Hello. I know, I have not posted a blog in over a month,...and have not been around online nearly as much as I use to lately either. My plan was to type a long year ending blog post. That 'ain't happening right now. This short one will have to do.
When it comes right down to it, I might not sound like it, but I am really just too busy to be able to keep up with my blog. Well, that and what I am doing is not all that post worthy. Much of the same day in and day out. When I am not busy, I am tired, or trying to catch up on other things I have had to put off due to being busy.
My hours have been upped at work, and I have to be awake shortly after 4 in the morning now to get to work. These two changes have caused me to be very tired when I have a moment to sit, and my brain does not work well enough to form a blog. I usually end up trying to relax and watch a show or movie I have missed earlier in the week. Nearly every night has a hockey game, and it is hard to type a blog and watch a game as you miss quite a bit when not looking at the screen the entire time. {There is in fact a game playing right now, but I am mad at the reffs and so am a bit more ok with not paying 100% attention to it right now. That, and as I said, this is going to be rather short, so I will get back to keeping my eyes on the screen very soon.}
My weeks go something like this Sunday I do not work but have Church in the morning. Depending on how things go, we spend everywhere from an hour to five visiting online via Skype with my brother David. Very often, by the time we are saying goodbye, it is time to eat dinner and then the puck is dropped. :)
Monday is my one full weekday off, as I sometimes get out at 11 rather than 1 on other days. This is when I will take advantage of my morning off, though that means one of two things. Either I sleep in ALL MORNING since it is the one and only time of the week I can do that, or I wake up mid morning to get things done. {NOOOOOOOO....oh, sorry. I don't like what is going on in the game. *tear*} This is when I run errands, hang out with Kade, take the kids out, catch up on some TV I have missed due to games...etc.
Tuesday I usually work 5-1. Upon my arrival home, I check in online see whats going on with everyone, talk some with my family and get filled in on what happened while I was gone, and then I most often head to bed for a nap. There are many times I do not get up again till it is time for dinner. If it is an Anaheim game, I go back to bed after I eat, and sleep till 10 when its time to get up and watch the game. If it is a Pittsburgh game, Kade and I head right from the table to the computer to 'hoot for' {as my Grandma would say} our Eastern team.
Wednesday, what do you know, looks much like my Tuesday.
Thursday, I think I remember doing this all the past two days.
Friday, if I did not get paid today, my day looks VERY much like Tuesday-Thursday. If I DID get paid today, then I probably have some banking and shopping to do after getting out of work at one.
Saturday, you guessed it. Even my weekend looks a lot like the rest of the week. Although, Dad has the day off, so if we are going to go out and do a family thing, this would be the day to do it. I don't HAVE to take a nap as I do have the next day off, but there are often times I am so worn out from the week that I end up at the very least just vegging out on the couch in front of the TV or something.
Plus, add in there that I have to make a trip out to Royal Oak every other week for my injections {which was this week....today....ouch} and I still go get my back adjusted, but it is down to about once a month now.
It sounds like I sleep A LOT, but I often do not feel like it.
As for China....all is going VERY WELL!! I have now reached the HALF WAY MARK in my savings. People, there is no doubt in my mind, I am spending no less than two weeks in China this summer! And I CANT WAIT!
Also.....Monday, Kade and I purchased tickets to an NHL game in February! *I'm gonna go see Husky*!! {sing*songy}
Christmas was good. Weird and didn't really feel like Christmas, but it was nice anyway. :)
2009 starts in less than an hour here! Hope you all have a fun start to yours!
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
The ending is finished.
I was finally able to get around to posting the ending to my Hockey Weekend story. I am now missing game night, and reliving all the fun that we had there!! *happy sigh* Can't wait till the next game!! FEBRUARY HERE I COME!
Anyhow, I do not, as is always the case it seems, have time to post all of the photo and video links here {oh yes...there is video! Is that not a fun thought?!} So instead, I shall once again have to direct you to the blog on which it really IS posted. {I can copy and paste my posts from Xanga to Myspace, and vise versa. The same is not true for this blog, or my home page....carmshangout. So I have to post links instead}
Click on the here for more hockey story fun!
Anyhow, I do not, as is always the case it seems, have time to post all of the photo and video links here {oh yes...there is video! Is that not a fun thought?!} So instead, I shall once again have to direct you to the blog on which it really IS posted. {I can copy and paste my posts from Xanga to Myspace, and vise versa. The same is not true for this blog, or my home page....carmshangout. So I have to post links instead}
Click on the here for more hockey story fun!
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Hockey Weekend
I wish I had the time to post it all here, but I have to get to bed like….fifteen minutes ago! So, for the first installment of my hockey weekend break down, go visit my Xanga blog {Or Myspace}
I shall link to the next installment as soon as it is written!
I shall link to the next installment as soon as it is written!
Monday, November 17, 2008
Snippets
I love it! :D
Work is going well. In the past two weeks I have worked over 60 hours!! This may not seem a big deal to some, but to me anymore, it is. True, I use to work 80 hours in a two week period while at Meijer, but that was before! Nearly two years ago, they didn't think I could work more than 15 hours a week!!
I have not had the time to do much blogging lately, other than my AHL countdown posts, and yet now that I have a day off and can update.....I can't think much of what I had wanted to say.
My boss was really cool, and gave me Friday off this week!! YAY. I asked to just be out by one, which is normally not a problem anyway as I am often off that time. However, we are opening up a new store where the start hours are later than mine now {I start at 5 and 6 in the morning. The new store does not open till 8 or 9 being as it is in the mall} so I was worried that I might work there and not get out when I needed to. Now that I have the entire day off, I can go grocery shopping with everyone before it is time to take off for the game.
As of right now, I have two weeks of camp paid for!!! I am so excited! I see no problem in reaching my half way goal by the end of the year, which means I have even more time to earn the last half in the new year, meaning I will have extra money for the unseen things or any emergencies that come up! I was also worried that I was not going to have any money for Christmas, which also does not look like it is going to be the case. It is going to be a smaller Christmas, as far as the price tag on the gifts I buy, but I am not going to have to trim my gift list or boycott the gift giving all together like I had worried. This just means I get to be more creative with my ideas....always a fun thing! I have already begun making some gifts, so I hope those of you on my list appreciate hand made things!
The Ducks won their game last night, and the goalie got his first NHL career shut out! GO HILLER!! "Doin the Hiller shuffle!!"
Wow...I should have so much more to say,,,and I don't.
grr!
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
Sunday, November 09, 2008
Friday, November 07, 2008
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Monday, November 03, 2008
Countdown number one.
Yes people, thats right. The very first of my countdowns has begun.
18 more days till RINK SIDE SEATS!!
Monday, October 27, 2008
As I type this now, I have one of the Bring Me Hope videos playing in the background. I flip back and forth between this and it. I can’t watch these videos without wanting to both smile and cry.
My Back.
About two weeks ago, I went in to have my back adjusted for the first time in over a month. I had canceled my last appointment due to money issues. Turns out, I was not ready to go that long between visits. My back was rather messed up again, and while I had been in more pain before the visit than in awhile, the actual adjustment hurt pretty bad. I was told to come back in another week. Since that second visit I am doing much better. I still need to get back into my PT here at home. Not only will that help with the pain, I know, but it will also get me back on track as far as weight loss goes. My doctor, his wife, and his family are big time supporters of my going to China, and it is so much fun to go over there and see the excitement they share with me! Here I was thinking my back was going to keep me from going to China, and instead it is actually going to play apart in getting me there. My doctor is awesome!
Shots and allergies
Lately, I have had very few complications with my allergies. As I have said before, part of living with these things is just learning how to deal. How to take care of something before it becomes a bigger deal.
When I went in for my last round of injections, the nurse told me that I would need new bottles on my next visit. The ones we were using then would take care of at least one more shot, and perhaps two. I had really hoped that those bottles would last me till November as I had been told that was when I could start the every other week injections, and then the bottles would last longer, and I told her as much. She looked at my chart and said the doc had written down that I could start the every other week shots as of my last doctor appointment! Even though he had told me not to start that yet, she said maybe he changed his mind, and even if he hadn’t, since that is what he wrote down that is what I could go by and I would be able to better afford things! “See! I made your day, even after having to tell you the bad news about new bottles!!” {New bottles cost $250 for the set.}She also was able to find and injection site that let my arms recover much faster than normal! PRAISE THE LORD! I may or may not be able to get the others to use that same injection site, but at least I know it is there. And now, with 14 days in between my shots my arms will have more time to get back to and feel normal! This is good news for me, as I have not felt my arms were my own for the past year and a half! They never really return to the normal shape and feel during my weekly shots, as the swelling is almost always there, and the large lumps the liquid creates does not seem to go away for more than a week.
Grand Rapids
The OK was given, and the tickets have been purchased! On November 21st, Kade and I will take off after I work, and we will drive to Grand Rapids to watch the Pittsburgh Penguins AHL team, The Wilkes Barre Scranton Penguins {the Baby Pens} take on Detroit Red Wings AHL team, the Grand Rapids Griffins. Not sure when we are making the hotel reservations, but we have picked out a good looking hotel not far from the arena so that I do not have to drive back home in the dark. The tickets came in the mail not even a week after we ordered them online!! I am SO excited!! There is also the chance that I will get to meet an online homeschooling friend that weekend! She and her family moved to MI last year, and we have not yet been able to get together. She does not live far from where we will be staying, and she just wrote to say she would love to get together if we can, all depending on what is going on with her that day. We may be able to meet up for brunch or something before Kade and I return home. How much better could that weekend get?!
Greenfield Village
I have not been to Greenfield Village in YEARS. Months ago, we found out that my Dad’s job offered a pass for its employees that allowed six people to go in for FREE!! Free parking, six free admissions, and six free arm bands for free rides all day. {they have a train, horse drawn vehicles, old Ford Model T’s, and a carousel} So, on a Tuesday Mum, Kade, and I took the kids to that awesome place and got to spend a few short hours just SCRATCHING the surface of what there was to see! Due to time constraints, we were not able to stay for very long, and therefore missed a good portion of the back part. The time we did spend there was awesome though, and I hope we get to return someday!
Photos
More photos
Walk to “The Village”
Villages seem to be popular places for me! heh. I took a walk to a local shopping area last week, for fun, for exercise and to pick up a couple of MI shirts for the weekend. After a bit of time walking around the shops, I headed toward Meadowbrook Hall. You know, our favourite photo spot! It was as pretty as ever that day! It was a nice morning I had. I ate a baguette and fresh apple cider for lunch, got the shirts I wanted for that Saturday, got some pictures of the pretty fall colours that are fading all too soon, and saw a tiny deer up close!!
Photos
Blood Letting
Seeing as how my shots are now down to every other week, I decided it was a good time to once again give blood. The first, last, and only time I did that, I had a very nasty reaction to my shots the next day. Seeing as how they would push back my dose and schedule if I had bad reactions I decided it was better to wait for a more ’stable’ time and focus on getting my injections. Mum and Kade have been going every time they are able. I love the thought of being able to save three people just by taking a small amount of time out of my day. Kade and I had a race! Who could give blood faster. Her nurse helped us in finding out who won.
Kade’s time: 8 minutes and 19 seconds
My time: 6 minutes and 26 seconds.
I WIN!
Six lives, right there!!
I was really very tired for the next few days, but it was worth it.
The van sadly, still looks like this:Our Van
However, the Lord has been good to us, as He always is, and we have been getting along fine. I use the van to get to and from work. With Walton now being open and all new, it has made the trip much better!!
MI Saturdays at Tim Hortons
My boss is a BIG time Michigan fan. Since the start of football season, we have been authorized to wear MI t-shirts on Saturdays. This past Saturday was a big MI vrs MI State game, so we all decided to make a big deal out of it for him. That, and most of us would take any excuse to get out of wearing our uniforms for a day!! The day was busy, but for me at least was a ton of fun. I find I act differently when I am not in the button up drab Timmies uni at work! Of course, since it was a less than normal day, I had my camera with me. {wait, I have my camera with me all the time. Ok, so since it was a less than normal day, everyone was willing to let me have my camera OUT and snapping!!}
Photos
Saturday Night Grizzly Hockey
My favourite ice rink, Onyx, hosts the college hockey team the OU Grizzlys for their home games. Kade and I have been wanting to go since we first found out about it, but that was not during hockey season! hee. For the first time, we got to go this past Saturday night! The game did not start till 8:30, which is why we chose to go on Saturday rather than a Friday when I would have to get up for work the next morning! It turned out to be even more fun than I had expected! The Grizzly’s won the game too, which is even better!
I did take a pretty good amount of game photos, but I doubt anyone really wants to see those. These two are from one of the intermissions. Kade and Me I needed to get up and walk, and get out of the cold and the intermissions of course were the perfect timing! Yes…those photo are taken in the bathroom!
And there you have it people, an update
My Back.
About two weeks ago, I went in to have my back adjusted for the first time in over a month. I had canceled my last appointment due to money issues. Turns out, I was not ready to go that long between visits. My back was rather messed up again, and while I had been in more pain before the visit than in awhile, the actual adjustment hurt pretty bad. I was told to come back in another week. Since that second visit I am doing much better. I still need to get back into my PT here at home. Not only will that help with the pain, I know, but it will also get me back on track as far as weight loss goes. My doctor, his wife, and his family are big time supporters of my going to China, and it is so much fun to go over there and see the excitement they share with me! Here I was thinking my back was going to keep me from going to China, and instead it is actually going to play apart in getting me there. My doctor is awesome!
Shots and allergies
Lately, I have had very few complications with my allergies. As I have said before, part of living with these things is just learning how to deal. How to take care of something before it becomes a bigger deal.
When I went in for my last round of injections, the nurse told me that I would need new bottles on my next visit. The ones we were using then would take care of at least one more shot, and perhaps two. I had really hoped that those bottles would last me till November as I had been told that was when I could start the every other week injections, and then the bottles would last longer, and I told her as much. She looked at my chart and said the doc had written down that I could start the every other week shots as of my last doctor appointment! Even though he had told me not to start that yet, she said maybe he changed his mind, and even if he hadn’t, since that is what he wrote down that is what I could go by and I would be able to better afford things! “See! I made your day, even after having to tell you the bad news about new bottles!!” {New bottles cost $250 for the set.}She also was able to find and injection site that let my arms recover much faster than normal! PRAISE THE LORD! I may or may not be able to get the others to use that same injection site, but at least I know it is there. And now, with 14 days in between my shots my arms will have more time to get back to and feel normal! This is good news for me, as I have not felt my arms were my own for the past year and a half! They never really return to the normal shape and feel during my weekly shots, as the swelling is almost always there, and the large lumps the liquid creates does not seem to go away for more than a week.
Grand Rapids
The OK was given, and the tickets have been purchased! On November 21st, Kade and I will take off after I work, and we will drive to Grand Rapids to watch the Pittsburgh Penguins AHL team, The Wilkes Barre Scranton Penguins {the Baby Pens} take on Detroit Red Wings AHL team, the Grand Rapids Griffins. Not sure when we are making the hotel reservations, but we have picked out a good looking hotel not far from the arena so that I do not have to drive back home in the dark. The tickets came in the mail not even a week after we ordered them online!! I am SO excited!! There is also the chance that I will get to meet an online homeschooling friend that weekend! She and her family moved to MI last year, and we have not yet been able to get together. She does not live far from where we will be staying, and she just wrote to say she would love to get together if we can, all depending on what is going on with her that day. We may be able to meet up for brunch or something before Kade and I return home. How much better could that weekend get?!
Greenfield Village
I have not been to Greenfield Village in YEARS. Months ago, we found out that my Dad’s job offered a pass for its employees that allowed six people to go in for FREE!! Free parking, six free admissions, and six free arm bands for free rides all day. {they have a train, horse drawn vehicles, old Ford Model T’s, and a carousel} So, on a Tuesday Mum, Kade, and I took the kids to that awesome place and got to spend a few short hours just SCRATCHING the surface of what there was to see! Due to time constraints, we were not able to stay for very long, and therefore missed a good portion of the back part. The time we did spend there was awesome though, and I hope we get to return someday!
Photos
More photos
Walk to “The Village”
Villages seem to be popular places for me! heh. I took a walk to a local shopping area last week, for fun, for exercise and to pick up a couple of MI shirts for the weekend. After a bit of time walking around the shops, I headed toward Meadowbrook Hall. You know, our favourite photo spot! It was as pretty as ever that day! It was a nice morning I had. I ate a baguette and fresh apple cider for lunch, got the shirts I wanted for that Saturday, got some pictures of the pretty fall colours that are fading all too soon, and saw a tiny deer up close!!
Photos
Blood Letting
Seeing as how my shots are now down to every other week, I decided it was a good time to once again give blood. The first, last, and only time I did that, I had a very nasty reaction to my shots the next day. Seeing as how they would push back my dose and schedule if I had bad reactions I decided it was better to wait for a more ’stable’ time and focus on getting my injections. Mum and Kade have been going every time they are able. I love the thought of being able to save three people just by taking a small amount of time out of my day. Kade and I had a race! Who could give blood faster. Her nurse helped us in finding out who won.
Kade’s time: 8 minutes and 19 seconds
My time: 6 minutes and 26 seconds.
I WIN!
Six lives, right there!!
I was really very tired for the next few days, but it was worth it.
The van sadly, still looks like this:Our Van
However, the Lord has been good to us, as He always is, and we have been getting along fine. I use the van to get to and from work. With Walton now being open and all new, it has made the trip much better!!
MI Saturdays at Tim Hortons
My boss is a BIG time Michigan fan. Since the start of football season, we have been authorized to wear MI t-shirts on Saturdays. This past Saturday was a big MI vrs MI State game, so we all decided to make a big deal out of it for him. That, and most of us would take any excuse to get out of wearing our uniforms for a day!! The day was busy, but for me at least was a ton of fun. I find I act differently when I am not in the button up drab Timmies uni at work! Of course, since it was a less than normal day, I had my camera with me. {wait, I have my camera with me all the time. Ok, so since it was a less than normal day, everyone was willing to let me have my camera OUT and snapping!!}
Photos
Saturday Night Grizzly Hockey
My favourite ice rink, Onyx, hosts the college hockey team the OU Grizzlys for their home games. Kade and I have been wanting to go since we first found out about it, but that was not during hockey season! hee. For the first time, we got to go this past Saturday night! The game did not start till 8:30, which is why we chose to go on Saturday rather than a Friday when I would have to get up for work the next morning! It turned out to be even more fun than I had expected! The Grizzly’s won the game too, which is even better!
I did take a pretty good amount of game photos, but I doubt anyone really wants to see those. These two are from one of the intermissions. Kade and Me I needed to get up and walk, and get out of the cold and the intermissions of course were the perfect timing! Yes…those photo are taken in the bathroom!
And there you have it people, an update
Monday, October 13, 2008
Vanny
I'm walking away from the memories
The memories you left with me
Gone so fast, you ran with ease
With no look back or glance to see
Mem'ries are all that now remain
Of the friendship, life in that place
All was dashed nothings the same
Never again to meet face to face.
The memories you left with me
Gone so fast, you ran with ease
With no look back or glance to see
Mem'ries are all that now remain
Of the friendship, life in that place
All was dashed nothings the same
Never again to meet face to face.
Promises {My Goodbye to Grandpa}
Dawn brings the promise of a starting new day
And robins show promise that spring’s on its way.
A proposal accepted, a promised new wife.
A baby’s small heartbeat, promised new life.
A bloom in spring with a promise of more
Big summer gardens promise colors galore.
My Father has promised to share in my sorrow
The promise from God means I fear not tomorrow.
The promise of Heaven
Means I’ll see you again.
And robins show promise that spring’s on its way.
A proposal accepted, a promised new wife.
A baby’s small heartbeat, promised new life.
A bloom in spring with a promise of more
Big summer gardens promise colors galore.
My Father has promised to share in my sorrow
The promise from God means I fear not tomorrow.
The promise of Heaven
Means I’ll see you again.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Still no title
When night fills your days
Then stop and think of me
I shall be your light
Help you find the key
When feeling forgotten,
on this long dark way
I'll help you to breathe
And we will be on our way.
So take my hand and never part
Till from this life, we do depart.
Then stop and think of me
I shall be your light
Help you find the key
When feeling forgotten,
on this long dark way
I'll help you to breathe
And we will be on our way.
So take my hand and never part
Till from this life, we do depart.
Lost Girl
You see she's told herself
That she knows best
Must have been tired
Of failing every test
So she hides her tears
And stands there strong
Trying not to think of
The chance that she's wrong.
Nobody would know
She is really afraid
Since they can't see
Through the mess that she's made
What will she do with
The bridges she's burned
The friends she lost
With the rep that she's earned?
That she knows best
Must have been tired
Of failing every test
So she hides her tears
And stands there strong
Trying not to think of
The chance that she's wrong.
Nobody would know
She is really afraid
Since they can't see
Through the mess that she's made
What will she do with
The bridges she's burned
The friends she lost
With the rep that she's earned?
Tired
Tired of being forgotten
Tired of being ignored
Tired of feeling beaten
Tired of being bored
I wish I could stop crying
I wish I could break free
I wish my eyes would open
Maybe then I would see
See that I have forgotten
Remember what I've ignored
Remember who was beaten
Who hung up on a board
My eyes have fallen again
Tired of being ignored
Tired of feeling beaten
Tired of being bored
I wish I could stop crying
I wish I could break free
I wish my eyes would open
Maybe then I would see
See that I have forgotten
Remember what I've ignored
Remember who was beaten
Who hung up on a board
My eyes have fallen again
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