Life

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Things I have been up to lately

I haven't had a chance to put my pics on my computer from my camera till the other day. Here is a picture loaded blog of what I have been up to lately.

A friend at work needed a card holder for her granddaughters graduation so she ask me to come up with something. Here is what I came up with. It has a slot in the back to put the cards in and the bottom comes undone so that you can get the cards out. She really liked it.
I have been working on the BOM Christmas squares. I have these done so far. I still have the 6th one in my bag to do, just haven't had time to work on it. I believe there are 9 blocks. I haven't decided what material I am going to use for the borders around each one. But I have time for that.
A friend had a baby recently and I made this for her to hang in the baby's room. She really liked and took a picture of me holding it so she could put it in her baby book. I am not a fan of having my picture taken but oh well sometimes you have to bite the bullet and just smile.

I went to another NASCAR race June 14th with my mother and daughter in Michigan and we are going back again in August. The MC for this race was Kid Rock. He was the one who said "Gentlemen start your engines" and rode in the pace car at the start of the race. We sit in the front rows on start finish line. This was the view we had from our seats of him on the track before race started.
Here is another pic of him from our seats. I am not a fan of his but it was cool seeing him in person. We saw him walking around in the merchandise area but you couldn't get close because of all the people trying to get his autograph. I settled for a pic from my seat.

They had this cool skydiving team before the race started. This was the last one that came down. This is what I saw above my head from my seat. They were really cool.

Last weekend was Relay for Life here in LaPorte. I am with a team with some coworkers. The theme this year was Holidays. Our team chose St. Patricks Day. I was in charge of making the crazy hat for the contest. Here is what I came up with. It was time consuming but lots of fun to make. I glued these little 1" squares to make the rainbow. I didn't think I would ever get done. I did both sides of the rainbow. There were 3 little pots of gold filled with gold coins at the end of the rainbow. I put these 3 green mugs with four leaf clover coins on the other side. It turned out cute. We didn't win :( but it was still fun.
Here is a picture of me wearing the hat. I also had these green mug glasses as part of the costume. The pic is hard to see as it was dark and it was taken at 3a. It rained again this year, well rather it stormed. Thunderstormed! We had lightening and they made everyone go to the barns for protection. Some of the teams tents got blown down and some broke and blew away. Our team faired pretty good. We had enough coverage and was held down pretty good. All in all even though it was a very wet long night (5p-8a) we had a fun time. Can't wait to see what next year brings. Its all for a good cause.

Well I hope you enjoyed the pics of what I have been up to lately. Between work, sleep, daily duties, and of course family my time is very busy. Take care and hope you enjoy your day.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

I WANT TO SCREAM!!!!

I need to vent, major VENT!!!! A little background information first...In the last 3-4 mail days I have received approximately 12 pieces of mail for a man who does not live here, never lived here, have no clue as to who he is. We have the same last name but that is the only similarity. I didn't think to much of one or two pieces of mail, but 12...I decided I needed to open some of these and see what was going on. Some felt like they had credit cards in them. Well they did. There was also a bill from a store with over $900 worth of merchandise charged on it in a 2 day period. All high end clothing. There were credit denials from credit cards, stores, etc. I started calling all these places to make sure my SS# was not linked to any of these. Thankfully it wasn't. But here is the reason I want and feel the need to VENT. YOU CAN NOT TALK TO A LIVE PERSON ANYMORE WITHOUT GOING THROUGH A 30 MINUTE OF PRESS THIS AND THAT. SOMETIMES NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU PRESS THROUGH THE MENU YOU STILL CAN'T TALK TO A LIVE PERSON AND THE CALL ENDS. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS WORLD THAT WE CAN'T GET TO SPEAK TO A LIVE PERSON. AND ONE WHO SPEAKS ENGLISH!!!!!!!! It was suggested I contact one of the major credit report companies and put an alert on my report for someone using my address. Well 30 min later I never did get to talk to anyone and got hung up on 3x. I pressed everything pertinent to what I wanted done, including pressing 0 and # in hopes the system would somehow put me through to a LIVE person. But to no avail. I even tried the websites that was suggested but trying to navigate around those is just as bad. Why does everything have to be so high tech. What are people afraid to actually speak to others? I got some good responses to some of the places I called and they were very thankful that I called and that I was an honest person and reported this. Shoot I have 5 credit cards right in front of me right now that all I have to do is call to activate them and I can have a ball if I was a dishonest person, which I am not. I am going to run them through the shredder so no one can use them. I don't know if this person whos name is on the cards is a victim also, or what exactly is going on. But come on people what can we do. I know everyone seems to think that automation is the way to go, and for the most part on any normal circumstance it is, BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN PRESSING 1,2, 3 OR 4 DOES NOT TAKE CARE OF WHAT YOU NEED DONE.

I don't have an answer to this problem, and I will continue to call each and every place I get a piece of mail from for this person. In hopes that I will get it taken care of and keep trying to get a live person. I know the economy is bad and I am sure that has a lot to do with what is happening with this and why I am getting so many things, but you could put some of these people to work actually ANSWERING THE PHONE. That alone would create a lot of jobs!!!!!!!!

Ok I feel a little better, Not completly but its better then yelling, screaming, stomping my feet and turning red.

Have a wonderful day and enjoy this weather.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Oh the rain, must it keep coming?

Now don't get me wrong, rain is a good thing. But in moderation. Yes its great for the plants, grass, lakes, etc. But...come on pretty much everyday, this is getting crazy. I just hope it gets it all out of its system before Sunday. My favorite pastime is watching Nascar racing and this weekend I am going to the race in Brooklyn, MI. I really don't go many places. Between my work and trying to get some sleep there just doesn't seem to be any time to take off for any length of time to go anywhere. But I do come heck or high water go to 2 Nascar races a year. Both of them up in Michigan. Its about a 3hr drive from here. The track is about an hour south of Detroit. A girl has to get some excitement in her life and Nascar happens to be mine. My granddaughter calls me a nerd. She thinks its crazy to go. Thats ok, I will be a nerd, I don't mind. Come on rain, GO AWAY!!!!!


Speaking of my granddaughter, Morgyn, she is officially a senior in high school now that school is out for the year. I can't believe it. Seems only yesterday she was this little toddler running around hanging on to my leg. Now she is driving, working, off with her friends, going to prom, growing up. It happened in a blink of an eye. Her and my grandson, Kharson, are the love of my life.

They really do both make me so proud. I just wish I saw my grandson. I just keep praying that he remains safe and the day comes where I can see him on a regular basis. Ok don't want to get all emotional here. I pray that God will work it all out for whats best for him.

Today I have some crafts I need to get done. I am making a graduation cap card box for a lady at work and I need to make the crazy hat for Relay for Life. The theme this year is holidays and our team picked St Patty Day. Its always fun to see what people come up with. Relay is next weekend. Hard to believe its already here. And 4th of July is right around the corner. This year is going by so fast. I have been working on some embroidery and cross stitch things. I need to download them to my computer so that I can post them. I will be taking pics of the box and hat when I am done. Crafts keep me out of trouble...LOL of course thats another thing that my granddaughter just laughs and says I need to get a life. Hey this is my life. I am not complaining. I do things that make me happy and thats what counts. Morgyn and I went shoe shopping the other day. I wanted to find some summer sandals. I found a couple pair I really liked and of course she had to make a comment. "Those look like grandma shoes" I just looked at her and said "well then that works out because I am a grandma". There was this other customer in the same aisle and she just started laughing and I thought she was going to pee her pants as much as she was laughing and holding her stomach. She told me "that was a good one and I will have to remember that next time my grandkids say something to me" I just smiled.

Well I need to get going and get my day started. I have so many things on my list to accomplish for today. Take care and hope you enjoyed reading. Have a wonderful day and don't forget to stop and smell the flowers.