I made it halfway through Idol finale before going to bed, woke at 10:45 and turned the tv on just in time to see Chayce win it! Hooray! He was my pick from the audition to the finale, even though 'growly voices' don't usually do it for me. All 3 of them should end up with recording contracts, their voices are amazing!
I haven't kept up with American Idol since our hometown boy left but I'm glad Chayce won. I really liked him, liked all three in fact. I would have been happy for any of them to win.
QOTD: Have any of you been having dreams lately that you remember in the morning?
Sometimes when I dream, I wake up to go to the bathroom and then when I go back to sleep my dream picks up right where it left off. So I guess you can say I remember them in the morning. Weird!
Then last night we watched The Woman in the Window on Netflix; not a good choice for nightmares.
The book was a book club pick last year. Maybe I should see the movie and compare it to the book. I didn't think the book was scary at all.
Noone else has anything else to say this morning??
I tend to check in in the evening, I have time to sit down and really concentrate on what I'm doing then.
I just can't compete with Lynn's cleaning habits.
She amazes me with her energy and drive!
I definitely do too! (I call them “downstairs books and upstairs books”.) I often read heavier non-fiction stuff during the day, and light fiction at bedtime.
When DS was younger and I was driving him to after-school activities, I also always had a “car book” for waiting.
I read one book at a time, don't count my Bible. And don't read anything heavy. I always have a book with me when I go to the doctor, dentist, trips, long car rides, etc. You never know when something may take longer than you thought.
Thanks flyingdumbo. I grew up with criticism and saw how my brother treated his kids, they are the same age as my kids. He forced them to major in what he wanted or he refused to pay their tuition. I told my kids not everyone should go to college and the world needs ditch diggers as much as they need rocket scientists. Life is to short to spend it in something that makes you miserable. And now as I write this I don't think I should be upset with my son for quitting his job. He hated working there the last couple years, so much that he told his son that he would disown him for following that career path. He wouldn't of course, but he didn't want Jay going that route. He is going to school to be a truck driver and probably will be much happier. My son was a Corrections Officer and he saw the inmates having more and more rights and those that were there to work being treated like they were the bad guys. It was taking it's toll on him. He said he hasn't had a migraine since he "retired" a month ago.
Thankfully I never voiced how I initially felt to my son. I think this helped me open my eyes a bit.
I've always told my kids to do whatever job/career makes them happy, just whatever career path they chose, do it to the best of their ability. I didn't care whether they were a lawyer or a trash collector. You want your children to succeed and have a better life than you but not at the expense of their happiness.
Excellent advice!
My niece is headed into 12th grade and going pre vet, too. DE, MD, Penn & VA Tech on her list. No back up incase she gets thru first 4 years but not accepted to vet school, and no intention of going to CC for the first year or two to knock those perquisites out of the way. I've shared my opinion on that w/ my brother. Not My Kid but dang I hate to see them saddled with all that debt with no plan.
A friend of ours daughter didn't make the cut to vet school here so they sent her to one somewhere in the Caribbean. She's happily now a practicing veterinarian in California.
Things here are pretty much the same. We did see older DS and the 2 DGS on Sunday. Those 2 boys are the wild children.
Your GKs sound like mine as far as the screaming go. Lil Joe has been pushing me a lot today. Once he started screaming because he wasn't getting his way he was sent to bed. Both GKs ended up taking a nap.
I am very unmotivated lately. I told DH that I don't want to be responsible any more. I am done. I have been responsible since I was about 12. That is a long, long time! I keep threatening to not cook some week and he says that we can get food out. I want him to say he'll cook! Work has been a hassle since I got back from vacation. Retirement is years away. I am tired of cleaning the house and making appointments for various things.
I hear you! I'm getting tired of doing the company office work but I'll hang in there until DH is ready to retire or age 70 which ever comes first. I do get tired of making all appointments, cooking most of the time and being the one to plan all the trips. I'd love for DH to whisk me away somewhere as a surprise but he isn't wired that way.
I have a dentist appointment next month and I do not like going at all. I feel like I am going to see a used car salesman. He always wants to sell me something. He is good technically which is why I still go to him.
Last year my dentist, for the first time ever, asked me if I would like to straighten my lower teeth. Not that they are all crooked, only one tooth overlaps another in the front slightly. And then he asked if I would like to have the gap between my two front teeth removed. I've lived with it since they came in (that's when it should have been done) and I'm not going to change things now. I really like him and kindly told him no but was surprised to have him ask. I've been going to him for over 20 years and he has never mentioned these things before. I do know that when he retires in the next couple of years I am going to find a dentist closer to home. He is about 30 - 35 minutes away and there are good dentists not 10 minutes away.
I am having so much pain since my knee surgery, I'm getting worried it won't get much better.
Not to scare you but a member of my book club had a knee replacement and got an infection in it. After a couple of months of pain she went to her doctor who did it and he told her it was just a matter of getting used to it. She got a second opinion and that doctor told her she had an infection but would not take care of it, she had to have her original doctor do it. So she went back to her doctor but he wouldn't listen. Then she went to a third doctor who confirmed what the second doctor said and he took care of it. She is fine now. I would go back to your doctor to have it checked out, wouldn't hurt.
I'm adding myself to the group with package delivery woes. I have an order that seems to be in the process of moving from one destination to another but not to me. It's something I want to try out and will more than likely return it but it just seems to be wandering around, I can see it on the tracking website.
Woke up to sunny skies and then the rain moved in. Back to sunny skies late this afternoon. Our yard is saturated, water is standing everywhere. The kids are loving running through the grass and splashing water everywhere.
Made my daily bank run and got to the mailbox just in time to hand over bills/invoices to the postman.
Dinner tonight was supposed to be a new recipe for beef enchiladas but at the last minute I changed to spaghetti, mixed vegetables and rolls.
AuntieMe3, so good to see you, my friend. A beach weekend celebration sounds lovely. Yikes to the crazy party! So glad you were safely home! Much continued prayer and love on your Mom. Her celebration of life indeed should be lovely. I pray it brings you much comfort!
,and I am amazed at how difficult it is to pay them off. It's almost as if they want your first born. People, I'm trying to give you money!!
ETA: you posted just ahead of me, that I hope you will be able to sell outright.
and rather funny! It's a fun memory of him for me for sure. No cemetery visits for us - partly because none of my 4 grandparents (both grandfathers in service, both grandmothers in nurse corp) are buried anywhere...honestly we don't do formal funerals on my fathers side and don't subscribe to traditional funeral traditions. My immediate family members that are gone are either buried at sea (on purpose) in another country or were - not to be terribly gruesome - not recoverable due to circumstance/nature of death. My youngest son is currently in the Army Nat'l Guard but active duty state side and my nephew is active duty in the Coast Guard, so I will touch base with them for sure. We also have two other nephews who are former Army, but have moved onto to civilian life these days. We do have a massive flag we put up on our barn roof, so that will go up in the next day or so. And bunting to put up at end of driveway. Actually may get to see & visit with youngest this weekend so that will be nice.
