a doubling water bill!!!

I got the waterbill this month and was shocked when I saw how much it was. It had doubled from the month before, apparently one of our toilets started running or something like that when it was't supposed to be and it made it double. Thankfully all we had to do was buy a cheap cheap part to put on it and my father in law put it on so problem solved. I hope so anyway so we shall see next month when the bill comes.

~sharon

Long week with Hal

This week at school must have been one of our most trying weeks. We got not one but two phone calls from the principal this week. The first time my mother in law went and picked him up since I was at work and the second time I called and finally told the principal to give him swats. And I know some people will say that it is wrong to do that but we were at a loss for what to do with him. We have tried talking to him, time outs you name it this was the last thing to do. And I actually think it may have helped. After that visit to the office he went back to class and actually got a smiley face for the rest of they day and then the next day Friday he didn't get in trouble and he minded his teacher. So hopefully that set him straight on behaving at school.

I still don't get it though because at home he doesn't get away with anything and when Jason or I reprimand him by talking to him or putting him in time out usually always works. So I guess school was just a whole different thing for him and he was trying to push his teachers limits or something, I am just not sure, it will just be nice not go get a call from the Principal again.

~sharon

Investing in Stocks

I have very seriously thought about investing in stocks, however I have never really been sure where to start or what to do. It has always just been something has appealed to especially since when I was younger I worked at Wal-Mart and invested in the employee stock ownership plans that they had for payroll withdrawal. It would be nice to have some help with these types of decisions that is where MyWallSt.net steps in. They are a community of people who can help you make stock buying decisions and to trade ideas with about stock trading as well.

On the site you can use virtual money to trade real stocks. Also you wouldn't have to worry about the dated printed publications because with MyWallSt.net the stats are live and you can the see actual stock prices and values as they change on the stock market. Also a very neat user friendly site that is worth a look for anyone interested in the idea of trading stocks. There is also a "rookie" contest going on where the winner can win cash money of $1000. Registering is free on the site and you can also create a custom profile where friends can be made which could set a user on the track for helpful stock choices and investing decisions.

Why do I read too much into stuff?

For some reason I have this extremely bad habit of always thinking the worse and thinking stuff are not what they seem. For example there are things in a personal relationship that have bothered me for years and I have always thought the worse about it and then when the worse happened I thought my life was over. Well I got over it but I still can't help to go back to that line of thought and stop thinking these things. It is almost like I am being destructive even though I have no intention of it, it just happens. What it honestly boils down to is the fact that I need to give in completely and trust. I do trust but I am very scared and just afraid that I will be stupid and something will happen right under my nose if I don't keep my eyes open. Ugh just more of those thoughts that I need to erase!!!!

~sharon

World of Warcraft - Voice chat?

My husband was just telling me about a new patch for WoW that allows for voice chat. While on one hand I think that it will be a pretty cool feature on the other hand I can just see my potty mouth come out and I get banned for telling someone what I think. Over all I am thinking that since I can control myself when typing that sure I can control myself while actually speaking, so we shall see about this. Sigh, now if only I can save up for that mount I so desperately need for my mage.

~sharon

Late late night.

I went up to Gamestop at about 11:00 last night to fight the crowd to get our copy of Halo 3. Well it wasn't too bad maybe 50 or 60 people up there and since mine was already paid for it was easy to get in and out. I ended up getting in my car to leave the store by 12:05 and pulled into the driveway at 12:15. However when I got home I dare not to open because well that is for my husband to do so I resumed watching Angel on DVD and waited for him to get home, which was about 1:30 or 2ish. He walked in and immediately opened the package which was the Limited Edition in a pretty cool tin box. Well we popped in the game and he started playing through the campaigns solo and all I have to say is that the backgrounds and scenes were awesome. Bungie did a really great job on the game, and Master Chief was as badass as ever. We also popped in the DVD that came with that had watched the special features which for the most part were really funny and had some awesome art slides as well. If you have a 360 and aren't totally in dark ages GO GET this game!

~sharon

Should I or Shouldn't I?

For years I have been depressed and at one time or another I have taken anit-depressants and anti-anxiety medications for that and anxiety. Well we had been having some problems in our a marriage a few months back and I went back to the Dr and got a new perscription of them, and honestly things have been alot better. But I can't help the way I feel when I am on them, I feel like a robot with no emotions and like something will get over on me, it is just hard to describe. Well I quit taking them about a month and a half ago and my husband and I got into a fight recently, where he instantly could tell that I hadn't been taking them and called me on it. Well I know that for my sanity and my marriage that I need them but I don't know what to do. I just don't feel like myself on them even if they do help me to be well not all moody and depressed. I guess I will go get my last refill on these filled but when I finish them and half to back to the doctor I will have a talk with him about something different. Send me some good thoughs.

~sharon

Halo 3

I guess I would do anything for my husband! Tomorrow night I have consented to let the boys spend the night with grandma and grandpa so that I can go pick up Halo 3 for him at midnight. And I know someone is at least thinking "why can't he go get himself?" Well that is simple the poor guy will be at work until no-telling how late. So I told him I would go up and get it for him so he can start playing as soon as he gets home from work. And to top it off we also bought the lucky guy the new Wireless Xbox 360 Special Edition(I guess, lol) Halo 3 Spartan Controller. Even I have to admit it looks pretty cool, now he is just thinking if only he could talk me into the Halo 3 Edition X-box 360, all I have to say is not until you kill the one you got, buddy!


~sharon

Resident Evil Extinction

My husband and I went and watched it this afternoon and well what can I say. I honestly thought it would be better. I really like the first one and thought it was one of the best movies adapted from a video game ever, well next to the first Mortal Kombat Movie (but hey I am Christopher Lambert fan from watching Highlander so much). Well anyway I kind of am tired of the Alice character and wish they would focus more on characters from the games, like they could have so done more with Claire Redfield in this movie and Jill Valentine from the second movie. I liked it ok, and if you liked the other two than it is worth a watch. Just don't be disappointed, when you are less than thrilled with it.

~sharon

Decorating our house

We have been talking about working on decorating our house, we have decided we are going to rip up the carpet in the living room and have wood flooring put in. We are also going to replace all of our furniture and when we do that I would like to get some different lamps for our end tables with some really cool lampshades. I would really like to take a lampshade and fix it up and design it myself, unless I find some that I really like. I think it would look really good in our living to have some lamps so that I won't have to keep the room so bright with the overhead light. It is going to be a long process to get the room fixed up the way we want it, but it will be worth it in the end.

Link Exchanges Fellow Bloggers

Would anyone like to exchange links or reviews? I would love to and would really appreciate any links and would also give reciprical links as well! Please let me know if you would like to just leave me a comment here and we can exchange links.

~sharon

Extra Tirediness

Okay I know that, that isn't exactly a word but it describes how I am feeling right now. I was up late last night and got up early today for the kids school, and was up at the school for a couple of hours today for lunch with both of the boys. And right now I sit here feeling like I could pass out any second, but I told Jason that I would wait up for him to get off of work and we would eat Chinese food and watch some Angel on dvd, we are on the 4th season of the show right now. However since the kids spent the night with the Grandparents tonight we are going to watch Resident Evil Extinction tomorrow afternoon before we pick them up, which I hope is good I really like the other two so I hope this one doesn't disappoint me. I will update how it goes tommorow.

~sharon

This week has been such a bust blogging wise....

I haven't been able to get anything done or written on my blogs this week thanks to having no internet for nearly two days. It had been going on for weeks but it had only been a minor annoyance. Well I did finally get tired of it so I called the phone company Monday to fix the phone problem that wasn't even actually affecting the DSL. Well they came out Tuesday morning and discovered the problem with the phone was something at their office and not even at our house. Well they fixed that problem, and then all of our service went off. We had nothing until they could get it fixed this morning. And it is weird that just a couple of days without the net just makes you feel so out of touch with everything.

~sharon

Different Stuff at Work

At my job I only work 4 days a week so I am off every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Well for the longest time we had been getting paid a base pay along with so much per application we take, depending on how many calls we convert to apps. Well I came in Sunday and there was an announcement when I was off about a new Comp plan coming into affect on Sunday. It was different because it had the base rate still as well as well as long as you convert 50% of your calls you get to apps, you get $3.00 for app. Thinking about this I will be taking a base cut because I always, except for one week that I can think of, performned at the highest conversion and always got $5.00 per app that I took. Well thinking about it I will have to take more apps than what I did, but it feels like a weight was lifted at work because it takes the stress all off of the conversion rates. So to me while some people are griping about the pay, I am relieved because it means I will always know what I am making and one bad call will not make me lose alot of money like has happened in the past.

~sharon

I'm not okay, they are not okay, and its not okay

There are just certian things in my life that aren't okay and for a while I have felt that they are out of my control. But they aren't, and that is something that I have got to change and it is going to change. I can't elaborate on anything right now but in the future when things change I will. But right now I can't. I think it will all be ok in the end. Just send me good positive thoughts especially since the holidays are coming up.


~sharon

My Poor Hal

Wednesday's Grandma usually picks the boys up from school and they go to Awanas at church. Well this evening she calls me and tells me that Hal can't go that he is running a 101 fever. So I immediately tell her I am coming to get him and she can go ahead and take Wes. She meets me halfway between our house and her house and he is just one upset little boy because he can't go. Especially since it is the first night this year. Well I still tried to make it fun for him we stopped and got an icecream cone (I know not the best but I didn't want his feelings hurt anymore) and we get home and I fix him up on the sofa and put on the Veggie Tales DVD Grandma sent over with him. So he is happy now and falling asleep.


~sharon

Gotta talk hubby into a new car

The car I have was used when we got it and wasn't in the best of shape. But we really didn't have much of a choice and had to get what we could at the time. Well it has been nothing but issues and problems about this time last year started a series of problems with the radiator, water pump and temperature thing. Well of those things have been replaced in the last year and things have been ok for a few months now and now this week the freaking radiator started to leak again. I am at the end of my rope with this, I do not want to deal with this car and these problems anymore. It is time for us to break down and get something nice and decent we have worked to hard for to have to deal with this. Please send new car thoughts my way please please.

~Sharon

I swear perverts...

Tonight the kids are in bed and I am working my second job taking telemarketing calls at home. Well these are mostly for stuff you see on commercials and stuff like that well I am sitting here and I get this weirdo calls with this weird voice and asks really low "what are you wearing?' and so I wasn't sure at first what he said so I asked him and he repeats himself so I say "this is what I am wearing!" and then click hung up the phone. I know its not that funny but it got a good giggle out of me.

~sharon

Scrapbooking

When I originally started this blog it was my scrap blog, and then it became my personal blog. I used to really enjoy scrapbooking I just haven't even touched my stuff in a while. So that being said I have decided that I have decided that it is time that I get back to it. I have spent so much time and money on the stuff that I have that it would be a shame for me to just let it sit. So in the near future look for more posts about it.


~sharon

Upcoming Concerts

In November if all goes right my husband and I are possibly planning to go see Breaking Benjamin, Seether and Three Days Grace in Houston. I think it will be fun to go, even though for the longest time a few years ago when he told me about Breaking Benjamin I thought he said Spanking Benjamin so I just called them that for a while despite his protests. Which brings me to my next thought Fall Out Boy will be in Dallas, Grand Prairie to be exact in October. Now I am wondering if I could bargain with him that if we could go see Fall Out Boy, then we can go see Breaking Benjamin. I am going to have to pose this thought to him, because since their last album came out I have been obsessed with Fall Out Boy and would love to see them.


~sharon

Memory Walk 2007

Alzheimer's is a very sad neurodegenerative disease that is mostly known as the disease that causes people to not remember sometimes even important stuff like their whole lives. I feel strongly about support for Alzheimer's because for those who have it their whole lives change and it is hard for them to ever be the same again. I have seen people with it forget those that they love and in some cases not even remember who they are it is a very sad thing to see. Thats why the Memory Walk from the Alzheimer's Association is so important because it helps out to help hopefull someday soon find a cure, to give support and care for those with the disease and their familes.

In my area they are having the Memory Walk on October the 13th at the local mall. I think it would be a great idea for anyone who is able to sign-up to be a Team Captian. I myself am gong to ask around my job about the Memory Walk because they do alot of stuff for great causes up there and I believe there is already a team started for the Memory Walk. And remember that the Memory Walk is nationwide so sign up early for this worthwhile cause.

Recent Porthos Pic

This last pic I posted of him was when he was smaller ok ALOT smaller. So here is a pic I took of him tonight, it is a tad bit blurry but keep in mind he is a hyper puppy that is only still when he is asleep. That sounds alot like two kids I know too. Well here he is, isn't he sweet?



~sharon

Trying different things

I am trying to try different things for my blog and they are just not working the way that I wanted, hopefully I can figure out something soon to make it the way that I would like. If anyone has any experience on switching blogging platforms please let me know.

~sharon

Very happy to report!!!

That after the mess we had yesterday with Hal's behavior at school that today he came home with a smiley face and a note that said "he had a good day." I was so thrilled and proud of him and hope that there are many many more of these days to come.

~sharon

1st Grade going on High School Graduation?

Despite the issues we are having with Hal and his behavior the complete opposite is going on with Wes and his school work. I know its the beginning of the year but everything they have sent home so far has been kind of easy for Wes. He even commented today that he told the teacher that he already knew how to read the stuff that it was too easy. I just kind of shook my head at him when he told me this. Though it does in a way explain the fact that he has gotten marks for talking so far this year in class because he is bored with the lessons(ha thats just what I want to believe, he just has a mouth like mommy I bet). Anyways I hope the homework gets harder soon because I really enjoy the time we spend together working on it.

~sharon

Call from the Principal today

I am at a loss of what to do, this is only the second week to do and I have already gotten a call from the principal about Hal. He hasn't been listening or doing what he is told in class, and he hit another kid today. We have talked and talked to him about behaving and changing these behaviors. The Principal tells that he is only 4 and this is just the second of week of school and that he just needs to get more used to it. I have to agree somewhat but I know that he knows better than this stuff. I just hope that it is just something that is really new to him and that he will get used to it and start to behave more. Please send good behaving thoughts to Hal for me!


~Sharon

Rain, Rain Go Away

We live kind of off of a dirt road and the fastest way to get home is going down this dirt road instead of the much longer paved way. Well it seems that here lately that it never stops raining and this totally out of character for this time of year it is normally really hot, make that really really hot. Well anyway the rain makes it too hard to go the quick home and we have to go the paved way to be safe, and to top if off we really haven't been able to mow in a few weeks because it hasn't gotten dry long enough so the grass out back is taller than my 6 year old son. But lol, I do not complain about that I dislike yard work however that said I do like my yard to look decent at least. Anyways this rant is just about getting rid of the rain so my yard can look okay again and I can get home quicker.


~Sharon

Prices going up?

Some co-workers and myself were talking the other day about how they had raised minimum wage recently, and how they had went to a restaurant that had tags over all of the prices because they raised them since the wage had went up. We do consider ourselves lucky because we make more then minimum wage. But we feel bad for people who have to make it on the minimum wage because they way we figured it, it wasn't even like they were actually getting a raise because they are going to have to pay more for everything with the way companies are raising the prices because of the wage going up. I just don't know what to think about it I am sure it is all some econmical formula that someone has all figured out. It would just be nice if there were ways for them raise it where prices wouldn't actually have to go up so it would actually feel like a raise.

Just my odd two cents on it.
~sharon

Bedtime Techniques?

Ugh during the week nights it is just the kids and I at home and I have the roughest time getting them to bed. They are 4 and 6 and are like their mommy and daddy, they are just bad night owls. We are at war most every night when it comes time to go to bed, some nights I am just at my wits end on what to do to, to get them asleep. So right now I am searching for any tips that I can on how to get them to bed with a minimum of frustration on all of our parts. If anyone has any tips let me know. For now however I will be searching for tips and posting what I find.


~sharon

How much is your blog worth?

I was looking at the PPP boards and one of my fellow posties posted this and I thought I would post it on my blog just to see how much it was worth:

My blog is worth $16,371.66.
How much is your blog worth?

~sharon

Work at home changes....

I have for the last 7 months worked for a company as independent contractor taking telemarketing calls. Well over the last couple of months they have switched it over from being contractors to now we are employees. So now I have two jobs, which hey is awesome bartering with the husband when you want something. But it is all good for me because it makes taxes easier. I also feel more secure now because with the way things are going with my main out of the home job to know I do have a second job makes breathing easier.

~Sharon

How embarassing but funny.

I like cartoons, I watch alot of them with my kids and one of my favorites is Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends and recently when I was in Hot Topic I bought a t-shirt that had Bloo from the show on it. Well anyway I go to McDonalds to get my husband and myself something to eat and I order him a happy meal(ha, I am not the only dork in this relationship) because they had been having Justice League toys in them. So I order said Happy Meal and my chicken nugget meal and thought man they are looking at me funny. Well when I get in the car I take a peek at the happy meal toy and see that they are no longer giving out the Justic League characters but it is a figure of Bloo the guy that is yes on my shirt. I felt like such a dork, and my husband even got a good laugh about it too. The people working at McDonald's must have thought I was the biggest dork they had ever seen. But here is Bloo in case someone doesn't know who I am talking about:



~sharon

Happy Labor Day

I just want to wish everyone a safe and happy Labor Day this weekend.  And I hope they are careful no matter how they celebrate and everyone stays safe.  As far as myself and my family we will be staying home for the day and I will probably grill some chicken and hot dogs and thats how we will celebrate the day.

~sharon

Blogroll

Here is my blogroll check them or out.

• My Crazy Life
  
• Tanya's Jorunal
  
• Ordinary Folk
  
• Gummy -The Lovesick Alien
  
• Funny Junk
  
• theGLAMOROUS
  
• This is the story of HerMama
  
• This Girl's Eye View
  
• My Thoughts
  
• HERBROKENTOY.com
  
• Scribblescratch.com
  
• Justin Stanley's Web Blog
  
• The Official Mrs. Rugged
  
• The Sankey Stories
  
• Blogging with Cents
  
• Footprings on film
  
• Girly Things
  
• I know EVERYTHING - just ask my hubby
  
• Jenn Cooks
  
• One Clear Dot
  
• The Reality of a Brat
  
• The Sankey Stories
  
• the so called me
  
• Luv-Duv.com
  
• WebHunny.com
  
• ChaoticMess.org
  
• A New Kind of Insanity
  
• Dear Crissy
  
• Episodic
  
• crissy kight
  
• JOKES TODAY
  
• Online Earnings Info
  
• Path Creators
  
• Jess-Kitty's Scratching Post
  
• Starryskye.org
  
• Eternal Flux
  
• Beautiful British Columbia
  
• Welcome to Beautiful British Columbia!
  
• Hugo Says
  
• Mummified Times Five
  
• Broken Perfection
  
• 33 is the new 23
  
• just-nick.net