Question Of the Day

What is your opinion of plastic surgery?
Would you consider it for yourself?
What would you consider getting, if anything?

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Katie looks like she is going to explode any second.

THE BATTLE WITHIN

I have the Sunday blues. Or maybe the Sunday dreads. It is due to the fact that I have to work tonight--only for a few hours, but still......
I'm grateful for the job-minimal hours, decent pay (very good $ for the hours I have to put in) and I get to do it from home, but after seven and a half years.....I'm burning out and frequently getting drained by even the easiest details to handle, not to mention the stressful details. I get Friday and Saturday off and then Sunday arrives and almost every week about this time I feel this feeling...something akin to PMS symptoms: Emotional. Irritable. Physically and mentally drained. Feeling of an impending burdenous weight on my shoulders. You could simply describe it as an overwhelming repulsion at the thought of facing it. I am sometimes tempted to just quit.


On the other hand.....


I feel like I need to be grateful for the things in my life (spiritually), and I DON'T want to lose this job due to shallow resentment and complaining, when I know things could be much worse. I don't want some life lesson here, where I end up losing this job and then see how good I had it and end up having to do something I'm having to put even more effort in for same or less money. The fact that I have to do this job at night also allows me to put in a lot of hours and effort into the business Rickey and I started last year. It is going extemely well, better and better the more we learn, but it is way too young for me to leave my job and focus my energy completely on that. More Pros: At this job, I don't have to put up with someone standing over my shoulder. I don't have to punch a time clock. When I start and finish is pretty flexible as long as I accomplish everything. I don't have to work forty hours a week at it and I don't want to ever have to at some other job where I'm working for someone else. I don't have to dress up everyday for work. I get to be home with my family, etc.


I need to quit bitching.



This is what I tell myself all the time. lol

WORD OF THE DAY

Plethora......
Plethora

I have a plethora of laundry to do.

The Westin Hotel

We celebrated Dylan's birthday this weekend. He had the same request as last year-stay in a nice hotel wayyyy up high. We had a pretty good view (37th floor). The building goes up 73 freakin' floors. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!! There is a restaurant on the top floor of the hotel called the Sun Dial and it spins around. The elevator that goes up to the restaurant is made of glass and is on the outside of the building. We didn't get to eat there, but we went up there before we left to see what it was like.
I'm not typically afraid of heights, but Rickey is, and he usually ends up causing me to get nervous. He eventually makes me question the safety of the structure of the elevator and the building... and all buildings in general. Especially aging ones... Dylan is oblivious to any danger. He thinks we live in a safe world. We rode up the thing with Rickey gripping the rails as hard as he could and all color drained from his face; Dylan making things worse by pressing his face against the glass and excitedly moving from one end to the other. Rickey occasionally made what I can only describe as gasping noises, and although it only took 85 seconds to ride up, it felt like forever. By the time we arrived, I was queasy and my legs were shaking. I (clutched) insisted that Dylan stay right beside me... far away from the windows, that by that point I was feeling like he could fall through. After a few minutes, though, I calmed down and begin to enjoy the view, telling myself, "People come here everyday. People work here everyday. It is safe." Rickey insisted we hurry up and leave, although I think he started to relax a little, too.
I don't know what to think about a guy who is obsessed with NASCAR---dreams of actually being a driver---feels nothing of the dangers of hitting a wall at 200 miles an hour. When I asked him about that logic, he said, "Well, if I died I'd at least be on the ground." hmmm
Anyway, here was the view last night from our room:




The Sun Dial
If you click on the view when you go to the link, you can see some rails on the top level, overlooking the restaurant area. They were another thing causing me to cling on to
Dylan. lol

Still seems like a fake pregnancy to me

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Britney's not admitting it, but this recent picture actually looks more genuinely pregnant than Katie does

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Gwen Stefani looks authentic

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Matt Damon's wife--it looks real

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Angelina Jolie's pregnant belly doesn't make me suspicious

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I'm not saying that I know it's fake. I'm not saying I think it is a fake. I'm saying for some reason, I am suspicious about it due to different pictures looking "off". Lately there is story after story about the "arranged relationship" becoming shakier due to them no longer getting along and becoming unable to keep up the facade. We shall see....

A Cat Nap

Your Life Path Number is 22

Your purpose in life is to use your power for good Of all the life paths, yours has the most innate power. Your power lies in your vision, and you must recruit others to help you in this vision. You are able to be a great idealist, but you still have the practicality to get things done. In love, you tend to be a big romantic - but you also tend to keep your distance. You have a lot of potential, and it's sometimes hard to live up to. Sometimes you just feel like slipping into obscurity and doing nothing. You tend to be prone to dramatic emotions, until you step back and look at things honestly.

What Is Your Life Path Number?

Inspirational Quotes

I recently bought this book.
There are alot of wise and thought provoking
sayings in it. I thought I would put some on here.

Success is to be measured
not so much by the position
one has reached in life,
as by the obstacles
which one has overcome
while trying to succeed.
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Booker Washington, 1856-1915 american teacher, writer and speaker


One person's definition of success
is another's first step.
Only you can rate your accomplishments,
and find peace within yourself
________________________________________
anonymous



To put the world on order we must first

put the nation in order.

To put the nation in order we must first

put the family in order.

To put the family in order we must first

cultivate our personal life.

And to cultivate our personal life,

we must set our hearts right.
_________________
Confucius, c. 550-478 BC

QUESTION OF THE DAY

Have you ever had a supernatural experience? Such as....psychic experience, ghost sighting, angel, etc. ?

I've never seen a ghost or an angel, although I have had dreams that were very spiritual and I feel like were sent from above. I've also felt a strong sense of intuition at times, although I wouldn't describe it as psychic- especially not on a consistent basis. What about you?

SPRING IS IN THE AIR



I'm beginning to feel excited at the anticipation of spring. It is sunny and warm here, especially in the last week. The trees and flowes are beginning to bloom, the birds are back and chirping, reminding me to buy more birdfood.
We are already getting into spring cleaning, house repairs, upgrades, etc. This is the first house I've ever owned. (am buying) I bought it last March at age 35. It was like that ever elusive carrot, dangling over my head- just out of reach- for many years. I did it without $ help from any family and it is nicer than anything I ever lived in growing up.... so I'm proud of the accomplishment.
One thing I didn't quite realize though, was all of the little extra $$$ expenses that go along with taking care of your home. Yesterday, we had the house pressure washed (very necessary) and the garage door had to be worked on. Rickey has had our bathroom under a tile project for about 6 months now, (I've been having to shower in the kids' bathroom) and we are finally (thankfully) getting that completed. I have to renew the house insurance, pay homeowners dues for the neighborhood, and we really should have the yard treated for weeds and insects--eeeeeeeeeeek.
We are having fun doing small home improvements and are looking at them as an investment for when we do sell at some point, although in one sense I could see myself staying and not selling. Soon, I am going to buy some more flowers to hang on the front porch similar to the ones I got last year in the picture.

QUESTION OF THE DAY



Have you ever had a personal encounter with a celebrity? What happened? Are you related to anyone famous?

Gone but not forgotten

We had to leave town (the state) for a few days, due to Rickey's mother undergoing surgery.
I have missed blogging....mostly I've missed reading/commenting on the blogs that I visit regularly (you know who you are). I only had time for a quick peek today and am looking foward to catching up. Some of you have been spilling creativity and have updated ALOT in the last few days. :) I can't wait.