My Little World (Erika's World)

Dropping by!

2006-03-14T22:18:00.000-06:00

Well it's been almost a month since I posted so I thought I should write something. I see no one commented on my last post so not even sure I have any reader's left. But in case someone out there is still reading I'll give a brief synopsis of what's been going on since my last post.

Well I guess the main highlights would include my brother moving back in with my mom. It probably wouldn't have even involved me except for the fact that he owns a sectional couch which was way too big for my mom's place so we decided to play musical couches. My sister and her finance took the couch my mom had, my mom got the couch I had and I now have the sectional which takes the better share of my living room. The loveseat that I had is now in storage at my sister's. Sounds like a simple project right? WRONG! The original plan was to play musical couches on a Monday, well I was going to be at work so my role was to have my living room cleared out as much as possible. So the Sunday before the big move I cleared out all my end tables, shoveled the chair and footstool in front of the closet out of the way, moved the loveseat and coffee table to the side as much out of the way as possible and then Monday before I left for work I pushed the couch into my dining room. I come home Monday night expecting to have a sectional couch and my couch out of my dining room. WRONG AGAIN! My sister and her finance were supposed to get the truck and trailer to do this move and that ended up not working out for whatever reason. So I call my mom to see what is going on and find out the move is now not happening until the next weekend. Wonderful, I have a couch in my dining room and end tables in the kitchen. So I move the couch back just so it's out of my way and leave the end tables alone which by the way one is still in my kitchen LOL. The next weekend comes and the musical couches finally happen. I was never so happy to have furniture moved.

Let's see what else exciting has gone on? Well I have not been sick since the last post (knock on wood) but when we had an ice storm on a Thursday a couple weeks ago I managed to fall and bruise my left side pretty good and my hip and ankle are still bothering me a bit. I didn't go to work that day but was back to work on Friday. I still walk a little like an old lady but the bruises are going away.

This past weekend my friend Mark and I got spring fever with the awesome warm temperatures and decided to go scope out some campgrounds. We are in the midst of planning a couple summer camping outings. Should be fun. We had fun driving around the countryside and looking at campgrounds. Thinking of Astico for a least one outing probably in June and then maybe Devil's Lake sometime. We haven't really set anything in stone yet.

Other than that same old same old, work, sleep, hang out with Mark on the weekend, deal with my sister wanting to borrow money at least once a week for one thing or another and listening to mom vent about work. I can't complain cuz I enjoy 99.8% of it all :D HUGS to all my faithful reader's!! (if there's any left LOL)

Checking in

2006-02-16T23:10:00.000-06:00

Well I haven't posted yet in February so I thought I better check in just in case there is someone out there that still reads this blog. Now what to write about? Well I've been home sick since Tuesday with a touch of bronchitis and a strep infection but no one really wants to hear about me being sick again so I'll leave it at that. We have a bunch of snow here and if you turn on any news station they keep telling us there's lots of snow and its dangerous to travel. Like we can't look out the window and see the piles of icky white stuff everywhere and watch the wind whipping it around. Well I guess it is the biggest snowfall we have had since last year in March or something so it is big news. It was kinda cool earlier tonight I was looking out my front window when a big wind gust came up and caused a snow avanlanche to fall from the roof right down in front of my window onto the porch. It made a pretty loud noise so I figured there must have been quite a bit of snow. Probably a good thing it blew off the roof and didn't weigh down on the roof all night long. I haven't been out since Tuesday so I can't complain about having to drive in it. It's supposed to be very cold the next few days that should be fun. I think I'm going to curl up with some movies and let the wintery weather blow by. I'll write more when I have something to write about...........could be days hehehe :D

February already here

2006-01-31T23:26:00.000-06:00

Wow can you believe it one month of 2006 is already gone. Where the heck did it go? I didn't make any resolutions so I don't have to worry that I didn't even keep them for a month. The weather here has been really weird too. I think on the news tonight they said is was the 41st consecutive day with high temps 30 or above. Too strange for a Wisconsin January. Don't get me wrong I certainly don't mind it being warmer than normal and not having a lot of snow because I HATE driving in the snow and ice. Although I am really sick of my landlord not shoveling the back steps. I live on the first floor but the apartment building is built on a hill so when I go out my back door which leads to the parking lot there is a flight of 16 steps to go down. They are wooden and for some reason this year the landlord has not shoveled them once. Since they are right next to the building on the back the sun only gets to them a small portion of they day. So after we have gotten even these little snowfalls the back steps end up icy in a couple days from all the people tracking down the snow. It's like taking your life in your hands on a daily basis going up and down them. I'm about ready to talk to the other tenants and tell them we should all subtract money from our rent and put a note with the check the reason I paid less this month is due to the shoveling services I did not receive. I'm waiting for someone to fall down the steps and get hurt and sue the landlords maybe then the would get the hint???? Probably not they are a little nope a lot strange and slow on the uptake. So I am looking forward for the real spring to get here not just this January springlike trick mother nature played on us. Well I think I'm off to bed and the forecast for tonight is light rain/light snow. Well geez which is it rain or snow somebody help mother nature make up her mind! :D

Sexy Name Decoder

2006-01-22T22:09:00.000-06:00

"Borrowed" from http://reallyabsolutelypointless.blogspot.com/ Thanx Mark :D

Sleeping better

2006-01-22T02:58:00.000-06:00

Well I finally found a way to get more than a couple of hours of consecutive sleep........get sick! Yeah. Yep I'm sick again seems like just a few weeks ago I was sick, oh wait I was. What a wonderful way to start out the new year. Actually last time I was sick was in December but whose counting. I don't think I ever fully got rid of the cough I had. I've actually been feeling kinda achey all week. First I had what I thought was either a pulled tendon or heel spur or something in my foot so I hobbled around on that a couple days. Luckily that's feeling better now. Well from the hobbling about and walking funny I pulled something in my back so every time I moved my right leg just right or actually oh so wrong I had a shooting pain in my lower right back area. That is also thankfully feeling much better. The worst of my most recent ailment started on Thursday. I went to work and was feeling kinda blah. They are working on installing new windows in the upstairs of our building and were working directly above my office when I got in. It seemed a little chilly in the office but I just chalked it up to the windows upstairs being out causing it to be drafty. As the morning progressed the colder I got. By noon I went to get my coat because I had actually started to shiver a bit. I went up to one of the other offices and asked how their temp was and everyone else was fine so I guessed at that point wonderful now it's just me. I thought I should go home and take it easy before this gets worse then I remember a pretty large document I need to get typed that pretty much I am the only one that can do. So I tell myself okay get going, get it done, go home sick. Normally this would have taken me about 2 to 2 1/2 hours to complete. Have you ever tried to type in a hurry accurately with the shivers.........it doesn't work. So I just kept plugging along as best I could, taking breaks about every 15 minutes to warm up my hands because they kept getting cold really fast. I'm not exactly sure what time I started this but I completed it around 4 p.m. I wasn't scheduled to go home until 6:30 so my boss hadn't come looking for the document for a while. Before I had it done it seemed like he was there every 1/2 hour to watch me shiver and not even acknowledge I was sick. Well once I finished this, my boss had to read it over and make any corrections he wanted for me to change and get back to him before I left. Do you think I could find the man after I finally shivered my way through this document..............nope. We knew he was somewhere in the building but not exactly sure where. So I went back to my desk and continued to shiver, now having my coat zipped up and I put my gloves on. A couple of my coworkers asked me why I was still there and I told them about the paperwork. One of the other supervisors said I should go home anyway but for some reason I didn't. Finally around quarter to six he shows up at my desk. I hand him the paperwork and ask if he can read and make any corrections so I can get them done quick before I go. He said can I do it tomorrow first thing I'd like to call it a night and don't forget we have this, this and this to do tomorrow too. I looked at him and said if I'm feeling better. I think he took this as a clue that I may not be in on Friday and he went and read over the papers and brought them back to me within about 15 minutes with only a few changes. He then left. I finished the changes and printed a new copy and got ready to go. One of my lovely coworkers was a sweetheart and went and got my vehicle and pulled it up closer to the building and turned the heat on for me. They were worried about me driving home not feeling well but I assured them I would be okay and call when I got home. I got home, called work and let them know I was home okay. I grabbed a bottle of hawaiian punch and headed for the couch. I remember sitting down and turning on the tv around 7 and then remember nothing until I woke up around 11 on the couch wrapped in a blanket sitting upright with a pounding headache. I got up took some Nyquil and went to bed. Pretty much since then I have been sleeping off and on. Chills, fever, cold sweats, its been great NOT. Right now in the early hours of Sunday morning I'm finally starting to feel human again. I've been up since little after 8 p.m. I think I'm going to go back to bed soon and take it easy tomorrow and hope this crap is out of my system to start another fun filled week at work. Sorry for those of you who have read this far for boring you to death with my ailments. I know I am babbling by now but at least I finally updated my blog. Hopefully I'll have something more interesting to write about next week. We have officer interviews three days maybe something fun will come of that. Good morning, good evening and good night!!! PS I don't recommend the getting sick thing as an insomnia cure.

Wedding update

2006-01-08T15:49:00.000-06:00

I almost forgot. My sister called me a couple days ago to advise me the wedding is being postponed. YEAH!!! They finally got it through their heads they won't be able to afford it by May. They are thinking maybe May of 2007. Maybe by then she'll realize she can do so much better :). I can hope can't I? laterz

Still not sleeping right

2006-01-08T04:19:00.000-06:00

Well it's been almost a month now since I've had a good night's sleep. I'm wondering if it had anything to do with the fact that I took quite a bit of Nyquil when I was sick which made me sleep like a baby. Can you get addicted to that in a couple weeks? I got about 2 hours of sleep tonight and now I'm awake again. I think I'm going to get some Tylenol PM and try that. I don't want to get hooked on that though either. Maybe I should break down and go to the doctor and get checked out but I HATE the doctor.

So how was everyone's New Year's Eve. For me it was a lot of fun. I had some family and close friends over and we had good food and some drinks and played some games. My friend Pat brought the game Cranium along. I had never played it before but it was a lot of fun. After that we played Disney Trivial Pursuit. Half the questions have nothing to do with Disney and they are hard questions. That was fun too. The guests mostly left by 2 a.m. and shortly thereafter. My friend Mark was crashing on my couch so he and I stayed up until about 6 a.m. and played a game of 90's trivia and then watched 80's 3D on VH1. Brought back a lot of memories from our childhood. It was fun. We got up around noon to watch the Packer game and then went to my mom's for a big ham dinner around 2. After mom's Mark went home and I came home and took a nap. Monday I was still off from work but just lounged around my apartment and never even got dressed. It was a nice relaxing day before back to work after being off for almost two weeks. Things were busy this week at work, lots of playing catch up but for the most part it went smoothly. I really needed the vacation. Now I just wish I could get some decent sleep. Well I think I'm going to go read for awhile. Happy New Year to All!

I'm still around LOL

2005-12-28T00:01:00.000-06:00

Well it's been like two weeks since I posted so I decided I better post something. I could use the excuse that I was busy with holiday preparations but I really waited last minute until everything this year so that's really not a good excuse. I've also had a terrible bout with insomnia for too long. I think it was the weekend before Christmas weekend that I woke up on Sunday morning around 7 a.m. and then didn't get more than an hour or two of sleep here and there until like Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. It was pretty bad. I'm still not sleeping all that great. I get intermitant sleep. All total in a night I probably get 4 to 6 hours but its broken up by 1/2 to 1 hours breaks where I'm wide awake. It's crazy. I am off of work until January 3 so it's not a big deal I can just lay around and be lazy but I'm starting to worry a bit there's something more going on. As you can see from my last post I had a bad cold for several days and it took quite a while for the nasal congestion to go away and I still have a bit of a cough which is part of my sleeping problem. I'm not usually one to take sleep aids but I think I may resort to that soon. I thought maybe a drink before bed but don't really want to rely on alcohol for sleep either. I'll keep ya posted on how the sleeping goes or doesn't lol. Well I hate to say it but I'm glad Christmas is over. It seems like so much hype for weeks and weeks and within two days it's all over. Don't get me wrong I had a nice time with family and friends and got nice gifts and was so happy to be able to give nice gifts too but it's too much work. I'm having a small get together on New Year's Eve which I am looking forward to. Family and friends just getting together and eating and drinking and shooting the shit, maybe play a few boards games or something. I hope to just relax the rest of my vacation and chill out and catch up on my movie watching and finish the book I'm reading. I stayed in my jammies all day today and have no realy plans for the next couple days either. Hope everyone has a great new year!!!!

Freakin Cold

2005-12-11T16:38:00.000-06:00

Well the past week or two everyone at work has been passing around the cold, flu, coughing, sneezing etc. I was bound to get it. I woke up Thursday morning with a little congestion in my chest and a scratchy throat. Went the whole without too much trouble. Friday morning when I woke up it was here. Stuffy head and nose, congestion, cough, sniffles, chills. I decided to go to work anyway. For most of the day I was okay. It got to be around 3 and I got the chills pretty bad and two people had told me I sounded like shit. My boss finally told me I should go home. I got home by about 4, put on some warm clothes, took some Nyquil and went to bed. Woke up around 6:30 to go potty and almost fell asleep in the bathroom. Went back to bed and got up around 10. Talked to Mark on the phone a little after 10 but don't remember much of the conversation other than he was going ice fishing with his brother at like 4:30 a.m. The rest of Friday night into Saturday I watched some tv in bed, slept, got up and watched some tv in the living room for a change of pace and slept some more. I got up at 10 this morning and it's close to five and I'm still awake. I can partially breath through one nostril so its a little better. My head is still all stuffy and I keep going back and forth between being hot and cold. Still haven't done much of anything. My mommy went to the store for me and got me some juice and soup and softer tissues. My nose is SOOOOOOO sore, anyone wanna rub it for me? Or at least make it stop dripping so I don't have to keep wiping it. Okay I think I have whined enough about being sick now and need to go blow my nose again. Hope I feel better soon and best wishes that none of you get this crap!

My new baby sister (Rosie)

2005-12-07T20:33:00.000-06:00

I'll write more later to explain why I am calling my mom's new kitty my baby sister. I finally met her Monday night and took a bunch of pictures and thought I would share a couple with everyone. Isn't she cute!!!

Long weekend over

2005-11-27T22:23:00.000-06:00

Well I had 5 days in a row off. Other than the Thanksgiving stuff I didn't do anything real exciting. Saturday evening my friend Mark, my mom and my sister came over. We had thanksgiving leftovers for supper then watched Madagascar, Skeleton Key and BatThumb. I thought they were all good. Later Mark and I played Name that Tune 80's edition. He is much better at it than I am but it's a lot of fun to play. We ended up not going to bed until about 3 a.m. which was no big deal because neither of us had anything to do today. Well a little after 9 my dear sister decides to call. I was out pretty good though because I didn't actually hear the phone ring it was the answering machine voice that woke me up. I was thinking to myself who the heck is in my bedroom. Then I got up to go potty cuz as soon as I'm awake I gotta go. Like you all really care about that. And the phone had woke Mark up too and he was in the living room which is close to my front door. And the neighbors upstairs have been moving out the past couple days and they keep letting the front door slam instead of propping it open. They were here again for another load around 9pm. I think they must be close to done I sure as heck hope so. Anyway since all the slamming was going on I figured Mark wasn't going to get back to sleep either so I stayed up. We watched a little TV and then once I got motivated I got ready and took Mark home around 11:30. We stopped at McD's for some lunch because I was getting sick of turkey leftovers. I came home and worked on the office work I brought home for a while. I originally was going to take a nap before the Packer game but for some reason didn't. About 4:30 I wasn't overly impressed with the game so I took my nap then until about 6. Watched some TV and then took a shower and worked on office work a bit more. I'm still not done with it but oh well I guess I'll finish it at work where I get paid for it. Tomorrow is going to be a 12 hour day so I'm heading for bed soon.

Strange weather we're having here. It's been raining all day and we even had some thunder and lightning early this morning. The high for tomorrow is like 57 and more rain then snow Tuesday night into Wednesday. I wish mother nature would make up her mind :D

I also just realized there are only three more weekends before Christmas and one of those I have to work on Saturday :( I guess I should have made more of an effort to get my tree up. Oh well I guess it will get up when I get it up. I can't seem to get in the Christmas spirit this year. Normally by Thanksgiving I have most of my gifts bought and half of them wrapped. This year I only have a couple things bought and nothing wrapped. Well I guess that will keep me out of trouble in December. Okay I think I'm babbling now. Laterz!!!

My Thanksgiving and the rest of the weekend

2005-11-24T23:18:00.000-06:00

Well it turned out to be a great day. The weather was cold and windy but no snow in our area so no one had any travel problems. Of the approximately 15 that were invited 9 showed up. My sister wasn't feeling well so she stayed home. A few of the cousins went to their significant others families and one uncle was having back problems so he stayed home. This is the smallest Thanksgiving we have had for as long as I can remember. We still had enough food to feed about 30 people of course. We all actually sat at one table and ate together. After dinner we all chatted for awhile to let our huge meal settle to make room for pie mmmmm my Aunt Carol makes the best pecan pie YUMMY!!!! After pie we got out the containers and started dishing out the leftovers. My mom didn't want her fridge full so we all took stuff home with us. I shouldn't have to cook for most of the week. After that we all helped with dishes. After that my brother and a cousin had to leave because they both still had to work tonight. Then one uncle and a couple cousins went to watch Survivor while my mom, aunts and I played some cards. We all had a good time and had great food. Everyone else got ready to leave around 10 and I left shortly after. BRRRRRRR its still really cold and the wind is wicked. Glad I only had to drive across town.

My sister talked to her fiance and he didn't decide on May yet. He said he'd let her know by the end of the weeked so we'll see how that goes. I am off until Monday. I did bring some work home with me and I may have to stop in to do some computer training. We are switching to a new software program the week of December 5th and I still have a few people to train and weekends are sometimes easier. Before I go back to work I'd like to do a little baking. I bought the stuff to make several different things. We'll see how much of that actually gets done. My friend Mark is probably coming over tomorrow evening/night to watch some movies or play trivia or something. That should be fun. Well I think I'm going to do a little online shopping and then go watch Survivor that I taped. Hope everyone else had a great thanksgiving too. Happy shopping to those of you that brave the stores on Black Friday!!!

Thanksgiving prep and Wedding Plans

2005-11-23T23:44:00.000-06:00

Well I had the day off work today and so did my sister. The big Thanksgiving dinner is at my mom's but she had to work today. So my sister and I decided to go to mom's while she was at work and do some of the prep for Thanksgiving that we could to help mom out. So we went and made the two salads, cleaned veggies, cooked the squash and made deviled eggs. We also made sure to clean up the dishes before we left. Now all mom will have to do tomorrow is turkey and stuffing and potatoes. The other relatives coming are all bringing the rest of dinner. After we got all that done we started planning my sister's wedding. Let me give you a little background on my sister and her finance.

My sister is 22 years old. About a year and a half ago she started dating a 40 year old man. Well to say the least this didn't go over very well with my mom so things were tense for quite some time between my mom and sister.

After they had dated about 6 or 8 months my sister moved in with him. Last Christmas they got engaged but because there were still issues among family members my sister didn't bother to tell any of us for quite a while. My brother heard about it from a co-worker, he told me and we waited for my sister to break it to mom. My sister at that time worked at the local grocery store and decided to tell mom as she was coming thru the checkout at the grocery store. Just kinda, hey mom by the way "R" asked me to marry him at Christmas at that time my mom's response was, I hope you said no. So that's the reader's digest version of the whole saga.

So now they have decided to get married in May. I should say my sister decided May he wants to wait until next November. I'm betting it will be May. Anyway today we started making a guest list and some of the preliminary planning things just making lists and such.

Thankfully I convinced her to make this a one day event. Originally she wanted to get married at the courthouse on May 18th because that will be their two year anniversary of meeting and then have the reception on May 20th. After checking on the hall she can afford I think we are leaning toward May 27th. She was going home tonight to "convince" her fiance May is a better month. So I should find out tomorrow if that is the date or not. Oh yeah and she asked me to be her maid of honor. Of course I couldn't say no since I am her big sister. I'm still not sure if he's the guy for her but my mom and I have both decided we aren't going to change her mind now and this is going to happen so we should just go with it.

They have a small budget but I think I might actually be looking forward to helping them have a nice wedding. The saga continues. I'll keep you posted.

Happy Thanksgiving to All!!!

A Snowy View

2005-11-18T11:10:00.000-06:00

This is the view from my bedroom window after the snow we had the past couple days. If you drive just 14 miles south where I work they barely got a dusting it's really weird. I've had enough snow and cold now. It can melt away, come back from Christmas eve and Christmas day and then be gone til next year :D I can dream can't I!

I'm a lamb.....awwww

2005-11-16T22:30:00.000-06:00

Stolen(Borrowed) from Andi http://quirkyandi.blogspot.com

You Are A: Lamb!

Peaceful and gentle, lambs have been used in religious imagery for millennia. Lambs are baby sheep, an animal tended by shephards since the dawn of history. As a lamb, you tend to stay together in a flock and graze on grassy land. Lambs don't mind being led and tend not to go off on their own.

You were almost a: Pony or a Duckling
You are least like a: Squirrel or a Parakeet What Cute Animal Are You?

Ccccccold Fishing

2005-11-08T05:41:00.000-06:00

A little island in the distance. Mark bundled up for the cold.

The shorline right in front of my feet. A beautiful view at our fishing spot.

Well the weather seemed nice enough to try some fishing on Sunday. The sun was out and if it hadn't been for the wind it wouldn't have been too bad but the wind made it cccccold. We only stayed out for a couple hours. Mark caught one striped bass and I just managed to get cold. We did have fun though and I got a few cool pics of the place we go fishing a couple of which are above.

I came home sick from work yesterday and am still not feeling well today. I don't think it had anything to do with the cold Sunday though I think it's a touch of the flu that's been going around work. I called into work so I think i'm going back to bed. I'll let you know how I feel later.

Change of Plan

2005-11-05T12:17:00.000-06:00

Wow I don't write anything for almost a week and now three posts in less than 24 hours. That has to be a record LOL, for me anyway. Well Mark called a short time ago and just got notified last minute of a wedding today at 1p.m. that he is now planning to attend so we are going to try fishing tomorrow. That means that I have to do my cleaning and stuff today YEAH ha ha ha. So I guess I'm off to do laundry and dishes and recycling. Maybe I'll check back later and go for 4 posts in 24 hours. If not have a great weekend everyone HUGS!

Saturday's Plan

2005-11-04T21:09:00.000-06:00

I was suppose to go out with a group of friends tonight. This group usually tries to get together once a month. One member of the group was sick the past couple days so her and her husband were not going to be there. So I started contacting the rest of the group and we ended up deciding to wait and try for next week Friday and hopefully everyone will be available. I'm pretty tired so my plan is to go to bed early. We'll see if that happens. I was going to take a nap when I got home but the later it got the more I figured I'd be better off just going to bed early.

Well that was long and drawn out paragraph that has nothing to do with my title of Saturday's Plan. Oh no I think I'm starting to babble. Okay, okay I'll get to the plan. My friend Mark and I are going to try to get one last day of fishing in before it gets too cold. Planning to go early afternoon and do a little shopping first. Mark wants to try and find the 80's Name that Tune game they have been advertising on VH1 latley and I have a few odds and ends to pick up. I think we'll probably go to Shopko. I have some cleaning and laundry to do but that can wait til Sunday. I'll let you know sometime this week how the fishing went.

"Scary" movie review

2005-11-04T20:57:00.000-06:00

Well it's taken me almost a week to finally review the movies we watched last weekend. I have trouble following through with this blog thing. I think my new resolution is to post at least once a week. I think I can stick to that LOL we'll see!

First movie we watched was Exorcist Beginning. This one was actually pretty good and had some scary parts. I would recommend it to someone looking for a scary movie with an actual plot line.

Second movie we watched was Shallow Ground. Total waste of time if you are expecting to be scared. It was a very cheesy movie with the main character being a naked boy covered in blood. The blood he was covered in resembled the color and texture of jelly to me so I nicknamed him JellyBoy and kept making smart ass comments throughout the movie about them needing to get out the peanut butter and bread to fight JellyBoy. My friend Mark and I had fun Mystery Science Theater 3000ing the movie. So we had fun watching it anyway.

Third movie was Snapped. Another cheesy one with some pretty bad acting that we had fun making fun of. The whole premise of the movie is a girl going on a killing spree and taking pictures of her victims for what seemed like a school photography project..........WEIRD!

The last rented movie we started to watch was Undead. I think we watched about a half hour and decided we didn't want to waste another hour on a cheesy movie that was supposed to be scary.

Mark owns Shawn of the Dead and he brought that along. Its a spoof on Dawn of the Dead so we knew it wasn't supposed to be scary. What I watched of it was pretty funny but I started to fall asleep so I went to bed. I'll have to borrow it sometime to see the whole thing.

So next time we have scary movie night I'm going to definately research the movies to find some truly scary ones. Why are there so many cheesy horror flicks? I just don't get it. Oh well we had fun anyway and I hope these reviews will keep people from getting stuck with a cheesy horror flick when they were looking to be scared.

Trick or Treating

2005-10-29T15:37:00.000-05:00

Well it's a couple days away from Halloween and in my little village they have trick or treating today. In the middle of the afternoon. How boring is that? It's just not the same to go out trick or treating if it isn't dark out. Oh well I suppose it is safer but it just doesn't seem to be in the spirit of the holiday. I live on the outer edge of town so we don't normally get any trick or treaters out here. If I feel like seeing all the cute and creative costumes I go hang out at my mom's and hand out candy there. This year I wasn't in the mood so I'm not going over there. My friend Mark is coming over tonight for "scary movie night." Hopefully by the time we get to the video store there will still be something good left to choose from. I wish I could do the scary movie night thing on Halloween night, might make it a little spookier but of course seeing as Halloween falls on a Monday this year I have to work the next day so probably not the best idea in the world to stay up late or all night watching movies and then go to work dead tired. Oh yes and how can we forget daylight savings time tonight, Fall back oh yipee I just can't wait to have it get dark before 5 in the evening. I HATE this part of Fall. That and the fact that fall means winter is coming and I DETEST snow. The only snow I want it Christmas eve and Christmas day and then on the 26th it can all melt away and we can go back to 60 and 70 degree weather for the rest of the year. So where can I go to live this dream weather climate the I want? Anyone have any ideas? Have truck will travel, LOL. Well I'm off to finish laundry and take a quick shower and then head for the video store. I'll let you know what movies we ended up with and how they were. BOOOOO!!!

Friend's Birthday

2005-10-25T11:16:00.000-05:00

Happy Birthday to my bestest friend Mark!!! Hope you have a really great day! Check out his blog if you get a chance and wish him a happy birthday! http://reallyabsolutelypointless.blogspot.com/

ZIPPER

2005-10-21T22:59:00.000-05:00

These are pictures of Zipper my best friend's cat mentioned in my Labor Day post and possibly other posts. Some asked to see her so here she is. Isn't she cute?

Let's see if this works

2005-10-20T23:50:00.000-05:00

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Cool Moon Pic

2005-10-16T01:26:00.000-05:00

Moon above the horizon over Beaver Dam Lake around sunset, taken on Friday night fishing trip! Isn't it pretty?

Fish Wrist

2005-10-16T01:00:00.000-05:00

The painting my friend did for me for my birthday!

Updated 11/8/05 with a better picture that shows the colors more realistically without the flash in the middle causing the "hamburger" affect. :D, now it's just a little fuzzy....I'll keep trying!

Fishing and stuff

2005-10-15T23:48:00.000-05:00

Well Friday night a friend and I went fishing as was planned earlier in the week. He caught one fish I caught nothing. Had a few nibbles but nothing that even put up a little fight. The weather was a little chilly the darker it got the colder it got. We only stayed a few hours. Had a nice conversation and the moon was really pretty. I took my digital camera and got a pretty cool pic of the moon over the horizon before the sun went down. I think I remember how to posts pics. I'll add it after I get done writing this post. We had a bunch of minnows and night crawlers left so decided we would save them and go out fishing again on Saturday. Well the minnows didn't make it overnight and my friend forgot the night crawlers in his refridgerator so we bought new bait. When we got out to the fishing spot we have been going to for a while there were already three sets of people out there fishing. In the past there have only been one or two people there the whole time we were there so we were a little surprised to see that many people. I thought cool the fish must really be biting tonight. WRONG!!!! Again my friend only caught one fish and I caught nothing. It was colder out tonight too. I took an extra shirt and jacket so I was more prepared. Again we still had fun and a nice conversation.

Other than that this morning I did a load of laundry then left it in the dryer half dry so I thought I might have to rewash them when I got home tonight but they actually were only a bit damp and still smelled like fabric softner. Before we went out fishing I spent the afternoon at my mom's placing making hot dishes to stock up our freezers. My sister came over too to help. It was a nice afternoon but by the early evening when I decided to leave I think we had had enough of each other. Just enough time together before we started getting on each other's nerves. Now my freezer is stocked up for a while and I won't have to cook a real meal for weeks. YEAH!!!

The friend I went fishing with also likes to paint and made me a painting for my birthday which he gave me tonight. It's really cool. I'll post a pic of that too so you can see it. Hope he doesn't mind that I post it here? Well I guess he'll let me know if he doesn't and I can take it off then. Tah Tah for now!

Slacker

2005-10-13T23:25:00.000-05:00

Okay it's been a month since I posted anything I thought I better at least write something. For those of you that check on me on a daily basis and see no changes I'm guessing yer about ready to give up on me. Well I'm back for now and hopefully will remember to do some updates now and then to keep you interested. If of course there is anyone still interested LOL. Geez I think I'm already babbling and I just started this post. Well I predicted when I started this blog that I wouldn't stick to it and I was right. Okay now I am recommitting myself with a little less pressure. I am going to try to blog three days per week minimum. I really haven't had anything exciting to write about.

I got my evaluation at work and it was GREAT! My boss thinks very highly of me and I appreciate him putting it in writing. He does not give compliments very often so anything I can get I treasure. If he compliments me in an email I make sure to save it so I can go back and look at it on those days I am feeling under appreciated.

Things at work are getting better. We are back up to full staff in the dispatch center so I can finally catch up on my own work. I am still helping out with some of the extra tasks but mainly due to lack of time to train someone else how to do them. Our newest hire is working out very well. He was a quick learner and doing well on his own. He is a very good compliment to the dispatch team we now have. Everyone actually gets along which is a miracle compared to the staff we formerly had. I guess I won't go into great detail in case my coworkers are reading this.

My personal life is totally and completely boring. I am single and okay with it most of the time but do miss having a special someone in my life. I'm not actively looking for a relationship but would not mind if Mr. Right, Prince Charming, oh heck if Mr. I'm not so bad would knock on my door. I'm not into the whole bar scene, I've tried the online dating thing. Where do you meet a nice guy? The kind you can take home to mom? Okay now I'm just dreaming. More to come later on my love life or lack there of. Hope this post will spark a few to come back and enjoy my blog. I'm off to bed, working a short day tomorrow then going fishing with a friend. Tomorrow I'll blog on how the fishing trip went. I know, I know you can hardly wait.

Can't sleep

2005-09-13T04:32:00.000-05:00

It is 4:30 in the morning, it's still dark outside and I'm wide awake. Probably wouldn't be a big deal except that I have been wide awake since 2:30 a.m. I went to bed at midnight so I only got a little over two hours sleep. If I don't at least get a couple hour nap before work it's gonna be a LONG day. I tried watching some tv, reading and just laying in bed none have gotten me back to sleep. I decided to come here and write at least a short post since I haven't been keeping up on this site very well. Maybe writing will make me tired LOL. I know what will make me tired going to work with little sleep. I have actually been contemplating getting ready and going in early so I can be done early but I'm not sure I could make a whole day with this small amount of sleep. I think I am babbling a little bit so if I am please forgive me. It's lack of sleep. Anything that goes wrong today will be blamed on lack of sleep hehehehe. My boss is leaving around 1 today so I could probably get away with only working a part of a day too. I wonder if I could get away with not going in at all. Geez too many decisions to make. Well I think I'm gonna go read a few blogs and see if that will make me sleepy. I'll write more later and let you know how the lack of sleep turned out. Ta ta for now!

Catching up

2005-09-05T22:11:00.000-05:00

HAPPY LABOR DAY!!!

Well look at that it's the 5th of the month and this is the first time I've posted this month. Go figure I haven't kept up on my goal to blog daily. Oh well my life is pretty dull so there really hasn't been much worth writing about. Not sure what's to follow is worth writing about either but I'm gonna write it anyway. If I am boring you sorry but I guess you can stop reading at anytime. Most of the week at work went by pretty quickly. We were pretty busy which seems to make the time go faster. One of my dispatchers ended up being out of state for a family funeral for a week so I now have to work on Saturday, yeah. Since I had to work Saturday I decided to only work a 1/2 day Friday. This ended up working out well because some friends and I had planned on going out Friday night. I didn't have to be to work til 10 Saturday morning so it wasn't too bad. One of the friends I went out with also had to work Saturday morning but she had to be in at 5:45 a.m. UGH. Since she had to work so early she agreed to be the designated driver what a sweetie. We went out around 7 and stayed out til 12:30ish. We had a fun time. I stayed at a friends place because it was closer than home. I crashed on his couch. All was well until about 2 a.m. when his kitty....Zipper decided she wanted to sleep with me on the couch with her butt in my face, how lovely. We got situated in a way where her butt was not in my face nor was any fur and both got back to sleep relatively quickly, she's a really sweet cat. My alarm on my new cell phone went off at 8:30 UGH is it that time already. Got up about 10 minutes later, showered and headed off to work. Was pretty tired at work but not as tired as the designated driver friend. She ended up getting called in early so only got about 1 hour sleep. She looked pretty rough. We made it through our shift and she went home to take a nap. I worked a couple more hours on some projects I had been putting off and then brought work home with me. Got home around 5 Saturday evening and called mom. Talked to her about an hour and a half. Watched a little TV and then a movie, messed around on the computer and did some reading and painted a little picture to go in the awesome picture frame I got from a friend who made it. It's made from mirrored tiles and she sells them. The painting is just some colorful stripes to offset the cool frame. Went to bed around 3 a.m. and didn't get up til noon Sunday. Did some laundry and odds and ends around the apartment never even got dressed. Stayed up til almost 4 watching a Little House on the Prairie marathon on TV Land, I love that show. Was woke up this morning around 9 by my sister asking what time the Labor Day parade was here in town. It's been at 10 every since it started and she has been to it 22 times you'd think she'd remember but she didn't. I stayed up about an hour and then decided to go back to sleep for a bit. Got up again around noon. Watched a movie on lifetime then took a shower and went to the grocery store to pick up a few things. Came home and did a little house cleaning, just kinda general picking up, nothing major. Then worked on office work, did some reading and came on the computer. Again watched some more of Little House on the Prairie. Finished up the office work and made some supper. Other than that haven't done anything. Ohe yeah I messed around with my new cell phone. It's an audiovox 8910 camera phone. Has a lot more features than I'll ever need but was only 10 dollars more than a basic model so I splurged on me. Well I think I've bored everyone more than enough for one day. Bye bye for now!

Computer Training

2005-08-30T22:25:00.000-05:00

Spent the entire day in computer training for work. It was in Appleton so I had to leave the house by 7 to make it there on time. I am usually just getting up around then so it was a short night for me. Then I had an hour and a half drive in front of me woohoo. The drive wasn't too bad but there was a lot of traffic. The morning session didn't go too bad. I learned a lot and the time went pretty quickly. We got done a little earlier than expected so we had a little over an hour for lunch. It was a gorgeous day out and I had a couple phone calls to make so I went thru the drive through at McD's and got some chicken nuggets, made my phone calls then sat outside and read while eating my lunch and enjoyed the beautiful weather. Too bad I can't do that at work really is a nice break in the day. The afternoon session was really really boring and drug on forever. I couldn't wait to get out of there. Luckily we got out before rush hour so traffic wasn't too bad on the way home. I got home and vegged the rest of the evening. Now I'm heading off to bed. Back to work tomorrow and after being gone a day I'll have a desk full of stuff waiting. Can't wait NOT!

Feeling better

2005-08-25T08:24:00.000-05:00

Feeling a bit better today and going back to work. Not 100% yet but I know if I don't get back to work it will take me forever to catch up. Hopefully it won't be too stressful so I can take it easy and recoop a bit. Laterz all.

Not a whole lot new

2005-08-24T21:56:00.000-05:00

Well as you can see I haven't posted in a while. Just nothing really exciting going on in my life to write about. Actually it's probably more because I'm lazy and didn't feel like taking the few minutes to write. I have the flu or something today so I have been home all day. I woke up about 3 this morning with fever and chills and headache and icky stuff coming out of me. I'll leave it at that because I'm sure no one really wants to hear the details. I was supposed to go to Appleton today for some computer training for work but figured I'd spend most of my time in the bathroom so it was probably a better idea to stay home and not infect anyone with whatever bug has infested me. I slept a good share of the day off and on between trips to the potty. It was a little difficult to sleep with the construction going on outside my window. They tore out the highway in front of my apt building in March and are now finally doing some blacktopping so its nice to see some progress but today I really didn't want to hear the beep beep beep and loud trucks and such. And do you know what the smell of fresh black top does for an already naseauated stomach? ICK!!! I did manage to get some much needed sleep though and am feeling quite a bit better tonight. I will probably go back to work tomorrow. I have too much stuff to get done to miss another day anyway. We are in the middle of employee evaluations and the budget. NUMBERS AHHHHH! Well I suppose I should get some more rest. I think I'll go watch the news and then head for bed and hope I feel even better in the morning. Night all!

BIRTHDAY

2005-08-15T07:46:00.000-05:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MMEEEE, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME. Some days I feel really old, some days I feel like a teenager. I guess that's life and I'm glad to be alive. Not sure I am where I wanted to be by age 32 but I'm doing okay for myself so I can't complain too loud. I know if I worked harder I could have more of what I want so I really have no one to blame but myself. I took the day off work today to just relax and enjoy. I'll let ya know later how it was.

Interviews completed

2005-08-11T23:56:00.000-05:00

Well it was a VERY long day but definately productive. My day started at 7 a.m. when I woke and showered and got ready for work. Stopped at the store on the way in and picked up donuts and juice and bagels for breakfast for everyone on the interview panel as I knew it was going to be a long day. Got to work around 8:30 and got all the paperwork ready we needed. Our first interview was at 9 so we enjoyed a quick breakfast while we chatted and woke up. The first interview went very well and all the mornings candidates were great. We knew we were going to have a tough decision to make. We have a little over and hour break for lunch. Caught up on some emails and such during our lunch break. Then it was 4 more interviews before another break. Those were hit or miss. We have another break for supper and ordered chinese and chatted during dinner. Two more interviews to go before our night ended. Both went okay. Now the big debate. Do we chose someone tonight or take a break and come back fresh. We went around and all had the top person for full time in our mind and all agreed so that was an easy decision. Now came the part time spot and a couple people were really good there so we couldn't decided. We debated for a little bit but decided to 2nd interviews with the top two part time candidates. So finally one step closer to full staff. YEAH!

Interviews start today

2005-08-10T22:26:00.000-05:00

First off HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUNT CAROL!!! HOPE IT'S A GREAT ONE! Today we started the interview process for hiring a new full time and a part time dispatcher. We did 4 interviews tonight and have 9 to do tomorrow. We have some pretty good candidates so far and hope it continues that way tomorrow. It will be SO nice to finally be back up to full staff. Don't have much time to write tonight have to be back by 8 in the morning and we probably won't be done til after 9 p.m. so have to get some extra sleep for a really long day. Everyone have a great night and I'll let you know how the interviews turn out soon!

Back to work

2005-08-09T21:23:00.000-05:00

Today I got to go back to work after my "mini vacation" a three day weekend. Isn't that sad that three days in a row off is a vacation for me. Well of course there was a pile of work waiting for me when I returned. Gosh it's so nice to be missed. Nothing earthshattering and with lots of things to get done it made the day go by pretty quickly woohoo. Less than a week til my birthday so looking forward to getting older NOT. I'm sure as the day gets closer I'll whine more about my age. Laterz.

Painting continued

2005-08-08T22:02:00.000-05:00

Well I didn't feel the greatest when I got up this morning, KILLER cramps, geez I love being a woman. So I was glad I had a friend to help with the painting today because I wasn't feeling much like doing anything. We got to mom's around 11:30 and had some lunch then started painting. I did a little painting then sat for a while. Did a little more painting then some more sitting. I really just wanted to curl up in a ball on the couch or my bed but that didn't happen. As the day progressed I did more sitting than painting but they knew I wasn't feeling good so didn't say much. It was very hot and with 5 people in a small kitchen the breaks for everyone became more numerous. Before we packed up for the day everything had a second coat and the trim was pretty much done. The ceiling is still left and a little trim here and there. Mom's kitchen is still a wreck because she doesn't want to put anything away until its complete. So I think one more day and it should be done. Hopefully my sister will help out with finishing because she has not yet contributed to the process. Well I'm tired and heading for bed, back to work tomorrow woohoo. HA HA.

Painting

2005-08-07T23:16:00.000-05:00

Today I spent the better share of my day at my mom's house helping her paint her kitchen. We painted it chinese latern(orange sherbet in my view) and candlewax(cream). Nice color combo hey? It's not too bad it really brightens up the kitchen. We are putting it over top of a bright/light blue color so it's definately going to need a second coat. Helping were my brother and his girlfriend. My brother held interest in painting for about a 1/2 hour and then he was bored. He then went out and mowed the lawn which was fine since it needed to be done and he wasn't much help in the kitchen. We worked on it about 3 1/2 hours and got a good base coat on everything. My brother and his girlfriend then had to leave because my brother needed to take a nap because he works 3rd shift. Mom and I decided we should clean out all the orange sherbet brushes and pans and stuff and then start the cream color so the whole kitchen had a base coat and we could just tackle the 2nd coat tomorrow and still have time to put the kitchen back together and have a little bit of time to do nothing on our off day from work. So we get out the cream color and start working on the trim and can hardly tell where we painted it was really really close to the already white trim and at this point we were starting to run out of natural light so after doing about a 1/2 hour of painting we stopped and decided to wait until tomorrow. I think it will go faster tomorrow because the base coat is there. I have a friend coming to help also so we'll see how it goes. Mom loves the color which is all that really matters since its just her and Webster (the cat from hell) that live there and I don't think he's going to have a lot of say. I'll let ya know tomorrow how it all turned out and if I remember I'll take my digital cam and get a few pics of the lovely new color. :D

99 Facts about me

2005-08-05T23:51:00.000-05:00

I stole this idea from someone else's blog, so it's not original but I thought it was cool so I copied it. I did ask permission to use the idea so I guess it's not really stealing :D

1. I have lived in the same small town (village) my entire life.

2. I am the oldest of 3 children.

3. I'm not too fond of snakes.

4. I collect barbie dolls.

5. I have worked in the law enforcement world for 1/3 of my life. WOW!

6. I know a lot of cops.....lol.

7. My longest relationship was 2 1/2 years.

8. I have been engaged.

9. I have an associate degree.

10. I love to stargaze.

11. I enjoy walking in the rain.

12. I am a reality show junkie.

13. I recently got hooked on MTV and VH1 strange shows.

14. My favorites colors are black and purple.

15. I hope to travel to Austrailla someday.

16. Going to Door County for the first time last year was a fun experience.

17. I consider my mom one of my best friends.

18. From the age of 14 to about 20 my mom and I didn't get along very well.

19. I didn't leave home until I was 21.

20. I am attempting to learn to play the guitar.

21. I own a keyboard and want to learn to play that too sometime.

22. My lucky number is 13.

23. I HATE washing dishes and dusting.

24. I am a Leo.

25. I have low self esteem.

26. I hate my body.

27. I love my long hair but get frustrated taking care of it at times.

28. Italian and Mexican food are my favorties.

29. Ice cream is my biggest weakness.

30. I would like to be a guy for a day just to see what its like.

31. I have more male friends than female friends.

32. I have stayed in touch with several of my ex-b/fs.

33. I didn't learn to ride a two wheel bike until I was 8.

34. I was "high" on valium when I learned to ride a two wheel bike.

35. At least 3 ex-boyfriends are now married, 2 to the females they left me for.

36. If I marry it will only be once.

37. My yellow escape is the first new vehicle I have owned.

38. I love the smell of coffee but can't stand the taste.

39. I know some Spanish and French but not fluent in either.

40. Christmas is my favorite holiday.......I love giving.

41. Some days I feel really old.

42. I wish I could do high school over again.

43. I have an associate degree.

44. I'm not into fashion.

45. I wear what is comfortable and clean.

46. Year round 70 degree weather would be my preference.

47. I like snow for Christmas and to play in.

48. I hate driving in snowy, icy weather.

49. I enjoy miniature golfing.

50. Board games are cool.

51. I am a Qbert master on Super Nintendo hehehe.

52. I have awesome friends.

53. My family is extremely important to me.

54. I was a cheerleader in junior high.

55. My bathroom has a fish theme.

56. My first apartment was a cracker box with a bathroom lol.

57. I'm just over 1/2 done and running out of ideas.

58. I HATE the heat and humidity.

59. I used to collect beanie baby dogs.

60. I get happy meals on a regular basis for the toys.

61. I am a notary public.

62. I got my first checking account when I was 12.

63. I got my first savings account when I was born.

64. My birthday is in August.

65. Gardenia is one of my favorite scents.

66. I have candles all over my apt.

67. I am slightly afraid of heights.

68. I have a super nintendo still hooked up to my tv and play it on occasion too.

69. This is a pretty good number ;D.

70. I had paper routes in junior high and into high school.

71. I did a lot of babysitting.

72. I worked at a daycare center.

73. The kids I used to babysit are now getting married aahhhh.

74. I own a yellow SUV.

75. My favorite flower is pink roeses.

76. I enjoy crafting of all kinds.

77. I like flea markets.

78. I want a dog or two kittens.

79. I have had several hamsters.

80. My cat ran away after senior pictures with him.

81. I think I want to skydive someday.

82. I want to get a tattoo.

83. Strange piercings gross me out.

84. I am very open minded.

85. A good share of my wardrobe is black.

86. I hope to get my bachelor's degree in the next few years.

87. I enjoy art.

88. I have never lived with a guy other than my brother.

89. I would like to adopt some day.

90. I almost died in surgery at 19.

91. I only have one living grandparent.

92. I am the godmother to a 17 year old.

93. In junior high I collected stickers.

94. I collected "piggy" banks and have over 300.

95. I have been to chat parties in the past.

96. I have met a lot of people first online then in person.

97. At work I'm pretty organized.

98. At home I'm a mess.

99. I believe in God.

Okay it only took me a week to come up with 99. I did it in several sections so if I repeated myself SORRY!!! Hope you enjoy and learn something new about me.

Payday

2005-08-05T23:19:00.000-05:00

It's Friday, it's payday. That should really make me happier but unfortunately after I pay my rent, truck payment, phone bill, gas up the truck and pick up a few groceries I'll be pretty much broke again. Two weeks to earn it and about 20 minutes to spend, what a racket. If they didn't take so damn many deductions I would have so much more to spend that would be nice, maybe then I'd have the money for the down payment on the house I really really want. Paying rent every month seems like such a waste. Sure it keeps a roof over my head and place to store my crap but in the end I really have nothing to show for it. There are a few pluses to apartment living. There is the fact that I don't have to take care of the lawn, or shovel the sidewalk and if something breaks I just call the landlord and in a relatively short period of time it gets fixed. But then there are the downfalls of loud, weird or just rude neighbors in the same building that sometimes you just can't get a away from. I think I would give up the "luxuries" of apartment living in a second to have my own house if I could afford it. Have you priced real estate lately? You can hardly touch anything these days for less than 100 thousand dollars OUCH! I guess I'll just keep working and putting money away when I can and wait a couple more years to buy a house. Of course by then it will cost more. Geez hardly pays to work. That would be an instant cure for my workaholism LOL. Well I took a vacation day on Monday that will give me a three day weekend to consider quitting my job :D

My dad

2005-08-04T22:04:00.000-05:00

For some reason today I was thinking a LOT about my dad. Dad has been gone for 3 years and almost 4 months and not a day goes by that I don't think about him, but today I just couldn't stop thinking about him. I think what started the thoughts was a show that I had watched the night before. In the show I don't even remember what it was, there was a girl whose father had also died and she talked about only remembering his voice. I thought for a moment and wasn't sure I could remember my dad's voice and started to cry. I got out pictures and notes and concentrated really really hard trying to hear his voice. I still don't think I remember it. I'm hoping I can find a cassette tape I remember my mom and I coming across shortly after dad passed. I played Luther Vandros's song "Dance with my Father" over and over. This got me to thinking about the day I get married. I have changed my thoughts on marriage over the years. When I was in high school I said to myself I'm an independant woman and I don't want to ever get married. As I got older and had more boyfriends and friends who started getting married and having families I now know that someday I want to be married and have or adopt children. But the thoughts I had about my wedding made me wonder who will walk me down the isle? I always thought in my dream wedding my daddy would be by side on my special day. I now won't have that opportunity and it makes me sad to think about. I thought it might be okay to have my mom walk me down the isle but I'm not sure about that or how she would feel about it. I also thought about my brother again not sure how he would feel. I don't really have a "father figure" in my life because I feel there is no one that could ever take the place of my dad. I miss him SO Much. I know he's looking down on me right now as I am writing this and saying knock it off Erika Lynn, don't be sad, I'll be there on your wedding day looking down on you and smiling and sending an extra blessing. He is also saying there is no one that will ever be good enough for my little girl but I hope you find someone who makes you happy. I'm having trouble typing through the tears but I feel a lot better getting this out. This blog thing is like therapy. Thanks to all for listening. I am sure this is not the last you will hear about my dad. Miss you and love you daddy HUGS.

Hump Day! woohooo

2005-08-03T22:50:00.000-05:00

First I have to say Happy Birthday ArzOOn! Hope your 25th is the best yet!!! Party Hardy!!!
It's Wednesday, the middle of the week so of course I was at work all day. The day started out pretty good, things were busy and the time seemed to go pretty quickly. Around 2 p.m. I had to fill in for dispatch so I thought the rest of my shift would fly by..........I was wrong. The first couple hours dispatching weren't too bad but around 4 p.m. I hit a wall. I felt like I hadn't slept for days for some reason so the last two hours of my shift dragged on and on and on I thought the next shift would never get there but low and behold she did. I was never so happy to see the new shift. I usually feel that way if it was a really busy shift and I felt overwhelmed but today I'm not sure what it was. By the time I got home of course I was no longer tired. I will probably go to bed shortly and be wide awake. My body I guess doesn't know how to adjust to the crazy hours I've been working lately. We are currently down 2 full time dispatchers and have one that was medical leave that just came back 1/2 time so things have gotten a little better but not full staff yet. I am the dispatch supervisor so when no one else is available to work I have to be the one to fill in. The other full time people are also working long and crazy hours and we are all getting burned out. Oh and on top of being dispatch supervisor I am also the administrative assistant to the the police chief. So when I am filling in in dispatch I get farther and farther behind on my other work. I am also covering the extra tasks of the two dispatchers we are down. Wow I think I just made myself tired typing that all out. So needless to say my workholic ways are in full gear right now but not really by choice. Thankfully we are in the process of hiring a new dispatcher but of course that process provides more work. I will be glad when all is said and done and we are back up to full staff. I could really use a vacation!!! Calgon take me away. Well tomorrow I have the whole day to commit to my own job so hopefully I will get closer to caught up. Okay enough about work for today.

2005-08-02T22:35:00.000-05:00

Today was just another day. Nothing exciting, interesting or out of the ordinary. Not really feeling much like writing. I am hot and tired and think I am just going to go to bed early. I will not bore you with idle chit chat. Night night, sleep well and tomorrow is another day!

New Month, ordinary Monday

2005-08-01T22:30:00.000-05:00

It was pretty much a typical Monday. Things were busy in the morning, boss was running around from task to task getting farther and farther behind and throwing things my way all day. After lunch things slowed down a bit and by 3 I was ready for a nap. Only worked a 1/2 hour more than my normal schedule today so not too bad. It's freakin hot and I'm really sick of this weather. It can go back to a normal summer tempurature and stay there for a bit anytime now. Well I think I'm gonna go watch a little TV and head for bed I'm kinda in a pissy mood. If the person who put me in that mood reads this he will hopefully get the hint that I don't like what he did. I shouldn't have to tell him but I probably will cuz he will think it's no big deal. I may talk about this situation that pissed me off more later. Night night!

Sunday

2005-07-31T23:20:00.000-05:00

Well it's day 3 of my blog and like 11:30 p.m. and I almost forgot to post today. I knew I was gonna have trouble keeping this going but I'm commited. Gotta be commited to something other than my job. Today was pretty much uneventful most of the day. Did a load of laundry that I didn't get done yesterday, vacuumed and watched some tv, took a short nap. Then got up and showered and went to the gas station to gas up my truck as I never made it that far yesterday. After that I went to pick up my bestest friend who has now become a friend of the whole family, stopped off at WalMart to do some quick shopping and then we headed to my mom's place. We had a small get together for my brother's birthday which was actually on Thursday but everyone had to work so we decided to get together today. Mom had to work until 7:30 so didn't want to cook so we got Dominos pizza and mom picked up a birthday cake on her way home. We had a nice relaxing dinner with good conversation and cake for dessert. My sister left first around 9 and then my brother and his girlfriend left shortly after that. My friend and I stayed and visited with my mom for a while after that and played with her "devil" kitty. His name is Webster and he can be a sweetie but sometimes I think he is possessed. He still has all his claws and knows how to use them. At times you can just bend down to pet him and he will attack your leg or lick your hand and then bite it. After that I drove my friend home, came back to my apartment, put on my jammies and now I am here writing this to stay true to my word that I'm gonna write here daily. Tomorrow is back to work and I have to admit the workaholic in me is in full force as I have already been thinking about all the things I have to get done tomorrow at work and realize there is not enough time in the day. UGH! Trying to shed my workaholic ways is going to be tough. If anyone has any tips please throw them my way. Well I think I'm going to go check my email and then head for bed. Hope everyone had a great weekend. I just read a few post on the Wisconsin Unlimited website and it sounds like the chatters camping weekend at Rob and Ice's was a big sucess. Maybe next year I'll consider going. Although its been years since I've been in the chat room wonder if anyone will even remember me. Have a great night and talk to you tomorrow.....hopefully :D

Typical Saturday

2005-07-30T10:42:00.000-05:00

Well it's before 11 and I'm out of bed. That's not really typical for me. I usually stay up on Fridays to the wee hours of Saturday morning and then get up around noon. The reason I am up is cuz at about 10:15 my sister called. I haven't talked to her in weeks so I figured she just wanted something which is pretty much the only reason she ever calls anymore. She was actually just asking whether or not we are getting together tomorrow for our brother's birthday. His birthday was actually on Thursday but we normally wait until the closest weekend to the birthday to get together. I told her as far as I know we are getting together after mom gets done with work around 7:30 tomorrow night but no one has really made a solid plan so I'd call her later. Now its up to me to call mom and see what she has in mind and then call my brother and see what he has in mind and try to coordinate everyone's schedule. Man I just love being the oldest (more responsible) child. LOL! So after I get that figured out I can start my typical Saturday. This consists of doing laundry, picking up the apartment in general, washing dishes, taking out the garbage, maybe dusting....I am not big on dusting so it doesn't happen every Saturday. Heck it doesn't even happen monthly sometimes. I know, I know ewwww, but since I live alone I am the only one to have to deal with it on a regular basis. I then usually go to the grocery store to pick up a few things, gas up the truck and maybe wash the truck too, go to the post office and/or bank or any other errands that need to be run. Although right now with all the road construction I haven't even bothered washing my truck in months. I'll tell you about the road construction nightmare I'm living in, in another post. So after all the chores are done if I don't have anything planned with friends or family I will either watch a movie, read a good book, maybe do some painting (I started a paint by number about a month ago), or mess around with my new guitar that I am trying to learn to play. So in a nutshell that is a typical Saturday for me. Woohoo how fun!!! Well I'm off to start laundry and then make phone calls.
Laterz...............

A Door County Sunset

2005-07-30T00:28:00.000-05:00

Memories

2005-07-29T23:39:00.000-05:00

Since I talked about writing poetry I thought I would post one of my poems. The following is the first one that I had published I believe. I have had two published. The other is a memorial poem I wrote one year after my dad died. I will probably share that one later when I decide to talk about him. Hope you enjoy!

Memories

Now and forevera place unseen
by all around you
what can it all mean
Memories are special
each have their own
never to be forgotten
if that's what is chose
some are good
some are bad
some are of love
love that was lost
but still a big part
of everyday life
deep down in your heart
some will be altered
some will always stay
some will be a part of you
each and every day
memories can hurt
or bring lots of joy
memories are mysterious
each person's unique
they can be shared
or held close and deep
kept for yourself and the special person
who made it a memory with you
lost, held, forgotten, altered or otherwise
memories are there

My First Post

2005-07-29T22:15:00.000-05:00

Well I've seen quite a few blogs and have been thinking about starting this for some time. I was bored on this Friday night while reading a friend's blog and decided now is as good a time as any to start. So here goes nothing.

I like to babble on the phone and I think at times some of my friends get sick of listening so I thought this might be a good place to babble or at least get my thoughts out. I enjoy writing, usually poetry but I haven't even done that for a while. I am going to try and write here daily but I am guessing that I will come up with excuses to not keep up on it. But again I am going to try.

I put in a lot of hours at work and pretty much lead a boring life so my blog may end up being boring who knows. I guess only time will tell.

Okay I have already run out of ideas to write about at the moment so I am going to post this and then see what it looks like and decide who to send my blog address to. I will also have to remember to not say anything bad about any of those people since they will be able to read my babblings at any time now.

Hmmmmm now do I want to share this with anyone? Thinking, thinking, thinking? Oh what the heck what do I really have to hide? Well it should be interesting so if you get bored with me I guess oh well you have the right to stop reading and click me off at anytime.

Here's to a new adventure let me know if you read this so I know what kind of audience I'm writing for LOL.

Laterz all!!!! Have a great weekend or at least night, hopefully I'll have something to write about tomorrow!