Cell phone providers are modern day vampires...

Seriously, why do they have to be the only carrier of the iPhone right now? I hate them. I didn't really hate them before, but I do now.

Why you ask? Well, I'll tell you. As I went to pay my bill online, a surprisingly large number popped up in the payment section. Since I pay a ridiculous amount of money to them every month anyway ($150 for 2 phones/550 min.), I was caught off guard when I saw that I owed $345...wha Wha WHAT?!

Here's my problem. Ok, we went over our minutes. I get that. But charging us 45¢/min is absolutely ludicrous, especially considering that when we switched plans (not carriers, just PLANS), we lost 9000+ rollover minutes. Yeah, that's minutes that I paid for and never used, just gone down the drain. So, that's why I'm pretty upset when they charge an insane fee for going over a small fraction of that. AT&T, I'm not amused.

There are a couple of things that have made me happy lately. First, I sold my camera: YAY! Can't wait to buy a new one, but right now I really needed a new work wardrobe. So I took some of that money and put it towards clothes. The greatest thing about this is that it was Jeremy's idea for me to go shopping for myself. How great is that? Absolutely LOVE that man. My friend, Kari, and I went out shopping on Wednesday. She was shopping for cute dress to wear to a wedding, so I tagged along. Thank goodness we didn't make it to the mall because I spent about $300 at Kohl's, Target, and the Dress Barn. Came out with some really great pieces though. Got 2 pairs of shoes, 5 pairs of pants, 8 shirts, necklace, and earrings. Not bad, I think. Simply cannot wait to do it again!

Jeremy's planning on selling some of his extra music equipment to give us some extra money to put towards some small renovations on the house and just to have a little cushion in the bank. If everything sells, it'll give us around $6,000 (part of which goes to a new camera?). So keep your fingers crossed for us!

Yet another thing that made me happy is a call I got from my new employer. They wanted to know what day I wanted to start. Turns out they want me to start on a Monday instead of the previous Thursday. This will give me a 5 day weekend in between switching jobs. LOVE IT!

We've also got some friends who might be coming into town. They're in Virginia right now and we're trying to make plans to meet up somewhere. More than likely they'll just spend the weekend with us. It'll be great because they're so flippin' funny! Our plans were foiled by the snow last time they were around, so hopefully everything will go smoothly this time. So excited!

Ugh...it has happened again. I get on here to write about one thing and I just start rambling on and on about an entirely different subject. Oh well. Maybe next time I can stay on topic ;)

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It's picture time!...

Every once and awhile I convince my family to take group photos. So difficult to do because they are all impatient and usually several leave before we even get started. This was again the case this past weekend for Mother's Day. I did manage to get a few of them together. A couple of my cousins were missing, my little brother was gone, and my uncle left about an hour earlier. Oh well, I'll have to photoshop them in later or something. But without further ado, here's the latest Eubanks family photos...

The Eubanks (minus Kevin)

Grandma & Uncle Mike

Grandma and her daughters, Karen and Cheryl

Cody & Aunt Karen

Jason, Mom, and Me (Derek had already left by the time we got to these)

Mom, Grandma, and Me

By the way, my mom is wearing the necklace and earrings I gave her for Mother's Day. Every girl needs some pearls. I gave Grandma and Aunt Karen a grape tomato plant each, along with some other plants. Nothing like the gift of food!

Jeremy stayed home and did some yard work (looks fantastic!) Later that night we went out to eat with his parents at the Village Steakhouse. Love that place even though it is on the pricey side. Jeremy's gift to his mom was a James Taylor songbook to help her learn to play some of his tunes on guitar. A thoughtful gift I think. He's learning so well :)

And since I'm a mommy to my cats (don't judge), I went out on Saturday and got a replacement cell phone cover (for FREE, thank you AT&T) and a new video game (again, don't judge) as gifts for myself. All in all, a great weekend!

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One of THOSE Mondays...

As I sit here trying not to vomit at work, I think it's a good time to recap my weekend and do a new post.

Let me just start by saying that this weekend was incredible! It started off with going to Raleigh to see the Broadway South Series play "Little House on the Prairie." Very interesting hour long trip that included me sitting on the "hump" in the front seat. That's right, we crammed 6 women into a Buick Century because we thought that would make it more fun :) I love these ladies dearly, but next time I plan on driving separately in order to save my legs and rear end. We arrived at the auditorium a little early, so we enjoyed a nice glass of wine outside in the amazingly beautiful weather. Let it be known that I'm stoked at this point. We were all looking forward to seeing Melissa Gilbert star as "Ma" (seriously...how cool is that?) Anyway, we go inside and get seated. The play begins with some announcements beforehand. Apparently, one of the announcements was that Melissa Gilbert wouldn't be performing that day. Wh...Wha....WHAT?! Of course, her understudy looked so much like her (and since I didn't hear that particular announcement), I spent the first half of the play thinking that it was actually her. My eye sight isn't what it used to be and obviously half of the audience was in the same boat because everyone clapped when "Ma" entered the first scene. During intermission, my MIL informed us that, in fact, it wasn't Melissa Gilbert and at that point I declared that this play was dead to me.

Now...in retrospect, the play was fantastic. Definitely the best one I've ever seen. The way they used the lighting and props mesmerized me. Not to mention that the singing was just insanely good. BUT...and that's a big but...if you're charging $61 a ticket and billing the celebrity above the name of the play itself, they better be there! Seriously, I don't wish sickness on many people, but she had better be in the hotel puking her guts up, especially since I rode the "hump" between my SIL and my husband's aunt to go see her. Bear in mind that I didn't pay for my ticket myself, but my MIL had purchased these months ago and all of us had been anticipating seeing little "Laura" from the television show starring as "Ma". Alas, it wasn't meant to be. Damn you, Melissa Gilbert.

Sunday was wonderful as well. Really wish that the weather had been as nice as the previous day, but at least it wasn't raining. I even drove with the top down on the convertible for a while. Can't complain about that. I went to my grandparents' house for the first time in forever (on a Sunday at least) since my family always gets together for lunch. My grandmother is the best cook in the world. Don't argue with that, you won't win. So, I ate some chicken pastry, sat and talked for an hour or so, and then we turned the kitchen into a beauty parlor. There was 1 perm, 3 haircuts, 1 coloring, and 3 pairs of eyebrows plucked—and none of those were mine! After we finished playing salon, I went home, picked up Jeremy (who had gone to the grocery store while I was gone. LOVE that man), and we went to his sister's house for her husband John's birthday. Wasn't too terrible. I think they fear store bought items. Love them to death, but homemade hamburger buns don't work. Not to mention that Jeremy is easily annoyed by people and their weird philosophies. So after eating and hanging around the fire pit for a bit, we left and crashed at the house. All in all, a pretty good weekend I think.

I had said that I would be posting some photos of the items I crocheted, so here they are. I finished the phone cover I planned to do. This is just a test run for it. The actual one I do will be much cuter, I just need to buy the right yarn. I'm also including some hats and headbands that I crocheted for a friend's two daughters. Not bad for a first attempt, right?

Can't wait to work on some more projects. Really wished I could crochet faster. There's too much stuff I want to do! Maybe I'll be able to finish something else this week. Which reminds me...we're going to see Sister Hazel in concert this Wednesday! It should be a blast. Hopefully, they won't be like Melissa Gilbert and they'll actually show up :P

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New Bathroom colors

In desperate need of ideas for paint colors for my bathroom. I would really love to finish it up this weekend. It's only the top half of the wall, so it shouldn't take too long. I just have to settle on a color scheme. I'm torn between 3 colors:

I'm so incredibly indecisive at this point that I might just close my eyes and point to one in order to choose. I'll post some pics of the finished product either way.

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