Tuesday Boredness

Just sitting at work wishing I was doing something fun. Or at home where I could do whatever I want. My house is pretty much in a serious state of disrepair. I've had one of those "I'll clean that up later" weeks, and so now it is later and everything needs to be cleaned up! -_- Boo.

So not a whole lot of anything has been going on. Just livin life. Did have fun Sunday night though. A couple from our small group, and the bro and sis and law and us all went to the couples house and brought papa johns and watched a movie in their new movie room in the basement. (We watched Taken for the 4th time for me, haha, but I love it) And us girls sat and talked awhile while the boys went to my parents to get something.

Lee and I went to Lowes last week. I found out we were going to have a little extra money that week so made up a list of improvements that need to be done around the house. Like laying the tile in the guest bathroom that has never been done, cleaning the windows, hanging up pictures, putting the rest of the knobs on the kitchen cabinets, etc. So we spent about 60$ and got everything we need just about! I still want to get some plants for outside but that can wait.

We are trying to get ready for next month. Every Sunday of October we are hosting the small group at our house. Eep, so we went it to look good!

I also found a room sized rug for the living room that I really like. Its kinda shaggy, but not overly so, and goes great in there. After I get my pictures/shelves up I'm going to really like the dining room/living room area I think.

So my birthday is coming up! About 2 weeks, little over. Its oct 12th. I better start coming up with stuff I want! Lee and his family will be dogging me about it soon, lol. I really dont know...sure I have lots of stuff I want but they are way out of everyones price range! Lol. I'd like money! But thats impossible to get people to give you, well my family might. But his won't! They are very big on being personal etc.

Id also like a new camera, but I want to move up in quality, and that starts costing from 400-800 dollars! Um, what else...I guess I'd like a shotgun, but I don't want one that bad...we haven't hunted in about 2 weeks. Mostly because of the rain. It has rained EVERYDAY for like 2 weeks straight. No joke. We hare having all kinds of flooding. Thankfully not around us though. Finally they said its going to clear up after this week. That has definitely put a stop to my riding -_-. I was watching a few videos on trail competitions, that looks really fun. I want to set up a course out in the pasture and try Daisy through it, hehe, I bet she'd do great! The Alabama Horse Fair is at the end of January, and they have a Trail Horse Competition that any and all horses and riders can enter. Here's a run from last year a girl did on her pretty paint mare:



I think she did great for it being her first competition. Which also tells me anyone and everything enters these things. There is another video of a fat appy that a girl rides through, she doesn't get through but maybe 2 obstacles, lol. I know for a FACT Daisy and I could do better then THAT. That high jump up and down thing though, I think thatd be our worst, lol, that thing looks scary! But the pain mare does GREAT over it.

I like these type of trail competitions. The kind of stuff you would actually maybe encounter out on an actual trail. Not the crap AQHA does with all those crazy intricate poles and junk and their heads at their hooves and going SO SLOW.

Frankly I just want to get out and do SOMETHING with my horse in public. Its been over 2 years! Right before we found out Daisy was pregnant with Tuff Tuff. I'm also kinda worried about her lameness though. I'm definitely not taking a lame horse out in public. I need to get her to a vet to find out just what is going on. I can guess all day but that won't do any good.

So the boss showed up, better skidattle, adios!

Monday Again @ The Shop

Hellloooo readersss. Well, hello Michelle! ;) It's nice that over the years, we have both known even if no one else reads our blogs or looks at our websites, we did each others!!

So had a good weekend! The week was a little rocky, Lee and I fell off our happy wagon a bit. Not that we were unhappy, but sometimes you are just in the groove and things are going good you know, and then sometimes its just a little eh, your just living with each other...I dunno, I may not be making any sense at all. I was also really bored at work all last week. I need to find another game to play, lol. I was playing an online rpg (role playing game) but it got boring...that kept me interested.

So just went and got some lunch from guthries, now dad is on the phone in front of me trying to get a real person at bank of america. Thats a feat! Just tried calling the mother, she is wanting to make dinner for the in laws. The mother in law had surgery last week and is out of commission for a while. Shes not answering tho! Urgh.

So back to the weekend! Friday night we did our becoming-a-tradition thing and went to Salsas, its a mexican/american restaurant, one of both of our faves. Which is unusual that we both like a place that much. They have the BEST chips and salsa. Yumm, and I usually get a chimichanga with shrimp or beef. I like it because its pretty quiet and fast, and the waitresses are nice. A lot of what makes a difference to me is the atmosphere and how I'm treated. If one of those is off bad enough, I won't go back.

So then we headed home and Lee decided to use up our last batting cage tokens, hehe. I found out I really suck at hitting softballs! I don't have a clue what I'm doing, lol. Better learn before next year if we get a church womens team going!

Oh and Lee bought me FLOWERS Friday. I KNOW. That like, never happens. Well except for like V-day or my birthday. They are all red roses and daisys and stuff. Very pretty! I don't know what came over him, lol! But I like itttt, heheheh. I guess my trying to change my attitude is working! He put them in a vase near the door but I totally missed them. I noticed my fake flowers were laying on the counter, and then saw some flower food, but thought he had got some for his mom. Then I went towards the bedroom and saw finally saw them.

Saturday we got up about 7:30 or so, Lee had to go do some work with his boss for a few hours. So I decided to call the dog groomer and go with him. I dropped Lee off at his boss' house and then headed over to the dog groomer, dropped Bowser off and then went to the job Lee was working on. He was cutting seams in some concrete they poured the day before (probably about 10k worth of concrete, no kidding its like 110 a yard here now) so it won't crack. So I had a movie I rented that I hadn't finished yet (slumdog millionaire) so that kept me occupied. Then off we went to town waiting for Bowser to get done. Took them like 3 hours. We went to the hunting/gun store we both like, then I persuaded him to take me to hobby lobby, hehe. I got some GREAT stuff there. I have a really pretty frame that I have been wanting to put up, so I got another picture that is similar to it, and then a shelf and some gorgeous flowers for under 20 bucks! So excited to put them up. Just gotta get some different hanger things. I'm gonna put them in my dining room.

Then we went to a few other stores and finally Bowser was done. Went and got him and headed home. Lee had said something bout going to the Bass Pro Shop that day, so we took Bowser home, loaded up the lawn mower and went and mowed the church yard. Came back home AGAIN and got ready to head up to the Bass Pro Shop. We love that place. It has a feeling of being a long ways from home, but is only about an hour, and its got the neatest stuff in there. We can spend 2 hours in there easy. And we were so good, didn't buy anything! ;) Although Lee tried on some camo coveralls that are just awesome. They can also be turned inside out to be just brown, so he could wear them to work and hunt in them. They're insulated and he said they are really comfy. About a 100 bucks for them, so he might have to wait for his birthday, hehe.

Then we headed home and Sunday was church. It was a great service this weekend, our choir song we sang got me so worked up that I actually was crying a little bit, that is not usual for me. It is called Worthy Is The Lamb, and He is SO worthy. It works me up every time, I just love it. Its an indescribable feeling. I'm getting teary thinking about it now! God is so good. And Preachers message was just great.

I kinda wanted to go to the b-ham Barons baseball game, but we decided to just go get some groceries and a movie and head home. That was fun, we watched Duplicity, good couples movie.
Before we did that we put out another bag of cracked corn for the doves out in the pasture. We saw quite a few out there! Yeah! I think the cooler weather is bringing them in. Opening day is Saturday! Which is also the day after my grandma from AZ flies in to visit, and the day of my nieces bd party, AND the first day of college football. VERY IMPORTANT in this state, lol. Gonna be a busy weekend! I'm driving to b-ham with the mother to pick grandma up. She doesn't like driving down there. Got the handy dandy GPS to help us out!

Sigh, I'm kinda wanting to get out of here and get off the same time as Lee, 2:30. But I will prolly have to be here until 4. Boo. Yawwnn. So I guess I will quit boring yall and go.

Fun Weekend!

But oh so tiring!! Last night I was actually getting shakey and kinda dizzy because I was just sooo tired.

So Lee has had 2 more softball games. Lost both, sadly. They haven't been playing real well lately. Thurs game started good, got REALLY BAD, then ended good, they did a good ralley. Lee would have had a run in but the person got out right when he was getting to home plate, so it didn't count. Oh well.

So anyway on Friday night we had planned a pool party at a friends house. He was out of town in panama city so we took over his house, hehe. He has a kind of in ground/above ground pool. Its like got a deck built up around it, so it looks like an in ground, but it isn't. It doesn't have a deep end. Which is okay for playing in and such. I brought buns for the hamburgers and a desert that everyone loves. (its got a layer of angel food cake, strawberries, then vanilla pudding, then whip cream, and you do it 2 or 3 layers. Pretty good! Jamie calles it Yum Yum, lol)

So we played in the pool (the bro and sis in law and our two friends amanda and ryan, well amanda didnt swim for some reason) and Lee cooked the hamburgers. Then we went in and ate, then came back out and played in the pool for like 2 or 3 more hours, lol. Lots of fun! Even Lee had fun I think, although he didn't ever get his head under water, hehe. I got on his shoulders once and Jamie got on chris' and we had a chicken fight. Which I won of course!! I always win those! hehe, good thing Lee has strong shoulders!

Anywho, so we got home about 12 that night, and had to get up at 6 the next morning, UGH! My dad acquired a new rental house (I think he has 5 or 6 now!) so he need us to come help lay some flooring and clean up a bit. The last tenants left a HUGE mess. Roaches everywhere, stunk, dirty, dog poo in the tub, etc. NASTY! And it was soooo hot in there. I was just dripping sweat. Thankfully after we did a bit of work, Jamie and I got away to go to the mall to go shopping. Yeah! That was fun. She needed some new church clothes so we walked up and down the mall, both stories, all afternoon shopping. We also took some photo booth pics, they are so funny! I will have to post them, left it at home. I wanted to get an air brush tattoo, but Jamie didn't seem too keen on it, so I felt bad making her wait on me to get one, plus my shirt was in the way of where I wanted it, and they were 5$, so I didn't. I wish I had tho! I wanted the chinese symbol for serenity on my left shoulder.

The second one was it, I think. Oh well, next time! I got Lee some shorts from Aeropostle and some socks that were on sale for his sister, she loves stuff like that from stores like old navy, abercrombie, etc. I tried to give them to her yesterday but every time I got near her she ran off like she was avoiding me. Fine!

I also got some of the CUTEST SHOES EVER! Thats them to the right, they're madden girls. They were originally like 40$ and I got them for NINE. Scoreeee. Jamie also got some really cute ones for 9$. Heres were made by some weird etienne aigner or something name. I wore them Sunday and felt SO sexy, lol. The night before I put them on and I was WAY taller then Lee, who was barefoot, in them, heheheh, that was fun. I was about the same height as him with his shoes on tho. He's 6ft.

So thats all the money I could spend, thankfully lees shorts were half off so they were 18 something. Tight money week again, as usual. Although this Fri Sat we are going to make 300$, yeah! There is a guy in church that owns fireworks stands. Lees mom and his little bro have been working at 2 diff ones. Well they need more people for the 4th this weekend, so he is going to pay us to work Fri and Sat. But its going to be from 10 to 9 Fri (possibly later) and 10 to whenever people stop buying on Sat. Which is like midnight or later I'm sure! UGH. We also have to miss our family 4th of July party...sniff. Not cool. I'm about to get bummed out about that, better stop thinking about it. It WAS going to be this past Sat, but they changed it all of a sudden, thanks. So now we are going to miss it. -_-

I've been thinking about what to do with the money...I want to go to the beach SO BAD. But I dunno if 400 is enough! (I was thinking we could swing an extra 100 of our own money to make it 4) I was looking at hotels and the decent ones are at least a 100 bucks a night. Sniff. I mean, I guess we COULD stay in a 60$ hotel room, but is it worth it?? I wanted to be in walking distance of the beach, but they are so expensive...I was thinking about taking the sea doo so we could play in the ocean with it, how fun would that be!! But we need at least 100 for gas, AT LEAST 100 for food, then if the hotel costs 100 a night...I dunno. Mobile is cheaper then Gulf Shores, but not near as nice...

So we went back to the rental after the mall and did some more cleaning, watched the boys do some more floor (they were putting down that laminate snap together wood stuff in the WHOLE house) and then I got Sims out of the truck and let Jamie play that for awhile. We finally got to leave about 7 something and got home, let the dog play a while, then went to BED.

Next day was church, then small group. I was wanting to go swimming again, but then we decided to go see Transformers 2. It was REALLY good. Although a lot more sexual innuendo then was needed, as well as cussing. I mean, this is a FAMILY movie, with 5 and 6 year olds! Come on you morons!

After that we went on home and it was like, sighhh, so good to be home! I made chili dogs and we watched Shooter. Well, part of it, it got close to 11 so we took our butts off to bed. Now I'm at work, so I can be off Friday for the fireworks stand. Lee and Josh are working 10 hour days this week to make up for missing work Fri.

So speaking of work. Dad said last Monday that he is needing to hire a full time person to work in his office at his shop soon, if it keeps on being so busy. I WANT TO SO BAD. But heres whats stopping me:

1. The Aunt - I've worked for her nearly 5 years here, and I feel like she would be DEVASTATED if I leave. She'd have to find someone else to work and we have gone through at LEAST 6 girls that all quit. I'm the only one that has stayed. We also had one get fired cause she was stealing from another girl who worked here. Stupid girl. Plus its like, okay, sorry, I like my daddy better then you so seeee yaaa, I don't want her to think that...
And its a lot of responsibility, the stuff I do. Something you don't trust to just anyone. It would have to be a very special person that she would trust to do what I do. I wish she could have her daughter work, but she has 2 small girls and I doubt she would have anyone else take care of them during the day...but you never know. That would make me feel a LOT better though if she did take my place. I wouldnt feel bad at all about leaving.

2. Money - I'm not sure how serious he is about employing me full time. Is this just something that is for a little while, and if it gets slow I can't work? Or what? I mean, I know its hard to say if he is going to be busy...and it seems like summer is always busy because of the heat messing cars up. So is it going to be slow in the winter?? Will he keep me on?? I mean, I'm pretty sure those wont be probs but I worry. And what if something happened to him and he couldn't work anymore, I'm out of a job. But that could happen to my aunt too...
Although its not like I make much at all. 8$ an hour won't break anyone, lol.

Pros!

1. Possible insurance. YES, I think that is a possibility, dad and mom need some, so they had a guy out the other day. I asked mom, jokingly, if dad was going to have insurance for me when I started working there, and she goes, maybe! I was like, REALLY? That would be SO GREAT. Then we could start planning a family...I'm starting to move that way a bit. I took care of my nephew yesterday afternoon and he is just SO ADORABLE!! It was so fun. But I dunno...

2. Happiness. I really do not enjoy working here. Yeah, its nice to be able to get on the comp for quite a bit, and not have to do a whole lot. But I don't like messing with people, and I don't like always worrying if I'm not doing what she wants me to, or not good enough, etc. I don't feel like that with dad. I know what I'm supposed to do and I do it. There is no gray areas like there is here. Plus, hes my dad, I'm much more comfy with him. And I don't deal with people much at all there, if I do its to take there money, not help them pick out a purse or jewelry and then when it breaks have to deal with them.

3. Motivation. I would be SO much more motivated to help dad out with his business. Because I care about it more. Id be more willing to work harder, do more for him, etc. Like advertising, PR, whatever.

4. Freedom. I never have to work saturdays, and I get to get out and go get lunch, put in deposits, run errands I'm not stuck there.

So anyway, sorry for the boring monologue. It helps me get my head straight. So I'll shut up for now, ta ta!