Footprints in the Sand

6:48:48 PM PDT
Hearing son3 practicing his sight words

Do you have any pets? one cat: Raisin

What was the last book you read? I'm currently reading Duma Key by Stephen King

Do you like to cook? no

Are you good at cooking? I'm able to throw stuff together

Are you married or single? married

Do you have brothers and sisters?

three brothers

Are they older or younger than you? younger

Do you like baseball? not really

Do you live alone? no

Do you live in a house or an apartment? house

Have you ever lived in another country? no

Have you ever met a famous person? George Takei and David Cassidy

How do you spend your free time? journaling

How many languages do you speak?

two: english, spanish

How old are you? 44,it's almost my bday

How tall are you?  five foot six inches

Tell me about a favorite event of your adulthood. marrying hubby

What are your hobbies? gardening, photography, reading

What countries have you visited? Mexico

What do you do on Sundays? got to work and then have a family dinner and watch a movie

What's your job? Retail

What is the nearest bus stop or train station to your house? I live next to the train tracks

What is your motto? Nothing surprises me

What two things could you not do when you were a child, but you can do now? I'm still waiting to grow up and do whatever I want

What's something you do well? yell, son2 agrees

Who do you respect the most? my elders

Who has had the most influence in your life? family

Would you like to be famous? no

What do you think you will be doing five years from now? the same thing we're doing now

Where do you think you'll be living five years from now? in the same place we are living now

What is your goal in life? to find my purpose

Are you a 'morning' or 'night' person? morning

When do you feel best? when I'm not at work

How many cities have you lived in? about ten

What jobs have you done? salesperson, display, supervisor, pricing, signing, stocking, baby furniture assembly, everything in retail except automotive...

Which do you prefer, sunrises or sunsets? sunrises...

Did you get along with your neighbors? yes

Happy Journaling...

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5:30:34 PM PDT
Hearing son3 is starving.... dinner is ready...

What is your favorite animal? Cats

What is your favorite city in the United States? still researching....

What is your favorite color? Purple

What is your favorite country?Australia

And why? cause I like the way they talk...

What is your favorite day of the week? SATURDAY

Why? NO WORK

What is your favorite drink in the summer? Lemonade

What is your favorite food? Ham, no fried chicken, wait teriyaki burgers, I could keep going.... oh lasagna....

What is your favorite kind of food? edible kind

What is your favorite holiday? CHRISTMAS

Why? celebrated the longest...

What is your favorite kind of book? Horror...

What is your favorite kind of ethnic food? Mexican

What is your favorite kind of movie? Action Adventure

What is your favorite kind of music? Christian

What is your favorite magazine? Good Housekeeping...

What is your favorite memory of childhood? Family vacations, going fishing, birthdays...

What is your favorite movie? True Lies with Arnold and Jamie Lee Curtis

What is your favorite radio station? KLOVE

What is your favorite season? Fall

Why? Cools down

What is your favorite sport? Ice Skating

What is your favorite time of day? When I'm not at work...

What is your favorite TV program? Supernatural and Moonlight

What is your favorite Web site? DoubleDay, IMDB and Netflix

What is your favorite vegetable? Peas

Why? cause they are tasty

What's your favorite smell? Pumpkin Pie or Lavender....

What's your favorite word in English? Bedtime

Why do you like it? cause I'm tired...

Who is your favorite actor? Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Sean Connery, Harrison Ford....

Who is your favorite actress? Sandra Bullock, Jamie Lee Curtis...

Who is your favorite athlete? don't have one...

Who is your favorite baseball player? don't have one...

Who is your favorite soccer player? don't have one...

Who is your favorite character from literature? Jane Eyre...

Who is your favorite musician? Phil Collins...

Who is your favorite singer? Chris Rice...

Who is your favorite super-hero? Wolverine

Explain why. cause he's cute, have you seen that eyebrow...

What is your best friend's name? Bill

Who was your favorite teacher? Mrs. Surguy

Why?  she was nice...

....in high school? too many teachers to remember I went to three different high schools...

...in junior high school? can't remember....

...in elementary school? Miss Polsak

What was your favorite subject in school?

....in high school? BOYS

...in junior high school? BOYS

...in elementary school? Spelling/Reading

Who was your favorite singer when you were younger? Shaun Cassidy, Kenny Loggins...

How about now? Chris Rice...

Happy Journaling...

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7:18:49 PM PDT
Hearing fan blowing...

Oh my gosh time is flying... the days are anyway, by the minute... For the last few weeks I have felt so stressed and grumpy and just plain angry... And I am just racing the clock trying to find a minute of peace... I go to work all day not feeling any sense of accomplishment and just being angry at the other co-workers and me and supervisor just grumbling, everything negative that we have decided to not speak to each other, lol... we still do though of course... Then just driving home I am angry at other drivers for not following the rules of driving.... Pick up the boys, race through making dinner while checking email and catching up on the boys day all at the same time... Race through eating dinner to get to homework so we can get done to get showers to hubby getting home to getting the boys in bed, to watch five minutes of TV, to fall asleep and wake up and do it all over again... And don't forget some dishes and laundry and feed the cat and water the plants, which all don't get done every day...

The view from my computer desk....

Today was family breakfast and hubby off to work... Son3 had a bday party to go to at the neighbors... I read the invitation wrong though and thought he was to be there at 11:30 but it was 1:30-3:30, although he got home about 4:30... He had fun but while eating dinner had a bit of sadness after all the excitement and then it was over.... Son2 and I did a bit of shopping online for hubby for Father's day and his bday next month, he'll be 50... I've also been looking to see where we want to go on vacation next month but most everywhere is already booked for the week we are on vacation... Hmmmmm... I am really needing a beach fix.... And I made a few cards for the month, and did a few loads of laundry and fixed chicken quesadillas for dinner and vacuumed and now it is already 7pm... I didn't even make it outside today to mow the lawn or work in the yard or just go outside...

Haven't heard from son1 all week, glad he is busy with his new job.... Son2 and son3 had state testing all week so no homework, yeah right... Son2 didn't anyway except finish up his projects and he had early day all week and then a carnival at school on Friday... We had Cloverfield and Alien vs Predator 2 come in the mail and I told him he could not watch them til his school projects were done... Came home Thursday and found he had watched Cloverfield, so he was sent to his room for the rest of the day... Safer for him anyway as I was grumpy, lol.... And he did get his English project done while he was in there... And son3's no homework was to right 24 sentences each night for his sight words and study all 226 sight words... argh then I was really grumpy.... and it's not even my grumpy week.... Then Friday I was actually in a bit of a good mood knowing I had today off but of course came home to phone call from vice principal for son3...... Talked to son3, vice principal hadn't left reason for call, just to call him, it turned out son3 and a friend were sword fighting with their pencils and son3 accidentally poked friend but no harm done, and he lost his fun Friday privileges, but must tell parents because of zero tolerance at schools....

Hubby has not even got back to the patio with his work and dentist appointments... they haven't even fixed his broken tooth yet, he goes back again on Monday.... I think too I am having trouble adjusting to hubby's new schedule of working earlier and being home by 8pm... I feel like I have to have everything done by time he gets home and or there is no time for me cause my me time use to be from 9-10pm and now hubby is home... Poor hubby he understands but yet still hurts his feelings... And now since they have had some people quit and move at his work again, he has to go back to closing at 10pm for the month of May except now on Thursday he will be home at 6pm... And even though he has been home early we still don't get to watch all our shows... or our Netflix movies... So seems they are all saved for the weekend to watch and it becomes a chore to hurry up and watch everything instead of enjoying them... Of course also hubby works Saturday and I work Sunday so we don't really have the weekend off together and Monday is spent catching up and running errands instead of just sitting around watching our shows.... We still have Fingerprints, Shrooms, and now Cloverfield and Aliens vs Predator, and CSI, Smallville, Numbers.............

Son3 off to his party today....

And work... Everyday I go to work and say ok I am going to relax and just do what I can and ignore all the negative and not get mad at the customers and let the other associates worry about their own selves.... But no..... The floor is a mess cause one, the customers don't care and don't pick up after themselves, two, the associates don't care and just wait for the time to pass and then pick up their paychecks and three, even if we did all care, we cannot get it all done on the amount of hours and associates we have.... Our shoe department is a million dollar department with 26 aisles of shoes and only one person usually scheduled at a time to take care of cleaning and assisting the customer and then me in the back opening all the boxes and covering breaks and lunches... So yes I am a bit stressed, and when a customer starts banging on the wall/door and yelling hello into the stockroom, I tend to get a bit annoyed, lol.... Where does it say bang/yell/ring bell for service.... It's self serve, all the shoes are on the floor..... or they will be if I stop getting interrupted all the time.....

Ok I thought a rant would be good but I am getting a headache....

I'm fine really, just wound a bit tight lately....

Tomorrow it's back to work at 6am but I think I get off at 12:45.... So maybe then I can do a bit of yardwork and make some ribs for dinner and watch a movie or two....

Now I am off to get the boys in the showers and hubby will be home in forty five minutes...

Happy Journaling....

 

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6:32:36 PM PDT
Hearing Madagascar...

Got this pool at Walmart a couple of weeks ago... Actually I saw it on a Monday and it bugged me all week that by Friday I had to go back and get it before they were all gone, lol...

Son3 keeps asking when we can put it up... Not til school is done or maybe Memorial weekend.... I think it will just fit on the patio next to the 8ft round pool we have...

I just hope Raisin doesn't like it too or it will be pop, pop, pop...

Happy Journaling...

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7:17:37 PM PDT
Hearing boys roughhousing and not doing homework or cleaning the family room...

Son2 and I watched Sweeney Todd on Wednesday night... It was really good. Johnny Depp can sing, kinda has a David Bowie sound about him like in the Labyrinth... And it was a love story to the end....

Thursday it was off to work, not getting much stocking done but opening lots of boxes, of course eventually I will run out of places for them to go in the stockroom if I don't get more to the floor... Son3 had tons of homework; 4 pages of math class work to finish, 2 pages of English homework, 1 page of math homework, timed reading, reading for the week we had put off, write a story, and spelling words 3 times each... So I was lucky to get the dishes done and water the plants... We had hot dogs for dinner... Then hubby was home but too late to watch Smallville so we talked til Supernatural came on... I was so disappointed in Supernatural, it was a Blair Witch reality show project of some sort, and I have been waiting for them to return since the strike... I'm sure it will be better next week... So we still have to watch Smallville and CSI that are taped...

I finished reading the Circle Trilogy by Nora Roberts about the vampire Lilith and the war of the worlds and the six who would defeat her and save all the worlds... It was so good and of course had a happy ending but I didn't want it to end... I am now back to reading Duma Key by Stephen King... 

Friday son2 and I had to be up at 5am so he could be at school by 5:45... Of course I was up and showered by 5:20am only to find him still asleep after getting up and turning off his alarm and going back to bed... Grrrrr.... lol.... So he was up and out the door in ten minutes with hair barely combed and teeth barely brushed, but hey he was only going to be on TV.... so I drop him off and get home and turn on the TV at 5:54am and there is the drum line, panning over, half of son2 and pan back... the permission slip said 6am... I put in the tape and tape the rest of the morning news show, where I'm sure I got the guitars and the band and maybe son2 standing in the background somewhere... We still haven't checked out the tape yet... Also son1 called on Friday, he started his new job today, Saturday... He's working at Cycle World... He was nervous... I told him that was a good thing and to be polite and do what you are told... We have a new associate that started in our department this week with experience, however I am not impressed with him, he is so cocky and arrogant and about the same age as son1... and already is requesting time off, and changing his availability and couldn't even work his full schedule this week... I'm thinking he is gone.... Also girlfriend got a new job at an insurance company... So she will work both jobs through the summer and then when school starts in the Fall, leave here restaurant job... So Friday night son2 hogged the computer all night, so I was on the game computers playing Rollercoaster Tycoon and then I watched Ghost Whisperer and Moonlight... Both so good.. Can't wait to watch Moonlight again with hubby and then we also have Numbers to watch...

Now today after having a family breakfast and getting hubby off to work I have been on the computer all day... I had over 300 alerts and still have about 90... but I did make a roast with potatoes and carrots for dinner tomorrow and cleaned my bathroom and did tons of laundry... and watered the plants and washed off the patio... Son3 has been pajama boy playing computer games and son2 has been working on his history project, he has to write a journal as if he is a soldier in the Civil War... he is procrastinating and not done yet... It's due Monday... And now it is 7pm and hubby will be home within the hour, so the boys are setting up camp in the family room and we are going to watch the last of the Tin Man... This has been a really fast week... We also have Shrooms and Fingerprints to watch... Barbara, Fingerprints is based on the story of the school bus that was hit by the train and the children leave hand prints on cars now as they pass over the tracks....

The above picture is the cherry tomatoes that finally are coming up, unless they are weeds, lol...

Ok off to fix a sub sandwich for dinner...

Happy Journaling...

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3:41:02 PM PDT
Hearing washer/dryer
1. Where is your cell phone?  none

2. Your significant other?  attentive

3. Your hair?  blond

4. Your mother?  Mom

5. Your father?  Pop

6. Your favorite thing?  books

 7. Your dream last night?  fading

8. Your favorite drink?  coke

9. Your dream/goal?  happy

10. The room you're in?  sunny

11. Your ex?  annoying

12. Fear?  dark

13. Where do you want to be in 6 years?  organized

14. Where were you last night?  asleep

15. What you're not?  patient

16. Muffins?  pumpkin

17. One of your wish list items?  disneyland

18. Where you grew up?  Texas

19.The last thing you did?  laundry

20. What are you wearing?  capris

21. Your TV?  enjoyable

22. Your pets?  Raisin

23. Your computer?  addicting

24. Your life?  exhausting

25. Your Mood?  content

26. Missing someone?  no

27. Your car?  van

28 Something you are not wearing?  socks

29. Favorite Store?  Book

30. Your summer?  HOT

31. Like someone?  hubby

32. Your favorite color?  purple

33. When is the last time you laughed?  yesterday

34. Last time you cried?  wednesday

Happy Journaling...

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3:17:29 PM PDT
Hearing son3 watching golf...

 

1. What is your occupation? MCA: merchandise and customer assist, translation: shoe stock person

2. What color are your socks right now? Bare Feet...

3. What are you listening to right now?  Golf on TV and son2 banging on table while working on history project...

4. What was the last thing that you ate?  Scrambled eggs, bacon, ham, english muffins with grape jelly, chocolate milk...

5. Can you drive a stick shift? Yes...

6. What color would you be, if you were a color? Purple

7. Last person you spoke to on the phone? Son1, called to tell me he starts his new job today..

8. Do you like the person who sent this to you?  Barbara's the best!

9. How old are you today? 43

10. Favorite drink? Coke

11. What is your favorite sport to watch? Ice Skating...

12. Have you ever dyed your hair? Yes...

13. Pets? Cat

14. Favorite food? Mexican...

15. Last movie you watched?  Sweeney Todd

16. Favorite Day of the year? when school is out...

17. What do you do to vent anger? Talk to much, nag, nag, nag...

18. What was your favorite toy as a child? Tippee Toes Doll...

19. What is your favorite, fall or spring? Spring...

20. Cherry or Blueberry?Cherry...

21. Do you want your friends to email you back? just leave comments...

22. Who is most likely to respond? You...

23. Who is least likely to respond? You...

24. Living arrangements? House...

25. When was the last time you cried? the other day, I finished my book, it was a happy ending...

26. Who is the friend you had the longest that you are sending this to? You...

27. Who is the friend you have had the shortest that you are sending this to? You...

28. Favorite smell?  Roses, chocolate, ham...

29. Plain, cheese or spicy hamburgers? Hawaiin Teriyaki Burger...

31. Favorite cat breed?  Tabby...

32. Number of keys on your key ring? Six...

33. How many years at your current job?  27 years, 5 months...

34. Favorite day of the week? Saturday...

35. Who sent you this email? Barbara...

36. How many states have you lived in?  4...

Happy Journaling...

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11:31:29 AM PDT
Hearing son3 playing computer game...

This week's JLand Photo Shoot will begin today (Tuesday) and will be due on Saturday, April 26, at 11 PM Eastern Time.  That's Saturday, almost midnight, an hour before Sunday, for those of you who are getting confused!

To Play Visit Krissy at Sometimes I Think...

Our subject for this photo shoot is:

                             Spring  

Happy Journaling...

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11:11:12 AM PDT
Hearing son2 sorting through colored markers...

A-Z Photo Challenge - C

To Play Visit Martha at Perceptions...

Cactus

Happy Journaling...