We have become .......... a two-vehicle family!
Have a peek at my new baby .... http://www.chevrolet.com/cobalt/
Was kind of an unexpected thing when the van up and died on me one afternoon while Steve was in Florida on business. When he got home we headed to the dealer, brought home this cutie and then fixed the van when we got our tax return.
Wow ... it is quite weird to have a vehicle at my leisure!!! I kinda like it!!!
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Moving piles
I think that sometimes all I'm doing while cleaning is making one room look nice, and destroying several others in the process.
The dining room is now nice and tidy ... however, I now have to clean my office area, my bedroom, and the kitchen to totally "finish" the cleaning of the dining room because of the piles of "all this stuff belongs over there, and all that stuff goes upstairs."
Every once in awhile I miss the days when we moved so often we didn't really accumulate a "life" of stuff ... because I could keep my entire house really clean.
Or maybe if we were all just more boring and less interested in so many different types of things that grow into their own piles of stuff.
And while I like the idea of living in a multi-story house, I think overall keeping a single level is easier for me to maintain.
My friend and I have oft discussed the desire for a few thousand dollars that was unneeded for anything else simply to spend on organizational items ... matching rubbermaids and closet organizers ...
I dream of a day when all my stuff will have actual places it belongs in my home and not kind of float around pretending to live in the dining room until I move it to a corner of my bedroom while I wait for a spot on the basement shelf to become available.
The dining room is now nice and tidy ... however, I now have to clean my office area, my bedroom, and the kitchen to totally "finish" the cleaning of the dining room because of the piles of "all this stuff belongs over there, and all that stuff goes upstairs."
Every once in awhile I miss the days when we moved so often we didn't really accumulate a "life" of stuff ... because I could keep my entire house really clean.
Or maybe if we were all just more boring and less interested in so many different types of things that grow into their own piles of stuff.
And while I like the idea of living in a multi-story house, I think overall keeping a single level is easier for me to maintain.
My friend and I have oft discussed the desire for a few thousand dollars that was unneeded for anything else simply to spend on organizational items ... matching rubbermaids and closet organizers ...
I dream of a day when all my stuff will have actual places it belongs in my home and not kind of float around pretending to live in the dining room until I move it to a corner of my bedroom while I wait for a spot on the basement shelf to become available.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
So .... yeah ...
Ever go to get your hair cut ... take in pictures and tell them you want it cut like that ......
only to find yourself a couple hours later staring at the mirror wondering how in the *world* the stylist thinks that the cut he gave you is anything remotely like the picture you gave him to work with ...
wowza ... not saying I hate the cut .... but not AT ALL what I was telling him to do.
To top it off, Steve is out of town .... I should probably warn him about the dark brown posh spice thing I've got goin' on now.
The clincher was when I walked through the door and Josh says, "wow ... mom ... you uh, look different."
"Good different? Bad Different?"
"Just different."
Glah!
only to find yourself a couple hours later staring at the mirror wondering how in the *world* the stylist thinks that the cut he gave you is anything remotely like the picture you gave him to work with ...
wowza ... not saying I hate the cut .... but not AT ALL what I was telling him to do.
To top it off, Steve is out of town .... I should probably warn him about the dark brown posh spice thing I've got goin' on now.
The clincher was when I walked through the door and Josh says, "wow ... mom ... you uh, look different."
"Good different? Bad Different?"
"Just different."
Glah!
Dumb Duh Duh Dumb
Ok ... I am *all* for helping women feel the best they can feel about themselves no matter size, shape, etc.
However, I went to Lane Bryant's ..... normally adore that store ... trendy but not stupid-trendy ....
... until someone gave them the wise idea to relabel their jeans sizes .......
RIGHT ... because picking up that size 1 or size 3 makes me feel SO much different about how I look in them!
Sheesh .... just give me my regular "size" and let's be done with it already!!!
However, I went to Lane Bryant's ..... normally adore that store ... trendy but not stupid-trendy ....
... until someone gave them the wise idea to relabel their jeans sizes .......
RIGHT ... because picking up that size 1 or size 3 makes me feel SO much different about how I look in them!
Sheesh .... just give me my regular "size" and let's be done with it already!!!
Friday, February 1, 2008
The Bipolar Handbook
If anyone is interested in learning more about Bipolar ... I read a book that had light bulb after light bulb going off in my head.
No one I've talked to or anything I've read thus far has left me with a "ding ding ding ... THAT IS ME" feeling until I read this book.
It is called The Bipolar Handbook by Wes Burgess http://www.wesburgess.yourmd.com/
It also left me with a deep sadness for those in the past who were afflicted with this and so misunderstood. I can only imagine how hopeless it all must have seemed.
No one I've talked to or anything I've read thus far has left me with a "ding ding ding ... THAT IS ME" feeling until I read this book.
It is called The Bipolar Handbook by Wes Burgess http://www.wesburgess.yourmd.com/
It also left me with a deep sadness for those in the past who were afflicted with this and so misunderstood. I can only imagine how hopeless it all must have seemed.
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