Monday, January 11, 2010

Sure, kick me while I'm down

There is a song that I heard on the radio today, it's by Tim McGraw. The first part is:
"You know those times when you feel that there's a sign there on your back, says I don' t mind if you kick me, seems like every body has. Things go from bad to worse, you think they can't get worse than than, and then they do." Well, my life kinda feels like that right now. With the economy being what it is, the poor job market, and the college fees going up so we can't afford for my husband to take classes this semester, and being so far upside down in the mortgage that we can't get out from under the house, I'm a little on edge lately. Every little thing right now pushes me over the edge.

I'm sitting in my living room, stewing over my darling husband not doing the one thing I asked him to today. Just drop a couple things off at the post office. Home all day, all he had to do was watch our son (who's almost 14, so it's not a full time thing), and take him to Karate class. I get home, and what do I see, the packages still sitting on the table where I left them for him last night. Customer orders that really needed to ship today, and here they are gathering dust.

I know I'm over reacting, but I was so mad when I saw them that I started yelling at my empty house. You'd think that working a full time job, and trying to run a small business on the side that he could step in and handle the important little things for me. It's not like he's working right now or going to school. Which is part of the problem.

Top it all off, he just called to let me know they were headed home, and could hear in my voice that I was upset about something. I told him why I was upset, and he felt so bad and apologized over and over, which just made me start crying. I know I must be totally stressed out if an apology can make me cry like that.

How do you get your life back on track when you're so derailed you can't even see the tracks anymore? One day, one step, one inch at a time.

Until next time,

The Blogoholic

Friday, October 23, 2009

Blog World Giveaways

OK, so I like to enter giveaways when I have the time. So, here's where I'll be listing the giveaways I've found during the week, and if I'm lucky enough to win something. For grins, I'll include a MckLinky so you can enter any other giveaways (yours or someone else's) that I've missed. Have fun, and good luck winning lots of cool stuff!

I WON! I'm so excited. OK, so a couple months ago I won some toothpaste and mouthwash, but this is way cooler. I won some great makeup from Estee Lauder. Here's what I won:


What you see here is a Pure Color Multi-Shimmer Gloss in Rose Gold, Double Wear Stay-In-Place Lipstick in Stay Mauve, TurboLash All Effects Motion Mascara in Black and Double Wear Stay-In-Place ShadowCreme in Ivory Lace. The gloss looks really pretty in the bottle it's layered and shimmery, and smells really good. The TurboLash mascara, is one of the new vibrating ones, I was excited when I realized that, and even though I was on the couch in my sweats, had to put on mascara. It felt a little weird at first, but went on great, I really like it. So thank you Estee Lauder for my fun new make-up!

Now here's the giveaways I've found today (I'll keep updating throughout the day if I find more).
Warm & Safe Crib Batting
250 Personalized Stickers
Breast Cancer Awareness Tote Bag (hurry, this one ends tomorrow)
Fire Opal Fantasy Chandelier Earrings
Name Your Tune: Personalized CD Giveaway
Crane Adorable Animal Cool Mist Humidifiers- Review and Giveaway!
Original Painting Give Away by TyeJ
Win Ravens Audiobook and Support A Great Cause!
La Petite Krott Creations Snappy Nappy Give Away
Giveaway & Review Make Ahead Meals For Busy Moms by Jane Doiron Cookbook
Rhoda Rose Chocolate Covered Give Away
Stuffed pumpkin from "The Q Pumpkin Patch"
Yoplait “Promise to Make a Difference” gift




Until next time,

The Blogoholic

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Wordless Wednesday - OK, Dogs Are Weird Too

To be fair to all the cats, dogs can be weird too. These are my weirdos.











Until next time,

The Blogoholic

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Around the World

My wonderful son, the adorable teenager that he is, has interesting taste in music. He's very open minded, enjoying everything from Bach to Linkin Park. Today he's decided to listen to the same song, over and over again. Have you heard the Around the World song? It's very repetative, and it goes like this: Around the world, around the world, around the world, around the world, around the world.... etc. You get the point. But in case you don't, just play this.

Well, the first time through it's funny. The second time through I wondered how many times they actually say "around the world". By the fifth time through I wanted to pull out my hair and shove it in my ears so I didn't have to hear it anymore. Then my brain decided to turn on, and I grabbed a pair of headphones, stuck them in his computer and handed them to him. Ah, peace and quiet. I'm not one to begrudge my kid the ability to listen to whatever music he enjoys (though I do pay attention to language and the message the songs portray). But other than that, he can listed to whatever genre makes him happy. And does, sometimes he plays classical music on his piano, sometimes he listens to country with me, other times he's listening to heavy metal, and now and then he listens to songs from animated films. I'm very happy that he has such broad interests. I just don't want to hear "Around the World" again, and wish it would stop playing in my head. AAAAAAHHHHHH Get Out Of My Brain!!!!

Until next time,

The Blogoholic

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Um...



Did you ever stare at your screen at a blank blog post and wonder, "Why can't I think of what I want to write?" That's how I feel today, I had all sorts of great ideas all through the day, wrote in my head a glorious post full of some great writing work, and as I opened this post I couldn't remember word one. How sad is that? I wonder if it is a sign of getting older... nah, I'm still too young for that. Must be the lack of sleep. Well, next time around I think I'll keep a notebook with me so I don't lose these gems.

Well, since I can't think straight today, I guess it's time to go read some other people's blogs. Maybe I'll find some miraculous inspiration for tomorrow.

Until next time,

The Blogoholic