Still Here

We are still here. Just haven't felt like blogging lately since MY MOM MADE IT SO I CAN'T USE MY LAPTOP ANYMORE! My other computer is in Jayke's room and I guess I would rather sit in my room and internet than sit in the junk yard...Jayke's room is full of trucks EVERYWHERE!

So anyway, here is a team picture of Jaykeb's soccer team and a picture of Jayke and his best friend Brayden waiting in line to get their pictures taken individually. Don't they look happy? I'm thrilled to tell ya that my kid has not played a game yet which he has not score in. He is learning how to be a good little defender now too which is new. Usually those kids all just run after the ball and don't worry aboaut the other team scoring. I think he gets it now.



Jaykeb is back in school now and I think he likes it. We were greeted by some of the same kids yelling "Jaykeb's here~" and "Hi Jaykeb's Mommy!" Funny. We also have already gotten sick from him being back one week. Love school and all it's germs!

I think we may go get pumpkins today. Jayke is over at Meemaw's and P'pa's playing in the dirt. He spent the night there last night and all he could talk about on the way over was the dirt pile in the back that he would get to play in. Nate was there and had a new Hummer for him so he was excited about that too. I don't know how much longer Nate is going to be around and we are going to miss him when he has gone back to Florida. It's been fun having him here all summer. Maybe if I beg hard enough he will stay.

Sorry, not a very exciting update. I may have to start an anonymous blog in the future. I will try to get around to blogs and see what everyone is up to later tonight and I did add you on Facebook if you recently sent me a request...sorry it took me so long!

Oh yeah! I did get a floral job from an old customer we used to decorate for! First one I've had since I left for SC 3 years ago. Not quite the same working in mom's laundry room making them but still $80 for 20 minutes work is pretty good! I was going to charge $69 but the lady said that wasn't enough and paid me $80 for it. Guess I can consider it a tip or something. Now if I can just get some more of those jobs I may work up the nerve to set up a design studio out in the old workshop behind the house like my dad thinks I should.

Stupid Purse Lady

Had my purse party this weekend. I don't think I will be having any more parties. I had a lot of plenty of people show up but we were all totally disappointed with the purse lady and the selection of purses she showed up with. I am going to go to one in December that a different girl gives and see how I like her then maybe I might have one again someday.




This would be the Dourney and Bourke bag I got. Love it! Sara got the other one that I loved and my mom got one kinda like it too. Jayke was all about going to that party. He set all the purses up and helped load them all back up when it was over. His buddy Brayden was even there and they ran around like little maniacs.

That is about all for my week other than discussions of Grammy going to the Senior Citizen Center for belly dancing lessons and me catching the microwave on fire. Apparently easy Mac catches on fire if you forget to put the water in. Hmmm. Will try to remember that. The funny part about it was Grammy was standing right there as I'm trying to get the burning mac out of the micro and fanning the smoke and she just kept talking about my clothes she sold from the rummage then turned and walked out without even noticing the flaming mac. The entire house smelled all night and she never said a word! I laughed til I cried later telling my mom about it.

He Scored How Many Goals?

All I can say is that summer soccer clinic must have really paid off because my kid scored 9 GOALS tonight! Yes, I said 9. Yes it was beginning to get embarrasing. I couldn't believe that was my kid out that tearin' it up. It was fun too because Jaykeb's best friend, Braden, is on his team. Braden is my mom's next door neighbor and I went to school with his dad. He and Jayke have become best friends and I recommended that Rachel put him on the soccer team so she did. They were funny to watch and it really increased Jayke's cheering section with Oma and Opa and Braden's parents there yelling and clapping for him.

I called and told everyone how many goals he scored and now he is going to have more grandparents coming to watch. Watching soccer is way more fun than watching t-ball which is what they came to before. They better come soon though before I ship him off to Europe to join a pro team and support his poor mom!

At Last The Weekend Post

I know...it has taken me forever to put this up here. Sorry, I've been busy. Against my better judgement I'm going to participate in two rummage sales. Gotta lighten the load...believe me those who helped me pack it up know what I'm talking about!

We made it to the lakes last weekend and as with any family trip it wasn't without drama. I'm not going to talk about that though...mostly because I have been threatened but also because I just don't want to. I do want to tell you about my little tuber though! My kid is going to be a waterbug afterall. He was all for getting on that tube and flying across the water...and fly he did. He and AJ who was trying her darndest to slow us down but unfortunately for her Jayke learned the hand signals and was controlling the speed from start to finish!

Jayke would be holding up his thumb telling us to go faster and AJ was sitting behind him trying to pull it back down and giving all kinds of signals of her own! We just kept going faster because it was hysterical. They were bouncing across the waves all afternoon. When we finally pulled them in AJ was exhausted. She was having to hold onto The Boy with her legs to keep him from flying off the tube. We all knew if he went off he probably would never get back on but we knew AJ wouldn't let him go and she didnt'. It was probably a great workout!

Here he is thinking he is Captain of the ship or something.



It was just Kim, Sherri, AJ, Jayke, and me out on the boat that afternoon and we had a great time. I'm sure we would have had a picture of AJ like the one below if we would have given her a chance.

So you are probably wondering where the pictures of the tubing are huh? My battery died and they are all on Kim's camera so who knows when or if I will get them. I do have some though and will post them when I receive them.

Before we came home we got to do a little decorating. Sherri has told AJ and me that we can decorate her house and we wasted no time. There was a trip to Pier 1 where we got a huge canvas piece for over her couch and two vases. I like that kind of shopping I point and Sherri buys. I could get used to that!

We had a birthday party for Kim and AJ...belated and just all hung out together. It was fun and we all came home exhausted. I think we will have lots of fun up there next summer...we will probably invade Sherri's house on a regular basis. She better get her boat and golf cart purchased soon! She is probably just glad it is the end of the lake season and she won't have to worry about it for a while!

Waterfalls

10p.m. last night I was going down to make sure all the doors were locked when I heard a weird noise. Grammy was in bed so I knew it wasn't her. I started walking around the house trying to figure out where the constant sound was coming from. I finally went to the dining room and I immediately knew. I turned on the kitchen light and sure enough the sink was blasting away. This isn't the first time this has happened, in fact it happens a lot. I don't know why I didn't know what the noise was right away. It never fails that she leaves it on the hot water too. It had to have been running for at least 2 hours. She had been in bed since 8 when we came in and I'm pretty sure she hadn't gotten back up. I probably didn't hear it when I came in for the tv blaring and The Boy on full blast. Thank GAWD she doesn't cook anymore!

Off to the lakes tomorrow. I just hope we all survive!

Wendy's Needs

It's been a while since I've done a "Meme" sort of thing. This is a little game I saw over on Patti's blog and thought it was kinda funny.

What you do: Go to Google and put in your name + needs. Take the first 10 things that "Your Name" needs and list them as your post.

Here goes...

Wendy needs a sewing machine. I've often thought this but then I already have one named MOM!

Wendy needs to "Stoppy Shoppy"! Boy is this ever true!

Wendy needs to add passion and talk a bit more about herself and her experiences and things that make her angry. I have no problem doing this and any one who knows me knows that I don't!

Wendy needs time and space. Nope...had plenty of that, thank you.

Wendy needs to warm up to animal welfare. I'm trying to get the money to give my dogs a bigger fenced in area...geesh!

Wendy needs to add more chairs for these oral sessions. WHOA! BACK THE TRAIN UP! I'm not even going to touch this one.

Wendy needs our prayers. Amen sister!

Wendy needs every measuring cup and teaspoon she can find. Only for making jello shots.

Wendy needs Peter. Snicker

Wendy needs your time and money. Mostly just your money.

Wendy needs morning spunk. Yes! Yes, I do. I drag ass in the mornings.

Okay I went one over the 10...so sorry! Some of mine were pretty funny...cracked me up at least. Let me know if you play!

Tuckin Bucks

Jayke had his lunch date with The Grandmas on Friday. I would say it was a success. I arrived to pick him up and was immediately told how he sold hugs for a dollar and got an invite to their next ladies trip. He even requested the phone number of one of The Grandmas so he can invite her to his birthday party in January. I guess you can never have too many grandmas to spoil you. One of them even showed up to the birthday party with a gift for Jayke. I think I will have to keep a closer eye than I thought on that boy!

Since he ate at his favorite spot on Friday he is now asking for "Cattail Shrimp" for every meal. I shrugged this off at first thinking he was just being silly until my mom told me he was asking for "Cocktail" shrimp. We tried to explain that they weren't cattail shrimp but he is pretty sure that they are and that is what he is insisting on calling them. He also was taught by my dad that boys are better looking than girls because boys don't have to wear "all that paint on their faces". Yes, it takes a couple of days to deprogram him after a visit there.

I finally made it to the casino last night only to be the big loser I always am. Good thing it wasn't my money I was losing but dad's. I saw my friend Kim and her husband there. I've decided that part of going to a casino is walking around half the time looking for the other people you are with. Seems like I always end up doing that a lot! We were all losers last night except dad...he played for 5 hours and was even. I would have just stayed home if I'd known that was going to happen. Apparently if you are a "gambler" the fun is in the playing...I just don't get it I guess. I played and lost and was mad and wanted to go home. I did have an interesting conversation with a guy at the bar about beers and may now drink a Blue Moon occasionally after trying his. It was weird being at a casino where you see lots of people you know. Guess that's what happens when you don't have to drive 3 hours or fly 4 hours to get to one. I was actually surprised at how big it was too! I may have to add a label for Casino if this continues to be a habit...talking about the casino on here that is.

Tonight there is a party at Angi's house to celebrate/christen/break in the new deck they just had on. I may or may not make it there. Other plans may have me elsewhere...we will see. Tomorrow Nate and Sara will be helping me move everything out of the warehouse I have it all in now to a new warehouse. Mom and Jim rented the ENTIRE building finally and need my space. Gee, I wish they could have picked a HOTTER weekend to need me to move my crap. Good thing I have help!

Oh yeah! I'm having a purse party. September 13th! If ya wanna come let me know and I will give you the specifics. I will send out invites probably but I'm telling everyone now so they can get it on the calendar...LOVE THE PURSE PARTIES!

How Did He Manage THAT?

How does someone end up with bbq sauce from their armpit to their waste? I'm just wondering. My date the other nite managed to pull off this feat. At least he picked up the check when we were done with our bbq bath. He picked it up and handed it to me!

Edited to add: My "date" was The Boy! I sure hope I never date anyone who does something like this!

The Ladies Man Strikes Again!

About a week ago Jayke went to lunch with my "Other Mother...Meemaw" and her sorority sisters. They went to Applebees and I'm pleased to report that Jayke was well behaved. Like that is shocking news or something. He skipped lunch apparently and went straight for desert though... isn't that what is supposed to happen when you are with Grandma? Especially when you are with a table of grandmas. Jayke was sitting there looking around the table at the women and all of a sudden said, "There sure are a lot of Grandma's at this table!" Lucky for him he is so cute and they found this revelation amusing coming from the short dude.

Tonight I was sitting at the computer brousing the multitude of forwards in my inbox when I saw one titled Jayke's date from Meemaw. When I opened it it was a copy of an email she had received from one of her lady friends inviting her to the Red Lobster for lunch Friday. Inviting her AND Jaykeb. I guess the ladies liked The Boy and are requesting a repeat performance. I think they are expecting him to pick up the tab as well. When they were at Applebees and the check came Jaykeb wanted to pay...they gave him the bill and he looked at it then looked at the ladies and said, "I just need a pen!" The note made reference to the fact that he'd pay if they just gave him a pen. I think I will have to keep an eye on the ol' piggy bank to make sure he isn't trying to play Sugar Daddy to the sorority girls.

Meemaw was a little concerned when she got the email that they didn't really want her to come just The Boy. I told her they did pick his favorite restaurant so maybe she was on to something. I'll give you an update on his "Date" with the ladies next week. Little Devil.

Blah, Blah, Blah...

Nothing exciting going on so I haven't blogged lately. I thought I had Jaykeb in the early kindergarten class at his school but they had made a mistake on his birthday so all my excitedment about that was short lived. He is going back into the same class he was in last year and next year will go straight to regular kindergarten. Stupid.

Friday night I went to a piano bar with Angi. It was fun. I'm afraid I'm just not much fun right now so I'm sure it would have been more fun if I weren't in a funk.

Nate got the cornhole games all made. I watched him work on them on Thursday so Sherri could take the one she has sold to NC. He went out of town this weekend so I couldn't hang out with him. He did, however, finally get a job! Yeah! The family made their usual trip to the casino Friday and it paid off...big time. Dad won $4000! I'm relieved that the Christmas fund has been replinished.

I finally got the girl trained at work who is taking over the main portion of my job. Woohoo! No more credit cards or checks for me! I will have to check on her from time to time still and probably answer questions but now I can focus mostly on my new job which is going much better now.

Jayke was with his dad this weekend so last night I hung out with Annette and ended up running to an old "friend", Chris. It was good to talk to him and see him. It is always funny to me to see what people remember about the time they spent with you. He had stories I didn't remember at all. I think I have a terrible memory anyway. I am glad for that though...maybe I will forget some other stuff soon. Stuff I'd like to forget NOW!

So there ya have my wonderfully exciting update. I will try to spice it up this week. I will be back with the crazy aunts, who are actually my sisters, next weekend so I'm sure I will have something to talk about after that. Maybe I'll even go to the casino. I hear a friend of mine, who told me she didn't want to go to that casino, went last night...ahem...Angi. Maybe she will go with me Friday and we will win a bunch of money. Maybe my mom will drag me back to my storage unit and make me sort through more of my life to get rid of. Maybe I won't even go through the boxes just sell it all! Who knows! The anticipation of the week to come is killing me I better stop talking about it now.

Yes, I am The Queen

I think I'm starting to feel better finally. I swear I have West Nile. I had about a million skeeter bites on my ankles a couple of weeks ago and now I think I've got the virus. Last fall I had the Mursa...so I thought...this fall it's the Nile Virus.

I missed two days of work. Two days where I lay in bed and thought I was dieing. Finally got up Saturday and went to my dad's to try to infect everyone else with my germs. "The Crazy Aunts", which is what I will from now on be referring to my sisters as,were there. They had been out casinoing the night before. Mom went out of town so the Crazy Aunts ended up going to the casino with my dad. I can only imagine his face when he found out he would be hauling them around all night. Turns out the crazies hit a royal flush on the poker machine and won $1000.00. Why doesn't that happen to me?...probably because I don't play huh? Anyway...they were still on a high from their big win and decided to pick up a Cornhole game.

Yes, I was still ill but the thought of spending an entire afternoon in the back yard with the crazies, Nate, and Jayke chucking bags of corn at a board at the other side of the yard must have sounded like my kind of medicine. Nate and I teamed up to take on the Crazy Aunts. Now I don't like to brag...snicker snort...but I ROCK at back yard hillbilly games! There were looks of shock and awe as I demonstrated my talents at heaving corn filled bags. I can toss them under hand or over...it doesn't matter they are heading straight to the hole! I have now been dubbed the "Cornhole Queen". I'm not really sure if this is a feat I should be proud of. I am proud of my concept of cutting the tops off tiki torches to make beer holders for the game though.




So, playing Cornhole with the Crazy Aunts is not all that crazy. The crazy came the following day when they sent Nate and me up to Menards to buy enough materials...using their casino winnings, of course...to make 4 Cornhole games. I guess we are in the Cornhole business as of Sunday. They are serious about this crap too. They have printed off the American Cornhole Association rules so we can build everything to their regulations. We have managed to sell one already. (Now I just have to make sure Nate makes the damn thing) We don't do anything easy though. The one we sold is going to North Carolina on Friday. One of the Crazy Aunts is moving from NC to IN so she is driving down there to pack up and will deliver the game then...if it gets made on time.

There has been talk of playing in tournaments up by the lake. I hope they don't think they are taking their ringer because I AM NOT ENTERING A CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT! I don't care how much I've had to drink. I think there would have to be training involved in that because my legs are killing me from our one day of play in the backyard. I think it was the constant bending over to pick up the bags. My throwing arm is just fine though so don't worry. I don't need to go on the injured list yet.

Two weekends in a row with the Crazy Aunts. We've had the MEGA trip to Toys R Us to buy Wii stuff and now a weekend filled with Cornhole. I love the random phone calls you get from them too. They will be out shopping and you will get a phone call...

"HEY! Does Jayke have water shoes?"
"NO."
"OK, Bye."

And now Jayke has water shoes to wear on the boat.

"Hey! Do you need Guitar Hero for your Wii?"
"Um...yeah."
"Ok, Bye."

And now I have Guitar Hero for my Wii. They are still on their quest to buy better fitting clothes for Nate too. He had to bring everything he owns over for their approval for him to wear to his job interview on Monday. Crazy Aunts. They sure do make it more fun around here though.

Yuck

I'm having to blog from my mom's house...internet trouble. I'm hoping that I can get the issue resolved this evening. That is if I am well enough to remain upright. I've got the flu. Missed two days of work and I still feel like crap. Therefore, this will be about it for my blogging today. I'm sure you don't want to hear about my symptoms and that is all I have to talk about right now. So check back Monday...I may have a real post by then.

Your Opinion Has Been Noted

Guess what! It is almost fall! My favorite time of the year...well...it used to be. It has bad memories now but I'm hoping this year will be the beginning of me being able to enjoy fall again. I began my quest to bring the fun back to fall by shopping for The Boy's Halloween costume. Yes, it is early. Yes, I like to be prepared. I do this every year. Actually I'm a little late this year. Kinda like making my Christmas list. I usually have that done 6 months ahead of time. I'm late with that this year too.

So last night I sat down at the computer and started browsing the selection of costumes. Somehow The Boy seems to think he gets a choice in what he will wear this year. What? Why would he think such a thing? Doesn't he know that he is MINE until he is 18 and I will make all decisions such as what he will wear on Halloween, what sports he will play, and who he will date. How dare he think he gets an opinion!

Being the wonderful mother that I am I went ahead and took his preference of frightful costume into consideration. I then went on to look at the costume I thought he should wear. I came up with all kinds of great reasons why he should dress up the way I want him too. He actually was persuaded and reluctantly gave into my choice. "Okay Mommy...I'll be a(fill in blank)." sad look AHA! I had won! Another battle I won! Then I took another look at the selection for the character he WANTS to be. I found one that was pretty cute and since, like I said, I'm a wonderful mother...I changed my mind. I copied and pasted the picture of what he wants to be into an email and sent it along to my mother so she can start making it. I'm not, afterall, going to spend the $80 they want for this costume when Oma can make it like she did last year's. Remember the super cute chaps and vest she made for my little cowpoke?

In the end it wasn't about winning the argument or getting my way, it was being able to recognize that The Boy is able to make decisions on his own now and I'm just going to have to let him on some things. This is probably my last year to be able to convince him to go with the "cute" Halloween costume instead of something disgusting and ridiculous like most boys once over the age of four like to wear. It is just another thing...no matter how little...that reminds me he is growing up.

The compromise that we made on the costume was that I agreed to the character he wants to be and he agreed to let me choose which version he will be. I picked the cutest version, not the scary version. Even though this wasn't my choice I think it will turn out darn cute and NO...I'm not going to even give you a clue!

You Smell Like Broccoli

It's a good sign that your weekend isn't going to be half bad when you get your favorite guy at the nail salon to start if off with. I like several of the techs in there but the guy who did them the very first time I ever had them done is by far my favorite. It's hit and miss when you go in there. You get whoever is available unless you want to sit and wait. I got lucky this time. Decided to follow up my trip to the nail salon with a trip to margarita ville to meet Annette for dinner. I don't know why I continue to drink Tequila. It makes me feel all weird and hot every time I do. I should put it on the banned list. Actually I should just stick to my occasional beer and be done with it all.

The Boy and I headed to my dad's early (for us) Sunday morning. We thought we were in for a day of Rock Band and Guitar Hero Aerosmith on the Wii. Turns out the sisters had another idea and had headed to Toys R Us earlier to hit the big Wii sale. Turning them loose in a store where they have anything Wii related is dangerous. Turning them loose with Wii items that are on sale is deadly! I know my one sister bought like $700 worth of stuff. She even bought another console! WTH are you going to do with that? Just because they happened to have 1 left of something doesn't mean you need to buy it! Geesh! And people wonder where I get it. I get it from the whole damn family!

Apparently Wii accessories and games were not the only thing on sale at Toys R Us today. See below...







Not one but TWO bumper boats that spray water! Can you say spoiled much? My step mom bought him these. One for him and one for her to cruise around in the pool in. I know they are only for him and her because they have a 100lb weight limit on them so leaves everyone else out. As you can see, the orange one has issues. Like a big hole in the side of it. We are calling the company to get that one replaced but the blue one works just fine!

It is funny to me that they bring these home and then try to tell him not to spray them with it. Well, not to spray them in the face. When you are walking in the pool on your knees or swimming in the deep end your face is the only part of you that is available as a target! Oh yeah and don't spay the water out of the pool either. LOL! They are funny.

I actually got in the pool today with them all and now I am exhausted! Swimming must really be great exercise because it wears me out faster than anything else. I don't think Jayke likes swimming with me. I splash and throw him around causing his face to go under. He is better but not quite over his fears of the water entirely. Mommy isn't so careful with him. I just want him to get used to having it on his face so it won't be such an issue anymore.

My dad got creative with his sunflowers. He did it for Jaykeb who wanted to know why the sunflowers were smiling. He wants to send some pictures of Jaykeb and the smiley flower in to try and get it in a magazine. I think they look a little Tim Burtonish.






Weekends over. It's back to work to start training someone how to do my old job. That and more medicaid reports that will turn my brain to mush again!

Medicaid Rots the Mind

Jayke accidentally caught a catfish yesterday. He dropped his line in when my mom was feeding them and one took off with it. I wish I could have seen this because the kid was holding on for dear life and was just about to go in when the line broke. He was yelling, "OMA HELP!" Teach him to fish like that. It's not quite fair to feed them then drop a line in!

My boss told me she was going to stab me in the neck with a pen today. She loves me. Nothing else exciting happened there today. Give it a day or two and I'm sure I will have some craziness to report. Weirdo bug-eyed ex-records girl(who I'd like to kill but will have to stand in line) moved her last day up to today. Shocking. I was more surprised that she showed back up at all let alone two more days!

My brain is fried. I can't look at another Medicaid eob. They are confusing and hard to read and it seems like everyone is different. I know I will get used to it but until I do it several times it is confusing and literally makes me not be able to think. I had to switch back to my "old job" today for a few things and I couldn't think. I had no idea how to even start what I had to do...something I have been doing for the past 8 months. That is how scrambled my brain is this week. THANK GAWD IT IS FRIDAY! Never felt like that as much as I do right now.



Just a few of our inactive files.



I went to my dad's to pick Jayke up this evening and I can't believe how good he is in the pool now! He even takes his floaties off and hops around the shallow end like he has been doing it for years. He has the doggy paddle down (with floaties still)and will even put his head under water! Next goal is to get him to jump in from the side. Something he has done but only if someone is there to catch him. He went to lunch with mom and her girlfriends today. They were sitting at the table talking and Jaykeb says, "There sure are a lot of Grandmas at this table!" They all thought that was funny. He's a funny guy.

The sisters and the parents were all off to the Racino (Race track/casino)tonight. Something that has become a regular Friday night event. I of course get left at home with the kiddo since he can't go. Not that I have any money to gamble with but I'd like to go see it sometime. Weird that we have a casino right down the road and it isn't even a boat. No more long hauls down to southern Indiana with strange calls from Angi asking if they can hold the boat for us because "We are coming from WAY above Indianapolis!" Mike's reply to that was that we could be coming from Anderson or we could be coming from Cananda...you just don't know but we want them to hold the boat! We didn't know that the boat doesn't go out...amateurs. This was early on in our casino boating experience. We are pros now. Some of us more than others. Get Angi on the boat and it is hard to get her off. Another reason it is good to have a casino close by. We can just leave her there next time she has to "Get well!"

I suppose having a casino located in the very town my dad lives in means we won't get to go to Vegas anymore. I haven't been in several years and am ready to go back. I've been 7 times but the way that town changes it is like going somewhere different every time. I'm sure there are Cirque shows I have yet to see. I'm sure there are new hotels I need to explore and the last time I was there they had just gotten that monorail fixed and running. I buy a four day pass and am off. Up and down the strip all by myself because no one wants to take time away from their gambling to go outside while they are there. They gamble, I shop. We all need a twelve step program of sorts.

I'm pretty much rambling now. This is what happens when Medicaid eobs turn your brain to mush. I need to go watch my scary movie and rest my brain. I even dreamed that, Jessica, quit last night. In the dream I walked into her office and it was totally empty. She was sitting at her desk smoking. (She doesn't even smoke) I told her about my dream this morning and she said by the end of the day she may want to try that. End of the month sucks.

I Think We Would Smell It in This Heat

It's just a weird thing when you sitting at your desk and you hear an announcement over the pa system like this, "They're sending an officer over to check on the car out back with the dead body in the trunk." Then the phone rings...

Jess: "Wendy can you do me a favor?"

Me: "NO! I am not going outback to check on the dead body!"

Turns out no dead body but the car was stolen and found to be the one used in the robbery of the Walgeens last Thursday. Now, I find it a little scary that an armed robber was in our parking lot last Thursday while we were all inside and any one of us could have walked out and seen him dropping off that car. Then what? Yes, we do have a keypad on the backdoor and you have to enter your own personal code to get in. Good thing there is a big ole' sign newly posted on the door reminding us slow folk that there are only 4 digits in that code and it is the last four of our social security number. Only four random digits could easily be figured out by some gun toting lunatic who needs a place to hide or a HOSTAGE!

Seriously, it really just made me be more aware of my surroundings when I leave the building but I'm not really worried about becoming someone's hostage. Kept me entertained today though.

Another One Bites the Dust...I'm Not Learning Names Anymore..

I started training one of the girls who is going to take part of my "old" job yesterday. Spent a good part of the afternoon going over things with her...getting her desk organized to accommodate the new files and everything she will need. I was so happy to be handing this part of my job off because it time consuming and monotonous. I left work all excited that we had gotten through half of what I will need to show her. I know I will have to shadow her for a while after I hand it over to her but that is way better than having to do it all myself considering I will still have to train another girl the payments part of the job AND learn my new job all at the same time.

Being the anal person that I am...yes, mom, I am anal at this job AND my office is very tidy...I had a nice neat stack to begin on this morning with Records Girl sitting on the corner of my desk. I even wrote out an outline of sorts to follow with her so I wouldn't leave anything out or get off track. Everything was sitting eagerly waiting on Weirdo Records Girl to arrive so I could dazzle her with my fabulosity.

Non Smiling Weirdo Records Girl arrived in my office like a flash all bug eyed and informed me that I would just have to train someone else how to do the Medical Records because her last day would be Tuesday. BLINK BLINK I just stupidly looked at her and said okay. She even suggested I train Lauren how to do them. Um Lauren's last day was Friday...how do you not know this Non Smiling Bug Eyed Weirdo EX-Records Girl? YOU SHARE A DESK WITH LAUREN WHO LEFT FRIDAY!

It gets better. Non Smiling Bug Eyed Weirdo EX-Records Girl HAD to have known the day before that she was NOT going to be doing this job and still let me waste half my day training her. She didn't just decide to quit that afternoon. I know this because Psycho Non Smiling Bug Eyed Weirdo EX-Records Girl had moved to OHIO over the weekend! WTH???

It gets even better. Psycho Non Smiling Bug Eyed Weirdo EX-Records Girl(who I now want to kill) did not bother to tell anyone else of her plans to leave our fine establishment! I ended up telling my supervisor, Jessica, who in turn told Psycho Non Smiling Bug Eyed Weirdo EX-Records Girl(who I now want to kill but will have to get in line)'s supervisor that she was quitting. That is when we heard a strange howl coming from supervisor 2's office! This could have been for many reasons. It could have been because she just ran a $500 ad on Monday to try and hire chargers and could have saved money by adding in the new position we will now need to fill. It could have been because she was the last to know. It could have been because we will now not have a file room girl at all. It could have been because she likes to howl. I don't know but people were not happy campers in there today.

I am not happy because now my little outline will have to tucked safely away in a file until they figure out who to put in the position. I will not get to share my fabulosity with Psycho Non Smiling Bug Eyed Weirdo EX-Records Girl(who I now want to kill but will have to stand in line). I doubt she would have been able to appreciate it anyway. She obviously was not the brightest crayon in the box. Maybe it is a good thing that she won't be doing the records. I make our owner a LOT of money invoicing attorneys for those things and she doesn't really want to have me stop doing them...once again...the fabulosity ya know. Looks like it will be a while before that happens and she is probably sitting in her pile of papers in her office chuckling about how Wendy is stuck making her money indefinitely. How do I keep getting stuck doing more than one job at this place? Oh yeah...the fabulosity...it all comes down to that!

My TWO kids

The Boy is home! I was feeling all this guilt thinking I wasn't missing him enough while he was gone but when he got back I realized that I was missing him more than I thought. Things seem normal again...well, as normal as they ever are for us now.

When they pulled in I could see him bouncing around in the backseat. He was so excited to be home. I was so happy that he missed me so much. He jumped out of that care and came running around arms out-stretched and yelled, "OMA!" as he jumped into her arms. Yep, that's right. The woman came over to ruin my homecoming. He finally did come give me hugs but the moment was ruined. Thanks mom. I think she did it on purpose too.

Later after everyone left he crawled into my lap like a little baby and gave me lots of hugs and kisses. He missed me after all. He gave me extra hugs and kisses this morning when I dropped him off before work too.



The weekend was weird. Probably because of who all I spent it with. Nate and I went to Indy to a Wii party on Friday. AJ was having a party and in keeping with our previous outing with her we decided to be fashionably late. Got there at 12:30 a.m. Who goes to a party at 12:30 in the morning? Apparently Nate and I do and we are making a habit of it. We hung out Saturday with my sisters by the pool and on Sunday we did more of the same. Hung out by the pool and planned our trip to the lakes over Labor Day weekend.

I have now taken it upon myself to find Nate a job. I am filling out his online applications and sending in his resumes for him. I was in the house working away while he was floating in the pool. I would get up and glance out at him now and then. He will owe me a week's worth of dinners once I get him his job. Don't think I won't make him pay up either.

Just Trainin' and Complainin'

Nothing going on here. Work is confusing but kinda fun since my CRAZY supervisor is now sitting in my office training me all day. She smacks me every now and then to make sure I'm paying attention. I got kicked in the leg by the girl I was worried would hate me for taking her friend's job. That means she likes me apparently.

Sara's mom got us free lunch at Texas Road house through the bank she works at AND free Starbucks smoothies also through the bank. That was probably the high light of the day because it pretty much went down hill fast from there. Some people just don't have a sense of humor and are no fun at all!

I'm missing the man in my life but he comes home Sunday. Good thing because he needs to clean his room. I know this post is about as exciting as watching paint dry so I will just end it here. Blogging when you are in a bad mood does not turn out well.

Freebies!

I have talked about my friend The Redbox on here before. I'm not senile I remember that, although it was a while ago. LOVE the Redbox I go everyday. A couple of days ago I was in line waiting to return the night befor's movie and rent another. The couple in front of me were taking their sweet time choosing their flick for the evening and I was getting irritated. Imagine that...I know it is hard for you. Anyway, when they finally got their disc and were ready to leave they turned to me and said "Go to promotional code and enter DVDONME and you will get a free movie."

THANKS! (thinking to myself I bet it wont work) It worked! I got my free movie. Then I felt bad for a teeny tiny minute for thinking evil thoughts about them for taking so long to choose their evening entertainment. Only for a minute though. I was already busy figuring out how I could take advantage of this offer. Will it work more than once? Will it work at different locations? Can you use more than one card to get more than one free movie? Let me tell you my friends...YES YOU CAN! Turns out you can use this code as many times as you want as long as you use a different credit or debit card each time you do. I have had several free movies this weekend and more to come.

I started thinking about it and decided to do a little research. Turns out there is a whole website out there with a list of all the codes that are active. All you have to do is locate the code and you are on your way to all the free movies your little eyeballs can stand to watch! They keep this up and I will never pay to rent a movie again!

The only bad thing is if you don't get your movie back within the 24 hour time period you are allowed to have it the Redbox WILL charge your credit card for the additional night. That and you never know how long the code will be active. I have a list of about 20 codes...I have about 5 credit cards...that is 100 FREE MOVIES PEOPLE! I don't think there are that many movies in that thing that I want to see. But you can bet your butt I will be seeing the ones I do want for free!