October=GONE!

WOWZERS!! October is OVER tomorrow! Where the hell did it go??? Oh well. That much closer to Christmas I guess!! Speaking of Christmas, I need to gather up my Christmas stuff from my brother's basement...at least I THINK it's there!! I will do that tomorrow when I go visit before my niece goes trick or treating. Wooo Haa!

Ok, so what's new? Nothin much. I redecorated by spare bedroom (goodbye purple and green flower crap, hello streamlined brown & blue!!). That cost an arm and a leg, but it's nicer than before I guess. I even found a lamp that I was ok with. I spent all weekend last weekend looking for a lamp and lo & behold I found one at Target last night! It was awesome! Let's see, what else to report on...Nothing I guess. I'm practically finished with my stained glass picture -I should be finished soldering on Monday and I'm not sure if I can mud it that night right away...I should be able to, and if I do, it will be done on Monday! I couldn't do my own design, so I was limited and I'm really not happy with how it turned out. I should have thought more about it...but oh well!! I can make another at any time. They guy that owns the shop charges a studio fee of $5 an hour and nominal charges for certain supplies/equipment, so if I come up with something amazing that I want to transfer into stained glass, I can do so on Saturdays or any weekdays I have off. We shall see if I've got the time for that. I've fused glass at Clay Your Way, a studio type ceramic and glass shop in Fargo. You can go there and paint your own ceramic stuff (they have tons of raw ceramic shapes to choose from) and they fire it for you. I made one glass plate of an autumn tree and I might make three more to reflect winter, spring, and summer. That might be cool! So I have that project waiting for me as well!

I just discovered the other day that I haven't unpacked all the way!!!!!! I still have a bunch of boxes that have various things in them yet -mostly paperwork, music (tapes/cd's), pictures. Not to mention, I have a bunch of boxes as well.

So, Christmas is coming up and I need to start making my Christmas list! :) It will be remarkably smaller this year due to my immediate family doing white elephant gifts...even my parents. AND we aren't having christmas until January, so I have lots of time for that. I already have a few things for nieces and nephews, so that's good.

I had better get going. Nothing of importance -nor controversial either- in this post, just a ramble as I relax through my weekend. Gotta go to a friend's for a Halloween get together! Fun times.

ooooooooooooooofda.

Well holy canolis! That last post was a rant, huh?? Wow. I think I've been a little crabby lately!!! LOL

So how are you, dear blog reader? Read any good books lately? Have you seen any good movies? Got a favorite band you just discovered? Well, I hope all is well! I'm well. Busy as HELL. But well enough I guess!!!

I gotta say...sometimes stuff just builds up on a person. I've been trying to leave work away from home. When I go home, I am doing "home" stuff, not work stuff. That usually means that I'm AT work until close to 6, sometimes even 8pm. Trying to find balance is difficult when you've started a new job. I have to pace myself because there are a gazillion things I want to do...however, each day is like a virtual shit storm of fires to put out -and some hotspots to watch closely so they DON'T break out in flames. I think that's the most exhausting part.

Now, I'm not complaining. In fact, I don't think right now there is anyplace I'd rather be or any other job I'd rather be doing. Yes, it would be fun to be a talent scout or someone who "discovers" new bands. It would also be super cool to be an astronaut. But, real life is real life. And my real life is pretty cool so far, I think.

Even though by Friday I am fried and feel all used up, I still like where I'm at. Even though I have to deal with sad situations, infuriating situations, appalling situations, it's still what I want to do. When I was in high school, dreaming about being "grown up" with a career and my own life, I've got to admit...it's pretty darned close to what I had always envisioned. Minus the supercool awesome & hot husband of course, with one or two kids -after, of course my husband and I were finished touring the world and built our little (big) mansion on a lake...in fact, right smack dab on my favorite spot EVER to build a house (er, I mean mansion) on lake property. Where that spot is, is my little secret. Probably only one person in the entire world knows where that is, which is another story all together.

Want to know something that bugs me? This is petty as hell. But you know how September 19th is international talk like a pirate day???? Well, the middle school apparently thinks that it is October 19th...and the whole damned school is supposedly going to be dressed up in pirate outfits. I saw some of the hats this afternoon. I don't have the heart to say, "um....you DO know that international talk like a pirate day is in September...right??". The whole building is all pumped up about it. That's annoying because they've got the date wrong. Now all these kids will look like idiots their entire life thinking that international talk like a pirate day is in October and not in September. That's outrageous! Tsk, tsk. Silly Moorhead people!!!

I could post a pirate joke....if'n I had me one. But I don't. You'll have to settle for my favorite pun picture right now. If you get it, you are SUPER ass cool. If you don't, then, don't worry, not all of us can be this cool. Here's a hint, you've got to have been listening to the radio during the early 90's and enjoy grunge music. Actually, I'm not sure that the particular band who this is in reference to is actually grunge....but they came out in that era, so I guess they are. And Lithium, the alternative-grunge-rock channel on Sirius-XM radio plays their stuff, so they've GOT to be grunge I guess (lol). Anywhooo, here you are, lovely blog reader:

A Rant Doth Boiled Upon Me...

You know, I've been thinking about this for a little over a year now. It's about the "housing crisis" or the "mortgage crisis"...

Really people. Did you really think that buying a super expensive house that you got a "great deal on a mortgage for" was a good idea??? With a bad credit score??? With little to no down payment??? With a variable interest rate???????

When you buy something on credit, you PAY THE BILL. If I bought a car that was far too expensive for me and I didn't make payments, I DO NOT GET TO KEEP THE CAR and I can't whine about it. Same with houses. Geez people. Do I blame the dealership that sold me the car???? Do I blame the lein holder that gave me the loan?????? If I blame either one of those, I'm an idiot. An idiot in so many ways.

MSN had an article today concerning just that -and I've got to say that I agree. Wallstreet's latest defense: people should have been paying their bills and this never would have happened. Even though everyone's blaming everyone else in this -wallstreet/banks/mortgage companies/the government.....WHO IS THE ONE WHO TOOK THE LOAN OUT??????

You.

Suck it up, America. If you can't afford to buy a house, DON'T. Who cares if you own your own home or if you prioritize your resources in other ways? Who cares if the only house you can afford is an itty bitty run down shack?? If you want to own something of your "own", make sure it's what you can afford. If you are this stupid, it's no wonder your kids can't pass state benchmark exams. Be smarter about buying probably the largest purchase you could ever make. If it's too good to be true...guess what? It is.

I have a difficult time having sympathy for folks who have had homes foreclosed and for construction companies who put a lot of resources into building homes people had yet to buy. How insanely silly is that?? I don't get it.

Here's a link to the MSN article

Oops, Look How Late It Is!!!

Well, here I am back once again!!! You probably thought I had died or that I had run away, or given up on technology all together. Nope. Just still livin the dream without TV, but in all other ways a "regular" person! Haha. Work has been crazy -need I say more? I need a massage (more like 3 a week right now) and seriously need to consider looking into a once or twice a month house cleaner because I'm just not wanting to spend my free time cleaning stuff.

Something interesting is that ABC's Extreme Makeover Home Edition is in Moorhead (like 6 blocks from my office) building a house for a nice family that consists of students with special needs. It's interesting to see in real life how this is accomplished. They really do build an entire house and shoot the entire show in about 7 days, if not less. And to be completely honest, I'm not inclined to volunteer or get involved. My boss is involved because of some ties to the family's charity work, but earlier in the week I decided that my job in all of this is to make sure "my kids" in the schools I'm responsible for are being taken care of and not forgotten in all the hullabaloo. Also, each teacher and staff person deserves to feel supported just like any other day. Those two things are very important to me. There's some crazy energy going on and I love it, but it's got a tendency to create a life of its own.

Right now as I type, my sister and brother in law are here visiting from Mankato. They are up to go to a cousin's wedding in town tomorrow. I'm glad to see them and spend time with them! Tomorrow will be a fun day too.

So anyway, that's a little update on my life right now. I am excited to start another stained glass class Monday night and that reminds me...I had better get my butt in gear and do some good thinking about what I want to create. I have some very good ideas...but I need to clear my head and "feel" the project. Weird and woo-woo I know, but that's how I roll. :)

You need something to make you laugh, don't you? I know I do, for God's sake!!! Ye-gads.