grumble grrrr argh

uhh... i just woke up from an hour long nap & i think i'm going back to bed.  : )  


today was a good day - payroll cutoff for claims AND vacations, so i ended up staying 1/2 an hour late to get everything done.  but everyone should be happy on one of their november pay checks, so yay for that!  : )  *laugh*  lunch was a SCRUMPTIOUS baked potato w/ some chicken mushroom sauce.  mmm!  


all was good - then i got home.  :|  had a bill for my property tax, which i never got a first bill for but apparently i'm delinquent on.  what the what?!  THEN got notice from the mobile home park - lot rent is going up FIFTEEN DOLLARS in january.  water just went up starting in november.  my affordable home is becoming ... hard to afford!  :(  it's still WAY cheaper than renting a 3 br 2 bath apartment...  *sigh*  i just hate that you HAVE to live in a community w/ a mobile home.  if mom & i could buy a parcel of land & have both our homes on it?  awesome!  alas... the only truly good mail today was this - it made me smile!  

yes, those ARE hulu hooping nuns.  : ) 

anyway, so that bummed me out.  then i was all happy because there's a new terra nova up on hulu - and then i click on it & ARGH!  it's hulu plus only.  what the WHAT, guys?!  


the plus side of hulu is that it now has CW shows, so i guess you take the good w/ the bad... 


anyway, tomorrow i get to hang out w/ this dude: 

so i'm off to bed to prepare for a fun-filled day of ... well, idk.  it's supposed to be nice, so maybe he'll rather go to some parks than the pavilion, but we'll see!  what's on tap for you this weekend??


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day out w/ leyton

i picked leyton up at 9:30 w/o a clear picture of what we were going to do today.  *laugh*  i figured he would want to go to HQ or the Pavilion, but wasn't sure.  when he got into the car, he said, "i know what we're gonna do today.  i have plans!"  LOL  so we went to the pavilion for awhile.  they don't open til 10 on saturdays, so we got there a little early.  unfortunately, leyton decided JUST at that time that he had to go to the loo.  RIGHTNOW!!  :(  i was able to distract him long enough for the doors to open, but i felt bad having to do so!  there's just not much around the pavilion that would be open!  

anywhoo, they're preparing for some new & exciting stuff coming in november - including the CAN DO project - donating over 300, 000 cans of food after they're made into a combine or tractor... which is going to be displayed center stage in the pavilion later in november.  i'll have pictures then.  LOL  so, because they're preparing, they have moved some stuff around, taken some stuff out, etc.  the gator was moved & after we visited the loo, that was where we spent most of our time!  we played cops & he wrote out some tickets to a classic tractor... 

while there, leyton made a new girlfriend, katie.  she was so cute & wanted leyton to hold her hand!  : )  he was too busy leading her from thing to thing, but they had fun for a bit.  : )  i talked w/ the lady w/ her - who turned out to be her grandmother.  oh. my. goodness.  this gal, kara, looked to be my age at the oldest.  NOT old enough to be a grandmother to a 4 year old!!  ya know how sometimes ppl tell you how old they are & you act shocked but really you were pretty spot on to their age?  yeah, this is one time it was nothing like that.  LOL  i was literally shocked when she said katie was her granddaugther!  

we didn't stay at the pavilion very long after they'd played on the last tractor, because leyton was ready to go to the JD Store & play w/ the toys there.  heh.  

we bought a couple things & then headed to the car.  he wanted to go to gramma's, but i knew she had plans before church today, so i told him he would have to call her & see if it was okay to go over there.  i also texted jen & phil to make sure that was *coughahemcough* kosher. 

everyone said sure & leyton was a happy guy!  : )  first, we went to WM & picked up some yogurt & meat & bread & TP & whatnots.  leyton normally doesn't ride in the cart for the whole time, but he did today!  *laugh*  

we saw a friend's mom in the pickle aisle & again at checkout.  leyton was excited!  oh, and we almost left w/o one of the main reasons i went in there - postcards!  yeesh!  i'd done that at the JD Store as well - i want to send a couple postcards along w/ my letter to the 2011 Letters Project, so i paid for the toys & then remembered about the cards!  heh.  all's good now, tho!  


next, we went over to IHOP for some pancake lunchings.  mmmm pancake!  the food was great, but it was like the restaurant was falling apart otherwise - they were out of lemons & tomatoes, there was no TP in the bathroom - and no hand towels, either!  :|  and they weren't that busy, but we had to wait for longer than is appropriate to be seated!  oye.  (i think it's cuz they were shortstaffed & one of the servers went on a break, at least that's partly the explanation!  LOL)  anyway, we had fun, so there ya go.  : )  AND there was an excavator & dump truck working RIGHT out the window...heh!!

after lunch, we stopped at home to put away the groceries.  leyton played w/ chloe & her friends while i did that.  chloe the little neighbor girl, not chloe my car.  LOL  in case you were confused... ; )  then it was off to gramma/dad's to play in the sandbox for 1/2 an hour before naptime!  

 leyton climbs on the porch.  aunt carrie tells him he probably shouldn't do that.  

dad comes along & explains WHY he shouldn't... : )  

while leyton napped, i chatted w/ mom - we decided to go see Matt Bomer & some other ppl in a little flick called In Time, tomorrow afternoon.  we're also going to do dinner at red robin cuz she has a gift card!  woot!  i also read some of my book & had a little nap of my own.  *laugh*  when i went in to get him up at 5, i laid down at the foot of the bed for a few minutes & then we were poking at each other for a few more.  *laugh*  he likes to poke at my glasses... silly!  


we took the Lionel Train catalogue w/ us for him to look at on the way back to marty's.  he likes us to read "stories" to him from it.  : )  i think it's the cutest thing!!  i think i'm going to get him a train magazine for christmas... anyway!  we stopped at mcd's for a quick dinner & then back to marty's.  *hugs* & see you laters & home for me.  


i finally remembered to get my mail!  People, a thinking of you card from aunt janie, and a bunch of postcards!  the one from juneau is from cousin jenni.  : )  i also got a card from a russian postcrosser, but it's a little to risque to share.  

i hope your saturday was beautiful & not too snowy!  yikes!  all that snow & it's not even halloween!  i am a little frightened for this winter... 


ttfn!

oh those golden grahams

hands down, favorite cereal.  what's yours??


mondays are hard, yo!  but today involved the beginning of customer service week, an asiago cheese bagel, chicken tortilla soup, hanging out w/ my wall-mate, and dinner w/ one of my besties!  i met trish for thai at 5-ish & we didn't leave til almost 8.  : )  i had pineapple fried rice, because i might be off the pumpkin curry for a bit longer after last time.  :|  that is sad, but oh my heck, the PFR is gooood!  cashews & cranberries & deliciousness!  : )  it was great to spend some time hanging out, too, and not feeling rushed at all & being able to actually talk!  *laugh*  (lunch last week was great, but i was on a time limit & stuff.  LOL)


when i got home i watched burn notice & royal pains & some you tube videos of wedding proposals & such. if you are on my FB, check out the proposal i posted.  it is SO SWEET!  and FUN!  i go back & forth about public proposals - i mean, usually my opinion is that a proposal should be private, btwn the two ppl making that decision, a memory for them & them alone.  BUT, having said that, this proposal was amazing.  : )  


i caught up on some blogs & also read some "last posts."  i've been discovering some new blogs lately & suddenly 1/2 of them are up & decided not to blog anymore!  for various reasons, all of them valid.  but it got me to thinking about my own blogging.  i love that y'all read my blog, i'm so happy to be able to share leyton w/ ya & stuff.  and i love comments, which are always in short supply.  *laugh*  but - i write because it's who i am.  whether anyone out there is reading this or not, writing makes me feel better.  i don't feel pressured to make it interesting or new or anything like that because i'm writing first for me.  i think that's the secret to blogging.  *laugh*  in so much as there is a secret.  heh.  so, when ppl decide to stop blogging, i'm sad, but i feel them!  


anywhoo!  i did not meet my goal of going to bed by midnight tonight, but need to go to bed before 1.  so, i'll leave you w/ a couple things - thank God amanda knox is free!  but so is her ... friend?  the dude who was also convicted, but idk his name because he hasn't even been MENTIONED and the only reason i even know he was also released is because there was a sliiiiight view of him after the verdict.  do you think he feels bad about not having all the publicity amanda has?  or is he just happy that everyone working for her aquittal also got his?  i spelled aquital wrong, but am too tired to look up the right spelling, so i'm sorry.  


: ) 


still reading?  *laugh*


well, here are some postcards i received today.  i'm also sending out a big group of them, and some letters... : ) 


hope your tuesday is terrific!  i'm watching the boys after work, so hopefully they are in good moods!  ; )  


ttfn!  <3  

 france 

 australia - an eagle ray, cuuuute!

 bunny from my pen pal, laura, in FL

netherlands  : ) 

totally tubular, man!

jen asked me to watch the boys tonight, so i picked up leyton & we went to her house & hung out w/ anthony for awhile.  but then jen texted to say that the games were going long (the 7 o'clock didn't even start til nearly 8!) so i could take leyton home w/ me if i wanted.  i asked anthony if he'd be okay, "sure - i didn't even know you were coming over tonight!" & made him give me a hug - "i don't know how to hug."  goofy kid.  :)  


leyton discovered my old glasses again, so we had some fun w/ that.  got jammied, popped popcorn & watched 2 episodes of thomas before hitting the hay.  him, not me.  obviously.  LOL  i'm here writing this & giving you hilarious pictures to laugh at!  ; )  


oh, we also got the mail - i received two beautiful postcrossings from taiwan & poland!  : )  

how was your tuesday?  


ttfn!