friday

we had a nice thanksgiving..............and a pretty good thanksgiving dinner. enjoyed spending time with my grown children, boyfriend, and the kitties.

i'm tired though.........and kinda would like to skip the holidays this year. i'd rather be at the ocean enjoying the sun,water, peace, and quiet.

sunday

Boyfriend and I did a little Christmas shopping last night with oldest son and his girlfriend..........went out for pizza, and then to shoot some pool, listen to music, and have a few drinks.It was a fun night.
I got up early to pickup son and his girlfriend to take them back to the place we had drinks so son could get his jeep.

Ran to the bank today to deposit the bonus I received from work for the perfect survey. :O)..............................cleaned the house for Thanksgiving, and did laundry.

monday

They had a party for us at work today to celebrate our perfect state survey.
It's my off day. I didn't want to go to work on my off day, even if it was just to party.


Billy, the gun is gone.
Son can't find it........vaguely remembers selling it to a girl at work.
I apologize.
He offered it to me to give to you.
I didn't think for a second there was the possibility he didn't still have it.
If I did, I wouldn't have offered it to you.
Again, I'm sorry............and will find a way to make it up to you.

friday

it's time to  plan my thanksgiving meal.
i don't like the traditional meal. it's gross, except for the pumpkin pie and left over turkey
for turkey sandwiches.
everyone else in my family likes the regular stuff. so i guess i really don't
need to plan anything.
 bummer.

i wonder if it would be a disgusting waste of money if i took a year off of work.
i don't know what i'd do with my time off. i just think it would be so great for time, all
of that one years time, to be my own.
i'm not going to live long. not with my family history of stroking out.
at least if i die in the next 3 years i would have had 1 premature year of retirement.
so if i die early then it wouldn't be a waste of money...........on the slim chance that i live a long life, then maybe so..................................................but it still seems like it would be worth it.........a year to call my own.......while i'm still healthy.....................i dunno.

thursday

:O)
we had a perfect state survey.......that's all i have to say about it..........................................except that we are very happy because we work our asses off for months and months and months..................having a  perfect survey is extremely rare................we've done it twice in the past few years...........................................it feels great!

wed

I didn't get to vote.
State inspectors
showed up at work Monday for our yearly inspection.........the inspection usually lasts 4-5 days.
My plan was to vote Tuesday before work........and be a little late .........not an option
during an inspection. I was on my way to work Tuesday morning
before the polls here were open.........and I didn't leave
work yesterday until long after the polls were closed. So for the first time since I was 18, I didn't vote. I was a little bummed.
On the other hand, yesterday was daughters first opportunity to vote in a presidential election.......she said she felt  regret over her choice as soon as she left the city building.

PS

I bought a box of chocolate covered cherries. I'm having one now...............ex husband loves them.......I buy him a box every year for Christmas........I get a craving for them maybe once a year......today was that day.

thursday

It was a slow day.
I got up early and then went back to bed until noon.

Oldest son came over.
He wanted the coffee table that I didn't want anymore.
It's big, heavy, solid wood. Weighs a ton. It's pretty. But it was getting on my
nerves.
I told him to take it.
Now it sits in his and his brothers condo. They say it looks great!
I'm happy they're happy with it.

I made lasagna for supper, and set the table with candle light. Boyfriend and daughter joined me. The lasagna was pretty good. The home made bread was delicious.

Middle son stopped over later and had some of the lasagna. I tried to get him to take the leftovers home for him and brother, but he was on his way  to meet up with friends.
I put it in the freezer for another day.

If I  choose not to sell my house
the following must be done:
1. gut and re do my kitchen.
2. put in new bathroom doors.
C. get rid of the fuse box and put in breakers.
4.insulate
5.new dining room light fixture.
F.finish the semi-finished basement
7. new rail on the stairway that goes to the garage.
8. new railing on front porch
9. cosmetics in daughters bathroom
J.kill the freaking honeysuckles once and for all
11. lap pool and hot tub
12. front yard landscaping.