Work

So work has slowed down briefly. New orders went in so we expect some more pallets next week. I got to go home early today. I always like it when I get to do that. Kind of breaks up the routine. Today I was completely caught up again by the time I left. Fedex hadn't came yet so Brenda would still have something to do today. She let me do all of UPS while she worked on her one amazon book. I don't mind working hard. And I'm always happy to have work to do when I am there. So I am trying to keep that as my new attitude, but sometimes it is hard to work hard and cheerfully while it appears others aren't. And I hate complaining so much. It doesn't do any good and just puts me in a worse mood. So tomorrow is a day of no complaining and working hard no matter what anyone else is doing.

Game Night

Elizabeth and Adrianna spent the night last night. We had game night after eating our bbq-ed hot dogs. We decided that we would play Yahtzee this time. Elizabeth said we would have to teach her, but she got it pretty quick. She was so quick that she whipped our butts both games. Mom came over and joined us. Adrianna played also by rolling the dice every turn around the table. :p She actually rolls pretty good numbers. We had a good time.

Grocery Shopping

I finally made it to the grocery store today. It hasn't been critical so I have procrastinated it. Anyway....I picked up everything I wanted and when it was rang up, it was only $118. Yea! Got to like that. First I bought no snacks for the grown-up children in our house. They have food stamps and can get their own snacks. I also bought very little junk. Maybe that is the way to beat the rise in prices at the supermarket. :P

Psychic Shopping Works Again

Way back when I used to belong to a frugal newsgroup we talked about garage sale-ing and when we would find just what we were looking for right away as psychic shopping. And it worked.
Skip ahead. So I am reading this book by Margaret Atwood. It mentioned that a couple of the characters were introduced in a previous book of hers. So I put it in my head to look for that book sometime. So today I had a little time to kill and went to Goodwill. I was thinking that it would be awesome if I found that Atwood book there, but totally did not expect to. After all they have a small book section and this book was wrote almost a decade ago. Imagine my surprise when I found that book on the shelf. Psychic shopping still works.

And My Weekend Begins

All done with work for the week. I have a nice three day weekend that isn't totally booked up. The girls are spending the night Saturday so we may have game night again. That was pretty fun on New Year's Eve. We'll invite my mom over and that should make her happy.
I've picked up Adrianna a couple days this week to come home and take a nap with us. Figure the nap is better than her hanging out at the store with Tanya. Tanya seems to like it when I pick her up also. :P

One Day at a Time

We are just taking it a day at a time. Myk and Cassie have both been job hunting. Cassie seems a little more enthused about it. They both have prospects that they need to tend to tomorrow.
Audrie loves having her parents around. And as long as they want to be there for her and are clean we have to let them. It is all supervised and going well. It is nice not having diaper duty all the time. :P
Dave is busy with Adrianna's dresser. The drawers are now made and it is looking like a dresser. He has an interview with the park next week for a seasonal job up there. That would be convenient for him.
Mom, Audrie and I are looking at a trip to MN late in August. Mom has her high school 50th reunion. Looking forward to seeing the family back there.
Ashlie has now moved on from Tanya's house. It was a necessary thing that was a bit stressful for all of us, but now it is done. So her house is getting back to normal. Sad that it had to end that way.

Making Progress

Marti, from work, and I were talking about clothes and how she got rid of all her old clothes that she never wears. It inspired me to think about it. And think about it I did. I decided to do it myself and set my goal for the end of January. Frankly I was tired of all the clothes that I wear living on top of my dresser. So the end of Jan. came and I was not done. Since I live in increments of Audrie time that is not surprising.

This last week having Myk and Cassie here has given me a bit more space to do some things. So I finished my dresser and it looks so much better. All the clothes out of the dresser have already made their way to Goodwill. :)