Misc.

I have been absent from everything. All i have been doing is working. I just counted and I have worked 30 hours so far since Monday and I am supposed to work a double. So, 12 more hours. I'm not complaining AT ALL! I am grateful to be working and I really do love where I work. But, I miss my Bella and Joe. I have been trying to make the time Bella and I have special. Just Bella and I went to Fernbank Museum on Monday and we had the best time.

I was tested and I FAILED BAD BAD BAD!!

So, if I were a paranoid person and also thought the world revolved around me, I would think that someone from Wal-Mart read my blog and decided to test my resolve as far as boycotting Wal-Mart. Because today I was tested and I failed...miserably. They found my weakness....they have Twilight shirts for cheap, I mean really cheap. I crumbled and got two. ****I am hanging my head in shame*****They even had a flat screen tv by the shirts playing outakes from twilight. So, like a fool I stood there and watched the tv. Bella then looked up at me and said "why is everyone excited about twilight?" I just shook my head and said "I have no idea"

ummmm...REALLY?!

There are so many things about this picture that I am questioning. I think I could design a better dress..I take that back I think Bella could do better than that.

Spoiler

Don't watch if you are reading the twilight series or intend too because this will give everything away. Otherwise, it is one of the funniest things EVER!! *****it takes a minute to load, so if it gets "stuck" rewind and start over to give it time to catch up with itself. Also, Pause the music on my blog first*********

Walmart

Okay, so I try not to be contiversal or political on my blog..well anywhere really. I am trying to live stress free, which is a tall order these days. But, simply..my heart can't take it. I internalize stress and I have some heart issues, not big ones, but stress will turn it into big ones. ANYWAY, I just watched "Wal-Mart: The High Cost Of Low Price". Everyone should watch this. I already have disliked Wal-Mart, but I have thought about it as a "nessacary evil". For example: I like to do crafty things and living in this small town, we do not have a craft store. We have a Hallmark type store that tries to have craftt things, but not really. So, I head to the Wal-Mart when i need something. But, if Wal-mart wasn't here, there would probably be a great craft store with a bigger selection and better quality products. But, Wal-Mart is here. So, we don't have independent craft , shoes,or clothes stores. Wal-Mart shuts down the independent retailer and shuts down towns. I understand that their prices are cheap and especially now that means a lot. But, if you do ALL of your shopping with one company and that one company does NOT buy American, all of our money is going over seas. It's a vicious cycle. Think about a small town full of small shops, then Wal-Mart comes in and it offers products at a much cheaper price so everyone goes there. So, the stores start closing because no one is shopping there. So, jobs are lost and now you HAVE to shop at Wal-Mart. If there is just one store in town, where do you work? Wal-Mart. So, you shop and work at Wal-Mart. Kind of sounds like the old "company store" thing. I am sure this is hard to imagine in a big city, but it happens a lot in small towns. next time you drive through a rural area try to find the "down town" area of a small town and then find the Wal-Mart. I could go on and on. I could tell you about the little town that my family is from and how it used to have a vibrant main street full of stores, but now it's mostly empty, but the Wal-Mart has a full parking lot. But, just watch Wal-Mart:the high Cost Of Low Price. I am going to TRY to not shop at Wal-Mart again. I say try because like I said, I live in a small town and we do not have many options here and money is tight. But, I am not supporting a store like this.

It's my birthday! WOOHOO!

My friend Natalie posted a little fantasy birthday for me! You have to head to her blog and check it out. For the record, I would want the first cake!http://happyhavoc.blogspot.com/2009/03/its-glass-is-half-empty-day-whiny-whine.html
http://happyhavoc.blogspot.com/2009/03/its-glass-is-half-empty-day-whiny-whine.html

Sorry I f I left you hanging with that last post. It was a scary weekend. I am sure kelli would think that is an understatment. Kinsey is my sister, Kelli's youngest. She is not even 2 yet and has spent a good portion of those 1 1/2 years sick with something that noone can figure out what it is. She has had a HORRIBLE rash. when I say rash..well...it doesn't really even begin to describe it. You can head over to her blog and look a few posts back to see what I mean. Fortunatly that has cleared up. But, last week kinsey was sick with what her Dr. diagnosed as the flu withought doing an actual test. She was on Tamaflu but got worse. Thursday she had slept all but two hours of the day. So about 20 hours and her diaper was dry. So, Kelli called the nurse line or Dr. I am not sure which and the told her to take her to the ER. There, they thought cancer was a possiblity but it was ruled out. Still scared us all to death. They kept her overnight. But Friday she took a turn and things went down hill. i don't have all the specific numbers and all the medical details. But, her blood level should have been at 11 and it was at 4.6. Because of this her heart was having to work a lot harder than normal and they were fearing cardiac arrest. this is when I posted the last time. We all ran straight to the hospital to be with them. When I saw her she was so white. I cannot even explain how what she was. Her lips were even white and she was just lathargic. So sad to see her that way because she is the exact opposite. She enede up having two blood transfusions and was finally released on Sunday. The scary thought is they still do not know why this happened. she appointments with Dr.'s to try to find out. It could happen again. So, as of right now she isn't completley better but she has improved. We still need prayers an positive thoughts. Shawn was laid off last week and Kelli is in school. Things are tough. I know they will get through this, but I wish they could win the lottery or somehting. So, they would at least not have to stress about money and could just be with eachother.