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·        Kahlua

·        2 glasses

·        Candy

·        fudge

From now on my LJ will be made private. Anything posted as of January 1, 2007 will be private in one way or another. I will only allow certain people to read certain things.

Anyone who wishes to read my LJ must have an account and send me a request to view it. This will keep out any unwanted eyes, comments, etc. I am sorry to anyone who read this and wants to continue to read it. Just reply to this post and I will add you once I know who it is.

It will make my life easier and allow me to post what I want when I want.

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Well today Nana gets her home back. The guys are all going to come back and put all her stuff back where it was. Steve is going to help with that this morning so we have to be back from WalMart in time for him to leave.

Friday Steve got most of the Christmas shopping done. We have a couple of things left to get for a couple of people, but for the most part, it's done. Steve even has most of the stuff wrapped. I still have a few items to get for  him. I am seriously debating just ordering the stuff online. I hate to put anything on a credit card for Christmas. However, I have the funds and can pay it off. I just can't find what I want around here. It may be just as easy to order what I want and pay it off. Less driving, less stress, less hassle. Sounds good to me.

I have a couple of things left for K, and we are going this morning to get Jr's Birthday stuff finished up. Once that is done the majority of our shopping etc is done. 

I still need to get my Christmas cards filled out and mailed. I plan to start working on those today. I usually have them done and mailed by Thanksgiving, but I didn't get them done as early as I usually do. 

My research papers are done and graded (received a 95 on both). Our group project is done. I have no idea what I got for a grade on that, but I want to know. I should e-mail my instructor today and ask. Sometimes he responds, sometimes he doesn't. 

I have a final test in Microeconomics and a final exam in Marketing. The Marketing one will include all we have done this year. The Micro one wont. 

Well I plan to work on the pillows I am sewing, do a couple of pen pal letters, and fill out some Christmas cards. Other than that I have some reading to do and I want to play some WOW. Except for this quick trip out this morning, I plan to be home today. 

I do have to say, I will be very glad when this semester is over and I have a month to relax.

Today I woke up and did my normal morning routine. When I got to my desk I found this little green post-it note stuck to my Vics Jar. All it said was "Love U" with a smiley face. That is all it took to start my day off right. I miss him now and want him home with me.

Work went well,except it is always a challenge when Pete isn't there. We got the rest of the Air Conditioners covered except for the 6 that we don't want covered yet. I will have to take the time to get a count of how many of each size we need for the completion of the job. 

I took down the YMCA flag as Pete requested. It is looking realy bad. The US flag is looking pretty ratty also. Pete ordered new flags we just need to wait for them to come in.

I helped the child care girls get 2 strings of lights working for the Christmas Tree at work. 

The boys brought home their Report cards yesterday. S Jr. was average with one D. M had all A's & A+'s. M was upset that he didn't get all 1's. He is going to talk to the one teacher who gave him a 2. All 1's is basically a special pass for the quarter. He was really disappointed he didn't get it. 

Tonight M has cub scouts (of which he is den chief). I will go to Dad's. He was here earlier. He needs help putting the shower doors back on. He paid the bill for Mom's car repairs. 

Well supper is left-overs so not much work there. I'm tired and really ready for bed. Unfortunately I won't be in until 7:30pm at the earliest. 

Now that I have lost my thoughts I'll sign off of this. 

Well I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving Day. We did. We spent it with our family. Dad, Adam, Destiny, the girls and we were there. Destiny's brother Adam was also there. He is ok, but he monopolized so much of her time that I really didn't get to talk to her. It was ok. The food came out good, we all ate and we all had a great time. It was calm, quiet, and unstressful. 

Thanksgiving is a day we are supposed to be thankful. Ok I'm thankful for the family I have left, my friends, my job, my boss, my home and the education I am trying to get. I am trying to be thankful more and ring in the new year (yah it's a month away) with a new attitude and outlook on life. I want to set some specific goals for 2007 and really be able to do them. I miss Mom this year. I think it hit me harder this year as last year i was just kind of numb. 

Well I know this is short but I lost my thoughts and I'm off to bed. Tons to do tomorrow, but I will try and write more tomorrow. 

/hugs

It is the beginning of another week. This will be a different week as it is Thanksgiving week. Destiny and I have split the meal so we each know what we are responsible for making. 

I haven't re-emailed or spoken to my Aunt Sandy. I'm not planning on it. Steve will go help them move stuff on Sunday, December 3; however, he is working that Wednesday and Saturday, which are the days they wanted to move furniture again and move stuff back. They will have to figure it out without us. If Sandy wants me there and wants the help, she can ask me. If not, she can help move stuff.

I found out today we have a take-home Microeconomics test on Wednesday. I am not happy about it. We also have the group project to do that I haven't heard from anyone about. I may just do the work, answer the questions, and e-mail my results t the rest of the group and see what they say and do. I can't fight with people to get in touch and help with this. I also don't have time to deal with it all weekend. Damnit I want some time for myself this weekend. I have been looking forward to this. I have some specific things I really want to do. 

I want to finish some crochet, sewing, play some WOW, play some EQ, decorate for Christmas, read, write, or whatever. I was just looking forward to it. It is very disappointing and discouraging for me to a point. I am hoping to have free time this summer to do some of the things I want to then. I will only have a work schedule once the end of May rolls around. 

Well I am going to see if I can do some of the Microeconomics stuff or re-type my Marketing paper. If I can get these done before Wednesday night, I won't have to worry about it during the rest of the weekend. 

Well my grandmother has been having some problems since her place flooded. They finally have carpet chosen, flooring chosen, and a date to move the furmiture etc. However, it comes out that basically my kids and I are not welcome to come and help. She didn't say it exactly but that was the jist. 

"I would ask that you be careful on Sunday if you are coming down with Steve.  Mom was so upset by your reaction to her not having Thanksgiving in her mess that she wasn't sure what to do.  This whole deal has been very hard on her.  We could certainly use all the help we can get of workers, but Sunday is going to be especially hard.  If you come, come with a positive attitude to help.  Don't bring the kids.  Mom is having a hard enough time to get used to not being in the house Daddy got for her.  She does not need anything going on that is a negative undercurrent.  The holidays are especially hard without Daddy or your mom.  She needs to be distracted in a positive sense, not to have all that is going wrong heaped upon with more added.   Sandy"

So we won't go. I will show it to Dad today at Hailey's birthday. Then I will forward it to the rest of the family with a topic on it that says something to the effect of "I won't be attending because...". Steve probably won't go either. Why would he go help out where we aren't welcome? I'm pissed, I'm hurt, I'm upset. 

Yes I was upset about Thanksgiving. I was upset because no one else got the chance to talk to Nana about it. I have spent Thanksgiving at my Grandmother's house for 30 years. Why couldn't we have invited her here. If she can make it to Gardner, which is an hour or so away, why can't she make it 15 min away. And no one else is invited to join.

Well time to try and concentrate on homework. Ever since Mom died, Sandy has tried to push me away. No matter what it was. She and her grandaughter have been the center of attention. I'm tired of it. I don't know what I'm going to do, but I better think on it, or it won't be good.

• Well it has been a good day I guess. I got my research paper back from my Micro class. I received a grade of 95 on it. I was very happy.
• I took my test in Micro today. I am not as happy with that. I don't feel that I did well with it at all. I know the material but I feel like the true / false and multiple choice questions are set up intentionally to trick students into making the wrong choices.
• I am hoping that my Marketing Paper is up to standard. I want to print it up tonight and hand it in tomorrow for my "free look". I am honestly tired of dealing with it. I have received a few suggestions and read-throughs. I have made some changes. I think I have thought about it as long as I want to.
• Steve went back to work today. He says he feels better and I'm glad he does. I made a lasagna for us for supper tonight. It's in the oven now cooking. I'm not a big lasagna fan but the one I made yesterday smelled good. This one does too, it just came out of the oven as I was typing this. I will serve it in a few minutes. I want it to set for a few so it doesn't fall apart when I serve it.
• Dealing with S Jr. and his book work. He got through the first two without problem. However, the third one, which he has to think about, he is having a very hard time.
• Tonight is trash night. Once that is done I have supper dishes and laundry to deal with. I am hoping to get some sewing done on Hailey's sampler. I want to get the stitching done so I can get it washed and framed before Sunday. I am thinking of playing some WOW with Steve also after he gets home.
• Well time to go for now. I have a lot to do as usual.
• /hugs