It's Friday and what does that mean to me. Not much since I have to work tonight and tomorrow at the bowling alley. But for others it means they get a couple of days off.

I had a great birthday. I was surprised by Christy as she sent me flowers and they are beautiful. One of my parents gave me a pair of pearl earrings and then I ended up with almost $140 in cash. Cash is always good. I am going to use part of it for my trip and some of it I am going to use on me. I got a couple of small gifts from some of my co-workers. It was a good day. I was going to go out to eat for supper but I decided that I would just go home instead because I would have to go by myself.

Today at work were are having a bike bash with the kids. the weather doesn't look like it is going to cooperate with us today. We have had rain everyday for the past week and as I am writing this it is raining again. Maybe it will let up enough for the kids to be able to ride their bikes. They are raising money for child obesity so they are riding laps with their bikes to raise money. It should be fun. The children get to decorate their bikes for a contest and we will have Popsicle, drink, and other things for them. I get to come in after they get started so it should be fun trying to find a place to park.

I got my stitches out yesterday and the doctor said things looked good. He asked me about the bruising and I told him that I had very little. He said there was still some swelling and that he wanted to see me back in six weeks.

I need to get off here and get myself ready for work. Have a great day and a wonderful weekend.

I woke up from a terrible quickly from a bad dream. I dreamed that Christy, Chad, and the boys were in a car accident and they had to air lift Chad, Christy, and Jonathan and one of the other boys had gotten killed. It was a terrible dream and I was so glad that it was only a dream. Needless to say that there was no going back to sleep after that. So I just got up and got ready for work.

Work was okay today. Just another day. We are in the process of getting ready for our new group of children to come in. They will start on the 10th of August. We have nineteen on roll as of right now and we can only have eighteen in our class. It is going to be busy year.

Well, I feel better now. I just got out of the shower and waiting for my hair to dry a little before heading to bed. Tomorrow is another day but not to busy.

Dennis, I did like the three minute movie that you sent. It was really cool and I sent it to my sister and a couple of friends. Thanks a bunch, I needed that.

I went out with some of my co-workers tonight. We went to a Mexican restaurant and I had a grilled chicken salad. It was really good. We all had a good time just talking and being with one another away from work. We will do it again around Christmas. It helps boost our morale.

Well, I better get my medicine and call it a night. Tomorrow is a work day for some of us. Dennis, enjoy your day off. I'm jealous because I want have any days off until my vacation.
Have a great day.....

Well, I guessed I lied. I said that I was going to be better at updating and I sure haven't done it. I do apologize to my readers for that. I am not going to promise that I will do better because I will probably end up eating my words again.

I worked twenty hours this weekend so it has been a very busy weekend. I guess the doctor did his job making me look in my thirties because I had a 26 year old hit on me at the bowling alley Friday night. He wanted me to meet him after work and I told him I wasn't interest that I have children older than him and of course he threw me the line that I didn't look that old. I told him that I appreciated the compliment but it wasn't going anywhere. If nothing else it was a good ego builder.

It is going to be a busy week. Tomorrow night part of my co-workers are going out to eat. We are going to a Mexican restaurant. It will be good to just relax with friends.

I get my stitches out on Thursday and that will be good since the ones on the corner of my eyes are bothering me. They itch a little but the worse thing is that they feel like they are sticking me in the eyes. I will be glad to get that done.

Well, I better get off here and get some things done. Have a great day and be sweet.

Today is the day...

Today is my surgery day and I did not sleep well last night. My mind had all kinds of thoughts in it. I think it was because of the surgery today. I am up showered and waiting on Christy to get here. I have to be at the surgery center at 7:30 and it is only five minutes from where I live.

The doctor told me that the surgery would only take about thirty five minutes so I am hoping to be back home by eleven. They are pretty good about getting you in and out of the surgery center.

No breakfast this morning until after the procedure. I will probably end up taking Christy out to eat afterward depending on how I feel. I know that she want get up and have breakfast because she is not a breakfast eater.

Well. I am going to go for now and I will let you know how things go later on today. Have a great weekend.

Another day gone...

Today I got up and headed to Mcdonalds and had a biscuit and a glass of tea and then headed to work. Today was hot and humid but not as bad as it could be in July. We had a few showers this afternoon so it cooled things off a little.

I took the kids that I work with on their field trip. We went to the bowling alley where I work. Some of the kids did not believe that I really worked there so they asked the manager. We had a good time. But as the fun came to an end we headed back to the center to have lunch and to finish out the day.

After leaving work I headed to the tanning bed to relax. Then I headed home to get ready for church. After getting ready for church I headed to the mall to look for a white skirt and I had no luck finding one. I have been looking for one for several days and I can't find any that I like. I guess I will keep searching.

I work my regular shift tomorrow and then I am off Friday and Monday. I will find out tomorrow what time I need to be at the surgery center on Friday. I hope that I can have it done early.

Well, I am going to call it a night. Have a great day...

My weekend has been pretty good. I worked Friday night and as I started cleaning I found a twenty dollar bill on the floor. Yea for me. I stuffed it back for my trip.

Saturday was busy at the bowling alley. We even had a waiting list for people to bowl and that has never happened since I have been there. The manager's wife asked me if I was going ot stay with them and I told her that I wasn't sure yet. That I did not like working every weekend because I didn't get to spend time with my boys.

I did put my application in at CVS and we will see if they offer me a job and I also asked for more than I make at the bowling alley. The other girl that I work with told me that she did not want me to leave and that she was going to call the boss and see if she can get me a raise. We will see if that happens but that still does not mean that I will stay there.

I talked to Christy today and the baby has pink eye. They sent me a picture and he looks miserable.

I am going to see about getting my car refinanced. My first cousin works at a bank and I am going to see what she can do for me. I will probably give her a call tomorrow afternoon. It would be nice if I could get the interest rate dropped some.

Well, I better hit the bed, I have a busy day tomorrow and I have to be at work earlier because I am working with the school age children for the next three days. It will be a nice change.

Have a great day and be sweet.

The weekend is here...

Good day to yall!!! I thought that I might as well get this written before heading to work since this is my long day. I will leave my main job and head to the bowling alley for my other job. It makes for a long Friday. But that is okay because I have extra money to do with as I please. There isn't much going on around here other than work. The weather has cooled off a bit. We were only in the eighties yesterday but that was because we had rain come in which we really needed.

After leaving work a little early I headed to the tanning bed for relaxation before heading to Cottonwood to spend the rest of the evening with the boys. I sure am glad that I took that time for me because I needed it.


I went last night and spent the evening with the grand babies. We went tot he cafe and had supper and I was going to spend time with Mason but my ex made sure that I didn't. He is such an asshole. So, I ended up spending it with the other three. After eating Jonathan and Christopher wanted me to play Monopoly. I really didn't want to play but I did. I told them that we would play for awhile and then whoever had the most after the time limit would win. I just played and I didn't buy many properties. I let the boys do that. It ended up that they both won in one way or the other. Jonathan won because he had the most properties and Christopher won with the most money and of course Nana lost. To bad. We had a good time and I had the hardest job trying to keep up with who had what property and who owned who what money. They enjoyed it. By this time it was almost ten so I headed to the house.

After coming home I checked my e-mails and there was nothing interesting there so I did some puzzles on the computer and then I headed to bed. I haven't been sleeping well at night but I did last night. I told Christy that I actually slept all night and she said it was due to the fact that the boys wore me out playing Monopoly and I told her she was probably right.

I had better get off here and get myself ready for work. Time is approaching quickly and I am nowhere close to being ready to go to work. So I will catch yall later.

back to the work force...

I got work up this morning by thunder, rain, and lighting. It took me forever to get back to sleep. We really need the rain. We haven't had much in a few weeks. It seemed like we had it all at one time and then we had none. We may be getting some more in the beginning of this week. It was hot yesterday. The heat index was 105 so the rain really helped cool things off.

What a bummer to have to go back to work after being off three days. Well, that is my main job. I still worked the bowling alley. We were a little busy, which surprised me since it was the holiday weekend. I wasn't busy in the snack bar. I didn't clear a dollar in tips. With weekends like that I want have spending money to take on my trip. This next week should me better because out tournament group will be back.

Before heading to work I made a trip to the bank and deposited some money and then cashed a check to give some money to Alan. He calls it his eating out money. I told him that he could use it for Riley's birthday since he has to get stuff for that.

I went to work at my regular time today and things went really good. I worked an extra four hours on Thursday and I am going to go in early tomorrow. I want have to use as much personnel time for the holiday which is good for me considering that I am trying to get as much time built up for my vacation. I will be working with school age on Thursday and three days next week. The three days that I work next week I will be getting off at three thirty. I want know what to do with my afternoons off.

After leaving work I headed to the tanning bed and tanned for about eight minutes. It is really relaxing to lay under those warm lights. If I was in there to long I probably would fall to sleep. Tomorrow I will try ten minutes and then I will take a day off. I figured that since I was going to Oregon that I should at least look like I came from the south.

Well, it is time for me to hit the shower and get myself ready for bed. Have a great day and be sweet.

Love from this southern gal.......

A relaxing day.

Good morning everyone. It is after one so Happy 4th of July. I should be in the bed sleeping but I haven't been home very long and I have to wind down for awhile before settling in.

I slept in this morning because I didn't have to go to work and then I got up and did a load of laundry. I have a couple more loads to do tomorrow. Then I headed to Wal-mart to take some things back. After my trip to Walmart I headed back home for awhile before heading to the bowling alley.

The weather was a little cooler today. It was only in the upper nineties. The weather man said yesterday that in two weeks our weather has been over the 100 degree mark eight times and it is only June. What will July and August bring. It looks like we are in for a hot summer.

I went to the tanning bed and now I am a little red. I want be going tomorrow because they are closed but even if they weren't I would stay away. I may go on Sunday or Monday.

Riley (my nephew) has decided to stay here instead of moving back to Arizona to be with his mom. We are not sure if it was his idea or his mothers. I think he will be better off here because there is to much for him to get into in Phoenix.

Well, I am going to get off her and get some sleep. I will see you guys in about seven weeks. Have a great weekend.

Has it been that long.....

I first have to apologize to everyone that may read this. I have been awful about updating the last couple of months. I don't have an excuse except that I just haven't been doing it. I am going to really try to do better. I may try to do a different layout this weekend and spruce things up a little.

I had a good doctor's report on Monday other than the little weight that i lost and then gained back. I did ride my bike yesterday for about fifteen minutes and it didn't bother my foot, so I guess for awhile I will just do some bike riding and I went and bought me an exercise ball so I will work on it also. Maybe I can get motivated to get things going again in the right direction.

I joined a tanning club this week also. My kids think that I am crazy since I had skin cancer and I told them that if it was going to happen it wouldn't matter either way. I figured the tanning bed was the best of the two evils. I also told them that they weren't the one paying for it so bug off. I didn't think that I would like it but it is very relaxing and I usually go after I get off work. I figured that since I was from southern Alabama that I should at least look like I enjoy being out in the sun. HA! HA!

I will have surgery in two weeks on my eyes. It will be nice to see what kind of difference it will make. I am getting excited about getting it done. I will end up looking like a new woman.

I have a ling day at work tomorrow. I will be working almost thirteen hours. I just want have to take as much personnel time off for Friday. We will be closed on Friday. I haven't decided if I am going to go to the lake and spend the day with my aunt or if I am just going to hang around the house and enjoy the peace and quiet. I will make that decision sometime tomorrow.

Jason and Michelle have moved to Montgomery. I tried to get in touch with them a couple of times but it hasn't happened yet. I guess they are still trying to get settled in. It is going to be hard on them not having family around but it can be done. I did it and I was a long way from home.

Well, I better get off here and get myself in the bed or I am not going to want to get up in the morning. I will write more tomorrow and let you know how my day went. Have a great day.