Vicki's Blog

At some point I’d like the girls to be able to get guitar lessons, or piano lessons, or whatever it is that they want. Last I heard I think Des actually wants to learn to play the flute, and I hope that I can make that happen for her.

More importantly for me, is for them to be able to continue with their sports. The Rec Center is great, but they stop offering sports for middle and high schoolers, so I have to find a way for the girls to be allowed to participate in the school sports. I’m hoping that our nearby town will allow it, but I guess we’ll have to wait and see for sure.

I don’t know much about musical instruments, so when I came across the martin dcx1ke, I wasn’t sure if that was a model or what. Obviously I’ve heard of Martin Guitars before, but never of the DCX1KE.

I’ve heard that Martins are an excellent brand, but again, please realize that I don’t have a clue whether that is true or not.

I’ve often thought I’d like to find something like the house cleaning services cary nc around this part of the US. Sometimes it’s very nice to think about not having to do laundry or mopping, or things like that!! On the other hand though I can’t imagine having other people do those things in my house. I mean, this is my house….I guess I’m rather territorial about my house, but I don’t like people in my house.

I think it’s pretty awesome that you can download videos off the internet. Just about any video imaginable! However you do need to be careful where you download from, because not all of those videos will be in English, and you should always be careful of viruses and worms from the internet!! Viruses can wreek havoc on your computers!!

I’m not sure how I feel about log furniture. I know a lot of it can be really beautiful, but I’m not sure it’s something that I would want in my house. I like deeply comfortable furniture, and the log furniture that I’ve seen has struck me as fitting that bill. I guess it would all depend though, so I’ll keep an open mind.

Guest written by our friend Gladys Fuentes

I logged onto homesecurity101.com/ and did some research on getting a home security system installed. I have always been interested in getting one, but I never really thought that we needed one. Recently, a neighbor was broken into. It was the strangest break-in tough. We haven’t had crime in our quaint little neighborhood since I can remember, and I have lived in the neighborhood for the last thirty years. The neighbors who were broken into, the Johnsons, were broken into over the holidays. They usually visit their children over Christmas and were doing so this year. When they returned, they found that their home had been broken into through the kitchen door. The kitchen door window was smashed and the door had simply been unlocked. They didn’t have any security system. The thief didn’t still anything that was terribly valuable, but made off with the pots and pans! It was a kitchen thief… so strange! I’m not sure who would break into a house to just steal the pots and pans, but maybe they could catch the thief by just seeing who has been cooking up a storm recently!

Well lets see. As always I have plans to try to do better at updating my blogs, but it’s been rather difficult this month.

Dad has been home for almost 3 weeks. 2 of those weeks were planned, the other was because he was sick. *LOL* I love my Dad, but I’m ready for him to go back to work!!

We took Chief to the VET the other day to be gelded. While he was there we had his feet trimmed up and his teeth floated. We didn’t really want to have him gelded, as we still wanted for him to sire a baby, but he had become difficult and rather moody. Not in a mean way mind you, but in a tempermental way, meaning he would decide not to be caught and such things. So after many hours of research we concluded that gelding was the best thing. He is still currently recovering but seems to be doing nicely.

Hmm, not sure what else to talk about right now. The girls are doing great. School is on break until January 9, unless they want to start sooner. Christmas was great!! That about wraps it up.

Mom asked me the last time I was up to see her, if I had thought about getting recertified as a CNA. I realize that Healthcare Aides Jobs seem to always be open, but honestly as much as I loved it at that time, I have no desire to do it again. Perhaps because I became too attached to the clients, or perhaps just because I worked too many hours back then and burnt myself out on the job. Either way, I think I will leave the healthcare jobs to someone else.

I haven’t had to look for gifts for god daughters, because I don’t have one, but I do know how difficult it can be to find the right gift for anyone.

I found it rather difficult to find the right things for my girls this year. It took a lot of thought and window shopping before I was satisfied with what I found. It seems that I did good though, as they were both happy with everything they got this year. Of course I can’t take all the credit, as they had some wonderful gifts from some dear friends.

That pretty much sums up my thoughts for tonight. I have slept off and on all day, after not sleeping well for the past 3 nights. My head is all stuffed up, which makes it doubly worse….Tonight I think a good dose of Nyquil, sudafed, and Vic’s ought to help.

This is NOT the week to be sick!!!! I have to go to town to get animal feed. I need to go grocery shopping, I need to take a new phone up to my Mom, and to top everything off, I have a sick cat to take into the Vet tomorrow morning. Not to mention I really should go see my sister sometime this week. Oh and lets not forget school for the girls….

It may sound like I’m complaining, but I don’t mean to really….It’s just that I don’t feel good and that makes me a bit whiny….Any other day I wouldn’t even blink at the upcoming week!!!

Anyway, I’m off to finish up the work, and maybe write a letter to a long-lost relative.