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Saints are going to the Super Bowl, w00t! I've watched just about every game this season. I will admit that I'm a johnny-come-lately fan of the Saints, but I did fan them from the very first game this season and onward. I guess I just got lucky as to which season I decided to try and do the football thing. What helped was being able to go to the Dome to see a game /live/! It was truly awesome and from that moment on, I was hooked.
Victoria and I are headed to Cincinnati for Mardi Gras. Actually, we're headed there for medical reasons, it just so happens to be over the Mardi Gras holidays, so she doesn't have to miss school. Thank goodness. This time, we're doing appointments that have to do with her urological issues. Why can't the doctors all coordinate their times? It seems that no matter what, we can't see all of them in one visit. Oh well, c'est la vie.
Natasha is going to North Carolina for the Mardi Gras holidays. She's going to spend the whole week up there. Hopefully, we can get her bed built while she's gone. We're going to use some of the cabinets that are in the (soon to be torn down) garage conversion, and build it up so it has storage, etc. If it works as well in reality as it does in my head, I think it will be pretty cool. :)
Natasha's also driving now, legally. She finally got her driver's license. She got the blue Versa hatchback and a new radio in it, so she's stylin'. It's been nice to have her available to run to the store, etc.
I wish I could help Stasia out on her car, but things are just so tight right now. I'm hoping she can get it running enough to get a job, and then once she gets the job, she can get a new car under some uber-1337 financing program.
Our finances suck right now. Applied for a home equity loan and we were turned down. Something about derogatory entries on our credit report. I have a feeling that we have some unpaid medical bills that have been reported. I'm just so overwhelmed by them all, and I do admit that I keep putting off facing that huge monster. I just don't have the time or energy to do it. I keep trying to sort them out, but they just keep coming in. Maybe one day.
Stasia and Sam are getting married! That's such good news! Given the financial situation, we're having quite a tight budget on it, but it's not so much the pomp and circumstance as the actual joining of the two, right? Still, I want her to have a nice wedding to remember. Mom sent her wedding dress down, and we're going to see if Stasia can fit in it. That would be so cool, for her to wear her grandmother's wedding gown. I'm hoping to be able to go to Baton Rouge today and go with them on the tour/tasting of one of the places that they're looking at for the ceremony/reception. Hoo-rah!
My job is still going. My boss has showed up MAYBE four days this month. That doesn't count all the days she wasn't there from about Halloween on last year. Most days she doesn't even call. I'd like to think it's because she has such confidence in my ability to run things without her, but I don't think that's it. But it's a job that pays well enough, so I won't be looking a gift horse in the mouth.
Moved the fish tank into the home office. No pescoral fatalities on the move, so in about a week, I might hunt down some cheap fish to add to it. It's nice having it to glance over and watch the little (and big) fishes swimming around. I do like fish tanks a lot.
I think that's it on the updates. I'm sure I've left stuff out, but hey, there's a lot of stuff to remember for the first post of the year (pretty sure it is...I think). Anyway, take care kiddos, and I'll chat with you all later!
Victoria and I are headed to Cincinnati for Mardi Gras. Actually, we're headed there for medical reasons, it just so happens to be over the Mardi Gras holidays, so she doesn't have to miss school. Thank goodness. This time, we're doing appointments that have to do with her urological issues. Why can't the doctors all coordinate their times? It seems that no matter what, we can't see all of them in one visit. Oh well, c'est la vie.
Natasha is going to North Carolina for the Mardi Gras holidays. She's going to spend the whole week up there. Hopefully, we can get her bed built while she's gone. We're going to use some of the cabinets that are in the (soon to be torn down) garage conversion, and build it up so it has storage, etc. If it works as well in reality as it does in my head, I think it will be pretty cool. :)
Natasha's also driving now, legally. She finally got her driver's license. She got the blue Versa hatchback and a new radio in it, so she's stylin'. It's been nice to have her available to run to the store, etc.
I wish I could help Stasia out on her car, but things are just so tight right now. I'm hoping she can get it running enough to get a job, and then once she gets the job, she can get a new car under some uber-1337 financing program.
Our finances suck right now. Applied for a home equity loan and we were turned down. Something about derogatory entries on our credit report. I have a feeling that we have some unpaid medical bills that have been reported. I'm just so overwhelmed by them all, and I do admit that I keep putting off facing that huge monster. I just don't have the time or energy to do it. I keep trying to sort them out, but they just keep coming in. Maybe one day.
Stasia and Sam are getting married! That's such good news! Given the financial situation, we're having quite a tight budget on it, but it's not so much the pomp and circumstance as the actual joining of the two, right? Still, I want her to have a nice wedding to remember. Mom sent her wedding dress down, and we're going to see if Stasia can fit in it. That would be so cool, for her to wear her grandmother's wedding gown. I'm hoping to be able to go to Baton Rouge today and go with them on the tour/tasting of one of the places that they're looking at for the ceremony/reception. Hoo-rah!
My job is still going. My boss has showed up MAYBE four days this month. That doesn't count all the days she wasn't there from about Halloween on last year. Most days she doesn't even call. I'd like to think it's because she has such confidence in my ability to run things without her, but I don't think that's it. But it's a job that pays well enough, so I won't be looking a gift horse in the mouth.
Moved the fish tank into the home office. No pescoral fatalities on the move, so in about a week, I might hunt down some cheap fish to add to it. It's nice having it to glance over and watch the little (and big) fishes swimming around. I do like fish tanks a lot.
I think that's it on the updates. I'm sure I've left stuff out, but hey, there's a lot of stuff to remember for the first post of the year (pretty sure it is...I think). Anyway, take care kiddos, and I'll chat with you all later!