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Monday, 05 October 2009
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The Prince and Me (Full Screen Edition)
By Julia Stiles, Luke Mably, Miranda Richardson, Ben Miller, James Fox
see relatedGot a call today...
Got a call today. Was from consumer lending company. They got my resume from Workforce Oklahoma is all I can figure. Talked to two people from there today and they are faxing my resume to the manager here in Tahlequah and I am supposed to call them tomorrow. Hopefully things are looking up in the job search. I know that I have only technically been at it for a couple of days, but I am not really that patient and I have got rent and other bills to pay. So would be wonderful if I found something pretty immediately. Keep me in your thought and prayers for this and so much more.
Got a check in the mail today as well. For .50 cents!!! It cracks me up all over the place. I just laughed and laughed!!! It is from Wilburton Public Works. I had a bill from them already at the end of last week and what they did was deduct that amount from the deposit that I paid when I moved into the house down there in Wilburton 4 yrs ago and they sent me the difference...a whole .50 cents!!!!! LOL LOL LOL!!!
Will save it for a rainy day...hahahahahaha. Especially because my bank is in Wilburton and I am not paying someone here to cash a .50 check...hehehehehe!!!It just tickles my funny bone!!!
Well, better get to the house and get ready for bed. Been staying up late and getting up late (could it be that Ren and Kevin had an effect on me while I lived next door to them for 4 yrs?!?!?lol...just kidding) Is nice to not have to go to bed at an earlier time so I can get up and drive 2 hours on Mondays and Wednesdays. Now I get to cuddle with my puppies longer...or they get to trample me more...depends on the day. We cuddled this morning and then I went home at 4 to eat a sandwich and then dogs (after the food was gone of course, went beserko and ran back and forth from the bedroom to the living room and back into the bedroom jumping on and off the bed...it was great. Though I had to cover my legs with the blankets and cover my head!!! They had a great time and after that they cuddled with me some more. They are loving the new house. No gate!!!!! They are allowed all over the place. But, I would like Iris to stay out of the kitchen when I am in there...she always seems to be right behind me...Buttercup sits on the carpet just out of the kithcen and watches until I open the fridge then she is right there!!!! Goofy dogs. Gotta love them.
Kevin brought over a chair before I moved and we ( and I mean all three of us) sit in it and watch movies. But, when I am not in it one of the dogs is!!! I could not find Iris last night and I finally looked in the chair...there she was asleep...booger...comfy as can be and me freaking out thinking she got out someway somehow and I didn't notice before!!!! Geeze. Now I know to look there. Thank goodness.
Okay, now I really am heading to the house and getting ready for bed...everyone have a great one and I will keep you up to date on all that is happening in my oh so eventful life!!!! lol
Helen
Friday, 02 October 2009
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Rock What You Got
By Superchic(k)
One More
see relatedIt is DONE (sorta)...
I am soooo tired of moving....there is the physical cost, the emotional, & the monetary cost. All take a big toll on a person. I hate that toll. I hurt like nothing else. It is like someone has taken a stick and beaten me. I am broke. It cost a little over $1400 to move up here and I have $5 left to buy the dogs some food. Put $10 in the car of gas. Have foodstamps so food is not a problem. Emotionally, it has been the week from hades!!!! Not only was I packing and cleaning a two bedroom house almost all alone, but I was finding pictures of Jenni and cards that she made me telling me how much she loved me and how awesome I was. I found one that was made the month before she pulled her stuff she did and I sent her to live in Minnesota. Almost gave up on the house and belongings and just put the dogs in the car and started driving. Didn't care where, just was wanting to get away from all of it.
I persevered and got it all done though. Didn't clean the carpets because they were going to be torn out anyway. Scrubbed the kitchen and bathroom floors, but the baseboards in the bathroom will need to be partially replaced. Black mold behind where I had the plastic cabinet things. They said they were going to paint as well, so didn't wash down the walls either. Nancy was upset and I can see why if they were not tearing out the carpets and painting, but they were and the rest of it was clean. but not according to her. I started to get upset, but decided that I wasn't going to let it get to me. I did vaccum and I did clean as well as leaving my stove (which did need a heating element in the oven, but otherwise was almost like new) which cost me just under $400 in Dec 2006. No it wasn't perfect, but was certainly better than when I started. Am glad to be on the "new" house now. Time for a fresh start.
Looking for a job here in Tahlequah and also looking for a roommate. Have applied at Wal-mart, Arby's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Traditions Home Health Care, Country Style Home Health Care, Continental Loan and Tax Service, and I have updated my info at Workforce Oklahoma. Will go back there on Tuesday to do an in depth job search. Will get a paper on Sunday as well if I can dig up the buck or buck and a half it costs...lol.
It is either laugh or cry at this time. I am very stressed, but trying to really be positive.
Everyone have a great evening. I need to get to Wal-mart and buy food for me and food for the pups. Will keep you updated!
Helen
Friday, 25 September 2009
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Breathe
By Faith Hill
see relatedStill plugging along...
Still just plugging along in the house in Wilburville!!! Have gotten a lot done. took a break today to go eat a free hamburger. Grateful I got there when I did. They ran out about 3 or 4 people after me!!! Whew!!!! Good burger and I had a soda with it (bad me), was very good!!!!
Came to EOSC to get on-line and take a quiz and finish an assignment for my principles of management class. Got 17 out of 15 on my quiz (extra credit included there) so am pretty happy about that. Have an A going in that class so far and very happy about that. Got to keep the GPA up and all that good jazz.
Need to get back to the house and get back in the groove again though!!! Ewwwww....but once I am in the groove I get a lot done. Still don't know if I will be out of there by the 1st of October though. Trying to be. May be at it late tonight. Trying to not get sick again and going to bed late is not a good thing for me!!!! Well, I am off and running back to the house. Already called the city of Wilburton and told them I have a pile of trash out there and there will be a few BIG items out there as well by Sunday morning (including but not limited to: couch, small dresser, refridgerator, possibly a twin mattress and boxspring). My full size bed is a little dirty and tore in a couple of spots, but still in decent enough shape, so bought a cover for it. Have it tore apart and ready to go. So, better get a move on and get there and get in that groove I spoke about earlier!!!!
Have a great day/afternoon/evening...whatever time of day it is!!!!
Helen
Wednesday, 23 September 2009
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Tired and wondering.....
I have been trying to get through the house in Wilburton and making a dent there, but the mold is killing me!!! I spent the night there last night and I woke up at 3:30 this morning with stuffed sinuses and my ear hurting again. So sick of being sick. Was getting better when I was up here in Tahlequah last week, now almost back to where I was when I went to Student Health Services last Thursday!!
Need to get that couch out of there ASAP. The thing seems to attract mildew. Need to try to do that tomorrow before I go to work. Need to make sure my bed is cleared off and clean sheets on it though. That way I have somewhere to sleep. Though I could bring the air mattress down there and sleep on it. That is an idea and then I can take the bed apart and get rid of the headboard, footboard, and rails. I am going to keep the hollywood frame that the twin bed is on and use it for the full size (as it accomodates both sizes). I have a couple of sheet sets that have not been ruined so am set that way.
Am throwing a lot of stuff away rather than wash and deal with it and that may seem like waste to some, but to me it is a time management thing. I don't have the time to be washing a bunch of stuff that I have not even seen in over a year and since I haven't even seen it in over a year I guess that means that I don't really need it. So that is my way of thinking. This has the benefit of helping me get rid of stuff I just don't need, too!!!
Well, better get back to the house and empty the totes I brought up on this trip and feed the pups before I go to bed. Want to get up early and shower before I head down there to enter the moldy mess again.....*sigh*.
Everyone have a great night and will keep you posted on me!!!!
Helen
Saturday, 19 September 2009
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Skunk Sighting = Aborted Potty Run
Was out with the pups (of course) this morning for the first potty run of the day and all was well until I looked up and saw a BIG, HUGE, black and white critter cruising across the yards coming towards mine. Now it wasn't so bad because I have a long narrow back yard and it was at the far end, so we watched. Then after it crossed the yard it changed direction at the fence on the far side of my yard and started to come towards us in it's waddling little gait (kinda cute, actually), so the pups and I rapidly, not running, just fast walking, went to the front of the house and went in. I went to the kitchen window and saw it pass by and then lost sight of it. I bet this thing was as big as Ren and Kevins two cats put together and add one of them again. It had one broad white stripe running down it's back and I was not waiting for it to see us. The stinking (and I mean literally and figuratively) things can move like lightning and I wasn't taking any chances.
So, even though Butter had not done her little potty thing yet, we went in. She just had to wait till after my shower to go poop and pee. Course, putting her in the kennel while I was in the shower helped her not go in the house. What a good little doggie!!!! LOL
Anyway, I have come to realize that while it is a great thing to move up here to Tahlequah, I am going to have to put up with some REALLY stinky neighbors......Sorry Fitz family these ones have you beat!!!!
Everyone have a great day and will post more later....may be more on the skunk sagas!!!!!
Helen
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I am a single mom raising a teenage girl in southeastern Oklahoma. I was working full time at Franklin Electric. Now, I am going to college full time and working part-time at the deli in Roy's Grocery Store to pay the bills. I used to homeschool my daughter, which was a challenge, but now she is back in public school as our schedule is too hectic to make sure we do it right. Now I will just be all over the teachers at the high school here in town!! We have two dogs, Iris, a Wire Fox Terrorist (terrier), Buttercup, a terrier mix(rat terrier/min pin). All three of them are a hoot. The daughter and the dogs. I use words like hoot because I am originally from Minnesota and moved to Oklahoma from Colorado in 2005. I was a nanny in both of those states, as well as in California(when I was younger). Well that is me: teenager, college, dogs, and work. Busy, busy, busy.
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