My husband arrived home tonight. Yay. I picked him up at the airport. He landed at 9.45. I was so excited to see him. I went to the airport directly from my Apologetic class tonight. I was actually early so I decided to detour to Walmart to get some Halloween decorations for the porch.
My husband said it was a lot warmer here than in New Jersey (where he went for few days). I asked how the visit went and he said it was good. He had the chance to meet his dad and his mom and his stepmom. He told me that his mom gave him money. When he counted, it was $2000. His uncle also gave him some money and he spent that money to buy me gifts.
My husband is so sweet. He bought me 2 gifts!!!! One is an Anne Klein watch I had been wanting to buy for a year!!!!! the other gift is a set of jade bracelet and earings. They’re so beautiful. I LOVE jade. I cannot believe my husband picked the perfect gifts for me. I am going to wear them all tomorrow!!!! I am going to show them to the girls at work. I bet they’ll be jealous. LOL.
I am so happy because my husband is home with me now. I thank God he arrived safely and he had a nice visit to New Jersey to see his families. He’s taking a day off from work tomorrow to recuperate. I think he deserves a day lazying around the house once in a while. I might ask him if he would like to have lunch with me tomorrow.
There is a bad news. I did not win the lottery tonight. Bummer. I thought I had the winning ticket. So close. Maybe next time. I know it’s going to be sooner than later. I cannot wait to win it!!!!!
Ok this is past my bedtime already but I need to read the Bible and say couple prayers to Virgin Mary, Miraculous Infant Jesus, and Saint Rita (Saint of the Impossible).
God Bless everyone.
Last night, I paid off all my CC debts. I am a little embarassed by this but I used some of the money that my mom sent me to pay it all off. Once we get the rest of the money (first wire was $10,000), we’ll pay off my husband’s CC debts. After this we should only have the mortgage and the car payments (which are quite high $625 for 2 cars). But the plan is to pay off the car payments by March 2009–this is also assuming my company does not piss me off again. I am hoping and praying and begging to God to help me win the lottery.
My husband went to his part-time job about 30 minutes ago. He made $140 on his paycheck for his part time job. Yay. I think he should be able to get in average of $500 – $600 per month from that job. Not too bad for a part-time job he likes to do. And now that our CC debts are almost gone, that money will be going toward our EF.
Well. I am going to get ready for my Wednesday class at church. It is going to start soon. I will be back in a couple of hours to continue this blog.
So what happens when you don’t like your job anymore but you need the money? Do you suck it up and keep coming to work anyways or do you quit and find something else? For me to leave my job right now would be pretty stupid considering the economy and the fact that I have not enough savings. Ugghhh. I just don’t like the way the job is going right now although I know my job is safe enough since it is not in the financial industry.
I am praying and hoping I win the lottery. I know. I know. The chance is so slim but it is still a chance. I will take it.
Today was a quite depressing day for American economy. The government denied bailout request. Dow was down at 777 points. You’d think triple seven would be a lucky number but it is not the case today. I tried to check my retirement account online but the website was down. I hope–keeping my fingers crossed–I won’t lose that much money.
What do I want to do with my life? I do not like my job but I cannot leave. I need the money. The money that I make is not bad ($63,750 + 20% yearly bonus= around $80,000/year). I wish my husband made that much. He makes $32,000/year. He loves his job so much. He is comfortable with what he is doing and I do no want him to sacrifice that. I make more than he does but I am not happy at my job. All I want is to do what I enjoy most and be happy with that. Or why can’t I be happy at my current job? Am I too picky?
I am still not in a good mood today. I don’t know why. The weather was gloomy. Someone stole our cat food (that we left outside to feed the stray cats). What is going on in this world? Oh and I got slapped with 4 more overdraft charges although I have not done any financial transactions involving my debit card since last week. I am closing my account tomorrow. I am tired of this. The idiot at Compass bank who I talked to on the weekend lied to me. He did not refund the overdraft charges from last week. That was my last straw. If he could not keep his promise, how could I trust the bank in general???? I hate Compass Bank. I have asked my payroll person to stop my direct deposit to my bank so this Friday I am getting an actual check until I have a new bank account. So, now I am shopping for a new bank. I am thinking Wachovia just because one of its branches is close to where I work and there is actually one branch in my neighborhood as well.
I am hungry but don’t know what to eat. I have been so lazy cooking lately. I wish my husband knew how to cook that would be nice. I am tired today.
I hate my job. I guess it is nice to have a job in this current economy. As crazy as it sounds I want to win the lottery. I want to be able to go to church every morning at 7.30. And help with the church. Volunteer everyday at different places. Build a no-kill animal sanctuary. Pay off my debts. Pay off my house. Buy the house accross the street. Donate this house to a family that needs it. Travel to my home country. Buy my mom diamonds and jewelries. Pay for my sister’s wedding. Send her to honeymoon around the world. Open my own grocery store. Organic grocery store with a bakery inside and a little book shop. Spend time with my dogs.
Ugghhh. I cannot wait for this workweek to end. I am just so sick of this week. It has been a bad week from day 1.
I guess I am going to eat something now.
I hate it I hate it I hate it. Ok let me be specific. I hate working for other people. I want to have my own business. I want to own a small business. I want to win the lottery so I can volunteer!!!!!!!!! that’s all I am going to do. Volunteer. Help people. Help animals. For the rest of my life. I want to help. I want to learn more about God. I want to volunteer for my church. I want to travel with my husband and our families.
I do not like to work for other people.
Please God let me win the lottery!!!!!!!
My husband finally opened an IRA account for his retirement. He is sending $50 per paycheck toward his retirement account for now. I am happy for him. I have been bugging him to save for retirement but he never listened to me until now. I know it is only $50 but it is a start. Better a little bit than nothing at all.
My retirement account is now about $32,000. I figure if the amount increases about $15000 a year, in the next 5 years, I’m expecting to get over $100,000 saved in my retirement saving account.
I actually plan on staying on my company for at least another 2 years (until after I graduate from my MBA). They are paying the tuition so I am going to take advantage of that.
I hope I win the lottery tonight. I need it. That money would buy me some happiness.
I didn’t win the lottery last night. Not yet. God hasn’t allow me to own the money. There is next Wednesday that I can try and then the following Saturday. The money pool is getting bigger.
I came back from work about an hour ago. I am so tired now. We watched 3 movies at work tonight. It helped to pass the long night. I hate working nights. I wish God had let me win the lotto tonight so I can quit my job and do volunteer works for the rest of my life.
Tonight is my last night working this week. I am so pooped out. Can’t wait. Today is Sunday and I won’t be able to go to church because I’d be sleeping/resting to prepare myself for work tonight. I plan to go to church on Monday (Miraculous Medal Novena mass). I need to say more prayers. I’d like another position at work. Or another job outside the company. Or to win the lotto jackpot.
I am so tired I need to sleep. I might write again later before I go to work.
I went to get a scrath-off lottery ticket on Wednesday, June 25th. And I won $5. I paid $2 for the ticket. I also bought a regular lottery ticket but I didn’t win yet.
This Saturday there is going to be another drawing so I am going to buy one ticket for myself.
I know I will win it. I am going to use the jackpot money to pay off the house and other debts and I want to open a school for kids in underprivilage country. I also want to volunteer more often. I’d probably quit my job and be a part-time teacher or I will be the president of my own non-profit group. I’d like to donate money to my animal rescue group and other animal rescues out there. I’d like to adopt maybe 2 – 3 kids and buy a big house with them in the country.
I am so excited. Today I feel great. I am in a good mood today. I am not going to let anything to bother me or distract me. I am just so happy. Very happy. Can’t wait to start the day!!!!!!
Lots have been happening.
My internet connection was having a problem for a while. Not sure why but it seems to work ok now. Keep fingers crossed.
Husband’s grandma had a surgery on Monday to remove her colon tumor. Surgery went well and she is coming home today.
I have been volunteering a lot. I helped my animal rescue group transporting some stray cats to be spayed/neutered and I also helped this one elderly lady, Elizabeth, with her dog, Rounder. She needed someone to take her to the vet so I volunteered to do that. I made the appointment and I drove her there (with her dog). Her dog Rounder has a tumor. She is 15 years old. Elizabeth isn’t sure if she wants to put Rounder through surgery. Elizabeth is a very nice petite old lady. She lives in an apartment in my neighborhood by herself. She does not have children. I am not sure how old she is but she looks old. We had a lunch at McDonald’s right after vet visit and she told me that she used to be a model when she was younger. This lady knows style. She saw my handbag and she said to me, I like your handbag–Michael Kors handbag. I said well, I bought this a while bag not sure if they still have it but I will see if I can find something similar. That afternoon, I went to Marshall’s and I found her an Ettiene Agner bag for $24.99. It was a similar looking bag. Very, very similar. I was happy to find it. I went home and put it in a pretty gift bag and put some pink tissues in it. The next morning, I called Elizabeth and I told her I was coming to drop off something. I stopped by and I gave her the gift. She was SOOOOO happy!!!!!!!! I also brought Rounder some treats (I bought my dogs way too many treats). It felt good making someone else happy. When I went there, she asked me a favor. She needed to get Rounder some dog foods next week. She showed me the one she is using. Later that evening, I was browsing through the local grocery shopping weekly ad and I saw that they’re having sale on the dog food Elizabeth needs. So this morning I went ahead and bought 2 big bags. I also picked up 2 bags of cat litter for Elizabeth’s cats.
Well. That’s about it with me. Tomorrow I am going to go to the Catholic church and ask about volunteer opportunity with their Kitchen Soup.
I told Elizabeth I love to volunteer and if I could do it for living I would do it. She looked at me and said: you are such a joy.
That alone was worth every volunteering I have done in my life.
I told God, if he would trust me with winning a lottery jackpot, I’d quit my job so I can help other people. I’d work part time as a teacher–teaching kids to be good and kind to others. I’d do so many volunteer works my whole life. That’s my promise to God.
I am going to win the lottery tomorrow night!!!!!!!
The jackpot!!! yeah!!!!!!
