*My husband started work today! I am off of work, so I will FINALLY be able to blog! YAY! I am so excited that he got to start work today! He was so bored just sitting at home the last few days!
*Ok, so here I was just sitting here watching channel 5, and a commercial came on for a furniture place with slightly damaged furniture from the flood. I will be damned if they don't have MY couch for 499! It even comes with an ottoman! I was looking for an ottoman to add to my furniture set in California. You know I totally posted it on Facebook in hopes that my mother in law sees it and feels sorry for me. I would totally pay her back! I REALLY want it! She felt bad that I had to leave my furniture in California.
*Ok, so I have to tell you what my last post was all about. In the first 6 nights we have been here, my brother in law sayed 3 NIGHTS! He totally wore out his welcome! I don't mind every now and then, but geez! One morning he went to the grocery store, and he came back with food! Oh that would be fine, but he thought we should cook breakfast for him! Jack and I totally just wanted to go to Shoney's that morning, and since he went and bought all of this breakfast food we were forced to stay at home for breakfast and cook it for HIM! WHAT? I would never just assume that someone would cook! Rrrr! Then one night he kept asking when we were going to eat because he was hungry! Well, Jack and I are still 2 hours behind. We haven't gotten used to the time yet, so we are still doing everything 2 hours late. He asked about 50 times. Jack asked me what I wanted to do, and I had no idea because I WASN'T hungry! We didn't eat lunch until about 4:00. I finally told Jack we could just get in the car and find something. I was glad to know that my husband was also very irritated with him! My brother in law just doesn't know when to stop talking sometimes. I can sit and watch a movie and not say a word, but he has to talk through half of it. Another thing that bugged me about him staying 3 NIGHTS was that it made progress on us getting settled in totally stop. We weren't able to clean or empty out boxes NOTHIN'!
*Speaking of emptying out boxes! I am missing a box! A box of SHOES! Ok, so I have told you I only own like 3 pairs of shoes! Well I only have the shoes that I drove here in. I have no idea where that box is! I had to get a pair of old tennis shoes from my mom, so I would have something to go to work in! I am pleading for them to be delivered! My husband lost one of the UPS receipts, so I don't know what actually made it here and what didn't. We also didn't check the boxes off of the receipts that we do have to make sure we actually received it. Rrrr! I wish I could have just taken care of all of this by myself again. I wish you could have seen some of the boxes when they arrived! It looks like they left them out in the rain, and oh all the broken stuff thanks to my husband's horrible packing. I don't even want to go there just know a lot of stuff is broken! I will blame the broken stuff on UPS too because of their shitty handling. and WHERE THE HELL ARE MY SHOES! My new pair of New Balance that I have only worn like 10 times! UGH!
*We are broke right now. My paycheck when I got here was 220 bucks! It is totally my fault because I totally didn't work a lot of hours and also because I totally forgot to put in my vacation time before I left. Oh well! It just means another week of vacation for me this year! YAY! A real vacation because I will have the money for it! WHOOT!
*I started my job on Monday. They finally called me on friday morning of last week to tell me where I would be going. I got the Smith Springs store! I am not officially the manager until this friday I think, but everyone keeps telling me I am the manager there, so we will go with it. I am entirely thankful that the manager that has been the acting manager there for the past couple of weeks has gotten the store in great shape, but what I don't like is that she threw out a ton of stuff that really didn't need to be thrown away without my approval. I can't decide if I like her or not. I will start liking her, and then she will say something that makes me want to smack the crap out of her. For instance, her stand on employees who have restrictions with their schedule. I had to bring up that some people have school or another job, and they don't have an option. I mean hell I worked at Rite Aid/Eckerd the entire time I was in school. That is one of the pluses to working retail is that the schedule is flexible. Ugh! Then one of the cashiers came into the stockroom while she was standing on a chair behind one of the doors. He immediately said, "Oh I'm sorry I didn't know you were there." She rolled her eyes, and then waited like 5 minutes to say, "Oh it's ok." Well apparently not if it took you that long to accept the apology! She is also one of those people who likes to tell you that "WE" are going to do something when she means "YOU." It is much better to say, "I'll let you do this" and "I'm going to do this." Saying, "We are going to blah, blah." pisses me off when I do it all on my own. I will be so glad when she gets the hell out of my store. I have tried to be as nice as possible to her, since she is about to be a district manager. I just hope and pray that she doesn't become a DM over a district that I am in.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Friday, July 9, 2010
I will be super happy when I can actually blog..
about what I want to blog about. Rrrr! I will be more than happy to tell you later!
Thursday, July 8, 2010
My niece is here!
Hailey Elizabeth Deakins was born at 1:24pm. She weighs 6 lbs 7 oz. I wish I could show you all of the tons of pictures I took of her today, but the stupid nurses in the nursery wouldn't bring her over to the window for me to see her. My sister-in-law wound up having to have a C-section, and she was totally out of it when we got there thanks to the painkillers they had her on. Chris was totally overwhelmed, so he asked the nurse to keep Hailey in the nursery for a little while. He was totally exhausted. He did say that his father-in-law made a scene when Chris brought Hailey out to show the family. They told Chris to not let anyone hold her until they could check her out, so he didn't let anyone hold her. Melinda's dad apparently was totally pissed that Chris wouldn't let him hold her. Then the nurses whisked her away, so by the time I had gotten there neither Chris nor Melinda had really spent anytime with her. My mom was pretty upset that she didn't get to hold her today either. :( Tomorrow, tomorrow. I have to go in to Smyrna to see about my job tomorrow, so I will just have to run to MTMC after that.
I think we might finally have all of our boxes that we UPS'd out here. I have a shower curtain in the bathroom, so it looks way different in there. This place is slowly beginning to look not like my grandparents' house. I have gotten rid of quite a bit of the moth ball smell. Thank God. Ok, well maybe it is still here, and I am just getting used to it.
I will leave you with a super sweet picture. This is my husband and the nephew!
I think we might finally have all of our boxes that we UPS'd out here. I have a shower curtain in the bathroom, so it looks way different in there. This place is slowly beginning to look not like my grandparents' house. I have gotten rid of quite a bit of the moth ball smell. Thank God. Ok, well maybe it is still here, and I am just getting used to it.
I will leave you with a super sweet picture. This is my husband and the nephew!
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
:)
Sorry so long since the last post!
So here is the update!
The last time you heard from me we were in Williams, AZ. The next morning we got up, I hit the Starbucks, and we got on the road. I totally wanted to stop at the Grand Canyon! Instead we stopped at the Petrified Forest. Ummm...I had never heard of it before I drove though AZ....have you..Yeah that is probably why it freakin' sucked so bad! I totally would have rather hit the Grand Canyon even if it was 115 degrees outside and 2 hours out of the way. I would have spent one more night out on the road just so I could do that! Next time..next time.
We stayed over night in Moriarty, New Mexico the next night. We got stuck in traffic for like 2 hours that day before we finally made it there. There was a terrible accident where 2 people died. Apparently 3 girls in an SUV hit a tractor trailer that was stopped on the interstate due to another accident. They never hit the brakes. Anyway, it was a beautiful drive as I am sure that you could tell by the pictures that did it absolutely no justice at all. Anyway, we stayed overnight in Moriarty which I have already said.. This place was like hick town New Mexico. We ate at a restaurant called..My Restaurant. Really creative right? The Motel 6 that we stayed in suggested it. They said it was great. I don't know how the hell they knew that, since it was the first night that it was open! It took forever to get the food, and the guy behind the counter did not know what an open faced sandwich is! We ate and then ran to grab a couple of drinks. Jack wanted one beer (he is on this sipping beer thing. I can't complain. It is better than him getting totally trashed all of the time.). We asked the lady at the gas station where we could get a beer, and she sent us way down the road to some liquor slash beer store. We were followed by some cop all the way there. I totally thought we were getting pulled over. This place looked like a strip club/store! They actually had (get ready for this all of you nasty cheap beer drinkers) St. Ides. Yeah. Jack made me try it because it is what he used to always drink when he was younger. It was absolutely disgusting! Jack's quote for the night was "I hope we don't get raped."
The next day we hop on the road and continue on our merry way. I can't remember anything fun and exciting on the drive that day. We drove all the way to Shawnee, OK. We tried to get a room at the Motel 6 there, but they were full. We continued on down the interstate. We just went ahead and drove all the way to Arkansas. We got into Fort Smith, stopped at a Motel 6, and that is where I get a little pissy. Here is the story.
I walk into the Motel 6 and request a room and go ahead and tell her I have dogs with her. The girl asks how many people. I say 2. The girl asks how many animals. I say 3. The girl, "Oh well I am really sorry, but our managers policy is only 2 pets per room. WHAT?! YOU'VE GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME! I'm sorry that is our manager's policy. WELL I HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS AT ANY OF THE OTHER MOTEL 6'S ACROSS THE COUNTRY. YOUR MANAGER'S POLICY IS BULLSHIT. I walk out. I go to Jack. He tells me to calm down! Umm no! I am not going to calm down. He says we will just rent 2 rooms for the night. I refused to go back in because I am so freakin' furious! We wind up having to rent two rooms for the night, and we only use 1. The bathroom was disgusting. I was totally disgusted by this motel. I wanted out of there as quickly as possible! I haven't sent a complaint, but it will be happening really soon!
After we got into the room, we ran over to the Waffle House. I hadn't eaten at a Waffle House in FOREVER! This one was the best one to eat at! We went in, and I heard the magic word. SWEET TEA! OMG! Someone said sweet tea. Then I heard Ya'll. Then I heard one of the thickest southern accents. I was just totally in heaven! I totally felt at home.. The food was great too!
The next morning, I about had a heart attack when someone waved at me! My immediate thought was, "Do I know them?" It took me a second to remember where I was. That day I was finally able to order sweet tea without someone asking me "What is sweet tea? OH is that tea with sugar in it?"
We headed across Arkansas and finally crossed the Tennessee state line. Now, I have to tell you. I have been bitching about how boring Oklahoma and Arkansas were driving across country the first time. This time, I was in heaven seeing all of the green that didn't have to be watered with a sprinkler. All of the hills. Aaaah. It was beautiful. Driving through Tennessee on that final stretch was definitely not as long as I thought it would be. My husband was about 20 miles ahead of me, so he got here first. We just went on to my grandfather's house. It was nice to finally be here. We hung out here for a while, and then went to my parents' house and ate dinner there. As strange as this may seem, it doesn't really feel like I was in California for a year. It feels more like I just came back from vacation. The town looks the same. My little brothers are a little taller. My sister in law is very pregnant! My older brother is excited to be a daddy.
The next day we went to see Jack's mom. AND I FINALLY got to meet my nephew! He is just darling! So cute! Jack's step dad is strangely pleasant. He is usually grumpy Paul, but now he is surprisingly pleasant Paul. :)
We have so much to do at this house! It needs to be scrubbed from top to bottom. It also needs paint in a couple of rooms, but it is where I call home from now until who knows when. The dogs love it. They have been really good, since we got here. They love the backyard. I am in the process of making this place smell less like mothballs, and also giving this place a Jennifer face lift. I feel like this is the house I should have lived in through college because it has that look. If that makes any sense. The walls are all that faux wood stuff. The floors are hardwood. The kitchen has hexagon shapes on it. The bathroom is all tile, but it does have a shower! HALLELUJAH! The washer works, and the dryer kind of does.
I start work on Monday, and it appears that I have gotten a store. I am just not sure which one yet.
Glad to be back ladies and erm um gentlemen if there are any out there! I hope I can start to blog everyday again. It just depends upon how much of a problem my computer gives me. I can update on my phone, but it is taking me a little longer to type up than I like.
So here is the update!
The last time you heard from me we were in Williams, AZ. The next morning we got up, I hit the Starbucks, and we got on the road. I totally wanted to stop at the Grand Canyon! Instead we stopped at the Petrified Forest. Ummm...I had never heard of it before I drove though AZ....have you..Yeah that is probably why it freakin' sucked so bad! I totally would have rather hit the Grand Canyon even if it was 115 degrees outside and 2 hours out of the way. I would have spent one more night out on the road just so I could do that! Next time..next time.
We stayed over night in Moriarty, New Mexico the next night. We got stuck in traffic for like 2 hours that day before we finally made it there. There was a terrible accident where 2 people died. Apparently 3 girls in an SUV hit a tractor trailer that was stopped on the interstate due to another accident. They never hit the brakes. Anyway, it was a beautiful drive as I am sure that you could tell by the pictures that did it absolutely no justice at all. Anyway, we stayed overnight in Moriarty which I have already said.. This place was like hick town New Mexico. We ate at a restaurant called..My Restaurant. Really creative right? The Motel 6 that we stayed in suggested it. They said it was great. I don't know how the hell they knew that, since it was the first night that it was open! It took forever to get the food, and the guy behind the counter did not know what an open faced sandwich is! We ate and then ran to grab a couple of drinks. Jack wanted one beer (he is on this sipping beer thing. I can't complain. It is better than him getting totally trashed all of the time.). We asked the lady at the gas station where we could get a beer, and she sent us way down the road to some liquor slash beer store. We were followed by some cop all the way there. I totally thought we were getting pulled over. This place looked like a strip club/store! They actually had (get ready for this all of you nasty cheap beer drinkers) St. Ides. Yeah. Jack made me try it because it is what he used to always drink when he was younger. It was absolutely disgusting! Jack's quote for the night was "I hope we don't get raped."
The next day we hop on the road and continue on our merry way. I can't remember anything fun and exciting on the drive that day. We drove all the way to Shawnee, OK. We tried to get a room at the Motel 6 there, but they were full. We continued on down the interstate. We just went ahead and drove all the way to Arkansas. We got into Fort Smith, stopped at a Motel 6, and that is where I get a little pissy. Here is the story.
I walk into the Motel 6 and request a room and go ahead and tell her I have dogs with her. The girl asks how many people. I say 2. The girl asks how many animals. I say 3. The girl, "Oh well I am really sorry, but our managers policy is only 2 pets per room. WHAT?! YOU'VE GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME! I'm sorry that is our manager's policy. WELL I HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS AT ANY OF THE OTHER MOTEL 6'S ACROSS THE COUNTRY. YOUR MANAGER'S POLICY IS BULLSHIT. I walk out. I go to Jack. He tells me to calm down! Umm no! I am not going to calm down. He says we will just rent 2 rooms for the night. I refused to go back in because I am so freakin' furious! We wind up having to rent two rooms for the night, and we only use 1. The bathroom was disgusting. I was totally disgusted by this motel. I wanted out of there as quickly as possible! I haven't sent a complaint, but it will be happening really soon!
After we got into the room, we ran over to the Waffle House. I hadn't eaten at a Waffle House in FOREVER! This one was the best one to eat at! We went in, and I heard the magic word. SWEET TEA! OMG! Someone said sweet tea. Then I heard Ya'll. Then I heard one of the thickest southern accents. I was just totally in heaven! I totally felt at home.. The food was great too!
The next morning, I about had a heart attack when someone waved at me! My immediate thought was, "Do I know them?" It took me a second to remember where I was. That day I was finally able to order sweet tea without someone asking me "What is sweet tea? OH is that tea with sugar in it?"
We headed across Arkansas and finally crossed the Tennessee state line. Now, I have to tell you. I have been bitching about how boring Oklahoma and Arkansas were driving across country the first time. This time, I was in heaven seeing all of the green that didn't have to be watered with a sprinkler. All of the hills. Aaaah. It was beautiful. Driving through Tennessee on that final stretch was definitely not as long as I thought it would be. My husband was about 20 miles ahead of me, so he got here first. We just went on to my grandfather's house. It was nice to finally be here. We hung out here for a while, and then went to my parents' house and ate dinner there. As strange as this may seem, it doesn't really feel like I was in California for a year. It feels more like I just came back from vacation. The town looks the same. My little brothers are a little taller. My sister in law is very pregnant! My older brother is excited to be a daddy.
The next day we went to see Jack's mom. AND I FINALLY got to meet my nephew! He is just darling! So cute! Jack's step dad is strangely pleasant. He is usually grumpy Paul, but now he is surprisingly pleasant Paul. :)
We have so much to do at this house! It needs to be scrubbed from top to bottom. It also needs paint in a couple of rooms, but it is where I call home from now until who knows when. The dogs love it. They have been really good, since we got here. They love the backyard. I am in the process of making this place smell less like mothballs, and also giving this place a Jennifer face lift. I feel like this is the house I should have lived in through college because it has that look. If that makes any sense. The walls are all that faux wood stuff. The floors are hardwood. The kitchen has hexagon shapes on it. The bathroom is all tile, but it does have a shower! HALLELUJAH! The washer works, and the dryer kind of does.
I start work on Monday, and it appears that I have gotten a store. I am just not sure which one yet.
Glad to be back ladies and erm um gentlemen if there are any out there! I hope I can start to blog everyday again. It just depends upon how much of a problem my computer gives me. I can update on my phone, but it is taking me a little longer to type up than I like.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Thursday, July 1, 2010
YAY for free WiFi!
Well I went to my store this morning, and I didn't even clock in. I walked in and told them I just stopped by to say bye! I took a couple of pictures of Thrifty ice cream and ran home!
All of the subletting went through. I would just like you to know that I wish I had that lady's money! Jack said that she cut a check for the 2 months she would be living there AND she signed a 14 month lease and cut a check for that too! WHAT?! I wish! Jack saw one of her tax returns, and she makes 20 grand a month just off of the condos that she owns! Her husband works in Chicago and lives in Texas? CRAZY! I am totally jealous. I wish I could just say, "Eh. I feel like going to California for the weekend." Then go hop on a flight!
Anyway! We squared away with the apt complex, packed the cars up (stressful in itself!), and hit the road. I have taken a ton of pictures along the way, so I hope you are checking all of my photos! I can't believe it the roads aren't terrible at the moment, and we can actually see the lines! We are currently in Williams, AZ. It seems to be a tourist town. I was hoping to stop in Flagstaff, but we were debating on going to the Grand Canyon. We are now thinking the Petrified Forest. The dogs have been really good. Roscoe is riding with Jack. He loves it! We got into the motel room, and Roscoe was ready to go get in the car again. Kasey and Maverick are stuck in their cages while in my car. Maverick likes to whine about it alot! My car isn't totally full, the backseat has the cages. The front floor board has stuff in it, but I try to leave the seat as clean as possible. The trunk just has stuff in it, but it isn't crammed. Jack's car on the other hand. He crammed it full. We UPS'd the rest! I had to part with my vacuum cleaner and carpet cleaner. They went to good neighbors who needed them, so it was worth it.
Oh! So I have decided that the next time I take this trip (with or without the hubby), I want to drive to CA on I 40 and then on the way back, I want to take I 70 back to TN. Google it! It looks awesome! My next trip will also be dog free! I want to see everything possible!
All of the subletting went through. I would just like you to know that I wish I had that lady's money! Jack said that she cut a check for the 2 months she would be living there AND she signed a 14 month lease and cut a check for that too! WHAT?! I wish! Jack saw one of her tax returns, and she makes 20 grand a month just off of the condos that she owns! Her husband works in Chicago and lives in Texas? CRAZY! I am totally jealous. I wish I could just say, "Eh. I feel like going to California for the weekend." Then go hop on a flight!
Anyway! We squared away with the apt complex, packed the cars up (stressful in itself!), and hit the road. I have taken a ton of pictures along the way, so I hope you are checking all of my photos! I can't believe it the roads aren't terrible at the moment, and we can actually see the lines! We are currently in Williams, AZ. It seems to be a tourist town. I was hoping to stop in Flagstaff, but we were debating on going to the Grand Canyon. We are now thinking the Petrified Forest. The dogs have been really good. Roscoe is riding with Jack. He loves it! We got into the motel room, and Roscoe was ready to go get in the car again. Kasey and Maverick are stuck in their cages while in my car. Maverick likes to whine about it alot! My car isn't totally full, the backseat has the cages. The front floor board has stuff in it, but I try to leave the seat as clean as possible. The trunk just has stuff in it, but it isn't crammed. Jack's car on the other hand. He crammed it full. We UPS'd the rest! I had to part with my vacuum cleaner and carpet cleaner. They went to good neighbors who needed them, so it was worth it.
Oh! So I have decided that the next time I take this trip (with or without the hubby), I want to drive to CA on I 40 and then on the way back, I want to take I 70 back to TN. Google it! It looks awesome! My next trip will also be dog free! I want to see everything possible!
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