Life Update

I am back working first shift this week. I returned to first after working 2 weeks on second shift only to have my husband leave town to go back to IL. No big deal, I thought...he'll be back on Thursday. Well.....he had to do laundry and iorn by himself this week, and not becuase I am a neglectful wife and have not done any cleaning or laundry becuase we have been working so much. It is becuase he went to Danville for a 2 day trip and ended up staying the week. He called me on Tuesday to let me know that he'll be home on Saturday and then turn around and go back on Monday and be gone until Thanksgiving......Bummer.

At least we have some prearranged time off around Thanksgiving. That will be nice. We're going to visit my family in Texas and relax and get massages, and facials, and golf. (The girls will go to the spa...the guys to golf...I don't want any rumors floating around that he went to a spa :> )

Yielop or Stield??

People are changing rules all the time. And I am not talking about little rules, I mean big rules that effect the entire population. I don't know if it's true or not ( I could Wiki it, but I don't have the time) but I remember someone talking about changing where you put commas.

I was taught to put comma before the word 'and' in a group.

Tom, Dick, and Harry went over yonder to the crick.

What I think I remember someone talking about is that they now eliminate that comma.

Tom, Dick and Harry went over yonder to the crick.

If you are going to change something as big as that, you should send a letter to all parties involved and let them know. (i.e. Dear World.....in efforts to save the planet and become more green, we are reducing the amount of ink and toner used by reducing the commas that you use.....)

Another rule change I heard about was changing the way school children are doing long division. Growing up we would always write the number and then draw that sideways L over the big number and divide. I hear there is some new ladder method now. If my kids came home with homework, I would not know the first thing about the Ladder method....did anyone write a letter and inform us they were changing? Maybe mine got lost in the move?

I have decided that they need to change rules and invent a new traffic sign. A cross between a Yield and a Stop is needed. (Hence the title of the post). There are a few...not many...places where you don't really need to come to a complete stop, but if you put a yield sign there, too many people would be going too fast and cause an accident. I have one such situation on my way to work EVERY day. There is a stop sign right before some railroad tracks. No one ever stops there.....they just slow down and look as they are approaching and then continue on. Like a California stop. Now....if you put a yield sign there, people would be going too fast to stop before a train hit them, so a Yielop sign is needed. I have no idea how you would monitor if some one Yielped or Yielded...I leave that to the Police. I am just an idea person...and there is my idea.

'He poked me first!'

So....my husband was showing me facebook and chuckled as he clicked on a 'Poke' icon.


'What are you doing?'

'Kevin poked me'

'What?'

'Your brother poked me, I am poking him back'

'does something special happen?'

Pause....'no'

So....he clicks on this icon and then proceeds to confirm that, yes he wants to poke him back, and wha-la! Nothing....the pop up window that said 'Kevin has been poked' disappeared.

Riveting and exciting night for us here in the deep south......

I don't know if I get this face book thing...but I am sure I'll get drawn in.....

Mail fail

There is a blog out there called failblog.org

Well, I have qualified for that, and it looks like it runs in the family.

I sent a letter to a friend that was supposed to have a check in it. Well, two days later my husband goes to write a check an sees that the check is still in the check book. I wrote the check, wrote the letter, mailed the letter, and forgot to put the check in it. So....another 40some cents to the mail carriers for a second letter.


I ran to the store this morning and when I got back, there was a package on our front porch. As I walk to the porch I notice the package is upside down and think, 'Way to go UPS man'.....then I look closer and think....Oops mom:)

Thanks for the $2bills too :)

Stripping at work

That is what I do....sometimes I strip at work.......electrical wires that is. I take for granted that I know about tools and the general use of them. (Thanks Dad) I assume that everyone has stripped a wire before or crimped on an electrical terminal. I am learning not to assume that people know that and I found my self asking someone last night.

"Have you ever stripped before?"

I chuckled to myself after I said it and then added ' ...a wire. Stripped a wire?'

Ma'am

I used to be upset when I got a 'Ma'am' at the grocery store in IL. Down here, you hear Ma'am all the time. I have learned it has different meanings.

1. 'Yes Ma'am' - an affirmative answer to a question or a request.
'Will you stay here and make fan panels while I show them how to install the motor mounts?'
'Yes Ma'am'

2. 'Ma'am?' - A polite way to say 'What?'
'Bill, hand me the Solenoid Harness and strain relief'
'Ma'am?'
'That black wire and plastic c-clamp thing'
'Oh, Yes Ma'am'

Sir can be used in the same way. I seem to get a lot more of 2. than 1. Maybe its my accent or that I talk to fast.

Next lesson will be on the work 'Reckin'

Craigs list is awesome

I think I just made $75 bucks in 2 min flat from Craig's list.

We had our first day off from work this Sunday. We spent time cleaning and organizing the garage so we could actually walk through it. We were able to get pictures of the furniture that does not fit in the house and we are going to try to sell. I had 6 things to post. I literally got an offer 1 min after posting an add about tables, called the lady, and she is on her way now to pick them up. Not bad for a mornings work. (It just means that now I have to get dressed and can't hang out in my PJ's all day.)

I am on second shift again this week. I don't think I am adjusting well. Last week, I woke up around 10am and was watching TV...I noticed that football was on. I thought to myself, why are they playing football on Friday? Around 12:30 my mom called and I think...oh...she is calling me on her lunch hour. She soon helps me realize that it is Saturday not Friday and I have not talked to her in about 2 weeks. Yikes...this 3pm to 3am thing is not good for me.

Here is a picture from one of our projects. He decided to try sand this time instead of rocks in the fish tank. Looks pretty cool. Now we just need fish. (I am not going to let him buy any more 24601's)