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The spell check in my Word program for Mac offers "I is" as a correction for the conjunction "I'm."  What's this I hear, Hillbilly grammar?  Shame on you Mac.  Just when I was beginning to think you could do no wrong. Eh, it's probably Microsoft's error.

I often wonder how some people go through life with grossly inflated senses of self, never having experienced much.  How cushy and comfortable it must be to feel greatness where greatness is lacking.  Ignorance truly is bliss! 

I watched The Curious Case of Benjamin Button yesterday with Manuel.  I am at a loss of words to accurately describe my feelings about it.  The best film ever made, at least in my opinion-hands down.  Go see it.  And I thought I was going to regret going to the theater on Christmas Day!

As busy as life is, how is it that I still find the time to feel lonely?  I have friends which I talk with on a daily basis, I work 40 hours a week, have a five year old son, a puppy, and go to school two days a week.  Is it really possible that with all of this running around that I am doing, I still have time to feel this way?  Apparently so.  I mean, I guess I am happy. I am doing most of the things that I have always wanted to do, and some of those things will eventually lead to doing more of the things that I have always wanted to do; like moving to Chicago.  I am finally adjusted to the newness of the new job, and school, and everything else. So instead of worrying about remembering everything that I need to I am just...lonely.  How pathetic am I ?

Anytime, we as a country spend "billions of dollars", I think we should at least have a conversation about it first.  Thank God this ass is almost done.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- President Bush and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Friday outlined a series of far-reaching steps - likely to cost hundreds of billions of dollars - aimed at stemming a widening financial crisis that is roiling the financial markets and undermining confidence in the banking system.

"We must act now to protect our nation's economic health from serious risk," Bush said at a White House press conference. "There will be ample opportunity to discuss the origins of this problems. Now is the time to solve it."

Ryan Tedder is adorable here.

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Umm---I just realized I am crazy.  I have been buying Starbuck's whole bean coffee (breakfast blend)  at Meijer and grinding in the store grinder in the coffee isle, and then keeping it in a air tight container to keep it fresh when I get it home. I have been doing this for about two months now.  I am pretty sure this is against their store policy. Check me out---I am a coffee criminal. Why haven't I actually bought a coffee grinder at this point, you ask?  I figure why spend the extra money when it is so much more fun risking getting caught.  I am not right in the head.

So, anyone who knows me, knows how busy my life is. Between Micheal, his activities, my job, and my  personal life, I feel as though I am running,running,running all the time. My life is about to become even more busy. Today I went to Grand Rapids to take The College Board Accuplacer test at GRCC only to find out that the test was technically unnecessary.  Of course, never having been there before,I didn't pay attention to the name of the building I parked my car in or which floor it was on. I started the test at 1:30 pm, and it was supposed to take up to two and half hours.  I got done in 1 hour with a 95% overall.  So my afternoon was pretty much shot because of construction on Bostwick Avenue and time spent searching for the evasive parking ramp. I got back to Lake Odessa at 5:00 pm to pick Micheal up from my mother's.  Grand Rapids is only 30 mins. (give or take) from Lake Odessa.  Where did the afernoon go? Not sure.  All I know is if I plan on working 40 hours a  week and being a fulltime student I need to get organized and scheduled. I just have to meet with a couseler and sign up  for classes.  Business and Design baby!  My long term goals are 1 year GRCC, 1 year Kendall University, 2 years Schaumburg. Goodbye Michigan.  This is the plan.