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28th March 2008

I Failed…

I failed my test, I got 100 questions right and I needed 105 right to pass.  I don’t feel so let down though because the answers to a ton of these questions were not in the material that I studied.  I read that book 3 times and when I question pertaining to something I studied popped up a little cheer went off in my belly as I answered, there just were to many that I didn’t know or have studied.

So, I have to take it again.  I have to pay for it myself this time.  I can schedule it on Monday, so I don’t know when this will be.  I am now downloading more different study references to supplement what I already studied to make passing this next time much easier.

I suck….

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28th March 2008

Where Have I Been???

Wow, it is the 28th and I haven’t posted anything here since the 20th.  Yeah that is so unlike me.  I had a crazy Easter, I took Stephen up north to meet my family for that festive annual event.

We stayed at my brothers house and our girls played together.  That was the good part.  My brother and Stephen seemed to get along based on the fact that photo albums were being shown.  I think they were better though because they had already met Stephen at my house and have the whole divorce in prospective. 

Haley and Kyra are really great together and I really need to work on making sure that they stay that way.  Which is hard with the gas prices.  It cost $120 in gas alone for that trip.  There weren’t really other expenses though, so you know…  It used to be a $20 ride though in my car.

I think most of my family was in shock because last time some of them saw me I was with Adam.  They don’t have the whole divorce in prospective as far as time frame.  So they didn’t know how to react and the other 1/2 just didn’t care, which is fine too.  I don’t go to my family very often because it is like a high school party.  If you aren’t in the “in” group, you basically go unnoticed.  I am definitely not in the “in” group and that is rightly so. 

I probably won’t be going back for awhile.  I really do like staying close to home on holidays and always find someplace to go.  The hustle and bustle is sometimes unsettling going up there, so it probably puts me in an off mood for holidays.  Home is calm always. 

Kyra is doing great.  I absolutely just adore her, she is getting so she wants to do everything she sees either other people doing or on TV.  I always tell her either we’ll do that this summer or you do can that when you grow up.  She smiles and says OK.  We really have to make paper hats this week like Curious George does in his cartoon though.

As far as work goes, I have my state licensing test today.  Yeah, today.  I start working at my full-time position on Monday, so I won’t be running all over the place anymore at work.  I’ll be the only one in the office pretty much all the time.  I am still not sure if this is a good thing or bad thing.  I’ll have to decide later. 

The office I am working in has a cool new printer, copier, scanner, fax machine that is fun playing with.  LOL…  The computer that I will be calling mine needs some work, but that is on my list of things to improve.  I got a left handed mouse that will go in there but will just remain mine.

Hopefully I get a nice salary raise after today and passing this test.  I know it entitles me to commission based income which will be a pretty big deal when I get going.

Well, there is my update.  I am off to go study more about liability for my test.  I’ll be back to say I passed.  If I do pass though, I got plans to go out tonight with a bunch of friends.  If I fail, I come home and slumber.  LOL….

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20th March 2008

Spammers…

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I never meant for these photos to get published like this and with all that junk after them. I think a spammer has some access to my site, so I have to figure out how to lock it down. I will be upgrading to the new version of WordPress later tonight in hopes that it has that security fix in it.

These photos are of Kyra helping me measure buildings for my job. I got to leave work early one day last week and go measure a few buildings in town, I scooped up Kyra early and she went with me. It was fun for us both.

The other one is her after she got into the lipstick. She uses her whole face for lipstick, but it does look sort of cute. Don’t you think?? LOL…

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20th March 2008

Grape In Photos…

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Here is the happy kid with her new rabbit.

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18th March 2008

Grape The Rabbit…

Kyra is a very responsible 2 year old. I know that is hard to believe, but she is obsessed with feeding the dog. This being said I got her a pet bunny. I have pictures of her with it, but am not home now, so will have to post later. This rabbit has been the center of the universe since we got it on Sunday. We have probably held it and petted it 6 or 7 hours since we have gotten it. It is a 6 week old little guy. Kyra named him “GRAPE”. He is black and white. He should be a pretty good sized bunny when he is full grown.

We had a great weekend though. I didn’t sleep Friday night though so Saturday I was dead tired through the day.

Sunday we went to Emma’s birthday party. Kyra had a lot of fun. I admit I was jealous though, I wanted to jump on that trampoline thing that they had. This party was at a gymnastics place. The parents just stood around watching the kids have fun all taking pictures. I didn’t even take my camera duh me. I was planning on jumping around and doing cartwheels etc. I heard one parent complain that just getting in there was enough exercise….oh my goodness. I could hardly believe that. I was there sitting still trying not to participate. LOL…

Yesterday, Stephen cooked us dinner of stroganoff. It was pretty good. I never seen it made from scratch like that before. He is a pretty good cook. There was a lot of food though, so we didn’t nearly eat it all. His grandmother was in the hospital, so he was stressing about that as you would expect. She got a good report though today and is going home. That is good news. She is a really cool lady. She sometimes reads books and stuff with Kyra. Kyra thinks that she is her grandma. Kyra talks to my parents on the phone, but thinks she is talking to Stephen’s gram. She is all confused, but it is okay. We will straighten her out when she will understand.

I went to doctors yesterday for this same infection again, this is the 3rd visit for the same infection. They gave me this combination antibiotic that they said should take care of it, but this is my 2nd full dose of antibiotics. I really am uncomfortable with medications, so it all sucks. I am a bit sick to my stomach today, but I am sucking it up and blaming this drug.

Anyways, there is my update. I do have lots of photos on my camera, so photos should come sometime when I have time at home to work on them. Have a great night.

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14th March 2008

What Should I Name This Site??

I want a new name, please make suggestions.  My mind goes blank when I think about it.

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14th March 2008

Adam is Adding To My Stress….

So my new job is going as good as can be expected.  My Kyra is doing so much better than can be expected.

My life though is stressful.

I gave Adam a year to be bankrupt when he left.  He has absolutely no money skills and when he left was living large.  He wasn’t being careful the way we were while we were married.  I think he criticized me for the way I handled money.  He used to say "Live now, while your young" and get mad at me.  He has been gone for 7 months now.  I try to help him, but he doesn’t even see my help.  He has gotten into gambling as well with his poor financial skills.  It is a nightmare basically for him I think.

Our marriage wasn’t perfect financially.  There is a confession.  There are things we could have done better, but hindsight is always better isn’t it.  I was getting us on our feet though when he left.

Now though he has gone over 10 thousand dollars more in the hole on his own accord.  This is not me, nor my fault.  I have not added to my own debt.

Any ways, he is talking to debt consolidation and reduction company.  I really hope they accept him and help him with his money.  If they don’t though, he is talking about bankruptcy.

This is stressing me because like our child support agreement is not through the department of child services, it is an agreed to amount.  He has paid and all that faithfully since he left, so I have no issues.  I have people looking into it with an attorney though if bankruptcy will affect this since it isn’t court ordered. 

He keeps telling me "Thanks for putting him in a box" which this totally isn’t my fault.  He has child support which is within a reasonable range for his income and his portion of our marriage debt was about 2/3 that of mine, but his income was quadruple, what mine is.  I also took the house and all the house payments which there is almost no equity in the house right now.

Anyways, this is stressing on me and it stresses on me that he is blaming me.  I know it shouldn’t everyone that I talk to says it isn’t my fault, but he is telling everyone that I am putting him in a box and blah blah blah.  I don’t know what to do, but watch him squirm as I don’t have the money to bail him out and if I did bail him out.  I still think he would turn around and get in this same situation all over again.

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10th March 2008

Where Does Time Go??

So, this weekend went so fast. My weekends are now my “Kyra” time which is pretty great. It is really new to only have this time for extended time with her. I mean yeah mornings and evenings are nice, but Saturday is all day long.

We baked a cake, painted, took a walk, took a nap, drawed, counted together, watched TV, cooked dinner, and all the little things between. It is fun.

I haven’t turned my computer on that much since I have been working. It isn’t because I am sick of it or don’t want to, but wow. Where does time go??

Stephen had a bachelors party to go to Saturday, so he was gone all day. It was just me and Kyra. I had a great day.

Sunday came and we slept in til after 8. It was great. I love sleeping in. We played blocks and watched probably 3 shows of Berenstein Bears. They are so very cute except I wish Sister and Brother Bear had names beyond Sister and Brother. That is so annoying to me. Kids are smarter than that too.

Well, have a good day.

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6th March 2008

Talking to Strangers Is Relaxing…

We tell our kids to not talk to strangers, so what does mom do??  I am about sick of talking about insurance and anything insurance related.  I am sick of it.  So, I went to Robin’s bar, ate dinner between these two old guys and talked about anything except insurance.  I feel better now.

Oh, the rest of my day yeah, and the last 3 days.  Get up get in the shower, go to insurance office, work, but study in the down times, go get Kyra, come home, go to Stephen’s eat super, come home study insurance, go to bed, wake up, do it again.

Is that a run on sentence if you ever saw one??  LOL…

I am about insuranced out.  I am taking the pre-test test next Thursday though, so I only have a week left of this and I really need to pass.    I am taking a break and then off to study more, crazy that I am writing on my site for a break though isn’t it.  LOL…

Kyra is doing wonderful.  She is having these really funny conversations with objects that I should tell you all about, but I really have to get studying.  She had one with the washcloth in the bathtub though where she was telling it to quit following her.  It was so funny.  LOL…

Anyways, I hope everything is going well for everyone out there. 

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4th March 2008

Building A Snowman…

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Well, busyness is the new normal. Go to work, do the 9 to 5 thing. I get to come home sick of insurance at that point and study insurance so that I can take a state test and hopefully pass.

I feel like I am short changing everyone with my time even though there isn’t that much less of it really when you come down and figure it out. It is just dispursed differently. It still feels badly to me. I feel like I never see Kyra even though she is with me each morning when I would have used to been driving. We are usually up and playing and getting showers now during that time.

I have made new friends at work, but I almost desperately miss my old driving friends. It is sort of like I am torn, but I know I can’t go back. I can’t afford it, nor do I really want too. I just have to go forward with a big smile else I will maybe loose what is left of my mind.

Here though is our snowman that we made on Sunday. It is now Tuesday and it is all but melted. It was fun to build though. I never realized they were so easy to build, not taking up that much snow at all.

Have a great day.

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