So very sad!

Been a long few days one of the people I grew up with has passed away.  He was one of the most gentle men I ever met but at the same time I would totally never want him mad at me. Actually I don't ever remember him being mad at me! He was a huge teddy bear with the heart to go with it. I will always hold him near and dear to my heart and he will live on forever in my memories. My only regret where he is concerned is that I did not have more time with him. He was a man that I thought the world of and always there to make me laugh when I needed it. I feel like  piece of me died the other day and that makes me so sad for his actual family. His daughters have always been the best of friends to me even when we were threatened with dish duty for fighting over stupid stuff. I wont ever forget the stories he told when my dad and him went on truck runs together and swear they saw Bigfoot in the Vermont mountains or how much of a kick he got out of his wife thinking my sister was stuck on her head at a dance recital and how he still loved to tell that story over 20 years later. He always made me feel at home and always had a warm word and a big hug for me. I will never forget the first time I heard his voice and it scared me but once I got past that and got to know him that voice was a comfort. I will surely miss you and remember you always. I know that it is not much now but I hope you know how much you always meant to me and that just because you are gone does not mean that you will ever mean anything less to me! There are no real words that can express this loss and my heart goes out to your family. For my pain pales in comparison to theirs of that I am sure. Good byes are forever so I will have to say until we meet again because I know one day I will hear the Bigfoot story from you again! Now I have to go and grill some food :)

This is the day that I would prefer not to relive

Last night my husband spent the night in the hospital for a sleep study. My daughter was at my moms. And my brother in law is staying with some friends in Pennsylvania for a while. I had the whole house to myself. So I cleaned a little and did my homework and even managed to freak myself out with some ghost hunters on TV...I finally fell asleep between 4:30 and 5:00 am. I got up and took an almost 2 hour drive down the shore to my aunt's house to go find her a new computer. On my way down there the car ran great but i heard a slight squealing noise. Once I picked her up and we got back on the parkway there was an intense burning rubber smell and we thought it was just the car in front of us or the construction that was going on. Boy were we wrong!! The power steering pump on my car was going bad and it chose today to finally give out.... Now I work in a repair shop and I know my car but these guys decided I didn't know what I was talking about!! Ugh men! Just because I have uhm well lets see a different anatomy does not mean that I do not know what is wrong with my car!! So I tell the guys what is wrong and the dude is like uh well we will check it out and let you know! Uhm duh I just told you so I leave my car there and then about a half hour later they call me and tell me you were right it is the power steering pump but that the pulley snapped off at the shaft and that if it weren't for the motor mount that the whole pulley would have come off and I would have been stuck. Uhm no i wouldn't I have AAA . So anyway my aunt tells me to have them fix it now I owe her almost $500 for the repairs... I don't know where this money is coming from but I will figure it out I am sure. I had to have my mom pick up my husband from the hospital and I did not even make it back home until almost 9 pm then the roast I had in the slow cooker/ crock pot was so over done it was dry. I am not happy about that but at least it still tasted good. Anyway it has been a long day following an even longer night and from the looks of it I will not get much sleep tonight because that long ride down to my aunts gave the sun enough tie to burn my arm shoulder and the side of my face and throat....at least there is proof I was wearing my seatbelt!  Off to shower than sleep I hope!

crazy crazy days

Well it has been a crazy month!! Working like nuts and almost never  a day off! Been doing all kinds of stuff at the shop...paper work, ordering parts, handling customers, working on the web site and updating our listing on others. the shop has been slow so I have spent the last few weeks reorganizing EVERYTHING!! I am not kidding form moving stuff to redoing the files and even organizing the supplies. I bought myself new pens since they all seem to disappear and the pretty girly pastel colors too. They are being taken as well....what man wants to walk around with  bright pink pen?!?! but they are doing it lol. things have been going well other wise.... well other than an asinine landlord who thinks she is above the law that is. But whatever...Life is good and so am I!! 

What a day today will be!

Today is going to be one of those days where I wish I hadnt crawled out of bed! Have to run the work van through inspection and still leave at 10 to make a meeting for my daughter by 10:30 in New Brunswick. I am in Plainfield. Doesnt sound too bad right? Well add in I just had to run someone to a school to take care of something for their kid, and I still have to get through inspection and it is almost 9am now. I hate days like this. I had such a hard time pulling myself out of bed this morning! I think all of the nonstop running I have been doing is starting to take its toll on me. Not just physically but mentaly as well. I am starting to feel like I cant accompllish small tasks because I loose my train of thought and just cant get it back. Yesterday I really saw it. I was trying to register the shop on a website and the one guy needed to use the computer and he kept closing out my window. Every time he did that I had to start all over because I had not yet made it to the point where the information I provided had been saved. What took me all day should have had taken no more than a half hour. I could not handle a phone call and an e-mail at the same time. I at one point could handle 4 incoming lines, e-mail, customers in front of me, temps in front of me, and other employees without a hitch! I can barely concentrate on one phone call at a time right now! I think that I need a mental vacation. I need a whole day of sleep and time to rest my brain! I guess I am going to have to struggle through because I still have homework to do and my final to finish for Sunday. I am going to pass my algebra class then in 18 weeks I am ging to finish my associates degree and start my bachelores! The last three classes should prove to be smooth sailing for me. They are psych classes that I feel are not going to teach me much but that I will be glad I can finaly say that I have credit for my knowledge. I know I will be ok again I just feel like I am not capable of getting through the rest of the day and forget about tomorrow! Yet somehow I always manage to get through it and usually with a smile for everyone that I encounter. What more could I ask for?

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cars cars cars!

So no matter what I do I can't seem to get away from cars. I just saw a new 2011 Hyundai Genesis today.I mean I have seen them before but this was upclose and real personal! I got to see the car and the interior and even under the hood! I love this car! The Hyundai Genesis sedan in saphire blue. I love blue bit this car was soooo pretty! I am not sure that pretty is what the makers had in mind but it definately describes this car! I think I have found my next car! I really liked the way this car drove when I had to take it out for a test drive today. I wish I could by a Hyundai Genesis car on the spot!

long day at work

Had a very long day at work today :( I feel like it lasted from the time I got up this morning until right now.I had not planned to work today but when I got there to drop the hubby off, boss man had somethings for me to do. It took me forever to register the business on chamber of commerce site because some one kept closing out my window on the computer and I had to keep redoing it over and over again. Today's work focused on generating customers. We are at the point of getting ready to stand on the street corner and hand out business card or flyers! the boss man/owner wants us to come up with new ideas to get people in the door. I have a few ideas but they are not working out the way that I would like them to. So I prowled the web for a while today trying to figure this one out. I found a site that offers an initial free consultation for business owners that what to draw clients and who consider themselves experts int heir field. The consultants are picked from a pool of people and it appears that you can get three consultants to answer your business questions. It is then up to you and that constant to continue or for you to walk away. It seems pretty straight forward. now just to get my boss man to the site to try it out!

To move or not to move that is the question

So I am missing some of the warmer weather that I became used to while living in Florida. I do not miss the bugs, the rain, the bugs, the humidity, the bugs, the lack of work, or did I mention the bugs? I thought just for fun I would look up other places to live and of course I had to start with Texas as that is one of my favorite places to be. I then looked at Arizona since that is where my grandparents are at (and I am a student by extension lol) and it is hot dry and there are a lot less bugs than anywhere else I have ever been! While prowling the Internet to see what was out there I found Fire Rock Country Club Fountain Hills. It is beautiful! I am not much of a golfer but might be swayed into a game on this course if there was ever a chance for it. The homes that are available on this property are AMAZING!!! I was looking at the pictures and if I had I few million laying around I would buy my dream home right now! You should go look at these houses! I wish I wish I wish....darn Ruby slippers are broken again :(