Memory?

Ok, I'm going to admit something here. I don't know a thing about computer memory or backups or any of that stuff. When my main blog was upgraded recently I was so happy to find that it was being backed up. I would hate to think what would happen if I lost it all...I shudder! But how do you know if you need a memory upgrade? Is this something everyone needs? Is it just something business computers need? I'm such a novice at so many computer related things.

Banks fail...

Gah! Our bank failed this week. Sure, it was bought up by another bigger bank. But who's to say it will be safer? I hate that feeling! We don't have a lot of money at all. In fact, we have so much debt that there are times I feel like the sky is falling in on us. I don't know what I would do if our assets were frozen because our bank failed. I'd worry that we'd have debt collection agencies after us, we'd lose our car, we'd lose our house, we'd lose it all. Gah! The US economy sucks!

The bats are still swinging

I can't believe baseball season is almost over. The off season is so dang depressing, I need my daily baseball fix. No more Baseball Tonight on ESPN for months. But not just yet, baseball bats are still swinging for another month or so. I'm shocked by some things this season, like the Tampa Bay Rays...what the heck, they're supposed to stink, no lead the AL East. I shake my head in disbelief...

So dang tempting

I'm struggling so badly to lose weight. It's so tempting to just get some diet pills and use those. But, I'll persevere and hope that what I'm doing will pay off. I mean seriously, all this exercise every day has got to start showing at some point, right? I'm eating healthy too, I don't get why nothing is happening. Gah! At least The Biggest Loser is about to be back on t.v., that's always motivating.

My vacuum doesn't suck

I wish that were a good thing. But really, a vacuum is the one thing that's supposed to suck and mine barely does. I was looking at different vacuums at the store today and was happy to see that there were a lot that we might be able to afford. But I don't want to jump right in and buy one just because it's cheap. If I do that I'll likely get a vacuum that doesn't suck again. I'm going to have to research all kinds of vacuums, like Miele vacuums, before I choose one.

Shopping Around All Night

I've spent a lot of tonight looking for cool online shops for all kinds of presents from mommy gifts to unique baby gifts. There are a lot of awesome shops out there! I wonder how they do it? Do they get a lot of business? How do people know about them? They can't all survive can they? I guess a lot can since there are so dang many of them.

Speaking of things changing...

Over the past few years I've most definitely changed in appearance. I used to be slim and trim and now I'm wearing the extra padding of a mother. But, I don't want that darn extra padding. I'm losing right now...yay! But it's such a slow, slow, slow process. I suppose I could invest in some Fentraphen to help. We'll have to see, I am desperate to get this weight off.

Looking Back

My husband and I celebrated our 4th anniversary recently. Looking back at four years ago things have changed a lot. There are some obvious things like the fact that we have 2 kids, we live in a totally different state, he's not in school anymore, I'm no longer employed, we no longer have cats which means no more changing a litter box...stuff like that. But a lot is the same. We're still living somewhere way too small. Back then it was a basement apartment, now it's a small duplex. We're still very much in love and neither of us have plans of changing that. Our core ethics and values are the same. While I'd love to live in a place with more room, I'm pretty glad the most important stuff is the same now as it was then.

Oh and one more thing...

I've been busy doing a Biggest Loser style competition with some other moms online. I'm doing it purely through diet and exercise, no weight loss pill for me. Although it's mighty tempting. I may give in. But for now I'm working my rear off, I hope literally. Even with my current cold I've been exercising. Oh yeah, I'm that dedicated it to. This time the "baby" weight will come off, no ifs, ands or buts.

Hi there!

So yeah, I haven't posted here in awhile. It's hard to maintain three blogs. But here I am tonight. I'm sick, I'm tired and I could use a good blemish acne cream at the moment, but here I am. It's been nuts here, my oldest is about to start school for the first time...yikes! My baby and I are both sick, which we caught from my husband. I'm just hoping my oldest doesn't catch it, I would hate for her to miss the start of school, she's been looking so forward to it.

Future Career?

I am a stay-at-home-mom right now. I love it, I really do. But someday I'm going to have to do something else. Before I quit the workforce to stay home I was a contract coordinator for a fiscal intermediary company. That was really just a fancy way of saying I did data entry for a payroll company along with doing the customer service aspect too. I totally don't want to do that again, there are actually a lot of things I'd never want to do. But what do I want to do? Be a futures broker? Be a personal trainer? An ultrasound tech? Hmmmm...time will tell.

We lucked out!

We lucked out this week. I have a friend who was selling a bunch of new electronic stuff for really great prices. We spent over $70 of cool stuff, too bad she didn't have a Canon Powershot to sell, that would've been awesome! But anyway, we're pretty excited! My husband will finally have a blue tooth headset which he's been wanting for a long time and we'll have a new flash drive and some other stuff. Yay for good bargains!

Kitchen Sinks?

I haven't put a lot of thought into kitchen sinks, have you? I know I prefer them to have two tubs rather than one. Our first apartment only had one and it was a huge pain when it came to doing the dishes...we also didn't have a dishwasher. I can honestly say I don't miss that place one bit. Our sink right now is basic stainless steal, but at least it has two tubs and is easy to clean.

Too much face washing?

Have you ever wondered if washing your face too much causes acne? I have wondered, although I haven't checked with any acne experts or anything. I'm also thinking summertime is a culprit for random ugly zits. I'd consider moving to Siberia or somewhere where summer never comes, but really I like the warmer weather. So I'll keep on washing and hope that that's not what causes those ugly red bumps.

I Need to Move!

Our town smells like a pig farm. It stinks! I asked someone about it today, because seriously, for the past few days it has smelled so dang bad! Do you know what it is? It's grain! Who knew grain could smell so bad. But it's harvest and all the grain is being loaded up and shipped off. Gah! As if I needed one more reason to hate this place. Seriously, I need some moving services to get me the heck out of here...pronto!

Do you...

Do you watch Jon & Kate Plus 8? My 3 year old loves it and we generally watch it whenever I notice it's on. Well, today they went shopping for furniture and such. I swear they bought everything but a wine rack! I guess you'd have to when you have that many little ones. I don't know how they do it, I'd go bananas. Well, I am already bananas, but I'd be way more nuts than I am.

Stupid Summertime Acne

Yeah, yeah...another reminder, besides the awful heat, that it's summer is a slew of acne. I swear, it happens every single time it gets hot. I really need to find the best acne product and just use it all the time to combat this happening. Seriously, isn't it bad enough that it's too stinking hot to do anything outside? Why...why??? Gah! Anyway...back to your, I'm sure, much more exciting lives.

I've been winning books

It's been crazy. I enter about a million blog giveaways a week. Ok, well not a million but I enter a lot. It seems I usually only win books. I've won a ton of books. Now I just need to start reading them, which is starting to be doable now that the little one goes to bed around 9pm. Anyway, just about the only book I haven't won lately is A New Earth, Awakening to Your Life's Purpose, which I've heard is actually pretty good. Maybe I'll just have to buy it...once I finish all those books I won.

Back in Elementary School

I swear back in elementary school I knew a whole lot more about computers than I do now. And the computers back then were pretty ghetto compared to the high speed, smaller, colored screen computers we have now. I used to know about rom and ram, you know Random Access Memory. All I know now is that those things are probably still important but I don't know much else. My kids are going to be smarter than me before too long. Sigh...

What's the last thing you want right now?

There are so many times I think, "That's the last thing I want right now." But that's not always true. Sure, the thing I'm referring to when I think that is surely something undesirable. But there's a huge list of worse things. Like, I totally don't need a colon cleanser right now. That doesn't sound like fun. Getting a chemical peel? Nope, that doesn't sound fun either. A root canal? Oh please no! Not again ever if possible. So really...when I think that I need to remember there are a whole lot of worse things.