New Job and 1st Diet Coke but wait and read....

Ok lets just get to me having my first caffeine drink. I was sitting at home last night on Halloween and handing out candy and eating pizza and wanted a pop so bad so I decided to open a diet coke in the fridge. It was so bad tasting it was like drinking banking soda. The flavor was not like what I remembered. I only took 2 sips when I dumped it out. I went to having a glass of water for the night. I heard that once you stop drinking it for a long period of time then you loose the taste of it. Won't be doing that again.

Alright on a Great Note: I got a new job out of town. I went for my interview on a Thursday and they called me on Monday to offer me a position. Great health benefits and good pay. I have to drive 50 miles to Pendelton but I think it will be great. My first day was Friday and it was a little over-whelming. Oh whats the job? I will run the Vocational Department for this company. I have not a whole lot of experience in this part of the DD field. I looked at it as if God said you need this education and when you accomplish it you will have both Voc and Residential under your belt. I have a big office and 8 staff and 40 clients. It will be a challenge for me. My supervisor has only been there a month and knows nothing about Vocational so I will be learning it and teaching her. I need this challenge.

Christmas Music? When I sat down to write this blog I turned on the soft music on satellite and it is playing Christmas music. I just got done with Halloween now this. No worries I love Christmas music.

Halloween and Driving Drunk: As for Halloween I just love handing candy out to kids so opt out to stay home and do it this year at my home instead of going to the many parties I was invited to. I did send out a text to all my ex-staff and friends not to drink and drive that if they need a ride to call me and I will take them where ever they need to go. At 2:30 in the morning I got 3 phone calls and up out of bed I went to go take them home. I look at it as I must have saved someones life with them not getting behind the wheel of the car and driving drunk. They just were so thankful for the ride, I was just thankful I could be a help to them.

Well I hope all is well with your families and just love reading your blogs keep them commin!

25lbs Lost and Whatever Else

Diet: I am so excited I have lost a total of 25lbs. I am so darn excited and feel so good all over. I do have to say I have had a huge craving for a pop lately and so last night I rewarded myself with buying a Pizza and Root beer no caffeine pop. I could have ordered a 2 liter when I ordered the pizza but decided to go to the gas station and buy a cup for that way I would not be tempted to drink the whole thing. I want to say I choose Root beer because it has no caffeine and I will never forget what it was like going through the withdraws of caffeine. That was horable.

Job Search: Lets see I went to a interview in Pendlelton and it went really well. I can only hope to get a job there and possibly move there. It would be closer to where Mom is moving to which at this point I need her.

Christmas Exchange: I guess I have Janet's family name and I'm excited. Funny thing is Janet your wreath that you gave me last year is still hanging on the front of the house. When I finally figured it was still hanging there It was half way through the year and so why take it down. I have Halloween web still tangled in the trees.

I guess Robert has my family and if you need a hint we would love pictures of your family! That goes for everyone I want pictures of all your families for my frames I have! I would like to fill up each frame. Each frame has 6 slots and so I have 5 of them so if each of you could send me 6 family pic's I would love it. It can be any pic of your kids or you or anything you have taken.

Mick: My relationship with Mick is going well. He is preparing to move down off the mountain after 17 years of living there year round. He rented himself a nice apartment on the top floor so when we go out on the deck it is scary for both of us considering were scarred of heights. Mick is also having a rough time with it all because he is not a people person and only comes down to town about every 5 days. He has stayed up there for years and if he was lucky someone would come by on snowmobile every 10 days. He did manage to go to the snow park by snowmobile every 2 weeks for food. That's if the person bringing the food could get to the snow park. He is so use to being alone I will just wonder how this will play out for him. Someone asked me the other day why don't I take the winter off and stay with him up on the mountain and I said because I would go nuts not having anyone to talk to but him. By the 2nd week I would have had to build my self a village of snowmen and go out and talk to them daily and they said well it would not be hard to move them for you could just roll them from place to place. For you that don't know he can not stay up there this winter because his health won't allow it. He can not maneuver his snow mobile anymore and has got sick to the point that there is no way emergency medical could get to him. Well see what happens this winter! The picture above is up at the Mick's cabin!

One Last Thing: Baseball does any of you ever watch Baseball? Well I never watched it till now. Mick is a huge fan of it and does not miss listening to it on the radio or TV. So one night I decided to watch a whole game with him and to my surprise I got into it so much I went home and the next day watched a game that was 5 hours long which is unusual. I am rooting for the Angels to go to the World Series. Mick taught me a lot about the game and was so patient with me with my 110 questions. I guess sometimes just taking up one of his greatest loves proved that Ya maybe he will keep me around another month or so.

Feel Like Someone was Watching Over Me Today!

Today I was getting ready to go out and job hunt when my TV power went out. I was boggled by this but not surprised because our power trips often in the house. So I went down stairs to the breaker box and tripped the breaker and could hear the TV come back on by the time I made it up stairs it was off again. SO I go back down and do this again to go up and be out again and seeing flames coming up my wall from the outlet. It was fully engulfed with flames. I moved quickly to try and put it out with a towel and it just kept relighting. I ran into the kitchen wondering what I could do and I tried the towel again and it went out. Something told me not to put water on it. Which was my first thought. Afterwards I called the Landlord and they came over. It was a electrical fire. I had plugged in a power strip which had 10 things plugged into it. The 3 prong plug I attached to the power strip was melted completely.

I can say someone was watching over me because the first time the power tripped I was saying I can fix it when I get back. For some reason I went and fixed it. Then it did it again because something was telling me to stay if I would have left my house would have burnt to the ground.

The fire Department did come to check for hot spots in the wall and they asked if I had been smelling rubber burn and I said yes for the past couple of days. He said anytime I can smell that to call and they will come check it all out for that is the start of a electrical fire coming.

Thank You to who ever was watching over me today!

Please Pray For Me

Well so much can happen in a week. I was let go of my job of 4 1/2 years Monday and have been very down sense. I have applied at a couple of places and at times wonder if I will work again. I had a interview at the prison but unsure if it went well. I am waiting to hear if I get a second interview. I will travel to Pendleton Monday to apply for a job. Then I will be applying locally. I am worried that I won't be able to pay the rent next month and make my other bills.

Please pray I find a job soon!

1st Snow for the Year

Ok so I was to stop smoking the 1st of October but with all that has been happening in my life I just could not take on that too. Trust me I will get it done by December 1. I will be taking the drug Chantex and it is a 12 week program where you smoke the first week then stop. The side effects is so bad that I have been depressed and it says it will make you more including Suicidal. That's the last thing I need is to get more down then I am.

I am excited to report I have lost 18 pounds and feel good all over. Still no POP!

I am in transition of quiting my job my last day will be 23rd of October.

This picture is a photo of the first snow fall of the year. This is where I go when I want to see and talk to Richard. It was so exciting to see the snow fall, you don't even know the feeling.

I do have a funny story about driving up to this place yesterday. I get up there and it is a snow park and usually no-one is there. But today there is a camp for hunting there and I drive up to the bathrooms and this guy comes out with his shot gun and stands by his tent just watching me. I use the bathroom and when I come out he is still standing there like what, I am here to steal his deer he shot and what I am going to haul it home on my car. SO then I drove over to the spot I leave flowers and he is still standing guarding his camp with his gun. I just kinda had to laugh because I am alone and a woman. I was going to go over and say hi but afraid he would shoot me. I hurried and took pictures and left.

On a better note, I could not be more excited to have MOM and Lynn move closer to me. I need them more then ever here. It just goes to show GOD does answer my prayers. I have been going through a rough time right now and some days I feel so alone.

Lost 15 Pounds/ Still NO Soda Pop

I'm so excited I have lost 15 pounds in 6 weeks. I've done it all with watching my diet and drinking no POP and walking 30 minutes a day. So I made it to what the Dr has asked me to do and I will continue to move on.... I set the goal to have this done by Nov 1 but gosh I have another 6 weeks to go before surgery date. I had really hoped to loose 20 pounds by that date but at this rate I will get it done no problem. I feel so much more healthier. I sometimes feel like to can see and feel the weight loss but I often say in my brain is leaking.

You know I have been feeling quite down lately. I have thought of maybe relocating. I have thought about a lot of things. I will be honest and don't want any of you to look at this as wrong but there has been times I thought I could leave this world. When I do I out way the good and bad and how I enjoy living this life. so much. I think of my kids and how much they still need me. I think it is the whole thought of leaving the job I have had for so long. It scares me!

Well I will keep you all posted!!!!!

Moving Furnature & Food Hoarding

This Picture is from the 4th of July FIREWORKS!

Does any of you move furniture around as much as I do? Well once again I decided to move my room into the bedroom out of the down stairs great room. The bedroom was my computer room. I have done this at least 5 times now and wonder if it's because I can't really move the living room around do to owning a sectional and it is awkward. I'm just happy no one is blind at my home they would never know where to sit.

I decided Jeff has inherited my food hoarding problem. The other day I got up and there set a case of 8 biog bags of chips. You know the ones that have 32 bags of small chips in it. I asked Jeff where they came from and he said I volunteered at the Celebrate La Grande and that was left over so I took it home. I said have you not heard of the food bank? This is not the first time he has hauled all the left overs home from places. He does it all the time. He also came home with a case of Mexican orange soda. IT makes me crazy. So now I have the issue of empty pop bottles and chip wrappers left everywhere. I finally had to pick it all up and give them away to people I know who needs it.

Well it was a great weekend with Mick! I hope everyone had a good weekend too!