TODAY WAS MY DAY OFF, AND FOR THE MOST PART IT WAS MAINLY VERY RESTING. I DIDN'T EVEN LEAVE THE HOUSE UNTIL LIKE 5PM. I DID DO ABOUT 40 XMAS CARDS. I LEFT THE HOUSE TO GO TO THE POST OFFICE TO GET SOME STAMPS.

ON THE WAY THERE, I GOT A CALL BACK FROM MY LITTLE BROTHER. HAHA, LITTLE. HE'S 23 AND TALLER THAN ME. ANYHOO, GOT TO CATCH UP WITH HIM A BIT. I HAVE PRETTY MUCH STOPPED ASKING HIM IF HE HAS HEARD OR RUN INTO OUR DAD. I STARTED TO GET THE FEELING THAT WHEN I ASKED HIM THAT MAYBE HE FEELS JEALOUS OF THAT I GOT TO KNOW OUR DAD MORE THAN HE DID. I COULD BE COMPLETELY WRONG. I JUST FIGURED THAT SINCE OUR DAD LIVES IN SPOKANE, THAT MAYBE THEY RUN INTO EACH OTHER ONCE IN A WHILE LIKE THEY USED TO. I REMEMBER YEARS BACK THAT DAD WOULD STAND MY BROTHER UP. (JUST LIKE HE USED TO DO TO ME)SO THEN I THINK FOR THE MOST PART THAT MY BROTHER JUST STOPPED ASKING ME ANYTHING ABOUT HIM, AND THAT NOW HE'S OLDER, HE DOESN'T NEED OUR DAD FOR ANYTHING.

MY BROTHER IS LIKE THE WORST DRIVER ON THE PLANET. EVER SINCE THE DAY HE GOT HIS LICENSE, OOOH HE'S BEEN PULLED OVER MORE THAN 20 TIMES FOR STUPID SHIT. HE WRECKS CARS, OR PEOPLE HIT HIM ETC. HE GETS TICKETS LIKE CRAZY. HE'S BEEN WORKING THE SAME JOB FOR A FEW YEARS. I'M PROUD OF HIM FOR BEING STABLE JOB-WISE. I WISH WE KNEW EACH OTHER AS LITTLE KIDS. WE DIDN'T MEET UNTIL I WAS 16 AND HE WAS 11. THAT WAS PRETTY MEMORABLE. WE TALKED FOR A BIT AND IT WAS NICE.

THINGS SEEMED TO HAVE CALMED DOWN SINCE THE HUBBY AND I HAVE FINALLY CAUGHT UP AND TALKED ABOUT OUR RESPONSIBILITIES. WE'RE TRYING TO CUT BACK ON EXPENSES. SO I HOPE THAT WILL HELP.

MY GRAMMA CALLED TODAY AND TOLD ME THAT SHE WILL BE BRINGING MY MOM DOWN HERE TO GET HER FITTED FOR SOME DENTURES. MY MOM IS 51. I'M SO SURPRISED THAT SHE'S EVEN LIVED THIS LONG. I DO WISH THAT SHE WOULD TAKE BETTER CARE OF HERSELF. I KNOW WITH HER DEPRESSION SHE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT 98% OF ANYTHING. THE STATE REFUSED HER REQUEST FOR HELP. OK, THIS WOMAN NEEDS HEALTH CARE, SMALL MONETARY ASSISTANCE, AND FOOD ASSISTANCE. SHE DID GET A SMALL AMOUNT OF LIKE FOOD STAMPS. IT PISSES ME OFF THAT OTHER PEOPLE CAN PUNCH OUT A FEW KIDS, CHEAT THE SYSTEM, OR WHATEVER, AND THIS WOMAN CAN'T GET ANY HELP. SAD.

I DON'T KNOW IF GRAMMA IS GONNA COME DOWN EARLY TO BRING MY MOM TO MY HOUSE. I ALMOST THINK THAT MY MOM MIGHT CANCEL AT THE LAST SECOND. SHE CAN'T STAND MY GRAMMA, OR HER DRIVING. HAHA. GRAMMA SAID SHE'D STOP BY MY STORE WITH HER. HMMM, THIS SHOULD BE INTERESTING.

MY HUBBY HAS BEEN HOME SICK FOR QUITE A FEW DAYS. I HAVE BEEN WAKING UP CONGESTED AND SORE THROAT, THEN WHEN I'M UP AND ABOUT, IT SUBSIDES. UGH.

I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SEARCH FOR SOME REALLY GOOD DIARIES TO READ, AND IT HAS BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT. I AM ATTRACTED TO DIARIES THAT HAVE COOL TEMPLATES, AND PEOPLE WHO WRITE IN THEM AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH MINIMUM! I ALSO LIKE TO READ ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE CLOSE TO MY AGE OR OLDER, AND NOT THE TEENAGERS! HONEY, IF YOU THINK THAT THE BOY OR GIRL IN YOUR CLASS DON'T LIKE YOU AND YOUR LIFE WILL END IF NOBODY ASKS YOU TO THE FUCKING PROM ETC, YOU HAVE A RUDE AWAKENING IN THE YEARS TO COME! HAHA.

WELL, I HAD COLLEEN OVER FOR MARGARITAS THE OTHER NIGHT. SHE BROUGHT THE CHIPS AND SALSA. YUMMM. IT WAS GREAT. THE KIDS HAD A SPOONFUL OF TYLENOL PM AND THEY WERE OUT! HAHA. I LOVE THAT STUFF! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT!

WORK HAS BEEN GOOD. BUSY SALES. COMMISSION CHECK SHOULD BE REALLY HANDY. I WATCHED THE EPISODE OF OPRAH TODAY. ( I LOVE HAVING D.V.R./TIVO) TODAY'S EPISODE WAS LEO DICAPRIO, AND FELLOW CAST MEMBER. IT WAS ABOUT HIS NEW MOVIE "BLOOD DIAMOND."

THE MOVIE IS BASED ON THE 1990'S CIVIL WAR IN SIERRA LEONE AFRICA. BLOOD DIAMONDS/CONFLICT DIAMONDS THAT WERE BEING PURCHASED TO FUND TERRORISM, REBELS, ETC. WOMEN WERE RAPED, BEATEN, CHILDREN FORCED TO SLAVERY, ABUSED, SLAUGHTERED, OR HAD THEIR LIMBS AMPUTATED SAVAGELY, AND FORCED TO FIGHT WITH THE REBELS AS CHILD SOLDIERS. AWFUL. THE GREAT THING THOUGH, IS THAT THROUGH THE U.N. AND AMBASSADORS TO OTHER COUNTRIES IS THAT MORE THAN 47 COUNTRIES WILL NOT PURCHASE DIAMONDS FROM SOURCES NOT AGREED TO THE KIMBERLEY PROCESS. SO IN ESSENCE, NOW THE WORLD IS WELL AWARE OF CONFLICT DIAMONDS, AND THAT THERE ARE FEWER THAN 1% OF DIAMONDS PURCHASED TO FUND THE REBELS OR NON-LEGIT SOURCES.

AM I AFRAID THAT IT WILL PUT ME OUT OF A JOB?

NO.