I hope you all are enjoying your summer and get to have some outdoors time by the water on the beautiful days this weather provides!

Have a happy Thursday.

I'm heading to the parks today to read the new books I got for the mena summer book club and watch the people floating to Boise River.

morning

sounds like a very restful day for you Olivia, ENJOY!!as for me sometimes i feel like im the energizer bunny it's hard to believe that in a few weeks, i will be doing the "back to school shopping" their schools lists are getting ridiculous from the school, it makes me wonder if they think we live in Beverly Hills or something.

wishing everybody a fabulous thursday!!!

Good morning everyone!! Hi Olivia....you are up early like me!! Hope you have a great day
at the park....enjoy your books.

g'morning everyone.

Hey everyone...
Just got back from my mini vacation last night al hamdulillah i had a good time wish i stayed there i cant stand the city now!! arghh traffic noise n pollution!!:( anyways im waiting to hear case complete anytime soon, keep me in ur prayers.

Happy Thursday to u all...

morning. Just had a yummy omlette with tomatoes, feta and spinach! YUM!

good morning to all ..

That does sound yummy...I had cereal....boooooo

I have to work a 10.5 hour shift today! YUCK!!! That is one long day at a bank, especially the last day of the month when we are tryin to meet all our goals...uughh anywaaays

Jackie, HOW BOUT THESE GAS PRICES!!! i found gas at 3.98 the other day...thats down like 40cents from last week! How exciting!

well i only have 2 hours to get myself and the baby ready..so i better get going...

gas here 3.37

Morning Mena!! Didn't sleep so well from 4:30 on. But off to work i go. Gas is down to 3.77 here. I hope it keeps going down.

A woman in Wal-Mart asked me what a thumb drive was the other day. It was on the list of required supplies for her elementary-aged child. I guess it makes sense. Harder to destroy than a floppy. And a heck of a lot easier to lose!

Yea for the gas prices!

Kel, I met my monthly goal! I started on July 14th and we co-authored a goal of $13,000 for me...well, 2 weeks in the door...and I turned in over $15,000 and a good thing too, cuz this new company is totally 'make a goal' type place.

Gonna be a hot hot weekend around here.

jJ

good job, we knew you could...i got a raise on this check and my timeline is now oct 16 hope it keeps moving

I don't know why but I've been listening to Dean Martin all morning long at work. For some reason if I really make-pretend it makes me feel like I'm in a five star hotel lobby waiting for my husband to come downstairs so we can go on our private yacht that we rented for the day with a butler and chef included.

deam on little dreamer for tomorrow is another day

Howdy all! Got a busy day at work here! Have a good one!

Yikes!!! It's gonna be 105 today!!

$3.70-$3.77 here.

are you copying Jenn! w/ the new name change?

I wish $3.98 is the lowest I've seen around here... most are at $4.11 or more

But still much better than before when it was pushing $4.50

Jackie! Outstanding! Im glad things are really working out for you there...Hopefully with losing that commute, you will have more expendable income and can take that stress off your shoulders!!

Yes i saw it is going to be in the upper 90's this weekend and into next week...One things for sure..I wont be going to the beach anytime soon...The pain from my sunburn has just reduced and this is 6 DAYS after i got burned! i did aloe and tea baths daily...well I learned my lesson, from now on i use Zaids 50spf sunscreen!

i have a half hour til I have to leave...and the baby is sleeping...30 minutes of quiet VJ time...NICCE

Gas is around 3.59-3.65 it was a drop from 4.12 last week.

Congrats on a job well done Jackie! I'm sure that makes you feel like you've done the right thing!

Gas is $3.98 here. Rumor has it the price of gas is dropping so McCain has a chance in the general elections.

How would that work? He's for offshore drilling so I would think if the price was higher the people who are all for that would be more inclined to vote for him. I've never been good at understanding politics though.

It has to do with public opinion blaming the Republican party for the steady rise in gas prices during Bush's administration.

Good Morning Everyone!!!!!!!

I hope everyone has a great day.....

Today is my Friday and I the day just can't seem to go fast enough.

I'm still trying to convince myself to not go to class tonight - It's the last day before the final oral exams and it's just review. I would be much better off using the time for some quite review time at my own pace, but knowing this prof. he would probably give a graded pop quiz or something and part of the class grade is based on attendance I have a 4.0 and don't want to loose it, so I should go, but I'm trying hard to talk myself out of it

Why is it your food posts always have the same effect over me?????? you always have the best choices for lunch and I always get hungry!

( and hungry )

Good morning everyone! It's too hot here to do anything, I just want to fill the bathtub and soak until the weather gets cooler

Hugs,

Ayesha

come work with me! We have an amazing cafeteria!!!!!

Anybody here from Henna Rose and how she is doing?

'mornin gals n guys.

yay jackie for reachin ur goal! congrats!!!

Hubby took me to see the area that a townhome is in and would possibly be free for us. Now, Free is good and the area is good BUT the townhome is in more of an apartment complex type setting. It has 3 bedrooms and all of them are upstairs (which is a downer for me coz I get creeped out if I come home to an empty home that has an upstairs..who knows who'se hiding up there...OR am sleeping upstairs and there's nobody downstairs guarding the door for burgalars.) Yeah I'm a baby but hey, its me. We're gonna go look at the inside of it today ensha'allah so we will see if I approve or not.
Would u all move someplace u didn't like just coz it was free?

Free is awfully tempting, but how free is "free"? And how do I find a free place?

I probably would... think of it this way - it would give you the opportunity to save up for the place you will love, not just be okay with.... think of what you could do with the income you are not spending on rent or mortgage.

that's just comeing from someone who pays half of my monthly income on rent alone and doesn't actually make enough to cover rent and bills (not including food and gas)




Good point

I would never move to a place that creeps you out and where you feel unsafe. But besides that are there strings attatched?

If not...

My heart goes out to you! We all talk about gas prices but just this year food has increased 18%. that really adds up each week too! Hope some kind of windfall comes your way soon!

well, the strings are very minimal. The place needs a little bit of work but we were considering telling the "landlord" that it had to be fixed before we would accept. The air doesn't work and it needs paint touch-ups (or something like that) I haven't actually seen the inside yet so I dunno how bad it is (if at all). It is for sale for 95,000 but in an area thats got 500,000 dollar homes so the area is really really nice.
Its down briar forest on wood "something or other" (for those of u familiar with my area). maybe 10 to 15 minutes from my apartment. It would be nice money wise ... maybe I would just sleep on the couch....

Youu could borrow Fred and let him guard the door downstairs so you could sleep upstairs

So techincally it's not "free" but I"m assuming the sale of your other home covers this so in that case no mortgage? I"d go for it! You can always invest some of the money you're saving in a security system so you'd know if someone is in your house or not!

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hubby had a full physical on Monday and the doctor gave him a shot and a tb test. Well Tuesday night he started having the chills and 102.5 temp and was sooo achey so I gave him 2 tylenol but he insisted on "hot lemonade" so I got him that too. Fever went down to 100 and of course it had nothing to do with the tylenol because the hot lemonade made him better. whatever.

anyhoo he went back yesterday so they could check the tb test and they said the fever/chills is due to his shot which who knows what was in there I think dyptheria and a few other things.


today it's hot as hell and I just called and he has had the a/c OFF all day long AND is wearing his flannel jammies AND a fleece jacket AND a fluffy blanket and is STILL cold. I asked him why the a/c was off when he knows that I hate the heat and he said it is what made him sick.


So.....................tylenol does nothing, hot lemonade is what cures you of a fever and innoculation side effects are insignificant compared to the evils of air conditioning.

Fred can come play with me anytime. Its just hubster u have to get to agree with it lol!!!
oh, and these places have NO yards whatsoever..NONE, ZIP, ZILCH, NADA, NUNYA. Not that we go outside a lot but still ..I like to see trees and grass outside my window...

Brig..that makes me FUME ..grrrrrrrr! Those boys and air conditioning. It seems that urs is a little bit worse than mine was coz it only took mine a few months to agree that A/C was a must in the hot weather. When I explained to him that it was cheaper to set the thermostat rather than turn the air off and then have to re-cool the house all the time...it started sinking in. Hey maybe u could compromise and maybe try setting the thermostat at a hotter temp than usual... so if u like it normally at 70..try 75 for a while. Then, at least, you won't have to cool the whole dang house every evening and u'd save a bundle on electric bills...

Happy Thursday MENA!! I'm just getting up and around after last night with the twins "post" shot day...yikes. They have been dolls and really just needed some hugs and tylenol...LOL

Free is VERY tempting...I'm in a townhome now...I hate it. We literally have 3 floors to run up and down...groceries, mail, babies, etc...YUCK!! We are moving to a split floor plan/single level home that is larger than our 3 floors, imagine that!...I LOVE IT! We have been dying to move for a while and now with the twins...it was a good excuse...we don't want all the stairs with the babies!!

I'm so happy the weekend is almost here! MY GRAMMY IS COMING SATURDAY!!! YAY!!!

Its a constant fight with mine about the air conditioning and fans. He thinks that the air conditioning gives him a cold in his shoulder. Really i think he hurt it at work. I'm scared he has torn rotator cuff. i spent half the night listening to him cry about it. Til i moved on the couch. I told him i have to have the air on in order to breath because of my asthma. For the most part he leaves it alone, but not without complaining, and making me feeling guilty because he is in pain.

OH and AMAL!!! One more thing...Our electric bill with the 3 floors and running AC a lot...HOLY CRAP!!! Its outrageous...I know I live in AZ but not worth it with the garage below us ground floor its the truth HEAT RISES and keeps our AC constantly running. STINKS. I can't wait for the new house and 1/2 the electric! LOL

Yes - as long as it was safe and clean - most definitely clean, because I get skeeved out easily.

I see you down there, Amal... what's the scoop on the condo? Inquiring minds want to know

I am soooooooo glad to be home from work. The hours 'in' are a little longer than I am used to, so being away from a computer is making me crazy.

Amal...did you say the air does not work? Tell him there is no bootiesnugglin unless there is air.

jJ

yes...do tell....

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