December 15, 2010

Well it is with sad news....

As of tomorrow my Internet/cable will be disconnected. I hope it won't be long till we can get it back. I choose to look at it like this: I'll have lots to say when I come back online...

As for our haunted furnace, it still isn't working correctly. We had the guy come again last night. He put in a new board, but the furnace still wasn't working like it should. So this morning the guy came again, put our board back in and pretty much stormed off saying that he didn't know what to do. This leaves is in a scary position. If he doesn't know what to do, and we continue to have problems, do we still call him?

On the job front, there hasn't been any change. We are hoping to hear back from Black Bear Casino by tomorrow. If they don't call, then Chris will be calling them and asking them what's up.

Until then, all the bills are still piling up, the company's are calling demanding their monies, the companies are threatening to shut everything off, and the stress level is still really high. We still hope for a Christmas miracle and are praying very hard for things to get better quickly.

So with that in mind, I hope that everyone will have a great Christmas, and keep praying that things will get better for us....

Until later..... Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all !!!

December 14, 2010

Well its looking a lot like Christmas at my house. My tree has been up since last Saturday, most of the Christmas decorations are through out the house. Christmas movies and music have been playing. Its beautiful to see. Looking forward to Santa stopping by.

December 8, 2010 - Day with my mom

Today was a really fun day!!!

This morning both Chris and I got to spend the day with my mom. She had to do some shopping both for herself and for Christmas.

We went to Wal-Mart in Cloquet and looked at printers. Mom's printer died and needed to be replaced. We found a nice selection of printers to choose from. A real good friend of mine, John C. answered a intriguing question for us. Mom had told me that she got a message from her printer saying that it needed a memory card to continue printing. She said that one of her relatives had gotten the same message from her printer. I'd never heard of that before. I know printers have their own mother board, but needing a memory card to print??? So we asked John. John is one of those guys, that if its electronic and I don't know the answer to, you ask him. John knows a lot about electronics too. He said that he hadn't heard of that kind of message before. He decided that it was the printers way of saying that it was having problems and could lead to dangerous results if ignored. In mom's case, her old printer's menu window got hot. This could have lead to a fire which could have lead to some serious damage.

So mom picked out another printer and the ink it required. It's a really nice printer and scans both documents and photo's really fast. So much nicer behaving then the old one. After looking and selecting a printer, we continued looking around the store. We went to the fabric's dept. and I got a chance to catch up with one of my friends who works in that dept. After the fabric's dept. we went over to the books and looked around. Some new titles were there, and some of the authors I collect were there. Nothing this time that demanded I take any of them home.... From there we headed over to the Christmas section. I like to walk the Christmas section to get ideas of things to make at home. There were quite a few stocking stuffer ideas to choose from.

After leaving Wal-Mart, mom took Chris and I out to lunch at Wendy's. The meal was great. I was so full when we left.

After lunch we went over to the Family Dollar Store. There were quite a few things that we all thought was really cute. Chris noticed that the dog and cat food was not only cheaper for the good stuff, but comparing the size of the bags and the prices there vs. Wal-mart, we'll be going to get our pet foods at the Family Dollar Store. There were a lot of things to see and think about. Chris and I hadn't been there in a long time so it was even more fun for us to go see the store.

From there we went to the Dollar Store. The Christmas selections there were wonderful. Mom and I started last year getting things to go with the 12 Day's of Christmas song. We found a few things this time that are part of the song. We continued to walk around the store and seeing everything there was to see. It's a neat store too.

From there we came on home. We dropped Chris off at home and mom and I continued on our way to her house. There were a lot of bags in mom's car to bring in. We got them all in and it was time for tea. Tea with mom is fun for me. We each have our favorite teas and while having our tea, we really get to chat. Mom then pointed out that outside the window, their resident 10 point buck (Sam) came to the house. He's beautiful!!! He's got this stride to his walk that show's he knows he's hot stuff and beautiful. While we were having our tea, mom and I worked on getting her new printer hooked up to her computer. After getting the old printer un-installed, and the new installed it was time to play. Mom's old printer wouldn't let her do the things she needed from the computer side, only the printer side. This new printer let her do all the things she needed to do from the computer side. That was a MAJOR improvement from the last printer. She's so excited to do all the things she needs to do. One major pain removed from her life. After a while, my dad came home. He looked really tired, but happy. It must have been a really long day for him again. Later still, my mom and dad brought me home.

Both Chris and I had lots of fun with mom. Hope we get to do so again and more often. Thank you mom for the day and all the fun. I love you!

Till later....

Elf on a Shelf

This is one way to keep little kids be good.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjPf-yiHFR4&feature=fvst

Things that make you go hmmmmm!

Well here we are, December 1st, 2010.

Today was one of those days that just made you go hmmmmmm! It all started with waking up this morning to a very chilly house. Our house was 62.4 degrees. The furnace was buzzing with not enough umph to run. So we were once again saved by opening the oven door and warming the kitchen and living room with it. We were told by the company that comes each and every time we have furnace problems to turn the furnace off with the kill switch, wait a few minutes and restart the furnace. This being done, the furnace ran three cycles before once again deciding that it didn't want to work correctly. During this time, I made a phone call to the company that does our repairs and made an appointment for him to come. He said he'd be over later to take a look. Meanwhile, as the house was starting to feel chilly again, we would start the oven again. Each time we would start the oven again, the silly furnace would start up again. When the house was warm, we'd shut the oven off. The furnace would run three more cycles and quit again. Again, when the house was feeling chilly, we'd turn the oven on and then the furnace would start again. At 6:30pm I called the repair guy to see if he had forgotten that we called. He said that he would be at our house in about an hour. As I was on the phone with him, the furnace kicked on and ran fine. Then for about 2 1/2 hours, the furnace just sat and buzzed and never kicked on. When the repair guy came to the house at 7:30pm the furnace was working just fine. He reset the furnace three different times, three different temps and it still worked just fine. We did need new filters, and he put them on for us. The furnace was running just wonderful. So we were visiting and I noticed that he had his pants tucked in his boots with rubber bands. He saw that I had on a pair of knitted "Snow Socks" that my mom had made ages ago. I asked him if he was interested in a pair of "Snow Socks" and retrieved a pair for him. He thought they were fantastic and instead of us having to pay for the service call and the two filters, he said that he'd take the socks in trade. So we were all happy with this trade.

Some good news for a change: While Chris was out doing a friend a favor and an errand for us, I took a call for Chris. It was Black Bear Casino calling to say that Chris was selected for an interview with them on Dec. 9th at 11:45am. We are so excited about the call. Even though Chris has worked there before, the chance that he may once again get to work there would be so exciting for us!!! If all goes well, our stressful situation may finally be lessened. WE NEED TO PRAY THAT THIS GOES WELL AND THAT CHRIS STARTS WORKING THERE AGAIN!

Till later.....