Archive for October, 2007

Whatever Happened to my Transylvania Twist?

Let’s do The Mash….The Monster Mash! I used to sing this song a LOT before Halloween when I was little. My mom would get so tired of hearing me sing it, but hey, it was a fun little song and I knew all the words. What do you expect from an eight year old? LOL

Tactical Gear


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The Early Bird Catches the Worm

This is going to come to a shock to several of my friends and family when they read this post, but guess what I did!?!!?! I actually started my Christmas shopping! I have four things crossed off my list already and they are now hidden in my closet. Usually I am out there on Christmas Eve, desparately searching for that one last present, but not this year. I vow that I will be finished by December 1 so that I can sit back and relax and actually enjoy the holiday season. Anybody else want to join me and take it easy this holiday season?

Need Money?

I’ve been thinking about consolidating all of our loans into one so that I only have to deal with one payment each month. I’ve been searching online to see what options there are out there to do this. I’ve seen everything from Home Equity Loans to personal, secured loans.

I think the best way for us to go would be with a homeowner loan, but I think I’m going to check into some more websites to see. I came across one website, called Magic Loans, that looks to provide several different types of loans for people to consolidate their bills. They are located in the UK though so I don’t know if I could go through them, but I do like how they answer a lot of questions on their site and they offer repayment times of anywhere from 3 to 30 years. They even have a loan calculator on their website so you can see what type of payments you would be looking at each month and also to see what exactly you could afford to borrow. If you live in the UK, why not check them out for your Home Equity Loans?

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nip/tuck

I just realized that the new season of Nip/Tuck starts tomorrow night on FX! I’m so ready for it! I’ve waited patiently all summer to see how McNamara-Troy does business in Beverly Hills compared to Miami. I’m sure they’ll have just as many adventures and I’m sure there will be several stars making appearances on the show.

A New Me???

How many times have you looked in the mirror and thought “Hmm, I wish those wrinkles weren’t so prominent around my eyes” or “Boy, having my kids sure did make my stomach pouchy. I wish I could get rid of it”. I’ve been thinking those thoughts here lately too. I don’t know if I’d ever be brave enough to have Plastic Surgery, but if I ever would seriously think about it I would do a ton of research first. The main thing I’ve heard to look for is a surgeon who is certified in plastic surgery and to check and see how many times he’s actually done the procedure you’re wanting done yourself. I would also get more then one opinion. Just because one doctor says you need something done doesn’t mean that you really do. And finally, if I’d decide to actually be brave and have plastic surgery, I’d want to be put in touch with some of the surgeons other patients to see how they liked the doctor and to make sure they were satisfied with their work. I guess the first thing I need to do though is actually work up the nerve to do it.

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It’s Just Another Manic Monday

And I’m going to go insane if the phone doesn’t stop ringing. Since I started work at 8am, I think I’ve easily answered over 100 calls. Most of them are wanting construction dumpsters either removed or delivered. Any other time this would be fine, but today, for some reason, everybody and their mothers are calling in and wanting it done right now. Sorry, but we can only pick up one dumpster at a time. I’ve also had to make two trips into town (1st to take my son to school, 2nd to take his gym clothes to school) and then another trip to pick one of our trucks up from the shop. That was the best hour of my day:) It was nice and quiet with just the sun streaming through the car window. I could have easily just kept on driving instead of returning to the office. But, no, I was a good girl and came back to my desk with the annoying, nonstop ringing phone.

Dripping Faucet is Driving Me Insane

I am so tired of our bathroom faucet. Every time I turn around, the silly thing is dripping. We have fixed the washer in the silly thing three different times now in the past three months alone, but it just keeps on dripping. When we built our house, we told the contractor that we wanted name brand faucets, something like a Moen faucet would be great, but we got no name, cheap junk faucets instead. So, now we are constantly fixing drips in both bathrooms. I think we will eventually get new faucets for both bathrooms and I am pushing a Moen faucet to replace the junk that we have now.

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My head is going to EXPLODE

Reasons for an exploding head:

1. Went to the bank, lines were out the door. By the time I got to the cashier, she closed her window so she could take a break!

2. Went to the new Super Walmart to get groceries. Couldn’t find anything. Spent $50 more then if I’d just driven to the other grocery store in the next town!

3. Came home to a cat who coughed up a hairball and strung it all along the living room carpet. Cat has avoided me since…no comment on why!

4. Have to make a 2 hour trip tonight to drop off our truck at the shop for repairs…again! Why can’t anyone within a 20 mile radius work on our trucks?

5. It’s been raining all day and we now have a leak in our garage!

Yep, just one more thing and I’m going to look like a balloon that is about ready to burst. Not a good look for me, I might add.

I’m Just Chillin’

Literally! When I wondered earlier when the autumn weather was going to arrive (read here)I didn’t think when it did finally get here that it would be enough to make me drag out the extra blankets.

Ladies and Gentlemen, October has finally arrived. After several weeks of above average temperatures, we’re now experiencing cold, wind and rain. Granted, temps are average for this time of year, according to the all knowing weather forecasters, but when you go from 80 degrees one day to 50 degrees the next, I’m telling you, IT…IS….COLD!!!

I even had to turn our furnace on last night! NOOOOO!!!! I was so not ready for that to come on. I must admit though that it did feel good to wake up this morning to a toasty warm bedroom instead of the icebox I awoke to Wednesday morning.

I guess this will teach me to “complain” about the weather.

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