I stopped in at my bank today to say good bye to one of the nicest people that I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. The first time we spoke I knew that I liked her and she has made my weekly trips to the bank a lot of fun. She is expecting her second child come October 30th and is leaving her job to become a full time mother. Today was her last day. I wish her all the luck in the world. I will miss her, but she did give me her email address so that we can send emails and keep in touch along with the sending of the new baby pictures now and then.
As it turns out…..
My ex in-laws never seemed to be able to put a plan in place for today’s Thanksgiving meal, not surprising really, their life style is so much different from anything that I have ever had experienced in my life, so laid back and totally informal, taking one day as it comes, so to speak. Well this time their lack of commitment and planning has made the decision a bit easier this Thanksgiving, we are planning on leaving in a few hours to head to my folks for the late afternoon or early evening diner hour, not sure what time frame 4:30pm fits into! At least the weather is cooperating, it is really nice out, less bundling and layering to deal with today!
Now we have to start thinking about what is ahead of us for the Christmas Holiday plans with both families to keep in mind, argg…..
Birthday Surprise
Well, I have to admit that today is my birthday. I am not going to do any work today at all. This is going to be a nice day spent with my kids and having some fun. We’ll eat out and spend as much time outdoors as we can – the weather is beautiful. I’d like to go for a long drive and just enjoy the day with my family.
My sister sent my a birthday card with some money. That was a nice surprise. Maybe I’ll use the money to buy dinner at Red Lobster tonight for everyone instead of the Burger King.
The coolest Dancing Around the World Video
I ran across a blog that I really enjoyed reading and actually took the time to make a comment one, which is a rarity for me, I generally don’t stop to take the time to register and get passwords and all that in order to leave a comment on most blogs that I read, but this time I just had to.
The site is http://www.bladam.com/ and he has a video that you just have to see if you haven’t already about “Where The Hell Is Matt”. I’m embarrassed to say that I tried and failed several times to place the link to video here on my site, and finally gave up and have just provided the link to the web-site of somebody much more sophisticated with all of this technology that I am just now beginning and struggling, at times, to learn.
So if you would like to see an awesome video that will most assuredly put a smile on your face, go ahead and check it out. In the mean time I am still going to attempt to link the video directly onto here, who knows what will happen.
A rainy week-end ahead of us
It looks like it is going to be another rainy week-end for us, this will make three in a row and I am really bummed out about it because all of my week-end plans have been planned it seems for outside activities lately. This is the middle of summer and there are so many festivities that are being cancelled that this town is becoming rather cranky about it all.
Instead I guess I’ll catch up on some reading and most likely buckle down and take care of some book and paper work that has been left on the back burner for too long. I am really hoping that next week-end we will have a nice sunny day for some fun in the sun! If not I may have to leave town or something just to get some nice weather some how, some where and maybe with some body, who knows stranger things have been known to happen!
Buying a new small 7″ laptop
I’ve been in the market for a new laptop and I have found one that I think will do the trick that I have ordered online from Wal-Mart today. It is an Everex 7″ CloudBook, a very portable laptop that I will be able to tuck in my back pack or hand bag and take practically every and anywhere that I go. I’ll be able to use it almost anywhere for personal and business usage, and even take it to class or the library for making notes. It only weighs a little over 2 pounds and I can’t wait to get an email telling me that it has arrived at the store and then I can go pick it up and get the initialization process over with and see how this baby drives!
I saved the shipping and handling charges that would have been $9, by having it sent to the store, instead of being delivered to my home address, I like that policy. I’ll let you know how this little laptop handles when I get it all figured out. I’m a bit nervous, I’m not the best when it comes to all these electronic gadgets and I’m sure I’ll be needing to call either one of my sisters or my brother for assistance, but I’ll give it a try and see what happens.