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I was going to go to the gym this morning, but I woke up all congested still and feeling like ass. So I’m not going to the gym. *sigh* I can’t wait til I’m feeling better so I can get back to the gym.

I’m up way too early today. I’m exhausted and working this 3pm to 10pm thing is hard on me. Especially since I’m still sick. I’ve had fun working it thought. It’s quite exciting to be in the mix of things.

I got to watch some officers I used to work with take 7 people out of this little tiny car at gun point. The Air Unit was covering them.

I got to watch all the traffic. Las Vegas is known for the shitty traffic. On this NBA All Star/holiday weekend? It’s a fucking train wreck. Anyone who lives here? I suggest not going anywhere near the Thomas and Mack (where some of the festivities and the game itself are being held) or the Strip/Resort corridor. It’s a nightmare, just don’t do it.

Sometime between Thursday night when mom got home from work and Friday morning when we woke up, a For Sale sign magically appeared in our front yard. I love our Real Estate lady. She’s the bomb. We got one call yesterday from another RE Agent who wanted to show the house, but it’s so not ready to be shown right now. We asked them to call back Tuesday and she said OK, she would definitely call back.

I’ve sold a bunch more on e-Bay. I’m beginning to wonder if I’m selling it all at a good price. One lady I dealt with said my prices were reasonable and then another person told mom I’m not asking enough. Hmmmm I will definitely raise the prices if needed. I just posted everything at what e-Bay suggested for auction start price and then doubled it for the Buy It Now price.

As long as I get rid of the shit and make some extra monies for our moving expenses, I’ll be happy. I’ve made quite a bit of a profit, even with all the fees e-Bay and Paypal charge and the shipping charges.

One of these days, when I have time, I’m going to sit down and figure out exactly how much of a profit I’ve made. I shipped out a buttload of stuff yesterday and then while I was at work and/or sleeping, I sold three more. I get to go to the post office again on Tuesday. Yippee. I think the only annoying thing so far with this is how much I’m going to the post office to ship shit.

OK, I’ve rambled. I’ve let you know know what’s been happening with my weekend. How has your weekend been?

In two weeks, I’m having a Partylite sale here at my house. I’m going to try to sell off all of my candles and accessories that I’m not using for personal use. I’m resigning from being a Partylite consultant because I’m just not that into it.

Until next time….

OK kids, here it is. The first day I am working overtime for the NBA bullshit. I just took a nap and I’m going to be getting ready to leave soon.

A friend who is working the day shift in the command post called me an hour ago and said that she was bored to tears. I’ll probably be a little busier, since I’m working the swing shift, but I’ll be taking some books or crossword puzzles.

Since I figured out how to use the “Buy It Now” feature on e-Bay – I’ve sold quite a few more DVDs. That’s a good thing!!

There is so much drama with the Anna Nicole Smith thing. I feel bad for her. She can’t even rest in peace without people fighting over her daughter, where she should be buried, her property and all that other shit. She would love the attention that she is getting though.

I’ve increased the shipping charge to offset the fees e-Bay and Paypal charge me each time I list something and sell something. Jeeeeez! No wonder those two places make lotsa money. They ass rape people on those charges if they don’t know about them at first.

Did you see that girl on the Today show who has been hiccuping since January something? She hiccups about 50 times per minute. OUCH! Is all I can say to that. She’s seen tons of doctors and tried all kinds of things to stop. When she’s talking is the only time she does not hiccup. How weird is that shit? Poor girl, hope they find a cure soon!

I’ve babbled on enough for today, I’m going to go get ready for work. Hope ya’ll have a great night and if you don’t see me around for the weekend, don’t worry – I’m just working my ass off while the NBA hoorah is going on.

Until next time…

WOW, here we are again on a Fuck Off And Die Thursday. I have a few FOAD’s I want to send out. One of them is a repeat and will continue to appear weekly until I let go of the resentment. The other is a fairly new one, developed over the last week and landing full force today, with the arrival of the NBA All-Star Weekend.

I’ve been packing up my office and listing things on e-Bay to get rid of. I’ve started a box in my office of things that I have listed on there and another box of things I’m going to take the Events Committee for GA so they can sell it at their garage sale.

I’m slowly getting my Partylite stuff together for the 2 day cash and carry sale I’m having the first weekend of March. And the entire time I’m doing all of this? I’m cursing under my breath. I’m wishing death upon one person.

That’s right. If you haven’t figured it out yet, it’s the Finance Lady. If it weren’t for her, we would not be packing shit up. If it weren’t for her, we’d be staying in this beautiful house that we can no longer afford – no matter what. If it weren’t for her I wouldn’t be living paycheck to paycheck, mom wouldn’t be living paycheck to paycheck either. Finance Lady can fuck off and die.

The second FOAD is to the NBA and their All-Star Weekend festivities bullshit. A lot of my friends have had their days off canceled. They are working 12 hour shifts from today until Tuesday of next week. For what? A bunch of fucking basketball players and their gangsta entourages. I’m not pointing fingers at the players. I think some of them are extremely talented. I also think some of them associate with some thugs and those thugs are going to be the trouble makers this weekend.

They’ve already had some art thefts at the Fashion Show Mall. They’ve already had the “distraction” style thefts in those stores. A group comes in, some distract the sales clerks and the others walk out with the shit they want.

So to all those thugs who came to town with the NBA players and the cause of my friends losing their days off and me working overtime this weekend – FUCK OFF AND DIE.

I’m a huge sports fan. I love sports. The Mayor of this City has been trying to get a professional sports team here to Vegas. That would be phenomenal. If it were football or baseball. But he’s talking basketball now and I hate basketball. Here I was getting all ready to be a season ticket holder for a baseball or football team. Fuck that. So to whoever decided on us needing a professional basketball team? FUCK OFF AND DIE.

Bring me a baseball team. Bring me a football team. Fuck!!! I’d even take a hockey team in the middle of the fucking desert. But WHY WHY WHY basketball? GAHHHHHH!!!!

OK, back to packing, cleaning, organizing and cursing the Finance Lady, the thugs who came to town and the Mayor and his team of brilliant sports fans.

Until next time….

OK, so the Wordless Wednesday post with the pictures of my furbabies was post #700. Can you believe that shit? I’ve been blogging for a year and almost 2 months and I just did my 700th post. Holy shit.

I’m breaking the silence of Wordless Wednesday, because I can. I’ve added lots more stuff to the ebay site. I’m adding stuff to sell and then also going through stuff that I’ll be giving to GA for their garage sale they are having.

I’m having trouble shaking this cold that I’ve had since Friday/Saturday. I’m hoping it goes away by tomorrow cause I’m working nights this weekend and I’d like to be well for that. I came home early from work today, slept from about 10:30 until 2:15 or so and I’m pooped. Ready for sleep again.

Since I got up this afternoon, I’ve washed my comforter (puppy peed on it…GAH!), added about 40 more things to sell on E-Bay and sneezed my head off. I’ve also moved boxes of the DVD’s and books I’m keeping out to the garage.

During the day on the weekend, I have to pack up this office and clean it – I want it to be presentable when we list the house.

I’m watching Without A Trace (LOVE THIS SHOW!!!) and I watched my recorded episode of Heroes. I need to watch the episode of 24 from Monday night too. Tonight, Lost is being recorded for viewing tomorrow. Not that I’ll view it tomorrow, but it’s the thought that counts.

Tomorrow afternoon, I’m going to Family Court with a friend. Her daughter was molested and the girlfriend of the suspect is being prosecuted and will most likely lose her kids. My friend has to testify against her. They were neighbors, even becoming friends. Just never know. All you people with kids need to keep an eye out, k? It happens more than you think.

OK, I’m going to go add a few more DVD’s to E-Bay and then go to sleep. Oh, did I mention I finally figured out how to add the Buy It Now feature to the shit I’m selling? HAHAHA It only took me a week and a half of selling things there. Go figure.

Until next time….

This is whom my heart belongs to:

Josie and Chloe

Josie

Chloe

My grandfather died several years ago (6 or 7) and my mom and I have had his belongings in storage ever since.

Today? We met Salvation Army at 8:30 a.m. at the storage unit and they took 95% of it away (the other 5% we are keeping or shipping to my brother). We met our real estate agent at 10 a.m. at her office. We then called the mortgage company and got an idea of how this will work.

Wednesday of this week, Real Estate Lady (REL) will be out here to take pictures of the house. Monday the 19th will be the day we put the house on the market. GAH! Lots of cleaning to do between now and then.

I’m getting ready to leave for bowling a little early so I can stop to get gas, go to one of those Coinstar machines and turn in all my change. After that, I’ll have money to pay for my bowling and a little left over for other stuff.

I’m also going to be stopping at PetSmart to get some spray they have that works WONDERS on pee spots and throw up spots. Works better than Spot Shot (go figure!)

I’m still sick, kind of congested and icky, but feeling better than I did over the weekend (thank goodness!)

I’ve sold quite a bit on E-Bay lately and I just have to say – some of you bloggers fucking rock my socks. You know who you are (there are two I’m speaking of specifically – that’s all I know of right now – if there’s more include yourself here!) that bought something from my ebay store. I appreciate it!

It’s been my first adventure into E-Bay selling and it’s been fun and I’ve made a bit of money (not a lot – but nothing to sneeze at either.)

Thanks again! OK, off to bowling and I’m going to try for my first 200 game (HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA)

Until next time….

I woke up Friday morning feeling kind of funky. Sore throat, a little congested and I noticed I was coughing a lot. I took some Zicam, got ready for work, felt great. After work on Friday, I came home and packed up most of my books and all of my DVD’s and video tapes I have here in my office. I still felt halfway decent.

By 6pm, I was feeling crappy. I was going through some hot/cold flashes and my head was feeling all fuzzy. Mom and I went to a meeting that night – for a friend who was celebrating 5 years of recovery (woohoo!). After the meeting, we came home and I went to bed.

I woke up yesterday and was in the midst of a full blown cold. I don’t think I’ve had a cold in a long time. Sinus infection, yes. Cold, no. So I did a lot of nothing yesterday, slept off and on all day long. I had to cancel my plans last night cause the Zicam (which I was taking every 3 hours) did not work well enough to the point I felt comfortable going out at 930 at night.

I was supposed to go see Gordie Brown at the Venetian with a few friends. I called her at 11 in the morning as I was getting ready to sleep and let her know I wouldn’t be going anywhere. I was a little sad cause I was looking forward to seeing him.

Today? I woke up at 6:30 this morning (thanks to Chloe and Josie) and I felt BETTER than yesterday, yet when I went to speak (aka yell at the pups) I didn’t really have a voice. GGRREEAATT. So here I sit, drinking my coffee and thinking of all the things (laundry, clean, pack more stuff) I have to do today. I’m going to do stuff slowly cause I’m still feeling a little funky, ya know?

I felt so crappy yesterday I didn’t read any blogs, didn’t post on my blog and didn’t really participate in anything online all day. I am going to try to read blogs today and maybe even comment a few times. heehee

Hope ya’ll have a great weekend. Until next time….

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I’m calling this person out. I have no idea who you are. Why you did this search, is beyond me. It’s sick, gross and I hope you don’t find my blog again.

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It’s Friday. That’s a good thing! I went into work at my normal time. I’ve been trying to do some data entry on a project I started for my boss and it’s tedious and tiresome. I’m more than halfway through with it, so I’ll be finishing that Tuesday. I’m off on Monday because that way I’ll only have to work 11 days in a row, not 12.

The NBA All-Star bullshit is coming to town, so I’m working overtime on my days off next weekend. I’ll be working my regular shift during the week and then 3pm until 10pm on my days off.

I was going through the incoming mail and found that the deferred comp people have denied my request to withdrawal some money from my mutual funds. Fuckers. Is it too late to add them to my FOAD list? Or do I have to wait til next week? Either way, they can FOAD. So they don’t believe it’s an emergency. Guess what? Maybe not to them, but to us it is an emergency. I was so upset today after reading the memo, I almost called them and closed the fucking thing.

I have half a mind to stop putting into the damn thing. However, since it’s for my retirement, I’ll keep participating and putting money in there. *sigh*

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it on here or not, but I’ve been selling DVDs and books on e-bay (see them here) lately and so far, I’ve made a profit – even with shipping them out and paying for that. Whatever profit I make on the sales will go into our house account to help pay for moving expenses, etc etc.

I got home from work early and packed 6 boxes of books and DVD’s. Yes, I said 6 boxes. The DVD’s are in three of the “small” boxes from U-haul and the books are in the other three. Now mind you, I still have about 20 DVD’s that I’m wanting to post on E-Bay. And I’m sure, once we move, I’ll find a few more in the collection that I don’t want anymore and post those as well hahah

Chloe is sitting here looking at me all sad like. I really to de-stress and play with her for awhile. Mom and I are going to a 5 year birthday tonight for a mutual friend.

Until next time…