A busy Week

It is 10:30 and has been several days since my last entry (that sounded like something you would say in a confessional!) I had written in a notebook for the last few days but have been very tired and very busy.

Monday morning I left here for PA. It was humid and soon raining very hard. It rained probably the entire trip down. Okay maybe there were two or three times it stopped and the sun came out but not for long. It was around 2 when I got to Jim’s. I had taken the wrong turn or so I thought. When I finally got to the house I called Mom to let her know I arrived and we put the food Mom gave me to bring down away. Then we had a late lunch at Trivets Diner.

The rain started coming down in buckets as we drove back to the house. Once we were home we did our own thing. Jim made some calls and I was reading the book Trace that I got from Mediplex a few weeks earlier. I even managed to fall asleep for a bit.

A few hours later Jim got ready for an interview he was conducting and I was writing some letters and writing in the journal. Jim had called me to find some books he needed about the car. He had taken a sharp curve and damaged the tire. I found them.

Jim came back around 6:30. The tire was not flat but there was a big piece flapping about. We went to a restaurant called Pistachios. I couldn’t even begin to tell you where it was located but I remembered the last time we were there. I even told Jim about it.

We spent the next couple of hours I think just talking about stuff. Family stuff, health stuff, and basically how we deal with Mom. We were not talking disrespectfully but as Jim said ‘venting’. I know all families do it but I felt either guilty or ungrateful and Jim understood. While we were at the restaurant it began to downpour again. Later that night we watched Harry Potter.

I couldn’t sleep very well that night into Tuesday. It was a bit cold in the apartment and on top of that I had caffeine. It wasn’t until 2 that I fell asleep. I got up around 7:30 and wrote a letter to Debra. I woke Jim up a little while later. He told me the guy he met with yesterday when I arrived wasn’t coming to start organizing/cleaning his house today. So he slept a little longer.

He did make me a little nervous though. He slept until 9:30 and he had an appointment at 10. Instead we went to have coffee at Wegman’s Grocery Empire around the corner from his house. He totally forgot about the appointment. I know that makes him sound irresponsible but he also has a somewhat laid back style.

We did some errands after we left Wegman’s and then came back and took a rest. I also wrote some letters to some of my pen pals and then we had another late lunch at Trivets. The weather hadn’t changed much. It was either very cloudy (or humid) or torrential downpours.

I did check in with Mom as we headed back home and she was fine. At that moment she was looking at recipes. She had been cleaning the rugs again as well. She told me about my mail (some returned mail and bills), and the phone calls I received. Before hanging up I told her I would be home sometime Wednesday. We hung up and Jim and I went home.

That afternoon I watched Star Wars Episode 3. I really enjoyed it even though the background music was louder then the dialogue. Later that night I did some laundry and Jim read some passages from Harry Potter. He explained to me later that he had read something that caught his eye and he was trying to find it again.

Jim and I went to Wegman’s a while later for dinner. We had pizza and soda. We just talked and talked and then went home.

I had written another letter to Debra and Vivian P in SC. Vivian’s letter was the fourth pen pal I was able to write to while I was there. I was pleased that I did some of that while there.

I went to bed around 10 that night. I had a great sleep. The next morning we slept until 9 and I got dressed. I had already showered the night before so I didn’t think it was necessary to do it again. The sun was shining brightly and it was as though it hadn’t rained at all but that would not be the case at all. We had breakfast at Wegman’s again. It was coffee and bagels. When we finished we went back to the house and chatted. Then it was time for me to get on the road.

I left a little after 12 with a promise to call when I had arrived home and managed to get lost right in the complex and Jim saw it. I was afraid he did. As I got on the highway I could hear reports of more rain coming and how the Delaware River was rising. Easton PA had been mentioned on the radio and I going to be passing through there.

It was nearly 1 and I was starting to get hungry. I was going to look for a restaurant called Perkins Family restaurant. There were a couple of them in Allentown and I really liked that restaurant. I followed the stupid signs in Easton and still couldn’t find the restaurant but I could see the evidence of the river rising. Some of the streets were blocked off. So I detoured and went back to the highway and continued on.

I saw another sign for Perkins in a town near Alpha NJ. I went to it and had lunch. Pancakes and shake. It was nearly 2 when I was back on the road again. As I was driving down the road to get back on the highway the area was becoming familiar to me. It was the same road Mom and I had taken once on one of our trips.

For the next two hours I drove and at times got aggravated because People were driving slower than I was (the speed limit was 65 or something). My arm got stiff as well. I had no problems getting to the Tappan Zee Bridge. It was after that I had a slight problem.


I some how got off the wrong exit and started driving down I-87. It was near the headquarters of Stew Leonard’s and it was a road I had taken once before. I got off the highway and then got back on and headed back to 287 E and then continued to the Merritt. It was 4:30 when I got home.

Mom was still doing some cleaning and working on her computer. We talked about the trip and she expected me to stay another night. I told her I had some things to do in the next couple of days.

I spent the next several hours helping here and there. I did some chores and then before dinner I relaxed. The rest of the night I was online and chatting with my lists. The main topic on the pen pal lists seemed to be the weather and where the flooding was having an effect. I did watch TV for a while and then went to bed around 10.

Today I watched TV, talked to Dr. Martin (nearly hurt Mom’s feelings too-I was on my way to answer the phone before the machine picked up and she was in my way). After that phone call I vacuumed the stairs at Mom’s request.

In the afternoon I took Jennie to the post office and Trader Joe’s and then took her with me to sign some medical release forms at Dr. Martin’s office in Hamden. We then headed back home. I was hungry and we stopped at KFC. It was after 4 by then. We ate it in front of Jennie’s house and we made fun of her neighbor who I thought was watching us.

It was nearly five when I got home. Mom was just putting the dinner together and watching Bob try to fix the fan above my bed but was unsuccessful. He suggested we get a new one and with a light this time and he would install it. Mom kind of encouraged him earlier in the day to fix it. He promised to come by and he did.

Mom had to get ready for her meetings. She left shortly after 5. I watched TV and then had dinner. It was after six when I finished and came back upstairs and got online. I had gotten messages from Jennie and read emails. I then realized I had a meeting at 7:30.

I left after 7 and stopped at the Quik Mart and got some soda. I had passed Mom on the road (she was on her way home from the meetings). I was heading to the Elks club for the Town committee. I was like one of the first people there. I was afraid I had the wrong night. I was wrong because shortly after that people showed up. I signed in got my raffle tickets and chatted with people. I also called Mom to let her know she was missing the meeting. I also signed up to work at the Oyster Fest in August.

The meeting ran until 9:00 p.m. I stayed and chatted with a few people and then headed home. Fireworks were going off in the distance. I got home and Mom was in her pajamas. We talked about the meeting and I gave her some phone messages that she got before I left.

When we finished talking I came upstairs and checked my answering machine and email. Jennie called to let me know there is another time change for our pen pal gathering tomorrow. She will be calling me before noon to let me know the exact time.

While I was gone a 14-year-old girl contacted me and asked if I wanted to be pen pals and she was adding me to her friend list. She was going to add me without even introducing herself. I sent a message asking her if we were in any groups together but the ones I checked didn’t have her email. Well I just did a search and she is in my International Pen Pal group. She had replied to my post that I did last night about my trip and she says she is in Easton.

Now that it is after 12:30 Mom was in bed for the past hour. I am going to check some emails and go to bed.

Oh Mom shared some news about Aunt Ann MC. It seems she had a blow up with her Brother and Sister in law in TN and has been in NJ for the past two weeks. She got this info while talking to Robin M in Mass about Robin’s BIL Jeb. Jeb’s story will have to wait until tomorrow.

What a Day

I can’t sleep. I have tried since the movie ended last night and did some email reading and forum checking. Mom went to bed by 11:30 and I just watched Star Gate Atlantis.

Well it is after 8 and I have been awake since 7. Mom is up reading the paper. I am just getting ready for Bingo. I need to iron the clothes I am going to wear for the day.

I got home just before 12:30 today. It was raining a little. Bingo overall went well even though some of them couldn’t remember to keep the chatting limited. I went to church at ST Mary’s and Father L was saying mass. I didn’t leave like I had sworn I would but I know that it is time to let go of things.

Hey I saw Tanya B today. She was a member of MYWC and she is doing well…She is going to school, taking care of Mark….and doing fundraisers.

IT is after 7 p.m. I have been home a short time from the picnic. Despite the rain showers it was excellent. Lots of food and about 60 people were there.

I got a call from Jim and we made plans to get together. As I am writing this I am getting a bag together. I am trying to think of what I want to bring. I have the directions and I am just packing the bag now.

I willl be bringing stuff to write letters with as well. Not a whole lot because I don’t think Jim has a printer. I will be bringing a journal just incase I can’t access his computer.

Kara from New Hampshire and I are chatting. She has cancer and is on the road to dealing with it.

Well I have posted my weekly stuff so now I am going to bed.

Rainy Saturday

It is a nice rainy afternoon. It is almost quarter of two and I think I better get my ironing done. This morning was okay. A little testiness between Mom and I but that’s okay it worked it self out. I cleaned out the shower downstairs. I did some laundry and it pretty much is still there.

It is now after 5 and we got word that the picnic is on after all. After Bruce sent out an email asking what we thought and then canceling. Then he calls back saying its still on. Yeah this should work.

Well it is after 7:30 and Mom and I just finished our dinner. We had Pork stew with Dumplings and vegetables. While we ate we watched This Old House. It was the Cambridge House segment.

Well it is after 10 and I am heading to bed. In the last few hours I surfed the web for a short time (chatted with my friend Kara from New Hampshire. She is from the Kevin World), and watched TV. Major League from 1989 was on the WB.

Yeah today’s is kind of short but all I did was a little bit of laundry and did some food shopping and watched TV.


Oh and I had a wonderful chat with Jennie.

First week of vacation has ended

It is almost 3p.m. and I am finally dressed for the day. I have spent most of today on the computer even though Mom thought I let a virus that the email service caught. It really pissed me off. Where is Mom now? She is at a meeting for the planning council in Middletown right now. She should be home around 4.

When she comes home I will be going out to pick up Jennie. She asked me to drive her to the post office to pick up her mail. Marc couldn’t come this week. We will probably go to the movies later on or right after we get the mail.

Liz called me a little while ago. She gave me the info to send my files to so that her doctor can compare family history and the blood tests. I am about to call him and request that my records or at least the blood tests be sent to this Doctor. Jesus, I just made the call and the secretary sent me to the medical record line and what I got was a freak voice mail. At least I was able to leave a message for the Dr. Let’s hope he can at least understand what I was saying.

The Dolan kids are gong to Vermont with their grandparents. It will be for a week and then after that they will be going to block island for about 2 or three weeks. I wonder what the Dolan parents will be doing? Probably working and getting ready for Block Island.

I haven’t heard from Jim yet about going to see him for a few days. I put a call into his house and asked him again. I suspect he is at work. At least that’s what I am hoping. I would like to go soon. I am going to be doing things later in the week with Jennie and I want to be here for that.

I have to admit I had a pretty good sleep last night. The evening was cool and I didn’t have any caffeine actually that’s not true. I had the lemon lime type soda. It is Sprite but a different name. I stayed in bed until a little after 8 this morning and watched Charmed.

I just called Dave and apparently he is still out of town. Why do I bother? If he knew he wasn’t going to be in town at all then it would have been better if he hadn’t said anything about going on day trips or something.

Jenny called me around 3:30 or so and I picked her up to go to the post office and then to the grocery store. It took until 5:30 or so. When I got home Mom was home and a little cranky. She was making dinner and it was pasta. It was after 6 when I finished.

Dr. Martin called around 5 for me. I haven’t called him back because by the time I heard the message it was after 6. I will have to call him Monday.

Jenny called to let me know the time of the movie. When I heard it I got ready for the movie. It was to start at 7:10. I left around quarter of 7 and some how I lost time and we were late.
While standing in line I saw Thawana B. I had seen her drive in and when she was in the foyer we hugged. We got our tickets and then headed to a concession stand (a Ben and Jerry’s and we got our treats. I said goodbye to Thawana and her friend and we headed to the theater. We were pretty late by then. There was a cute little cartoon going on and I couldn’t begin to tell you what it was. The movie started and it was pretty cute. It finished around 9:30. Paul Newman was very good (well voice wise).

After the movie I drove Jennie home and came home. Mom was watching TV and we talked about the movie. She griped about me having ice cream and the fact I ate a lot. Why don’t you worry about what went into your mouth and not be so worried about me?

The weather forecast was for rain and more rain. It hasn’t come along here but I heard it has up north. They are afraid it will do a large amount of damage. The roads washing away, flooding.
I am now going to check some emails and then a few forums and then go to bed. I am tired. I probably will read some book before going to bed and then see how far I go with that.

Tomorrow I suspect I will be helping Mom with the rugs. I have clothes to iron and can do that when I get up in the morning. I want to go to the gym tomorrow. I haven’t been there in a while.
Sunday is going to be very busy. I will have Bingo and the picnic. I just hope the rain that is predicted for the weekend will not affect the picnic.

it has happened again

Computer went wonky on me yesterday its back in the shop. It was powreing down to slowly so i turned it off at the tower. Then it went to various screens and I pushed a couple of buttons and then it went into reboot loop. So I am back using Mom's.

Yesterday is starting to become a blur. I spent most of yesterday recovering from my vomitting. I had gotten really chilled and then started getting sick. I had pot roast and had some of the fat (and that's a really big no-no for me).

Mom spent most of the morning at the courthouse to see if she could do anything for Gerald and I don't think she was all that successful. She did get to see the proscuting attorney and the public defender. She came home around noontime. She then got ready for her afternoon meeting.

I watched TV, fretted over the computer, and then got ready for dinner with the Rubinsteins. We went to Bertucci's Restaurant in Orange. It was a busy night. There was a birthday party and a few After graduation dinners going on. We talked about their trip, Jim's health ordeal, and club activities.

After dinner we dropped Michael off at their house and Roberta and came back to this house. We decided to go for a walk. It was 7:30 when we left and 8:30 when we got back. Roberta had asked me to pick her up after work for today because one of their cars was going in for service and Mike had a meeting.

Once she left, I watched TV. I watched Jurassic park and then went to bed. Checked the computer to see if it was working and it wasn't. I didn't go to bed until 4 this morning.

During those four hours I got up and watched TV, read some more of the Laura Ingalls wilder story and it went that way for the next several hours.

Today got up slightly out of it and put the garbage out. Mom was rubbing me the wrong way about what was in the bag of garbage I had brought down. Once the garbage was out I went back to bed for a couple more hours.

I got up watched Charmed and finished the Little House in the Big Woods book and also told Mom about the computer. She urged me to get it over to PCW. We also planned out the rest of my day. I went and dropped the book off at the library and then went to pcw.

On the way home the Orange PD was following me and making me really nervous. I hate when they do that. I got home and did some chores.

I spent the next several hours vacuuming and finished up around 4. Mom had gone out to run some errands and get rug cleaner.

Mom started dinner right as I was leavng to pick up Roberta at her office. I stopped off to get some soda for both of us and then headed to Trumbull. I found the town hall with no problem. We headed back to Milford for the nail appointment.

We got there around 5:30 and for the next hour and half we both got our nails done and a back massage. my nails look great. By the time I got home it was too late for me to go to the meeting. I had my dinner and got on line.

I did check emails through out the day and did manage to watch a little bit of tv. Now that it is after 11 I am heading to bed.

Tuesday June 20 2006

It is a little after 8 am I have been awake awhile. I had gotten two Instant Messages this morning one from Nicky S who is in several of my pen pal groups with me and she needed the address to the Letter_Box group. So I got it for her. I will be sending out the intro letter later on during the week. Then I got one from meganandgreg from Addicted to Snail mail. I am not sure if it was from her “significant other” because they never replied back to me.

The thunderstorm came through late last night or early this morning and now it is cool and sunny. It won’t be for long. There are predictions for thunderstorms this afternoon.

I made an appointment to get my hair done so that will be at 11. Afterwards I am going to the dry cleaners. I am thinking of getting the cable for the printer.

I have heard from a few people on Instant Messaging. It was Catherine B. She didn’t reply to me so I don’t know if she saw it or not.

Someone is feeling a little lonely on one of the lists. No one is replying to her or writing to her so she told them to unsubscribe her from the group if they don’t want it. For god sakes people get over yourselves. First of all UNSUB you damn ass self

It is now quarter of 12. I got sick earlier tonight and went to bed early I am going back there now..

Got some news today

It is after 8 at night... I have been awake since 6. Some bozo from India instant messaged me and wanted to chat and wanted all my stats. I told him three different times I don’t talk to guys. The best he could come up with is Why not.

I spent most of the day doing laundry and online and watching TV. Mom had her lunch date with the Bible study. She got home from there about 3 or 4. She had a meeting at 6:15 so she didn’t have dinner. She is still at that meeting and I expect her home sometime soon.

I got a letter from Jim today. He was thanking me for the book I sent last week and included pictures of the kids. He told me he would be reading the book to the kids. He told me that the kids finished school last week some time and is getting ready for summer camp. H also said that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. I thought I was going to shit in my pants. I looked at Mom and asked how long she knew and I had to read about it in the letter???? Oh I was so pissed. She explained that he down played the whole thing to her. The one thing she didn’t know is that the surgery is next month. At first she thought it was tomorrow. Even though I was pissed I gave the impression (I hope) that I wasn't as pissed.

When she left for the lunch I was saying what a bunch of crap. Giving me this line of crap that as an adult we have to be up front and honest???? I was saying this was the end. I swore I wasn’t going to be “upfront” about anything. I know it won’t do any good but I am doing that now when I charge for food or stuff.

Jennie called me to do a favor for her so I went and did it. I told her the news about Jim and she was really sweet. I stayed for about 30 or 40 minutes and then headed to the post office to mail the letter to Germany.

I got a nice letter from Doreen L in WA. I have to read it a little more. She talked about camping and her plans for the future. She would like to move to VA.

It is now after 10. I have updated my spy sweeper (at least I hope I did) now I am going to bed. My plans for tomorrow is to get my hair done, go to the cleaners and to the gym.

Father's Day 2006

It is after midnight, Mom went to bed a little bit ago. I am listening to a New Age Music Channel on line. Julie is still busy with something and she hasn’t gotten the email yet. I thought I sent it to the right email. She may not be able to see it until later and respond until then.

I finally had to tell her it was after midnight and I needed to go to bed. She is checking the email address that she has for the IM.

She thought it was a bit overbearing of Tricia and that unfortunately this is the way Trish is. So for now I will just ignore the email and write sherry a letter about it.

It is almost 7 in the morning. I have been up and online since six. I finally finished emptying out the inbox. Hopefully I will be able to keep on top of it while I am on vacation. I doubt it but I will try.

Well I better get started on the day. I had planned on getting this room started but it doesn’t seem to be happening.

I can hear Mom downstairs. I am not sure what her day will be like probably cleaning or something.

Well yah for me. I just made the bed! That means my room is on its way to getting back to organized. I hope!

Well it is after 1 and I have been home a short time. The cat feeding went well. On the way to the Nursing home I went to Dunkin Doughnuts for coffee and bagel. I got the coffee fine but I had ordered a raisin bagel with Strawberry cream cheese and got something totally different. Aw well.

I got to bingo and set up for bingo while eating my bagel. The Women Lions were there honoring the fathers for Father’s Day.

I had 15 players and it went swimmingly well. Jay helped the Lionesses pass out the carnations and then got his activity ready. I found out that Nancy S passed away this week.

Well, Mom and I decided that it was time to bring up the fans. I am doing that now. I have to clean the window and sills first.

I just asked Mom if I should drop off Robert’s birthday gift (his birthday is in three days) today and she said he isn’t home this week and won’t be at all. He is away doing National Guard weekend warrior stuff. She talked with Bob yesterday about it.

I am going to Liz and Nelson’s house later. I want to drop off the card for him. Mom thought it was an excellent card.

Well I managed to get one fan in and that was with minimal amount of disaster. I knocked over a few things that pulled the cords out of the various sockets which caused the computer to turn off.

Well it is after 3:30 and Mom is still shopping. I took a break from cleaning after I spilled the orange Fantastic on my white comforter and had to wash it. It should be just finishing up in the washer. I don’t know if I can put it outside or I should put in the dryer. I think what I will do is put it outside for a bit.

Roberta called around 3. She and Mike were on I-95 in Greenwich and on their way home. She asked me how things went and I told her good. I told her I stopped by the house to clear the kitty box. She asked me about the papers and I told her they were there. I didn’t know about the mail though.

Well Mom is home and is exhausted. She is wondering why. I already know it’s about 90 degrees out and she was out there washing off the windows and watering the plants outside around noon time.

It is after 11:30 now and the spy sweeper just finished its sweep. In the last several hours have had dinner, Diane came for a visit; I went to Liz and Nelsons. I also got some laundry done and almost finished my weekly newsletter for the groups.

Jennie Im’d me and said she lost a new pen pal. The girl told her off basically in regards to a discussion on one of the groups they were members on. Jennie also felt that Sherry and Trisha were idiots (that’s putting it nicely).

We made plans to go out to the movies on Friday. We are going to see Cars.

The Picnic and the pen pal lists

I got up around 6:30 or so to start my day. I showered, ironed my clothes, and got dressed. I also cleaned out the car a little. After a while I got online. By that time Mom was up. We talked about how I looked and she wasn’t overly excited and I was getting testy with her when she asked me why I am bringing an extra pair of shoes. Before leaving to pick up Jennie and Marc I changed.

I made sure the cat was fed and the dogs paid attention to. Phil came out and chatted with me as well.

It was close to ten when I left for Marc and Jennie. I met Jennie’s sister Liz and she is Lovely. We talked about the best way to get to route 34. She suggested Forest Road. We did that with a slight variation.

We got a little lost getting there and coming back but we managed to do okay. We got there around 11:30 and were almost the first ones there.

Lunch was served around 12 and by then more people were coming. The weather report was to be for sunny and 80. It was partially sunny and pretty cool.

The lunch menu included coffee and soda and clam chowder and then for the main course(s) it was hot dogs, hamburgers, BBQ chicken. For an extra 8 and change you got to ride on all the rides except you would have to pay extra for the water rides (at least that's how I understood it)

We went on three rides. The bumper cars and music magic (goes around forward and backwards while you listen to top-40 stuff. Then Jennie and I went on another ride while her BF Marc did the bumper car.

Then we went to the arcade for a bit and Jennie and I got our pictures taken. By then it was nearly time for us to go. More of my coworkers had arrived and were exploring the fairway.

We got back into Town by 4:30 at least. We were all tired. Once I got home chatted with Mom about her day. She was on the computer when I got home. She felt she didn’t get a lot done. She told me she got flowers from the couple she married last week.

This is so frustrating! I have been going through my emails to weed them out and Nancy G had posted that she was cleaning out her address book and that if we (not specifically me) are pen pals then she should be hearing from me at least once a month…I got so annoyed the following is what I wrote:

Then please remove me...just make sure to ask yourself if you did your part by writing ME! I have told every single one of you I am behind. That apparently has not registered with some of you. I also told you that I have had computer problems again apparently the grey matter forgot that part.

I try to do the best I can and I write when I can if that's not enough for any of you THEN maybe you shouldn't be in pen pal world.


I am sure that will go over like a lead balloon but really I am tired of this. NO one else should be putting demands on their pen pals as to when they should write or how long or which order. I get the feeling that I am the only one who gets these (and I know I am not) “demands” yet at the same time I know others are trying to be more accommodating.

Well I am going to bed. I am tired and I have lots to do tomorrow. I am fixing up the schedule now. I am only doing it for tomorrow and before going to bed I am going to revise it for the week.

It is after 11:30 and I am chatting with Julie S. I was asking her for advice on how to respond to the email from Trish S who is the co mod to the group I was denied admission to. I finally found the two emails she sent (the first one was dated the 7th of June and the next one June 10th) that one pissed me off.

Julie was telling me the girl had let group ownership go to her head. She was telling me of another incident with one of my other pen pals. I did tell Julie that they both (Sherry and Vicki) are my pen pals and I haven’t written them in a long time.

The first one she sent explained the reasons (posting the myaddressbook.com site and the request to change my posting habits etc. The second one was an angry one. Saying that I didn’t respond to the one prior but I would respond to the denied application one. She didn’t like the fact I would post “go to my forum to see the list”. I was thinking WTF?

Julie is still reading the email. I asked her what I should say. Her first suggestion was to rejoin and resubmit. I explained they wouldn’t let me. Anyway, it took some time for me to get Julie to agree to read it.

Oh and Marge replied to my response to Maria G’s announcement about clearing out her address book. She offered me some valium. I wanted to tell her to fuck off too but decided not to.

I did respond to another thread (about Dog the Bounty hunter). I am thinking I will need to put her address on block because I am sure I will get pissed at her eventually.

Its vacation time

Well it is now after 6 and I have been home nearly two hours. It has been a great day despite the anxious moments I had about some of the mail. I got the mail done and the charts taken care of and also the redirecting mail. Well the mail that looked like junk mail got thrown out. All that was left is the bad addresses which I will do when I get back. The bulk mail is not a problem either. I was unable to do the collection letters but they are all back at the place they are supposed to be. Ann was out today and Shirley left at 2.

I left for my appointment with Debra on time. I walked there in a good time. I walked through the New Haven Green where a guy was reading (it was part of the Arts and Ideas festival that started this week).

I called Jennie today to invite her and Marc to the picnic tomorrow. They called me around 4 and I called them back and I will be picking them up around 10. I managed to get great directions to the place. I will feed the cat around 8 then go to the bank and then pick them up. It should take us less then an hour. We will stay until about 3:30.

Marc and Jennie have to be at the car show by 5. So that will be plenty of time to go.

Mom says that the wedding went well. The best man was Jess G’s Dad. Jess is the secretary for the 4th District Democratic committee.

We got an invitation to Michael E’s wedding in Corpus Christi. The deadline was for July 1st. I guess Mom talked with Rita and told them we couldn’t make it but we would send a gift. The invite came from the bride.

I also got a letter from Carolyn K in Mass. It was a short note but she sent along an info sheet for me to fill out. I will do that for next week.

I was going to do laundry tonight but I don’t think I have to. I know the pants are ready and I just have to iron them and a blouse. I can do that bright and early tomorrow.

Dinner was good. Mom made Kielbasa and home made Sauer Kraut with potatoes and it was delicious. I had some fruit and ginger bread and some pudding (when I was at Roberta’s) before hand so




It really filled me up. I am going to try and not eat for the rest of the night.

That’s weird. I was doing a search for Kevin Sorbo articles and the first one I clicked on the list spy sweeper went up and told me they found something and do a report. The only comment I could do is say thank you!

I did a windows update this morning. It took longer than I had time for so when I got home today there was a message saying that it was successful and that the computer had to reboot.

I am sitting here trying to figure out what I want to do next. I don’t want to watch TV and the room is a mess. I guess I will start to organize things.

Well I better find something to do…. Will check in later.

Interesting couple of Days

It is almost 9 p.m. Thursday night. I am tired. It’s been nearly two days since I wrote any where. Yesterday is starting to become a blur. Except for the fact that the computer went wonky on me and by the time I got it to PCW it was working fine and had been for the rest of the night. I can’t even begin to tell you what was wrong. I just hope it doesn’t happen again. It was a very heavy source of stress for me.

The Club met last night and we had a good evening. We talked about the fundraisers we will want to do next year and we also gave a gift to Allison who is graduating this year and going to College. Telka also handed out gifts to everyone. She gave me a pin that had a bingo card on it and mints.

After the meeting some of us chatted about school and work. Telka has been very busy. She has had a few job interviews within the New Canaan School system. Everyone else talked about their plans too. A few of the ladies had to leave early.

I took out a book from the library it is Laura Ingalls Wilder’s “Little House in the Big Woods”. I don’t know what made me want to do it but I did. Of course I haven’t started it yet but I will.

When I got home I put the garbage and recycle stuff out. Since there were reports of showers Mom and I decided to put the papers out on the front porch until Morning. After that I spent the rest of the evening online. I can’t remember what time I went to bed.

I did keep checking the computer to see if it would freeze again (that’s what happened earlier in the day). Happily it didn’t so I finally went off to sleep after midnight.

Today I got up and then got ready for work and put the rest of the garbage out. I did get online for a bit too and that was a mistake. It made me late for the kitty and then for work. I wanted to go to the gas station but the lines were not cooperating. Thankfully I was able to get to work with no problem. I wasn’t sure I would be that lucky on the way home.

Shirley returned from her vacation and she was fine. She didn’t ask me about the letters but reminded me to not use the Eudora for personal stuff. She acknowledged that we all do once in awhile but that this spiel she has said to everyone.

I did my work until about 1:30 when I went to do the letters. I got a lot done but still had many more to do. I was working on Sarynthia’s when I left. I will finish those in the morning and then work on the bulk mail and readdress mail.

It was four when I left but I couldn’t remember where I parked the car so I had to walk around two levels for about 10 minutes. It was quarter after and traffic was a bit heavy. I drove to the gas station and filled the car up.

I headed home and said hi to Mom and checked my mail. Then I headed over to Roberta’s and fed the pups and the cat. I was back home by 5.

I read my mail, watched TV and then had dinner. After dinner watched more TV and then got on the computer and found the documents I needed to update (the pen pal address book).

I got a very strange phone call today. It was from a guy who was doing research in locating or finding out about his grandfather. I still have the message on my machine but I am really too tired to listen to it again. I told Kim about it and she thought it was strange. (Oh Kim is a girl at work who just was hired permanent today!)

Hey I got a MOTM gift from Eeva H in Germany. I got a letter ready to be mailed to her. I wrote it this morning. I have also heard from my new pen pal Melissa in Canada. She got my letter yesterday. I even heard from Jenny Jones (no not the talk show host) and today I heard from Starr and Jane K from mid west. I was going to write some letters but it just didn’t happen. I got tired.

Mom bought a new Flag at Christmas Tree Shop and it is lovely. I mean how much more lovely can a flag be? It is so bright and clean which is good. She is currently writing up a wedding plan. A guy called and wanted her to perform his marriage to a girl he has lived with for 25 years and they want to do it tomorrow.

Well I am going to revise the pen pal address book a little more and then go to bed. I am getting weary and my fingers are starting to hurt (I didn’t take my meds this morning).

A busy Tuesday

It is almost 6:30 and I have been home nearly an hour or so. I got the mail opened (still need to sort it into team piles) and will deliver it tomorrow. I managed to get some letters folded and ready to be mailed. I am hoping I can get to the bulk mail and the lobby mail tomorrow. I need to do the bad addresses as well.

Well McAfee just did a virus scan update for the “dictionary” I think I will make notations of when that happens.

I got a call from Roberta today just checking in to see how things were. I called her from her house because I couldn’t find my address book until a half hour ago.

It is almost 10 and Mom is home. I haven’t done very much except watch TV. TV Land is having Best TV weddings and they started off with Mary Ingalls and Adam Kendall getting married. I had forgotten that the channel was going to do that I figured they went way out of order on Little House.

Actor Robert Donner died last week. He was 75 he died at his home in California from a heart attack. I got the information http://www.sf-fandom.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=23911

I did some laundry (the clothes I had on today were stained so I decided to wash them). They are now in the spare room. I should hang them but I am tired. I am going to bed soon anyway.

I hope I don’t get any IM’s from stupid men. I got one last night and told him no thanks. I got an invite to join a chat from Jennie but I was too tired. It was around 1. For some reason last night seemed to drag on. Well maybe tonight will be okay.

Well I am going to bed. It was just so busy today and a little frustrating because Maria B pulled the same crap she does every time she orders and receives a chart.

A Hectic Monday

It is after 5:30 and I have been home since 5:15. Today was incredibly long. I woke up around 3 am this morning and for the next few hours tried to get back to sleep. I got online, went to the bathroom, tossed and turned, and watched the sun rise. I also heard some dumb ass bird chirping away. His internal clock must have died because he shouldn’t have been chirping at 5 a.m.

I finally got up at 6:30. Showered, ironed my clothes, dressed and a little after 7 started to leave for work. Mom was up a short time (I later found she didn’t sleep well). I chatted with Kim for about 5 or ten minutes and then headed to Roberta’s house.

When I got there the pups next door greeted me and so I got the “treats” Roberta had for me to give. They were really happy to see me. After I chatted with their “Dad” I came inside and fed Junior. I also stepped on her poor tail. She forgave me though. I helped myself to some of the pudding cups and a few cookies. The pudding is good. I left after 7:30 and got to work just a little after 8.

I really didn’t start working until after 8 because I was chatting with Lee Ann who was red as lobster about Friday’s Employee participation meeting. Once I started working I started with the charts and then lockbox. The Post office Mail came late so I worked on that for a while and then late in the day I did some copying for Ann.

I wrote a letter to Debra and sent her this past weekend’s journal entries. I mailed it before going to Roberta’s.

Late in the afternoon I got a new computer and was learning the Eudora mail system. There were a lot of emails. I had saved all the documents I wanted to my two disks. I can access them anytime.

I didn’t leave the office until after 4. I headed straight for the Post office on Old Gate Lane and then to Roberta’s house. The pups greeted me and I gave them some treats. I chatted with Phil and then went in the house.

I said hello to the cat and then got her food ready and had a snack. I also tried to watch TV. I don’t know what’s with their cable but I didn’t have time to fool with it. I had called Mom and she told me she was working on the cabinets. She also said there was a dear in the yard today.

It was about 5:15 when I got home. Mom was struggling with a screw that she had lost. I checked my mail (One Beacon, and Webster bank statement). Mom told me about the woodchucks that were in the Dolan’s yard and our new neighbors.

I got online checked emails and chatted with a couple of people (Julie from OK, Alicia from Indiana). WE had dinner. WE were finished by 6 and Mom got ready for her CPAC meeting. I hung out watched TV and called Liz.







Liz was having some plumping problems and hd someone there to look at it. She called me back and told me the things that were wrong. I told Mom about it later. I thought perhaps I spoke out of turn.

I also made some phone calls to my phone squad. I am hoping that everyone else got the emails. Its now too late for anymore phone calls.

I am going to bed though. I have a lot to do and I have only 4 days left to do it. I will be on vacation next two weeks.

I love Sundays

Just before going to bed last night I go an IM from some guy with the handle “sezzyn111” He wanted to chat and says he fell in love with my profile. I checked out his and his name Moses. I think that’s what it said but I will have to check it out again. I told no can do and blocked him. Yep just checked it out and in it says for marital status “long-term relationship”. How stupid can this guy be?

I love Sunday nights. It is the end of the weekend, I have done some things that are enjoyable and some not so enjoyable. Let’s see where to start.

I got up around 7 this morning and started my shower. Mom was still sleeping and got up while I was showering. I came upstairs got online for a while and checked emails and forums. I got dressed around 8 and it was 9 when I left. Mom was getting ready for Madison.

The drive to the nursing home was uneventful. The weather was absolutely beautiful all day. When I arrived at the nursing home I could hear Bunny’s voice over the loud speaker announcing today’s activities. Chilly was in the card having his ice cubes. Bunny was starting to set up and offered me a chocolate covered Strawberry. We got caught up on her life and mine. A patient later told me that a priest went off on Bunny some time in the last few weeks. Bunny filled me in and I was appalled. He is from St Mary’s and he was just inappropriate telling her she was not a practicing Christian and how dare she accuse him of something he didn’t say (she was only asking if he really didn’t mind the artificial flowers that were on the mini altar). It just snowballed after that.

Bingo started a little after 10. It had some hairy moments, I spilled coffee, Betty spilled water on her cards, Teresa and Betty got into it a little about how many times she won? I finally had to say the next unpleasant thing said would be the end of the games. They both said they would continue to say something at the next games. I told them if they want to get a long with me they won’t. We will see what happens next week. I think Jay might be there so he will be reinforcements if needed.

I left the nursing home after 11:30. I was determined to go to church and I did but not before almost having a problem. I was at the traffic light at Old Gate Lane (by the old Jai Lai fronton) and I put my signal on to get into the right lane. This idiot woman didn’t give me enough room but I pulled in front of her. That bitch pulled around me and put her damn self in front of me. I was swearing under my breath and she kept motioning to me and her goddamned bastard son kept waving to me. I finally turned off at Merwin and headed to the Church.









I parked the car and by now incredibly latte for Mass. Father Callahan was giving his homely. I stood in the back for a grand total of ten minutes. The reason is because of this little brat continuing to be distracting and the parent kept shushing the damn kid. Hello Clueless? You are supposed to take you freaking child out and take him/her to the crying room or out of the damn church completely. I got so frustrated (and I was feeling agitated about the incident with the car) that I went home.

The bitch in the 4x4 was at the neighbor’s tag sale. I parked the car at the corner and walked over. I said hello to our neighbor and then politely asked the woman if she was the one over at Old Gate lane. She said yes. I said I just wanted to apologize because I thought I was giving enough signaling and she said I just thought you had whacked out. I wanted to tell her to go fuck herself but thought better of it. She was incredibly dismissive as though she was a fucking victim. I told Sylvia about it and she agreed. I asked her if the woman would report me to the cops. She didn’t think so.

Mom was home when I finally parked the car. She was talking to Donny about cutting the lawn and the reasons why they don’t want it so short. Then the conversation went from outdoors to indoors. While they did that I checked to see if the woodchuck came in. Mom seems to think it did. After a while we came inside.

I decided to get ready for the gym. I can’t remember what Mom did but I guess it was food related I think. I left the house after 12:30. My first stop was Lenscrafters to get my glasses adjusted and I tell you it’s a world of difference. After I did that I went to the Gym. There were not a lot of people in the work out room but there were in the swimming pool and a pool/birthday party going on. I saw Jammie the clown. A local Woman dresses up as a clown for parties and picnics and public stuff like that. I stayed until 2 and then came home.

I spent the rest of the afternoon online or watching TV. I was chatting with a few online friends including Jennie. Jennie paged me and told me her grand-dad died last night in Hospice. She seems to be okay. Marc was with her. Her parents called and told her. They were upset but managing the best they could.

There is a virus making the rounds on the lists. It is not unlike the one that happened to me I believe in the fall. The Whole Christianity and Homosexuality and Judging discussing was going strong it seemed. I am hoping it won’t be when I check the emails.

Around 4 I went and fed Junior. She was glad to see me. She took her standard spread out on the floor position and then I went and started her dinner for her. She has new bowls and they looked great. I read the note from Roberta and then helped myself to the pudding cups in the refrigerator. I only took one and one cookie. Once the cat was fed I left.


When I got home Mom and I put the screen in the door but Donny had to help us get it locked into the door itself. We have problems twice a year with this door. It’s a pain in the ass. After we got that done Mom finished putting the rest of the dinner ready and I was online or watching TV.

We ate around 5 and we watched This Old House. This show is another reason I like Sunday night. Shows on PBS just put you in a different kind of mood. I guess the weekend does that too. The music I am listening to is Echoes on NPR. It just makes the weekend feel different.

After dinner I did some more writing and then decided to go for a walk. It was 6:30 by then. Mom was outside chatting with Kim and also putting up the newly cleaned flagpole holder and she asked me to help screw it on the post and it worked. I walked along the beach and got as far as Anchor. I had stopped to see a few four legged cutie pies. All of a sudden I started having problems. I started getting the runs.

I started walking back as fast I could but it was a little late. It was 7:30 when I got home told Mom about the walk and then ran to the bathroom. Once I finished there I cleaned up the mess, rinsed the clothes and headed for the bathtub up here. I felt immensely better and discovered that I got sick because I doubled up on the Plaquenil. Mom said I shouldn’t have done that. My arms are so red.

I heard the phone ring while I was in the bathtub. It was Mom’s cousin Marie. They were discussing the club’s going to lunch sometime next week. It was Mom’s turn to pick the place and she picked Jeffrey’s on New Haven Avenue. It’s a nice place. I have been there a few times. One of the times was for Jim and Claudia’s engagement party.

Well I am incredibly tired now. I am expecting another wave of the diarrhea anytime soon. I hope not I want to be able to sleep.

I was going to write some letters but I don’t want to now. I didn’t do anything with setting up the printer either. I am just so tired.

I better check the forums and then some emails and then go to bed. I have a long week I believe.

Awesome Saturday

It is now quarter of 8 and I have been awake since 6 probably and got out of bed 20 minutes ago. I am a little miffed and annoyed because I joined a group and can’t find it on my groups list.

I suspect the person Kelly was discussing was me. I am very annoyed and I want an explanation as to why I was removed. As a matter of fact I demand it! This bullshit has got to stop. Well Kelly isn’t part of the group but it is indeed Sherry’s group and I have sent her an email requesting an explanation.

There is a discussion on someone correcting someone’s spelling of ridiculous (they spelled it with an ‘e’ and someone corrected them and now the grammar police officer is getting all hot and bothered and explained why she did it. Several of us told her that the being that anal about it isn’t the point.

Well it is almost 11 and I am chatting with Jennie. While I was chatting some guy wanted to just chat and I told him I don’t chat with guys. He asked me why not but I didn’t give a reason. I asked him to leave me alone and he persisted. I hit the ignore button.

Well Sylvia and her sister are in full swing of their tag sale and now so are Marian and her boyfriend. It really annoys me that neighbors have to ride other people’s coattails or have to infringe on other peoples activities. For example when the landscaper comes to do our lawn Sylvia insists they do her lawn at the same time. What if they had another job had plans to do other clients lawn on the other side of town?

I am realizing you don’t need to ask someone else’s permission to have a tag sale or yard sale but really. Let them do their own without competition.

Well it is after 3 and I am online with Jennie, we are talking about the directions to get to Brass Mill for the day we are going to Waterbury. She says she knows a better way of going so that’s probably the way we will go.

She says they are putting her Grandfather into hospice. He hasn’t been doing well lately.

It is after 4 and Mom is still working on the cabinets downstairs. She didn’t get as much done as she would have liked but it is getting better.

It is almost 6:30, Mom and I have had dinner, and I heard from Sherry. We had hamburgers/cheese and baked beans for dinner. We watched Dr Wayne Dyer on PBS. He was very good.

Sherry sent me an email about twenty minutes ago saying she was under the impression that Tricia had sent me an email explaining the reason. Sherry continued saying she got this group together so that people could participate. I sent one back saying I don’t recall getting one but I have had problems with emails. Once I sent it I also did a check as far as back as the 25th of May and there was nothing from Tricia personally.


Only the file for leaving from sherry’s group and that was from the owner/moderator. I have a feeling Tricia was still pissed about me sending the “spam” which I totally forgot about and was trying to find a way to get rid of me.

Earlier I was trying to figure out which of the cords on the breaker where what well I know one is for the speakers to the computer. I did take one cord away so now I jus have to put the other cord that is for the printer behind the desk (which means moving every piece of crap on this desk) and then putting it on.

It is getting close to 9:30. I have been home nearly 2 hours. Around 6:30 I took a walk. Instead of going by the beach I went up Anderson (running into the Dolan girls) to Merwin Avenue and then down Woodmont Road then to Cooper Drive to Ruby Road to Winslow and ended up on Jones Hill Road.

I stopped at the Dolan’s house and chatted with them then I came home. Mom chastised me for having only two blouses in the machine. She suggested I send them through again because they got so wrinkled. They are in the dryer now.

We had a visit from Mike and Tessa tonight. They were dropping off a book by Kevin Phillips. They stayed for nearly an hour or so. They talked about some seminars they attended this weekend and some stuff regarding the Aldermanic Board.

I am starting to get tired. As soon as I check my laundry I am going to bed….

The weekend has started..

It is quarter of 5 and I am home now. I have had a good day despite the fact that Maria B once again disregarded my request to have the chart back at my office by quarter of two. I had met her at the end of her aisle and all she could say was “I was just bringing it to you!” You were supposed to bring it 10 minutes ago!! We were both on our way to the employee participation meeting.

The rest of the day I did the work and write Me’licia a 7 page letter. I couldn’t believe it. I hope she finds it enjoyable. I will mail it later on tonight if I go out with Jennie and Marc.

I say if because I have a headache and I haven’t heard from Jennie yet. I might just go and call her. Well I just called her and left a message. I can’t remember if she said she was going to have dinner with Marc and family or not. I do have a headache right now and I am still in a negative mood.

I guess it started at work. The whole chart thing plus Ann getting bent out of shape because she had no idea that I didn’t have Eudora mail system. I have only told her a few times in the past. By the time I left I got a phone call from her letting me know that I would be getting my email from Eudora. J The other things that were annoying me tonight was the condescending advertisements on the TV during the news. I can’t remember what they were but it really annoyed me.

Mom made fish and rice and chicken and Spinach. It was delicious but I am still hungry right now. I took more Ibuprofen that’s the reason my headache is feeling a little better.

It is almost 8 p.m. now and after taking a nap I am feeling better. I never did get a hold of Jennie so we obviously aren’t going out.

It is almost 9 and I have been not doing very much. I was surfing the boob tube and nothing is really interesting me tonight. It has been raining or showering for nearly an hour.

I was checking out my kiwibox.com mailbox and their server will be closing soon so I am moving the emails from there. I just might delete all of them. I don’t think there is anything important really on there anyway. I started to save the stuff for Filenes. I actually could just write them in a document record.

Well I did the Spy Sweeper and it took over an hour to do. I just followed the instructions and it was done after 10. I was just checking some forums and now will got to bed. I am so tired.

Thank Goodness it is Thursday

It is almost 12:30. I should be in bed but I can’t sleep. The reasons are many. It is because of the soda I had which was only one but I had cake and ice cream plus the pizza and the Ensure yesterday.

I also got the tower back yesterday. It had traces of spy ware and it was cleared out. I spent time installing the Office suites 2003. It’s awesome. I also downloaded outlook express. Jennie looked for some links and from there I went to the yahoo and had instructions on how to do it. It didn’t take long.

It is after 6 a.m. and I haven’t been up long. The emails are still loading. I got a message saying the emails were not sent but it looks like it was. I sent another one to test. I am going to get ready for work and get the garbage out.

Jim might stop by after a funeral he is coming up to attend. I

It is almost 6:30 I have been home nearly two hours. I had a pretty good day. Even though I wasn’t feeling that well I had gotten some coffee and bagels and cream cheese.

All day long I was having problems with accessing the mail. It’s because of the outlook express. I have reverted back to the web based mail. I even tried the new beta mail. Again it sucked.

Mom says the woodchuck managed to come in sometime this afternoon (at least since noon to dig another hole. Bob will put a fence inside and that should prevent it from getting into the garage.

I got some letters today. One was from Jeanette V in California and the other from Vivian Priest in SC. I will write them this weekend once I get the printer installed.

In the meantime I need to get to bed. I have a lot to do tomorrow. I need to finish folding and stuffing the collection letters, do the mail, do the charts, and go to the meeting with Marianne.

I am planning on going bowling with Jennie and Marc. It’s their 3rd anniversary as a couple. J We made plans the other day to go but haven’t heard since then. I just sent her an email wondering if she tried to call. The answering machine went on but no messages were left.

Wet and Wild Wednesday

can be read here http://kate2.livejournal.com/41206.html

Tuesday came and went

I had a wonderful sleep today and got up around 6:30 and got ready for work. I did manage to fart around a bit (get the coin jar organized). Mom got up right before I left. We talked about dinner plans in case Mom wasn't home in time. She had meetings all day and wouldn't be able to make dinner.

Through out the day as I did my duties. I managed to get several introduction letters out. Most of them were from the FB (except the two guys) and a few of them from my regular yahoo address book. I revised some of the listings in the addressbooks and removed the ones from the old addressbook.

While I was checking my emails from my yahoo mailbox. There were emails that needed to be answered. A couple of them were from Marian S about the Sacred Sisters MOTM and "Mr idiot" from last month. I heard from Mardi too. We discussed Kevin's hairstyle. Someone contacted me at myspace.com. asking me to chat with her via webcam. Not a chance.

I don't know if I mentioned this last night but I commented on Kelly's "people can't read" vent in regards to request for people to email her off list. I told her it was incredibly rude and that when you post to list or group such as this people will comment or respond. Sue H responded that she thought Kelly wasn't being rude. She went to explain what the comment was in reference to. I told her we can disagree and I continued that Kelly could have prefaced it or made reference to the topic (other than the "I need to Vent" subject line). I am not sure what the response was but I have to admit I came close to writing in my original post that if my comments caused me to get kicked out I would report her actions and behaviors to Yahoo. Luckily I wont' have to because late on in the day she saw where I was coming from..

In the afternoon I worked on some of the letters for collections. Shirley was a bit okay a lot concerned that these were not done and she was going to figure out a better way of doing it. We agreed that not stopping to talk would have to be a stronger priority.

I picked up my meds after work along with some cards and I bought some Ensure. I almost walked out with out them. I don't know what was going on with me but It was straightened out.

It was five when I got home and so did Mom. I told her about my day and showed her the cards. I had my dinner shortly after that and she did too. I got online for a while and checked emails and updated the address books some more.

I took a walk around 8:15. Talking to sylvia and Boppie and the other neighbor. THen I took off and walked to Anchor beach and came back. It was after 9 when I got back. I Had my third ensure.

I have to say I wasn't feeling well since dinner like I was going to have the runs or something. It seems to be fine right now. I will be going to bed shortly.

Oh we have had an invite to go to Liz and Nelson's for pizza and cake.

Its Monday again.

It is almost 2:30 and I am working on today’s lockbox. I should be done with it in about an hour. I haven’t done a whole lot except for the mail, charts, and stuff like that. I did spend a lot of time on line again trying to weed out emails and move them around. Paula is looking for a particular document but I haven’t seen it. The mail from downstairs was picked up and being sorted as I write this. Shirley is in her office and not really feeling well. She as much as said so when I saw her. Ann is still out but she was on vacation last week not sure about today.
I talked with Mom on the phone mid day and she was ironing some clothes. I asked her if she ever saw the article about the police chase last night and she didn’t as of this morning but I told her someone here read about it in the paper. Anyway, she has a short meeting tonight at 5:30 so we will eat when she gets back.
In the entertainment/Kevin Sorbo world discussions about "Walking Tall 2, 3"and the status of production is continuing. There are some new pictures on newscom.com. I thought they sucked. Maybe it was the quality of the site for the day or my screens I don’t know but I didn’t like them.
In the pen pal world there seems to be a bit of problem on Kelly’s list. She apparently wanted to vent and didn’t like some of the comments made to her. Well quite frankly when you post to a group (whether it is your own or someone else’s) you will get replies. IF you don’t want someone to reply then post it in your journal! The other problem showing up is that someone posted their own poll on swapping to the list and was asked/told not too. Now a couple of the moderators are requesting we don’t swap with that person for a while. IT IS NONE OF THEIR DAMN BUSINESS WHO WE CHOOSE TO SWAP WITH. Granted the girl should have probably asked and if was turned down should have honored that decision. Since she didn’t all she-they had to do is remove the poll. They did but they made spectacle of it.
A few more people will be sending me a little token for "MOTM" I think that’s so cool. I hope I can write a couple of letters tonight before going to bed but I doubt it. I have other things to do first.
I haven’t called Donna yet to order the gift certificate but I want to also check my funds. I will do that before going home. I also have to get a card and my meds tomorrow.
Well it is quarter of four and I am just cleaning up. I will have to sort and deliver the rejections tomorrow.

I was just going to bed. I have been home since 4:30. I didn’t go to the gym or for a walk like I thought I would. Instead, Mom cooked my dinner and I ate it and then went to Donna Hall’s house to pick up the gift certificate for Liz. Mom pushed me to get it now. Which I am glad I did. Mom had gone to her meeting and when she got home I had the kitchen cleaned.

I didn’t get much mail except for the Union plus advertisements. Mom just tossed it out for me. I didn’t get anything else, which I am grateful for (bill wise). I didn’t get any letters and I don’t know if anyone else got their letters from last week.

Donna tells me that she and Bob joined a bowling league. It is a Friday morning senior league and she has had a lot of fun. We talked about our own experiences. She did it 20 years ago and of course me recently in the last 10. I told her that Liz and I went bowling last Friday and we talked about dues and how expensive it could be.

She tells me that Carol, Frank and their family made it to Texas this past week (today). Michael graduates from Boot camp and will be in Texas by the end of the week. She promised to have addresses for us when she gets them.

You can tell summer is coming. It was light until 8:45 tonight. In about 17 days will be the longest day and then the days will start to get shorter. I was listening to some people talking about how quickly the year is going by. It really has. In 87 days will be my 44th birthday. That’s two months seventeen days. The summer will be officially over by the middle of September.

If I want to get my 8 hours of sleep I better get going….

Today was incredible. I got up around 8 and started getting ready for bingo. Once I was dressed I chatted with Mom and watched TV. Just as I was leaving Mom and I talked about Liz’s birthday coming up. I made a suggestion that Mom wasn’t jumping for Joy with so we decided to table it until later.

As I was driving up to the Nursing home I could see Natalie walking to the door. Once we got inside we chatted about the week and then we started getting ready for the morning. Getting some of the resident coffee me having a cup (by the time I left I had 2). The games went well. I had twenty players and a few of them were new. After the session was done I stayed and talked for a bit. It was good I did or I would have missed an awesome sight.

I wasn’t far from home when I saw this amazing activity. Over 200 hundred Motorcycle enthusiasts were riding through Woodmont past Grove. It was so overwhelming. They did have a police escort from both Milford and New Haven. There were some squad cars posted at the edge of Woodmont going into West Haven. Once the majority of the riders had passed I was able to get to the street. I saw Sylvia and Boppie watching the “parade” and we chatted. Shortly after that Mom came home. After I chatted with Sylvia I headed home. I told Mom all about it and she said there was a big push for the Cancer Society and events all over the state. While we were outside I decided to pull some weeds out while Mom went inside.

After I finished that activity I went inside and started getting the summer clothes out and putting away the winter clothes. I have the three boxes in the other room waiting to be put away. The whole afternoon I folded clothes and washed the clothes. I have several dresses and skirts drying in the bathroom because Mom felt they shouldn’t be put in the dryer. I also spent time watching the Benson Marathon on TVLand.

Mom had a visit from Henry the accountant for CPAC and they had to discuss some business. They discussed things that they didn’t that has been going on and how it was handled or not handled. She really doesn’t like this organization and this board and she really is anxious to get off the board. Unfortunately she had to finish her term on it or she would have been off of it before she even started.

We had dinner around 5. We watched Cablevision 12 news (since the Public TV fundraising for the spring/summer) started this past week and was continuing this weekend. We had pork and vegetables steamed in gravy. We had salad and bread. We had rice pudding for dessert. Mom thought it was too sweet.

We both watched TV, and also continued to do the laundry. Although I do have a couple of loads still going but its too late now.

Around 8 I decided to get online so I asked Mom if I could. I thought I did pretty well for keeping up on a goal by not getting on the computer even though I almost did play solitaire. I decided against it. I had been checking emails and the forums.

We had some excitement about an hour ago. There was a very long and loud police chase going past Grove Street. I decided to go out and see what was going on. A squad car parked out by Sylvia’s house and as I approached Marian’s house Kim called me from her porch and told me what was going on (she was talking to her brother on the phone who is a police officer in West Haven). I turned around and headed back to her house.

Shannon was a little nervous but we all stood on the porch and talked about it and what was going on. Apparently it started over by Live Oaks School and was moving along Anderson and went on to New Haven Avenue on into West Haven. While we were watching this thing happen we noticed others going to the squad car talking about it to the cop. A little while later we saw a tow truck. Kim thought that perhaps the “tack row” was thrown down so the car they were chasing would get stopped. A few more squad cars came to the street to speak to the cop and then they left to go back to what ever they had been doing. I went back to the house. Mom was watching TV and as I suspected didn’t even hear the commotion outside. She asked me where I had been. I explained to her what had transpired. I have to say I have had my fill of the excitement that transpired here this week. Kim even commented that the fireman was an asshole the other night when they came to Marian’s house.

While I was cleaning out the emails I noticed that I had two emails from Menchu from work. They were about ordering charts and they were from the 18th. I was so embarrassed. She even carbon copied to Shirley and Judy. I am surprised that neither Shirley nor Judy said anything to me in the last two weeks. I responded to it and hopefully I won’t be getting into trouble tomorrow.

I also had a couple of emails from Jennie. They were about our day trip to Waterbury in June. It looks like we will be going on June 30, around 2 p.m. She also told me her Grandfather is dying. I didn’t respond to that part of the email. I feel bad about that. I will do that tomorrow.

Oh I finally decided that I would contact Donna and get a gift certificate for Liz for her birthday. Mom and I talked about it earlier today while she was making dinner. She suggested that I either call Donna or email her and tell her what I need.

Mom is entertaining the thought of me getting a new computer. Especially after spending so much money into the one I have (the repairs, buying the Microsoft Office Suite 2003 package). We talked about it a little at dinner. I don’t know if I want a whole new computer. I have a feeling a virus got into the computer. I am not certain for sure but I will find out some time early next week.

Well, it’s late and my shoulders are starting to hurt and I need to order my meds for this week. I will say good night.


Kate

A Rainy Saturday

It is just 7 p.m. Saturday night. Mom is in front of the TV sleeping. I was watching the Benson Marathon on TVLand network. They were funny. I haven’t laughed like that in a really long time.

I woke up with a headache this morning so I decided to take some ibuprofen and then went back to bed. By the time I finally got up it was almost 9. Mom was downstairs reading her paper. I went down and said good morning and we talked. I then got ready for the day. I took a bath, dressed, and got the tower ready for transport. I told Mom my plans for the morning. I told her I was getting the Office suite 2003. I told her I wasn’t waiting for Bob anymore. I also said it obviously wasn’t important to him. I don’t think she really appreciated but I think she understood. She asked me how much it would be I told her about $200. We started to talk about not paying interest on the card.

I headed to PCW they took the info and printed up the receipt and for Diagnostics it will be $29. Afterwards I headed to CompUSA where I ran into Chris (the guy who ordered my printer) and we talked about the fact I need a different cable for the printer and I was explaining what I was there for today. I got the Office Suites 2003 Teacher Student edition. I am not sure what the difference is except that you can reinstall it three times more if needed. It came to $160. I paid for it and then headed to the Y.

It was nearly 11 when I got there. It seemed very quiet there. Apparently they closed the pool earlier this week to clean it out and the pool was just reopened but not warm enough for anyone. So hardly anyone was in the pool. There wasn’t that many people in the exercise room either. Activity picked up by the time I left. It was starting to rain again by the time I got home.

Mom was on the computer doing stuff and she asked how I made out. I told her about the PCW and she was appalled. She seems to think this should be covered. It is probably something different. While she did her laundry and did work on the computer I did some of my laundry and watched TV.

I have to admit I was getting a little annoyed with Mom. She seemed to get some attitude with me for some reason. She knows I replaced the ink cartridge and she says she wasn’t making a big deal about it but she was commenting I must have printed a lot of letters. Yet she said she doesn’t care. Then don’t make a freaking big deal about it.

I got a friendship book sent back to me. It came from the last person who signed for it and it was a guy. I thought for sure Mom saw it and was annoyed but she didn’t make a big deal about it. Elizabeth F from AZ made it for me. It traveled all over the country and into Canada. There are a few names I recognized like Susan B and a few others.

Mom came home from shopping maybe around 4 and had some asparagus that was starting to go so I returned it to Costco. I can’t believe they would allow that to happen. This is why I don’t like them or any huge warehouse company. They sell stuff that is going bad.

When I got home Mom was preparing dinner. It was waffles! I loved them but she felt there were too heavy.

I just paid my phone bill. I must have missed the previous month because it twice what I would normally have to pay. I have to still pay for the pantyhose that came last week. I am so glad pay day is next week.




It is after 10, and I am still trying to clean out my mailbox I have 7234 emails to go. How I clean them out is by searching by name and separating them into the different folders it might pertain to.

Mom is still downstairs and watching TV. I went downstairs to see who had called her earlier and it was a friend from school. Priscilla she spends half the year in Florida and the other half in Connecticut.

Anyway, I am going to do this for another hour and then get ready for bed.

Just to let you know I won’t be on at all tomorrow. I suspect Mom is developing another attitude about me being on here so much. I did ask her if she wanted to get on and she copped an attitude.

PS: if you want to read about my Day on Friday you can check http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/Kates_Diary/message/1552:

Its Thursday

It is after 9 and thundering and lightening outside. It started around 8:30 while I was at the 4th District meeting. We had to have the meeting outside the clubhouse because the floor was still wet. Bruce provided refreshments. We basically discussed the party that’s coming up in a few weeks.

Today went well despite the fact I didn’t get out of bed until 6:50. I didn’t even get online. I did kill a spider (yuck).

I put the last few remnants of the garbage out and stopped and talked with Sylvia and Boppie. I headed out and got to the office by 7:45 am. I started on the bad addresses and then on the mail. I also delivered the mail from yesterday. The day went pretty well. Mail Volume was light. I did work on the collection letters and got them done before I left the office.

I also got online for most of the day but tried to keep a low profile. I have a feeling Shirley knew. I messed up on the bad addresses but it was rectified (I did the wrong days).

It was humid and sunny when I left the office. I got home after 4:30. I was going to stop at the post office and mail Lianne’s letter but it wasn’t ready. So instead I went home.

When I got home I started I put the garbage can out back with the recycle bin and then started watching TV, and getting my dinner ready (spaghetti and the eggplant).

Mom called around 5:30. She just got out of a meeting and was getting ready for dinner. We talked about her phone messages (I told her about the Dr. calling and it would be known as “one old message”, the mail, and the weather. I told her that some of the papers didn’t get taken for recycling. However, I didn’t tell her about my computer. I told her I would be bowling with Liz tomorrow. She thought it was a fun thing to do. We also discussed what time she should be here tomorrow.

After we hung up I finished watching TV and my dinner. Liz called and we made a date for tomorrow. She wanted to go tonight but I told her about the meeting. It looks like we will go after work tomorrow. We will have dinner at Boston Market. I told her that I sent a card to Stephanie for her birthday.

After I hung up with her I got on the computer for a bit and printed the label for Lianne’s letter. It came out just fine. I was a bit worried. I checked some emails and forums and answered a few emails.

It was about quarter of 7 when I started getting ready and left for the meeting. After the meeting we all chatted and then left because it had started to rain and had been thundering and lightening. I have to say it really annoys me when people have their own conversations about what ever is going on when they should be concentrating on the party we are planning for later on this month. Our next meeting is before the Town Committee.

When I came home I watched Smallville and a few other things. I had to go to the bathroom again. I am not really feeling that well. I am trying to decide if I should write a few more letters or at least one. I can reset the mailbox to have Mom’s name on the site. I haven’t told her about mine. I was going to but decided not to for two reasons. The first reason is so she wouldn’t nag me and secondly so she wouldn’t nag at me.

Well I am going to start the letter from Jane Kohler at least try. I see she sent me a 4-page letter and I think I can manage this before 11. That’s if I don’t keep stopping.

It is after 11 and I just finished Jane’s Letter. Of course I did stop a few times. One of the reasons I stopped was because the Fire Department was called to Marion’s House. She is fine but the boyfriend called them because he hadn’t heard from her. I probably should have stayed out of it and I am thinking the fireman whom I kept saying “I hope you didn’t mind me coming in” wished I had. He was rather rude. Even Kim thought so. She also heard the domestic dispute the other day.

I really don’t feel well. I know its because of the food I had this past week. I have to learn to not eat like that. Actually I know I can’t eat like that.

Well I am going to bed…