Tired of not feeling well (been hurting for a couple days now), tired of my husband being gone and tired of politics.
I didn't feel well for a week. Which wasn't good for more than one reason. It interfered with some things. I finally started feeling better on Thursday and since it was going to rain on Friday, I got groceries that day (Thursday). While at Target, I found some cute boots. They were cheap, of course, so I don't expect them to last very long. But I have a hard time finding boots I like with heels that aren't too high. Hopefully I can find some better quality boots soon.
The kids don't have school today. Teacher work day. Kelly and I are going to go shopping. She needs boots for school and dresses for church. The two dresses that fit her best are getting too short for her. Sean will be with Mom. He hates shopping and lets me know it often. :-\
I also have a parent-teacher conference with Sean's teacher at 3:00. Hopefully I won't forget.
Charlie is still in Texas. It's five weeks tomorrow since he left. He's hoping he can be home by the weekend. I told him that he should remind his boss that election day is next week. It wouldn't be right for his boss to keep him and his co-workers from voting. It's bad enough he's kept him from his family for over a month.
Speaking of the election, just a week more to go before it's over. Lord, I can't wait. I'll be glad when all the political ads and attacks are done for the most part. No matter who wins, I'm ready for it to be over.
I'm currently reading The Bourne Identity. Well, trying to. I've been a little more tired than usual lately and that makes it hard to make it through a chapter.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Saturday, October 25, 2008
I've Been Tagged
I've been tagged by my friend Amber (blog link in the left margin) and am finally responding.
Eight T.V. Shows I Love to Watch:
House
Lost
The Closer
Heroes
What Not to Wear
Bones
Life
CSI: Miami
Eight Things That Happened Yesterday:
Woke up.
Got the kids up.
Brought the kids to school.
Took the dog out a few times.
Fed the animals a couple times.
Took a nap.
Watched TV.
Cooked supper.
Eight Favorite Places to Eat:
Home
Olive Garden
Monterrey's
Bianca's
Pizzeria L'Italiano
Mario's
P.J.'s in Southport
Ship's Chandler in Southport
Eight Things I Am Looking Forward To:
Our house selling.
Buying a new (to us) house.
Taking the kids to Biltmore.
Spring. (I'm dreading winter.)
My husband coming home from Texas. He's been gone almost 5 weeks now.
The new Tomb Raider game coming out in November.
Fixing up a library in our new house.
Summer vacation.
Eight Things on My Wish List:
Many books.
A blue Mini-Cooper.
A bigger house.
New living room furniture.
New dining room furniture.
I can't think of anything else.
Eight T.V. Shows I Love to Watch:
House
Lost
The Closer
Heroes
What Not to Wear
Bones
Life
CSI: Miami
Eight Things That Happened Yesterday:
Woke up.
Got the kids up.
Brought the kids to school.
Took the dog out a few times.
Fed the animals a couple times.
Took a nap.
Watched TV.
Cooked supper.
Eight Favorite Places to Eat:
Home
Olive Garden
Monterrey's
Bianca's
Pizzeria L'Italiano
Mario's
P.J.'s in Southport
Ship's Chandler in Southport
Eight Things I Am Looking Forward To:
Our house selling.
Buying a new (to us) house.
Taking the kids to Biltmore.
Spring. (I'm dreading winter.)
My husband coming home from Texas. He's been gone almost 5 weeks now.
The new Tomb Raider game coming out in November.
Fixing up a library in our new house.
Summer vacation.
Eight Things on My Wish List:
Many books.
A blue Mini-Cooper.
A bigger house.
New living room furniture.
New dining room furniture.
I can't think of anything else.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Favorite Quotes
"Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself." -- Rabbi Abraham Heschel
“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.” -- Marcus Aurelius
“To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.”
“We have no right to ask when a sorrow comes, 'Why did this happen to me?' unless we ask the same question for every joy that comes our way.”
“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”
“You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.” -- James D. Miles
“Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.” -- Dale Carnegie
“You can’t talk your way out of what you’ve behaved yourself into.” -- Stephen R. Covey
“The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, 'I was wrong'.” -- Sydney J. Harris
“Harming others, even enemies who harmed you unprovoked, assures incessant sorrow. The supreme principle is this: never knowingly harm any one at any time in any way.”
“Maturity is: The ability to stick with a job until it's finished; The ability to do a job without being supervised; The ability to carry money without spending it; and The ability to bear an injustice without wanting to get even.” -- Abigail Van Buren
“To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” -- Henri Bergson
“Maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had, and what you've learned from them, and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.”
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” -- C.S. Lewis
"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." -- Edgar Allan Poe
"Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives." -- William Dement
"No person has the right to rain on your dreams." -- Martin Luther King
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -- Mark Twain
"If you can dream it, you can do it." -- Walt Disney
"All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers." -- Orison Swett Marde
“By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.” -- Anne Morrow Lindbergh
"If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?" -- Milton Berle
"You start out happy that you have no hips or boobs. All of a sudden you get them, and it feels sloppy. Then just when you start liking them, they start drooping." -- Cindy Crawford
"They may talk of a comet, or a burning mountain, or some such bagatelle; but to me a modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation." -- Oliver Goldsmith
"There's no excuse not to dream."
"When women are depressed, they eat or go shopping. Men invade another country. It's a whole different way of thinking.” -- Elaine Boosler
“I always say shopping is cheaper than a psychiatrist.” -- Tammy Fay
"Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.” -- Coretta Scott King
“Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.” -- George Bernard Shaw
“Hatred paralyses life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.” -- Martin Luther King Jr.
“The price of hating other human beings is loving one's self less.” -- Eldridge Cleaver
“Love blinds us to faults, hatred to virtues.”
"I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him." -- Booker T. Washington
"Always remember others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself." -- Richard Milhouse Nixon
"Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat." -- Henry Emerson Fosdick
"Hatred is self-punishment." -- Hosea Ballou
“A model's just an imitation of the real thing.” -- Mae West
“A home without books is a body without soul.” -- Marcus Tullius Cicero
“A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. Whoever therefore claims to be zealous of truth, of happiness, of wisdom or knowledge, must become a lover of books.”
“What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is the collection of books.” -- Thomas Carlyle
“No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.” -- Confucius
“Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more.” -- Elizabeth Hardwick
“The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.” -- Rene Descartes
“Reading is to the mind what exercising is to the body.” -- Richard Steele, Sr.
Marriage Quotes
"We learned how to love each other by loving together good things wholly outside each other." -- Donald Hall
"Any fool can have a trophy wife. It takes a real man to have a trophy marriage." -- Diane Sollee
"What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with incompatibility." -- Leo Tolstoy
"The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother." -- Theodore Hesburgh
"A great marriage is not when the 'perfect couple' come together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences." -- Dave Meurer
"A first-rate marriage is like a first-rate hotel: expensive, but worth it." -- Mignon McLaughlin
"Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads which sew people together through the years." -- Simone Signoret
"The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly." -- Peter De Vries
"The conception of two people living together for twenty-five years without having a cross word suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep." -- Alan Patrick Herbert
"Marriage is our society's most pro-child institution. If you want kids to do well, then you want marriage to do well." -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage." -- Martin Luther King
"A happy wife equals a happy life."
"It takes a loose rein to keep a marriage tight." -- John Stevenson
"Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without." -- Lord Byron
"The secret to having a good marriage is to understand that marriage must be total, it must be permanent and it must be equal." -- Frank Sinatra
"More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse." -- Doug Larson
"Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side." -- Zig Ziglar
"Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of the Lord." -- Proverbs
"A psychiatrist is a person who will give you expensive answers that your wife will give you for free."
“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.” -- Marcus Aurelius
“To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.”
“We have no right to ask when a sorrow comes, 'Why did this happen to me?' unless we ask the same question for every joy that comes our way.”
“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”
“You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.” -- James D. Miles
“Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.” -- Dale Carnegie
“You can’t talk your way out of what you’ve behaved yourself into.” -- Stephen R. Covey
“The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, 'I was wrong'.” -- Sydney J. Harris
“Harming others, even enemies who harmed you unprovoked, assures incessant sorrow. The supreme principle is this: never knowingly harm any one at any time in any way.”
“Maturity is: The ability to stick with a job until it's finished; The ability to do a job without being supervised; The ability to carry money without spending it; and The ability to bear an injustice without wanting to get even.” -- Abigail Van Buren
“To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” -- Henri Bergson
“Maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had, and what you've learned from them, and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.”
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” -- C.S. Lewis
"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." -- Edgar Allan Poe
"Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives." -- William Dement
"No person has the right to rain on your dreams." -- Martin Luther King
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -- Mark Twain
"If you can dream it, you can do it." -- Walt Disney
"All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers." -- Orison Swett Marde
“By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.” -- Anne Morrow Lindbergh
"If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?" -- Milton Berle
"You start out happy that you have no hips or boobs. All of a sudden you get them, and it feels sloppy. Then just when you start liking them, they start drooping." -- Cindy Crawford
"They may talk of a comet, or a burning mountain, or some such bagatelle; but to me a modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation." -- Oliver Goldsmith
"There's no excuse not to dream."
"When women are depressed, they eat or go shopping. Men invade another country. It's a whole different way of thinking.” -- Elaine Boosler
“I always say shopping is cheaper than a psychiatrist.” -- Tammy Fay
"Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.” -- Coretta Scott King
“Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.” -- George Bernard Shaw
“Hatred paralyses life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.” -- Martin Luther King Jr.
“The price of hating other human beings is loving one's self less.” -- Eldridge Cleaver
“Love blinds us to faults, hatred to virtues.”
"I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him." -- Booker T. Washington
"Always remember others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself." -- Richard Milhouse Nixon
"Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat." -- Henry Emerson Fosdick
"Hatred is self-punishment." -- Hosea Ballou
“A model's just an imitation of the real thing.” -- Mae West
“A home without books is a body without soul.” -- Marcus Tullius Cicero
“A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. Whoever therefore claims to be zealous of truth, of happiness, of wisdom or knowledge, must become a lover of books.”
“What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is the collection of books.” -- Thomas Carlyle
“No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.” -- Confucius
“Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more.” -- Elizabeth Hardwick
“The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.” -- Rene Descartes
“Reading is to the mind what exercising is to the body.” -- Richard Steele, Sr.
Marriage Quotes
"Being married is like having somebody permanently in your corner, it feels limitless, not limited." -- Gloria Steinem
"In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing." -- Mignon McLaughlin
"A good marriage is the union of two good forgivers." -- Ruth Bell Graham"We learned how to love each other by loving together good things wholly outside each other." -- Donald Hall
"Any fool can have a trophy wife. It takes a real man to have a trophy marriage." -- Diane Sollee
"What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with incompatibility." -- Leo Tolstoy
"The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother." -- Theodore Hesburgh
"A great marriage is not when the 'perfect couple' come together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences." -- Dave Meurer
"A first-rate marriage is like a first-rate hotel: expensive, but worth it." -- Mignon McLaughlin
"Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads which sew people together through the years." -- Simone Signoret
"The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly." -- Peter De Vries
"The conception of two people living together for twenty-five years without having a cross word suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep." -- Alan Patrick Herbert
"Marriage is our society's most pro-child institution. If you want kids to do well, then you want marriage to do well." -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage." -- Martin Luther King
"A happy wife equals a happy life."
"It takes a loose rein to keep a marriage tight." -- John Stevenson
"Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without." -- Lord Byron
"The secret to having a good marriage is to understand that marriage must be total, it must be permanent and it must be equal." -- Frank Sinatra
"More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse." -- Doug Larson
"Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side." -- Zig Ziglar
"Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of the Lord." -- Proverbs
"A psychiatrist is a person who will give you expensive answers that your wife will give you for free."
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Sean, Shopping, Book, DH
I haven't been feeling that great since Thursday, but have managed to get a little done around the house. Not that you could tell it now. :-\
I met with Sean's teacher after school yesterday. (Mom picked the kids up from school and they went with her to a big church conference.) We filled out the paperwork to get things started on testing Sean for ADHD. He (Sean's teacher) said it could take a little while.
After leaving the school about 25 minutes later, I went to Target for what grocery items I could get there, got gas ($3.13 a gallon unleaded) and then went to Macy's (which is across the street from the shopping center Target is in and from the gas station). I wanted to get a new gray sweater. Something more stylish and better fitting. (The one I have now is a little big on me and doesn't really have any shape to it. It's not very flattering.) I couldn't find a sweater I wanted, so I walked towards the shoes. (I needed a pair of comfortable black flats.) On my way to the shoes, I came to the coats. I browsed the coats and found a gray one I really liked. It's a nice wool coat that goes down about to my shins. It was on sale for $100 marked down from $200. I could use a new coat also, so I bought one. I then looked at the shoes and found a cute pair of black flats on sale.
From Macy's, I headed to Food Lion and got the rest of the groceries. I was pretty hungry since I hadn't eaten yet that day and picked up a few things that weren't on the list.
I was too hungry to cook anything, so I ate a bowl of the Target version of Lucky Charms for supper. It was pretty good, especially since I was practically starving. :-)
I watched my Friday shows - Life and What Not to Wear. I also watched House Hunters and House Hunters International. I tried to watch the new show, Crusoe, but I fell asleep less than an hour into the 2-hour premiere.
Mom brought Kelly home some time after 10:00. Sean is spending the night with Mom. They're having some kind of carnival where Mom works and she's supposed to bring the kids there. I might go watch a movie if I feel up to it. I'd like to see The Duchess. Kelly and I will probably go out for supper tonight.
I finished reading A Thousand Splendid Suns yesterday. Really great book. Moving and powerful and real. Full of turmoil with just a few bright spots. The ending was sweet and brought a lump to my throat. I haven't decided what book I'm going to read next. I was thinking maybe John Adams or The Bourne Identity. Or I might read an older classic. We'll see.
Charlie is still in Texas. It'll be a month this Tuesday since he left. He thinks he could be home by Wednesday. I'll be so glad when he gets home. Since he couldn't get home this week, we obviously didn't go to Asheville for the weekend. So now we're going to try to make it the coming weekend. I really hope we can.
I met with Sean's teacher after school yesterday. (Mom picked the kids up from school and they went with her to a big church conference.) We filled out the paperwork to get things started on testing Sean for ADHD. He (Sean's teacher) said it could take a little while.
After leaving the school about 25 minutes later, I went to Target for what grocery items I could get there, got gas ($3.13 a gallon unleaded) and then went to Macy's (which is across the street from the shopping center Target is in and from the gas station). I wanted to get a new gray sweater. Something more stylish and better fitting. (The one I have now is a little big on me and doesn't really have any shape to it. It's not very flattering.) I couldn't find a sweater I wanted, so I walked towards the shoes. (I needed a pair of comfortable black flats.) On my way to the shoes, I came to the coats. I browsed the coats and found a gray one I really liked. It's a nice wool coat that goes down about to my shins. It was on sale for $100 marked down from $200. I could use a new coat also, so I bought one. I then looked at the shoes and found a cute pair of black flats on sale.
From Macy's, I headed to Food Lion and got the rest of the groceries. I was pretty hungry since I hadn't eaten yet that day and picked up a few things that weren't on the list.
I was too hungry to cook anything, so I ate a bowl of the Target version of Lucky Charms for supper. It was pretty good, especially since I was practically starving. :-)
I watched my Friday shows - Life and What Not to Wear. I also watched House Hunters and House Hunters International. I tried to watch the new show, Crusoe, but I fell asleep less than an hour into the 2-hour premiere.
Mom brought Kelly home some time after 10:00. Sean is spending the night with Mom. They're having some kind of carnival where Mom works and she's supposed to bring the kids there. I might go watch a movie if I feel up to it. I'd like to see The Duchess. Kelly and I will probably go out for supper tonight.
I finished reading A Thousand Splendid Suns yesterday. Really great book. Moving and powerful and real. Full of turmoil with just a few bright spots. The ending was sweet and brought a lump to my throat. I haven't decided what book I'm going to read next. I was thinking maybe John Adams or The Bourne Identity. Or I might read an older classic. We'll see.
Charlie is still in Texas. It'll be a month this Tuesday since he left. He thinks he could be home by Wednesday. I'll be so glad when he gets home. Since he couldn't get home this week, we obviously didn't go to Asheville for the weekend. So now we're going to try to make it the coming weekend. I really hope we can.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Visit NC
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Our weekend and Yesterday
It's been a kind of dull past few days, with a few nice moments thrown in.
The kids and I went to Olive Garden for an early supper Friday before getting groceries and then going to Best Buy and buying Batman Begins on BlueRay. I also bought Sean a few long-sleeved shirts at Old Navy and Dillard's and a pair of khaki pants at Old Navy. I bought Kelly a cute, red, short-sleeved sweater dress at Target (along with black tights and a black tank to wear under it - it's kind of low cut) and a gray dress with a gray and green plaid skirt at Belk. She wore it to school yesterday. It looks really good on her. :-)
Mom picked up Sean Saturday afternoon. Later that evening, around 7:30, Kelly and I went to Monterrey's for supper. While we were there, Kelly drew a picture of one of her dolls that she had brought into the restaurant with her. Our waiter looked at it over her shoulder and told her it was very good. We've been going to Monterrey's for, gosh, about 13 years now. Maybe longer. They all know us, of course. Whenever we go and Sean and/or Charlie aren't with me, they ask where he/they are. At the register, they have a few little, clear plastic jugs of candy. Kelly and I always get four Tootsie Pops each. I only like raspberry. Kelly likes cherry, grape and chocolate.
Kelly and I got home from Monterrey's at about 9:00. I made chocolate chip cookies for us and we watched Enchanted on DVD. Such a cute movie.
I did a little bit of cleaning yesterday. Not that you could tell it now. :-\ At about 2:00, Charlie called wanting me to go to UPS for him to ship something out to him overnight. I picked Kelly up from school at 2:30, came home, found what Charlie wanted me to ship to him (something expensive and hard to get where he is in the middle of nowhere in TX), took a shower, got ready, picked Sean up from school at 4:30 (he had tutoring) and then we went to UPS. With that taken care of, we came home and I changed into something more comfortable, cleaned out the litter boxes, vacuumed and cooked supper.
After eating supper (steak, au gratin potatoes, corn, great northern beans), I helped Sean with his homework, made the kids get in the bed (Lord, they can be difficult about that), and watched Little People Big World, Heroes, CSI:Miami, and One Tree Hill (DVRed). Then took the dog out, fed the animals and started reading A Thousand Splendid Suns. (I'm on chapter four.) I finally finished reading The Age of Innocence yesterday morning.
And now I must get in the bed myself and get a few hours sleep before having to get the kids up and ready for school, then drive them to school, come back home and get a few more hours sleep.
The kids and I went to Olive Garden for an early supper Friday before getting groceries and then going to Best Buy and buying Batman Begins on BlueRay. I also bought Sean a few long-sleeved shirts at Old Navy and Dillard's and a pair of khaki pants at Old Navy. I bought Kelly a cute, red, short-sleeved sweater dress at Target (along with black tights and a black tank to wear under it - it's kind of low cut) and a gray dress with a gray and green plaid skirt at Belk. She wore it to school yesterday. It looks really good on her. :-)
Mom picked up Sean Saturday afternoon. Later that evening, around 7:30, Kelly and I went to Monterrey's for supper. While we were there, Kelly drew a picture of one of her dolls that she had brought into the restaurant with her. Our waiter looked at it over her shoulder and told her it was very good. We've been going to Monterrey's for, gosh, about 13 years now. Maybe longer. They all know us, of course. Whenever we go and Sean and/or Charlie aren't with me, they ask where he/they are. At the register, they have a few little, clear plastic jugs of candy. Kelly and I always get four Tootsie Pops each. I only like raspberry. Kelly likes cherry, grape and chocolate.
Kelly and I got home from Monterrey's at about 9:00. I made chocolate chip cookies for us and we watched Enchanted on DVD. Such a cute movie.
I did a little bit of cleaning yesterday. Not that you could tell it now. :-\ At about 2:00, Charlie called wanting me to go to UPS for him to ship something out to him overnight. I picked Kelly up from school at 2:30, came home, found what Charlie wanted me to ship to him (something expensive and hard to get where he is in the middle of nowhere in TX), took a shower, got ready, picked Sean up from school at 4:30 (he had tutoring) and then we went to UPS. With that taken care of, we came home and I changed into something more comfortable, cleaned out the litter boxes, vacuumed and cooked supper.
After eating supper (steak, au gratin potatoes, corn, great northern beans), I helped Sean with his homework, made the kids get in the bed (Lord, they can be difficult about that), and watched Little People Big World, Heroes, CSI:Miami, and One Tree Hill (DVRed). Then took the dog out, fed the animals and started reading A Thousand Splendid Suns. (I'm on chapter four.) I finally finished reading The Age of Innocence yesterday morning.
And now I must get in the bed myself and get a few hours sleep before having to get the kids up and ready for school, then drive them to school, come back home and get a few more hours sleep.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Political Talk
I'm a member of several discussion forums. A few of which have political sections. Not surprisingly, there are more Democrats than Republicans at most of them. (Independent/third party voters are even fewer.) Or so it seems since they're the most vocal. I don't say much in the political discussions. Anything you say that they don't agree with can get you attacked. And the moderators do little to nothing about it.
The ignorance displayed is amazing. Especially from Democrats and their opinions of Republicans/conservatives. Southern Republicans/conservatives get the worst of it. According to them, we're all racists, stupid, inbred, lack understanding of how things work, only listen to country music, are intolerant, drive pick-up trucks, shove the Bible down people's throats, are against the poor, and on and on. Then in practically the next breath they say that Democrats are compassionate, fair, tolerant, accepting of differences. It boggles the mind.
I'm a Southern conservative. I've voted Republican in the past, but am thinking about voting for a third party candidate this year. I feel like I can't completely trust McCain (what politician can be trusted?), Obama even less. The candidates I'm considering are Ron Paul, Bob Barr and Chuck Baldwin.
Anyway, as I was saying, I'm a Southern conservative. I'm not a racist (I've lived in a pre-dominantly black neighborhood for 10 years now; no racial term has ever crossed my lips or my mind; I'll be friends with anyone who's nice); I listen to all kinds of music (rock and black gospel being my favorites - click through my music player to see, or hear if you choose, some of my favorite songs); I don't drive a pick-up truck; I love to read classic literature and have no problem understanding it; I believe in God and read the Bible, but I don't "shove it down people's throats" (I'll answer questions when asked); I've never slept with or even been attracted to a relative lol. I'm not still fighting the Civil War (I don't even think about it that often) and I don't think that all Yankees are bad. Nor do I think that all Southerners are good.
Moving on.
It shows a lack of understanding, fairness and intelligence to blame our country's woes on one person or one party. Politicians from both parties are to blame for the mess our country is in. It doesn't help at all to point fingers or spout negativity. Frankly, I'm getting pretty sick of both Obama and McCain. I hate the negative ads. When watching the debate last night, I would get disgusted and roll my eyes anytime either candidate talked negatively about the other. "Actually, so-and-so voted this way or said this or did that." Ugh. I want to know where they stand on the issues and what their plan is for fixing things. Not what they think about the other candidate or how they're different. Just stick to the issues.
The more I hear from Obama and McCain, the more seriously I consider voting for a third party candidate.
If Obama wins (and he very well could), I hope that he does a decent job. I don't trust him at all and the thought of a socialist president scares me. But hopefully there'll be some in Congress who can keep Obama's most socialistic ideas from happening and keep things as balanced as possible. Hope is all we seem to have at this point, so we should hold onto it no matter who wins.
The ignorance displayed is amazing. Especially from Democrats and their opinions of Republicans/conservatives. Southern Republicans/conservatives get the worst of it. According to them, we're all racists, stupid, inbred, lack understanding of how things work, only listen to country music, are intolerant, drive pick-up trucks, shove the Bible down people's throats, are against the poor, and on and on. Then in practically the next breath they say that Democrats are compassionate, fair, tolerant, accepting of differences. It boggles the mind.
I'm a Southern conservative. I've voted Republican in the past, but am thinking about voting for a third party candidate this year. I feel like I can't completely trust McCain (what politician can be trusted?), Obama even less. The candidates I'm considering are Ron Paul, Bob Barr and Chuck Baldwin.
Anyway, as I was saying, I'm a Southern conservative. I'm not a racist (I've lived in a pre-dominantly black neighborhood for 10 years now; no racial term has ever crossed my lips or my mind; I'll be friends with anyone who's nice); I listen to all kinds of music (rock and black gospel being my favorites - click through my music player to see, or hear if you choose, some of my favorite songs); I don't drive a pick-up truck; I love to read classic literature and have no problem understanding it; I believe in God and read the Bible, but I don't "shove it down people's throats" (I'll answer questions when asked); I've never slept with or even been attracted to a relative lol. I'm not still fighting the Civil War (I don't even think about it that often) and I don't think that all Yankees are bad. Nor do I think that all Southerners are good.
Moving on.
It shows a lack of understanding, fairness and intelligence to blame our country's woes on one person or one party. Politicians from both parties are to blame for the mess our country is in. It doesn't help at all to point fingers or spout negativity. Frankly, I'm getting pretty sick of both Obama and McCain. I hate the negative ads. When watching the debate last night, I would get disgusted and roll my eyes anytime either candidate talked negatively about the other. "Actually, so-and-so voted this way or said this or did that." Ugh. I want to know where they stand on the issues and what their plan is for fixing things. Not what they think about the other candidate or how they're different. Just stick to the issues.
The more I hear from Obama and McCain, the more seriously I consider voting for a third party candidate.
If Obama wins (and he very well could), I hope that he does a decent job. I don't trust him at all and the thought of a socialist president scares me. But hopefully there'll be some in Congress who can keep Obama's most socialistic ideas from happening and keep things as balanced as possible. Hope is all we seem to have at this point, so we should hold onto it no matter who wins.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Our weekend, DH, Biltmore, Update
In my last entry, I mentioned not being able to find any long skirts for Kelly. I remembered seeing long skirts at Old Navy's website some time back. At that time, the site wasn't working properly and I was unable to order anything. They've since changed things a bit and I was able to order Kelly two long skirts on October 1st. One is denim and the other is twill/khaki. I received an email from Old Navy yesterday telling me that my order has been shipped and is due to arrive 4-9 business days from the time I ordered the skirts. It's already been six days, so I expect the shipment to arrive by Thursday.
After getting groceries and gas, the kids and I went to Monterrey's Friday night. Since I was unable to find any hardcovers of the remainder of the books I want, we went to Best Buy after eating and I bought two movies on BlueRay that we already own. (Just as I want to replace my paperbacks with hardcovers - two more to go, I want to replace our regular DVDs with BlueRays. Movies really do look much nicer in BlueRay.) They were the first Tomb Raider and The Mummy Returns. I have a mental list of movies I've seen available on BlueRay that I'd like to get to replace our regular DVDs. Enchanted, Batman Begins, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Kingdom of Heaven. I'm sure I'm forgetting a couple.
Saturday evening, we went to The Children's Place at Friendly Center. I needed to get Kelly a new gray tiered skirt to replace the one she already had that has a rip in it that I can't repair. I didn't see it at first and then saw it practically right under my nose. Had it been a snake it would've bit me. lol I also bought her several long-sleeved shirts in different colors. (They didn't have her size in the blue, so I went to The Children's Place at the mall yesterday and got it there.) After paying for my purchase, the kids and I went to Brixx for supper.
Sunday was a do-nothing day. Not because I didn't want to do anything; I just didn't feel like it. I watched the Panthers-Chiefs game. Wow. What a blow-out. Carolina beat Kansas City 34 to 0. They're now 4 and 1. I also watched most of the race. As usual, I fell asleep watching it. It was a typical Talladega race. Lots of close racing with a couple big wrecks. Unfortunately, Junior got caught in one (he really had nowhere to go) and instead of a win, which he stood a great chance of getting, he finished 28th. :-\ Oh, well.
As I mentioned a couple paragraphs ago, I went to The Children's Place yesterday to get that blue long-sleeved shirt for Kelly. I also got her a pair of tights there (cold weather will be here before we know it) and a dress for school (on sale for almost $28 after tax) at Belk. I want to go this weekend and get Sean some long-sleeved shirts. That's really all he needs. He only has two or three. Kelly needs more tights, a pair of boots and a few sweaters.
Charlie is still in Texas. He says he expects to be home by Saturday. He's been gone for two weeks now.
We're hoping to go to Asheville the weekend after next. The kids have never been there and they've really been wanting to go to Biltmore Estate. Especially Kelly. Charlie and I have been twice; both times close to Christmas. In addition to the gorgeous house, they have outdoor activities for children and families. I hope things work out that we can go. Charlie expects he'll be off work that weekend (he works most weekends), but I told him to ask for it off anyway to be safe.
No news on our house. No showings in about a month. I think people are just being cautious because of the current economic situation. (Something that concerns me also. I plan on calling our mortgage company today with a few questions.) Though houses are still selling. A house just sold in my neighborhood a day or two ago after being under contract for a very short time. And I see houses under contract at listingbook constantly. I had thought about lowering our price again, but we're currently about in the middle compared to the prices of other houses in our neighborhood. (Ours is one of the nicest, yet not the most expensive.) So I think I'll let the price remain as it is for a little while longer.
Sleeping Beauty is coming out on BlueRay today. I'm thinking about going to Best Buy and buying it. It was my favorite Disney movie when I was a kid. :-)
I'm still working on The Age of Innocence. When the characters are actually having conversations, it's interesting. Unfortunately, most of the book is narration. It can be quite tedious. Perhaps though it seems more tedious than it is because I'm really looking forward to reading A Thousand Splendid Suns. However, I don't like to start one book before finishing another. I would read my current book faster, but I can't seem to read more than one chapter at a time. I either get tired of it after one chapter or I fall asleep. I did manage to read three chapters in one sitting a couple days ago. I think that was a first for that book. I am more than halfway through now. About ¾ of the way through, actually.
As for the many books on my list I've yet to buy, I'll probably have to order them from Amazon. I haven't been able to find them in hardcovers at the bookstores.
There was more I was going to say in this entry, but it's already getting long and what I was going to write about would make this entry quite a bit longer.
After getting groceries and gas, the kids and I went to Monterrey's Friday night. Since I was unable to find any hardcovers of the remainder of the books I want, we went to Best Buy after eating and I bought two movies on BlueRay that we already own. (Just as I want to replace my paperbacks with hardcovers - two more to go, I want to replace our regular DVDs with BlueRays. Movies really do look much nicer in BlueRay.) They were the first Tomb Raider and The Mummy Returns. I have a mental list of movies I've seen available on BlueRay that I'd like to get to replace our regular DVDs. Enchanted, Batman Begins, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Kingdom of Heaven. I'm sure I'm forgetting a couple.
Saturday evening, we went to The Children's Place at Friendly Center. I needed to get Kelly a new gray tiered skirt to replace the one she already had that has a rip in it that I can't repair. I didn't see it at first and then saw it practically right under my nose. Had it been a snake it would've bit me. lol I also bought her several long-sleeved shirts in different colors. (They didn't have her size in the blue, so I went to The Children's Place at the mall yesterday and got it there.) After paying for my purchase, the kids and I went to Brixx for supper.
Sunday was a do-nothing day. Not because I didn't want to do anything; I just didn't feel like it. I watched the Panthers-Chiefs game. Wow. What a blow-out. Carolina beat Kansas City 34 to 0. They're now 4 and 1. I also watched most of the race. As usual, I fell asleep watching it. It was a typical Talladega race. Lots of close racing with a couple big wrecks. Unfortunately, Junior got caught in one (he really had nowhere to go) and instead of a win, which he stood a great chance of getting, he finished 28th. :-\ Oh, well.
As I mentioned a couple paragraphs ago, I went to The Children's Place yesterday to get that blue long-sleeved shirt for Kelly. I also got her a pair of tights there (cold weather will be here before we know it) and a dress for school (on sale for almost $28 after tax) at Belk. I want to go this weekend and get Sean some long-sleeved shirts. That's really all he needs. He only has two or three. Kelly needs more tights, a pair of boots and a few sweaters.
Charlie is still in Texas. He says he expects to be home by Saturday. He's been gone for two weeks now.
We're hoping to go to Asheville the weekend after next. The kids have never been there and they've really been wanting to go to Biltmore Estate. Especially Kelly. Charlie and I have been twice; both times close to Christmas. In addition to the gorgeous house, they have outdoor activities for children and families. I hope things work out that we can go. Charlie expects he'll be off work that weekend (he works most weekends), but I told him to ask for it off anyway to be safe.
No news on our house. No showings in about a month. I think people are just being cautious because of the current economic situation. (Something that concerns me also. I plan on calling our mortgage company today with a few questions.) Though houses are still selling. A house just sold in my neighborhood a day or two ago after being under contract for a very short time. And I see houses under contract at listingbook constantly. I had thought about lowering our price again, but we're currently about in the middle compared to the prices of other houses in our neighborhood. (Ours is one of the nicest, yet not the most expensive.) So I think I'll let the price remain as it is for a little while longer.
Sleeping Beauty is coming out on BlueRay today. I'm thinking about going to Best Buy and buying it. It was my favorite Disney movie when I was a kid. :-)
I'm still working on The Age of Innocence. When the characters are actually having conversations, it's interesting. Unfortunately, most of the book is narration. It can be quite tedious. Perhaps though it seems more tedious than it is because I'm really looking forward to reading A Thousand Splendid Suns. However, I don't like to start one book before finishing another. I would read my current book faster, but I can't seem to read more than one chapter at a time. I either get tired of it after one chapter or I fall asleep. I did manage to read three chapters in one sitting a couple days ago. I think that was a first for that book. I am more than halfway through now. About ¾ of the way through, actually.
As for the many books on my list I've yet to buy, I'll probably have to order them from Amazon. I haven't been able to find them in hardcovers at the bookstores.
There was more I was going to say in this entry, but it's already getting long and what I was going to write about would make this entry quite a bit longer.
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