Lord help me.

A great weekend!

I knew I was off the whole weekend and was excited enough about that. I saw on facebook that my friend Chelsea was going to see Jeff Dunham in Dayton. I wrote and said I want to go too and God love facebook her friend and mine Kelly wrote me and said she could probably get me and Tom in because her cousin wasn't going! I was so excited I couldn't wait to tell Tom. On Friday the day of the show at 4:00 she let me know the tickets were ours and we just had to get to the Nutter Center in Dayton by 8:00pm. I worked til 6 and we got straight on the road. We ended up getting 12th row center tickets for free. OMG thanks Kelly we had an amazing time. I laughed til I thought I would hurt myself. What an amazing and hilarious show. The show was over and we went to Wafflehouse on the way home which has the most amazing omelet ever! That was just Friday. The rest of the weekend was amazing too:)

Money has no stretch to it!! Darnit!

Well, in short last summer we decided to update our furnace and have someone install it. Everything seemed fine at the time and it was a great deal. Well, fast forward to one of the coldest days of the winter. I come home for my lunch break and it's colder inside than out. I look down at my cat Teddy who is an ice cube. I wrap him up in a blanket and keep him warm and call my husband. "Honey, please call someone. The heat won't come on and it's freezing in here." So the sears man comes and tells us he fixed it temporarily but that whoever installed it could've caused the house to burn to the ground. Great, now what? Then, they said they could fix all of the problems but we have asbestos in our ductwork. So I call to have that removed and they want over 900.00 to remove it. That's not counting the 1,400.00 that sears wants to get us back to square one and safe. At this point I'm to boiling and just can't figure out how to get out of what to do. I asked my coworker Tina B. if she knew anyone, and long story short it was the best thing I could've done. She got me a guy named Bret who was awesome, and in the end was only about 1,100.oo altogether and didn't have to get the asbestos removed. He did that too. So they saved me about 1,000 easy. If you need someone reasonable and good email bret skilldago@aol.com. I highly recommend him. Now, we still don't have central air or my security glass block windows, but I guess we are getting there. Whew, that dollar just doesn't stretch far enough no matter what you do.

7 day stretch of no days off is over:)

I'm so happy it's Friday, I had to post a blog. I haven't had a day off since last Friday and it's been a llooooooonnnnngggg week. I'll just be glad to have two days off without having any meetings or places I have to be all day you know? I got some bad news in the mail yesterday that ticked me off too. Our mortgage is being raised by $70!! How is that allowed? How do those people sleep at night? I guess I'm just so ready for vacation is all that's why I'm rambling. Well, on another note, I woke up to a newly bloomed bright yellow lily which I'll post a picture of. I'm really trying to get better with posting blogs. Hope you all have awesome weekends!

more than a day has gone by

sorry about that...I really am trying to post more often but everydy may be too much lol. This past weekend was awesome but too short. We went down south and took some awesome pics. Tom got a haircut(see new pics) and i absolutely love it! We're going to get our roof fixed soon. It's not leaking or anything but insurance is going to pay for it so why not. I'm still going strong to the gym but trying new things to switch it up a bit. I'm shooting to lose more before our vacation in may so i won't look so overweight. Oh well I'll just have to try my best and go with that. I'm waiting to go home to my hubby and figured I'd write a blog while I'm waiting. Shawn got his head shoved into the door at school and he stayed cool and didn't get into a fight so I'm proud of him. I told him don't take no crap but don't be a bully either you know? Well, I sent Tom's brother a birthday card and wish I could've added some wwe event tix but they're crazy prices. Keep me in mind if you guys can give me a deal on some:) k, I'll be in touch soon:)

Ready for the weekend and need to do taxes

Well, I'm giving it a shot. I'm really going to try hard to post a blog everyday. We'll see how this goes. Working today from 9-6. Went to the gym at 6:30 and worked out pretty hard. I'm really looking forward to the weekend and it passing slowly. I had to work for the past seven straight days so I need the weekend off darnit. I went home on my lunch break and watched an old episode of Who's the Boss? Lol does anyone else remember it? I found the complete first season at new uses for 10.00. I had to get it. I'm also having my yearly evaluation meeting today and I submitted my reasoning for wanting to be in the labeling committee too. On another note, I have to tackle our taxes but I'm afraid we're going to owe. How's that freakin possible when we pay out as much as we make and uncle sam kills us every paycheck!? Wish me luck. I'll try to write tomorrow. Here's to getting this day over with.

Randomness

I haven't written a blog post in forever but in case anyone wants to know whats going on in my life here goes. I went to my friend Chelsea's birthday party and had a blast. I miss her and Erica being here with me. I've been spending lots of time with my little brother Shawn who is totally amazing. I've been trying to keep him going the right way and keep him interested in getting school done and over with. Me and Tom helped him do algebretic equations and some other kind of puzzle type math. All in all I'm just glad I get to spend time with him and be a good influence. On another note I'm back to working Sundays. It sucks but the money is good so I have to do it. This week is extra hard because I'm working 7 straight days. That weekend is looking really good. Me and Tom are going on vacation the last week of May to Pigeon forge, Tennessee. I can't wait and it's not so much about the trip it's about spending more than a couple hours a day with my husband. It's so nice we're always sad to return to work. My old car the toyota we sold to Tom's mom broke down this last weekend and no one wants to mess with it this time. I feel bad for her and I also feel like the family is blaming me and Tom and thinking we sold her a lemon. For everyone who knows me knows I never had any problems with that car. We even drove it to Canada. I just hope they don't hold it against us because I really love and care about them. I would never knowingly do something like that to someone. Here at work lots of things are changing and I got back my evaluation yesterday. It was good but I'm always nervous. I'm applying to be on a committee so wish me luck. I really want to try and go outside my comfort zone. I think it'll be good for me. It already has been. I've been going to the gym at least 4 times a week and eating a lot healthier and have so far lost 18 pounds. I want to keep going I just hope I have the willpower to never go back. I'm definately going to purchase an mp3 player to listen to though. Well, I've rambled long enough and I'll go for now. Take care everyone and to my friend Rex, I'm glad you're ok.

Ok, I need to post more often...

I'm not even sure people are reading my posts but it feels good to write stuff down every now and then. We're finally getting out of debt except this citi card doosey that is 4,000 and they just doubled our minimum payment! Also, as of now it looks like we're going to owe on our taxes this year which I am refusing to believe. Stupid stimulus payment. On another note, we went to a free day at the zoo last Monday and it was a cold but fun time. I've started going back to the gym and am intent on losing some weight. I'm afraid if I set too high of a goal I won't meet it, so I'm being realistic. Again, lots of random thoughts sorry to jump all over the place. I just found out that Shawn Johnson from the USA gymnastics team is going to be on Dancing with the stars this season. Well, I'll definately DVR it and watch and hopefully she wins. We're settling in to living by ourselves and it's honestly very nice. I hope one day we'll be able to use that spare bedroom we freed up, you know? Well, I'll post again soon. See ya guys on the flip side:)