Because I am unable to remember how to do at cut. Here is the link check this out on cnn.com

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/02/07/malawi.posters/index.html?hpt=T2

What was the #1 song the day you were born? Google the date and #1 Billboard song and then post your #1 song on your LJ - preferably with a Youtube vid if you can find one!

I bought a new car and got lots of new clothes. I now have a wardrobe that I can leave the house in and not have people think I am the next contestant on "What Not to Wear" even if I am. I have fixed the other two cars in the family. Well fixed one and am still waiting for the other to be taken to my cousin the awesome mechanic to get it fixed. There ladies and gentlemen went all my income tax and school refunds. I am now offically broke. I have my paycheck that was suppose to be  coming today but alas, the bosses accountant decided to not do payroll last night. So I might get my check later tonight after the bank closes. But most likely it will be tomorrow so it won't get to the bank until Monday and my car insurance will bounce. Yay! for  my boss.

In better news I am now making a A in political philosophy. I am not sure I understand a damn thing but as long as I can make it sound like I do. School this semester is going well. I have a class that is a combination theater class and art class. We make masks then put on little skits to match what we come up with. The first one we used theater make up and painted our faces took pictures then blew them up and cut them out. It was actually kind of fun. The new mask is found objects. I am not all sure what I am going to do it will be an adventure!

D is doing well in school and is still awesome. We have a standing date on Thursday nights. Usually I go over and we watch a TV or I watch her play rock band cuz it is not my thing. But its fun to watch her do it. I am thinking I may try the guitar at some point. Just to see how awesomely bad I am at it. She is getting good however. Her favorite right now is the drums. Our other coupley thing sort or is facebook farmville and the cafe thing. I am addicted to both. Its kinda actually kind of fun.

Ok, I have avoided reading "The Prince" . I have a paper due Tuesday and I have a test in world religion on Sunday before I go to bed. So I must study now. Cuz this evening in the snow I am taking Mr. C to see a movie and out to dinner. I have promised him some mom and son time.

TTFN

None of it was school related. The income tax money had come in and is almost gone. Bills have been paid, and a car bought. Now my mom and I no longer have to share a car and I don't have a curfew at 37 years old. Yay! 

I am now waiting to see if I need to pick D up at clinicals. Apparently her ride took her and then went home early....grrrrrr. That particular person is not my favorite.

Ok, I am off to see if I can get some school stuff done. I must get some of it done before I go into work this weekend. As homework was not able to get done last weekend. I must sleep too. I am wondering if there is away. Maybe I can find that stuff Lorne used. I don't think I would mind being green.

School has started again. The kids are in the classrooms all really wanting to once again sleep in not do homework. It is going to be a challenging semester. Everything is reading and writing intensive. I am already just barely up with the reading. I have already turned in several writing assignments and its only week 2. I am taking T'ai Chi this semester and am loving it! Its the only class I don't have to write stuff for. The instructors even email me the notes. How awesome is that?

My little brother shaped person got married on Friday last week. He seems very happy as does the sister in law shaped person. So in turn I am thrilled for them both!

D got a great compliment at school the other day. She was at her clinical (she is training to be a nurse) and one of the hospital physical therapists asked if she was an RN. D said no she was training to be one but not there yet. The PT said to hang in there she will make a great nurse as she thought that she was already one by how well she was doing while in with the patient she was working with. It made D's day and made me smile to know someone else knows how great my girl is too!

OK, off to read the first book in Plato's Republic and start thinking about the project for Machiavelli next week.

Night all!

TTFN

Snow is once again falling on our fair city. Its coming down in huge fluffy flakes. The question of the day is why is something so pretty such a pain in the ass? Its the coldest snowiest winter we have had in like 20 years. I personally have enjoyed it. Of course I don't go out unless I want to because I have nothing to do but go to work on the weekends. And then someone else drives me because why would I need a car when I get to drive the group home van.

I think that I will take a break from all this organization and read something I haven't read in a couple of years and watch the snow fall. I will enjoy it until I have to drive in it later. I am just thankful that D isn't driving today. She got a ride from someone from school. She says she may take tomorrow off and stay inside instead of driving in the aftermath. I say good idea.

I am off to snow watch.

Stay warm and toasty!

TTFN

Here in the hometown of Harry Truman it is a whopping 3 degrees above zero with a wind chill of -1. Our heat wave is expected to last the rest of th e week with a chance of snow with a side of blizzard conditions tomorrow. While I believe in global warming (I know people say I am nuts) its cold out right now. School was canceled for today so Mr. C is still snoozing away in his comfy warm bed. We are guessing that winter break may last another week. Not only are our side streets craptastic its cold outside. Our wind chill I heard yesterday is suppose to be 14 below by Friday. brrrrrrrr

Yesterday, was very productive. I got everything cleaned up but the bathroom. I stopped cleaning about 5. I know I know if I cleaned a very small space and it took me all day. What does that say about how piggy I am. But a deep clean had not been done in a loooooog time. But now my lovely hideaway does not smell like cat. It has started with the Vicks smell again, but in all fairness.....I have a cold in the nose so I will live. Its not like anyone else can smell it anyway.

Today, the goal is to straighten the school stuff and get it all organized for semester. I am adding better organization to my list of goals. They now total 4. I also need to to get Mr. C a bit better organized so he will be ready when old man winter allows him to go back to school. Ok, 5 goals I need to be a bit better of a mom. I have been slacking.

Ok, one and all. I have to check in with the farm, cafe, and fish tank. Then I am off to do my thing.

Stay warm and happy!

Ok, that is what I am telling myself. I am feeling waaaaay better than I was New Years evening when I came home from D's  house. New Years eve was spent at D's playing farmville and cafe world. I also broke down and played Rock Band with her. I hate doing things I am not good at when people are watching. I belong to the rthymless nation. But I think I may like and will do it again if no one is watching me. I am such a dork!

I spent this weekend not at work but at home in bed asleep most of the time. I watched a bunch of TV when my eyes weren't closed. It was good. I think that I have just run myself way to long without a good weekend off.

I have started on my new goals for the next few years. I have cleaned my little hide away. It smells good in here again. Not like Vick's and cats. I even sort of cleaned off my backstairs. I need to finish but I am going to be lazy for a minute or two.

Next for today is getting all my school stuff together. I am going to go the end of this week and get my new books. It will be my first math free semester in two years! I am totally excited.

Ok, lazy enough. Gotta get all this stuff done. I also, need to go in and redo the boy scout troop newsletter. It was suppose to be out last month but I scraped it twice and started over. I am a dead beat secretary

Have a good day one and all!.

Yep, as we all know the old year is almost past us. It has indeed been an interesting year. This year as been a great journey. I have learned a lot about myself and those around me. I look forward to the new journey ahead of me and everyone.

I don't make resolutions. I never keep them. Every year I look at goals I have made in the past. Have I met the goal or do I need some more work? I have a few that need some work still. So they will be continuing into the new year. I have made it a goal this year to clean out the negativity in myself. It never fails to drag me down. I want to be more positive me. I have not liked the me that has been coming through in the last few years. I also want to pull myself out of myself a bit more. I have started to become a hermit of sorts. I would rather be home than anywhere. I miss my friends. I want a life when school permits.

So, now all that remains to be seen is how well I do. I predict I will have some trouble with both. I think that I will also learn a lot about me and what goes on with me. So I am looking forward to the new journey.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

I am off to work. I can't believe I took a 6am shift! 

What was I thinking?

I sit here posting this even though  I am not even suppose to have this out when the girls are up let alone 5 feet from me. The plan as it was given to me last night fell all to heck this morning. The staff that was suppose to be here for this house....couldn't get here. So boss lady told her to stay home. I am here alone with 10 count them 10 clients. I have cleaned, and cooked. I have also showered, shaved, and clipped toe and fingernails today. I am also about to shave facial hair that does not belong to me. I have seen no one today. I have talked to the boss lady twice and her grandson once. 

I have been told that there is no way that my girls can go home. They can't get up their street. Soooooo, we are stuck here until further notice. Good news its closer to home. So when my mom comes to work tomorrow night I don't have to far to go to climb into my bed.

Truly, other than I am tired because 10 girls is a lot more work than oh 6. It hasn't been a bad weekend. Just a bit more work than I am use too. We have had some fun today. We have danced around the living room. I have a girl that loves the butt bump. I have one girl that has been walking around the house singing "Hot Blooded" all day. They are great entertainment. They have had me giggling a lot today. I of course have supplied my share of giggles. I was giving showers and ended up as soaked as they were. I literally had to wring my top out and put it in the dryer so I could continue to wear it today...lol.

I am off to pass meds and crawl into my jammies.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas!

Today no one argued or fought. There were lots of presents had by one and all. The kids had lots of neat stuff. We didn't make it over to see Mr. C's dad zoanthropic . The weather while not as bad as it was last night the roads sucked. We were going to try and go over later this evening instead of this morning. However, my street had not been plowed at all and was just packed snow. The girl child worked all night and most of the day. We have all started parking across the street since once you get stuck and get pushed off the street you don't want to go back on it. I am hoping to make it over there on Monday. I was hoping that I would not have to work this weekend but life happens.

My brother shaped person brought me into work an hour early and at the other house. My boss is at the hospital with her daughter and has been since last night. She has caught something and has been admitted. So, I am working with all the girls tonight. I could not have made it in if my brother hadn't brought me. The streets are terrible! I have never seen them this bad. Of course I can't remember the last time we had 6 inches plus of snow at one time. It is soooo pretty. It sucks to drive in.

I am off to bed. I must get up early in the morning.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas! 

TTFN

Ok, so I am a bit of a nut. But Christmas is here! I am sitting in my little bed and watching the snow fall. I would say it is pretty and it is, but it is coming down hard. Blizzard warning is the word the weather guy used. So I am getting my white Christmas this year!  I am however worried about one of the girls she went to her boyfriends families tonight and I don't know if she is home yet. I am hoping that they are smart enough to stay put. I will miss them in the morning but I want them in one piece.

Mr. C and I laid on my bed and watched Christmas movies and cartoons tonight. It was a lot of fun. Its been awhile since he came up and snuggled with his old mom. He was either excited about presents or is getting old himself. He went to bed around 10 tonight.

Santa has been here and left tons of presents under the tree. It looks pretty in my living room right now. Of course it looked not to shabby before. We waited to put the presents under the tree this year. The dogs think that it ok for them to open stuff when they feel like it. They were wrong.

I am off to talk D before I drift off to sleep in my winter wonderland.

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

Every creature is stir except the mouse (we don't have one). Mom has whatever is going around so she is sick in bed. I am getting ready to go to the store for the baking stuff. I am making fudge, brownies, cookies, pecan pie, apple pie, and cherry cobbler.

I have cleaned my little spot of the house. Next is the downstairs. I am not looking forward to it, but alas clean must happen.

I am off to shower and get clean then off to shop!

TTFN

I made a facebook account. I don't know why other than everyone keeps telling me about their farm. So I now have one of my own. Geeezz.


I am off to change and go pitch hit for work for a couple of hours. Apparently everyone at one of the houses is sick and they are short staffed. Go me! Money makes the world go round and the bank account not hate me much.

I finished all my wrapping in the wee hours of this morning. So now all I have to do is clean. I am going to have a wonderful smelling place for Christmas. I have plans to do nothing but bake tomorrow and do nothing to sit and watch it snow (they promised damn it!) and watch Christmas stuff on TV. I also have plans to bug the poor gf with my presents and bring presents to her and her son who is in town visiting. 

I have a cat that insists on throwing up in odd places. I need to take my laptop and move it while I am not using as she puked on it a earlier. I swear that cat does not like me much.

I am off to change and wipe off the desk top. Damn cats! I may like them but they drive me nuts sometimes.

TTFN

I can say it is frustrating and it annoys me on a good day. And my boss lady is driving me crazy with a list of stuff that I can't do anymore. However, the girls are my source of amusement. Yesterday, the church van driver brought two of them to the door. One had has scratches on her nose and bent out of shape glasses. The other had a bruise on her nose, and some swelling. They had gotten into a fist fight at church in the parking lot just before they were leaving. LOL I fixed the glasses so they could be worn until they got adjusted again. I put ice on the bruise. Which was probably a good thing. But after her nap it also started to look a bit crooked. So I am now wondering if it isn't a bit broken. They never leave me bored. Ok, I am off to wrap presents for atala and her new hubby. I am going over there this afternoon to drop off Yule gifts. Then I am going to go over and see the sick girlfriend. She is trying to get well before tomorrow when she has her first day of clinicals for the week. TTFN

I was bemoaning not passing my stats class. Well I need to shut up because I passed! I didn't finish my test and I still passed. I got a 61. I did a happy dance in the middle of a store when I checked my grade via my phone while xmas shopping. Go me no more math! EVER.

My Christmas shopping is done. The money is out of the bank and I am broke. With a capital B. But I had a good day and the only two people left to buy for is one client and Miss C. Those two belong to my ever nuts mom. I did everyone else. Now next week Monday and Tuesday are dedicated to wrapping. I will be done no later than Weds so I can spend it baking for Christmas. I am looking forward to cuddling up and watching it snow. The weather guy says I have a 40% chance of a white Christmas. With a 50% chance of snow on Christmas eve! I may do another happy dance.

I am off to work for the weekend. I am packed with Christmas movies, my dvd player since theirs broke last weekend, and I am ready to go. The girls and I are baking fudge for their Christmas party Tues., and making Eggnog. They are excited and so am I.

TTFN

I am sure I passed everything but stats. I didn't get my test finished today. I am horrible about deciding what formula to use for what. I get sooooo confused. That was half the test and I did those first so I didn't get the all the math part questions done. I had one whole question i didn't even get started on. I am hoping for a 40. If I can get a 40 I will at least have passed the class with a D. At this point that is all I am hoping for. I am pretty sure with a D I won't have to retake the class. And that is the goal.

I however, have mopped enough. I am going to go and wrap Christmas presents so I have room for the next round that comes home from layaway tomorrow. I am a busy santa's helper!

TTFN

Today was my final class for the semester. All I have left is finals left next week and I am done until January.

I have work tonight and scouts Christmas dinner, and work again for the weekend. Then I have things to catch up on for the rest of my life. I am looking forward to the time off and just being a mom and doing stuff that I have missed.

Ok, Mr. C has a lock in for scouts tonight and I must go and drop him off.

Burnt out your name is Blue.

Night all have a good weekend!

I have two finals done and only have three left next week. Mr. C has three projects left before the end of his semester. There is so much to do and stress is somewhat high right now. So, last night I took the night off and wrapped Christmas presents. I turned on some Christmas show on TV turned on the tree, sat on the floor and wrapped. It was fun.

I love to wrap when its not until 2 am Christmas morning. I like to spend Christmas eve doing fun stuff. So now I half done and feel accomplished.

This morning I am typing up a paper for Mr.C. He has it all done but the typing. So I am going to be a good mom and lend a hand.

Off I go. Have a good day everyone!