February 28, 2009

• Trading Spaces...

      Sat morning. Should I watch Sat morning cartoons or update my blog? Oh the choices! Jane and the Dragon doesn't start until 9 so I think for now I shall update my blog.
      It has been a BUSY and productive week! Since I worked Sunday I took all day Tuesday off work. I signed the lease on my new apartment, paid the deposit and the 1st months rent and I get to move in Sat April 4th! I can't wait!! I contacted the electric and gas company to have everything set up in my name on the 4th. I have had a goal for about 2 years now that when I moved out I was going to buy myself a flatscreen TV to hang on the wall. I did just that! On Tuesday I shelled out more cash (Tuesday was a VERY expensive day for me!) and I bought a 50 inch plasma flatscreen TV! I was really leaning towards LCD since plasmas have more of a glare, but the price was right. Then I arranged with Best Buy to have it delivered and installed the weekend I move in. I also got my car washed and oil changed on Tuesday AND I had a dentist appointment. I was happy I had NO cavities for once in my life. I was EXHAUSTED by the end of Tuesday, lol!
       I still have so much left to do. I have the couch, bed and mattress I want to buy picked out, but I'm waiting to get my tax deduction back before I buy those and have the delivery time arranged. Should I pay $50 extra and get my couch scotch guarded when I buy it?? It's not like I have kids. (But I might in the future.) Does scotch guarding really extend the life of a couch that much? Or by the time a couch gets nasty are you ready for a new one anyway? My Mom never had our couches scotch guarded and they survived 3 kids, except she was buying a new couch about every 6 years. Any opinions on the matter? I need to get down to my insurance company and set up renters insurance. A lot of packing to do of course. At least I have a month.
      I have also been busy comparing prices. Since I'm getting a new bed it will be Queen size so of course my double sized sheets won't fit. I'm such a brat, I'm very picky about my sheets and I HAVE to have 100% cotton sheets with a 300 thread count minimum. Of course, that will cost ya. So I checked Bed Bath and Beyond, Wal-Mart and Target. Wal-Mart had the best prices for the sheet sets, and the dust ruffle Also the best prices on the shower curtain and bath room rugs that I'll need. Target had the best prices on pillows and a desk chair that I need. (I use my Grandma's kitchen chair at my desk currently.) And Bed Bath and Beyond had a pasta keeper, that I couldn't find anywhere else and I have a 20% off coupon for there. And on and on the list goes my friends.
      My Mom called me a few nights ago and she is sooo excited for me! I told her the weekend I move in I will be working the Sunday before that way I can take that Friday off and then have the whole weekend off, plus I will take 2 personal days from work on that Monday and Tuesday so I have more time to focus on settling in and relaxing. My Mom doesn't want to miss out on anything and so she is going to come up and stay with me that whole weekend and help me unpack and just have fun as my side kick. I'm VERY happy about that. I can't think of anyone I would rather have by my side, and I know my Mom will help me a lot if I get overwhelmed or whatever. She is really into decorating, it's her thing, she LOVES it, and I am defiantly my Mother's daughter. We make a great team. My Dad is also going to try to come up that Sat and Sunday, because I still have stuff in storage in Missouri that I will need. My kitchen table, my futon, my microwave, my dishes, a few wall hangings, etc. It will help me a lot not having to start from scratch and buy all that kind of crap.
        Jen stopped over for a little bit the other night to visit. She let me borrow a bunch of plastic storage tubs from when she moved. That will be really helpful!
        Angie and Donnie aren't really making it and I felt REALLY sad for Angie.
         And the closet doors are beginning to bulge a little bit in this thing between Chris and I, although we are still in the closet. He is very excited about my apartment, but I think he is even more excited about my 50 inch plasma tv. lol. I made cookies one night last week and gave him a whole bag at work. He loved it. I love doing things like that. He asked me to write him a note and leave it in his car last week, so I did. I loved his reaction! He was so happy and excited about what the note said. I couldn't believe it! That made me really happy! My boss was teasing me that once I have my own apartment it's going to be my own little 'Love Shack' little does he know, how close to home that hits... I got my cell phone bill from this past month. My bill is $62 dollars a month and that package includes being able to receive unlimited texts and send up to 400 a month. There have only been a few times when I have went over that 400 amount, but not by much. My cell phone bill this month was DOUBLE in price! It was $124 dollars, because I went an additional 498 text over my allowed 400!! I told Chris he better prove to be worth it! We were supposed to get together last night, but we were both SOOOO exhausted, it just didn't work out, and he had to work today anyway.
         I noticed he changed his Myspace to say, 'I am dating a beautiful woman that I love' that really surprised me, because his wife is on his myspace! I asked if he was referring to me on that and he got really shy and said yes. How does his wife not catch on?? Is she that dense? Or has she came to a place of acceptance as to where their marriage is at? I asked him what is going on between them, and he told me all she does is yell at him and it just makes him want to be as far away as possible. From the sounds of it his 1st wife is a bitch and shes crazy. He has a 5 year old daughter, Lexi from his 1st marriage. Lexi is Chris's life. She keeps him really busy, but that also wears him thin because he has to deal with issues from his 1st wife on a weekly basis. Now I'm not the best at math, but according to my calculations if Lexi is from his first marriage and she is only 5, that means he has been married 3 times in the past 5 years! He never talks about his 2nd wife. And his current/3rd wife doesn't sound very compatible with him.
       And then things are interesting at work. There is an older guy we work with, Rick. Rick has an apartment that he rents out for a little extra income each month. Rick has been having problems with his current tenet. He was venting to Chris about it and Chris said if Rick can get the current tenet out of there he would rent the apartment from him as soon as tomorrow. So then I have to listen to the customer service department cluster up in a tight little circle and spekculate, "Well that's kind of weird. Why would Chris move into that small little apartment with his wife? What's going on with his 3rd marriage? Is he moving in there alone??" And I just bury my nose deep into my work and pretend I am oblivious to what they are talking about and what's going on. I haven't asked him about it yet, but I'm willing to bet money he moves in there with out his wife. So if that does happen, Sue in customer service lives right across from this apartment, so you know she will see my car over there, and then the gossip will really begin. 
       Things in life either work or they don't. Test it out and time will tell.

        Ok, so I think that's quite enough drama for one week. I'll see how much more I can stir up next week. Today I'm getting my hair cut and need to deliver some Avon. Probley pack and relax.
        In the midst of my adventures in packing, I came across an old notebook from back in the day when  I was a good kid. (OK so that was only a few years ago.) There were a bunch of quotations in it that I had really liked at that point in my life. I came across one that I think originated from one of my pastors in Missouri, all these years later it still made me think and I kind of feel like it's the point I have been driving home at my self lately. So here you go, some food for thought....

  'Over achievers are always motivated by a fear of failure. Under achievers are motivated by a fear of success...'

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