I Won!!!!....

Ok people...I never win anything. I mean it. Nothing, nada, zilch. Today was my lucky day though! Remember I mentioned that fun website with all the giveaways? Well, my name was chosen for a $150 shopping spree on a website that sells baby clothes and kids clothes! Im so excited I cant stand it. You really must go to this site and participate. It is so easy and you never know....if I can get picked, you can! Check it out for Fabulous Fun Finds!

Perspective.....

So, I love to read blogs. Im sortof a blog stalker....or not sortof, AM a blog stalker. But there is so much entertainment out there. I have found some really good writing and even though I dont know these people from Adam, or Eve, I find myself drawn to stories of their daily lives simply because of the way they express themselves. I envy people that can write like that.

So, one of my favorite blogs "I think this world is Perfect" posted a snippet today of something his little girl said that I found so funny. He was pouring himself a cup of coffee and she said: "I can't wait until I'm old enough to drink coffee. And then, when I'm that old, I'm going to have a TV in my room, and I can watch it. Yay!!!"
Man, dont you miss being a kid and having that kindof perspective? The simplicity of being a child and wishing for things that adults take for granted or just find silly. Anyway, I just thought it was so cute....had to share. If she only knew that being an adult means so much more than a cup of coffee and a personal TV... she'd wish to stay little forever :)

As of this morning I have had over 1,000 visitors come by my blog since January! Locals and people from all over the world. Thanks for stopping by......

Lables....

Ok, someone asked me the other day if they could search a specific term on my blog to find a specific post they were looking for. Of course the answer is yes but then I decided to add the lable feature as well. It is on the right hand side of the blog and you can click on a specific subject such as "Addison" or "recipes" and it will pull all of the posts related to that subject. It is a work in progress as I have to go back and edit each of my posts since I started the blog and add a lable to it. As of today I have only completed one page of posts......it will probably take me a week or so to get them all done. But, in the meantime, you can still use the search feature at the top of the page!

Blog Design...

Im so bored with my current colors so Im in the process of changing it up. Im really not liking what is on here right now.....too islandy. I was going to do a Valentine theme but honestly I could not find anything out there that wasnt over the top! I like things a bit more subtle. Then I found some that were too Springy.....although I would welcome Spring at this point (we got more snow last night....) So anyway, Ive spent too much time on it for now.....you'll have to put up with the yuckiness that it is for a few hours longer until the kids are in bed and I can spend some more time on it.

On my last post, a friend of mine made a request to hear more details about my "graveyard shift" and what exactly I do for work. Well, I work for the Post Office. They have a large building here called "The Rec" which stands for Remote Encoding Center. There are only about 10 of them across the county. What we do there is this: When you drop of piece of mail in the box; postman; post office; etc.....the people inside your local post office run it through a machine called a Sorter. The Sorter scans and reads that piece of mail and is able to discern what address that mail is being sent to. However, it is just a machine and sometimes it cannot read the piece of mail for reasons such as; written illegibly, written too lightly, written in glittery ink, the envelope is colored, or the address itself is not valid (mostly the zipcode is what matters). So, when the piece cannot be sorted, the image that was scanned when they put it through the Sorter comes to my computer at the REC. I look at the image and key in the correct address for that mail and that correction goes back through cyber space to the post office it was generated from.....and now the mail gets sorted by hand to its appropriate place. Basically my job from 8pm to 4:30am is sitting in front of a computer and keying images as fast as I can. We cannot talk to our neighbors so it is essentially silent in the center. I listen to my ipod, books on tape, etc and just key key key. It is a simple job for a person who can type quickly and who likes to work and go home. Perfect for me. Plus my schedule can be changed every 90 days if I need to so it is very accomodating for busy moms. I get to be home during the week with the kids and am able to attend school functions....etc. Its great, tiring, but it works great for us. Plus it pays pretty decent. So, there you go. Thats what I do.....I also babysit my nephew 3-4 days a week while his parents work and I watch a girl in Ian's class on Fridays. All of this gives me income as though I worked full time out of the house but I am home for most of the time!

Ok so, no more exciting stuff to report. I am freezing right now. I caught a chill outside while picking up Evan from piano lessons and I cant shake it.....Im deep in the throes of Spring Fever!

I love Blogger!

Can just say a personal 'thank you' to my friend Alisha who turned me onto this blogging thing last year. I mean, granted I probably spend more time than I should messing around with it but it has been so much fun. I wish that everyone would make their own. I keep trying to convince my extended families to start one.....maybe one day! I decided to start another one that is more of my own personal journal. Sorry....no access to this one, which would probably bore most of you anyway. But it is so cool that I can basically keep a journal without the pain of handwriting. I type everything now days so actually writing would be so tiring. Plus, I am so much faster on a keyboard. Everyone should keep a journal because one of the coolest things Ive found is reading my grandfathers account of his life. Unfortunately it is just a small history that he wrote later in life but it is so interesting to read personal accounts of his life and how he felt about things. My previous journals are so "young".....all about boys, clogging, boys, music.....you know all those important things that teenagers think mean so much! So, Ive kindof started mine out as a personal history of sorts and then when I catch up to today, it will become a journal. The cool thing about blogger is that it archives everything and I can just print the page out and put it in a book (which I will do also) if I want a hard copy.....back it up on disk too.....I love computers. Anyway, for those of you reading my blog who do not own and operate your own blog, get with it will ya?! Im kidding....but not really. It is so fun. Thanks again Alisha.

Today we went to a basketball game at the church......yes it was painful. Denver of course was the one playing....You know, even in the shape he is in, he was better than all of those guys on the court. Even the teenagers. When he gets in shape....notice I said when....he will be hard to beat. However, tensions run high in church ball. It is always scary to watch a game as it progresses and the men get more ticked off about each and every foul. Granted some guys play pretty rough considering they aren't that good....but I guess thats why they play so rough. It would be hard to keep your anger in check with some of these guys out there. Playing dirty is the name of the game with some. Denver does pretty good considering how competitive he his. But, not so much today .....:) At least he didnt start cussing or anything...at a church game ha ha ha! I did hear one guy bark the BIG no no word.......yikes! Good thing his wife wasnt there. Anyway...it was fun and I hope that he feels OK tomorrow. I have a feeling he wont be able to walk. Here are some pictures from the big game....which they lost by the way, and it didnt help their ego's at all.

Notice the 3 little guys watching intently and learning BY EXAMPLE from their dads....hopefully they kept it all under control! Ha!

Cool Site

So, tonight while I was stalking other peoples blog sites, I found a link to a really cool place. Its called Tangled and True....the blog that I found it on made the comment that she was probably the last one to catch on to this site but Im here to tell her that NO, in fact, Vanessa Shannon is the last person to catch on. Nothing new but better late than never. Anyway they have fun giveaway's and really unique stuff on there. Its window shopping for me but still FUN!.....just passing it on. www.tangledandtrue.com You can also find it in my "Links that I Love" section of this blog!