2008.....Will Things Get Better?.......

dimples72 @ 2009-08-07T09:51:00

2009-08-07T14:52:12Z

You know I don't even know why I keep this account! LOL!!! Hope all is well with everyone! I'll try to update this soon!!

dimples72 @ 2009-04-20T16:39:00

2009-04-20T21:40:14Z

Holy cow, it has been a looooooooooooong time since I've updated this!!!!!!
Nothing much going on right now, but I will do an update soon! Hope all is well with everyone!!!!

Writer's Block: Supermarket Grabfest

2008-07-20T16:05:11Z

You have three minutes to grab everything you can from a supermarket. Which items do you go for?

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If I had three minutes...I would grab meat, cereal and spices, sugar, and other baking supplies.

?? Winter ?? Again ??

2008-05-27T14:01:01Z

So I leave work yesterday morning, and it is close to 75 degrees out! Now mind you this is at seven in the morning. Yeah, it's going to be a nice day!

I get home and wake Allysa up because she is marching in the Memorial Day parade with her Brownie troop. It's sunny, beautiful...minimal clouds in the sky. Allysa was sweating by the time she was done....LOL....

We get home after running some errands and lunch and I go lay down to take my nap. I get up and hubby has grilled out....It's still close to 80 degrees out....(it's now about 6 in the evening...)....we're sitting outside, eating and enjoying the beautiful weather and hubby says that later the temp is supposed to drop (later that night) and it's going to be chilly for the next few days...no sooner does he open his mouth and the wind shifts straight out of the north and the temperature starts to drop....not just a little...it was instant...We got up to look at the thermometer and we watched it drop from 81 degrees to 49 degrees in a manner of less than five minutes!!!!!

Now granted 49 degrees isn't all that cold...but with a wind out of the north and we live two blocks from Lake Michigan, it can get very chilly....

When I left for work later last night, it was down to 40 degrees and it wasn't much warmer this morning either...

Is summer ever going to arrive? Do I need to bring out the winter coats again? But I haven't even put them away yet!!! LOL!!!

Have a great week!!

Writer's Block: Ghost Story

2008-04-28T14:01:35Z

Do you believe in ghosts? If so, have you ever seen one?

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Yes, I do believe in ghosts and spirits....I personally haven't seen one, but I do believe in them....

Winter????

2008-04-28T14:00:09Z

I thought winter was supposed to be OVER!!!!

I look out the window at work this morning and it's raining...no big deal...then as I get in the van to come home, I see these BIG wet sloppy snowflakes on my windshield!! It's almost May for goodness sake!!!!! And of course the temperature is only about 35 bloody degrees!!!!!

But this is Wisconsin that I live in!!! As I was helping Allysa into her winter coat this morning to go to school, she looks at me and says "Why am I wearing my winter coat?"! LOL!!

Summer had better last until November this year!!!!!

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2008-04-28T03:50:54Z

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2008-04-28T03:43:42Z

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Birthdays.....Donating Plasma......Renewing of Marriage Vows?!....

2008-04-28T03:26:29Z

Well, it has been awhile since I've updated, so I suppose I should...hehe.....First of all I wanted to thank those of you that sent me birthday wishes....All in all it was just a shitty day to be truthfully honest....Although the day before hubby and Allysa did give me a birthday cake...complete with 36 candles on it...and they gave me Sweeney Todd as my gift....and then my hubby gives me my card...now as many of you know, things haven't been the greatest between us the past few years...mainly having to do with money issues, etc...and on the inside of the card, he writes, reproposing to me...He wants us to renew our wedding vows next year on our 15th anniversary...in church....because we didn't have a church wedding..He wants me to have the dress, the whole she-bang...Which really shocked me.....Things have been getting better, but I'm still not happy with myself....I'm slowly working on that.....So for now, I've told him yes, that we would...But we both have a LOT to work on....So we'll see once how that goes...

I've found a way to help combat the rising cost of filling up your gas tank...I've started to donate plasma....for $40 a pop, I can't beat that!!! And you can do it twice a week....So if I donate twice a week for a full month, that's over three hundred dollars!!!! They put your money on a nice VISA debit card which you can use just like a regular debit card....And for me to completley fill up my gas tank from like 1/8 of a tank to full, it is about $55...So that is only 1 1/2 times to donate! LOL! But I'm figuring it will help with Christmas this year and anything else that I might want to get or if Allysa needs something...and to help pay things back to a certain someone faster than I've been able to...and she knows who she is...It's much easier to me anyway, than donating blood...at least with the plasma, they give you a saline solution at the end of your donation to help replenish your fluids and you don't feel like passing out when you get up...It's only an hour and a half out of my day and it's better than going out and getting a second job!

I'll be working more overtime at work again as the other person they hired for 3rd shift quit...As much as I don't mind as it's overtime, it does take away from my time with Allysa sometimes and she sure as heck lets me know it...But with us still in the early aftermath of our bankruptcy, I can't turn down the hours.....I know she doesn't completley understand, but I hope when she gets a little older, she will understand as to why I've done it...

I'm feeling inspired to write again...For a while there I was in a funk, which I HATE...but it happens to everyone I suppose...I'm still hoping to have my first book finished and to a publisher by the end of this year...I just need to keep plugging away at it and to not let anything or anyone stand in the way of my dreams...

My mom is scheduled to have her back surgery (her 3rd) on May 8th....So I'm stressed out about that...reason being she's a thousand miles away and there isn't anything I really can do...I just hope and pray that everything will go alright and that this time the surgery will work and she can be out of pain....

Goals for the summer: work on my book, get some more research done on my family tree, clean out all of the junk and crap out of my house and garage, lose weight, spend as much time with my daughter as possible....

Well, that sums things up for a while...LOL...I promise to keep more updated with things...I guess we all just get in those funks and sometimes we just end up shutting out those that are most important to us which is the wrong thing to do...

Love you all!
HUGS!!

Just When You Think.....

2008-02-19T05:42:36Z

Just when you think that things are going to get better, then you have more crap happen!!!!!

Jon was in a car accident on Saturday. He's alright and the truck isn't in too bad of shape. He was making his first delivery for work and he was at a 4-way stop. It was his turn to go and just as the nose of the truck was in the intersection, this idiot comes barreling through the stop sign. Didn't even stop! He hit the front of the truck so hard that he spun his own car around and then ended up hitting some other guy that was at the other stop sign!...He scrapped against the front bumper, ripped the license plate off of the truck, the fog lights got ripped off, and on where the fog lights were, we have two really thick, strong tow rings. Well, one of those got completley torn off! And of course, he didn't have insurance!!!! Jon is okay, but his back is bothering him now. I told him he was damn lucky that he wasn't in the middle of the intersection or he would've got rammed right in the drivers side.

And then today, he parked in front of the house for like an hour. And when he went back outside to go for his pee test, he had a freakin' parking ticket!!!! Because apparently there was a snow emergency in effect. Well, when he was driving to the clinic, on the main streets where there isn't supposed to be any parking when there is a snow emergency. None of the cars had tickets on them. Yes it's only $25, but it's just the point!!!!!

Other than that, I guess it's going okay...LOL...despite the face that I am so BLOODY SICK AND TIRED OF WINTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yesterday we had pouring rain and we got about an inch and a half of it. The weatherman said that if it would've been all snow, it would've added up to over twelve inches of snow! So this winter season, we've gotten close to eighty inches of snow! Grrrr...I told Allysa that when I was her age, snow like we have though was a normal everyday thing. We used to build snow forts and tunnels and we would play outside all day if we could. Not sure if she believed me or not! LOL!

Oh yes, on a good/cool note. I took a picture of Allysa on top of this HUGE snowpile at school a few weeks ago and I sent it in to the local paper because they're always asking for pics of kids in the snow, etc. Well, on Saturday, her picture was inside the paper! And as I was looking at the front page of the paper, it dawned on me that there she was again!! Only this time in color!!! It wasn't a very big picture. But still! LOL! I told her she was on thousands of papers and then she got that cute little embarassed smile.....

Other than that, nothing much else going on. I'm trying to continue with my book. Lately though I haven't been very inspired and I am considering a new story and might switch to that and put the one I've been working on on a back burner for now. Still not totally decided yet....

Hope everyone is well and staying warm.

Hugs,
Shelle

Tazzy Update!

2008-01-22T17:34:47Z

Just wanted to update you on Tazzy!

I am happy to report that she is now eating and drinking and moving around like she normally does. I think that part of it was mourning Coco and I think that she has a cold in her eye again and it was throwing her whole system off.

I don't think I could bear going through something like that again so soon after Coco. I loved Coco dearly, but Tazzy Bear is truly my baby.....

Worried......

2008-01-19T02:12:20Z

I am very worried about my other four legged baby, Tazzy. As many of you know, I lost my beloved Coco two weeks ago. Well, the past two days, Tazzy has been sitting by the heater like Coco used to do and she has also been lying in the same spot that Coco would lay down by. It REALLY has me worried! I know I'm probably overreacting, but she has NEVER done that before. I think she's really realizing that Coco is gone and I just don't know what to think. It's scaring me actually and I hope that nothing happens.

Saying Goodbye To A Dear Friend

2008-01-14T22:26:43Z

Thank you to everyone for your kind words about Coco's passing.

Saying good bye to her was truly one of the hardest things I've ever done. Sure a lot of people would say, 'it's only a cat', etc., but until you've had a beautiful creature in your life, then you don't know what those small animals can do to your heart.

Like I said, her arthritis was getting so bad and her muscles failing as well. The vet said that we could've done injections, but truly, how long did we want to prolong her life. Neither Jon or I could bear to see her suffer any longer. We stayed in the room when the vet gave her the injections. I just couldn't leave her to die on her own. That's just me. They had to shave her paw to get to her veins, but because her muscles were deteriorating, they had to inject her twice. Which broke my heart. But boy, did she let out a meow! LOL!! It was the loudest I've heard her in the longest time, and it made me smile a bit. It wasn't long after that that she was gone. But I know she's at peace, and no longer suffering.

We will be getting her remains returned to us. And then when spring comes, we'll find a place in the back yard to bury her. Then Allysa will plant some flowers around it. I think it will help Allysa with saying goodbye as she was at school when I took Coco in. And I told her then too, she can visit her anytime she wants to.

So now, we move on and always treasure that we were able to have her in our lives.

Coco....R.I.P....1993-2008

2008-01-08T18:18:43Z

We had to have my Coco put down this morning....the vet said that besides her arthritis, her muscles were deteriorating (sp?). and she would've only gotten worse.....I'm okay now , I'm dreading telling Allysa later.....

Sadness.....

2008-01-07T22:54:44Z

I might have to have one of my cats put down. Her name is Coco and well, she's old. But every winter her arthritis gets worse and worse and now she's not eating and I swear she weighs less than five pounds. I'm going to have to call the vet tomorrow, but I know there really isn't anything that can be done for her.

What Does Your LJ Name Mean?

2008-01-04T19:38:29Z

What Dimples72 Means

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People can see you as stubborn and headstrong. You definitely have a dominant personality.

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You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start.

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2007.......2008.....It's Going To Be A Better Year

2008-01-04T18:49:22Z

I've had a lot of time to reflect back on the year that was 2007.....So many things happened. A few good things, and of course, a lot of not so good things......

Deaths and bankruptcy....not so good things.....but we worked through it......

....said good bye to those we've loved and will continue to love....knowing that they are now in a better place and will always be watching over us.......

.......bankruptcy....not something one to chooses to do, but sometimes, okay a lot of times, you have to do things you don't really want to do and you have no other choice.....We had our bankruptcy hearing yesterday....in and out in less than 10 mintues and everything went good and our bankruptcy was approved......I can NOW finally breathe a BIG sigh of relief and start to enjoy my life again and not worry about who is going to knock on my door........again thank you to everyone for your good thoughts and prayers....believe you me, the power of prayer does work!

.........the lack of my writing.......how will I get to be a published author if I don't write? Right?....One of my resolutions for the new year is to dive back into it....FULL FORCE! No more pussyfooting around.......So hopefully by the end of the year, I will have a full manuscript ready to submit to a publisher........

......weight loss.....well, we'll see how that goes......I know that the stress of last year is what caused me to gain the extra weight....it wasn't that I was over eating, it was just the stress of it all.....So another resolution ......I'm hoping that by at least June, I will be twenty pounds lighter....I'm at the heaviest I've ever been.....that is not good......I mean, I'm not fat...it's just very frustrating when you have an entire closet full of clothes that you used to be able to wear......

.....be more organized.....at least this is another thing I want to do......LOL.....don't keep things that I know I'll never want or use......Organize the things that I will.....

.....My thoughts for the new year......don't be afraid to try something new......try not to worry so much about the big things in life, they will work out if you believe it.....don't sweat the small stuff either......I wanted to also tell those of you, and you know who you are (my big sisters & momma), how much I love you and how thankful I am for your beautiful gifts of friendship! I couldn't have gotten through this year without you! When I was down, you picked me back up and when I cried, you cried with me and helped me to wipe my tears. I thank God everyday for you!......

....My wishes for you for the new year......Strive to achieve all that you want and don't let anything stand in your way!!!! Stay safe and know that I love you.....

'Tis The Seson For Snow & More Snow....LOL...

2007-12-17T02:18:20Z

'Tis the season for snow.....and more snow.....and even more snow!!!!

So far, this being only the 16th of December...I believe that we've had close to 18 inches of snow with more to come this week. At least we can't say we won't have a white Christmas here in Wisconsin...But enough already! LOL!!!!

But then, I remember when I was a little girl and the snow would be up to the windows, and we'd jump off of the garage roof and we'd have yard size snow forts! Ah, the good old days! LOL!!

Is everyone ready for the holiday? I have baking to do yet this week before Allysa gets out of school because every year I put a 'goodie' basket together for her teacher. So I have to get my butt in gear and get baking!

Forgot to add that on Saturday, my aunt and uncle are treating Allysa and I to see the Nutcracker performed by the Milwaukee Ballet and then out to dinner. I'm so excited......I took ballet for almost 14 years and I loved going!

If I don't email you or talk to you, I wish you a Happy Holiday and a blessed and safe 2008!!!

Sadness.....

2007-12-04T00:56:36Z

Sadness is once again in my world....

My aunt passed away this afternoon. Although it was a blessing. My uncle, her husband, passed away just a little over a month ago. And she too was, has been sick. Her heart was failing. It was beating at less than 10%.

We all went to see her on Friday as she was asking to see the family. So we all went and I'm glad that we did.

And she just went to sleep today and went home to Heaven. She was ready. She wanted to go.

When I went to church yesterday, I prayed for God to just take her and take away her pain.

In a silly sense of way too, we were glad that she passed away today and not tomorrow. As tomorrow is my younger cousin's birthday. And a year ago, on his birthday, our great grandmother passed away.

So much sadness and tribulations this year. I hope 2008 will be better.

Can You Say NASTY Outside!!!

2007-12-02T00:25:59Z

So here we are, in the middle of a lovely winter storm. The snow started about noon and has now moved on to sleet and freezing rain. Along with thunder and lightning!!! I just love living in Wisconsin sometimes! NOT! LOL!!

And of course I have to drive to work in a few hours. So not looking forward to that. I'm hoping by then the plows will have gone through by then.

And on another wonderful note. There is something wrong with our damn furnace!!! I'm hoping it is just a fuse. Here when you think everything is going to get better. Something else happens. GRRRRRR

So anyway, stay warm everyone!!!

HUGS

Breathing a little easier....

2007-11-28T22:00:59Z

Well, I can now begin to breath a little bit easier.

Today we went to the lawyers again and signed our bankruptcy papers! So now I don't have to worry about the sherriff's department coming and knocking on my door telling us to get the hell out!

I have to drop off two more things and then the attorney will be filing it electronically. So it should be in the court's hands on Friday. Then we'll have a hearing or whatever the heck it is called and it will be finalized. Then comes four years of extra payments to the 'trustee'. But you know what, in the end. It is giving me a sense of relief that I haven't had in a very long time.

Do I believe in the power of prayer? You bet I do. I truly didn't believe in it until things got really bad with this whole thing. I can't tell you how much I've been praying and how my trust in God has been restored.

It was so bad though, I wasn't about to put up any Christmas decorations until the papers were signed.

Now I can get on with things and strive to be a better mommy to Allysa and I know in my heart I wasn't a bad mommy, just certain things about me I didn't like.

Thank you to everyone for your kind words of encouragement and prayers. I can't tell you what they meant to me!

Love Always,
Shelle

Holiday/Christmas Getting To Know You

2007-11-25T22:43:27Z

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Both...I always love to find the cutest gift bags.
2. Real tree or artificial? I love real trees. But we have an artifical white one.
3. When do you put up the tree? Usually the second week of December.
4. When do you take the tree down? Shortly after the first of the new year.
5. Do you like eggnog? Yes
6. Favourite gift received as a child. My Little House on the Prairie book gift set.
7. Do you have a nativity scene? I did have one. But my ceramic figures got broken when my daughter was smaller. :-(

8. Hardest person to buy for? ????
9. Easiest person to buy for? My daughter
10. Worst Christmas gift you ever received. Can't really say I've had a bad one.

11. Mail or email Christmas cards? Both

12. Favourite Christmas Movie? It's A Wonderful Life
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Throughout the year. If I find something I know someone will like, I'll get it.

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? No
15. Favourite thing to eat at Christmas? Cannibal sandwiches and this one thing. I can't for the life of me remember what it's called. It's either Polish or German sausage and it is a long rope that is curled into a circle. It's sooooo good.
16. Clear lights or coloured on the tree? It depends on the tree. We have colored lights on our white tree.

17. Favourite Christmas song? Oh Come All Ye Faithful
18. Travel for Christmas or stay at home? Stay home.
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Yes...LOL...

20. Angel on the treetop or a star? An angel

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Both. At my family it is Christmas Eve and then in the morning it is myself, hubby and daughter.

22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? I try not to let anything annoy me at Christmas.

23. What I love most about Christmas? Being with my family.

Tomorrow.....

2007-11-02T02:40:04Z

Tomorrow we go to the lawyer and let me tell you. I am filled with dread and anticipation. We'll find out for sure if we'll be able to keep the house or not. On one hand, I'm hoping we will. On the other, I would gladly wash my hands of it. I am so bloody stressed it isn't even funny. I just want a fresh start and I know that by doing this, it will help us, no matter which bankruptcy we file. It's just the dread of doing it.

So say an extra prayer and I'll keep you all posted!!!!!

It's Been Awhile....

2007-10-28T18:03:06Z

Yes, I know...it's been forever....LOL...

Life here I suppose isn't any easier at the moment. At the end of the week, we will find out whether or not we will be able to stay in our house. We will be filing bankruptcy, which I guess, is the means to an end. But depending on some things is going to determine if we will have to move or not. And if we do, it will be shortly there after, because literally, we are out of time.

So I've been packing things up. Just in case we do have to move.

I haven't been working on my book lately. Which is due to stress and other things going on. I haven't been inspired. Which is really sad to me and disappointing to myself. But I'm hoping that I will be able to return to my writing soon. I need an outlet, but when I sometimes sit down to do it, my mind wanders and I'm not focused.

Allysa is going to be a pirate for Halloween. Go figure...LOL.....

My mom is coming to visit the weekend of her birthday in November. So she's really excited about that. Me too. I miss my mom. A lot lately.

Oh yeah, I'm back to work too!! YIPEE!!! I work as a caregiver for a local community based health care company. I'm on third shift. Which I don't mind in the slightest. We have four residents at each house. And basically, I check them every two hours. Housework (even though the house is spotless), and prepare some meals for the next day if needed. So I pretty much get paid to watch tv....LOL...I get a lot of reading done....LOL....I really do enjoy it though. And now I'm trained to give insulin and I'll be trained to give meds soon too. Plus I work a schedule where I have five days off in a row.

But anyway, I hope that all is well with all of you!!!
Love and Hugs,
Michelle

Can You Say HOT?!

2007-08-01T16:12:41Z

In honor of the heat today, I'm writing in red! LOL!

Oh my Lord, when I looked at the thermometer outside of the window, in the shade mind you, at 9 a.m., it read 105!!!! IN THE SHADE!!!

Woke up feeling just ill! Stomach ache, headache...but I know it's from the heat and of course all of the added worrying about everyday life isn't helping matters with my stress level....

Had an invertview yesterday for a place that has group homes and are looking for caregivers....Looks and feels promising.....So please keep your fingers crossed!!!

Haven't done much writing in the past few days, only because it's been so blasted hot and haven't felt like sitting in front of the computer....

Allysa has her last day of softball today, but they don't play a game, they have a 'water fight bust up party'....Which is always a lot of fun...and on a day like today, will feel really good....I somehow ended up in it last year! LOL...With one of her friend's dad.....His son and Allysa have been friends since they were 3, and he's such a good kid. His parents are really nice too....we always joke that they are going to get married and Allysa and Owen get so mad....hehe....

Alrighty, going to go shower and try to cool down. Not like that's going to happen!

Stay cool everyone! Stay safe! LOVE YA!