Occasionally I will check out the "Blogs of Note" tab on my Blogger Dashboard and see what kind of weird blogs 'the Team', whoever they are, has compiled. Looks like they pick a new blog to feature every day or so. Anyway, some of them are slightly eyebrow raising, as in "who the hell would follow this crap?". Others I will read a few posts.
Then I saw the Blogging from A to Z April Challange blog. of course I checked it out. It's pretty simple. You post every day for the month of April except for Sundays. The theme starting with that day's letter of the alphabet. So I think I'm going to sign up.
The problem is.....I have 3 blogs.
First there's this one. My first blog. Quite obviously - random stuff that flutters in & out of my mind.
2nd is The Life of Lisa - which is all about my journey thru weight loss.
3rd is my Maple Grove Cemetery - which is where I concentrate my love of all things Halloween.
They all have different topics, so would it be too ambitious to sign up all 3? I do have a family, life & job who all require attention. And it seems that most people who do this challenge are aspiring writers or are already published writers. I'm not either. I write because I can. And if other people read it....YAY! {{hugs}} Unless you consider the poem (written in 1988!!!) that I submitted to poetry.com and was published in their annual book that is probably only sold to those who actually sent in pieces. I was pretty proud of that poem, tho.
On the other hand - sign up isn't until January 30, so I don't even know if they'll let me enter all 3!
Hmmmmm.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Daydreams....
Let me toss out there right away that this is just a daydream. If this was real, I would probably be a crazy mixture of excited & terrified. I probably would have wet myself at least once - so far.
Backstory....
So the "brilliant" higher-up asshats at Randy's work thought it would be a wonderful cost-saving measure to move all the employees out of one wing of the building and crowd them in with everyone else in the other 2 wings...just so they can turn off the lights. Not turn off the heat or A/C in that wing - just the lights. Flippin' rocket scientists, I know. So now instead of Randy's cube being at the far end of the wing, he's right between the elevators and the door to the stairs. Loud. He is also right next to the team leader, Kevin.
Kevin made a comment in the midst of moving cubes yesterday that they are looking for someone to send down south to do some work for Dillard's. Down south happens to be Little Rock. About an hour from Hot Springs (aka - Randy's mom!) So Randy made a half-joking comment that they should send him. He came home last night & wondered if they'd take him seriously. The CIO (female dog) for some reason hates Randy, so she'd either say A) Hell, no! He's not getting anywhere near a big customer or B) Hell yeah - let's get rid of him!
Hmmm.
So anyway. I am perfectly OK with moving to Arkansas if need be. I think I would possibly love it very much. Since it's still really slow at my work, I was looking online this morning at stuff down there. First of all - the Little Rock School District is freakin' awesome. At least what from I saw on their website. They have these things called magnet schools. 3 out of the 5 high schools are magnet schools. These are schools with themed programs designed to attract students from the entire central Arkansas area. One of these schools happens to be an Arts/Science magnet. Let me cut & paste from their site....
Students enrolled in the Fine Arts Magnet Program select an area of emphasis from the arts - dance, drama, instrumental music, orchestra, visual art or vocal music-and follow an expanded curriculum in their specialized area.
See what I highlighted there?? I told Angel about it during one of her 14 phone random calls to me today & she literally squee'd in my ear. So I think she'd probably be OK with moving, too, especially if she could attend a school like this!! She may actually do well in school for once!!
Then I played around on realtor.com for a while. OMG. Wow!
We paid a lot more for half the square footage of the above house here in SE Michigan. Not anywhere near as cute, either!
Of course the wages are lower down there, too. I haven't looked at what kind of work is down there. It's not like a I have a career here or anything. I get a paycheck. That's about it.
So yeah, my daydreaming includes research. Sigh. Get my hopes up & all excited and nothing will come of it. Damn.
Backstory....
So the "brilliant" higher-up asshats at Randy's work thought it would be a wonderful cost-saving measure to move all the employees out of one wing of the building and crowd them in with everyone else in the other 2 wings...just so they can turn off the lights. Not turn off the heat or A/C in that wing - just the lights. Flippin' rocket scientists, I know. So now instead of Randy's cube being at the far end of the wing, he's right between the elevators and the door to the stairs. Loud. He is also right next to the team leader, Kevin.
Kevin made a comment in the midst of moving cubes yesterday that they are looking for someone to send down south to do some work for Dillard's. Down south happens to be Little Rock. About an hour from Hot Springs (aka - Randy's mom!) So Randy made a half-joking comment that they should send him. He came home last night & wondered if they'd take him seriously. The CIO (female dog) for some reason hates Randy, so she'd either say A) Hell, no! He's not getting anywhere near a big customer or B) Hell yeah - let's get rid of him!
Hmmm.
So anyway. I am perfectly OK with moving to Arkansas if need be. I think I would possibly love it very much. Since it's still really slow at my work, I was looking online this morning at stuff down there. First of all - the Little Rock School District is freakin' awesome. At least what from I saw on their website. They have these things called magnet schools. 3 out of the 5 high schools are magnet schools. These are schools with themed programs designed to attract students from the entire central Arkansas area. One of these schools happens to be an Arts/Science magnet. Let me cut & paste from their site....
Students enrolled in the Fine Arts Magnet Program select an area of emphasis from the arts - dance, drama, instrumental music, orchestra, visual art or vocal music-and follow an expanded curriculum in their specialized area.
See what I highlighted there?? I told Angel about it during one of her 14 phone random calls to me today & she literally squee'd in my ear. So I think she'd probably be OK with moving, too, especially if she could attend a school like this!! She may actually do well in school for once!!
Then I played around on realtor.com for a while. OMG. Wow!
1896 Victorian 5 bed / 2 bath on corner lot. $83K.
OK, so it needs a lot of work.
But I love that tower on the corner!!
I see definite Halloween & Christmas decorating possibilities.
3 bed / 2 bath / 1600 sq ft.
Fireplace. Wood Floors.
Fenced yard almost the same size as we have now.
$85K.
We paid a lot more for half the square footage of the above house here in SE Michigan. Not anywhere near as cute, either!
Of course the wages are lower down there, too. I haven't looked at what kind of work is down there. It's not like a I have a career here or anything. I get a paycheck. That's about it.
So yeah, my daydreaming includes research. Sigh. Get my hopes up & all excited and nothing will come of it. Damn.
Monday, January 2, 2012
Friend Makin' Monday - 2012
Welcome to the first FMM of 2012! And because it’s a brand new year, I’m sure you won’t be surprised by this week’s topic: goals.
If you’ve taken part in FMM then you know the rules. If you’re new, please take a moment to answer this week’s question on your own blog then add your link in the comments section at: www.alltheweigh.com so we can all see your FMM questions and answers. Please invite your blog readers to add their links here too so everyone has to opportunity to be seen. The idea is to connect with other awesome bloggers so take a moment to post your own FMM post and comment on a couple of other posts. Now it’s time for this week’s topic!
* Try to find the motivation I used to have when it came to tracking! I'm doing pretty crappy already today - but every single thing has been noted in eTools!
* Get back to listening to my Enjoying Weight Loss CDs.
* Get my house under control & keep it that way! I had a nice start today - I had to work, but the girl had dance team practice from 10-12, so I left work, dropped her off at practice, then went home to clean instead of back to work. I got the Christmas knick-knacks packed away & out to the garage. Ornaments off the tree. A bunch of stuff together to donate. The monthly cleaning cycle ran on my washing machine & the dryer vents all vac'd out. Then still had time to get gas in the car on the way to get her. I don't know why I get more done when I'm home alone! But I love it!
*Do some sort of movement at least 3 days a week. More would be nice, but I'm being realistic.
I think that is a good start for 2012 !! Happy New Year!!
FMM: Goals for 2012
Oh my. This will require some thought! Not all my goals are weight-loss related.* Try to find the motivation I used to have when it came to tracking! I'm doing pretty crappy already today - but every single thing has been noted in eTools!
* Get back to listening to my Enjoying Weight Loss CDs.
* Get my house under control & keep it that way! I had a nice start today - I had to work, but the girl had dance team practice from 10-12, so I left work, dropped her off at practice, then went home to clean instead of back to work. I got the Christmas knick-knacks packed away & out to the garage. Ornaments off the tree. A bunch of stuff together to donate. The monthly cleaning cycle ran on my washing machine & the dryer vents all vac'd out. Then still had time to get gas in the car on the way to get her. I don't know why I get more done when I'm home alone! But I love it!
*Do some sort of movement at least 3 days a week. More would be nice, but I'm being realistic.
I think that is a good start for 2012 !! Happy New Year!!
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