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Day 7 – The Day at the REDI

By Diana

Today we had an important meeting at the training center in Atlanta and I think it went pretty well. At the very least it was a smooth demo on my part!

I am hoping today I can convince my ride to take me by Starbucks and I can get a coffee since I haven’t had one for lots of days :)

Today is a half day basically, I am going to head back to the hotel soon and make sure no one there has any issues and then they all leave so there won’t really be anything left to do. We fly out early in the morning so I should get home at a good time.

Overall this trip has been pretty great. As usual the guys are very polite and just funny as can be. I am looking forward to the next two weeks where we will train the rest of the group!

Maybe I will write more tonight but that is basically all I have for right now!!!

Day 6 – BINGO

By Diana

Today was the last day I had classes for the construction folks and I am worn out! I slept all night but it didn’t seem very restful. I have been packing a lot of information into the classes and it was great, just exhausting.

We went to dinner at a cajun place who loved to make everything spicy but it was good, I had fried shrimp. Our whole table had it as a matter of fact!

When we got back to the hotel the group was playing BINGO and let me tell you I was shocked at the turnout – almost everyone was there. I didn’t win anything and wasn’t really even close and I was cheating by playing 5 cards :)

Well I have a really early morning tomorrow so I am going to call it a night – bye y’all!!!

Day 5 – The Day of the Pig

By Diana

Today was another good day but it is certainly cold here! I was inside almost all day, but it was cold in here too. I slept a little better last night, but not great.

We had dinner at a BBQ place and it was good, but I hardly ate any of the pork I got. Who I went with was hilarious. Good times with the RR folks! We walked to the restaurant and let me tell you it was freezing. I was so cold and it was just a little farther than I would have liked :)

Bye!!!

Day 4 – No Sleeps for the Tired

By Diana

So last night I was not able to sleep but for a couple hours. This is getting OLD!!!!! I don’t know what it is, maybe I need to unplug from technology earlier then I already am. I am sure I will figure it out soon.

Today was a pretty good day, I talked to much in the training that my throat hurts a bit, but that is OK. I didn’t know what to do for dinner so I just ordered a pizza – good ole standby :)

Alright, I am going to wrap this up so I can do the travel blog – so busy!!

Day 3 – Travel Size Life

By Diana

Today, right now, I am doing laundry and packing and listening to a podcast.  Multi tasking the crap out of this day :)

I am traveling to Atlanta today and the hardest thing I am faced with is deciding how to do the blog thing.  I want to continue to do my travel inspired blogs as separate things from my regular blog, but I guess I am just going to have to be creative on the content of the regular daily blog…

I am a little sad to be leaving my sweet puppies, but I am always glad to travel for vacation and even for work.  In packing today I am using all my cool stuffs, new luggage, clothes packs and just all those little gadgets that make this a little easier.

Welcome to 2016 in that before I travel now I must charge so many devices, my Beats, Kindle, iPad, iPhone, MacBook, mouse, camera, and my watch!  Today is a little different because I am having to do laundry today which in reality I should have done it yesterday.  I am not really pushing my time, but I would have rather been packed last night or earlier than just now at 15:11 when I need to leave here at 16:30.  About the only thing left now is putting the last bit of laundry away and taking a shower :)

It took me forever to find the purse that I have now and I am not even 100% in love with it.  I got a Kate Spade Cobble Hill cross body.  I love the bag the thing that I don’t like is just that there is a little bit of chain on the strap and I just don’t like that look.  The reason I bring it up is that my mom loves my wallet that goes with the purse.  I have been looking for one for her and can’t find one.  Now I am debating on getting a new one except it won’t really match and that just drives me crazy!!  Such problems :)

OK, I need to get going on my shower and maybe I will blog some more when I get to Atlanta or maybe that will be on the travel one :)

Day 2 – The Bunnies of the Dust Type Take Over!!

By Diana

Today I got my new monitor so I had to move out my old desk and put up my new temporary desk, just a little table, and mount the new monitor and move the other one.  Not loving the angle of the top monitor, but now that I am working and watching YouTube I think it might actually be better because I won’t focus more on that than what I am doing :)

Also today I took my mom to the base so she could drop off some prescriptions and on the way back we stopped at the store and got her a brand new phone and handed down hers to my dad!  Now we are all on iPhones and me and my dad have 6 plus and mom has a 6.  I am kinda proud of it considering my dad is 85 and my mom is 75 :)

I need to post the pictures of my desk on here, the desk that I am building.  I am proud of it, but it should have already been done :(  I am hoping that this temporary desk will motivate me to finish my real one!!

I decided today that I was really going to try to blog everyday this year.  If you have read these blogs before you will know that I have been horrible at blogging, but I am making it a priority!  I am not going to call this a resolution because there are so many other things I want to do different this year, but I am not organized enough to start right now.  The other major thing I want to do is change my eating habits in a real way.  Having meal plans for my and my folks, something that we can really stick to and not feel overwhelmed by the effort it takes to eat better.  I will certainly be talking about that more in these blogs.

I have been having a couple issues that have really messed me up lately.  I have been taking a new medication that is supposed to help me sleep, but a side affect is increased appetite.  Well lately I haven’t even been sleeping good at all so I have decided that the side affect was not worth it.  I was where I would not feel full and I would eat like 6 full meals a day for the last 2 weeks.  Not good!!!

Alright, I am going to wrap this up and try to go to bed earlier tonight.  I need to go fix me a water so I can take my meds and get in that bed :)

Paul helping me hook up all these monitors :)
Paul helping me hook up all these monitors :)
The new 27" mounted next to the other one and the 24" on top!!!!!!
The new 27″ mounted next to the other one and the 24″ on top!!!!!!

Day 1 – The Year of the Leap

By Diana

That’s right it’s January 1 of 2016 and this is a leap year. An easy way to remember what year is a leap year is that it is always the presidential election year. Anyway that has really nothing to do with this blog but I needed to tie in the catchy title :)

Today was a pretty good day overall even if I am running on very little sleep. Carlos came over this morning so we could go to Best Buy to look at cameras. On our way we got some yummy Starbucks :) I was convinced that I was going to end up with a DSLR, but after about an hour and a half we decided on a camcorder. The specific one I got was $215 and we decided to do a 2 camera scenario. I already have a wider angle camcorder and this new one would be more versatile for close up and portrait stuff. I also ended up getting my mom a new FitBit. Her’s was one you wore on your wrist, but it had a strange buckle not like a normal watch. It was extremely hard for her to get on and hard for me to put it on her. So the one we got has a normal watch like buckle.

Then on the way back we stopped and got some Panda Express for lunch – Orange Chicken, YUMMY!!!!!

I ordered a couple more things for my setup for blogging and vlogging. Oh yeah and I got some stuff to try to help train these new little puppies. They are not house broken and they are a bit older than I would have liked to teach them this lesson. I think they are like 8 months old. They are the sweetest little things, but full of so much energy!

Penny and Dime taking a break from playing tug a monkey!!
Penny and Dime taking a break from playing tug a monkey!!

 

2015 – Year in Review

By Diana
2015 - Year in Review

I have noticed that so many people have been wishing for a better 2016, but no matter how much junk I went through I had a pretty good year. I had several great trips and lots of good times with the family and even welcomed 3 new members - the puppies :)

Don't get me wrong, there are some things I would have really rather avoided, but there really is no use dwelling on those things in the past that you can not change.

I am happy about the friends I have and new friends I made this year. There are really good people out there and I am glad to know them!!

I am happy that I have this website again, it wasn't cool how I ended up with it, but again, oh well.
My brothers and I went on a great trip to Washington DC and I had a great trip to West Virginia.
I am going to be blogging and vlogging this year a lot more. I am looking into new equipment, but what I already have will work for now.

It is the last day of the year and currently 20:52 and I can hear the neighbors setting off fireworks. I am sitting in my bed with Archer on the TV and just trying to reflect on the year. I am having a hard time remembering anything before September and that is OK. I really look forward to this coming year and all the rest I will have.

Sorry this wasn't as amazing as I had imagined, but it is the best I can do right now. I have a major headache that I have had like all day long.

Happy New Year everyone!

Live from the iPad

By Diana

I am using the iPad to blog this evening!  I know it really isn’t important, but I am just so happy with the new looked the site that I had to check it out on here – it scales down really nicely.

On a side note I should be asleep right now and I am not understanding what is going on the last couple nights.  Also, one of the medications I am taking increases appetite and I am now paying the price :(. I want to stop taking it but it is to help me sleep – crazy I know!!!!

I got the photo printer I ordered today. Gonna do a review of it on the reviews page, but that is going to have to wait until tomorrow.  This afternoon I finally found an adapter for MacBook that also allows for charging the laptop.  That has me very excited, but it was a bit expensive when I really need 2, one for home and one for my travel bag.  Will write a review on that too when I get it, should’ve a couple days.

This past week I got all new cases for my electronics and they all match!  I really like the design and am pretty happy with most of the.  I got a case for th MacBook but I think the sticker will be better, will see.

And the time has come for me to wrap up the post :)  Goodnight and have good dreams!!!!

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MacBook skin

And the Website Came to Life!

By Diana

Today Paul and I spent hours on the website trying out a new theme and I am really happy with the new layout.  I am so thankful that both my brothers are so smart and are willing to help out when I need them!

I have spent so many hours on this today that I am a little bit tired of looking at the computer but I am not very sleepy for some reason so I keep going at it.  I made a couple new sections: Movies, Books, and Reviews.  In these three sections I am planning on writing reviews, maybe someone will find some value or at least some comedy in them.  I must must must do a vlog.  A lot of the items can be in vlog form, especially if it is a product.

Alright, going to take something to help me sleep and I guess keep plugging away at this :)