When everything is said and done, everyone hates you anyway.. no matter what you say--or so it seems sometimes.
The 735th peanut gallery rule is: KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT--or REFRAIN YOUR FINGERS FROM TYPING...no matter how bad you want to say something.
I am now apparently a snippy girl who is harsh on everyone. I swear I wasn't trying to be harsh, or condescending or anything. I am a people pleaser. God forbid I try to make amends here.
Aunt Anne will be leaving on the first of May. By the tone of her e-mail it seems like she's been wanting to leave for a long time. If that's the case, I don't understand why she hasn't.... especially if it's so terrible and horrible to live there.
I feel like the most horrible person in the world for asking her to leave. I am honestly very concerned about her.. But what can I do? I'm not there every day. I believe that Rachael is moving out right now solely because of Aunt Anne's behavior...
*sigh*... I need to think...
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Always eat before taking....
Yesterday I discovered that one should always eat something before taking Tylenol allergy pills. Especially, when you wake up feeling like you have to hurl anyway!
It was a wonderful beautiful day yesterday... Sunny and brisk outside. I woke up feeling like my head had been run over by a freight train and then the unfortunate pill taking which resulted in a nice little reminder of how much I need to clean the toilet! I found that there was finally space in a playgroup that I've been trying to go to since January... so I said yes, not realizing that I was going to be feeling yicky. After saying yes, I ventured up to the shower, with Scianna close to my heels... She was intrigued by the shower water, but all said and done, she didn't want to have anything to do with the water that wasn't already in the tub. I got myself and Scianna dressed and then ran about throwing things into my quilted bag in preparation for the playgroup. I remembered to grab the car bill which I thrust into the mailbox, and remembered to lock the door, but I just couldn't have remembered to grab the house key? Nope! So, I didn't even realize I had forgotten the house key until I went to unlock the car. Luckily I had the spare car key in my bag--woot! I also realized at that point that my cell phone was busy being charged upstairs and out of reach, considering I'd already left my keys inside. So, being 10:00 and not having a way back into the apartment until 6:30 I set out for the playgroup.
The playgroup was good. Nice being in a house instead of a public place everyonce in a while. Scianna was thrilled with the new set of toys to play with for a while. I was thrilled to just sit and chill for a little while. The other little kids were cute. Michela was probably feeling a little threatened because everyone else was playing with HER toys. She kept getting upset with Scianna for playing with certain toys. I guess it's a good oportunity for "learning to share". After two hours of playing it was time to leave. This still left me with six hours to kill before I could get into the apartment. Great. Scianna and I ventured over to SamsClub in Greece, and got Ham, and shrimp and Chicken for Easter dinner on Sunday. We walked down every aisle and had fun munching on samples. Scianna especially liked the cheddar and gouda cheese that was being offered. I never knew that a two year old would like gouda cheese!!! After leaving SamsClub we ventured over to Wegmans to get the other things necessary to have a successful Easter dinner, and hopefully not have to go shopping until next weekend. Scianna promised me she'd be a good girl in wegmans, and she was for the most part, until we got to the checkout aisle and she insisted on climbing out of the cart. We were right near the balloon station, so she played with the ribbon, until it was time to leave. I had a near breakdown trying to figure out what ingrediants were needed for my family's special rice. My Dad was so great at making it... and now he's not here to do it. I was able to find the clams and the pimentos, but I couldn't find the same kind of flavoring paste he used... I know it was in a white container... but didn't know what section to look in. I ended up getting this stuff that I found with the boullian... "Better than boullion". I hope it will work. After wegmans it was 2:55 and that meant I still had 31/2 hours to kill before the key arrived.. at this point... I was like.. sheesh.. I could just go to Webster and get the key... So, I made a plan in my brain to do that. Before doing that though, I stopped at the mall hoping to get my own special rice pot. I thought maybe Bed Bath and Beyond would have a nice pot. Although they had nice pots, I wasn't about to spend 500 bucks on a whole pot set and it didn't look like the type of pot I was looking for was available just by itself.. and Sc ianna was starting to be a pain in the rump... so we exited Bed Bath and Beyond and headed over to Marshalls... where I found, after crawling around on the floor with Scianna, a large cast iron pot that matches the two I got for Christmas, on SALE marked down 50%!!! . I nabbed that up and carried it to the checkout where Scianna proceeded to turn into jelly and roll aoround on the floor just to torture me. However there was nothing I could do carrying a cast Iron pot that weighed as much as she does... Probably couldn't have carried both--I'm not that strong. So, finally she stood up and found a mirror to look in and I checked out, and grabbed the pot and her hand and headed out to the car. Welcome 3:30! So, into the car we go, with much protestation and to Webster to the fine establishment of Atlas music. Because I didn't know exactly how to get there, I went the long way around, but we finally made it. While I was there I acquired the key, disposed of some coke, and tried out a bassoon, which I'm hoping to nab up after a while. 2,000 for a decent student model bassoon is cheap! I realized yesterday that it's been almost 5 years since I've played a bassooon! I should get into the habit of playing music again. So little time, so many things to do! With key in hand and car full of goodies, Scianna and I headed home via 104 to 590 to 390 to 490 to 33... Another round about way! When we finally got home I decided that I needed to take the boxes and skis out of my car and put them away. I also cleaned up the car a little bit. Put the groceries away and then argueda bout what to have for dinner. If you every are stumped by this quandry you should definitely check out: "What do I want for dinner?" It doesn't actually solve the problem.. but it generates a laugh every once in a while.
Finally, Bill Gray's famous cheesburgers were decided upon; it was after 8, so no one felt like cooking. I sat on the couch nursing my headache and gorging on cheeseburgers and watching 101 dalmations which Scianna seemed to love (however not nearly as much as the Incredibles craze of late). Then I read one fish two fish red fis blue fish to Scianna. She only got 3/4 of the way through before she fell to sleep. Instead of rushing downstairs to clean clean clean I opted for a full night's sleep--for once.
So I'm off to dreamland dreaming about Robert's renting out the Dave Matthew's Band for an audience of about 100 in some small room somewhere on campus. The big day arrives and I have front row seats and something goes wrong with the room's system so they pack up and call it quits. I leave the room and see them bussing away. I was surprised that Robert's had rented them out in the first place...
This morning I woke up feeling much better (YAY!)... I immediately hop on the computer intending to check email but instead got sucked into the wonderful world of celebrity gossip, which I usually care nothing about. So, I spend half an hour trying my hand at a quiz about people I know nothing about.. and really---should I? Although, it is difficult NOT to know about the perils of Britany Spears or the craziness of Tom, Kate, and Suri.
Now that I've blogged about yesterday, it's nigh time to get on with today. On the agenda for today is planning the course of action for tomorrow... I'm going to bake a ham, make callah bread, make my family's rice, and steam up some asparagus. I also have to prep the Easter basket for the Sci Sci, and then find a hiding spot for it. Also on the agenda is the task of clean clean cleaning and sort sort sorting and beginning to pack pack pack. JOY JOY JOY! :)
And the ponderance for today, is why have I encouraged Scianna to be a chocoholic???
It was a wonderful beautiful day yesterday... Sunny and brisk outside. I woke up feeling like my head had been run over by a freight train and then the unfortunate pill taking which resulted in a nice little reminder of how much I need to clean the toilet! I found that there was finally space in a playgroup that I've been trying to go to since January... so I said yes, not realizing that I was going to be feeling yicky. After saying yes, I ventured up to the shower, with Scianna close to my heels... She was intrigued by the shower water, but all said and done, she didn't want to have anything to do with the water that wasn't already in the tub. I got myself and Scianna dressed and then ran about throwing things into my quilted bag in preparation for the playgroup. I remembered to grab the car bill which I thrust into the mailbox, and remembered to lock the door, but I just couldn't have remembered to grab the house key? Nope! So, I didn't even realize I had forgotten the house key until I went to unlock the car. Luckily I had the spare car key in my bag--woot! I also realized at that point that my cell phone was busy being charged upstairs and out of reach, considering I'd already left my keys inside. So, being 10:00 and not having a way back into the apartment until 6:30 I set out for the playgroup.
The playgroup was good. Nice being in a house instead of a public place everyonce in a while. Scianna was thrilled with the new set of toys to play with for a while. I was thrilled to just sit and chill for a little while. The other little kids were cute. Michela was probably feeling a little threatened because everyone else was playing with HER toys. She kept getting upset with Scianna for playing with certain toys. I guess it's a good oportunity for "learning to share". After two hours of playing it was time to leave. This still left me with six hours to kill before I could get into the apartment. Great. Scianna and I ventured over to SamsClub in Greece, and got Ham, and shrimp and Chicken for Easter dinner on Sunday. We walked down every aisle and had fun munching on samples. Scianna especially liked the cheddar and gouda cheese that was being offered. I never knew that a two year old would like gouda cheese!!! After leaving SamsClub we ventured over to Wegmans to get the other things necessary to have a successful Easter dinner, and hopefully not have to go shopping until next weekend. Scianna promised me she'd be a good girl in wegmans, and she was for the most part, until we got to the checkout aisle and she insisted on climbing out of the cart. We were right near the balloon station, so she played with the ribbon, until it was time to leave. I had a near breakdown trying to figure out what ingrediants were needed for my family's special rice. My Dad was so great at making it... and now he's not here to do it. I was able to find the clams and the pimentos, but I couldn't find the same kind of flavoring paste he used... I know it was in a white container... but didn't know what section to look in. I ended up getting this stuff that I found with the boullian... "Better than boullion". I hope it will work. After wegmans it was 2:55 and that meant I still had 31/2 hours to kill before the key arrived.. at this point... I was like.. sheesh.. I could just go to Webster and get the key... So, I made a plan in my brain to do that. Before doing that though, I stopped at the mall hoping to get my own special rice pot. I thought maybe Bed Bath and Beyond would have a nice pot. Although they had nice pots, I wasn't about to spend 500 bucks on a whole pot set and it didn't look like the type of pot I was looking for was available just by itself.. and Sc ianna was starting to be a pain in the rump... so we exited Bed Bath and Beyond and headed over to Marshalls... where I found, after crawling around on the floor with Scianna, a large cast iron pot that matches the two I got for Christmas, on SALE marked down 50%!!! . I nabbed that up and carried it to the checkout where Scianna proceeded to turn into jelly and roll aoround on the floor just to torture me. However there was nothing I could do carrying a cast Iron pot that weighed as much as she does... Probably couldn't have carried both--I'm not that strong. So, finally she stood up and found a mirror to look in and I checked out, and grabbed the pot and her hand and headed out to the car. Welcome 3:30! So, into the car we go, with much protestation and to Webster to the fine establishment of Atlas music. Because I didn't know exactly how to get there, I went the long way around, but we finally made it. While I was there I acquired the key, disposed of some coke, and tried out a bassoon, which I'm hoping to nab up after a while. 2,000 for a decent student model bassoon is cheap! I realized yesterday that it's been almost 5 years since I've played a bassooon! I should get into the habit of playing music again. So little time, so many things to do! With key in hand and car full of goodies, Scianna and I headed home via 104 to 590 to 390 to 490 to 33... Another round about way! When we finally got home I decided that I needed to take the boxes and skis out of my car and put them away. I also cleaned up the car a little bit. Put the groceries away and then argueda bout what to have for dinner. If you every are stumped by this quandry you should definitely check out: "What do I want for dinner?" It doesn't actually solve the problem.. but it generates a laugh every once in a while.
Finally, Bill Gray's famous cheesburgers were decided upon; it was after 8, so no one felt like cooking. I sat on the couch nursing my headache and gorging on cheeseburgers and watching 101 dalmations which Scianna seemed to love (however not nearly as much as the Incredibles craze of late). Then I read one fish two fish red fis blue fish to Scianna. She only got 3/4 of the way through before she fell to sleep. Instead of rushing downstairs to clean clean clean I opted for a full night's sleep--for once.
So I'm off to dreamland dreaming about Robert's renting out the Dave Matthew's Band for an audience of about 100 in some small room somewhere on campus. The big day arrives and I have front row seats and something goes wrong with the room's system so they pack up and call it quits. I leave the room and see them bussing away. I was surprised that Robert's had rented them out in the first place...
This morning I woke up feeling much better (YAY!)... I immediately hop on the computer intending to check email but instead got sucked into the wonderful world of celebrity gossip, which I usually care nothing about. So, I spend half an hour trying my hand at a quiz about people I know nothing about.. and really---should I? Although, it is difficult NOT to know about the perils of Britany Spears or the craziness of Tom, Kate, and Suri.
Now that I've blogged about yesterday, it's nigh time to get on with today. On the agenda for today is planning the course of action for tomorrow... I'm going to bake a ham, make callah bread, make my family's rice, and steam up some asparagus. I also have to prep the Easter basket for the Sci Sci, and then find a hiding spot for it. Also on the agenda is the task of clean clean cleaning and sort sort sorting and beginning to pack pack pack. JOY JOY JOY! :)
And the ponderance for today, is why have I encouraged Scianna to be a chocoholic???
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Done Done Done!
I am pleased to announce that for the next two weeks I am done with my first quarter of graduate studies. The completion required non-stop work on Monday (from 7:30Am to 11:00PM) and Tuesday (from 7:30AM to 4:45PM).
The systems exam was interesting. I hope I responded in the correct way. I'm not really sure I did.. especially concerning the question on decomposition. There wasn't hardly any information in the book and I had a really difficult time finding any literature on the topic at all.
On the plus side, I have nearly perfect grades for the entire quarter... so I think I will be okay even if I botch the exams... I was actually afraid to look at my grades--I even had to fight with myself to do it today. I'm a little disappinted that none of the great posters from my systems class this quarter will be in my classes next quarter. :( Oh well... I will live, and I'm sure there will be other great posters this semester.
At this point, I've spent so much time on the computer that I can't believe I'm still sitting here on the computer.
Back to work bright and early tomorrow morning. Need to get back into the spirit of ILL and management of my little old computer lab. Perfect timing though, the students are on break next week.
As for now... I guess I'm going to set on the couch and snooze while scianna works off the orange pop we accidentally (on purpose) gave her...
Such a bad parent I seem to be..
The systems exam was interesting. I hope I responded in the correct way. I'm not really sure I did.. especially concerning the question on decomposition. There wasn't hardly any information in the book and I had a really difficult time finding any literature on the topic at all.
On the plus side, I have nearly perfect grades for the entire quarter... so I think I will be okay even if I botch the exams... I was actually afraid to look at my grades--I even had to fight with myself to do it today. I'm a little disappinted that none of the great posters from my systems class this quarter will be in my classes next quarter. :( Oh well... I will live, and I'm sure there will be other great posters this semester.
At this point, I've spent so much time on the computer that I can't believe I'm still sitting here on the computer.
Back to work bright and early tomorrow morning. Need to get back into the spirit of ILL and management of my little old computer lab. Perfect timing though, the students are on break next week.
As for now... I guess I'm going to set on the couch and snooze while scianna works off the orange pop we accidentally (on purpose) gave her...
Such a bad parent I seem to be..
Monday, March 10, 2008
One more week as of tomorrow
Tuesday--tomorrow marks the one last week of my first quarter of grad school!
WOW.
The systems class has been really time consuming. I think I'm doing okay in both classes.. but am afraid to look at my grades... I don't think I have since the beginning of February.
I spent the first half of today avoiding my homework by cleaning house and then the second half of the day, I spent researching for my final project for the other class. I think I've found some things that will work... Hopefully there are at least 20 citations for peer reviewed articles!
Now.. I'm spending the third half of my day at the library--YAY!!!
Tomorrow... is the first playgroup I will have attended since my Dad passed. I just haven't had the time and every time I've thought about attending an event, I've been driving out to Buffalo. I am not planning on driving out there again until I have to. It's such a long drive and any kind of snow makes it absolutely miserable.
In other news, we over here have begun our own process of buying a house--YEAH! It's got a wonderful kitchen...3 bedrooms, gorgeous hardwood floors, and 2 full bathrooms! I never thought to nab the pictures off of the realty site before it was taken off. I'm hoping that we'll close by the end of April. Another big change!
I'm still frustrated with the surrogate court of Erie County. It has been well over a month and I still don't have the letters of administration. This is most frustrating! We really don't want to be paying out of pocket for Dad's house and stuff.. but I guess we have to do what we have to do until it's sold. If anyone has they're prayer hats on, please say a prayer that Dad's house will sell quickly. IF you're looking for a huge fixer-upper with a bundle of potential and outdoor charm.. check out the listing on RealtyUSA and give me an offer!!!
Scianna gave herself a bloody nose today. She was dancing with Jenna in the living room and fell nose-first into the carpet! Whoops!! She appeared to be okay. Instead of wanting to dance after that, she wanted to play game cube and then promptly fell to sleep! All her 2T shirts are becoming too short. I guess it's time to move her up into the 3T realm... :( Although still 2T pants for a little while I'm sure.
Yesterday, I decided, since it had snowed so much, that I would Cross country ski to work. Little did I know that most of the snow ont he road would be gone by the time I actually headed out... AND... the hills people create while shoveling and plowing were not conducive to continuous skiing, but once I got to the church on the corner I was able to cut back onto the RWC cross country trails.. :) Because I had left my car at work overnight, I had to dig the darn thing out with the official and very yellow library shovel.
In other news... All I have to say is that amethysts are SWANKY and I love them.. :)
I guess I'm headed into the work zone now... better get to it!
WOW.
The systems class has been really time consuming. I think I'm doing okay in both classes.. but am afraid to look at my grades... I don't think I have since the beginning of February.
I spent the first half of today avoiding my homework by cleaning house and then the second half of the day, I spent researching for my final project for the other class. I think I've found some things that will work... Hopefully there are at least 20 citations for peer reviewed articles!
Now.. I'm spending the third half of my day at the library--YAY!!!
Tomorrow... is the first playgroup I will have attended since my Dad passed. I just haven't had the time and every time I've thought about attending an event, I've been driving out to Buffalo. I am not planning on driving out there again until I have to. It's such a long drive and any kind of snow makes it absolutely miserable.
In other news, we over here have begun our own process of buying a house--YEAH! It's got a wonderful kitchen...3 bedrooms, gorgeous hardwood floors, and 2 full bathrooms! I never thought to nab the pictures off of the realty site before it was taken off. I'm hoping that we'll close by the end of April. Another big change!
I'm still frustrated with the surrogate court of Erie County. It has been well over a month and I still don't have the letters of administration. This is most frustrating! We really don't want to be paying out of pocket for Dad's house and stuff.. but I guess we have to do what we have to do until it's sold. If anyone has they're prayer hats on, please say a prayer that Dad's house will sell quickly. IF you're looking for a huge fixer-upper with a bundle of potential and outdoor charm.. check out the listing on RealtyUSA and give me an offer!!!
Scianna gave herself a bloody nose today. She was dancing with Jenna in the living room and fell nose-first into the carpet! Whoops!! She appeared to be okay. Instead of wanting to dance after that, she wanted to play game cube and then promptly fell to sleep! All her 2T shirts are becoming too short. I guess it's time to move her up into the 3T realm... :( Although still 2T pants for a little while I'm sure.
Yesterday, I decided, since it had snowed so much, that I would Cross country ski to work. Little did I know that most of the snow ont he road would be gone by the time I actually headed out... AND... the hills people create while shoveling and plowing were not conducive to continuous skiing, but once I got to the church on the corner I was able to cut back onto the RWC cross country trails.. :) Because I had left my car at work overnight, I had to dig the darn thing out with the official and very yellow library shovel.
In other news... All I have to say is that amethysts are SWANKY and I love them.. :)
I guess I'm headed into the work zone now... better get to it!
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