Less Stress For My Daughter

I am so happy to say my daughter's boyfriend (Artie) got called back to his job he had before Christmas. YaY!!! He has been going through a temp agency for a while now. There just isn't many jobs here, so he heard of this temp agency and went and assigned with them. They have been getting him some jobs. The problem is that they don't last very long with alot of time between jobs. But at least he is trying :).

Oh and the best part for me, he works 3 minutes from Dan's job. So less driving for me. YaY!!! So now we just have to figure out the car situation. We are a 1 car family each. Artie lives the farthest, so he will get here somehow and either I will take them or Nichole will take them. Then will do the same for picking them up. I am real happy about that part too.

I just am happy that Nichole don't have to stress over bills as much. At least for a little while.

What A Nice Weekend

I hope everyone had a nice weekend!  I sure did. It was really nothing special, but it was nice. On Saturdays my husband and I started (about 4) years ago, naming it grandparents day. We take our grandchild or grandchildren out for lunch and maybe do something after lunch. But it usually is just us and the grandchildren. Well my youngest daughter, who has our granddaughter and lives here, has chosen to go with us on some of the Saturdays. Its actually ok though. Well we really want it to be grandparents day, but how do we tell her that. I love seeing her too, but we do see her during the week quite a bit lol.

Then on Sunday we went out to breakfast at Golden Corral (my absolute favorite place). And then I actually got to go to church with my husband. That is not always an easy  task. Does anyone else have that problem? Sometimes its like pulling teeth to get him to go.

Then we went and helped some friends move. That was a nice time. They have 5 children, but i am closest to the 2 younger ones. So my contribution to helping was to keep an eye on them. Which was fine by me.

Back To School at 44

Well I guess I will actually be 45 when I actually start. This is something I am really considering. Since I have been doing blogs I have become really interested in Web design. I don't have an artistic bone in my body, but this really interests me. I love learning all the stuff on making the blog. But my problem is understanding it all in writing. I am one of those visual kind of people. I need to see how it is done. Once I see it and grasp it, its on.

I designed so many business cards for people in the past. I loved doing that too. I just don't know what major (Web design) that falls under.  I also would love to learn marketing. I have so much trouble in this area for my blog. As I am learning I am blogging. So that is why you may come back and see something has changed or something has been added or deleted. I really hope you stick with me during this learning experience.

So because I am a visual person the online courses are totally out of consideration. So the community college is the winner. I just am very apprehensive about going back at 45 year of age. I don't know if I can do it. But since I became an empty nester, I have been really trying to find something to do. I really have to go and see all that they offer.

The other thing is financially speaking. I really hope I qualify for financial aid. If not all bets are off. I think I will go next week sometime to find all that out.

Well thanks for listening. If anyone has any experience going back to school later in life, please comment about it. I would really love to hear how it went for you. I need advise bad.

I Am Officially An Empty Nester

Yes it is official...November 1, 2011 my baby girl (Nichole) moved out. And she took my granddaughter (Dannielle) with her. Her boyfriend moved here from South Carolina in June and they were all living here in a very small 2 bedroom house. So I kind of understand it.

I truly don't think they were or are financially ready. But most aren't when they first move out I guess. Nichole works part time some weeks and full time some. But Artie has trouble keeping a job. He started working for a temp agency and they just aren't that busy. He has put out some applications but its hard all over to get a job now with the economy the way it is.

They have been getting a lot of help from family. So they are just about making it. But they are doing it.

Thank god they didn't move that far away (like Jacquie and Trystin) which are 4 hours away. They are about 30 minutes away. We have dinner at each others houses quite a bit. I love that. Dannielle gets so excited when we all get together. I can't wait to share their pictures as soon as I learn how to get them on my blog lol.  

Cable vs. Roku

Well during the holidays money gets real tight in my house. Im sure you know what I am talking about. Sometimes a bill or 2 gets ..... lets say neglected. The bill that got "neglected" was our Time Warner Cable bill. So we lived without cable for a while.

I started looking into other ways to watch t.v. I found out you could do alot on your computer without cable. I started using Netflix and Hulu plus. I was ecstatic. Then I signed on with Windstream. I just got the home phone service and their internet. I can not tell you how happy we are. First and foremost their customer service is wonderful. They have been so nice to me. The only thing I am finding is that you have to stay on top of your bill. If you see a problem call them and they are more than happy to help with your situation.

Windstream also has this box (that you purchase for a minimal amount) called Roku. You pay for the box and you DO NOT pay any monthly fees on it. This is so great. I love love love it. I can see most of my regular shows (just a little later than they are normally on). That's what we did most of the time anyways with Time Warner. We recorded the shows and watched them when we could. Right?

I, for one, am not going back to cable. I find that Time Warner is way to expensive and their customer service isn't all that great either. I really like this company (Windstream). I don't want to offend anyone that does have Time Warner. This is just my opinion.

A 1 Car Family...UGH

When we first moved to North Carolina we were homeless. It was myself, my husband, my 1 daughter (Jacquie) and her son (my grandson) Trystin. We were staying with family and friends. My husband didn't have job for 2 months. He finally got a job about 45 minutes away from where we were staying. We finally found a home about 30 minutes from his job. So I had to drive him back and forth for about 4 months. Then one of our friends started working there part time and he lived very close to us. So I would drive him and he would take him home YaY! Well our friend was fired but not before someone else was hired that went right by our home morning and night YaY! No more driving for me. Well that was short lived. He got fired last week. So now I have to drive both ways again. I am sooooo not liking it! But what am i suppose to do. He is the only one working. I am on disability. And now I am off to pick up the darling hubby. Talk to you soon.

Well That Was A Depressing 3 Months...Literally

So I finally find a phyciatrist (I don't know how to spell it and i don't feel like looking it up) and he tries taking me off my medication that i have been on for about 8 years for my bipolar. Well the first one he put me on for anti-anxiety made my legs move constantly. I kept crossing and uncrossing them and they just kept shaking. I don't know why and i don't even remember the name of the pill. All I remember that you put it under your tongue and it tasted horrible too. But i must say that was the worst experience since finding out i was bipolar and started taking meds for it.

Next he put me on something else that did absolutely nothing...which means i have been literally in bed for the past 3 months. Just getting up to go to the bathroom and take a shower was a huge huge chore. The crying spells were the worst ever.  Oh and being in this depressive state makes me not want to do anything...like take any meds for anything (I don't know why). So needless to say my diabetes is all out of whack (not that it has been under any kind of control anyway).

New Year, new phyciatrist, YaY! It just so happened that he left and a new phyciatrist was hired YaY! I saw her for the first time last week. She has since put me back on my anti-depressant (which he didn't even have me on an anti-depressant)! And she gave me refills for my anti-anxiety pill (that i refused to give up, but i didn't have any more refills and the old phyciatrist didn't want me on for some odd reason). The one that i am on allows the voices to stop via sleep. I can not fall asleep without it. Trust me it is awful when i am not on it. I have been on the anti-depressant for 4 days and I as sooooooo feeling the difference! I am up early cleaning the house or doing whatever. Like writing new posts on my blog lol.