Dear Diary Monday...

First the bad news.....How incredibly sad that the world has lost probably the most talented comedian ever...George Carlin. He will be missed by many, including my husband who absolutely loves him.

Good news....last week was TOTALLY insane. First, let's start off with that Dylan and I have a new member to our household. I rescued a small kitten from becoming snake food, literally, on Wednesday. We did not name him until he had gone to the vet and had been thoroughly checked out. Our new baby is named Charlie (Charles Manson) and is a Himalayan, probably around 7 weeks hold. He is a holy terror, and I love him!

Secondly, we got a new car on Saturday. Dylan is now the proud driver of a steel blue Jeep Compass and we LOVE IT. Dylan got to experience my ability to haggel, and stated he was impressed. After that, we drove to a fundraiser for the Animal Advocacy group but it was obviously a fair for children, so we didn't even stop.

Third, we met a fantastic young man who is a great electrician. He saved our Saturday by coming over in the morning, finding the root of what I did to blow out electricity in four rooms, and all without charging anything to us!!! He is awesome.

Finally, we spent yesterday doing some changes to our room that involved moving the bed down to reasonable level....also stopping Helga from sleeping under it, which she is not happy about, but OH WELL! It is nice not having to vault into bed every night.

Things are looking really, really good this week. I got some fantastic news on Friday about my job and I could not be more happy. Things will be moving quickly on that front this week, so fingers crossed that not only will this week fly by BUT it will be a great week as well!

Dear Diary Monday...

I hope that everyone had a fantastic Father's Day!

Last Friday, I got home and Dylan and I had to go shopping for our Father's Day gifts and ended up spending more on Dylan than anyone else....which was okay because he is worth it. We then managed to get in our grocery shopping so that would be off my mind.

Saturday, my niece got married. Now, I am not close to this niece, in fact in the entire 20 years she has been alive, I probably have only spoke to her about a dozen times. She was not a pretty girl growing up AT ALL, but she was the most beautiful and stunning bride I have ever seen. She has really grown into quite a beautiful young lady. Prior to that, I spent the entire day doing some major yardwork, both at my house and at my folks house. Unfortunately, it was way too hot for my Daddy and he ended up getting very, very sick. So, he was not very comfortable at the wedding so we did not stay long. However, it was great seeing almost all of my big brothers in one place!

Sunday, we went over to my Daddy's for Father's Day and gave him his two gifts....a g.c. to Home Depot and new headphones so he can hear the t.v.....which he LOVED! Then Dylan and I did a whole bunch of running around....something we have not done in a long time. We hit Hinkley Dodge to look at Jeeps, went to Whole Foods, went to Tai Pan, but they are closed on Sundays, hit Smith's Marketplace, then Fashion Place Mall, then Ken Garff, and then finally we went home for dinner and relaxing. It was just nice to be out and about with nothing obligating us.

This weekend is going to be a different story. We have several house-related projects we are going to try and get done on Saturday and Sunday. Top that off with a grand opening of a new rescue we will be attending, as well as possibly purchasing Dylan a new car. However, knowing it will be spent with my man will make it a lot of fun!

Dear Diary Friday....

YAY for Fridays! It has been struggle this week, both physically and emotionally and I am glad I have a weekend coming up. I am still dealing with my insomnia, but I think if I have a couple of days to truly enjoy myself and relax, I can catch up on some sleep. Emotionally....all better now. I had a great talk with a wonderful, wonderful friend and she made me feel SOOOOOO much better about life in general.

Work is well....interesting. I found out that my boss ACTUALLY has a set of brass balls AND a spine and he stood up for me in a HUGE meeting (which I got to attend) and then had a "Coming to Jesus talk" with a co-worker who he told jeopardized the project I am by being a bold faced liar......WOO HOO! Oh and I got another Service Excellence award, which is always nice to get because it involves MONEY.

And as I stated previously, looking forward to the get together on Saturday!

Dear Diary Thursday...

I woke up in not only the crankiest mood ever, but EXHAUSTED. I have been walking up every morning after 1:00am and am unable to go back to sleep. Last night I fell asleep for a couple of hours, woke up and was up for an hour, fell asleep and up again at 1:44am and have been asleep ever since. I know I will eventually fall apart and get some exhausted sleep....BUT CAN'T IT BE SOON??!!

Couple that with horrible feelings of guilt as I may have accidentally helped in ending a friends divorce...and when I thought I was helping. I hope I was not the cause, or the key, but the guilt is still there. And if you know anything about me, I usually do not have any kind of heart or soul and do not feel pangs of remorse, regret, or guilt....so this is not something I am enjoying AT ALL!!!

And, as much as I am enjoying the rain, I am hoping it stops long enough for me to mow my grass! Last week, between the front and the back, I filled up an entire LARGE garbage can with clippings.

Because this made me laugh and spit carrots out my nose....


more cat pictures

Dear Diary Tuesday...

Things have been hectic, crazy really. Work has become a place for me to go for 9 hours where I really don't care what is going on. The "promotion" that I got was just a figment of somebody's imagination and really, all it is, is I get more work. My boss did work hard to get me a raise, which was also nothing, but more than I expected.

Home has been good. Today is my Mom's b-day so I will be hanging out with her tonight. Dylan and I are also going to start doing a project every single weekend. This weekend will probably be us starting to remove wallpaper from the bathrooms so that we can prime and paint and then put in all new stuff. Dylan's bathroom is in the worst shape, so I will probably be starting there.

Also been having a bit of trouble with a couple of personal issues involving "friends". One issue is a problem with a possible stalker, somebody who would like to be a friend to the point of insanity. The other is a friend who I am having to do all the work on the friendship (making all the initial contacts) and I just can't have a friendship that is not 50/50. So, I get to try and work those two situations out as well.

Other than that, just looking forward to a great weekend and a fun together for Michelle's b-day!

Dear Diary Wednesday..

Wow, what a weekend! I got a bunch of yardwork done, with Dylan's help and we went to look at Jeep Compasses and saw "Iron Man"....and many, many other things. I love long weekends when you can be productive and get a bunch of shit done and out of the way!!

The week has not been good. I am fighting a continuously upset stomach, I have come to dislike my job a great deal lately, I have had to have a "talking too" by my boss, and got "thrown under the bus" by a staff member....and we have only been here two days!!! However, I trying to keep an upbeat attitude because I realize that this is a short week and I have a weekend to be looking forward to.

And for this weekend? I know it will involve finishing the planting of the flowers, test driving some vehicles, and hopefully going out to a restaraunt one night for a nice sit-down dinner.

Welcome back Toni!!!!

Dear Diary Friday,

WOOHOO TO CALIFORNIA FOR BEING SO STRONG AS TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE!!! WOOHOOO!!!!

The viewing for Chet's Father last night was very, very nice. It was great to meet so many of their family members, and as always, I just love Chet's Mom, Enid....she is an amazing woman....love, love, LOVE HER!

Today, I will be leaving work at about 9:45 am and heading home to pick up Dylan and go to the funeral. Oh, and change my shoes, at least one of them since I put on two black shoes this morning that DID NOT MATCH! That is what happens when your husband comes home early and totally disrupts your morning schedule.

After that, it is going to be a toss up on whether we come home and do yardwork or I come home and take my Mom grocery shopping and we do yardwork tomorrow morning. Either way, makes no difference to me because I am just looking forward to a wonderful, wonderful weekend with my husband celebrating his birthday!!