Recapping 2008? I Don’t Think So!

I have notice a lot of blogs have been posting a recap of 2008. You will not be seeing something like that on this site of mine, no you won’t. It’s not cause I have something against the whole recapping thing, actually I think it is a pretty cool idea. It’s just that 2008 (well, actually since October 2006) has been full of heartache, disappointment and depression and I just don’t want to rehash everything over again. Trying to make sure the past stays in the past is hard enough in my everyday life without me having to bring all those horrible memories and feelings back up. The wounds are still sore and healing, slowly but they seem to be healing all the same, and I don’t want to pick at those wounds and start the bleeding all over again. I am not going to go through what all had happened and you won’t find any of it on my blog. I have kept the details of what went on to myself (and the involved parties) except for one close friend (and she doesn’t know the whole story, about what went on from January 2008 to June 2008) and I want to keep it that way.

Here’s to hoping 2009 is a hell of a lot better then 2008 (and 2007 and 2006).

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A Lazy Saturday

Well, today was a pretty uneventful day. Woke up this morning, took Raven down to my Mom and Nan’s so she could stay the night, went to Blockbusters and rented 2 movies, went through Starbucks drive thru and got a white chocolate mocha (yum) and then drove home. Then later on tonight Mike and I went to Walmart, Sam’s Club and The Pet Place with Mike’s cousin Dereck. The rest of the day has been spent lounging around the house and playing WOW.

I am loving my new cell phone though. I went with Verizon and got the LG Chocolate 3. I have been getting a lot of use out of the camera part of my phone. I have been taking pictures with it like crazy.


Going to Blockbuster to rent a few movies to watch tonight.

Gotta make a quick stop through Starbucks drive thru for a white chocolate mocha.

The two movies I rented from Blockbusters.

Meadowbrook Road is the road I live on.

Driving back home.

Late Night Shopping

Last night at about a little after 10 pm I ran up to walmart to get the WOW expansion Wrath of the Lich King. I was just gonna wait a few more days or possibly weeks to buy the Lich King but I was told by certain people that the Lich King expansion alimented the level requirements on your professions. I am at level 30 but my tailoring is stuck at 225 until I hit level 35. Well, I ran up to walmart at a little after 10pm and bought the expansion and a few other odds and ins. Came back home installed the DVD, downloaded updates, installed the updates and guess what. The Lich King expansion did not get rid of the level requirements. 🙁


Taken With My Cell Phone.

Happy New Years!

Happy New Years everyone! I hope y’all had a wonderful and safe new years. Mike and I went out to eat at Chili’s with his cousin Dereck and his wife Alana. Then came back home played WOW, watched the ball dropped and went to bed. Yeah. Exciting. But it was enjoyable.

Also, I got a new cell phone Tuesday night. I went with Verizon and got the Chocolate 3 in Black. So far I am loving it. If anyone wants my new number leave a comment and I might just give it to ya!

Christmas

Well, my Christmas was pretty dog gone good. On Christmas Eve we went down to Mike’s grandfather house. We were able to hang out and bull shit with Donielle and Eric who came in from VA for the Holidays. It’s always good to be around them cause we always seem to have a great time. After we left Grandpa’s, Donielle and Eric came back home with us to play a little Guitar Hero which I think we all had a blast doing that.

On Christmas morning Raven opened up all her gifts and I am pretty sure she is happy with them. She got most of the stuff she had on her Christmas list (I would say about 96%).

Raven took these photos:

What Santa brought Raven:

All the Inuyasha items.

All the Naruto items.

All the Death Note items.

Various items.

After she got everything unwrapped and played with a little we got dressed and went to my Aunt’s house for lunch.

Later on that night Donielle and Eric came over to play some more Guitar Hero.

Raven took loads of pictures (I didn’t take any LOL) so I will upload her photos later on today.

I Have Been A Bad Girl

I have been neglecting my blog like crazy lately. Just with work, the holidays and everyday life, I just don’t have the time or the desire to blog like a did a year ago. So I either have to make myself get back into the habit of blogging regularly or I need to give up the domain cause there is no since in paying the hosting if I am not going to use it. So over the next few weeks I will see how I do with updating.

Long Time No Post

It’s been almost a month since I last posted. I know, I know . . . Bad Manda. But I have been really busy. I started my new job on October 21 and I love it. I love what I do, I love my co-workers and I love the pay rate. I am hoping that my life will do something that it has never done before and give me a break and let me stay working for the doctor’s office that I am currently working for. I am only suppose to be there for 4 to 6 weeks but I am really really truly wanting to stay on there. It’s the best place I have worked so far and I will miss the people that I work with so much.

Saturday I took Raven to Toys R Us for the bakugan torunment that they were having. She played 2 games and didn’t win any of them but she had lots of fun. Bakugan is on here list of items she wants for Christmas and of course they are sol out just about every where, even online stores are sold out of them. So Ebay, here I come.

Fright Farm

Last night Mike, Raven and myself went up to Pennsylvania to Fright Farm. We had a great time. It took about an hour to get up there. We left at about 6:20pm and didn’t get home until almost Midnight. We had a blast! Raven had a great time. She was pretty much a target for all the “actors” that where trying to scare everyone since she is so young. But she wasn’t scared at all. She really enjoyed herself as did Mike and I.

Tuesday I start my new job. I have never worked in the medical field before. I just hope I do a good job and don’t mess up to bad. Cross your fingers for me.

New Job

So, I have finally have a new job! Yeah! It’s only a temporary job that will last about 6 to 8 weeks. But it will give me some extra experience in the office field. I am going to be working as a receptionist in a doctor’s office. I start Tuesday October 21. I am looking forward to it but I need to go out and buy some scrubs cause I don’t have any.

I Quit!

This past week has been an eventful one.

I pretty much quit my job. Friday the 26th of September was pretty much my last day. I just couldn’t take it anymore. We get paid shit, work our asses off and to top it off we don’t know what days we have off until we call in that day to see if we work or not. Working there pretty much made my life a whole last minute decision thing and I did not like that, not one bit. I want a job were I work day shifts Monday thru Friday and have weekends off. I know, that seems like too much to ask for but that is what I am going to try to get. Cause I want to be with my daughter and husband when they are not at work or school. Why is that so horrible?

So I went up to Manpower, it’s a company that places applicants in temporary jobs, on Monday and applied and then had to come back on Thursday October 2 to do my interview and testing. I did testing in data entry, Excel, Microsoft Works, typing and proof reading (which I did above average in all those yay me). So I am just waiting to hear something back about (hopefully) a job that suits me.