Feeling out of it

Today's one of those cloudy days that just makes you want to drag your feet all day. The only thing I wanted to do today was go to church, which we did. The ceiling fans were on which made it quite comfortable, I thought. It's in the upper 70's but the humidity is in the 60's so it really doesn't feel as nice as it could outside. I've kept the air on so the humidity doesn't get into my house and make us and everything feel stickie.

Tomorrow I have to be at work an hour earlier, but I get to leave 2 hours earlier than normal because of having TBI training at the office. I had seen an ad in the paper for it way back at the end of June and said something about it. They were just taking applications at that time and told me they would let me know when they had enough people to make a class. Don't know how big the class will be, probably not to large because they don't have a lot of room at the office for that kind of thing. I really didn't think anyone would let me know about it because they just kind of blew me off . I told them I was interested, but nobody wrote anything down so............. Well, Friday, before work I get a call about the class being Monday afternoon. Ok, so you remembered. Now, if they think I'm leaving my current case, they're thinking wrong. Not happening, at least not yet.


Church was really good this morning, still in the book of Daniel. Today he talked about one of Daniel's dreams. Lots of info and lots of passages to look up later. It's one of those passages where I have to go back and really reread everything. Hubby went with us this morning. I felt bad for him because I know he was tired. He was the one fidgeting instead of me, lol. He came home and took about an hour and a half nap before he left for work. I'm hoping he will close a little earlier tonight since it's usually slow anyway.


Spent almost all day yesterday out doing the shopping. So, so tired when I got home last night! The oldest birthday is tomorrow. I just can't believe the kid will be 19 tomorrow! What do you get a 19 year old anyway???? Had the youngest do some questioning and the oldest wanted to do an upgrade on my old computer. Why, it's my backup. They I find out he wanted to upgrade it so it would be faster to play games on! gggrrrrrrr The other things he wanted was a stereo that plays cd's and an ipod. I did look at them, but the only one that was compatible with the ipod touch, wasn't in stock. That was at walmart. We looked at Radio Shack, but none of theirs were compatible with the ipod touch, including the one that advertised it was! I know because I had my ipod in my purse and tried it. Didn't fit. There were others there, but way out of my price range, so since the kid hasn't done anything with his last check, I'm going to cash it for him and let him go buy the kind of stereo he wants. I figure this way when he moves out he can take that with him too. He'll have a bed, weight bench and a stereo, lol.


While I was out yesterday I figured I would get everything done, that way I could spend today home. Glad I did because I'm so not in the mood to go anywhere today. The youngest got paid yesterday, so I told him I would take him shopping for shoes and clothes for school. He always wants to go to Peebles for shoes. Mainly the vans. Well, it's ok if they are having a sale and you get the second pair, but rather expensive if not. Since hubby's been in there so much, I've actually taken a good look at the place and I've noticed, if you catch a sale and are careful about what you buy, you can do really well. I told the youngest to shop the clearance racks to get as much for his money as possible. Or, since he's picky about the kind of jeans he will wear, to make sure the sale is 40 to 50% off. I got a pair of denim capris and jeans, both Levis, for $15.00 yesterday. One pair was clearances at $12.00 and the other 15.00, and add in the other discounts, I think I did really well!


Been waiting for my Avon order and now I find out I have to wait even longer because something was damaged when it came in. She won't give me part of the order if she can have the replacement during the week. So I have to wait until probably Wednesday for it. Since I'm working more I can afford more from Avon, so I was really looking forward to this order. Oh well, have to wait just a little longer! I did give her the order for the next book. Ordered some "fun" stuff from that book to, lol.

Well, dryers done and I want to finish my study guide for this next chapter that I started yesterday. I finally got the reading done on Friday and started the guide. This one is 7 pages long. Normally the study guides are only 2 sometimes 3 pages long. But, get that finished today and I can work on listening to the class during the week. I have a feeling this class is about 2 1/2 to 3 hours long. I know I don't have the time to do that in one sitting!

Looking forward to the weekend

Every time I think my weekend is going to be relaxing and peaceful, it isn't! So I'm going to try and get that thought out of my head!


Still warm and humid here, supposed to get some relief by the weekend. Probably so with "Bill" coming up the coast. Have to say, we do need the rain. July was a very wet month, but not so much for August so far. The oldest birthday is on Monday. Haven't gotten anything for him and really don't know what to get the kid. All he wants is games and more games. All the kid does when he's not working is play games, all day and into the wee hours of the morning. Then he can't get up. I'm just not going to encourage that. He has classes in the afternoon this year, which means he can sleep late in the morning. Or so he thinks! I've already told him he's getting a list of chores to do before he goes to class.


I'm stranded at home tonight, so no knitting. Again! I have been working on my top a lot lately though. I'm almost through this long, long chapter for class. Decided to break it down into smaller pieces and work slowly through this chapter since the final exam is made up of this chapter and the last chapter. Have to pay attention!! Hubby switched vehicles with me tonight. I have the pick up. The pick up with the problems, lol. About 2 weeks ago the headlight blew so he wasn't driving it at night. They had the bulb replaced, but the mechanic was supposed to drain all the water that is sitting in the lens out and didn't. Hubby says it makes it hard to see if the light is on and he seems to think that is what made the bulb go in the first place. And, the check engine light is on and the truck runs funny after you hit 50. Feels like the engine is shaking. Ugh. Since hubby only drives the truck occasionally, and it really is more the fools, hubby wants to wait until the fool comes back, maybe this weekend, to have the truck fixed. He wants to pretend he knows nothing about the truck acting funny and the light being on because he doesn't want to fix it, lol. I say good for hubby because hubby is always paying for things for the fool. Maybe he's starting to realize just how much he's being used by his family. Anyway, hubby wasn't driving it home at night and just staying at the station. I much prefer he stay put instead of risking breaking down on the way home with the truck. Problem is, neither one of us sleeps well at night. I haven't been able to relax at night with him not there and he hasn't gotten much sleep either. I think I was in the station like 3 times last night. Each time I was there I teased the crap out of the man, and then walked out, lol. He looked so tired, I told him he had to come home just to get some decent sleep. Well, he made it home last night. That man snored seemed like nonstop, all night. He was snoring when my alarm went off this morning! I was seriously rethinking wanting him home, lol. He kept me awake a little, but I managed to get some decent sleep. There's something wrong with me when I need a snoring husband next to me to sleep well, lol!

Not much

The youngest decided to brave the heat this afternoon and visit the garden. Two strainers full of cherry tomato's later........................... I have to deal with them for now. I used most of the ripe tomato's for the tomato salad and hubby's salsa. It must have been good because the man sucked that stuff down in no time, lol! The weekend is supposed to be cooler, in the 70's so I'll probably work on doing something with the tomato's then.


This is the third day in a row the temps have hit 90 or above. It's official, summer has arrived, lol. Better late than not at all I guess. It's miserable hot here. This heat is kicking my butt, just drains me, even the little bit I'm out in it. So glad my lady has ac!!

Early Saturday morning, like around 4 am or so, the phone rings. I didn't bother to get up and answer it because it's either work for hubby or one of his family members in India. Well, it was work. Around 3:30 am a lady went through the intersection, into the station parking area, took down the supports that hold the one side of the stairs for the apt up, clipped the side of the building where the basement is, went down both sets of stairs leading into the town park, took out two sections of the fence around the parking area, and ended up out on the little side road. Hubby had closed the station down at 2:30 am and was home. The kid upstairs was woken up, thinking there was an earthquake. I don't have any other details since nobody saw
it and I haven't seen a write up in the paper for it yet. This is it could have been so much worse. She managed to not hit anything major, building, pumps, etc.

Spent most of last week dealing with the kid and his computer. He bought a new hp notebook early in July. By the second week of August, it stopped working. We didn't get any kind of warranty on it because we were under the impression it had a 60 day warranty. Store we bought it from says no. But, there were 4 of us that day when the kid bought it and we all remember the same thing. Hhmm. Anyway, we went yesterday to a computer repair shop to see exactly what's wrong with it and the motherboard is fried. They guy told the kid to either send it back to hp asking for a replacement or to take it back to the store and complain until they give him a new one. So the kid asks me what he should do. I told him he is probably better of dealing with hp instead of the store. Personally, I've about had it with the ignorant attitudes of the people in that store. I've been in twice and both times people were ignorant and sometimes downright nasty with me. So I gave it right back to them. Usually I don't but when I ask a question and get a nasty answer, well, you've got it coming. Sorry for making you actually do your job! One of my first jobs was working retail and the thing they kept drumming into your head was how the customer was always right, no matter how wrong they were. If you were rude, nasty, ignorant, or refused to help a customer, your job was on the line. Not anymore, the company's don't care if you shop their store or not. With this economy the way it is, they should start caring again.

Ok enough of that, to hot to get to worked up!

Not a day for me to be outside

The heat and humidity have arrived! Along with poor air quality today. Went outside intending on going into Htown, but decided against it since the short time I was out breathing was starting to get hard. Hubby changed his mind and decided he wanted to do to Staples in Htown tomorrow so why go to Htown today and tomorrow to? Today is our towns community day. Always, always seems to fall on the hottest, most humid day in the month. He expects the station to be busy because of it. If he changes his mind tomorrow about going to Htown, then I can always take a ride tomorrow night and drop my time sheet at the office. Went instead to the IGA we have right here in town to get the few things I need. I could have gone to Htown and gotten them cheaper, but didn't feel like it. I got everything, but the one main thing I need for the salsa. Lime juice. Oh well, guess we're making salsa without it. This is what happens when you make a list and never take it out of your purse in the store. The pollen count must be high to because I'm sneezing like crazy since I've been outside. Time to start taking more of the honey/lemon mixture.

Came home to find the cat on my counter top. Spoke mean to her and she's gone and hidden. Probably for the day, lol. She was in my bed this morning so I'm forgiven some, but not completely. I can't stand to see a cat walk all over counter tops and stuff. I just gave the kitchen a good cleaning last night to! I allow the cat to lay on the coffee tables and the furniture, since we don't eat off those surfaces and she doesn't use her claws on them. The only room that is off limits is the kitchen, why does she have to push it?

Well, I'm off to start my salsa and then enjoy the rest of my day relaxing in the cool air.

I think I've finally lost it

I have just spent the past few hours looking for my salsa recipes. I went through all my lose papers, all the folders, etc. You've probably guessed I'm super unorganized. I'm more of the kind of shove it in one place and I'll do it later kind of person. Only later hasn't come yet. Anyway, I finally gave up and decided I had to go back to the computer and reprint what I had. Well, guess what's sitting on top of the printer. My salsa recipes I had put aside the last time I went through the stacks of recipes looking for something else! All that wasted time :(


Did all my running after work thinking I could stay home tomorrow. Wrong! Hubby wants to go into town to do something before work. The only good thing is he doesn't want to leave until about noon. Works for me, I could use a slow start morning.


Me and the oldest were out in the garden tonight. Got quite a few tomato's and some more zucchini. One zucchini has got to be about eighteen inches long. It kept getting missed, so that one I'll use tomorrow to make stuffed zucchini for dinner. I have lots of cherry tomato's and a whole window sill full of tomato's that are ripe. Those I'll use for the salsa. Our garden this year looks so sad. The tomato's are sickly looking. They're not full looking and a lot of the leaves have turned brown. Even the leaves for the potato's are turning brown. Everything looked so full and lush and now, it looks so sad. Our garden has never looked this bad. I'm wondering if it's just been to wet this year. We found two cucumber plants, they were hidden under all the weeds. They each have one cucumber on them, but they are bent in half. Hopefully now that the sun can get to them we might get a few cucumbers. Only saw a few very small hot peppers so they have to wait a while. The tops of the carrots are coming along nicely, now that the oldest weeded them to. I've lost my chives amongst the weeds, but the onions are starting to shoot up, lol. The green beans are done for, thanks to the groundhog. So is my dill. In the Fall, I have to get on the boys to fix the fence in the garden. Someone told me to dig down about three feet all the way around and put chicken wire in the ground, then attach the original fencing to the chicken wire to keep the groundhogs out. At the end of the season we usually weedwack the plants that are done so they can do the fence to. That way, next year we won't have to do it. The way I forget things I might forget to do it!


Tonight's been one of those unsettled nights. So many things I want to do but don't feel like doing. I should have rented a movie, but I was so hot and tired and just didn't feel like going in yet another unair conditioned store. So I went to see hubby. When I pulled in there was one car at the pumps. Minutes after I got there cars after cars. It always gets busy when I go to see him. When I got ready to leave I told him there would be no customers and he would get a chance to sit and relax. Can't win.

Did the cats flea stuff tonight. She knew when I went to get her what I was going to do and she's still so mad at me she won't come near me, lol! Oh well, we go through this every month. I'll be forgiven...................in about a week, lol!

One down one to go

Made it though today, really wasn't such a bad day. There was enough to do at work to keep be busy, but not exhausted. The high point of the day was coming home to no kids, lol. Just me and the cat, who just would not leave me alone. She was almost as annoying as a kid! Forty-five minutes after I got home I got a call that the youngest was done and wanting a ride home. That was some short lived peace. As I got home with the youngest, the oldest comes out the door carrying the trash. He was home early. What's it take to get a few hours of peace and quiet around here!!

Debated on going to knit and decided against it. I haven't picked up the needles in weeks, but I'm really tired and my back is screaming, so I opted to stay home. If I keep doing this it will be October before I get back to knitting, but it's so warm and humid, I'm just not in the mood. Have to get back into the mood, I have a cotton sleeveless top I've started and would be nice to have it done by Fall. Then I can work on the front of hubby's vest and he might actually be able to wear it this winter, lol! The man's already talking about maybe going to India in March. I was under the impression he wasn't going this coming year, but waiting until the next. Being left alone for 2 months is starting to get really old. I don't ever get a 2 month vacation!

Well I'm off to fold the jeans and hop in the shower to see if I can give my back some relief.

Over the hump

Does this mean the rest of the work week will just fly by?? Work was chaotic today, but it did go pretty fast once things started rolling.
This whole day was a really busy one. I dropped both kids off at work, made a deposit for the station, put dinner in the crock pot, and shopped for my lunch, since I forgot the stuff yesterday, all before I even started work today. I was tired before I even went to work! Glad today was the cleaning lady's day. Things were rather calm and my lady took her sweet old time getting out of bed this morning. But then, her cleaning lady was in there talking to her for almost an hour too. This lady is 100% alert and nothing, nothing is done without her say so. So I got to watch the news for an hour this morning, after I did the few things she always wants done first thing. She gets hot cereal, usually, in the mornings. This morning was the second morning in a row that it cooked over in the microwave. Yesterday I thought maybe I put it on for longer than normal, but today I know I didn't. I've been making this stuff every day for her for the past 2 weeks now, and all of a sudden it cooks over. Don't understand why. I used to put a paper towel over the bowl, but one day the towel fell in the bowl so now I use the microwave covers. With the covers it cooks over. Can't seem to win. Tomorrow I'm going to use a different tactic and see what happens. That was the high point of the day, lol. She's finally getting around to sending out thank you cards to the people who made contributions in her husbands name, so I spent most of the day writing them out for her. Yesterday I started them until it was time for me to go. Today's people are people she knows very well, so she wanted to write something special in those cards. I'm assuming now that she's started she will want to keep going until it's done. It will probably take the rest of the week to do. She got so many sympathy cards, stacks and stacks. I may not be able to write by the time Friday gets here, lol.


It seems like some of the humidity has lifted a little. But, by the weekend, the heat and humidity that seems to be covering most of the country will be heading our way :( It is the middle of August and it won't last forever. I've been seeing the leaves on the trees starting to change color. Always a good sign!!