Alliteration.  A literary term that stuck with me from high school.  It’s the repeated use of a consonant sound in the beginning of words, like the title of this post or in those tongue twisters we used to try back in the day.

So back to the title.  The house is FULL of spiders.  Giant ones, baby ones, we find them everywhere.  My future step daughter found one in one of her drawers and we both freaked out.  It was HUGE.  I had no idea what to do.  I didn’t want to put my hand in the drawer because I wasn’t sure if it was a wolf spider and I heard they were aggressive.  But my future mother-in-law wasn’t frightened at all and she  picked up the article of clothing that the spider was on and put it outside.

And they all love to bite me when I’m sleeping.  It doesn’t help that my dear boyfriend is scared to death of spiders.  Sure, he can do something like fight someone that has a gun.  But spiders, he just can’t deal with them.  There’s like a horrible experience behind it.

I’ve done some research online on how to get rid of spiders, and it seems like we’ve just been attracting them.  First, we’re supposed to try to keep plants away from the outside of the house.  The plants creates a haven for spiders and if those havens are next to the house, they’ll be coming in.  I really can’t do anything about that.  The plants belong to the future-in-laws and they’re very stubborn and don’t care about the spiders.

Second, get rid of all the cardboard in the house.  It’s a wood product, and spiders like wood.  No idea why.  But yeah I have a whole bunch of unpacked boxes, mostly in my bedroom.  So I need to try to throw more things away, and buy plastic storage bins for the things I want to keep.

Third, keep everything neat and put away.  Spiders get more bold if they have more hiding places.  I’m clean, but I’m not neat.  I have little piles of things everywhere, mostly paper.  So I have to put everything away, well and find places to put everything away.

Spiders also hate lemon pledge.  Apparently they “taste” with their the tips of their legs and they hate that taste.  So I’ll be dusting the window sills and such with lemon pledge.  I should probably wait on that though.  If I do it now, I’ll probably be keeping the spiders in.

Vacuum, vacuum, vacuum!  If there are spiders in the house, chances are there are egg sacs and little tiny spiders running around.  So I’ve been vacuuming everyday, and letting the kids help me with it.  They like doing it for some reason.  I’ve been trying to get every nook and cranny.  I’ve found a couple of those itty bitty spiders.  EW!

On a more personal note, I need to blog more, my tummy hurts, and I miss Angie like crazy!

Ok not really, but I needed a title.

It’s really been hard to update, mostly because I don’t think my life is worth writing about sometimes.  Or if I find something blogworthy to write about I forget about it.

Angie is going to Iraq to teach math.  Crazy girl.  But apparently that’s what she wants to do.  I don’t want to get on her about how unsafe I think that is.  Life is life.  We don’t know when it will end so we should enjoy what we have now.  I’m trying to get into that frame of mind now.  Enjoy life while it lasts and don’t let the little things bring you down.  At least not too much.

Angie’s also throwing a barbecue before she leaves.  She’s invited a lot of our old friends, from elementary school and such, so it should be a lot of fun.  I’ve asked for that night off so that I can truly relax with everyone.

Debbie is also getting married a few days after that, so it will be off to California for me(thank goodness for my airline miles).  Despite what I think, I’m still very happy for her.

My birthday is in between that.  It’s also Quyen’s and Lora’s birthday.  I’ll hopefully be on a plane on my birthday.  Maybe the stewardess will give me a birthday cupcake?

Have I ever mentioned how much I love my friends?  I know I don’t show it.  I’ve been reclusive since I’ve been broke because I don’t want to spend money.  But I think about them often.  And I think about things I want to do for them, I just can’t because of time and financial constraints.

Things at this moment are not very good, but are starting to look up.  At least financially.  I’m content with what I have for the moment, since I realized the things I want will take a lot of time.  And there are a few things that I’ve been wanting to do for a long time.  I think those things will happen soon.

Don’t worry.

Be happy.

This is a short film that my good friend Adrianna created for her film class. I love it!

I’m having a horrible week.  Even though I already told myself I can’t work two jobs, I tried it again anyways and it cost me.  I was late every day last week and they let me go.

I know it’s my fault, but I still feel like shit.  At least the job I still have is for the long run, and not a short project like the other one.  I’ve also over drafted four times which my bank charged me $100 for.  That’s another $100 I have to find to make payments for bills next week.  And I turned in my time card late, so I won’t get this week’s paycheck until next week.  My phone bill is also over $1000 this month, because of a mix up over a phone I just purchased.  I was supposed to get it free but they charged me for the whole thing.

And all this on top of already being stressed out about debt and backed up bills.  I know most of this is my fault, and that I shouldn’t have procrastinated and should have kept better track of my expenses(we spent almost $120 on gas alone this week).  But I still want to curl up in a little ball.  My head and chest hurts.  I’ve tried working a second job thing in order to get out of this financial mess, but I just didn’t get any rest and it hurt me more than anything.  Maybe I can find find a second part time job.

That bottle of liquor on the shelf is also looking really good.  I’ve been waiting all week to get a sip and just relax.  I’m a very tense person as it is, and all this stress is driving me crazy.  I could use the help to relax, but I don’t actually want to go through the motions to drink it.  I guess I’m a fake alcoholic.  All talk, no action.  Well I’m off to bed.  Toodles.

I’m currently working two full time jobs so I don’t have a lot of time to blog.  I always think about blogging, but you wouldn’t know that from the amount of posts I have.  I’ll be doing something, and then have this great idea that I want to blog about, but when I finally sit down at a computer, I have forgotten it all.

My work keeps me pretty busy.  My first job is developing a website and online store for a business in Tacoma.  I also assist in the marketing aspect, getting the business out there.  Part of it is utilizing what I’ve taught myself over the years and the other part is teaching myself to use some new software and figure out how to do things.  Overall it’s a great experience and I’m trying really hard to make it a successful project.

My second job is taking inventory at a warehouse for a grocery chain.  I just started this job and I really like it.  The only downside is that it’s a refridgerated warehouse, so it’s really cold and I have to bundle up even though it’s summertime.

It’s a lot of work looking for a job.  But you can find the job you want(if you qualify for it).  These are some things I’ve learned along the way.

• A good resume and cover letter is critical.
• You’ve probably heard of the saying If it’s too good to be true, it probably is.  So watch out for scams. 
• You should never have to pay money to get a job or job leads.

There are a few other things, but I think I’ll save it for a more detailed post for job searching.

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I know, I’ve been slacking as far as setting goals to improve my health.  But hey, I’ve been busy looking for a job, so cut me some slack.

My next goal is very simple.  Drink more water.  Some of the things I plan to do will require drinking more, so why not start early?  I also don’t think I drink enough of it.

As far as the vitamins go… I’ve been naughty.  I was good for a week, but I stopped.  So I need to keep taking them.  I honestly think that they put me in a much better mood.  When I started taking them, I felt really positive, and the for the last week, I’ve been Miss Grumpy Pants.  So I’ll put a reminder on my cell phone and start taking them again tomorrow and continue taking them and we’ll see how I feel.  Wish me luck!

So today I started my new job as a website designer for, from what I can tell, a very successful company. All those years picking at html code and playing with photoshop has finally paid off. Ok, not exactly paid off, but it’s definitely showing some benefits now. This project will force me to really study web design and coding, and get me used to making templates a shopping cart. It’s a really good opportunity for me to learn, gain experience, and make some money!

What it also will do is make me too tired to do any coding at home for NightMuse.com. So I tried really hard tonight to get a simple layout. I didn’t have the time to get it the way I wanted it, so I found this wonderful premade layout from Teresa at scribblescratch.com.  Isn’t it cute?  She’s very talented.

I really want to focus on my writing. I hope to do some freelance work as a local blogger to increase my income, and get out of debt sooner.

OMG House Hunters is on AND it’s for SEATTLE tonight! This will be some nice inspiration to pay off my debt sooner to save money for a house.  Ciao!

And the first photo I put up on my blog is an outdated one from last year. But this is one of my favorite pictures I took of Saleen at Ocean Shores.

I think it’s really beautiful. I love silhouettes with a sunset in the background. I look forward to going to Ocean Shores again this year for the Fourth of July. Saleen’s brother-in-law reserved two campsites this year, so expect a lot of pictures and an exciting post!

So every time I try to open the folder containing the photos I have taken, windows explorer crashes. I’ve tried looking up what’s wrong and how to fix it and I can’t find a thing. It says that something called h232 is the problem, but I have no idea what that is. This has ALWAYS happened with photos from my camera. I don’t know what to do anymore, but I can’t post any pictures if I can’t even open the folder. *sobs*

I don’t know what to do.