WhooHoo! I’m a proud owner of SLVR. eBay member came through for me and I received it on Friday. No complaints except I can’t use my iTunes music for my ringtones. Bummer.
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New computer and cell phone
Last weekend I took the plunge and bought something else off of ebay. It is the new SLVR cell phone. I promise the seller thought I was anal I was asking so many questions but it looks like it is the real deal and should be delivered to me today or tomorrow.
And then last night I got the idea that I wanted to go ahead and get a new computer. For a smaller upgrade and selling my computer, I only had to put about $200 so I went for it. It supposedly was shipped today from CA. So yay!
Tax Time!
It’s January and guess what that means!! Tax time again! If you’ve been reading for awhile, you know that I LOVE tax time. Especially since we’ve had 2 kids because that means mula coming to us. I started printing all of our stuff today and going through the checkbook to categorize everything. I just downloaded all the federal and state forms I’ll need to do my taxes but not actually submit them. Yes, I do my taxes myself to see how much we are getting but let a professional do them and submit them. I just can’t stand that our companies wait until January 31 to mail our forms and then I have to wait until mid February to find out how much we are getting back. If I sit down and do it tonight, I could know how much we are getting back and then we can start planning! Last year we put up our fence and built the back deck. The year before we put on our sunroom addition. Those were definitely fantastic investments and have been greatly used. This year I think we are leaning towards either a used car for me to take to work or paying down our van loan. My current list of things I really want to do but would take several years worth of tax returns:
Hardwood floors in living room/kitchen/entry/playroom
Kitchen countertops
Refrigerator (and stove if I REALLY had a lot of money)
Curtains for my room
Curtains for my living room (if I could figure out what fabric I wanted)
Pay off our van
Get another car for us to use
Bedside table for Scott
Telescopic lens for my camera
New computer that will run Pinnacle including new graphics card with TV Tuner
DVD camcorder
I’m sure there’s more but that’s what comes to mind. Just about 25K-30K would take care of that, no biggie right??
He loves me
Revelation 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
I said last time something didn’t feel right. And it didn’t. And it hasn’t for awhile. It’s taken me over a year to get through some stuff. I’ve listened to several sermons on my iPod, at church this Sunday and read some stuff. And Revelation 3:19 kind of sums it up. God loves me and He wasn’t going to let me get away with the sins I was committing. He has spent much of this year rebuking me. It has been quite a struggle. But this weekend I’ve gotten to the point that not only are my actions going to change but my heart and mind need to also. So my prayer for this year is verse we used to repeat at my old church at the end of every service.
Psalm 19:14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in your sight. O Lord, my strength and my redeemer.
Whew, quite a work out
Made it to the gym again yesterday. She about killed me though. I went to this class Sweatshop that I don’t normally go to but the timing worked out. Last time I went I said I wouldn’t go back because i didn’t like the exercises she did and I didn’t get much work out. I peeked in and the set up looked different so I went in. She really about killed me. I had to stop a few times so I wouldn’t faint. I think I kicked until my leg really wouldn’t lift to kick. It was a great workout. This sounds funny, but I will definitely go back to that class. I just need to eat before I go!
Blah
Kind of a blah day today. Kids had cabin fever I think. But I mentioned to Emma going to get McD’s for lunch and it was a no-go. But I heard a lot of whining and saw a lot of pouting. Up until about 2 weeks ago Lexi was getting pretty good at these pouting spells where she would go in the kitchen and lay down on the rug and get on her knees and put her head down on the ground and pout. I have been trying to put a stop to that recently (yes, we spank after they get explained why they are getting spanked, not just random swatting). She starts to get down on her knee now and I say, Lexi, don’t you lay down and pout and she gets up real quick. She usually continues to cry some but at least she’s not throwing herself down places and crying.
When Scott got home from work I took off to the gym and he took the kids to his Mom’s for dinner after Lexi woke up from her nap. She was still down when I left. They are supposed to be bringing me some food home. So the house is really quiet now. I straightened up a little but now I just want to lay down somewhere. But I always feel like I have to be doing something when the kids are not here. Like I need to take advantage of the house being empty to do some chore I always say I can’t do when they are here. Right now I think that might hanging Emma’s clothes up. Ugh, I’m going, I’m going…
chatty
I’m in a chatty, good mood and I need to chat here for a bit. Number one, I have to say I love Nelly Furtado’s new song Say It Right. Especially after reading the words. At the end, you’re like woah, that’s hot. And also Lips of an Angel is on my top playlist in iTunes. And can I just say I LOVE my new iPod. I know it’s already obsolete at only 1GB and no video but I really like it. I assume I’ll be upgrading within the next year, even if I have to wait until next Christmas. And I love the armband I got. I used it last night while I was putting clean clothes up and it was GREAT. Gave me some incentive to clean up and it stayed on quite nicely. And last night I watched the bonus features on my GA DVD. It had a bunch of deleted scenes and some were totally funny and completely unnecessary but they would have been cute to see. And some you were like, woah, I didn’t know he felt that way. I was a little disappointed that almost all of the extras revolved around the actors who played the chief and Addison and some with Alex. Where is Derek and Meredith and Burke and Christina?? I mean, come on. Everyone has a part in the show, but they are clearly the stars. I wish at least one of the features would have involved them. But no. Scott is working today. And unlike yesterday, he is not able to stay at home. Which is a bummer. The good news is I don’t have ANYthing to return so no need to rush out to the stores today. And Scott bought a snow globe thing and projector for the yard on Sunday night at KMart. So no need to rush out for that. Although I would like to buy a prelit tree on sale. But I’m guessing they are sold out by even now. So there is very, very little to do at work. The company always puts a hold on anything we can implement until mid January so this is a very slow time of the year for everyone in IT. OK, I think that is all for now. Well, except I’m staring at my, I mean, uh, Scott’s new coffee maker and I really want coffee. So maybe that’s what I’ll do now. That is all, you may go. That line was on a movie or tv show once and said I think in a Russian accent or something. Oh, Ugly Betty with a client. And Heather was over here and I was trying to mock here and I did really good the first few times and then was really bad. But it was funny because I said I was going to use that all the time. So that is all, you may go. lol
Nice Christmas
So Christmas at Mom’s house was really nice last night. She had dinner ready for us when we got there. The kids weren’t interested in eating, just playing, which was actually made for an easy, quiet dinner. I’m really excited about the gifts I got and what Scott got because it benefits me too :). We got our sheets for our bed, Grey’s Anatomy Season 2 on DVD (yay!), Mom made me my roman shades for my room, a set of cute washcloths, ornaments and Heather bought me a trivet with the girls’ picture on it and an Easy button from Staples (which I would never spend my $5 on-it was funny). And Scott got a coffee maker and a set of 3 cordless phones which we needed really bad. Our cordless in the kitchen you have to get a workout to push the On and 2 button. Heather said she bought more for her than us lol. So it was a nice evening. Emma and Joy played her new Memory game with Heather. Lexi and I laid up in Mom’s bed and watched Robots eating cheese and crackers until Scott said he was too tired and needed to go home. And can I mention that was at 8:30pm ;).