So how many of you found yourselves out in the stores shopping today?? For the first time in my life I was! When I used to work retail I always had to work black Friday. I vowed never to shop on that day.He also sent me out today for a digital camera he wants to take to India for his uncle. I bought exactly what he wanted. After opening it, he doesn't want it. So now I have to take that one back and get a certain brand. I tired showing him in the sales papers different ones, but he didn't want to be bothered. The other two were cheaper than the one he insisted on having. Now I have to run that back and get a different one at a different store. I've had all this time off and not one day to myself. This is getting old.
Yesterday was busy. I did all the cooking. But, after dinner I left the kitchen and made the guys do the dishes and put everything away. I did laundry while the turkey was cooking and put all the sides together. The turkey was done earlier than I thought it would be, but my feel and legs were aching by the afternoon.
Tomorrow I have to run to the bank, and maybe I'll return the camera for another one. Then that's it. No more running. I'm tired and just need some down time. All that running I did today I came home and did some cleaning. I was so tired of looking at the fall decorations that I was more than eager to help the youngest put them away. He wants to put out all the Christmas decorations. I don't. In the years past I've always put the fall stuff away the day after thanksgiving and the christmas stuff out. Not the tree though. This year for some reason I don't' want to put everything out, only a few things. I just feel like my house is to cluttered, like I can't breathe. I went through my bookcases and packed away some books and magazines that I hardly ever use, but don't want to get rid of. There is actually space on my bookcases and I feel a little better. I moved a lot of the kitchen plants away from the window so I can actually see the curtains and outside. I rearranged the kitchen, it's more functional now. I rearranged some of the furniture in the living room and can actually see blank wall space. I have very few things on the tops of the pieces of furniture. I'm starting to feel better. It's more open and not so cluttered. The youngest though. He's happiest when there is crap everywhere. I'm not. I see in the days ahead we are going to be fightin, lol.
Man, I just deleted a huge part of this. Oh well, I'm tired and getting off here.
Friday, November 28, 2008
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Turkey trott
Well, today I find myself home, unexpectedly. Apparently my lady's daughter is off this week and will be home with her today. Ok, short work week for me. Now, I would know these things if I worked more I think, lol. Doesn't bother me, I'd rather be home with the boys anyway. For some reason when the boys are off it's really hard to motivate myself that I still have to go to work. Guess I should go back to teaching.
We got a coating of snow over night. So this morning the youngest is looking out the back door and says there are wild turkeys in the field. I look out and sure enough, there's about 20 of them. I get the brilliant idea to take a pic. Now, with the snow, the steps are quite slick, but I didn't fall. As I'm walking across the grass towards the field with the camera 'm making a crunching sound . They hear me and start walking as fast as their legs can carry them. A few even attempt to fly. At one point I was going to stop, but decided that if they can walk fast, so can I. It was a little slippery when you have slippers on your feet, but I got a few pics, at a distance. I'm standing there watching the turkeys get farther and farther away, and it's been so long since I've taken a pic, I forgot how to work the camera, lol. Geez!
My day yesterday just got worse as the day went on. Five minutes before I was ready to go to work hubby calls and wants me to take the bags of potatoes we have to the station because they are out and need them for the chicken. Doing this is going to make me late. Ten minutes late. But, I did it. I wasn't going to answer the phone but I had wanted to call him and make sure he got the turkey out since it's still at the station. I never called him so when I saw him calling I answered. Wrong move! Since I didn't drink my tea, which really wasn't good with coffee creamer in it, I asked him to make me a cup. Now, in all the years we have been together, the man still is clueless as to how I take my tea. I find a cup with the tea bag still in it sitting waiting for me. I told him to put sugar because I didn't have the time to explain I wanted honey. Took it over and put the milk in it, bolt out the door, it's now 9:55. I'm supposed to be at work at 10. As I'm driving down the road, and it's pouring, the lid pops off and I spill the tea on my jeans. Well, better the jeans than the car seat or floor right? Get to work and the hospice nurse is already there. Had I thought that morning, I would have realized she was going to be there. When she comes, she's always there 10 am or a little earlier and I try to be on time. Get in and within 5 minutes the office is on the phone. Since I go from home to home, I have the person I see sign my time sheet for the day I was there. Since it's the same house every day, I just make my lady sign once, because that's normally more than she can handle. Your supposed to get a signature every day. I don't. Well, the home office has decided that they want a signature every day and the other sheet has to be initialed for each day I'm there. That sheet I just make her sign once, anywhere, and that's that. Since I work for hospice as well, I have to do the same paperwork for them to. Four sheets to sign is just to much for her. So, in order to get paid for that week, I had to redo the sheets and have her sign each line for each day I was there. Yeah, right. Didn't work to well. I even put little x's where she's supposed to sign. Lets just say there are 4 signatures on the time sheet, somewhere and 4 initials on the other sheet, somewhere. I had to drop it off at the office after work and showed it to them and told the new woman that's the best she can do and the main office just has to accept that. It really irritated me. I've been only having her sign once and using ditto marks for almost 3 years now, and all of a sudden someone decides they don't like it?? I think whoever decided this needs to go to some of these peoples homes and see how hard something like this is for them. They've never done the field work before. The work day did go rather fast though. I get home and take the oldest to work only to have hubby tell me that the fool is bringing the uncle ( different uncle) to the station. Him and his wife are leaving for India on Friday and he wanted his beard trimmed before he went. There is a barber shop the next block over that has an older man working in it and this uncle likes to have this guy trim his beard. Ok. But, since the fool will have to work, we have to take uncle back to his son's house. Now we all know how much Indian men love their whiskey. The car reeked from those 2. It still does. We had to go through a spot check. They were checking seat belts and inspection stickers. The windows were a little foggy so I had to roll down my window so they could see in. I don't even have to say what happened next. Of course, those 2 in the back seat didn't have their seat belts on. I knew they had a bag with them, I was just so glad it wasn't whiskey. Twenty minutes later I leave with 2 tickets for no seat belts. Fortunately, that's all. As if my day wasn't bad enough, this was just the icing on the cake. I'd about had it at that point. Hubby was like it's no big deal. He gets to pay the tickets. He doesn't seem to understand that the whole thing really wasn't necessary for me and the oldest to go through. We all know when you get stopped, they have a real attitude and bark at you anyway. Let them smell alcohol and you become pond scum to them. There's just no need to treat people that way.
Since today I'm off, I'm going to bake my pies for tomorrow and the cookies. Making chili to put in the crock pot for dinner and working on the laundry, which is behind yet again. I thought I just got caught up on Monday. Don't know what happened. Personally, I think it's reproducing when I'm not looking, lol.
We got a coating of snow over night. So this morning the youngest is looking out the back door and says there are wild turkeys in the field. I look out and sure enough, there's about 20 of them. I get the brilliant idea to take a pic. Now, with the snow, the steps are quite slick, but I didn't fall. As I'm walking across the grass towards the field with the camera 'm making a crunching sound . They hear me and start walking as fast as their legs can carry them. A few even attempt to fly. At one point I was going to stop, but decided that if they can walk fast, so can I. It was a little slippery when you have slippers on your feet, but I got a few pics, at a distance. I'm standing there watching the turkeys get farther and farther away, and it's been so long since I've taken a pic, I forgot how to work the camera, lol. Geez!
My day yesterday just got worse as the day went on. Five minutes before I was ready to go to work hubby calls and wants me to take the bags of potatoes we have to the station because they are out and need them for the chicken. Doing this is going to make me late. Ten minutes late. But, I did it. I wasn't going to answer the phone but I had wanted to call him and make sure he got the turkey out since it's still at the station. I never called him so when I saw him calling I answered. Wrong move! Since I didn't drink my tea, which really wasn't good with coffee creamer in it, I asked him to make me a cup. Now, in all the years we have been together, the man still is clueless as to how I take my tea. I find a cup with the tea bag still in it sitting waiting for me. I told him to put sugar because I didn't have the time to explain I wanted honey. Took it over and put the milk in it, bolt out the door, it's now 9:55. I'm supposed to be at work at 10. As I'm driving down the road, and it's pouring, the lid pops off and I spill the tea on my jeans. Well, better the jeans than the car seat or floor right? Get to work and the hospice nurse is already there. Had I thought that morning, I would have realized she was going to be there. When she comes, she's always there 10 am or a little earlier and I try to be on time. Get in and within 5 minutes the office is on the phone. Since I go from home to home, I have the person I see sign my time sheet for the day I was there. Since it's the same house every day, I just make my lady sign once, because that's normally more than she can handle. Your supposed to get a signature every day. I don't. Well, the home office has decided that they want a signature every day and the other sheet has to be initialed for each day I'm there. That sheet I just make her sign once, anywhere, and that's that. Since I work for hospice as well, I have to do the same paperwork for them to. Four sheets to sign is just to much for her. So, in order to get paid for that week, I had to redo the sheets and have her sign each line for each day I was there. Yeah, right. Didn't work to well. I even put little x's where she's supposed to sign. Lets just say there are 4 signatures on the time sheet, somewhere and 4 initials on the other sheet, somewhere. I had to drop it off at the office after work and showed it to them and told the new woman that's the best she can do and the main office just has to accept that. It really irritated me. I've been only having her sign once and using ditto marks for almost 3 years now, and all of a sudden someone decides they don't like it?? I think whoever decided this needs to go to some of these peoples homes and see how hard something like this is for them. They've never done the field work before. The work day did go rather fast though. I get home and take the oldest to work only to have hubby tell me that the fool is bringing the uncle ( different uncle) to the station. Him and his wife are leaving for India on Friday and he wanted his beard trimmed before he went. There is a barber shop the next block over that has an older man working in it and this uncle likes to have this guy trim his beard. Ok. But, since the fool will have to work, we have to take uncle back to his son's house. Now we all know how much Indian men love their whiskey. The car reeked from those 2. It still does. We had to go through a spot check. They were checking seat belts and inspection stickers. The windows were a little foggy so I had to roll down my window so they could see in. I don't even have to say what happened next. Of course, those 2 in the back seat didn't have their seat belts on. I knew they had a bag with them, I was just so glad it wasn't whiskey. Twenty minutes later I leave with 2 tickets for no seat belts. Fortunately, that's all. As if my day wasn't bad enough, this was just the icing on the cake. I'd about had it at that point. Hubby was like it's no big deal. He gets to pay the tickets. He doesn't seem to understand that the whole thing really wasn't necessary for me and the oldest to go through. We all know when you get stopped, they have a real attitude and bark at you anyway. Let them smell alcohol and you become pond scum to them. There's just no need to treat people that way.
Since today I'm off, I'm going to bake my pies for tomorrow and the cookies. Making chili to put in the crock pot for dinner and working on the laundry, which is behind yet again. I thought I just got caught up on Monday. Don't know what happened. Personally, I think it's reproducing when I'm not looking, lol.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Dreary day
All around me there is predictions for snow. Some places quite a few inches. Enough to delay the opening of some schools. My area, rain and a flood watch, lol. We'll be lucky to see a few flakes. I stuck my head out the back door and it must have warmed up some because there is mist rising up off the field out back
Yesterday was a really productive day. I'm so proud of myself, lol. By the time the boys got home I had everything done except changing the sheets on my bed. That I did while dinner was cooking. I took the youngest shopping with me. With the exception of the gifts I have to make and stocking stuffers, my Christmas shopping is basically done. I didn't even take hubby shopping with me this year. I asked him when we were going to go shopping and he said next month. He's broke. Yeah right. He's talking about going to India again maybe February or March. I know he's saving his money for that. That's fine if he wants to go, but don't make me and the boys suffer because you want to save all your money. We are supposed to be your family and come first. Time to give him a reality check, lol.
This is a 2 day work week. Can't complain. I have pies to bake when I get home today after work. Then tomorrow I'll bake some cookies before we go the
thanksgiving service at church.
I really hope my day gets better as it goes on. So far this morning, I got up later than normal. No biggies, just not as awake yet. No milk for my tea. Well, the milk was sour. Had to use coffee creamer. Not such a smart move, made the tea sweeter than I'm used to. No tea for me this morning. Made oatmeal for breakfast. Added the banana to the oatmeal before I put it in the microwave? What was I thinking?? I wasn't obviously. This day just has to get better.................
Yesterday was a really productive day. I'm so proud of myself, lol. By the time the boys got home I had everything done except changing the sheets on my bed. That I did while dinner was cooking. I took the youngest shopping with me. With the exception of the gifts I have to make and stocking stuffers, my Christmas shopping is basically done. I didn't even take hubby shopping with me this year. I asked him when we were going to go shopping and he said next month. He's broke. Yeah right. He's talking about going to India again maybe February or March. I know he's saving his money for that. That's fine if he wants to go, but don't make me and the boys suffer because you want to save all your money. We are supposed to be your family and come first. Time to give him a reality check, lol.
This is a 2 day work week. Can't complain. I have pies to bake when I get home today after work. Then tomorrow I'll bake some cookies before we go the
thanksgiving service at church.
I really hope my day gets better as it goes on. So far this morning, I got up later than normal. No biggies, just not as awake yet. No milk for my tea. Well, the milk was sour. Had to use coffee creamer. Not such a smart move, made the tea sweeter than I'm used to. No tea for me this morning. Made oatmeal for breakfast. Added the banana to the oatmeal before I put it in the microwave? What was I thinking?? I wasn't obviously. This day just has to get better.................
Monday, November 24, 2008
Just me and the cat...........
And a sink full of dirty dishes and a dirty house, lol. But, that's ok, at least I have lots of work to keep me busy all day and out of trouble. I actually have been considering doing some more Christmas shopping, but I have to have things here at home taken care of first.
It's a cool cloudy day here. Supposed to be this way pretty much all week. At least the temps are back into the 40's though. More than a week of 30's was a tough adjustment. The last time I listened to the weather report, during the week, the predictions were for some accumulating snow Monday into Tuesday. Now, since the temps have warmed up some, the prediction, for us, is mainly rain and maybe some flurries. I'm a little disappointed because I wanted to see at least a coating of snow on the ground for Thanksgiving. Then it will really start to feel like the beginning of the holiday season. But, the weather can change so we may at least see flurries.
Last night when I was correcting my mistakes in that entry, I accidentally deleted a huge part of the entry. I didn't go back and put it back in because I was just to tired. But, I'm noticing that I seem to be deleting a lot of stuff and have no clue as to how to get it back. I do that with my mail a lot to. By the time I figure it out I'll have a new something or other, lol.
I haven't been around to any journals just yet. Seems like I've gotten behind in just about everything. I finally went through my mail and deleted out all the junk after a few days. I never realized just how much junk mail I get. If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't have any email an all, lol.
The boys have decided to call their room the media room. Fine with me. They have it set up really nice in there. Hopefully they will keep it that way. I gave the oldest back his ps2 to put in the room. He seems to have lost one of the cords he needs to make it work. Their bedroom is still a huge mess and it could very well be lost in there. He seems to think the kid that stayed here took it. I'm just going to wait until they have everything organized and cleaned up before I get to concerned with it. Little do they know, they are going to have to work on the bedroom today. I figure if they can keep their media room clean, they can keep their bedroom clean to. After all, they will be using the media room more than the bedroom so that room should stay cleaned up longer. One can dream, right, lol?
Well, need to get my day started so I can feel like I actually accomplished something today, lol.
Wow, no accidental deletions this time, lol!
It's a cool cloudy day here. Supposed to be this way pretty much all week. At least the temps are back into the 40's though. More than a week of 30's was a tough adjustment. The last time I listened to the weather report, during the week, the predictions were for some accumulating snow Monday into Tuesday. Now, since the temps have warmed up some, the prediction, for us, is mainly rain and maybe some flurries. I'm a little disappointed because I wanted to see at least a coating of snow on the ground for Thanksgiving. Then it will really start to feel like the beginning of the holiday season. But, the weather can change so we may at least see flurries.
Last night when I was correcting my mistakes in that entry, I accidentally deleted a huge part of the entry. I didn't go back and put it back in because I was just to tired. But, I'm noticing that I seem to be deleting a lot of stuff and have no clue as to how to get it back. I do that with my mail a lot to. By the time I figure it out I'll have a new something or other, lol.
I haven't been around to any journals just yet. Seems like I've gotten behind in just about everything. I finally went through my mail and deleted out all the junk after a few days. I never realized just how much junk mail I get. If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't have any email an all, lol.
The boys have decided to call their room the media room. Fine with me. They have it set up really nice in there. Hopefully they will keep it that way. I gave the oldest back his ps2 to put in the room. He seems to have lost one of the cords he needs to make it work. Their bedroom is still a huge mess and it could very well be lost in there. He seems to think the kid that stayed here took it. I'm just going to wait until they have everything organized and cleaned up before I get to concerned with it. Little do they know, they are going to have to work on the bedroom today. I figure if they can keep their media room clean, they can keep their bedroom clean to. After all, they will be using the media room more than the bedroom so that room should stay cleaned up longer. One can dream, right, lol?
Well, need to get my day started so I can feel like I actually accomplished something today, lol.
Wow, no accidental deletions this time, lol!
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Fiiinnnaaallllyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, it's Sunday and uncle is finally gone! Hopefully, he will not be coming back. I know that's awful, but I feel like I can finally breath again. This week has been super crazy. To much running for him. Monday hubby had a tooth pulled, so by the time that was done and we got the script filled we got home around 7. Uncle had to tag along. Hubby went to bed because he was in a lot of pain. Every time he got up during the night he had to get me up to. Why?? Take a pain pill and quit being a pain to me, lol.
The boys were so happy to see him go, they were working on the room he stayed in all afternoon. What we decided to do was instead of putting the youngest back in that room, we put the computer, tv games and stuff in that room for them. This way, if the youngest wants to go to bed early he can and doesn't have to be bothered with his brother playing a game or something. Also, this way when the oldest is told to go to bed, he has to. No more shutting the door, turning the lights off and watching a movie with the sound turned down real low.
Saturday morning the youngest and I went with a friend to a food pantry. She was going to pick up her box for Thanksgiving. She has been going to this place for a few months now. Once in a while the youngest will go with her to help her carry the boxes. Well, this day it was open later. So we get there and we see a line. I didn't think to much about it. I just thought it was a moving line. I've never been there so I didn't know what to expect. After a few minutes of standing in the cold, we realized the line wasn't moving. None of us really was dressed for such cold weather. It was 26 degrees out there. She has just a light jacket on, the youngest had a jacket, no gloves and no hat. His coat did have a hood. I just wore a jacket that I mainly use when I'm going to be in and out of stores. Nothing bulky. It doesn't have a hood. I did, thankfully, have gloves in a pocket. The door didn't open until it was time to open. Once it became opening time, they were only letting a few people in at a time. Nothing worse than freezing and having a door shut in your face. Forty-five minutes later we finally made it inside, for about 5 minutes, lol. The thing that really got me was when we got there, there was this kid there crying and crying the entire time. He was about 6 or 7 and kept crying he was cold. He was dressed for the weather though. His mother had gone to the door and asked if she could wait inside with him and was told no. I thought that was horrible of those people. It was a bitterly cold and windy day outside. Some people came dressed to stand outside, obviously not their first time, and other people not dressed for the weather. I really didn't see what the harm would have been in letting her stand inside with the child. Especially since he was crying nonstop. That was a real experience that day. A brutally cold experience, lol. My friend said I should have gotten a box to since I had to stand in that cold weather to. I agree, I should have gotten something for that torture, lol.
Tomorrow, I intend to hide at home all day. I have lots of cleaning and laundry to get caught up on so I'm sure I'll be busy all day and probably not get anything fun done. I have given up on doing hubby's vest because I still have lots of other gifts to knit and don't have the time the vest is going to require. I'll work on it after the holidays when I'll have more time for it.
As far as my computer is concerned, it's not the Internet connection. It's my computer. So, I set up the youngest desktop and am using that for now. Have to decide what I'm going to do. Just might do an upgrade on this computer and let the boys play their games and stuff on mine. My computer is 8 years old, and I've had very few major problems with it since I had it. I'll decide after the holidays. Hubby has been really interested in what I'm going to do with my computer. The youngest has been telling me that the oldest has been talking to hubby about getting me a new computer. This was before the problem. He was talking to me about what I was planning on doing when I was taking him to work this morning. Hmmm.
The boys were so happy to see him go, they were working on the room he stayed in all afternoon. What we decided to do was instead of putting the youngest back in that room, we put the computer, tv games and stuff in that room for them. This way, if the youngest wants to go to bed early he can and doesn't have to be bothered with his brother playing a game or something. Also, this way when the oldest is told to go to bed, he has to. No more shutting the door, turning the lights off and watching a movie with the sound turned down real low.
Saturday morning the youngest and I went with a friend to a food pantry. She was going to pick up her box for Thanksgiving. She has been going to this place for a few months now. Once in a while the youngest will go with her to help her carry the boxes. Well, this day it was open later. So we get there and we see a line. I didn't think to much about it. I just thought it was a moving line. I've never been there so I didn't know what to expect. After a few minutes of standing in the cold, we realized the line wasn't moving. None of us really was dressed for such cold weather. It was 26 degrees out there. She has just a light jacket on, the youngest had a jacket, no gloves and no hat. His coat did have a hood. I just wore a jacket that I mainly use when I'm going to be in and out of stores. Nothing bulky. It doesn't have a hood. I did, thankfully, have gloves in a pocket. The door didn't open until it was time to open. Once it became opening time, they were only letting a few people in at a time. Nothing worse than freezing and having a door shut in your face. Forty-five minutes later we finally made it inside, for about 5 minutes, lol. The thing that really got me was when we got there, there was this kid there crying and crying the entire time. He was about 6 or 7 and kept crying he was cold. He was dressed for the weather though. His mother had gone to the door and asked if she could wait inside with him and was told no. I thought that was horrible of those people. It was a bitterly cold and windy day outside. Some people came dressed to stand outside, obviously not their first time, and other people not dressed for the weather. I really didn't see what the harm would have been in letting her stand inside with the child. Especially since he was crying nonstop. That was a real experience that day. A brutally cold experience, lol. My friend said I should have gotten a box to since I had to stand in that cold weather to. I agree, I should have gotten something for that torture, lol.
Tomorrow, I intend to hide at home all day. I have lots of cleaning and laundry to get caught up on so I'm sure I'll be busy all day and probably not get anything fun done. I have given up on doing hubby's vest because I still have lots of other gifts to knit and don't have the time the vest is going to require. I'll work on it after the holidays when I'll have more time for it.
As far as my computer is concerned, it's not the Internet connection. It's my computer. So, I set up the youngest desktop and am using that for now. Have to decide what I'm going to do. Just might do an upgrade on this computer and let the boys play their games and stuff on mine. My computer is 8 years old, and I've had very few major problems with it since I had it. I'll decide after the holidays. Hubby has been really interested in what I'm going to do with my computer. The youngest has been telling me that the oldest has been talking to hubby about getting me a new computer. This was before the problem. He was talking to me about what I was planning on doing when I was taking him to work this morning. Hmmm.
Friday, November 21, 2008
It's been a while
I'm not sure just how long it's been since I've made an entry on here, but today seems to be the day. This whole week has been very long and busy. Seems we've been going somewhere every day this entire week. Of course, it has all been running for uncle. I did go knit last night and managed to mess up all the work I had done. Since I'm working on a vest for hubby that has a pattern in it, I have to take all of it out and start over. I only have about 3 inches done, but still, this I have to get right.
I haven't been able to get on my computer since probably Wednesday of this week. Not sure if it's the broadband or my computer itself. I've tried almost everything and and it's can't seem to locate an Internet connection, yet the light for the broadband is lit. So, going to hook the broadband thingie up to the other computer my youngest has and see if I can get online that way. Then I was thinking of trying to get the dial up from aol as a backup if the broadband fails. I know dial up is painfully slow, but at least it's reliable, lol.
Uncle is still with us. Seems like he's never going to leave!! We took him the other day to talk again with his wife's parents. They are leaving this weekend. They have been here for 2 months. He's only talked to them once in all that time. Now, that they are leaving he wants to start this crap again. I think if he really wanted his wife back he would have been working on this long before now. Don't know what happened with that conversation. He's still with us. Hubby called as I got to the library and we have to leave in like an hour to take uncle, yet again, into town to see them. I'm going to start calling uncle drop and run because that seems to be all I do, come home from work and just drop and run for him. And I wonder why I'm so tired and my house is a mess. I'm never home, I'm always running him somewhere. I really do kind of hope she takes him back so I don't have to drag his butt all over the place. And yet, it is nice to be able to sleep in the mornings and not have to go out in the cold and take hubby to work. I feel so much better after sleeping all night. But, then who doesn't. You're supposed to sleep all night. Guess I'm more sleep deprived than I thought.
Can't think of much else that's been going on lately. I'm tired and I have a time limit of how long I can be on here. I did check one thing I wanted to check. Have to come back on Monday if I can't get my own computer back online and check something else.
You know it's so easy to just click on your own computer and do what you need to do. You don't need to know email addys, and passwords. Took me a few tries to figure out what mine were, lol.
I haven't been able to get on my computer since probably Wednesday of this week. Not sure if it's the broadband or my computer itself. I've tried almost everything and and it's can't seem to locate an Internet connection, yet the light for the broadband is lit. So, going to hook the broadband thingie up to the other computer my youngest has and see if I can get online that way. Then I was thinking of trying to get the dial up from aol as a backup if the broadband fails. I know dial up is painfully slow, but at least it's reliable, lol.
Uncle is still with us. Seems like he's never going to leave!! We took him the other day to talk again with his wife's parents. They are leaving this weekend. They have been here for 2 months. He's only talked to them once in all that time. Now, that they are leaving he wants to start this crap again. I think if he really wanted his wife back he would have been working on this long before now. Don't know what happened with that conversation. He's still with us. Hubby called as I got to the library and we have to leave in like an hour to take uncle, yet again, into town to see them. I'm going to start calling uncle drop and run because that seems to be all I do, come home from work and just drop and run for him. And I wonder why I'm so tired and my house is a mess. I'm never home, I'm always running him somewhere. I really do kind of hope she takes him back so I don't have to drag his butt all over the place. And yet, it is nice to be able to sleep in the mornings and not have to go out in the cold and take hubby to work. I feel so much better after sleeping all night. But, then who doesn't. You're supposed to sleep all night. Guess I'm more sleep deprived than I thought.
Can't think of much else that's been going on lately. I'm tired and I have a time limit of how long I can be on here. I did check one thing I wanted to check. Have to come back on Monday if I can't get my own computer back online and check something else.
You know it's so easy to just click on your own computer and do what you need to do. You don't need to know email addys, and passwords. Took me a few tries to figure out what mine were, lol.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Thurasday
Really nasty day here today. Cold, rainy and just plain dreary. But, one more day until the weekend. Not that I have anything special planned, just the end of the week. Once Friday gets here, I get kind of laid back. The weekend is coming I don't have to rush to do anything or be anywhere, except church, which always seems to be a rush lately, lol.
I've decided that I'm going to go knit tonight, even though I feel like I've got a cold coming on. If I'm going to get sick, it has to be during the next 3 days to kick my butt, I have to be better by Tuesday. Next week is a full work week for me and then the week after, which is Thanksgiving, is a 2 day work week for me. Hard to believe that this month is half over already. Where has the time gone? I wanted to be done Christmas shopping by Thanksgiving, but don't see that happening. Just to many things still going on.
As for the uncle, he's still here. Looks like he's going to be a permanent fixture around here. We took him job hunting on Saturday, which was a total nightmare. Nobody never seems to be able to get directions right, and we always end up lost and asking for directions 3 or 4 times. Anyway, this was a job he found on his own,you would think he could get the directions right since he had just been there the day before. I really thought he was going to get hired. No such luck. I'm beginning to think he's being offered jobs and not taking them because they don't pay what he thinks he should be getting paid. This last one was a job in a motel. He would get paid a certain amount and be given a room to live in which included utilities. His only bills would be gas for his car, food, for one person, and cell phone bill. And he's telling me he can't live on a couple thousand a month! There are lots of people who do. Then he was telling me about a job opening at a convience store close to us, but it was part time. He didn't want it because it was part time. Now, I may be wrong in my view of things, but if you really want to work and are applying for jobs, why not take what ever comes along. It may not be what you want, but that doesn't stop you from continuing to look. That's how I feel. Especially since he keeps whining about not having a job, and no money. Times are tough, he can't afford to be picky if he really wants to work. I'm sure there's someone out there who would appreciate the jobs he doesn't want. And then I'm thinking, he's got it great here, why work? Hubby and I are taking care of him like he's one of our own kids. He's got it good, maybe so good he won't ever leave. That's not a pleasant thought
Went for a walk in the park the other day. One of the last nice days we're going to have I think. I haven't been timing myself because the last times I was walking there, before it got to hot, it took me 10 minutes to go around once. That's what I used. This time around I was noticing I wasn't listening to as many songs on my mp3 player. So, I timed myself. Seems I've gotten faster. Once around the park now takes me 5 minutes, not 10 so I've only been walking 15 minutes, and not 30. I'm still tired after 3 times around though. Guess just because I'm walking faster doesn't mean my body's still used to it, lol. Once the weather gets really cold I'm gong to have to find somewhere else to walk. Maybe I'll start getting up early and walking through the house before work. If I walk before work I get the walk in. If not, the walks a maybe. Hubby's uncle has been getting up in the early am and taking hubby to work. So glad, that means I actually get to sleep. Found out the fool isn't going to India this month. He can't find anyone to work for him. Gee, wonder why??
Well, guess that's about it for now. Have to get ready to leave soon.
I've decided that I'm going to go knit tonight, even though I feel like I've got a cold coming on. If I'm going to get sick, it has to be during the next 3 days to kick my butt, I have to be better by Tuesday. Next week is a full work week for me and then the week after, which is Thanksgiving, is a 2 day work week for me. Hard to believe that this month is half over already. Where has the time gone? I wanted to be done Christmas shopping by Thanksgiving, but don't see that happening. Just to many things still going on.
As for the uncle, he's still here. Looks like he's going to be a permanent fixture around here. We took him job hunting on Saturday, which was a total nightmare. Nobody never seems to be able to get directions right, and we always end up lost and asking for directions 3 or 4 times. Anyway, this was a job he found on his own,you would think he could get the directions right since he had just been there the day before. I really thought he was going to get hired. No such luck. I'm beginning to think he's being offered jobs and not taking them because they don't pay what he thinks he should be getting paid. This last one was a job in a motel. He would get paid a certain amount and be given a room to live in which included utilities. His only bills would be gas for his car, food, for one person, and cell phone bill. And he's telling me he can't live on a couple thousand a month! There are lots of people who do. Then he was telling me about a job opening at a convience store close to us, but it was part time. He didn't want it because it was part time. Now, I may be wrong in my view of things, but if you really want to work and are applying for jobs, why not take what ever comes along. It may not be what you want, but that doesn't stop you from continuing to look. That's how I feel. Especially since he keeps whining about not having a job, and no money. Times are tough, he can't afford to be picky if he really wants to work. I'm sure there's someone out there who would appreciate the jobs he doesn't want. And then I'm thinking, he's got it great here, why work? Hubby and I are taking care of him like he's one of our own kids. He's got it good, maybe so good he won't ever leave. That's not a pleasant thought
Went for a walk in the park the other day. One of the last nice days we're going to have I think. I haven't been timing myself because the last times I was walking there, before it got to hot, it took me 10 minutes to go around once. That's what I used. This time around I was noticing I wasn't listening to as many songs on my mp3 player. So, I timed myself. Seems I've gotten faster. Once around the park now takes me 5 minutes, not 10 so I've only been walking 15 minutes, and not 30. I'm still tired after 3 times around though. Guess just because I'm walking faster doesn't mean my body's still used to it, lol. Once the weather gets really cold I'm gong to have to find somewhere else to walk. Maybe I'll start getting up early and walking through the house before work. If I walk before work I get the walk in. If not, the walks a maybe. Hubby's uncle has been getting up in the early am and taking hubby to work. So glad, that means I actually get to sleep. Found out the fool isn't going to India this month. He can't find anyone to work for him. Gee, wonder why??
Well, guess that's about it for now. Have to get ready to leave soon.
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