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average_kim wrote:Good to see you Debbie!  And good morning!  Not much news to report from me, but we've gotten a little rain in the last couple weeks.  Not enough though.  We are in drought here.

I've been busy with summery stuff with my kids--going shopping some (they are into the rubber band looms and making bracelets and things) and we went to Frontier City amusement park one day this week.  Now, I've been planning craft activities for our church's vacation bible school. And, I need to work on planning my DD#1's 13th birthday party!  Then, in a few more weeks, we'll be going to church youth camp.  I'm going as a sponsor, so will have to take my youngest two kids also.

But, in the meantime, I've been working on some challenges!  We have some great ones this month!
 

1grandma wrote:Good morning!  Just paid bills.  I have a lot of business to take care of today and an MRI at 7:30PM.
 

mgehrke wrote:Good Morning Debbie - nice to hear from you. I'm currently on vacation waiting for DH to get out of the shower so we can go and do some sight seeing. He wanted to sleep in so I have already ventured out and took some pictures. We are going on a little boat cruise in a couple of hours. It is finally a beautiful day. Yesterday while we were driving up here we hit rain and it was windy and cold the rest of the evening. So we didn't do too much, but that's ok. We did walk downtown and took in some of the sights and stopped at a Casino. Then we stopped for some Chinese dinner and headed back to the hotel. Sounds like the shower shut off now so I had better get my shoes back on so I am ready to go when he is.
 

suewho372 wrote:I am HAPPY to see/hear from you! Sounds like you have been so busy!
It has rained and rained here-- but this morning it is cool and sunny-- SO NICE! and I am on vacation!
I plan on only doing fun stuff! HA! We will see if that happens.

 

carashaffer wrote:Good Morning!!
More rain here (all week) and I have cleaned the house except for the scrap room so I guess I have put it off as long as I can. yesterday I did get all the card making and stamp pads in one place (moved at Christmas and still trying to organize). So far today i have laundry going, walked three miles and did an ab routine with DD and overflowed the pool (oops!!!) Plans for the rest of the day include making progress on the scrap room and finishing the laundry. If the weather clears off I need to mow the lawn, and my classroom is being moved so if they call about that I'll be going in to help move and unpack it all.
All that said, this will also be my first day home alone (kids both work all afternoon as does DH so who knows what will actually happen around here!!!
Hope everyone has a great day!!!
 

emmapaige wrote:Hi Debbie - you've been missed!  Just another work day for me but counting down the hours until the beginning of the weekend.  My hubby and I celebrated our 26th wedding anniversary on Wednesday and we plan to have a weekend of "Ed and Chris" which means very little errands or chores, going out Saturday to our favorite restaurant and just relaxing and enjoying each other's company.  And by relaxing, that means scrapping for me!!
 

ScrappyBug wrote:Good afternoon!  Good to see you posting again Deb!

I'd love to say that my day is almost over, but nope.  I worked my regular shift this morning, stayed a little late and then have to go back in for a couple of hours tonight.  I didn't really want to, but someone had agreed to take on the additional hours and then got laryngitis.  I said I would take them if she absolutely needed me to, and of course today she told me she did, even though her voice is almost back to normal.  

Yesterday I tried canceling cable, and most of you probably know what I mean when I say it was almost impossible.  They have "this" deal and "that" deal and blah blah blah.  We need to save some money and our cable bill was getting outrageous and always going up a little here and a little there.  I just wanted to keep the internet, but wound up going with basic cable and internet.  The lady told me a fib and said that just the internet was going to cost me $74.99+ tax/fees.  However - I could keep the internet that I already have and bundle it with basic cable so I could at least have some tv for only $64.99.  I asked about the cheaper internet and she said - well, you COULD get the $14.99 internet, but you would have a hard time streaming and watching shows streamed from online.  I asked about in-between and she said there wasn't anything in-between.  I kind of figured she was fibbing, but told her I'd try it for a week and decide.  I went on my account and their site and found out that the $74.99 internet was for the absolute PREMIUM internet, and there were many more costs in between, with several internet speeds.  

So - turned in all my DVR boxes today and talked to the local guy to see what the real price would be.  That price is $54.50 with tax/fees.  I can get 3 more speeds in between mine and the 14.99 one - each one is about a $10 difference/mo.  We'll see how it goes.  If I keep it as is we're saving $135/mo.  We can get most of the shows/movies we like with hulu plus and Netflix for $15 between the 2 anyway, so don't need all the extra channels anymore.

I stopped at the place next to the cable company and got my Bubble Tea, and then just home.  

I've not been scrapping this week - I've been working on my miniatures, doing some building on the dollhouse.  
 

blbabe1234 wrote:Good afternoon Debbie! Things have been crazy busy with me. Work, work, work.