Sunday

After a closer look at the letter & worksheet the IRS sent me, I do owe them money. Bummer! Now I just have to figure out how much................it will probably be around 400 bucks, according to my dad. We'll see!

Gas is $1.89/gallon here today. I hope the price continues to drop.

Friday

Today was my off day.
Boyfriend and I went to the mall.
I did most of my Christmas shopping.

I got a letter from the IRS today.
I screwed up my last return by listing my son as a dependent.
It was the only way the program I used would allow me to get the
education credits.
I did a rough draft of the worksheet they sent to me.
When all is said and done, I don't owe them any money........unless of course I'm screwing up the worksheet too. I don't think I'm screwing it up.

Boyfriend has a doctors appointment Monday.
They're going to biopsy an area on the very back of his tongue.
He's very worried.
I'm optimistic, in a guarded sort of way.........so i'm just trying to ignore my nervous gut and wait to see what the results say....

:O)

some of what i love about my boyfriend......



1. he says to me when i come in the door "hi sugar booger!"

2. he laughs when i moon him even though i've mooned him a hundred times.

3.he thinks i'm smart

4. he knows every dirty deed i've ever done and loves me anyway

5. he likes chick flicks

6. he loves we-ping and joplin as much as i do.

7. he lets my daughter twist his ear day after day.....and he's actually listening

Tuesday

Daughters soccer coach wants to take the soccer team to Gatlinburg Tenn. He's planning on going the second week of Dec. It will be two male coaches with about 8-10 teen girls in a cabin.
I don't like it.
I don't like the thought of them being up in the mountains on narrow winding roads in Dec. when it's likely to snow........I don't like that it's adult men with all those teen girls.........I don't like that he's planning the trip over the holiday season..........there's nothing about this trip that I like........so I just told daughter she can't go.

oh christmas tree

I put up my Christmas tree today.
I couldn't help myself.
I have a million and one things to do and places to go over the next 2 months.
I was starting to feel overwhelmed.
So while sitting on the living room floor thinking about all of the things that will
need to be done, I thought maybe I should get a jump on it all. I called the house phone from my cell phone. Daughter answered. She was upstairs listening to music. So I called her and asked if she wanted to put up the tree. She was like "YES!" So she came downstairs and together we went to the basement and brought up the tree, lights, and ornaments. We put the whole thing up.................and then I crossed my fingers and hoped the neighbors won't be able to see it through the front window!
I don't feel so overwhelmed anymore, a little silly maybe......but oh well..... :O)

Joplin

My little guy, Joplin, recovering from his visit with the Vet yesterday.
He laid on the couch with me today and took it easy. (doesn't he have big feet?)

voting day

Today has been a great day.
I got up before daylight and took a very long and almost painfully hot shower. Only it wasn't painful.......just hot, and it felt good.
I dressed and took off to go vote.
I was the 7th person in line, 2 were already in the booth voting. So I really only had to wait about 10 minutes.
I voted my presidential vote last because I wanted to save the best for last.. I paused to check out the goose bumps on my arms before voting. It was really something to see a female and an african american on the ticket. I debated whether or not to yell "WooHoo" while I was in the booth. It's how I felt inside. Ya know? I felt all patriotic, sentimental and proud. And I took a minute while in the voting booth to think about all the people who fought for the rights of women and blacks to vote. So it was like "WooHoo!" Only I decided against expressing myself.
After voting I went to the grocery store, came home, put away the groceries and then dressed back down to my pajamas.
I made myself some pancakes, got on the couch with my comforter thrown over my legs, ate breakfast and laid on the couch and read for a couple hours. I'm reading The Summons by John Grisham. It's not the kind of book that you can't put down, but it's entertaining enough.
I took a two hour nap....got up & chit chatted with, and made lunch for daughter and one of her girlfriends. They took off to go see a movie and to play soccer.
I settled back into the couch with my big comforter and Joplin...............and we watched Stand By Me and Philadelphia. I used to watch Stand By Me with my oldest son. It was one of his favorite movies while he was a kid. So I love it for sentimental reasons, plus it's good.
Boyfriend came over and put away my outdoor furniture, cleaned out and put away my flower pots.............and I think he raked my yard. I made chili cheese coneys for us for dinner while he worked.
It was a relaxing, quiet, lazy day....... AND I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Monday

We took kitty in to be spayed today. An hour after dropping her off at the Vets the vet called us to say he could not spay her........because SHE is a HE........and did we want him neutered.
Cracked me up!
So anyway, Joplin was neutered today..... caught up on all his vaccines.....and is doing quite well. I'm relieved the little guy is home.

I'm off work tomorrow. My plan is to leave the house at 5:30am and be the first in line to vote. We'll see how that works out.

Sunday

I just finished reading "A Time To Kill" by John Grisham. And the whole race issue aside, I wonder what I would do if I had to serve on a jury where a man was on trial for killing the men who raped and tortured his daughter.
I'd like to think I'd follow the law. But I wonder would I have the balls to find him not guilty even though I knew he really was guilty.............because I would understand a parent wanting to kill someone who did that to their child...........and they really would be doing society a favor by killing the bastards. So I wonder what would I do...

Joplin my kitty gets spayed tomorrow. Or atleast that's the plan.
So I treated her to some of the salmon I cooked for dinner this evening and I've given her a little extra attention.

I'm anxious for Tuesday to get here so that we can get this election over with already and get on with things.

saturday

I get an extra hour of sleep tonight. WooHoo! I LOVE when that happens!



One of the girls at work bought my lunch the other day. I don't bring money to work since they started giving us a free lunch. Everyone decided to order a sandwich from the deli down the street rather eat the free lunch. She bought mine. So tomorrow I'm going to pack a lunch for me and her. I'm going to make chicken sandwiches with lettuce and tomatoes. And I'm going to bring pickles and apples. Sounds good, huh?



I bought our Thanksgiving turkey and ham yesterday. I couldn't decide between the two so I got both. I think the traditional Thanksgiving dinner is gross. But I like the leftover turkey....and the pumpkin pie.

trick or treat

We had lots of trick or treaters this evening. They were cute. I ran out of candy before the children stopped coming. So I gave out pop tarts. I closed the door when the pop tarts were gone.

am i sick?

I called my doctors office today from work. I was told that the doctor wants to see me again in his office.
WTF?
I didn't have the privacy or the time to question the person from his office that I spoke to. I planned on calling them back when I got home from work. But by the time I called them the office was already closed.
I'm back and forth between worrying myself sick and thinking it's probably just a little problem.
I'll call them again in the morning and find out what's going on.....

Tuesday (it is Tuesday isn't it?)

So I went to the doctor last week for a routine check up.
Today I had a message on my phone asking me to call the doctors office. They said they needed to speak to me about my lab results.
I didn't get the message until after office hours.
Now I have the whole night to worry, wonder and guess!

Daughters report card arrived in the mail today.
She passed her English class. Yay! She passed all her other classes too! Yay!

Little kitty (Joplin) is definitely in heat. She's been rolling around on her back..........doing a lot of meowing.......and she lunges for the door when opened.

I believe in innocent until proven guilty but...................................Casey Anthony..........William Balfour and Drew Petterson all belong in prison for the rest of their dirty, rotten lives.

Monday

I decided that I hate my living room.
I like the curtains and the newly painted walls. But that's it.
What to do......

Boyfriend and I are thinking/talking about moving in together.

Work was crazy busy today and I'm tired. So I'm going to bed.

Sunday

It's my weekend off from work. Yay!


I didn't do much yesterday.


I can say that we've fininshed painting the living room.........and boyfriend changed all my electrical outlets. The old ones had paint markings on them from years gone bye.


I threw or gave away some of my furniture. So last evening I shopped for a couple things. I've hung my new curtains & replaced outlet covers. All that's left to do is move around the furniture.

I'm happy with the way it turned out.



This afternoon I went to my sisters house for a baby shower. My nephew and his wife are expecting their first child. It was fun seeing my sisters, mom, and old friends. The baby will be the best dressed little girl for atleast her first year.




Boyfriend says Joplin is in heat and he has volunteered to take her to the vet next weekend to be "fixed."


I think she's too young. But we'll see.




I'm looking forward, already, to the holidays.

I'll probably start my Christmas shopping Thursday. I put a vacation request for the week of Christmas in in August. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it's approved.

I work Thanksgiving. But that's ok with me. I like the holiday pay, and boyfriend can put the turkey in the oven while I'm at work.



That's about it.