Random thoughts...

1. I wonder why I never really got into the X-files when it came out? I'm starting at season one and watching through (I've done that with many shows) and I'm liking it. Of course....the hair and clothes are GREAT.

2. Going to see my best friends next month! I miss them!!

3. While I enjoy the look of my lip piercing, I can't quit chewing on it, despite getting the smallest hoop or using a post. I may take it out tomorrow, for just the day.

4. I have two zits on the inside edge of my nose. Most painful thing ever.

5. Joined a weight-loss challenge today at the college. Four of us - starts March 1. Guess I'm going to have to break out the Wii fit again! :/

6. My daughter got BEAUTIFUL roses for Valentine's day. I'm a little jealous - but then i remember - they die. Waste of money.

7. I have three cats - and I'm allergic. I need to get rid of two of them - the third one I love too much.

8. I got new shoes this weekend - two pairs, actually. I'm not a 'shoe person', but I have to admit....I like how I feel in new shoes.

9. I don't understand why people are obsessed with watching the Olympics. Maybe that's b/c I've never been a 'sports person', but I don't get it.

10. There wasn't a new episode of Criminal Minds tonight, and I felt completely lost without it. :/

I guess that's it....the other stuff on my mind, I'm not blogging about. My MOM reads this!!! LOL Carry on and be safe!

~ Misty

10 things that really make me HAPPY.

I said I'd do this....I'm in a MUCH better mood today, so here goes....

1. My NKOTB DVD has been shipped....should be here in a day or two. CAN'T WAIT! :)

2. My mom sold her house...closing is Friday. (actually, I'm not really sure how this makes me feel - it's been ours for 31 years) BUT - my mom is happy, and that makes ME happy.

3. I'm eating chocolate chip cookie dough. Yummmy....mmmm....

4. My bills are all paid. FINALLY - I'm caught up, and that makes me happy.

5. My puppies are getting their hair cut today - and then they will be pretty, and smell good, and I can get puppy luvins'.

6. When Kent takes Rogan to school at noon, NO KIDS until 3:00pm. :)

7. I'm going to KC for Spring break - and I'll get to see all my best friends that live far away. WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!!

8. I received over 400 Valentines on farmville. I felt the love....:)

9. Kent's making dinner tonight. That ROCKS.

10. Did I mention that my NKOTB DVD is on it's way? Cuz that REALLY makes me happy!

Carry on and be safe!

~ Misty

10 things (or more) that really TICK ME OFF.

1. People who think that 'being nice to your face' and 'backstabbing you when you turn around' is what makes a Christian.

2. People who bring up random 'carp' in class that has NOTHING to do with the subject at hand. Really? Tanning = racism?? Mail-order-brides = ??? um....yeah - I can't even IMAGINE where that came from in the discussion we were having.

3. People who don't text back.

4. My kids not picking up their JUNK and putting it away. They didn't used to be pigs.....not sure how it got this bad.

5. People who think that everyone in the world is reading topix, and they care about what it says about you. QUIT bringing it up in every class - this is just showing everyone that you are an attention whore.

6. Falling asleep and missing the visit with my friend that I was looking forward to. My fault....but it still ticks me off.

7. Being the 'bad cop' at home. COME ON - I made a decision - please help me enforce it. If you don't agree, let's talk after they are in bed, and compromise about it then - not in front of them. I'm tired of being the wicked witch.

8. My iphone screen is still foggy. I don't wanna pay to fix it. It was like this when I got it....and I'm tired of dealing with them.

9. I"m really, REALLY ticked off that all my friends moved away. :( more SAD than ticked....but seriously - what's the deal? I know, I know....it was all for the RIGHT reasons, but I don't have to like it.

10. Being in pain. Always, always....in pain.

Alright - my blood is boiling.....later I'll post 10 things that make me HAPPY. Carry on and be safe!

~ Misty

The week in review...

...late again. LOL - Most of my classes were cancelled last week, so I didn't have much to write about; however, I do now! :)

Soooo.....Monday and Tuesday classes were cancelled. Wednesday I had 'workforce issues' and we went to class (this is with the 'first-time-teacher') and went over our chapter. She gave us our questions at the beginning of class, and then informed us that there were a couple questions that had two different answers (I found them, and wrote the page numbers last week) and that the key she was going by was wrong. SO - she doesn't think these questions will really help us, but is going to let us do them anyway. *puzzled look* THEN - we watched "Liar Liar" with Jim Carey. Well, THEY watched it - I went home. This chapter was dealing with ethics in the workplace, so I get the connection - but....nah, would rather be at home.

Thursday was "Positive Psychology". *sigh* We had two great presentations - they set the bar HIGH for those of us who follow.....I hope I do as well! Part of this chapter was concerned with relationships, and how other people affect our moods, and our health. Our 'reaction paper' (where we write at the end of the class) was about that - "Do you agree or disagree that relationships with people affect our health - why or why not - use personal examples from your own life". Whew....wrong topic for me - especially given who the teacher is. Now remember me mentioning that this professor's daughter is the one who fired me from my last job? WELL - He is also a Deacon from that church. And if you have read my blog for very long, you know how that job affected my health, and my life. I wrote a VERY honest response - and I'm curious now as to how he is going to treat me next week. :/ I'm positive that the people who attend that church don't even think about how I was completely 'shunned' when I lost my job - except those who are doing it on purpose. I just hope it was an eye-opener. I'm not the first employee who has been treated this way, and I'm sure I won't be the last. And I'm DEFINITELY not the first church member treated this way. The saddest part is that I just have no need for church anymore. None. I love God, and I want to follow his word, and live a good life - but I don't ever see me being part of a congregation ever again. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice....shame on ME.

So - Valentine's Day was this last weekend. Yeah...we haven't celebrated V-day since we met in 1995...well, we met December 23, 1994...and I had Nanny make a "Death by Chocolate" cake for us for V-day. Of course, I used that as an excuse to get Nanny's cake!!! I didn't give two hoots about the holiday! SO - for V-day this year - I ordered NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK'S new DVD set for myself....Kent got...um....yeah - nothing. We took the kids to Barnes & Noble, and they each got to pick out several books. The fact that my kids choose BOOKS over anything else for a present - makes me PROUD. And they are GOOD books! I usually get my mom carnations - but didn't find any this year - so I got her a snickers bar. Which, really, is WAY better than flowers!!! RIGHT??

I've been doing a lot of research about fibromyalgia lately - this is what I'm sure I have. The doc thinks maybe so (she put me on all the meds for it) and I've decided I'm going to educate my readers about it. No one really 'gets it' unless they know someone with it. My pain is usually in my lower back and hips...I think it stems from wrecking the van when I was preggo with Rogan, and then I fell down the stairs three times in the next year, crackin' my butt bone. That coupled with the enormous stress I was under working for Mr. 'I'mbetterthanyou'. Some days my neck and shoulders just HURT. And the top of my check into my neck. Occasionally my knees hurt - but my arms....oh man, my arms are KILLING me today. It hurts to lift them. And it's a pain you can't really describe. It's just THERE. I'm posting a link to the mayoclinic....read all about it. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/fibromyalgia/DS00079

Alright....Gonna try to get some energy together to vacuum. I'm thinking I can't, so I'll end up playing on farmville, and eventually finishing my homework that is due tonight. Stay safe and carry on!

~ Misty

People are Crazy.

So I've been trying to come up with a 'topic' to blog about....not many things happening this week that is fun, or entertaining...EXCEPT - every morning this week I've awoken (awakened?) to my eyes swollen, rash on my face, sneezing, etc. Finally went to the doc this morning, as my eyebrow piercing had embedded in the swelling, and we had to dig it out - it's now infected. Thanks Mr. Allergy man. :/ SO - a healthy dose of steroids, benedryl, and antibiotics - and I'm feeling much better.

Then, as I sit and worry about paying for the doctor (I knew I had to be SEEN - they won't just give you meds!) I posted on facebook. What do I get? Smart @ss comments. Or, commenT. Seriously - if I didn't want to see when or how often someone posted, I'd remove them from my feed. Why do YOU care when, or for how long I'm online? For the record - my computer is in the dining room - which is smack-dab (yes, I think that's a real word) in the middle of my house. Centrally located to keep tabs on my kids while THEY are online - they each have an hour of 'play time' and I'm a hyper-vigilant monitor of internet use. My homepage is Facebook. If I see someone has responded to a post, and I'm not busy - I'll stop and check it. Some days I just don't have time to play, but most days I keep my sanity by being a part of my 780some friends' lives. Don't like seeing me there - GO AWAY.

Speaking of which - I can totally see why they think I'm always on there - farmville started with the "Valentines" thing this week. It's like an obsession to be the first to click for a 'bonus' or 'collectible' or 'Valentine" or best of all - "A Valentine PRIZE". And besides - I've gotten 188 Valentines so far. I feel the love! And who doesn't want free love man!!??

When I left class tonight (early - and I'll explain in my end-of-the-week blog) my windows were frosted over. No biggie - started the van, kicked up the heat and defrost buttons....and realized it was INSIDE the van. I had to scrape ice from the INSIDE of my van. NONE on the outside - only the inside. Weird. Couldn't even tell Kent about it when I got home, b/c everyone except the daughter child was asleep!

I think tomorrow, I'm going to stay after class and write the paper and get an article for my class from tonight. Then I'll be done with all the work in THIS class and can start on my Positive Psych paper. Good plan. We'll see how the benedryl is making me feel...

Starting to worry that no one is reading my ramblings....if you are reading, post something to me! If I get enough readers, I'm going to figure out that whole "get paid to blog" thing I've heard about.

OH - and it's Valentine's Day this weekend. WOOHOO!!! YIPPEE SKIPPEE!!!! Oh, wait, I'm not a high school girl anymore.....I haven't celebrated Valentine's day since I met Kent. 15 years ago. I always get the kids something - but we've never found a good enough reason to waste money on flowers that will die, chocolate that.....wait - CHOCOLATE IS NEVER A WASTE.....stuffed animals that take up space, or any of the other gooey-schmooey carp you can get for a loved one. I have more jewelry than I can wear at one time, and Kent's just not a lovey-dovey kinda guy. I did tell him though - he's buying me NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK's new DVD set this year. He asked today if I had received it yet, or should he intercept the mail and wrap it. I told him to bite me. See - what a day for lovers....*rolleyes*

I guess the kiddos will be heading back to school tomorrow. This is a great thing, as we were all going crazy cooped up here for 4...5? days. We all got a break the other night - they stayed at Grandma's house (well, 2 of them did) and it was soooo quiet here! I'm sure I can't say the same for my mother's house....*giggle*

Getting the tax return this week. Looks like the bills WILL be paid off, and then new clothes for the kiddos! Won't be lookin' like orphans anymore! This is a good thing. I think I may even get a pair of shoes....I haven't had new shoes....well....I can't remember how long ago. That's sad. WAIT! Maybe I'll splurge and get a PURSE too. I'm sooooo NOT a shopper. I'd still be wearing stone-washed jeans (with rolled legs) and sweatshirts if I could get away with it! Oh, wait....that's pretty much my wardrobe now - minus the rolled leg jeans.

So, I've blogged enough tonight. I feel accomplished. Gonna go crash. (translated = the benedryl is kicking my tush) Stay safe, and carry on!

~ Misty

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