Say it isn't so....
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Posted:Nov 7, 2016 5:40 am
Last Updated:Jan 29, 2020 4:38 pm
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I had the weekend off, the weather was fantastic.
We won't have very many of these weekends left before the snow flies!
It was too beautiful of a day to sit inside all day yesterday, so I took the on the short hike at Deadman's Hill.
It was fantastic.
I think the hike will become a new yearly adventure for us.
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It was a good hair day, today!
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Posted:Nov 4, 2016 7:04 pm
Last Updated:Nov 7, 2016 5:27 am
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I ended up having a pretty damn good day today. They happen pretty infrequently to me so I cherish them when I have them.
Here's to many more good days ahead!
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Miracle Worker Needed
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Posted:Nov 3, 2016 8:24 pm
Last Updated:Nov 4, 2016 6:32 pm
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Must have skilled hands and experience with the female body.
Seriously, every part of my fucking body is hurting tonight. I feel like I've been run over by a Mack Truck.
I would kill to have a set of strong hands rub my sore muscles.
Alas, I'll have to settle for my own hands massaging eucalyptus spearmint lotion onto my skin and calling it a night.
My bed is certainly calling my name tonight.
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Thankful - November Symposium #24
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Posted:Nov 2, 2016 5:23 pm
Last Updated:Nov 10, 2016 10:41 am
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I had just taken a shower and was headed to the hamper in my bedroom with my dirty clothes.
Odd, I thought to myself, my was just in here munching on Halloween candy and watching one of her ridiculous tween shows.
The tv is off and it's fricking dark in here!
Thinking she had fallen asleep, I glanced over my bed looking for some sort of evidence of her presence.
Nothing.
My arm was outstretched, clothing dangling above the hamper, when movement in the corner of my eye caught my attention.
Crouched on the floor, on the other side of my bed, was my .
"Holy crap, you scared the SHIT out of me. What are you doing?!" I exclaimed as I turned on my bedroom light.
"Nothing," she smiled, making her way over to the Halloween bucket she had stealthily placed on the end of my bed.
It was trap. She was trying to catch me eating her candy!!
Needless to say, I got a good laugh out of that.
My was a surprise baby, her dad was 50 when I had her. We had decided, after I had #2, that we weren't going to have anymore so we were completely unprepared for what was about to come.
The joy I felt when I knew I was going to have a , it overshadowed the misery of knowing I was starting over from scratch, once again. I had resigned myself to the fact there would be no Barbie's or hair braiding in my future. I was a lone girl in a house full of boys.
I can not express how thankful I am that this little bundle of surprise joy came into my life.
I am lonely no more.
Virtual Symposium Group
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Lucky 100
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Posted:Oct 31, 2016 5:19 pm
Last Updated:Nov 2, 2016 6:25 pm
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It's my 100th post already.
Holy crap!
I wish I had something earth shattering and spiritually enlightening to say....
Lack of sleep has left me in a stupor, though.
My was complaining of a sore throat and headache when I brought her home from her dad's house yesterday.
It was strep.
Since she was running a fever of 102 degrees when I took her to the doctor today we decided not to trek out and do any trick-or-treating.
I feel kind of bummed out about it, to be honest.
This was a perfect trick-or-treat year. Sunny, not snowing, not raining, not a complete misery to be on foot traveling from house to house, it had so much potential!
I ended up buying her a giant bag of candy instead.
She was pretty happy. Not only did she NOT have to work for the candy, I think she may have MORE candy than if we'd actually trick-or-treated for it.
Now let's just keep our fingers crossed that I don't get strep.
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Call me Ms. Sophisticate.
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Posted:Oct 30, 2016 6:28 pm
Last Updated:Nov 2, 2016 6:17 pm
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Nothing screams class like a crumb in the corner of my mouth and a black thing stuck in my teeth!!
The store manager was filling me in on some sales statistics while I was on my lunch today, we must have talked for at least 5 minutes.
You would have thought she would inform me of my hygiene issues!!
Nope!
At least I caught it before I headed back to the sales floor. I almost died when I saw myself in the mirror while I was washing my hands in the employee restroom. If I'd had a mouth harp and a set of overalls I could have been part of the cast of Hee Haw....
I know I'm the type of person who can tell someone "Hold on, you've got a crumb on your lip and a black thing in your teeth."
If you found yourself in the same situation, could you?
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It's a dreary Saturday afternoon....
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Posted:Oct 29, 2016 12:22 pm
Last Updated:Oct 30, 2016 10:33 pm
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I find myself listening to music, remembering a life I once had.
Amazing how hearing just one song can break open a floodgate of memories that had been craftily tucked away.
It's no secret, I was angry and bitter when I finally decided to leave my ex-husband. It was tough to do after 3 and 17 years together, my entire adult life had been spent with him.
Funny how you can be married, but still manage to be the loneliest person on the planet.
I had a very comfortable life, 3 , and had achieved the things in life that I had wanted to achieve....
But I also had a husband who drank to the point of passing out nearly every day.
It's kind of humiliating to have to hunt down your husband, who has been drinking in a buddies garage all day because they got rained out at work, to go to a parent teacher's conference.
I could go on, but just the thought of that brings tears to my eyes.
It's heartbreaking to know that he wasn't always that way, and part of me still remembers what he was like before.... Part of me still misses him.
I miss the way he wasn't afraid to cry.
In the end, I was the one who held everything together. Pretty sad, considering he was 17 years older than I was. I worked 50 hours a week, took care of the house and , paid the bills, made sure presents were purchased for birthdays and holidays, and kept food on the table.
His contribution? On Friday nights after work he would hand me his paycheck and say "Here you go, honey."
We had argued a lot about his drinking, and I had threatened to leave more than once, but he always knew my soft spot was the , and would promise me he would stop if I would just keep the family together, the deserved to have both parents.
I know in his heart he intended on following through with those promises. The problem with alcoholism is, unless you seek treatment of some kind, you will fall back into the same bad patterns.
He always did.
I found myself telling someone the other day "I'm never getting married again! Yikes!!" She had laughed, and we chatted for a few more minutes about how marriage changes things.
To be honest, that's not the real reason why I would never get married again.
I would never get married again because, deep down, I had always intended on spending the rest of my life with my ex-husband. I don't think there is anyone else out there who could know me as well as he did. As horrible and sad as I felt at the end our our marriage, part of me still remembers the way he used to be.
While I am the one who physically left him, he was the one who divorced me. Even at the end, I still held out hope that he would seek help. Instead, he met his current girlfriend and served me with divorce papers.
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TGIF
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Posted:Oct 28, 2016 6:01 pm
Last Updated:Oct 29, 2016 7:24 am
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Fucking - A!!
I spent the day CLEANING! In some sick, twisted little way, cleaning ALWAYS makes me feel better.
Not sure what it is....
I just love being able to look around and see cleanliness and order. The smell of bleach is cathartic, in a way. I remember my grandma telling me, as a girl, that cleaning would take my mind off of things.
At the time I thought she was just trying to get me to clean the grout in the shower with a toothbrush...
But, I see where she was coming from now.
Did I completely forget about all the misc. bullshit that's going on at work? Absolutely! Do I feel better? You bet!
It feels pretty fucking awesome to sit here, freshly showered, in my rearranged living room, relaxing at last.
Thanks, Gram, I know your smiling down at me.
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I am emotionally exhausted.
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Posted:Oct 27, 2016 7:42 pm
Last Updated:Oct 28, 2016 6:21 pm
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From the moment I woke up this morning it was a constant onslaught of anxiety inducing situations.
Not good for me.....
It started with my literally pushing every hot button I have while he was getting read for school.
-Operating at a snails pace? Check!
-Back talking? Check!
-Refusing to wear his winter coat EVEN THOUGH it snowed? Check!
-Creating animosity with his sister every moment of the morning? Check!
He's lucky I'm nice....
I ended up going back to bed after I dropped them off at school and slept for a couple more hours only to wake up to 3 frantic missed calls and 4 messages from the assistant manager where I work.
It was a complete clusterfuck.
Apparently my counterpart at the store had not only forgotten her own keys at someone's house, she had also locked herself out of the store when she left her borrowed keys on the counter IN the store.
I was the only person in town who could let her back in.
The scary part is, she had already jimmied the door open and was inside the store by the time I got the texts and called her back at the store.
She accomplished this with a pair of scissors.
All I can say is, thank God the store has a silent alarm and surveillance cameras that run 24/7.
As if that stuff wasn't bad enough, I also found out from a former coworker that I was trying to get my store manager fired.
REALLY?!?
I had no idea I was doing this!!
Apparently the assistant manager who had been frantically trying to get in touch with me this morning had been talking to this former coworker a couple of days ago and he told her this.
I would NEVER do something like this to someone. But, I'll tell you what, if I were to do something underhanded like this, it would be HIS ass I would get fired.
I am so fucking sick of the drama at work.
Thank God I have tomorrow and Saturday off.
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Daytime talk shows? Yes please!
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Posted:Oct 26, 2016 11:14 am
Last Updated:Oct 27, 2016 8:20 pm
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I have to admit, I'm addicted to the daytime talk shows.
There were many, many years that I worked a day job that didn't allow for me to be able to enjoy these things, I'm definitely making up for it now.
There is a benefit though!
I learned a new recipe on Rachel Ray today, definitely plan on trying it out tonight!
Wish me luck!
Update: don't want me to make the fajitas.... Cripes! Guess I'll save the recipe for another day.
Damn !
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It was one of those days....
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Posted:Oct 25, 2016 7:39 pm
Last Updated:Oct 26, 2016 6:06 am
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One of those days when I spill my entire fountain pop on the desk at work.
One of those days when the desk is FULL of new hire paperwork.
One of those days when I slam my hand in a drawer hard enough that it brings tears to my eyes.
One of those days when I don't think I can make it until the end.
But I did....
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Scary Movie Worthy
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Posted:Oct 24, 2016 8:17 am
Last Updated:Oct 25, 2016 8:33 pm
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Found this little gem in a field during my travels yesterday....
Would it keep YOU away?
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Monday once again.....
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Posted:Oct 24, 2016 4:59 am
Last Updated:Oct 25, 2016 8:32 pm
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It was a gloomy day yesterday but I decided to trek out and at least try to get some fall color photos before they're all gone.
The gloomy day didn't do much for my mood, but it did get a few pretty shots.
Hope you all had a great Sunday!
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