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thank you kindly

I am so excited. I received an awesome Christmas present today. I know it seems late to be getting a Christmas gift, but my dear friend are a little late with it. I have to admit it is a little fun.

I received the most fabulous gift, right off my amazon.com wishlist!

I love it. Thanks Sam!

monday notes…

On this Monday morning, here are some of my random thoughts:

Cody’s younger brother is getting married this Saturday. Of course he is the best man and wearing a “Johnny Cash” tux.
I really have no idea what that means. I think maybe it is called that because the tux as well as the shirt is black. Mr. Blue will be singing in the wedding and I 100% expect some kind of mischief out of him. He also will be wearing the afore mentioned tuxedo. As for me, I will be wearing a gray plaid pant with a black blazer. I am a little weary of wearing that because Emily Post says that I should wear and short afternoon or or cocktail dress with optional head coverings and gloves. That sounds fun, I just could not find an “afternoon dress.” I hate the thoughts of being underdressed. I have always had the opinion that it is better to be overdressed than underdresssed. I know some may not share my philosophy on this. Cody for example is a complete casualist.

It will be nice to meet Cody’s grandparents on his dad’s side. They are driving in from New Mexico along with his grandmother on his mother’s side. I am looking forward to that.

I also made a call today and had all my services bundled. Yes I now have my home phone, DSL, wireless phone, and Direct TV all on the same bill and I got a discount! I am always up for a discount. Speaking of discounts, does anyone out there need Direct TV? If so, let me know and we can both get a $50 credit on our bill and you would get a free portable DVD player. Ok, ok, you are right, it is corny to solicit that here. Give me a break on this one.

My mom is going to participate in a local craft show in April. She makes things out of recycled soda cans. She asked me if I would like to join her. That sounds like that could be fun, however I have to figure out something to make??

Spring is approaching! I love Spring! I am thrilled that Daylight Savings time is coming three weeks early this year. I love the longer days. I love that when it is still daylight when I leave work. It seems like there is a concern about our computers though, it is like a mini Y2K. I guess some folks computers will not know to “spring ahead” an hour early in March, so it will have to be done manually. I heard that Microsoft is releasing an update for this. If any of you work in an industry dependent upon computers, you may be a little nervous like me.

under construction

If you have visited the site more that once it is very likely that it looked different each time you came. Please be patient as I still deciding exactly how I want it to look. Also please leave me comments.

goals for 2007

I know this all seems a little late, but I actually made this list in early January. However I thought that I should post them here on so that I can track them better and mark them off as I go and hopefully hold myself accountable. I have completed some of them already.. HOORAY! Here they are:

MONEY:
1. Pay off credit card
2. Pay IRS
3. Pay state dept of revenue

Family and Friends
1. Remember Birthdays
2. Send Christmas cards
3. Be a better listener
4. Be more positive
5. Do not say negative things about other people
6. Mingle Better
7. Smile more
8. Hang out with my sister more often
9. Invite friends to lunch more often
10. Send more mail to my family

WORK
1. Be slower to speak
2. Organize my desk and keep it organized!
3. Go to Toastmasters during slow season
4. Learn a new word everyday

HEALTH AND WELLNESS
1. Exercise at least 3 times a week
2. Do 100 crunches every day
3. Use hand weights
4. Go hiking once a month
5. Lose weight

LEISURE
1. Make marble magnets
2. Learn to knit

HOME
1. Get more indoor plants
2. Donate more clothes to charity

HABITS
1. Drink less Diet Coke
2. Drink more water
3. Eat more slowly
4. Pray more
5. Keep a stock of stamps

Retail
1. Buy a Kitchen Aid Mixer in a fabulous color
2. Buy a new camera with at least 12x zoom

new book

I just bought Rob Bell’s new book ‘Sex God’. Just started it.

I am really looking forward to reading it. I was just recently introduced to Rob Bell via Nooma. I have only watched ‘Rain’ and I was really impressed by it. I will let you know what I think as I start reading.

Laundry 101

For those that may not know, this time of year is the busy season at work. This means that I work an average of 62 hours in a 6 day work week. This means that every other week I work from noon to 10pm. This is one of those weeks.

So I decide that this morning is a good time to catch up on laundry. The first load is all whites, which included bleach. The next was a load of darks, 3 pair of black pants, a black tack top, various black socks, and a few other random items. Wel I just went to unload the washer and my black pants have bleach spots all over them. I did NOT add bleach to my darks, but now I am thinking that there must have been bleach still in the washer somehow. Is there some rule about the rinsing out the washer after adding bleach to a load? Do I need to sit through Laundry 101? This has never happened before? Is it a faulty washer?