Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category

Sleep is for the weak, they say. I disagree. Sleep is for those who haven’t found out how to sleep properly. That would be me. I never went to bed until after 3 this morning, then laid in bed for nearly an hour before finally falling asleep. I had asked [...]

It’s January 25th. So what? It’s 2 days away from my birthday. By the time this posts, it’ll be the 26th. One day away. I told my husband that he really didn’t need to get me anything. We don’t have the money right now. I can get what I [...]

This has been a weird week. It’s been mostly dead for me. Nothing work related. I don’t mind the week being slow, since next week is my birthday, then the first week of February starts 2 weeks of busy.
I should look into an auto insurance quote so that we can consider getting [...]

Sometimes I feel like life is all work and no play lately. I seem to have a lot of downtime, but I don’t have as much as I thought. I have busy weeks, then super quiet weeks. I thought this month would be an easy month, but it hasn’t been. I [...]

I survived the OMGSWINEFLU crisis of the area. I survived that head cold that I started feeling.
But…
Rob gets a cold….
I don’t let him near me….
and I GET SICK. Fucker.
Please just be my allergies… PLEASE.. I feel like warmed over ass again and I have stuff to do this week.

Tomorrow is the end of 2009. What am I going to be doing? Celebrating with a glass of white grape juice mixed with mountain dew. Strange? Yes, but it’s really good. It’s like sparkling grape with a kick.
This has been a good year in a lot of ways. I’m happy with [...]

Hope everyone had a lovely holiday. Mine was good. We opened gifts this morning and everyone was quite pleased. We didn’t do a lot, a couple gifts each. Half we didn’t bother wrapping, but we managed to have at least one each under the tree this morning the other didn’t know [...]

I wrote a while ago about being independently wealthy and what I’d like to do. I’ve been thinking about it on and off for some reason. I don’t know why, but I keep coming back to the same Plano dentist and contemplating doing something with my teeth. I’m still too broke, [...]

Do you know how impossible it is to find feather pillows? Seriously? I want new pillows, but I’m not shelling out $15+ dollars just for feather pillows, even though I’m picky and don’t like the polyfil pillows. Hubby found me a couple on amazon that are good price. Unfortunately, I overspent on [...]

Today was a lovely day. Went to a pot luck dinner, enjoyed some really good food and good music, tried new things, got to know some new people. I typically don’t like parties, or people, and I definitely hate being the ‘young’ one in a group. I was, yet again, the youngest [...]

What am I thankful for this year…
My blood related family. Mom, Robert, My sister Janice, even my brothers, Tom and Dave. My good friends. Old friends that I’ve reconnected with, new friends that I’ve connected with even more. Friends, without them, this world would completely suck The BroaderView Weekly. [...]

Okay, since someone thought it was intriguing, I figured I’d post the recipe for my Aunt’s salad.This makes enough to feed a small army, so feel free to cut it back!
3 boxes of Pistachio Pudding 1 container of cool whip2 cans of fruit salad/cocktail drained thoroughly1 jar maraschino cherries, drained thoroughly
Optional:Finely chopped pistachio’s or [...]

For some reason, I am strangely obsessed with Shakira’s Gypsy AND the Spanish versions of She Wolf and Did It Again. I’ve always been a fan of Shakira, especially when she sings in Spanish. She’s just so mesmerising to watch and her voice is amazing.
I have a few things on my mind. [...]

My heart is completely and utterly broken. I hate this feeling. I just don’t know what more to do at this point. I can’t keep holding onto a broken friendship, hoping that it’ll magically be okay. I don’t want to let go, but sometimes.. I just don’t know what else to [...]

Ow!

So, you know when you either overdo it or strain a muscle when you fall or something and it doesn’t seem that bad at the time.. then wake up the next day wishing to be dead? That’s me today. Why? Well, there are several reasons. The biggest one being that I fell yesterday [...]

Since tomorrow is Halloween, that means Midnight Sunday is that time of year again. That’s right, it’s NaNoWriMo time again. I shall be participating again. No clue what I plan to write. I’m kind of thinking that I want to write something similar to what I did a couple years ago. [...]

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This is a post where-in our writer RANTS.
Okay, either you like sports or you don’t. Everyone makes that choice. We also make the choice of what team/players we root for. Correct? I think I’m correct. Now, I understand that some people feel the need to take it to the extreme, but [...]

Today should have been my parents 29th anniversary. Normally I don’t think much of it, but there have been so many people losing parents, siblings and loved ones lately that it’s been hitting me pretty hard. I’ve been keeping a low profile online lately. Been trying to be busy a lot in [...]

First – this was the 50th book of the year for me. 50th! I’m stunned. Sure, the majority are audio, but even still, I’ve been listening to audiobooks for years and never get to the 50 mark. I ended up with 31 in 2006, 39 in 2005 and 2004. A lot of [...]

Okay, life has a way of sneaking up and biting you in the ass when you least expect it. I owe you guys a picture. You shall have one.
I’m not a fan of it still. It blends in well enough when I pull it back that you can’t tell that [...]

I have now finished book 3 of the 7 that I chose for the DystopYA challenges! I quite enjoyed Little Brother. As a geek, it tickled my geeky side quite a bit. As a reader, however, it disappointed me. I felt that the Epilogue was tacked on just as an [...]

I hate wasting my time. I did that tonight and I’m incredibly annoyed about it. I was supposed to attend a meeting at 7:30. I got there early, since I wasn’t sure of the exact time. I waited around for quite some time. Finally went inside where the *other* meeting [...]

The Giver was a super quick read at 208 pages. It was a good book, but I’m not sure I understand why so many people think this is a must read. I can see encouraging youths to read it, but I wouldn’t say that it’s a must read.
From Goodreads:Jonas’ world is perfect. Everything [...]