I Need 30 Hour Days For This!

Today I find out how well I did on my History exam and how I did on my 3rd Algebra quiz. Oh my...I am so nervous! Today I was also emailed my grades for my computer class and my worst grade was a 75. Ew. We have a practice midterm exam, and it’s 141 questions LONG. Not including the project. We have to learn this stuff because the actual exam will include everything on the practice one. The actual exam is next week. On top of that, I have two more assignments and two more quizzes due this weekend.

So what am I trying to get at with all of this boring nonsense? Well, I’m probably going to be MIA a lot this week. I have maybe one other post that I can set an auto-post for but other than that, I’ve got nothing! (scroll to the bottom if you don’t have time to read my excuses) My camera will not come back into my possession until tomorrow so I have no pictures to post. Then, we have a lot of yard work due to the flood this past weekend. Yup, flood. Our (my parent’s) houses were the only ones really effected because apparently our homes are built inside the only hole in our town. JOY. So everything smells gross, and the grass looks like it drowned. A lot of stuff floated into a ditch right across the street. Emery’s slide was NOT fun to fish out. The dogs need baths and spray downs. We have to bomb our house because when a lot of rain comes, so do the huge water roaches (ewwww!).Then, if the weather is good, I’ll be having myself a BIG “winter” cleaning and a good-will (HOPE is our local donation facility) haul. We have a lot of stuff we need to get rid of. 

So, to summarize this: I’m going to be really really busy. Hope everyone’s having a good week!  

My Addiction

I am without a camera (except for my phone) for a whole week. Eeep! This is going to be hard. LOL! Can you imagine a whole week of capturing NOTHING your child does? *serious face* Yea, I’m not kidding. My camera is pretty much glued to my face. But, last week my sister-in-law asked if she could borrow it, because she and some friends were going to see this K-POP show in New Jersey. I said yes. Then I thought about it, and started kicking myself in the ass for it. My camera was about to go to New Jersey without me, and to a concert. A pretty huge concert. The idea of my camera being tossed, or possibly trampled on by a bunch of girls dressed up like dolls...oh crap. Still, I had already said yes. So, on Friday morning, I dropped it off for her. Now, it’s not like a Canon Rebel, or a Nikon but it was a gift from my brother (and it was a bit expensive). This is the second one my brother has given me, the first one was stolen, so I’m a bit protective over it. But, my husband told her to take care of it, and if anything happened to it she’d either have to pay for repairs or replace it. Hopefully this will be a good lesson for me. One that involves me not being so attached to material things? I dunno, I just hope she takes care of it.

Speaking of material things, and what not. I know social networking sites aren’t “material” but they do take up A LOT of my time. Before, I used the excuse that we didn’t have internet at home, so I wanted a snazzy phone that would keep me “up to date”, and “in the know” of all things cool. I also wanted to keep refreshing my Facebook page just to see what everyone else was doing. Stalker, much? In my defense, it was my only connection to the outside, social world at the time. Still, I became addicted (you probably are too, admit it) to all of these social sites and blogs. Twitter, tumblr, blogger, wordpress, google +, parenting communities, Facebook, instagram, etc. etc. I realized, not too long ago, that quite a few things were really taking up a lot of my time. The above mentioned, definitely contributed to this. Well, now we have the internet at home and my phone is still getting the majority of the use. Laziness is the reason. I would rather check my phone than turn on my lap-top and log on. This has been a pretty big excuse for me to NOT delete any of my social networking accounts AND to not get rid of (but continue to want to upgrade) my already snazzy phone. So, I’m going to put myself through a test cleanse. I deleted my apps from my phone. *GASP* I will either have to use my mobile internet or actually log on to a computer to use them. After a month, the ones I use the least (if at all) will be the ones to go.

Don't get me wrong, I love technology and I love keeping up with everyone. I love blogs and reading about how others are living. I like posting on people’s walls, and getting to see new pictures! And I absolutely LOVE seeing what Rome has to say on a daily basis. He’s my secret husband. Shh! But, some of these sites I don’t use nearly enough to really justify keeping my accounts. Not only that, but it's taking time away from my family, from working out, and it just puts more of our information out there. I won’t be giving up my phone anytime soon, although we are down grading on minutes because we don’t use nearly as many as what we’re signed up for, but I will stop using it as much. If I’m not willing to get on the computer to check it, then I really don’t need it. And if I don’t use it, or miss it, I can probably go without it. Here's to my cleanse!

Enjoy your Saturday everyone!!

p.s. I'm replacing some pictures, and taking others down.

Hoping to have all of my images on one site, 

so I don't have to use photobucket, and picasa anymore. :-)

Sorry if some of the images disappear in the mean time. 

Vacation!

“I'm going going, back back, to Cali Cali”

So, after talking with the hubs, we decided to go ahead and take the vacation in JANUARY! He won’t get paid for his time off, but it’ll be the first of the month so my check will cover our bills, and then I’ll be getting paid for my vacation time. So we’ll still get a check for the week we miss. Yea, I was beyond excited! Then, when I tried to book the tickets on Tuesday there was drama with the bank. I had to wait 48 hours before being able to charge another pair of tickets. So on Wednesday morning, first thing, I got them! And I got the non-refundable kind so we wouldn’t be able to back out. Yup, I’m that sneaky.

We are staying for SEVEN days! Seven whole days!! I know it’s still 3 months away, but I’m so ready. Which will probably cause the time to drag on by, but in the end, it’ll be well worth the wait! So now, I’m in budget mode. We need to save every penny we have, and I tend to do just that. I’ve already figured out how much we need to set aside, and my dad said he’d throw in some money so we could rent a car. He told me to take Em to the beach. 

 :-)

Oceanside, Ca 2009

Now, we have to decided if we’re going to just show up and surprise our family, or at least tell one of them so none of the others make plans. Either way, I’m just so happy to get to see everyone again, and to go visit the city that started my life. I did a lot of growing up out in California. I had great times and bad ones there, but it was the first time for me to be out on my own. And the people I met, along with the ones I lived with, made my time there that much better.

Anza, Ca 2007

p.s. I'm fighting the urge to start 

packing at this very moment! LOL!