Archive for August, 2007

SleepyTime

Friday, August 24th, 2007

Woody has sleep apnea and let me tell you it can be pretty scary. Waking up in the middle of the night because the person next to you stopped breathing. I used to shake him (and wake him up, from time to time) when that happened. One of my biggest fears is that he might have passed it on to Gage. There are times that I check on him and I can’t hear him breathing or see his chest rise and fall. It scares the heck out of me, that’s for sure. If it becomes necessary, I think I would take Gage to a sleep study and see if it’s an issue that warrants concern and some kind of action. I don’t know that he’d do any better with one of those breathing masks than his dad would do, though. I think Gage moves around way too much for something like that, it’d never stay in place. I’ve considered going to a sleep disorder center myself, for insomnia. I’ve always suffered bouts of insomnia, every couple of years. Some of them were short — a month or two. Some were longer. I had one that lasted almost a year. It was not fun. I’m on the 4th month of an insomnia cycle at the moment.

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Tiger’s so pretty…

Friday, August 24th, 2007

I keep getting compliments on his coloring, as if I had something to do with it.? People seem especially intrigued with the fact that his markings extend all the way down his tail as opposed to that dark line down the top of the tail that so many dogs have.? He’s collar-less at the moment, he shook his collar off in the yard somewhere, and I haven’t found it yet.? So I guess I’ve gotta get him a new collar soon.? New tags as well.? I did find a site recently that sells them for $3.50 each and $2 shipping no matter how many you buy.? I like to get extras.? Tiger tends to lose his tags more than his collars.? So right now he’s a naked puppy.? Which is nice.? The reason we always get him a chain collar is because it doesn’t interfere with the visual aspect as much as a nylon or leather collar does.? Unfortunately, they are easy to shake or scratch off.? I don’t think it’s intentional though, because he gets so excited when he sees that I have his collar and puts his head right through.

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Memory Walk

Friday, August 24th, 2007

Woody’s grandmother suffers from Alzheimer’s. It’s so sad, because she’s such a kind and wonderful woman. I’ve adored her from the first time I met her. Even more heartbreaking to me is that she’ll never really know some of her great grandchildren. Memory Walk is something that I’ve been hearing about for years. It’s a great charity event that endeavors to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer care and research. I’d like someday to participate in the walk, but for now I have to content myself with promoting the event and sponsoring a walker. It’s only a small contribution, I know… but it’s a contribution nonetheless. And every little bit will help, of course. Besides, it feels good to do something that will hopefully help someone who has to endure this heart breaking illness.

They still need team captains to sign up, so if it’s something that you’re interested in, you should definitely visit the site and sign up — especially if you’re a good motivator. It’s very easy to do, just make sure you sign up early enough to be able to get a team together. Put together a team of your friends, family members or colleagues. If you do sign up, let me know. I’ve made a small general donation already, but I would like very much to find a 2007 participant to sponsor as well. Alzheimer’s is, unfortunately, a medical concern that effect just about everyone eventually. Whether you’re the person who suffers the illness, or the family that suffers the heart ache.



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another day…

Friday, August 24th, 2007

and no bus assignment.? Apparently, they’re backlogged pretty bad at the districts transportation department and half the students attending DPS schools don’t have their bus assignments yet because they’ve either moved into the district or moved to a new home in the district over the summer.? Bleh.

The piano will go today and I’ll get the remaining $45 balance.? Good.? I need to go to the grocery store and get some packing supplies.? I’m outta tape, and I need that for boxing up stuff and shipping, ya know.? I also need a few mailers.? At some point today I want to go through and pull out some more stuff for ebay listing.

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Pretty Things

Friday, August 24th, 2007

ElementJewelry.comLike any girl, I love pretty things. Silver Jewellery is one of my favorite things to shop for. I especially love browsing it online, because you can usually find a good price online, not to mention finding exactly what you’re looking for. Rings are my favorite pieces to shop for, but every now and then an anklet or a pendant really catches my eye, like this one which is available at ElementJewelry.com. What can I say, I’m a sucker for pretty silver and garnet jewelry.

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seeking… and stuff

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

I’ve begun plotting my search for employment. Going to get a part-time job while Gage is in school. I picked up an application at the Conoco up the road already. Just gotta fill it out and stuff. It’ll be fun looking up all the past employment information. Especially since my last job is no longer there (it was a seasonal Kiosk), I don’t know the last name of the manager I had at Harry and David — he’s just “Louie.” I’ll have to look up phone numbers and stuff. Fun fun fun. I think I’ll put all the info in a notepad so I can reference it without having to look it up over and over again. There are a few other places in walking distance here. A dry cleaner, liquor store and dollar-scoop chinese place off the top of my head,not to mention a Lamars donut shop (yummy yummy). There’s more further away.

Had some stuff on ebay that did pretty well. Got almost $40 for my waterford crystal bowl, which is most excellent. Gotta pack that very carefully for shipping. The person who bought it didn’t opt for insurance. I plan to insure it anyway. Just chalk it up to “CMA” covering my ass. I didn’t price them before I listed it, so no doubt the buyer got a good deal. It’s not like I used it much anyway. It was (feel free to laugh at this) used as a condom bowl. All in all I made about $60 before shipping, so that’s not too shabby. Sold my frog tea set as well. I don’t use it anymore anyway… might as well go to someone who can use or display it. Need to continue going through stuff for ebay.

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*le sigh*

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

Still waiting on Gage’s bus assignment, so he hasn’t started school yet. I hope to hell they call me today with the information, so he can go to school tomorrow. If I don’t hear from them by noon, I’m calling. Thus far, I’m not filled with confidence as far as his new school and placement. We weren’t able to see his classroom or meet his teacher. This whole bus thing is a little ridiculous — it would have been nice to have been told before registration that it takes up to a week to get a bus assignment. Knowing that, we would have registered him on Monday or Tuesday for pete’s sake. They were supposed to give me an information packet at registration (apparently), but they didn’t. So I know nothing about school policies. According to the district website, his school has a uniform. I have no idea what that is. Not that it matters, I’m not awfully fond of public schools trying to dictate what my child can wear outside of school appropriate attire. I know for most public schools it’s a specific style/color of shirts and pants (or skirts)… but I’m not really down with that. I’d like to know how big his class is, and what the age range is. It’s definitely not encouraging that I haven’t been given any of this info. So, I mailed a letter expressing my lack of confidence yesterday to the Denver public school system — and to the Colorado board of education. I always say “I’m writing a letter.” Well, this time I did.

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day two…

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

that Gage should be in school but isn’t.? I’m seriously irritated with his school and the district.? This is also day two that Gage got stung by a wasp.? Yesterday I thought it was a freak occurrence.? He stepped on a wasp — it happens.? Today he’s got a sting on each of his hands.? So I went over where he was playing and looked.? There’s an underground wasps nest.? Maybe it was irrational, but I was very pissed off at the wasps.? So (not having any wasp spray), I dumped half a bottle of developer down the hole and covered it with a big rock.? For the record, developer is the active ingredient in hair dye.? The ingredient that makes your scalp burn.? If I’d had any bleach I would have used that.? Fuckers stung my son.

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Worth Consideration

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

For the past few years, I’ve been thinking about how interesting (not to mention lucrative) it would be to do a little real estate investing. I’d love to own a rental property or two, something really nice. I’d also really love to do some fix & flip stuff. Which is something I’ve been interested in for about a year. There are a lot of old houses in this area, pre-World War I, actually. They’re beautiful on the outside for the most part. But all of the ones I’ve been in are run-down and badly in need of repair and upgrading. Don’t get me wrong, they’re solid houses. I doubt a tornado could take them down — they just need a little TLC. PEI University has an online program that teaches real estate investment strategies and techniques. It’s nice that you can Learn how to invest in real estate FREE. I’ve been checking out the site to get a little information and see if it’s something that I should look into when the time is right. It’s definitely something that I’m interested in. Admittedly, part of my interest comes from having watched a number of “Fix & Flip” shows on TV and thinking, “Hey, I could do that.” Not just that I could do it, but that I would love doing it.

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photo of the week

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

Ok, I’ve been slacking. I have no batteries for my digital camera at the moment. Gage killed them. And while I can use the video camera to take photos, transferring them can be a pain in the butt. So this week I’m posting an older picture. I don’t believe I’ve used it before for a photo of the week (I hope not, anyway). Anyhoo, this picture was taken before we moved. It was raining one day, about 3 o clock or so. It got really dark and it was POURING. So of course, I went outside to take pictures of the roses. What could be more natural, LOL. I took one with the flash and one without. I liked the one with the flash better — and this is it. Enjoy.

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