http://cheripooh.com Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:05:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So, the weather has warmed up considerably here in SW PA.  We have had sunny, warmth for the last two days and have been taking the dogs for walks at local parks.  Yesterday was Twin Lakes Park with it's 2 mile hike around both lakes.  Today we went to Mammoth ... http://cheripooh.com/?p=57 I was just reading through my old posts.  Have any of you ever done that?  It was a fun experience to see how long it has been from certain milestones in my life.  The guinea pig in now almost three years old.  The quad accident has been almost forgotten.  Brian's ... http://cheripooh.com/?p=55 So, most of you already know that we got a puppy for tax return time.  (This, by the way, is a new holiday that I am proposing to Hallmark).  It has been affecting my studies and my sleeping habits.  Difficult is not even the word.  Several of you had warned ... http://cheripooh.com/?p=53 Well, it is time for me to grow up and go to college.....again!  I have enrolled in online classes at Ahsford Univ.  My first class is November 3.  I should be getting my books any day now.  I am nervous and excited. http://cheripooh.com/?p=49 So, vacation is over.  Now is the time when I will begin, in earnest, to search for a job.  I am not looking forward to this part of my life.  I am 32 and back on the market so to speak.  Was kinda hoping to be working towards retirement at ... http://cheripooh.com/?p=47 The girls and I are preparing to leave this morning for our trip.  Last night was a rough one trying to get them to go to bed.  We are all a little exctied for the vacation.  I finally got them to bed by 11, but I woke up at 7am ... http://cheripooh.com/?p=44 Brian will be home in another week.  We have lots of things to do and not much time to do them.  We are taking one room a day and cleaning from top to bottom.  Vacuuming, dusting, moving furniture, the whole nine yards..... Tonight we tackle the dining room. Update on Brian and ... http://cheripooh.com/?p=42 'Funemployed' revel in freedom from work Kimi Yoshino, Los Angeles Times Sunday, June 7, 2009 (06-07) 04:00 PDT Los Angeles -- Michael Van Gorkom was laid off by Yahoo in late April. He didn't panic. He didn't rush off to a therapist. Instead, the 33-year old Santa Monica resident discovered that being jobless ... http://cheripooh.com/?p=40 Today we are setting up our summer plans.  The kids and I have decided to keep to the schedule that they have at school.  We are going to have an art day where we will do something arts and crafts.  We will be having a library day, we have already ... http://cheripooh.com/?p=38 Well, it has finally happened.  I am one of the 7.5% unemployed of PA.  (How can there be a .5%?)  Now I am forced to make the dreaded descision, what do I want to be when I grow up?  No more monkying around with excuses.  The children are old enough ... http://cheripooh.com/?p=35