ahhhh...a day off! wonder why I didn't sleep in like I usually do?? eh...doesn't matter. I did NOT work on the cabinet fronts today. I did NOT weed the flower gardens. I did NOT take the twins b'day presents to be mailed on time. I DID do some dusting...a tad...one room...does that count? Yeah...hasta count!! And...I sat down and worked through getting the last of the Christmas cards entered into the address book....along with a batch of other addresses, some as old as 8 yrs waiting to be entered!! LOL I did go and double check a few online while telling Scott that if I can find the addresses online, then why am I keeping it in the old address book??? He wanted me to...so, it wasn't a big deal to save it.

I have a whole stack of papers/cards that now can be recycled. I also cleaned off my kitchen table hotspot this afternoon. Ran over to the Coffee Times store to pick up some coffee and scones. Ate one for lunch and put the others in to freeze. I've attempted to do laundry but can't seem to register when the timers....yes, plural....are going off. Think I'm a candidate for ADD meds! OH, and I had my manicure today...which is why I haven't done most of what was listed for me to do...want to keep them pretty for one day, at least!

OH...and, I also found my UPS receipt(where it was supposed to be but couldn't find) and went to their website to track the Easter baskets that Melanie says hasn't shown up....they show that they delivered it 2 days after shipping...to their front door. Wonder if they got the address wrong?? someone got a box full of E'baskets for preschoolers!! LOL they did have the correct town, and when he asked me the address when I mailed it, I told him "yes, that's it". Maybe I should....well, I've sent other things that made it there...hummmm....

Oh well...I'm hungry. We're eating out of the frig tonight so I'm not totally thrilled with this idea. But, we have chili that needs to be eaten. And, most everything else needs to be tossed!!

OK...that's all....boring, rambling thoughts, but that's par for the course today...need something exciting to happen. OH>>>>yes!! Forgot!! There is something that happened I was pleased with!
My son sent a forwarded email from the college stating that he was an exceptional student in his German classes and that he was invited to an awards reception. It went on and on praising him so of course I had to ask him if he would have attended if he'd known about it in time....I did NOT say..why don't you keep up with your emails...!! LOL'

OK...now that's all....going to go play a game of crosswords to see if my brain's in better shape than yesterday's was....yesterday's brain could have used an infusion of smart genes!! LOL

well...it's been painful working at the store this week. My feet are not happy. At all. My legs are a tad bit better than the feet, but they're talking to me, too. And, today the back decided to join in with the chorus!! I think I can talk the back into backing down! LOL I just need to go get some pain meds into me and start slurping down some fluids. BUT!! I have rocked at the store!! I've managed to work some sections that have been bugging me a lot and cleaning up the appearance some. Yesterday was a great money day....today the sale receipts weren't at the levels we were aiming for, but much better than an normal day. Hoping for a great day there tomorrow....while I'm off....out and playing.

Have a wedding shower to go to tomorrow. It's for my best friends youngest. Seems impossible for her to actually be old enough to be an adult...but, she is. And, she's already graduated from college and moved away from home and working at a real job..out in the adult world like a normal person....not adult in the scuzzy sense of the word, but adult versus teeny bop type of jobs. She even has a dress code of needing dressier clothes instead of jeans. So...this young lady will be getting married next month...She IS the last in our group of children. Seems so momentous. Makes me feel so freaking OLD.

Ahhhh....I guess it's time to drag myself offline and go find something productive to accomplish around here to match what I did at work. Maybe more laundry, as I'm behind....but, I really need to go through the house and boogy out some things...boot those suckers right out of my house into someone else's home! LOL

Are you all having successful days this week?? I know Missy is...she's finished her work and is out playing at an all night's crop! Hope she has a super time!!

I went looking for things to go into Easter Baskets today....all I wanted to do was to buy it all for me. I didn't realize that I'd been craving certain types of chocolate...but..I came face to face with my desires right there in the aisles of the store. I resisted and only got what I thought would be appropriate for the kids, since their parents don't allow them much candy. I'd already purchased plenty of toys and bath stuff to do the majority of the filling in the baskets. I also noticed that there are all sorts of weird stuff aimed at these kids, too. Fairy Bunnies??? Sigh...

Hey everyone! Good morning!! It is so unbelievably beautiful outside!! The birds are singing and twittering, the dogs are barking, there is sun streaming through the windows...can't hear anyone mowing, but figure that'll happen today, too.

My redbud tree and apple tree are both in full bloom. I'll be surprised if they last through this weekend...Easter pictures need blossoms!! I have one tulip blooming...LOL..didn't realize I'd planted it where it came up...or that it was a red one. I'm beginning to believe that my bulbs have a mind of their own. Hope my peachy colored ones bloom this week.

So...it's time to get up from my chair and get started on real life. My weight is down, and am thinking it's because I actually got up and moved. So...thinking strongly about getting this stuffed into my brain as a good thing...something to be acted upon instead of just "thinking" upon! LOL Ahhh..fat person thinking here...it's really not sane, you know?

OK...going to get off and go make me a list of things to get done before heading in to the bookstore...plus, of course..more girl names to add on my notepad...I've already sent one set to my daughter, but haven't heard anything, yet.

Think I'll sweep my front porch, too....want a front stoop challenge???
nah...too pretty to be challenging anyone!

Where's the music...need music...OK...I'm going now..gotta have music and movement today....bye bye

Please...stop me if I ever try this again!!

If I ever try mediating between two friends in our group again...just shoot me and get it over with!!

what a pain in my butt!!

Wanted to know if I was mad and then laid out arguments defending her actions...well...I wrote back defending mine, and haven't heard another word...guess I pissed her off, too.

Thing is...you can get a sense of a person's beliefs after a certain length of time...sort of like a puzzle you're putting together. Some things just have to be there for everything to fit...otherwise, you have to start coming up with other thoughts on the whole. But...finding out that somethings aren't the way you'd do something doesn't mean you have to beat that person over the head until they do it your way.

SIGH
I'm tired once again...I'm too old for this garbage. I'm too fluffy to want to make it all work...LOL think I'll go read a book and forget about everyone else for awhile...again..maybe then I'll be ready to either mediate, or tell them to all screw themselves and leave me the hell out of it....but, it's just not as much fun to do it that way...LOL

Thinking on switching some habits

Since my friend Ann posted a link to a church that is promoting no complaining, I spent great parts of my day at work paying attention to myself and to the customers that were in the store today. I have to say, that there was not as much complaining from the customers as I'd heard in the past, but one customer in particular went above and beyond to give her views on a certain subject...while projecting a pleasant countenance, she was blasting all the while! So, I'm thinking that this is something I'd like to spend more time considering and attempting to switch out some of my whining, complaining habits into a more pleasing mindset. LOL I just about commented on how hard that'd be considering how ornery I am....but, I'm not going to do that as it'd be embracing the negative instead of reaching forward for the positive!
LOL

I'm sitting here...once again, like a lump, and waiting for my body to catch up with what my mind is telling it that we'd like to get accomplished this afternoon. Once again..my body is laughing it's head off as it has control over this lump that houses my brain....grrrr..it IS the lump that houses my brain. whimper.. Anyway...what I'd like to see me get accomplished today are two basically simple things...1)masses of laundry 2) a good start on working through all the shots taken at the wedding and making some sort of sense of it all. SO...here we go and here we sit. I'm hearing it say...hoooboy! we got KremeFilleds two days in a row...NEED MORE!!....and, ewwww, don't make me get uuuuupppp!! I donwannado thaaat!! SIGH..big sighs...with some whimpering to go along with it!!

OK...who is the boss here...me or my body?? Well...that's been proven over and over again, hasn't it? bleaaa... I am going to take a stand...right here, right now...I'm going to go put the dryer on fluff(once again, think this is the 4th time) and this time I'm going to set the kitchen timers..yeah, all of them...and...if I can make myself get up then I will fold the sheets, put the other load of sheets in to dry, and put bluejeans in to wash. I'm desperate for jeans to wear to work tomorrow. Hopefully I'll be able to get the laundry to the point that I'm also doing a load that will have underwear included...which the jeans will not, on purpose!! Then...I'm going to work through the pictures on this computer before attempting to start on the set on the larger unit downstairs.

Wish me luck!! I'm up against a stubborn foe!! ooooohhh..someone's grilling out....ahhh...getting sidetracked already...lead around like a puppy by my desires....it's shameful!!