Wednesday, July 29, 2009

YARD SALE!!


I stole this from my sister's post;
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We are having a huge multifamily yard sale this Saturday from 8:00 am - noon at 4976 West Tolin Circle (3145 South). We have finally gone through the backroom which was chuck full of my parents' leftovers. It was the craftroom, among other things, so we have TONS of scrapbooking/crafting supplies that we just want to get rid of, and consequently are dirt cheap. I'm talking about $2.00 for an entire album of stickers and diecuts (some sheets alone which were worth $5.00 to begin with) and for a two foot long tote of paper. We also combined my scrapbook room with the office so I had to limit the supplies of my own that I kept. We also have a lot of books, Cds, DVDs, toys, games, electronics, kitchen supplies and furniture (TV stands, king size mattress set, kitchen table, coffee table, desks, book shelves, a plush rocking chair, etc.) from us and the other families involved."

Lera is going to have a ton of stuff!!! And it's all very cheap. I'm also in on this sale, I have a ton that needs to go as well. So does my sister London. So does Lera's mother-in-law.

Please come and support us in getting rid of our old treasures.

Sunday, July 26, 2009

The good, the bad, and the ugly...

Our family is having one gigantic yard sale this coming Saturday morning. Right now I am frantically trying to get my side of items priced and organized...it's not really happening for me. Right now I'm thoroughly distracted by Chuck Season 1-that Lera bought me for my birthday. I'm also freaking out a little bit about a creepy wolf spider that just ran over my foot and bit my toe while I was tagging old VHS movies. (As info, it actually bit my stub. And let's face it nothing is going to get diseased and fall off there...)

So instead of stressing out about what to get rid of and what to keep or nasty face spiders that are lurking in the cavernous shelves in my room, I'm blogging.

I'm going to blog about some of the good, the bad, and the so ugly it's embarrassing that I used to own this items. Here we go. Try to figure out which ones I'm embarrassed about...

Spice World the Movie
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - the movie
LDS romance fiction novels
A clock I bought when I moved in (two years ago) and still haven't hung
High School Musical Soundtrack
Saturday's Warriors - movie and soundtrack
Mystery Men
Peter Pan - and every other Disney VHS under the sun
Under cover blues
Sonic the Hedgehog - the game
Street Fighter - the movie
Sister Act 1&2...
A self help book called; Why Men Love Bitches
Better Off Dead
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Walmart DVD special on Hairspray
Dickie Roberts-Former Childhood star
necklaces that don't fit me right
Caberet
Little Mermaid soundtrack
Daisy Chainsaw CD
A very old Star Wars VHS set... whimper

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Wierd Monday

10 times I pushed the snooze button on my alarm clock
10 minutes to find my debit card and fill up my gas tank
10 strange looks from people because I forgot to brush my hair
9 times I tried to check my voice mail, with the wrong pass word
9 tissues I went through on the way to work
8 emails in my inbox - all big issues to work on today
8 hours until my shift was over
8 people on my row with better lunches than me
8 times I've scanned my work badge
7 pieces of gum
7 minutes before my next job
6 hours of my night shift
6 items with a weird liquid on them that got on my hands while returning them
6 radio stations I flipped through trying to find something not Nickel Back - ahhh!
5 spiders I've killed today - ahhhhhhhh!!!
5 o'clock rush hour drive
5 super hot men that had a wedding ring
5 creepy stinky men that didn't
4 moments I thought 'why me'
4 moments I thought 'you did this to yourself'
3 tooth brush moments of spilling toothpaste on my shirt
3 birthday gifts bought
3 times I thought I lost my keys
3 times I lost my mind
2 sisters that keep me going through the hard times
2 swollen ankles
2 cups of water to instant mash potatoes for lunch... sick
2 times I went to charge my phone and forgot why I was there
2 showers because I forgot to wash my hair the first time - poor hair
2 towel dries
1 dead cell phone battery
1 tired girl
1 alarm clock set for tomorrow

Garfield gone crazy


When Lera and I were younger, we went to the library - a lot. Our mom told us that we were allowed to check out 20 books at a time or 10 movies. Lera and I used to have reading competitions.

Lera started out giving me the advantage of having about 1,000 pages less to read than her, I won most of the time. Then it went to 800, 500 and then 200 pages. Finally we started doing the same amount. It was neck and neck with our winnings. (Or maybe she won most of the time.)

My books were always so much easier to read then hers. She would read novels about vampires, school criteria, and LDS fiction, I would read goosebumps and Ender's Game...repetitively.

I also loved Garfield comics. I seriously think that I have read every Garfield comic book in that library. It didn't count toward the competitions, but I still loved them.

Its been about 12 years or so since I've read one and then I came across these from a friend at work.

Garfield Minus Garfield.

They have taken Garfield out of the strips. And it makes John look completely crazy. You should google them and have a laugh.




Monday, July 6, 2009

Where have I been??



I haven't been blogging. The reason why is obvious. I'm tired.

I have been trying unsuccessfully to get out of debt and the thought occurred to me, If I'm not spending less, I've got to make more. Alas, I got a second job.

I'm now working at Kohl's in customer service. It's a really easy fun job. I like the people I work with and I get a sweet discount. (Which I still haven't used yet - and I'm amazed.)

Even though I'm grateful for the second income, the hours are starting to add up. They take a hold of my social life, my sleeping patterns, and worst of all my dinners. Missing out on food is unacceptable.

But doing this I've realized that sleep does come before food and paying off debt does beat a wicked sweet discount on clearance items.

The plus signs of having no life...
I'm down a few pounds, I have one credit card paid off, I have a savings account that is growing weekly, and I've been sleeping instead of watching Bones or Gossip girl until 3 AM.

Last week I worked 73 hours. Same this week. Same next.

I'm happy. I'm tired. I'm blogging.