I found my earrings!! It took realizing that I was also missing my second set of wedding rings (yes, I’m an upgrade fiend) to find them. I knew I couldn’t have lost all of that so I tore my room apart and found them tucked away in an old Tiffany’s box. yay!! I also found that weird furry blanket that we thought we lost. Still no ipod, but yeah, I didn’t expect to find that. 
So I’m thrilled with my finds and all but the boy is sick so that sort of bums me out. He’s been a total crazy person for the last couple of days and then woke with a fever this afternoon, looking like a hot tamale. Poor baby. Motrin seems to be bringing it down but you can tell he’s not feeling too hot. He tries to fight it but it’s winning. I just want to cuddle and kiss him until he’s better.
And I am suddenly feeling warm myself and my head is pounding. Wonderful! Let’s hope that it’s just hot in here or that I’m overly tired. I don’t want to get sick – and I shouldn’t because I’m a Purell addict.
I have other, much more entertaining things to blog about but it looks like the head pounding migraine I’m nursing will win tonight. Blah.
I realized today that along with other items that are suddenly missing, I am also missing my favorite pair of earrings. Sucky! I can’t even blame it on the movers either because they had to have been in a box that I packed. We moved an entire truck of boxes ourselves the day before and I was sure to put all of my belongings in boxes myself. I knew I would have a lot of things missing if I didn’t. But apparently I’m no better than a moving company. ugh. I just hope they turn up at some point. They were a gift from the hubby a couple of years back and I’ve worn them almost daily ever since. Why I didn’t just wear them instead of packing .. I’ll never know.
I need to win the lotto! Along with replacing all of these missing belongings I would also like a new car. I would even take a new mini van at this point and that is SO not like me. I’m more the type to be drawn to Dodge Charger accessories and the car to go with them than a mom-mobile. But damn, I’d take anything at this point. I am so sick of throwing money into that piece of crap Rendezvous. The cost this month was over $400. By the time I get it paid off I’ll still be spending an equal amount on the upkeep of it. What’s the point?
The kitties are happy again and I can’t even express how happy I am about that. I seriously thought they would have to go there for awhile. I had my snuggle time in bed with my favorite of the three last night and it was SO nice. Now I feel so much more at home. It wouldn’t be home without them here leaving hair all over my furnishings and stealing food off of the counters.
Anyway .. Yesterday we tried to have some fun and went to this place called “The Jumping Monkey” which is basically a place for kids 9 and under to play without any big kids running them over. They have moon houses inside and all sorts of toys. I liked the idea with it being so cold outside, but unfortunately the kids weren’t at all impressed. I don’t know if it was because it was during a weekday and there weren’t a whole lot of kids there at the time or what. But they weren’t feeling it. They love moon houses normally but with them being inside the noise from the inflating machines was overwhelming for them. Christine over at starryskye.org/blog sent me a whole list of similar places in this area so maybe I’ll have to try one of the others sometime. It’s crazy that I’ve been in Hampton Roads over 3 years now and I didn’t realize they had these places. Sheesh .. talk about being a hermit!
After that we finally bought groceries. OH MY GOSH! It’s great to have food in the fridge that isn’t of the frozen pizza variety. It was also nice to shop in a new commissary. This one is so much nicer than the one we used to shop at. I made a meal plan and bought enough to make dinners for two weeks at the tune of over $160. That is all just for dinners mainly. We’re not big breakfast or lunch eaters so I never bother buying a lot of that when I do my main shopping trip. I don’t get how some people can say that they only spend maybe $50 a week. We would be eating hamburger helper with no fresh fruit & veggies if I tried to stick with that budget, and believe me, I’ve tried. It never works. The sad thing is that I bet you anything I’ll end up making extra trips out for bread and more veggies later on and that will be an added $30-$50. One of these days I hope to cut that down. Spending $500 or more a month on groceries is ridiculous.
Today will include a trip to the pet store I believe. There’s one right across the street so I’ll try them first. I need a new filter cartridge for my swamp .. err, I mean aquarium. The fry have grown large enough now to (hopefully) not get sucked up into the filter. I have to do something before the entire tank is neon green. Damn algae.
Oh and maybe a nap today as well! The people downstairs had some sort of a party last night. They asked us if it would be ok before hand, and I was fine with it, but I didn’t think that they intended to be up until 5am with their hooting and hollering. I could hear one guy yelling the “Shit, shit” over and over again most of the night. I didn’t sleep worth a darn because of it. But I don’t want to bitch either because I am sure we’ve made a good amount of noise over the last week between moving in and the kids being heathens, running and jumping all day.
While I thought we made it through this move theft free I am beginning to doubt my thoughts. We’ve unpacked everything and so far I we can’t locate the hubby’s ipod shuffle. Everything that was in his desk made it here with the exception of that lonely little ipod. I really feel sorry for the movers if they did happen to slip it into one of their pockets, not only because that makes them really rotten people, but also because they are now stuck with a really shitty play list. Love my husband, but his taste in music .. eh.. lacks. lol
I’m also having issues locating a furry black blanket that I had in our bedroom. Weird. All I can think is that one of them wanted to cuddle and listen to slow jams.
Of course it isn’t listed on the inventory, which isn’t surprising. If you were going to take something you wouldn’t write it down before hand, you know? It could definitely be worse but this sort of stinks. I bought that for him for Christmas a couple of years ago and he loved it. It was one of the few gifts that didn’t get stuffed into a drawer, never to see the light of day again. Bummer.
I don’t think I’ve mentioned it, but I ordered one of these AeroGarden gardening systems. I’ve wanted one for a long time but the price is rather ridiculous. I got lucky and had a coupon for QVC offering “easy payments” that break it down into a much lower, interest free price that works for my budget – so yay! I can’t wait to receive it and try it out. It gets mixed reviews but I’m hoping it works out ok. I would love to have fresh lettuce, tomatoes or even a nice herb garden to cook with growing right in my kitchen. No dirt, no bugs, no mess on my balcony. While I’ll never be able to start my own greenhouse or look into Business valuation reports, I’m hoping it will be a nice supplement to my grocery bill after the harvesting starts.
The felines are once again free. I figured I would let them out to try this again before they started giving each other prison tattoos while locked up in the bathroom. lol The hubby told me that he heard them having a meeting, plotting my demise. *eye roll*
But so far so good. They seem much more calm now. I don’t know if I would trust them out alone, all night long. But for now I’ll keep watch. Better rev up the popcorn machine, it’ll be a long evening of kitty stalking.
I am in LOVE with solid shampoo from Lush, particularly their “Karma Koomba” bar. Along with the invention of rechargeable batteries, and of course toilet paper, I think this is one of the best discoveries that I have ever made while shopping. It smells wonderful, leaves my hair squeaky clean and suds like you would not believe. Not having a bottle to toss in the trash is also a great thing, obviously. 
I’m on my way to being entirely Lush powered in the hygiene dept. From my face wash to my perfume and bubble baths to now my shampoo – I’m hooked!
It’s been so blah today. Dark, dreary, cooooold. I can’t stand the back and forth with the weather. One day no coat is needed and the next you’re wishing you had a parka from volcom clothing. I swear .. I’m frickin freezing most of the time.
But it could be worse. I have to remember that! My parents are always telling me about the temps in Michigan .. single digits, ZERO, snow. yikes. I don’t miss that at all.
now that I’m all finished unpacking and decorating .. what do I do now?
ugh.
This is why I procrastinate – so I’ll have things to do later. lol
I did manage to call the cable company and Nextel to have some things changed on our bills, saving us almost $50 per month! Not too shabby. Just an FYI if you use Cox, check into their contract deals. We’ve had them for years, and will probably have them for as long as live here so I went ahead and signed a one year contract on both our digital cable and internet service. I’ll only save around $10 per month combined, but hey it’s money, right? $10 can buy Kraft singles, butter and a loaf of bread making many grilled cheese sandwiches. With this shitty economy I’m trying to think about money in those terms. I used to shrug it off if I had unused premium channels or extras on our cell phones that we didn’t care for. But why pay for something that I’m not using? If it were up to me I wouldn’t have a cell phone or cable anyway, but since that isn’t possible with my technology addicted family, I’ll take what I can get.
Speaking of economics, who’s excited about those possible rebate checks we may be seeing?! I would normally be all giddy but not so much right now. I’ll have to borrow money (cash advance from Grandma .. thank goodness) to pay the IRS this year as it is so whatever we get in June (if we get it) will go to pay that back. It won’t be used to stimulate the economy at all unfortunately. I could stimulate it right now if I didn’t have taxes on my mind. Why not just give some of us a break now instead of checks later, you know? I swear, it doesn’t pay to work hard and make more money. I was hoping we would break even but from my estimations that’s not going to happen. I never understood what my Grandma was always bitching about when it came time to pay taxes. Now that we’re paying in instead of reaping refunds? I totally get it!! It stinks being on that side of the fence. I’ll try to be a bit more lazy this year and keep my earnings to a minimum so maybe we won’t have to go through this again next year.
Now I have the beginnings of a migraine .. blech.
Yesterday passed without any major happenings .. finally. I needed a quiet day! The handy man came to fix our closet and we didn’t have to pay for breaking it. Yay! It only took a few extra support rods and new anchors. There are still holes in the wall from where it used to be screwed in, but oh well. It’s a closet. I could care less as long as I’m not writing a check to have them repaired. I’m going to try and chill .. just a little. I know that’s life. It stinks much of the time and there’s nothing you can do about it. Those who have read my blog for years know that I have been through MUCH worse than a cat-pissed-on bed and a broken closet shelf. lol I think that is what keeps me going most of the time. I just have to look back a couple of years and think about what I was going through at this very moment back then. This is a hell of a lot better than that chaos.
Today should be a decent day as well. I don’t have a lot to do, aside from more unpacking and I need to find a charity to donate a few bags of clothing and toys to – preferably one that has pick-up service. Before we moved we threw out so much stuff and gave so much away and here I am with more to deal with. I’m going to have to take some lessons on living simply I suppose. The clutter is driving me crazy.
Edit: No more boxes!!! The last one is unpacked and almost put away. woohoo!! I’m so glad I packed up almost all of my personal items ( women’s lingerie and all my other girly stuff). It was so much easier to organize my own boxes than the boxes that the movers packed. The did a rotten job. . Plus it would have been sort of weird to have strange men going through that stuff anyway.
