Hints, Helps & Notes to Myself

I am going to be recycling my old magazines, most of which are "Woman's World" and so instead of losing all of the wonderful articles, tips & hints that I have marked as noteworthy.. I decided to blog them to myself, if you find them useful all the more better otherwise just ignore them.

I have no computer again...

Okay, I am at my sister's right now but we are no longer staying at my mother's we are on our own in a kitchenette. Everything is still okay but I just won't be on the Internet for awhile, if anything it will be sporadic. Take care, Linda

Blogger is Weirding Out-REVISED

Please excuse the layout and content until I can repair it. I don't know what happened but my old layout code went to shiza and I had to re-do it from the beginning. I am still needing to add all my old links to my blog roll as Blogrolling.com is now down. Pooey. Please bear with me while I set everything up the way I like it.

Just a Touch of The Cabin Fever [o.o]

I had to go for a walk, I am so used to having to walk everywhere. Of course, if I were back in Sacramento, I would be bitching about having to walk everywhere because I having to have to do anything. Here I have a sister and brother in law to drive us around or bus passes. Usually, when I get this kind of itch I vacuum or steam clean the carpet or alphabetize my cosmetics... stuff like that. Lucky for us, we have the Internet here and can sit cozy together while we surf. I am teaching Joe, how to type faster, about blogging and other Internet stuff.

I am glad my sister and BIL have made it possible for us to stay with them because frankly it's cold and while I love it if I HAD to be in it I would hate it. Homeless in Alaska = no good and that's putting it lightly. I hate the weekends, you can't ever get anything done during them because everything is always closed. [Bleh.] I will probably just sleep in tomorrow. We got up early to go to Sam's Club with the BIL but fell back to sleep while waiting to go. BIL was nice enough to pick up the items we wanted as early Christmas presents LOL.

Monday, I will just go into work for thirty minutes to fill out the hiring papers and get a quick orientation. That will be cool but I will miss Joe, we are conjoined at the hip and torso. Speaking of missing someone, I miss my kid! She hasn't called in a few days and I wish she would. The emails are great but I love the phone calls. In other things, we had to switch keyboards because my keys like the letter "T" were sticking again.. I don't know what I do to these boards. I didn't spill anything, I think I just wear them out or something.

Well enough of my icky blech. Time to perk up kid :o)

ARrGgH!

This is my first attempt at an XML template and it's all going fine and dandy except, I can't seem to locate where to change the header links and I can't remember my log in info. for Yahoo. I really hate that Flickr joined up with Yahoo. I hate Yahoo. None of the email addys I have now will help me retrieve my login id or my password. *Fizzle*

We have landed in Anchorage, Alaska

As of last night my fiance and I landed in Anchorage via a flight from Seattle and originally Sacramento. It's been a long crazy couple of months of trying and eventually moving our entire (well mostly) lives into two "carry ons" and two checked bags. Mine weighed in over and we had to pay $50.00 after leaving our favorite comic book collection behind. We were both exhausted and forgot about the slight time change (one hour earlier) and didn't really sleep last night either. It's always weird sleeping in a strange bed. On the flight from Seattle to Sacramento, a really nice older woman sitting on my left and J on my right insisted on buying us both Angus beef burgers which came with Maui chips... the kindness of strangers always surprises me.

Speaking of kindness, my sister has taken us in temporarily until we well find a place or bounce somewhere else. Her family is kind and inflated a bed for our use and we have a few computers with Internet access so I can have access to resources and also to blog as you can read. We have already opened a banking account and re-opened my medical files at the Native American hospital and should have an appointment today for a checkup and mental care referral. I should be working on getting my life together right now since my sister is being so kind and all. Catch up with you again soon.

Oh and I am not skitso J calls me Eddie so it's on my name tag from now on.

I'm still kickin'

Just not biting and scratching no more (lol.) All is well in the world of Linda, I just am still without a computer. I am using the sponsor/friend's computer so I am going to cut this short. Oh and Bluehippo.com sucks.

Just a Quick Update

Life is fine. I am ok. I am reading your blog Lisa, through my cell phone. I am still looking for rss feeds for different blogs sooo.. leave em in the comments if you got em! I hope 2008 is rockin' for everyone else! It's good to hear from you all. I am still without a home computer so I can only update when I visit the center, we just finished art therapy so I had a quick minute to share.

Ten Things

I was tagged by Lisa at The Den of Iniquity
The Rules:

1. I will write 10 interesting things about myself. (Try to stay awake!)
2. I’ll tag 10 (Do I even know 10 bloggers???) people.
3. If you’ve been tagged, you do your own list and tag 10 more people. (”No tag backs.”)

..................................

My Ten:
1. I was born in the year of the dragon. "It would be right to say that people born in the year of the dragon have a natural charisma and are certainly gifted with power and luck. It is unlikely for them to escape unnoticed from a party or to take second place in a competition. The dragon person has an active mind and shows an unfeigned interest in the world around him/her. This person is also self-confident enough to know how to create a necessary impression. Because they are larger than life themselves, dragon people like to do everything on a grand scale. They are egotistical and ambitious, almost to the point of megalomania, and will stop at nothing to get what they want." - read more via Wikipedia.org

2. I am in love with Wikipedia.org

3. My favorite flowers are yellow roses & white daisies, a small fact that not one of my beaus ever remembered.

4. I find things like this hilarious.

5. I need a body pillow and two regular pillows to fall asleep.

6. I actually DO have my groceries delivered - I order them online at Safeway.com

7. I have baby fever.

8. My middle name is Rae.

9. I am never getting married.

10. I can't clean worth a poo! It's true, even when I try it doesn't seem to work, I think I might be related to Pigpen. *sigh*

I tag: Deb, Bing, Elaine, Ani, Lisanne, and you, and you, you over there, you in the back & you too!

I'm Just a Bad Person (for not Blogging)

Hey everyone! (If there is anyone still around.)
I am here. I've been here.. well sorta here just not writing in my little online diary. I just kinda needed another one of my notorious hiatusessss *spelling. I have some free time this evening so I thought I would tie myself to my desk chair and force out an entry. Now, it's not that I don't want to talk to you, it's just that I am having a problem with commitment lately of all kinds. Quite frankly, I have a short attention span that often develops into a flaky behavioral pattern. Anywhoo, here's the lowdown on some of the things going on in my little world.

Flashback to April 6Th!! My birthday (and the day the food court opened in the mall - woo.) I spent the whole week pretty much working employee-less and working from open 10am to close 9pm by myself stuck in one spot at my kiosk. That's not so bad you say? Try getting up at 7am to get ready for work, leaving at 8:30am to walk to your bus stop which you won't catch until 9:00am and getting to work half an hour early only to get bathroom breaks and sell sell sell until 9:00pm and then run to your bus stop to get home at about 10:30pm. That was like a majorly long run on sentence and I didn't even include the part about walking down the home street with no streetlights or a sidewalk on your sore tootsies. Oh yeah, back to my birthday - I had to work, I was sick (first time in forever) and the best part of the work day was a security officer bought me a chocolate bar (even though I don't like chocolate) from Sees candy and I got diarrhea seeing how I ate it considering I was starving.

When I got home, Angel and her BFF had balloons inflated and my room decorated. They also had a carrot cake (my favorite) and sang "Happy Birthday" to me. Plus I got a Nolie soft three quarter length sleeve t-shirt which I adore. Ooh! I almost forgot another highlight was a dear friend from Israel sang "Happy Birthday" to me in Hebrew!!! and I got a kiss on the cheek - can't beat that with a stick if you ask me!

Work - Is going pretty OK. It's had it's ups & downs. I love my job and my new employees it's just been a hassle getting everything together and learning how to be the sole manager of a business of which many people mistake me as the owner of. I really want to perfect myself in this role and see it succeed, at least we have exceeded our monthly sales goal each month I managed.

The Kid - is turning 16! on the 14! I am running crazy trying to come up with something special (because I can't give her a car like she requested.) I hope it's a good birthday nonetheless! Time is just flying by and pretty soon she will be off on her own and that will make me terrible sad :(

Thank Gosh for Flock

Sometimes I really hate logging into web pages, I have so many screen names and passwords that it's nice not to have to deal with cookies or constant ID entry. I use Flock to upload all my pictures to Flickr and Photobucket, I use it to read RSS feeds, organize bookmarks and blog. It's a pretty cool we browser you should check it out if these kinds of things are important to you.

It's my day off today so it's been a day of watching "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" season two on dvd via the computer, unfortunately I buggered up my WinDVD right at the beginning of the season finale. I've just been downloading all kinds of virus programs and error fixers since then.

There is also an injured pigeon on my patio, evidently a neighbor girl saw it eating another dead bird and threw a rock at it. I think it has a broken wing.. Can pigeons have rabies? Don't they carry diseases like rats? Or is that just urban legend? I am not sure so the kid and I aren't going to touch it.

***Update:
I misheard the pigeon wasn't eating another bird, evidently a GIANT bird of some kind flew out of the sky and attacked the pigeon trying to eat it. Another pigeon was killed and the carcass was carried off by feral cats later in the evening. The pigeon stayed on my patio looking quiet hurt for a couple of hours before I called animal control. AC suggested I put a box over the pigeon to protect it from the cats, I found the top of an animal cage in my closet and an animal control officer was buy within about thirty minutes to pick it up. I hope it's ok and that they don't kill it unless necessary.

Work is going well. I had a visit from the district manager and he said boss is happy with how I am doing *YAY* In other things I went on a date with a guy from a neighboring cart, it was *sigh* typical and I feel kinda gipped. Alas, the life that is mine.

Blogged with Flock

Status Report

1. New layout. Yes, again. I hate how I am never happy or stay happy for very long and not just in regards to layouts but many many many things in life. It can be extremely frustrating always feeling restless. I really think I will like this layout for awhile though, it's black and white which matches my new profile photo (lame I know.) I also enjoy it's simple but decorated style, I just adore white backgrounds and black text for my diary.
2. The job. The job I am really enjoying, it's going to take some adjustment as I am the sole manager of a sunglass kiosk. I will hire, fire, train, manage two employees. I will keep track of inventory and ordering. I will be the top performer and will also enjoy commission on top of my sales. I will be working fairly more than I thought. I will also need a new cellphone for the job as my employees need to be able to get a hold of me (note being woken by another manager who is helping until I get staffed about the missing keys.)
3. Boys. I am fresh out. Well, for the most part. I need a date.
4. The kid. She is on a week's vacation for President's day.... (wtf!?)
   

Frosty Morning

Now that I have this new monitor and the kid got a digital camera (nothing fancy) during Christmas, I am going to have to buy myself a digital camera as well. I think that's what this little diary of mine really needs.

I woke up earlier this morning around eight and decided to just lay in bed for an hour or so more. Sometimes, it's just really nice to wake up early when you don't have too and just appreciate that quiet time when you don't have to do anything. I just love the way my sheets feel, extra worn in and with my down comforter I hardly ever want to get out of bed.

But, I did. I took the garbage outside and I saw that there was frost on the grass and that the sunshine looked clear and sharp enough to cut glass. I love mornings like these.

---------------Now something fun.

Lisanne recently searched her birthdate on Wikipedia.org so I thought I would in turn do the same. Here are some of the slightly interesting things I found out regarding my birthdate: April 6th.

1. Earliest solar eclipse recorded by the Ancient Greeks. (648 BC) - Ooh Aah!
2. The poet Petrarch first sees his idealized love, Laura, in the church of Saint Clare in Avignon. (1327) - I find this very romantic :)
3. Napoleon abdicates. He is then exiled to Elba. (1814) - Interesting..
4. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is organized by Joseph Smith, Jr. at Fayette, New York. (1830)
5. In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games 1,500 years after being banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I. (1896)
6. World War I: United States declares war on Germany. (1917)
7. Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire." Thus he starts Salt Satyagraha. (1930)
8. Teflon is discovered. (1938)
9. The Beatles begin recording Revolver at Abbey Road Studios. (1966)
10. Four California Highway Patrol officers die in one of the worst police killings in the CHP's history. (1970)
11. Linda Rae was born to parents Donna and George. (1976)
12. The Rwandan Genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down by extremists. (1994)
13. The World Meteorological Organization declares the retirement of five storm names from the Atlantic hurricane naming lists, including the name Katrina. (2006)

Okay, so at first the date of my birth starts out pretty good but hits all kinds of rough spots as well. At least I know when Teflon was discovered now...

ABC's Meme

I found this at Mandee's. If you want to read what's new with me scroll down to the post prior to this one. :)

A= Available~ Very much.
B= Best Friend~ My daughter
C= Cake or pie~ Carrot cake
D= Drink of choice~ Diet Pepsi
E= Essential item you use everyday~ Mascara
F= Favorite color~ Pink
G= Gummy bears or worms~ I don't like eating gelatin products
H= Hometown~ Soldotna, Alaska
I= Indulgences~ Getting my ear cartilage repierced, dying my hair black again and getting a new tatt soon!
J= January or February~ February. Why not?
K= Kids and Names~I am not planning on having anymore children. Although, most of my friends/coworkers think I secretly want too. Names? Holden Caulfield, Magpie
L= Life is incomplete without?~ My daughter
M= Marriage date~ I don't plan on getting married mostly because I don't think anyone I want to will ask me
N= Number of siblings~ 4
O= Oranges or apples~ Apples if I have too
P= Phobias or Fears~ Being seperated from my child, car accidents, falling asleep in the tub
Q= Favorite Quote~ "Life is Short", "Like all things, this too shall pass"
R= Reason to smile~ My daughter is playing board games with me
S= Season~Fall
T= Tag 3 or 4 people~ anyone who wants to play.
U= Unknown fact about me~ I am hypokalemic (actually, some of you may know this but it was recently unknown to me)
V= Vegetable you don't like~I don't know of any
W= Worst habit~ Reckless spending
X= X-rays~ A ton just recently
Y= Your favorite food~Lately? Pho
Z= Zodiac Sign~ Aries