Stranger Danger? Not in my vocabulary!

So, we are on our way to church this morning and we drive by Able Body, which is a day labor facility. We notice a guy laying in front of the building with his head on a skate board. He appeared to be sleeping. Hubby passed him by and we discussed him and his situation. I suggested we go back and pick him up. So, we did. I try and imagine it from his view as he is laying there on the ground sleeping peacefully. (not sure how to do that with a skateboard for a pillow, but...) He opens his eyes to stare me in the face as I'm bending over him asking him if he is OK. I don't even think he was awake enough to realize what I was saying or what he was doing until after he was in the back of our pickup and on his way down the road. All I could get across to him was there would be air conditioning and food and if he wanted to go back to sleep he could. I just couldn't leave him laying there in that hot sun knowing the day labor place wouldn't open until tomorrow. So, he spent the day with us at church. The preacher took over when it was time for us to leave. He ministered to him and tried to see what else could be done for him. Gave him some pointers and places he could get a job. I don't know where he is now but I certanly hope he isn't sleeping on the front side walk of the day labor place. I've mentioned to hubby about going to see if he went back there since it's only a few blocks from our home. I just keep thinking, "isn't this what Jesus called us to do while we are down here?"
Just to ease everyone's mind, I do not take on these adventures without my hubby's assistance, unless it is clearly what God is telling me to do. I mean CLEARLY. Sometimes you just know.

Yea, the candy thing isn't gonna work. I'll just leave it at that. For many, many reasons. And many thanks to the input from valuable friends. Just a brainstorm I guess. My brain is just getting to the point of desperation from trying to find something, anything I can do at home to be more productive.

Tomorrow I get to clean house, run errands, Oh yea! The truck's fixed! There's no gas in it and not really any money left in the budget for gas right now. But, the truck's fixed!! I've gotta go to my moms house and vacuum. Oh, and find out why in the world YMCA is still taking money from our account when we paid them off already for the whole year.

OK, Good Night!

My Day

Things finally seem to be slowing down. I think it may partly be due to the fact that my truck is broken down. The starter went out. We just picked up the contact kit for it and our mechanic is going to try and have it fixed by tonight or tomorrow.

We are going to a dinner show Friday the 4th of July. That is if the truck is fixed. The show is called Arabian Nights. I upgraded the tickets to VIP so that BabyK will be able to meet the performers and the horses. She's gonna be able to sit on the horses and pet them. We also get free drinks in the VIP lounge. We got our original tickets for free by attending a time share presentation. It wasn't too bad. This particular place didn't do any high pressure selling and especially not, once we informed them of our monthly income. I'm excited to be going.

I'm sitting here watching a show on HGTV. Nothing big, just a $22,000 bathroom makeover. Looking at it, it looks kind of plain. I'm not seeing where they spent that much money. All they did was tear everything out and stick a window in and then stick a pair of double doors on and throw a few "accessories" in it. Then Design on a Dime comes on and for $1000 they take a bedroom and make it look like they spent $22,000 on it. That amazes me.

So, my diet isn't going as well as it was. Not having a truck makes it hard to get to he produce stand and grocery. I really wish they would but a small grocery store down town here within walking distance to us. We would be set then. I get my home cleaning products and snack foods and vitamins and all that from Melaleuca and they are delivered to me, if we just had grocery foods more easily accessible then I would be set. Our Church is within walking distance, Post office, Library, Water dept., all of our other needs are in walking distance, we just need a grocery. We do kind of have one. Tin Can Pams, but I don't think it has fresh fruits and veggies. I know they have meats and frozen foods, I guess I could make due with that. But I need fruits and fresh veggies! The farmer's market was going on every Saturday but we haven't seen it lately.

I'm trying to find something I can do at home. What do y'all think of starting my own homemade candy business? You know, make homemade candy and sell it. Or deliver it. Or make homemade candy care packages, or gift baskets. Maybe making some theme baskets and delivering them?

I don't know. I really need something to do at home that will bring in some type of revenue that doesn't require me having to beg people to sign up or buy. I guess this idea still requires that, but who doesn't want candy? Especially homemade candy!! I'll have to research it more. I don't know that I have the items needed to even make the candy.

Well, BabyK is waking up and I have housework that needs to be done. I love doing housework now that I have this stuff that works. I can't believe how good it is !

Just Life

Still staying pretty busy. Yesterday I did a water aerobics class. I'm sore. In a good way. I was going to try and go again tomorrow but we just don't have money for the gas it takes to go there. I'll keep you updated. I know you will be on the edge of your seat waiting!

We went and met hubby's mom for "dinner" at a local ice cream parlor that's been around since hector was a pup. She got hubby a birthday cake and BabyK dug into it. She had a piece of the cake sitting in front of her and instead of picking it up she jammed her face down into it and tried to eat it with no hands! Go figure, the one time I don't bring the blasted camera! I'm discouraged with this camera anyway because it's a camera/digital recorder. The camera only seems to like to take "good" pics outside.

I'm getting excited about training for photography. I "assisted" on a photo shoot at a high school reunion this past weekend. It wasn't very productive because the crowd seemed to have no interest in "capturing their reunion memories". The next night was spent shooting random photos at a Benefit function in a local bar. Now, I wouldn't normally condone hanging out in a bar on a Sunday evening, you really should either be in church or with your family. However, when it comes to raising money for a much needed cause then I suppose I can make exceptions. It was humorous to me, however, that I found myself walking from my home to the bar carrying an open umbrella to hide myself when cars passed by. I wasn't too out of place because it was storming just a few minutes before. Heaven forbid though that someone from my church passing by on their way home should somehow manage to see me! Imagine, in this small town the talk!
As for training, well, I've only been on these two events. So far, I love it! I know it will be no walk in the park. The owner is going to begin working with me more one on one. I believe God is opening doors to help me be able to bring in a supplement to our income to take some of the pressure off of Hubby. I feel like I've been through every "work at home" scam and gig there is out there. They all promise to help you "work at home" but they never seem to give you the right solution or you end up going in circles. I did find one. Called ChaCha Guide. It was legitimate, but then I failed the stupid testing. Guess I lost my knack for research. It was a timed test and I think that's what killed it for me. I couldn't beat the time. I cried. I was so psyched about getting a real stay at home job and I blew it by not being relaxed and focused. (sigh) Oh well. Anyway, they say when God shuts one door He opens another eventually. It's all in His time.

Love to all!

Pics of party

So, this is pretty much the highlights of the party.

Update

Will it ever stop being busy!!!!

Today is the first day I've gotten to sit down and write in here! I know no one really reads this but my sis, however I still would like to give her something.

Alot has happened. Hope it won't take up half the night for you to read it!

Let's see, we had BabyK's party. We hired a photographer and would you believe she only took 35 pics!!! The majority of them were close ups of baby K.... o.k. I'm good with having pics of my beautiful daughter, but when she asked me what types of pics I would like to have I told her group photos and pics of babyk interacting with family members. She didn't even get a pic of my own mother or hubby's mother!!!!!! Ugh, what the heck did I hire her for. So, we aren't paying her full price. We are giving her 20 bucks and that's it. She was there for 3 hours and only took 35 pics, for pity sakes! I could do better than that!!! Especially when I specifically told you what pics to take!!! Let me clarify this also, this girl is a trainee, she is graduating photography school this year and was working as an assistant to a professional photographer I'm good friends with. The owner of the photography business allowed her to come take pics at this party to give her more training hours and because she thought she was good. She is consistently proving that she is dependable, she did a wedding for the pro photographer and impressed her with her work, but since then the pro says that she is beginning to find some discrepancies. Although she has the book knowledge and learned in the skills of photography, she has no hands on experience and it shows. She doesn't listen to customers wants and she hasn't grasped the concept of over-exposure and under-exposure situations and what to do to keep from having over-exposure outside. Anyway, here a the pics from her that are worth paying for.
/////O.k. maybe not. My add photo icon isn't working!! Ugh, ok I guess I'll try later.

So, we had babyk's party, I think it was great because it was low stress. I just bought some creme cakes in three flavors and told everyone to meet up at Mcdonalds. The family came and we had a good time. It was pleasant.

I got up enough guts to tell our friend that I couldnt' keep their daughter for three days every other week. Of course their were slight reprecussions from his ex. She's angry at me because my friend told her I said I wouldn't do it because the girl was too much too handle. I had to set him straight because that's not what I said. Ugh, I can't stand when you tell people know and tell them the reason and they go and put words in your mouth. I basically said Oh well, I'm not out to make your ex happy, sorry. My life is way to hectic to try and keep people's kids. I don't mind helping out occasionally, but I can't do it on a set or full time schedule. I'm not capable.

I'm in training to become a photographer and manage About Face Photography. I'm also on a couple of people's call list to assist in setting up for weddings and special events. It's not going to pay millions but at least it's flexible enough for me to be able to find a babysitter or for hubby to keep babyk and I can make good money in just a few hours. I've tried all these stupid online jobs and business's and they are all a crock of applesauce!!! I'm so sick of scams and misrepresentations. What a waste of time.

Ok, well my add image icon still isn't working, I'll have to try a different way or something. Hubby is home so I gotta get supper going.

Much love to all!!!

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It's been awhile!

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I'm sorry I haven't been posting anything for awhile. I've been so busy! I've been elected to keep everyone else's kids here lately. I love kids I just don't like keeping them. Plus I've started a new stay at home job.

I got a little off track with my eating healthy kick and I haven't been to the gym in 2 weeks. I'm really disappointed. And feeling crabby, cranky, and not well. I've also lost my ever present sex drive!! I'm tired of not having money, I'm tired of having money and having to spend it on stuff that shouldn't cost so much that you can't afford to pay for it off a regular pay check. I'm tired. I'm tired of not being able to have stuff we would like to have, tired of having to work so hard for such little pay, tired of watching us have to scrimp and scrape just to get milk. I'm tired! I'm tired of my kid not wanting to take a nap because there are always someone else's kids at my house and they won't leave her alone!!!!!!! UGH! Right now I'm grouchy. Grouchy and aggrevated. And TIRED!!!!!!

So, I had Kale for lunch today in a salad of salmon and lettuce and bean sprouts. I've got to get back to the store and get more groceries though because that's the biggest reason I haven't eaten right, I'm out of food.

Gotta go, my kid is screaming because she needs to be napping and she has figured out that if she throws her binky and everything else out of the crib then I have to come in and get it and put it all back......so she's fired up!

O.k. love to all, bye.

Hear me talk!

Picking peas and Fennel seed tea

You should be so proud of me!!! Guess what I'm drinking? No, it's not wine. I made fennel seed tea! I'm so proud of myself. I'm beginning a healthy eating routine from Gillian Mckeith off of BBC America. Her show is called "You are what you eat". I've been watching for awhile and kept hoping to get some recipes but never had any paper when they finally put one on there. So, I signed up for her online membership to create a dietary profile.
I went grocery shopping for the first time today and bought buckwheat flour, pumpkin seeds, sesame seed sticks, raw almonds, and some all natural granola pistachio pineapple bars from my health food/deli store in Zhills. It's called The Secret Garden. I then went to SweetBay with my grocery list from my profile and bought all natural brown grain rice, sardines, tuna, salmon, shrimp, and chicken breasts. Also on my list was fruits and green leafy veggies. I included some whole wheat pasta with flax seed and whole grain oat bran cereal. The all natural kind not the manufactured or processed. I'm so proud of myself. I then stopped by the fruit and veggie stand on the way home and bought bananas, apples, peaches, canalope, tomatos and sweet potatoes. When I got home I made parmesan shrimp with whole wheat pasta and boiled some frozen squash. It was actually very good. I wasn't expecting it to taste good. I guess recipes to make healthy foods have changed a lot over the years. The combination of herbs and spices work wonders! I'm going to try and make a fruit smoothie tomorrow. Only using fruits and no additives. I hope it taste as good as it sounds!!

I've been at my step mother n laws this evening picking black eyed peas. I have to shell them tomorrow. I'm thinking we are having black eyes for dinner tomorrow evening, and maybe even the next evening. It's not an easy job let me tell you.

Well, love ya'll bunches.
Have a blessed night!