Has it truly been 6 months?

6 months! Where has the time gone? At first, the milestones were so small. He’s been home 3 days. He’s been home a week. He’s been home a month. Now, he’s been home 6 months. He’s now been home almost as long as he was gone.

Remember when I posted this? “The Nightmare is over”was my homecoming post for Mr. Nascar. He’d been home 3 wonderful days at that point. I didn’t even realize we were at the 6 month mark until I logged into my profile at a prison support website that I still patronize and looked at my ticker. It said “6 months since he came home”. Wow. It feels like maybe we should celebrate this milestone.

We’ve done a lot of things this year that we didn’t get to do last year because he was in lock up. We celebrated Bert©’s 6th birthday together. We took her to her first day of 1st grade together. We all went and spent an entire day at the Tennessee Valley Fair together. We vacationed together. We’ve fought together. We’ve discussed issues together as a family. We’ve been through the death of my step-father. Mr. Nascar’s two surgeries, and about 7 subsequent hospital visits to deal with his infections. We’ve laughed together, held each other as we’ve cried. We’ve fixed Bert©’s umpteen boo-boos together.

We still have so much to look forward to. This year will be our first to celebrate Christmas as a family. I think that’s really important to Mr. Nascar as it has been so long since he’s had a family of his own to celebrate things with.

We’ve talked about getting married and even about trying to have a child together. I’m apprehensive about that, based on previous experiences with TheEx. It’s not fair for me to compare TheEx to Mr. Nascar, but that’s my own lack of self-assurance speaking.

We’re talking about, and actually looking for a house to purchase together.

Life is actually pretty good for us right now. He tells me that I’m stuck with him, that he’s not going anywhere. The past 6 months have been challenging and wonderful at the same time. I wonder what the next 6 months will be like.

Thank you all for being there during my journey, and for being so supportive!

It’s a bird, it’s a plane…no, it’s a Whirlpool® Fabric Freshener

Hello, my name is Webmiss and I work for Whirlpool Corporation. Phew, there I said it. I think I’ve been blogging now for roughly 2 years and I have been so scared to reveal any details about myself on the web but now, now you all know the truth.

Today Ladies and Gentlemen, I’m going to tell you about this awesome appliance Whirlpool® makes called the Fabric Freshener.

The Whirlpool Fabric Freshener

I don’t own one of these yet, but they have one at work that we’ve all been able to get a hands on feel for and; the verdict is: I.Love.It!

I’m sure there are plenty of people in this world that do laundry just like I do. I wash my clothes, throw them in the dryer and then just forget about them. When Monday rolls around and I’m looking for something to wear to work all my shirts and pants are wrinkled. I groan and roll my eyes because I now have a choice; either I break out the iron and go to town tackling wrinkles or I throw the clothing items back in the dryer for about 10 minutes. Either way this is a now win situation for me. I either spend the rest of the morning ironing and lose valuable time getting ready and potentially arrive late for work, or I throw them in the dryer and then my clothes are so warm when I put them on that I start to sweat and give my Degree antiperspirant a chance to live up to it’s name. TMI, I know, but I’m trying to make a point here people; I’m LAZY. That’s where the wonder that is the Whirlpool® Fabric Freshener comes in. If I had one of these puppies I could put my clothes inside, press a button and voila!

Just imagine, while I have been in the shower, brushing my teeth, and washing my face, my clothes have been having a relaxing and rejuvenating experience inside the Fabric Freshener. When the 30 minutes are up, I just remove them from the appliance and they are looking AND smelling great, just like moi! I’m happy, my clothes are happy and hi ho hi ho it’s off to work I go.

This doesn’t have to be just a dream. Great smelling, wrinkle free clothes could be a reality thanks to Whirlpool®.

I spent a little time on our website www.Whirlpool.comresearching the benefits of a Fabric Freshener so I could make an informed blog post. I didn’t realize that the Fabric Freshener had been selected in 2006 by the Good Housekeeping Institute for a “Good Buy” award. 

“The Fabric Freshener’s combination of heat and steam helps relax wrinkles from common fabrics like wool, silk, polyester, rayon and cotton, and tackles odors from smoke, food, pets and perfume. Because the Fabric Freshener uses no chemicals or detergents — just water –clothing will look new longer.

The Fabric Freshener delivers convenience even down to its design. Compact and portable, it’s an ideal fit for nearly every living situation. When fully upright, the Fabric Freshener stands approximately 58-in. high, 33-in. wide and 12-in. deep. When not in use, the unit can be collapsed to the size of a small vacuum (approximately 10-in. high, 33-in. wide and 12-in. deep) for easy storage and portability.”

Some interesting facts about the Fabric Freshener:

• It’s Eco-Friendly: Employing a patented steam technology system using only water* instead of harmful chemicals
• It’s Cost Effective: The machine uses only a small amount of water*and electricity. Keep your clothes looking newer longer by using the Fabric Freshener instead of washing before wearing.
• It’s irreplaceable: It removes odors, relaxes wrinkles and will dry your delicate fabrics; no more trips to the dry cleaners.

Hopefully by now you’re all wondering where you can purchase such an amazing appliance. Well, the Whirlpool® Fabric Freshener is not available for purchase in regular retail big-box stores. Right now, if you go to our website http://www.whirlpool.com/home.jspand enter the model # LRF4001RY in the search box you can order directly from Whirlpool®. The MSRP on the Whirlpool® Fabric Freshener is $219 however if you click on the add to cart link you can enter promotional code FF197 for a $30 instant savings. With my discount code the Whirlpool® Fabric Freshener is only $189!!**

I’m excited about this opportunity and I hope you all are as well. I can’t wait to buy my very own Whirlpool® Fabric Freshener, can you?

 

*Whirlpool® recommends only using distilled water to avoid calcium build up on the motor over time.

**Plus applicable taxes and shipping to be determined at time of check out.

The nightmare is over

I can hardly believe that I’m about to post this…but Mr. Nascar is HOME!

He was release from prison at 11:30 AM on Monday March 23, 2009. What a great day indeed. It was the first time in 8 months that I saw him in street clothes, and boy did he look fine.

I took Tuesday off to spend with him, and we pulled Bert© out of school. The weather was beautiful and we drove up to Gatlinburg and spent 3 hours at the Ripley’s Aquarium up there. We drove into the Smoky Mountain National forest for a little bit, and climbed down to the river to put our feet in the cold water. It was awesome just to spend time together, just the 3 of us. We could be as loud or as quiet as we wanted to be. We could kiss and hug for 30 minutes if we felt like it. We didn’t have to eat out of a vending machine.

We’re getting used to each other again. It has been very different actually living with him. He said he feels a little bit like a fish out of water. He hasn’t been sleeping well. He described it as almost feeling like if he truly did go to sleep, that he might wake up and it would all be taken away from him again, as if all of this was just a dream. Poor guy.

Anyway, I’ll try and update in a few days…and they have posted a challenge here at work where we can blog about one of the products we sell. I’m considering making a post about it, even if it would let all my lovely readers know exactly which company MyCompany™ actually is!

Is that your final answer?

I woke up this morning and when I plugged Mr. Nascar’s name and number into the website to check status on an inmate, I saw the glorious sight outlined above in red. PAROLE…it says PAROLE!

I swear I almost fell out of my chair. It was 7am when I saw that, so I wasn’t able to call anyone at that indecent hour to spread the good news. I can’t call Mr. Nascar, I have to wait for him to call me, so as of this point he doesn’t even know the good news. When I checked him last night it still said pending. He was very disappointed as he was hoping for the final decision to come back by Friday. It has been 10 days since his parole hearing. This is the news we have been waiting for. Now he has to finish his pre-release class (03/12), there is supposed to be a home visit with his parole officer, and then we just wait for the final paperwork and a release date. At this rate, he very well could be home by the end of the month.

I’m so excited I am shaking and am having a heck of a time typing. Somebody pinch me. What a GREAT way to start off my day. I even printed a copy of the website because I was afraid that if I blinked it might change, or maybe I typed in his ID number wrong and was looking at someone else.

HE’S COMING HOME!!!

And I think to myself…What a wonderful world

Well, as I’m sure you all know, Mr. Nascar’s parole hearing was today. As it’s late tonight, I’m not going to go into too many details. Suffice it to say, he was recommended for parole. Now we play the waiting game with the TDOC. The recommendation needs to be approved by the BOPP (Board of Probation and Parole) in Nashville. We should know something within 10 business days. We could actually be within 3 weeks of this whole thing being over with!

Thank you all for your prayers and kind, encouraging words. I felt you all there with me today and I want you to know that I appreciate it. I’d say Mr. Nascar appreciates it too, but I haven’t dropped the bomb yet that I blog openly LOL