Feeling Funky

Especially after my last post. I have thought about quitting on several occasions but I came real close to just shutting all of my blogs down yesterday.

I started blogging as a way to vent. I found my voice and I immediately pissed some people off. I'm over it. I hope they are too.

I'm seriously taking a break this time. I don't like my posts lately and I'm not really proud of them except for the Things I Love posts and some of my Rant and Rave Wednesday ones. I enjoy doing those.

What I'm not enjoying is the fact that I can't move items around in my sidebars. I don't know if it's the LinkWithin feature or what but everything is stuck in place. I don't like that and it's that way on all of my blogs. Not just this one.

Then, when I go to read blogs, some blogs just don't even load. I know I need more memory but sheesh! It's frustrating!

It is almost impossible for me to leave comments on certain blogs....And, word verification? Don't even get me started.

I almost cancelled my blogs, my Facebook account and Twitter account on Sunday.

I take that as a sign that I need to concentrate on other areas of my life.

Besides, I could sit here all day but I won't get paid a dime unless I'm selling some stuff. I need to sell some more stuff.

Please keep in mind that my last post is a culmination of over 20 years of shopping in grocery and big box stores and the frustrations I feel almost every time I go out shopping. I try my best to be a patient person when I'm in a public place and I just wish that more people reciprocated the same courtesy. In all the years that I've been shopping I've only seen one child disciplined and I think that's sad.

There's plenty to read here. If you have time, check out some of my old posts. Some of them are funny. IMO!

See you later.....

Attention Walmart Shoppers

May we have your attention, please?

While most of you are obviously not professional shoppers with over 20 years of shopping experience, we'd like most of you to keep in mind that these professionals move at a faster pace because they are still used to shopping with babies and toddlers.

These professional shoppers don't appreciate it when you block the aisles. If you can, please apply the rules of the road when shopping in our store. We don't want people to start using bike horns to move people out of the way.

Please ask one of these professional shoppers if you need any assistance reaching any objects that are out of your reach if you are in a rolling cart or in a wheel chair. You'll be able to spot one of these professional shoppers because they are moving at a faster pace than the rest of the shoppers. They will be glad to assist you since you won't be able to find one of our employees because we have them setting up obstacles for these professional shoppers and they are busy. Please don't disturb our employees or ask them for help. They are busy working and blocking aisles they don't have time to help you.

We don't pay our employees to help you. We pay them to stock the shelves and get in your way when you are shopping.

As for helping everyone to try to stay healthy, please refrain from coughing and sneezing on our other guests. It's rude for you to be out shopping when you're contagious and we don't think that it's right for you to infect our more fragile shoppers like children and the elderly with your flu or cold.

Please watch your children at all times and if they have a full blown tantrum that lasts over 10 minutes, please bring them to the restroom or outside the building until they have stopped screaming.

Please keep your children with you at all times and keep them from playing ball in the store. It's just plain dangerous for the other shoppers to get hit in the head with a ball. Just sayin'....

Please keep your kid's hands off of other shoppers items in their carts or when they are on the conveyor waiting to be purchased. Some people really don't like your kids touching their stuff.

Please only shop in our store if you have the money to pay for the items you want. Our security guards don't like it when you outrun them and they lose you in the parking lot. We don't pay them to run!

We know that this is a lot for some of you to remember so if you only remember a couple of the above mentioned suggestions, everyone will have a much better shopping experience.

Thanks for shopping at Walmart!

Have a great day.

We'll see you again soon!

We know you can't save money without us.

Things I Love

A big thank you to Drahdrah at Drahdrah's Place for the Things I Love post idea! Go and check out her awesome blog. Her blog is awesome! Thanks to Otin for helping me find her!
Posted on Saturday night because I need to post something positive for a change.


I love that #1 Son's friend and co-worker who was in an accident on Saturday seems to be alright and he doesn't have any real serious injuries. He's really lucky because he rolled his vehicle a couple of times and it's totaled.


I love polite and courteous people with manners.


I love that I haven't lost any followers even though I've been ranting a lot lately. Thank you!


I love being healthy.


I love that most of the bills are getting paid.


I love Word Wize puzzle books. I found a bunch of them looking for the cannonball.


I love that this is the final road trip with the Golf team for #1 Son .


I love selling things and making money.


I love Halloween candy when it's on sale for 75% off.



What do you love?

I Want To Know

Why some parents think it's okay to yell at their kids to stop saying "Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom" in front of everyone in Walmart. The kids were teenagers. I think if the parents had just had a little talk with their kids about 11 years ago, they wouldn't be blowing up and yelling at their kids in public.


Why some people think it's okay to block an entire aisle in a store when they're reading something.


Why some people completely ignore their toddlers when they are screaming in public.


Why some people can spend hundreds of dollars getting their entire chest tattooed and then they have to run past security and try to escape when they're stealing something from the store.


Why some people let their children put things up on the conveyor with my groceries and let their kids touch all the stuff I'm buying.


I also want to know what in the world is up with Target. Not only do they have snowflake decorations on the widows to the store, they have snowflake and Christmas ornaments up already and the employees are wearing Santa hats and garland headbands. I think November 6th is a bit early for Christmas.

Time's Flying

Whether I'm having fun or not.
I have been happy unemployed for a whole month now.

The guy finally called me on Thursday night for the job I inquired about where I can save people's lives. After he said that he'd call me on Wednesday morning.

36 hours is a long time to wait for a phone call. I fucking hate don't really like flaky people. What happened to calling someone when you said you would?

I've had a lot on my plate lately. When I'm not blogging, leaving comments or reading blogs, I actually do stuff out of the house and around the house. You know what I hate more than working for a person with anger issues?

Shopping at Walmart.

I love saving money but I loathe Walmart and the people who shop there more than working for someone with anger issues.

I thought about being a personal shopper for the elderly but if I have to spend my days at Walmart, I'd rather be dead.
(Sorry, I forgot to take my lithium supplement today.)

But, I found my cannonball and I hope I can sell it. I spend my spare time looking for things I can sell because I don't want to work for a flake or a mean person.

Maybe I'm just destined to be poor? I don't know.

I hope not!

You know what? I'll never get tired of being home with my awesome kids, doing everything I do around the house for free and I'm good at saving money even if it means that I have to shop at Walmart.

I cancelled my long distance service on the land line. I'm not making much money but I'm saving $26.00 a month just by cancelling the long distance service on the land line at home.

I'm able to take pictures and make long distance calls with my cell phone. It's become a very important part of my life. I've given my number to a few bloggers and this is a hint for them to call me. :) I'll never get tired of hearing my ringtone!




What are you doing to save money or are you freaking rich?

Do You Have A Cannonball?

I do!

It weighs approximately 4 lbs and 4 oz. and it fits perfectly in my hand.

All I know is that I'm never losing it again. I told Hubby that it would probably be worth more if it was a meteor and he said "How do you know it's not a meteor?"

I don't know what the heck it it but I do know that I'll never lose it again!

Does anyone know anything about cannonballs?

The Case of the Missing Cannonball

I swear this is really going on at my house.

Since I can't watch even 2 minutes of the news or VH1 anymore, I turned the TV to the History channel today.

They were re-modeling ex President's houses and at one point they showed some Civil War memorabilia. That got me thinking about a cannonball that our kids found on a piece of property we used to own, not too far from here.

I can't find it anywhere. I asked the girls and Hubby and they have no clue what I did with it. I don't have a clue either

I lost the cannonball.

Unfortunately, this is probably not the weirdest text that #1 Son will ever receive from me.

Hey #1 Son, You made the paper! Do you know what I did with the cannonball? I can't find it Big surprise? Love you
(I wrote big surprise because I spent most of yesterday looking for the 2006 Golf Yearbook.)

He writes back: What is the cannonball? I don't know what you're talking about.

Me: Found at Pride Rock? (The name of our old property)

#1 Son: Oh you actually mean a real live cannon ball! I thought you were talking about Middle Sister or something. I have no clue where it is though, sorry.

Okay, in my defense, I've never referred to Middle Daughter as a cannon ball, I never called her an it and I've NEVER LOST HER!

I was hoping that I gave it to #1 Son because he has cool swords, fencing foils and he even has a boomerang in his room. But, I didn't give it to him which means I lost it and when I start looking for something, I can't stop.

It's really pissing me off!

I'll blog about it when/if I ever find it. Right now I'm going to turn the house upside down and I hope it doesn't hit me in the head because it's heavy.

The South Park Newspaper Doesn't Love #1 Son

We are pretty used to seeing his name in the paper these days.

He's winning tournaments right and left.

This is his senior year and the golf season is almost over.

His score in the Regionals was the lowest in 5 years.

The team made it to the State Championships.


There isn't one word about the tournament in the paper.

Not one word.......





I need to figure out a way to get paid for doing the laundry, cooking, washing dishes, cleaning the house, going to the library, raising good kids and blogging.

Seriously?

When someone outside of my family doesn't call me like they say they are going to, I automatically assume that they died. I know it's horrible to think that but maybe people should just call me when they say they are going to.

It would cost us $3,000 to file for bankruptcy because we have a lawyer friend and that's better than $5,000 like it normally costs people who don't have lawyer friends. If we had $3,000 we wouldn't need to even think about filing for bankruptcy.

Homeopathic remedies don't always work for my depression and I have to resort to some stronger stuff. It IS working.

I dropped my camera last night after taking pictures of #1 Son with his medal and I broke it. Figures, I've been using it to sell stuff on Craigslist. The camera is out of warranty. The closest repair shop is in BFE or I could send it in and pay over $85.00 to have a $200.00 camera fixed?????

I got to hear my ringtone on Monday and Tuesday because I left my number on some ads. Why people still insist on emailing me is a mystery. I sold something and I got to hear my ringtone.... that's all I care about.

I absolutely love, love, love the movie Idiocracy. It's one of my all time favorites and it's been on TV the last 2 nights. It really scares me how real that movie seems to be but that doesn't stop me from laughing about it, like, hysterically. If you haven't seen it, you might want to check it out.

Rant and Rave Wednesday

Rant and Rave Wednesday Courtesy of Little Ms Blogger. You should check out her blog and follow her if you're not already.
(I'm sorry for posting it on a Tuesday night, Little Ms Blogger. I'm going to see about a job tomorrow morning.) I hope you're feeling better.


Rant: I was washing my hands in a public restroom and I could see a woman behind me in the mirror and she was checking out my butt. I thought to myself "I must be looking good today if a woman is checking out my ass." It wasn't until much later that night when I was getting ready for bed that I noticed a rip in the back of my pants. Now I know what she was looking at.....my Halloween underwear. Spooky!

Rave: Monkey Man gave me an award. Modern Mom already gave it to me in August and I added my name to the list and I followed all the rules back then. You can see that post here. I don't think all of the people I awarded it to accepted it so I'm not passing it out again this time. Thank you, Monkey Man. I appreciate you and your blog. You've been very nice to me and I really appreciate your support.


This time, I'm going to give this award:

Miss Yvonne gave it to me and I never passed it out until now. You Are Wonderful goes to:

Drahdrah for the Things I love post that I look forward to every Sunday.

Little Ms Blogger for the Rant and Rave Wednesday posts.

Stephanie at Mama Still Wears Gucci, because I really, really like her a lot.

Sarah at Etcetera Etc. because we go way back and she's a sweetie.

Secretia because I secretly love her blog.

The Peach Tart because I want to be just like her because she's awesome.

Diane because we have a lot in common and I really, really like her a lot.

Monkey Man

Matty

Otin

You guys have been so supportive over the last few months. Thank you, thank you. I appreciate each and every one of you. Sorry I didn't link to you. You all know who you are! There aren't any rules. Just keep being wonderful!

Rave: #1 Son won 1st place in the Regionals two day tournament. You're probably sick of hearing about it but I could never get sick of him being a WINNER!!

Rave: Craigslist, new opportunities, beating depression one day at a time.

Rave: I think this is pretty good news and not at all surprising:

You Sometimes Hold a Grudge

You aren't exactly vengeful, but you're not going to forget when someone wrongs you. And while you'll forgive the small things, you don't hand out too many second chances to people who really screw up.

Do You Hold a Grudge?

Blogthings: We're Not Shrinks, But We Play Them On the Internet

I think that this is especially good news for the people who've screwed me over and over again. Don't you? (Another reason I blog is so that I'll have an airtight alibi if something bad ever happens to those assholes.)

The Golden Hour

I saw this book at the library for only 10 cents.

It's written by James W. Foley by Wise & Co. Greeting books, Copyright 1925. I've burned all my bridges with the corporate office where I used to work so, I'm either going to file for bankruptcy or I'm going to find a way to be self employed. Either way, I want to share this with you.



I'm sending you one golden hour

From the full jeweled crown of the day;

Not sorrow or care shall have power

To steal this rare jewel away.

I'm bidding you join in the dreaming

I had in that hour of you,

When all of the old dreams,

in seeming,

Were gold like the hour, and came true.

So let's dream like a child in

it's playing,

Let's make us a sky and a sea,

Let's change the things 'round us by saying

They're things that we wish them to be;

And if there is sadness or sorrow,

Let's dream till we charm it away,

Let's learn from the children, and borrow

A saying from childhood:

"Let's play!"

Let's play that the world's full of beauty,

Let's play there are roses in bloom,

Let's play there is pleasure in duty,

And light were we thought there was gloom,

Let's play that this heart with it's sorrow

is bidden be joyous and glad,

Let's play that we'll find on tomorrow

The joys that we never have had.

Let's play that regret with it's ruing

Is banished forever and aye,

Let's play there's delight but in doing,

Let's play there are flowers by the way.

However the pathway seem dreary,

Wherever the footsteps may lead,

Let's play there's a song for the weary

If only the heart will give heed.

Let's play we have done with repining,

Let's play that our longings are still,

Let's play that the sunlight is shining.

To gold the green slope of the hill.

Let's play that there are birds blithely, flinging

Their songs of delight to the air,

Let's play that the world's full of singing,

Let's play there is love-----

everywhere.

What do you think?

I Don't Even Care Anymore

I Burned My Bridges With The Corportate Office



You know what?

I feel GOOD about it!




Subject: You need to fire "Her Meanness!"


She's the reason why I quit my dream job. I loved the store I worked in and the customers loved me. Some of them would only shop in the store on the weekends because they knew that she wouldn't be there.

You all should be ashamed for having a control freak with anger issues in charge of your store #10.

She has cost you thousands of dollars over the years by losing you customers and by throwing away thousands of dollars worth of products and books and store literature.

She is rude to customers, co-workers, and Reps.

Don't you want someone in that store who can count and use the computer with ease?

Good luck replacing me because the person I replaced quit because of her immaturity and lack of common decency.

Sincerely,
Tracey

Things I Love

A big thank you to Drahdrah at Drahdrah's Place for the Things I Love post idea! Go and check out her awesome blog. Her blog is awesome! Thanks to Otin for helping me find her!



I love a cup of coffee every now and then. I gave up drinking it everyday a long time ago. I like a cup of Gevalia's Hazelnut regular, not decaf, brewed with a small scoop of coffee per 6 or 8 cups of water so that it looks like strong black tea and it has a good flavor and it's not bitter or too strong.

I love bacon. I could eat it everyday but I only buy it once a week.

I love earning an income and contributing to the family funds.

I love being a woman but sometimes I wish it was easier to be a woman/wife/mother/fixer of all things in the entire universe.

I love books. I found a book called The Golden Hour at the library book sale for 10 cents. It was published in 1925 and I think it's really cool. I might do a post about it.



As for Halloween, this is just an update to let those of you who asked know that #1 Son got called into work and he was unable to wear the Kenny costume, that I worked on for over an hour after he tried it on. I'm saving everything for next year. I almost came close to wearing it myself but I stayed home with the dog again this year. We live up in the trees. We don't have paved streets or sidewalks so we hardly ever get trick-or-treaters. Plus, our property is completely fenced. We have special neighbor friends who spoil our kids but our kids don't trick-or-treat around our neighborhood. It's dangerous since we have wild javelinas, bobcats, coyotes, mountain lions, etc. etc. in our neighborhood.

Hubby took the girls trick-or-treating on a popular street downtown. I've been staying home with the dog since our family friend died before Halloween and since we no longer go to a party at my ex-best friend's mom's house like we did every year for many years before my ex-friend left her family and me. It's depressing for me to be on that street especially since my ex-best friend's mom passed away last Tuesday the 27th.

I don't really love Halloween like I used to.

Happy Halloween!

Youngest Daughter with Oldest Daughter, in their costumes. They're showing off their costumes and the pumpkins that Oldest Daughter carved all by herself. Middle Daughter wants to get dressed later. I haven't spent one minute with #1 Son and his costume yet so time will tell if we can pull off the Kenny look.

The back of Youngest's pumpkin. It has wings.

In other news, Oldest Daughter received her green belt last night. We celebrated with a chocolate cream pie!

We hope that everyone has a super, fun and safe Halloween!

Almost Ready For Halloween

Oldest Daughter made a costume for Max and I had to take pictures!


Isn't he cute? He loved being in his costume and he purred the entire time he was wearing it.

#1 Son wants to be Kenny. We went to 6 stores yesterday and I think we found the ONLY orange hoodie in town.

We finalized all the details of Youngest Daughter's costume last night. I have to wash it today because she wore if for a couple of hours and got soda on it.

And, as with my life, just when things start to seem normal again, Hubby gets a text from my ex-best friend's ex husband and he said that my ex-best friend's mom passed away on Tuesday. The exact same day that we lost our friend, five years ago. I've been thinking about her mom since I dropped off the doll bed at her house in May. I drove by her house yesterday and I thought about her. I always do this time of year. I have very fond memories of her. I guess they won't be having a Halloween party at her mom's house this year, but then again, my ex friend might have the biggest party ever.

Weird.

I Really Wanted To Stay In Bed Today...

But, I didn't. I took the girls to the library for the Teen Halloween Hullaballoo and Middle Daughter won 1st place in the Cutest Costume contest. I'm so proud! I think they both looked cute!

Except for the music, it was a haunting good time.

Rant and Rave Wednesday

Rant and Rave Wednesday Courtesy of Little Ms Blogger. You should check out her blog and follow her if you're not already.
(I'm sorry for posting it on a Tuesday night, Little Ms Blogger. I might stay in bed all day tomorrow.)


Rant: No hot water.

Rave: New water heater.

Rant: Snow and wind.

Rave: Little Ms Blogger sent me a sweet email. She remembered what a rough day the 27th of October is for me. Many, many thanks and hugs!

Rave: Oldest Daughter's Sensei picked her and 2 other people from her class to do a demonstration at an Elementary school last Friday. It was quite an honor for her. I'm beyond proud.

Rant: A sign at the school had a picture of the 6 pillars of character. The 6 pillars of character are: Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring and Citizenship.
"Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country?" Screw your family? Where the fuck heck is family? I think that's my biggest complaint about the public school system, they don't even acknowledge how important family is. Personally, I think being a family member is more important than being a citizen, but that's just me

Rant : I didn't see any respect or caring by the school kids during the demonstration. The constant screaming and the wild children at the school left me with a very large headache.

Rant : I'm wondering why I didn't fight for my job. Why did I let the mean bitch win? I had every stupid, mean, hurtful thing she ever said or did documented. I wonder if I would have won in the end but if a corporation wants a mean bitch in charge, my efforts might have been for nothing anyway.

Rant : The store that I applied for a job for has decided not to hire anyone else at this time. They gave their employees more duties and hours.

Rant : My life reminds me of these song lyrics:
I'm broke but I'm happy
I'm poor but I'm kind
I'm short but I'm healthy, yeah
I'm high but I'm grounded
I'm sane but I'm overwhelmed
I'm lost but I'm hopeful baby

I wish I could find a way to get paid to stay home with the kids.

Rave: I love how Youngest Daughter draws #1 Son and me.