Month: April 2005

I was trying to fill in some of those holes (from where we pulled out the fence posts yesterday) and ,long story short, I fell against the house, ripped the leg/upper butt check part of my pants and twisted my ankle. My ankle is swollen and I have scraps and scratches on my right butt check. I am such a klutz!

Well, today we got a call from the company that Lowes is sending out to measure our yard for the fence. We made an appointment for them to come out tomorrow and do all the measurements. And then they will get back to us with the estimate.

Raven had her 2nd soccer practice today for the Spring season. They will have another one on Thursday. Her 8th Birthday is on Wednesday but we are going to wait to celebrate it this weekend. We aren’t going to have a party for her like every other year. Just a cake, her presents and then I think we are going to take her fishing. She really likes fishing and has been trying to get Mike to take her since the weather has gotten warmer.

My ankle feels better today. It is all swollen and bruised up though.

Well, Yesterday my Dad, Julia (step mom) and Alex (step brother) come out to visit us for the day. And Dad and Julia said that they are getting us a fence for my birthday. Great! I have been waiting one for awhile. It will keep London and Raven in the yard and keep everything and everyone else out. So we go to Lowes and Dad talks to the guy about them installing it and the guy is going to have someone come out by Wednesday to measure everything and then he will call us and let us know what the estimate is. Ok cool.

So we go home to pull out the posts that have been there for God knows how long (they where there when we bought the house almost 5 years). So everything is going pretty good and then the battery in the truck died and wouldn’t start. It needed a new battery anyway so Mike and Alex’s went to Walmart and picked up the new battery and my Dad put it in and we started pulling out posts again.

Everything went pretty smoothly until we came to the last fence post. We pull it out and after a few second we could smell gas. I got down on my knees and smelled down in the hole and I could hear and smell the gas so I tell my Dad and we call the gas company and about 3 hours later (10:30 pm) they send someone out. The Gas guy was really nice. Explained how he isn’t from around here. He does the Fairmont route and had to come here cause they couldn’t get a hold of the guy who does the Clarksburg/Shinnston route. He checked the pipe and at first said it was just the threads leaking and then he found another little hole but he said that we did not cause it, that the leak was all ready there and that we just uncovered it. But he said that we will have to replace the whole main line from the road to our meter. We have to buy the materials and dig the thing and put it in ourselves. He said the pipes where probably 50 years old or more. The guy taped it up good and filled it in. See, we share a main line with our neighbors. The main line runs about 8 inches from the property line on our side. Then it comes to a V and splits off to our meter and the neighbors meter and then a pipe runs from our meter to our house. So the pipe that is leaking (the main line) does not effect our meter (meaning if there is a leak it does not raise our gas bill). I sure don’t see why we have to pay for the pipe and put it in. I was always told you only have to pay for any repairs if it is from your meter to your house. I am sure I am going to be arguing with the gas company.

We got a call from Raven’s new soccer coach last night. Her first practice is tonight at 6pm. Raven is excited. She has been waiting for the season to start since the fall season ended. This will be her 3rd season playing.

I watched the Today Show this morning. I sat through that crap for 3 hours waiting to see Raven’s teacher who was suppose to be on there and I didn’t see her at all. I watched it for nothing :ugh:

The new layout for my site is up. Hope everyone likes it. Don’t know how long this one will last. I really need to get off this computer and finish cleaning. I think I will do that right now.

I am mauling over the idea of changing the layout to my site (I Kick Ass for the Lord) but don’t know if I really want the hassle on switching all the content over. And the layout that is up right now has only been up for a few months. But I think it is a little to boring and I have been in the mood for pink. Maybe a pink and brown layout. Hmmm. That’s something to think about.

I was up until 3am last night (late for me) trying to get more content to my site. Mike is sleeping right now and when he gets up I will give him the computer and then go clean. I have been really slacking the house work lately. Mostly cause of my websites and just not feeling like cleaning. When it was cold out, I couldn’t wait for Spring so I could start spring cleaning. Now that it’s here I can’t seem to get in the groove. Don’t know what is wrong with me.

Well, I have decided to make a new layout for my site. And hopefully I can use an iframe to incorporate this blog into the index page of my site. I was I had an extra PHP but with my hosting plan I only have one and I have all ready used it for Coppermine Photo Gallery.

Well, today I got off my butt and started the spring cleaner. I got Raven’s room done and hopefully I can finish the kitchen before Law and Order comes on (reruns on TNN).

On another note, Raven’s teacher is going to be on the Today Show tomorrow. I don’t know why, I’ll guess I will find out tomorrow morning. I don’t like watching the Today Show but will make an exception for tomorrow.

Cookie monster is dieting?

Cookie Monster Eating Less Cookies
By CHELSEA J. CARTER, AP

NEW YORK (AP)
– Something must be wrong in the land of Muppets. First PBS announced that “Sesame Street” would kick off its 35th season this week with a multiyear story arc about healthy habits. No problem there; childhood obesity rates are soaring. Then I learned of changes that turned my “Sesame Street” world upside-down.
My beloved blue, furry monster – who sang “C is for cookie, that’s good enough for me” – is now advocating eating healthy. There’s even a new song – “A Cookie Is a Sometimes Food,” where Cookie Monster learns there are “anytime” foods and “sometimes” foods.

What are they doing to are beloved Seasem Street? Kids are not overweight cause Cookie monster eats lots of cookies. Their parents need to watch what they allow their kids to eat and not let me eat fast food for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Now don’t get me wrong, I love McDonalds and eat there every so often (once every couple of weeks) but stop blaming they why you are one everyone else. I am not fat cause of Cookie Monster, I am not fat cause of the fast food industry, I am not fat cause of all they great tasting junk out there. The only person I can blame for me being fat is myself.

Ok, so I made another blog just for me. I have a family blog but there is just somethings I can not post in there cause I really don’t want my whole freaking family reading it, perfect strangers reading my inner most thoughts and feelings is fine just not my grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins.