I'm taking a break from Facebook. I've gotten tired of it. I need some time away from it.
I've just had it with people in general. I need a break.
Jon and I would like to associate with people that are positive and not so stuck on themselves.
Facebook is not helping with my view of people, so I needed to deactivate.
I'll be back later...
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
Weekend in Review
Jon and I had a nice weekend.
Friday night, we went out for steak. We went to Logan's and I was very pleased with my food. It was nice to be able to take my time to get ready (hair and makeup) and then go out with my husband.
On Saturday, my friend Samantha had lunch and did a little shopping. Then I had the honor of showing going with her to see her new place of employment. She just got a youth services librarian postion at the Baker Branch! Yay!
Jon and I bought pumpkins on Saturday night. We did not get around to carving them. I think we will wait and carve them on Friday night. With our strange weather, the pumpkins tend to get moldy really fast.
Yesterday, I cleaned and organized my kitchen. It looks so nice and I feel so good about getting it clean.
I have accumlated a great deal of plastic containers, glass jars and bottles that I just can't bring myself to throw away. I know they have a potenital use. I do not have a garden, so I cannot use them to can. I learned that there is a recycling every 3rd Saturday for apartment dwellers, so I will bring them there. I know that Jon is also happy about this discovery.
My next cleaning and organizing project will be the bathroom. I am so tired of living in a mess! We are so unorganized. It is very discouraging to live in so much clutter. By taking it one step at a time, we will get this accomplished.
While cleaning, I finished listening to Home to Big Stone Gap. I assume this is the conclusion to the series, but I am not sure. I really loved the Big Stone Gap Series. I just loved the characters and reading about an area that is close to where Jon grew up.
I am going to attempt to start listening to the next One Book One Community (The Big Read) book, The Great Gatsby. I got really frustrated with it, while trying to download it to my computer. The tracks were not in order. A bit of a headache.
Friday night, we went out for steak. We went to Logan's and I was very pleased with my food. It was nice to be able to take my time to get ready (hair and makeup) and then go out with my husband.
On Saturday, my friend Samantha had lunch and did a little shopping. Then I had the honor of showing going with her to see her new place of employment. She just got a youth services librarian postion at the Baker Branch! Yay!
Jon and I bought pumpkins on Saturday night. We did not get around to carving them. I think we will wait and carve them on Friday night. With our strange weather, the pumpkins tend to get moldy really fast.
Yesterday, I cleaned and organized my kitchen. It looks so nice and I feel so good about getting it clean.
I have accumlated a great deal of plastic containers, glass jars and bottles that I just can't bring myself to throw away. I know they have a potenital use. I do not have a garden, so I cannot use them to can. I learned that there is a recycling every 3rd Saturday for apartment dwellers, so I will bring them there. I know that Jon is also happy about this discovery.
My next cleaning and organizing project will be the bathroom. I am so tired of living in a mess! We are so unorganized. It is very discouraging to live in so much clutter. By taking it one step at a time, we will get this accomplished.
While cleaning, I finished listening to Home to Big Stone Gap. I assume this is the conclusion to the series, but I am not sure. I really loved the Big Stone Gap Series. I just loved the characters and reading about an area that is close to where Jon grew up.
I am going to attempt to start listening to the next One Book One Community (The Big Read) book, The Great Gatsby. I got really frustrated with it, while trying to download it to my computer. The tracks were not in order. A bit of a headache.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
This and That
Jon and I had a great weekend. It went by too quickly, as usual. On Friday night, Jon and I went to see the movie Couples Retreat and had dinner at the California Pizza Kitchen. We wanted to go to Buffalo Wild Wings, but it was very crowded.
I enjoyed dinner and the movie. It was nice to get out and so something different. We don't go to the movies that often, and it had been a while since I got to pick the movie.
On Saturday, we ran errands and went to the library. We did lots of laundry.
Sunday was church and rest day.
I am still dedicated to my exercise routine. Yay!
I enjoyed dinner and the movie. It was nice to get out and so something different. We don't go to the movies that often, and it had been a while since I got to pick the movie.
On Saturday, we ran errands and went to the library. We did lots of laundry.
Sunday was church and rest day.
I am still dedicated to my exercise routine. Yay!
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Ouch! Flu Shot
I got up earlier than usual this Tuesday, and got my flu shot. It is nice that city-parish employees get these free of charge. I am one of those people that will get really sick, if I don't get the flu vaccine. I have been told that this will not protect me from H1N1, but at least it is something.
Yesterday was day one with our new "library system" which is called V-Smart. It's really lame and the logo looks like a pack of birth control pills. Maybe I'm the only weirdo that notices this, but it is quite amusing.
I do like the OPAC on the library home page. For non-librarians, that is the Online Public Assess Catalog, which replaces the ancient card catalog. It's all bright and yellowish. Like a blast of sunshine!
Autumn contiues to slowly make its way to Louisiana. I wish it would hurry, because I love autumn weather. We don't get much autumn weather here, so it is very much appreciated when we do. I hope to live in a place one day where I can really see the leaves change colors.
Yesterday was day one with our new "library system" which is called V-Smart. It's really lame and the logo looks like a pack of birth control pills. Maybe I'm the only weirdo that notices this, but it is quite amusing.
I do like the OPAC on the library home page. For non-librarians, that is the Online Public Assess Catalog, which replaces the ancient card catalog. It's all bright and yellowish. Like a blast of sunshine!
Autumn contiues to slowly make its way to Louisiana. I wish it would hurry, because I love autumn weather. We don't get much autumn weather here, so it is very much appreciated when we do. I hope to live in a place one day where I can really see the leaves change colors.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Two Weeks of Exercise
I have stuck with the routine for two weeks! Here's to another successful week.
I will take some work, but I am determined to be my retro self again.
Here I am in 2005, before moving to Baton Rouge.
I will take some work, but I am determined to be my retro self again.
Here I am in 2005, before moving to Baton Rouge.
"The best things in life aren't things." -- Art Buchwald
I will never forget the day that I saw this quote on a bumper sticker. It is amazing how such a short quote can be so profound, but it has always stuck in my mind.
Materialism is running rampant in our world. This is nothing new. Materialism has been around for ages. After 28 years of living, I am starting to get really tired of hearing about things!
Just like I am making a conscious effort not to be egocentric, like those that disgust me by being so. I am also trying to be conscious of not taking what I have for granted. I do not require much and I do not need things to make me happy.
In comparison to other couples our age, Jon and I are slumming it. LOL! We live in a modest apartment and are not that concerned with decor.
Jon and I have had to work really hard to get where we are in life. We are just so content with being married and being together that this is all that really matters to us. We have finally made it to our life together and we couldn't be happier.
Painted walls, matching living room sets, HD TV's, etc. are just not that important to us. This is NOT the foundation of our marriage and our life together. While all of the above are nice things to possess, they can wait.
Maybe that is it! Most people want it all now. Society most definitely tells them that they need it all now, because everyone else has it all.
Jon and I have each other and that is all that we need. Everything else will take care of itself!
Materialism is running rampant in our world. This is nothing new. Materialism has been around for ages. After 28 years of living, I am starting to get really tired of hearing about things!
Just like I am making a conscious effort not to be egocentric, like those that disgust me by being so. I am also trying to be conscious of not taking what I have for granted. I do not require much and I do not need things to make me happy.
In comparison to other couples our age, Jon and I are slumming it. LOL! We live in a modest apartment and are not that concerned with decor.
Jon and I have had to work really hard to get where we are in life. We are just so content with being married and being together that this is all that really matters to us. We have finally made it to our life together and we couldn't be happier.
Painted walls, matching living room sets, HD TV's, etc. are just not that important to us. This is NOT the foundation of our marriage and our life together. While all of the above are nice things to possess, they can wait.
Maybe that is it! Most people want it all now. Society most definitely tells them that they need it all now, because everyone else has it all.
Jon and I have each other and that is all that we need. Everything else will take care of itself!
Friday, October 2, 2009
New Orleans Soiree
Greetings from BR! Vita and I had a wonderful trip to New Orleans this week. I had a few days off from school and Vita was fortunate enough to get some time off also. We got to spend Thursday and part of Friday in the French Quarter. I really loved it! We got to visit three fun bookstores (including the Faulkner Library) and I bought a book about my favorite composer, Richard Wagner. We got to eat at the Hard Rock Cafe, Fiorella's, and the Mona Lisa. All three restaurants were great, but all very different from each other. My favorite was the Mona Lisa because it was the first place Vita and I got to go as a married couple. We also got to go on a Haunted Tour. It was very interesting. I enjoyed getting to hear the ghost stories. I hope to get to go for the Vampire Tour and the Haunted History Tour (it was voted the best tour in New Orleans) sometime in the future.
All in all it was a really fun trip: Vita and I really got to spend some wonderful, quality time together and I got to experience some of the fun places she remembered from her childhood and teen years. I can't wait to go back!
Jon
All in all it was a really fun trip: Vita and I really got to spend some wonderful, quality time together and I got to experience some of the fun places she remembered from her childhood and teen years. I can't wait to go back!
Jon
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