Just Roxy

Forget December

Roxy — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:17:49 +0000

Sometimes that is exactly what I want to do. December was always one of my favorite months. I enjoy the family time, decorating, giving, etc that comes with this time of year. I hate the snow and the cold but in my decorated house I am warm and fuzzy.

As I get older I am having a hard time with the sadness that also comes with this time of year for some people. Many people get sad with the cold weather and it getting darker earlier. But for those who have lost a loved one this time of year it is extra difficult.

For me it started in 2006 when I lost my father in December. I don’t talk about him much but I do think about him. The following December a family friend passed away. A beautiful mother of two who was way too young to die. It just continues…. my one bosses father just passed two days ago, my friends brother, and the sad news that my mother in law is in stage 4 cancer.

December should be off limits for bad news if you ask me. But we have to try and continue on and remember all the good things about the people we love. Life is short. Make sure to spend time with your family over the holidays!

Happy Holidays and may Angels watch over you.

My many obsessions

Roxy — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:29:17 +0000

I don’t think I have OCD but I do obsess about things. I have had many more obsessions over the years but I will mention a few and yes a new one.

* I started scrapbooking years ago. I bought scrapbooking albums and got my Girl Scout troop interested in scrapbooking. I have done two Girl Scout Scrapbooks, one partially done one for hubby as a gift, and one family album with about 4 pages in it. I haven’t scrapbooked in about 5 years tho I still collect supplies for when I do. I have drawers of supplies like stickers, stampers and even bought another scrapbook album about two months ago. But have yet to actually scrapbook or print many pictures in years.

* I became obsessed with making my own jewlery at one time. I started with beads of all sorts and moved on to buying clay and making my own beads. I haven’t touched my supplies in about 3 years.

* I became obsessed with computers when I got my first one about 14 years ago. I wanted to learn and know everything about them. I taught myself html and wound up enrolling in college to learn even more. I thought I was going to work with computers one day. I had to quit going to school for other reasons but never went back and stopped obessing about computers. Of coarse I blog, facebook, etc but I don’t study them nor care to anymore. My geek status is in the toilet.

* When my husband was in the military he was stationed in Savannah, GA. I had always wished we never left and missed the south. Now and then I would mention wanting to move back one day but it wasn’t until we went on vacation an hour from Savannah that i became obsessed with it. We have vacationed there every year since and my need to move there becomes a bigger obsession each year. I don’t think that will ever die until I do move there.

* My newest obsession is painting. A friend of mine and I came up with the idea to paint to let out some creativity and boredom. I had never painted before and researched the net for some inspiration. I came up with the idea to print out theme words and pick them out to use in each piece. The first one I used was “smoking”. I used actual cigarette pieces in my finished painting.

I have made a total of two craft store shopping trips in a week and spent over $100 on my new obsession. I think I needed a creative outlet but I hope this one lasts.

Is it a form of OCD? I do get pretty crazy and obsess about having enough supplies. I notice I especially get obessed with creative outlets but never keep up with them for some reason.

Ever had that feeling?

Roxy — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:33:45 +0000

Do you ever get the feeling that something bad is going to happen? It has happened to me many times over the years.

One in particular in the past was while driving on the highway something horrible came over me and I told my husband to get off the highway. I didn’t know if it was just my anxiety or what but he actually listened and we never found out if I was just nuts or if anything happened. I don’t think I really wanted to know.

The night before my dog died last year both me and my youngest daughter felt something was off.

It usually doesn’t happen that often but reacently it happened twice. I never know if it’s my immediate family or someone else close to us.

Last weekend I was supposed to go on a camping trip in Ohio. Unfortunatly I wound up with bronchitis with a touch of pneumonia early in the week and sent my family without me. I had a bad feeling the night before they left but was hoping everything was ok and didn’t want to freak them out by telling them. As it happens I was meant to stay home for a very good friend of mine who needed me. Once she was okay and with me the feeling went away.

This past Sunday I woke up with that feeling. I knew something was going to go wrong. My daughter babysat for a good friend of ours only to have her call us to pick her up as he was injured in an ATV accident. He is okay but when I heard that I knew my bad feelings from that morning had let loose. The creepy part is my yougest again told me she felt something that morning as well.

Once I know what the bad thing is I feel better. Not better as in I am happy but my mental state is better because I feel like I don’t have to worry anymore.

Everything happens for a reason. I just hate waking up and spending my day worrying, waiting until something bad happens. I wish there was something I could do to know, to stop things from happening but most often I can’t and can just be there for the aftermath.

Am I nuts? Is it some womens intuition? Is there something out there telling me something? Again, am I nuts?

Dog Collection

Roxy — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:35:30 +0000

There was a time I wanted more children and was upset that we choose early in life that we were done. You can’t blame us after having three by 25. I am one of those people who wanted nothing more out of life than to be a stay at home mom and take care of a gaggle of kids.

For many years I was a Girl Scout Leader enjoying other peoples kids to fill that void. It did start with my daughter wanting to be a Girl Scout, but little did I know how much it would fill a need for me.

I have a need to care for others. Its something naturally in me. My kids are all getting older with my youngest 12 and my oldest graduating high school this year. We talk all the time and spend time together but they don’t need that nurturing I miss giving to a toddler. I now work full time and no longer do Girl Scouts after 11 years so whats a girl to do to fill that nuturing need? My answer is apparently collecting dogs.

Of coarse I had Angel who passed away last year and she filled a huge part of my heart. She was like one of my children and when she died I felt like I lost a child. I am apparently over compensating for the need to nuture and the need to have back ups.

So welcome Baby, Pudgy and the newest addition Itty Bitty. My husband said I am done collecting.

One day at a time

Roxy — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:24:08 +0000

I feel better than I ever have though worry that one day the meds will stop working. I started at 20mg and am up to 60mg now.

There are some downfalls or side effects but I wouldn’t ever consider going back. I like who I am and how I feel everday.

Parts of my life have always been stressful which has never helped. Things got out of control however when I started working. I dont mind working and it has its benefits but the environment is so far from healthy I really feel it pushed my anxiety over the edge. As much as I feel better still the most stressful work days throw me close to panic if not back into it. I have had jobs in the past and anxiety all my life. I keep going, for my kids.

I am hoping that my life will change for the better soon. We have decided to move to Savannah, GA next summer if all goes well. The warm weather definetly plays a big part in my overall good feeling as well so it should help make a difference. I am also hoping that the southern hospitality makes for a better environment.

Don’t ever give up

Roxy — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:16:15 +0000

On your dreams… They may come true when the time is right.

Coupon Deal

Roxy — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:29:56 +0000

I have decided to get into the world of extreme couponing, but on a more mini level. The people that are real extreme I doubt have a full time job, that is their full time job.

Today I found a deal that I couldn’t pass up and it ends today!

CVS has Skintimate Shave Gel or Cream on sale for $1.99.

Print this Coupon from Smart Source -75¢/1 Skintimate Shave Gel

Print this Coupon -$1/1 Skintimate Shave Cream CVS Store Coupon Printable. You can find it at the bottom right corner of the page.

The first coupon is a manufacture coupon and the second coupon is a CVS coupon, therefore you can stack the both of them.

Final Price $0.24 (not including tax)

The Boat

Roxy — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:44:00 +0000

So the husband aquired this car from some old lady. When I say aquired I mean he did work for trade. He was obsessed with getting this car no matter what I said to him. I explained we need money not another vehicle.

First off our other car needs inspected. There is shit wrong with it. We had been saving to have it fixed. We kind of need this vehicle to get us to our vacation desitnation this summer.

Second another car means more insurance. He assures me it would only be $20 more a month. When you were off work for medical reasons for awhile that “only” doesn’t sit well with me as we are still trying to catch up. It of coarse was not $20 more a month, it was more like $40 more. At the point when I found out it was too late. He had already aquired this old POS and added it onto insurance. I get the email…. Your next premium will be “x” amount of dollars with the new add on. WTF.

It’s a 1980 something Lincoln. It’s a living room on wheels. I feel like an old lady in it.

So he promises not to alter this vehicle. He was over that shit. I haven’t allowed him to alter our other car. Don’t do ANYTHING to it thats not required to keep it running. We have had it for 3 years without him doing any damage. Which is more than I can say for any of our past vehicles. If you know him, you know what I am talking about. If only I had pictures back then.

Our first car a station wagon. It was brown when we got it, primer black when we released it.

Every vehicle we had was altered in some way. I believe every car had a kick ass sterio with speakers and an amp. Probably has something to do with why I get ringing in my ears.

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So he has had the car for about a month now. Let’s see the list of alterations that aren’t mechanical required to keep it running.
- he took the rims off.
- he put a cd player in it in place of the tape deck.
- he put a hole in the back deck and added speakers and an amp to the trunk.
- he put the rims back on.
- he added a sticker to the back window, he hates stickers on cars.
- he took the rims off.
- he added a liscense plate frame with flames around it.
- he put the rims back on.
- he took the rims off.
- he painted the wheel wells.
- he did some sort of alteration to the exaust that included pvc pipe and moving shit under the hood.

Next time I post about the car how much you wanna bet it will be a different color.

Hubby 1 Wife 0

Roxy — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:01:50 +0000

I somehow managed to get hubby to take me to Ritas one day last week. The girls were both at friends so after I made dinner hubby, son, the dog and me went to Ritas. Why did I take the dog? To get her out of the house. Really in all honesty to annoy hubby. I know he doesnt love when I take her with us and he annoyed me right before leaving by telling me he was going to fix someones air conditioner after. He announced something about getting it to go right? I ignored the question and grabbed the dog. I get pretty annoyed that he is willing to drop everything for other people. I havent seen much of him lately and this was another reason.

So I send him in to get our ice cream. I sit on the sidewalk with the dog and proceeded to eat. He didnt say a word as he must of realized I was not getting back into the car until I was done. I am such a goof. I put the dogs end leash and put it between my legs. I took a picture of me feeding my dog some of my ice cream and posted it to facebook. I then proceeded to take a few bites myself while I read some facebook statuses. Here is an example of how technology is too much involved in our lives. As I am reading facebook a motercycle goes by, the dog barks and starts to run, I toss my cell on the concrete while yelling. Luckily the dog stopped dead in her tracks and my phone was fine. My ice cream however was not fine…… Time to go home. Hubby wins.

Addicted to Android

Roxy — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 17:13:10 +0000

I was one of those people who didn’t plan on getting an android phone or iphone. My phone did what I wanted it to, it called people, texted, took pics, and accessed mobile web. Thats enough right? My phone provider changed things and my phone was no longer supported under their plans so they offered me $100 to turn my phone in. That gave me an opportunity to upgrade to an android.

I haven’t put it down since as it has become such a big part of my life. I thought my Ipod Touch was enough at the time for me. I had wi-fi at home which was pretty much the only place I used it.

I will say that I have a Cricket phone. I don’t have many complaints about it. It is using android 2.1 and hopefully will update eventually to catch up with all the other phones. Having 2.1 means I can’t save everything to my SD card so I am limited on how much space my apps can take up by how much the phone has…… it’s Cricket so not a ton. I had more games but had to delete them as they took up too much space.

ALL of the apps I use are FREE

Facebook is an obvious app. What makes it even better is they blocked facebook at work when a co-worker got a virus on the work computer after clicking on a link from a facebook friend of hers. I can still access Facebook

gReader has all my RSS feeds. It connects to my google account.

Pageonce handles my bills. I had this app on my Ipod Touch and was thrilled I could still keep up with my bills anywhere I was. It reminds me when a new bill is due before I get the bill in the main and even tells me when the company has posted my payment. The only negative I have is the bank portion doesn’t include pending items so I do use an app for my bank as well to get the most current info.

WordPress for android is a very simple app to post to my blog. I don’t use it much as I don’t like it’s limited functions. I really hate that the pics all go at the top or bottom of your post instead of being able to put them within the text.

Xfinity Mobile – This is comcast’s app. I can get my email, voicemail, and access on demand in case I forget to record something.

Emoods – It says it’s a bipolar mood tracker. While I am not bipolar I do have anxiety disorder and have been using it to track my medication and moods. I was able to get a pdf report of each month to give to my doctor.

Urbanspoon – You can find restaurant on here just like the website. I mostly have it for when were not in the area or on vacation.

GetGlue – This app allows you to check in to tv shows your watching, movies, music and games. It can post to twitter and facebook telling all your friends what your up to HA You can also request free stickers you earn.

Drivers Ed – I may try to learn how to drive. It allowed me to download my states drivers booklet and has quizzes.

Go Aruna – is a file storage app. I had this on the ipod as well. You upload files on a computer and are able to access them or download them to your phone.

Ultra Mate – is a simple diary app. I just started using it and am not sure if I will continue or not yet.

Springpad – I am using it to replace a couple apps I had. I have a notebook for recipes, one for vacation information, one for web links, one for family birthdays, and one for random stuff. I like that I can access it from my work computer, my phone, my ipod, etc.

Pure Healing Yoga – I want to do yoga. I have tried before I just can’t seem to dedicate the time. I was hoping that having an app would help.

Key Ring – I keep all my store cards on here. The only problem is not every store can scan the phone. They could input the numbers from your phone though but what a PITA. I hope that more stores move up in the world to make this app more useful.

The Weather Channel – it gives you access to the weather channel information, radars and videos.

Ringdroid – allows you to create ringtones from your own music files.

Picasa Tool – gives you access to your Picasa web albums. You can view them, delete photos in them, and download photo’s to your phone.

Shopper – Simple shopping list app. you can cross things off as you get them and save lists by stores. It also allows you to input a price so you can see how much your spending before checking out. Can be a pain to input all that while shopping but when your on a tight budget it is helpful to use that feature.

Solitare – simple. That’s all I wanted, needed and play it every day on the bus home from work.

Find It the Simpons – uh it’s not in the market anymore I guess I won’t delete it anytime soon LOL

Amazon Kindle – with your amazon.com account you can access free book as well as purchase books. While my phone isn’t as big as a kindle it still reads rather well. I just wish I could find more books for free that I want to read.

Over Drive – access your library with this app and borrow books. not all books are available in this manor and ones I have wanted are always checked out. It works like the real library does where there are so many and when they are checked out you can get on a waiting list. You need a library card to participate.

redbox – access your redbox account, search for movies available at a redbox near you and reserve movies at a particular redbox.

Do you have any apps I should know about?