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Thursday, 19 November 2009

  • Some times people do good things!

    I don't spend too much time talking about my job on here. I like to *try* to keep my work separate from my blog. That having been said, something really cool happened and I wanted to give credit where credit is due.

    By the way, I work for a local domestic violence emergency shelter.

    Our local Lowe's Department store surprised us with a remodeling of our laundry room. I did not make it to get a "before" picture, but picture dark, brown, and dingy.

    These people who did the remodel spent two days, donated time, energy and supplies to transform this room. Instead of feeling like you're doing laundry at a shelter, it's just like you're doing it at home now. Which is what we want!

    The awesome crew of folks!


    and me


    new deep sink


    check that baby out. It's a high efficiency washing machine. Donated. awesome.




    There's the matching dryer.


    curtains one employee made by hand for us.




    They worked very hard!


    We couldn't be more appreciative!

Wednesday, 18 November 2009

  • Wasn't Halloween yesterday?

    I can't believe that next week is Thanksgiving! Where is the time going? I need to get an Advent calendar. I need to start Christmas shopping. I need to finish the laundry in my bedroom floor. Well, let's not get carried away. Forget that part about the laundry. What was I thinking?

    There are a couple things that I'm actually not behind schedule on. (I apologize for ending the previous sentence with a preposition. But it's almost 10 pm and my grammar goes south after 9. It's common knowledge)  I have already ordered my Christmas cards, with family pics on them. I even ordered a cool new ornament for the tree this year. Speaking of the tree, I wonder how many ornaments will be broken between Isaac, Elijah and Thomas. I'm going to ballpark a guess at 7.

    What am I going to bring to Thanksgiving at my stepsister's house? I don't know. Suggestions?

    I'm bringing mashed potatoes to Elijah's preschool feast because no one else signed up to bring those and it looked lonely on the list with no parent signature next to it. So yeah, I'll be making mashed potatoes for 20 people to eat at snack time, which is 9:45 am next Tuesday.

    Everyone like mashed potatoes for snack time. . . .


Wednesday, 11 November 2009

  • Have you Hugged a Veteran today?

    You've probably heard everywhere today about Veterans, and being thankful for their sacrifices and for our freedoms. That's cool.

    While you're hugging that Veteran and saying thank you, take a moment to hug and thank his or her spouse or parent too. Those "left behind" to hold down the fort in the absence of a partner, or other loved one, sacrifice a lot as well. Waiting on pins and needles to hear from them, and praying that they make it home safely cannot be easy. What a strong group of people this must be, to be able to love and support a soldier, keep the home fires burning, so to speak, and not resent the country that borrows them for a time.

    So here's my virtual hug to all you Veterans and families of Veterans and soldiers. Great Job guys, you all do us proud.

Thursday, 05 November 2009

  • Happenings from the week and Bon Voyage!

    I feel like I haven't posted in forever, but it's only been a few days. We've mostly been getting ready for our quick trip to Alabama this weekend. I'm really looking forward to it! Some friends of ours just had a sweet baby girl, and this weekend is her baptism, and we're the sponsors.
    We even caved, and borrowed some portable dvd players to amuse the kiddos in the van. We've never felt like those were a good idea for us, and we didn't need them at all when we went to Mississippi, a 6 hr drive. But with this being a 10 hr drive, we decided to give them a try. I'll let you know how it goes! ;o)
    Side note: Packing is hard. What to take? What to leave? What if we need things I didn't think of?

    Side note #2: Yesterday was my mom's birthday. I did tell her. But I'll say it again, Happy Birthday! :D

    I just finished the new JD Robb book, Kindred in Death. It was good. I'm invested in that series and the latest installment was not a let down.

    I hope to have pictures of our weekend adventure as we go. If it doesn't work out, you'll get them all in one whopping post after it's all over.

    Lastly, I was looking for a photo to add to this post and had no picture of anything even remotely relevant to anything I said. So, I'm hereby initiating random photo Thursday.



    See, didn't that picture make this post, like, 42% better already? I thought so too.

    Have a great weekend everyone! Even though it's only Thursday night, I declare it early weekend. (If I can initiate random photo Thursday, then I obviously have the authority to declare "early weekend", right?)

Monday, 26 October 2009

  • Vertically Challenged

    So last Friday, the agency I work for received a check from the new Verizon Wireless store in our town, at their grand opening.  Which, is totally awesome, by the way. I uploaded the pictures Carrie took today and one thing occurred to me as I looked at them:



    I'm short. I mean, I knew this instinctively. I've known it experientially.  I've known it practically.



    But seeing it in action, is kind of weird. It's almost like I forgot for awhile.



    Look, it's like  the nice Verizon employee is saying, "wow, this gal's short!".

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January books

*Ceremony in Death - J.D.Robb 7
*Rapture in Death - J.D. Robb 7
*Immortal in Death - J.D.Robb 7
*Glory in Death - J.D.Robb 7
*Naked in Death - J.D.Robb 7
*Tribute - Nora Roberts 5
*Man of my Dreams -4 various authors
*My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding - 2 various authors
*Naughty Neighbor - Evavnovich3
*Fearless Fourteen - Evanovich 7
*Lean Mean Thirteen - Evanovich7
*Plum Lovin' - Evanovich 6
*Twelve Sharp - Evanovich7
*Eleven on Top - Evanovich7
*Ten Big Ones - Evanovich 7
*Visions of SugarPlums Evanovich6
*To the Nines - Evanovich 7
*Indigo Blue - Anderson 5
*Hard Eight-Evanovich 7
*Seven Up - Evanovich 7
*The True Love Wedding Dress - 6various authors
*Hot Six - 7Evanovich
*High Five -7 Evanovich
*Four to Score - 7Evanovich
*Three to Get Deadly by Evanovich 7
*Two for the Dough by Evanovich 7
*Alpha Wolf by L.O. Johnston4
*Double Cross by J. Patterson7
*One for the Money by 7.5 Evanovich
*Gone With the Nerd by V.L. Thompson5

February Books

*Midnight in Death J.D. Robb 7
*Born in Death J.D. Robb 7
*Memory in Death J.D.Robb 7
*Origin in Death J.D. Robb 7
*Survivor in Death J.D. Robb7.5
*Visions in Death J.D. Robb 7
*Divided in Death J.D. Robb 7
*Imitation in Death J.D.Robb 7
*Portrait in Death J.D. Robb 7
*Out of this World (multiple authors)6
*Purity in Death J.D. Robb 7
*Reunion in Death J.D. Robb7
*Seduction in Death J.D. Robb7
*Betrayal in Death J.D. Robb 7
*Judgment in Death - J.D. Robb7
*Witness in Death - J.D. Robb 7
*Montana Sky - Nora Roberts 6
*Loyalty in Death - J.D. Robb 7
*Conspiracy in Death - J.D. Robb 7
*Holiday in Death - J.D. Robb 7
*Cross Country - Patterson 6.5
*Vengeance in Death - J.D.Robb7

March Books

*Suite 606 - various authors -7
*Married in Seattle - Debbie Macomber 5
*From Dead To Worse - Charlaine Harris
*Shakespeare's Champion6
*Shakespeare's Landlord - Charlaine Harris 6
*Dream Warrior - Sherrilyn Kenyon 5
*Darkest Night - Gena Showalter 5
*All Together Dead - Charlaine Harris 6
*Definitely Dead - Charlaine Harris 7
*Dead as a Doornail - Charlaine Harris 7
*Dead to the World - Charlaine Harris 7
*Reasonable Doubt - Catherine Anderson 4
*Club Dead - Charlaine Harris 7
*Living Dead in Dallas - Charlaine Harris6 *Bump in the Night (anthology) 6
*Dead of Night (anthology) 6
*Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner 7.5
*Strangers in Death J.D.Robb 7.5
*Creation in Death J.D. Robb 7.5
*Innocent in Death J.D. Robb 7.5

April Books

*Burning Wild - Christine Feehan -4
*Vision in White - Nora Roberts-7
*Dead Over Heels - Charlaine Harris -7
*The Julius House - Charlaine Harris-5
*Untamed - P.C. & Kristin Cast-7
*Chosen - P.C. & Kristin Cast -7
*Betrayed - P.C. & Kristin Cast-7
*Three Bedrooms, One Corpse - -6 Charlaine Harris
*Marked - P.C. & Kristin Cast-7
*Crybaby Ranch - Tina Welling-4
*Life Happens - Sandra Steffen-4
*Cry of the Wild - Catherine Anderson 3
*A Bone to Pick - Charlaine Harris-5
*Real Murders - Charlaine Harris-6
*Catch a Mate - Gena Showalter-4
*Shakespeare's Christmas - Harris -6
*Night pleasures - Amanda Ashley-2
*Shakespeare's Counselor - Harris -6
*Shakespeare's Trollop - Harris -6
*Heart of the Dragon - Showalter-5
*Divine Evil - Nora Roberts -6
*Darkest Pleasure - Gena Showalter -6
*Darkest Kiss - Gena Showalter-6

November Books

*Devil Bones - Kathy Reichs 7.5
*Bones to Ashes - Kathy Reichs 7.5
*Break No Bones - Kathy Reichs 7.5
*Genuine Lies - Nora Roberts 7
*Grave Secret - Charlaine Harris 7
*At Home in Stone Creek -LL Miller 6
*Born in Fire - Sherrilyn Kenyon 6.5
*Kindred in Death - JD Robb 8
*Baby Love - Catherine Anderson 7
*Cross Bones - Kathy Reichs 7

October Books

*A Creed Country Christmas - LL Miller 6.5
*Tempted - P.C. and Kristin Cast 7
*Bed of Roses - Nora Roberts - 7.75
*And the Bride Wore Plaid - Hawkins 6
*Born of Night - Sherrilyn Kenyon 7
*Playing with Fire - Gena Showalter 6.5
*Monday Mourning - Kathy Reichs 7
*Mysterious - Nora Roberts 6
*Bare Bones - Kathy Riechs 7
*Grave Secrets - Kathy Reichs 7
*Fatal Voyage - Kathy Reichs 7.5
*Private SWAT takeover - Miller 6
*Deadly Decisions - Kathy Reichs 7.5
*Criminally Handsome - Cassie Miles 5
*Kansas city Christmas - J. Miller 6.5
*Armed and Devastating - J. Miller 6
*Protective Instincts - Julie Miller 6.5
*Death Du Jour - Kathy Reichs 7.5
*Deja Dead - Kathy Reichs 7.9
*The Time Traveler's Wife -8 - Audrey Niffenegger

September Books

*To Tame a Highland Warrior - 7 KM Moning
*Immortal Highlander 7 KM Moning
*Beyond the Highland Mists 7 KM Moning
*The Dark Highlander - 7.3 KM Moning
*Kiss of the Highlander -7-KM Moning
*Confessions of a Scoundrel 6 Karen Hawkins
*Emma and the Outlaw - LL Miller 4.5
*When I'm With You 7-LL Miller & Joann Ross
*Conspiracy in Death - 8 JD Robb
*Naked in Death - 8 - JD Robb
*Bad Moon Rising - Sherrilyn Kenyon 7
*Dark Slayer - Feehan 7
*The Darkest Whisper - Gena Showalter 6.75

August Books

*Sudden Engagement - Julie Miller 6.5
*In the Blink of an Eye - Julie Miller 6.5
*Up Against the Wall - Julie Miller 6.5
*The Perfect Bride - B. Joyce 7
*The Rookie - Miller 6.5
*The Laird who Loved Me - 6.5 Karen Hawkins
*Loving a Lost Lord - Putney 6
*Whispered Lies - Kenyon and Love 7
*One Last Look - ll miller 7.5
*Never Look Back - LL Miller 7
*Dreamfever - Karen Marie Moning 7
*To Catch a Highlander - Hawkins 6.5
*Poppy Done to Death - Charlaine Harris 6.5
*How to Abduct a Highland Lord - Hawkins 6.5
*Nine Month Protector - Julie Miller 6
*To Scotland with Love - K. Hawkins 6.5
*State Secrets - LL Miller 6
*The Quickie - Patterson 8
*Sleepless in Scotland - Karen Hawkins
*Don't Look now - Linda L. Miller 7
*The Finer Things - B. Joyce 6.75
*The Unsolved Case of Baby Jane Doe - Miller 7
*A Dangerous Love - Joyce 6.25

July Books (1-bad, 10-awesome)

*Animal Instincts - Gena Showalter 7
*The Stolen Bride - Joyce (6.75) *Dark Lover - Joyce (7) *House of Dreams - Joyce (6)
*The Chase - Joyce (7)
*The Game - B. Joyce (5)
*Black Hills - Nora Roberts (7)
*Promise of the Rose - Joyce (5)
*An Ice Cold Grave - C. Harris (6)
*The Conqueror - B. Joyce (5)
*After Innocence - Joyce (5)
*Scandalous Love - Joyce (5)
*Fires of Paradise - B.Joyce (5)
*Dark Fires - B. Joyce (5)
*Violet Fire - B. Joyce(5)
*Secrets - B. Joyce(5)
*Firestorm - B. Joyce (5)
*Innocent Fire - B.Joyce (5)
*Phantom in the night - Kenyon (5)
*Blue Skies - Anderson (5)
*Hidden Currents - Feehan (7)

June books

*My Sunshine - Anderson 6
*Star Bright - Anderson 5
*Deadly Kisses - Joyce (7)
*Deadly Illusions - Joyce (7)
*Deadly Promise - Joyce(7)
*Deadly Caress - BD Joyce (7)
*Deadly Desire - BD Joyce(7)
*Finger Lickin' Fifteen - Evanovich(7)
*Deadly Affairs - Joyce (7)
*Deadly Pleasure - Joyce(7)
*Deadly Love - BD Joyce(7)
*Hard Eight - Evanovich(8)
*The Host - Stephenie Meyer (8)
*Redeeming Love - Francine Rivers (8.5)
*Double Take - Brenda Joyce(6)
*Grave Surprise - C. Harris (6)
*Grave Sight - Charlaine Harris(6)
*Dream Chaser - Sherrilyn Kenyon
*Chesapeake Blue - Nora Roberts (8)
*Talk Nerdy to Me - V.L. Thompson (4)
*Sweet Nothings - C. Anderson (5)
*Dark Victory - Brenda Joyce (5)
*Skin Trade-Laurell K Hamilton (7)
*Inner Harbor - Nora Roberts (7)
*Phantom Waltz - C. Anderson(6)
*Baby Love - Catherine Anderson (6)
*Motor Mouth - Evanovich(6)
*Rising Tides - Nora Roberts(7)

May books

*Metro Girl - Evanovich-6
*Dark Rival - Brenda Joyce-5
*Springwater Seasons - Linda Lael Miller-4
*A Secret Rage - Charlaine Harris-7
*Sweet and Deadly - Charlaine Harris-5
*Dark Seduction - Brenda Joyce-4
*Last Chance Cafe - Linda Lael Miller(4)
*The McKettrick Way - Linda Lael Miller-5
*Casual Hex - Vicki L. Thompson-4
*Two Brothers - Linda Lael Miller-5
*Last Scene Alive - Charlaine Harris-6
*A Fool and His Honey - Charlaine Harris-5
*The Rustler - Linda Lael Miller-4
*Deadly Deceptions - Linda Lael Miller-7
*Deadly Gamble - Linda Lael Miller-7
*Secondhand Bride - Linda Lael Miller-5
*Shotgun Bride - Linda Lael Miller-6
*High Country Bride - Linda Lael Miller-6
*The 8th Confession - James Patterson-7
*McKettrick's Heart - Linda Lael Miller-6
*McKettrick's Pride - Linda Lael Miller-6
*McKettrick's Choice - Linda Lael Miller -6
*Dead and Gone - Charlaine Harris-7
*Montana Creeds: Tyler by Linda Lael Miler-6
*Montana Creeds: Dylan by Linda Lael Miller -6
*Hunted - P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast-7
*Montana Creeds: Logan by Linda Lael Miller-6