what's new TUESDAY?

Good morning to all. I hope that today is a wonderful day and eveythng that you want for it to be.  I am going to put my application in at a vet's office this morning. In fact I should be going now but first things first. lol The office wants a full time receptionist and one who can work various hours. Bill knows better than to ask me to work the same hours he does. I don' think it is gonna happen. lol Wish me luck and say a prayer or two (yes I am a pig there since I think it is better to have to many prayers than be one short lol) since I am really needing to get this. Things here are getting shorter and shorter. With the price of everything going up and up more and more Bill takes care of the bills but that is about it.  It is suppose to be warmer here today than yesterday. I have the sliding door open along with the windows but if it gets warm and there is no breeze the air will go on. It gets so hot in here if there is no breeze. That is one of the things that I miss about having a lot of windows.  The people upstairs was at it again in the middle of the night fighting and banging. Bill had to tell me since I slept through the whole thing. The girlfriend is nice but he is a real peice of work. I just can't stand him. He is so lazy and he has a "I am better than you" attitude too. I call him Clyde since that is short for Clydesdale as in the horse. He stomps just as soon as he gets in the door or shortly after. He is constantly throwing things and the banging is terrible at times. I have talked to the office and I was told he was a market renter and can do what he wants. Well, I am a market renter too and does that mean that I can do what I want too? I bet that wouldn't fly! I can pretty well guarentee that.  I guess I had better get going. I have to go get ready to go put my application in. UGH! I thought that I was done trying to sell myself to someone. I guess that is never going to happen as long as you live in the world. You always have to sell yourself to someone or another. lol I am sending love and hugs to all. Prayers are going up and special ones for those in need of them. Listen up to that one Annette. Connie, you remain in my special ones too. I know it is nerve wracking when you are waiting for new of that type.

I feel for you Brenda, my upstairs neighbors are young females. Their noise is usually late at night or in the middle of the night. Both are as sweet as can be.. but, the noise. I need to give them a gentle reminder. LOL I would like to know what a market renter is. I've never heard of that term. thanks Millie

Millie, it is my understanding that a market renter is one that pays regular rent as opposed to government subsidy. This complex use to take section 8, which is the subsidy in Indiana, until they totally remodeled and then the only ones they take now are the ones that were in here when the remodel happened. So if he is a market renter (market as the public marketing) so am I and we pay the same amount of rent. So what is the difference? I complained when he parked next to me and I could open my car door only about 2 imches. Bill had to go on the passenger side and crawl across to be able to move the car so I could get in and go to church one Sunday morning. I got the answering machine (which is normal here~when they are in the office they don't answer the phone often) and I just let them have it. I screamed into the phone. That kind of parking ended for a few weeks and then it started again. I can't stand him and I just wish he would move. We aren't suppose to have anyone living with us who isn't on the lease but his girlfriend lives there and they know it and she isn't on the lease since she moved in after he signed it. Now if that was me I would be having a problem.

HIJACK...... Brenda...I am sending prayers that you get the position at the vets office. That would be a fun place to work.  Sounds like your neighbor is a jerk...someone needs to go bang some sense in his head! Thanks again for the good thoughts and prayers! Good luck with the job hon........ Hugs, connie d

Good Morning Annette and OFF Family! Lots for me to catch up on as I have not had a lot of time for reading and posting the last few days, weekend away with Tony, which was very nice, we had perfect weather the 2 days we were gone.  Sunday I searched high and low for last year's tax return as I returned home to a letter from the IRS stating that I owed them $894 from last year, seems the place I had my taxes done, may have made a mistake, but while I reorganized, shredded things I no longer needed, as well as got my whole house in order, I never found that one return, so I will have to deal with that on my day off, Friday, by taking a ride to the main office of the tax place I had it done, as they should have a copy of it. . . Also the Mystery Box is sitting on my dining room table and will go out either Friday or Saturday to the next person on the list as I cannot get it to the post office before then. Otherwise, here I am at work, nothing too exciting happening and things are good. Wishing you all a good day. Hugs, prayers and positive thoughts, Laureen

Good morning Annette and all,  I'm adding each of you to my prayers today. I'm with Brenda can never have too many prayers. Everyone sounds pretty busy today except for me.... I'm moving slow, on my 3rd cuppa joe,  We worked way too hard at our daughters yesterday cutting down all the extra stuff that has overgrown in the back of their yard (it's like a forest back there) Earl had to fog the mosquitos they were so bad, then we could get out there  to start weeding the pumpkin patch. Today will be an easier day, Earl is finishing sanding the door and window trim for our bedroom , then I can start priming and painting all the trim, maybe we'll get it up before the weekend. He picked up the underlayment for the floor and wants to get that down this weekend. Need to pick up new curtain rods, the ones I took down are old and I want a different type in there so everything will be new and fresh. Earl is having trouble with his RA again, could be he's trying to do too much, try telling him that though...he is so stubborn. But in his daily trip to the hardware stores he came home with new door knobs, the kind that are levers. I had to laugh he said he bought them cause they look nicer. But I had noticed he's been having trouble turning the other ones, of course he won't admit that!  Men...what are you going to do with them.???? Hope you all have a great day, Paulette

Aloha OFF family!

Annette, my dear one, you ARE getting challenges after challenges aren't you! You have such a positive attitude on life and I know that this latest obstacle will be conquered by you as elegantly as you do everything. You are an inspiration to so many of us!

Your kitty story was so cute......and reminded me of when my Sumo kitty, Nicky, dashed for the bedroom and mistakenly went out the front door to the hallway outside. I have never heard such a sound come from that big guy!! He howled! It was pure panic! He had run about 50 feet down the hall and was cowering against the wall when I finally got to him and brought him back home. Now I can leave the front door wide open and he would NOT go near it!! Poor kitty. I love all 22 lbs. of him!!

This morning I am AGAIN going to drink the dreaded "banana stuff" so that I can again try having the CT scan for my belly!! If you remember, last week I went and was all hooked up but their computer failed. This time it better work...I'm NOT going through this again!!

To my sisters who are going through rough times, I am holding you close in my heart and hoping that things work out in a way that isn't too painful. Life just IS painful sometimes, huh. At least we all have a place, another family actually, to which we can come and share our ups and downs. For that, I am very thankful indeed. You all sometimes hear things that I don't even tell my children or friends....they just wouldn't understand.

I guess it's time to open the first bottle of banana stuff....sigh. I just have to remember that things could be much worse....right? Right!!

Aloha nui loa,

Maui Karen