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| Here I am |
| 02.09.05 (2:21 pm) [edit] |
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Yes I know I haven't posted here in a while, but keep watching. I'm fixin to start my bathroom remodel and I'm gonna put before and after pics here and in my other site. Stay Tuned!!
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| Tahra's B'Day |
| 01.31.05 (6:24 am) [edit] |
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Today my daughter is 2 years old. Go to my other blog to see how she celebrates her new kitchen. Go to: chickiesman.blogspot.com
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| Tahra |
| 01.30.05 (6:50 am) [edit] |
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Tomorrow is my daughter Tahra's B'day. Happy Birthday Sweetie
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| Eddie's Teeth |
| 01.28.05 (8:14 am) [edit] |
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Eddie has his first two teeth. They are just poking above the skin but they are really there. Purty soon I'm gonna have to start grillin a steak for him too. My boy is gettin tooooooo big.
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| mail again |
| 01.26.05 (12:28 pm) [edit] |
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Just to get you up to date, my paycheck showed up Monday afternoon. Too late for me to go to the bank though. We'll see next week if this was a one time thing or not. I checked with my company and they mailed the check Wednesday afternoon, so the latest it should have got here was Saturday. We'll see.
Outside of that nothing has been going on worth talking about. My life is so boring most of the time.
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| Mail |
| 01.21.05 (1:26 pm) [edit] |
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I think we had a substitute mailperson today. How else could you explain me not getting any mail, namely my paycheck. It always gets here every other Friday. Today the truck came about 2 hours early and drove right on bt the house. That usually only happens on Tuesday when our regular carrier is off. I suspect the sub runs in, grabs the bulk mail for the route and ignores the first class. That way he gets paid but doesn't have to work hard. But then how hard is it to drive a truck around and stick your arm out the window at mailboxes. I could be wrong, but, how do you explain the fact that we rarely get mail on Tuesdays. Since we have been living here I have documented 5 different occasions where we went at least a month without mail on Tuesdays. Coincidence??
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| Just a few notes |
| 01.20.05 (1:29 pm) [edit] |
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For those of you interested, I didn't buy the Twinkies cause I never intended to. I was using Twinkies as a generic term for I want snacks. I bought a bunch of other snacks though. So don't worry bout me going into snack shock. Sherry set me up a new blog account the other day. You can find it at chickiesman.blogspot.com . I'm not sure whether I'm going to keep both pages or not, so keep watching . If I decide to move I will tell you in advance. I'm sposed to be cleaning the kitchen right now. But after washing all of Eddie's bottles and Tahra's sippy cups and my coffee cups, I needed a break. There's not really a lot of dishes left to do, mostly flatware, we tend to use paper plates a lot. The only time we use real plates is when one of us cooks something really messy . Like the enchilladas Sherry made last night. You put them on a paper plate and you end up with sauce everywhere. It kinda soaks thru. By the way, they were WONDERFUL, Sherry. We're having sammiches tonight. After cleaning all afternoon I do NOT want to cook. I got something in mind for tomorrow though. Well I guess that's all for now. See Ya !!!!
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| Dodged a Bullet |
| 01.18.05 (4:14 pm) [edit] |
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The other day I said that my mom was gonna kill me for piercing Tahra's ears. Well, we dodged a bullet. Unknown to us my sister made good on her promise and she and my brother got my niece's pierced this weekend also. Since she lives with my mom, her ears were seen first. I don't know what was said, but, mom had calmed down by the time she saw Tahra's. All we got was a dirty look. Then she informed us about DeAnna's. Mom was not a happy camper. Anyway she took out whatever anger she had on my brother and sister, so , all we got was the "LOOK". I will say that we did Tahra on Thursday and we didn't let my mom see until today. My baby still loves her pritties so I guess we're ok. See Ya!!!
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| Trouble Part Deux(by sherry) |
| 01.15.05 (6:34 pm) [edit] |
The spot under the close-up is not blood...its where they marked her ear to pierce it. :) have a tahra-ful day!!
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| TROUBLE!!! |
| 01.15.05 (11:31 am) [edit] |
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The wife and are in trouble with a capital T. Or least we will be when my mom sees Tahra's new pritties. We went Thursday afternoon and got her ears pierced. She's got little crosses and they are so cute. My mom is gonna have a fit though. "She's too young to have pierced ears. She can't take care of them and they are gonna get infected." At least that's what I figure she'll say. My 5yr.old niece lives with her and she says that she is too young. Tahra will be 2 on Jan. 31. Too late now. Mom also got upset when I had one of mine pierced and I was 46 at the time. I gave it to myself for my b'day. This was an early b'day present for Tahra. She did real good too. She only cried for a second. Course the Reese's pieces could've something to do with that. I will posting pics when Sherry downloads them for me. I don't have a webcam.
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| Where have I been??? |
| 01.14.05 (4:23 pm) [edit] |
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Where have I been?? Doing my normal boring things. Course it hasn't helped that every time I to log in here , it just kept working and working and wouldn't come up. I thought it was my puter . It was Tblog though. Every body knows it hasn't been working right for a while.
We finally got the DHS thing worked out. It was a goof on their part. We will be able to go shopping on Tuesday. Waaaahhh!!! No Twinkies til Tuesday.
A friend looked at a dishwasher that we got practically for free and he says that as far as he can see it works. He's gonna help me install it. All I gotta do is cut the bottom out of my cabinet for it to fit. No prob. Das why I own a jigsaw.
It's Friday night so I guess I'll stop here and go drink a beer. SEE YA!!!
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| SHOTS!!!!!!!! |
| 01.10.05 (7:21 am) [edit] |
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We took Eddie in for his 6 mo. shots this morning. He was such a good boy. He cried a little when the needles stuck him, but , by the time we got to the front office he had quit. Then he went to the doctor's office for his well baby check-up. He weighed 15 lb. 9 oz. and was 27 and 3/4 inches long. He getting so big. I made mommie hold him this time cause I held him the last 2 times. He didn't yell near as loud as the babies in front of him. I'll have to give him a special treat when he wakes up from his nap.
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| Shopping |
| 01.09.05 (7:18 pm) [edit] |
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Yesterday my wife and I went grocery shopping. That's all it was, shopping. We spent 2 hours picking out food only to get to the checkout and find out there is no money on the ebt card. We got a letter earlier in the week saying we had not turned in the proper paperwork, but, Sherry called her case worker and was assured that everything was ok. So tomorrow she is gonna let the woman have it with both barrels. It was not only embarrassing to us but, we had to leave $300 worth of groceries behind for the store associates to put back. Believe me that's a lot of canned goods and frozen foods to deal with. I gaurantee we were on somebody's list after that. And when we get it straightened out we get to do it again. Good thing we weren't out of baby and toddler food yet. We are out of the good snacks dammit and I wanted my Twinkies.
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| Sunday |
| 01.09.05 (9:25 am) [edit] |
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It's Sunday and the Colts are romping over the Broncos, the baby is asleep and Tahra is trying. Sherry is in bed for the day. And I am sposed to be making myself productive. I finished the laundry, picked up the Tahranado's mess, and kinda got a menu for tonight's supper. Why am I on the puter?? Cause I can with no interruptions . See Ya!!
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| My daughter |
| 01.04.05 (1:44 pm) [edit] |
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My daughter is getting too big. I just walked into the living room to find my son's bare bottom staring up at me. Tahra had taken it off and thrown it away. Yes, it was wet. She could have put a new one on him though. We've already been putting snap-on tops on her to keep her diapers on. I guess we gotta start doing it for Eddie too.
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| ain't that the way it goes ?? |
| 01.02.05 (5:04 pm) [edit] |
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We found a leak in the front yard yesterday afternoon. It wasn't too bad so I put it off til today when I could get a friend to help me with it. Yesterday was pretty so naturally it rained today. But not until I was on my knees digging dirt from around the pipes so I could fix them. This was 4 hours before my friend was due to get here so I got soaked setting up the repair and then got soaked again when we actually fixed the leak. And of course as it ALWAYS happens, the rain quit as soon as we finished the job. Ain't that the way it goes??
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| 2005 |
| 01.01.05 (7:03 am) [edit] |
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Did you know that it is just as hard to break down your holiday decorations as it is to set them up ? That's what my first day of 2005 is all about. All the stuff has to come down and be put away. Plus I gotta cook my blackeyed peas and mashed taters. Don't know what my meat is gonna be yet. Actually all the lights are already down and boxed. The interior decorations cept for the tree are boxed. And the living room is almost back to normal. The hard part of all this is that I have to keep the babies happy at the same time. Right now Tahra is in her room playing with tons of toys that Santa brought her and I just put Eddie in his playpen with a bottle. He's been helping me pick up the floor. Well, he's been pushing things around and I've been picking up. He is just on the verge of starting to crawl. He gets up on his hands and knees now and does a nose dive forward. I try to keep him in the middle of the room so he doesn't hit any furniture with his face. Well break time is over. Time to put the peas on and start moving this mess to storage. See ya !!
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| HAVE A |
| 12.31.04 (1:13 pm) [edit] |
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HAPPY (HIC) NOOO YEARRR !!! Y'ALL
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| New Year's Eve |
| 12.29.04 (11:47 am) [edit] |
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As I usually do, I am going to leave the partying to the amateurs. I haven't gone out for New Years in over 20 years. It's just too much hassle. I'll have a drink or two, pop some fireworks and go to bed at 12:15. My wife has to work anyway so it wouldn't be any fun going out. I'm just gonna cook my blackeyed peas and crack that bottle of canadian whiskey I got for Christmas.
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| HO HO HO |
| 12.25.04 (6:09 am) [edit] |
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MERRY CHRISTMAS Y'ALL AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
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| Snoooooooooow!!!!! |
| 12.23.04 (7:44 am) [edit] |
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We got snow outside!! Course you know that if you read my other post. We took the kids out to play in it for a FEW minutes. Got pictures of Eddie in his FIRST snow and Tahra in her second. She actually played in it. Mommie rolled her around in it (she didn't like that part) but it made a good picture. When we develop them I'll get Sherry to post them. We've got about 4 inches in the yard. It's real fluffy so it wouldn't make a good snowman thout adding water and I just wasn't gonna do that. I gotta get out later and buy Eddie's walker my mil gave me the money for. Gotta have it here for Santa to give him. I'm just waiting for the roads to clear a little.
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| Holiday Travel |
| 12.23.04 (4:24 am) [edit] |
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Went to mil for Christmas on Monday. It's a 5 hour drive that over the years I've done hundreds of times. Coming home yesterday was just a little different. We have been watching weather reports and the doppler for 2 weeks preparing for this trip. As late as 8 am yesterday the forecast was for winter weather to begin to reach the state late afternoon around 4. We left at 9. 5 hours we should be home well before the start, right? WRONG!!! Right before we got to Little Rock the radio said the rain was going to be there by 12. By the time we got there an hour later it was rain and sleet. By the time we got to Hot Springs it was a full blown snow storm. We stopped for lunch and to change the babies. Right outside town we ran into the first problem. People were all over the road in ditches. Our speed was about 15 mph. 5 miles later we were sitting watching a line of other cars sitting. Nearly 2 hours later we were over the hill to see a potato chip truck sitting sideways in the other lane. Don't know why the sheriff there was not directing traffic, but the line coming at us on that side of the hill was at least as long as the on we had been sitting in. 2 hours later we were 25 miles further down the road. That's where we got lucky cause we found that we were behind a highway snowplow that was clearing and sanding the road. 6 pm and we were in Mena. 5 1/2 hours to travel 80 miles. You notice that I said nothing bout my driving problems. Das cause outside of the idiots out there that can't drive, I had no problems. Lots of snow yes ice, no. As long as I maintained speed I just rolled on. The problems came from the rednecks in their 4 wheel drives and the blue hairs that had no business out there. I know that the storm came on early but if you don't keep at least a week's groceries in your home, don't get out when it starts snowing to buy milk and bread. Do without. The weather in Arkansas never lasts mor than 3 days, then you can drive anywhere. VENTING DONE NOW. Hope everyone has a good Christmas.
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| Uhhhhhhh |
| 12.18.04 (5:01 pm) [edit] |
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I am so tired right now. Last night Eddie decided that he was gonna stay up all night. He woke up at about 10:30 and would NOT go back to sleep. He finally crashed at about quarter to one. Then Tahra woke up at about 3 and it was 30 minutes before I could calm her down enough to go back to sleep. I think the early morning train going thru town scares her as this happens about twice a week. What I wouldn't give for a FULL and complete night's sleep.
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| Christmas lights |
| 12.15.04 (3:05 pm) [edit] |
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We took Tahra look at the park Christmas Lights display tonight. We also traveled around the neighborhood and checked the neighbors' lights. Every where we went Tahra would say ooooooohhhhh pritty. She was awed at the park. She even said wow. There doesn't seem to be as many homes lighted this year. It seems to get smaller every year. Are there more Scrooges these days or are people worried bout the electric bill. Any way my lights are on and my baby loves them.
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| I'm posting already |
| 12.12.04 (12:16 pm) [edit] |
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My wife informed me yesterday that I haven't posted all week. It's true. I have been lax. Course the phone has been out and I actually had to work this week. 2 days even. But I still shoulda posted somethin.
After reporting our phone problem 5 times in two weeks, the repairman came on Friday. We will prolly hear from SBC on Monday cause Sherry sent an email late Thursday threatening to change companies if something wasn't done. It was the only way to get the message to them. Every time we called we got the answering service telling us to use the automated system and the automated system does not have a way to complain just a way to report a problem. Anyway we should get some kind of credit from them since we have been without a phone since Thanksgiving. If we don't we prolly will look into another phone company. They aren't the only one out there anymore.
My merchandising job is working out ok. I think they will be adding to my route every week. They scheduled me for 4 stores on Tuesday this week. One of them is gonna close in a couple of weeks, so, there won't be much to do there. And I get paid for 1 1/2 hours for doing it. Two of the others are Wal-Marts so they will be easy too. My first check was so small that they only took out three bucks for ssn. So the only income for this year will be 2 checks and they will only total about 100 bucks between them. No income from me this year and Sherry's small one and our latest little deduction and we will be getting back all that she paid in and a little extra . I reallllllly love my kids at tax time.
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