{Organized Chaos}

I cannot sleep!

I really need to go to bed.  I've got to get into a more normal sleep/wake pattern.  I'm looking for a job and I know that they would not be impressed with someone who can't make it into the office on time.  When I worked before I was always on time.  I can't fall asleep at night and then I want to sleep late in the morning.  I've been setting my alarm for 7:00 a.m.  But I don't wake until around 8:00 most of the time.  But then it takes me a while to get going after that.  I take my medicine when I first wake up but then I can't eat for one hour after that.  And I can't go to the gym until after I eat.  So I always think I am going to surf the 'net for that hour, then make breakfast and head out.  Well that hour of surfing almost always gets stretched into a few hours. 

I sound so irresponsible but I'm really not.  I've just gotta find whatever makes me fall asleep at night.  Does anybody have any suggestions?

Don't forget to vote!

My friend Julie is a Wild Card in this year's  Scraps Ahoy Idol contest.  Please vote for her.  She absolutely deserves this!  She's Julie S. and she needs your vote!

Thanks Asshole!

I just got a pretty crappy e-mail from someone and I'm pissed about it.  Apparently, they know my financial situation better than I do.  A while back I did blog about our money situation.  I had just found out about several things that were going to effect our financial situation and make it tight around here.  A couple of things had happened that were going to cost money too.  So I was SUPER stressed about it.  So I blogged about it.  Well I guess that person has been checking up on me.  I posted on 2P's asking people what movies they had in their Netflix or Blockbuster queues.  I just joined Blockbuster so I wanted to know what movies everyone thought were good.

So this Asshole e-mails me and tells me that I'm not managing my money correctly if I am spending $9.99 for a month's worth of movie rentals.  Also Asshole thinks that I should get a job.  So let me just lay it all out for you Asshole!  Here's where we currently stand:

• We have $62,000 in equity in a house that appraises for $120,000.
• My husband has a 2003 Dodge Ram truck that is paid for in full.
• I drive a 2000 Saturn LS1 that is paid for in full.
• My husband also has a 2001 Harley Davidson Ultra Classic that is also paid for in full.
• We contribute 10% of our salary to our retirement fund.
• We have currently paid two months in advance on our mortgage.
• During the last two years we have paid off $46,000 in debt that my husband's ex-wife ran up.
• We have bought all three of our children's birthday & Xmas presents already (and paid cash for them)
• We are current on all of our utilities and have enough in savings to cover 3 months of utilities if we should need it.
• The only outstanding debt we have is a 401k loan that is less than $1,000

Okay Asshole! is that enough for you?  No we don't have a ton of extra money.  No I'm not working right now because of some health problems and because my husband and I agreed that is what works best for us.  We are not on any public assistance like you inferred in your e-mail.  Seeing that we are not on public assistance, your tax dollars are not helping me in any way whatsoever.  I'll spend our money however I see fit and you can shut your trap!

Oh and I know you came from 2P's -- you can track that kind of stuff through typepad.  Next time keep your rude comments to yourself Creep!

Meme Challenge #9

a meme n (mëm): is an idea that is shared and passed from blog to blog, like a question posted in one blog and answered in many other blogs.


This week [Aug 29th] we are going to talk about travel. What are the places you would love to see?
10 "Places I Want to Travel To"

My husband is very well traveled and even lived in Europe for 4 years.  I haven't been very many places.  Once we get these kids of ours settled in college and pay off our debts, we are hitting the road!  I'm excited to go and hubby is excited to show me new places.  Here is my list (which probably varies from DH's list so we'll have to do some compromising):

1. London
2. Paris
3. Germany (DH lived in Berlin and he is so excited to show me around his old stomping grounds)
4. New York City
5. San Francisco
6. Disney World (again)
7. Belize
8. Alaska
9. Mount Rushmore
10. Some place in Canada

There are more places I'd like to go but these are places that I've had dreams of visiting for a long time. 

What locations are on your travel wish list?  C'mon and join the challenge!

I'm doing the art journal

My husband threw a fit.  He thinks I have too many projects going.  He thinks I don't need an art journal.  Blah . . .blah . . .blah.  I just did it.  I'm only 17 weeks late in starting.  So while everyone else has had 17 weeks of prompts sent to them to spark some creativity for their journal, I've only completed one page.  Haven't even decorated the cover of the journal yet.  So anyway, here goes:

If you would like to read the journaling, click on the image and a bigger version will appear.  Yes I ramble . . . yes it feels good.

Photoshop Brushes

I found some brushes that I love but when I installed them in Photoshop Elements 2.0, my computer told me that they were not compatible.  Does anyone know if there is a way to convert them to be compatible with my program?  I love working with brushes but I'm finding out that most of the free ones I find on the internet are not compatible with my software.  Any tips for me?

It makes me happy

As of today, I have mailed off the last payment for one of our loans.  This makes me so happy.  That is one less monthly bill we will have to pay.  As a kid I never understood why this kind of stuff would make my mom so darn happy.  As an adult I TOTALLY get it . . . .

I actually got a life!

I said in an earlier post that I needed to get a life and then BAM I got one!  Tons of stuff has been going on so I haven't even checked my e-mail in days.  I typically check my e-mail about 5 times a day so you know that means things were hopping around here.  Here is a brief run down of the last few days:

• Hubby was violently ill for two days straight.  I spent lots of time taking care of him and I am now certain that he is the best husband ever.  He doesn't whine or anything when he is sick.  Every time he asked for something he would preface his request with "if it is not too much trouble. . . . "  How can it be too much trouble?  I stay at home alone all day -- I NEED something to do on most days.



• Above-referenced illness was then passed along to me.  He is still the best husband ever but has been informed that he can keep his creepy germs to himself from now on.  I even slept on the couch for two night during his illness to avoid getting sick but it didn't work.  I got a sore back but still got sick.  Blah!  I will have to say that is the sickest I have been from a virus in my entire life. 



• My "wayward" stepdaughter came to visit.  I'll have to post more about my stepdaughter's life plan (or lack thereof) later.  She is moving BACK to El Paso, Texas and this will her 3rd change of residence in 2.5 months.  And this time she brought along a guy that she met the first time she moved 2 months ago.  Let's just just say that she is not making any points with any of her parental units!  We had a great visit nonetheless and the guy at least treats her well.  He doesn't have a life plan either though but that's a whole 'nother blog post.



• We went to see Green Day and we are both more in love with them than we were before.  THEY EFFIN' ROCKED!!  Hubby and I agreed that the concert was one of the best concerts we have ever seen.  Between the two of us, we have been to TONS of concerts so that means it was REALLY GOOD!  (can ya'll tell we had fun?! LOL)



• We had another great family photo shoot while my stepdaughter was here.  Took a few shots here at home in the garage where the lighting was great and loved those shots.  Took some more at my in laws house where the lighting was not so great but still will hold precious memories for us.



• My super-cool friend that has "connections" scored Gwen Stefani and Dave Mathews concert tickets for us!  The dude is the best friend ever and won't ever let me do anything to repay him for the tickets.  I am lucky to have such good friends that think of me!

That's the highlights folks!  Went from super bad to really great and stayed that way for several days.  Next week will be all about getting my interviewing wardrobe prepared and fine tuning my resume.  Wish me luck while I'm pounding the pavement!  Have a good week my friends! :)

August 12, 2005

I'm in the running . . .

for the most boring life ever!  The last couple of days have been the most BORING days for me.  I have tried to scrap a little but nothing is coming to me.  I have done my everyday stuff like cleaning, dishes, laundry, etc.  I have cooked dinner like a good little wifey! :) That is it!  I need a freakin' life I'm telling ya. 

I did sell  a couple of things on ebay so I had some extra money in my paypal account.  The money in my paypal account is my iTunes fund.  So if I don't sell anything then I get no new tunes.  And if you know me, no new tunes equals an unhappy Kelly.  I downloaded a Veruca Salt song and an old Doobie Brothers song.  (I know downloading the Doobies dates me so no need to e-mail me to tell me that! LOL)  I searched around on iTunes and couldn't really find anything else that I was dying to have.  So throw some music suggestions my way -- I have tons of tunes but I love hearing & getting new music.  Oh and I love all kinds of music so your suggestions don't have to be from any particular genre.

So that's it friends.  My teenager always says she is going to die of boredom.  So  I hope something really great happens in the next couple of days because I'm not ready to go yet! LOL