Just a Spoon Full of Sugar

The Wall of Brown

I never really have thought about what it means to be the wife of a UPS driver. Today, I know.

A little over a week ago, a UPS driver was killed while driving back from his UPS route. He hit hail on the road and lost control of his vehicle. The coroner said he died instantly. He was 48 years old.

Jeff and I went to the funeral today. They had a special section reserved for UPS employees and their wives/husbands. It was such a huge area that I was sure it would never be filled. It was. The guys had gotten together and asked the family if it would be appropriate for the guys/gals to come in their uniforms. The family said that would be wonderful if all the employees did that as Tim (the man killed) was going to be buried in his UPS uniform. DH and my sister made ribbons and UPS donated pins to hold the ribbons together. Every driver wore a ribbon in honor of Tim today. As the service was going on, I looked around and discovered that the entire section that I was sitting in was filled with brown. Men and women in their brown uniforms, holding Kleenex, crying, consoling one another and some just sobbed holding their heads in their hands. I can't tell you the feeling that welled up inside me when I looked around and saw all the brown. Every single UPS driver was there today. Everyone. I cried like a baby today.

Today, I saw what brown can do for me. It made me VERY proud.

To My Single Friends Out There

For all the single guys and gals out there.  Are you tired of playing the computer dating game or on-line services that take your money and leave you dateless on a Saturday night?  Well try internet dating in a new way.  A credit card is not required to sign up for this service and it is totally free.  Free, you may say?  No way.  Yes way.  This is a free internet dating service. There are no tricks or gimmicks.  If you have tried other dating services where the only thing you have on that Saturday night is an empty pocketbook, then give this dating service a try.  It's free, so what have you got to lose?  You just may find your true love!

Friday, 1:03 a.m....what are you doing?

Uggg..it's after 1:00 a.m. and I am wide awake.  I have got to stop drinking those triple lattes mid afternoon.  It's my own fault that I can't sleep.  If you had three shots of espresso at 4:00 p.m., I would probably be reading your blog about how you can't sleep.

It's already Friday and I have a busy day ahead of me.  I have to run some business errands and do some of my homework.  I also have a lead on a job which I am pursuing.  I wasn't going to do it, but I think I am changing my mind.  Hopefully, it will be something that will fit my schedule.

What else?  My kid and husband are snoring very loudly so I probably won't be able to sleep anyway!  Even the cat snores.  I have one of the kitties snuggled next to me fast asleep.  She's my computer kitty.  She loves to watch me type.  I think she likes to watch the mouse move, but I pretend she likes to read what I write. 

Okay, off to count some sheep!

Sprint Phones...I'm a Visual Gal!

I am a pretty visual person.  I like how things look and I think about the details later.  So, when the question asked to me is, "Would you rather have a nice looking Sprint cell phone or a great cell phone plan", my response would have to be the nice looking Sprint cell phone.  Materialistic?  Probably.  I just like how things look or the features that electronics have.  I think about the cost of what they are AFTER I make my purchase, which makes me a sales person's dream come true and my husband's nightmare come true. LOL

I like bling and glitz.  I like the phones with the cameras (which I currently don't have).  I like the phones with the easy text pad so you can text.  Sure, cell phone plans are important, especially when the bill comes in, but I tend to think about it WHEN the bill comes in. I know a lot of my friends out there have Sprint already, but if you don't and you are looking for a new cell phone and plan, check them out.  They have some awesome phone plans and also some terrific FREE phone.  You can't beat a free cool looking phone with some great features.  I want a new phone with a camera so I am going to be checking out some options to see what I can find.  Who knows?  You just might find a cool phone AND an awesome phone plan that meets all your needs.

Open House

Justin's Kindergarten teacher is sick today and tonight is Open House.  The Room Mother (never understood that name..how can you mother a room)...anyway, she called and asked if I would help set up and be there as a body.  Sure.  I have a body so I can be there.  I was planning on going anyway, so it works out fine.  I am sure it will be a blast to spend an hour with 15 Kindergartens, their parents and stick figures hanging from the wall as art.  She assured me that the principal would be "popping in and out", so that should also be interesting.  I should start counting the popping in's and the out's.  Me thinks the out's might win.

Not much else going on today.  Evil Jenelle came out today because as my husband phrases it, (is it that time of the month)?  "Yeah, it is and so what, I screamed".  He quietly walked out the door and left for work.  Okay, gotta work on it.  It's just really hard to be a woman.  Men may think it is hard to figure out women, but try being one.  That's even more of a challenge.

Okay, gotta go meet the bus for the Wee One.  He should be home soon.

Blackberry....Food or Phone??

I have to admit that I had never heard of a Blackberry until I read the book, The Devil Wears Prada.  I had to actually do research on Google to figure out what it was.  Blackberries had always been this awesome fruit that I used to eat off my grandparents farm and then when I got older, I ate it with my peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.  So, to know that a Blackberry is this awesome little PDA that is a glorified cellphone, made me want one desperately.  After seeing the movie from which I first discovered the Blackberry word in reference to something other than fruit, my intrigue grew.  I would go to my local cell phone outlets and drool over Blackberry (the phone/PDA, not the fruit).  When I checked out this BlackBerry 8300 , I realized that I was way out of my league in terms of knowledge as to what the capabilities of a Blackberry can do.  I knew it was the King of all Kings of cellphones, but I had no idea that it had so many features.  The BlackBerry 8300 is this very slim phone, but has a full keyboard.  It is kind of like a sports car of Blackberries.  It has spell check, voice activated dialing which lets you use your own voice to connect with your friends and family.  And get this...it has a GPS!  It also has a camcorder to record anything you want, not to mention the capability of taking pictures.   The multi-media features on this Blackberry are astronomical!   It does everything except clean the kitchen sink (and who knows..that may be the next upgrade).  LOL  Oh, and I forgot to mention that it has an MP3 player and has Bluetooth Wireless technology which is very important, especially if you want to talk on your PDA hands free.  This would make an awesome Mother's Day Gift, Father's Day Gift, birthday gift, or just a gift to yourself!  Seriously, check out the link and all the features that you get with this Blackberry. It's amazing!!  I wonder if I can print this out and leave this for my husband to find so he can get a jump on my birthday.  Hmm...sounds like a good idea!

Something a Little Upbeat

I took my six year old son to his first dance on Friday.  6 years old and they are going to dances.  We picked up a friend of his (male) and I figured they would hang out at the wall of the gym and pick their noses.  Boy, was this Mom wrong wrong wrong.  These two maniacs children started dancing and spinning and sliding all over the dance floor.  Two other Kindergarten girls joined in.  Yes, these 6 year olds were dancing.  Not your John Travolta Saturday Night Fever dancing, but it still resembled some form of a dance ritual.  They took a break to drink a brewsky...Root Beer and then were out doing their thing again.  I just sat there and tried to remember what I was doing on a Friday night when I was six.  Probably watching a Snoopy special and going to bed in my flannel jammies.

Times....they are a changin'.

Crash Site

We went and saw the crash site today.  I made up a mock "In Memory Of" plaque out of a piece of old wood.  I put some wildflowers beside it.  It was a somber drive home.

48 years old.  DH is so upset that it breaks my heart.  48 years old.

Makes you want to just hug your loves ones and never let them leave the house again.

Sad

A UPS driver up here was killed while working on Thursday.  He had been with the center for a long time and there is much sadness within the UPS community.  It has been the first loss of life of UPS at this station.  It is a very small community and there are only about 35 drivers or so.  You can imagine it has set everyone into shock.  They are planning memorial services, but really everyone is numb.  He had children and a family and the whole thing is just so tragic.  DH is taking it very hard as he knew him.

In other news, as a diversion, I had C over for a sleepover with J.  They have been screaming little creatures, but are having a good time.  C goes home in a couple of hours and then I think we will just work on J's room and get some closet space to hang more of our clothes.  We need some mindless project to keep our minds off things.  Later, DH and I are going to dinner for our anniversary.  I am going to have a nice ole on the rocks margarita, so I can't wait.

That's about it from here.

Weird Day

Today was so weird.  It was pouring down rain here and I was in a funk until DH went and got me a triple latte shot.  Ahhhhh....my blood started to warm up and it was SO nice.  I think I will keep him!

I have a job opportunity which I need to think about.  It would put a dent in my goals that I have set for myself, but it would be immediate income.  I am leaning more towards not taking it, but I don't know.  It is office work for an individual who wants her organization re-organized.  Anyway, my girlfriend recommended me (which was so nice).  I'll have to think about it.

J has his first school dance on Friday.  I am going to pick up his friend C and then will go together and hang out, eat cookies and do whatever Kindergartners do at a dance (which is probably little to no dancing).

My grammar course is going well. It is hard to fit it in, but I am determined to do so.

Okay, speaking of which, I need to go work on it right now.