Commercials

I always see these commercials on TV about medicare part d and I wonder how good it is. Matthew's grandmother is own a lot of medication and some of it isn't covered under her insurance. If she didn't have help from the Brocks she couldn't afford her medication. Its sad but there's a lot of older folks out there that cannot afford their medicine so they go without.

Cool Stuff

My cousin owns a place in Montevallo called Royal Duchess Clothing... its right off Middle Street so if you're in the area you need to check it out. They sale really cool trendy stuff... and she even carries plus size clothing. I've been doing a lot of shopping for her b/c she doesn't have the time. One of my favorite things to do is look at wholesale fashion jewelry. You'd be amazed at the mark up on things... more like sick really. I have a lot of fun going to all these 'private' sites and shopping. It kinda helps ease my addiction for REAL shopping.

Gifts

I'm not big on jewelry or luxury watches. I'm too afraid I'll lose something expensive or break it. This year for Christmas I asked Matthew to repair my diamond horseshoe necklace and replace the battery in my watch... he did. Jacob reached up and pulled the chain and it broke again... last week! I'm tired and my head hurts but I've got a list of things I need to do tonight.

Goose

My dog, Goose, is spitz. She's very pretty. She's shedding big time right now and I need to do something about it. She's going to be staying at the doggie hotel while we're gone to the beach but I don't know if she can wait that long.... or if I can! LOL. I need to get some pet supplies for her. She needs chew toys, clippers and a new leash. She has a dog house but she doesn't go in it. Actually she sleeps in a crate in our laundry room at night. She's a very good doggie.

I HATE THE GOVERMENT!

The way the WIC program works here... and maybe every where else too... is you have to call at 7am the DAY you need the appointment... nothing is schedule prior. Well I set my alarm this morning and I've been calling the WIC office since 7am. Its 8:38am and I'm still calling them. I have them on speaker phone and I just keep hitting redial. Its really frustrating. The phone will ring and ring and ring and ring and ring and ring until it disconnects you. I tried calling the 800 number but the lady there says she can't help me. I'm really pissed. Today Jessica is out of school so I could have slept in but I knew I really needed to do this today. We haven't had WIC in a month and I didn't realize how much it helped. Its a good thing our cars don't run off of MILK! LOL I have to take all the kids with me and since Jessica is home today she can help me while I'm there.

I'm about to load up my car, head down there and DEMAND I been seen right away... ya think it'd work????

******* Update*******

Its now 9:03am and I've resorted to finding their fax number and sending a SOS fax!!!!!!

update 2 9:09am

someone finally called me from the fax i sent... they're office is closed today b/c they're in montgomery having a meeting. well i told the lady that i've been calling montgomery and they weren't showing the offic closed!!!!! SO THEN... i called the lady back in montgomery to tell her what had happened and she was just as frustrated as me!!!!!!!!!!!! i said they need some sort of answering service b/c this was crazy!

PRAISE THE LORD!!!! HOLLA

I posted my old oven in the mule trader (a local classifieds paper) and I had forgotten all about it!!! I just had a lady call and tell me she's coming tomorrow to buy it!!!!!! PTL!!!!!!!

It couldn't have come at a better time!!!! Gas has gone up to $3.35 here and we're trying to save money for our FIRST ever family vacation!!!!! Thank you Jesus for taking care of all our needs!!!!!!!

One day

One of these days I'm going to quit talking about it and I'm going to just go buy me some teak furniture for my deak. We had some stuff but when we moved from our old house we stored it at my sisters and their dog destroyed it. We used to eat outside all the time at our old house. But we only have a little tykes picnic table now and I don't think thats big enough for us. Cute but not big enough.

Space like stuff

Grandmaw got this thing a few years ago... its like a low vision aids. Its a thing she can wear over her eyes and watch TV through it. She says it gives her a headache so she doesn't wear it much. She also has thing big thingy thats like a computer that magnafies everything for she so she can read and write. Its pretty cool.

not sure

Have you ever taken a self assessment test? well apparently you can get this software... here's what I found on their website...

Leading organizations in every industry category are using and recommending this powerful, proven multi rater feedback solution to:
Simplify the peer review and 360 degree assessment process.
Dramatically reduce resource demands by eliminating the paperwork and automating key aspects of the entire 360 degree evaluation process.
Create and launch different 360 evaluations for various groups within their organization.
Provide individual employees and line managers with insightful, 360 degree performance feedback on a number of different attributes.

random

For whatever reason you might wanna look at the Branson homes for sale you can click on the highlighted words and it will take you to some of the nicest homes in that area.

I've been to Branson before. When I was in the 6th grade we went on a family vacation except my sister didn't go... I got to take a friend though. It was pretty cool back then and I can imagine after all these years its even cooler! We saw a bunch of the shows up there. I saw the Coal Minners Daughter! LOL

creative Mel

I think I read on one of Melanie's sites about the Kentucky Derby... well if I know her she'd have the coolest Kentucky Derby Party Invitations out there! She's soooo creative. Always making cute stuff for her kids. I wish I had a ounce of her creativeness in me. I sometimes have cool ideas but struggle with actually making them turn out that way. I have a closet full of supplies but I rarely do anything with that stuff.

sorry melanie but i was lost for ideas

Remember when

I love that song btw but itunes doesn't have Garth Brooks... wonder why?

Anyways... I remember when laptop computers first came out. They were expensive... kinda like cell phones. But now you can buy one for a fairly decent price. If I had one I'd carry it everywhere!!! Actually for the last several years Jessica has asked one for either Christmas or Birthday but so far we're not biting that one! A friend of hers came to spend the night one night and she brought her laptop with her.... She's 12!!! When you start buying kids big gifts at this young age then what do you buy them at 17? Seriously...

Got me!

I had to look this one up... Cobra Golf. I thought it might be some sort of thrill sport but I guess I should have known better huh. Its a brand of golf clubs! LOL My dad and grandfather play golf. I used to go when I was younger. I liked to drive the golf cart.... who doesn't!? My hubby doesn't play golf. I laugh at the thought of him trying.... or wearing those cute plaid pants with a polo!!! It can be an expensive hobby and Lord knows he already has a few... mostly with strings!

Father's Day Idea

I'm thinking about getting one of those coffee makers that grinds the beans and makes coffee like super fast for Matthew for father's day. He LOVES coffee. Recently he bought some coffee from the store but didn't pay attention to the fact that it was BEANS... so I had to borrower my mom's grinder so he could have some of his precious coffee. He loves flavored coffee the best. He can drink it at all hours of the day!! I, on the other hand, do not drink it much b/c it makes me crazy hyper :)

what kind of coffee maker do you have?

HOOKED

I love to watch any kind of show that shows you someone else house... well not just anyone's but someone who's living the high life. I love MTV Cribs!!!!!! Some of those houses are crazy big! Some have bowling lanes!!! Others have movie rooms with leather home theater seating. Can you imagine living in some of these houses. I'd never leave my house!!!! LOL

gotta have it

My husband and I took out life insurance when we first got married and I'm glad we did. Its automatically deducted from our account each month. Its definitely a priority b/c if something happened to one of us we would be in a bind. Yea, he makes the money and he'd still have a job but what would he do with the kids. He'd have to find a daycare. And I'm thinking he's not going to jump back into work so he'll need some time to mourn over me. I know this sounds freaky but seriously if you haven't gotten a term life insurance quote then you need to do it soon! You never know what tomorrow may bring.

I'M SO OVER THIS CRAP!

Jacob, once again, decided to paint the walls and himself with poop! I gave him a talkin' to just before I laid him down. I went downstairs to watch the Deadliest Catch that I TVO'd last night... I didn't hear a word from him UNTIL an hour later when I was convinced I could lay down... nope!!! I was walking up the stairs I heard him saying "oh no!" I walked in his room to find him covered!!!!! I spanked his butt and put him in a quick bath, cleaned up and found the tightest pants I could put on him... maybe he'll sleep now!

my hubby

I love that man!!! BUT sometimes.....

I bought a brand new box of corndogs on Sunday. Monday night I worked so he ate corndogs. Last night he confesses... he left the box of corndogs out overnight. The part that makes me mad is I saw the box ontop of the fridge but I thought it was the EMPTY box so I didn't touch it. GEEZ!!! If only....

oh well! thats only 9 bucks in the trash!!!! LOL

Must Have's

1. Alvin and the Chipmunks movie (we rented it from netflix but I haven't sent it back b/c our kids love it!)

2. Crib sheets... my son has managed to destroy all of the remaining crib sheets. I keep putting off buying more b/c SOON they're going to need TWIN sheets for the their big boy beds but not soon enough!

3. socks for the kids... actually we all need socks but the little ones esp. Their feet grow... we just tend to lose ours! LOL

4. sippy cups... it there a black hole that sippy cups go to? I know there's one for socks but whats happening to my sippy cups?

5. child hangers... seriously... the boys share ONE dresser with three small drawers... I have a hug closet to put their clothes in but no hangers!!! And Darcy likes to empty her dresser so I think I'm going to take it out and hang all of hers. She has a girly vanity or else i'd put it in the boys room to give them more drawers!

Things are things that I say I'm going to buy the NEXT time at Walmart BUT either I feel guilty for whats already in my buggy or i just forget.

Does anyone else start unloading things when they feel guilty for spending?

answers

crack... just kidding!! I'm on a prescription drug... phentermine. I love it though.

Yes, he can take off his pants. So far the only thing that slows him down... notice I said slows him down... is the plastic diaper coverings. I forgot to put them on at nap time over his diaper and under his pants. The ones I have are too small so I need to buy him some more. Who knows... maybe he's ready to be potty trained LOL!