Blech. I have to go redo my tags for my car, because I forgot to send it in the mail. I hate having to go down there as there is always a long line. Not to mention, that I was supposed to have done it last month, so I am really driving on a dead tag. I cannot believe that I totally spaced it. Ah well, see you guys on the flip side.
Christmas for my dad
Well I have already ordered one of my dad Christmas presents. I got him some Padron 1926 cigars. They are the some of the best cigars out there and since he doesn’t smoke them that often, I can afford to splurge a bit on him. They are my fathers guilty pleasure. He knows they aren’t really good for you, but just has to have one about once a month. My mom pretends that she doesn’t know, since he is sparing with it. I just laugh, because you only live once, you might as well enjoy a couple of guilty pleasures while you live. After all, you can’t take it with you.
So cold
It is amazingly cold this morning. I had to bundle the kids up really good before they could go catch the bus. I think I will make a big pot of Chili for dinner tonight. I love making stews, chili and such when the weather is cold. It seems like it really warms you up from the inside out.
Deal dash
I just went to DealDash to do a little shopping. I found the site through a friend and she totally recommended it for online shopping. Deal Dash has a lot of the stuff that I need. I bid on a few things that I really liked and will watch to see what happens. DealDash reminds me a lot of what Ebay was like when it first came out, but better.
Loving the Vampire Diaries
I have become totally immersed in the Vampire Diaries show. I have been watching the seasons on Netflix and they are really good. I know that some of them are teens, but the rest are adults or two and three hundred year old vampires that feud with each other constantly. It can be a little monotonous sometimes, but the rest is very good. Time to get back to my Netflix. Later gators.
Time to clean the carpets
The time has come to do some carpet cleaning. It has been a long while since I have had this done and the carpets are looking ragged. Kids have a tendency to track in everything under the sun and spill everything they hold in their hands. Mine are no different. I try to keep them from doing this with certain rules about removing muddy shoes or no carrying food into other rooms, but we all know how well that works. Pretty much not at all. I am considering cleaning them more often.
My carpets are not that old. I had them put in when I bought this house five years ago and they should last a long time. Keeping them cleaned will help with that. I am also going to have to be firmer with the kids about taking drinks into the living room. I have such a weak spot when it comes to them. I wonder if I should have to couches done as well? That might be a good idea, as they are a couple of spots on them from spills. Although those were not from the kids. Those happened when an outdoor BBQ got rained on and everyone had to move inside. Oh well, I will decide later on that.
Cool planetarium
I would so love to take my kids here. This is a really cool looking place. The kids love to go to the planetarium. They have been on field trips there before and are always begging me to take them back. I would really like to take them to a larger one, but even more, I want to take them to an observatory. That would be amazingly cool.
Love this
I just found some awesome flameless candles with timer on them. I absolutely love that! Now I can turn them on and if I forget to turn them off before I go to bed or fall out on the couch, they will turn themselves off. That makes things so much easier on me for many reasons. First off, it will save me a ton of money on batteries. That is a definite plus. Secondly, as I mentioned before if they turn themselves off there is no worry.
I love candles. I keep them all over the house. I have ones that makes the house smell good and others just for how they look when they are lit. My friends and family tell me that I am a candle fanatic, but that makes things easy on them since they always buy me some sort of candle for holidays and such. I am ordering these new candles asap.
Letting go
Sometimes people come into your life and then leave it again. Learning to let go when they are gone can be difficult. It has taken me a long time to figure out how to do that. I believe that these people are sent into our lives to teach us something and when they leave us, it is because we have learned all that we could from them.
I have recently lost a friend, who just walked away over relative non-sense. I am not sure exactly what I was supposed to have learned from her, but I must have learned something. Perhaps it is just not to let too many people get close to me. I am not sure, but what I am sure of, is that eventually I will figure out what it is when the time is right.
Ordering for work
Well I have to do the ordering for my part time job. I work in the office at a local motel. I do the inventory and keep the books for them as well as scheduling etcetera. PeachSuite Hotel supply is the company we use for all of our inventory orders. I have a really good rapport with the sales rep and they are always on time with my orders. Hotel Supplies can often be a pain to order depending on the company you order from, but now that is not longer a problem.
This little motel also has a diner with a small catering business. I help them with orders for that as well. Hotel Catering Supplies can just be added to the regular order with ease. The lady who runs that is really nice and makes sure I have a detailed list of everything that she needs. Once a month we go through everything to make sure we are completely stocked up.