My mom, grandma and I went downtown to see the Keeper of the Plains Indian statue Friday night. It was something we'd been planning to do for months, if not years, and we were going to go Monday evening but rain pushed it back to last night. What's so special about the statue you ask, especially one that has been there for 35 years? Well there ( Read more... )

Isn't it funny how one piece of paper can totally ruin your day? I have to go to work at Wal-Mart in less than an hour, that certainly isn't going to help things. Guess I'll be paying for the numerous money mistakes of 2004-2005 for at least two more years, but hey at least my credit situation isn't as bad as I thought -- at least there was a ( Read more... )

It wasn't much sooner after that last entry that I got the aforementioned letter in the mail from the trustee...and it looks like she's saying no. Apparently I'm stuck with the truck until it is paid off completely or until I am out of bankruptcy in two years. :( Oh well, it was worth a try I guess. At least I know it won't be as hard to get a ( Read more... )

This past week has been fairly busy for me ( Read more... )

I've never been so grateful for having to get up and use the bathroom in the middle of the night than I am this morning. I had to do so just after 5 AM this morning (I usually get up around 6), and when I got back into bed, I noticed that neither my alarm clock nor my backup alarm (on my cell phone) were set! Had I not gotten up to use the ( Read more... )

The first three days of my four-day Wal-Mart workweek have been "mixed". When I got there Friday night, I immediately checked the schedule, just to see if the schedule for June 2-8 had been posted; I had requested June 2 and 3 off. I had put in both a written request and a computerized one well in advance for not just the 2nd and 3rd, but the 9th ( Read more... )

I woke up this morning with stomach pains and decided to call in to my postal job. At first I had some doubts as to whether that was a good decision or not, but those doubts were erased when I had to get up again just before 7:00 (which is when I would otherwise have started work) and vomited 3-4 times in the bathroom sink. I can't help but think ( Read more... )

Shelly didn't come to church today, and if there ever was a good day for her to miss, it would be today. :P That's because our church had a luncheon afterward, which meant I didn't have to try to talk Jon into doing lunch with me. Jon was actually nicer to me today than he has been in recent weeks, while Peter seemed to be just the opposite -- ( Read more... )

Needless to say, the job prospect consumed my thoughts for the next day or so. I prayed about it before going to bed Thursday night, and I might have even had a bit of trouble sleeping too. Even though I was still debating whether to go for it, I still drove out there yesterday evening. Actually, I drove right by the dealership but didn't stop ( Read more... )

Since today was my day off work, I used it to take care of quite a few items on my To Do list. I made a trip to the Post Office, made some phone calls, and conducted some business online. And speaking of online...I was browsing through the online job postings this afternoon in search of a second job to get some extra income, and I ran across a ( Read more... )