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post 10
not much to talk about today just a couple of things that i've been meaning to mention over the last few days. first off the intersection where i had my accident (resulting in failure to stop at a 4 way intersection with only 1 stop sign) is now a 4 way stop light.
secondly in my last installment of route dogs the last dog on my route is actually a sad story since my first day he has been chained to this tree and every time i pass he jumps up and races towards my car only to be jerked back by the short chain he is attached to. Well about 1 week ago the owners of said dog built a fence and i thought yay he can be free to roam and not be choked daily. The fence was finished 3 days ago and the dog is still chained but when I drove by tonight the dog was released and i couldn't be happier for him.

in other news Ash and I are going to a event that i planned for her birthday but had to reschedule. Cant talk about it now cause its still a surprise but more to come.

side note

post 9 or 10 I keep forgeting to look before i type

a couple of days ago Ashleigh and myself found this pizza place in Saginaw called Papa Murphy's its a little pizza carryout location where you go in and they make you a pizza then you take it home and cook it kind of a weird concept but an awesome pizza. We weren't expecting to make our own pizza, but overall a good experience somewhere above frozen pizza at albertsons the 7 dollar kind.


Quote from the Colbert report

When life gives you lemons make scrambled eggs. Side Note I make the worst scrambled eggs

Clarification

So at Davids birthday party Lizzie pointed out to me that I don't follow her blog (not entirely true) I do follow it but for some reason have a lack to comment on it. The reason I was called out on not reading wasn't because I wasn't posting on it but because it wasn't on my list of blogs on my right sidebar like everyone else. The reason being is A> I didn't know of her page initally and 2> I now use google reader to follow my blogs. It is an awesome application for google users that basically allows you to add subscriptions to web pages and it will compile everyone together to make a 1 pager blog that is easier to read rather than 15 diffrent pages that take more time to load. Its definitely something worth trying out and if you dont like it don't use it. In other news my free car is up and running now 100% more legal. Still has some dog hair in it but thats a story for some other time


Some time later....

So I got my car estimated on how much it will cost to get all the dog hair out and the salesman said 70 dollars (was expecting 40) then he went on to say that my car once inspected my mgmt will more than most likely incur a 30 dollar needs significant work fee. Yay me

Warning and being let down again

Post 7 this is getting easier
So I've been blogging for about 3 months now only 20 posts altogether and i have come to notice you cant just post about anything just to say you've updated recently. If you do the masses IE Clint will call you out. I consider myself blessed that I have never received one of these reprimands, (knock on keyboard). In other news I might have to quit my job based on pay I decided in my head that I wanted 10.25 an hr and would settle for 9.75 but have found out that it will be more or less 9.25 which is an insult to me, but I have decided that I will talk it out with the higher ups before making any rash decisions. It might be for the best I've had little to no good feelings from this job lately and maybe it is time for a change. I'm planning on making a decision around march 1, but if i do get a new job it definitely wont be punctuation editor?

Baby Challenge

Post 6 longest streak

So today in my Psyc class we learned about babies and how they perceive the world. I learned that for the first 6 months the have little to no depth perception. The we went into acceptance. A baby for the first two months just wants to be held by anyone and everyone, but the from 2-7 months gains the power of preference and throughout this time In my head was an epic struggle between all the Gaston girls to gain the preference of Maylee. After 7 months the baby gains a sense of stranger anxiety and has fully decided on preference of its key influences in its life. who will win this epic struggle in the preference of Maylee only time will tell. The only thing for certain is Katie you better hurry back because you'll have time to make up.

Official

Post 5
Today i took a demotion at my job of Pizza Hut. I have mixed feelings over the matter but know in the end God will prevail. My life for the last 6-7 months has been work work work and some sleep I worked weekly about 76 hrs per week and slept probably 35-45 hrs per week just not right. The reason being was to get out of debt or at least be on the way there. Although my goal was not completely met I have made good headway on that goal but at this time cannot go further. Sure I need the money to finish but I over an extended amount of time have felt trapped as said job. Please pray for me and my finances under my new demotion I will be at the paper 25 hrs and the hut 25 hrs but at a different store because i feel burnt out at Saginaw. So 50 hrs is not perfect but significantly better. This 100 hr per month cut is taking about 800 dollars from my budget so $8 per hour lost but I think its for the best. We will see My boss has accepted my resignation and requested that I reconsider on May 15 so I can always go back if I really want to

V day and lofty Goals

Post 4 I think i can I think I can....

So yesterday or 2 days ago (depending on time stamp) was Valentines day. It has sort of become tradition for Ashleigh and myself to hang out with friends on this holiday. However each one of us were able to sneak a fast on on the other in the gift department. Those who know me know my stance on flowers. so about 2 years ago I got Ash some flowers and over the next month she killed them. So this Vday I had flowers delivered to her house surprising her. (hopefully she wont kill these (fingers crossed)). She surprised me with a red Ipod Nano which I have named (drum roll please) Red laffy taffy since it is red and comparable in size to a laffy taffy. On the audio book front I decided to buy a 2 per month subscription to audible.com (already half way done with first book best idea ever)

On the posting goal this is number 4 with 31 to go in 43 days still about 1 every day and a half. Ive decided this is a Gold goal Silver Goal is 30 by march 31 and Bronze goal of 25 by march 31. I think Gold is still achievable but might be slightly out of my reach we will see.

On another note please pray for Clint he keeps trying to post but somehow his memory gets erased and never posts currently 10 days without a post oddly enough the day I started my challenge. please continue to encourage him to let us into his blogged life. Well off to work (stupid bonus day) Happy presidents Day

Books and routine

Post 3

Over a period of lets say the last 6 months i have compiled a (once short but now long) list of queued books that I would like to read 10 I can think of currently. Just today I realized that while emptying out my spam email that a site called audible.com exists and offers audio books at a low monthly charge. Secondly I have come to hate Kidd Craddick in the morning on 106.1 Kiss Fm but at the same time realize that it is about the only ting on at 4 in the morning. My solution to this was to start taking my laptop with me on the paper daily to listen to Matt Chandler Sermon podcasts from the Village Church in Highland station (very deep stuff my the way) and Dave Ramsey but by next Wednesday ill e caught up on all the ones I missed. So I put 2 and 2 together and got Monthly audio book subscription. The only thing that remains is do I want 1 or 2 per month.

In other news I am no longer the Restaurant GM of Saginaw Pizza Hut as Kathie has come back from surgery and over the next few weeks Ill be dropping from The Hut being Full time to Part time (Ashleigh doesn't believe me)


Followup to route dogs
Dog two is just a voice to me that scares me occasionally in the night he (or at least his voice) barks at me as i finish my route approximately 2 times per week like some sort of ghost dog

dog three is my least favorite of all he is a jack Russel who thinks he is all that runs in front of my car constantly and me being the kind loving person to all things dog will slam on my brakes to avoid sudden death. The reason I hate hi so much is that twice now on Sunday I slammed on my brakes only to have all the pre-folded Sunday papers topple over in the back seat. It amounts to a 15 min cleanup of all my papers

my current names for these first three are
dog 1 Waco because he doesn't chase after my car if i stop
dog 2 Gd or Devil Dog GD for Ghost dog and Devil because just when i forget he is there
dog 3 Jerk face dog and i know its sad but the thought has crossed my mind to somehow feed dog exlax so I can make his remembrance of me as crappy as he has made my remembrance of him

Already a day behind

Post 2
Looking at my challenge i have to post about once every 36 hrs and am about 12 hrs behind. In other news my free car thus named old lady car due to its make which is a Buick century. When I was told about the car i was informed that there was a ton of dog hair in the back seat and when i saw it i figured that i could make a small dog with the plethora of fur. However I cant drive it yet due to its expired registration and inspection, cant get it renewed until i get the title finalized. Still trying to get the Suzuki back it is starting to look like the police will be involved so that sux. In other news One of my favorite comedians will be on comedy central with new material tomorrow the 11Th of February so should be a fun tomorrow. Going to bed now long day ahead of me goodnight all

About time

It seems to me that if I post others follow kind of a if you type it they will comment and feel like they need to post something. Other than that the only way to get peoples to post is for Clint to post about all of our procratinitivity (probably a word of not should be). Some of you may say Matt you don't post either and I've come to find out that that is true, causing me to wonder why is that. Has my life not been eventful in the last few weeks (NO) its because the last few weeks have been very depressing in my life, and I don't like to post negative. Since then I've changed my mind to reflect my life as more of an open book. So here is my challenge to myself and to others if interested from now till march 31 i plan on posting minimally 35 times (no more than 1 per day) of relevance or humor. So here we go



Post 1 Feb 7
Today i got a free car and didn't even have to be a contestant on the price is right My aunt and uncle (Tim and Jane) gave it to me. Its a 1998 Buick Century not my first choice but definitely within my price range. The only stipulation is it needs new inspection a new front window and an new battery. Today was Ashleigh's Happy Birthday Party, and everyone who read this were there and you know what fun it was. well that it for today see you tomorrow. Please let me know if you will join my posting endeavor and maybe just maybe Clint wont have to get onto us for not posting in February and March