Who would have guessed?...

Who would have guessed that two friends and nothing more would cross paths a couple years after graduation and live happily ever after?

Backstory: Dan & I were friends all through school. After graduation he went to the miltary and I went my own way, occasionally writing back and forth every few months or a Hey there by telephone..nothing more. Then one day Dan came home on leave and I was so nervous and excited to see him..that's weird I thought since he's only my friend. We spent that first week he was home pretty much inseparable...after being home about 10 days he asked me to marry him...I said yes and one year later on December 30, 1994 we were married. Several people gave timelines, it won't last 6 month, I give it a year, no more than 2, I heard others say.......13 years ago Sunday we said "I do"...we've had our ups/downs and rough patches but I could not ever imagine him not in my life...he's the absolute best, at everything...husband, father, friend, provider, fixer of damn laundry dryers that break, snow shoveler and dishwasher that I know. I thank god for him every night when I go to bed and every morning when I wake. I think it works for us because we were friends, pure platonic everyday "how ya doing" friends before anthing else.

Happy Anniversary Danielson.....

Money

December 3rd already? Only one more paycheck until Christmas? Only two more until 2008? Where does the time go? Where does the money go?

I am going to try to make a new years resolution of saving some money and not blowing all of it all the time. Out of my paycheck a certain amount goes towards bills and the rest is mine…now at the end of my two weeks I am flat broke and may only have $5.00 to my name. I waste it on stupid stuff and before you know it, it’s all gone and you wonder what you did with it because you have nothing to show for it. Eating out lunch to much, running to Beaners to get a coffee fix, wasting it on this and that. Don’t get me wrong we have money but this is MY money and I don’t dip into the other “bill” money because Dan would kill me, I just want to save some for something…not sure what.

Now that I read this whole blog it’s just rambling…hence the title of my site.

Calgon take me away

Oh my, if you read my friend Becky's blog she's sure a glutton for punishment...staying up all those long hours having fun, shopping, playing, etc. I on the other hand this past Thanksgiving weekend was down for the count. On Wednesday I felt this twinge in my throat and a slight headache buy 11:30 pm on Wednesday, I was done for. I felt like I had been hit by a bus!! On Thursday, I mustered up all the strenghth in my body to make my passing dish for Dan's family's Thanksgiving and went to bed and told him to take the kids and go without me. So, I missed Thanksgiving. I slept ALL day...blew my nose, coughed, coughed and coughed some more. On Friday I ALWAYS go shopping with my dad so I got up got ready against my better judgement went shopping was only gone 2 hours and I was DONE. Came back home and took a 6 hour nap...hey, and guess what I did on Saturday and Sunday? Yep, you guessed it...slept some more. I felt like I was going to die. Today I did manage to go to work, went on a huge coughing attack, my head is clearer, and I feel a "wee" bit better but it's all of 8:15 and I'm checking out for the night...I'm sleepy. I know this whole blog is rambles but that's what nightquil does to you but I refuse to cough all night.

Who's team is the best...LHS, LHS!

So, when you are a kid you can't wait to leave this god forsaken town...only to find out that it's where you belong. I can't imagine living anywhere else, raising my kids anywhere else or having them go to any school but here and after yesterday it just confirms it even more. Our Varsity football team played an undefeated team yesterday in a playoff game and I swear the whole entire town was there supporting our boys. I don't have kids in High School yet and don't even really know any of the players but when you bleed orange and black you go to every home game and some away and you support them, you support the program, you rally, you get excited and you sometimes get dissapointed but my heart will always have a permanant blackhawk imprinted on it. We did win against this undefeated team and are now on our way to the state semi-finals and yes, you'll find a convoy of cars with windows painted, flag flying, and horns blowing all the way down to Hillsdale next week to watch my boys play. I'm so proud of them and their determination, hard work and dedication. High school football has always been my favorite because the boys play because they truly LOVE the game. I'm so excited and no matter how far they go in these playoff games, I'll be there cheering them on. Once a cheerleader, always a cheerleader!

GO HAWKS!

I'm still alive

It was brought to my attention today that it's been awhile since I posted. Yes, this is true.

This is my first week with no football, cheerleading, equiptment turn ins, board meetings and I finally can concentrate. One more season down. I'm excited, yet sad that it's over.

What's new here...hum, my search, my long, long search for some family members may just be coming to an end. Not quite there but I can see the light. If any of you want more info please let me know and I'll email you about it. Not ready to share for "public viewing" yet.

W.W. is a bust...it's so hard to stick to a weight loss program when your family doesn't really support you. Let's face it people, I don't have will power and that damn Halloween candy!

Bummer

Well, I'm beating myself up right now for what you might think is something dumb, but we had our weigh in last night and I was up .4# (Point 4) now, I know that is nothing but it bummed me out.

Happy & Grumpy or Money & Happy?

This is the millionth time I’ve felt this way in the last 6 months. I need excitement, I need drive, I need something and I don’t know what it is. Anyone guess what I am talking about? Let’s see….it’s starts with a J and ends with a B and there is an O in the middle. Yep you guessed it….a JOB. Yes, I should be grateful I have one at the given moment due to the “stability” of our lovely Michigan economy and no available work… however I am bored out of my mind. Not that there is not projects to work on, accounts to service or filing to be done, it’s just that I feel blasé about my situation. I’m sure most people would say…”just look for another job” only if it were that easy. Let me list the reasons why it’s not…..

-I make decent money where I am at.
-I have benefits through my employer for my entire family as Dan does not.
-I have a flexible enough schedule that if my kids were sick or I needed to leave for an emergency, I could.
-My husband doesn’t think there is anything wrong with my situation and doesn’t understand money isn’t everything.
-Dan’s favorite quote is “if I got paid what you do to basically do nothing, I wouldn’t complain”
-We don’t have the money for me to quit, pay for insurance and go back to school for anything.

It’s not that I have a grand plan or heck even at 33 years old know what I want to be when I grow up…I just know that I don’t want to be “paper pusher” for the next trillion years and it’s really starting to bum me out. Even though I have been at this current job for 6 years and a prior one for 5 years I basically did the same thing…was a paper pusher. I don’t need to win the lotto, I don’t need a money windfall…I will work and work hard for what I get but I’m at a loss as to what to do.