You be crazy, IKEA!

Have you ever tried to order from IKEA.com? Yeah, me either...and this is why.


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Subtotal$69.99

Delivery Cost $349.00

Order Total excl. taxes $418.99

Taxes$28.28

Total cost of order
incl. shipping and taxes$447.27

Yeah, that's right folks. It costs $349.00 to ship a bookshelf. I think I better begin planning another trip to IKEA. Even with gas prices climbing past $3.00 I think I will still save money if I go pick it up at the store.

Pure craziness....

Horray!

I did it...I just ordered the iPhone 4. I'm a little nervous because there were some technical difficulties, which I will share at a later time. I gotta get back to bed now.

<3

iPhone @ 3:00 AM!

Another snow day today. Last night was crazy! I was up for the majority of the night listening to the ice melt and crack. I lost two huge limbs out of my front tree and if it wasn't for my neighbors, my car probably would have been smashed. They came over last night and helped me bust the ice on my car, so I could move it up farther into the driveway. The ice is so bad on my sidewalks that it literally looks like I went outside and poured a bunch of ice chunks everywhere. The ice chunks make it a slightly easier to walk on, but still treacherous. Nathan and his sister Emily came over and picked me up, so I could get out of the house. We went to Easton to pick up Nate's computer, ate at Chipotle and stopped at Walmart. It was nice to get out. I hadn't changed out of my PJ's in two days...there really wasn't reason to.

It looks like we'll be back in school tomorrow, which I'm surprisingly pleased about. I have plenty of data to complete and I'm behind on some of my alternate assessments. YIKES...I don't even want to think about that! It will be nice to see my friends at work too...I need human interaction!

I plan to get up at 3 AM to pre-order the iPhone 4. At least, I hope to. I'm going to set 3 alarms, so I better get up! Then I have to get up at 5:30 to get ready to work out. I know, crazy, right? I'm going to workout with Nathan and his friend in Clintonville tomorrow morning. We have to be in Clintonville by 6:30 am, so we have to leave WJ by 6...which means, I have to leave my house by at least 5:45 am to get to Nate's house by 6:00 am. It's making me cringe already!

Well, I better be getting off of here. I need to shower and finish packing my workout bag.

Good night :)

Oh yeah, Happy Groundhog Day!

No, thank you, Chris Bradley.

To be honest, I only watch the news when there is snow in the forecast. I have been watching the same forecast all day, and it hasn't gotten old yet. In case you didn't know, we're going to get some ice tonight and rain in the wee hours of the morning. I live for snow days...who doesn't? I'll tell you who-adults who aren't teachers. Let's take a moment right now to pray for all of those unfortunate souls that have to dig their cars out in the morning and brave the icy snow-covered roads to get to work on time....I'm sorry. Even though I get a call in the morning regarding my school closing I still turn on the news to see it there. It's like I don't believe it, and then when I see it I get a small rush of energy. It takes me back to when I was in school and life wasn't so complicated. I'll watch the school closings loop all day...just because I can. :)

I didn't exactly watch the news all day...I mean, I had it on in the background, but I was fairly productive. I managed to get all of the laundry done and dishes. I made a batch of sugar cookies. Started my homework for my class tonight, but when I found out that class was cancelled I stopped. Haha. I'll finish it up next Tuesday before class. I'm such a great teacher...

Speaking of the news...don't you love how the news shows 90% weather coverage and then 10% everything else. Maybe that's why I enjoy watching the news when there's snow in the forecast. I hate watching the murders/fires/crashes/burglaries...etc. Snow and ice is a much happier topic.

There's only one negative aspect of snow days. Well, for me anyway. I dislike snow days because I live alone. Snow days were awesome in school because you could get together with friends and hang out and play in the snow and what-not. When you're alone, yeah, it's great, but it would be much better if I had someone to share in the greatness. I guess I need to find a male teacher to marry. That way we can have the same snow days off. I haven't found any single male teachers...I'm pretty sure they're non-existent, but I haven't given up hope just yet.

Free TV has been great! I get about 11 channels. The basic news channels ABC, NBC, WSYX, then I get CW and FOX. Somedays, I watch WOSU, which has some quality programming. :) Canceling my cable has been the best choice I've made in a long time. I'm happy to save $90.00 a month for something I wasn't using. I can't believe I kept it as long as I did. Seems like such a waste.

A part of me hopes to go back to school tomorrow because I have so much work to do, but another part of me will enjoy another day to sleep in. Who knows what will happen, but you better believe I'll be watching the news to find out. :)

On a side note, let's pray for the people of Egypt during this time and for the future.

Stay safe out there!
Wendy

Incompetency

Not sure if I really have an audience out there, but if I do, I strongly discourage you from signing up with Time Warner Cable. I've had such an awful experience with them over the past couple of weeks, I would not recommend them to anyone! I'm too lazy to type my experience with them this evening I'm just going to cut and paste what I typed on facebook.

"Time Warner Cable is officially the most incompetent company I have ever worked with. I called them to find out why they were so late and apparently someone came to my house and discovered the cable is in a neighbors yard and left. They said the neighbor wasn't home to get permission. I did not rcv a call like I was supposed to, they did not knock on my door to inform me. I have been home since 3:30 PM waiting on them. I didn't even know they were here! Now I have to wait on them again tomorrow from 4-7. RIDICULOUS!"

I didn't mention this before, but I was planning to have my cable cut off tonight, and the cable equipment picked up. I will save over $80.00 a month, so it was an easy disconnection. I don't watch it anyway. I realized this when the cable box in my living room stopped working 2 weeks ago and I never called the company to tell them about it. I still got basic cable in my bedroom without a box, so I wasn't that distraught. That's when I knew I was wasting my money. My dad gave me his HD antenna, so I can pick up a handful of channels over the air. I'm excited to get all basic news channels, in addition to, the Retro TV station and COOL TV which plays music videos and such. I also get FOX and THE CW! FOR FREE! I'm set. :) I'm really happy with my decision to cancel. I have NETFLIX and recently purchased an Xbox with the KINECT, so I'm not at a loss for entertainment. I'm going to put the extra $80.00 a month onto my car loan and hopefully I will be able to pay it off a year early. It will be nice to get rid of that payment in time for my college loan payments to begin. WooHoo! :( FML

So, I got a snow day on Friday which was super fantastic! I ended up doing laundry and cleaning, but it was nice to get it out of the way, so I could enjoy my Saturday....uh....waiting on Time Warner Cable. FML

Had a fantastic day shopping with my Aunt Dee at Sams Club. I ran into a lot of people I knew, so that was fun. I bought some snacks for my kiddos and my Aunt bought me some Krispy Kreme donuts and bagels. I don't need either of them, but she gave them to me, so I couldn't say no. :)

I'm excited to curl up on the couch tonight with a good movie and some popcorn. Church in the morning, and then who knows? Maybe some homework before Time Warner attempts to do their job again.

OH YEAH! Almost forgot....

Last weekend was quite adventurous for me! I drove to IKEA, JUNGLE JIMS and then to INDIANA to the HOLLYWOOD CASINO. It was nice to have a mini road trip. I had some "me" time and won $128.00. LOL! :)

Good times...

Growing up sucks...

At least tomorrow is Friday...that's all I have to say! I've been working on my interims all evening and I'm about to go crazy! I'm hoping to be finished before 11:00 PM, so I can at least get some sleep tonight. I'm glad I started them when I did.

I have a 3 day weekend coming up. Thank you, Martin Luther King Jr., I owe my day off to the greatness you brought to the cruel world we live in. Hopefully, many will remember your sacrifices and attempts to bring awareness of inequality to the nation. I'm sad that many still struggle, but I will continue to teach my students your legacy with the hope that someday we will all live in peace.

Watched another movie tonight before starting on my interims. The movie was called Pope Dreams. I had never heard of it before seeing it in the library...I'm a sucker for those kinds of movies.

Ate the chicken noodle soup for quite possibly the last time. It was really good, but I fear that I can't eat it again.

Wow, what a boring entry. I wish I had something more exciting to talk about. I'm sure that this is reason why I can't keep up on these entries. My days are either too boring or too buys to write. Oh well, someday I will enjoy looking back at these.

Tomorrow I will turn in my interims and weekly work report. (a new idea from the boss to track what all employees do each half-hour, for 5 days) I'm glad I only have to do it for 5 days because it was a lot of extra work. We had to write in detail how we spent the time. Tomorrow is pay day. It's not like it matters, this pay will go straight to the bank. I had to pay for my Ashland course out of pocket this semester, so I must slowly pay that back to my account.

Growing up sucks...

Back to my interims.

Here we go 2011

"Most days of the year are unremarkable. They begin, and they end, with no lasting memories made in between. Most days have no impact on the course of a life."

Everyone wants to make lasting memories, but somedays are unremarkable and easy to forget. My plan is to use this place to harbor my unremarkable memories with the hope that someday these memories will become remarkable to me and others.

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Here we go 2011.

So far this year, I have...

1.) Not taken down my Christmas tree.

2.) Purchased a new touch screen cell phone with additional data plan. (Which I refused to ever do in 2010)

3.) Enjoyed the perks to new cell phone.

4.) Tried to watch The Black Swan...twice...on the same evening, but both theaters screwed up the film.

5.) Borrowed 3 books from a friends and 3 from the library. I have yet to finish any of them.

6.) Organized my pantry.

7.) Watched at least 15 movies from the library.

8.) Enjoyed a SNOW DAY off of school!

9.) Taken back my wonderful cell phone, with the intention of getting the iPhone in February.

10.) Tried to keep up on my New Year's Resolutions.

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS/GOALS FOR 2011

1.) Stop eating Poptarts for breakfast.

2.) Throw out mail daily.

3.) Be honest with myself and others.

4.) Try to write online at least 3 times a week...yeah, we'll see how this goes! (considering I just started this, who knows how often I will update, but I will try)

5.) Obtain a Master's Degree in Intervention Specialist Mild/Moderate.

6.) Continue to love life and all that it has to offer.

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I made some really great chicken noodle soup last night and it was even better tonight for dinner. I think I would enjoy cooking nice dinners everyday, but it's just not sensible when you live alone. That's one thing I wish was different. Sharing dinners with someone would be nice and hopefully this will be my year to meet someone to share those kinds of moments with, but for now, it's just Edward (my cat) and I. However, I'm really beginning to enjoy having some more time to myself. I feel like my life is starting to slow down and things are falling into place. Occasionally, I feel overwhelmed with work and school, but I'm learning to stop trying to please everyone all the time. It feels good to sit and read or watch a movie without feeling guilty or feeling like I should be doing something else. I don't really know how to explain it...I'm a pretty complex person. I'm only working one evening at the pizza shop, so this semester I should be able to keep my head above water.

Whelp, it's almost 1:00 AM and I should probably be getting to bed. I have to teach in the morning. :) It was pretty nice getting a snow day today. Our new governor is giving us back 5 calamity days, so I'm definitely not opposed to using them all up.

Good night.

~Wendy