National Whatever Month

I wanted to know what National Month this is.  Way back when America only had one 'thing' that represented National Whatever Month.  These days one month can represent many things.  For example, on doing a google search, I discovered that

 March is National Nutrition Month

National Crafts Month and National Peanut Month

And National Noodle Month 





So now you know!

Day 25-Picture of my Day

Today I had some errands to do.  I had to go to Target and pick up my prescription and I also printed off some photos from 2008 that I've had stored on a usb drive.  I'm like three and half years behind printing out my photos.  I don't think I'll ever get caught up organizng the photos albums.  But I'm gonna try.  Now that I got alot of my albums organized and labeled I'm in the mindset of just getting it ALL done so I can not think about it anymore.  I printed out 200 pictures today which cost me a total of 29.98 and I had printed off a target coupon from their website for $1..so I saved a dollar!  That's alright by me.

Next, I went to staples.  I had a reward coupon for $20.02.  I've been wanting to get a wireless mouse for my laptop and Staples had them on sale for $14.99.  While there I knew I'd have a few dollars extra to spend so I picked up some $2 stuff.  The mouse is originally priced for $29.99.  So, I get up to the counter and give the cashier my stuff to ring up which came out to be $36.00..and I knew that was wrong, then I have her my coupon which she took off and I had seven empty ink cartridges (which should give me $14 worth of rewards for next time) and when it was said and done she said I owed $14.00.  I aksed her if that was the mouse that was on sale for $14.99.   She tried to tell me no, but I had my store flyer with me and I said it looks like it is and she looked at the flyer and said oh yes it is.  And so she took off the $14.99 and guess what?  The store owed me $1.11.  Can you believe that?  I never in my life had the store owe me money.  So out prints a coupon for $1.11 which expires at the end of the month..LOL.  I thought that was pretty cool.

Unfortunately this paycheck, I think I've blown the budget and might have to dip into the savings.  Since starting Financial Peace University we have been doing really well about our money, but sometimes on the weeks the really big bills come in there's almost nothing you can do about running out of money.  It's a lot like dieting..sometimes you just gotta have that forbidden food.

Day 24-Something I Could Change; Still in Pain

This is a picture of my living room.  The picture does it justice because it doesn't look this good in real life.  A year and a half ago I painted it blue, but it wasn't the blue that I wanted but I had three gallons of this paint so I was kinda stuck with it.  I wanted to eventually make it a 'sea' room, but it's not turning out so good.  The wood floor is a disgrace...I have cats and a dog so the floor needs alot of attention.  The oak floor is original with the house which was built in the '60's and it's never been professionally resanded (well, except once with dh did it but I don't think he did too good of a job, but he tried so I give him credit for that!) or restained so this is what I would really like to change.  Unless I re-housed the animals I don't think I'll ever had another nice living room.  This room is definitely a thorn in my side. 

My side still has not gotten any better and I'm still in pain.  And since my tripping accident I have gained 3+ pounds.  Now how does that happen? *sigh*

We have Dave Ramsey's Financial Freedom class tonight.  We are trying to get out of debt and stay out.   I've already paid off one credit card! 

Day 22-Favorite Book; Coupons

I have read so many books in my lifetime that it's almost impossible to pick a favorite.  Although a couple do stand out.  For instance, when I was a teenager I was really into reading Ross MacDonald detective books.  I couldn't get enough of them.  His real name is Kenneth Millar and he wrote books under the name of John Ross MacDonald then Ross MacDonald.  The main character of his books were Lew Archer, the detective.  I think I read all the Lew Archer series and I was so disappointed when I couldn't find them anymore.  I did all my high school projects centered around Lew Archer and I still have those projects today.  I just can't seem to through them away!

I've recently read a couple of books by Lorena McCourtney.  She started a series of Ivy Malone books.  Ivy Malone was a senior citizen lady who just happened to get herself into the middle of murder cases.  Unfortunately, Lorena McCourtney had to discontinue the series due to publisher problems or something of that sort.  But she started another series with Andi McConnell who inherits a limousine from an uncle and she gets involved with murder cases, but not purpose. 

I like all kinds of books including true life; usually how someone over came a problem in their lives.  Christian books I read, too.

Well, today I had to do a little grocery shopping.  I had my huge 'wallet' of coupons with me.  While I was looking for a Lloyd's BBQ coupon I had a older woman (older than me) stop and ask me where I get all my coupons.  Wow!  I never had anybody ask me that before, so I felt like a super couponer!  Hehehe.  I told her in the Sunday paper and the Bowie Blade and Bowie Star on Wednesdays.  She told me her daughter and grandkids moved in with her and I finished her sentence and said they were eating you out of house and home, right?  She started laughing.  She said she was gonna get a small canned ham, but her grandchild could eat the whole thing in one sitting.  I told her maybe she could get her neighbors to save the inserts from the Sunday paper for her.  Lots of people don't use coupons and throw them away.  Now I hope that she'll be able to get some coupons going for herself.  I saved $13.75 today but that's including my store card and my coupons.  I penny saved is a penny earned--Benjamin Franklin.

I cooked a turkey yesterday so we are gonna have turkey, mashed potatoes and a veggie tonight for dinner.  Yum!

Day 22-Something I Wish I Was Better At.....

Wow...this one isn't hard to figure out.  There's lots of things I wish I was better at.  Here's a list:

Crochet

Knitting

Sewing

Having more patience

Sticking to a healthy eating lifestyle

Being more organized

Feeling happier

and the list could go on from here!

There is definitely room for improvement in every element of my life, that's for sure.  I think I once was very happy with myself, but ugly part of life caught up with me and every day is a struggle.  That's why I can't wait for spring and the warm weather because at least then I can get outside into the sunlight and plant flowers.  And some vegetables.  I think spring is the best time of year because everything is coming up brand new and beatiful.  I like watching the birds make their nests (only I don't like it when they choose part of my house or my motorhome to do it in). 

It is raining here today, so we are really stuck inside.  I slept for a long time today and still feel like I'm not fully awake.  It's one of those days where you just wanna grab a good book and not come out of your room. 

I have a turkey in the oven cooking.  Probably won't be done until late, but at least it will give us something to eat the rest of the week.  I need to go to the store to get some vegetables and potatoes.  That's a chore I really do not like doing. 

That's all for now!



Yesterday and Last Night

Our daughter invited us to her place yesterday for dinner and to watch a movie.  I've been wanting to see the movie All You with Jamie Lee Curtis since it first came out, but things happened and I never saw it at the movies.  Anyway, my daughter checked the red boxes around her area and they didn't have the movie either.  DH and I got to her place around 5:00pm and proceeded to dine at California Pizza, but when we got there it was a forty minute wait.  No way!  So we walked to Red Robin but there was a twenty minue wait.  Then we walked across the way and ended eating at Johnny Rockets.  We got right in and the food was pretty good.  When we got bill the waitress had given us someone elses and we had to make her aware of her mistake.  Good Grief.  Uh, and guess who paid the bill....the parents.  Not so bad I guess since we went back to daughter's place and she bought the movie on demand with her verizon, so all is good. 

I've been in pain since my trip over the dog.  Don't know if I cracked a rib or what.  There's nothing the doctors can do for a fractured rib, so I'm just trying to take it easy.  I think I can understand why people would get hooked on pain meds.  I mean, if I had some right now I'd take a few, but I don't so I suffer with it.  I'll probably take a couple of aspirin in a little while, but wow, for people to be in constant pain all the time is just awful. 

I've got to get a move on with our taxes.  I put it off as long as I can.  We usually end up having to pay.  Most people I know are getting thousands of dollars back on their returns, but honestly, I don't have any idea how they do it. No matter how I work the taxes, it's basically the same.  Easy come easy go, I suppose!

Spring cleaning should also be put on my list of things to do.  Declutter, declutter, declutter.  It's nice to get clean, open spaces in the house! 

Day 21-A Picture of Something I Wish I Could Forget; a Falldown

I wish I could forget that death lurks right beside me.  I want all the people I love to overcome death and to come back to me.  I'm talking of a physcial death and not a spiritual one.  I know where they are spiritually, but I want them back physically so that I can hold them, hug them and talk to them.  I want them to be a part of my life again in the physical sense.  Death robs me of this.  Death took the ones I love away from me.  I hate death for that reason.  I'd like to forget that death exists and steals people, young and old, sick and healthy away from the people they love.  Oh the Grim Reaper, one day you'll get what's coming to you!  I have no doubt about it. 

On another note, I was getting the dog off her lead yesterday.  She tripped me and down I went.  I didn't fall frontwards or backwards, I fell to my side and injuried my rib cage.  I didn't hear any bones crack, so I don't think I broke anything, but I am sooo sore today.  I can't hardly lift my arm up or bend over because of the pain.  I'm hoping it's just a bruised muscle.  I was lucky when I fell because I was standing right next to the cement well top, so I could have easily head my head.  I was talking to the neighbor next door.  He had his two dogs on leashes and my dog is a very bad social dog and I was trying to get her off her lead onto her leash when I got tangled up.  She would not behave and was trying to play with the other two dogs.  My poor neighbor didn't know what to do for me.  I laid on the ground for a few minutes (or maybe seconds) because I was waiting to see if I felt anything broken.  LOL  Ridiculous. 

How weird that the verizon service came on all by itself last night around 10:00.  That's a couple of hours after we came home from Panera Bread. 

Dh should be home now so until later..

Sill no internet

Typing on an iPod is not easy! I'm at panera bread right now just so I can check in. May not have service until saturday. Hope everyone is well.

Since Monday I've Had No Internet, TV or Phone

I'm sitting at Chick fil a right now.  My Verizon has been out at our house since Monday.  I have no idea why.  When I called Monday night I got a recording from them saying that there was an outage in the area and service would be back on at 6pm the next day.  When 6pm rolled around still no service so I called again and another recording came on saying service would be restored the following morning (Tues) at 8am.  So I woke up this morning with the hope that everything would be back to normal..but guess what...it's not and so I called again and got hold of human who acted like it was his first day on the job (I have nothing against people learning or training), but he knew absolutely nothing and didn't act like he knew where to look up the information about my outage.  Instead, he put a service ticket in for someone to come to the house to check out my fios box.  Now, consider that I have only one neighbor and we share a pole and they also do not have service I'm wondering if something is wrong at the pole.  I'm telling ya, it's always something.  Now I have missed my favorite tv shows but that has forced me to do some decluttering which I've been doing.  DH always knows when I clean because I have pile of trash bags waiting for him on the porch when he gets home.  I started working on filing the paperwork which I let pile up over the last year and I've also started organizing my photo albums that I have also lapse in organizing.  I need more albums and have to wait for payday to see if there's any  extra money let for me to buy a couple more albums..  But, I did get over half the photo albums put in order and even put labels on the outside of each album so it's  much easier to just to find the year.  I still have tons of photos to organize, but I feel I almost got a handle on it.  It feel SO good to get things in order. 

I wanted to put a graphics of Verizon with a big red circle with a line through it, but instead I found this:

http://www.techshout.com/internet/2007/27/verizon-declines-pro-choice-groups-request-to-use-network-for-text-messaging-program/

That's the only good thing I say about Verizon thus far.  Yeah.  You can read the whole article here at the above link.

 I did get a nice surprise, though while I was sitting here at Chick fil a.  My son called me and said him and his roommate were coming to visit with me here a the restaurant.  He lives about five minutes away, so it was a very nice visit.  He bought me waffle fries.  And did you know that on Friday it's Fryday at Chick fil a?  Between 2-4pm you can ge a free medium fry with their new ketchup packets (I love those things...oh the fries and the packets) so I guess I'll be here again on Fryday!

I guess that is all for now.  I hope I won't have to go out tomorrow night to use the internet.  If so I might go tooBar nes and Nobles.  Our Borders store is closing down...but with books $25 a piece there (that crazy) it's not a wonder.  Books depreciate in vale the same way a car does.  Once you leave the store with your book you can't hardly get anything for it if you resell it.