Over the hump...

This week that started so horribly is finally almost over. I am hoping it ends on a happy note.

I am feeling slightly better. I went to the doctor yesterday and got some rx for meds, including another inhaler that has some refills on it. I think this all started with my allergies... aggravated into bronchitis. Tho my doctor said it was bronchial asthma. So whatever. BUT... the GOOD NEWS I got this week is now I have officially lost 30 lbs! YAY! *happy dance* I have lots more to go but this is a great start. My clothes are not fitting me anymore and that is a good problem to have, I guess, but I cannot afford to go out and buy myself a new wardrobe. Although it is something I will have to do this weekend... new pants for sure.

So I finished Sandra Brown, Fat Tuesday, and it was pretty good. Some parts were adrenaline pumping and some parts I kinda skimmed. But all in all, I still love to read a good Sandra Brown book. She is good at the twists and turns and she never seems to leave anything unexplained. Everything in the story has a purpose and justice is served once again. Her characters are not always perfect. They are complex and sometimes warped. A good read.

Now I am starting to read some old Nora Roberts, Stars, which has two of her older stories in it. Part of the Stars of Mithra series I think. Anyway, I am just in the third chapter so far and already she has my attention. That's Nora Roberts for ya.

This weekend I am planning on going to the Crawfish festival in Old Town Spring. (The blogger dictionary did not recognize the word "Crawfish". Isn't that funny?) I hope it turns out to be a fun time. I think I deserve a fun time... dammit. Friday I plan on getting a manicure and pedicure after work. My own birthday present. That is, if I feel better and stop coughing up a lung every two seconds.

Christopher, my almost 10 year old, has been going to Nicholas' friend's church on Wednesdays. Nick goes with him to help out the leaders who run the children's bible study which is great. Anyway, Chris got an study guide/activity book today that he already started. He is taking a great interest in learning bible verses. I am glad. I am so proud of my boys. :)

Ashley, my oldest stepdaughter, is all bummed and being a teenager with the drama about prom and how her beau in Indiana may not come for prom. Something about his mom charging him rent or something. She wants him to stay a long time (so he can go to prom and to her graduation) and she has to realize that he may not have the money to stay that long. And if he can come at least to one of the events and maybe just a weekend, that would be good too. I mean it is better than NOTHING right? Well, not to her but she is a teenager and cannot see the forest for the trees.

Ok that is all for now. Off to bed. :)

As if my birthday could not get any worse...

They never came and turned our power back on yesterday. Even after Brian took care of it. Apparently he never told them PRIORITY so they didn't make it one. So I spent my birthday at a hotel room.

I am still sick. I cannot stop coughing and I am over it already. I am pretty much ready for this week to end.

My bee says...

"Birthdays suck, especially when you are sick."

So Brian is now sick too. He called me a few minutes ago to check on me. He is feeling better already, the bastard. I always get it worse than anyone in my house. GRRR! He actually wanted to go out to eat with me tonight and I am like dude I feel like sh*t. So needless to say, rain check on that. Plus I don't want to leave the kids out. So, since he wanted to do that as a last minute whim, I am guessing nothing else was planned for my birthday. That's ok. It is like this every year. I have learned that if I want to celebrate it, I have to do it myself. Thus I bought myself a violin cause I wanted one.

Ok well never mind. My day has just gotten worse. Nick just called me to inform me that our power is out which means our bill was not paid for whatever reason. I don't even want to go home now. Can I just like start over? Get a re-do? Go back in time? *bangs head on desk*

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I almost forgot where I WANT to be tonight! New Orleans. House of Blues. Jason Mraz. Bushwalla. *sigh*

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Happy Birthday to me... *cough cough*

Tomorrow is my birthday. :| uh... yay?

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I got my violin last week. I promptly broke two strings.

Once I got everything set and rosined my bow a million times, I played it briefly and realized I have forgotten just about everything. Some things came back to me but I still need lessons. Hopefully I can get those set up soon. I hope I don't find myself sucking at it when I was so good at it before. O well only time will tell.


This weekend I had so many fun things planned to do (for my birthday) but Thursday I found myself without a voice. I thought it just a fluke, allergy related or something. Oh no... by Thursday night I felt like someone hit me with a truck. Spent Friday in bed. When I woke up I could not breathe and was coughing up a storm. I felt so bad that I could not sleep Friday night. Needless to say this weekend I have been absolutely miserable.Tonight I still feel bad but not as bad as Friday. I am wheezing like crazy and probably have walking pneumonia.

I will go to work tomorrow still feeling like crap but trying to bear it. :(

I added a music playlist to my blog. Very eclectic like my music tastes. Feel free to listen to it if you want. It is not by any means a complete listing of everything that I love... just some stuff I love and am listening to a lot of now. :)

Senior Prom 2008 and old hobby revisited

So my oldest stepdaughter is graduating this year. A senior! Holy cow. Her graduation is in June but before then is her senior prom. She is excited because Brian and I are allowing her beau of the moment, Phil, to come down from Indiana to attend both the prom and the graduation. I know some of you out there are probably freaking out about us actually allowing this guy she has NEVER met to come down. However, we have spoken with him and his mother about this whole relationship that they have going on. I know first hand that love can come creeping up in the most unexpected ways and since Brian and I met online and fell in love, I cannot judge her for her feelings. Anyway... YES we are allowing him to come visit. We have rules that must be followed and I would rather her meet this guy on OUR terms than them sneaking behind our back like almost happened back in February. Boy did she get in trouble.

Anyway... I ordered her dress. It is so pretty.. Color will be baby blue. It will match her eyes beautifully. It will be custom made to her measurements so I am excited that she will have a dress that we won't have to alter much if at all. We won't have to fight to get it on her, etc. I have her hair appointment for that day all set up and everything. So she will be nice and pampered. Her boyfriend better get on the ball cause he has to rent a tux and get measured and make sure it is HERE for the big day. I guess I will end up helping him with that. He is joining the marines and will be going to boot camp anytime now so hopefully they can swing all this before he has to ship off. It could ruin the entire event but I am trying not to think about it.

Here are a few pictures of her dress in red:

Cute huh? I hope when we receive it that it is everything we asked for and more.

In other news, most of you probably do not know that I use to play the violin. I was pretty good too. I gave it up for stupid reasons that I now regret and decided that I want to get back into playing it. So I got myself one. I cannot wait to receive it. I will also take lessons. This time I am serious about it and really want to play. It alawys relaxed me to play it and I need more relaxing activities.

Here are a couple pictures of my new violin:

I am so stoked to get back into this... wish me luck!

I started reading again and finished the Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dream Hunter and Dark Hunter series for now. Anxiously awaiting the next book, Acheron.

I read a Kay Hooper book that I think was a reprint of one of her early romance novels. I have to say its the worst book of hers that I have ever read. I read it out loud to Brian during part of it and all I could think about was how you could act tis out in one of those old-time movies from the 20s-50s. It made us laugh. *swoon*

I started a new Sandra Brown book and I totally got into it then fell asleep and I couldn't find it last night. Brian put it somewhere so I stared on a Janet Evanovich Full series book.

Brian had an awesome interview yesterday with a neat company. He was offered the job. Some of you may know that his current employer informed him a couple months ago that he would be laid off at the end of May. Since then two people quit, 1 person was laid off, and several others are actively looking for work elsewhere. When he does give his notice to them, I bet you they will reconsider cause they will be stuck between a rock and a hard place. O WELL!

My birthday is next Monday, the 21st. I have no plans for anything. No parties are planned. No cake.. no nothing. My birthdays usually suck. So I guess that is all I will say about that.

New Browser: Flock

So a coworker told me about this new browser, Flock. I have installed this and I am trying it out now. So far it is different but not in a bad way. For a multi-tasker like myself, it is easy to stay connected to coworkers, my blogs, Facebook, Myspace, email, etc., while continuing to work on the web. For example, I am using a feature right now that allows me to post this blog without even having to open up blogger. All I did was go to blogger, login and flock recognized it and said now that I logged in, I can create a post anytime. So I am trying this out now.

I also signed into Facebook earlier and now on my flock homepage, it tells me what my friends on Facebook are doing (based on what they have on their pages). So... i will test this out for a few days and see if it is even worth continuing to use.

Coworker doesn't like it so far. It is interesting to say the least.

Ok well more on this later.

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Can't concentrate today.

Today I am having trouble focusing on things I need to get done.

I also am having a difficult time keeping my mouth shut. I find myself talking and talking and talking. Ummm what the hell. You have my permission to just tell me to shut up if I turn into one of those people that just talk your friggin head off. I have turned into something I myself hate. *panic*

*sigh* Maybe I am just starved for adult interaction. I was a mom who stayed home with her kids 24/7 for several years before I got the job I am working in now. Not for lack of trying to find work outside the home. I also homeschooled my kids during this time. So it was me and kids all the time while my husband worked four jobs. I did not have a lot of friends at the time either. I lost track of all the friends from college and high school when I became a parent. Life was difficult for me and I was mostly alone until I met Brian. So... anyway, maybe actually finding someone to talk to that is above the age of 17 has made me into a talkaholic. I know you people are not that interested in me and my life and I know that I don't really have much to say.

So just shush me and I will go back to my desk or hang up or whatever.