between vacations

So we went on vacation to Coralla North Carolina and we had such a wonderful time. We ate great food. We swam in the pool. We visited the beach. We shopped. We went to a wine tasting. We drove on the beach with the 4-wheel drive jeeps. We played some Corn Hole. Now we go again in a little over 4 weeks. May life is good. I have alot of work to do at work in the next few weeks. Today I moved Back to School so I could set Halloween Candy. I was supposed to work straight through til September 11 when we go home for Shelby's birthday but I will be off this Sunday so that is nice, I don't know what we will do, the weather is supposed to be nice but we have a Hurricane coming up the coast that may change that.

Getting close

So we go on vacation in a couple of weeks and I can't wait. This week is a long one, I have off today and its the first day off in the middle of the week in a long time. Tomorrow and Saturday I work open to close and Friday til 6pm. Sunday I'm off and Johns daughter and our grandchildren are supposed to be coming for a visit. Today I'm supposed to finish up cleaning the spare bedrooms and the bathroom. We can actually see the hall going up to the attic, thanks to John. I want John to put shelves in the bathroom closet so I can store the blankets and sheets better. I'm going to catch up on my soap opera for an hour and then its back to work upstairs. The property manager is here finishing painting the front door and that will finish the front porch yay. I want to buy rocking chairs to put out there. So last night I booked our vacation house for our October vacation. We got the same house we had last year. I'm so sad because my parents won't be joining us this year, it isn't going to be the same. But Annie and BJ will be coming this year, they missed last year. Elizabeths boyfriend Jessie will be coming also this year. And Johns mother said her sister and nephew may come down for the weekend and get a hotel room. So back to the cleaning, I promised John I won't let the house get all cluttered up again. I hope I can keep my promise.

last day of vacation

Well my vacation was pretty boring. I did get home for the weekend, which was nice but short. Monday I went to work to write the schedule and Tuesday we went to see John's doctor. Wednesday I went and got my nails done and had a pedicure. Thursday I went to work to wrap my pallets to go on the truck Friday. And then Friday I went to work at 5:30am to unload the truck but I left at 8am and came home and waited for my friend Anne Marie to call me to go to lunch. So I met her and her children for lunch at Old Country Buffet. Then came home and waited for John to come home from work and then we went to dinner but I was still full from lunch since we didn't eat until 2pm. Saturday we got up and I made dip and cleaned and cut up vegatables to take to Annie's for a get together. We got to Annies and went to Nicholas' baseball game which was so nice to watch. Then we came back to Annies and Addrienne and Pat and David and Christopher were there so we checked out Chris' new Mercedeze Benz. Cool car. Its a convertable. NICE. Steve and Vicky got there and then Renee and Shawn and then the party began. We sat out on the deck, which is my favorite place in the Summer, I wish we had one. I like to sit outside in the sun.

Nice weather and Easter

Today is Easter and I had to work til 11:30am this morning and then I went to the grocery store because I fell asleep last night and didn't get to go work out and I was supposed to go to the grocery store while I was there. So when I got home I didn't want to stay inside I wanted to be outside in the warm sun and warm weather. I took the dogs out and trained them somemore on the dog fence. Aptiva got shocked and she cried out and then Pika got shocked on the next trip out and he cried out. Hopefully they won't get shocked anymore, but it does work well. So our riding lawnmower isn't working, I think it is the battery but John won't go buy one. I cut some of the grass with the push mower and boy is that a workout. John's mother is making Easter dinner and it smells so good, I'm so hungry. We are having turkey breast, stuffing, sucatash, sweet potatoe pudding, cranberry sauce and hopefully some rolls. Annie, Andrew and Maddie stopped by this afternoon for a short while, it was good to see them. I guess we are going to work out tonight, we have already missed Friday and Saturday so we need to go tonight.

Fitness Club

So Sunday when we went down to Delaware to get the wireless dog fence I saw that there was a new fitness center that has opened in the shopping center that our grocery store is at. So I looked it up on the internet and went to tour it today and joined and then tonight me and John went or an orientation and a program for us to work on. We were there for 1 1/2 hours learning about the equipment and taking a fitness test and getting our blood pressure taken and weight all that other stuff. We had to do sit ups for 1 minute to see how many we could do, I did 29 and then we had to measure how far we could reach past our toes and we walked on the tread mill and recorded our heart rate. I didn't even get a chance to tan. So tomorrow will be our first day of a real work out. We are going to do resistance training everyother day and cardio everyday. I'm hoping to loose 30 lbs in 5 months and 4 dress sizes. Wish me luck.

Day off

So I'm surfing the internet and I want to make some Oatmeal, maybe I will go in the kitchen and make some. I would have to empty the dishwasher in order to put my dirty dishes in it. I just don't have the energy. I think today we are taking the boat to get the gas motor fixed so we can put the boat in the Sesquehanna River and the Chesapeake Bay. John wants to pull the boat with my truck, Well the ball is not on the hitch so I don't know if that will happen or not. So yesterday I went to work and there was still ad signs that hadn't been put up for the Sale that started Sunday. I was not happy at all. So I ran around and put them up. I'm so tired of doing stuff that was supposed to be done the day before. So I'm off today so we will see what gets done today. I saw signs of some animal that has been in the yard, I wonder what it is? The weather has been so nice the last couple of days. I should wash my truck.

disappointing news

Hello all, I know it has been a while since I have blogged. I have been excited about a friend of mine coming back to work for the company and working for me at my store to help me get the store running without me there all the time so I can get promoted to a District Manager or at least keep moving up to get there eventually. I may have to run a more profitable bigger store before I can be a District Manager. So my friend interviewed with my boss on Friday and he offered her a store, which is great for her and I'm happy for her but I don't know what this means for me. I don't know if he will give me another assistant and send my assistant I have now to another store or if he will just keep it the way it is now. Whatever happens I will make the best of it. I'm just feeling a little down right now that what I had planned won't happen now. I don't know if he doesn't want to help me move up, which will only look good on his review if he gets a manager promoted to a District Manager. I will keep you up dated.

Day Off

Well I haven't had a day off since last Tuesday before the big snow store, where we ran around and go the oil changed and tried to get the snow blower fixed. I also too John down to Delaware to get cigarettes because I knew he would be snowed in for a while. I had to work Sunday which was supposed to be my day off because the truck didn't come on Friday because of the snow. John was mad because we had to go to work but they couldn't get the trucks to us. So today I have to go to the dentist. I haven't been to the dentist in a long long time, even though I have very good insurance. I hate the dentist. I'm getting a cleaning and hopefully they won't find any cavities. I would like to do something else today but I don't know what that is. Maybe I will play some Wii. Shawn posted on his facebook that he goes to Las Vagas in 12 days, boy I wish I told them I would go with them. I'm tired of the cold and snow.

another snow storm barreling down

So I got up this morning, had a cup of coffee and got in the shower to get this day underway. I had a list of things to do and get at the store. I lost one of my gloves in the last snow storm so I needed to go to Kohls to get another pair, so we started out getting gas and I found my lost glove in my purse so I didn't need to go to Kohls so we went to the Walmart right there by the gas station and I got my Oil changed and new windshield wipers put on and we got milk and OJ and coffee creamer. I also got my car washed on the way home to get some of the salt off before more gets layered on. We also went by the mechanic on the way home to see if they could fix our snow blower. Then we drove down to Delaware to get a carton of cigarettes for John since he will be stuck in the house for a while. I also got a bottle of wine to enjoy tonight. I was going to go to work tonight and spend the night there instead of driving in the morning, but John said I will do fine in the morning, so I hope he is right. I got a text from my assistant manager telling me that my favorite District Manager got fired today. He was a great guy but I guess the managers that like to slack didn't like him too much. We are waiting for the shop to call us to pick up the snow blower I hope they got it working, we went by there on the way back from Delaware and he got it started but it wouldn't stay running. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

The Big One

So it started snowing on Friday afternoon about 4pm. You could here the wind howling all night long and when I got up at 5:30am to get ready for work, I looked out and couldn't see much of anything but snow. So at 6:30 I went out to clean off the car but it was pretty much cleaned off because of the wind. There were some spots in the yard that had no snow and then other spots that had 3 feet of snow. So I went back inside to warm up and get my coffee ready for the trip. Well I went out with my coffee, bag with shoes for work and other essentials for work and my purse. I put the car in 4 wheel drive and started out and got about a car length and got stuck. So I got the shovel and started to dig out, then John came out to help and he shoveled and I tried to go back and forth with the car but no luck. Then coming down the road is a tow truck with a plow on the front and we asked him how much to plow the driveway and he said $75, we thought that was a good price for our long drive way so I ran inside to get the checkbook. So the man cleared the drive and got my car out from being stuck. So then off I go again and I got out on Rt 10 which is right in front of the house and got about 50 yards and then I was stuck again. So I asked the tow truck driver if he would pull me out, so he put chains on his tires and pulled me out, while I waited for him to pull me out a tractor trailor tow truck came down the road and one of the guys jumped out and started yelling at me asking where was I going and I said to work and he said where do you work, I told him a Pharmacy and he said go back in the house and stay there. Well this guy isn't my boss, which expected me to be at work at 8am, and now its is 7:34am and I wasn't going to make it in by 8am. So I called my boss and told him I wouldn't be there to open at 8 and I couldn't leave until a plow truck when down the road. He said just get there as soon as you can. Oh it also cost me another $40 for the guy to pull me out of the road. So I went in the house and waited til a plow truck went by. We watched truck after truck get stuck in front of the house. Finally at about 10am a road grader with a huge plow on the front went by so I said ok I'm trying again. So I suited up and started out, I saw 2 more cars stuck and a car abandoned that has slid off the road into some trees. I followed the grader plow up to almost rt 30. So I took my time and got to work at 11am and we actually had customers as soon as I opened the doors. A guy that was walking bought some chips, a soda and some cigarettes. Another guy that was driving came in for a greeting card. Then a bunch of guys with a woman came in and she got a prescription and the guys bought soda's and one bought a movie. A guy came in for diapers, another for gloves, a bunch of guys came in for snacks and cigars, a woman came in for a prescription and a paper. I was there as a cashier until 2 when Dave came in and then I could get some work done and at 3:15 my boss called and said we could close at 4pm. We hadn't had a customer in about 30 minutes. at about 3:30 a 93 year old man came in to get his prescription, I said he doesn't need to be out in this mess he could fall and break hip. The car he was driving looked like he had hit something, the passengers side headlight had a big black skid mark on it like he him a tire or something. Then at 3:55 a woman called to see if her doctor called in a prescription and he had it was on the message machine so the pharmacist filled it and I asked her "so you will pick this up tomorrow because we are closing at 4pm" and she said no I'll be there before 4. So then she called back and said she would be there in 1o to 15 minutes. We waited until 4:30 and she didn't show and we didn't have a phone number for her to call to see if she was coming so we left at it was now 4:40 and I was cleaning off my car and she pulled up into the parking lot, I'm sure we will have a complaint called in on us for not waiting for her. Oh well If we waited anymore she probably wouldn't have come. The company wanted us home before it got dark and the roads froze over. I got home fine, the roads still had snow on them and in someplaces the snow was still drifting on the road. I was glad to get home. It was a tiring day.

frustrated.....

Ok, I'm frustrated at work, I'm frustrated at home. Serenity now. Lets start with work, I'm training a girl to be a shift supervisor, and I've taught her stuff over and over again and she looks at me today like shes never seen the stuff she is doing. OMG She wrote some stuff down and did have some stuff written down. I was only supposed to work until she got there this morning at 11:15 but I stayed until she completed the deposit and paperwork. Now for home. I look at the computer room and it is a mess, stuff just piled up and new stuff still in the box never opened. I asked John to throw out 1 thing a day. I don't think that is hard to ask since there is broken stuff and empty boxes and stuff he hasn't touch since we moved into this house in 1998. Then I look at the porch and there is stuff boxed up sitting there since we moved his mother in 2 1/2 years ago. Not to mention the attic and the hall to the attic. Wow this is alot of work. I also want to pain the computer room and redecorate it. John has been out of work since Sepetember and the computer room looks worse than ever. He's going to have to start getting rid of some stuff and cleaning up. He is also smoking 3 packs of cigarettes a day. This is awful, so any encouragement from anyone to get him to quit will be greatly appreciated. I bought him a boat 4 years ago and he was supposed to quit but it didn't happen. Now that he has time on his hands maybe he will go see a doctor about it. I would like to have him around for a long long time.

Wonderful Trip

Hello all, It has been a long time since I've written. Christmas was great, my boss gave me off the weekend after so we got to stay in West Point until Sunday. Then we went to Annies the weekend after for Maddys birthday party. And I believe I had one other day off since then. I had inventory on Monday January 18th so I worked very hard and long hours to get the work done. Inventory went well and my figures came out pretty good. So the weekend after inventory me, Amy, Jennifer and Momma went to New York for a day of Crafting with Charlotte Lyons. We made tote bags out of old wool sweaters that had been felted. Mine turned out nice but pretty plain compared to the others which were lacy and flowery. They looked great too but its just not me. I brought home the pattern to make slippers. I should really make them before I forget how to. When I got home I bought both of Charlottes books. There are some wonderful projects in the one I have received all ready and I'm waitng on the other one. I hope to go back one day and get her to sign the books for me. She is such a nice lady. She picked us up at the train station. She was a wonderful teacher on Saturday. Oh yeah and she gave us a great tour of Irvington New York where we were. She went to dinner with us on Saturday and took my sister and Mom to church on Saturday and then drove us to our hotel on Saturday after dinner and picked us up and took us to Penn Station in New York City on Sunday Morning very early. She is an awsome friend. Suzanne made our lunch on Saturday and we got to see her beautiful Victorian house which was decorated so wonderfully. So today I'm off and I don't know what to do. I should clean the house. I really don't like to waste my days off staying at home. I do have to take John's mom to Walmart sometime today and John needs to take his glasses back because they aren't right. Yes John got glasses and his teeth fixed, he is a new man. My friends said I need to becareful or someone might scoop him away from me, getting him all done up.