term paper

my term paper is due in a mere 3 weeks so I thought actually choosing a topic & getting started might be a good idea. The teacher seems really hip on the autobiographical in a psychological context paper which honestly doesn't interest me so much.
What did catch my eye was the midlife career change & it's psychological impacts which will mean my paper will have an autobiographical slant anyway. It must run in the family I was able to send out questions to 2 uncles, an aunt & my father
come to think of it I also had a grandmother & grandfather who did the midlife career change too.

how much does that cost?

D killed my crock pot this week. A few years ago when my first crock pot which had been a gift to start with died I tried the whole just replace the liner path, it did not work and after going through 4 new liners, a few hateful phone calls and at least one hateful e-mail Rival finally sent me a whole new crock pot for my troubles. So for the first time in my cooking career I had to purchase a new crock pot the first one I found cost $80 and all it did was cook didn't do the dishes, make the bed or wash clothes $80?!?
and it gets worse I just logged onto bed bath & beyond's web site there is actually a crock pot for $150 even with a 20% coupon that is ridiculous!!!

maybe the week wasn't so bad..

-well I never got real sick which was nice but the sore throat & headaches are lingering so I have diagnosed the problem as allergies-fall has traditionally been my season of misery for many years. nothing lots of sudafed can't help
-the new fridge was delivered, early in fact no waiting for hours upon hours. It is pretty shiny & new and most importantly keeps food refrigerated. we also splurged and bought a stand up freezer so a trip to our butcher in Maryville on the list for the near future.
-D's b-day cake was really good
-D finally asked what I want to do for my b-day, he has been so busy planning that I was beginning to wonder who's birthday we were going to be celebrating.
-the new dining room table has been picked up, it is still sitting in the garage but it will be put together soon, very soon unlike the patio furniture bought in may, even if this means I have to do it myself.
-D was working & C had a party to go to yesterday so I managed to have 3 hours to myself very novel. on the downside of this EVERY store I went to had xmas decorations up it's freaking october people
-as far as october/halloween I bought a pumpkin yesterday, makes me happy I love halloween. I am taking C to buy his costume this week currently he wants to be optimus prime it could change between now & purchase so stay tuned
-it is finally fall and temperatures have dropped below the 90's FINALLY! I love sweater weather

I work with rainman

this place makes me want to hit my head against the wall really hard sometimes..the only problem is I don't think it would help

is it me this week?

so I ordered a b-day cake for D nothing fancy 8" round yellow cake w/chocolate frosting, happy birthday, boy colors, maybe balloons instead of flowers nothing over the top or anything but the bakery has a pre-pay policy? does that not seem a little odd? it's not like I ordered a wedding cake or a sheet cake for 50 people ah well at least they make really yummy cakes.

not enough time in the day

for sickness, I just can not work it into my schedule. i think I am getting a cold which if that's all it is C had it not really all that big a deal but I know strep is going around as well and I really don't have time for that

and just who is going to stop me?

ok just got back from a meeting at the church, C is having his first communion in the spring(big catholic doings and such) so they have to have umpteen meetings about this before april this being the first there was a bunch of silly blah blah blah info. my favorite part was the no photography of any kind at the church, now I understand during mass it's a little tacky but none afterwards? nope however there will be a professional photographer that you can pose for at the church that day.
oh really? so chris you are on stealth photography that day! what are they going to kick out a naval officer? or worse my atheist obstinate husband? this day might be kind of fun, maybe we should sell tickets or something?

wunderbar!

a huge danke schon (sorry no umlauts) to jim & anna for inviting us to the first annual oktoberfest at their house! the food & company were great and a good time was had by all. Plus the out late..well for us anyway has been the perfect excuse for a do nothing day sunday, I even slept till 8.15 that translates to something like noon for me these days. honestly I say do nothing but laundry & dishes are being done and sewing which quite frankly I really can't sew so it's slow going at best. D needed a button and C's tae kwan do uniform needed 5 patches, I've done 4 so far and need to check on the right way up for the south korean flag before I finish up.
The fridge has gone warm again and we decided to just bite the bullet and buy a new damn refrigerator with an extended warranty this week in the mean time it means take out for dinner so I have not had to cook all weekend yea!

cyberstalking

I have become addicted to blogs. I peruse about 20(ok maybe more some weeks) on a regular basis and when it's real slow at work those 20 can lead me further into the blogosphere (yes I goof off at work, hey at least I'm not down loading porn) For some reason if I happen to see someone out in real life who I do not know but whose blog I read I feel like some sort of stalker. Now I don't go up to them and engage in some sort of odd inane conversation but it throws me just the same.

walk to school day

yes the annual event rolled around once again. D took first year & last year I was an unhappy, tired & cranky last minute substitution but this year I planned on being the walk to school parent with C & it was much more pleasant for all involved. first of all no open toe sandals, traipsing through wet grass in sandals is just icky no way around that. we parked at the other location this year and the walk was much nicer I did not realize there was such a pretty greenway behind farragut primary school. this year they handed out books which was better than the crap that inevitably winds up in the trash by the end of the day that they handed out in the past. They have a little breakfast on the playground with muffins & fresh fruit but C is not a breakfast food sort of kid and had already had chicken & rice(with the good hot sauce you know the one daddy uses) I knew the coffee would be horrible swill so my thermos was already full and waiting for me in the car C bolted into to school to hang with his buddies-sadly no hug or kiss but barely a wave to dismiss me-at least he grabbed my hand while we were walking, he is growing up so damn fast!
I wonder in the intermediate school does the walk to school thing too?