thursday

I want my house to sell.
If it does sell, it's going to take awhile. I'm not very patient. I want it to happen now........

We've had thunderstorms on and off all day.
I like it.
I used it as an excuse to not do much of anything today.
I payed bills.
I packed my lunch for work tomorrow.
I laid out my uniform for work tomorrow, and I switched the stuff in my
purse to another purse.
I took a nap.

monday

Happy 6th birthday, We-ping! I love you.

My little buddy, Mr. Bojangles, napping. I love burying my face in his fur and kissing him. He's so cute!

I hired a painter to paint my living room, dining room, and hallway. He did most of the work today, and will complete the job tomorrow. It looks nice.

Daughter has had a second job for at least a couple of months. About five days ago some guy came in to her place of employment and started a conversation with her. He shadowed her the rest of the night  while she was at work. Even talked to her as though they had some sort of romantic involvement and long term relationship plans. No one took it serious. They even joked about it. Daughter though instinctively knew he was weird. She even told her boss that the guy gave her the creeps. Boss guy joked and I guess he figured  Weirdo was just smitten with daughter. Well Weirdo came back the next night and followed daughter as she went about her job. Security escorted him out. That same night when daughter headed to her car after work Weirdo was waiting for her at her car. He walked away though when he saw daughter was being escorted to her car. He showed up at her work the next night. He had a bruised face and grossly swollen eye. I don't know why........but thought it was worth mentioning. So he shows up at her work.......this time Security stops him at the door and made him leave.

 One of the girls who works with daughter recognized  the guy. She says he has Aspergers disorder & was expelled from a local university last year for stalking a female student.

Daughter is off work for a few days. Hopefully he will go away. If he comes back, part of my plan is to go to the police. I'm not sure what the other part of my plan is yet.

wed.

they laid the new carpeting a couple of days ago. it looks and feels great!
all that's left to do is mulch the ornamental grasses and call the realtor. yay!

saturday

I have air! It's great!
My house is a mess though. I need a maid. How awesome would it be to have a maid. I guess many husbands could answer that question. Maybe I should get a wife.

Daughter ended her relationship with her boyfriend.. The cultural differences proved to be too much, so said she. I think it had more to do with differences in character.......
Whatever the case may be, a new start is usually a good thing.

friday

today was my pay day! that's all i've got to say about that, except.................YAY!....................

monday

It was 106 degrees yesterday with a heat index of 113. It's been like for well over a week. Without central air the inside of my house feels like an oven.......cats don't pant but Mr. Bojangles was sitting on the coffee table panting. I thought he was going to die. I watered him and We-ing then put them in the basement where it was a little cooler.... I threw my bed away a week ago............so sleeping on the floor in an oven has sucked big time.
The guy worked on the central air. He said the motor in the central air unit had been put in upside down and that it wasn't the right motor for my unit..............I told him it had to be something else because I've lived here for 21 years and even if the motor was in upside down, and even if it was the wrong motor, it's always worked...........but I was at a loss because I don't know about this type of crap.........so I allowed him to replace the motor, and whatever else..........after he completed his work& turned the unit back on,  the compressor went out. So a $660.00 job will now cost me around 3500.00. for a new unit or 2600.00 for them to rebuild mine. I'm bummed......and can't help but wonder if the compressor was the problem all along, or did he fuck it up.............
The air conditioning people are coming today to sell me, and hopefully install a new unit................the carpeting people are coming this week to lay new carpeting.............and hopefully I'll haVE THIS HOUSE ON THE mARKET BEFORE THE WEEKEND. Unfortunately a better, cuter house down the street just put a for sale sign up........the overall appearance of this street is going to hell........I might end up in this house for the rest of my life.

july 4

we watched the fireworks show from

downtown main street last night.

it was pretty.

the heat has been miserable. it will be 101 again today. my old central air can't keep up with it. my house is suffocating.

 my dad and nephew planted 5 ornamental grasses out front for me. i woke one morning to noises out front........and there they were.......they had removed two old bush trunks and were planting the ornamental grasses. i was thrilled. planting anything around here is extremely difficult for me. the ground is mostly clay and rock. nephew and dad made it look effortless.

 they saved me from so much work.............

if the grasses make it through this heat i'll be lucky!

the moon was so beautiful last night. the picture didn't turn out so great though......

mr. bojangles is sprawled out on the coffee table. we-ping is on the kitchen floor. i think they're wore out from the heat.......

thursday

Just had a whole grain bagel for breakfast. I smeared grape jelly on it..............i'm still at the kitchen table.........mr bojangles and we-ping both just came in to eat and drink..........first though they both stretched having just woken up, and both rubbed against my legs and feet. i love them............

it's beautiful outside, but it's going to be a scorcher!
i set extra water bowls outside for the kittys.
my flower pots look beautiful. i thought the heat would kill them, but they're thriving..........

today i need to paint the rail outfront, set the freshly painted chair on the front porch, and replace the wood work that runs along the bottom of the kitchen cabinets.

wed

I had a really bad nightmare night before last. It seemed so real. I woke with a racing heart and fear........and even though I knew it was just a nightmare I got out of bed and checked the doors to make sure they were locked, and went upstairs to make sure daughter was okay. When I was a child I didn't have nightmares. Weird.


 Daughter and 4 of her friends went camping last week. They went fishing, swimming, sat around a camp fire........................and
They went hiking, left the hiking trail, and ended up lost in the woods for four and a half hours.........eventually they found their way back..........and learned a few lessons.

clean bedroom walls.
clean bedroom, hallway, and kitchen light fixtures
hang new bedroom blinds
wash bedroom curtains
throw away matress and box springs

Your tomato plant looks good, Billy!

thursday

I couldn't fall asleep last night. I turned the tv and light off at 330 a.m. and eventually fell asleep. Work called, waking me at 630 a.m. I felt a little disoriented when I talked to them. They asked if I'd come in and work today. I said NO, hope that's all I said, and then slept until 1030.
We still haven't finished chores around the house. No matter how hard I tried to get up and going yesterday I just couldn't. Same today, though I did manage to go to the grocery store ...........and I have a meatloaf in the oven. My house smells good!

My goal was to have my house listed by tomorrow. Not sure that's going to happen. I've decided to buy the condo........if it's still available when my house sells.

Jerry Sandusky and his wife repulse me.

George Zimmerman reminds me of a snake in the grass.
I hear him on the news in a police video recounting what happened the night he shot and killed Travon Martin. It doesn't have the ring of truth.
I know there are dangerous 17 year old boys out there in this crazy world. I'm not convinced Travon was one of them.
It's such a sad sad situation.






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check

clean the garage             check
unclog garage drain        check
throw away stuff friend stored in my garage 10 years ago                check
clean closet at bottom of basement steps             check
clean basement steps                 check
wipe down washer, dryer, and water heater                check
fill flowers pots with flowers                  check
pull weeds                check
spray weed killer                       check
mulch                    check
sweep and hose down driveway          check
take down kitchen curtains& hang new blind on kitchen door and new kitchen curtain             check
sand and touch up a couple areas in the living room and dining room                        check
dig holes and plant big yellow flower thingys in front yard             check
clean out bedroom closet and dresser          check
cut down the fucking honeysuckle bushes           check
paint cast iron yard furniture         check
clean stairway under deck               check
buy stain and stain the deck..........return stain and buy the right stuff..........put stain at garage door and return again for the right stuff.
buy boxes                                   check
buy medicine for poison ivy that's now all over my body                       check

To Do List
wash bedroom walls
remove bedroom carpet
pack up stuff in bedroom
hang new dining room light fixture
clean windows
fix kitchen cabinet
paint bathroom closet door
pour kitty litter in the paint cans then throw away the cans
stain the deck.

I go back to work this coming Monday. Hopefully I can get my to do list finished before then.... Hi Billy!

monday

We started in on the garage yesterday. put
 a bunch of crap to the side for a yard sale.
put a huge load of stuff at the edge of the driveway for the garbage man. An elderly german guy stopped in to chit chat and to pick through our garbage. he found lots of treasures. he said
he moved to america 33 years ago. lived in germany for 41 years and 1 day. he said the only thing wrong with america is that people are lazy, and there are too many blacks and mexicans causing trouble.
 i wanted to tell him to go back to germany.
on the other hand......

today we will finish in the garage. we still need to spray down the walls and the floor, and i have to scrub the basement steps. also need to clean the sanitation sink.........................went through boxes and boxes of baby clothes yesterday. it brought back lots of memories. it was difficult for me to throw them away. i kept a large bag full though.

my mother-in-law spent several years in an orphanage. i think when a child turned 16 they were released. when mnl was released one of her favorite orphanage workers, mommy feldman is what she called her, gave this to her................................see above.......................................it's a pocket watch like compact with pressed powder make-up. the outside has an engraved picture of a lady wearing a victorian dress. she's standing on a bridge surrounded by trees and flowers. it's pretty.
my mother-in-law gave it to me. she was a good lady. i have fond memories of her. i thought i had lost my little compact. i found it yesterday packed away in a box in the garage.

i have poison ivy on my left upper arm, right hand, left breast, right upper posterior thigh, and right side of my face. i itch. some of that honeysuckle must have been poison ivy!

friday

Mulched, pulled weeds, filled 8 planters with flowers, and painted the outdoor cast iron furniture today. I also argued with boyfriend.........well not really argued.......he pouted, gave me the silent treatment, said what he had to say, and is now not speaking, again, to me. I bit my tongue. Saying what I wanted to say would have only made things worse. Eventually I'll say to him what I want to say.
If my relationship with boyfriend ever ends I'll never have a long term relationship again....ever.
Oreo, the cat next door was sprawled out under the tree in my front yard today. Mr. Bojangles was right there with her. It was cute to see.

wed

I'm on vacation for the next two weeks. Yay!
My plan is to do work around the house and yard.
I looked at two other houses this morning then came home and worked in the yard for about 7 hours. I must have cut down 20 freaking honeysuckle shrubs. I'm so sick of having to cut those fuckers down every year.

My 14 year old nephew was with 2 friends. They were exchanging punches in the arm, playing I guess the way boys play.................until one of them got pissed and punched my nephew square in the middle of the chest. And I suppose the punch that hit my nephew came at just the wrong moment causing nephews heart to stop. My nephew said      THAT DIDN'T HURT                         took a few steps backward and dropped to the ground.
He was resuscitated and is fine. His heart is good, no damage.......will have one last test just to be sure.....but has  been given the okay to play freshman football...................

I found a pair of prescription glasses I lost last summer. They were practically brand new, and  my favorite pair. While cutting the fucking Honeysuckles weeds I found the glasses half buried in the dirt under the deck. I soaked them in a pot of soapy water to clean them........and believe it or not, they don't have a scratch on them........ YAY!

saturday

My search for a new home continues.
I looked at a town house this morning.
I was pleasantly surprised. It was more spacious than I thought it would be and it's
on a very quiet dead end street. The bathrooms and kitchen are updated. Neighbors waved as we drove by. Daughter liked it, and the asking price was less than I had expected. I really liked it but still not sure about the whole condo town house  type living....so
I'm looking at 2 other properties tomorrow.

Our hours at work are still cut.
They called me in this week though to do paper work and I've been filling in on others vacation days...so for the last month I've managed to get all of my hours ..........our census is almost where it needs to be to get our hours back...
I received my yearly work evaluation last week. It was great. Really, really great. The raise though sucked big time.

HAppY BIRTHDAY, BILLY!