Archive for August, 2010
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Wordless Wednesday! First Day of School!!
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Well, That Never Happened to me Before!
Got onto the elevator with a BUNCH of people. It beeped and buzzed because there were too many people. So some of them got off.
The elevator made it’s way up and stopped between the 5th and 6th floor. It sat there and had a little think.. made a horrible noise, then it sent us to the basement.
Luckily, at a slow rate of speed.
When the doors opened there was a mass exodus of about half of the people on board.
I stayed. And rode happily back up to the 6th floor.
It’s all good.
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Step Away From the Bon Bons..
After nearly nine years my carefree days of housewifery are over. No more lying idly about the house barefoot watching my stories whilst eating bon bons.
What is a bon bon anyway?
Tomorrow I am starting a job. I re-enter the exciting world of work in the big city.
Ok.. it’s just Akron. I just hope I don’t get lost on the way to work tomorrow.
I can’t say I am entirely looking forward to this, and I also can’t say I am entirely NOT. There is a bit of nervous, hesitant excitement about getting out there and taking on a new challenge, learning new things and meeting new people.
I am after all a little more social than my eHermit husband.
At the same time there is a deep sadness, as I have never been away from my two youngest children for any regular time barring a trip here or there. I will miss out on their day to day antics. I’ll miss the fights, the cool Lego creations the little interesting musings. I won’t be there to add a little extra female balance to the mix for my daughter. And I won’t be there to guide my oldest son through his first days of high school!
I still can’t believe it!
This whole thing just stinks. I haven’t spoken of it, but the job cut was devastating, and at the same time a relief. Things needed to change but we were hoping it would be on our schedule. It was not. We spent the evening of my 40th birthday cutting me back to my old cell phone and trying to figure out how poor we needed to be to get the kids on Medicaid and still keep a roof over our heads.
It’s a delicate balance…
We’ve done alright. Brian is working hard at getting his consulting business off the ground and so far we haven’t even gotten any unemployment.
Dang.. I was looking forward to getting some of that money back!
But health insurance for a family is expensive when you make too much to qualify, and bills are piling up a little so off to work I go. Meanwhile, my brave, brave husband will take over the child rearing duties and in a week and a half take over the homeschooling as well. All while still working on his consulting. I will be able to cover the mortgage, health insurance and perhaps some incidentals, but he needs to carry the rest. That is one thing I am sort of looking forward to.. a bit of team work to get it all done.
Well, I have to get up early in the morning.
Another thing I am NOT looking forward too..
So I have to post this and get to bed.
Brian just made sure the tank is full so I am assured to have plenty of gas for my first day of work.
Great…
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How To’s Day: How to get free knitting books!
I don’t think I have paid for a book in a while. I have gotten a few good ones lately and I thought why not share how I did it! It’s really pretty easy! I use Swagbucks. It’s a great little deal! I downloaded their search bar and rather than searching through my regular search bar on my internet browser I use the Swagbucks one. I am randomly awarded points for this. Once I have collected up 450 points I pop over to the Swagbucks store and buy myself a $5 Amazon gift card. Quite often you can get used books there for a very low price. I might have to wait a bit till I collect up enough points to get a book and the shipping for free but hey it’s usually worth the wait!
I mention this now because a) I just ordered another $5 Amazon card today so I am on my way to getting a book I have been wanting, and b) There are two great incentives to sign up before Thursday!
Swagbucks is offering a 50 point sign up bonus, so you automatically get 70 points to start you off. AND they are going to be putting out 5 bonus codes on Thursday! So if you sign up and download the search bar a little message alert will go off on it to tell you there is a code and you can get some points fast!! Or you can watch the little widget on my left sidebar, it will also show code alerts!
There are also alot of other things you can get with Swagbucks.. Restaurant.com certificates, and music posters etc. You can also use your Swagbucks to enter to win prizes or you can save up for something really big like an iPad!. I don’t know if I have the stamina!
Click here to check it out and sign up! It’s free, and it’s really not annoying like other online programs or I wouldn’t be telling you about it let alone using it!
Note.. apparently there is a special code to enter to get 30 extra points when you sign up. SwagToSchool is the code, it is case sensitive as all Swagbucks codes are! Let me know if it works!
Enjoy! And let me know what ya get with your points!!
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Yesterday..
A funny thing happened on the way to the softball game. I noticed that Brian had blown a seam in the underarm of his t-shirt. Well, I couldn’t have that now could I ?
I just happened to have a bit of matching thread and a needle and so I went into action. There was only one problem. He was driving. But hey, he was game so I went to work. Of we went driving down the road, him with his arm up in the air, me stitching away.
I don’t know what the people in the other cars thought but hey, I finished just in time for him to be presentable when he arrived at the ball field!
All’s well that ends well!
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Sunny Sunday Harvest..
Some of you might remember my last harvest.. It wasn’t that hot! Now here is what we picked today..
This time it is only the beginning! Our produce inspector approves!
Paying the bills…
Coming April 13th
