Economy Any Better?

According to some, it is. But if you talk to those who are still struggling to make ends meet, such is not the case. There are still a lot of people without jobs so it's rather hard to believe that the economy is any better than it was, say, a year ago? Suprisingly though, I just came across some forever 21 jobs online. The jobs I saw range from entry positions to managerial jobs. So it's safe to say that there are jobs out there. We just have to look for them. I know it's tough to even get an interview now but I'm just hoping that those people in need of a job don't give up because sooner or later, they will find something. They just have to persevere and stop being picky. I've heard a lot of people [in the news and in person] say that they're willing to do any kind of work. Unfortunately, that is not always true. Some just flatly refuse to take a job that they feel they're over-qualified for. They shouldn't do that. As the saying goes..."beggars can't choose". Sad but true nowadays...

...and then it's SPRING!

Weekend is just around the corner!

Karaoke Singing...

That's a favorite past time of almost everybody I know back home. It was one of my favorite past times as well so much so we would spend almost ever weekend and every birthday back in the 90s in one of those karaoke lounges that were quite popular back then singing our hearts out. Our frequent hang-out was called 'Planet Music'. The people there knew us by name already during those times. I don't go out to do that anymore but it doesn't mean I don't do karaoke. I do...sometimes. We have a karaoke machine here that I use every now and then...until the microphone broke. I've been looking at different microphones to replace it for quite a while now. I saw sennheiser microphones in one online store where I buy a lot of things but they're out of my budget. But after weeks of looking & comparing, I may just get one of those microphones because they seem to have the best customer feedbacks. Maybe the microphone can make me sound like a singer, eh? It better because of what I will pay for it...ha!

Back Pains

I don't get a lot of back pains myself but the husband does. He told me several times that one of the things he wants done in the future is probably some kind of a surgery on his back to relieve him of the pain that just wouldn't go away completely. Apparently he's not the only one in the family that has some back problems. His brother wants to inquite more about Spine surgery Houston because his back pain is delibitating already. He's in and out of jobs because of it and he wants it fixed once and for all. Another brother also has some back problems. His back pain though is caused by an accident when he was still 'young and foolish'...his words. He lives close enough to us so we visit their place every now and then. During one of our visits he asked me to walk on his back to help relieve the pain. I was very hesitant to do it but his wife said my weight is perfect to help him so I gave in. I guess I helped even for just a bit because he was able to get up after I walked all over him....LOL!

Taking Road Trips

Not my cup of tea actually.

I can probably count with the fingers on one hand the road trips I've taken in my entire life. Actually I probably had more but I can only recall some of them. The trips were mostly with friends who had nothing better to do during summer vacations during my early years of teaching so we would take off for about a week without any concrete destinations. We always took a particular friend's car during those trips just because it had a killer sound system. Not sure what kind of speaker she had, probably a Rockford Fosgate, but it was fun to sing along whenever we were in her car. The 'singing along' part actually made those long road trips bearable and fun and probably saved my sanity during those hours and hours of nothing but cruising along the highway and dirt roads sometimes. Still, I never really got to like road trips even if I had a lot of fun taking some with my closest friends. I guess I'm just not into those kind of things, eh?

Monday Blooper!

My laundry basket was full this morning. That's a cue that I have to do laundry even if I just did it a couple of days ago. So I did. I had to do 2 loads. On the first load, I used up all the laundry soap in the old bottle so I threw the bottle away. When the first load was done, I put the second load in and transferred the clean clothes in the dryer...then I went to do my usual stuff. Work, surf, teach the little one, clean here, etc, etc. When I heard the buzzer of the dryer I went in the laundry room to unload it so I can put the second load of clean laundry to dry. Right? Wrong!!! I realized while I was emptying the dryer that I forgot to put laundry soap in the dispense for the second load of laundry. Sigh! That means I ran a full cyle for nothing since there was no soap in the washer while it's running. Can you say....

There's an ALMOST Monday blooper as well but I'll reserve it for my next post....tee hee...

Weekend Cleaning Spree...

After months of not working on the weekend, the man of the house worked yesterday for half a day. I took the advantage to do some cleaning spree around the house since I've kind of neglected that in the last few weekends because we were always going out for something. Today, we also did some cleaning. I decided to clean the back porch which is so so so dusty while the husband decided to tinker in the garage which is not a good idea because I cannot be far behind when he's tinkering in the garage. Why? Because 'he lost control of his domain..aka garage' when I started re-arranging it. That means he doesn't know where his things are anymore. Today I heard him yell...honey, where are my quick disconnect plugs that I keep in the blah blah blah. LOL. I of course had to stop whatever I was doing to show him where his paraphernalias are now. He can't complain much if I re-arranged his domain because he doesn't have time to do that himself. I don't do it, then we won't be able to navigate around the garage. Anyway, we survived our weekend cleaning spree just fine. I just have to remember not to take weeks in between dusting the porch because it really accumulates so much dust it's a pain to clean.

He Listens....

A few weeks ago, the husband came home a wee bit excited because of something, well, more like a 'someplace' that he found. He and his partner visited a propective client who owns something like a warehouse. The person's business is buying and selling stuff in bulk. Hubby said he had everything from decorative plants to computer carts to orange cones. He said the guy sells almost everything in his place, which looks more like a huge warehouse. He got excited because now he knows where to go when they need to buy stuff for their shop like file cabinets at a very low price. He said the prices are really really low so he was tempted to get more [fake] plants for the house BUT he knew I wouldn't approve of it because I already told him not to get anymore plants...and he didn't. I guess he listens, eh? LOL....

Pool Season Already?

Spring will be 'springing' in a couple of days but with the temperatures in the last few days, it feels more like summer is about to spring. That's no suprise in our state and pool fence miami is always in season but it will still be great if we go through the spring season instead of jumping to summer, wouldn't it? Anyway, I saw our neighbors across the street standing in front of their pool this afternoon as if contemplating if they should remove their pool's cover already. I couldn't blame them because the temperature today went all the way to higher 80s...and we're in the cooler part of the state. I guess that's the reason why people flock to this state during the winter season.

TGIF!

Wow...I haven't said that in a while. I'm always thankful when Friday comes rolling in but in the last, well, few months, I was pre-occupied I should say so I never really thought of acknowledging Fridays...but I'm backkkk!

Our plans for the weekend are, as usual, up in the air. I'm pretty sure we will be heading out at some point but I'm not quite sure yet as to when. It can be on both days since we have quite a few things to accomplish. The weather has been really lovely around here as well so staying indoors will be a shame so even if we don't go anywhere, we might stay outside and do some yard work. Our flower beds are starting to look like 'spring' already because the plants on them are starting to sprout some leaves already. For a few months, both flower beds looked kinda' pathetic because all they had was mulch and dried up plants. Now, we can see some greens already. Yay!

That's our 'plan' for the weekend! What's yours?

Whatever it is...enjoy!