Keeping up with the Jones

The problem with keeping up with the Jones ....

Items, things, junk, clutter ....
These are material things that we cannot take with us when we die. In one life time (let alone one year) It is surprising the amount of crap that can build up.

I am cleaning out the desk area and a dresser that we are getting rid of and I have 1 and 1/2 bags filled with crap that has piled up and that I do not use.

It is hard for me to have anything nice between my daughter and my husband. Either Boo is being her curious, climbing, unintentional destructive self or hubby gets into one of his moods that things are to cluttered or have to change and this, that and what ever else goes or gets moved. I have no personal space of my own that I can claim - because either one is into my things.

So I am decluttering my life ... the less stuff that I have then the less I will miss if anything happens.

Also money - money that buys stuff, food, etc - is the root of evil. People get stressed if there is not enough to pay bills or buy food. Nations fight over money or oil or gold or diamonds etc.

That is the problem with trying to keep up with the Jones ... people do not appreciate what they currently have and want more and more and better things. Look at the world around us .... the housing market crash, the economy, losing jobs, etc. If we were all just happy with what we have currently and stop trying to reach for the material stars and save for that proverbial rainy day ... things might be better off. SO that is what I am trying to do....

School Shopping

Boo was too funny yesterday! We took her to pick out "panties" for school. We went to Kmart and we passed threw the ladies underwear section. Well you know those open displays that have the underwear piled up - Boo ran over to that all wide eyed and in wonder at the amount and colors of the underwear. She had a big old smile on her face and said "panties" just as she was getting ready to dive in with her hands to pull out a few pairs. We redirected her to the children' s clothing section so she could pick out panties in her size. lol ...

We also got her new shoes for school - light up sneakers with the Disney princesses on then that both she and Hubby liked. Also go her a pair of dress shoes/sandal with the Disney princesses on them - they too also light up. I got veto on the sneakers and dress shoes that were in sale and cute... the black sneakers with the pink edging and embroidered pink flower on the side and a pair of silver slip on dress shoes with black flowers on them.

Boo is pretty much ready for school - we got her school supplies 1 week ago. Just looking for a lunch box for her. The ones I have seen are just the lunch pail container with out the themo. What ever happened to old style lunch boxes that included the themo? Oh well, a brown bag works just as good.

REVIEW: Balloon Bounce From Pogo

Balloon Bounce From Pogo

First, Pogo (www.pogo.com) is an online gaming site with free games - word, board, puzzle, casino etc. It can be free with interruptions for commercials or you can pay a $6.00 (approximately) fee each month or a yearly membership fee to play without commercials and some other bonus like few member only games and badges.

I have played as member and it was great - but I sometimes did not play it enough to warrant paying a monthly fee or did not have the funds to afford the membership fee (like now). But I do go on to play to pass the time with such games as yatzee, battle ship, risk, scrabble, etc. I love to play card games and board games but have no one to play them with. Pogo is the next best option for me.

Anyhow, Pogo has come out with a new game called Balloon Bounce. The idea of the game is to inflate a bounch of balloons shaped like dogs, flower, butterflies, etc as big as you can inorder to trap and disable and kill aliens that are zooming around the screen. It is a game that young kids can play and mindless fun that all ages can enjoy.

I like that I can pause it and come back to it as needed. That is one high light to it :)

Overall - it is a good game!!!

Favorite Things

Some of my favorite things ....

• Hubby/Lil Boo
• Coffee
• Reading
• Watching movies
• A nice cool day - no humidity, in the 70's
• Interesting birds
  
• Frogs
• Laughter
• Mocha coffee
• Strawberries
  

Armadillos, puffer fish and scrub pines

I have decided not to complain about my life in this blog for a week - Hey I may even post a list called "what I like about life" or may be not.

So I was driving lil boo to summer school this morning and when I was stopped at a light. This woman in an SUV in the next lane over asked if she could get in front of me. Sure no problem I let the woman and her husband jump in front of me. Well any way, this woman must of had botox recently injected into her lips. She reminded me of a puffer fish wearing sunglasses - the Jackie O sort of sunglasses.

Coming back I noticed on the road a dead armadillo. Now I originally thought armadillos were out west and down in TX. I never realized that they were in my state too. I am a transplant from up north and moved down south. So the first time I every saw an armadillo was about 7 years ago. We were at a friend's apartment for dinner. I went out side to smoke (yes I smoke) and saw one. I was sooo excited to get to see a real live armadillo in the "wild". Not that the town/city I live in is know for being a rural area - it is very urban.

But now, I think an armadillo is more of a rat - a rat with body armor. Not a warrior ninja style fierce New York rat (no I am not from NY), but a distance cousin of this creature. They are more cowardly creatures... (Yes I am aware they are not related to rats.)

Also while I am on this North and South comparison ... the pine trees. Up North the pine trees are full and luscious and big. The pines trees here are more like Charlie Brown's Christmas in a taller skinnier style.

standing still

I look at the facebook posts and gauge my life to those who are on my friends list ...

These same people are:

going to weddings ...

traveling...

going to school...

having babies...

going to parties...

hanging out with friends and family...

going to concerts...

going to the beach...

and I am standing still waiting ....

WAITING!

Money issues ...

Another week goes by and we are broke ... this time literally! Payday loans are evil monsters that prey on poor people - we are poor people!

Waiting on the extension from unemployment ... called them today only for them to tell me I will get a letter in about 10 day regarding the any money....grrr! But that is my lovely state ...

Waiting on my job to give me the thumbs up to work ...

Waiting on SSD for my daughter who has autism ....

Waiting is the story of my life ....

I am just waiting for things to get better, to get worse, to get somewhere....