KateP's musings

  Last week the New England Chapter of the Linden Hall Alumnae had an informative chat with the Dean of Academics at Linden Hall School.  He shared about the classes the students are currently taking that include lots of college classes and others that interest them that are currently not being offered and they and they have made arrangements to get it done.   I found that interesting but something that concerned me was Katherine’s comment that we are still not getting enough people to join the New England chapter.  She is afraid we may not be continuing and that would be terrible.   This kickstarted me to contact Denise B from class of 1982 and see if she would be interested in helping the chapter.  I am not sure if she is though and maybe it will kickstart me into maybe contacting others in the state. A few days later we received  a thank you  from the school for sponsoring Mt Gretna day.  I was unable to Contribute but there appa...

I am not really looking forward to going to the Hematologist this afternoon.   I have a couple of reasons.   One is I have get INR level checked I am sure.   The other is the weather is going to be crappy.   I am sure that the dosage for warfarin is going up and I will be a pin cushion.   The bruise from the last time I had blood taken hasn’t gone away from my left arm.   The weather really isn’t going to get crappy until later tonight with thunderstorms and possible hail of course that’s okay as I am not going anywhere tonight and of course if there isn’t anything on TV I will go to bed early. My grocery list is getting a little longer now.   I am trying to decide if I should go this afternoon after my appointment or should I wait a couple of days.   I still have enough beef and fish, and pork for the meals and I barely make salads but I have to start using the lettuce part.   Actually the small grape tomatoes are starting to look li...

It was really chilly (50’s) this morning that I had to put on a coat.  It was my combo leather/sweater jacket that really isn’t the type to keep you warm.  I don’t want to get those out yet but I am sure it will be time soon. I also don’t want to turn on the heat either.   It was great cuddling with the kitties last night.  Tiger was the first to go up with me and around 1 Sky nudged into his spot until maybe 4 this morning.  They were running around crazy a few times last night before then. I wasn’t sure if they had gotten into the chocolate chips that had dropped on the floor. I couldn’t believe how much I enjoyed being at bingo yesterday and how much I missed being there!  Even after all my bitching the last few weeks about not being told the schedule had been changed for Grandparents day.  WE had 17 residents playing this week. That’s the most in a long while. So despite all my blathering I don’t think I will be stopping volunteering for...

It is never a good idea to butt dial your family.   They end up calling you five minutes later.   It was about 5:15 or so and I was waking up myself and decided to check emails and get rid of stuff because “space” was limited.   In doing so I accidently dialed my sister.   She called back twice. (Cell phone wonky).   I can probably expect a halfhearted tongue lashing when I see her next.   I explained everything was fine.   She went back to bed and I went and fed the cats. I fed them made some coffee and then came back to bed and surfed the net and did some crosswords.   I took a nap.   Tiger has been sitting at my feet for a while now.   I have about an hour or two before going to the bank and getting my haircut.   I will then go to Kohl’s and get the sweat clothes and then go to the gym for a while. Hey guess what?   I got a large envelope from Linden Hall School Alumnae office.   It looks like they are reactiv...

Last night I heard the answering machine beeping.  I checked it and it was some law firm talking about a “law suit”.  The number they gave me I looked up and it was one of those IRS scam numbers.  I called the number on the ID and knew it was a scam and they wanted my name.  I told them I would contact the law if they call me again.  This is about the third or 4 th time I have gotten these calls. So my question is what is the point of having the FEDERAL “Do not call list”? When these kinds of scams continue?  I got a couple of the “Fireman’s and Policeman’s Association” calls last month and I had just put my numbers on the lists. I did get a message from Livia she was able to arrange her schedule for today to come and clean the house after 12:30. I was grateful.  I left her money and access to the house.  She won’t have to make my bed since I changed the sheets last night.  I didn’t do the guest room yet but it wouldn’t surprise me ...

  It turned out to be another beautiful day around here.   I wasn’t out in it long enough to enjoy it but from what I could see from any window I went to it looked great.   It turned out to be a beautiful drive home (despite the normal Monday afternoon commute traffic) I was relieved I didn’t have to water the grass this morning as we had a good soaking overnight and it looked like it was not drying out yet.   I started to do it this evening but I was getting impatient with the sprinkler either going to high or not enough.   I do find it annoying whoever did the lawn today really should have unraveled the hose and put it back.   It looks like I don’t have to feel too bad about the sprinkler thing because we are supposed to get some rain tonight. Work seemed busy but I did notice there wasn’t too much or very little of the NEMG stuff.   Luckily I was working a lot on the Insurance Refund Data entry.   Unfortunately near the end of the day ...

I was a couple of minutes late for work today and about five minutes after that we got word there was a Human Resources meeting.  Luckily it wasn’t just for me but it was worrisome because it was about Lay-offs.  I made a couple of mistakes while inputting information for the refund checks.   It was basically a follow up and their seeking “help” from us and to update. For the first time in many months there were only two of us in the aisle and the supervisor.  It is an issue for the management as well.  It's one of many things that is a concern for them.  By 3:15 I was the only one in the aisle.  It was very weird.   In my last entry I mentioned my Alma Maters.  I received an email from the President of Endicott College in Beverly MA on the heels of the tragic accident of a student who was killed.  Sadly he was the passenger and the driver it was drunk driving and in the email President gave high praises to the Endicott communi...

Every time I have an very busy weekend I usually like to have the following weekend or part of the weekend to relax and catchup.  Today is that day.  I don't have to be anywhere if I don't need to and its pretty cold out to boot so I want to stay in with the kitties.  I have some laundry to do and some cooking but nothing that needs to be done outside. I am sad to find out a dear friend of mine has a very sick kitty.  Jack has cancer and they don't know how long he has.  I met Jack a long time ago when I visited his Mom for our first "Andromeda" fan weekend.  At least i think that is the one.  I have followed Mardi ever since then and loved hearing about her babes.  I want her to know that we here in the  KP home are thinking of you and sending prayers. You all remember when I wrote earlier this week that I yelled at the cats for something they did?  Well this article couldn't have come at a better time.  So since I found it on FB...

I don’t think I have used that title in an entry in quite some time but today was a good day to do so.   I was very busy all day and I felt I accomplished a lot and my desk still looks good.   Even though I wasn’t feeling that well in the morning but by midafternoon I was feeling better.   Then when I got home I had to go to the bathroom quick. Since I have been home I had some quiet time with Star on the couch.   A couple of times she has tried helping me type this.   Now she is staring at me.   Sky finally came down after I had my shower.   He followed me back upstairs while I got into my pajamas.   I opened the cellar door and both had gone down but both came back up.   I saw an article post on Facebook from PetMD regarding litterboxes and problems.   I can’t find the exact one that was on Facebook but I went to the actual website and they had pretty informative articles.   One of them is to have more litterboxes than a...