Spent Way Too Much Money . . .



Wow I have spent so much money in three days! A lot of it is stuff I wanted, but also stuff I needed. Some of the stuff I wanted were DVDs from the Blockbuster that is closing near me. I spent just over $60 and got about 10 DVDs. Got some I haven't seen yet and then some that I just love. I also went to Catherine's and bought 2 swim suits and a set of Pajamas. The swim suits were originally over a hundred dollars a piece!! Thank god everything was 40% off! So my total ended up being about $160 I think. I also went to Walmart where I got "The Glades" Season 1 and "Commando" which I found in the $5 bin. That bin is awesome! I also bought two harlequins because they were Sheik related AND I got milk for me. That was just last night.

Then we went today. I picked up "Hawaii Five-0" Season 1 which they didn't have at Best Buy. Literally they didn't have ANYTHING I was looking for! I was so irritated!! But before that I got a new bed!! It's awesome with a pillow top! I can't wait to sleep on it though I won't be able to until tomorrow night.

Anyway, back to Walmart. Not only did I get that series, I can't remember what else I got! LOL! I can't think at the moment. But I don't think I bought too much. But when I got home my mom reminded me that I needed to get new towels for the gym. I also needed better shampoo and conditioner so on our way to house/dog/cat/guinea pig sit we stopped at Walmart again!! This time we went upstairs where electronics, and I ended up with one more DVD - "Australia" for $10. Love that movie! But on the way to towels I saw pillows on sale!!! So I grabbed two of them. They were about $4 apiece. Can't beat that for BIG pillows. I figured I needed them to go with the new bed. My old pillows are flat and they suck. Then we got to the towels and Cassie found me a BIG purple towel for my body - It doesn't go all the way around, but it's good for now. Then she found me a turquoise towel for my hair. I also ended up getting Cassie the next book in the series she's reading. I also got a leopard print fleece blanket. That wasn't it though. I also got Karissa some treats, conditioner and shampoo for me and then some for Cassie. We also got hair color and I got Cassie a St. Patty's Day shirt.

Now I remember what I bought earlier in the day - a reem of printer paper, mechanical pencils for cassie AND lead for them. I got me some colored markers. My other set got screwed up. Then I got my pens that I like. I even got Cassie a flannel shirt from the clearance rack AND a beenie hat.

Needless to say I have gone to Walmart a lot for two days and spent A LOT of money!! But I did get some stuff I needed.

It was pretty cool though. When we got to Jason and Susan's Cassie trimmed my hair and colored it for me. A nice medium auburn. Then Cassie colored her own hair - BLONDE! Very blond!! It looks good. Jordan just watched TV. Now that's what I'm doing. I'm very tired though. I watched some TV myself. I watched about half of "Star Trek" the latest movie. Then I watched "Restaurant: Impossible." Now it's "Iron Chef America." But what's sad is that I'm so tired and I can't sleep. Jordan is in the same boat, but for him, the new couches Jason and Susan have isn't comfortable to him. It sucks. He's going to be tired tomorrow and so am I. I did take my meds tonight. I think I forgot them this morning. I have forgotten the morning meds more than usual lately. I need to get back on track big time.

Anyway, I guess that's is. I need to try to sleep. We'll see what happens.

Back to Red!

I'm tired so I think this might be one of my shorter entries. I'm doing a bit better today. I slept until 2:00pm still, but then my mom woke me. It was a good thing. My mom wanted to go to Costco so I got up, got dressed. I got coffee when I saw there was some for me and then we went. I wanted to stay in the car, even as hot as it was, but my mom wrote out a list just for me to get. So I went in and got what I needed to. What was really nice is while I went to the car and had someone help me get stuff situated my mom got a pizza and brought me an iced tea. It was good.

I came home for a little bit, ate pizza and did some reading of "Torment." It was getting so good I could hardly put it down. But I did to go over to Jason and Susan's for dinner and Susan was going to color my hair. Just for the record, I am a red-head again! :-) Susie made spaghetti with her GREAT sauce. Then she colored my hair. I read more of "Torment" as I waited to the point I was very close to the end. When I got home, I just couldn't help myself. I picked up the book and started reading again. I had missed most of "The Closer" so there was no point in watching the last bit. Then "Rizzoli & Isles came on so I read through commericals. After that I turned the TV to "Eureka" and finished reading the book. OMG!! I can't wait to get "Passion!" I bet it's going to be a sensational book! It was awesome! So now I'm going to finish watching "Eureka" and then I'll probably go to sleep. Tomorrow I have to write to Rick. I was going to write tonight, but I'm just too tired.

Anyway, it was a better day, I guess. And I went back to my regular dose of Paxil so I guess that is that. No more extra paxil - ever.

Guess that's it this time around! :-)

Alive and Kicking Today

I got up early today! I got up at 8:00am, took my 5-hour energy and went to the gym! Not only did I do the water aerobics, but I also swam laps for another 30 minutes after that. I stayed too long in the spa though. It drained me too much and when I took my shower, I had to sit for a bit. After that, I stopped at the store and grabbed a water. I grabbed blueberries too, which I need to put into the fridge yet. Coming home, I pulled out the computer, puttered around for a bit and did some writing. I wrote a good page or two. I'm not sure the story is really interesting yet, but I'm hoping it's going to get interesting. I've already started having her feel like she's being watched. I think the feeling is going to continue into the Rehearsal dinner and it'll be the first time she meets the human Mathias. I also need to consider if I want to do something from the killer's point of view. I'm still working out a few things there.

Anyway, so I have had my writing going. I'm tired, but not overly tired. I'm watching "Chuck," then "Being Human" and "Hawaii 5-0" then I'm going to go to sleep.

I did try a free psychic reading today asking when I would get published and if it would be successful, but she said that she was picking up a lot about finances whether I was using too much money for this or losing money on it or something and that basically the answer was no. As for me, there is no finances involved with the writing. Plus, I've had other psychics tell me yes and my cards seem to tell me yes. I also asked the same question to another psychic and we'll see if she says the same thing or not. Either way I'm going to keep writing. But I just wish I knew the future. I suppose everyone wants that. I just want to be published. I want to know that I've done it and I want it to be read and enjoyed. Of course, making a little money would be good too. I don't know. I would just like to be successful. I guess we'll see what happens.

Anyway, today has been good. Tomorrow I'm going to try the same thing again! We'll see how it works out.

And this is the beginning of the month??

Well, what can I say? The heat is still here hovering around 100 and making everyone miserable. We can't run central air because it costs too much, so we just die from heat. Fun, huh??

That's been the big bummer, but I do have other things on my mind that are also a bit more pressing. My kids' paternal grandmother - Linda - is NOT well. She broke her leg in three places a couple of months ago and has been in the hospital. That's bad enough, but she's a heafty girl, like me! Well, that doesn't work well. She can't get up, can't use the bathroom by herself. On top of that, she has pneumonia and some kind of virus so she's in isolation. Before that she was in the ICU because her kidneys shut down. Guess they were able to put that in remission somehow. Anyway, she just sounds so tired. Roger is in Nevada because that's where they were moving. He comes back to see her, I guess, but no one else really can or has. I can't. Not only is she too far away, but I don't have a car of I'd arrange a day trip!! But everytime I talk to her I get this horrible feeling that she's not going to make it . . . that just because of this stupid broken leg that she won't make it out of the hospital alive. I wish I didn't feel that way, but I do. Maybe it just reminds me too much of my dad when he was sliding downhill fast. I just wish I could do something . . . see her . . . something! I can't even afford to send flowers! Not that I know what hospital she's in. I just hate to think of her there alone.

Then as if THAT'S not enough to contend with, Greg's mother just had a major stroke today. The next 24 hours they'll know how bad. She'll either live or die. He's already a wreck. I can't even imagine what he's going to be like in and when she passes. I hope she doesn't pass away. I don't think he could handle it. I mean, it's bad enough she had a stroke. But I don't know . . . All I can do is be there and be a friend.

Some good stuff though! Cassie got her hair cut!! She got it cut short! :-) I was kind of worried, but she looks cute with the style she got. Then I got her school supplies - or most of them. I still have things to pick up yet and was going to do that shopping today until Greg's mom . . . But he said he might take us because he'll want something to get his mind off his mom for awhile. It would work, you know? His mind would be occupied by my stuff and I'd be able to get the last minute shopping done that I need to do. Then Sunday Cassie is going to get her hair colored again to this beautiful golden blonde. It's so pretty. Everyone loved the color, but her roots are showing now so it's time to redo!

Cassie also went to her school orientation Yesterday. She got her PE clothes, a lock and school planner. Plus the list of what she'd need. We got just about everything! Yay! But I think her going was a great thing. She's not afraid of going to middle school now and I think at first she was. But she met up with her friends and they had fun running all over the school - which gets her to know where what class room is where! So I think by the time Tuesday rolls around, she'll be ready! I can't believe my baby is going into Middle School! Wow . . .

Well, guess that's an update. I need to get out of this room soon or I might die of the heat. It's not as high as it was, but it's high enough. All I can say is, what a start to the month!