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The last few days have been rainy/dreary. Those who know me well know how much I love weather like that. I love sunshine and nice weather, but I love all day all night rain too. It really started Thursday...which was interesting.

So...Most of Thursday I did a lot of nothing. But that night, they had this seminar on Medical Transcription, which is a field I certainly wouldn't mind getting in. I told Alicia about it, and we agreed to meet each other there to see what it was about. Well, turns out there are 5 "semesters" each sent to you through the mail, and each one costing $599 O..O oh, you can pay $55 a month (for the rest of your natural life), but that doesn't cheapen the price. Admittedly, you can pay out the debt any time, and the program they provide you with is the best, but still....when you don't have the money for it, you don't have the money for it =..=

Anyway, so the rain and thunder and craziness started that evening. It started thundering while we were in the seminar and rain followed soon after. We had decided already when we got there, that after the seminar we would head over to Uncommon Grounds afterwards. It's a local coffee shop/hang out. I had never been there, and I'd always wanted to go. So we headed over there, I got a cappuccino with hazelnut flavoring, and Alicia got strawberry fruit smoothie. I told Alicia that the cappuccino was awesome, if only because I could drink it without having to add any sugar or cream or any type of anything to make it bearable. Some cappuccinos I've had need serious help...not naming any names though. Anyway, we sit down and Alicia tells me, "Oh yeah, I got a flat on the way over here." O..O About that time, the tornado weather started to roll through the area. We had hail and torrential rain and winds...was insane. So, she called her dad...of course, we got there around 8:30 and she called him at 8:45 and it takes about 30 minutes to get from her house to town =..= So, we waited, and the ladies inside were nice enough to let us just stay and hang out while they counted down their drawers and closed up. Her dad finally got there and brought the jack and we helped him change the tire. Luckily, most of the weather had passed while we waited, so even though we were caught in it, it wasn't as bad as it could've been.

Yesterday (Friday), Alicia came over and we watched Twilight. She got here around... 11:45ish, and we watched/made fun of the movie and then the extra features on the other two discs till about... 3 pm. Then, I showed her my empty trailer and told her about everything I intend for it. She was impressed and a bit envious...which, the latter half was not my intention. But you know what they say about beggars (they'll only spend it on booze :D)

Today, the weather perked up for the first time since Wednesday. Mom and I had intended to go over to our pastor's house and help them move into their new house. Well, Mom called them yesterday evening, and she asked if they were still planning on doing that, but they said no. So, instead, we decided to move a few of my things out of the basement and into my new trailer. We did manage to clear out one corner...but really, there are several things we just can't do without power or water. We could load up the pantry, and all the shelves and stuff...but the cabinets need to be wiped down first. I suppose we could just grab a bucket of water and a dish rag and haul it over there. But, that's sort of a 'final touch' thing. Plus, most of my dishes, which had been stored away, totally need to be washed because a ton of dirt/dust settled on them.

After we had as many boxes settled to our satisfaction, we put a color in my hair. It's really the same color as my own natural color, but putting it in makes my hair look more vibrant and healthy. The color came with blond highlights >..> we shall see.

After we ate lunch, Mom was exhausted. So she went to take a nap. I was tired too, but I decided to go out and swing since the weather was so nice. I was swinging for about 22 minutes and then I had to get off. It was nice out, but the wind had picked up and I just felt colder (that could be because I was sweating though...). Either way you look at it...it's been a good day. Sore like mad, but... a good day :)

I guess that's all for now. I'll talk later, Sunshines.

Your Supervillain Name is Lady Guillotine

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After going to the hospital, the doctor’s office, the college (which, doesn’t accept resumes unless they have a position opened >..> lame), and the two staffing agencies, we were hungry and tired. So, we headed to McDonalds and then went home. We ate and watched HGTV (I love Color Splash and Deserving Design), and then we went outside and sat in the swing. We even swung on the new swing, but the board isn’t really wide enough and...alas, I am out of shape. But I would swing for a few minutes, and my syatic nerve would start to act up, so I’d go around the yard taking pictures, and then I’d feel ok again and I’d get back on and swing again :)

The reason I’m taking so many pictures is because everything is blooming! Our bradford pear tree is full of white blossoms, we’ve been having yellow daffodils everywhere that’re just so pretty, now there are two bushes behind our house that are full of yellow blossoms and the cherry blossom tree (the one that split in three from the ice storm?) has white blossoms all over it ^..^ It’s so cool.

Of course, Mom got a call from one of my Aunts....I think Aunt Audrey. They found my Uncle Wilford in his bed today, dead. Mom was a little shaken, because she said she’d just seen him at Richard’s funeral and he’d looked fine. She even said that she went out of her way to hug him... of course, Mom’s now really on the ball about the family reunion thing. She says that it’s a shame that the only time they all get together is when there’s a funeral, and she really wants to have a happy occasion to get together before they loose another one o..o

I have no idea how, but somehow, I got volunteered for helping to organise this monster >..> I can’t say that I really mind, because I know Mom doesn’t really know a lot about these sorts of things - and, I’m not saying that I’m so great at it, but still, I have gone to conventions before, so at least I have an idea of what could/should be done. For one, we’re working on getting a head count of who all wants to go, that way we’ll be able to get a pricing list (this place is going to coast $800 for the 2 nights we’re staying, so it cannot be free =..=). After the head count, we’ll figure out who intends to show up and when...I can’t see charging full price to someone who plans on only being there one night/day, and if people bring campers and don’t actually stay on, what’s the point in charging them, right? Also, I want to get as many e-mail addresses as I can, and actually start a news letter from an official e-mail (not one of my own) with updates and suggestions and all that jazz. I told Mom that for the evenings we can all just eat supper together and talk and enjoy one another’s company, but for the days, we’ll need to think of activities and stuff to do >..> I’m not the best person for that. I also told Mom that I’d like to get pictures of her siblings that have passed away, perhaps both past and present photos, and blend those pictures together and put their names on the photo and frame it nicely....it just would be a nice reminder of those who couldn’t make the reunion...I asked Aunt Lane about that, since I know she has a lot of pictures of everyone with her genealogy project. I have little doubt that during the reunion, I will have my camcorder out as well :)

Aaaand I’ve got church tonight. I’ll be asking Alicia if she plans on going to Wal-Mart this Friday at 11ish. In case everyone has been living in a hole for a while... Twilight comes out this Saturday. Now, I have it on good authority (both Scamp, who’s sister works at a Wal-Mart, and from calling the local Wal-Mart) that at midnight on the 20/21 they will be pulling out the Twilight DVDs at Wal-Mart. Not only that, every Wal-Mart should be having a fairly large Twilight parafinelia section with clothes and accessories....I called the local Wal-Mart to make sure I wasn’t just showing up for nothing this Friday night/Saturday morning, and the dude in electronics said that they’ll be stocking the DVD’s at Midnight on Friday/Saturday, and he’s not certain what’s going on, but in another department behind the jewelry section, they’re setting something up >..> Sounds worth investigating at least. I even called Jennifer (a local family friend who I found out is a Twi-Teen) to see if maybe she and her sister and mom would like to come with us to Wal-Mart and hang out and see what there was to see....but they’re going out of town tomorrow so...yeah. Make no mistake, I fully intend to buy my copy of Twilight from Target. The Twilight-Target deal is a much better one if I’m asked (and it’s my journal, so I’ll pretend that I was). A 3-disc deal for $17.99? Hello! I am so all over that....but the hard-core fan girl in me(who squees randomly at SpunkRansom’s golden eyes) demands that I show up if only to see what there will be to see.

/sigh. I guess that’s all...I don’t have anything else to add, and it’s about time I started getting ready for church. It’s been so nice out today...I’m glad we got some outside time :) I’ll talk later. See ya, Sunshines

Your Animal is the Goose

You are are a resourceful person who needs a lot of stability in life. You rather save for a rainy day, even if it means on missing out on fun impulses. When you feel secure, you are incredibly creative and artistic. You are also very witty. You like to invest in yourself and for the future. You like to always be learning and gaining skills.

I was also happy to hear that Supernatural has been picked up for it’s fifth season! ....of course, that only means I need a job that much more...otherwise, I won’t be able to afford season 4 or 5 when they finally come to DVD ;) As is, I feel I’m sorta behind on my fandoms in a way..../stares longingly at S3 Bones Box Set. Not that I’ll be buying much of anything fun even for my first few pay checks. I’ll need to start saving immeadately....otherwise, I won’t have much of a savings to speak of -..-

In superficial news, True Beauty finally skipped off into the sunset. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve enjoyed ridiculing these so called ‘Beautiful People’ almost all season long...And, I did really love Billy (which, surprises me, since I don’t usually go for blonds), but...I don’t think I could’ve taken another week of Joel’s conceited attitude >..> Not Joel McHale, of course! But the dude on there named Joel who was a conceited jerk. No, Joel McHale is my McDreamy :D Aaaaand I hope he makes fun of the ‘Douchbag’ meeting just like he did last week :) Anyway. I liked Billy and Julia was pretty ok too (considering), but they had gotten...awfully smarmy (which fit in well with the judges I suppose). Also, can I say that the thing at the end with the chocolates was hilarious? It was! OK, so the gimmick to this thing is that these gorgeous people are competing against each other to be the most beautiful person in America; but, what they don’t know is the judges are also judging them on inner beauty and spying on their every move with hidden cameras all over the house. Well, at the end, they received a tray of chocolates with a card saying “Here’s a chance for you to see through our eyes - Your judges.” and they were staring at the chocolates like it was a puzzle, all the while not realizing that on the back of the card was the answer “Go Down Stairs” XD!!!! Hilarious! It was edited but it looked like it took them five minutes just to flip the stupid card over!

....Reiko’s birthday is coming soon. She’s gonna be 21....God, but it makes me feel old. I need to call her and ask which address she’ll be at. Otherwise, it’ll be hard for me to know where to send her present. It still bugs me that I didn’t get Celeste’s address...not that it excuses me from not sending her a card. Mom and I had found a local Hallmark store, and they have a ton of those great musical cards, and I was going to send her one of those but....well, Mom and I kept getting sick and forgetting. I should’ve looked her up on white pages.com or something. It’s no excuse =..= I’m usually on the ball with birthdays...dang moving anyway.

Oh, and I finally put my Twilight fic up on juli_bear . I private posted it ages ago, and I finally got around to proof-reading and publicly posting it. I swear, I need to get my butt in gear. Having moved or not, I was supposed to have that LJ as my Fan Fic/Group area, and I’ve only posted the first chapter of one fic so far! ...I guess I’m slugging because really Twilight is one of the few fics I’m working on currently. Every other fic has gone stale =..= But! The first chapter of my new Broken Wing is now available, and I’ve posted it to twilight_book as well :) I really hope having it posted with my LJ as well as having a community aware of it will help motivate me.

....I can’t think of anything else....I guess that means it’s time for me to shut up and distract myself elsewhere :) Talk later, Sunshines!

You Are Carrot Juice

You are a warm, cooperative person. You work well with others. While you have a fairly strong personality, you don't have a lot of clashes and conflicts. You are ambitious, but not ruthlessly so. You won't step on anybody's feet to get to the top. You are successful, and all your success has come while looking out for others.

What Kind of Juice Are You?

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