Everybody makes mistakes

Everybody has those days

So, in my last post I forgot to mention the pheasants that we have living in our yard. We have a mommy, and a daddy, and their babies! They are so adorable! We have seen them in the backyard and the front yard. We also have our cactus out in the front blooming some beautiful white flowers that smell nice.

I'm also going to take this time to say - don't ever, ever, ever shop at www.twinshoppe.com!! Someone got a hold of my old credit card that the bank was supposed to have cancelled back in NOVEMBER! They spent $640 at that web site. So obviously the bank screwed up. But I also emailed the web site (there was no phone number) to tell them that this was a fraudulent charge, but they posted it anyway! So now I get to deal with that on top of everything else!

David's football team lost another player over the weekend. And I think they are losing David. While I do not typically encourage quitting a team, in this case it is very justified. I have tried contacting the league regarding my issues with the coach. Other parents have also done the same. David did not want to go to practice yesterday. I talked to one of the other parents last night and she and her husband (who had been helping coach) agreed with me. Her husband probably won't even continue coaching. I will get him into the ASU football camp and see what else I can get him involved in until Freshman football starts at Mountain Pointe High School.

The canaries that my mom has temporary custody of (some were mine before I moved to Phoenix and the others were Steve's before he moved to Phoenix) had babies!! They are about a week old and seem to be doing well! I will post updates as I get them from my mom!

Massive Update

I tried posting last week, but for some reason the system would not allow me to post any pictures.
My birthday was a blast! We went out to dinner Friday night, where Steve totally embarrassed me by having them sing! We went to Rustler's Rooste which is one of my most favorite places to eat! My mom's flight was very late, so she arrived after dinner. :( Saturday night we went to Applebee's then over to Graham Central Station. Yet again, a total blast! Jackie came up from Tucson with her son Steven and they also went to David's football game with us. Here are some pix! (hopefully)





Let's see -- what else has happened... I hate my new class... actually, the instructor. He's a real jerk.
We have a new addition to the family. His name is Gandalf. Some of you have seen the pictures. He is such a sweet bird. He is a conure, although I forget which kind.

Well, my lunch break is over, so I will add more later!

April Facts

This information retrieved from http://www.holidayinsights.com/

Did you know
The word April means Open
Gardeners typically scour the internet for the best deals on seeds, gardening supplies and accessories this month
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
National Humor Month - no joke!
Keep America Beautiful Month
International Guitar Month
Lawn and Garden Month
Poetry Month
National Pecan Month
National Welding Month
Records and Information Management Month
Stress Awareness Month (seems interesting since it is also TAXES ARE DUE MONTH)
Week 1 Read a Road Map Week
Week 2 Garden Week
Week 3 Medical Labs Week
Week 3 Organize Your Files Week
Week 4 Administrative Assistants Week
Week 4 National Karaoke Week
Aries March 21 - April 19; Taurus April 20 - May 20
Flower of the month: Daisy, Sweet Pea
Birthstone: Diamond, White Sapphire
1 Oliver Pollack invents the dollar sign $ (1778)
1 Daytime soap opera General Hospital first airs on ABC (1963)
1 April Fool's Day
2 Congress passes the Coinage Act and the U.S. Mint is born. (1792)
2 National Peanut butter and jelly day
3 Tweed Day
3 The Pony Express begins delivering the mail. (1860)
4 Hug a newsman day
4 Susanna Medora Salter is the first woman to be elected mayor in the nation in Argonia, Kansas. (1887)
4 Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated. (1968)
5 Go for broke day
6 The first modern Olympic games opens in Athens, Greece (1896)
6 Twinkies hit the market. The first twinkies were banana-filled.(1930)
6 Plan your epitath day
7 The World Health Organization (WHO) is founded. (1948)
7 No housework day
8 Draw a picture of a bird day
8 Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hits his 715th home run to surpass Babe Ruth's 714 home run record. (1974)
9 French explorer LaSalle reaches the Mississippi river (1691)
9 Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, ending the Civil War. (1865)
9 Name yourself day
10 National siblings day
10 The "unsinkable" RMS Titanic departs on it's maiden voyage from Southampton, England. (1912)
11 Eight track tape day
12 Big wind day
12 By an Act of Congress, Puerto Rico becomes a U.S, territory. (1900)
12 Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first person in space. (1961)
13 Blame someone else day
14 National pecan day
14 President Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. (1865)
15 Rubber eraser day
15 The Titanic hits an iceberg in the Northern Atlantic ocean as sinks. (1912)
16 National Librarian Day
17 Blah, blah, blah day
17 National Cheeseball day
18 Paul Revere makes his famous ride from Charlestown to Lexington, Ma., shouting "the Red Coats are coming" as the American Revolutionary War begins. (1775)
18 The Great San Fransisco earthquake hits, killing 700 people. (1906)
18 Pet owners independance day
19 The Revolutionary War begins. (1775)
19 After a 51 day siege in Waco, Texas, the Branch Dividian compound goes up in flames, killing the cult members (1993)
19 National Garlic day
20 Two teenage boys go on a shooting rampage in Columbine High school in Littleton, Colorado. One teacher and 12 students are killed. (1999)
20 Volunteer Recognition day
21 Kindergarten day
22 National Jelly Bean Day
23 Lovers Day
23 Take a chance day
24 Pig in a blanket day
25 Delegates from 45 countries meet in San Fransisco to organize the United Nations. (1945)
25 World penguin day
26 Executive Admin's Day
26 Hug an Australian Day
27 National Prime Rib day
27 Tell a story day
27 Senior citizens take note, the first Social Security checks were distributed on this day in 1937
28 Kiss your mate day
29 National Shrimp Scampi Day
29 Gideon Sundback of Hoboken, N.J. patents the zipper. (1913)
30 The Vietnam War ends with the fall of Saigon (later renamed Ho Chi Minh City) (1975)
30 National Honesty Day

Foogie

What a day....

Started off with going to David's game. Again, we had to be there 2 hours prior to game time. They lost today, by one touchdown made at the very last second. But I can tell you what... both times that the other team scored, David was not on the field. Made me so mad too. The first touchdown by the opposing team was scored a few minutes after they pulled David out. The coach's little "star" let the ball go right over his head... David would have caught it. The second touchdown - David had just tackled the guy on the prior play to stop the score from happening. So what does his stupid-ass coach do?? Pull David and put "star" back in so that the other team could score. I really can't stand the coach.

**DON'T EVER PUT YOUR KID IN NYS (NATIONAL YOUTH SPORTS) FOOTBALL**

But David did awesome! He had excellent kicks and the one tackle was just picture perfect. Wish I would have had my camera out! But here are a few from the game today.




After the game, Arynn and I went to start our girl afternoon. Our plan was to get our nails done, have some sushi, then go to the mall. We started off by going to McDonalds for a bit of lunch as she missed breakfast. You can see that she is so her father's daughter!! Then we went and got our nails done. She had a manicure and pedicure. I had a fill and a pedicure. We had our nails painted the same!
As we were gettng ready to head out, I checked my cell phone and noticed that Steve had called me 8 times. I called him back to find out that our cat Foogie had passed away. :( Arynn and I headed straight home after that. Foogs lead a good life though and was 16 years old. He was such a sweet cat but we had been talking about putting him down soon anyway, but it was tough as he wasn't in pain, just not doing well. Needless to say, it has been an emotional evening. We buried him in the backyard.



We ended the evening with dinner at the Olive Garden. Arynn leaves tomorrow and we are all kinda sad about it. I'll close the blog off today with pictures from our dinner adventure. And yes, it was an adventure!!

Have you located your heart?

A friend of mine sent me this today. I thought it was pretty cool.



Tech Support: Yes. I can help you. Are you ready to proceed?

Customer: Well, I'm not very technical, but I think I'm ready. What do
I do first?

Tech Support: The first step is to open your Heart. Have you located your Heart?

Customer: Yes, but there are several other programs running now. Is it okay to install Love while they are running?

Tech Support: What programs are running?

Customer: Let's see, I have Past Hurt, Low Self-Esteem, Grudge and Resentment running right now.

Tech Support: No problem, Love will gradually erase Past Hurt from your current operating system. It may remain in your permanent memory but it will no longer disrupt other programs. Love will eventually override Low Self-Esteem with a module of its own called High Self-Esteem. However, you have to completely turn off Grudge and Resentment. Those programs prevent Love from being properly installed. Can you turn those off?

Customer: I don't know how to turn them off. Can you tell me how?

Tech Support: With pleasure. Go to your start menu and invoke Forgiveness. Do this as many times as necessary until Grudge and Resentment have been completely erased.

Customer: Okay, done! Love has started installing itself. Is that normal?

Tech Support: Yes, but remember that you have only the base program. You need to begin connecting to other Hearts in order to get the upgrades.

Customer: Oops! I have an error message already. It says, "Error - Program not run on external components." What should I do?

Tech Support: Don't worry. It means that the Love program is set up to run on Internal Hearts, but has not yet been run on your Heart. In non-technical terms, it simply means you have to Love yourself before you can Love others.

Customer: So, what should I do?

Tech Support: Pull down Self-Acceptance; then click on the following files: Forgive-Self; Realize Your Worth; and Acknowledge your Limitations.

Customer: Okay, done.

Tech Support: Now, copy them to the "My Heart" directory. The system will over-write any conflicting files and begin patching faulty programming. Also, you need to delete Verbose Self-Criticism from all directories and empty your Recycle Bin to make sure it is completely gone and never comes back.

Customer: Got it. Hey! My heart is filling up with new files. Smile is playing on my monitor and Peace and Contentment are copying themselves all over My Heart. Is this normal?

Tech Support: Sometimes. For others it takes awhile, but eventually everything gets it at the proper time. So Love is installed and running. One more thing before we hang up. Love is Freeware. Be sure to give it and its various modules to everyone you meet. They will in turn share it with others and return some cool modules back to you.

Customer: Thank you, God.

Will you need a blue sky holiday?

Okay, so it is Saturday. I planned the day yesterday. It kinda went like this:

7:30 wake up (this is sleeping in)
8:00 eat breakfast while watching Hannah Montana
9:30 leave to David's football game which starts at NOON
12:00 start cheering for David's team (GO BLUE DRAGONZ)
1:00 leave David's game after he wins (fingers crossed)
1:20 arrive home
1:30 have lunch
2:00 take nap
4:00 wake up
4:05 do laundry
6:00 have dinner
10:00 leave to get Arynn
11:25 Arynn arrives
12:00 get home
12:30 go to bed


Okay - sounds like a nice leisurely day, doesn't it? Yeah, well, it hasn't happened!!!!!!!!

6:30 Woke up
6:45 Went outside to look at the pool (It was really sparkly)
6:47 Go to see what Ariel is barking at
6:50 Clean up dead dove in the backyard (which is what she was barking at)
7:15 Eat breakfast
9:00 Take a shower
9:30 Leave home for David's football game
9:35 Stop at store for water
9:48 Arrive at field
10:00 Start watching David practice
12:00 Watch David play football
1:00 Celebrate David's win!!! YAY!
1:25 Arrive home
1:45 Go outside to put feet in pool
1:50 Get out and step on something very painful
1:51 Come in house in agony
1:51 Steve yells at David to get knife
1:52 Steve uses knife to get out bee stinger (on a side note: this is the first time in my life that I have been stung by a bee. And the scorpion sting did not hurt as bad as the bee sting!)
1:55 Took some Benadryl
2:30 Laid down to take a nap
5:45 Woke up
5:47 Realized I have a massive sunburn on my face
5:55 Started laundry
6:05 Took Aleve and slapped lotion all over face.
6:15 Made soup
6:25 Started this blog

Yes - my day started off finding a DEAD DOVE in my backyard. I then stepped on a bee. And my face hurts because it is very, very red! WAAAAAH!

But Arynn arrives soon! YAY!!!!!

Stranger Than Fiction

Wow - feeling just kinda blah. I was doing okay this morning. Today is my friend Michelle's birthday. I called her this morning and we chatted for a bit. That was cool. Her son is 18 now! I couldn't believe it. Amazing how time goes by.
I was supposed to be in a workshop today from 8:00 until 12:00. However, the presenter came down with laryngitis so it was canceled. I guess it was a blessing in a way because I have been so busy lately!
Arynn comes on Saturday. She is so excited! Well, we all are. :) It will be kinda fun to have another girl in the house. Hehehe!!! My mom and cousin come in on the 18th and I am sooo looking forward to that too.
I guess the blahness comes from not getting the one position I applied for. What is frustrating is that I have not recieved any kind of reject notice. But according to the other admin, the new one starts on Tuesday. But it has not yet been announced. Oh well. Don't get me wrong, I love my current job. And my boss is getting me more involved in IT stuff, so I should be happy that I didn't get the other job. LOL I am so confused. I think it is just the lack of notification.
I watched the movie Stranger Than Fiction last night. I love that movie and have probably seen it at least a dozen times. But I noticed something that I hadn't noticed before. When Will Ferrell's character brings Maggie Gyllenhaal's character flowers - it is actually FLOURS that he brings her. LOL I never really paid attention to it until last night. So funny! To read about the movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420223/
Okay, guess I should get busy. Lots to do... ugh!