A great weekend

It was a great Sunday, other than my boy, Jamie McMurray coming in second in the Nascar race.  He was hosed by Michael Waltrip, who was in a lap car.  HOSED!, I say.

We ate at Mom and Dad's, then I helped untangle the spider web of cords behind mom's desk.  The dog got much needed exercise, fighting with Sadie.  He also got tagged on the nose by some over-protective mamma cats.  Serves him right.

I spent a lot of time in the lot with the horses.  The flies are bad, and it's cool how they work together against the pesky insects.  People who haven't been around horses might not know this:  The horses stand nose to tail, so the swishing of the tails keeps flies off of a buddies face.  Pretty smart.  I played with the filly quite a bit.  She wants to turn her rump to me and kick (playing) so I push her butt away and command "NO!".  She finally quit trying.  She's so animated and sweet. 

When we came home, I mowed the yard and weeded the flower beds.  Brett weed-eated the ditch and the banks.  Then I watered the trees.  I can't wait to have trees.  By the time I retire, I'll have shade!  Everything looked great when we were done.  It feels good to accomplish something on the weekend, all the while feeling like there's been enough relaxation time.

Tomorrow will be a 13 hour day at work.  We will be reorganizing and cleaning and brainstorming ideas for the customer service area from 5-9.  I'm not looking forward to the hours, but will enjoy the rewards.  I am always hopefull and excited about changes at work.

Time to sign off, since internet service has been intermittant at best, lately.  Ciao, baby.

Summer Time

Mom got the girls a Slip n Slide at a garage sale, and they had fun.  Monica hit the back of her head pretty hard on the ground, and Natalie has a raw backside from hitting the grass so much, but they had fun anyway.

It was hot again today, but it feels good to have summer weather.  I'm not sick of it yet.  The city-wide garage sale was a bust.  Just a few old ladies with a card table full of coffee cups, for the most part.  I'll find a good one soon.  They're going on every weekend this time of year.

Well, time to go kick back and get lazy.  The A/C is on, after being off for 3 days.  It hit 90 again today, so I figured we'd better get it comfortable in this house.

Still a workin' stiff

Nope, we didn't win the lottery.  Big shock of the day.  I went to work (early) and ran statements.  Then I did my usual job.  Life is fine, I'm just not rich.  I wasn't rich last night, I'm still not rich.  No big adjustment needed. I WILL buy a power ball ticket for Saturday's drawing, too. LOL

I need a weekend.  The city-wide garage sale is this Saturday, so maybe I'll find the dresser I need.  Maybe Kevin will find something he can't live without.  Maybe the kids will find something they MUST have.  It's always probable at a city-wide.  Here's hoping.

Winning the lottery

My husband lives with me.  He sees me every day.  Still, when he sits down in front of his computer in the evening, he says things like, "You haven't posted in your journal lately."  Or, "You're kind of slackin' with your journal, huh?"  OK, fine!  No, honestly, I need to be more prompt with my nonsense so here goes, in money-green text.

Tonight, I bought a Powerball ticket.  I also bought 2 scratcher tickets, one for me and one for Kevin.  I won $2, Kevin won nothing.  I bought 2 chances on our Powerball ticket for tonights drawing.  Why do I buy these things?  It's a losing proposition.  The chances are better that I'll get struck by lightning while playing golf...and I don't PLAY golf!  The reason I buy them is to dream.  We have the money spent.

Let's say I win $50,000,000.  That's fifty million dollars.  I like seeing it in numbers and words.  Let's say half goes to taxes.  Now we're down to $25,000,000.  Ahhhh, poor us.  Only $25,000,000.  heh heh

First, we pay my parents out of debt.  Then we give them $2,000,000.  Then we pay Kevin's mom out of debt.  Then we give her $2,000,000.  My brother and Kevin's sister each get $2,000,000 to pay off debts and play with the rest.  It wouldn't be hard to spend another $1,000,000 helping out friends...you know, $1,000 here, $10,000 there.

Now, let's get to us.  We would have a nice new home built.  6 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.  Not obnoxiously huge, just big enough to be very comfortable.  We would have new cars for all 4 of the driving members of our family, and an account to put back money for the girls to have new cars when they are of age.

The kids would have a college fund, ready to go.  The rest would be spent on selfish desires, as well as charity.  It would be there to sustain us, although we would still work.  No, I don't mean we would work our current jobs (yeahright!) I mean we would have to do something to occupy our time, and money would probably come from that.

All of this would be paid for by a trust.  No way am I paying taxes on it, just to have my family pay taxes on their portion.  A trust would be set up with the money, and the trust would pay for everything listed above.

Yeah, that's how I'll spend the money.  Oh, and, I will go to work tomorow if I win.  I won't quit my job until they hand me the big cardboard check.  Don't want to find out it was an error just minutes after quitting a great job.  If I don't post tomorrow, it's because we won, and we're busy with lawyers and such.  *sigh*  That makes me happy.

That's why I buy lottery tickets.

The weekend, so far

So far, the weekend is going great.  We hung out at Dad's yesterday, getting some of his stuff done, and some of our stuff done.  It was/is hot, but it seems right for Memorial Day weekend.  Yesterday evening, Kevin grilled at Mom and Dads, and we all ate our fill.

Today was a bit more lazy,  and I even got a bit of a nap.  Brett's friend Robert (his brotha from anotha motha) came over to spend a night or two.  He's always a lot of fun.  He works at a nursery, and he brought me gifts!  Some flowers that I will plant tomorrow morning, and an even BETTER offering:

HE BROUGHT ME A TREE!!!!  When we moved in, there was not a single tree in the yard.  The neighbors have some, lining the property line, but I have none of my own, and the shade of theirs doesn't benifit me, since that line is on the East side of our yard. 

It seems he rescued this little tree from the ICU of the nursery.  They were cleaning the area out, and he saw that it was in too small of a pot.  He repotted in and brought it to me.  The base of the trunk is green, so I think I can get it back.  It is a Bloodgood Japanese Maple.  Very pretty when healthy, so I can't wait to baby this one.  I'll plant it in the morning.  It's also a pricey item, if you have to buy it.

Well, time to call the girls in, since it's getting dark.  Mom's computer died today, so she'll probably get a new one tomorrow, then we'll go over there again.  I heard rumors about taco salad.  Mmmmmm.

Let's get this party started!

The three day weekend is here!  I'm so happy.  We're broke and not going anywhere.  We don't have a lake home, or a boat, or a pool.  We don't have friends with any of those things to invite us over.  We don't have plans for company for a BBQ.  It doesn't matter.  This is going to be a GREAT weekend.

This afternoon, work turned almost festive, as we all talked about weekend plans and watched the clock for that wonderful 5:00 to roll around.  We sang between phone calls, silly and fun songs, we laughed and even danced a few times. (OK, that was just me, but it got a big laugh.)

After work, Kevin and I went to the store for burgers, brats, dogs, soda and beer.  Now, there is no agenda.  I love when there is no agenda.  One day we'll grill burgers at Mom and Dad's.  Sunday evening is a good Nascar race.  There will be some yard/flower bed work, and some cleaning.  I just can't wait to relax with my clan.

Did I mention that I'm happy?

Priceless!

Co-Pay to the plumber fixing the tub faucet...$55.
250 gallons of propane...$375.
Cleaned out flower bed and mowed lawn...2 blisters and a sunburn.
Getting a ton accomplished on a day off....PRICELESS!

My checking account is screaming in pain, but so much got done.  I'm proud of myself.  I'm even feeling slightly less guilty about lying around all day yesterday! 

I got to pick the girls up when they got off the bus at Grandma's, and Hawkeye was there to run and greet them, which made them squeal in delight.  When we got home, I finished mowing and the girls planted morning glory's in the front flower bed.  Now, it's relaxation time. 

Ahhhhhh.