.........You're the Next Contestant on The Price Is Right!
It has always been my dream to be on this game show, and now it could happen!! Missy was browsing around online and stumbled upon some tickets to Universal Studios Hollywood. But when she found the tickets, they were way out of our price range. A light bulb went off in my head and I said, "Missy, The Price Is Right is in Hollywood! We could go be on The Price Is Right!" So she looked into it and she ended up finding tickets to go to the show!!!!!!!!!
Not only did Missy find tickets to go to The Price Is Right, she found tickets to go be in the audience for The Wheel of Fortune...another favorite game show of mine! Not only will be be able to be in the audience, we will get to tour the building. The great thing about the building is The Wizard of Oz was filmed in the same building that Wheel of Fortune is taped in right now!!! The Wizard of Oz is one of my all time favorite movies!!! Maybe they will have movie props and stuff for me to take pictures of!!!
There are only 25 days left till vacation! It's going to be a BLAST!!!!
Monday, October 20, 2008
Friday, October 17, 2008
California.....here we Come!!!
Oh My Goodness! I just can't keep in the excitement! I have to share it with everyone! Missy and I have the trip booked to CALIFORNIA! We leave on Friday, November 14th. I have never been further west than Houston, so this is going to be a great adventure for us. I'm going to be a big kid for 8 nights and 9 days in CALIFORNIA!!! We're going to Disneyland to visit my future husband, Tigger and Missy's future husband, Mickey Mouse! I'm sure Missy or I will have the video posted of her stalking Mickey around the amusement park! And we're going to the San Diego Zoo also! This is going to be the best trip that I have EVER been on. And don't worry, I'll have lots of pictures posted when we get back!
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Stress and Frustration
So, I've been debating what to write my next blog on because I have so many ideas running thru my head at once. But after the phone call that I just experienced, I now have to put all of that on hold and write about it some other time.
As many people know, I am in the process of Divorce. I thought this divorce was supposed to go smoothly because my husband is in prison. My lawyer likes to say, "Your husband is a guest of the State of Ohio!"
I didn't have the money to start divorce proceedings until June 2008. I've been separated since the end of May 2007 and I wanted to get all of this taken care of before my husband gets out of prison this November.
I have a divorce hearing scheduled for Friday, October 17th. I was asking everyone at Small Group on Sunday to please keep me in their prayers and pray that the hearing runs smoothly. Well, today I get a phone call from my lawyer and he tells me that the hearing may be canceled because my husband wrote the Magistrate and asked for a continuance. I don't understand how prisoners have rights to do that. He doesn't need to be at the hearing because there is nothing to be discussed with him. There is no real estate to be dealt with. There are no children as a result of the marriage and my lawyer tried to get the Magistrate to understand this.
So, this is the short version of my very frustrating divorce. I just need to try to calm down and not let the stress get to me. I know the reason my husband asked for a continuance is because he wants to see me. He hasn't got it thru his brain that I don't want to see him. All I can feel when he is around is hurt and betrayal.
I ask myself everyday....why didn't I see the signs of all of this happening before I said, "I do"????
As many people know, I am in the process of Divorce. I thought this divorce was supposed to go smoothly because my husband is in prison. My lawyer likes to say, "Your husband is a guest of the State of Ohio!"
I didn't have the money to start divorce proceedings until June 2008. I've been separated since the end of May 2007 and I wanted to get all of this taken care of before my husband gets out of prison this November.
I have a divorce hearing scheduled for Friday, October 17th. I was asking everyone at Small Group on Sunday to please keep me in their prayers and pray that the hearing runs smoothly. Well, today I get a phone call from my lawyer and he tells me that the hearing may be canceled because my husband wrote the Magistrate and asked for a continuance. I don't understand how prisoners have rights to do that. He doesn't need to be at the hearing because there is nothing to be discussed with him. There is no real estate to be dealt with. There are no children as a result of the marriage and my lawyer tried to get the Magistrate to understand this.
So, this is the short version of my very frustrating divorce. I just need to try to calm down and not let the stress get to me. I know the reason my husband asked for a continuance is because he wants to see me. He hasn't got it thru his brain that I don't want to see him. All I can feel when he is around is hurt and betrayal.
I ask myself everyday....why didn't I see the signs of all of this happening before I said, "I do"????
Monday, October 6, 2008
Harassment!!
So...first, the harassment started with my friend Diana....those of you that know her, know what I'm talking about. Then I finally start coming to her church and then I meet other people and they are great....at first. Then my computer gets some sort of virus and I'm relying on my bestest friend Missy to fix the computer because she knows what she's doing when it comes to fixing these things. So, I have these friends at church that are trying to harass me on MySpace telling me that I haven't updated my blog in so long! I'm sorry!!!! I can't fix what is broken! Well, Missy starts shopping on Ebay for a new hard drive for my computer and so she finds one, but then she discovers that we need a Windows disc to load into the hard drive. Missy ended up finding some sort of Windows XP for cheap and that is how she was able to finally fix the computer! So, first of all....thanks Missy! You're a lifesaver! I don't know how long I could have taken the harassment from our friends. To those of you who have been on my back about my blog (you know who you are) ... I still Love you! Now you can find someone new to pick on!
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Who turned out the lights??
Thank heavens I'm not in the dark...but what happened? I was at the grocery store with Missy on Sunday afternoon and our hair was getting blown all over the place. You can forget looking descent when the wind is blowing so fiercely. We come home and our lights are out. My first thought is, "Thank God it's Sunday cause I don't want to miss any of my TV shows." So, I hear from everyone in our small group that their power is out too...and I'm confused even more. This never happens. Well, in the morning, I get up and get ready for work in the dark and I start driving to work...in the dark. Every house and business that I pass is....you guessed it...in the dark. My mom told me that it was because of hurricane winds. What's up with that...a hurricane in Cincinnati? This just keeps getting more weird. So, I arrive at work and there is no one. It is obvious that we are closed. I came across one other person in the parking lot and he said, "Looks like we're closed, I guess we'll come back tomorrow." So, I go back home and try to take a nap, but that doesn't work out and I go to my parents house in Bethel because they have power. I took a cooler full of food over there so that all of our food wasn't ruined. Then to make the day interesting, Missy came home from work...meanwhile I'm still in Bethel...and she texts me and tells me that WE HAVE POWER!!! Thank you God!! Unfortunately, there are still hundreds of thousands of people still waiting for their lights to come on, but please just have patience! So, I go to work today and there are actually people there and I see lights on at the plant where I work. I was kinda disappointed that I would have to work, but when I walk in the building, I can see the problem. People are just sitting around and half the lights are on. We sit and we sit and nothing happens. Our bosses came to the conclusion that at 10am, the power wasn't going to be fully restored and we got sent home. So, here I am still being affected with Cincinnati's Blackout. Hopefully this will all be over soon.
Monday, September 8, 2008
My First Blog!!
Here I am....satisfying Diana's wish. Missy was right, if Diana bugs you enough, you'll do what she asks. This has been such a crazy week that I don't even know where to begin. One of my first thoughts this morning was.....GOD IS AMAZING! After you read what has been going on this past week, you'll understand where I'm coming from.
Last Wednesday, Sept. 3rd is when my horrific week started. I was given some bad news at work that my responsibilities were changing...and it wasn't for the better. I enjoyed what I did and now it's getting taken away from me. I was always busy and it made my days go by so much faster. Now the bulk of my work was changing and I had to do new stuff for my boss. I have felt in the past few months that there has been a big target over my head. It seemed like I was being followed at work and they were looking for anything to get rid of me.
Then came Friday...I was called to the Plant Manager's office. They told me that they found me doing something on company time that wasn't work related. To sum up the story...they suspended me from work until further notice and I was to leave work immediately. So I left on Friday afternoon not knowing whether I had a job or not. This made my weekend pretty horrible. I didn't know who to tell about my problem and then Missy and I got an invitation to a volunteer dinner at church. And this was good...I thought that maybe I could talk to someone about what was going on and maybe get some help in finding a new job because I thought it was all over at this point. All the financial obligations that I have...how was I going to make it work? I can't rely on Missy to pay all the bills...she has bills of her own.
So, Sunday morning comes and I wake up to Missy screaming from the bathroom because it is flooding. Just what I needed...another bad day. The maintenance team here at our apartment complex ended up fixing the bathroom, but it was another bad thing happening to me. I just kept thinking...how much worse could it get? I just want to have a normal day and this wasn't going to be one of them. We went on to church while they are cleaning our bathroom and had a wonderful service. The music was OUTSTANDING! (thanks Chris...you're amazing!) Meanwhile, after church, we go to The Beach Waterpark to have fun and try to relax. This is our getaway when we don't have money to spend because we have the season passes!! Sunday ended without any more catastrophes and it ended up being a pretty good day. I had plans to set my alarm and get up to go job searching this morning because I still didn't know if I had a job or not.
This morning comes along and I'm getting up to get in the shower and my cell phone rings at 8:22 am. I could see from the caller ID that it was work and I was sure that this was going to be the bad news coming that they didn't want me to return. I think I was hearing the voice of God when I heard on the other end of the phone, "Our investigation at work is complete and we want you to come back tomorrow!" Talk about relief....I was speechless. I didn't know what to say. This was a true answer to prayer. So, I hang up the phone and then I wondered to myself, what about getting paid for Friday afternoon and today? Then my cell phone rang again and I saw that it was work again. My heart started pounding again cause I thought they had changed their minds about wanting me back. I answer the phone and the same voice tells me that I would be getting paid for Friday afternoon and today. "Just enjoy your day off and we'll see you tomorrow." There I was...speechless again!
I had the best day today and it was just what I needed. I spent the afternoon with my mom and it was totally relaxing! I better not get used to it though. For those of you that know me, my life is busy busy busy!! I hope I get to post more blogs because this is very refreshing...thanks Diana for harassing me about it!!!
Last Wednesday, Sept. 3rd is when my horrific week started. I was given some bad news at work that my responsibilities were changing...and it wasn't for the better. I enjoyed what I did and now it's getting taken away from me. I was always busy and it made my days go by so much faster. Now the bulk of my work was changing and I had to do new stuff for my boss. I have felt in the past few months that there has been a big target over my head. It seemed like I was being followed at work and they were looking for anything to get rid of me.
Then came Friday...I was called to the Plant Manager's office. They told me that they found me doing something on company time that wasn't work related. To sum up the story...they suspended me from work until further notice and I was to leave work immediately. So I left on Friday afternoon not knowing whether I had a job or not. This made my weekend pretty horrible. I didn't know who to tell about my problem and then Missy and I got an invitation to a volunteer dinner at church. And this was good...I thought that maybe I could talk to someone about what was going on and maybe get some help in finding a new job because I thought it was all over at this point. All the financial obligations that I have...how was I going to make it work? I can't rely on Missy to pay all the bills...she has bills of her own.
So, Sunday morning comes and I wake up to Missy screaming from the bathroom because it is flooding. Just what I needed...another bad day. The maintenance team here at our apartment complex ended up fixing the bathroom, but it was another bad thing happening to me. I just kept thinking...how much worse could it get? I just want to have a normal day and this wasn't going to be one of them. We went on to church while they are cleaning our bathroom and had a wonderful service. The music was OUTSTANDING! (thanks Chris...you're amazing!) Meanwhile, after church, we go to The Beach Waterpark to have fun and try to relax. This is our getaway when we don't have money to spend because we have the season passes!! Sunday ended without any more catastrophes and it ended up being a pretty good day. I had plans to set my alarm and get up to go job searching this morning because I still didn't know if I had a job or not.
This morning comes along and I'm getting up to get in the shower and my cell phone rings at 8:22 am. I could see from the caller ID that it was work and I was sure that this was going to be the bad news coming that they didn't want me to return. I think I was hearing the voice of God when I heard on the other end of the phone, "Our investigation at work is complete and we want you to come back tomorrow!" Talk about relief....I was speechless. I didn't know what to say. This was a true answer to prayer. So, I hang up the phone and then I wondered to myself, what about getting paid for Friday afternoon and today? Then my cell phone rang again and I saw that it was work again. My heart started pounding again cause I thought they had changed their minds about wanting me back. I answer the phone and the same voice tells me that I would be getting paid for Friday afternoon and today. "Just enjoy your day off and we'll see you tomorrow." There I was...speechless again!
I had the best day today and it was just what I needed. I spent the afternoon with my mom and it was totally relaxing! I better not get used to it though. For those of you that know me, my life is busy busy busy!! I hope I get to post more blogs because this is very refreshing...thanks Diana for harassing me about it!!!
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