I am having a hard time believing that August is just about over. This summer has gone by so very quickly. Amazing. September is a good Month, however I only have one day off the entire month and that is next Friday. I hope I make it as I have a feeling September will not fly by as fast as August has. We even made it thru the month with out getting sick. I did not have to use any sick time or spend any money regarding Health issues with Blue Advantage.
One good thing is that I am starting the month with a Clean House. I spent all day cleaning today and I hope this will help us not get sick as well. My son says I am paranoid about getting sick, and he is actually right. I have being sick ! ! ! I refuse to get sick this year like last year. If it kills me I am going to keep this house clean and free of germs.
Go September ! hoot hoot hoot

ah, I wish for the good ol’ days when I had time to spare for a quick email, blog or even to get a drink from the caferia. Our small team of 6 has taken on the additional tasks of 4 people (which the layed off). Talk about exhaustion! Our entire iteam is beat, dead tired, and flat out overworked. I am physiclly exhaused and I just sit in a chair all day long. We are learning the new tasks and we have been told it will get better. It will get better when we get faster and have learned the new tasks. but that takes time. and I dont like being exhausted.
Well, there is a good side I guess. I have lost 3 pounds this week as I dont have time to eat anymore!

Another weekend gone. I could use another couple days. I just cant seem to get all I need done on the weekends only. Tomorrow is already booked solid and that day has not even begun. We have another furnace guy coming and I hope he doesnt talk up a storm like the last guy did. blah blah blah. just get to the point will ya!
Plus, on Monday I get on the scale again and I know it will not be good. I ate too much meat this weekend and whenever I eat red meat, I gain at least 2 lbs. I have been thinking about going back to the fitness center at work and using the elliptical again, but when I exercise I eat more and then I gain more. So its a good thought, but I dont think so. I have a Quinoa and Tomato recipe I am going to try tomorrow instead. uhg.

Well. I need a new furnace. The guy came out back in June to inspect the A/C and said that my furnace is leaking like a sieve and unless I wanted to die of CO poisoning I better not use our furnace again! (what that has to do w/inspecting my A/C, I had no clue!) But I did listen to him and we turned off all the gas to the furnance and I put it out of my mind. Well, till yesterday that is. Called some heating companies and today one of them came out, inspected, talked a lot, and gave me a bid. O.M.G ! ! For a totally new system, Furnace and A/C, it would be about $6700 smackers! I dont think so Mr Heating Guy.
Another guy from another company is coming out Monday, so I will see what he has to say. This is almost as bad as shopping for low cost health insurance. Not very pleasant. But on the good side, I am sure learning a lot about furnances, ducts, air circulation, air pressure, freezon and a multitude of other things that I never even considered! I figure, things happen for a reason. and I am sure there is a reason behind this mess. The reason I can think of off the top of my head, is that I will be able to help teach my son about furnances in the future if the need ever arose. It is truely amazing hom much I learn being a single parent. I would have dumped this off on the ‘man of the house’ before, but not now. Its up to me; be that either good or bad – I am yet to find out.

I am currently attempting to burn all 539 pictures from our DC/NYC trip onto a DVD. I added a little music and a title, like a slide show-type burn, but now I am wondering if I did this right. It is about 2.5 hours into it and it is only 70.9 % completed. I have never burned a DVD before, so I am hoping it will work. If not, ah well, I will try it again as I have all the pics loaded on another disk, and also on my hard drive on the laptop. So I am pretty well backed-up! However, nothing is ever guaranteed, well, except perhaps
guaranteed issue life insurance! Which is a good thing, especially in this economy.
oh! Its’ at 85.8% . . . better go check it out! I really hope this works!

and I thought kitties were supposed to get chunky in the winter when they lounge and sleep ! Well our little kitty Porter, is not so little anymore. He has gotten quite a belly since he came to live with us. But I think he is happy.
We do need to get outside with him more and play with him. He loves to chase a stick around, so that will be my goal today when I get home. Play With The Cat!

Monday and time to Start Over. I finally finished my Kitchen Cabinettes and they are now a nice forest green instead of that yucky brownish color. I am determined to keep my kitchen clean and free of dishes, well, as much as possbile that is! I dont have a dishwasher, so I have to do it all by hand. every day. I hope I can keep it clean. ugh.
This past weekend I also ended up getting a nice 2.5 hour nap in on Saturday. It was THEE most relaxing thing I have done in I cant remember how long. Plus, it is the best acne treatment for me as when I get lots of sleep I have less stress. and I dont like stress!
This week is alreadying turning out to be busy. I have to come into work an hour early tomorrow and cross-train in a new function. And we have lots of stuff going on too – but of course I cannot seem to remember it right now! but it is all written down at home on my desk (which I even cleaned this weekend!).
Wierd how I cannot seem to remember things when I blog, and I have to write it all down on a To Do List. ugh, I am getting old!

I am flat out grumpy today. My head hurts and I just plain out want a day off! This weekend I played Catch-Up, and did get all the after-vacation stuff done, but it meant no rest for me whatsoever. I still have a ton of stuff to do at the house, but thats been hangin’ on forever and I think I am just at the stage where I want it done now! Mostly my kitchen cabinettes; I am tired of them being half-stained. But stripping the stain off, sanding them down and then re-staining them is sure a pain in the butt!
Some days I really wish I had a boyfriend to do all the grunt work, heeheehee. Like change the Oil in my Jeepster; I am 2000 miles over!