Happy Birthday to me!

That's right, today's my day. I won't be doing anything special to celebrate, but I am amazingly glad to be in much better shape than I was last year. I still can't treat myself to my "usual" birthday gifts, but at least I'm not worried about making the bills for the month.

I was thinking about my mom when I was cooking tonight. 36 years ago seems like an eternity. I wish she was here, there's so much I want to ask her.

Thanks mom. I love you.

Singing in the Rain

I just heard in the news that Donald O'Connor passed away today. I've always liked old musicals, and enjoy his movies a lot. I wish there was a market for those type of wholesome movies today. I'd much rather watch "Singing in the Rain" than anything that's playing in the theaters now.

Early celebrations

That's right, I got to celebrate my birthday at work today. My co-workers surprised me with a delicious cheesecake and a card. Nothing fancy, but very sweet and fun. Besides that, I had a good selling day... yey!

Then after work I went to Macy's to pick up a few items I had on hold. Double discount for employees today; I love shopping when I get super discounts.

Be still my heart

I am on cloud nine today.... I came home last night and I found the most wonderful thing in my mailbox: my appointment for my citizenship interview. yahoo!! I was so excited, I thought my heart would jump out of my chest; I got so emotional and happy I couldn't stop giggling. Joseph was here, so we shared a nice night together.

Today I am happy, and looking forward to January. - Life is good.

Got wheels?

My dad called me last night and during the conversation mentioned he's buying his new car/truck. He'll probably have it by the week's end, which is a good thing. An even better thing is that he asked me if I'd be interested in buying his "old" car. It's a '93 Taurus, but it's in mint condition... ofcourse I jumped and said yes!, except I don't have the money to buy it now. So, what does he say?... well, just find out about the insurance first and see if you can handle that, we'll talk about the rest later. woo hoo He's offering me his car..... I'm so excited. I'm going to find out about the insurance this weekend, and in the meantime I'm just crossing my fingers that it's not going to be an arm and a leg.

I would really love to get the car. It would make my life so much easier, and would definitely give me the "pick me up" I need.

Counting down...

Yes, I am... My birthday is next Monday and I'm looking forward to it. I have the day off from work, and I'm taking a ride upstate with Joseph. I love driving up the Palisades this time of year. The air is starting to have a chill to it, the leaves are starting to turn, the skies are clear and the sun is bright.... I love it.

I hope we have good weather for my b-day so we can walk around and make some happy memories. :)

Another day, another dollar

Yeah, yeah... I haven't been around in a couple of weeks, but I have a good excuse reason. I've been working so hard, I haven't had much time for fun stuff. I don't even have enough time to do my "every day" stuff... my laundry basket seems to be permanently overflowing, the bathroom and kitchen seem to be the only place I spend time besides work. My computer desk looks like a disaster area...

*sigh* I feel better now, I guess I just needed to vent a little... Now, if I could just do something about that laundry basket....

Who's got time?

Lately, not me. I've actually started considering giving up my part time job. Right now I only have one day to do house work and run errands, and don't have much time left over for me. I'm going to try to stick it out for as long as I can, but I am so tired every day that I just want to make excuses not to go to Macy's.