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Saturday, October 31st, 2009
8:41 am	wow can't believe that Nanowrimo 2009 begins tonight... and can't believe how incredibly complicated and difficult things are seeming at the moment... life is a strange and funny thing..... "life... don't talk to me about life..." good luck all you Nano'ers out there.... see you at 12:00:01 for the fun and madness that will be our next 30 days!! (Comment on this)
Sunday, October 25th, 2009
12:14 pm	big ball of ............ STRESS! That's what I am right now, a big ball of stress.. before 11:59 tonight, I have to finish a paper for my fundamentals of education class and take my test for my medical terminology class... in addition, i have a file to complete for work... not to mention, some time w/my family would be nice.. it isn't all bad... the paper is enjoyable & i like my job.. and the MT won't be too bad... but just when thinking about getting it all done, itis a tad overwhelming... this weekend has been nice.. we finally had Elexus's birthday party... she had two friends over friday night for her first sleepover, then we all went to Cedars of Lebanon State Park, where Elexus, her two friends, Jacob, and I all went on a 45-min horseback ride through the park.. it had been a long time since I was last on a horse.. it was beautiful, peaceful, and amusing watching the horses be horses =) a lot of the leaves have changed colors... only wish Bob could have ridden with us, but otherwise, it was perfect.. was the first time Elexus & Jacob rode... good good times! My horse's name was Grey... he was definitely Mr. Personality with a mind of his own... i can't believe how quickly Nano will be here! I'm excited and really hope that I can keep at it this year.. I would love to write a novel... has been a longtime dream of mine to get one completed during my time on Earth.. maybe this will be the year! I just am a little apprehensive as, as per usual, I have so much on my plate right now with working 2 jobs, taking classes, and trying to keep this household running. but, i work best under pressure & stress so, we shall see how it goes... better get off of here and get some work done... take care all! Current Mood: stressed Current Music: jacob playing on JK Rowling's website (Comment on this)
Friday, October 23rd, 2009
10:25 pm	[LJ2ME] Rabid martians I am posting to LJ via LJ2Me while Jacob is doing interpretive dances and Elexus is having her first sleepover (Comment on this)
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
12:16 pm	though i should be working.... i am LJing instead Just was inspired to post here since godtrip mentioned getting back to it.. maybe i'll use this to keep track of nano progress, once November hits... or maybe I'll actually use it to post things about life, the universe, and llamas.. who knows! Current Music: bob snoring (Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
2:33 pm	funny statements from bob after we just got done exercising (two days in a row, hopefully we can keep it up), Bob just said, "My abs hurt. I didn't even know I had abs." Quite amusing! I love my husband! =) Current Mood: amused Current Music: none (Comment on this)
Friday, January 2nd, 2009
8:49 am	2009... not starting off very well..... if you didn't read bob's post, the car broke down on New Year's Eve on our way to have a very rare night w/just the two of us... so we are starting off the New Year w/paying to have it fixed... not cheap either... *sigh* at least the situation isn't as bad as it could be, but even though i'm trying to stay optimistic, it still sucks... hope your year is starting off better! and it can only go up from here, right? =) Current Music: bob snoring (Comment on this)
Friday, December 19th, 2008
5:17 pm	quote from bob wow.. so i went overboard in buying presents for family this year because frankly, this year and last year have been the only times where we've been financially able to get what i want to get for everyone, so i've kind of taken it to extremes, heh... anyway... so i have a mountain of presents that have to be wrapped, half-ish to go to Indiana for our trip which begins tomorrow, and then the rest for the kids/my family for Christmas day... anyway... over the past week or so i've been meaning to start... and i've asked Bob daily to help me... and so i got all but 2 presents for our trip taken care of between last night & today.. and so this mini-conversation w/Bob happened just a couple minutes ago: me: "Are you going to wrap any presents?" Bob:"Do you want me to?" i was stunned into silence... he totally said it dead-pan in a non-joking way (which obviously he was), but just one of those things that floors you for the moment.. my husband is so amusing =) Current Mood: festive Current Music: Christmas music from the DTV Christmas music channel (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, December 13th, 2008
11:51 am	I would say my "category" is fitting I took the 43 Things Personality Quiz and found out I'm a Lifelong Learning Self-Knowing Romantic (Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
11:52 pm	wow... i actually managed to get some more writing done on my nano novel tonight.. yay! after an abysmal day, it was able to actually get 2,543 words done, largely due to two 15 minute word wars that Bob and I did over the course of the evening... that was a lot of fun... and i beat him pretty badly both times =) so that puts my total to: 4594 / 50000 words. 9% done! pretty pathetic for the 12th of the month, (you'll have that with only writing 2 out of those many days) but it gives me hope that i might be able to get somewhere yet... to all those nanoing, keep it up... it is quite the task that we are undertaking, but after good days, it certainly feels worth it! (Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
10:24 pm	wow I'm so happily amazed that the choice was made to elect Barack Obama the next president of the United States! I was so concerned that this would not be the outcome. I am truly hopeful that some good and positive changes can happen during his presidency. Still waiting to see what happens in the Senate. Take care all! Be good to one another. Love one another & give what's due to the fact that we are a part of history. (Comment on this)
3:09 pm	Nov 4th, 2008 Yay. So i voted about an hour and a half ago. Good times! There was no one there. It was crazy. I mean, I walked in, had to wait for the lady running the T - Z line to sit down in her chair, signed the book, walked into the voting room, was put right at a machine, and voted. It is amazing to be a part of the democratic process. it is amazing to be a part of this historic election. I really hope that Obama becomes president. I really do not think this country could take McCain becoming president. So much has gone so badly over the past 8 years. I really want the country to be in better shape as the kids grow up... anyway... in other news, school is rushing by... this semester is nearly over... first week of decemeber will be finals... i have to register for spring semester nov 14th.. trying to figure out what classes i'm going to take.. i need to retake microbiology, and i'm pretty much leaning towards taking it next summer.. i'll probably take chem II, a biometry class, and possibly german... and trying to figure it out from there otherwise... but anyway... Nanowrimo started, and after my stellar day one of getting over 2K, i've not written a single word... as Bob posted, we went to see Dredg on Saturday in Atlanta, which was an amazing show... got to see them, Telescreen, and was introduced to this really cool band called Judgement Day from CA.. if you've not heard of them, check them out.. their myspace is www.myspace.com/stringmetal . Other than that, had a calculus exam & a history quiz on monday.. had a file due today, voted, and now we are here... gonna head off.. take care all! Current Mood: accomplished (Comment on this)
Saturday, November 1st, 2008
1:25 am	day 1 2048 / 50000 words. 4% done! (Comment on this)
1:05 am	And they're off... nanowrimo 2008 is underway... an hour and 8 minutes in, and i'm at 2,048 words... (trying to get the site to play nicely so i can get that on the page) not too bad. i'm rather impressed.. starting off with a vengeance.. i'm not 100% tapped out, so i should really keep writing. but i'm tired... and we have to get up somewhat early, so since i am over the 1667 threshold, and since i am past my personal goal of 2,000, i think i will call it a night.. anyone else out there doing nano, i hope that your night #1 has started well.. take care & we'll see how this crazy month goes! (Comment on this)
Friday, October 31st, 2008
1:27 am	not that i post on a regular basis, but i felt inclined to make a post saying that i probably won't be posting for a bit.. at least not over the weekend... at that super ridiculous time of 8 AM tomorrow morning, I have an exam in my genetics class.. then some packing and miscellaneous errands to run... once the children arrive home, we'll be heading down to AL to my parents' house, where the little ones will be trick or treating... at 12 AM, Nanowrimo 2008 will be a-beginning... and though i have this lifelong dream of writing a novel.. and for the most part, it seems like it will never happen... i'm somewhat optimistic about my chance this year.. i have more of an idea than i've had in years past (still quite deficient from most standards, i'm sure, but probably not so much in nano world)... i'm pretty passionate about my idea, so that certainly will help.... anyway... then bright saturday morning, Bob and I will be heading to Hotlanta... at 7PM saturday, we will be going to the Dredg concert!!! yay! i'm excited.. i've been listening to dredg since probably about 1995.... and i get to see the in concert in less than 48 hours... shoudl be good times... and we have a (hoepfully) pretty fantastic room that we'll be staying in... so hoepfully this will prove to be a pretty relaxing and rather enjoyable weekend... and then i have the fun of having my postponed exam & quiz on monday... ah well... there's always something... take care... have a fun and safe Halloween/weekend... take care all (Comment on this)
Monday, October 27th, 2008
12:07 pm	oh yeah i was going to put something in that last entry, and it totally slipped my mind until after i hit "post"... was looking on the LJ news and saw the statement "The new location also offers increased roaming capacity for Frank." made me smile... and also made me miss our Frank... have been thinking about him a lot lately... and also others who were once in my life who are no longer around.... yeah.. i know... the last post was positive and uplifting... this one, not so much.... hence the conglomeration of thoughts. Current Mood: pensive (Comment on this)
12:00 pm	conglomeration of thoughts so a comment that was made to me on campus today has my brain buzzing... i was walking out of the KUC dining hall when someone told me that I had "dropped my smile"... which of course, resulted in a smile.. i thought it was cool.. i have a tendency to blend in and not really have many conversations with people that i don't know around campus... i'm not one to exactly spark much of anything in anyone to really strike up a conversation with me.. so i thought it was cool that this person obviously just had the agenda of getting random people to smile... and it led me to think, you know, if people just took a little more time out of their days to brighten the day of others, instead of only being focused on their daily agenda, then maybe the world wouldn't be the way it is now... not that all is bad... and not that people only focus on themselves, and not that there aren't people in the world who are trying to do some good, but i don't think anyone would have much of an argument against the statement that people could do more... i have really made an effort to keep my eyes open more as to what i can do for other people... often times, i don't really find much of anything... this just really means i should try a little harder to step out of just my daily routine to find things that aren't 100% easy to make someone else's day a little better.. also, it has sparked maybe a revamping of my nano story, or making my effort towards a collection of short stories all based around a theme... it wouldn't lead me to abandon my current idea, but it would rework it a bit... anyway... this is the most i've posted on LJ in a while... and i think it would do me some good to start putting thoughts to "screen" more often... try to branch out more.. anyway... that is all for now... take care & look for ways that you can brighten someone else's day (or several someone's if you are so fortunate)... Current Mood: hopeful (Comment on this)
Saturday, October 25th, 2008
12:37 pm	Twilight Movie yay! (Comment on this)
Friday, August 1st, 2008
4:25 pm	not a good day so i just found out some really horrible news about a friend of the family... my brother's best friend is in the hospital and they are pretty certain he will not make it out... i don't know how to even feel about this.. this is someone i pretty much grew up around... he is truly like a second brother to me... man... needless to say, he and his family are in my thoughts and prayers... if you could extend some extra thoughts of goodwill, i will appreciate it... take care all... be greatful for what you have because this life is all too fragile Current Mood: worried (Comment on this)
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
1:43 pm	bah humbug so after i post this and check the other places where i keep in touch with people, i will be shipping my laptop off to Toshiba so that they can, hopefully, fix it.. i've been having super overheating issues for several months now... up until recently, i was just kind of dealing with it and making do and doing what was necessary just to work around the problem, but then i finally got tired of doing that... so as much as it will suck to be without it, hopefully it will return to me more fully functional... and hopefully it will arrive long before i need it for school... it better, anyway... that's over a month away... i just have been using my laptop EXCLUSIVELY since, pretty much i got it in november.. i haven't even set up my desktop here at the house (that we've been in exactly 7 months today)... so it will be quite the adjustment... but as long as it comes back better, it will be worth it. (Comment on this)
Monday, July 14th, 2008
4:18 pm	i do not have a subject for this post so.. now that itis about 3 weeks from the kids starting back to school, i am finally having them do some things i had planned to have them do all along: worksheets to keep their minds "fresh" for the upcoming school year (and also a review of what they did last year)... i've been testing them on things throughout the summer & working with them on things here and there, and of course, they've been reading, but my plans of having them actually doing worksheets throughout the summer has not held up like i had planned... but as we "speak", they are each sitting at the table working... i really hope that i can make more of an effort to daily go over things with them during the coming school year to help them out more... this next semester is going to, potentially, be rather time consuming... so i'm really going to have to get some time management things worked out... i plan on having a "homework" calendar in each of their rooms and also to 100% make use of a calendar/organizer for myself... beating my super-procrastination habits isn't going to be easy, but i figure since i don't sleep much anyway, that i should be able to be getting more done in the day than i have been.. it'll just take some tetris-skills when it comes to working everything out time wise... fun times! yay... in other news, the box that i have to ship my laptop to the "depot" has arrived today... that means i have 10 days for them to have it in their hands... that means i have to get everything backed up and wiped from my system... yay... well, technically i don't have to do it that way, but i figure i will wipe it, put vista on... and do some "tests" myself... and then send it off... i'm somewhat worried that i'll put vista on and not be able to recreate the problem... i mean, in a way, that would be helpful because then my laptop wouldn't be overheating..... but it would mean i have to use vista, which i would prefer not to do (for many reasons including the superiority of XP and software not being compatible w/vista)... or i can use XP, i just have to deal with it overheating... neither of those really seems like a viable option to me... so, i am sending it off... and we will see what happens.... i'm really not looking forward to having to send it off.... i have been using my laptop almost exclusively since i got it... we have been in this house just shy of 7 months, and i don't even have my desktop set up..... if that tells you anything... bah humbug... anyway.. i guess that's all i'll ramble on about for now... Current Mood: frustrated Current Music: this whisling noise coming from the vent (Comment on this)