KateP's musings

  Today is the day where we vote in or reelect people running our local municipalities At least here in Connecticut that’s what’s going here; I can’t begin to think of the other states. I tried to look it up but I don’t have the time to research it.    I got up early and headed to my new Poll location and got to meet some of the candidates from the 5 th district.   I have seen the ones who are on the DTC at the zoom meetings and such but that’s it.   A few of the other Republicans I knew of from Awards night at the High Schools.   Anyway, going in was easy and voting wasn’t bad either.   I thought there would be an issue with my license because it still had my old address on the front and the new one on the back but there wasn’t.   Members of the DTC party will be meeting at    Bridge House in Devon.   It will also have zoom connections as well.   I wasn’t going to go there but made a commitment to attend so I will go after...

I woke up around 4 this morning and I finished writing out this week’s ThankfulThursday post.     Then I had an idea to work on the budget.   As I tried to reclaim my information for Mint.com I had to recreate a new password.   I had forgotten what I used for the Turbo tax.   I thought I had an understanding but I will try again later.   I got up and checked on sky and he was just sitting in the closet.   He came running out and let me pick him up and hold him.   Then we went back to my room and he stayed with me for a while.   He curled up a few times then he sat down and watched me get on the computer.   Then he ran off and then came back.   I got up at 5:30 and we did our routine.   I managed to fall back to sleep on the couch even with coffee.   The kitties were attentive and that fills my heart.   For as long as I have been their mama there are days I feel I am not always a good mama.   When they s...

I got up this morning at 4:30.   Prepared for cleaning lady’s visit and as usual it looks great.   I left here just a little after 7 and got to the office by 7:30.   Started on the health logic and managed to get through a lot.   I was standing for most of the day and everything from my hips down hurt.   I even tried some dancing and exercises while standing there.   AT some point UPS dropped off another box of the health logic.   It was a normal large box for Tuesday.   Maybe they are getting back to the routine.   However I now have three of those boxes to do plus what as in the smaller boxes left.   In English I made a dent but still have more to go.   That’s pretty much what I told Bob when he emailed me late this afternoon.   I actually sent him a picture of what I have.    I told him if UPS doesn’t deliver anymore boxes I should be caught up.   If he isn’t satisfied I am guessing he will ask someone els...

When we last met up I had written that I might have the dreaded Pink eye.  Well Tuesday morning I decided to call in sick and get it checked out.  Turns out I did. I stayed home that Tuesday and the NPA said i could go in the next day.  I spent the rest of the day home watching TV and doing odds and ends and getting bored. Wednesday I went in to work told a few people and then made the mistake mid morning of asking someone to put the drops in my eyes.  An hour later I was asked to go home.  I was stupid to ask but I really didn’t think anything of it. So I went home and did odds and ends. I did manage to cook the eggplant and cranberries (it didn’t turn into cranberry sauce though) I cancelled all my activities for the rest of the week.  I will need to get an okay from the Doctor to be able to return to all activities by Monday.  I will ask for that on Monday.  That’s if it hasn’t spread to my other eye which I thought it might have by yes...

I had hoped to have  missed the snow they were predicting overnight and into today.  Unfortunately it started flurrying when I hit the city. Great. I didn’t bring my boots today.  There are snow showers predicted for Milford this morning and apparently for the city. Lovely we are getting another Nor’easter come Wednesday.   There is one thing that I forgot to mention.  A strip mall had some damage during the storm friday and I just found out that it was the strip mall by my house.  I didn’t even make the connection until a coworker said something to me this morning.  I hadn’t recognized the names or the background pictures. I thought it was in another part of town. Work went well.  The healthlogic came early so I jumped on that as soon as I could.  It was pretty quiet for Monday. Could have been the weather or could have been weekend activities.  I had fried proscuitto, baby arugula, melted provolone, baby arugula & to...

The snow started sometime after 5 this morning.  It was supposed to make commuting tough but I didn’t find it that way when I left at 7:30. I still got here a little after 8 though. I don’t know how much we got but I know it wasn’t half a foot.   The snow stopped by 1 but the temperatures were to drop by the time I left. Many stayed out because of the weather but just as many came in or came in late because of the weather.  I understand those who didn’t want to come in.  The original reports said it would be messy and icy.  Not sure what to expect on the way home or for next Tuesday’s “event”.  As I said I will do the wait and see. We learned our Associate Director lost her MIL and there is a collection going around until the 24 th .  I definitely want to contribute to that.  As I said she didn’t come into work but I don’t think it was because of that (although it may have been). I didn’t receive the daily Health logic work for t...

For two days now have been having a dry tickle in the throat.  This morning I started coughing for no reason.  I feel fine otherwise but for those two things.  I am thinking and I know this sounds gross but I was choking on my own saliva.  At break time I got my flu shot at the flu clinic at Harkness.  The line was very long but moved quickly. I found out that Golden Corral Restaurants is moving into Milford where the old Hometown buffet was up until last February.  I can’t believe we are finally getting one.  We have been getting ads for it on TV for years.  I went to one in Raleigh when I was visiting Mama R and Papa M this past summer. Late last week there was a dead body in a car found burning and today the identity was released to the papers.  The man was a member of the Devon Rotary in town and apparently embezzled money from them.  He went to jail and served a 3-year term for the embezzlement.  This is frightening t...

Well another holiday has come and gone and it was a pretty good one at that.  Well honestly it didn’t start off that way.  Friday night after leaving Mom for the evening I headed to GG’s Restaurant for a large pizza.  I went home not realizing I didn’t have my ID holder that had everything in it.  When I went looking for it the next morning I couldn’t find it.  I tore the house apart.  I decided to give up and get over to Mom before it was got too late.  Happily after my visit I went to the restaurant to look around.  The owner and or manager was in the back getting a suntan and so I asked him if he found it and it turns out that one of his waitresses handed it in. Just as I was arriving home Saturday afternoon LIz called me and invited me to the Norwalk Maritime Center with her and her kids.  It was a lot of fun.  We even got to feed Lorikeets and I even got “blessed” by one.  Poor Audrey got it literally in her eye.  She...

We use Calendars to keep our lives and appointments straight.  I have been using the online calendars that are available as well as my outlook calendar and my work calendar.  For the longest time I wouldn't put my personal appointments (after work hours) on the work calendar now I am beginning to re-think that idea.  My question is What calendars do you use and do you find it useful?  Do you put your personal appointments on your work calendar? I had my colonoscopy consult yesterday  It took just  about 45 minutes of vitals, and reviewing history and what I can expect to happen and why.  Then we scheduled it for mid July.  I talked with Liz and she will be bringing me that day. I got to the office just after 10 and got to work I started to work on the lockbox and then the second run came so I was working on both for the rest of the day.  It was completely done by the time I left for the day.  We had a cake for Nadine who starts he...

April 25, 2014 Dear Friends:     It is the end of a very long day.  I had a half day at work and spent the rest of the day running around running errands and getting some clothes for some life events (weddings, showers, etc).  I also did some grocery shopping and was able to make dinner. The city has suffered a great loss today a young girl was stabbed to death while at Jonathan Law High School  this morning.  She had turned down a prom date from a young boy and he stabbed her.  Its been all over the news and it happened at Jonathan Law High school where many of the girls from the club attend.   It is all over twitter, facebook and i would imagine any other social media there is.  I thought she may have been a member of our club but she wasn’t but I am pretty sure many of the girls in our girls club know her or knew of her.     Well I am heading to bed.  I am tired and the rest of the weekend is lining...

March 22, 2014 Dear Friends: I almost started this entry at 3 this morning.  I couldn't sleep so I ambled around the house (to check if any unexpected packages were around.  Happily the boys had behaved.  I was quite surprised that at one point Preston returned to his chair to sleep for a few hours.   It felt odd that he didn’t stay but I did get some more sleep.  They did wake me up around 7:30 or so and we went for our walk.  Now I did some laundry and had breakfast sent some emails and relaxing. I had some errands to run before the morning was through and then just hang out  here. At least I think that’s what I am going to do.  I sent an email to Mom this morning  but called her when I got back.  She was heading out to the store later in the day. This year Milford is celebrating the 375th Birthday/anniversary  this year and I was curious to know if there was anything going on soon.  Well as you can see t...

November 20, 2013 Dear Friends: Yesterday turned out to be a really long day for me. Work got busy and I volunteered to pick up Mama Joanie’s ID when I pick up the checks.  AC and I made arrangements to pay any fees and buy my lunch. After work I went to the meeting.  Several of us went together. I was really tired and achy but stayed quiet. It was windy.  While we waited we were given snacks.  We had pictures taken and then we had the meeting.  What I got out of the meeting is we are going to have a fight on our hands.   After the meeting Ann, Mary, and I walked back to the garage and went home.  I stopped and got my jackets and then headed home.   When I got home Mom was watching TV and I came upstairs and hung the jackets and did my own thing.  I got online, watched TV, cried, and slept. Oh?  Cried? why?  The aches and the stiffness really were getting to me last night.  It seems like every night I get stiff or ...