an update

Here's a little update to what I posted yesterday.

Apparently, officials are saying that the doctor died accidentally/by suicide. Since she went feet first into the chimney, they're saying she was trying to pull a Santa Claus to get into her boyfriend's house. I find it really hard to believe that someone would really do that on their own. And the story that's being reported is completely different then the one her sister has been telling, so maybe the police are just trying to be sneaky? Maybe they made up the story, trying to get her boyfriend back into the country so they can arrest him. Its hard to say, the whole thing has just been so strange and crazy.

I would like to say how awful people can be though. Our local newspaper/news stations all have websites and allow readers to comment on the stories. People have been saying such awful things about this lady. It makes me wonder what kind of life she was living. Was it lonely? Was she really crazy?

Its all so sad.

as seen on teevee, except this is real

On Friday night the other half and I had his mom babysit the kids so we could go out. We decided to try a new pizza place that everyone has been raving about. It was totally overrated. It took them about an hour to give us our pizza (and they weren't busy) and the bottom was completely burnt. To top it off, it made the other half really really sick. Anyway, when we went to pick up the kids we were told that the other half's stepdad had received a disturbing call. Apparently his ex live-in girlfriend/practically his wife had disappeared. She had been missing for two days when he was called. All of her cars, cash, etc were still at her home.....and her boyfriend (rumor-whispered to be very physically abusive) had taken off to her birthday trip....in Amsterdam.

Can you guess what I'm about to tell you next?

The other half's stepdad received a call on Sunday morning, what would've been the ex's 50th birthday. She was found. Murdered. Stuffed in the boyfriend's fireplace.

The only reason they found her is because the boyfriend had arranged for someone to feed his fish while they were supposed to be in Amsterdam together. It had been horribly hot in the days that she was missing....and dead bodies already don't smell so great....

I didn't know her, so I'm not sad to lose a friend or anything like that. What makes it sad is how one person could do that another. What is this world coming to? People will argue that she was a smart lady (a doctor, actually), that she should have left. And even though she should have, she didn't deserve to die because of it. And if you've never been in a abusive relationship (physical or emotional), you don't know how hard it is. Its hard to take, but it is very hard to leave.

Its just a sad situation all over.

hot hot hot

It ended up being 111 degrees here yesterday, that was a record for this town. Our last recorded record high for that date was 106 in 1924. I seriously wish we could move out of this town. I am not a hot weather person. Its supposed to be 104 today, so I guess I can venture out. Well, I kind of have to. All my Word/Works programs stopped working on me last night, I need to finish up my schoolwork for the week (I'm doing all online classes this semester). I'll have to go to my parents' house to finish. I'll just keep the windows down in the car and drive fast :)

In other news:
I'm sending a postcard out to my Secret Pal today, super excited! 

Sorry for all the posts at once, I just needed to catch up on my journal pages. There are still two more I need to put up...those will be coming later.

Its already 99 degrees today. I hear its supposed to be around 110 :( This makes me very unhappy. I can't go anywhere (you know, no car air conditioner) and to make matters worse, we're dogsitting. I guess this dog is an inside dog anyway, but we've been having to leave him outside because the kids don't like him (this dog is huge). I feel bad for leaving him out there in the heat, so I've been letting him come inside. Its causing chaos for the kids though (especially Rea, she does not like dogs). I really didn't want to keep this dog anyway, but the other half didn't take my opinion into consideration when he agreed (what else is new?).

I have been feeling very blah the past few days, I don't know whats causing it. I think maybe I'm just feeling lonely again, and a little bored. Those feelings spike sometimes, and make me feel miserable.

journaling for a cause; prompt 28

Prompt Twenty-Eight: September Goals.

My goals page got hacked off when I took the picture. Pretty much, I want to buy a vegan cookbook (I'm not vegan, but I don't see too many fat ones, so maybe there's something to it), maybe buy a Kindle, stay on top of my schoolwork (school started Monday), make at least one thing for our house (and actually, I meant patio. I'm focusing on outdoor things right now) and to enjoy what life brings me during the month (I'm hoping to not stress out too much basically).

journaling for a cause: prompt 27

Prompt Twenty-Seven: Use A Different Medium.

I used string to create a border. I never use string for anything but bracelets! I don't think its necessarily a different medium, but it was nice to use a different material.

journaling for a cause: prompt 26

Prompt Twenty-Six: Journal Lessons Learned.

journaling for a cause: prompt 25

Prompt Twenty-Five: Our favorite season.

Mine is a tie, between fall and winter. Mainly for the holidays, since we don't have either true season here. No leaves that change color, no snow...we're lucky if our temperatures drop into the 40's.

journaling for a cause: prompt 24

Prompt Twenty-Four: An emotion we'd felt during the week.

I did mine on what made me happy, since I'm trying to not focus on the negative too much. If you flip the flaps open, you can see some of the things that made me happy.

special k

I stopped the Special K diet on Sunday. It didn't work for me. The diet left me irritable, dizzy and very very hungry. And to top it all off, I didn't lose any weight. In fact, I gained weight, which was just awful. I don't understand what went wrong. With the exception of like, falling off the diet wagon twice, I stuck to their diet. I guess it just wasn't the right one for me :( But the experience has left me very discouraged and now I have even more weight to lose.