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26 April Spring has sprung !!Hi everyone...it's been a while!
Man, spring cleaning is a...
 ..#%?@<&*> ...You know how you have to get in and clean the dust bunnies out from under the bed's and cobwebs out of the corners, shampoo the carpets? Stuff that is just really "HARD" work. Then the next thing you do (or at least me) is to open window's and doors in the house. Air it all out good and proper.   ...It certainly helps get rid of the cold virus's, stomach flu's, junk and gunk that has built up over the winter. Sooooooooooo... spring has arrived ! Good to see it. We didn't have but maybe an inch of snow over the winter, But, we did have the really bad ice storm in December. Over 1/2 of the state of Oklahoma was without power all at the same time. Seriously!! Over 500,000 people. We had 3 1/2 days without electric here at home. The first day and 1/2 was really fun .....lighting the fireplace, roasting marshmallows and hotdog's, cooking in a cast iron skillet. Right there over the open flames. Then..........you start to miss TV, or being able to sit with a small lamp and work a crossword puzzle in the evenings, turning on a stereo ( CD ) for some good music. Talk about getting bored. We played lot's of games during the day time but then when evening came it was nothing but little candles. Anyway.....I feel like I'm rambling (probably cuz I am). Sometimes I just need an outlet. Having a 13 year old with her friends wanting to be here at my home, (not her going to theirs). Everybody loves "my" home. That's a good thing and a bad thing. You know you're home is inviting and every one feels welcome, but when you have to set a limit on the length of time they can be here, it just breaks their hearts. ... BUT, since my step-daughter works weekends (when the teens want to be here) and my husband has worked quite a few 12 hour day's and sleeps in the evenings (when the teens want to be here). I'm the one that has to listen to the teens and the younger kid's (7,6 & 5) argue because the teens want to do stuff by themselves, not wanting to include the younger kid's. And then... the youngerkid's pouting and crying with their feelings getting hurt...That's when I say ENOUGH! Go home and don't come back for at least 3 days. Oh...my...gosh. There I go again, rambling. It actually helps to sit at the computer, blog and chat for a while.  Get it all out, so I can do it all again the next day...Whew!! There, I'm all done. I feel so much better. Thanks for listening. Hope to here from ya'll...Plan for tomorrow...? Absolutely nothing. Just kidding. I have some tomato plant's and watermelon to plant. That's another thing I enjoy. Gardening. My husband will literally go out and look to see how much they grow every day. (actually I do that too!)
.........................................Alicia 7 April It's Monday...aarrrrgh?!#@*&%$#@Good Morning All...
It's Monday...#%&
!#&*. Oh man. I've definitely done to much this weekend. I cleaned out all of the closets and took a car load of stuff to Goodwill. I certainly feel better about my closet's .  You walk in, see everything that's in there and can get to it without "STRAAAAINING" too much! BUT my muscles really feel it. ooooooooooooohh Oh well, that just means I can rest today(yeah,right). My house is clean. At least until the kids get up. LOL Gotta go.......... CHAT YA LATER...........ALICIA5 April OH MY HOLY JESUS !!!!!Hi everyone,
I have had a couple of busy days...And...guess what! I have had good ones, (love it when that happens). They are coming around often these days.  I have had so much pain for so long, that I really am noticing a difference in how I get thru my day. For example. I was standing at a check-out line in walmart 2 days ago.................. I had been there for 4 1/2 hours. And I was feeling OK. I know, I know, how can anyone spend that much time at Walmart. Well, here's how.... you go in, put your truck in for an oil change. And then go to the nail salon for a new set of nails. A little treat for mom. Now ladies. You know how it is when you've had your nails on for a couple of months, they need to be taken off and a new set put on. This takes about an hour. Then you go and shop for about $200.00 worth of "stuff" for everyone in my family. If you will recall I have 7 people in my home at the current time. And with a 13 year old, her friends are always over at the house, it gets EXPENSIVE !!!! Anyway you get your stuff , this has taken another hour. Then you are getting to the front of the store and...OH MY GOSH...you forgot it was the 3rd of the month. Everyone in all of ...Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA... is in line. At least 6 people in each cashiers line. And ALL of them (just like me) have buggies that are full to the top. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO........I am standing in line for another 1/2 hour.............. By golly, I am finally there. The cashier has rung up everything and I pull out my "little plastic card" and OH MY HOLY JESUS I have somehow gotten my husbands bank card instead of mine in my wallet. "No idea how that happened" Well being that the amount is...large...she wants to check my ID. Needless to say. She won't except the card for payment. Which I'm glad she's doing her job, just wish "I" hadn't been the one out of this line of people that I've been standing in that has her husbands card. I go over to the ATM .........and check this out..."no service available".....now remember I have my truck in for an oil change. So guess what happens next...I have a manager that I am talking to in the auto department. Telling him I need to take my truck to an ATM to get cash. He wants me to have my husband come to the store to approve the purchase. That would have worked except for the fact that my step-daughter was working so there wasn't a spare vehicle for him to get to Walmart. Finally after another 30 minutes. The manager let's me take the truck and go get cash. Again I am fighting traffic, because it's the 3rd of the month. Another 30 minutes goes by. I get back to walmart, pay for the oil change, go to the front to pick up my buggy and being that it is after 9:00 o'clock thay have shut down some of the registers. In the super Walmart that we have here, they do that. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..I am standing in line again. They would have been able to suspend the transaction but because I had my truck in for an oil change, it wouldn't suspend. So they had to abort the whole purchase earlier. Standing in line again, another 1/2 hour. I pay for my stuff. Another 15 minutes to get all this stuff in the car. Another 15 minutes to drive home................ I'm home and practically kissing the driveway as I pull in. So glad to be home.!!!! There you have it . 4 1/2 hours at Walmart. OMG. Grant it I was really tired  when I finally did get home. But I wasn't hurting very much. So how are you guys doing...any 4 1/2 hour shopping trips out there...I didn't think so. |
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