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.

Okay, so truth be told, I have no idea what micrometers are…and truth be told, as of this moment, I really don’t care. As I mentioned in the last post I am battling a head cold, or perhaps the flu, and I am doing good to form somewhat coherent sentences. Or maybe I just think they are coherent. *LOL* Anyway, I’m slugging through my work tonight, as best as I can, and trying to prepare for a busy week.

I can’t imagine doing business without a receipt printer. I’ve worked with several different types, and I can’t imagine a simplified business without them.

I apologize if I seem to be rambling, or am not making much sense…I’m battling a cold or flu, and right now I think I’m losing the battle. It started out as a sore throat, and has progressed to a full fledged head cold or at least what seems like one.

I often joke that I need to buy hearing aids for the girls, and they return the joke by saying that I need one as well. I’m glad for more reasons than one, that we don’t actually have to buy all of those hearing aid batteries, as I’m sure it’d be quite expensive.

In truth though, we all just suffer from selective hearing. I guess I never grew out of my childhood selective hearing, and the girls have inherited it, as all children seem to.

Where were discount scrubs when I needed them? *LOL* Back a few years ago, okay well I guess it’s been more than a “few” years, but anyway, scrubs were the only things I was allowed to wear when I worked in nursing homes. Not only were they not cheap, but they were also difficult to found around here. It is a drawback to living in the middle of nowhere. *LOL*

Post contributed by Toni Jensen

A few of my friends and I are self employedand work from home, so we formed this little social network. We thought it would be cool to connect with other business owners who work from home so we could share our insights and make suggestions to each other. I don’t really miss office life that much, but I do sometimes miss the social interaction I got from coworkers. This group gives us that social interaction we all need. Lately one of the main topics of conversation between us has been internet providers. Some of us like to work from a home office while others prefer to be more mobile. The mobile ones swear by Clear wireless 4G connections. I am almost convinced that I need one of these mobile connections. Although I usually work from my home office, it would be nice to have the flexibility to go to a coffee shop or a bookstore if I want to get out of the house. It’s really great that I have this network of people to lean on and give me good advice like this. Maybe my cabin fever will start subsiding if I don’t have to be cooped up all day.