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I think I am one of the few people who isn’t overly upset about the change. Yes the change means I fork over more money than I currently have, but as far as entertainment value goes, it is still the cheapest of our diversions.

We were getting 1 DVD at a time (down from 3 ( Read more... )

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I know I am not the greatest of parents when it comes to the TV. Yes I let my kids watch it without much limitations. No they can’t watch whatever they want. They are regulated to Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, PBS kids and possibly Cartoon Network. But mostly they watch ( Read more... )

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The people who do NaNoWriMo in November are doing one in July AND August. I’m gonna shoot for July and maybe August to write one of the stories stuck in my head. You can see my progress to the right here on my journal. First day I’m above the minimum balance needed to hit ( Read more... )

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Kathleen has been having some pretty good nightmares over the past few days/weeks.

She was laying next to me just a few minutes ago on the floor. She yelled Mommy like she was lost or scared or something and woke herself up. It seems she dreamt we’d left Sammi somewhere.

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The girls have been watching Speed Racer: The Next Generation for the past few days, Shea and I had finished the series a few days ago but the girls have watched it from start to finish again. And that got me thinking about being a kid and the cartoons we watched.

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My interview yesterday went well despite the power outage. A storm hit as my appointment time drew near and I was sitting in the HR office the power went out. The hiring manager had to hike up 7 flights of stairs to interview me. He apologized for being out of wind. I ( Read more... )

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Good News! Finally! The girls and I went to the park today, and while we were there I got a phone call. It was HR at TeleVox a company in Mobile, that focuses on medical and dental practices. I have interviewed with them before I had kids - over 5 years ago.

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I’m not taking a class and I might if I can get through an hour of it on my on with the DVD. But I am very much liking Zumba. It’s fun, not overly complicated and this is really the first time that I’ve felt good after working out. My knees are my week point they get weak ( Read more... )

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I am doing the whole “diet” thing again. Not so much as dieting, we don’t have a horrid diet, I make nearly everything we have and ground turkey and chicken are our staples more than anything else. Yes it’s not the greatest and it’s not always lean but it’s the best I can ( Read more... )

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Yes more about my Memorial Day Dinner. I have not cooked chicken in a VERY long time on the grill. Why? Because it takes so long and I’m always worried about underdone chicken. I hate having to microwave it. But today I decided because it was Memorial Day and I was ( Read more... )