Halloween 2006

Well it is almost 7:30 Halloween night and I am flabbergasted. For several days now I have said to anyone who would listen we would not have many kids. Well we had eight kids. Eight kids come to our door tonight. Now that’s not a whole lot compared to say when I was growing up or anyone else today. Actually I just called Liz and she said they got eight kids as well.

Work went well. I got most everything done but the lobby mail or the readdress mail. I managed to get all the letters that were ready to be done and folded to be mailed tomorrow. Shirley told me yesterday that the week of the 13th I will be training two people to cover for me while I am on vacation in three weeks four days. (But who’s counting).

I was out of the office by 4 and heading to the garage shortly after that. The ride home wasn’t bad. The sky was starting to get dark and by the time I got home it was just before 4:30. Mom was upstairs with Donny straightening out her Norton Anti Virus thing. They finally got it to work by 6. They couldn’t find the DSL book and I tried to look around here but couldn’t find it. This weekend I am definitely going to clean this room.

Mom had a dish of candy out by the door. The first to come to the door around 5:30 or so were the Dolan girls. Afterwards some other neighborhood kid and then they brought more people around 6:30.

Mom held off dinner until they straighten out the virus protection thing and that was okay. We had lamb chops and quiche and salad. We watched the news and straighten up around 7.

I got a couple of calls from Jennie. We made plans to go to the movies and dinner. I couldn’t do it tonight but Thursday would be the night. I have the phone banking tomorrow night. I have to print out the pictures for Jennie.

The book for Jason came today. Now that leaves his sweater and a gift for Audrey. I am thinking of a one piece pajamas. I will do that in the next few days. I am not sure when I will get to see them since Chris and Stephanie and the kids are in the process of moving.

I have some laundry in the dryer and it should be done soon as soon as it is I am going to bed. I am starting to get really tired.

October 30, 2006

It is after 9:30 Monday night. I am really tired and haven’t done very much except read emails and answer some of them. It has been a fairly quiet night over all. Mom had been updating her Norton Subscription but I think she got frustrated with it because she doesn’t think she did it right. Now she is downstairs falling asleep in front of the TV.

I had a pretty decent day. I got up around 6:30 and got ready for work. I made a stop at Stop and Shop for the juice and I bought hot oatmeal packages and creamer. The juice was for the brunch we had in the office today it was good. I didn’t get everything done but I will finish it tomorrow. Shirley caught me on the Internet today. She was disappointed and she asked about the trust issue. I told her I am going to rebuild it once again. She seemed okay afterwards but I just have to be careful the rest of the week.

Tricia is being discussed still on one of the lists. I had a blow up with her. She asked me to add her to my 360 and me to hers. I when I realized whom I had been talking to this past two weeks I declined the invitation and she sends me this stupid ass reply “A raspberry for not accepting my invite”. How fucking childish is that? I posted to her blog a response. I basically told her I don't want her rude and obnoxious replies on my blog. I also told her I have a right to decline or accept any invite I choose. I told her to grow up. I even reminded her that she was rude and obnoxious to me in the spring.

She sent more comments basically saying she though we were getting along just fine sending each other messages (I sent her two-one thanking her for her comment the other about Halloween) She acted as though she was victimized. I posted to the list what had happened. I haven’t heard from her since.

I am not sure I like the fact that Yahoo 360 sends a message to them informing that the invites have been denied. I don’t think it’s appropriate. My mind has been wondering what Tricia will do now. IF she is vindictive enough to other lists and bad mouth me.

There is an alert about one woman already about swapping. It’s just ridiculous. I will have to check to see if anything more has been discussed.

Kerry R sent out an email reminder about phone banking for this week. We have to do it Wednesday night. I am also supposed to do it Thursday as well. I have to say I am really looking forward to the election getting over with. The mudslinging is ridiculous. Mom and I are not going to the fundraiser/pre election party at Stonebridge Friday. Neither of us have it. Actually I probably do but I don’t have any checks to write out.

Got an email from Telka she wants us to be on the look out for the newspaper with articles about the baby contest. Also coffee cans to for the Veterans Day event.

I can’t write anymore need to go to bed…

I had fun last night

Last night was great. I left here shortly before five heading to Brooks Pharmacy to pick up some stick on nails (or nail extensions) and then got gas and then headed to Liz’s and Nelson’s house. We spent the next 45 minutes applying make up to my face. Then we put the nails on. She did an awesome job. She took about 4 Polaroid pictures and then I left for Patrick and Dave’s house.

The drive over wasn’t bad. As I got closer to their house I could tell the point beach area was hit pretty hard from the storm earlier in the day. As in the past their street was flooded for most of the afternoon. Lulu (puppy child) Patrick (dressed as Caesar) and David (as a priest) greeted me at the door. We took pictures and talked about the flooding (that seems to occur just when they are about to have a party). We talked about other things as well.

After awhile more guests arrived they came as monks, other priests, a nun, witch, a baby, pirate, and Roe Vs Wade. There was a vampire, and two I couldn’t identify, and two came as biker dudes. Then it was around 8 when we started to eat. There was Chicken Marsala, ziti, an assortment of finger foods (wings and salads) and also an assortment of drinks and desserts.

People started leaving around 11:30 and I left at midnight and was home shortly after that. The roads were littered with leaves and stones and disconnected traffic lights. Mom was in her room reading and so I showed her the pictures and told her how it went.

When we finished I came in here and couldn’t wait to get the nails off. I found it difficult to eat, drink anything with these nails. One had fallen off before I had left the party but every time I hit something it made me cringe. Liz had warned me not to yank the nails off and now I know why. They hurt like hell. I soaked them in the solution she gave me. I also clipped them with clippers. All that remains is the glue. It took me a while to get them off. I tried to type with them it was difficult.

I got into the bathtub too because I wanted to cleaned up from the stuff on my face and I was feeling like I needed to bathe. It was nearly 2 in the morning when all of a sudden it became 1. I spent time on the computer and then hit the sack

It was nearly 6:30 when I got up. Maybe seven I am not sure. I went down and said hi to mom and then came back up and read and answered some emails. I also checked forums and journals.

I did that for a while until about 7:30 and then started getting ready for church. I went to the 8:30 mass at St Mary’s. It is usually a folk mass but the Folk Group didn’t play. I was a little disappointed because they make it so nice.


After mass I headed to Dunkin Doughnuts by the old movie theater and got some coffee. I then went to Mediplex. Nancy was on duty today. As I came in I could tell the floors were being done and there was a stench. As though every one had wet the floor! It turned out that the pumpkins they carved were rotting and caused an awful odor. They were cleaning the floors and everything with Ammonia.

Bingo went well. I had fifteen players and we played until 11:05. I did show them my pictures that Liz took. After Bingo I headed home for some breakfast and a bathroom break before taking off for the mall. Mom came home just before I left and asked me to run after some insulation that was blowing around the back yard. I got it and threw it on the pile in the back. Just as I was coming back inside I noticed Matthew and Bob coming up the driveway. They were here to work on the back room

I drove to the mall and the girls and Telka were there setting up. For the next three hours we chatted with each, chatted with the members from MOM (Mainstream Operation Milford) and with the contestants. When it came time to announce the winners we all whooped and hollered. The girls from the girls club were chatting while Telka was giving the opening introductions and announcing the winners and I just turned and snapped at them. I later apologized. However, I really get goddamned tired of saying the same shit. It is distracting. They seemed to be forgiving. Roberta told me not to worry about it. Roberta and I left shortly after the final awards were given out. I headed to the post office and mailed Debra’s letter. It was nearly 3:30 when I got home.

Matt and his Dad were progressing nicely with the backroom. Mom was upstairs on line and we discussed the day. Mom had a wake to go to and we also were trying to figure out what to have for dinner. We would figure it out when she got back.

When we came downstairs we talked with the guys. They were discussing business. I made myself some tea and Bob asked for Coffee. I also had to change the clock on the wall.

After a while Mom went to the wake and I spent the time watching TV. I called Liz to tell her how the party went. I promised to send her pictures that Dave might send me. Shortly before Mom got home I decided to email Liz Mom’s address book so we can start organizing the surprise birthday party for her.

By then it was five or five thirty. Mom came home and we decided that I would get a veggie wrap from Subway and Mom would have a hot dog. The guys finished up around 6 for the night. They have a few more things to do and they will be finished. That will all happen tomorrow.

Oh and as I was leaving for Subway Sylvia was just coming home from the store. She actually left Boppie home by himself. She rarely does that if at all. Apparently he was annoying her.

I am back emailing Liz the address book and I am on the F’s. I am going to have to put it up for the night because I need to check emails and update the birthday list. Afterwards I am going to bed. I was going to watch LHOTP (or LH: The new beginning) but I am starting to get really tired.

On line stuff

Well it is almost 1 in the afternoon. In 6 hours will be the party and in 5 and half hours I will be getting my face painted at Liz’s and then go to the party. I am not eating very much now a few pita chips and drinking water (at least trying to),

I got up around 8:30 which was great. It was raining and windy out and according to these guys it is about 60 degrees out. There are flash flood warnings and wind advisories for Milford too.

I have spent the morning writing a letter to Debra, doing laundry, and reading and replying to emails. That girl Tricia has been causing more problems on the new list. As of this afternoon she left the group. I sent an email to two people in regards to her. I shared my experience with her from last year.

The guys are out back working on the room/wall whatever. It rained in on the floor and on the rug. I am wondering if once the insulation gets put in will this happen again. I really hope we are not going to be sorry for this.

I was reading some more emails and Wendy B was nice enough to post to her lists the email that Channing had originally posted and do you know that Rhonda G was rude and said “Liz C takes for ever to answer letters”? I mean that’s none of her business. I don’t know what the hell is going on but some of the lists have gone nasty in the last few days.

I heard the strangest sound in years. A siren went off in our area. Sirens don’t normally go off unless they are on the fire engines and or emergency vehicles. It happened twice today. I believe it had to do with the flooding along the beaches.

Around 3 I started doing some ironing. I am also going through emails still. Some people have replied to my posts and some I haven’t heard from yet. They may not want to. I have my “costume” all set to put on.. I just have to shower and dress and pick up a few things around here.

The sun finally came out around 4.

Oh I made a reply to Liz C’s explanation as to why she hasn’t written to Channing A. It was a long the lines of “why would anyone not want to hear about someone else’s family?” I posted that that’s what my letter will consist of. I also reiterated that no one has a right to tell another person what to write in their letter.

Well it is getting to be 5 and I need to get going and get ready for this thing. Liz called and said 6 will be fine…

October 27, 2006

Well the day went pretty well. I got a lot done and had a pretty good session with Debra today. I told her about the biting and we discussed what the possible reasons for it (for me exhaustion, and finances, afraid that I messed the computer up yet again). Debra hadn’t gotten my letter from last week yet. I suspect it got lost in the mail. I told her I would pay her during the weekend. I am not sure she appreciated that and I can’t say as I blame her. I will have it mailed out to her tomorrow.

I need to order some checks too. If I am going to pay anymore bills. Well I did. The car payment is going to have to wait a couple of weeks. I just ordered the checks they should be here by then.

The movie plans had to be changed. . I called Jennie to see what time we were going out and she called back and asked if we could go tomorrow. I had to tell her it was not a good day to go. I have the party tomorrow night. So we might go next week.

Mom and I had our dinner and I have doing laundry. Mom was on the computer and now is watching TV. I might work on the birthday list and then go to bed. I am starting to get tired.

Actually I can’t go to bed or work on the birthday list until I get the emails cleared out. My email is bouncing again. I am going to empty it out of everything except from immediate friends and family.

I have done the Microsoft office updates now I am going to get to bed.

October 26, 2006

This will be a short entry. I am very tired right now. I have stuff in the dryer but I don’t even think I can stay up for that. I might have to just let them stay there.

I had a pretty good day today even though I had a rough night last night... The computer was taking an awfully long time to turn off last night and I tried several times to get into different icon/folders and I ended up losing my temper. I also did something very scary. I bit myself on the wrist. There is a little bit of redness and the teeth marks left a slight impression. I told only one person and she is sworn to secrecy. I knew I was tired last night and this proves it. The computer started working fine about 1 am.

I found my watch that I thought I had lost (the one Dottie Mom gave me). Ann had it in her desk drawer. I must have left it in her office some how before going yesterday. I manage to get stuff done. I wasn’t able to get the lobby mail picked up but that can be done tomorrow. I will sort the rejection piles from today in the morning. We had been given a large pile of letters returned from the post office today. They couldn’t read the addresses. It looks like I had folded them. I decided later that when I do them to make sure they are visible in the window and when I record them on the task sheet to put the date I was working on. So that in the future we can be sure if I did it or not.

After work went to Telka’s and dropped off the certificate from the card store and then headed to Dem HQ. It didn’t look as though anyone was there so I headed to Liz’s. She gave me a flower and for the next 45 minutes we talked. After our visit I went back to HQ and did some ID calling. Had a handful of candy and worked there until 7:15. Tess and Mike stopped by for a while too. They were in charge of setting up the chairs at the DTC meeting so they left before I did.

I have to say I did pretty well at this phone banking session. I didn’t get upset that people hung up in my ear (there didn’t seem to be too much of that tonight. In the past I got tongue tied and stuttered.

I got to the Elk’s Club about 7:20. It was starting to fill up and I signed in and said hi to a few people and started on the refreshments (like I really needed more cakes and sweets). The meeting was to cover the campaign reports, fundraisers, Board issues (Aldermanic, BOE, and P&Z. Redistricting issues seem to be a hot issue for BOE and although it doesn’t seem to affect the entire city (mostly in the Devon area) it will be important for me to read up on it. Actually a lot of stuff should be something I should read up on.

Oh there is going to be a friendly bowling fundraiser in December. It’s The Democrats vs. Republicans for Toys for Tots. It should be the first week of December. I volunteered to participate. The meeting was over before 9 and I was home by 9:15. Mom came right after me.



Mom says the Insurance Adjuster is coming around 9 tomorrow. She spent some time getting old receipts out from the time when the back room was first done. I am not sure if she was successful. Now she is in bed reading.

I noticed that this site is down again. It is unexpected maintenance. I am not sure which other blog sites I will be posting too. I read some of my friend’s blogs today. I made some comments too. I read some messages from my yahoo 360 site as well.

In the entertainment world there are a number of things that piqued my interest. This week it was announced that Kevin would be appearing on OC and there was a comment made by Ausiello on TV Guide.com. Several of us emailed him expressing our annoyance of his constant snide remarks about Kevin. When Jewel saw this discussion she could not understand why we would put too much stock in this columnist. As Diane M put it so eloquently people in the industry look to him for what’s popular. I am probably not making sense and to most people who just watch a show for entertainment purposes may not care. He is also going to be making a movie in Utah. It is a Comedy western.

There is some rule changes on one of the pen pal groups. It has to do with COF’s (Circle of Friends) and we had to acknowledge reading it. Everyone had to write everyone else in the group and go from there. I don’t think there are any major problems but neither have I been checking today. I still haven’t had a response to L Crisci in regards to the invitation to join me.com. She was a bit abrupt with one of the owners about moderator privileges. It was requested to take the discussion off the list.

Well this got longer than I thought it would be. I am going to have to close out for now. I am afraid I am getting a cold. I had another nose bleed tonight and did sneeze a few times tonight.

I just checked this site and it is currently 38 degrees out and a high wind watch is in effect for tonight. There is a crescent moon out. The sunrise will be at 7:19 am. Sunset will be at 5:53 pm tomorrow.

Well I best say good night..

A sleepless Night turns into exhausting Day

I was sleeping for a while or dozing but I remember getting up and not being able to sleep. I was remembering the conversation I was having with Roberta and Dottie about “the meet and greet” explaining to Dottie what it was and how Claire was behaving. As I was retelling it Roberta said she had a right to. God Damn NOO she didn’t. If one more fucking asshole tells me it was her first amendment right to make everyone in the room uncomfortable and not about the issue I will get sick. There is a goddamned responsibility with the so called freedom of speech... There is something called Decorum people. I was also telling them about how Ellen and some of the neighbors were complaining about the person who continues to park his Camper in front of the community center/library. First words out of Roberta’s mouth were “they can’t say anything about it”. It’s not their property. Anyone can park their car anywhere they want. Its not the property owners own spot. I love Roberta but I basically told her as far as the Claire thing that up to a point she has a right but not to make the entire thing about her.

I am sick and tired of people claiming “inalienable rights” when it comes any situation like this. If I behaved badly or did what ever I wanted to everyone around me would say “oh you can do that”.

Mom got home around 1:15 this morning. When I came downstairs she was standing in the door way to the back room. I told her what Bob had said to me. That part of the wall dropped (or actually the window). He stapled and taped plastic covering over it. I also told her he said he would be here tomorrow and work on it. He better had because we use that back room and it is only going to get colder and the heat will go right out the wall.

I did get back online again. No one has replied to anything I have posted. That’s okay I wasn’t expecting anyone to really. I haven’t finished emptying out the emails either. It can be tedious.

Mom noticed I was still up after 2:15 she insisted I go to bed. I told her I was trying to read to get back to sleep. I best go back to bed…

Well it is now after 5 p.m. I have been home half hour. I had a hard time sleeping during the night and probably had one hour sleep. I managed to leave by 7:30 and stopped by Sylvia’s house when I saw them outside. We chatted for a bit while bobby washed my face. Sylvia pointed out the hedges in Marian’s house were done. Her son did them for $80. She was making fun of Sean who had originally promised to do it.

I got to work at 8 and started working on the letters. I also went and got some coffee. By the time I got back the charts were here. I got them delivered and then started working on the lockbox.

I managed to get the bulk mail done and the bad addresses and some of the readdress done. I got everything else done except the rest of the collection letters. I will work on them tomorrow.

I called Mom a couple of times today. The first time I had to leave a message the second time she was working on some paper work for the Mental Health board disciplinary action going on. She was going to run some errands for the afternoon.

I had lunch from Paula’s. I had a Buffalo Chicken Wrap and a dessert and several cups of coffee. That should be great when its time to go to bed tonight. I do feel tired now but let’s see what this leads to.

When I left work it was cloudy and windy. The traffic wasn’t really bad either. I was going to go to Card Smart but decided not to. I came home first. When I arrived Mom’s car was out front Bob Colandrea’s was in the driveway. When I got inside Mom was in the kitchen and there was something covering the back door. I surmised we wouldn’t be eating there.

Mom also informed me that the computer is down again or at least the connection to the net is down. She called the provider and they said they are upgrading and would be done by 8. I checked around 7 and it was connected.

I decided that I would try to answer any all questions but some of these are a little hard. One is about Drug testing in the work place. I am not sure what I would support. I would have to think about it. The question came from one of the new groups I joined this past week. The group is called email-ladieschatonly group.

Oh I have discovered that Lianne C is in this group. She hasn’t acknowledge me as of yet and she hasn’t responded to my Yahoo 360 message yet either. I am wondering if she had something to do with me being invited to this group.

In one of the groups Alyce lost her baby. Now she has to have a procedure for the next few days. Everyone is sending sympathy messages.

Well it is after 9. Mom is home and falling asleep in front of her computer. I put the remote from her room in the living room and she will be watching TV from there.

Well Mom just went to bed. She is tired too. I have a fly flying around here.

Monday Musings

It is almost 10 pm do you know where your kids are? I always wanted to say that. Every time Channel 5 from NY would do that it was so cool. Anyway, this kid will be going to bed soon.

Today was busy but I did spend more time on the net then I should have. I did manage to get the mail opened but not sorted and delivered. Before leaving for the day I piled things into three piles:

To be sorted:

To be redirected:

To be tallied.

To be folded.

While I was online I found out I was removed from two of the groups. I have been bouncing a lot lately but that’s okay. One of them was the International Culture group. I really haven’t been posting there much. I did send an email to anni apologizing for not participating as much. The other was one of Nancy R’s. I am not even going to be stressing out over it. I can understand that having a member bounce more then once is annoying. However, I don’t think it is up to a group owner or moderator to tell a member they are on too many lists. It is none of their business. It is member’s choice to be on that many lists if they want.

I am trying to empty out my mailbox though. I did reset the email address from bouncing. I am thinking I should add more email addresses but I want to use my outlook express.

Mom left me a note today. She had instructions for dinner. I also ate the mashed potatoes but I don’t think that was in her plan. She also asked me if I had bowls out. J It’s time to put that one in the dishwasher before I leave for work tomorrow.

Good news today Kelly P from registration is back after having disc surgery done on her neck. Mary Cofrancesco is back from foot surgery. She looked okay. Wendy C broke her toe during the weekend. That really hurt.

I got some more news on the Entertainment front. As I was waking up this morning I heard that Jane Wyatt (Father Knows Best, and Spock’s Mom in the Star Trek Series and Movie #3) died in her sleep over the weekend she was 96 years old. It was mentioned on a few science fiction boards related to Star Trek.

Kevin Sorbo is supposed to be on a few episodes of OC soon (or in December not sure exactly). He will be a bad guy. He is also going to be in a bowling charity fundraiser at the end of the month. Boy would I love to be there. He is also going to be in Utah filming a movie. That will be cool to see as well.

Channel 8 had the debate between Ned Lamont and Joe Lieberman and Schlesinger. I saw five minutes of it and turned the channel. I really should be more in to it but not tonight.

Well I better go finish emptying out my mailbox a little more.

Today

Well it is almost 7:30 and the sun is starting to come up and out for the day. At least that’s what I am hoping. I want to check the weather page to see what it is going to be like today.

I had trouble posting yesterday’s entry to blogger.com so I had to post it this morning even though I have it posted two other places. I will do it the same way later probably.

I have been awake since 6 but got out of bed and showered at 6:30. The bed is made so I just need to get off this chair and get ironing.

I got to church late. I sat in the back and was distracted through out the service by several children crying, talking and kicking the pew. I found myself saying “take the kid out”. It was so annoying. I can understand kids can be difficult but we were taught to take the misbehaving kid either to the crying room or out. After church I went to Mediplex.

It was around 9:30. I found Margaret in a different spot them from her normal one. She says because she hasn’t won in her “normal spot”. I got the feeling she and Georgina were at odds. I wasn’t wrong. Georgina made some comments as they were getting their spots. Mary T came in and the first thing I saw was her gesturing with her thumbs and hand at someone. Then she said Kiss My Ass. I know I heard it because so did the young LaChantal. I told Mary T that I wasn’t going to have that. She looked at me dumbfounded and said what! I told her I heard what she said (and of course Georgina was sticking her sorry ass into it) and Mary T denied it. I said don’t play games with me. As I said that I realized she may not have realized she said that.

I got a chance to talk to Phil from the kitchen. It has been weeks since I actually saw him. We talked about work and things in general. He told me one of the real reasons Jay was let go. He didn’t want to work seven days straight while Bunny was on medical leave for her knee.

After Bingo I sat with Theresa and Sam for a few minutes and I told them what I thought about today. Sam then asked me when I am going to get married. He made some other inappropriate comments and I left. I have already told him that discussion is inappropriate.

Once I left Mediplex I headed home for a rushed breakfast and checked phone messages. Something told me to check the main number and I saw that Roberta called. I called her back and we chatted for a few minutes. She was going to pick up the displays from Telka and meet me there. I asked her to get me a few letters from Telka.

It was twelve when I got there Roberta came shortly after that and we set up. Dottie and Angie came shortly after that and Roberta and I got the rest of the stuff from the car. Once we set up we chatted and talked about lots of things.
Angie and Dottie stayed for an hour or so and then Lucille, Lucille’s Grand daughter, and Ronnie came. They stayed until 3. Joe from MOM came around 2:30. The entire time we didn’t have a lot of people vote. Maybe $10 or $13 dollars worth of votes came in. Linda Stevenson stopped by too.

I had a Stromboli from Szbarros and soda for “lunch”. I had a diet Pepsi with Strawberry and Cream…hmmm. I also got my costume for the party. It cost $10.

It was after 3 when I got home the sun had all but gone behind the clouds. Mom was working on the computer. She had a good morning but said she and Fr Whitson had an “argument” about politics. They have been friends for years so I am sure it was one of those “agree to disagree things”.

Mom told me that Ethel’s mother died last night from a stroke she had earlier in the day. Ethel will be leaving tonight for the Philippines. I will need to get a card to them soon.

I got into my pajamas round 4 and spent the time writing this entry, watching TV and listening to my Hercules: The Legendary Journeys V 2 Sound track. I sure do miss watching that show.

I got a message from Jennie via Yahoo 360 she thought I did right telling Lianne that she needs to decide what she wants to do about “our pen pal relationship”. I think I may have written I heard from Mandy. I had already sent her an explanation and she thought it was very mature.

I really got tired and felt as though I was going to fall asleep while watching Simply Ming on PBS. That’s one of our staple shows Sunday nights. Although it has been missing from channel thirteen for a while.

Stripe posted some Kevin news last night. He is supposed to be appearing on OC sometime soon and as “bad guy”. He is also filming a movie in Utah. I think that’s great.

Dinner was great. It was pot roast and potatoes and vegetables. We watched Simply Ming and Lydia’s family kitchen and the Scandinavian cooking show. I cleaned the kitchen while Mom watched Religion and Ethics with Bob Abernathy (another staple of Sunday evening fare). I was watching an episode of Gunsmoke on TVLand. Dabbs Greer and Victor French were on it.

The rest of the night will be quiet. I am going to work on the birthday list for a while and wait until Little House is on.

My Saturday

Wow two posts for one day how cool is this? I had a pretty good sleep and didn’t get out of bed until quarter of 9. Mom was up and reading her paper. She offered to drive me around for the literature drop but I told her I had things I wanted to do in my room like cleaning it.

I wanted to also work on the birthday list and do some shopping and stuff like that before going to the movies tonight with Jennie. I will see how it goes.

During the day I did some laundry and did a little reorganizing with papers. I threw some stuff out (but not much) and I started some laundry. Mom was working in her office and I have a feeling a little cranky.

I found an invitation in my mailbox to join another group. It was a pen pal group but you sent gifts to people by a certain date. I didn’t join. I can’t do things like that. I also had an invite from the 7th for email chat for ladies only and I just joined that one today.

I noticed I had gotten an email from a Don Carlos in Ghana (I think I am going to have to look again) who wanted to share pictures. He sent it ten days ago. I sent him a reply. You can pretty much guess what it was.

Mom went to a book signing reception over on Anderson Avenue at one of the multimillion dollar houses near Mrs. Malarkey’s home. She wasn’t sure if she was coming home first or not. It turns out she went to the wedding from the reception. She wants to have spaghetti for dinner.

I sent a response to Lianne C via 360 and CC'd both Mandy and Jen. I told her I had received the invite and was surprised after the incredibly ignorant email she sent last season and removing me from the list I also sent Mandy a message explaining the reason sent her the message.

I called Jennie around 5 to see what time we were going to the movies tonight. Jennie had to call me and left the message asking if we could do it next week. That’s okay. I did leave a message saying I have a party to go to on Saturday. It looks like Friday will probably be the day. It’s okay because I can probably write some letters tonight after dinner.

Jim called today after Mom left for her afternoon reception and wedding. He is doing okay. We talked about work, and having Jeb come by and just stuff in general. I told Mom when she came home that he had called. He called back after 6 pm and put Kristina on. Mom got a chance to talk with all of the kids. They are all doing well in school and Jamie is quitting Karate next month.

We had pasta and sauce with mozzarella it was good. There is some left over for another meal which I suspect will be for next week. While we had dinner we watched nature and This Old House.

A Long Day

Yesterday was a long day. I got up around 6:40 and got ready for work. I was out the door by 7:40. It had been raining and made driving a little dicey. I made it to the garage and parked on the 6th level without trouble.

I got to the office a little after 8. I discovered Shirley was going to be out that day and on Monday as well. I started on the work. I was able to get most of the things done. I started on the collection letters but managed to only do one.

I called Mom today she was working on the wedding vows for the wedding tomorrow. She would be rather quiet for the day.

I called Liz today. She was getting ready to do some cleaning and go for a mammogram. We talked about our health, family, and the great kids. She was very concerned I hadn’t been taking the medicine regularly. She told me I need to look at the reasons behind it. The only one I could come up with is the after taste. She suggested mouthwash. I did tell her I heard from Jim. I know it bothered her even though she said it didn’t that she has accepted that he doesn’t always respond. We also talked about Kitara and how it was for her and the cat. Liz said she got a sympathy card from the veterinarian office. I didn’t tell her about Jeb visiting us.

I was showing a number of people the article and the picture that was included with it. It managed to start some interesting discussions about Ned Lamont.

Jennie sent me some emails one of them was from Nancy R explaining the reason she was deleted from one of the groups. The reason was because Jennie chose to not include her last name. It is the same reason from before. Why is it that Nancy feels she needs to criticize Jennie for exercising safety? The other is more pictures to print out. I will do them tomorrow and get them ready for tomorrow night.

It stopped raining before I left for Debra’s Office. The wind certainly picked up and I could tell by the time I got to her office. I had stopped to drop my stuff off at the car. I managed to get there on time. The session went well. I told her about the week’s activities. We also discussed finances and things in general. By the end of the session we agreed that every week we will refocus on the things that need to be done including taking the meds. I need to also make sure I start putting away the credit card and use it only when needed (planned spending).

The rain held off until I started for home. It poured. As I got to Woodmont Road it was heavy. I headed to Ellen A’s and paid her for the Skating show tickets for March. We talked about our collective “fifteen minutes of fame” and stuff in the pen pal world. It was nearly 5 when I got home.

The sun played peek-a-boo until sunset. Mom had dinner getting ready and worked on some emails. We finally ate around 5:30 or so. We had salmon and vegetables. It was after 6 when we started to clean up and Mom got a call. I came back upstairs to read some more emails and went to a few websites.

We left here for the meeting by quarter of 7. It didn’t look very busy when we got there but I saw Phil Vetro and told Mom yeah people are starting to come. Kerri was already there. Dave Amendola came afterwards and there were only five of us. We got a very surprising info. Bruce had injured his Achilles’ tendon and technically resigned as chairman. Phil was annoyed by the small turn out for the meeting. He will be Chairman until further notice. Mike Brown wants to be Vice Chair. We also discussed the secretarial position. Claire Casey has expressed interest in that position. IF she doesn’t want it I am going to be doing it. We chatted afterwards and it was nearly 8:30 by the time we got home.

Mom and I got into our pajamas and I watched TV for a bit. I also checked some more emails. I got an invitation from Lianne Crisci to join this site. I can’t believe she would be THAT ignorant to invite me after removing me from her list and sending me that ignorant email. I shared the info with Jennie and I am going to be sending her an email. Where the hell does she get off doing that?

Well it is getting late. I have to do a few things before going to bed. For example update the birthday list (I found it last night) and then go to sleep.

What another awesome day

Wow what a day…I was so pleased with myself for getting everything done. I mean everything. I even told Shirley. She replied I hope there isn’t anything not done. She even asked me about the bulk mail that is the extras. I told her they have a “discard” date on them. Even though I felt great and accomplished I couldn’t help feel that this could only a last so long. I know it will all back up come November when I am on vacation. I am just going to make every effort to keep up on it.

I talked to Mom today. She was doing paperwork. Jeb had left by the time I called. She admitted she finds it hard to say no to her. I told her she has to set boundaries. Unless he gets help (and I know he won’t until it’s too late) he can’t stay here. She apparently emailed a correctional officer friend of hers and he responded to her by giving her some suggestions in case the next time he came. For example he says just talk about our day and see how he reciprocates. Right now we are trying to keep downstairs unlit just in case he decides to come back tonight.

On the way home today I went and got a 2007 appointment book. I had a huge choice and Mom was wondering why I would do it now.

We had dinner fairly soon after I got home. Mom had a meeting to attend. She got home by 7:30. We watched TV, and talked about stuff in general. She says there is a picture of me in this weeks Milford weekly. Unfortunately, there isn’t one on their site. It isn’t a very clear one but it is behind Keri Rowland and her daughter.

The rest of the night I have been trying to write in here surf the net. I was also trying to check emails but the system is dragging its feet. I suspect I have too many things there.

I have also been trying to find my birthday list. I can’t right now. The one on the hard drive is the one I am updating.

Well I am going to bed. I am getting tired…

A good Day and surprise visit

Today went well. I got a lot done but still have a couple of things to do. For one I have to sort and deliver the rejections from today. There is going to be an autumn fest brunch on October 31, 2006. I am bringing the orange juice. Rhonda gave me a flyer and when I said this is great because usually I am the forgotten step child... That’s when Gayle says they would have a folder for me so they won’t forget me and I would have to check that every so often.

I had the Live Station from Paula’s for lunch today. It was their autumn celebration lunch. It was good and filling. Today everyone brought their charts back to me in good time. Well Mike came early so Stephanie had to give me hers. Maria made every effort to get her charts back to me on time.

I have to say I was pleased with myself when I left the office. I like being able to have everything in order and done. I can only hope it can be that way all the time.

I need to remember that I owe dues for the birthday/sunshine clubs at work. I just checked and I am running a tad low on funds. I still have other things to pay for.

The sun was out and the temp had to be in the 60’s and it looked like it had rained a little today. The ride home was fine. I was home by 4:30. I managed to ask Donny a quick question (I just hope he didn’t get into trouble) about which Drive to use for the music and movies.

For the next hour and half I watched TV and got online. Mom was home by 5:30 or so and shortly after that we had a visit from Jeb Maher (This is who Jeb is). We were surprised. He was drunk. He and Mom talked for the next two hours and I stayed up here. Then around 7 I ate dinner while they continued to talk. It was nearly 7:30 when it was decided he would stay the night. He helped me with the garbage while Mom got into her pajamas. At first he offered to stay in the back room. Mom said no and we suggested the blue room. So that’s where he is now.

I asked Mom why he was out of jail. He is out on parole. He didn’t eat and Mom seems to think he is drunk. I just figured it was the diabetes. I am not sure what he is going to do but I am also not going to worry about it. I did have to wonder if either the Dolan’s or Sylvia knows he was here. I imagined they would freak out at first. For a brief moment I had a feeling he just left the prison without warning but he didn’t. His son asked him to leave the house.

I have been emptying out my mailbox. I have been answering some of the older emails. I also discovered my email address is bouncing. I better go check that before too long. Afterwards I am going to bed.

I am beginning to think

that maybe what we have been told about sharing emails and stuff could get us into trouble. I saw this on msn as I signed on today. http://tech.msn.com/security/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1083103&GT1=8706. I don't know if this person is going to be successful but I have always believed what a person writes in THEIR blog is sacred. Have we gone to far?

Met Ned Lamont

.In one hour I will be at DHQ to meet Ned LaMont. I am kind of nervous but I would like to meet him. I am already dressed (the skirt and blouse I have had on all day). I need to wash up a little. I really hope we don’t have to bring money because I don’t have any.

Well I have been home from meeting Ned Lamont for about 30 minutes. I got there around quarter of and Ned had not gotten there (tie up on 95 I guess). The room was filled there were refreshments too. I said hello to many people. Members of the press and blogger sites were there as well. I chatted with everyone. Soon he walked in. Rich introduced him and then he spoke for 20 minutes. He talked about speaking to Bobby Kennedy (I am thinking the second bobby Kennedy) about Opec and talked about his adventures around the state. Afterwards he shook hands and talked with quite a few. Beverly introduced me to him and I was just so nervous.

It was about 10 of 8 and I said goodbye and headed home. It was still raining. Mom was in her pajamas and asleep. I went upstairs and watched TV. I did go down when I heard her move around the kitchen. We chatted and then she sat down and I came up here.

I am kind of tired. I will be heading to bed soon…

Meetings, work, Mom not feeling good

I am heading to bed after a long day. I got up around 6 or so and showered and dressed and was out the door a little after 7. I got the bus okay and saw Danny H on the bus. We sat and talked about family, politics and Automobiles.

I got to work on time and started with the collection letters. Then I did MR task. I received only one and that went well. I started on lockbox when I finished and by 2:30 it was done. I was able to get a lot done except for the bad addresses/special project and get the mail from the lobby.

I did go to the Grievance meeting at HR. I only stayed 45 minutes. There were a lot of people there including the grievers. We all hugged and said we missed each other. Venita lost her brother. Need to get a card to her. Sally T, Marianne D-S, Susan R, Patty M, were there. Sally had gone to Shirley near the end of the day to ask if I had put in for it. I had gotten a call from Shirley asking me if I went. She asked me if I had put the time in and I said yes. She remembered that I did. I later asked Ann (who got really quiet) and Lee Ann if I would be getting in trouble and Lee Ann said let them try. She made sure she asked everyone to put personal time request in. This should be interesting.

I made sure I wasn’t on the Internet for much of anything except work related. I did manage to read journals a little and a few forums but mostly stayed with work related stuff.

CC and Rob gave me a ride home. We talked about the situation and I could see CC would be difficult to talk to. I even said to her I can’t talk to you if you are not going to listen to me. Bob was also teasing me about the car. When he started CC told me to ignore him. I did. They dropped me off to the garage and I picked up my car.

Once I paid for it I was on my way. Mom was in the bathroom. She was also in a great deal of pain as she is now. She made dinner for me because she wasn’t going to be eating. She said her nerves were on edge. Well I am sorry but that’s not my problem.

She slept for a bit before going out. She really wasn’t feeling well. I think she should go to the Dr. I was trying to be helpful ever since she got home from the meeting and she is giving me short answers and snippy answers. I love how incredibly hypocritical she is. If you haven’t figured it out yet I am starting to get pissed off at her again.

I am also getting pissed off that she hasn’t really done anything about the flower mites. They are getting all over things. We had food out today and I am getting pissed. You keep saying you’re forgetting. Well do something about it before we eat again.

Oh I heard from Tammy J in Indiana. She is doing okay. The kids are busy and she is too. I was going to start some writing but Its too late now. I am heading to bed.

The Weekend is over

It is almost 7 in the morning. Daybreak is starting and I have been up for about 20 minutes. I have already made my bed, ironed the clothes I am going to wear and did HP software update.

I am going to the 8:30 mass and then do bingo and then go directly to the Mall and meet Telka to set up the baby contest for today. I will be there from 12-3 and I will be there with Roberta.

I am thinking of taking the coin I have and cashing it in so that I can get some food or something without using the credit card. I know I have been using it way too much lately and with the holidays coming up I would rather not go over board.

It is now after 7:30. I have been home from my day since maybe 4. I left here little after 8:15 and was at church 10 minutes later and sitting in the pew. I couldn’t help notice that the interior of the church was still dark as though it was cloudy outside (which it wasn’t). After mass I went to Mediplex. It was 9:30 by then and Natalie and Nancy were both there. Natalie to catch up on work and Nancy to do the activities she was scheduled for. I think we had at least 10. I did mention to Natalie about the list and she said she would have it for me next week at her scheduled time. It was nearly 11:20 when I left and I headed home.

When I got home freshened up and had breakfast. It was quarter of by then. Mom came home shortly after that. It was 12 when I got to the mall. I went to the spot where I thought we were supposed to be but didn’t see anyone. As I was heading back to the parking lot I ran into Telka. I helped her bring some stuff and then when I came back two members of the Girls Club were there. Their names were Alexa and Kayla. They were really cute. Telka helped set up and went home to study for her midterm. Joe Dunham from Mom was there for about an hour. His daughter called for help (she broke down).

The girls and I tried to get people to vote but not many did. Alexas’ Grandmother voted. Alexa left around 1:30 and Kayla left around 2. Telka came back after that. We talked about school, family, and stuff in general. We had a visit from Jolyn W. She was in between church Services at her church. Telka managed to get a couple more people to vote.

After three we cleaned up and said goodbye. The next 15 minutes were slightly embarrassing. I couldn’t find the car. I knew I parked at one particular area. I walked in two different directions. I didn’t freak out-much. I finally found the car and headed to the Garage. I got on at exit 40 and got off at 41 and went to jones hill road. I dropped the car off and started walking home. Stopping at the mailbox to mail Debra’s letter.



When I got home Mom was on the computer. The turkey was cooking and she was going to cook the side dishes later on. I watched TV, came upstairs, then an hour passed and turkey wasn’t finished. We continued to watch the cooking shows.

We ended up eating by 6. We had turkey, turnip, mashed potatoes and Stove Top Stuffing. It was all good. I think we were finished by 7. There was a program on PBS called the Hot Dog Program (or the best Hot Dog Program). The first place they covered was “the Super Duper Winnie) out of Fairfield Connecticut off of 95.

Mom is now in her pajamas and watching Casanova. I am going to post this and then hit the sack. I have to be up early to catch the bus.

A great day

Good Morning, It is after 10 and Mom got home a short while ago from getting some blood work done. She left a little before 8 a.m. and probably had to wait a while. She says her nerves are on edge and she hasn’t had coffee. Her leg still hurts but not as much as it did yesterday. She got some cortisone shot I would imagine.

There is a bird hovering around the air conditioner in my window. I can hear it moving around it better not be making a nest there. I just asked Mom if it can get into the mechanism but she said no. I am just going to have to keep banging on the unit to get them away I guess.

I am going to get going and do the cleaning. I am going to go to church tonight instead of tomorrow because I will be doing bingo and the baby contest stuff at the mall for a few hours.

Well I got the bed made and my laundry done. Mom went out to the pharmacy to get some item for her leg the Dr recommended. She was also going to pick up a prescription. Bob C came to start working on corner of that back room that is rotting away. I helped him move the table to the garage.

Mom came home around 1:30 or so. Bob showed her the damage the walls are suffering and what needs to be done. Mom is now in her office I guess. Not sure what we will do now.

I did get the screen out of the front door. Mom asked Bob C if he would be willing to put the storm door in and he said that he could do it when his son Matt comes by. I am not sure when that will be.

I just talked to Nelson and he tells me Liz did pretty well at the doctors on Thursday. I asked about Caitara and he tells me they put her down on Friday. She was suffering and unable to walk. Liz was upset but knew it was the best thing.

I am listening to a radio station from NJ. It is the Latin Music Network. It is soft instrumental and it is so cool. Artists like Hufeisen Geheimn and Frank Lorentzen.

It is almost 3:30. Bob C and his boys just put in the storm door in front door. Bob finished for the day. Mom says he found the skeleton of a mouse. Yuck. It’s been there for years.

It is now 7:30. I just finished watching This Old House with Mom. She thought it was a repeat. Actually she insisted it was. I almost argued the point but thought better. She realized it wasn’t a repeat once the show progressed. As of this episode they were still going over what needed to be done.

I had gotten a telephone call from Telka tonight. It was to discuss how tomorrow would be going. We are going to be meeting by JC Penny’s and move everything to the site and Roberta and I will be working from 12-3. We also talked about my call to Gary Smith in regards to contributing gift cards to the group for the soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq.

While I was still downstairs Jim called my phone upstairs. I called him right back but missed him but he called me back and we talked about the kids (they are doing well), his health (he thinks he still has the cancer some where in him), and of course the Amish shooting. We also talked about how Mom is and he promised he would call tomorrow (I hope he does). I told him about the recent mini-blow up. The meet and greet and the end result. I also told him about Audrey Elizabeth. I gave him Liz and Nelson’s home phone number. They had to go to dinner so we hung up. I am not so sure I will mention this to Mom. It bothers her when she doesn’t hear from him.

Oh Donny from next door came over early this evening. He needed the obituary page from yesterday or today. His stepmother’s brother had died and the memorial service was yesterday. They got to talking about health and stuff.

I have been reading some of the entries in other journals that I have from years previously. Some of them are redirects to other journals and some are two line entries about the journals.

It’s getting to be 9 p.m. and I am getting tired. I need to go to sleep. I think my clothes are ready for tomorrow but I am going to double check and then read some emails.

Its Friday

It has been a couple of days since I wrote last. Work went well yesterday. We had the Positive Attitude social hour and that was pretty cool. The rest of the day went well. I got a lot done and finished before I left.

When I got home things got bad. Mom and I were talking about things. I think we first talked about the situation with the Kathy F. Some how it moved into the unions and She was second guessing and or criticizing my thoughts which annoyed me. That went okay (after I went upstairs and bitched). We had dinner and then it was clean up. Mom was talking to me as if I was five. “Move the bread before spraying”. I looked at her and she asked me why I am getting made. I told her it was because she was treating me like a five year old. Within the hour it was bad. I was getting something and she couldn’t hear me and I was a little harsh. She got rude and so did I. As a result I spent a few hours outside of the house (at Dave’s). I was back home by 9. I called from there and apologized. When I got home I tried to talk to her but she didn’t really want to. But the way she said it pissed me off as well.

I checked some forums and the journal entries, finished writing out bills and then went to bed. AT one point I dreamt that I was in a town or some place with Hugh Jackman. I have no idea what it was about.

I got up this morning after 6:30. I bathed, got ready for work and then left for work. Mom was in the bathroom and I made sure she heard me when I said what time I would be home.

I got to work exactly at 8 I believe and then worked on some letters and then did the normal stuff. We got our pictures taken for the website today. Tony had to take mine a few times because I blinked.

We had cake for Tony F who was leaving YMG to be within Tech support but for a different area. What surprised me was the fact Mary L even mentioned it to me and she was nice!!!!

I was finished with everything by the time I left for Debra’s. I wasn’t sure I would be but I was. I dropped my stuff off at the car and headed to the office. Debra came in after me. I gave her a few minutes to get settled and then we met. The session was pretty intense. I told her about last night and the events of the past week. I was yelling pretty loudly too. As the session came to a close I did ask what I should do to take care of myself. She acknowledged the fact that I tried to make things better and that I am good at repairing things (emotionally and physically). She suggested using prayer to center myself. We said our goodbyes and I left for the car.

When I got home Mom was on the phone. When she got off she was having trouble connecting to the net. I tried mine and I found it to be the same for me. Mom called the tech support and there was outside line that needed troubleshooting. Mom said it would be around 8 before fixed. While she was getting dinner I checked and it was working. We had our dinner (spaghetti) and then she got ready for the literary club meeting. She left to pick up Claire (CD called and apologized for last Sunday).

I decided to do osme laundry instead of vacuuming like I said I would. I don’t think Mom expected me to vacuum tonight so I am not worried. Now I am going to bed.

Didn't Sleep well.

It is after 12:30 in the morning and I can’t sleep. I am not sure why but I suspect it has to do with the caffeine and chocolate milk I had. I also think I am worried I may have said done something to Lee Ann. I was joking around as we were leaving and making faces at her. I am also wondering if she heard my talk to Dolette about Sunday.

Well I finally tracked down when I wrote Melissa S from Canada it was back in June of this year. I am not sure why I haven’t set up her file yet. But I do owe her a letter.

Well it is now a few minutes before 10 on this wet and rainy Wednesday. I am exhausted because I didn’t sleep very well after the entry I started. I got up and had a midnight snack and watched various programs. I think I may have fallen asleep around 5.

Mom was leaving and called to me to let me know she was leaving. I got up bathed and dressed and then got out the door a little after 7:30. I got to work started working on the letters for a bit and then did the rest of my work. I do have to check the mailbox downstairs as well as sort and deliver the rejection piles and do the bad addresses from today.

I wasn’t really feeling that well at lunch time and managed to eat a little bit of the “Live Station”. After taking some aspirin I was feeling much better. I left after 4. I had gotten as far as HR when I realized I didn’t have my keys. I had to go back and get them.

It was nearly 5 when I got home and raining. I checked the mail, started watching TV and relaxed. By then I heard about the plane crash in NYC. It was a small private plane being flown by a Yankee baseball palyer who died in the crash. It was allover the news. I did call Jim at one point and then around 6 started getting ready for the meeting.

I went to the meeting and chatted and then when we finished the business end and were going to do the arts and crafts I came home. Mom was home by then. She was on the computer. We chatted and then I came downstairs to watch TV.

Now Mom is downstairs watching TV and I am about to go to bed. I got a little light headed.

Tuesday October 10, 2006

What a day. I woke up early and started getting ready for work shortly after 6:30. I managed to be ready for work and leaving by 7:30. I poked my head into Mom’s and told her I was leaving and that I would be home late.

The ride was fine. I parked on the 6th level or was it the fourth? I can’t remember now. I got to work exactly at 8 and checked in with Shirley and Ann. I asked if they had gotten my email and they did. Shirley was showing us the new Avon watch that fell apart as she put it on. Afterwards I went to work. When I got to my office I started working on revising the “mail reference sheet. Actually I worked on it through out the day. Shirley gave me some revisions and by the end of the day it was done. I will show it to her tomorrow. We both know it could change anytime. Ann thought it was detailed (and kindergartenish).

Lou brought the mail to me early and got the charts done at a fairly decent time. The lockbox came to me around 9. I worked on it and by the time I left for the day it was done. Almost all the things I do as my work was done by the time I left. I was in a real rush to leave on time too. Shirley had reminded me in the future (when it comes to the collection letters) to not tell her as I am leaving that I couldn’t get to the letters. I told her I could do them in the morning before 10:30. Although I looked at them before I left and I don’t know if I can do them.

Anyway, I left a little after 4 and ran to the car and drove to Hamden. I admit I was getting a little concerned because I had about a ¼ tank of gas and no one was moving fast enough to suit me. I thought it would take a long time to get there. It didn’t. I got there around 4:30. I signed for them got back in the car and headed to the gas station over on State Street. I went there for two reasons. One was for the gas and the other was to get oil. The engine light was on. I didn’t know exactly which one to get so the guy said 10 30w. I only bought one and a few choc milk drinks. I asked some guy to put it in for me because I wasn’t sure. He said this particular one will be a little smoky but that I probably need an oil change or something. He did say it was dry in the oil tank. I vowed I would call the garage when I got home. As long as I had enough to get home and not get stuck somewhere.

I drove and as I got to the merge between I-91 and I-95 it was a long drive. It always gets this way around 5 anyway. People were cutting in and out of the various lanes. Once we got through it got better. I was agitated and aggravated. I think it was nearly 5:30 when I got to Liz and Nelson’s. Liz was not home but Nelson was. I talked with him about the drive and I guess I vented. He was great to talk to. I talked to him about Dave and how he was. I kept asking if I sounded angry. He told me a little. I told him I talk to my therapist and he says things like bad driving doesn’t bother him or I should let things go (okay you might want to say that to you’re wife). I called Mom before I left for home and she was getting ready to go to a meeting. I was home ten minutes later. I was fine driving.

However, I was exhausted when I got home. I think it was more like drained. Mom and I talked about what I could have for dinner and I thought I was calm. She left shortly after that and I got my corned beef sandwiches made. I had two. I also had milk and cake and salad. I watched TV.

While I was eating Danny Doyle stopped by to get his mother’s coat. Mom and I had discussed my taking it over there. Now I didn’t have to. After he left (I think it was around 7) I finished eating and had called Liz. We chatted (it was 7:30 by then.) about the reports and how wonderful Nelson was. I told her I was feeling tired. She told me Caitara might be put down on Friday. I offered to be with her she said no. I think she was afraid I would lose it. I told her I would be fine that I would be there for moral support. She thanked me but declined. We hung up and I cleaned up the kitchen.

I came upstairs and moved some documents around on the computer and Mom came home. I think it was a little after 8. I told her I didn’t go over to the Doyle’s’ House that Danny picked it up.

As the hour had passed she worked on some reports for tomorrow’s conference and I took a bath. We discussed what had transpired here on Sunday with Claire. I told her I shared the event with people (and she kept interrupting me saying “oh those people were wrong. They were not here …” I finally asked her to let me finish and I explained to her that Jerri K was involved in politics and based on what I told her she made the observation that Claire was misinformed but that she was entitled to her opinion etc. When Mom continued to say things like she wasn’t here she didn’t see that Claire was making it all about her...etc”. I finally said to her. I happen to trust Jeri’s views because she is not a “cheerleader for the union”. She listened to that part but she said Lee Ann is wrong. (I told her what Lee Ann thought as well).

When we finished that conversation I had promised Mom that I would let her work. I went downstairs and watched parts of Eureka and the Man in the Iron Mask. Now Mom is relaxing downstairs and will be going to bed soon. At least I am hoping. She needs to be out before seven to catch the train. I am tired myself. I really need to go to bed. I also have a long day.

I really need to pay a couple of bills before going to bed actually. They’re are overdue. I best go pay them…

Good Night
Kate

Columbus Day 2006

I had a wonderful start to the morning. I used the toilet and it didn’t seem to be draining fast enough. I used the plunger on it and it started to overflow on to the floor! I am hoping it will be fine-it seems like it is but it was a mess.

It is now after 10 at night. Mom is in bed and I am heading there shortly. I left here this morning a little after 7:20. The drive was light and I managed to get to the office before 8. I told Lee Ann and Marti Klump what had transpired the day before and they said that Claire had every right to do it. Lee Ann agreed Claire didn’t show etiquette but… I was annoyed by their ignorance on certain things but I ended up saying to at least Lee Ann that “I can see what you’re saying”. I told several others and they agreed with me. Now I realize they could have just been saying that to shut me up but I don’t think that really is the case. But I still respect Lee Ann as a person as well as Marti.

Since today was a legal holiday or Federal holiday (?) mail volume was very light and allowed me to catch up on getting rid of the redirect mail. I did get interoffice mail and mail from other departments that were considered EOBS so I sent them to their teams. Near the end of the day Shirley asked me to work on the "reference sheet" for the mail so that in case I am out or something.

I didn’t get online much except for break time and or looking up addresses for the readdress mail. I was pleased with myself for that. I will not be able to do it all tomorrow because of the volume.

I was able to fold some collection letters and make some copies for Ann. Shirley left early today so she reminded me to work on that document. I did. I will let Shirley check it out as well.

I talked with Mom briefly today. She was on her way to a meeting. She barely got out of bed this morning. She told me what her plans were for the day. She wanted to go to her cousin’s wake.

I called Liz a couple of times but they were at work. I just wanted to let her know that I would be stopping by after work. When I left the office that’s where I headed. Rich was in the garage (his workshop) I talked with him about Audrey and about the party last night. Caitera was his cat from his childhood and he did feel bad but doesn’t want her to suffer. After a few minutes I went in and talked with Liz and Nelson.

They had just gotten home and were settling in from shopping and having their dinner. We talked about the pictures she sent (and I had seen when I got home) and we talked about the party last night and her dr’s appointment.

I need to call my Doctor tomorrow and tell him I am stopping by for my records and bring them to Liz. I hope I can do that.

It was nearly 5 when I left their house and headed home. When I arrived Mom was lying across her bed. She wasn’t feeling well. I didn’t wake her. Instead I checked emails and saw the pictures eventually and then made my dinner (left over sandwiches). Mom got up around 6 or so and got ready for the wake. I think it was nearly 6:30 when she left.

Sylvia was outside so I after I closed my windows we chatted and I invited her over for some Lemon Fluff. We brought Boppie and I gave him the grand tour. He walked all around and sniffed. I was a little nervous that he would pee somewhere but luckily he didn’t. Sylvia and I had the fluff and she also took some chips and by then it was getting really dark so I walked them home. I put away the fluff and watched TV and got back to saving the pictures and post them to the lists. It didn’t work (at least to my list).

I shared the pictures with some friend and then posted htem to the group. Mom came home around 8. The stuff in the dryer was still going and very slowly. We discovered it was on air fluff.

Mom got into her pajamas and had tea and as I mentioned just went to bed. I answered some emails and now will be going to bed.

D-Day

Well the day has arrived. In 8 hours and 45 minutes there should be 25 people arriving to meet and greet the candidates. Those are just the invited people Rich Smith, and the candidates should pop it up to 30 or 35 people. As usual I will be pissed if anyone who says they were coming and don’t show up.

I have gotten my desk to acceptable level but still need to do the clothes stuff. I have been awake since quarter of seven. Mom got up around 7. She is having coffee and I am getting into the bathtub.

I have to admit I was awake very early this morning and don’t remember going back to sleep. I am not sure how this will affect me.

Bingo went exceedingly well. We had 18 players and some of them got a little annoyed when I had to open the window for a woman who has claustrophobia. She did just fine. I also had an opportunity to meet Nancy the newest member of the Recreation department. She has been there since august on per diem.

After Bingo I went to Mass at St Mary’s on Gulf Street. Man o Man the homily was right on cue today. Especially how I was feeling after Mom was annoying me. After Communion I left and came home. I asked Mom if I should move the cars and she said not just yet. I plan on moving our cars to the very back so that more cars if necessary can move into the driveway.

Well it is quarter of nine and the last of the guests left around 8. It went exceedingly well despite the fact that Claire Doyle once again made an ass of herself and made everyone around her uncomfortable. Everyone made comments about her once she left. Many commented (including the candidates) she didn’t have her facts straight at all. They all felt bad and worried that Mom would be upset for what ever reason. I am here to tell you that goddamned bitch will not be invited back to these things. She only came to personally attack Dick Roy and the rest of the candidates for her personal self centeredness. You don’t come to these things to cause unpleasantness or fights. You can have heated debates and questions but you DON’T attack them! You need to listen to them and she wasn’t willing to. As far as I am concerned that deluded selfish bitch is not welcomed in this house.

Tess and Mike came early and so did Sylvia and then slowly the guests arrived and the candidates arrived around 4:30 or so. By then people were eating and talking. Liz and Nelson came and showed pictures. Bob and Ethel came they were wonderful.

Sylvia even brought Boppie a few times. I sort of snapped at her a few times because she was questioning why I was half wrapping something. I told her “My mother asked me to”.


We had the dishwasher going a few times and Mom is doing the kitchen at her speed. Tessa and I and Sylvia helped as much as we could. Mom has been putting away the good shower curtains and towels away. I have some laundry going because…

Mother Nature decided that she would gift me with a visit from “Scarlet”. I discovered the visit before getting dressed for the afternoon.

Sad note Liz says she will have to put Katara down very soon. She is very sick and has tumors.

Well I am sure the laundry is done downstairs so I better go and get it and then hit the sack. I am tired and tomorrow should be a rather late day.

Today was a busy day

I had a rough night sleeping. My legs were bothering me and so was my back and I woke up with a headache. I did get up around 7:30 and told Mom I was going to stay in bed for a little longer but I got online instead. I got off and now I am about to start picking stuff up.

Well I have managed to get the bathroom downstairs cleaned. I am about to do the bathroom by my room. The only thing that is really left to do is the desk. I can’t leave it this way and I have to think about what I need to do and where to put it all.

Oh great. I just stumbled on and broke the waste paper basket for the bathroom! This is the second goddamned thing I have walked into, moved over and nearly tripped. I am so sick of it.

Well it is after 8 pm. Mom is downstairs I think making the wraps. I left here around 12 and took Jennie to the post office on Pepe’s Farm Road and mailed her package and letters. The one in West Haven Oyster River was closed. Then we went to Costco and did some shopping. I got a pair of winter boots and got things that Mom needed. Jennie got some stuff she wanted. We also took advantage of the sample carts that were through out the store. Then we went to Trader Joes. The one thing I forgot to mention is I drove past Costco. We had been talking about the changes of Route one.

You see there is a new building going up for one furniture store that’s currently half mile from it. The old Hoffman Koos building has been completely demolished. There are a couple of new restaurants opening up on Route one as well as many new furniture stores.

After we finished our shopping at Trader Joe’s we headed to the Stop and Shop near the Armstrong Rubber Company (or what it used to be known as) I think it was after 2 by then. We did some more shopping and then headed to Jennie’s house. I called Mom from there to let her know I was on my way home.

Mom was still doing some baking and cooking. I emptied the groceries and then took stuff upstairs (my laundry). Mom asked me to make some calls so I did. After that she got ready for church. She also warned me to not get stressed out over the millions of ants that were crawling around the counter. They came in with the flowers that were outside. I didn’t until after she left. They were every where. She had killed a whole bunch and so did I. It pissed me off. Why do that now. Especially when you got food around?

I ate my dinner while she was out and I watched TV. The movie “The Perfect Storm” was on too. Saw scenes I missed from it the last 100 times it was on. By then the ends were slowly going away. By the time Mom got home there were only a few.

Mom got into her pajamas and had her dinner (it was Rotolli-eggplant and tomatoes.) While she ate I went to the store again. This time it was for the Red wine and soda and Cider. Well Costco was closed by 7. So I couldn’t get that stuff so I headed back to Trader Joe’s for the cider. There was only a 64 oz and a gallon jug of it. I wasn’t going to get any of it but figured Mom wouldn’t like that so I got the gallon one. There wasn’t more left. I will have to get the soda tomorrow. I am not sure you can get wine on Sunday’s.

When I came home Mom was about to work on some more stuff. I went upstairs to watch This Old House and do some writing. All of a sudden I heard this crash. Mom dropped the beaters to the mix master. I decided to stay with her and help her. She made the cream cheese filling for the wraps. She tells me Sylvia will help with the wraps tomorrow. Once she finished that and was figuring out if the two roasting pans were going to fit in the oven she was going to have tea. I came upstairs to go back online but I think I am going to bed.

I need to finish straightening this desk and I am going to get up bright and early tomorrow morning and do it. Then I have to iron my clothes for the afternoon. Then I am going to church for the 8:30 mass. I will go to the store after bingo.

Democratic headquarters Grand Opening

The Grand opening of the Democratic Headquarters was last night in the Cherry Street shopping Center in the old Mandiee's Store. there were cubicles for the volunteers for phone banking that has been going on for a few weeks now. The place was deocorated for the party and signs that had the candidates names on it were on the windows.

There was a table to buy tickets for the raffles and to buy T-shirts, Sweat-shirts, and fleece jackets with the Democrat Emblem on it. Chips and dips and the soda/beer station was set up and so were some cookies. Pizza was delivered or picked up later. Milford Democratic Chairman Rich Smith welcomed everyone and introThe honored guests were Susan Bysiewich, State Senator Gayle Slosberg, Probate Judge Beverly Streit Kafalas, Paul Davis, Representative Dick Roy. They all made speeches and then by 9 everyone was starting to leave.

It was a good night.

Shortly after I posted this this morning shirley walked in on me. She was not pleased. I had to regain her trust and stayed way from the internet unless I was on break or looking something up.

Managed to get a lot done. Still have a lot of "readdress mail" to do for Monday. Since it is a holiday I can catch up on that and if there are any collection letters I can do that plus maybe straighten out my papers.

Saw Debra this afternoon. We talked about the week being pretty good and not as stressed as I thought it would be. I did talk about Dave and the fact he is not planning on coming to this thing on Sunday. Just the fact that things haven't been very good. I told her its because I don't tolerate the garbage he pulls. We had to deal with the Aetna stuff. THey are still making problems for us for reimbursement. So we had to fill out the Hfca one more time. If they don't reimbursement soon I will write them a letter and to the Insurance Commissioner.

The Drive home was slow. Traffic was backed up for a long time. I didn't get home until 4:30. Mom was about to refix the seats that Sheila did for us. Apparently they were not aligned right. Mom didn't want to hurt her feeling. Why is it that every fucking time people do this to us. It should have been done right...and Mom should have not let them leave until it was repaired. So she spent 2 hours realigning the seat cushions to the frame. I started to clean the bathroom downstairs.

WE had dinner around 6:30 and ever since then I have been vacuuming and cleaning. I am going to wash the floors and finish my laundry and do my room. Then I am going to call Jennie and let her know I can take her to the post office and store. I need to pick up some stuff for this party anyway.

Now that it is all finished I am going to go to bed.

October 5, 2006

It is after 9:30 and I am working on today’s lockbox. The new date stamping machine is great. I just wish the plate was on it. Michael from Gofor came early and I had five charts to deliver. That’s awesome. I hope the list will be short for tomorrow.

I received a few emails between Nancy R and Mandii in regards to the post I made about taking legal action if I found out any one put my name on the “bad” lists. Nancy wrote that I shouldn’t make threats others have attempted and failed. It could have potentially been a flame war but I stuck to my guns. We agreed they are not that great lists but she reassured me I wasn’t on any of the lists that she was on or even listed.

I talked to Mom this morning and she is fine. She is hoping Sheila comes today with the newly refurbished seat cushions and stuff. Mom was telling me that Bruce B wrote a wonderful article in the register today. Mom really likes Bruce. We also talked about going to the Grand Opening tonight. She is not going but I can.

Oh my God. I just found out one of our Doctors passed away in August. I had been getting his mail for the past two weeks and sending it on and it comes back to us.

What a Wednesday

Well it is another Wednesday night and even though there was a tad rough spot (not a big deal really) the day went pretty well. I managed to get a lot done and made a dent in the bulk mail. However, Shirley once again caught me eating at a time other than my normal lunch. The new date stamp guy came and we had to install the new one. (Set the date etc) The only thing that pissed me off was the damn name plate was not attached. How freaking stupid is that? What could possibly be the point of that?

Flyers for the Customer Service Christmas party and gift for Shirley went around today. We need to have suggestions and contributions in sometime soon. Great...I need to figure out what to do about that plus the birthday club dues are required soon.

After work I went to Staples to get a box for Jennie. She contacted me through my MySpace.com last night and asked me to get it for her. Unfortunately I hadn’t read the part where she was going to be at the foot doctor when I would be dropping off the box. Oh silly me. She phoned late and thanked me. I sent her an email.

Oh before I forget, I am missing some of the emails being sent to me. I noticed I had gotten one from Kittie G in the Philippines. It was about CeCe first and then she asked me if we were pen pals already. It hasn’t shown up in my outlook anywhere. I did find in the web mail. I think I may have lost it. I sent her one explaining what happened but gave her some answers.

I dropped out of one of the Garden Pen pal Groups. Nancy is making changes to it. First off she is changing the name of it from Gardens and Friendships and Games to something with Round Robins. They don’t want lurkers. The final sentence annoyed me though. Anyone who is on a bad swappers list will be removed without question. I sent two emails. One saying well I better remove myself because I am going to be lurking for the most part and I am way behind on the letter writing. The second one was informing her and anyone that if I find out my name is any of “the lists”. I would take some legal action. I also posted to the group that I would be leaving and saying that it wouldn’t be fair with me being behind all the time. I did join a list she recommended that doesn’t have “rules” per se.

I posted a mid week reflection to the journaling list today. I couldn’t for the life of me do much reflecting. I talked about work, the volunteering, the political atmosphere, and of course baby Audrey,

Good News Linda Lael Miller’s blog is back up. It went missing for two days. The next blog entry was to her cousin asking her to call her. She doesn’t explain the reason why it went down. Perhaps she will in future entries.

I am really upset. NPR’s Performance today is no longer on at 10 pm. I always enjoyed that show for two hours. Now I don’t even know what it is. L I sent an email to Tom Kusar the Program Manager. IF the email program is cooperating he should get it tomorrow.

Well tomorrow is going to be the grand opening of the Democratic Headquarters and I want to go to it for a bit. I want to at least do some stuff before the weekend starts.

Welcome Audrey Elizabeth~

I got a call while at work this morning from Mom. Audrey Elizabeth Morgan came into this world at 9:05. Mother, Daughter, Father, son all doing well.. :). The rest of the day was very good. I got a lot done.

It was warm and sunny when I left. I got home a little after4:30. Mom was at a meeting so I just hung out read my mail. Dave invited me to a costume party. "Costume a must". Well that's fucking nice. I can't afford to get a costume you sob. I snacked on a bowl of cereal, and watched TV.

I so wanted to stay in bed

Mom went to bed last night around 11. I had a close to midnight snack and watched TV. I went online for a little while but can't remember much of anything. I think I went to sleep well after that. The next thing I hear is NPR's Morning Program. I stayed in bed until 6:30 and then showered and dressed. By then Mom was in the bathroom and I left around 7:15.

The ride wasn't too bad. The side view mirrors still had the morning dew on them which made it a little hard to see but I managed it just fine. I got to the office by quarter of and saw Shirley. She was talking with Rhona. I told them how Mom was working so hard (and venting I guess) and Shirley had the nerve to suggest I was lazy. I thought it was rather out of line but just said I do my stuff. I shared that with Stephanie G. Without mentioning names and I also told Donna G. I started working on stuff. Forgetting I had to still sort Friday's EOB piles. I did go downstairs for Saturday's Mail. I also got breakfast.

I spent the morning working on lockbox, charts, mail, and still working on the mail. This afternoon I should be finishing up today's lockbox and the bad addresses.

Well I had an experience. Around 2 I went and got lunch (pasta salad in pesta sauce) while I was eating Shirley walked in with three people from OB/GYN business office that moved up to the 7th floor. She told me to put the food away. The desk was in such disarray. I also had the Delphi forums up and I tried to stand in front of during the conversation in front of Shirley. The reason for this visit was to establish a place for OB/GYN office to get their mail. Jerri K was there and I was such a nervous wreck. I called her after everyone left and thanked her for being there. Shirley at first wasn't pleased but I told her I was on break and that I forgot to put a sign up. After they left I emptied out my inbox and removed the Delphi site.

It was quarter after 4 when I got to the parking garage and shortly after that I was home. I heard a terrible report from PA. A man took several Amish school children hostage and killed them.

When I got home Mom was in the kitchen. She asked if I would get the other final chair out of the garage. She had it there because there were some spots that needed to be touched up. I got that and helped with putting the glass top on the table. Once it was meaured and centered Mom got dinner ready.

After talking myself into not telling Mom about the school house killing in PA I told her about it. She was ache. She felt bad in other words.

While Mom was on the phone for Board business I checked my phone message t was from Dave. He told me where he has been for the last few days. Working, then spending the last few days with Patrick up at Yankee Candle factory. He also says we can't go to NY this Saturday because he has a trip to do. So we will do it in Nove. I knew we were not going and I also knew he wouldn't be on Sunday. I told Mom that. He can be such an ass. He also made no attempt at paying me back from the Big E.

I called Liz tonight. It was the second time all day. The first time she was sleeping. She was going out shopping with Nelson. Anyway, tomorrow she and Nel will be watching Jason. His Mommy will be going in to be induced for labor.

Well I am going to bed..see you tomorrow.

Another Great day

It is Sunday afternoon. Mom is downstairs washing the floor in the living room (the foyer) and I have laundry going in the machines. I am also trying to get motivated to do ironing considering Mom just asked me if I was.

Today went well. Bingo was good. I had twelve players and they all did well. Sam returned to the games after a week’s absence. I told Natalie how Betty was trying so hard to get info on Sam last week. She said I did fine. WE also talked about the day of the Veteran’s service the Club is planning on doing. I think that this will turn out fine.

The sun is out…it looks pretty with the clouds and all. I think the weather reports said it will stay like this until later on tonight. We are supposed to get some rain during the week.

Linda Bohanon’s Daughter Tammy contacted the penpalfriendsrus group to tell us her mother was on her way to the hospital. I am not sure why but she said something about being put on a ventilator.

Mom called Jim today. He had Emily and Jamie with him they were going on a bike ride. They talked about half hour and everything is okayJ. Mom didn’t really go into much detail but I am still looking for an email from him…

Well I finished my ironing for now. Mom is still working on the floors downstairs and I have offered to do stuff but she didn’t have anything. She says she is a pain in the ass about stuff like the floor.

I am also going through some of the emails. On Sacred Sisters groups they had been talking about work and salaries and how it gets figured out…

Well Mom suggested I get a sub at Subway for dinner so I did. It was a veggie wrap for about $3.28. Mom wasn’t hungry but waiting for the floors to dry. Right now she is getting into the shower. She had been watching TV.

It rained a little while I was at Subway…One of the workers there and I talked about driving. Apparently he got stuck in traffic and a person behind him was playing his “system” loudly and it gave this guy a headache.

I have been following the progress at the East Boston sight for this Old house. I stopped watching it because it seemed like nothing was happening. There was a film crew there a couple of times. The last image was Tom Silva driving up. I was trying to find out the weather during that time but I couldn’t but from the pictures it looked like it was cloudy in May and a few times in April (where nothing was going on really). I know that it was raining that weekend here so I would imagine it was raining up there.

I did manage to find entries regarding the last couple of Coffee and… with the Candidates. Actually I posted a message to this journal and got a reply from Mardi. It was the coolest thing too because I had been thinking about her through out the day. Anyway, this is last years and this is from 2003. I am going to try and see what the others have for me... Well success is what it is. I posted in this one about the weekend. I had not been to the “Coffee and…that year... J

Okay well now that I have told Mom about it I can go to bed. I am not really all that tired. I think it was the iced coffee I had from DD. See you all in the morning.