Monday, November 12, 2007

6 months

Man! Time does fly! Let's see what's new...since my last post in early May...hmm...I graduated...I studied for the bar exam...I failed the bar exam...and am studying for the bar exam again...see you didn't miss much! LOL! We've been to Funroe several times lately, and it appears will be several more before the year's out...I've enjoyed traveling...but shock of all shocks...I'm ready to stay home! So, this weekend, we're going to stay home...and then next weekend is Thanksgiving, so hopefully we'll be traveling that weekend (still on hold with work though on those plans...)...then back to hunting in Funroe for the hubby... I'm taking this weekend to clean my house some, and get a little value out of the mortgage payment this month! LOL! One family of my friends are moving to this area, so I'm excited about that...and he will be staying with us starting next week until their house sells...need to make some room for him!

Ok - I see why I haven't posted...I have nothing to say apparently! LOL! I probably would have had more to say along the way over the last HALF OF A YEAR that I haven't posted...but oh well! Work has blocked Blogger, so I can't post from there, and I'm not at school anymore (which is when I did a lot of my posting!)...so it makes it more challenging! I saw where you can e-mail your posts in, so I'm going to see about maybe doing that...so be watching to see if I keep up any better...no promises though! LOL!

Ok - time for me to go to bed - I'm tired! (I'm only still up cause I was waiting for the pumpkin to finish cooking (not cooking for Thanksgiving, just so the pumpkin won't go bad, and I"ll have it for pumpkin bread!), and it finished, and has been pureed and is in ziplock baggies, so nothing keeping me up but you - go to bed! LOL

g'night for now...

Monday, May 07, 2007

zoom zoom....

wow - I didn't publish at ALL in April! it was a busy month too!





oh well - look what May has brought along....



woo hoo!! :-)

and on the inside...
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(and for those who might wonder - the papers are the bills I mailed this afternoon - right now there's NOTHING in the car except my badge for work!)

It's a 2007 Hyundai Sonata
V6
"Dark Cherry Red"
tan interior

it's PRETTY!!! :-)

ok - gotta go study - final tomorrow - please pray for me!

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

SPRING BREAK!!

So...made it to spring break! woo hoo! I've been extremely stressed as of late...can't imagine why?!? *sigh* Buy hey...I've got 52 days till graduation...and only 17 days of classes!!! I was stressing the other day and my sweet wonderful husband reminded me the only thing I HAVE to do is graduate...I can take the bar exam next year if I want...it was a really sweet offer! And cut the stress a little knowing he won't hate me or be disappointed etc! Granted I'm still gonna take the bar this July...it's like I told him, I'm pretty sure the stress will be the same this summer of if I put it off till next! so might as well get it over with! By the time I take the bar exam, I'll have a whopping 2 days of vacation time left! (assuming I stay at the current job - which I can only plan in my current little box I live in!)...since I like to take off for finals, and one of the reviews is during the day, and the bar exam is during the day....*sigh*!

This past weekend we went to NC to visit my bro & SIL! Had a GREAT time with them! The further we got away from here the more the tension eased...I didn't bring the first school related thing with me, so I could actually relax! (remember I'll only have 2 days after the bar exam for the rest of the year - so this was basically my vacation for the year!)...Friday night was the best night's sleep I've had in a while!!! Sunday night/Monday AM woke up with a stomach bug (2AMish)...and didn't really sleep much after that...by the time I got up Monday to get in the truck...I was empty...if ya get my drift...the ride back was awful!!! Granted my sweet wonderful husband was fantastic!!! He's so good to me!

Upcoming plans: This coming weekend we're going to see the parental units! The following Tuesday I go get my mouthpiece to help with my TMJ issues!! The next weekend we'll actually be home... The next weekend a girl-friend(class-mate) & I are going to take a "de-stress" weekend (really just an overnight outta town)...to get our hair done, a massage, possibly a manicure...just whatever we want...then have a wedding to go to that Saturday evening, so we have to be back in time for that...

On the to-do list...still have to finish filling out the Bar Ap...got the fingerprinting done...got the letters of recommendation in - THANKS! (you know who you are!)...so might can get that finished tonight(it's THIRTEEN pages!!) and sent off tomorrow...well have to go get the big fat cashiers check to submit tomorrow, and THEN can send it off...which will still be FOUR days before the deadline!! Woo hoo! I'm really trying to not show up the day it's due in the office it's due to turn it in! *sigh*! Still gotta get out announcements (they came in this past week)...and find a place for the graduation gathering...(I think the friend I'm doing that with has someone trying to find a place, but need to follow up)...Need to sign up and pay for the "other" Bar review course...by the 2oth...3 Final exams and then graduation! I think that's it...list is shrinking some!

Better get off here...time to head to the house!
Later!

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

still alive

Well...it seems I've lost what few readers I actually had...how sad!...maybe now I can talk about everyone!? ;-) made ya look!

I've got a few things marked off my list...but it's still a long list! I finished the MPRE....the ethics part of the bar...that was Saturday...I'll get my results in 4-6 weeks...I've asked some people to write my letters of recommendation for my bar application...I've ordered my graduation costume, announcements, etc...got Termite damage repaired...

Still to do...finish bar application...actually get the letters of recommendation...get fingerprinted...send it all off...pay for barbri etc...pay for PMBR (if I decide to do it...I've heard so many thoughts on the value of it, so I haven't decided)...finish the semester...finals...will have to mail announcements when they come in...

This weekend is to get the house back together (have ignored the mess to study for MPRE)...next weekend is off to NC to see bro & SIL!...then a week of spring break...then going to see the parental units...then back to the grind...finish the last 4 weeks of school...finals...etc

I feel like I'm missing something I was gonna write about....but now that I have the screen open and am typing, I can't remember what I was gonna say!

Maybe I'll write another post in my next class (2 posts for the price of 1!)...since this class is about over...(but no promises!)

Laters!
If I actually know you personally...know that I'm missing you like CRAZY! If I don't know you and you're reading this...I don't know you...what do you expect...I can't miss ya if I don't know you! :-) But thanks for reading!

Leave comments...let me know what's going on in your lives!

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

slow this ride down please!!!!

This ride is going too fast...I'd like for it to slow down a bit...or let me go get on a different one!!

I've wanted to post for almost 2 weeks now, and haven't been able to take a few minutes to do it!

I'm in class today at work...and while it's interesting, and I'm learning a good bit...it's slow...so I figure I'll have this up in the background, and maybe by the end of class I can have a post finished...

So what's happened in the last 2 weeks....

Let's see...there's the obvious...school...and work...

The surprise sent to work by my sweet wonderful husband was a half dozen long stemmed red roses! He's so sweet! That night I skipped class, and a girlfriend of mine, and my sweet wonderful husband, and I all went to eat at Crazy Hibachi...it was yummy! We had done Valentine's Day on Friday when we went out to eat and went to My Fair Lady...so this was just birthday, so I was able to convince my friend to go too! Oh that morning went to the dentist for a cleaning...no cavities! woo hoo!

Woke up the morning of the 15th with a migraine - fun fun! Took drugs and was able to go to work...was tired from the meds, but was able to tolerate being out...later that morning went to the orthodontist! Why you might ask...I'm tired of my jaw clicking/popping...my supervisor told me about her getting braces to stop her TMJ issues. The orthodontist said he doesn't think what I've been told my whole life is "tension headaches" and "migraines" are actually tension headaches and migraines...he thinks they are all a result of my jaw being out of alignment...some of it makes sense...but I'm not 100% convinced...we'll see... The treatment consists of putting a gadget in the top of my mouth and in the bottom of my mouth for 6 months...which should stop the popping...then they do braces, to fix the teeth, so the alignment will stay correct and popping won't come back...we talked about the possibility of us moving...and he said he'll get me through the first phase, and if we move around the time of phase 2, then he'll recommend me to someone wherever we move too...I was very impressed with the guy overall...he looked at my bite, and was able to tell me which side I sleep on...that I sleep with my mouth open etc...(gave him a lot more credibility to me!)... Right now we're waiting to see what insurance will cover...I know what dental will cover...we're waiting to see what/if medical will cover...(I've called on my own, and know the answer, but I'm trying to get the insurance chick to call me back!)...

(I think the teacher of the class just saw that I was working on this instead of the databases...oops)...

Anyway...as soon as I hear back from the insurance chick at the office...I'll make my appointment for the "splints" (the 2 mouth pieces)...While I'm not looking forward to wearing the splints...I'm looking forward to my jaw no longer popping!

That Friday...hmmm...I think that was the day that LJ bought me lunch for my birthday...I have no idea what else we did...

I know that weekend we bought several "kid" movies...we knew we wouldn't have to worry about content as much that way...and we both like kid movies! :-D...Oh and my sweet wonderful husband wanted the StarTrek movies...we were about to find a boxed set of ALL of 'em, so we got that too...we went to a place that buys and sells used DVD's... woo hoo! We have several we want to get rid of with questionable content(bad language..."one bad scene"...etc...), so now we know how to get rid of those...and get something for 'em (kinda swapping 'em cause you get more store credit than cash - seller chooses cash or credit)

ok - back from break - didja miss me? ;-)

I think that gets us up to last week...hmm...

Monday...let's see...I think that was a normal Monday....

Tuesday...normal up until about 10:30 that night...when I realized the paint by the back door was bubbled about 2 inches...got to feeling around...there were what felt like little trails in the sheet rock behind the paint....our first thought...and probably yours...termites...fortunately we're under a termite contract with Terminex...they come out retreat, and fix and fix any damages...took forever of me pestering 'em to get 'em out to the house...but the guy came by Friday to see what it was...yep...as suspected...termites...they are re-treating the house today...and will repair the sheet rock and paint next week...the guy that came out Friday was great - he explained everything to me in a simple way, without dumbing down everything too much...made me feel better about the whole process...that was basically the week between pestering Terminex to get someone out to the house, and pestering the insurance chick at the orthodontist...and of course work and school!

This past weekend...had MPRE review...MPRE is the Mulitstate Professional Responsibility Exam...aka the Ethics exam for the bar....by the time I got home from that...I felt bad...so we swapped out a movie from last week that didn't work right...and then went home and vegged...by bed time I felt horrible...we missed church Sunday morning cause I felt bad...I slept till noon...and sat on the couch till evening church...we made it to church that night...and I was run down by the time we got home...we didn't stay up much later before we crashed...I woke up about 3AM with a splitting headache...I took sinus meds cause I'd been suffering with sinus junk the whole weekend...woke up again at 6ish head still pounding...took Advil and prescription drugs text messaged boss and went back to bed...got up at 8:30 and felt MUUUUUCH better! I have NO idea the cause of the headache...it wasn't a migraine...so far as it had NONE of the typical migraine symptoms...

Once I got up yesterday felt much better...and it was a typical day...gave up on the insurance chick getting information, and called and got it myself...still waiting to talk to her to tell her what I learned...

Today...I've been in class...this morning I felt so cut off from the world...I couldn't get my work IM to work...it was terrible...sitting in a not very stimulating class...with no access to "play"...got it fixed at lunch...and started typing this too...

This weekend I have to study for the MPRE...next week have to take the MPRE...

In the month of March I have to get my Bar application finished and submitted...I have to pay for Bar/Bri (6 weeks review course for the bar)...and pay for PMBR (9 day review for Bar)...and pay for the bar...(anyone got some spare money...cause this is getting expensive!)...and order graduation announcements(and pay for 'em)...and order graduation costume (& pay for it)...see...taking donations! (this is on top of paying for the dental stuff I'm doing)

We're almost done with class...which is actually early...that's kinda good...but it means I'll have an hour or so to get started on something work related...that's really not enough time to actually accomplish anything...basically just enough time to get started...and then have to go...

So...now that I've written a novel...how's life with you? What's new in the past 2 weeks in your life? Anything fun & exciting coming up for you? :-)

oh - and still could use ideas on why my sidebar is at the bottom...?

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

can someone help me...

I'm not sure how to fix my problem...I've piddled, and don't have time to work till I fix it...

It might just be me (using IE as a browser)...but my side bar is at the bottom...I don't have anything that's really wide that would cause it to bump down, so I'm stumped...I've attempted to change my widths on sections of the blog and that hasn't helped....

It happened when we updated to the new blogger (it made me)...so I'm wondering if it has something to do with that...? Is there a way to fix it? (without changing my whole template - I like my black and purple...)

Thoughts? Ideas? Suggestions?

HELP!

Monday, February 12, 2007

My Sweet Wonderful Husband!

He did so good! For my birthday/Valentine's day, he got us tickets to see My Fair Lady put on by Arkansas Symphony Orchestra! It was FANTASTIC!!! (Show was Friday night!)...

I know he's sending "something" to work...

How do I know... cause he's not so subtle...

here's how it went...

me at work...phone rings...

Me - hello
Him - hey! Whatcha doin?
Me - workin...you?
Him - workin...you havin a good day
Me - yeah - you?
Him - yeah...
*silence for a sec*
Him - you work on the 4th floor right?
Me - no - 6th...
Him - mumble....well it is building 4 right?
Me - yep
Him - ok...
*silence*
Me - you could just give them the building and they'll find me
Him - they wanted floor too...want me to tell you what it is?
Me - no - I know too much already....

LOL! He's soo sweet!

I asked a few days later if he wanted me to send a singing monkey to work for him or something...he said no - send pizza...a pizza place here has heart shaped pizzas - so I was gonna do that...but none of them will deliver to his work...

So...I sent cookies to him to work for Wednesday...

Ok - better get back to work....

what sweet things has your sweetie done for you recently?
(yes - that's a request for you to leave comments! ;-) )
Ta-ta for now!

Friday, February 02, 2007

let it snow let it snow let it snow!


This was the view out my back door this morning! How pretty!

I was sent home early yesterday due to the coming 2nd wave of "bad weather"...classes were cancelled Wednesday and Thursday nights... and came in later today to give the roads a chance to clear!

Hope all is well with everyone!

Better get back to work...it's the 2nd day of the month...so busy busy!

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

ok - time for an update...

I'm sitting in class...and figured hey - why not update here, and let everyone know what's going on...

I've been EXTREMELY busy as of late... let's see...went to Georgia to see my sweet wonderful husbands "sister"...and got to see this...


it was scarrry!!! ;-) just kidding. LOVED getting to meet the "sister's" family...her husband was quite amusing...the oldest beat my sweet wonderful husband at every game she convinced him to play...and the youngest girl had my sweet wonderful husband wrapped around her little finger....see...


Got back from there...and classes started...what fun...

Prior to tonight, I've been to each class for 3 hours (twice for each class)...

I think I'm going to like this semester...first of all because it's my last! LOL... Second...because I only have 3 classes...which is my lightest load so far... and of course 3 would be because of classes...I'm taking Employment discrimination...which seems to be an ok class...only real problem is she's very soft spoken, and there's only 3 rows in the classroom...that's what I"m sitting in now...interesting subject though...next class is Decedents Estates...it's a bar course...and I"ve had the tax part of this class already...so the terms and such are already familiar...and the professor has done GREAT in explaining things...and finally...I'm taking Jurisprudence...I've had this professor before...the subject is basically legal philosophy...it's a very different class...I like parts of it...and don't get parts of it...hopefully it'll all come together in the end (having the professor before - I'm pretty sure it will - it's just frustrating until then!)

Got my grades...passed everything...so now I have 3 classes between me and graduation! WOO HOO!

ok - lemme pay attention again! If not - you won't wanna hire me for an employment discrimination case ;-)

Thursday, January 04, 2007

May 19th

Or 4 Months, 2 Weeks, and 1 day....till graduation! I called the school to find out the date, and she said it's the 3rd Saturday of May...so apparently it's the same DAY as the main campus graduation, but it's a separate ceremony!

I can't believe the break is almost over...I've got just over a week left off...*sigh*...and this week has been long at work...so with all that's been going on, I haven't really gotten to go home and sit on my duff...first few days off was prepare for Christmas...then was Christmas...took nephew hunting one day...worked 2 1/2 days then had company for New Years...New Years off...this week so far I've worked 32 hours already...and I have to work tomorrow AND Saturday...oh and I was off Monday, so those 32 hours are in 3 days!...I should get off at a reasonable hour tonight...in about 15 minutes...and my sweet wonderful husband has requested I not work late tomorrow night...not that I'll have much say in it, but it is his birthday and I'd rather not have to work late either! Then next week we'll be getting ready for our trip...we're going to Georgia to see my sweet wonderful husband's "sister"...I'm looking forward to that trip, but when we get back...school starts...like a week and a half from today...Tuesday the 16th...granted that'll be 4 months and 4 days till graduation! :-D (but who's counting?)...

Ok lemme get off here...just wanted to firm up the date...for whoever reads here anymore!
Later!