Guess I should write something, huh?

Now that I have actually sat down at the keys, or rather, have the laptop on my lap *hence the name laptop*, I cannot remember what I was going to write about. So I guess it will be a bunch of random things in no particular order.

Well I hate nights like tonight. I went to bed at 9:30 and was awake at 10:30 and am sitting here WIDE-awake. Hopefully writing for a bit will make me sleepy again.

I did get the OD secret Santa gift in the mail today. I think I may have been on of the few people that had to ship overseas. I hope she gets it on time and likes it. Shipping was almost double the cost of what we were supposed to spend total. If she likes it then it was worth it. 🙂

I still have some shopping to do. I have to get something for my hubby’s niece – most likely it will be a gift card, as I have no idea what she is getting or needs or what size clothes she wears. His sister is still not talking to me. We sent his niece a singing care bear for her birthday at the beginning of November and I have no idea if she received it or not.

We have to get something for T (Kal’s mom’s hubby).

I do want to thank all of you for your kind words of support – and Kim – thank you for checking up on me. I think I have pin pointed the exact reason I have not felt like writing here and why I have been feeling pretty depressed lately. This is our first Christmas without Kalbore’s Mom. Any of you reading me for a while know that Kalbore’s mom passed away in April unexpectedly.

Kalbore’s birthday is on the 23rd. His mom always bought him birthday jeans… I had to do it this year. And I cried. I have been crying allot since April. I picked up the phone to call her several times, and then remember at the last minute that she was not there to talk to.

I am crying right not too. I miss her so much. This is a very hard time for Kal as well. We have no decorations up. We just cannot seem to get into the Christmas spirit. I think we may do some small decorating this weekend on Sunday. No tree though as we do not have room in this tiny house for one.

MrG has decided to start his own Appliance repair business here. There is a rumor that one of the major appliance stores will be closing their service department after the first of the year. They are the busiest one in the area. So MrG thinks he can make a go of it doing that. He is really good at appliance repair as he has done it on and off for over 20 years. He is checking into corporation info now. He is talking to Kalbore about forming a corporation with him and running both the Appliance repair and my photography business under it. Not sure what is going to happen with that. We shall see…

Speaking of the photography business. I have been handing out cards like crazy. I am still trying to get some props for kids like a white porcelain washtub. I could just use a galvanized one until I find one of those old porcelain ones… and I want to get some angel wings. There is a guy who makes and sells them on eBay who lives in Ormond Beach… I need to contact him as he told me he would give me a break on shipping.

I did something I should not have done last week. I went to Best Buy. They had a Canon 20D on display with a lens and I got to hold it and play with it. No CF card in it though… I had a blast and definitely decided that that is the DSLR I want to eventually get.

I had an OD gift angel send me a special package this week.(not my secret Santa gift LOL) 🙂 I received a Nikon Coolpix 8800 camera. She knows who she is and I just want to tell her publicly how much I appreciate & love her. I am still trying to figure out how to use it! LOL You should have seen me trying to adjust focus by trying to turn the lens area like on the DiMage. LOL Too funny. I have been able to download the non printable manual for it but for some strange reason the printable version will not load for me even after registering the camera on their website. I have taken some great shots so far and as soon as I get them off the camera I will post them here for you all to enjoy. Some of them are my cats, some of Autumn and some of this AWSOME Double rainbow.

Kalbore has even gotten into the picture-taking mood… needless to say – I had to delete all the photos he took…. He was shocked I let him take pictures of “that sort” since I am such a prude… LOL OMG did I just type that out loud???

Tomorrow is his company Christmas party and it is being held at the Hyatt Regency at the Orlando Airport. We are going. Which means several things. First I had to go dress shopping, as this affair is semi-formal. JOY of JOYS. My favorite thing is clothes shopping— NOT! Especially since I have gained back almost all the weight I lost. Well I went to Bealls Outlet and I purchased two dresses and let Kal pick which one he liked better. He chose the silver sequin with the black chiffon over it. He told me to keep the lt blue satin with the dark blue velvet. Both are a little over the knee length and sleeveless. I hate going sleeveless as I have fat upper arms. But that was all I could find. I purchased some control top panty hose to suck in my fat gut. Hopefully I will be presentable.

Second thing it means we will be staying overnight at the hotel. Which is good. We need a night away from the small house.

Third – Autumn will be staying with my mom and dad overnight. Her first overnight trip alone. I know she will be a good girl and have fun with grammy and grampy. We will be dropping her off between 1 and 2 and heading over to the hotel. I will get ready there.

And last thing the fourth thing – I have to pack in the morning for Kal and me and also for Autumn. Her stuff will take up the whole trunk for sure! My mom has NOTHING for her at her house so I have to not only pack clothes and diapers, but sippy cups and toys and strollers and playpens and well you get the picture….

Sunday I am going to take the family pictures I have been meaning to do for three weekends now. If it is cold we will put plastic up around the carport and run the dryer to warm it up. We have electric dryer so it won’t be dangerous.

I have a neurologist appointment on Monday at 9:20 am. I am writing it in many different places so I don’t forget. I need to make a list of what to talk to him about. The three biggies being the fact the migraines are NOT being helped by the Keppra, Depression, and Lupus. My mom has Lupus and she said some of the things I have been talking about are just like her symptoms… she has Fibro too. She said that sometimes they couldn’t detect if you have Lupus unless you are in a flare. So I need to talk to him about the possibility of that.

I know I have not posted much about Autumn lately. I am not sure why I am hesitant about writing about her. She is an amazing child. I will work on an entry about her soon, I promise.

We have been invited to my ex-boss’ New Years Eve party. I worked with her at the American Lung Association of Florida – I started there in November of 1998 and I quit Feb of 2003- She left the ALA shortly after that and now works for Volusia County Emergency Management. I had to miss last year but I really want to go this year. It will be a little fun and a great way to maybe get some photography business…. Plus it gives me a reason to either wear that sequin dress or that satin dress.

Well I think I am going to check spelling on this entry and try to go back to sleep. I have a LONG day tomorrow. I will let you all know how the party was!

Hugs and Smooches,
Dakk

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