No Raise For Me

Boyfriend denies flirting with the checkout girl but apologized for the misunderstanding. K....i'm over it.

My work friend, the head of enviromental, went into our bosses office today to get something to take downstairs to our boss. I waited till he was in the office for a few seconds and then went in.....I pretended he was our boss and said to him "I'd like a raise." Without missing a beat he shouted "get the fuck out of my office!" LOL. He's a trip.

on AI &... an old lover

If the powers that be keep Sanjaya on for yet another week then I hope that bald, married guy goes home. He can sing, but he makes my skin crawl....Blake turns me on, and I think he has the "it" factor........Lakisha is starting to get a lil boring, but she's still one of my favs.......No neck can still sing......I like big Chris, AND the other Chris.........I hope rocker girl sticks around for a bit........

I remember when I was dating "Schmuck"......he was the guy that called me PitaGirl(pain in the ass, Girl).......we'd date while the kids were at their dads house, and his kids were with their mom....... we'd always end up at his house and I'd usually leave at 4 AMish to go home to shower and get ready for work.......on one particular night I remember being almost at that point of sleep yet semi aware of my surroundings....I felt him kiss me on the cheek and say "You're alright Pita Girl".......it was sweet, and tender, and real.........

Mr. F

I just dropped my daughter off at school. Mr. F my freshman English teacher was standing outside the school welcoming the students as their parents dropped them off.
Mr F came to us from the catholic boys high school. We were his first public school class. His type of discipline was different from that of our public school teachers, and I'm sure he was use to a more disciplined group of kids. I remember one day in his class, and it still makes me laugh when I think about it.....but I remember my friend Tim, the first boy I ever kissed.....he was talking in class the same time Mr. F was writing on the chalk board and talking to the class......Mr. F spun around and threw the chalkboard eraser square at Tims face. Tim had dark hair and usually wore dark clothes........his hair, face and shirt was covered in chalk powder. My best friend Patty sat next to me and I willed myself not to look at her because I knew that if I did I would not be able to hold back the laughter that threatened to erupt.....and then I heard her chuckle......a slight, little, quiet, giggle.......that was all it took......I couldn't hold it back.....I laughed out loud....Patty laughed, and before I knew it the whole class was in hysterics....I felt bad for Tim because I knew he had to be embarrassed....and i swear I tried not to laugh....but I couldn't hold it back.....and eventually Tim laughed too....so did Mr F.
I don't recall Mr F ever losing his temper like that again. He actually turned out to be a really nice guy. One of my neighbors, a girl that was 3 years younger than me and whom I think of as a sister, grew up in a home where her dad was an abusive drunk and her mother was a prostitute and a drinker. Her mom loved her, and really tried to be a good mom......but when you're out hooking all night and your good sensibilities are clouded by drugs/alcohol no matter how hard you try to be a good parent, it's just not going to happen...... and then coming home and fighting with an abusive drunk I'd imagine it would be difficult to get your child off to school. Mr F would pick my friend up each morning, stop off to get her a milk and muffin, and take her to school. He also made sure that she made it to and home from band practice. He expected nothing in return. I've even asked her now that we are adults if he ever tried "anything" with her and she said no, that he was really just helping out a kid in need, and that it meant the world to her.
I encouraged my friend to write a note to Mr. F letting him know what it meant to her having him see after her while she was a student......... and so she wrote him a beautiful, heart felt letter. They now keep in touch via email.

SUNDAY

I think the temp. was close to 80 today in Ky. Yet another beautiful day. I feel my mood improving.......Winter is just way too long. It starts to make me feeel depressed.....atlast it is over!
When do you know it's time to get a new roof? I'm not sure how old mine is but I thinks it's almost 20. I've lived here for almost 15 years and haven't replaced it......I don't have any leaks......do I wait for a leak, or what?
My dad called last night to remind me to change my furnace filter. I changed it a couple of weeks ago....so I was one step ahead of him. I try to remember to change it at the beginning of the month.
I read that power washing your deck is bad for the wood. But I don't know any other way of getting it clean. I'm not going to scrub it by hand.....i'm just not. I need to clean it and water proof it.....
I need to make appointments to see my family doctor(I have this little mass on the right side of my abdomen), my ob/gyn (it's been a year and a half), the dentist, and I need to schedule my mammogram(it was due last Aug)........and since all of my sisters have had a colonoscopy since my mom was diag. with cancer, I guess i should step up to the plate and get one of those too. Maybe I can schedule all the doctor appointments for the same day? There never seems to be enough time! I'm glad I don't have a prostate.

Saturday

It's a beautiful, beautiful, sunny, warm day in Ky.! YAY! Of course I had to work but even that didn't put much of a damper on such a pretty day.
I came home from work, peeled off my scrubs, went straight to the deck(after putting on real clothes) to enjoy the sunshine. It's just what the doctor ordered!
I grilled steaks and made a fruit salad for dinner.It was so good!
I'm trying to let my nails grow out. I alternate between being a nail biter and not.....but more often than not I bite them....it's a terrible nervous habit that i'm trying to get away from.
My daughter just called to tell me that her dads girlfriend has 2 long haired kitties. Daughter wants one.........and I read that getting another kitty might help with We-Pings aggressive nature.....might calm her down a bit. I don't really want another kitty.....but what harm would it do? So I told her I'd think about it. :O)

Friday

I went shopping today and bought 3 new pair of shoes. One pair of dress sandles, casual sandles and a pair of tennis shoes........daughter is pouting because I didn't buy her any. I said to her "Don't hate me because I have 3 new pair of shoes!" She rolled her eyes and stomped off. :O) I also bought a bunch of stuff for the Easter baskets.

I got a hair cut today. It feels bouncy and healthier. Yay!

The realtor was suppose to call me Thursday to set up a time to look at the house I've been dying to see. She didn't call. I don't understand. Maybe she's too busy?Maybe she's not a very good realtor? So I drove by the house. The for sale sign is still up..... I walked the property again.....this time the garage door was unlocked. I let myself in and had a look around. It has it's good points, and bad ones.......But it's not the house for me.

I have new neighbors. We-Ping sits in our dining room window watching the new neighbors cat who sits in their living room window. I think they like each other. It's kinda cute!

Friday

I just woke up from an after work nap. The kids are at their dads house for the week. My daughter comes here after school everyday whether it's her week with her dad or not and her dad picks her up on his way home from work. After she left I fell alseep and slept for 5 hours.
I spoke to my boss about the difficult time I'm having in my own head in regards to taking care of our patient who is a sexual offender.He feels pretty much the same as I do.......and while he didn't say anything to change the situation I felt better in just being able to talk about it with someone. My boss is a pretty good guy. I don't give him near enough credit for all that he does. I know I can be a difficult person while at work..some of the time I'm an out and out pain in the ass....I'm burned out and struggle everyday with the "joys" of nursing. Just yesterday I came this close to strangling a family member........ but my boss tolerates me, and for that I am grateful.
My son is still in negotiations wiht the seller of the house he would like to buy. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it all goes the way it's supposed to go......his little sister can't wait till he gets moved in. She's already asked if she can spend the night at his new house. I find myself getting tearful when I think about him moving out. I know he'll be fine, and I look forward to helping him get his new home in order......but in my heart he's still my innocent, curly haired, brown eyed little Bub......time has flown by....when did he become a man, and have I done all that a parent is supposed to do..... it's so difficult letting go.

On AI...

I hope bald headed, married guy gets the boot!
Blake was good tonight. I thought he was sexy.
I didn't like Lakishas song choice.
No neck has talent.
Sanjaya is so bad that it's entertaining....so I kinda hope he sticks around for a minute.
Rocker girl didn't do so hot but I think she wants it more than any of them......so for her sake I hope she sticks around a bit longer.
When the pretty, young, black girl made the top 30 I told my boyfriend that by the time she made the top 12 they would straighten her beautiful, long, curly locks. Unfortunately I was right.

What was up with the crying girl in the audience?

Monday

I like Barefoot Contessa. I think the relationship her and her husband seem to have is sweet. I'm half listening to them talk about her on TV and they said she met Jeffery when she was 16 and he was 19. They wed 4 years later and have been married for 39 years. She looks much younger than 59.

My son put an offer in on a house.....the guy counter offered, and then they went another round and finally my son countered with his final offer......he's anxiously waiting to seee if his offer has been accepted. We shall see..

Work is going ok. It's difficult for me when I get a patient who is also a convicted sex offender..... .... when he says to me "how are you today, honey?" What I'd like to say is "don't call me honey because it makes my skin crawl and it makes me want to puke, understand, Fuckface? I hate that our tax dollars supported his ass while he was in prison even though it's where he belonged, and now our tax dollars are paying his medical bills.Makes me sick.

Speaking of sex offenders.....I hope they find the little boy scout that's missing...seems odd that all the other scouts and leaders went hiking while this kid and one of the leaders stayed behind....

House Looking

Went out with my oldest son today. We ended up going for lunch instead of breakfast. I had grilled shrimp and he had filet minot. We split a serving of key lime pie. The pie was great, the rest of the food left a little to be desired.
After lunch we drove by some more houses that are for sale. He has appointments to look at 2 of those houses and I have an appointment to look at one.......all in all it was an enjoyable day.
The realtor just called me about the house with the inground pool. She said it's off the market until the 20th. WTF? Why do they still have the sign up? Anyway, she's going to call me in a few days to schedule a time for me to see it.
It's suppose to be sunny and in the 70's tomorrow. I wish I could think of a good excuse to call off of work, but I can't...so I wont.....bummer.

Spring Forward

It was another beautiful day in Ky! It almost felt like spring. I called work this morning to see what time it was... I wasn't sure if we had jumped forward an hour or not. The night nurse told me IT WAS TIME TO GET UP and NO, YOU CAN'T HAVE ANOTHER HALF HOUR OF SLEEP! Bummer.
Work was uneventful......some of the time I get nervous before leaving work for the day. I worry that maybe I'm forgetting to do something that's really important.

I was seriously considering going to Miami Beach tonight.I miss it & I want some sun. I checked on flights, there were none. My plan was to go tonight, and come home late Tuesday. I was going to call work tomorrow to call off sick for Tuesday. I guess it's just as well that it didn't work out.

Saturday

So I found another house for sale that I like. I've driven by it several times, and yesterday boyfriend went with me to walk the property and peek in the windows.(the lady across the street watched us like a hawk) The house is as old as mine, but the lot is much bigger, and there's no house on either side.The neighborhood is quiet and it's in my daughters school district. The lot has some mature trees and a great side yard for sled riding. The other side yard and the backyard are huge. I could have a wonderful garden. It has a great in ground swimming pool and plenty of privacy.The house is brick, foundation looks good, windows and roof look good, needs lots of yard work and the trim needs painted. The front and back doors need to be replaced, and the foundation needs to be sandblasted to remove old paint. (why do people paint their foundation?). Boyfriend wonders if it will bother me that the previous owner committed suicide in the house. I'll admit that it might freak me out a little to go into the basement at night while alone in the house, but I think it will be okay. I've left a message for the listing agent to call me. We shall see.

We had beautiful weather yesterday. I cleaned my car, my driveway, and my deck. I let We-Ping come outside to play while I did my outdoor chores. She seemed to enjoy it.

Friday

I felt sorry for Sundance. It's not that I think he's some huge talent, but I do think he's much better than that little hula dancing sissy boy! WHy is he still on the show?

I have the day off.
I think boyfriend and I are going out for lunch and a little shopping.

I have to pick daughter up in a few minutes from her dads and take her to school. I bought her a little bouquet of candy flowers. I'll give them to her this morning so that she can share them with her girlfriends at school if she wants to. I miss her when shes at her dads house.

Thursday

I hope hula dancer boy gets sent home tonight. I can't stand him! I have a feeling Sundance will also be saying good-bye tonight.
The 2 white girls will be going home...............Doolittle kicked butt lastnight. The girl can perform.....but her "am i any good?" ACT is getting on my nerves. I thought it was sweet when Simon told Lakisha that she looked beautiful. I like her. She just seems like she's probably a good person.

When I Win The Lotto

We celebrated my dads 70th birthday yesterday. It was a really nice afternoon. I took some pictures at his party and will try to repost them when I feel like it.

We-Ping is adjusting to her new diet. She seems to have more energy.

I made 3-ways for supper. Yum!

I've had my treadmill for 1 or 2 months? So far I've put maybe 3 miles on it. Pitiful! I've renewed my commitment today to start using it! We'll see.

Ohios Mega-Million is up to 330 million, or close to that, give or take a mill. If I win I'm going to redecorate the patients lounges at the facility where I work. Right now they have mis matched furniture that's probably 20 years old.....and curtains that are even older. And I'm going to buy new hospital beds for all of the rooms, and new privacy curtains. I'm going to hire a company to come in and paint the whole inside of the building, replace all of the old wallpaper...and clean that building like it's never been before. Then I will resign.
My family refers to my car(a hyundai) as the "Jag"....so after I win the lotto I guess I'll buy a real Jag, and I'll go ahead and buy each of my kids a new car....but I won't tell them I've won the lottery...I want them to work and make it on their own until they are atleast 35 That way they wont take the money I give them for granted.......In the mean time I'll just tell them a long lost love died and left me a very small fortune.......I'll build a new house with a private yard so that when I skinny dip I don't have to worry about neighbors. I'll set up my sisters and their families, my parents, my boyfriend and his children. I'll hire a private trainer and cook for Othurme so that he doesn't go through with that high mortality rate gastric bypass surgery! After all of that giving I'll be exhausted, so I'll take my children and boyfriend on an extended vacation to wherever they want to go. Life won't change much. I'll just own better, more expensive things,I'll travel when and to where I want, and I won't have to work!

Christmas Crown

I topped our Christmas Tree with my daughters SnowBall Dance Queen crown. :O)

We-Ping

It's been awhile since I've posted a picture of her and since I have nothing better to post.........

Saturday

We-Ping is getting fat. She was sitting on the dining room windowseal last night and I noticed that part of her stomach was hanging over the edge. I've upgraded her cat food and have reduced her feeding times to twice daily instead of all day long grazing. I like the fat cat look but I love her and want her to be healthy and to feel good. I bought her a new collar. It's blue to match her eyes and it has rhinestones and a bell. I think she likes it.
I'm painting my bathroom today, and I bought a new shelf for the room. I'm also taking out the baseboard, cleaning it up and then putting it back in.......I've been looking for a new shower curtain but can't find the "right one" so my search continues.
My mom is having a birthday party for my dad tomorrow. I'm looking forward to seeing all of my nephews and nieces. I have 3 nieces and 5 nephews....my parents have 11 grandchildren. After having 5 daughters, my dad was thrilled when the first 4 grandkids turned out to be boys. He has been a good grandpa.
My son has been struggling with picking a major. He's leaning towards nursing. Part of me was thrilled by the idea because I knew he'd have job security and he'd make a decent income. Plus my ego kinda liked that he was maybe going to follow in my footsteps. But the other part of me, the part that hates nursing, is afraid he'll end up feeling the same way. I'll support whatever choice he makes, so long as he stays in school.

Thursday

I argued with my boss today.....long story.....not good at telling them.....in a nut shell though.....I was right, he was wrong.......we talked afterwards, all is well.

Went to bed last night at 10:30. Woke up half an hour later and remembered that my sons FAFSA papers had to be in by the 1st of March. Stayed up till 1am working on it but wasn't able to complete them because I couldn't figure out how to access my tax return, or his. I filed online, cant access them, and I haven't figured out how to print them....finally gave up and weent to bed....son informed me today that we have until the 15th.....so all is not lost. Yay!

Yesterday was boyfriends birthday. I bought him a hammock and a gas grill. I didn'tmake him a cake because his blood sugars haven't been so good. I did get him some splenda sweetened ice-cream and cooked him a nice dinner.

Woke up this weekend with the whole right side of my face and neck swollen. It was sore so I used a bean bag neck wrap that you heat in the microwave .....I wrapped it around my neck until it would cool, re heat it in the microwave then wrap my neck again..............it left red blotches on my neck and shoulder..............boyfriend freaked "Sandra! now you have a rash all over your neck and shoulders! You need to go to the emergency room!" He didn't associate the beanbag with the red blotches........and I know it's wrong but, I didn't tell him. He was worried about me, and when I refused to go to the ER, he tucked me in on the couch and catered to me, AND mothered me. I kinda played up my "illness" because I haven't been catered to, or "mothered" for a very long time. It felt good! Eventually I told him that the "rash" wasn't really a rash. He laughed.

American Idol sucks this year. I'm struggling to stay tuned.
My favs are Goatee guy, Chris, and Lakisha.




Life is good (knock on wood)......but i've been so incredibly tired! Maybe when the sun starts shining on a regular basis I'll feel better.