KateP's musings

I am not sure why but at some point this evening I got tired.   I had been preparing for the coffee talk, took care of the garbage and tried to do some union calls. Late this afternoon I heard from NewEgg.com and they indicated the seller had sent me a message that it will now be June 3, 2020.   I don’t remember seeing that date on their email but with my luck and my penchant for not reading the email completely through.   So it will now be a week from today. I finally cleaned off the counter next to the sink and closer to the cellar.   I got rid of old teas and the others I put in canisters that can hold the tea. I put some of my meds and all the vitamins and supplements into a basket.   My hope is to not have that place look so cluttered. I also put some stuff into a box. For example I put the mini coffeemaker (the kind that is brewing) and a bunch of other stuff from the back room into the box as well.   There is more but I have to look thr...

There are at least a billion movies and shows on tonight and none of them are holding my interest tonight.  If I wanted to I could see the movies and shows in the higher cable numbers that I wouldn't normally see.  Some of them are movies I haven't seen in years.  Some Thursdays are like that for me when my really favorite shows are not on.  Actually even when they are I don't always want to see them.  So I will surf the net, chase the kitties from whatever they are climbing on, and listen to the music that's playing on the radio (Classical). It looks like I will be able to close out the WB checking account on Monday and transferring what's left to the Credit Union.  Don't to be too excited its not much.  The one check I was waiting on was cashed this weekend.  So I am happy to report things are all set with the budget and I am now waiting on  the new check order that will be coming in about two weeks.  I am feeling pretty confident ...

It is about 82 degrees and I could feel it...I opened some windows. At least there is a breeze.  I am still not going out there though. The kitties are enjoying their day.  After they came out of my old bedroom they went downstairs for awhile.  It amazes me that I didn't notice them until I saw them sitting on the cellar stairs.  I think Tiger is there now and Sky was doing this: . Good news the TV in the living room is working normally again.  It must have not been plugged all the way.  I have the music channels on right now.  They are called Music Choice Channels.  I guess Optimum customers have it.  There doesn't seem to be any videos just music. I finished one letter to Claudia in AZ but I just have to print it out and mail it. I have a few other letters I need to finish as well. I talked with Liz this morning.  She has been busy with Double the Nelsons.  Nelson #1 is adjusting to being home but got a visit from N...

It is after 8:30 in the morning and I Have been here since 8.  I managed to see SKy and I think I got him back in the closet again but can’t find Tiger-lily.  They ate a lot of the kibble last night.  They also have made a couple of spots on the rugs.  I cleaned out the boxes and put fresh stuff in.  I did some laundry and got the gifts ready to be delivered and I played some more with sky. The boys were pretty good.  THe night was good.  We didn’t go out anymore last night and I went to bed.  I was so cold. Preston stayed in the bed with me.  He didn’t even growl.  When I got back here around 3 I took them out and and then relaxed with them.  I gave them an early dinner and then took off for Liz’s. I did stop by Mike and Roberta’s before coming back to the house.  We got caught up on all the news and gripes we had.   I spent about three hours at Liz’s.  I wasn’t feeling that great but I ate and listened and...

Well I need to take a break.  I have been sitting in the same position for nearly an hour and half.  I managed to write out three cards so far and also update my contact list.  i also was wondering where some of them lived.  Its fairly quiet now.   I was thinking i could hear the wind but I looked out and couldn’t see the trees blowing so that’s not it.  I did hear we may get some snow flurries tonight.  I am betting we won’t get much.   I have to admit my hands and legs are stiff.  I am not sure the all-nighter is going to come to fruition.  I am already getting tired.    I watched tv and did manage a couple more cards.   I am finding it hard to keep my eyes open.  So I think I better check the house and then go to bed. I have a hair appointment in the morning and then the gift delivery in the afternoon...

Dear Mom,     It was a chilly and frosty morning and it didn’t     get any warmer than 60 today.  The rest of the week promises rain.       I had every intention of getting up at 5:30 this morning but after getting an early morning text message from Jim at 4 in the morning I saw no reason to get up that early.  I stayed in bed until 6.  I did get ready for work and was out the door a little after 7.  The things I had planned on doing can wait until I get home. Work was good.  Mail volume was late and light.  It allowed me to work on the re-address mail for most of it.  We had an in-house retirement party for Gloria O.  Her dinner is next week. I sent out the reminder yesterday for the 4th District this week.  We are having it at the Headquarters and so far its been six responses-out of twenty-five. It looks like I will be heading to PA for Thanksgiving.  Although Jim is g...

Dear Mom,     Today hasn’t been the best start to the day.  Actually it started around 1 this morning.  I think the dinner I had didn’t agree with me I ended up getting sick to my stomach and that passed now this morning for the past hour or two I have had diarrhea.  I cleaned up okay but still have the urge to run not walk to the bathroom. I am hoping my breakfast and coffee will stay down and so far it has. This messy development has prompted me to get some laundry done and I have to check on it,  I don’t have a lot of laundry for a change but I want to change the sheets on the beds in both bedrooms.   I had these big plans to do the cleaning but the way I am feeling I am going to have be lazy for a while. I have been using the laptop more and more upstairs while watching TV these days and I am getting use to it now.  Unfortunately it seems like the battery doesn’t last long  and right now the adapter for the laptop is do...

December 14, 2013 Dear Friends      It is after 8 and it is still snowing.  There was indeed a lull in the snow fall earlier today and Mom took the opportunity to go out and do a few errands.  While she did that I managed to shovel the sidewalks.  A lot of good that was considering its all covered again.  I will have to do it again tomorrow.     Other than laundry, the sidewalks, and attempted to help with dinner I haven’t done much.    I did start letter to the kids but haven’t gotten far.  Mom took a nap this afternoon after she took some antihistamine.    Now I think she is watching TV or the TV is watching her.     As most of you have noticed today was the 1 year anniversary of the Newtown Shooting.  Many places around the country marked in many different ways.    As we remember that tragic day a horrible and deadly replay happened  in Colorado yesterday....

                                                                                                     October 1, 2013 Dear Friends: Good Morning!    It is nearly 5 in the morning and I have been awake for over an hour surfing the net and updating files.   This is what happens when I go to bed very early.    I feel like I should be cleaning or doing something productive before the alarm goes off.   I am really going to need coffee later! Thank you ...

September 6, 2013 Dear Friends: Another beautiful morning.  It had to have been in the 50’s this morning.  I tell you it was great sleeping weather.  That will have to wait until tomorrow though.  It stayed cool all day and  did not get out of the 60’s. Work went well and as I expected was able to catch up with the daily work and managed to get more of the re-address mail done too.  The team gave me a belated birthday party of Subway sandwiches and a cake and really funny card.  I wanted to make sure that my immediate supervisors and manager got a piece of cake.  Neither of them wanted them.  For various and understandable reasons. So I gave it to my soul sister TD and one other supervisor. I was a little late getting home as I was chatting with a union organizer seeking volunteers for primary day in New Haven.  I had to decline as I will be working in our town for our primary.  But she was on a mission to convince two peop...

August 4, 2013 Dear Friends: Guess who was up at 3 am Blog Surfing?  Yep yours truly.  I had been sleeping and was dreaming about work (and the whole place didn’t even look like the office) and I was changing into different clothes to get ready to come home and I see this room and I thought it was mine and I see a person I didn’t recognize watching me.  That’s when I woke up.  I tried surfing the net for a while but it didn’t work much.  I tried to sleep again and had a hard time doing that. I was just thinking about how excited I was to tell Mom I haven’t had any dizziness for nearly a week and no sooner did I say it that I had gotten one.  I have had two more since then.  Yesterday while watching TV and just now.  I am not ready to call the doctor yet.  IF I pass out then I will definitely go. I was looking at the Weather Reports f or today and it looks like we are going to have some clouds.  No rain to speak of at least.  I could...

Earlier today when Liz was making her annual Easter Visit we talked about traditions.  She was saying that every Easter in my BIL’s family they always have rice and beans.  On the Italian side there is Lasagna.  In our family We either had some sort of meat (beef, lamb, pork).  Tonight I was looking over the last three years of Easter Sundays. Last year Mom and I were sick so we were keeping it low key.  In the years before that we seem to always have it at our house.  I can’t remember what we had those times but if you read the entries at the blog you might enjoy it. The one tradition I will not be upholding is getting into arguments with Mom.  It is usually due to stress and aggravation on both parts. As always I will be going to bingo and church.  I can only hope that I get to both places either on time so that I can be home to help as much as I can since oh well dinner should be at time. What are your Easter Traditions? 

How is it possible that I am still doing laundry at 9:30 at night?   I freaking started at 10 am and kept it going.   The only time I couldn’t move it along was while I was at church.   I don’t think I had that many loads to start with. When Mom came home from the store it was about 2.    Ethel called a short time later and told Mom she was taking the 1:45 from 125 th Street.   So Mom needed to pick her up after 3.   She ended up having to miss the Good Friday services.   We both left at the same time. While Mom went to pick up Ethel I headed to church.   There were a lot of people at this service.   I sat in front of the church.   I met the organist’s parents.   I knew Nancy C for many years through the Prayer group at OLOV.   She was my organ teacher for a short time.   The service was long.   It usually is and I usually get tired of all the standing.   My eyes felt a little weird and my ...

Last night was family night.  I had been checking messages on facebook and found one from a cousin on  my Dad’s side.  She was sending me her address.  Then I got a message from an old friend of Bob’s that was sending condolences. I sent a message to my nephew Rob (and ironically no response yet).  Then just about dinner time Liz sent me a text to my email account informing me she was in the hospital with pneumonia.   Then Ethel comes over for impromptu dinner and then we get phone calls from two of the Coulombe cousins.  I also had gotten emails from Lisa R asking  if we are still attending the little guy's birthday.  She wanted to know about Chris and his kids I couldn't answer.   Earlier this afternoon I had called Mom for a second time and got an update.  Liz has been put into isolation and can’t have visitors.  Mom’s annoyed as she feels Liz should have been to the doctor’s sooner than this.  It was...

Shortly before 1 am Mom came running out of her room into the bathroom and got sick. I suspect it was the creamed turkey dinner we had. It may have been rich. I don’t know if this has anything with her gall bladder or not. Liz asked me about it some time ago. I couldn’t give her an answer and I am not sure mom did either. Needless to say I didn’t get much sleep last night. I am going to have to get lots of coffee just to keep awake. The 5 and half cups yesterday is what caused me to not sleep to begin with. Mom says Olivia is coming today. The room will be back in some kind of order this week. It allows me to concentrate on other things such as my laundry and other things that I can work on. Okay I just had a frightening experience. I checked my account and for some reason there is no account history and its all zeroes. I haven’t done anything with it since last night. Ok. I am not going to panic much. I am sure it will be back up by 6 am. It better be. I better get ba...

Patti and I got the lockbox mail done early (and it was light) so she washed down some of the equipment in here and I updated staff meeting notes I had.   There are a number I don’t have but I am sure I will find them.   Patti was showing Mama Joanie the office and we were about to show her the desk drawers and Diva jumped in.   Mama Joanie told her off.   Pattie was trying to calm Joanie down and I explained later what the situation was. It turned out she knew all about it.   They apparently had issues a couple of days ago that I wasn’t aware of. Everyone is talking about how great the contract is.   Some like me are a little confused about certain things but when I have a chance I am going to go and ask people who understand better what it will mean.   Gayle was happy we got what we did but supervisors don’t get much and are not unionized. The mail is coming so I better go…I will be finally writing in my Canada trip-soon. Okay it ...

As I was getting ready for bed last night I took a few moments to look over my appointment book to prepare for the week and for the first time in what I think is months I have some thing to do every single day this week. Doctor appointments, meetings, parties, hair appointments, and follow up car appointment. I sure will be looking forward to the weekend coming up that’s for sure. At least my work volume should be normal and I will be on top of it. It is a given that it is getting closer to FY end and that means more pressure and more stress for everyone. I have to remember that it isn’t personal if some one snaps. At least no one will say anything about the mail for the other floors. I have to remember there is mail on the side of the desk that I need to look at today. So you want to see my schedule this week? Monday is my session with Debra. We usually discuss the events of the past week and how I dealt with them and what challenges I have for this week. There are about ...

When I went to bed last night I knew that I would be in trouble. I managed to get some sleep but it was a light sleep. I heard Mom go to bed before Midnight. When I got up for a bathroom run I decided to get on the computer again. I have already updated my health blog and my password directory. I made a few passes at the various forums I visit daily and prevented myself from exploding at one arrogant little prick for the responses he got in regards to huge assumption/question about SM. I heard from Jim last night he called me around 6. I didn’t realize it until I looked at the phone a short time ago. Anyway he ahs a cold (again), did I mention he left a message for us on Saturday that the skin cancer on his face is ‘pre-cancerous’? I was thinking since the 2012 Lenten Season begins tomorrow and the way I have been feeling emotionally that maybe it would be a good idea if I started reading the bible again. I have done it from time to time in the past and it has brought some...

In fifteen hours and after a day of work my weekend with Packy and Preston will begin. Their Mom let me know they are looking forward to seeing me and spending time with me. You have no idea how that pleases me. It’s that unconditional love we all look for. I have a feeling the next two days they will be alone longer than during the recess (well maybe not). It will just seem like it. Anyway, their family should be home some time Sunday afternoon. My co-worker GO just recently got a puppy and she is going through new parent issues with the puppy. She is afraid to leave the puppy alone for long periods of time. She was concerned as he was having the runs recently and she shared it with all of her Facebook family. That I probably could have done with out but I also could empathize with her. Happy News Mom is continuing to recover from her sinus infection. She sounded much better today but wasn’t feeling completely better. She had a busy day of meetings. She came home and made din...

I tried to sleep last night but it just hasn’t worked. I have gotten up a few times for the bathroom. I have been on line for about 25 minutes moving emails and updating the other blogs. One or two yawns but that’s it. I finally did get to sleep by one. It was a light sleep because the computer did a security update and rebooted. I have been home now for about 20 minutes. I put the garbage out and talked with Don and Lulu for a bit and then Mom came home to make dinner for me. I spent time watching a little of the NCIS Marathon and now I am going to surf the net before dinner. I have to save the entries I wrote at work. I called Natalie and got the dates and time for the Valentine’s Delivery and the Mardi Gra carnival we are planning. I have to give the dates to the club tonight and we will pick them and I can tell Natalie on Sunday. The drive home was uneventful. Instead of taking my normal rout I went out to Ella Grasso BLVD from Frontage Road and then on to the high...