Happy Tues.....can't believe I am up in the middle of the night!
Aloha my OFF special friends,<br />
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I woke up at midnight, and tossed and turned and decided I might as well see what was happening in here. It's 1:45 a.m. and I am wide awake. I usually don't have trouble sleeping, but the last couple of days I've been going to bed early and that doesn't work...I wake up way too early!<br />
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Actually I rather love this time of night.....all is quiet except a couple of fans going, and I can hear the purring of my two little kitties, one asleep on each foot!! <br />
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Today I have to make sure my bedroom is clean and somewhat organized. My neighbor, the next condo over, just had an infestation of bed bugs.....YIKES!! They don't know where they came from except they think it was in something ordered online. Anyway, they had the pest control out, and washed everything...I mean everything....and had their place sprayed twice. Now each of their neighbors, upstairs, beside and downstairs are having inspections to make sure we don't have those darned little critters. <br />
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Last night for dinner I had burritos....lots of cheese, salsa, beans, veggies and whole wheat tortillas. Yum!! I have plenty for a repeat tonight. My eyes are always much bigger than my wee pouch, so I didn't eat that much...but they sure were good. I don't like how much food I waste because I can usually only do a dish two nights in a row. Hate throwing food out, but it's better than eating it and regretting that later.<br />
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Enough of my middle-of-the-night chatter. I think I will crawl back in bed and see if I can get a few more hours.<br />
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Hope you all have a wonderful day, and that those of us with physical, mental and universal problems can find peace today.<br />
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With so much aloha,<br />
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Maui Karen
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I woke up at midnight, and tossed and turned and decided I might as well see what was happening in here. It's 1:45 a.m. and I am wide awake. I usually don't have trouble sleeping, but the last couple of days I've been going to bed early and that doesn't work...I wake up way too early!<br />
<br />
Actually I rather love this time of night.....all is quiet except a couple of fans going, and I can hear the purring of my two little kitties, one asleep on each foot!! <br />
<br />
Today I have to make sure my bedroom is clean and somewhat organized. My neighbor, the next condo over, just had an infestation of bed bugs.....YIKES!! They don't know where they came from except they think it was in something ordered online. Anyway, they had the pest control out, and washed everything...I mean everything....and had their place sprayed twice. Now each of their neighbors, upstairs, beside and downstairs are having inspections to make sure we don't have those darned little critters. <br />
<br />
Last night for dinner I had burritos....lots of cheese, salsa, beans, veggies and whole wheat tortillas. Yum!! I have plenty for a repeat tonight. My eyes are always much bigger than my wee pouch, so I didn't eat that much...but they sure were good. I don't like how much food I waste because I can usually only do a dish two nights in a row. Hate throwing food out, but it's better than eating it and regretting that later.<br />
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Enough of my middle-of-the-night chatter. I think I will crawl back in bed and see if I can get a few more hours.<br />
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Hope you all have a wonderful day, and that those of us with physical, mental and universal problems can find peace today.<br />
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With so much aloha,<br />
<br />
Maui Karen
Good mornin' ya'll.
What a great weekend. We babysat ONE of the dogs. She had pink eye and needed her meds. I swear the first day, I was sure I had gotten it. Psychological I guess!
My daughter thought they had finally hammered out a divorce agreement with her nearly ex. But his new lawyer added an new clause that the allimony was non-modifiable. She thought. Woohoo, when her income goes up he can't ask for more. HER lawyer pointed out that if he should get a big inheritance or get a job making millions she would still be paying him, worst case scenerio - if SHE should become disabled or fired or can't work she will need her share of the company to live on but she would still have to pay him. I guess that lawyer is earning her money. Sooooo, Judi won't sign with that clause in, Roger won't sign with that clause out. Back to square one! He was happy with the agreement they made without that clause, now it isn't good enough! Oh well. I knew there was a reason I was still hanging on to the money left over from my CD instead of reinvesting it.
Oh, and our son went to WV to a friend's house. He goes there every year to hunt. We are buying a pregnant black angus from him. Our son and us will split the meat when the guy raises the calf up. Then we will still have the cow to produce again. What we pay will include the guy feeding him and raising him, butchering and packing him up for us. So we are trying to eat up the stuff in our freezer to have room. Of course it will be awhile before the baby is a big guy.
Well, everyone got home safely. Our daughter got lots of pictures and snugglies from the new baby. And it seems our grandson's wife and baby will be coming here to stay with our son and DIL for 'awhile' while our grandson is in his 'A' school in FL. Our son is still trying to process that!
Everyone have a fantabulous day!
What a great weekend. We babysat ONE of the dogs. She had pink eye and needed her meds. I swear the first day, I was sure I had gotten it. Psychological I guess!
My daughter thought they had finally hammered out a divorce agreement with her nearly ex. But his new lawyer added an new clause that the allimony was non-modifiable. She thought. Woohoo, when her income goes up he can't ask for more. HER lawyer pointed out that if he should get a big inheritance or get a job making millions she would still be paying him, worst case scenerio - if SHE should become disabled or fired or can't work she will need her share of the company to live on but she would still have to pay him. I guess that lawyer is earning her money. Sooooo, Judi won't sign with that clause in, Roger won't sign with that clause out. Back to square one! He was happy with the agreement they made without that clause, now it isn't good enough! Oh well. I knew there was a reason I was still hanging on to the money left over from my CD instead of reinvesting it.
Oh, and our son went to WV to a friend's house. He goes there every year to hunt. We are buying a pregnant black angus from him. Our son and us will split the meat when the guy raises the calf up. Then we will still have the cow to produce again. What we pay will include the guy feeding him and raising him, butchering and packing him up for us. So we are trying to eat up the stuff in our freezer to have room. Of course it will be awhile before the baby is a big guy.
Well, everyone got home safely. Our daughter got lots of pictures and snugglies from the new baby. And it seems our grandson's wife and baby will be coming here to stay with our son and DIL for 'awhile' while our grandson is in his 'A' school in FL. Our son is still trying to process that!
Everyone have a fantabulous day!
Grammylew in Jax
Aloha grammylew......Your life is so full!! It is always a pleasure to follow along on your adventures.
Your daughter's saga is just plain sad and must be frustrating beyond description for all of you.
I have been married and divorced twice, and each one was totally different. Thankfully I'm very close to both ex's, but back when I was young I sure didn't know the ropes when it came to divorce. My first husband was an airline pilot (I had worked for years putting him through flight school before he applied), and was making good money with much more to come later in life. Well, we used the same lawyer and he talked me into $5000 cash rather than half of my husbands pension later in life! What a bad decision that was!!! He's now retired and making half of his last salary for his pension! The $5000 was long gone years ago!!
Life is too short to hang onto resentments over things like this for me. But while going through it, it seems like life will never settle down.
Hoping everything turns out so all are free to live, laugh, and love without regrets.
Aloha nui loa,
Maui Karen
Your daughter's saga is just plain sad and must be frustrating beyond description for all of you.
I have been married and divorced twice, and each one was totally different. Thankfully I'm very close to both ex's, but back when I was young I sure didn't know the ropes when it came to divorce. My first husband was an airline pilot (I had worked for years putting him through flight school before he applied), and was making good money with much more to come later in life. Well, we used the same lawyer and he talked me into $5000 cash rather than half of my husbands pension later in life! What a bad decision that was!!! He's now retired and making half of his last salary for his pension! The $5000 was long gone years ago!!
Life is too short to hang onto resentments over things like this for me. But while going through it, it seems like life will never settle down.
Hoping everything turns out so all are free to live, laugh, and love without regrets.
Aloha nui loa,
Maui Karen
Good morning Maui Karen and Grammylew! And all my OFF sistas!
Yikes! Bedbugs! I would be itching and scratching at just the thought of them. Psychosomatic, indeed!
Today I am trying to get myself and the house ready for tomorrow. Big day on two fronts: Butch finally comes homes (yay!) and Benny starts to pre-school. So I'm doing laundry and I have shopping to do and just a general clean up around here.
Chris and I got through last night without a scene, mainly because I just went to bed at 8 p.m. Much like a teenager, I retreat to my room whenever life becomes too much for me. I have read more books on my Nook in the past few weeks! I escape into a fictional world for a couple of hours and it does help. However, I'm looking forward to being able to stay up and talk to my husband in the evenings, rather than just going to bed to escape my reality! LOL!
Grammy, I swear, your poor daughter has been through the wringer! This is exactly why people hate lawyers, and why I didn't become one. I was a certified paralegal back in my early twenties, but after just one year of working for the biggest law firm in Austin, I was so disgusted I quit and never went back. Lawyers are the most A-moral people in the world! Not necessarily IM-moral, but they have no sense of right and wrong. They just look for the loopholes and/or try to create them. Never mind who gets hurt or how much money it costs. It's nothing but a big game of one-upmanship to them. I sure hope the divorce can be final soon. I can't imagine the toll it is taking on everyone.
Oh, there's my Benny Boy! Time to go get him up.
Love you all!
Yikes! Bedbugs! I would be itching and scratching at just the thought of them. Psychosomatic, indeed!
Today I am trying to get myself and the house ready for tomorrow. Big day on two fronts: Butch finally comes homes (yay!) and Benny starts to pre-school. So I'm doing laundry and I have shopping to do and just a general clean up around here.
Chris and I got through last night without a scene, mainly because I just went to bed at 8 p.m. Much like a teenager, I retreat to my room whenever life becomes too much for me. I have read more books on my Nook in the past few weeks! I escape into a fictional world for a couple of hours and it does help. However, I'm looking forward to being able to stay up and talk to my husband in the evenings, rather than just going to bed to escape my reality! LOL!
Grammy, I swear, your poor daughter has been through the wringer! This is exactly why people hate lawyers, and why I didn't become one. I was a certified paralegal back in my early twenties, but after just one year of working for the biggest law firm in Austin, I was so disgusted I quit and never went back. Lawyers are the most A-moral people in the world! Not necessarily IM-moral, but they have no sense of right and wrong. They just look for the loopholes and/or try to create them. Never mind who gets hurt or how much money it costs. It's nothing but a big game of one-upmanship to them. I sure hope the divorce can be final soon. I can't imagine the toll it is taking on everyone.
Oh, there's my Benny Boy! Time to go get him up.
Love you all!
Vickie
Aloha and good sunny morning Vickie!
You sound so excited about seeing your hubby tomorrow! I am happy for you. I read your posts and sometimes don't know how you do it all. Having a toddler 24/7 has to be exhausting. And, on top of that, you have to walk on eggshells around your daughter. I hope that five years from now you'll look back on this time and see that you were the stability Benny needed during this rough time.
Bedbugs!! I know.......I am waiting for people to arrive to check my home. I don't think they are here....at least I sure haven't seen any signs of them. But, you never know!! I feel sorry for my friends nextdoor because although their bugs are gone, the condo association is suggesting that they pay for any other fumigation that needs to be done since it started there. Hopefully it was contained within their unit.
I did finally go back to sleep and now it's bright shining sun on the ocean. Love this time of morning! However, when the sun is shining so bright I can see every speck of dust, dirt and kitty hair (oh my!)! I should get busy and dust while I can see it all.....but, hey......maybe not! Ha.
Have fun tomorrow !
Aloha nui loa,
Maui Karen
You sound so excited about seeing your hubby tomorrow! I am happy for you. I read your posts and sometimes don't know how you do it all. Having a toddler 24/7 has to be exhausting. And, on top of that, you have to walk on eggshells around your daughter. I hope that five years from now you'll look back on this time and see that you were the stability Benny needed during this rough time.
Bedbugs!! I know.......I am waiting for people to arrive to check my home. I don't think they are here....at least I sure haven't seen any signs of them. But, you never know!! I feel sorry for my friends nextdoor because although their bugs are gone, the condo association is suggesting that they pay for any other fumigation that needs to be done since it started there. Hopefully it was contained within their unit.
I did finally go back to sleep and now it's bright shining sun on the ocean. Love this time of morning! However, when the sun is shining so bright I can see every speck of dust, dirt and kitty hair (oh my!)! I should get busy and dust while I can see it all.....but, hey......maybe not! Ha.
Have fun tomorrow !
Aloha nui loa,
Maui Karen
Hi There,
I am up in the mountains still. leaving to go back to Denver soon. I have to make my car payment today before they charge me a late fee.Didnt do much yesterday. Chilled out. It is so pretty here this time of the year.
I am at wits end with my Cousins in Florida, I am glad Im not home cause I am in tears. They are homeless. I dont know why a husband will let his family go homeless. Wont pay the rent does drugs behind his wife's back says he is going to rehab, drinks, wont pay us the insurance on the truck he is driving of ours, I banned him only she is driving it. Now she is in the streets. Thank g-d the kids are at his moms house. I am so worried. I would let her stay at my house but her dad wont let her. he owns the house we rent. He has a place to stay and told her that she cant stay there. I told her to go to a shelter and she wont go. Said she wont sleep in a place with spics!!!! I said then go to a womens shelter. I guess you can lead a horse to water but you cant make them drink. She has alienated all her friends.
So that is my saga. Always drama when I leave. Not sure if I realy want to go home.
I see the Doctor tomorrow and that cant be soon enough!!!!! If this abdominal pain wont go away today I might hit the emergency room tonight. I thought I was going to fall out in the middle of the night last night!!!!! I hope I dont have a stricture. I finally got dinner to go down after drinking hot tea late last night.
Not sure what is going on with this. I am ten years out. I feel like I just had my RNY. I feel sorry for people who just had surgery.
Well I have rambled on long enought today. Have a great day everyone. Carla
I am up in the mountains still. leaving to go back to Denver soon. I have to make my car payment today before they charge me a late fee.Didnt do much yesterday. Chilled out. It is so pretty here this time of the year.
I am at wits end with my Cousins in Florida, I am glad Im not home cause I am in tears. They are homeless. I dont know why a husband will let his family go homeless. Wont pay the rent does drugs behind his wife's back says he is going to rehab, drinks, wont pay us the insurance on the truck he is driving of ours, I banned him only she is driving it. Now she is in the streets. Thank g-d the kids are at his moms house. I am so worried. I would let her stay at my house but her dad wont let her. he owns the house we rent. He has a place to stay and told her that she cant stay there. I told her to go to a shelter and she wont go. Said she wont sleep in a place with spics!!!! I said then go to a womens shelter. I guess you can lead a horse to water but you cant make them drink. She has alienated all her friends.
So that is my saga. Always drama when I leave. Not sure if I realy want to go home.
I see the Doctor tomorrow and that cant be soon enough!!!!! If this abdominal pain wont go away today I might hit the emergency room tonight. I thought I was going to fall out in the middle of the night last night!!!!! I hope I dont have a stricture. I finally got dinner to go down after drinking hot tea late last night.
Not sure what is going on with this. I am ten years out. I feel like I just had my RNY. I feel sorry for people who just had surgery.
Well I have rambled on long enought today. Have a great day everyone. Carla
Aloha Carla....So sorry to hear about your stomach problems. Seems after ten years, all should be good. Hope you find out that there is an easy solution. I'm surprised that you have to force yourself to eat! I don't have much of an appetite any longer either, and sometimes forget to eat til noon or later. And usually I have piled more on my little plate that my pouch will hold.
Also, it is sad to hear about your cousins in Fl. I remember visiting Florida way back when my husband was in the Air Force and we went from Madison, Wisconsin, to Portland, Oregon, via FLORIDA! I know...crazy, huh. But we were young and foolish and it was an adventure. But, I have NEVER been in such heat and humidity as we found in Florida!! I cannot imagine anyone living on the streets in such conditions. Sure hope all turns around for your family. So many struggling right now.
Take care of yourself...........
Aloha nui loa,
Maui Karen
Also, it is sad to hear about your cousins in Fl. I remember visiting Florida way back when my husband was in the Air Force and we went from Madison, Wisconsin, to Portland, Oregon, via FLORIDA! I know...crazy, huh. But we were young and foolish and it was an adventure. But, I have NEVER been in such heat and humidity as we found in Florida!! I cannot imagine anyone living on the streets in such conditions. Sure hope all turns around for your family. So many struggling right now.
Take care of yourself...........
Aloha nui loa,
Maui Karen
Greetings OFF Family,
Well, I'm still struggling with fatigue, and hating it. I'm waiting for blood results from a week ago to see if my iron is low. I spoke with a nurse on Thursday who was supposed to get back to me, and hasn't.
I need to go to my local police department this afternoon to pick up a police report about my fender bender to take to my insurance agent. Tomorrow morning, I have to go to the local garage and have them look at my car.
It's pouring down rain right now, and I got caught in it. I couldn't even put my big boot I'm supposed to wear on.
Well, I am at my volunteer position this afternoon. It's kind of busy here.
Hugs,
Trish
Well, I'm still struggling with fatigue, and hating it. I'm waiting for blood results from a week ago to see if my iron is low. I spoke with a nurse on Thursday who was supposed to get back to me, and hasn't.
I need to go to my local police department this afternoon to pick up a police report about my fender bender to take to my insurance agent. Tomorrow morning, I have to go to the local garage and have them look at my car.
It's pouring down rain right now, and I got caught in it. I couldn't even put my big boot I'm supposed to wear on.
Well, I am at my volunteer position this afternoon. It's kind of busy here.
Hugs,
Trish
Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.
Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer
Aloha Trish......Being constantly tired is awful!! Hopefully the blood tests will give you the info you need to get back to full energy.
Car problems of any kind are a bummer!! In my case, my engine light came on and my car was sluggi****ook it to dealer and the repairs were over $500 and it was only a $3.00 part, but they had to take the engine apart to get it in!! Hate spending money on things like that....sigh.
Hope all turns out good.
Aloha nui loa,
Maui Karen
Car problems of any kind are a bummer!! In my case, my engine light came on and my car was sluggi****ook it to dealer and the repairs were over $500 and it was only a $3.00 part, but they had to take the engine apart to get it in!! Hate spending money on things like that....sigh.
Hope all turns out good.
Aloha nui loa,
Maui Karen
Yeah, my daughter says when this is over she is gonna write a book on why not to get married and never live with anyone for more than 3 years. And have proof that you actually lived at a different home than him!!
When my kids and/or DH would get to me (when we were all a lot younger) I would go take a "relaxing shower" and cry. When I came out with red eyes, I would say I got shampoo in my eyes.
Now that I am older, I thought I was more able to handle the stress. But now I am having migraines and a panic attack!! Maybe I should go back to a couple extra showers a day!!
When my kids and/or DH would get to me (when we were all a lot younger) I would go take a "relaxing shower" and cry. When I came out with red eyes, I would say I got shampoo in my eyes.
Now that I am older, I thought I was more able to handle the stress. But now I am having migraines and a panic attack!! Maybe I should go back to a couple extra showers a day!!
Grammylew in Jax
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