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May 31 Say it With Me . . .No, not "The Exclusive Company."
Do everything
withOUT complaining
or arguing
I am having a hard time with this today. Not going to explain why, but you can say a prayer for me if you'd like.
Then again, maybe I should clarify just a bit. I, personally, am not actually doing much complaining or arguing out loud, someone else is and I am having a very, make that VERY hard time keeping a good attitude. I am being pretty obedient to God, but my attitude about it still stinks a little. Enough about that. back to work. May 28 WOW, it's been what . . . forever?Well, as you may have noticed, I have been very absent from my online journal here. that is due to a number of factors. Not the least of which is that I am running an average of 12 hours a day mon through thurs. I LOVE LOVE LOVE my new job at Curves. It's not so new anymore, but I do still love it. I am up to four nights a week and could probably have more hours if I wanted them. So, that is the most obvious change of life that has caused my neglect here in cyber space. I don't regret it nor do I apologize for it. Life has been Good. In spite of my crying jag last night, life is good. Actually, maybe because of my crying jag. God and I dealt with some truth in my heart that I was trying desperately to kill. Didn't work, made life hard, cried, let it go-sorta, life is good.
But, that's not why I wanted to get in here and write. I had to get in here and write to try to pour out a bit of my heart because it's so darn full right now. I just balanced up my checkbook. I'm not great at getting receipts recorded immediately. I'm fairly good about keeping the receipts, they just don't always make it into my checkbook right away. So, I got them all recorded and checked the remaining balance against the bank's current balance AND the bank says I have more than I say I do. Much as I don't like them not matching, I'd rather think I have less than they think I do. AND, the bestest part of all this is that I did some clothes shopping on Friday. I am taking my first, on my own, grown-up vacation ever in my life in July and I needed some clothes for it. I spent a little over $100 probably and I knew I had the money. What I was not sure about was if the money would come out of savings or what I had left in checking. Well, guess what, after all that spending and the difference between me and the bank I still have $50 leftover that has no particular designation. AND, better still is that I get my "extra" paycheck from one job on Weds and then another paycheck from Curves early next week. I'm kinda rollin' in it right now. Yeah God!!!
It has never ceased to amaze me that when we do what he asks when he asks it that he blesses us SO MUCH! Granted, many could argue this is not the case, kids die, people get sick, tragic things happen. I get that, it's not what I'm talking about. This year God and I are workign on self-control/self-discipline. Some thing we should all have that until this year I have refused to exercise any of at all. So, we started with my budget. I sat down with my spending for the last year and figured out reasonable numbers for me and I have stuck to it almost exactly since the end of January when I set it. I set certain rules that worked for me. In addition, I tithe. I give about 10% of what I make to God every paycheck. He asked me a few months ago to up that amount of money. So, i did. I haven't been as consistent in that amount, but it is in my heart and I am working on it. Then I got the job at Curves. Great job, good money, love having something to do with my nights.
Sorry, I kinda lost my train of thought there. So, a paragraph ago I said I was excited about shopping and the money etc., well here was the exciting thing to me. I did not have to use any of the savings for the trip to buy the clothes. Oh, or the new TV I had to get this weekend. My TV died. My parents helped me with a bit of it for my birthday and I bought it outright. We don't believe in credit for purchases like that in our family. So, I bought a new TV AND a new mini-wardrobe for my vacation all out of money sitting in my checking that had no particular assignment. Wahoo!!! I was, and am, very excited. But, now I feel like I've poured out enough of my heart that I can go watch the finale of CSI finally. well, maybe not. I can watch the finale of CSI: NY. I just realized it's almost 11 and the CSI finale was two hours long. I am very excited that I get to sleep in tomorrow morning, but I don't think I want to sleep in that much. Even though I don't have anything else to do anyway. Oh, well. Maybe I'll start reading another book. Or get my stuff listed on eBay. I was going to box that stuff up today. Darn, I forgot. Oh, well. Guess I'll do it tomorrow.
Hope your life is blessed. Drop me a line, let me know. May 16 Happy Birthday to Me!! Happy Birthday to me!Happy Birthday to me!!Haa-aaapy Biii-rthday tooo-oooo Meeee-eeeee!!!!!Happy Birthday to me!!!!I had written this whole story and then realized I should say this at the front.
I LOVE BIRTHDAYS!!!!!
I know many people who just don't care. Some days that's how I feel, but then when it comes to be the day of, I LOVE it!! I love celebrating, I love being the center of attention. Most years I milk my birthday for at least a week, and sometimes a week before AND after. Honestly, I'm an otter and I just love an excuse to party and laugh and enjoy life.
(Otters are fun-loving, crazy, social butterfly people. It's a personality test thing and it's out of 40 points and I"m a 38 otter. Can you tell?
 )Having said that, here is my story from this morning. And, I hope there is more to come. I know there are at least 2 birthday wishes in my inbox that I need to go check. Be back later!!!
So, this morning I got up and there was a note on the coffeemaker taped to a pack of Reeses Peanut Butter cups that said "Happy Birthday Sweetie" from my mom. I thought "Oh, how sweet." Then I went into the bathroom to shower etc. and taped to the top of the toilet seat is this little Koala "card" thing that says "When it comes to being a great daughter, you koala-fy"
I LOVE Koalas. I have collected them for years.
So, this was particularly cute AND funny.
I thought this was it, I was good enough with that. Then I had gotten ready and went out to my car to come to work and taped to my steering wheel is a little baggie with money in it and a note that says "For your Birthday Lunch." She is the greatest sometimes!!
(Be sure to leave a comment wishing me a happy birthday!!) May 12 Attention Stalkers!I thought it considerate and prudent to give any friends or stalkers advance warning.
My Birthday is on Tuesday! So, if you want to get me a gift
 feel free to check out my Stalker-riffic list halfway down on the left. I've got wishlists in a few places, go check them out. I'll make sure they're correct this afternoon. Let me know if you have questions!  Happy birthday to me
Happy birthday to me
Happy birthday too-ooo meeee-eeeee May 10 Laughter reliefI've had an unhappy day. Due almost completely to a bad headache. But, this helped. It didn't show up until 2pm, but it helped. I LOVE Gigglechick. So, rather than send you to the actual site this video is on, I'm going to send you to her site to see it. Vanilla Ice is where it starts getting really funny. Go enjoy it now!!! May 09 Talking about Worst Karaoke Performance EverThe internet proves again, to be a wonderful and amazing thing! Enjoy!!
Quote Worst Karaoke Performance Ever May 05 IGNORE TRACKBACKSMost of you probably have no idea what Trackbacks are or how to use them. But, I've recently noticed that there are a number of Trackbacks on almost every entry I have. At least going back 5-9 entries. So, until I figure out what to do, if there is something to do other than just delete them, just ignore them. I changed one setting already, but I'm leaving them up for now in case MSN needs to look at them to catch the "abuse" So, I appreciate your patience and MUCH appreciate you rpatience in my absence of late. I've been working 9 am to 8ish pm almost every day. Two jobs can really take up a lot of time!! That's fine though. It's going great, I'm loving it. Maybe someday I'll post more about it. Until then, enjoy life, laugh hysterically, and ignore my trackbacks!!
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