Busy week

It's been a busy couple of weeks for me.  It all started about 3 weeks ago trying to get a wall finished that I had started some time ago.  All that was left to do was to add drywall mud, sand, primer and paint.  I decided that I would like to have it complete before my son's birthday party this coming weekend.  So, I started mudding the walling 2 weekends ago and then doing a couple of other odd and end things as well.  Then a week ago this past Thursday, my mother-in-law had surgery, so I put it on hold to take care of the kids while Tara was with her mom for a couple of days.  Then on Saturday, I completed the wall so we needed to get paint.

When the kids heard we were going after paint, they wanted their rooms repainted.  So instead of painting just one room in a week, we were going to be painting 3 rooms.  Sunday was spent priming our son's room and Monday was spent painting the room.  Monday afternoon we started priming our daughter's room as well.  Tuesday it started at the doctor's office for routine checkups, bought a couple of other things that were needed for the jobs at hand, then returned home and finished painting our daughter's room.  Wednesday was our son's 10th birthday, so we spent the day celebrating that so no work was done.  (It was a good time and very relaxing).  Yesterday, I finally got to priming and painting the wall that had started this whole busy week.  I also recaulked our bathtub and raked our leaves for the second time this season.  Finally, today was spend cleaning up the house for the weekend as our son's birthday party is Sunday and my parents will be arriving early tomorrow afternoon for the weekend.

On a side note, I would like to voice my displeasure, albeit almost hatred, towards Wal-Mart and their new store layouts.  Wal-Mart was bad enough before all of their 'remodeling' and making the store more customer friendly.  Now we have to deal a very poor selection on several items as they have moved in even more of their Great Value brand items.  Some items have just had their shelf space reduced, for example:  cake mix and icing.  Before the remodel, there was 12 feet of space dedicated to cake mix, muffin mix and icing.  There was probably a good 8-10 different flavors of cake in 3 different brands.  Now there is approximately 6 feet of space and there is only about 4 flavors of cake mix.  Meijer will be getting my grocery money from now on.  They have selection, fresher products and decent prices.

Sunday officially starts "No-Shave November", a month where we men don't shave for an entire month and then compare our growth.  I have recently noticed advertisements for "Movember" which men are supposed to grow mustaches for prostate cancer awareness.  So whatever the reason, joy or awareness, give your razor a break in November.

Don't forget to set your clocks back on Saturday night before you go to bed.  Daylight savings time ends at 2am Sunday morning, so we actually gain an hour's sleep.

Why?

Why do some people feel it's their job to make everyone around them miserable?
Why do some people keep coming to a job if it ruins their lively-hood?
Why is the Redskins' offense so anemic?
Why must all good things come to an end?
Why do the good die young?
Why do people like the Dallas Cowboys?
Why is January named January and July named July?
Why does everybody love Wal-Mart when they are an evil corporate empire?
Why is this happening?
Why is Taco Bell so darn tasty?
Why is the Internet so addicting?
Why do some people feel it's necessary to state their opinion about everything?
Why do sons and mother-in-laws not get along?
Why must some people say something to everyone in the room, even if they are not paying attention to them?
Why is a steak right off the grill so damn tasty?
Why do I love ice cream and not really care for milk?
Why must the world be such a hateful place?
Why isn't bacon served with every meal?

I usually say "Go 'Skins" or something similar at the end of a post, but after yesterday's performance I think "Good Luck 'Skins" is more in line.

Question and Answer Time

Today I am going to start answering questions that have been submitted.  The first one submitted was:

"If you were not working in Information Services what type of job would you have?"

Realistically I think I would probably be an accountant.  Initially in junior high and high school I wanted to be an accountant.  Computers were just starting to be introduced and our school had 3 IBM's and a dozen Apple II's.  We were required to take a 9 week computer class, of which the teacher mostly talked about computers and we barely got any hands on time.

During high school, math came fairly easy to me and I figured that would be an easy way for me to make a decent wage and give me whatever I wanted in life.  When I went to college, that was still my plan...Go to college, get a business degree, become a CPA.  Once I got to college, things changed, and I thought I would like to become an FBI agent.  That was a short lived dream as I determined there were quite a few things working to my disadvantage.

After dropping out of college after 3 semesters and meeting my wife, I went into working retail.  While I didn't mind the work, I didn't feel that I was suited to do this for the rest of my life.  I ended up bouncing from random job to random job for a few years.  After working at a dead end factory job for over a year and finding out that Tara was pregnant with our first child, I was determined to get a college degree and make sure that my family had a better life than what Tara and I had been experiencing.

At first I thought about getting my degree and becoming an accountant.  But by this time, I had been dabbling in computers off and on, I decided that getting a degree in Information Services would be a safe bet in life.  Computers were becoming more and more prevalent in all aspects of life and the workplace.

So, long story short, I think I would be an accountant if I wasn't in Information Services.

Go Redskins!!

Writer's Block

Since my last post, I've been trying to think about what I wanted to write about next and I have been having a bit of writer's block.  Nothing really funny has happened at work and there hasn't been anything "positive" to write about otherwise.  I guess I've kinda been in a funk for the last week or so.  I'm not really sure what the issue has been or is, but I wish it would change.  I have been trying to figure out why I've been feeling this way, and haven't really come up with anything.  The only thing I can really attribute it to is the almighty dollar.  Money has been very tight for the couple of months and just when I think we are starting to turn the corner something unexpected comes up. 

Don't get me wrong, I am very happy and blessed to have a job right now, especially during the current economic times.  I actually have lots of things to be happy and blessed about: family, friends, job, home, and food just to name a few. 

Hopefully this blog is doing one of it's intended purposes...help me with putting my feelings down and expressing myself.  Well, I guess the writer's block has cleared itself.  Good night all, hoping for a better day tomorrow.