drifting away...

The curse has officially been broken.  The Red Sox have won the World Series!!!  In all honesty, I would have liked to see a little more action from the Cards but it was kinda nice to see the Sox roll right over them.  If only I could have gotten those damn tickets....I could have been there lastnight to celebrate instead of at home in my living room!  Either way, it was just so awesome to see them win it all. 

How 'bout them Red Sox?!?!?!?  I'm thinking tonight could be the night.  How I wish I would have been able to get those tickets to tonight's game!

World on Fire

For anyone who may be wondering, yes, I'm still alive. I'm just not really feeling much like writing these days. There isn't much going on. I'm tired cause I'm not sleeping much at night and maybe I am slightly depressed. I think it has to do with the time of year. I'm also broke and will be for quite a while now because hubby and I decided to buy a new vehicle this weekend. There are some pics of it here if you want to see it.

Well, so the World Series tickets aren't exactly priceless.  But, they are going for some pretty steep amounts right now.  I know because I've been trying all morning to buy some.  Actually the regular ticket prices weren't so bad.  I've spent the last 3 hours trying to get through on the phone line to buy some.  I finally got through, only to find out that they are now sold out.  I had already scanned ebay early this morning and the lowest price I found on there was $200 for only 1 ticket.  Some of them were up into the thousands for 2 tickets.  Or, there were 4 tickets availabe for just over $7000.  Those were just a bit out of my price range.  I was really hoping to be able to get some tickets to game 4 in St. Louis, but I suppose I'll have to settle for watching it on TV.  At least with the Astros out of the picture hubby will be rooting for the Sox with me!

I have discovered today that it is possible for me to entertain myself almost all day by surfing the net and reading blogs.  I suppose tomorrow I should actually try to do a little bit of work.  I'm just not feeling motivated this week.  Well, I am motivated, just not motivated to work.  I'm motivated to sleep, eat, work on my website, and watch baseball.  I wish there was a pill I could take that would force me to work for 8 hours straight and then wear off so I could relax when I got home.  I would get so much more done that way.  Then on Saturdays I could take half a pill on Saturdays and get my house cleaned every week.  Somebody needs to invent this, but they have to pay me royalties cause it was my idea first!

The boys from Boston sure made me proud to be a Red Sox fan lastnight!  They were determined to make it happen and they did just that.  I hate to be mean, but it was really nice to see the Yankee fans going home broken hearted instead of the Sox fans for a change!  Now I'm anxious to see who they'll be playing in the World Series.  My hubby is an Astros fan, so if they make it past the Cardinals, there may be a lot of tension in my house next week!

It's after 3:00 already and I haven't really done much of anything today. Well, actually, I take that back. I installed SP2 on about 8 office computers today. That's all I have done. I haven't done any real work. But, the day has gone by pretty quickly so I really can't complain. There's not really much I can do right now anyway. I have a few huge projects that I just don't want to get started on at this time of day, and the other stuff I have to do I'm waiting on answers from other people. I vote that I go home early, but I bet that wouldn't fly.

I started working on a new layout for my web design site lastnight. I think it looks pretty nice so far. It is similar to my Pimp My Blog site layout. Hopefully by the end of this weekend I'll have it finished and uploaded.

I'm super excited for the Red Sox game tonight. I wish I had some more Sox fans to watch the game with. They have shown us that they have what it takes to beat the Yanks. All they have to do now is beat them one more time.

It is now 4:30 and it has not taken me almost an hour and a half to write this very boring blog entry. If you have read the whole thing, I apologize for such a boring entry. Obviously I didn't have anthing interesting to say.

The Red Sox pulled it off again lastnight putting the series at a 3-3 tie.  I can't wait for the next game.  I would absolutely love to see them make it to the World Series!  I'm all anxious now!

I tried to post ealier today, but tblog was taking a nap or something, so it did not remember my post. Now I don't know what all I said in that post cause it was one of those where I just typed whatever came to mind at the time.

I do know that I wrote about my little brother and how I'm kinda freaking out cause he is getting married.  Don't get me wrong, I'm really happy for him.  I'm just having a hard time with the fact that my baby brother is going to be married.  They have decided on a June wedding, but don't have an exact date yet.  It just blows my mind that in about 8 months my baby brother will be somebody's husband.  Then I think, wow, he will be 3 years older than I was when I got married the first time.  Maybe it won't be so bad.  His girl is super sweet.  The whole family loves her.  I'm kinda excited but nervous for him at the same time.  I really just hope everything works out and that they have that "happily ever after" kind of marriage.

....to Bradley Ray

So my weekend was pretty good.  I really didn't do anything exciting at all.  We spent Friday evening with some friends.  When I was on my way home from work, I got a message on my phone and hubby had sent me a picture of the margarita bottle in my fridge.  It looked so good my mouth was watering.  I got home ready to have a few, but when I went upstairs, I found that hubby was already well on the way to getting his drunk on, so I only had one and called it quits....one of us had to stay sober enough to drive!  We went out for some dinner then stopped over at our friends' house for the rest of the evening.  We had a great time over there, as always.

Saturday we stayed home, other than the 15 minute trip to blockbuster to get some movies.  I cleaned up the house a bit, then decided to work on my old computer.  It's just been sitting collecting dust ever since I got my new one a few months ago.  So, I got it out, dusted it off, replaced a couple drives, formatted the hard drive, re-loaded windows, and sat it back in the corner to collect more dust.  I don't really need the computer anymore, but figured I might as well keep it around for my nephews or other kids to play with when they are over.  That way I don't have to worry about them messing up my good computer.  The hard drive is probably about to fail, so I don't expect it to really last much longer anyway.  As soon as hubby gets his desk cleaned off, I'm gonna set it up there. 

Sunday morning we got up and went to my dad's church.  I think every time I have been there, I get asked if it is my first time there.  It's not really a big deal, but it does kinda irritate me.  My dad has been the pastor there since June and we've been attending there fairly regularly since then.  One of these days I'm just gonna go off on some little old man or woman that asks me that question.  I can only hope that hubby is there to keep me under control.  I would hate to be responsible for giving someone a heart attack or something in the middle of church.

After church, my sis and nephew came over to our house to hang out.  Her hubby came over and met us there when he got off work so we could watch the Steelers/Cowboys game.  He is a major Steelers fan and I just absolutely love my Cowboys, so it was fun to watch the game together.  Right at the beginning of the 2nd quarter, my mom called and wanted me to go with her to visit my Grandpa at the nursing home.  As much as I wanted to stay and watch the game, I knew I should go visit my Grandpa.  He only lives about 5-10 minutes away from me and I can't remember the last time I went to see him.  So, my mom stopped by and picked up me, my sis, and my nephew and we went over to visit with him for a few minutes.  I made it back for the end of the game.  Then I got to sit there and let my brother-in-law gloat cause the Steelers (barely) beat my Cowboys.

My mother decided to stay for dinner (of course).  So, we had dinner then played a couple games.  I totally ruled at scrabble!!  By the time we were finished, it was 10:00 and they all rolled out.  I folded some laundry while I watched what I thought would be the end of the Red Sox game.  During the middle of the 9th inning, I decided to go watch the rest of the game in bed.  It went into extra innings, so I thought surely it would be over soon.  Finally, at 12:15, I decided to just turn it off.  I was falling asleep anyway.  I can't believe the game was so long...but I was very happy to find out this morning that they actually pulled off the win!  Now they just gotta win the next 3 games!

I completely overslept this morning.  I'm really, really tired today.  Even if it was just my family, it really wore me out having people at my house yesterday.  I didn't get to have my normal lazy sunday afternoon.  Plus I shorted myself at least a good hour or so of sleep.  I'm just dragging today and I really wish I wasn't at work.

I'll update on my weekend later, but I just got the news that my cousin's wife had their baby this morning.  I don't have any pictures yet, but I'm hoping to later today.  Mr. Bradley Ray is healthy as can be and weighed in at just under 8 pounds.  His momma had a few minor complications so the docs are keeping a close eye on her, but so far all seems to be fine.

I can't wait to go see him!

Woohoo!  The work day is finally almost over, which means I get to go home and start my weekend.  I don't even know what I'm doing this weekend yet, other than cheering on the Red Sox!  I think I'm gonna have to finally give in and do some housework before I get completely grossed out.  My house is such a mess.  There are dishes piled in the sink and laundry everywhere...not to mention how dirty my floors are!  I'm worn out just thinking of everything that needs to be done!

Anyway, I really hope everyone has a great weekend.  Don't forget to read my last post and ask me some questions....c'mon I know there's got to be something you want to know about me!

I realized this morning how pathetic my life has become. I got all excited because my new stapler came in the office supply shipment. How sad is that?

So, I decided to steal this great idea from Eka. If you want to know more about my pathetic little life, ask me one question. You can ask anything you want, and I will answer it in 100% honesty. Yes, I did say [i]anything[/i].

The floor is now open. Let it rip.

Life is interesting sometimes. I was just sitting here thinking today that I really wish I could have a little bit of time to myself tonight. Almost as soon as I walked in the door, hubby's pager went off and he got called into work for a while. It will only take him about an hour or so, but it is still nice to have the house to myself for a bit. I should be fixing some dinner, but instead, I'm being selfish and using the time to catch up on all the blogs I didn't have a chance to read today.

It is really freaking cold in my house right now. My heater is broken. The thermostat is reading about 60 degrees right now. I tried turning the heater on a few days ago cause it was super cold in the morning, but all that would come out was cold air. They have been working on it for two days now and it still isn't fixed. They had to go get yet another part, and hopefully will be back tomorrow to fix it. In the meantime, we get to be freaking cold. It's not so bad during the day, or even at night cause I can just add some extra blankets to the bed. But the evenings when we are hanging out in the living room are cold. The mornings, when I have to get up and shower are VERY cold! I just hope they can get it fixed tomorrow. And the worst part is, we have no wood for the fireplace either!

Hmmm...on second thought, maybe I should go cook some dinner. The heat from the stove might just warm me up a bit!

I'm going to attempt to write a quick blog entry. Things have been pretty busy at work this week and I'm having to help my mom catch up on a bunch of things, which means working out of her office instead of mine .

I'm still thinking about the job thing. I think for now, I will go ahead and get my resume updated. I will keep an eye out for job listings and if a good opportunity comes up, I'll go ahead and take a stab at it, but I'm not going to do anything drastic. I talked it over with my husband lastnight and he prefers that I stay where I am for a while, unless I find a job in Alabama or Louisiana and we can move. My job is the most stable between the two of us and he would prefer to keep it that way. So, I guess I can stick it out a while longer.

My cousin called me lastnight to tell my that they are going to induce labor for his wife on Monday morning. Right now the baby is breach, so they are going to have to have a c-section. I love babies! I can't wait to see it!

I was pretty bummed lastnight to see the Red Sox lose to the Yankees again. I really would like to see them pick it up and win the series, but it is starting to seem like they may be doomed.

For some reason I can't remember what else I was gonna write. I had a whole list of things in my mind when I started and now they are gone. Guess that means it is time to get back to work!

I've been struggling for quite a while now with whether or not to find a new job. I know I've said several times on my blog how much I hate my job and how much I wish I could quit, but there are reasons that keep me here. It is such a hard decision for me to make. My goal this week is to prepare my resume once again so that it is ready if any good opportunities come up. I just can't decide if I am really ready to quit or not. I can't quit until I find another job, but I'm really seriously considering it right now. Here are some of my reasons to stay or quit.

[u]Reasons to stay:[/u]
• I get paid very well for what I do.


• Besides the regular pay I get good bonuses.


• I can take off whenever I need to.


• I know I will not be fired unless I really screw something up.


• If my mom gets sick again, I will be able to help her and take her for her treatments.


• Because of the way our insurance policy is written, if I leave (unless they immediately hire someone for my position who takes out insurance) they will lose the insurance policy, which means my mom loses her insurance. This could be extremely detrimental to her health, because she most likely cannot be insured elsewhere.


• I get to play around on the internet a lot.


• I don't really know where else I would want to work right now.


• I can show up late every day and no one says anything.

[u]Reasons to quit:[/u]
• My mother drives me insane. If I quit, I would not have to see her every day.


• I would be free to move anywhere I want to find a new job.


• This job is extrememly boring to me and nothing I ever thought I would be doing.


• I could possibly find a job doing something that I like.


• Even though I have been assured I will always have a job, the future of this company is rather uncertain right now.


• I hate sitting in a chair all day.


• My husband is SO tired of hearing me bitch about my job!


• This office depresses me.


• I have no contact with people my own age. Everyone here is at least 40 or above.

I'm sure there are many more I can come up with, but these are all I can think of at the moment.

Well, I suppose it's about time for me to write something in here. For some reason, I just haven't been feeling much like writing lately. In fact, I haven't felt like doing much of anything lately. I think it may be related to the time of year. I always kinda get the blues during the fall/winter months.

I guess I haven't written since Friday, so here's what I've been doing in the meantime. Friday night we went over and hung out at our friends house. We had dinner, watched some movies, and caught up on life. That was lots of fun.

Saturday I slept in until 2:00 in the afternoon. When I finally got up, we watched a movie, then it was time to go have dinner with my Dad for his birthday. After dinner, it was off to my sister's house for her surprise party. It was fun, but everyone left kinda early so it ended up just being my sis and her hubby, us, and her ex-roomie. We still had a good time. Plus, my sis was actually surprised. She didn't expect it at all.

Sunday hubby and I just had a lazy day at home. I made a big pot of chilli. We watched football and just hung out together.

Monday morning I had to get up extra early. I met my mom at her house then we made our way to the airport to hop on the company plane. It was the first time I have been on it so it was kinda cool. We flew down to the Lake of the Ozarks to attend my friend's husband's funeral. It was very sad. I really hate to think of what her life will be like without him. During the funeral they read a letter that she had written him and one her daughter had written. It had me in tears. He was very loved. After the funeral, we got back on the plane and headed home. We stopped back in at work for about an hour, then I went home, laid on the couch, and barely moved until it was time to go to bed.

So, that's what I've been doing. Today I'm just not in a very good mood. I got pissy with my mom again this morning. She says I was giving her attitude. I don't think so. I was just being myself and trying to tell her something. I really think it's about time for a new job. I wish I could afford to just go get an easy low-stress job somewhere and not have to worry about it anymore. Speaking of jobs, I suppose I should quit bitching and get back to mine.

I'm so very glad it's friday!  It has just been a hella crazy day around here.  First we get the news this morning of Cindy's husband's death.  Then I get into it with one of the office assholes cause the mail is late.  Like I can control when the freakin' mailman gets here.  So, I told my mom what he said to me and then she went and bitched him out.  Kinda pissed me off cause I don't really need my mommy to cover my ass, but at the same time it was kinda funny seeing her bitch at him too.  On top of all that, the bosses have been pretty much arguing for the last couple weeks which has added a layer of stress to the office that I just don't like.  The good news is that I am now *officially* only on the "good boss's" payroll, which means the "bad boss" can kiss my ass! 

But it's Friday, with only about an hour more to go.  Time to relax, clean up my desk, and forget about work for a couple days.  I get to go hang out with some friends tonight who I have been really missing lately.  We've just been to busy to keep up with each other.  Then tomorrow, we're having dinner with my dad and sis to celebrate their birthdays, then a surprise party for my sis!  I can't believe she's 30 this year.  She won't be able to celebrate much being all pregnant and such, but it should be a good time anyway.

So, ta ta for now tbloggers.  Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

I just got some terrible news.  All I can feel is sadness and shock.  The niece of a former co-worker just called the office.  Cindy's (the former co-worker) husband had a heart attack and died lastnight.  Normally a thing like this wouldn't bother me so much, but they had the perfect love.  They were totally, 100% devoted to each other.  Cindy just absolutely adored her husband.  Less than a year ago, Cindy decided to retire and they moved permanently into their lake house.  Her husband had gotten to the point in his job where he was able to work at home.  They were really looking forward to having  some time together.  They are so young.  Well, young to me.  They are around the same age as my parents.  I just can't believe that this had to happen right now, when they were looking to settle down and grow old together.  One of their daughters also worked here for a while.  I'm thinking of her too.  It must be so hard to lose a parent.  I can't imagine what I would do if it were mine.  The bosses are discussing taking the company plane and flying down for the funeral.  We were going to take the plane down next friday and go have lunch with Cindy and her husband.  We had planned it early in the summer but never went.  Just last week we decided that it was time to do it.  Now I guess we'll go down for the funeral instead.  I just can't believe it.

Well, I don't know if it's my recent mood, or just that fact that hubby is gone tonight and I actually have some time to myself, but I decided it was time to change up the blog again.  Since it is October, I thought a Halloween theme sounded good.  I found the pic on istockphoto.com.  It's a great place to get cheap stock images.  I'll have to change it again before long, but this will get me by for a few weeks anyway.

For some reason I've been in the mood for country music the last couple days. I've been listening to the Lauchcast country station and heard this song a couple times. I really like it!
[b]
It's Hard to Kiss the Lips...
by Notorious Cherry Bombs[/b]

[i]She used to call me baby...
I thought she was such a lady...
But my how things have changed since times moved on...

I gave her my last dollar...
And now all she'll do is holler...
Oh my life has become a country song.......

I've learned she can resist me...
by the way she always disses me...
And comes to bed at night, with that cold cream on.......

Sometimes I might feel frisky...
but these days it's just too risky...

It's Hard To Kiss The Lips At
Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long.....
All day Long.... It goes all day long......

If a tree fell in the forest,
She didn't hear it, would I still be wrong...

I guess I should admit it.. She ain't never gonna quit it...

It's Hard To Kiss The Lips At Night
That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long.....

Spoken Voice:

Man I remember when her eyes
used to be so blue and shiny
God you oughtta see what's happened to her hiney
(HER WHAT?) her hiney
Man that thing is big enough to land a small plane on.
(SMALL PLANE ?) I'm tellin' ya
I used to roll her in the the clover,
(mmm hmm) but my god those days are over
(Hallelulia!)

It's Hard To Kiss The Lips At Night
That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long
All day Long.... She goes all day long......

If some day they drop the big one,
I'd say sweet Jesus, She's gonna finally leave me alone

It's alright if we say it.. cause the radio won't play it.

It's Hard To Kiss The Lips At Night
That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long.......

It's Hard To Kiss The Lips At Night
That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long.............[/i]

There, I said it.  I am in a total funk right now.  I don't know what it is.  I can't find anything to blame it on.  I'm just in a funk.  I'm lazy, tired, and grumpy.  I have actually been working pretty hard at work the last few days, but then when I get home I just don't want to do anything.  I promised myself last weekend that this week I was gonna go home and work out every day.  So far, I haven't done it once.  I'm such a loser!  I also wanted to start dieting again.  I've done okay so far on that, but not as well as I would like to.  When I get home, hubby wants to hang out, but I just want to lay on the couch glued to the tv.  Then it had to rain today, which is just making things worse.  I wish I just knew what my problem has been the last few days.

The only good thing I have to say today is that tomorrow is Thursday and it is almost time to go home.  Oh, and after Thursday it will finally be Friday.  Seriously, how can a 4-day work week go by so slowly????

We finally made it back from Louisiana about 8:00 lastnight.  Despite all of my worries prior to the trip, we had a wonderful time and everything turned out great.  We sedated the dog for the car trip, and there was no puking at all.  He did really good.  He was getting a little antsy on the way back, but he was very good.

We had a great time visiting with hubby's family.  We always enjoy seeing them.  We also found out that hubby's brother is back from Iraq.  We didn't get to see him because he had to go straight back to the base in Hawaii, but it is good to know that he is back in the states.

Hubby's class reunion was actually really fun.  I had a great time and met some really cool people.  I found a fellow computer geek to talk to and he promised to hook me up with some software I've been wanting.  I also met a guy who was a huge Red Sox fan, so we chatted for a bit about them.  I met a lot of people that hubby talks about which was nice cause I could finally put faces to the names.  Everyone was really cool and very nice.  It was fun explaining that I wasn't the same wife that had been with hubby at the last reunion!  Some people were really confused.

I also learned a very good lesson at the reunion.  Don't mix tequila, whiskey, and beer.  It's just not a good combination.  And, by the end of the night most of it will end up in the toilet anyway....

Aside from all that, we had a really good time together.  Hubby and I have really been needing some together time lately, and there's nothing better than being closed up in the car together for 24+ hours over the span of 2 days!  We definitely got some together time. 

It is nice to be back home, although not so nice to be back at work today.  Losing 2 days of work can really put you behind!  I'm very busy today, but just thought I would fill you all in on my weekend.  I'll try to get caught up on everyone else in the next couple days.  I sure did miss my tblog!

Here's a pic of hubby and I at the reunion.