Salt, pepper and photoshop

My blogging buddy Teresa sent me these cute little frog salt and pepper shakers for a valentines surprise...how sweet is that?! It's just so nice that she remembered that I collect them. She says they are not very cute, but I think they fit nicely into my collection. Thank you so much Teresa! I love them!My friend Paula gave me these milk can ones for Christmas. Cute, huh?! Ignore the dust. I don't know how it gets so dusty inside a cupboard that has glass doors anyways. Apparently I have lots of cleaning to do today. Heck, I still haven't finished cleaning up from the party here Sunday. I'm going to the chiropractor tomorrow, so she can fix this thing in my back that's making it hard to move and breathe deep.
Aarrrggg! These pirates are my boys favorite set of salt and pepper shakers. They were my grandma's. I did end up with a few out of her collection. In totally I only have around 30 sets so far. They really are fun and cheap to collect, so I always have my eyes open.

I have guilt...yes...buyers guilt, because I'm on a shopping diet. Last week I bought photoshop elements 5.0. While I was at Sam's Club grocery shopping it sat there on the shelf, so lonely because it was the last one. I swear it was talking to me. "Jolene...get me out of here...take me home. I can teach you so many new things. We'll be fast friends." Then it leaped into my cart and hid under the croissants so I wouldn't be tempted to stash it on some random shelf while finishing my list. It then hurried itself into the cashiers hands and over the bar code beeper and leaped back ito the cart. It felt kind of like saving a poor little puppy from the pound. It took several days to get the courage up to actually open the box. Yesterday I installed it and that's as far as I've gone. I'm too scared to try it. I need help! I wish someone would come over here and help me. If I play with a picture and I totally make a mess of it does that take the place of the original or is it a copy? Same question if I turn a picture to black and white...I'd still want a color version. I know NOTHING about this program and I hate not knowing....makes me feel less than smart.

I talked to Chad last night. He was in the hospital again. His squad leader is a HUGE jerk and for some reason doesn't like him and one other guy. (both E-1's) He's always being mean to him and smoking him everytime he sees him (smoking is a term they use when they make them do push up and stuff...boot camp stuff) All the other squad leaders and platoon leaders really like Chad and can't figure out why this guy treats him like crap. Everyone sees how awful he is to him. The reason Chad ended up in the hospital is because this leader told Chad to do his laundry for him and Chad refused. He told him that he has to obey his orders when it comes to training, but in no way is he his servant. So this guy made him stand for a really long time until Chad finally blacked out and fell over and hit his head. He was out for 10-15 minutes. Chad also told me that 2 weeks ago he pinned him up against a wall and CHOKED him. That makes me SO MAD! They are working on getting him moved to a different squad because Chad doesn't trust him....and neither do I. These soldiers are here voluntarily and shouldn't be treated this way. Boot camp is over as well as all the mind games that came with that. The other guy gives into the idiot and makes his coffee every morning, but neither one of them could watch the superbowl. EVERYONE else did. The other sergeants couldn't believe it and they don't like this sergeant either. He had better get moved today or heads are going to roll. These boys are there to train for a pretty scary job ahead of them and shouldn't be messed with by their own people. If I meet this guy when I go to NC next month, we WILL be having words. Can you tell I'm upset about this?!

By the way Andi...He got your package yesterday. He said thank you very much...he really loves everything! All the guys thought the M&M's were so cool!