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stupid schedule
2008-06-09 20:11:00
I have such a stupid schedule this week. My team is handling retention calls this week from three to seven so I have to take my lunch from 2 to 3 so I'm back in time. Well, my morning break is at 1:15. I'll get back to my desk at 1:30 and then go to lunch at 2. It's just dumb. They might as well give me an hour and fifteen minute lunch that begins at 1:45.
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Monday again
2008-06-09 20:01:00
It's hard to believe it's Monday again. I didn't really get much of a weekend and I'm kind of bummed. At least I have the next two weekends off. I hope it's warm and sunny so we can enjoy that pool. The kids are addicted. We took Gabby in it yesterday and even though she was cold (because we had just filled it) and her bottom lip was quivering she did not want to get out. It's going to be a fun summer! Maybe I'll have a better tan that I normally do since I'll be pool side on my deck half the summer.

total dork
2008-06-09 18:50:00
I know I'm a total dork for thinking about this already, but after seeing Gabby in her adorable Elmo bathing suit this weekend it made me start wondering what kind of costume she will wear in the fall. I can't help myself. I wish that it was warmer here in Michigan at that time of the year so we could have more options for costumes. Her bathing suit has a little cover up skirt to go over it and I thought she kind of looked like a hula girl - which would be a cute costume if we didn't live in Michigan. I would really like to do a group theme this year with the whole family if we can find good couples costumes. I would love to do Nightmare Before Christmas and include the whole family. It would be a blast.
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my new addiction
2008-06-07 16:30:00
I hear people talk about Craigslist all the time, but had never gone to the site. Today, since I'm at work and have plenty of time to surf the internet, I decided to check it out. I've been on the site for over an hour now and have found all sorts of things for sale (and free) in my local area. It's like garage sale hopping without leaving the house. There are some really good deals out there too! Does anyone else buy or sell on Craigslist?
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What day is it?
2008-06-06 19:35:00
It's Friday, but it sure doesn't feel like it to me. I have to work tomorrow and I had an odd schedule this week so I am completely off. I had Sunday and Monday off, then only worked 3.5 hours on Tuesday so it sort of feels like Thursday to me. I'm hoping we can get our pool going this weekend because it is hotter than hell here in Michigan right now! I'm looking forward to having a pool this summer. I'm also glad that we have central air conditioning and that I work inside with air conditioning. I couldn't imagine working outside or in a machine shop in these temperatures.

we are the champions
2008-06-05 18:03:00
Let's go Red Wings! and they did. It was an intense game all the way down to the last second, but we did it! Another Stanley Cup win for our team. It would have been nice if they won it here at home, but I'm happy they won. Oh, and how could I forget that Henrik Zetterberg won the Conn Smythe Trophy for MVP! Go Zetterberg! You rock!
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so proud
2008-06-04 23:58:00
Well, this is a good week so far. I'm proud of my oldest son because of his graduation from high school last night and I'm proud of my youngest son for being such a good kid and student. Here is what his teacher emailed me today: Evan has been doing a great job. He is such an intelligent kid. He amazes me with how astute he is; he will notice the smallest detail that everyone else would overlook. I love that about him. He has been so interesting to work with; I am going to miss him a lot. Students like him don’t come around very often. You have done a great job raising such an amazing kid. How wonderful is that? I sure do have some fabulous kids! Reading that brought tears to my eyes.
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graduation
2008-06-04 19:13:00
The graduation ceremony was wonderful last night. I'm so proud of my son. I got some pictures, but haven't uploaded them yet. The pictures on the stage didn't come out so well - a bit dark, but maybe I can lighten them and make them look alright. We got some good pictures of family outside of the auditorium though so I will post them once I get them off my camera. We all went out to dinner at Ruby Tuesday's after the ceremony and had a great time. It was a perfect night.
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wordless wednesday #24
2008-06-04 16:38:00
My beautiful girl... More Wordless Wednesday here

new position
2008-06-03 20:11:00
I started a new, temporary position at work today. I was approached by my boss last week to see if I wanted to take the opportunity for a 4 month special assignment. Of course I took it. I would be stupid not to. I am down on the escalation line -- sort of like an assist line, but I now quote specialty vehicles such as motorcycles, boats, ATV's and such.. and then umbrella policies and other specialty policies that I never had to worry about before. So, today is my first day. I'm only here until 2:30 PM because my son's graduation is tonight. It's kind of a good thing.. moving into this new position slowly. I freaked out at first.. forgot everything I learned last week when the first phone call came in. But now I've slowed down and had a chance to catch my breath and it's all good. I'm going to break now and then only an hour left! By the way.. that Red Wings game was intense and I was so not thrilled with the outcome - especially since we HAD the cup almost in our hands u...
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red wings
2008-06-03 07:20:00
Can you believe this game? Going into a third OT now! If Zetterberg would have just shot the puck down the ice in that last minute we would have celebrated the Stanley Cup win and been to bed by now, but nooooo... I'm having a heart attack waiting for yet another OT at twenty five minutes past midnight.
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my weekend is here
2008-06-01 19:37:00
It's been a long, hard week, but I made it through and my weekend is finally here. I have today and tomorrow off and then a half day on Tuesday because my oldest son's graduation is on Tuesday evening. Woo hoo! I'm so proud of him. Jeremy is out in the back yard for most of the day today rotatilling and getting the back yard ready for greatness. Well, maybe not greatness, but a good start anyway. My mother-in-law is coming over to visit today and my aunt is stopping by too. I'm hoping my sister and brother-in-law are coming too and we can BBQ some good food for dinner. I wasn't able to watch the hockey game last night, but Go Wings! I knew they would win it. They'll win the Stanley Cup next game here at home too. Mark my words!
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Sex and the City movie
2008-05-31 15:00:00
There is only one word to describe it - FABULOUS! I don't think they could have done a better job on the movie. I had such a good time. My sister and niece and I went out to dinner at Chili's before the movie and then got to the theater about 50 minutes before show time. There was already a line forming outside the theater it was playing in. We got there just in time. We were about the 20th in line. My sister took pictures - which I'm sure she will post some time today. It was an abso-fucking-lutely perfect Sex and the City experience! I got home at 1am and was finally asleep by 2am. Then, unfortunately, my alarm went off at 6am so I could get up and come to work. I over heard a girl here at work talking about the movie and she said she didn't like it at all. She said it was totally disappointing because of... well, I won't say why just yet.. but she thought it was heartbreaking and didn't enjoy it. I think she should just suck it up. Of course it wasn't going to be all hap...
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stanley cup in detroit
2008-05-29 17:57:00
Yeah, I'm at work. I don't want to be here, but I am. Let's hope this day goes by quickly, eh? Anyone else feel like the Red Wings totally threw the game last night? That was one intense game and I'm highly disappointed with the ending score, but hey.. it's only one game. I think they purposely lost so that the Stanley Cup will be won here in Detroit . Then all the local restaurants can profit from our victory as well. It's all about the money.

update on Addison
2008-05-29 00:07:00
If anyone read the post about Addison the other day and said a little prayer... thank you so much! I received an update from my friend today and here is the most important part of that email: The doctors believe with medication and careful monitoring, she will outgrow this when the antibodies eventually pass through her (hopefully in about 8 weeks or so). Until then, she is on thyroid medication and we are trying to get her levels stable enough to go home and be treated as an outpatient. The NICU doctors think that this whole process could take about two weeks in the NICU. This was not music to my ears to hear that my baby couldn't come home and wouldn't for two weeks. But the Lord is healing her with the help of an amazing NICU staff and that is quite comforting. So for the next two weeks, my days will be spent there with Addison. I am very hopeful that things will be OK! Please keep those prayers coming, folks. You gotta have faith!!
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a little light
2008-05-28 23:44:00
I've been in a pissy mood most of the day because of the news I got earlier. Well, there is a little light shining on my dark day now. I get paid bi-weekly which usually turns out to be twice a month. This month we get paid three times (the 1st, 15th and tomorrow, the 29th). Since we get an extra paycheck this month, they won't be taking out the money for insurance or any other benefits so it will be a larger check than I'm used to - plus I'll have a few hours of overtime on there too from last week. That makes me happy!
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shine like new
2008-05-28 23:24:00
I drive a 2002 Dodge Intrepid. It's still in great shape even though it's 6 years old and it still has pretty low mileage. I love my car, but sometimes I wish it would shine like it used to when it was new. I think what I am going to try (or have my husband try) is Kinzo car polisher. I told you.. I'm all into the DIY stuff these days. Why should I pay top dollar to have someone else do it one time when I can spend a reasonable amount of money and have my husband able to do it whenever needed? I'm ordering one today and will have my car shining like new in no time!
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not a good day... or three
2008-05-28 19:37:00
I have to work this Saturday. Normally when I have to work Saturday I get the Thursday before off - which would be tomorrow. Well, I was just reminded this morning that I don't get tomorrow off because no one worked on Monday due to the holiday. Fuck. I had plans for tomorrow - two doctor's appointments; one for me and one for my son, and we had reserved equipment to get our backyard in shape so we can put our pool up this weekend. My husband can take our son to his doctor's appointment, but we had to reschedule mine for Friday morning (before work - hopefully I'm not late) and the yard work has been rescheduled for Sunday. It's just a total drag. I was so looking forward to having tomorrow off! It's going to screw up the rest of my week and part of my weekend too. I have to be up early to be at the doctor's office first thing on Friday morning, then work until 8pm, then going out to see the Sex and the City movie with my sister and niece (a LATE show because I wasn't think...
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please pray
2008-05-28 01:58:00
A friend of mine recently gave birth to her 2nd child - a baby girl. Her first child - a baby boy - died 2 short hours after he was born. We were both due the same month when I was pregnant with Gabby. The reason for his death was a thyroid issue that they had no idea was affecting him in utero. It's been a very sad 19 months. The doctors were very careful this time around and her daughter, Addison, was born perfectly healthy this past Friday. She is absolutely beautiful! Today she is 4 days old and her blood pressure has gone up, her thyroid levels have elevated and she is steadily losing weight. The doctors think it's just her body reacting to the thyroid antibodies that were passed to her in the womb. They admitted her to the NICU this morning and are hoping that it's something that can be controlled with medication at this point and that things will level out. This has got to be very scary for my friend, her husband and their family. I have been praying my heart out ever sinc...
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celebrity juice
2008-05-28 01:49:00
Well, I've completely caught up on my "celebrity juice" after being away for the long weekend. Now I'm completely bored at work and still have an hour to go. I'm going to go catch up on my blogroll now. I hope everyone had a fantastic holiday weekend!
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do it yourself
2008-05-27 19:30:00
I am so happy that we switched our digital cable package. We now have an entire channel dedicated to DIY (do it yourself) things. Jeremy and I totally dig that channel. With the construction we're doing at the house and all the fabulous ideas we have for the yard and other areas of the house it would be great to have a Workmate WM825. My husband - and I know my brother in law - would love to have one around the house for all the projects we have. Since I was on the couch all day yesterday with a stomach bug, I spent a good portion of the day watching the DIY Network channel and now have loads of ideas for projects I want done around the house! I'm sure the guys will be thrilled about that. Hey, any reason to buy new tools, right?

holiday weekend update
2008-05-27 18:06:00
We had a great weekend! Well, other than yesterday because I was sick with some sort of stomach bug. Friday was good. My husband and I went out to dinner at Red Lobster and then went to see the new Indiana Jones movie which was fantastic. Saturday we picked up the kids around noon and headed to Saginaw to spend most of the weekend at my father-in-law's house. We had a fabulous time. The kids were covered in sunblock, but my husband and I are a bit red. It's better than being whiter than white though. I wish I hadn't been sick yesterday, but at least it's over. I feel better today. Still a little weak, but better.
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Grey's Anatomy season finale
2008-05-23 19:37:00
Was that not the best season finale you've ever seen? I was so happy with the way everything turned out. I can't wait until next season already! That's the only thing I dislike about summer is waiting for my shows to come back. Speaking of television shows --- I can't believe they are cancelling Moonlight! I'm so pissed. They claim there weren't enough viewers - only 7.5 million tuned in for the first season. Um, hello... how many people do you need to keep a show on the air? Dumb. I'm sure it will be replaced with another stupid "reality" show too.
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bad girl
2008-05-23 01:00:00
I'm a bad, bad girl. We had Cottage Inn pizza at our work meeting today. I had three pieces of pizza, a breadstick and salad. I'm so full right now - four and a half hours later - that I can't think straight. Why did I do that to myself? I need a nap.
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do you compare?
2008-05-23 00:39:00
I got an email today offering me half price on web hosting. It wasn't junk mail either. It was from a person, not a company. I thought it was the weirdest thing. I deleted it, of course. I already have a hosting company - obviously. It did get me thinking about whether or not I was getting a competitive rate. Am I paying too much for what they are giving me? I didn't know because I hadn't checked out any other webhosting packages in the last year. Why do we always seem content with what we have without shopping around every so often - at least to make sure we're still getting a good deal. You would think in my line of work - with people talking about shopping for other insurance all the time - it would remind me to look at things I pay money for to make sure I'm not giving away the farm. I did find a pretty good site that allowed me to compare prices all in one place. It has the top web hosting sites and a great deal of information on each of them on the same page. It's so mu...
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thursday thirteen #20
2008-05-22 18:22:00
Thirteen Things about Neptunebaby Random list... 01. I like ice in my milk 02. I like milk on my ice cream 03. I'm a fidgety person 04. I work in customer service, but not fond of customers 05. I'm a worrier - like my mom 06. I'm terrified of Alzheimer's 07. I've been cheating on my diet 08. I love money, but not my job 09. I'm becoming addicted to home demonstrations 10. I spend too much on unnecessary things 11. I adore my parents 12. My mother-in-law is awesome 13. I have a date with my husband tomorrow Get the Thursday Thirteen code here! The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted! View More Thursday Thirteen Participants
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red heron
2008-05-22 00:24:00
I was recently introduced to Red Heron by my mother-in-law. I didn't know red wine could taste so good. I had been trying out several different reds over the last couple of weeks and have enjoyed many of them, but this one really takes the cake. It's made by St. Julians Winery - which is right here in our own state of Michigan! The website is located here. I have been wanting a bottle ever since I had a glass at my mother-in-law's candle party on Saturday night. I don't think I can fight the craving any more. It is so incredibly delicious I may have to stop for a bottle on my way home from work. I have no idea what White Heron or Blue Heron tastes like, but I don't like white wines anyway. That's my love down there on the left side. Isn't it beautiful? Heh.

wrong side
2008-05-21 23:08:00
I think I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. I have been so cranky all day. This is the worst hump day. I can't stand a single person I come in contact with. Well, at work, not at home. Although I did yell at my son before leaving the house on my lunch break for having to sign in for a missing assignment. I'm so tired of hearing "I don't know what happened" when I ask why he couldn't find an assignment or why he got into trouble or whatever the case may be. This day seriously needs to end - with a bottle of Red Heron. Unfortunately I still have three hours and fifty minutes left of my work day. I may start crying any moment. I really need this long holiday weekend coming up!
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hooked on interior design
2008-05-21 18:02:00
Now that we're rebuilding our upstairs master bedroom, I'm hooked on the interior design portion of it. I know that it's going to be a while before I can start the decorating process, but it's difficult not to think about it. I've switched ideas for paint schemes a couple of times, but I think I've finally settled on one. That doesn't stop me from looking for new ideas. Thinking about remodeling the bedroom has me thinking about remodeling other things in the house too. Is that normal? You would think that having to wait so long with part of the house under construction would make me want to wait on any more projects, but it's done just the opposite. I started thinking about Linda Barker wallpaper for my kitchen. I want to keep the yellow and white theme going in there because I have valances with daisies on them and I love daisies. Linda Barker wallpaper is fabulous. I love all the cool designs that are available!
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wordless wednesday #23
2008-05-21 17:50:00
It's out for delivery! I can't wait to spend an entire day playing games on it. As my sister said in an email this morning, I'll have all day Monday to play with my new toy! Thank God for holiday weekends. More Wordless Wednesday here