Friday, March 17, 2006

Wanna load a chinese language pack??

Now Playing:Groove Is In the Heart--Deee Lite as if you care. Hey, this is supposed to be an 80s station..was that song from the 80s?? Hmm...I'll have to look that up..

I have a bunch of stuff to talk about tonight, so I'll warn you now, this will probably be a long post. For those of you who get ticked off easily by long blog posts (what's up with that?) you might as well move along. I don't know how to do the "read more" thing even though I found a place that explains it for use with blogger, but, man, that is waaaay too much work. So, either read me or ignore me, either way, I'm still gonna post about a bunch of stuff.

First, to those of you who keep getting the pop up thingie wanting you to load a chinese language pack when you come to my blog I HAVE NO IDEA WHY THAT IS HAPPENING. I'm sorry, but I have no clue. I think it only happens in IE, because it happened to me when I was in IE, but I got it to stop. Don't ask me how, because I don't remember. In FireFox, I don't think it ever popped up, so that is a non-issue. If I find out the answer, MITEY MITE, you will be the first person I tell! :)

I am currently in the middle of paring down my blogroll. I just need it to be smaller here on the blog, but, that does not mean I have deleted some of you forever...I have a special place in my favorites for you. So, if you don't see yourself in my blogroll, don't leave me nasty comments. Please!

On with the stuff..

For the second time in a little over a year, we've had to pull the kids from their sitter. Not because of anything she did. She is beyond great, but because of financial issues. (I'll get to that in a bit.) So...today was very hard. We gave her a babysitter angel figurine that had on her gown a verse about generosity and caring etc. regarding babysitters. She loved it. I cried. I hated taking them out again, but financially, it was killing us. What will we do with the kids now, you ask? I'll get to that shortly, too.

Today being their last day and also the day before Jameson's (Baby J's) birthday, we took cupcakes to the sitter. Cupcakes that ~~Martha Stewart~~ Bubba made and iced and then the kids decorated. (read:poured concentrated amounts of sprinkles in one spot on each cupcake.) Observe...

Now Playing:Sunglasses At Night--Corey Hart (I had SUCH the crush!)

Tomorrow is also the State Winter Guard competition so last night they had a dress rehearsal of sorts for parents and students and whoever wanted to come see the show could. It was good because my mom and dad, who are not able to go sit on bleachers all day at the competitions, could see the show. My sister, Lori finally got to see it as well.

That's Guard Girl in the front there.

Now Playing:I Want You Back--Nsync Yeah, that's right, I said NSync. It has a good beat and you can dance to it. Shut it.

On to why we had to take the kids out of the sitter. As some of you may remember, Bubba injured himself on the job a few months ago and had to have surgery. (there are even pictures HERE and HERE. Well, he has been in rehab ever since, working back up to being able to lift 80+ pounds. Finally, on Monday the 6th, the doctor released him and he was all set to go back to work on Wednesday the 8th. On the 7th, his boss called and said the company owner came to him and said to call Bubba and tell him there wasn't enough work for him to come back so he is laid off. *#&@%$^*(%!!! WHAT?? SUCK! So, now he IS getting unemployment for a few weeks but still, this sucks donkey butt. After much figuring and refiguring, we decided that Bubba will stay home during the day and be June Cleaver

and then umpire at night and on weekends and I will continue working like I always do. With no babysitter to pay, we will save hundreds of dollars every month. So, really? I am now the husband and he is now the wife. Kinky, huh? I've always said, since we got married, he is a MUCH better wife than I ever was. Seriously, you should see how clean my house is now and the laundry! There is none!! This is a monumental occasion!! I always ALWAYS ALWAYS have a mound of laundry so big that we find small children and animals at the bottom sometimes. DInner is ready for me when I get home even. I am so spoiled. So that is why the kids don't go to the sitter any more.

Oh, have you guys seen this?? It's AOL television where you can watch full episodes of old tv shows. So far, the selection isn't huge but you can watch PERFECT STRANGERS! BALKI, people!!!!

I loves me some BALKI!

I'm thinking I should, perhaps, end this now. It has really become long and rambling and full of these >>>!!!!!!!! Oh, but there is so much more to say. More posts tomorrow. That's a threat AND a promise.

posted by Angie @ 7:22 PM

2 Comments:

At 5:19 PM, Anonymous said…

No chinese language pop-ups here but I use Firefox so that's probably why.

Bubba being Mr Mom nothing wrong with that. that's why there are so many SAHM's cause the savings in babysitting and day care fees are ridiculous!
At 12:32 AM, Crystie said…

I didnt get the chinese language thing in IE or Firefox. Oh well. My hubby is a better wife than I am too. Except for the cooking, I rock at that. But the clean up, thats all him!! Lucky on your laundry situation! My laundry pile is in 2 clothes baskets and a huge rubbermaid storage tote about 4 1/2 ft high. Seriously. And whats with those darn bosses! My sisters hubby got layed off the day she went for her first OB visit. Glad things worked out for you guys, I know my kids would rather stay home with Daddy, especially since its getting warmer.