November 8

Today has been a quiet kind of day. I started getting a headache in church this morning and it was horrible by this afternoon. It is finally starting to clear up.

Recently I wrote this post Men's Escape and talked about hubby and his friends going to the opening Steelers game (or trying to get in anyhow).

One of the guys had a birthday this week. He also is working on a man cave at his house that is all done in Steelers stuff. So Hubby and I came up with a plan. While they were there they got a picture with one of the Steelers.

At first we were just going to have the picture printed and put in a nice frame. Then we looked around online for a nice Steelers frame. We quickly came to the conclusion that an official Steelers frame was going to be a little more than we wanted to spend.

So we took a trip to Pat Catan's (a local craft store kind of like Michael's). We found Steelers wrapping paper, a plain unfinished wooden football and a plain unfinished wooden frame and some paint. I had wood glue and gloss finish here and hubby had some spray on adhesive.

I then got the creativity going and put it all together and came up with this:

See, I can be creative when I want to. I may not be the cooking, gardening, cleaning type, but I can be pretty creative at times. At least I think so.

Stacy

November 7

Happy Birthday 40th Sesame Street!

So today's question is in honor of Sesame Street.

Who is your favorite character? Why?

Who is your favorite actor? Why?

What do you remember most about Sesame Street?

Stacy

November 6

Holy moly it is cold out there. We went to the last football game of the year. I hardly made it through the first quarter before I was so stinkin cold I wanted to leave.

We stayed until half-time, watched the band play and then left. Poor Teen had to stay until the end of the game.

My fingers are tingling as the warmth is coming back to them.

Anyhow, remember the other day when I was talking about my job and how boring it is? Well today the boss called me in at the end of the day and cut my hours in half.

I am both glad and sad. I am glad that I don't have to sit there and be bored out of my mind while not allowed to do anything. But I am sad that the holidays are approaching and we will now be short on money. The older ones understand, it's the little one that will be disappointed.

The part that stinks is the way they set up my hours now. I will be working from 10 - 2 Mon - Fri. Can't get anything done before work and can't do anything after.

I know, seems like I just can't be happy. I would have rather been completely laid off so I could collect unemployment and have more time to interview and such.

So I will put it all in God's hands. He is in control and I am sure he will direct me where to go next.

On a lighter note, tomorrow is Band day at Univ. of Pittsburgh. They invite the local school bands to come and participate in a pre-game parade and the half-time show. Hubby is going down with Teen to the game with me and the other two stay home, nice and warm and watch the game. So if you tune in to the Pitt vs Syracuse game tomorrow, you might get a glimpse of Teen on the field.

Have a great night. I am going to take a nice hot bath to finish getting warmed up.

Stacy

November 5

So yesterday on the way home from work I see a dead skunk laying in the road. Naturally I straddle it. As I do I start to smell it.

It had obviously just been hit. I mean really recently. The smell was so strong I could actually taste it and I was chewing mint gum at the time.

So I proceed to go home and go in the house at approx 4:50. I had a million and one things to do before I had to leave again at 6:30.

At 6:30 the boyz head out to the car. I follow shortly behind them. As I get into the car the boyz ask me why the car smells like skunk.

Almost 2 hours later and the smell was still in the car. That was one string skunk!

Stacy

November 4

Most of you know that I struggle every day at work. I am still unsure why they hired me as there isn't work there to keep me busy.

I have put out some resumes and hopefully something comes of one of them. I am pretty sure at this point I will be there until after the first of the year as there isn't much out there right now.

I can only ask so many times in one day for work to do. The worst part is that I have to just sit there. I am not allowed online, I cannot read a book, I cannot text, I cannot make phone calls. I just have to sit there. This week they started working on an addition to the building. They are working right outside of my window so at least I have something to watch right now.

The thing I struggle with most is one of the guys in the office. There is a long story here, but basically he has to have someone to boss around and pick on and it just happens to be me. I can go into the whole reasons I think he is like this, but we'll save that for another time. My problem is I absolutely can not stand not liking someone. I always try to find the good in people. I just can't find anything good about him and it breaks my heart that I feel this way.

I find myself mumbling about him to myself when I see him. Making silly faces when he isn't looking and just feeling so mean towards him. I know this is so childish, but I just can't stop myself. He has done somethings that have really hurt me and currently this is how I am feeling.

He is one of those "Sandpaper" people in my life. Perhaps God has put me in this situation to learn to deal with this type of behavior. If this is the case, I might be employed here for a long time if I don't figure out how to forgive him and move on.

I am not one to hold a grudge, but I just can't seem to let go of some of the things he has said and done. You know that saying "Fool me once - shame on you, Fool me twice - shame on me"? He has blindsided me twice now with lies and accusations and I just don't know how to let go and let God this time.

How do you let go of something when you are so hurt but you know you need to move past it? Do you have a suggestion that I can try?

Stacy

November 3

Ok, one more Halloween photo and I am done.

Friday night there was a charity dinner called the "Boo Ball" a few towns over. There was a whole group that went. I was unable to attend, but hubby went with a few of our close friends. Hubby is Pres. Bush in jail.

Stacy

November 2

So most of you know that I am on Facebook. And I love to play Farmville on FB. So the other day as I was playing Little S came up to me and said:

Mum, did you know that cows have 'gutters'?

What?

They have 'gutters'.

Silly kids, I almost fell off of my chair laughing. Of course I immediately called a ton of people and told them what the silly kid just said.

Stacy