Archive for June, 2009

June 27th, 2009

Fun With Gem Mining

I’m starting to feel so old, or is it that I’m just starting to feel fat, tired, and pregnant?  I hardly did anything today yet I feel so drained.  I’m not sleepy, but I’m super tired.  We tried to go hang out with some friends for awhile tonight, but I was just too ran down to do it.  We stayed about an hour before I was ready to call it a night because I felt like passing out on their couch.

The conversation was boring, and I just wasn’t into it.  Hubby and his friend were across the room talking electronics, probably about the latest gps systems or something else they can’t afford to buy right now while I was having a very hard time talking to our friend’s wife about going gem mining sometime soon in Highlands or Cherokee.

Gem mining is something fun we both like to do especially since we can use the little gems we find for handmade gemstone jewelry. She was hoping we could go tomorrow, but I just don’t think I’ll have the energy to do it this week.

Maybe I’ll feel up for it next week, and I can convince her to ride up to Cherokee for the day.  Out of all the North Carolina gem mines I really do tend to prefer the ones around Cherokee and Highlands because those are the ones where I tend to find more of the precious gems.

June 25th, 2009

Timeout For Thursday Thunks

I know I’ve lacked blog posts this week, but that’s because I really haven’t wanted to sit here constantly whining about Hubby getting laid off, having no money, and all that. Next week I’ll have plenty of baby talk since we’ll be heading to the doc on Wednesday and hopefully scheduling the next ultrasound.

Today I decided to do something a little different to, if nothing else, lighten my mood a little while providing you with something that doesn’t consist of another “poor us” post. Today I present a meme since I haven’t participated in any memes in awhile. This one is called Thursday Thunks, and it seems quite interesting. Plus we all know I love memes that ask me questions instead of just requiring that I do something on my own. I’m just too lazy for that right now!

thursdaythunks.jpgAnywho, off to the meme!

1. Someone knocks at your door. You answer it. It’s a kid from the local school selling candy bars for a fundraiser. Do you buy one?

That depends on what I’m craving at the moment and what kind of candy bar it is. If they’ve got The World’s Finest Chocolate Almond Bars I’m scraping together enough change to buy one…or two.

2. The end of the world is tomorrow and you are out of milk – do you go buy some?

I think if the world was ending tomorrow I’d be thinking of a lot of things other than milk.

3. Have you ever picked up the phone and called someone that you hadn’t talked to in years?

There have been a few times, but only after running into the person and getting back in touch with them. I don’t just pick up the phone to call random people I haven’t heard from in forever. If I haven’t heard from someone in years there’s probably a reason.

4. Whats on your computer desktop background?

A picture of the cat and dog sleeping together on the couch.

5. What was the very first movie you saw in a movie theater?

I have no clue. I’m sure it was something with my parents when I was too young to really know what was going on.


6. If you had to take a 10th grade science test, do you think you would pass?

Yep. Bring it on! I’d fail every other subject, but science is the one I think I’d pass.

7. Describe heaven.

Wow. That’s a big one isn’t it? I don’t know if I believe in the whole pearly gates and all that, but I believe heaven is so beautiful it is indescribable.

8. Has a place that you lived ever been infested with some sort of insect or rodent?

The apartment we had years ago had roaches no matter how hard we tried to get rid of them. They moved in before us and refused to leave, but that was before our best friend took over the family extermination business. Now nothing stands a chance in our house!

9. When you were a youngin’, did you hide in the clothes racks at department stores?

Of course! I’d jump out and scare the old people, too!…until my mom caught me and made me stop.

10. Is there anything in your vehicle that is broken?

I’ve got a Blazer, so that automatically means lots of things are broken! You know you’re a Blazer owner if…

  • the driver’s side seat lever is broken.
  • the passenger side seat lever is broken.
  • the power mirror switch is broken.

I’m sure the list could go on, but it’d be about 15 pages.
11. What is something in your house that people would be surprise to find?

I think the Barbie doll collection would probably suffice. No, I don’t collect Barbies. My Grandma gives me one for Christmas every year, and she’s threatened to remove my head if I get rid of them. I guess technically my Grandma is collecting Barbies (and cluttering my house) through me.

12. Do you agree with the death penalty?

Yes.

13. Whats your favorite type of bear?

Polar Bear.

14. Where was the last place you went?

In general or vacation? The last vacation was our trip to Washington, DC, then to Pigeon Forge. The last place I went was too The Dollar General last night. I haven’t left the house today.

15. What if that person knocking at your door earlier was an adult selling candy bars… would you buy one?

That still depends on my mood, my cravings, and what kind of candy bars are being sold.

June 17th, 2009

Waving Goodbye To My Money

Paying attention to detailAt least the bills are paid, and I can sit back and relax for another week without stressing about it.  Actually with Hubby’s work situation right now I thought I’d be stressing about money constantly, but things have seemed to work themselves out. 

He’s not going to be constantly out of work for 5 weeks like we thought.  He’s getting to work about every other day to every 2 days now depending on when materials are delivered and stuff like that.  It’s leaving us with enough of a paycheck to definitely keep the bills paid, and that’s keeping me from stressing out.  It definitely wouldn’t be good for the munchkin if I was stressed to high heaven.

Luckily I also tend to forget when I stash cash away for emergencies sometimes or even for a let’s go on vacation fund.  I’ll stick a little cash in an envelope in a drawer or a book, and I’ll forget about it until I decide to go on a major cleaning spree.  That’s happened again this time, and I’ve found quite a few little hiding spots I had forgotten about that I must have tucked money into last year when we were saving for a vacation.  We ended up taking advantage of some great travel deals that saved us a lot of cash, so I never really needed to go looking for what I’d tucked away.

I know it’s a bad habit, and I really need to stop it. I just hate sticking that extra cash in the bank because I know it’ll end up getting spent whether I want it to or not. Even my savings account gets raided during critical times, but I always knows I can most likely find some hidden cash around here somewhere when times get tough.  Of course with the baby on the way I seriously doubt I’ll have the extra funds to tuck away like I would have in the past, so that’ll help me kick the money hiding habit. 


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