It's another Monday.

Well, its another Monday. I've had to wait a week to write about certain things, just so I could write what I'm thinking, not what I'm angry about. Most of you know about the occurences of last Sunday. Anyway, Jack is doing ok. He really misses us, and I we all really miss him. He'll be home on Thursday. I want to think that Chris was just worried about Andrew, but I'm still having a hard time believing that. She has probably convinced herself that I don't care about Andrew. Like I want my nephew to get hurt in any way, which incidentally happens a lot when he's in her care. Anyway, I'm starting to have a hard time not thinking bad thoughts towards her, so time for a subject change. Not much going on at our house. We've been doing a little spring cleaning here and there. Everyone in our house except me got sick the last time. Guess it's my turn. I've been fighting a cold since Thursday. I was feeling lots better on Saturday. I went to Tom and Emily's to help Tom build an entertainment center. I don't know if it was just doing things, or being out where it was cooler, or what, but Sunday my cold jumped up and kicked me in the teeth. Yesterday, between the coughing, the sniffling, and the headache and body aches, it was an incredibly miserable day for me. Doing slightly better, today, but not much. Anyway, TAFN.

Not much going on today.

Not much been going on here lately. Just being lazy, and doing a bit of spring cleaning now that the weather is nice. Going to take the girls to an Easter egg hunt at Emily’s tomorrow after church. We’re going to dye the carpet... I mean dye some eggs later on this afternoon. Monday, I get to make another run to Wyoming to help move the other crusher to Big Piney at 6 in the morning.

Learning to cope.

Still learning to adjust to the changes in our lives without Brit around, but we're slowly learning to cope. We haven't done much this week. Just spent a lot of time thinking and contemplating the complexities of life and such. Katie and Mandy are coming to spend the weekend with us. Tomorrow, we'll dye some eggs and do some egg hunts.

We lost a dear friend today.

It's been a rough day. Sydney has been sick. She was throwing up and running a fever last night, so I decided to sleep out on the couch, so that KD could have her sleep in the bed with her to keep an eye on her. I don't think KaraDawn got much sleep, and neither did I. While I was in town today, our friend Brittany's parents stopped by our house. They had horrible news. Brittany passed away last night. Talk about a shock. She'd been sick all week with the flu, and last night, she just stopped breathing. She was only 28. The best guess is that the flu, combined with the heart murmur she's had for a long time was just too much for her. KaraDawn is devastated, and I'm hurt, but still feeling a bit numb right now. KaraDawn has been watching Brittany's daughter, Giselle for the past 5 months, and she and Brit have become almost a part of our family. The standing joke between KaraDawn, Brittany and I, is that Brittany is my other wife. I can't count the time she's helped us out. Whenever KD and I have issues, Brit has been there to help us out, completely impartially, yet knowing which one of us needs a little nudge in the right direction. She's helped me to forgive, to try to understand, and to let little trivialities that bother me go by the wayside. Technically, she's KaraDawn's best friend, and I guess I never really realized how much of a friend of mine she was, too, until today. Anyway, Brit, I'm going to miss you horribly, and I know KaraDawn misses you even more. We love you, and will always remember you. We know you're in God's arms right now, and we'll look forward to seeing you again someday.

Sometimes it feels like life is feeding you this much crap. lol. Anyway. We had a good weekend. Katie Jo was here. We just lazed about and played, and didn't get much done, but had fun. We didn't make it to church today, as KaraDawn, Sydney, Katie, and Karly all had the sniffles, and/or full blown colds. So far, I've lucked out, and just had a little sniffle, and then it went away. Hopefully it stays that way.

Been kind of boring here lately. Not much going on. Just the usual daily chores, and playing some online games. Also been playing Warcraft II. KaraDawn says I'm addicted to it, and she may be right, but she is definitely addicted to playing Bookworm on her cell phone. I am finally starting to get tired of snow. I really want to be able to get outside and do some work on the yard and garden, as well as break out the motorcycle. Soon....

I had a 7:00 kick off meeting this morning for HK. Same sh!t they feed you all the time. They promise to improve things, put more money in your pocket, but don't want to change the things they do that suck that money right back out, since you should be grateful to work there. Since I work full time seasonal, I still don't get any holiday pay, or vacation time. Your vacation time is considered the winter when you spend the time hoping that whatever you managed to save up, and you get for unemployment will make ends meet. Let me tell you what...they dont' by a long shot. They better get me back to work and full time within three weeks, or I'm looking for another job. By that time I'll be in danger of losing my house, and no job that treats my loyalty like it is expected of me is worth that. I really enjoy the work I do, and the people I work with on a daily basis, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. Anyway, sorry for the rant, but I'm tired of pie crust promises from employers. Funny my previous employer had an ad in the paper looking for workers, pay DOE. I did spend almost 4 years there.....HMMM............

After working on stuff inside the house the past few days, I finally did something out in the garage. I put up the peg boards I bought. I got these pegboards including hooks and mounting screws for a whopping 12 bucks at Big Lots. After pricing pegboard at Home Depot, this was a steal, even though they're plastic instead of wood. We'll see how they hold up. It's been a busy day. I had an appointment with children's counselors for Katie and Mandy. I also had to go to Andy's appartment and beat on his door till he woke up to let him know his son was in the hospital with pneumonia. It's been strange not having Karly around today. She's spending the night at her grandma's house. It's just really weird not having her around wanting to help me with things, or wanting a snack, or just making noise around the house. I spent about 2 hours today breaking up the ice pack in front of our driveway. There was a ridge of ice, then a puddle on the other side of it in our driveway. This made for a chunk of ice about 6-8 inches thick with a drop off of up to 10 inches or so on the other side. I got the car hung up on it a time or two, as did other visitors to our home. I decided to try to do something about it today. I tried driving the pickup back and forth on it to break it up, but to no avail. It took a hammer and chisel to break it up into chunks that I could throw off to the side. Now it's just a 2 inch deep puddle. Better, but I think I'll feel the exercise tomorrow.

I'll try

I'll give a go at starting a blog here. Don't know if it'll be very entertaining or interesting, but I've started one. I finished putting lights up in our living room today. When we moved into our house, there was a switch that didn't do anything. I thought it should run an outlet to have a lamp come on, as there was no ceiling mounted lights in our living room due to the fact that we have a lovely radiant heat grid covering the whole ceiling under the spackle. It didn't seem to run any outlets. Three hours of staring at wires later, I figured out that someone had put in a new switch who didn't know what the heck they were doing. They simply plugged wires till the the outlets, etc. worked, and left it at that. After finally figuring out how it should be wired, what do you know, one of the outlets in our living room was controlled by that switch. Too bad it was the outlet for the aquarium and the computer. Had to do a bit or rewiring to get constant power to them at this point. Anyway, after a full day of chasing wires and a couple of headaches on Saturday, I finished mounting 3 wall lights in our living room so that we don't have to try to find a lamp in the dark to get light in the living room. KaraDawn is very happy with the new lights. I've been busy on the house on a budget the past few days. I put in a vinyl entry way in by the front door, removing the grungy carpet that collected water and mud. I put in a new bathroom light fixture, so that now there's enough light in the bathroom to see your face. I also bought enough of the same vinyl I did the entry way in to also do the bathroom floor at a later date. The lights, vinyl, wire, and everything cost me a whopping $120 give or take, but the hours of climbing up and down the ladder, wiggling through the beams in the attic, and frustration with wiring..................I was pretty tired this last weekend.