KateP's musings

I am beginning to think the cosmos is testing me!  Yesterday I found out AC will be on vacation starting today.  She will be back next week but in the mean time DG is off until Monday.  Gargoyle/GA is off until Monday starting this afternoon. I have told Supervisor I will be heading to the cloning department to make more of me.  I even think that joke is getting old .  So just have to do my best and not worry about it. Yesterday was the annual picnic and it was great.  I got there just about the time they asked us to arrive.  THere were other events there (kids dinner). The food was great.  I tried everything, except the alcohol,, sushi, and most of the appetizers.  I showed PTAlex the food I had which seemed little. I had bbq chicken, rib, corn, salad, and almost every dessert (except the chocolate fountain).  I hung out with a number of people and finally sat with some of the claims department. I even danced with CEO Fred. He ...

It is after 6 pm and I am finding it a little hard to keep my eyes open.  When I left you this morning i was about to do some shopping at Jessica London clothing site.  Well by Noon I managed to get two capri’s and  white a blouse and all for $63 and change.  They should be here a week from this Tuesday.     Once I did that i called Mama Joanie in Oxford.  We have been catching up with the week long activities.  I told her about my upcoming trip to Florida and my changed plans to meet up with Cousin Joe when he comes east with Floyd.  We had ot play telephone tag when we got disconnected.    When we hung up we promised to speak again.  I am going to try to call her before I leave for my trip. I also had made phone call to the livery service that i will be using for the trip but they must have been closed for the holiday... i will call them tomorrow during work.  I am probably will have them reserved for ...

Yesterday was Dr. T’s Pool party and it was a lot of fun.  It was mostly her friends from the Education world.  Some of them were retired and some were just starting a second career.  Of course Woman’s Club members were there too.  The weather was nice.  I didn’t think the weather was too hot but then again i was wearing jeans and a shirt.  Not the Hawaiian theme that Dr. T was hoping for.  I guess I didn’t pay attention to that detail (again).  They were very accommodating to my POC and had places to plug it in.  The food was great.  I stayed until 6. When I got home it was nearly 7 and I spent the rest of the night watching TV and managed to make the bed and put some more laundry in the wash.  I actually have more to do before going out today. I was in bed by 8 because I was tired but did watch TV and surfed the net for  awhile.  Sky came up for a while and slept at the end of the bed and he also cuddled with me. ...

I am thankful for my family warts and all. I am thankful for the medical profession who strived to help me on the road to recovery.  I continue to get stronger and better every day. I am thankful for my job and coworkers for their support and love. (yes I said love too) they are my extended family. I am thankful for the home I have. I am thankful for the friends who are in my life. I am thankful for the two kitties that have brought so much to my life. I am thankful my bil continues to recover and get better from his fall last  month.. I am thankful the weather is changing for the better again.  We did need the rain though. I am thankful for the organizations I am involved with as it keeps me busy.   10.  I am thankful for the cleaning lady I have...    11. I am thankful for the wonderful mechanics who fixed my car. Well you know I had to have been  not myself not to be able to do this last week. As...

I think I am one of many bloggers who have started their weekly blog entry with the same title.  Probably not very original but it works for me for now. I am also probably one in a billion who will also attest to the fact that this week zoomed by quickly.  I really didn’t have a lot planned for these last several days.  I knew I had Doctor’s appointments to go to (and they worked out) and things at home I wanted to do as well.   We had a nice visit with Jim for a few days before Memorial Day weekend.  It was laid back to say the least.   I went to my great-nephew Nelson’s Day care concert in Clinton Connecticut and it was all Disney music (at least I think it was) it was about an hour long and it was very good.  The night ended with pizza with the family. Sunday was Milford’s Memorial Day Parade and it was well attended and of course short.  I think all of our parades are short.  Some feel this is great for kids some feel it should b...

September 2, 2013 Dear Friends! Happy Labor Day to all of you.  I Hope you get to enjoy the holiday as best ever.  The weather here isn’t so hot.  Its going to be “stormy” all day.  I heard some thunder rolling around this morning but it didn’t last long.  Something tells me its going to be very close quarters in some homes. Yesterday was a good day.  I did  the bingo in the morning and had 14 players in the room.  Even though we started late we did get to play for the entire hour.  We even got to sing to Helen who was celebrating her 81st birthday. I went to church then came home and found Mom cleaning out the cabinet above the stove.  We decided we would go to Catherine’s  and return the birthday outfit and then see if there were any smaller sizes then what we had. The woman who waited on us was fine until she was adamant about industry guidelines about sizes and I kept telling her don’t argue with Mom.  Mom was also adamant ...

Today I decided to sleep in until 6:30. It was a beautiful morning and I knew I was driving in to work instead of taking the bus. It also allowed me to still do some stuff like the dehumidifier (We take turns emptying during the summer). I chatted with neighbor Sylvia who apparently forgot what day and month it was. She had her family over the weekend. On the way in to work I called G to see if she wanted some breakfast but she declined. I wasn’t sure myself what I wanted so I was glad I waited. The drive in was for the most part uneventful. I did notice some aggressive driving in front of me and I was very glad I was that far away from them. One of the things I did for the very first time is joining the Powerball pool in the office. I am wondering if I am going to be sorry or not. Everyone contributes $20 a week. Then it covers a certain amount of days. I tried to avoid people as much as I could with this poison ivy. I don’t know if I was successful but many kept ...

I had a great time yesterday. The Coulombe family reunion was yesterday. There were about 50 of us. Aunt Rosalie was there. Most of the Heberts were there. Robbie and Judy H from the Harris branch and Joan Slavin-Rice were there. Sadly they avoided each other. The New Jersey Branch of the Coulombes could not attend. Donna B-Hall was there helping out. Bill Coulombe sans wife (her flight cancelled and she would have missed it all) was there. His Brother Bob and his family were there. Their brothers Joe and Frank couldn’t attend. Jim and the kids were there. Bob and Ethel and John were there. Of course the Rivera clan were in attendance and it was great. The food was catered by Lassie’s restaurant in Milford. They really did a great job. They had Eggplant, a chicken dish, ziti, salad and I can’t remember what else. Hours later if you were hungry there was hot dogs and hamburgers. I had only one hamburger and potato salad as my ankle was becoming swollen and I had to ice it. In b...

It really was a beautiful day for being the first day of August. I am not even sure what the temperature was but it was nice and comfortable. It was so much so that I stayed in bed longer than usual for Sunday morning. When I finally did get up I got online and checked my forums and some emails. I didn’t see much that needed all the attention so I quickly got ready for bingo. I made it in pretty good time. I got the coffee started and chatted with some of the residents then eventually both Chris and Natalie came in. Natalie did work and Chris helped me set up and serve the coffee and get residents ready to play. We had 12 or 13 residents play this week and only a few of them won this time. We play about 6 games and I usually go from 15 cents to 30 cents. I told Natalie about it and she suggested that we only play for 15 cents because they are going through too much money. I don’t know how this will work but its going to have to be done. After the games I went to visit Dan K for...

Well good morning it is a beautiful morning and I am just doing odds and ends. I have been surfing the net and for some reason my computer is pretty slow this morning which is driving me nuts. It’s clear some of the documents really need to be moved or deleted. I have started my laundry and will keep an eye on it as it gets done. I have a feeling that I won’t get as much as I planned done. I can have it done Monday as well. I was just reading a letter from a pen pal from a long time ago. It was Michelle W from Michigan. She seemed to be having a troubled life with neighbors and animals, and family issues. I got a lovely thank you note from Kim R. She is the candidate for State Rep in the 117th for the recent contribution to her campaign and her promise to continue working for the people in Milford. I got to see a couple of my four legged God Children today. Sylvia and Boppie got home from seeing Sylvia’s son and his family. She apparently went grocery shopping as well. I also...

Hey everyone hope you are enjoying this beautiful day. Mine didn’t start off too well. I woke up with a Migraine and I ended up getting sick a few times. I did get to the nursing home to drop off magazines Mom wanted there but I spoke to Angie and told her I couldn’t stay. She understood and told me to get better. When I got home I went to lie down and was able to fall asleep until 12:30 or so. I was feeling better but it did come back again a little later on. Mom was starting to bake another pie and we got a call that Mike and Tessa invited us to Ben Blake’s home for a picnic. We are leaving here in about 45 minutes or so. Not much else to tell you. Last night Mom and I had spaghetti for dinner and watched TV. I was in bed by 9:30. I am going to move some emails while waiting for Mom to get changed. Have a great night and we will see you later.

Well Hello everyone. The last two weekends have been incredibly busy and that’s the way I like them. As you recall last Saturday I went to Mohegan sun for dinner the James Blount/Cheryl Crowe concert. Everything was awesome. The seats were great even though they were up very high. On Sunday Mom and I had brunch with Liz and Nelson and our two nieces/granddaughters from PA That Sunday afternoon Mom and I went to a fundraiser house party for CT Speaker of the House Jim Amann. There was a lot of food and the weather was fine (it rained actually) and I had the pleasure of meeting actor James Noble (I) . He was charming. This weekend I helped out for a couple of hours at my club’s tag sale on Saturday. The tag sale was to last until for so I have a feeling it was called off when the weather hit. The storm came through violently around 12. It lasted about 1 ½ hours and apparently caused some flash flooding and downed power and telephone lines through out parts of Milford. As the storm subsid...

Well good morning everyone. IT is after 10 and I am working on today’s mail. The mail from the post office should arrive any moment now. I got up fairly early to be getting some things done before taking Mom to the hospital for her surgery. I did get to watch some TV before showering and ironing and dressing. It was the show Alias. It wasn’t a fan favorite of mine but I did see it from time to time (I seem to recall watching the series finale when it aired). Mom got up around 6:40 and I finished getting dressed and she got herself ready. We left by 7:30. We had to turn around because we left the directions on her desk. After the fifteen minute drive and a circling of the hospital and going into the garage we were at the hospital by 7:58 or so. We went into the surgical waiting room we met the triage nurse and then I gave my number and headed to work. It is now after 1. I called the hospital around 1:15 and after a few moments got the info that Mom went into surgery at 10:15 and the sur...

Good morning IT is after 8 and I have not been up long I did get up and do a small load of laundry and bathed around 5 and then went back to bed for a bit. Now I am going to get ready for the I was entertaining the thought of ending the relationship with him today. For a couple of reasons the first being he was incredibly late for Bob’s party and even though I knew he was in NY I don’t believe he made any effort to get back in time to arrive for the picnic. The second reason is he I called him yesterday to tell him about an issue with one of my blogs. As I was reading him the entry we got disconnected. He didn’t bother to call back and I called him several times last night and he still didn’t call back. I got a hold of him this morning and we talked about the blog issue. He basically told me to tread lightly with it. Mom and I nearly got into a little heated argument because we were both giving attitudes with each other over stupid stuff. It stopped as quickly as it started but...

Good Morning! I am getting ready for work right now. I had a very good sleep even though I did get up a couple of times. . Roberta’s Party was great. Unfortunately I was a little late because I had to stop at Tessa’s and Mike’s and I went into my litany about Mom. Tessa Was trying to help but didn’t understand what I was saying. She really needs to listen instead of saying oh well this is what the real problem is. Anyway back at the party. Everyone else was there and Roberta was tickled pink. People were outside Telka was helping and then Mom came by 12:30 or so. We started eating by 1 and I think we didn’t stop until 3:30. I have to get to work….. Well it is now after 10. I have been here for two hours and have been working on the lockbox. The charts were pretty easy to do because I got only five. I told several people who would listen about the weekend and about the situation with Patrick and Dave. A few people have been coming in to see where the new cubicles will be starting in the...

The birthday party was great. I had a fair amount of food but drank lots of water. We stayed until 5. Then drove to the fundraiser. There was a small crowd there. They had about 50 people come through the day. We had some corn and dessert. When we left I showed Mom where Telka lived. She was a bit confused about how to get out of there. I was about ready to slap her. Couldn't we have gotten in there. That's the fucking road we did use. Mom watched a repeat of Ask TOH and I watched a bunch of movies and surfed the net. I think I went to bed about 11. Today will be the bingo and church. I will come home and do some work. It is now 9 hours later and I am eating dinner in my room. No there hasn't been a problem. Its just that some very old (literallly) and dear (ditto) friends stopped by to visit and so I am letting them to that with Mom. Besides I would rather not eat in front of them and perhaps embarrass the two of us. So as soon as I am finished eating I am going back down....

Oh man do I feel old! Brian M is turning 14 years old today. He is the youngest son of my niece /nephew Cheryl and Mike. They are having a party for him as they do every year for him. It usually is a wonderful picnic and the weather is usually pretty great. He is going into high school this September too. Brian was the ring bearer for Liz and Nelson (his grandparents) 6 years ago. Liz was there when he was born too. Nelson was out in the waiting room like most men are. We usually go and have fun. Of course we eat a lot too. I need to get him a card when I am out this morning. It looks like it will be a beautiful day today the sun is shining bright. The temperature is currently 60 degrees which is nice. I guess. It was sixty yesterday and it was too cold for me. I think I heard it is supposed to get up into the 80's later on. This morning I washed my jeans and ironed the pants Mom soaked for me and while I am waiting for them to dry I am going to take a shower and wor...

Yesterday was a great day despite the fact I got to work a little late. I started immediately on my work. I managed to finish Monday’s mail and sort and deliver it but I wasn’t able to finish yesterday’s mail. The reasons for that were some of the things I was doing took longer and the computer froze and of course I was online answering some pen pal emails. When I left for the day I headed home to change. Mom wasn’t home she was doing some errands. When she got home she had me take the cheesecake and tomatoes over to the picnic. She came a little while after. There were quite a number of people already there for the picnic. A lot of them were Bob's HS buddies and neighbors and friends from other arenas. The food was just starting to go on the grill. They really had a lot. Three different pasta dishes (I had them) hot dogs, Hamburgers, spring rolls, Potato Salad. A rainbow of desserts (of course I had a few of those). I had a lot of different conversations with various peo...