Crisis of Faith

I've been discussing how sickened I am buy consumerism- how we are pushed by companies to consume consume consume!!! And buy as much as possible for the holidays. Don't miss this sale!!! On black Friday I spent $80 and SOMEONE had to call me out on it. Let's put things into perspective, shall we? The store I worked at made over $300,000 in sales (and still didn't make their day.) That is just one store, in one community. Can you imagine, with all the events going on that day through today (Cyber Monday), how much money one community made in sales? Staggering, isn't it?
We sure love our stuff. Yet there are a lot of things we complain about. Like giving and sharing and paying taxes, especially when those taxes go to helping those who are less fortunate. We have people sleeping in tents- if they're lucky- in the woods in Conroe, TX. I know exactly how bad the homeless problem is in this town and how very little help their is oit there to help people get back on their feet. Don't for one second think that these people are lazy or crazy bag ladies or drunken hobos like the media portrays them. They are like you and I, normal people falen on hard times. They spend their mornings at day labor hoping to get called out for manual labor- $50/day.
I was astounded when I saw our sales for Black Friday. Can you imagine how much money could be raised to help a community if a charity fundraising event had the same turn out as Black Friday and everyone donated $20?! Let me tell you, people spent hundreds of dollars, thousands of dollars to fill their homes and lives with things. Ridiculous things.
I think of Michael Jackson's Man in the Mirror while I write this. When was the last time I donated to charity? The one Sevenly shirt I bought for Tessa? I am having a crisis of faith. My job is meaningless and I sell meaningless junk to people with wallets full of credit cards. I am promoting greed with every transaction so I can have money to buy presents for my family??? I've gotten then shoes, socks, underwear and clothes. But I still want to get them toys and electronics and candy just to see them happy.
I need to change my ways. I need to make a change and soon, in my heart and my mind, before it drives me insane.

Thankfulness

I am thankful for everyone of life's blessings and lessons. I am thankful for David and Daddy and all of David Hulon's family. And I am thankful for all of my friends, including the ones I've ticked off or offended with my big mouth, for understanding that life is a journey, and we all make mistakes and learn and grow, in our own way and time. I am thankful for realizing what is important, to live a meaningful life and focusing on what is important. Worrying about buying things for the kids wasn't living in the now and won't make Christmas any better. A magical Christmas comes from the environment we create, not by how many presents are under the tree. Working for money to buy gifts was the wrong path. Working to provide for my family is the only way to go. The gift list is getting tweaked- And will focus on each individual's needs.

Stupid job

I got into a little spat with another cashier when she wouldn't take my check and wanted all my info. I'd never had anyone say anything before. Anyway, the supervisor intervened and today I had to get talked to. AND instead of comong to me, other cashiers been talking behind my back, saying I get an attitude with them. Oh really? It's ok for them to get an attitude with me, though? I figure I'm just too direct. Whatthefuck ever.

Thanksgiving

Well, Happy Thanksgiving. The neighbors are partying and racing horses up and down our driveway. The music they're thumping is BEYOND loud but David is friends with them and doesn't want to call. People don't realize they can call it in before 10 pm.
We had a good time at his aunt's house and watched the Texan's game. We didn't go to his brother's, though, because I'm tired and didn't really wanna see some of the people who were gonna be there.
He kept his promise and left when I wanted to leave, didn't get cocky with me and paid attention to where I was and what I was doing. I had a talk with him and let him know the things that bother me. He won't know if I don't tell him, right? I also tried to be nicer, and I left when I started getting cranky and tired.
Honestly thinking about hitting walmart tonight just because I can and I never have (black friday). Ok ok tbh the neighbor's noise bothers me so much I want to run away. They did turn it down a lot.
On a more tmi type personal note, I'm still constipated. Used to write whatever the fuck I wanted on my blog and I think it's funny how sensitive many of my fb friends are and their over reactions to topics such as constipation and sex. Young people around here these days are such prudes. I love my "old" friends. No filters! No "omg tmi!" Rude and crude, just like I like them!!!
Laters!!

My Weekend

Chin up tits out. Been really stressed out with everything going on. David is so mad at his friend and is super stressed. This weekend was pretty hard for me.

The girls brought home a kitten they found in the pasture- neighbor's dog had it in its mouth and the mom ran off and they couldn't find her. Its pretty young and I am bottle feeding her. She whines. A lot. That makes four freaking cats- 2 kittens! Hailey was supposed to take it home with her and she didn't! This is too many animals. Three of our cats are cats that Hailey has rescued! Riley- the mostly white long haired calico that is our baby, Mocha, the mottled calico kitten and the bug looking one she just found. The two kittens need homes. The girl cats are so mean and hiss at each other and The Bug. Tiger, the tom, loves all the animals and takes every opportunity to love on anyone that will come his way! Mocha is currently stalking The Bug, which is a Manx, btw, and maybe will make friends with her. She is lonely.
I decided I don't have it in me to train any puppies. We have dogs already- so we will be finding homes for them, too. Soon, I hope, so that Daisy can get back to her normal self. I know she is tired of nursing them. And we still need to get Daisy and Riley fixed so this doesn't happen again, and get them shots. I can't afford more pets.
Oh damn, the puppies are in the pasture!

Brain Vomit for Wednesday Morning!

I worked 40+ hours last week and had more time on my hands than in the past 6 months, so we figured out where my time went. Driving to Huntsville-7.5 hrs/week. Breaks on avg- 2hrs/day- that's 10 hrs/wk (I hated this!!!). At most I was scheduled 34 hrs/wk but spent an extra 17.5 hrs/wk traveling or in Huntsville that I didn't get paid for. Add in $10/day in gas, and I was making $4.67/hr for my TIME. Transfering to a store closer to home was the best decision. And its so much less stressful! I don't want to work that many hours, that was just for Easter, anyway. There is other stuff I need to do.
Like get all crazy political on facebook. My friends are prolly irritated with all my links! So I will post them here:


Wisconsin Republicans target voter fraud within universities

This law will make it harder for college students to vote by requiring IDs with up to date addresses. They are restricting the votes of students because they tend to vote Democrat. This gets on my nerves. Republicans across the country are making laws to restrict the votes for the poor, as well.. Laws like this should be illegal, even if they say its to restrict fraud if its known that the results will target a specific voter group that is their opposition. There should have been an easier way to say that, lol....

The "Glory Days" of Scott Walker May Already be Over | BuzzFlash.org
Like Trump, he likes to take credit for things he hasn't done. I hope he gets recalled, too.
White House releases Obama birth certificate
Trump takes credit for Obama releasing the long form BC, but really, it was his way of saying STFU we have real issues to deal with. WIN THE FUTURE!
"Instead of Continuing to Subsidize Yesterday's Energy Sources, We Need to Invest in Tomorrow's"
A letter from the President urging that we eliminate tax breaks for the oil and gas industry. If their profits are up 50% then they are fleecing us, plain and simple! 
snopes.com: Barack Obama at Columbia
Yes, he did go to Colombia you racist fascists. 


Onto more serious matters. Puppies! OMG they are so cute! The little buggers are sleeping right now, the kitten all cuddled up with Avril, who still doesn't like me. Last night we ALL were outside looking for her. I told Tessa she was fine and that she was either sleeping or hiding. She doesn't come when called, the fat lil pudge runs when called. Seven, on the other hand, always comes to momma! We went outside later for our "rain dance" for Jacque Sue and found her on her momma's tit. :P What I really should be doing right now is looking up how to train the puppies to live in the house, not outside. Daisy was too old when I got her to live in the house. She likes laying in the dirt. Whatever. :D 


The Rain Dance. Sorry Jacque, I didn't participate. The girls wanted to dance to Milkshake. MILKSHAKE! I was like that isn't a raindance song! When I checked on them later they were dancing to screamo music. Much better. They were like, can we come in now? Hahahaha! hey, they volunteered! I'll get my fat ass out there later when they aren't home.
Laters!

A big shout out to Miss Kitty

It took me all night long to set this blog up! I couldn't decide on blogger or wordpress, until I found out I had to pay to customize wordpress. No thank you! I downloaded the google toolbar, logged in and found all my old bookmarks. A big thanks to Ann from Ornamental Illness for inspiring me to blog again and a HUGE thank you to Miss Kitty for the blog template. Mmmmwah! :*

Do what you love and love what you do! Peace!

I am back!

Fed up with facebook, I have come home to blogger! I used to live here! Its been so long I prolly forgotten how to blog! My biggest gripe with facebook is that posts have to be so short, and now I can't think of anything to say! Its ok, I am sure my brain will vomit something interesting to say.

Prolification

Is that a word? I doubt it. Its a total Dawn-ism. Its just that I used to be so prolific! I haven't written anything in a very long time. I am glad to be back though.

Its more than an internet connection. Its a commitment. A permanence. A reestablishment of what once was.

The relief I felt after I called the cable company and ordered service- after living here for 10 months- was a clear indication that I needed to validate to myself that I really am home.

I need references!

I need a job. I need a job yesterday and money a month ago! I am gathering up my old job information, but I am stuck when it comes to references. Employers probably won't understand why a 32 year old SAHM would lack something so simple! I am sorry, but I do not have personal references because for the last decade I have been isolated from friends and family, have moved once every 2 or 3 years, and have not been able to make new friends. Until recently. But they turned out to be a bunch of backstabbing hoes!

No... I don't think they will understand.

So, if you are my blogger friend, and would like to help me out, I need at least 3 personal references to put down on an application. I know this is a lot to ask, since I would need to put down your name and phone number, and request that if called upon that you would tell the prospective employer nice things about me, like I am reliable, prompt, of the upmost moral character, you know, all the kiss ass things employers wanna hear, etc!

Yeah I am exaggerating it a bit, but seriously, I do need some help. I have really had a rough time making and establishing real world friendships. I really am a social person, I just thought it was my job to give up all of myself for my family and be a model 1950s housewife. I sucked at this and I need to find a real job, that pays money, gets me out of the house, and helps me meet people to socialize with.

If you would like to volunteer, drop me a line and let me know. You have no idea how much I would appreciate it!

Thanks!

Merry Christmas!

Ok, I scratched lavenderdaydreams.wordpress.com blog when I was able to keep my host! So I can be found at lavenderdaydreams.com/lavsblog. I plan on moving all of these posts to wordpress, btw!

Sorry for confusion.

Laters

just don't ask what happened

*sigh*

http://lavenderdaydreams.wordpress.com

testing

what the heck?

WordPress

I have moved to word press. Email me for the addy if ya want it. :D

dawndschaak@gmail.com

Happy Thanksgiveing All!

"Feminism is the radical notion that women are people."
-Cheris Kramarae & Paula Treichler

I am still alive... I think. :p

The Heroine

I wrote a story called The Heroine and you can go see it over at Flashes of Speculation!

So, what do ya think???

Stupid evil bitch

Below is an email conversation C had with his instructor. She is a doctor something or other AND keep in mind that the class she teaches is Critical Thinking Skills. she also goes on and on about logic in her class. I will not be taking any classes from this whore anytime soon.

From: lav's wolf
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 9:48 PM
To: stupid teacher
Subject: peer evaluation

i know i submitted my peer eval on Wednesday the 17th.

From: stupid instructor
No submission. According to directions, if you do not complete an evaluation for your team members, you will receive a 0 on for this assignment, regardless of how your team members rate you.

From: lav's wolf
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: peer evaluation

is it not attaching my file? it says it is attached when i submit it.

From: stupid instructor
It was too late, Chantz. I'm sorry. This was one assignment that had to be submitted on time.

From: lav's wolf
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 9:16 AM

i did submit it on time i am trying to figure out why it did not go though. i pulled over in a truck stop and did homework for 4 hours. thats why i know i did it. i was just wondering if it was the attachment that did not go though or the whole thing?

From: stupid instructor
There was nothing attached prior to the due date as I indicated in the second to last e-mail I sent you, Chantz. I can only go by what I have on my end. I will post the screen print again.

From: lav's wolf
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 10:56 AM
So I did submit something, just without an attachment. That is what I was unsure of. I figured that if you received a submission -on time- without the attachment that you would come to the logical conclusion that an error had been made and needed correcting. I and my wife both take devry online classes have had this problem. It could be a problem with the dropbox. It is sending the messages with out the attaching document. This is a technical error that needs to be addressed. Or, perhaps it could have been human error and that I forgot to send an attachment. I did try however, as you can see, to submit this assignment. In my wife's situation, her teacher understood that it was a simple mistake, either on her part or on the part of the drop box, and accepted the assignment late. We will contact the devry help desk about the issue with the dropbox, as well as our advisers. Hopefully this problem will be resolved soon. I would hate for this to continue happening in other classes I plan to take.

Thank you so very much for being so supportive and helpful in this situation and for being understanding of my problem. (sent carbon copy of this email to the advisor)

From: The Queen bitch of stupid instructors
Chantz, there was no indication that you had logged on. The website keeps accurate track of when are where each student logs on.

From: lav's wolf
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 5:56 PM
Well then how does that explain the other assignments that I turned in on the 17th? I can see them with their dates when I look at the drop box. (attached two screenshots of evidence)

From: The Cunt
I don’t know. I wish I had all the answers to these questions.

Oh, I see, lady. I was correct in my first assumption. You were just making that not logging on shit up. hey, can you guys tell when I jumped in and took over for big C?

Grrr, Argh

Know what pisses me off? All these so called "sexy" Halloween costumes for women. So in order for a woman to be sexy she needs to wear a very short skirt, dress like a little girl, or wear an extremely skimpy costume?

Wake up America and get the fuck over yourself. It's not "drive all the men spitting wild and get your self raped day." It's Halloweffinween!

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too much

An email from Candy: "What's going on with you - are you okay? I worry when I don't hear from you."

My reply:

i am so-so
less crazy, still confused
paranoia is gone (didn't know i had it before)
still overwhelmed. still spending too much money. still stressed and frustrated. still not sleeping at night.
been reading or watching tv.
BUT i am trying to get stuff done. try to get austin into mental health, no answer, left message, no call back. try to get kids to doctor, phone busy.
am skipping tessa's piano lessons today. its too much.
girl scouts 2x/month, science club and piano lessons???
the lesson is at 4:30. rush hour traffic!? schools letting out!? missing dinner time every friday!? its too much
i am getting dinner ready right now, we are going to eat, and watch a movie i bought and stay the fuck home
c is on his way home
THANK GOD.
i am a tad tired and run down, brandy still has a cold. class is going well. i have a 99%