Katie’s Blog

It’s been a loooong time since I’ve posted anything.

I had to share with someone what fantastic deals that I got today at Target. Today is the best day to buy candy all-year-long. Yup, day after Halloween. I bought about 20 lbs of candy (almost not an exaggeration) all for 50% off, bounty napkins (200 for $1.50), tealight candles, two packs of catnip sticks for $2.50 each (the kitties went NUTS), Glad containers- small and large for $1.50 each, a Halloween Mr. Potato head for $2.50, a bag of small play-do containers, cat treats ($2.50 for 4 bags and there was a $2 coupon inside), plastic zip top bags, and a pez despenser.

It was a good morning!

For Today… August 4

Outside my Window… the world is slowly lightening and it feels like it is waking up along with me.

I am thinking… I can make it through this week, I can make it through this week.

I am thankful for… the opportunity I have to work outside of the home and earn a little money to contribute toward family expenses

From the kitchen… nothing. I am not cooking anything today, which, in my mind, is depressing. I don’t cook dinner on Monday due to Monday Night Grill and Chill at the Lowell’s and my darling husband made me breakfast and packed my lunch so I could sleep in another 15 minutes. Yesterday I made soup from scratch, without a recipe. I think that counts enough for today.

I am wearing… the same thing as the last Simple Woman’s Daybook post. It’s my go-to outfit when I either don’t care what I wear to work or am too tired to think about it. Plus I get to wear my red shoes. That has to make today better.

I am reading… Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder. It’s the last from the series this time around. I’m waiting for my other library books to arrive.

I am hoping… that tonight I will convince myself that a little extra sleep is very, very worth it.

I am hearing… the clicking of the computer keys and little else. The office is earily quiet without the students running around the hallways.

Around the house… clean laundry, organized cupboards and closets, and no dirty dishes in the sink. No, I didn’t do it. It’s all Brian. I worked all weekend.

One of my favorite things… surprise visits from friends. Or visits that run into 2 hour chats in the living room on our new couch!

A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week… work between 50-60 hours for the last time this summer, begin my Christmas shopping, go to Chicago for the weekend and celebrate Dad’s 50th birthday

Here is a picture thought I am sharing with you… Our new Couch! It was a wedding present from Doug and Patti. I like it a ton!

I am tired. I can’t make it any clearer. Just once I would like to stay in bed as long as I want without having to rush off to work. This weekend isn’t any better. I’m even working Saturday.

I don’t want to work, I don’t want to clean my house, I don’t want to cook. I just want to sleep.

While browsing my blog subscriptions this morning, I came across The Simple Woman’s Daybook. For someone who has had a blog to call her own for less than a week, the writer has given me a simple way to share my life with anyone who would happen to read this blog. Thanks!

For Today, July 22, 2008…

Outside My Window… is a parking lot which only means that I am working. Only 4 more hours until I get to go and enjoy what is out there myself. Today is the least humid and least hot day in the past week.

I am thinking… that I might be getting a headache. Today is not the day for it. I refuse.

I am thankful for… Crockpots. Brian and I have implemented Crock Pot Tuesday in our family. Tuesday night is His House Christian Fellowship night (our campus ministry) and there have been many Tuesdays where we haven’t eaten dinner until 9:30 or later! We discovered that if I start something in the Crockpot before leaving for work, dinner is ready by 5 and we get to eat. Crockpots are magic.

From the kitchen… Chicken Tortilla Soup is already cooking. The best part about Crock Pot Tuesday is that I get to go home and smell whatever delicious thing is simmering away. My container garden has taken off enough that we get to have our own lettuce for salad as well. Yay!

I am wearing… dark gray dress pants, light gray 3/4 length, beaded cotton top, navy blue cami and red, pointed toe, leather shoes. There is something incredibly empowering about wearing red shoes. It always makes my day better.

I am creating… curtains for our bedroom. At least, I’ve bought the pattern and the fabric. I have not yet started sewing them. I want the curtains badly but I’m none too patient with my sewing machine. I keep saying I’ll start. Maybe I’ll start tomorrow night after I get back from Detroit?

I am going… to do 2 loads of laundry this afternoon. I never thought I would hate doing laundry as much as I do now because I’ve always kind of enjoyed it. Now that we live in the apartment where each load costs $1.50 to wash and $1.25 to dry, there is nothing convenient about doing the wash. Grandpa and Grandma have graciously allowed us to use their washer and dryer but that still means a several hour time commitment to being somewhere other than home. Someday I will have my own washer and dryer…

I am reading… Anne of Ingleside, the 6th book of the Anne of Green Gables series. I recently rediscovered the books I had put in storage at my parents’ house before leaving for college and have been devouring them as quickly as possible. I am incredibly thankful for a job where I can read while traveling almost every weekend.

I am hoping… that I hear back from Network 180 soon so I can either plan on the change or plan on staying the same.

I am hearing… the hum of the air conditioning unit at the office. At home, I’d be hearing fans whirring, the cat meowing to get my attention, Brian typing at his computer, birds outside the window. I wish I was there. I am meant to be a stay at home mom but unfortunately the cat doesn’t need constant mothering.

Around the house… I need to clean the bathroom. It has gotten out of control. There are fuzzies everywhere. That is not a task for today.

One of my favorite things… is praying with Brian before going to bed. It helps both of us put life back into perspective and is a great way to help both of us get back in touch with our Creator.

A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week: Clean bathroom, start curtains, search and destroy spiders, visit the bakery, travel to Detroit for work, and catch up on sleep. Hahaha!

Here is picture thought I am sharing…

I’ve been thinking for a while now about starting to write in a blog again but every time I do, I think about how flat my writing sounds after it has moved through my fingers and into the computer. Even though I detest the lack of personality those words show, they are still my words and sometimes I need to write them down in order to maintain my sanity.

With no further ado, here I am.

One of the most significant things that has happened this week was that I got my hair cut. This haircut was over a year in the making and I had been planning for it thusly. Shortly after Brian and I got engaged last year, my good friend Lauren- who happens to be my hairdresser- told me that she refused to cut my hair short again until after the wedding. So, I was forced to grow my hair out for more than a year. It was longer than it ever had been.

But it is no more.

At least, I would be able to prove it to you if I could figure out how this photo uploading thing worked. So perhaps tomorrow I can unleash the hair on you all.

Here is the hair!