And the foozball table is G-O-N-E!!

well, at least moved out to the garage. So I no longer have to worry about that. And I put all the clothing I'm going to list on eBay in its place, but it doesn't take up nearly as much room. And I'm doing great whittling my stash down to a manageable size. I may just sell it all! LOL, j/k. I can't believe how much wasted money I have sitting here. Seriously. I have TONS of ribbon, fibers and embellishments to go through, although I don't know how to sell them, whether I should use craigslist, eBay or ScrapAddict.
Guess I should work on that.

Anyway, I really just wanted to rejoice in the fact that I no longer have that thing in my living room. I'm off to read another chapter in the Rhett Butler story. :D

Whew! What a Ride!

This past week has been, well... life altering. I got my divorce on Wednesday, Feb 13th. I'm so glad it's done and over. My ex wasn't there, so I got what I asked for. Not that I was asking for a lot, and honestly, I'm not looking forward to the conflict when I show up to pick it up. The jackass just can't be civil and take it like a man. No, he's got to become the low life son of a bitch loser that leaves me rejoicing in the decision to divorce him. If it weren't for the kids and their "stuff", I wouldn't bother. The less I see of him the better. He's all whiney about everything, and well, I just don't care. I spent years telling him what needed to change, telling him I was unhappy, and waiting. I just took the high road (somewhat) and told him that hopefully he's learned how to treat his next victim...er, girlfriend/wife. At least I managed to keep him from having any more kids to not give a crap about. And he'll tell me that he does care about them, but actions speak louder than words. Refusal to take ANY job available to pay child support, refusal to move closer to where the kids are living because he'd rather "own" some piece of crap shack he can't afford to begin with, and choosing floozies over them, well... I guess he can talk to me when he's made the sacrifices I have.

Okay so more ex bashing for the moment. It's been a great couple of weeks for me on eBay. I haven't had the desire to scrap in quite a while (although I still have the desire to SHOP). So, I've been selling my "excess" supplies on eBay. I have all kinds of stuff left to list. But I'm so not in the mood. And part of me wants to list certain items and then the small me inside starts babbling about the possibility that sometime in the future I may "need" said items. Like my Creative Memories cutting system. I haven't used that since Sept 2006, yet I cannot part with it. And that damn Wishblade. I don't even have it hooked up. Haven't since Nov 2006 and I can't remember the last time I used it. Oh wait, I take that back. I cut out 500 tiny footballs for my mother last summer. I'm trying to use the theory that if I haven't used it in 6 months or more, its gone. But that would be EVERYTHING. So my goal for tomorrow is to make at least 1 layout. I have so many pictures and so many ideas and my brain gets overwhelmed and I just don't. But I'm gonna tomorrow, by golly.

So last night I watched 23 with Jim Carrey. It wasn't bad. My BF had said something about it being scary, and I hadn't watched it yet because of that. But last night I was home alone, cleaning the kids' bedroom, and I popped it in their DVD player for background noise. It didn't draw me in to the point that I stopped what I was doing, but it was did get my half hearted attention. There were some twists that kept it entertaining, and some scenes were great. I'd definitely recommend it if you need a movie one night.

I'm still reading Rhett Butlers People. It's so long, but it's interesting. I wish I had an entire day to spend cuddled up in bed with my book and my chocolate covered pretzels. That's a helluva wish huh? Too bad I'm diabetic, lol. Maybe since it's still early, I can read another chapter or two. I'm on page 250. Guess I should make a bookmark for myself tomorrow, huh? It's not like I don't have the stuff to do it.

Alright, I'm going to go read. Sure, there's plenty of stuff to do, but you know what? It's a holiday tomorrow and we'll all be home to get the housework done. Maybe I'll escape to the laundromat early in the a.m. since our dryer SUX. But then I did promise smiley face pancakes at IHop for breakfast. That sounds better than laundry any day.

Just some random ramblings for today.

I wanted to start off by answering a 2Peas challenge I saw a week or so ago. The challenge was something along the lines of if you could live in a different time period, which would it be. Well, I honestly think I would have loved to have been a southern belle in pre-civil war time. To have lived a seemingly carefree life with no regard to money, chores or tedious life. *sigh* Of course maybe I've seen Gone With the Wind too many times. But it seems that life was more genteel and romantic. Big houses, beautiful clothes, etiquette, manners and social rituals that put modern society to shame. Of course I also think that I'd have wanted to live in San Fransisco at the height of the gold rush. Everything was so beautiful with the Victorian styling. And to have been a rich prospectors wife! I can't even begin to imagine.

Anyway, today's blogger challenge got me to thinking too. I honestly don't know what my biggest lesson in life has been. I've been schooled a lot lately and each lesson has sent me away with a new understanding. Things happen for a reason, do unto others... I think every lesson we learn is important at that particular junction in our lives.

Right now, I am learning not to project others shortcomings onto myself and the people around me. Just because one person did such n such to me does not mean that this other person will. It's a very hard lesson.

Man.... someone needs to buy my clone a willy!!!

So I've had this "adult novelty" item for over a year now. We got it as a gag after my separation from the lunatic. It makes a vibrating silicone version of your favorite man part. Only, I don't need the silicone version, if you know what I mean. ;) Anyway, I've listed this stupid thing on eBay 3 or 4 times and can't sell it. And every time I list it, eBay changes its rules on "adult" items. At this point it's like I'm trying to hock it out of the back of my minivan. So I've listed it again, for the last time:

Clone A Willy

Surely there has to be some bachelorette party out there that is just dying for one of these, right? LOL If you know of one, send 'em my way!

Oh where! Oh where!

Has my mojo gone? Perhaps its buried beneath the piles and piles of supplies I've accumulated over the last 5 or 6 years. I CANNOT get motivated. Correction, I cannot find my desk top. I have so much stuff I can't even think! So today, I started going thru my supplies and deciding what I could live without. I managed to list 15 auctions on eBay. (yeah!!) They aren't showing up yet in searches, but I listed patterned paper lots, and creative memories albums. This is my auctiva thing I haven't figured out yet, lol http://www.auctiva.com/stores/viewstore2.aspx?id=544315&page=home

I still have a ton of stuff to go thru and list. I have some stuff that I need to list on Scrapbook Addict as well, since they're not really eBay type items. But it feels good to purge. I can see the light at the end of my creative tunnel. Maybe sometime next month I can actually do something! I did the softball layout for my stepkids raffle, and it felt good to be creative again.

Anyway, I'd like to state for the record that I am broke. B-R-O-K-E. And I am so tired of being broke. Damn it! I want to buy a Starbucks Mocha Latte when it's 2 degrees outside. Or milk for cereal *sigh*. And I won't even go into the arguement I got into with my ex about the child support and this little thing called priorities. Oh, by the way, apparently I'm just beginning to regret my decision to leave him. Um, k. Dude, it's been over a year. I think I'm over it. Really. Just pay to support your children. It's the least they deserve.

On the lighter side, we got the girls' report cards and they both got great grades. Liz got all A's except for one B in Math. And that's because I can't help her because I don't understand what they're asking 1/2 the time. Allie got all O's and S's. One thing we can't say about them is that they're not smart. They're both so smart its scary. I can't wait for them to be teenagers.

Oh! We got a garage finally! Whoo-hoo! The foozball table is out of my living room. Now I just need to think about what other stuff gets stored. Okay, I don't really have to think about it, lol. I can finally de-clutter. I'm so excited!! Next weekend we'll be moving the stuff into the garage and out of the closets, hallway and living room floor. I want to move the two oldest girls into the room with each other and leave my youngest together in the other bedroom. At least until we can afford to move. I'm still working on that since my boyfriend doesn't want to rent a house, and I get that, but we can't have 5 of us in this apartment for too much longer. You know, I had a dream that I rented a 3 bedroom something by myself and was sleeping on the sofa so the kids each had a room. Then the girls were sharing a huge master bedroom and I was sleeping in another room, on top of scrapbook supplies. Funny how my mind works, huh?

Anyway, I am off to bed. I have to go to work tomorrow, and I have a ton of things I really want to do here. We'll see. Maybe it'll snow. :)