My blog is screaming for something new and Ms. Gorgeous Pudding over on the right tagged me giving me something to blog about. Right on time! I am supposed to keep the chain going...but I am not. LOL! I suck, yeah I know! :oP I am supposed to answer her 11 questions so here it is:
1. Are you currently doing what you want to do in life?
I am in the process of my dream career so I will say yes.
2. What is your absolute favorite way to have fun?
Cranking up some great music and dancing. I.LOVE.IT!
3. How many siblings do you have and what birth order are you?
I am an only child biologically. I have an 17 or 18 year old sister from my father's 2nd marriage and an 11 year old brother and 9 year old sister from his 3rd marriage (that is in the process of divorce). Give or take a year on their ages, LOL!
4. What's your fantasy car.
I don't really have one. I sat and thought about it and nothing in particular comes to mind. Hmmmmmmm
5. Where is the last place you vacationed?
What is a vacation? LOL! I guess going to MD to hang with my mom and company will have to count. Other than that I went to Myrtle Beach for my 30th birthday almost 2 years ago...wow, I must do better. That fact is sad, LOL!
6. Do you wear jewelry and do you prefer gold or silver!
I don't really wear much jewelry. If I do it's a pair of silver or white gold hoop ear rings. That's about it. I subconsciously take jewelry off. No joke.
7. What's the best thing you've ever eaten?
Coffee ice cream....OMG! It is my weakness! *sigh*
8. What colors is your bathroom decorated with?
My bathroom is brown, tan, and blue...I really want to change it up and make it look all pretty but I have yet to get my interior decorating mojo going.
9. How often do you exercise?
I walk the trail every chance I get. Being that I picked up more hours at work I have been sporadic with it, but I do walk around the block with one of the residents every Sunday so that counts for something I guess. I refuse to buy a gym membership. Pooka and I have started going to the indoor pool on Fridays (so far we've been twice) as part of our bonding time. So, I guess the answer would be...here and there :)
10. Do you want children? If you have children do you want more?
Hmmmmmmm, the honest answer is I don't know. Some days I do, most days I don't. I would strongly prefer not to be a single mother of two or more. I don't think I can handle it. I know it's not good to assume the relationship with the father will not work out, but I don't know if I want to take the chance of bringing another life to the world and not being able to give it what it needs and taking even more time away from Pooka. It's just not fair.
11. What is your least favorite food? If you had to eat it for 1 month for a million dollars could you?
The first thing that came to mind was liver...of any animal! I just can't get with it no matter how the best cooks prepare it. Just not my thing...unless I am getting paid a million for eating it a for a month...then I just have to suck it up, pinch my nose and make it do what it do! Hey, it's only a month! LOL!
Thanks for the tag Gorgeous Pudding!
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Happy New Year!!!!!!
Life is great right now!
Got my school loan check this week! This is good because this is when I go to my landlords and secure a roof over me and Pooka's head for a couple of months! Such a good feeling. I was going to pay off Mia but an emergency came up that I needed to take care of...then this morning when I went to get my oil changed the mechanic found a leak in the coolant housing *sigh*. A simple oil change turned into something more complex and expensive. BOOOOOOOO! The only WANT item I purchased was some sweat pants and a grande mint mocha from Starbucks! So I call that great! It's amazing how fast I went from sort of baller to normal in less than 48 hours! hahahahaha
I have a 15 page paper to write. I've known about this paper for 5 weeks now. It is due next Thursday. I only have 3 pages complete. Today was my day to sit and and crank it out. I need time to shoot it to someone to make sure I wrote in English so the sooner I can pull it out my butt the better. I haven't even opened the document today. *smh*
The entire PT department is moving to a building down the road. In the process of this move I have almost doubled my professional library and obtained a coffee maker and microwave...FOR FREE!!!!!! Things like this makes my day I swear! :D
I brought in the New Year at Lsbnmom's house. We toasted, I kissed my youngin', I waited to see if Beyonce was going to perform, then I went to Lsbnmom's guest room and went to sleep! I worked until 10:30 pm Saturday night and had to be back at work at 8 am Sunday. Can you say holiday pay? When I got back to LM's house to get the kid there was a beautiful home cooked meal prepared and a house full of her loved ones present having a good time!
I am blessed beyond belief and I have absolutely nothing to complain about. Everything in my life that I don't care about is fixable and I am glad for the option to be able to change!
Happy New Year!
Got my school loan check this week! This is good because this is when I go to my landlords and secure a roof over me and Pooka's head for a couple of months! Such a good feeling. I was going to pay off Mia but an emergency came up that I needed to take care of...then this morning when I went to get my oil changed the mechanic found a leak in the coolant housing *sigh*. A simple oil change turned into something more complex and expensive. BOOOOOOOO! The only WANT item I purchased was some sweat pants and a grande mint mocha from Starbucks! So I call that great! It's amazing how fast I went from sort of baller to normal in less than 48 hours! hahahahaha
I have a 15 page paper to write. I've known about this paper for 5 weeks now. It is due next Thursday. I only have 3 pages complete. Today was my day to sit and and crank it out. I need time to shoot it to someone to make sure I wrote in English so the sooner I can pull it out my butt the better. I haven't even opened the document today. *smh*
The entire PT department is moving to a building down the road. In the process of this move I have almost doubled my professional library and obtained a coffee maker and microwave...FOR FREE!!!!!! Things like this makes my day I swear! :D
I brought in the New Year at Lsbnmom's house. We toasted, I kissed my youngin', I waited to see if Beyonce was going to perform, then I went to Lsbnmom's guest room and went to sleep! I worked until 10:30 pm Saturday night and had to be back at work at 8 am Sunday. Can you say holiday pay? When I got back to LM's house to get the kid there was a beautiful home cooked meal prepared and a house full of her loved ones present having a good time!
I am blessed beyond belief and I have absolutely nothing to complain about. Everything in my life that I don't care about is fixable and I am glad for the option to be able to change!
Happy New Year!
Monday, December 26, 2011
Santa was good to me :)
Right now I am posted up in my grandma's living room kicked back watching VH1 Soul (and blogging) Shirley Murdock is on saaaaanging and I keep pausing to sing the chorus with her! LOL! Pooka is gone doing her bonding thing with her father. My mom is taking a nap and my grandmother is doing God knows what downstairs. She is tipsy and fiddling with stuff, LOL! *Okay I have learned she was taking the security ink thing off some "hot" pants she brought....gansta! smh
I am still tripping that my grandma and 'em have wireless over here. Both my mother and grandmother simply refuse to learn how to use a computer! My friends think I am bad with technology...they never met my mom or grandma! LOL! My grandmother has declared that my aunt and I are addicted to our cell phones and computers. To an extent she is right. All the plans that I have made to meet with my DMV friends were made via internet or text so I have been on one or the other quite often since I've been here.
My father has a fb page. I am BLOWN! I accepted his request but I put his butt on restricted access. LOL!
I've been here since Wednesday night and will be here till about lunch time Thursday. So far this trip has been wonderful! Normally when I come home I am here for the weekend so I don't have a chance to see folks. This time is different! I have had the chance to hang out with folks I've grown up with that I've haven't seen since Pooka was born and she is 10! It felt great hanging with my old school friends that love me no matter what. I am supposed to get up with TZ today but can't seem to find that chick *ahem ahem cough cough message ahem ahem* Then I am supposed to hang with a few more folks before I leave. I am already dreading going back to responsibilities and all that awaits me back in NC. But alas, I have a few more days to enjoy this much needed mental reset and will.
Santa was good to me this year. Outside of the real awesome stuff (time with fam and friends) I got clothes, a food chopper, boots *with the fur* and $$$). Pooka's father brought me some smell goods from Bath and Body Works. It was completely out of the blue. So at some point before he brings Pooka back tomorrow I will go pick up a small trinket or something to give back to him. When he picked Pooka up he said he wanted to talk to me. I won't lie and say I am not curious about what he needs to say, but I'll wait. My fam kept it really simple and easy with the gifts because going into extreme debt was no an option for any of us.
Well guess I'll go check out what's going on on FB now *sigh*. Every time I log on I see someone got engaged yesterday. Kinda sweet and romantic! :)
I am still tripping that my grandma and 'em have wireless over here. Both my mother and grandmother simply refuse to learn how to use a computer! My friends think I am bad with technology...they never met my mom or grandma! LOL! My grandmother has declared that my aunt and I are addicted to our cell phones and computers. To an extent she is right. All the plans that I have made to meet with my DMV friends were made via internet or text so I have been on one or the other quite often since I've been here.
My father has a fb page. I am BLOWN! I accepted his request but I put his butt on restricted access. LOL!
I've been here since Wednesday night and will be here till about lunch time Thursday. So far this trip has been wonderful! Normally when I come home I am here for the weekend so I don't have a chance to see folks. This time is different! I have had the chance to hang out with folks I've grown up with that I've haven't seen since Pooka was born and she is 10! It felt great hanging with my old school friends that love me no matter what. I am supposed to get up with TZ today but can't seem to find that chick *ahem ahem cough cough message ahem ahem* Then I am supposed to hang with a few more folks before I leave. I am already dreading going back to responsibilities and all that awaits me back in NC. But alas, I have a few more days to enjoy this much needed mental reset and will.
Santa was good to me this year. Outside of the real awesome stuff (time with fam and friends) I got clothes, a food chopper, boots *with the fur* and $$$). Pooka's father brought me some smell goods from Bath and Body Works. It was completely out of the blue. So at some point before he brings Pooka back tomorrow I will go pick up a small trinket or something to give back to him. When he picked Pooka up he said he wanted to talk to me. I won't lie and say I am not curious about what he needs to say, but I'll wait. My fam kept it really simple and easy with the gifts because going into extreme debt was no an option for any of us.
Well guess I'll go check out what's going on on FB now *sigh*. Every time I log on I see someone got engaged yesterday. Kinda sweet and romantic! :)
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
How do the Housewives of whatever city do it?
I have been on holiday break from school and work since Friday and I am BORED!!!!!!!!!!
The house is clean. I made a big meal for me and the kid to eat off of till we hit the hwy. The internet only has but so much to look at, I've exercised on the trail and been "Just Dancing"/MJ experiencing daily. I organised closets and threw away stuff. I've called people I haven't spoken to in awhile to catch up. I've cleaned my car out. Now what?
I guess if I had some decent money and lived like the "housewives" I could call everyone over to have a spa day in my personal spa or something! LOL!
Oh well.
Other than my boredom life has been the same for the most part. I got a Christmas card in the mail from Snookums and it was very nice. It will probably be the only physical card I get this year and I am cool with that. I have never been one to send holiday cards. I may do a birthday card here and there but that's about it.
Sometimes it's hard not to miss him.
I reactivated one of my online dating accounts. I have learned that what I want does not exist. I put what I want in the search engine and literally no results come back! LOL! That's a sign I need to focus on me!
While surfing the web I saw a new pic of J. Hudson. She is really shedding the poundage. I think she should stop but most people think you're a "hater" when you are big and say someone is losing too much. *shrug*
Pooka and I are going to MD for Christmas like we always do! I am excited! We don't have plans and probably won't do much, but it's being in the house I grew up in with my family that means a lot to me. Speaking of Christmas...I had the Santa Clause talk with Pooka and this lil rugrat chose NOT to believe me!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA I was not expecting that reaction but whatever! She is going to middle school next year *OMG* and I didn't want her to go in still thinking there was a Santa. Now don't get me wrong...I have never endorsed the idea of Santa but I never discouraged it either. Just like the tooth fairy.
Being that I am still a student, December is a hard month for me financially. It sucks that I can't really provide gifts to those that I would love to give gifts to. Especially when I know a few folks that are going to get me something even though they know I am not buying gifts for anyone outside of Pooka. I know it's the season of giving and some people give because they want to give. But it still makes me feel awkward not to give in return *shrug*. Everyone in my immediate fam has money coming after Christmas (ex. I get paid on the 29th) so I think I may just take my mom and 'em out to a nice place to eat.
Fortunately Pooka wants simple stuff for Christmas. She wants art supplies, easel, bedroom slippers, and some toy I never heard of. Her dad got the art supplies and that toy I still don't remember the name of and I got her the slippers she wanted and will be buying her the easel. I told her that when we got back from MD I will take her to the store and let her pick out the one she wants. I also got her new safety gear and uniform for TaeKwonDo. It won't be back till after we get back so she won't be opening it Christmas day.
In January I would like to take my local NC friends out to eat too, just as a thank you for helping out and keeping me sane type deal. Last year we went to a Asian restaurant, don't know where I'll invite them this year. Yes, I know there is more to gift giving then food, but it's one of those things that everyone likes (when they can order what they want), everyone likes to get out of the house from time to time, and most cooks I know like to not have to cook every now and again :) It just works!
One realllllly cool thing that will happen at the end of this month is I make my last car payment! Woot woot! I can't believe it! I just hope and pray stuff don't start happening when Mia becomes 100% mine! Awhile back I started having tire issues. People would tell me about how low my back driver side tire was. I'll pump it up and keep on going. Well in the past 2 weeks I had to pump it up 3 times so I decided that I needed to get it looked at. Turns out, I had a screw in my tire! The tech said it must have been in my tire for a long time because of how worn it was *shrug* I am just thankful that it was something simple and fixable. I was NOT in a position to buy a tire!
Let's see....New Years....I work New Years Eve till 10:30pm, then go back in at 8am the next day! Can we say holiday hours???? I knew you could! LOL! I was supposed to work Thanksgiving evening but I was able to give those hours away to someone who wanted them. I gave them away gladly! I strongly prefer NOT to work Thanksgiving afternoon/evening or on Christmas. Any other holidays I really don't care too much. "They" say that what ever you are doing when the new years comes in is what you will be doing all year so I guess my 2012 will be spent sleep or dancing with my Wii. We shall see! LOL!
I have gone from being a daily blogger, to weekly blogger, to monthly blogger! HA! Darn shame. LOL!
P.S. My father sent me a friend request on FB! OMG! Eventually I accepted it but put his behind on restricted status! What is the world coming to?
The house is clean. I made a big meal for me and the kid to eat off of till we hit the hwy. The internet only has but so much to look at, I've exercised on the trail and been "Just Dancing"/MJ experiencing daily. I organised closets and threw away stuff. I've called people I haven't spoken to in awhile to catch up. I've cleaned my car out. Now what?
I guess if I had some decent money and lived like the "housewives" I could call everyone over to have a spa day in my personal spa or something! LOL!
Oh well.
Other than my boredom life has been the same for the most part. I got a Christmas card in the mail from Snookums and it was very nice. It will probably be the only physical card I get this year and I am cool with that. I have never been one to send holiday cards. I may do a birthday card here and there but that's about it.
Sometimes it's hard not to miss him.
I reactivated one of my online dating accounts. I have learned that what I want does not exist. I put what I want in the search engine and literally no results come back! LOL! That's a sign I need to focus on me!
While surfing the web I saw a new pic of J. Hudson. She is really shedding the poundage. I think she should stop but most people think you're a "hater" when you are big and say someone is losing too much. *shrug*
Pooka and I are going to MD for Christmas like we always do! I am excited! We don't have plans and probably won't do much, but it's being in the house I grew up in with my family that means a lot to me. Speaking of Christmas...I had the Santa Clause talk with Pooka and this lil rugrat chose NOT to believe me!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA I was not expecting that reaction but whatever! She is going to middle school next year *OMG* and I didn't want her to go in still thinking there was a Santa. Now don't get me wrong...I have never endorsed the idea of Santa but I never discouraged it either. Just like the tooth fairy.
Being that I am still a student, December is a hard month for me financially. It sucks that I can't really provide gifts to those that I would love to give gifts to. Especially when I know a few folks that are going to get me something even though they know I am not buying gifts for anyone outside of Pooka. I know it's the season of giving and some people give because they want to give. But it still makes me feel awkward not to give in return *shrug*. Everyone in my immediate fam has money coming after Christmas (ex. I get paid on the 29th) so I think I may just take my mom and 'em out to a nice place to eat.
Fortunately Pooka wants simple stuff for Christmas. She wants art supplies, easel, bedroom slippers, and some toy I never heard of. Her dad got the art supplies and that toy I still don't remember the name of and I got her the slippers she wanted and will be buying her the easel. I told her that when we got back from MD I will take her to the store and let her pick out the one she wants. I also got her new safety gear and uniform for TaeKwonDo. It won't be back till after we get back so she won't be opening it Christmas day.
In January I would like to take my local NC friends out to eat too, just as a thank you for helping out and keeping me sane type deal. Last year we went to a Asian restaurant, don't know where I'll invite them this year. Yes, I know there is more to gift giving then food, but it's one of those things that everyone likes (when they can order what they want), everyone likes to get out of the house from time to time, and most cooks I know like to not have to cook every now and again :) It just works!
One realllllly cool thing that will happen at the end of this month is I make my last car payment! Woot woot! I can't believe it! I just hope and pray stuff don't start happening when Mia becomes 100% mine! Awhile back I started having tire issues. People would tell me about how low my back driver side tire was. I'll pump it up and keep on going. Well in the past 2 weeks I had to pump it up 3 times so I decided that I needed to get it looked at. Turns out, I had a screw in my tire! The tech said it must have been in my tire for a long time because of how worn it was *shrug* I am just thankful that it was something simple and fixable. I was NOT in a position to buy a tire!
Let's see....New Years....I work New Years Eve till 10:30pm, then go back in at 8am the next day! Can we say holiday hours???? I knew you could! LOL! I was supposed to work Thanksgiving evening but I was able to give those hours away to someone who wanted them. I gave them away gladly! I strongly prefer NOT to work Thanksgiving afternoon/evening or on Christmas. Any other holidays I really don't care too much. "They" say that what ever you are doing when the new years comes in is what you will be doing all year so I guess my 2012 will be spent sleep or dancing with my Wii. We shall see! LOL!
I have gone from being a daily blogger, to weekly blogger, to monthly blogger! HA! Darn shame. LOL!
P.S. My father sent me a friend request on FB! OMG! Eventually I accepted it but put his behind on restricted status! What is the world coming to?
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Testimony
I have most Wednesdays "off". I put that in parenthesis because even though I don't have to drive to campus on Wednesdays I still have work to complete, but that's not why I am blogging.
This am after dropping the kiddo off to school I took a walk around the lake. During my walk I was trying to figure out my budget. I get paid x amount every other Friday and this check coming was not going to cover my expenses. Earlier this month I borrowed from folks, so when my last check came it went to paying everyone back! Not a good cycle at all :(. I was prioritizing absolute needs and finally came up with a plan. It was gonna be tough, but I didn't have much choice.
I went to the grocery store to pick up items and over wrote a check (yes I still own checks) to cover my gas to Elon and back till Friday. I had a ton of coupons so I did pretty darn well if I do say so myself. Anywho, I shopped, came home, cooked and was washing dishes when the phone rang. The caller ID said "insert old bank name". I assumed it was a telemarketing call so I did not answer it. Then a few moments later my voicemail indicator popped up. I checked the message and it was a rep from the branch I used to go to asking me to call him back. I was thoroughly confused because I closed my account with said bank well over a year ago. I called him back to find out what he wanted. Long story short he wanted me to know about some new program they had that I qualified for. He mentioned that he noticed I have not used my account in a long time and suggested I move my money over to a savings account....
"What money???? I closed my account over a year ago!" I said as my confusion grew stronger.
He then tells me what my balance is. I tell him it's an error. He tells me it's not and suggested I go to my local branch to figure out what is going on. So I throw on some clothes and do as suggested. Long story short, on Friday I will be officially closing that account and walking away with a check that will cover all my bills for the month with some money to spare for groceries! BOOYAH! I would have closed it today, but they started this new monthly fee thing several months ago and they are going to refund that money back to my account. I have to wait for the refund to hard post to my account tomorrow before I can withdraw it to close the account.
When folks be saying that God makes a way out of no way. They are not lying!
Amen.
This am after dropping the kiddo off to school I took a walk around the lake. During my walk I was trying to figure out my budget. I get paid x amount every other Friday and this check coming was not going to cover my expenses. Earlier this month I borrowed from folks, so when my last check came it went to paying everyone back! Not a good cycle at all :(. I was prioritizing absolute needs and finally came up with a plan. It was gonna be tough, but I didn't have much choice.
I went to the grocery store to pick up items and over wrote a check (yes I still own checks) to cover my gas to Elon and back till Friday. I had a ton of coupons so I did pretty darn well if I do say so myself. Anywho, I shopped, came home, cooked and was washing dishes when the phone rang. The caller ID said "insert old bank name". I assumed it was a telemarketing call so I did not answer it. Then a few moments later my voicemail indicator popped up. I checked the message and it was a rep from the branch I used to go to asking me to call him back. I was thoroughly confused because I closed my account with said bank well over a year ago. I called him back to find out what he wanted. Long story short he wanted me to know about some new program they had that I qualified for. He mentioned that he noticed I have not used my account in a long time and suggested I move my money over to a savings account....
"What money???? I closed my account over a year ago!" I said as my confusion grew stronger.
He then tells me what my balance is. I tell him it's an error. He tells me it's not and suggested I go to my local branch to figure out what is going on. So I throw on some clothes and do as suggested. Long story short, on Friday I will be officially closing that account and walking away with a check that will cover all my bills for the month with some money to spare for groceries! BOOYAH! I would have closed it today, but they started this new monthly fee thing several months ago and they are going to refund that money back to my account. I have to wait for the refund to hard post to my account tomorrow before I can withdraw it to close the account.
When folks be saying that God makes a way out of no way. They are not lying!
Amen.
Saturday, November 26, 2011
I should blog...LOL
School is okay. We started on the 7th then once we got our feet wet we had this whole week off for Turkey Day. Once we get back in next week we will be off again for Christmas! Score!
Pooka is doing well. She hasn't been feeling 100% the last few days but she is better now.
I am still working with people with developmental disabilities every Sunday. Thought I would have to quit, but things worked out.
Turkey Day with the fam was amazing as always. I love them folks! My mom still is not mentally ready to drive/ride down here so she stayed in MD. She is having a blast with the house to herself. My almost 3 year old cousin is a handful and my mom is enjoying her time not having to keep an eye out for him!
Pooka and I are going up that way for Christmas, as always. I have not decided if I am going to make that a trip to visit friends or not. We shall see.
These past few weeks have not been the best for me, but they definitely have not been the worse and for that I am thankful!
Happy belated Gobble Gobble Day!
Pooka is doing well. She hasn't been feeling 100% the last few days but she is better now.
I am still working with people with developmental disabilities every Sunday. Thought I would have to quit, but things worked out.
Turkey Day with the fam was amazing as always. I love them folks! My mom still is not mentally ready to drive/ride down here so she stayed in MD. She is having a blast with the house to herself. My almost 3 year old cousin is a handful and my mom is enjoying her time not having to keep an eye out for him!
Pooka and I are going up that way for Christmas, as always. I have not decided if I am going to make that a trip to visit friends or not. We shall see.
These past few weeks have not been the best for me, but they definitely have not been the worse and for that I am thankful!
Happy belated Gobble Gobble Day!
Monday, November 07, 2011
5/25/12
It's Monday, about 6am.
I will hit send, turn laptop off, wake the kid, wash my butt, dress and all that prepare for the day stuff, drop the kid off......*sigh* then begin day 1 of commuting back to school on the regular. Right at this moment I know exactly how Pooka feels on the 1st day of school after a long summer vacation! You are excited to see your friends you haven't seen in several months, yet the idea of being back in school is saddening. *insert toddler tantrum here* Iont wannago bacta sckool!!!!!!!
I just have to remember that after 5/25/12 my graded classroom work will be over...FOREVER!!!!!!
I will hit send, turn laptop off, wake the kid, wash my butt, dress and all that prepare for the day stuff, drop the kid off......*sigh* then begin day 1 of commuting back to school on the regular. Right at this moment I know exactly how Pooka feels on the 1st day of school after a long summer vacation! You are excited to see your friends you haven't seen in several months, yet the idea of being back in school is saddening. *insert toddler tantrum here* Iont wannago bacta sckool!!!!!!!
I just have to remember that after 5/25/12 my graded classroom work will be over...FOREVER!!!!!!
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