The Simple Woman's Daybook

For Today...

Outside my window...

I see only stars and lightening bugs.

I am thinking...
That I am doing this late, but oh well

I am thankful for... my family. I was surely blessed with them!

From the kitchen... Pizza Hut Pizza. Hey, I've been gone a week, I have to go grocery shopping before I cook a big meal.

I am wearing... white and green polka dot babydoll tank with a white tee under it, jeans, and green hollister flip flops

I am (re)reading... A Day Late and a Dollar Short by Terri McMillian

I am hoping... that we get the pool up and running this week

I am creating... not much at the moment

I am praying... for something so dear to me that I'd rather keep it to myself. But God knows what it is.

Around the house... everyone is just chillin in their own rooms right now.

One of my favorite things... the band Daughtry

A few plans for the rest of the week... Cleaning and trying to get all my laundry done up from my trip, Chase's 8th grade graduation on Thursday, and then Awards Day at school on Friday. Last day of school is Friday!!!


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Check it... My new layout :)

I LOVE my new layout. Thanks so much to Brandi. She is an awesome girl. She is a flight attendant who is just getting into making layouts for blogs. She is one talented girl. She also has a blog with all her designs. You should go visit her... You can find her at Bwise Templates.


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Look out Cincy....

Here we come! I'll be chaperoning my oldest son's 8th grade trip next week. Say a prayer that I survive. LOL

Look what the cat dragged in ....

Hello?? Anyone here? I guess you guys have forgotten me by now. I have been so busy, that I've not been online in FOREVER! Who would have thought that I would be offline for this long? My lap top is still on the fritz. Mainly because I've never taken it to the shop yet. And I haven't dragged the old desk top out of the closet to hook it up. I have been way busier than any one should be. My kids are into too many sports. Not that I'm complaining though. I love them being so active. This is the first year any of my guys have played baseball. Our whole family has fell in love with the sport! We are at the field 6 days a week. Heck, 7 really. Besides all of the practices and games, we usually go down on Sunday afternoon for a quick game with some friends of ours. We all love playing too. I found that I'm a beast when it comes to hitting the ball. I can knock it into the outfield. Just thought I'd brag on that a little. LOL

I have soo many blogs to read and catch up on. I'm at my mom's on her computer right now. It seemed easier to come here and use hers than it is to hook up my desk top. Lazy huh?

Happy Pi Day 3.14

I think the fan in my lap top has stopped working. So I might not be around for a while while it's being fixed.

Hopefully, I'll be back soon.

What I did last night...

I made cake pops! They are sooo good. Hopefully, with practice, I will get better at decorating them. I am going to try to make some for the bake sale that's coming up for the baseball team. So I think I'll make more tonight. Seriously y'all, you can't imagine how good these things are!

The Economy and the small country town.

My Great Grandma lived to be 103 years old. She died 2 years ago. I was always kind of in awe at what all changes she had seen in her lifetime. She was born in a little cabin with no electricity. So to have died only 2 years ago, she saw some major inventions when they were first coming to life. I was always asking her questions about how it was when she was a young girl. I really tried to question her about the Great Depression. But I never got the stories and answers I wanted to hear. The only thing she would tell me is that they really wouldn't have know there was a depression in this part of the country if it hadn't been in the newspapers and such. She said they were so poor that the Depression didn't affect them like it did other people. And now in this time of an economic downturn, I can finally see what she means.

My town is a very poor town. Not all of us that live here are living in poverty. But the majority does. I don't think that most people around here know how bad it actually is in our country. Things always take longer to show up here than they do in the rest of the country. Even fashion fads. What was the big thing 2 seasons ago, is just now getting big here. Same thing goes for economics.

We haven't seen very many job layoffs or foreclosures here. People are actually living a better life now than we were this time last year. Last year, the gas prices were sky high and people were having to take from their food budgets to put gas in their car. And when you live in the country, a car is a must. When town is 10+ miles from your house, you pretty much have to have a car to get there. But we are much better off now since gas is only $1.84 a gallon vs. $3.95 last year!

I thought all was well here... Until last week. My husband logged on to view his retirement statement. We nearly fell over! We have no where NEAR what we thought we'd have. We have been looking at it everyday since then. In 2 days it's lost over $200!! I can't imagine how I would feel if we were close to retirement and lost all of our nest egg. I feel so bad for those people that have worked all their lives to retire to find out they have nothing left to retire on. So sad. It's enough to make you fall into a depression if you think about it long enough. I wonder how the world will be for my sons when they are young adults? Scary thoughts... I do know that there is a cycle of ups and downs in economics. I guess we are just on the downward side right now. I hope it's back on the upturn by the time my sons are older.

I still haven't decided on going back to work. If I do, it will only be 3 days a week. But I have to run it by my mom to see how she feels about keeping the two little ones after school until I get home. Once I talk to her, I guess I will call my old boss and see what my options are.