Oh man I have not blogged in FOREVER! I fell out of it. Haven't wanted to even read or write any blogs in oh say OVER a year! So much has happened! My life has been turned completely upside down and all around.

Back in May I was fired from my job as a receptionist at a printer dealer company. I HATED that job and really disliked several people that I worked with. I was upset but now I see it as a blessing. I have since totally cut off communication with most people from there. Can you say rotten apples? Totally cut some people out of my life and man did it feel awesome! When they asked why it felt so good to not even acknowledge them! To this day, not really anyone from there knows what happened.... It wasn't bad. I didn't do anything wrong. I just wasn't a kiss ass like most people there so they wanted to eliminate me.

So I spent my summer, sitting on unemployment, applying to hundreds of jobs... It sucked... But best thing ever was to be able to spend so much time with my dear daughter. It was awesome!

On July 1st I became the CSR for a small IT company. Good hours, pay, people. Not very many complaints. I struggled a tiny bit at first to adjust and learn everything but I can say I kinda like my job now. I am 1 of 8 employees and I have freedom! I don't have someone standing over me all the time demanding I do this or that. everyone here is pretty laid back. Best part is I don't have to deal with the office crap that most places have. (gossip, brown nosing, politics). It's a short commute from home and I do not have to fight the interstate every morning/night. Did I mention I have my very first business cards? Heck yea. LOL. Makes me feel important...

My daughter is now in the 3rd grade. She is growing up so fast and is really becoming very beautiful... She is growing out of her "cute" phase, and she is now into the "pretty" stretch. She has some major attitude but what kid doesn't? She is my heart and I wouldn't be able to make it through all of life's struggles without her. I am so blessed to have such a beautiful, loving daughter.

Well, there's a short recap of my last year.... Left a TON out. Maybe more another day. I don't know. Maybe I will get back into blogging. I read some of my old blogs and immediately wanted to delete them/ Figured no one really reads them though so why bother....

Brrrrrrrr it's getting chilly out... What happened to FAll? We went straight from Summer to Winter!

Happy Thursday all!

Steph

Just wanted to say....

To all of you who have left me sweet comments! Thank you for taking the time to read my thoughts! I really appreciate all of you!!!

MIA

Yea I've been MIA for a while.
Haven't felt much like blogging or reading any blogs lately.
And then I got stuck on jury duty ALL last week and yesterday....
Suck. Rotten apples. Suck.

Weekend. Shmeekend...

All in all, I can say that I had a pretty good weekend. I don't usually post about my weekends but I have some super cute pictures of Miss Priss I want to share.

Saturday:

 Didn't do too much besides lay around and watch tv. When I looked into Miss Priss's room I saw this:

Please excuse the mess!

Later in the afternoon we went to the mall with my mother. Miss Priss about dyed over getting this, even though she already has 2 full size ones.

Well, what are Grandmas for! Anyways....

When I get paid I am so going to go back to JCP to snag some super cute pink and black nikes while they are on sale!

Sunday we had a pretty eventful and fun day. We found fun things to do without dying in the heat!

First we went to Bartlett Lanes  to use our Kids Bowl free Coupons .

Here are some pictures I took:

After bowling we went to the $2.50 movies and saw Rango.

Pretty weirdo movie. 20 minutes into I was ready to go. I understand it was a kids movie but geez was it loopy! Lots of weird talking creatures. I didn't even realize Johnny Depp was the voice of Rango until I just looked up the picture! We left the movie before it ended. Miss Priss told me "Don't worry Mom, I won't make you buy that one on DVD." Ha!

Then I went to a movie with a friend late last night. We went and saw X Men First Class

I'm not usually into this type of movie, even though I have seen all of the others. I actually enjoyed it! It was neat to see how it all started... Plus their were some hunky guys to look at! 

And... There's plenty of chicks, even underwear scenes, for the dudes to look at!But I'm not into all that so I'm not pinning any of them on here!

And now it's Monday, back to the daily grind!

I made a button! Wahooo! I'm so proud of myself!

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Hoo Am I?

1. Do you decorate for the 4th of July?
    We put our huge flag out and a 4th table cloth. That's about it...

2. Do you you buy fireworks for the 4th of July?
    We do buy some, not the big stuff, but enough to blow up in the driveway.

3. How do you celebrate the 4th of July?
    We usually grill steaks and eat way too much food.

4. Do you have a family member that is serving our country?
     Not currently, but my parents are both retired military.

5. Do you dress in red, white, or blue on the fourth?
     Not always but I always make sure to dress Miss Priss all in red, white and blue. 

Target Guy

Dear Target Check-out Guy,

  Thank you for making me smile. I was having a pretty blah day until I came to your register.

Nothing bad happened. Nothing particularly good either. Just a regular ol' Thursday. But you made me smile. With your funny humor and friendly personality you made me laugh. It was quite refreshing to have such a cheerful check out person. Usually check out people are OK, just there to do their job, but you went over and above being polite. From now on I will look to see if you are assigned to a register and wait in your line, even if it is 10 people long. Thanks for the pleasant check out experience! (were so cute too!)

Sincerely, 

Now Happy Target Customer