Say a prayer
Some of you know, and some of you don’t. But my Grandpa Wayne was recently diagnosed with cancer in his lymph nodes. He spent some time in the hosipital and was back home last I heard, but I think it’s really wearing on him, and on Grandma.
If you think of it, say a prayer for both of them. I’d appreciate it!
getting settled
well ive almost got completly settled in as soon as i find my camera ill take post move in pictures and post the gallery
Countdown to a new me….
As of March 1st I am going to quit smoking. I went to see the doc yesterday and got a prescription of Wellbutrin, which is supposed to help with stress and nicotine withdrawl while quitting. I don’t think I want to slowly quit….limit # of cigarrettes a day…and the doc thought if I take this med and build the levels in my system for a few weeks, then cold turkey wouldn’t be such a problem. Duane has been taking it for several weeks already and I think he’ll quit when I do. Any words of encouragement, positive thoughts, wishes and prayers sure would be appreciated. But, seriously, how do people deal with stress if they don’t smoke? I get nervous and smoking calms my nerves. That is my biggest worry. Suggestions?
Did someone say fire?
Written by: Jamie
It’s taken me a while, but here’s the story…
Two Thursday’s ago, I got off work at 5 and was headed home. Had just “one of those days”, and all I wanted to do was sit, relax, put my feet up and do nothing! Boy was I in for it.
As soon as I opened up the door to the house, I got hit with the NASTIEST stench imaginable! I had never, in my life, smelled anything like it before. To me it smelled like a gas or a chemical type smell. I immediately opened the sliding glass door and let a little air in. I called Bryan and told him, what was going on. I stood by the screen door sucking in fresh air while I was on the phone, but that wasn’t enough. I had to get compelely outside! The smell was that strong!
Bryan and I agreed that it wasn’t safe for me to be there (being pregnant and all), so he told me to leave. Well, what if when I come back it STILL smells?!?! So, he said that he would call the fire department and for me to wait outside for them.
About 3 minutes later the huge fire truck AND the emergency “first response” truck showed up in our tiny little apartment circle. 5 or 6 firemen came up in their full suits and with little radar guns and gizmos, and were sniffing around. They looked as puzzled as me.
A few minutes later, one of the guys came out of our bedroom, exclaiming, “Found it!” Well, turns out Bryan had stuffed a bunch of CRAP on the top shelf of the closet and the light had gotten left on! The first thing out of my mouth was, “OH, I could KILL my husband!” I told him when he was shoving all that junk up there, to just go through and throw it away! So, here’s this fireman holding a little foam pet sofa with a huge melted hole in it!!! I could have died!
They told me that our clothes were going to stink pretty bad, and that we’d need to go through and wash and clean EVERYTHING. All the firemen started giving me laundry tips then. Told me what their wives used to get the smell out of their uniforms. I thanked them for the advice.
So the rest of the weekend was spent, washing clothes, and cloroxing walls (Bryan did that. Boy, was I nervous… him and a bucket of clorox on the carpet… ha ha).
All is well now. The whole thing was just so weird though, because there wasn’s any smoke. Just a nasty stench. Thank goodness we call the fire department, otherwise we would have really had a mess on our hands!!!!
Educate me, please…
You all will surely be able to tell me what this is about…
I was buying dvds last night and picked up a package marked “DVD-R” and this guy standing there said, “You don’t want ‘DVD-R’. You want ‘DVD+R’.” Huh? Is there a difference? I got the ones the guy said to get. Am I gullible? Was he telling the truth?
02.3.06What the …..?
what is this ? i found it in my apartment hanging in the closet.
ok like i said here are the pictures of my apartment
changing worlds ….
ok here we i found an aprtment untill may atleast when ill have to find another place later ill post pictures of my new place
FYI
Hey, everyone ask Jamie how she managed to catch her closet on fire!?
02.3.06What a SMALL world!
I had an interesting experience at work today! I’m sitting at my computer and my phone rang. There was a guy on the line who said that he wanted to place an ad. I was like… ok. Nothing unusual there.
So, to pull up a customer’s billing information we use their phone number. Well he gave me his number and it didn’t bring up anything. I asked if it was the first time he advertised in our paper and he said yes. So I got ready to type in all his personal information, and I said “Can I get your last name?”
His response… “Althouse.”
I said, “You’ve got to be kidding me! That’s my maiden name! You don’t hear that last name too often!”
“I bet I’m related to you,” he told me.
I asked if he knew Frank and Dolores Althouse, and that they were my Grandparents. He said, “Oh yeah! I’m Paul Althouse. Your dad and I are 1st cousins (at least I think that’s what he said). And you must be Jamie, and your brother is Matt!”
What a small world! I was blown away! When he said his last name, it took me a second and I was thinking, did he really say “Althouse”… yeah he did! Wow!
Written by: Jamie
Beautiful Sky
Only God could make an apartment complex look beautiful.