Running Behind Schedule?

I had these big plans to be up at dawn get Vlad and Preston all taken care until this afternoon and then head back home to get things done there.   Well I stayed in bed until 6 (I didn’t sleep well) then got the boys taken care of. I almost had anxious moments when Vlad walked out into the outer hallway of the apartment I had to grab him and put him back inside.  He wasn’t pleased but I made sure i made it up to him when I got back from walking Preston.  I did manage to feed the menagerie.

The sun was pretty much risen when I got to the house.  I stopped at DD for some coffee and came here. The kitties were waiting for me on the stairs and came to me when I walked in.

I started working on the cheesecake (setting up the cream cheese ) and then I fed them.  They were very vocal at that point.  I got them fed and then started looking at the ingredients and realized I forgot the lemon.  I ran to the grocery store and got the lemon.

When I got home dove into making the cheesecake.  I think it came out well  and I put saran wrap instead of the actual lid so it wouldn’t get mushed.  It did a little anyway but not as bad.  I will just have to get the cones tomorrow and put them on at Dave’s house.

Now all I have to do is finish the gifts for the kids.  Liz tells me all six of them will be there as well as 12 adults.  She was parting her wisdom of how to act with them (no gushing over the cats).  She is acting like I am a social deviant.  I am not sure I want to slap her or tell her off.  Either way I risk damaging the relationship and I don’t want that.  She suggested I also get a card or two for Mike Jr and Nelson 3.  Its their birthdays. I may not stay long as this cough is freaking annoying me.

I also have some laundry to do as well or at least finish what I started yesterday.  I also am going to do the sheets so that Livia doesn’t have to make the bed this week.  Since I won’t be sleeping in the bed.

Tonight will be with the kitty and the dog and anything good on TV (the LOTR movies will be on).  May get something from a restaurant before heading back to the house.

Well to the laundry....

Another "last couple of days" post

As you all know I love rainy nights that I don’t have go out.  I usually get into my pajamas and curl up in bed and watch TV or get on the computer or both.  I got to do it last night.  Leaving lots of stuff to do for today.

The kitties ran around like maniacs again.  They were sleeping on the bed a few times last night.  I think my cough spasm scared them.  They came back later.  After that I fell asleep.

Today I got up around 6 and got the cats fed and relaxed until it was time for my hair appointment. I made a stop to the new Dunkin Donuts that opened up by Citizen’s Bank in Orange got a sandwich and then headed to the salon.  Chatted with Marianne, then Karen got me set up and we began the process.  By noon I was finished.  I Have a couple of pictures that just seem to not post anywhere i want them too.  After that I came to see Preston and Vlad.  Sat with them for twenty minutes and then tried to set up my laptop.  Can’t seem to access their internet so will be using their computers.  Probably could just do word processing on mine.  It took me some time to access my sites and passwords.

After I left here I headed to Wal*Mart, picked up some stuff for home, went to Stop and shop to get the rest of the ingredients for the cheese cake.  Talked with my sister she likes the hair change but is worried about the face.  The rosacea showed up in the pictures again.  While I was in Stop and Shop we had a snow squall.  No accumulation and didn’t last long either.

I went back to my house dropped the stuff off.  Put a load of laundry.  Will finish in the morning.  Refilled kibble for the night, cleaned out litter boxes.  Spent time with the kitties and then headed back here.  

Took Preston for his walk and fed them both and we have been relaxing in front of the tv.  Preston did very well today..he said next to me when I got here the first time after about an hour.  He was very cuddly and so was Vlad.  Now he is sitting in the livingroom and not sure where Vlad is.  They both tried to eat my chicken dinner.  I haven’t found the spray bottle for Vlad.

I had a lovely phone call from my great Niece Audrey. She got a new phone today as a reward for great grades.  We talked about school, Christmas, New Years, and had the same conversation with Jason.  He sounds so much like his Father Chris.  

The rest of the night I spent watching TV Saw Twilight Breaking dawn..it was getting intense near the end..didn’t see all of it yet.  

I am getting tired now.  I really have a lot to do before going to Liz’s tomorrow.  

Thankful Thursday 2016

1.         I am thankful for my family warts and all.

2.            I am thankful for my kitties

3.            I am thankful for my job

4.            I am thankful for the Medical profession that keeps me on the road to good health

5.            I am thankful for my neighbors

6.            I am thankful for my home

7.            I am thankful for my friends

8.            I am thankful for the organizations I belong to.

9             I am thankful for the weather.

10.         I am thankful for the men and women who choose to protect and serve their country and their citizens even at the worst possible times.  

Well here is my last Thankful Thursday for 2016.  I can’t believe (actually I can).  Everyone i know has been saying what a God Awful year it has been.  Evidence of so many celebrity deaths such as Carrie Fisher and now Her Mom died yesterday.  

I am very thankful of my siblings despite some hurtful stuff that my sister seems to say.  She ended up getting bronchitis this week and she in her way says I could have stayed home (or should have stayed home) from the family festivities.  I should have been more grown up about things.  I clearly got the feeling she was put out that our sister in law sent more gifts to me over her.  She reminded me that I can do things even though people have said I couldn’t.  This point i am not sure if I should say STFU or stay out of my business.  I don’t know if her husband is encouraging this or not but right now they are both on my shit list.  I may have to ignore her stuff until something comes up again.

I am looking forward to going back to work next week.  There will new be new policies in place.  I have to find my ID again.  I am however not looking forward to a few people.  JK is one of them she was just so rude to LC today because LC likes to get alerts on celebrities.  Its none of JK’s business and sometime I would love to tell her off.  The other reason I am looking forward to going back is all the big plans of being active didn’t actually culminate.  I mean I went shopping spent time with family, did some appointments but most of the time I was online or watching TV or sleeping.  

I will also be taking care of some friends pets while they are on vacation. It will be interesting.  A part of me knows they would prefer I stick close to their pets and not do anything except that or my work.  But I have appointments and commitments to fulfill as well.

The Nor'easter that was predicted may be wind blown to be fair.  Actually I have no idea what my friends in the Northern part of the state got but right here we got rain.  It was hard at times and others not so much.  When I heard from my brother this morning he got lots of snow.  Heavy and cold.

I can’t help feel I am babbling right now and the cough medicine isn’t kicking it just yet so I am going to go take a nap.

The Last Mid Week Reflection of 2016

Looking at the title of this entry it's awfully long but at 12:30 in the morning I couldn’t think of anything better.  I don’t know how long i will remain awake as I took the meds that should put me into a deep sleep to get rid of this sinus infection.  

I spent the last two days writing about the Christmas Holiday.  Some things I didn’t mention because they didn’t seem as important and I didn’t want to forget anything that meant more to me.

Some of the things i didn’t mention was the kitties.  I finally resolved the issue of kitties getting into the attic.  I put a straight back chair from the dining room set under the doorknob and he can’t open it.  I had to rearrange the furniture and it seems to be working just fine.  I was quite pleased with myself and hopefully he won’t be finding ways to get around it.  I was pleased they both listened to me when I would shoo them away ( from the door) or called them from the door.  They have been sleeping on the bed most of the last two days.

I had so much planned to do each day and really haven’t done much of it.  I did a lot of sleeping because I didn’t sleep well during the previous nights.  I don’t expect to be sleeping anytime soon either.  I did get the bathroom cleaned up a bit more and need to do it again later today.

I heard from My sister via text yesterday and she did end up getting a cold.  A part of me is feeling guilty because I made her hug me earlier in the week but quite honestly most of the Christmas eve dinner guests and hosts were all at some level of ailments.  We had planned on going to the movies yesterday but now probably will have to do it later on in the week.

I also heard from my brother who tells us that he had a health scare before Christmas.  He had gone to the ER with chest pains.  He said they did a full range of tests to discover that the heart was fine and figured he over exerted himself and caused the chest muscle to be pulled.  The next thing he tells us that they are concerned with the elevated BP gave him more BP meds and also diagnosed “a deteriorating Kidney function” due mostly likely to BP meds.  He will have a follow up next week sometime.  This is also a concern since it’s what Dad had before dying.  This is scaring me to no end.  I think he could have mentioned it when we spoke on Christmas Day but I think he didn’t want to spoil our day.  I am not sure it would do any good to let him know I have the issue as well (the BP issue).  I have a feeling it would only make him more worried about me than he already is.

I got a census bureau request so I have to take that sometime soon.  I can do it online apparently.  Not sure when the deadline is.  

Today I have two appointments the pulmonologist and my dentist.  I have them scheduled pretty close together as I don’t expect the first one to be too long its just the waiting part that will throw it off.  I can’t miss the dentist it's the final one of 2016 and i have already rescheduled it twice before this.

The weather has been very interesting.  We have had rain and fog in the mornings and sun in the afternoon.  It went up to 60 degrees yesterday it was beautiful.  We are supposed to get a touch of a Nor'easter tomorrow.  Which means nothing to me really.  Some snow showers and rain.  Temps are going to be in the 40’s.

Christmas 2016

Christmas eve Day was getting last minute things done and preparation for the Christmas Eve dinner at my Nephew and Niece’s house in Fairfield.

Unfortunately as I started getting ready for the day  i found out I had no hot water.  I had so much to do but couldn’t do it until the guy came about an hour later.  Luckily he was done by the time I had to meet with my friend Nancy.

I originally was supposed to go to Nancy’s house to pick up the new house keys and get instructions on the menagerie I would be taking care of at the end of the week but because of the water emergency we made arrangements to meet here..  The house was still a mess and I am not sure she was comfortable about that.  Either that I was not comfortable with it.  Anyway she had a two page instructions for each of the Animals.  There are some slightly new things for Preston such as breaking the dog treats in smaller portions because his teeth aren’t as good as they used to be.  Anyway I also got verbal instructions from Olivia as well about the mice, and fish.  Nancy would prefer if the Beta fish would just up and die.  I think they were there for about 30 minutes or so.   They also forgot the keys at home.  The whole point of coming was to bring me the keys.  So needless to say the keys will be waiting for me.

After they left I got ready to meet up with Liz and Nelson and Rich. It was so nice to have a hot shower.  I actually nearly burned myself to make sure it was hot enough.  Not smart.  It just felt and I figured the steam would help the infection more.  

When I left the sun was starting to come out.  I found the traffic to be very light and I even had time to stop and pick up the rest of the meds to help clear it up.  A short time later I was at my sister's and then we took off.  I even took some of the meds before we got there.   On the way there Liz offered some advice and invitations that if we got too tired or had enough that we would be allowed to leave early.  

When we arrived the sun was still shining and Adam met us outside and invited us to go through the garage.  Everyone was pretty much in the kitchen we walked by where we would be eating.  It was beautifully decorated and set up.  We all greeted each other with hugs and kisses (guaranteed to prolong what ever anyone may have had).  Over the next few hours we had enjoyed a Traditional Polish Christmas eve Dinner with the sharing of a type of bread that can only be described as manna for communion masses.  It was mostly a fish and cold food (there was beef stew (I really can’t think of the word they used to name it).  I enjoyed it immensely.  After watching most of us open gifts it was time for us to go home.  Adam and his family gave me a mug in the shape of a cat face and a small candle from Yankee Candle.

We got home at a fairly decent hour.  I was glad to get home early because I was tired and the meds were kicking in (I found myself having coughing fits and I found it better to excuse myself from the general populace and take care of it).  When I did get home I found the kitties ambling around again.  I got them their kibble and set them up for the night.  I opened my gifts from my Sister in law from PA.  She sent me a lovely sweater, a pair of wooly socks, and money.

Once I got that opened I did a little straightening up and went to bed.

Christmas Day.  i had some of the Coffee cake that my neighbors left me along with a few other things.   Around 11 I headed over to my Sister and BIL’s house and spent the entire day there.  We had Christmas Brunch of eggs, bacon, sausage, and some type of Cinnamon bread dish.  We opened presents afterwards.  Liz and Nelson gave me a cat journal, cat ice tray, calendar, two mugs.  Christian and Jennifer gave me a picture of Liz and me with Chris’s kids.  I am putting that on my desk at work.

After that I spent most of the afternoon on the laptop.  We made several attempts to face time with Jim that time and we were finally successful mid afternoon.  He looked good.  Kitten kept getting in on the conversation.    Everyone else was either napping, watching games or reading.

Dinner time rolled around and we had soup and sandwiches.  It was delicious.   Roast beef was tender and delicious.

Once Dinner was cleared up we got ready to leave.  I was home a short time later and in bed even sooner.

All in all a great holiday.

I went to the Dr. 's yesterday

I have a Sinus infection with bronchial spasms.  So I been put on AMoxicillin with something.  Flonase, Robitussin, and a inhaler.  I have to pick up the inhaler this morning.   Did I call it or what?  I got home about 6.  

When I got home I discovered I didn’t have an oil.  No heat!  So I made a few calls   I got a call back around 9 and said he would be there in 30 minutes...he wasn’t.  He came around 10 or 11 he put some oil in it and will come tomorrow to put more in.  I thought for sure I told him to put me on automatic delivery.  He says I was supposed to call him.  Anyway he fixed it and I am now on automatic.  I did get an oil bill this morning for the rest of delivery and I really surprised at the amount.  Of course I got it ready for payment.

I haven’t done much today.  I have a few things that need to be done like the trip to Hamden to drop the fmla papers off, getting cat food, and financial wizardry.

The kitties are upstairs no  surprise there.  Sky came down a couple of times I went up once or twice to check on them.  There was a great photo op I missed.  They were scrunched together looking at me from behind a box.

I would rather be sleeping now.  

This Week is about december 21, 2016

This last week was about final preparations and celebrating the Christmas holiday.  I went to a few parties and missed a few parties and did some shopping.   It was about being with family for birthdays and just catching up.  It was also about making others feel the holiday spirit with the Woman’s Club annual gift delivery.  Despite some minor bumps it went pretty well.

This week is also about getting doctor appointments in.  I had my cardiology appointment a couple of days ago and other than BP a concern everything normal.  I have a dentist appointment tomorrow and I see my GP tomorrow for this what I suspect is a sinus infection..  For some reason JK seems to think I could be allergic to the cats (not that I asked her for her opinion today) and that I need to find out by tests

I went and did some more shopping for the kids and I think I am done.  I need to find more little personalized  ornaments for the kids.  Other than that need to my sister’s gift.  I still have to mail out Jim’s and the kids gifts but I seem to lose all umpf  by 6.  I am tired and coughing and want to go to sleep.  I don’t think I will be able to do that.

The cats got upstairs again today.  I swear they should have been named Hercules and Xena.  I finally decided that I would put the old typewriter table in front of the door along with the chest.  Sky still tried to move it.  I stood at the door and firmly said no and shooed him to my room where Tiger was..  He is sleeping at the foot of my bed but I will keep an eye on him during the night.  Tiger just took off for parts unknown.  She was very cuddly today.  Kept rubbing back and forth on my legs, sitting with me on the sofa., sitting with me on the bed for a while.  Seriously though I have a “get a hook and lock on the door when it comes time for Mike to take a look at things.

Tomorrow is the last day of work for the next ten days.  My hope is to get things done during my recess before getting to the House sitting during New Year's Weekend. And the following week.  Where I will be splitting my time between the two houses.

Right now though I think I will try and get some sleep...

I knew it

I knew I was going to get sick for recess.  I have  been coughing and sneezing a lot lately and now I feel blah (aka crappy and anything else that matches).  I promised Liz via text I was going to call the dr. at some point and schedule an appointment.  I took some Claritin this morning and had honey and lemon with Earl Grey Tea last night and took some more Robitussin now.  I am not doing much of anything else.

I also knew when I heard something being pushed that I would find both SKy and tiger in the attic-again.  That’s where they were when I left Monday  morning and where they were when i got home from the Dr. later that night.  I tried to bribe them but they just stayed in their spot by the deteriorating insulation.  They came down when I came from Dinner at Liz’s house tonight and both are sitting on the bed with me. Sky resigned himself to the foot of the bed after he discovered there was more than a bench in front of the door.  Tiger is sitting at my side and looks to get a scratch now and then.  I am going to see if my Nephew Mike will put some sliding lock on it.

Yesterday was a pretty good day.  I managed to go through some old papers and get rid of them and I did some chores that have been bothering me.  The rest can be done tomorrow when Livia comes to clean the house.  She contacted me yesterday and said she wanted tomorrow off.  What was I going to say? So she will be here sometime tomorrow morning.

I got to see Neighbor Sylvia for the first time since her pup pup died.  She is having a hard time for the holidays but  she also wrenched her back out recently.  She is also continuing to make pack for the day she sells the house.  

Bingo went well for the most part.  We had 18 residents and two started fighting when one of them plopped themselves in a spot for someone else.  A war of words erupted and I had to speak to at least one of them one they called the other an asshole.  I told Bob about it when we finished. There were two girls that came from the high school both Seniors and they did pretty well.  They helped with the patient transport with Bob and then I chatted with them before the left.  I let them know I wasn’t going to be doing bingo on Christmas Day or New Years Day.

AFter bingo I headed to the mall to do some christmas shopping.  I didn’t have much time as i was having dinner with Liz and her family to Celebrate Rs birthday.  I headed to TArget and spent about 45 minutes shopping for very little but spending nearly $260 dollars on Gift cards and some children's stuff.  Made note to myself to try Toys are us sometime this week.

I don’t remember what time exactly I got home but on the way home I had a phone conversation with my friend Nancy about taking care of Preston and Vlad and I told her I could be at the house by Noon the day her husband is leaving and she liked that one as well.  

It is sad I don’t remember what I did before getting ready for bed.  I know that the second movie in the Narnia Trio was playing and I watched part of it as the kitties cuddled on the bed.

On Monday WE presented our supervisor with his Christmas gift .  He thanked everyone and told us that we did very good work this year clearing a huge Credit Balance project.  He left early for the day and I also left a few minutes after.

The Cardiologist isn’t going to sign my fmla papers so I have to send them to the Lupus doctor.    I will have to drop them off on Friday some time.  IF that’s the case I can do more shopping if needed.  Anyway Cardiologist wants me to get some form of exercise.  Swimming, cardio elliptical.  He doesn’t want to have to put me on high blood pressure meds and that will be the case if I don’t lose the weight. I will see him in June.

Monday night my cousin Bill came into town and stopped at Liz’s for the halfway point and so we had dinner together.  Bill’s brother came over for a visit as well so we had a couple of hours of family joking, talking and education.  You may be wondering why Bill didn’t go to his Brother’s and I don’t have an answer for that one either.

I still have much to do for Christmas and that’s what I will be doing tonight I think.

Sun Came Out

The sun came out for a short time yesterday afternoon on my way home from the gift delivery.  It went back in about ten minutes later.  When I got  home I had been checking some stuff.  

The gift delivery was fine for the most part until we were told socks, toothpaste and combs were not on the okay list. I was so annoyed because it seemed like Telka either ignored the list  because these things ended up in as gifts but we did a bit of retconning.  I have a feeling I was going to get a call on Monday from Natalie.  I am really glad i kept the letter she sent us.  The two of the things she said were on the list were not.  

The rest of the afternoon i was watching TV and did a little laundry.  I have more and will be doing it later.  I had a cheeseburger for lunch and a simplyHealth Smart for dinner.

The kitties both finally came downstairs at two different times and have stayed down and so I have put the chest back firmly.  I had gotten some advice from the cat lovers group that I belong too.   I just let them come down on their own.  Tiger spent the night downstairs and Sky at the foot of my bed.  Sky has been meowing crazily to get back upstairs and now he is quiet.  I think.  I spent some time with him in the spare room and he almost knock over the lamp with the shells in it.  My heart was in my throat.

I had a lovely chat with Mama Joanie yesterday.  She doesn’t get out much except for Dr. appointments.  She does get visits from her grandson and friends of her daughters that come and take care of things for her.  We talked about work, and the contract and recess.  

I did order the Baklava for Mama Roberta and Papa Mike  last night I got it from Harry and Dave’s and I think it was a good price it was almost $30 for the actual product plus shipping and taxes.  It came to about $40.00.

The snow is almost melted away on the sidewalks.  I just hope it doesn’t freeze. I am pretty sure one of my wonderful neighbors cleared the sidewalks for me.  It was done when I got home yesterday.  It looks like we will be getting rain for most of next week.  That’s okay we need it.

Well I need to get some cards written out and emails sent and then head out for a bit.  

Been a few days

Good snowy morning.  The snow came some time after 1 am and it has been going ever since.  Some people say 5 inches and I would have to concur without getting dressed and going outside with the yardstick.  I even took a picture of it and it looks the exact same as last year.

This week has been so busy I was not able to finish my midweek reflection or my thankful Thursday posts.  Or Do much of anything.

Work was good but busy.  I had been doing mostly refund checks and finally catching up with the mail as my refund persons were both out on Friday.  I had two short days because of dr. appointments so everything seemed to pile up into one day.  We had our holiday in-house party.  It was buffet style and very good.  This year’s gift was  a new insulated lunch bag with the new brand name on it.  We had gotten one a few years back with the old name on it.  This one is much nicer.  Some (mine included) are slightly hard to open at first and to close.  Not sure what that’s about maybe because they were folded up so much.  Supervisor gave all of us a bag of popcorn.  YUM.  I got some lovely cards from co-workers.

I had my eye exam on Wednesday and it took the entire two hours and I was glad I didn’t have to go back to work.  He says I am doing well and the meds are not affecting my eyes in anyway.  I will see him again in June (First day of Summer) for another full on test.

On Thursday I had my infusion and that went pretty well.  The veins didn’t cooperate at first but the third time was a charm.  I chatted with another patient for a bit and then I fell asleep for awhile.  I did have a headache and was glad to go home and sleep afterwards.  My infusions will be back in Milford starting in January.  Back to Wednesdays.  It will be a nice break during the week.  I didn’t do much that night either.

The kitties are okay but being fresh today.  They got up into the attic today and only once did one of them come down.  I have resigned myself to letting them come down on their own and then close up the door like I usually do.  I must not have had it closed right last week that’s why they got up there.  I even opened my old bedroom (I had to to try and use that computer).  Neither of them came down for that.

This afternoon is the Gift Delivery at the nursing home.  I have to be there by quarter of 2 and it should take about an hour and half.  After that I am going to do some shopping.  I still have to finish the kids gift bags.  I still have to get Jim and his kids something and I need to get Liz and Nelson something along with the boys.

I am just so frustrated that the laptop decide to do another update.  It monopolized the entire weekend last week and it did one during the week.  I was spared that until I got home.  I am not sure how long this one is going to last but I have things to do.  I probably could do it on Mom’s old computer.

NOt a lot

The snow for the most part around here didn’t last long.  But it did cause lots of traffic headaches with accidents in different parts of the state.  Luckily I got to work barely on time.  

Work was fine.  Spent the morning working on refunds and the afternoon on the mail.  Will have lots to do for refunds tomorrow.  We have a staff meeting Wednesday morning.  Our holiday party/luncheon on Friday.  There is now ten days until recess begins.

Tonight was the Woman’s Club holiday party.  Everyone brought something luckily it wasn’t all desserts as Dr. t alluded to  the fact that almost everyone was bringing desserts.  We had one of our former Girls club President Nicole F as guest speaker.  She talked about college and being a Veterinarian school person.  She is leaving new Year's eve for Saint Kits to do schooling down there for a few years. Telk loved her UCONN throw and I got a lovely candle.

When I got home I managed to clean the kitchen, do some more laundry and sweep up the bathroom (it's really a half assed job but I need to get to bed. )

It's snowing

It came sometime after sundown. My sister called me to see what I wanted earlier today but she was sleeping. She was noticing she was doing a lot of sleeping and I told her there is nothing wrong with that.

I tried to take a picture of the snow from the back room but it came out dark (no flakes showing in the outside light). I checked a time or two and it seemed to subside then I checked in my familiar place. It is the street lamp on New Haven avenue at the end of our street. You can always tell if its raining or snowing in the light.

Today was a normal Sunday. I relaxed and waited for the laptop to finish its update (it hasn't of this writing). I watched TV for sometime and then around 11 I decided I would do the shopping as I kept hearing the news about the "snow event". The sky was turning a light sunny gray and getting cold to boot.

My first stop to get gas but the second was to Wal*Mart. Yes Wal*Mart. I got most of my groceries and cleaning supplies there. I have kept joking to everyone who knows me that if you hear thunder that's Mom expressing her displeasure at my decision to go there. Anyone who knows me and her knows she wasn't a fan of Wal*Mart and their labor practices. I did have to go to Stop and shop for fruit, meat, and salads. but I think I would have spent the exact amount I did at Wal*Mart at Shop Rite or Stop and shop well maybe not today...it would have been more.

After shopping I came home emptied out the car and made lunch and watched TV until it was time for me to go to Nursing home for bingo.

Bingo went well we had just about 18 residents and most if not all one. Actually the same few people won today. They did have to be reminded that they needed to not keep talking. I was glad Bob was there. We did get to catch up with each other. Our holiday plans, work, etc.

It was nearly 3:30 or so when I got home. I was really tired and I still had to do the cheese cake. I decided to put PBS on (most are still doing their end of year fundraising and CPTV has been airing the Downton Abbey marathon that is just finishing up with the last ep). I took a brief nap.

At some point I started getting up and getting things ready for the cheesecake. It looks good and a little mushed. It looked very well mixed this time. i think I should have just wrapped the top up with Aluminum foil. The lid that went with it still didn't close it over it fully. All that needs to be done is to clean up the kitchen. I still have to finish emptying the dishwasher and putting the dishes in the dishwasher.

The kitties have been sleeping mostly. A few times Sky made it known he wanted to go into the cellar on more than one occasion. I did let him down when I had to put the equipment I was using away. I think Tiger spent most of the afternoon until about an hour ago in my old bedroom. I had gone in there to do some things with the computer. I think they are waiting for me to fill up their kibble.

Oh they will have a new water bowl very soon. Yesterday i received a brand new Water fountain for the kitties from their Uncle Jim. It is completely metallic and I am interested in seeing what their reaction is.

I still have to wrap the Yankee swap gift for tomorrow's meeting. It is a UCONN throw that I am hoping T will like. I also got three little tree ornaments for three of my great neices and nephews. each has the name of the ones I got. I still have more to do.

I almost forgot that I had laundry to do for work. I may need to get more coffee so I can do the wrapping and cleaning the kitchen.

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  drained

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  United States, connecticut, Milford

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Uh Boy

My goodness.  It is just seven am and I haven’t been up long.  I got to stay in bed until 6:20 and then got up and did the regular routine.  The litter box and feeding the kitties.  I have been feeding the cats some new to them cat food (but with gravy type).  Tiger doesn’t seem to like the Beef and gravy one as much so i gave her the Turkey or chicken one. It looks like she liked it.

I am trying to decide the things I need at Wal*mart as opposed to the grocery stores.  I can’t believe I am doing that but I am trying to compare prices between the two from online and I am not sure I am doing it right (I am not finding what I want or need).

I have decided I will go to the stores after the sing-a-longs.  This morning however, I am going to do the e-cards and watch the star wars marathon and a little of the NCIS marathon later this afternoon.

I had to pay for the renewal of Homeagain subscription for Tiger.  Trying to get a new password is a pain in the ass.  I decided to have them give it to me every time I go there.  I can’t think of decent password.  I was getting so frustrated I was yelling at the computer.  Sky ran upstairs and under the covers of the spare room.  I went up and checked.

I had to arrange a reminder and time for one of the girls to practice at the Nursing home and I swear it was like pulling teeth.   Marie kept saying she had no control over it that she only knew about the 2 pm and that kitchen needs to clean up the dining room.  They should come around 1:20.   To be honest I agree Telka should have let me know beforehand that this needed to happen.  Telka found all of this to be silly (I see her point too).  In the end they have to see Marie.  I am getting a little fed up with the Nursing home to be honest.  They seem to make things difficult to do anything

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Feeling Accomplished

Despite having the disappointing results from the bake sale yesterday I feel I have accomplished a good deal of work.  The mail was done early.  Still working on the refund checks to be mailed out.  I even cleaned out old emails and old memos (Guardian Angel even encouraged me to to do it).  So I can start fresh very soon.  

I am trying to figure out how to be better organized regarding emails, and alerts  regarding office policies and work procedures that apply to me and all the rest keep a log of it for reference.  I am not sure what else I should keep but I guess that will come in time.

After work I went to my insurance agent to pay for my car insurance.  I think they were waiting for me and that is just really great.  Not only are they my agents  but they are neighbors too.  Actually T grew up on this street before I got here.  He moved to another part of the city after college but came back often for visits with his late parents,  We said goodbye and I took off for LIz’s.

After calling her for the 4th Time (they had been sleeping) I finally got a hold of her and wanted to stop by and chat with her.  She had to go out with her friend Andrea by 5:30 so while she was on the phone I was foraging (her words not mine) and we chatted.  I told her I saw her friend the Taxi driver.  We talked about the cheesecake.  She feels i should put a little more effort into the cake or maybe make something else.  We also talked about Christmas

Tentative plans for Christmas are to have a small and quiet dinner on Christmas Day.  I think she said Adam is having Christmas eve and said they would bring stuff over for the next day.  I thought that meant I would have to order from Dominos.  We then talked about gifts.  All the older kids (Rivera/Morgan) levels not to get anything.  Not really sure what she wants me to do with the younger ones.  I will have to approach her later for that.  I left shortly after her Friend Andrea came.

When I got home I just got on here since then been bopping between doing things here and there.  The kitchen is getting straightened up and the dishwasher is starting to get filled up.  The kitties eventually came down and now are separated.  I am feeling like I should stay up and get things done.  Catch up on letters, get the laundry done.  Get the e-cards done and then probably go to bed late.  I have already had a cup of coffee.

MY original plans for dinner was to have spaghetti but decided to have soup instead.  I still have to update the Calorie counter for the last few days.  I may have to schedule stuff for the week.  

I called Roberta today and we caught up for a short time.  She was going to the movies today and she said the house here maybe sold soon.  ONly time will tell.

I heard from Dave tonight.  He went to see Wicked tonight and went to the same restaurant we did..  He had a better service at the same restaurant.  He said his waiter was nice.  That’s nice

For the last couple of nights I have been getting phone calls from places like Hackensack NJ, but no messages.  I really wish it would stop but I don’t think it will happen anytime soon.  If I don’t recognize the number then I don’t pick up.

I was sad to discover that the Soap world lost another one of its own yesterday.  Joseph Mascolo known to many Days of Our Lives fans and viewers as Stefano Dimira died yesterday at the age of 87 to Alzheimer's related illness.  The last time he was on the show was earlier this year for the death of his character.  Now I wasn’t always a regular viewer of the show.  Over the years I would flip back and forth between its competitors.  Eventually I lost interest in all soaps. So I wasn’t keeping up (or so I thought).  Every now and then I would catch up with their episodes through various outlets most popular was Soapnet.

I also had an opportunity to listen the Fresh Air Program on NPR (from the North Country of NY) and they did a feature on the Late Grant Tinker who died last month.  They had two interviews one with Mr. Tinker and then with Mary Tyler Moore.  What I was surprised at was how much they sounded in sync  with each other about the times they worked together and how they met.

Uh Oh.  I had these grand plans to stay up and work on more of the e-cards and do letters and plan for the weekend.  Now I just want to hit the sack.  I think the kitties would like that very much.  

With my new “goal to be better organized and active I may try and get up in the morning and do things before I get to the sing-a-long.

Disappointed

Well the cheesecake was delivered and I waited anxiously for the bake sale to start.  I took it out of the freezer before I left around 7 and put it in the cooler carrier that I left in the car for the last 11 plus days.  It did the trick for what I needed.  I eventually got it to the drop off point and just as I was taking it out of the cooler the entire cake (crust and all) nearly fell on the floor.  Luckily it fell back into place with little effort.  HR Barbara did contact me to get the name of the cake.  However, By the end of the day I know it wasn’t bought.  :sad:  One of my co-workers says it was priced too high for the bake sale.

I spent the day working on the mail from yesterday and today and just barely touched the refunds. I know what I am going to be doing tomorrow.  At least I left knowing I managed to do a lot of stuff.

My session with Debra went by quickly.  We talked about the events of the last week and we discussed work, health,  and the holidays.  We will have a phone session next week since i have an infusion that day and I don’t think I will be up to going to the session.

I am in the mood to do very much so I think I will go to bed.

Thankful Thursday

1.         I am thankful for my family warts and all.

2.            I am thankful for my kitties

3.            I am thankful for my job

4.            I am thankful for the Medical profession that keeps me on the road to good health

5.            I am thankful for my neighbors

6.            I am thankful for my home

7.            I am thankful for my friends

8.            I am thankful for the organizations I belong to.

9             I am thankful for the weather.

10.         I am thankful for the men and women who choose to protect and serve their country and their citizens even at the worst possible times.  

I really had a great time with Liz last Sunday while we went out to dinner and the theater with her friends and of course daughter and daughter in law.  It made for a long night but I enjoyed it.  

I had an opportunity to hear from cousins i hadn’t really talked with in awhile.  I had sent out the e-cards for the Christmas.  I wasn’t sure they would appreciate the type of cards.  My hope is to one day visit them all.

The kitties have been very cuddly at night and they have snuggled most nights.  As I am writing this they have been running up and down as though they are chasing something.  I am afraid to look sometimes.  I do need to pick up more canned food and litter this week as they are both running out.  

The house is in great shape again.  I am going to try really hard to keep it up.  I know I say that but it feels like i am accomplishing something if I keep it neater or cleaner.  Even with the kitties.

I have to say I am glad there hasn’t been any really bad snow storms but I am looking forward to them this year.  Most of what we had in my purview has been disappointments.  

Work seems to be getting back to some normality after the holiday volume wise.  As i mentioned yesterday got a large batch of refund checks that need to get out.  I hope to get them done before the weekend gets here friday.  

Negotiations continue things are moving but not exactly where we would like them (at least in the med school) the sticking points is still the healthcare, and one other item.

On more than one occasion I have heard the move referenced.  I have a feeling Admin wants a lot of things cleaned up AR wise by the time we have to move in one year.  That may not make any sense to some but I get that feeling.

Things are quiet on the DTC front for now.  There is a holiday party at Stonebridge next Tuesday the same night I have the Ladies Guild so I won’t be going to that one.  I am pretty sure the next big events will be preparing for the State elections (Governor) and I am hoping we pick a good candidate.  Then as the new year progresses we will prepare for our Awards Banquet and the Scholarship.

I just received the Woman’s Club newsletter from Dr. T yesterday.  It has all the activities that we will be doing up to and including the beginning of  June 2017.  We have our Sing-A-Long this weekend and then our holiday party on Monday.  I will be bringing the cheesecake.  Next week will be the gift Delivery.

This coming Tuesday is the final Ladies guild meeting for 2016,  It is a holiday party and it will be Pot luck.  I don’t know if we are doing gifts or not as it wasn’t told to me.  We will not be having meeting in January or February as they take it off for cold weather.  Our first meeting of 2017 will be in March.