Friday

Well, this is the last day of the year.   I have been writing in this journal since the beginin of 2004.   A lot of things have happened.   I guess the most upsetting was the death of my father.   I read a book and it was about adult orphans.   Seems that there is a profound loss when your last parent dies and you go on.   That is really true.    I was very happy to find out that I was not the only one who had feeling like.  That author (I forgot her name) hit the nail on the head for that one.

My dtr graduated from college (or so she says-I  will truly believe it when I see the diploma)  She better soon find a job because the parental gravy train is ending soon.   When she calls for money it will be time to pack her bags.

The world seems to be teeming with natural disasters.  I thought I would like to live near the seashore.  But with the hurricanes and tsumanis I think I will remain in the good old state of PA where all I personally have to really worry about is ice and snow.   With the purchase of Subarus that has gone down on my worry list.  Now I worry only about the others running into  me in the snow. 

I guess I have to make some resolutions, but if I dont I wont have anything anxieties about not being able to keep them.  I guess to eat better and win the Lotto are the ones I would like to attain...................

Thursday

Took down all the tree decorations.  Somehow, this year, my heart wasnt in it.  Actually I didnt even feel like doing the decorating.   All this work and a week later you have to put all the stuff away.

I did buy four green and red boxes and put all the things that we ususally use in it so it would be easier to find. 

Found out that the dining room furniture wasnt worth anything.  It isn't good just to have those pieces you need to have the table and chairs as well.  They were gone long ago.     He suggested calling one of the charities and getting a slip and use it as a tax deduction.   Tom threw away anything that would have been of value.

Thursday

Today I am off.  I realy enjoy being off.   I have to ask Chuck but I can't remember being bored on my days off.  I think men have more boredom thatn women when they ae off.   I don't know why.  I think it stems from that women have more things to do on a daily basis.  Such as shopping, laundry, cleaning the  house and cooking.  There are enough chores to fill up the time avaliable.   

I also have a few hobbies.  I like to read.  I want to set up an area so I can paint and leave it set up.   That requires cleaning out the basement.  We both seem to hold on to things and can't get rid of things.   Is this a link to our past and those relatives that have come before us????   But I keep thinking I will need that wardrobe,   If I had an area I would put things in it.  Or maybe I should just sell it.   I think I will go to the furniture antique store and see what sells and give me some idea...........................

Weds

Back to normal, what ever that is.    Emily went back to OH today.   She was here for a week and it is always good to see her.   She brought the grandcat with her.   The first few days there was a lot of hissing and growling. 
But no attacks.  Jen moved in like she owned the place.   The rest of them ran and hid.  The biggest woss was Henry.   It was like Jen was a mountain lion or something that would eat him.

She really likes to eat.  She was first at the food dish.  Henry got used to her after a while and I felt like I would trip over one of the because they were both underfoot.

I am off tomorrow and for the next four days.  Next week I work /12's.   I hate staying but  I hate working 5/8 even more.  Another thing I would like to know is how this type just instantanly goes from bold and color to regular type and black without me touching any other buttons that the ones that I am typine with?

Maybe tomorrow a trip to the library is in order.  I have read most of the books that I took out.

Monday

Back to this entry.   I made supper tonight, I wanted to make something sans meat, for my dtr.  And somethin with meat for the rest of us.  I really wish she would give up this vegetarian "thing"  I would bet she doesnt eat any or next to nothing in the protein department.   She just doesnt like the idea of eating "meat".   I would like to know where she gets these ideas.  Certainly not from me because I enjoy being at the top of the food chain.  I made some dishes from my American Heart Assn. cookbook.  I guess the consensus was that is was not spicy enought.   Maybe I should double or triple the called for spices............
The high fat business is something new in the evolutionary chain.  Our ancestors, in the not too distant past had to forage for their food.  All we have to do is eat it.  I wish it would warm up a bit.  I feel that I need to get out and get moving.  And I want to drag  you know who with me. 

Our house is filled with too much stuff.  I have a wardrobe that irritates my husband.  I don't know why, but it does,  I would like to go to the antique store and the used furniture store, and see what they would give me for it.   I guess if I havnt used it I really dont need it. (Same goes for you Chuck)   Maybe we could come to an agreement to sell some of this stuff that we plan to "repair" but in actuality is just gathering dust.

I hope Emily comes home.  She has not a ghost of a chance of getting a job in Cleveland, but she doesnt want to come back.  I suppose she thinks we will treat he as a child.  I told her of she acted like an adult no one would have a gripe............

Monday

Having one computer line is a pain.  I have to wait until someone gets off and then it is my turn.  This is only a problem when Em is home.  She spends a lot of time on the computer and that limits my time.

 

Thursday

Well, Emily and the cat (Jeanne) have arrived.   I thught there would be a big fuss.  Henry (the wimp)  and Molly (scardy cat) ran and hid.  Lucy just was nonplussed.   The smelled noses and Lucy gave it one of her pitiful meowls.   Henry is under a chair and I have lost track of Jeanne.  But I think that she is down in the basement.   She will sleep in  Emilys room tonight.  I put a litter box in there for her.

I hope it gets more friendly tomorrow.

Thursday

Today started out very balmy, it was almost like spring.  In the short time I was out the temperature dropped from 59 to 41.  And the rain poured down.

Emily is on her way.  Can you believe she called me from OH to check on the weather forecast.  Like they don't have the Weather Chanel there.  It snowed overnight  and her car was stuck in the driveway.  She was in the garage but couldn't get out because two others were in front of her.  

She left at 11 and hopefully will be here about 2.  I told her is was rainy and wet here but leave early before all that rain turned to ice.   She is bringing her cat Jeanne-Marie.  I told my cats that company was coming but there weren't interested in the least.  They will be interested when she shows up.   Emily had some things she brought home that had her scent on it, and the cat carrier has my cats scent on it.  So, hopefully, it will go without much of a fuss.

Our plan is to have her help with the tree decorations.   The lights are on but tonight we will put the rest on it.   She especially  hates the red bows.  I personally think they look good on the green tree but I dont know why she hates them.  She said when she as her own tree she will never put those bows on her tree..............

Wednesday

Yesterday, on call, was a bummer.  It was so busy and we had no one extra to give breaks and lunches.   I had three regular people staying about 10 hours instead of their regular 8.  One would think that the week of Christmas would be easy, with everyone getting ready for the Holidays and all.  Myself, I didnt get finished until 2 am.   That is just too much to be working from 06:30 till  02:00 the next day.  Only got to sit down  a few minutes inbetween. 

Today was a do nothing day.  Talked to my daughter, and gave her the travel forecast for tomorrow.   Went to the dentist, which I almost forgot about.  But the office called and reminded me.   Then a 3 hour afternoon nap.  And trying to get presents wrapped.  

Chuck put the lights on the tree, but I am just tooooo tired to do any decorating of the tree.  I will wait till tomorrow and Emily can help.  Right now I am just considering going to bed.  Nothing on the agenda for tomorrow.

 

Monday

Today was very cold, colder than a witches heart.   And that, my dear, is VERY cold.

Work was uneventful today.  Actually, I like it that way.  It was very busy and tomorow is busy too.  I would have thought it would have slowed down for the holiday by now.

I am on call tomorrow and who knows what that will bring.  The whole house seem cold.  Chuck is building a fire in the fireplace.  That fireplace is so nice, it will warm up most of the house.   The mountain men (from Fayette County) installed it.  When you look at it is really off center.  I guess they couldnt measure.  The looked like people who crawled out of a Deliverance movie.  That is probably why we didnt make a big issue out of its out of kilter.  You had to see them to believe them

Sunday

I wish I could make the background color something other than white.  I guess I need a kid to show me how.   I know, somewhere, in the bowels of the instructions for this journal it can be done.   I have seen examples of others and they CAN DO IT.   I know so can I, if I only could find out how.

Off to the Homeless Cat Management session today.  On the coldest day of the year there were 102 cats on the roster for scheduled sterilization.   Only about 60 or show actually showed up.  Or their caretakers who brought them.  Most of them are young and adolescent cats, probably from this years season.   If they manage to take care of 60 to 80 cats per month, how many homeless, unwanted, litters does that prevent?   I think it is a good thing to do.  I tell my 3 how lucky they are that they have a warm home, but they are oblivious to the alternative..........So much for the complex thought of the cats that live at my house.  Some of them are those big scruffy tom cats who weigh from 15 to 20 pounds.  Maybe they will spend more time grooming now that they have been taken out of the gene pool.

The Christmas tree is in place and not decorated.  We knew it was to snow so we brought it in yesterday.  Maybe we could get it in position and I would like to fill up the water pan. 

My parents had all kind of glass tree balls and old type lights.  I asked my sister if he had given them to her.  She said no, only our Mom had given her some of the large glass pretty balls.  She said she thinks he threw them out.  Can you believe it????  The things of any obvious value he threw away.  He kept cancelled checks from 1946 but pitched the Christmas decorations.

My husbands grand father was wise,  He gave the ornaments to the first grandkid who got married.  So Chuck and I got them.  The trouble with those decoration is that they are so old and fragile.  They look pretty and  you would pay big bucks for them in the antique store.  My dtr once asked if that was why we got married, was for her great grandfathers decorations.  We said, at the same time, "Of course."  She looked at us rather strangely.

 

 

Saturday, again

Back in the evening.   We went to the Gateway Grill and watched the
Steelers beat the Giants.   Although the Giants do not have a stellar record they were a team to beat.   They played better than some others with a better record.

I have installed a Great Smokies screen saver.  I actually bought it a few years ago and couldn't find it, but it was inbetween some books on the book shelf.

Still hasnt started to snow.  I had to reinstall AOL.  It is pretty bad when you get a message from your computer that says you should reinstall a program.  It was really hard to start it, but now it comes on with just one click, that quick.

Haven't heard from my brother lately, wonder if he is working this weekend.

 

Saturday

 

This had been a very busy week, which I  will expound upon at a later time.  One week till Christmas.  Chuck told me that my favorite candy store is no longer in business and he couldnt get my favorite Penuche Fudge.   I really love that candy,  I am going to go on a search and see if I can find something similar.   It was very soft and melt in your mouth good.   Not to many places make it and what was so special was that it was made with brown sugar................

Back to work on Monday.  I went to work to get a box and say that I will be doing eyeballs.   That shouldn't be too difficult but no matter what it can turn to mud in a minute.   I needed that box to wrap my grandcats present.  I actually didn buy a special gift for the cat.  But, my dtr had borrowed my cat carier and I got her one of her own.  But that isn't a real presnt for the kid, so, I will give it to the cat.  Along with a few mice.  Toy ones, of course.

Tomorrow is cat neutering day.  It is too start snowing here this night and snow all day tomorrow.  I just hope that if they cancel they will call before I leave the house in the morning.  I would hate to drive in the snow to find out that the clinic was cancelled.  Somehow I can't imagine people out trapping cats in the snow.   But you never know.  We had a blizzard one winter and some people came in to the hospital.   If it is elective surgery  I would have stayed home myself. 

 

 

Monday

Monday, Monday can't trust that day.   Actually nothing happened, but I remembered the line from the Mammas and the Pappas.

Didnt do much of anything.  I went to the library and it snowed.  I actually met a lady from the Penn Art League and found out when their meetings were.  It is tomorrow and I may actually go.  I need to find someone who teaches or has classes.   I like the teacher I had but her painting is too "tight" and I would rather do things that are free and easy.   I will need somehing to do when I retire and I intend to find lots of something to do.

It was really having a snow squall this morning.  This morning I was listening to the radio and somewhere in the San Francisco area is a history teacher and he wasn't allowed to make reference to the Declaration of Indpendance where it mentioned GOD.  

Why is Christianity the only religion in this damn country that it is PC to discriminate against???????   People "might" be offended.  Well I AM OFFENDED.    I am offended that it is ok to teach about the religious aspects of other world religions and not to mention Christ in Christmas.  Or it is not "OK" to mention Easter...........  I am no Bible Thumping Christian but it has me very angry. I suppose  The ACLU would like to have all references of God removed from everything and get a Constitutional Amnendment for it too.    The left wing liberals have gone to far with that. 
What ever happened to diversity,  we can have it but not if you are a Christian........................

 

Saturday

Wel, today I am on second call.  I woke up with the feeling that today was something I had to do and this morning I figured it out.   Usually they are nonevents.  I hope this continues today.  I am also suppose to go the students graduation but I don't feel like it.  

All I want to do is chill out and do nada................................

The weather is suppose to get cold on Monday.  I guess we can expect a snow storm any  time now.  I don't even care if it snows on Christmas......

Friday

Has it been five days since I wrote in here??  What have I been doing, besides working?   Was on call last night and it was the worlds quietest call.  It is like an aberation, it was as if they forgot that I was there!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Got done at 6 and then cleaned up the mess that my coworkers made.

 

Can you imagine that adult educated people do not put thing where they got them?  They take things out of the Pyxis and then when they don't use them they put them on any avaliable horizontal surface.   Good thing the avaliable horizontal surfaces are limited in our department.   One thing for the records.  I found out that our anesthesia aide will be off for 5 days straight and no one is scheduled to come in her place.  I am REALLY glad that I am off next week.

We (he and I) are going to the bone guy.  We both have aches and pains.  Mine is my hip and his is because he fell off the shed and he has (is??  lol Chuck) a pain in the neck.  I think it is funny but he won't, my terminology  is..

Don't know what I will do tomorrow.  Guess I will wait and see.  Had the water meter The one at 2327, it was as old as the house.  The guy who changed it was a young guy, I think he had never seen one that old before.  What gave me that clue was when he laughed and said "Oh my"

 

Monday

Still sitting here alone.   Chuck is working and the cats are sleeping, and who knows what Emily is doing.   I have been trying to reach her all weekend and I drives me CRAZY  that she doesnt answer her phone  I could leave message till the end of time for all she cares........................................Actually, I feel, that the only time we hear from her is when she needs or wants something.

Back to work tomorrow.  I have a presentation due on Wednesday.  My part is almost done.  But, my heart is really not into this.   The person inchrge wants thing to be done on Power Point and at this stage of the game I  REALLY not interested in learning how to do this.   I am more interested in digital photography.   I was trying to look at CCAC website for the Winter semester of non credit but was unable to conjure it up.  Maybe it isnt ready to be conjured.  

I had been looking for my slippers for a long time.  I couldnt find them for a few weeks.  But they were found under the desk that has my computer on it. I wonder if some other indivudual had them on her feet while she was home.????????  Either that or I have lost my mind.   All over the house is game for where I put my footwear but not under this desk.

Going down to 2327.  My brother Richard is involved in a plumbing project.  I talked to my sister who told me that Bill, her husband offered to go and help him.  I told her so did Chuck.  I guess R wants to do everything himself???? Relatives can make a person crazy.

 

Sunday

Sitting at home, all alone.    Chuck is working, trying to deal with the nonsick.   If people had to pay for their er visits they would be a little more prudent in the use or misuse of the services.   Blue Cross (or so we hear) is going to charge $100 co -pay for er visits.   This should extend to the medical assistance programs.  
Those fools are too lazy to schedule dr apts, so they just go into the local er with their piddly complaints that the rest of us would go to the drug store or make a dr apt.

Poor Henry was sick today.   He was vomiting during the morning.  Solid food and wet food.  He is my adventuresome cat who will eat things he shouldnt.  I worry that he may have eaten somehing.  We had to get rid of an Asparagus Fern because he jumped 7 feet up onto a shelf unit just to chew at it.......Dumb cat.

 

SAturdy

Saturday, and the living is easy.   Today is my wedding anniversary.  Can you believe it 33 years.   What I can;t figure out is where the time went.  For the first ten years were were busy moving all over the world.  For the next seven we were moving all over the States.   And for the past 16 we have been staying put.  At this age of my life I am ready to retire.  If we had been moving over the world at this stage of the game I think I would have liked it better.  But, I don't think there are too many people doing that now.   With all the advances in elecronic communication and email and teleconferencing.

The world has really changed in a short span of time.  I was hard to call home and would take hours, now you can do it with a cell phone. 

I wish I had started a journal when we moved to Korea....that would be interesting to read now.

Going out to eat today, but I don't know where.  I really do not like to get dressed up and then have to pay $100 for dinner and somehow feel that you could have cooked something just as good or better at home.

 

Thursday

The last day at work this week.  Tomorrow is very light.  Two of us got off tomorrow.  Don't know what I will do  as of yet.  Chuck said what will you do not that you used up all your days and you have till the end of December???  I said, that I have a week off this month.  Good grief I think he is jealous because he said he would love to have my job.   And I told him, I like my work but, really, I am tired of working.  We have both have worked all our lives and we are both tired of working.   Some segments of society have loafed all their lives and I am ready to join them in the loafing department.

Can you just imagine going your whole life on the dole?????  I personally, would have been bored but it doesn't stop a whole lot of people.  I guess when you are born and brought up with a work ethic, it is hard to good off all your life.  For some people doing nothing but having their hand out is a way of life...................

I am working on a presentation.  I ambeing drived crazy.  Some one is making a federal case out of this, and it is not me.   This person wants everything on "power point"  I found one on the computer but I have no intention on learning how to do this and have it done by next Wednesday. 

What I am interested in is the wine and appetizers.....................They will be good because I have ordered them

 

Tuesday

Off today, there were too many people and I opted to take the day off.   The JCAHO inspection is in the works this week..   Which is the national accreditation standard of the USA.   The hospitals pay big bucks for them to come and inspect and critique.   It is completely manditory, BUT, if you're not accredited the insurance companies will not pay for your services.   It is very expensive and a PITA.   I think that they are so far out in left field they dont know the score.   Every two or so years they show up.  What was well and good the last few times is now verboten.....I think they cause pain and aggrivation to justify their existance...

Heard from my longtime good friend.  It seems her nephew is missing in Afghanistan.  I really feel sorry for her husband and his brother.  In the 1970's his brother, who was also career Army was killed in an accident.   Why does thing like that happen.???   I think of all the scuzz balls and misfits breathing air that are a waste of protoplasm and try to understand why good people have to die like that.........................  

I hope there really is a hereafter because that is the only way that some of this SHI* makes sense.  (Like People in California who murder their wives and get off scott free because juries dont "Understand that DMA stuff" )  If they cant get the spelling right how in the world can you undertand what in the world is going on.  I think the most stupid people are picked for the juries.  The lawyers want people they can lead and influence not people who have grey matter in their heads.  They don;t want people who are able to think.

 

Saturday

It has been a while since I last wrote here.  My daughter was home for the weekend.  She has 2 weeks of classes and 1 week of finals.   Dear Lord, please let her get her this.   She  borrowed money for this semester and has some  "ownership"  in this semester.  I think (I hope ) she realizes that if she quits she will still owe, $6,000. Or there abouts.  She says she is doing good, I hope that is the case.   Once you have your degree in place it can't be e taken away.  You can go to grad school or become a bum, it is still there.

 

Yesterday was a real bummer at work.  One of the "colorectal" surgeons made a career of a laparoscopic appendectomy   We got called at 8 and got done at about 2 am.  She should have  'opened"  the belly.  This poor fellow flew in from Dallas for Thanksgiving and ended up in the hospital with a ruptured appendix.   That is a real pain.  She was a sick as could be.  It had already ruptured.

Did nothing much today.  But I decided to go for a daily 30 minute walk.  There is a route thru the plan and I did it today,.  Hopefully Chuck will decide to come with me.  I think he is thinking about since I had invited him.  I want to prevent osteoporosis, DM and HTN.  I guess it is easier to prevent that deal with it after after you already have it.  

I wanted to go to the mall but had to come home and take a nap.  After I woke up I could see the clock but didnt know if it was 3:00 or 12:15.  It was the later and I could sit for a while longer.  Had to call Chuck and ask what time it was...................

I am also in trouble with ICU buy will save that for tomorrows writing..........

 

Monday

Today was a do nothing day.   I had to make copies and take them to the atty.   The tax on the estate is due and that has to be tallied.  Then when I got home I had to figure out how to load the games on my PDA.  Chuck tried and I tried.  It was after that he suggested contacting the company that I found the answer in the FAQ section.  Seems it wasnt comatable with my PDA and I had to hit the button and enter the security code to install the program.   Gads.......................

It is 9:40 and later than I am usually up, I was waiting for my dtr to pop up on line so I could get some idea wha time she was planning to come back tomorrow........

Ten pm is my usual bedtime and I et cranky if I am up past it.......................Maybe when I am retired I will be able to stay up later and and get up later.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday

Where did this week go?????  Have been off all week and have off on Monday and Tuesday.   Because I am oncall on Friday.   This year I am on call TWO days after the Holiday.  I am also on call the Sunday after Christmas.   We need to hire some non Christian anesthetists. 

My dtr is coming home on Tueday.  But, alas, the other person (who lives in Cleveland wants Friday off) So Emily has to drive back on Friday.   Thanks a lot to her (Heidi)  She has only  a few weeks of classes left.....................I am still hoping all goes well.

Either tomorow, or probably Tuesday, I will have to give this house a good cleaning.  Chuck will be working Tues so I am pretty sure that will be the cleaning day.  It is to be cold, and he has cleaned out the ashes so probably will have a fire.   There will be 18 people .   Having the ususal meal.  I told me daughter that I copied and out all the recipes I use and put then in a small photo book.  So when I die she will know what I used.   She would have no clue where to get the ones that I use every year.

Got my new Palm pda.  Got it fired up and ready to go.  My old one had only 8mb and this new one has 32mb.  So, then, why does the same stuff I had on the old one take up about 16mb on the new one????  I always thought the same stuff wold ocupy the same space????  That is a real mystery to me....

There is some scientific fact involving this, maybe, even a law of physics, but I realy dont know  what it is..

 

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The new one is SO much brighter and my old eyes can see it SO much better.  I had to go and find a bright light and stand under it just to read the old Palm. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday

Back to pt today.  My neck and back feel really good.   I have determined that things that aggrivate it are, sitting looking up at the monitors and sitting at a computer screen that is too high.   My personal computer is just at the right level so it doesnt bother me to type at it.  Maybe I can get my boss to lower the monitors  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH..................The monitor screen (computer)  at work is too high, I can just avoid it for long periods of time.

I decided to start my Christmas shopping and now I really dont have a lot of people to buy for since my parents and in laws are all deceased.  That is sort of depressing and sad....................I just have to get things for my daughter and something unusual or unique for Chuck.   I need some HINTS in tha area.....................

Only a few weeks of school for the dtr.  I will be glad when this is over.  It has been a nerve tingling time since last May............................I hope by now she got her resume all done and went over to the student center.  <SPAN id=sp-4 title=" NCI, nib, nil, nip, nit, nix, MI" style="BACKGROUND: url(undefinedimages/bg_spellingErr.gif) yellow repeat-x left bottom; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; COLOR: #000" _backupTitle="null"> know she was looking at it on line.  If there is ever a contest for the biggest procrastinator in the world I will nominate her and she will win hand down........At her age she should be doing all this with out parental involvement.   She hates it when I "nag" or what she perceives as nagging, but, when will she get the idea that if she did things and I knew she was going to do it, I wouldnt have to remind her.  Quite frankly, I get tired of reminding her of things she should do by herelf.

 

Monday

Another day off  with nothing going on.  WEnt to Sams and got a ham and cheesecake.  They have one that is four flavors in one cake.   It tastes really good.  At least everyone eats it up.

I am looking at new Palm Pilots.   The one I have is so dark, it is hard for my old eyes to read in the or.  They now retail for $199 and I am hoping they come down before Christmas.  The problem with it is that it is a "plain jane"  Which is exactly what I want .  The screen is brighter and in color.  Chuck has one.   They all now have cameras and cell phones, I just want something to keep my medical programs in it.   I really dont need one that will also scratch my back............................I also had subhunt and torpedo on it but somehow that dissapeared.  I thught it was on the work program but it isnt there.   Maybe I downloaded from some PP compatable game, free of course, web site.....  Can't remember it was a few years ago.

Back to PT tomorrow.  Have been doing my exercises but still have some tightness   Maybe those trigger points do need injected......its pretty bad when you are considering a shot....................

Monday

It is nice and quiet here today.   We just havn't got started on the day.  On cal Saturday and was busy the whole day.  Had a ectopic pregnancy in the evening who was bleeding and needed to be done asap.  

This poor woman had only been in this country for 3 months.   Although her command of English was pretty good  I ws thinking how afraid she must have been to be in a new country and really not have a clue the way things were done in an American Hospital.   All went well, but I can imagine how she felt.  We all tried to ressure her and do our best to make her feel comfortable.

Toda we are going into the City of Pittsburgh.  It is a small enough city that you can park centrally and walk all about it.  The problem is the Major Missmanagement of the city government.  Mayor Murphy is antagonistic and does just the opposite of what should be done.  Actually he zigs when everyone else is zagging.  I rarely go into the city.  The parking tax is the highest in the nation,  I can expect to pay $10 to $12 for a few hours downtown.   The city oficials want to know why people don't shop down there.   ITS THE PARKING, STUPID.  I can park at any mall and do it for free and have more stores.  Two department stores have left and the city planning commission has some bright (oxymoron) idea that they can control who goes in and it has to up to some magical plan that they have developed.  Business has inquired and have been turned down by this commission.  The city is in debt with the only way to bale them out in INCREASE TAXES AGAIN.  They are guilty of financial mismanagement.  The only wasy HRH Murphy got reelected was that he "bought off"  the fire fighters union, a day or two before the election by promises of higher wages and no layoffs........

Glad I dont live in the city, because they are expecting to raise the property taxes aain.  Right now they are spending about $15,000 per pupil and they need more.  They could be sending them all to private school at that rate and they would recieve a better bang for their buckat that.
 

 

 

 

Wednesday

It is the middle of the week, don't know where the time went.  Spent a day out.  First a hair cut, then looking for  an article in the newspaper.  I couldn't find it.  The only thing I can figure is that the article I saw was in the earliest paper and the one in the library was the final.

On to the mall for some major window shopping and a light lunch.  Mostly I got a lot off walking done.   Then to pt and the therapist told me that I would probably have to do the stretching exercises for the rest of my life, on a daily basis.   When I question that she said "You brush your teeth every day, dont you"   I guess I will just have to make it part of the routine.  She seems to feel that my sitting and raising my head up to look at the monitors is part of the problem.   And they keep making them higher and higher. 

And lastly off to my doctors who informed that my labs were all good.  About to check out at the doctors and found the check I had written to my hair dresser................gads back to her place..........................

Back to work tomorrow,.  It is a very light schedule.  Maybe the student and I can work on the case presentation.  Have to call a restraurant and schedule for the presentation.  But I need a place that has a screen and can accomodate  a power point.  Glad I don't know how or have the software to do that or I would have that to do too.

 

Saturday

It has been a long week.  Working 3/12 hour days.  At least I had a break inbetween.   At 3 I feel sad when everyone goes home.  Actually, it wasn't too bad.  I didn't have to stay later than my alloted shift.

The big pain is now the "Pixis"  system.   Some mental giant decided that this was the way to go.  To get any drugs or supplies you have to access the machine and put in your password.  With the drug side, it doesnt recognize a name, you have to decide if you want generic or brand.   Plus the person who programmed it doesnt call the things what we call them.  The bright idea of this of course was the administration because this is surely for their convenience not the people who are doing the work.

Of, as usual, no one consulted the people doing the work.  Plus now the carts have to be locked, which is a good idea.   Before, alll our supplies were on a large general cart that our aide took to each room and fill what you needed.   Now they have to be dragged out and filled in the workroom.   Those carts are VERY hard to manouver.  Everyone is suppose to take your cart to the work room at the end of the day and it will get stocked.   Plus you lose time signing in and have to open the locked cabinets and take what you need.

In actuality that is not what happens.  Sme rooms get done late, or peolple dont take them out.  Or when your room is finished you have to go and relieve someone else and then have another room to do.  We have one aide, what we really need it 2 full time and probably a part time to cover after 5 till 7.  I hope the bugs get out of it because this is driving me and everyone else CRAZY.

My daughter started her pt job.  Working at Brookstones.  She will finish school in about 4 to 5 weeks.  I wish she would get her resume done and start submitting it.   I think she is afraid of doing this.  I, for one, do not plan on supporting her the rest of her life.............................

 

Tuesday

Yesterday was one for the record books at work..   When there is a fire drill, the announce a Code Red and then al the doors shut and you have a protocol to follow.  Yesterday afternoon there was a code red, the doors shut, and you couldn't really tell where the "fire" was.

So, after going out of the workroom there were lots of maintenace people and people with fire extinguishers in the hall.  Seems that in one of the room (3) there was a misty smoke and smells of an electrical burining.

There were smells above in ICU and Next door in OB.   The fire deprtment arrived in full regalia with their axes and a heat cam.   You couldnt do anything.  The operations that were in place continued and the ones t go didnt start.  They spent more than an hour looking for  the source of it and decided that it was the smoke from the taring..... I certainly hope so

Sturday

Typed a whole page yesterday and it wouldnt save.   I find that very frustrating.  I am going to test it now.

Passes test.   I was downloading updates fromNorton, maybe that is why it wouldnt/

I am on second call today.   I hope I dont get called in.   I have been sick since Weds.  Woke up with a sore throat and today I have nasal congestion.   All I want to do is lie on the couch and wallow in my misery.

Too bad Chuck isnt here to listen to me wallowing.   Some people who are sick want to lay on the couch and have some one else tend to them like the king or queen.  Fortunatly, me and he just want to be left ALONE.  Having some one summon you with requests is enought to drive the healthy one crazy.  Make you want to kill the sick one, and that would not look good in a court of law.............................................

Thursday

Off today, worked like a dog.   The day started at 6:30 and temporarily ended at 8:30 pm.   Then called again at 2 am for a appendectomy that started at 4:30.   The surgeon said he would be there at 3:30 and showed up at 4:15 am  He was working at another hospital.   This poor soul just moved to Pgh from Boston and didnt know a soul.   He looked pretty good when he was to recover.

Yesterday was very busy.  Chuck said how nice it was, but who would know working in the catacombs.

Worst of all was waking up in the morning with a sore throat, and knowing your days off will be spent with you being sick................

Tuesday

Back to work after a vacation.   I really hate goingback to work.   Chuck is still off.  He was scheduled to go on Monday but they cancelled him.  

I would like to be able to cancel bills like that.   I dont need you bill, so I am cancelling you today.  He goes back on Friday.

Since this is the second time I am doing this, I have run out of steam on this journal today

Tuesday

This is the second entry for today.   The last one wouldnt post

The vacation is over.......................Maybe it will be easier going to work than being the shed go-fer.  Yesterday Chuck tried to kill himself by slipping off the roof.   All he did was hurt his L arm and shoulder.  

I got to do first aid and was critized by the way I applied the tape.  Maybe he should look for a management position at work so he can critique the peons.  lol lol lo

Going on a tour of the Burgh with my chums.  The Red Hat ladies are going and then out to dinner.  I have  never been at the Spagheti Warehouse.  Hope it is good.   I wanted to take some pictures but it isnn rainy once again.......

Nothing realy new here at all..  Maybe there wil be something after my outing................

Saturday

The sun is slowly sinking.  Today was a nonevent..  Went to breakfast and then to the mall.  Bought a plum colored raincoat.  

We worked on the shed again.  Had to buy shingles and tarpaper and other assorted things needed for its construction.   Chuck was up on the roof and he slid off, abraded his left forearm and hurt his shoulder.  He is lucky he didnt  break a leg.  I would have ahd to call the ambulance for that one.

Going with the red hat ladies for a tour of Pgh and then for dinner at the Spaghetti Warehouse.  

BAck to work on Monday :( 

Saturday

Couldn't get to sleep last night......My shoulder hurt and even after I took 800mg of Motrin it felt better but sleep elluded me. 

I lay there and think and worry about every thing and if it is not a problem I will make it one in my imagination.  It was after midnight when I finally decided to take 50mg of benadyl and I finally fell asleep.................

Hope it is better tonight.

The shed is essentially finished, at least from my involvement.   What is left to do is tar paper and shingle the roof, and paint the trim.   It is very humid and today would not be the day to do that. 

I wonder if after we get the shed full, will we have any aditional room in the garages.  Someone told me that we wouldn't.............................

Fell on my arse..   The ground was wet and my feet just slid out from under me like in the cartoons.  I put my left arm back to lessen my fall and I had a tremendous pain in my L shoulder.  Took some EXS tylenol which eased it up a bit.   I will alternate with Motrin and take 800mg before I go to bed.  I really hate having pain tha interferres with my sleep. 

Last night, in PENN DOTs wisdom, they decided to grind the high spots on the SR 286.   I woke up from a sound sleep to hear what sounded like a rotating ufo.   I didnt really  think that was the case, so I got out of bed and threre were bright lights and all work going on.   If I would have to get up for work this morning I would have been really irked........................

Tomorrow, if the sun is shining I will go to the fall flower show at the Phipps.   I want to take pictures but without the sun it will be a waste of time.

Thursday

Just finished puting the sides of the shed. I was mostly the go-fer.  All that is left to do is the roof and then the shingles and some painting.   I am glad that most of it is painted.

This week we were both off and the weather has been abysmal.   Rain and drizzle all week.   It is suppose to be better tomorrow.  I just can't wait for that.  

On Saturday I would like to go to the Fall Flower Show.   It all depends on how the weather is.  If it is sunny it will be good for taking flower pictures.  If it is cloudy for get it.

Nothing much going on here....................................

Monday

The Sams Club people called and said that it was their policy and that is how it is.   Gave me a number to call back, as if I want to hear them say that again.   A person could be ordering on line and use a stolen card in the store.  What makes the over the phone so different..........................

Started on the shed construction.   Actually, I watched a lot.   We would have gotten farther but the rains arrived.   It is suppose to rain tomorrow too.

Tommorrow is my and my sisters birthday, yikes,  I forgot to send her a card.   How in the world did I do that, its my birthday too...  Going out to eat and who knows what else I will do, nothing, probably....

Birthdays really become uneventful.   I have always made it a policy to take off from work on that day............................

 

Friday

Its Friday.   Got an email back from Sams Club.  They are sorry for my inconvience.......with another letter to follow, or so they say.

Had a busy day, up early and to the bank with dtr.   Then for a doctors apt with her.   She needed a refill on her allergy medicine, and she was really sneezing when she got there.   He gave her the Rx and a few sample packs to boot.   She really did sound bad.

Then a quick trip to the mall, the yarn store and the pharmacy.  Then grocery shopping and a stint of throwing your pennies, nickles and pennies down the gullet of the change sorting machine.  It net $72.02.   I was surprised by that number.   Then on to a haircut and picking up the car from its state inspection.   I would say we had a very full day.  

I am here typing in my journal and the dtr is taking a nap.   Wait till she gets to be my age.   I guess if I live right I could still be alive then. I would be in my 90's but it is with in the realm of possibilities................

Dont know what we have to do tomorrow but it will probably be interesting....

 

Thursday

I have been aggravated again.    This time by Sams Club.   I think I may even go and find a email place and send them a letter./.......................\My college age dtr had a flat tire.   The tire had a hole in it and was beyond repair.

She lives in OH and I in PA/  I told her to go to Sams Club and get a tire and I would call in the credit card number,   Well, she found a tire and the Great and Powerful Sams Club would not take my information and let me charge this tire over the phone.    I even spoke to their manager.

Honestly if someone were to rip off Sams dont you think they would get getting plasma tvs, dvd, and stereo sets?????   That really drove me crazy. 

From now on it is NO TIRES from Sams club and I will tell everyone I know about this...........................

I had to go to the bank and deposit (cash) in to her bank account so she could pay for this time.   What a PITA 

 

 

Tuesday

Nothing really going on here today.   Went to the muscle/fascial pain guy.  He is very young and somehow I thought he would be a bit older.  Not that it matters, I was just surprised.   He ordered some Rx to help me sleep.  It is a low dose Pamelor.  In two weeks I will go and have my trigger points injected and start PT.  I hope this works.  He told me it is harder to treat chronic pain, because it has been going on so long.   Any improvement would be great.   I am tired of the constant pain.......................

Bought a pair of boots.   The old ones are coming apart when I put them on.  The lining keeps coming out when I take my feet out of them.  One of my pet peaves is when things dont work like they were designed to do. This applies to many things.  Mechanical equipment and electronic equipment are at the to of my list..............

Back to work tomorrow.  Wish I had taken of Weds and Thurs too.  Been counting up my days and I have additional hours.   I can roll over 56, so I am ok there.

 

Tuesday

Work on Sunday was uneventful.   And that is the way I like it..................One ortho case in the morning and one at 8 pm. 

Yesterday I was thwarted by the lack of places that I needed to go,  they were closed because of a "holiday".   If I dont have off or get paid for it, it isnt a holiday.  Being a nurse there are only 6 holidays, and a lot of people have 10 or better.   My husband is a Navy veteran and he doesnt get off on veterans day.   I think all the veterans should have off and the rest of the work force go to work.   I am willing to bet that the Congress has off.  And probably most of them were draft dodgers.

Yesterday I took all the photostuff out of my dads house.  I have a plan to scan and save all the family photos.   This is going to be labor intensive.  Also I plan on taking a digital photo class.  What I want to learn to do is how t save photos on CDs.   I know know how many mb are on the cds but I havn't been able to determine how many mb that a scanned photo will take up on that cd.   I have read about the diferent formats (tiff and jpeg) but the storeage eludes me.   And I still havn't solved how to get the pictures to occupy the space in this journal.

Today I am spending my day doing things I couldnt do yesterday.  Going to the bank and buying a bottle of wine.   PA has the most antiquated and assenine liquor laws.  The people who made the laws and oppose its change think that if they sold wine in stores (grocery) that the entire population of PA will become alcoholics.   Just look at the other states, is the entire population of states who sell wine in grocery stores addicted to alcohol???

I really become irked by the power of stupid people who try to enfore their will and ideas on the population of a whole.....................

Saturday

Off today, and it was a lovely day.   My brother and I went to 2327 and up into the attic.   My dad had stuff stored up there.   Richard pitched the stuff out the attic window and I made a pile of the stuff.   It looks like there will be another metal run.  I gathered all the photographic items.  He had 9 or 10 boxes of slides made of the "13 week trip"  Each box containes at the max 150 slides.   I only looked at a few, but the ones I did seem to be jammed packed.  This project of mine is going to be really labor intensive.  No wonder it costs a lot to have this done.  And the lady who told me to buy my own scanner told me the truth.   I really think I will take the digital photo class.  The pictures I could see looked absolutely fantastic.

On call tomorrow, you never know what the day will bring.  I had one day where I did NOTHING for 24 hours and one day I worked 22 out of 24 hours.  I was totally exhausted and had a give a shit atitude by the break of dawn that day,.   Maybe it will be inbetween......... But I have decided when the heart program starts I will quit taking call. 

I also wonder how the the world do the "geniuses" in DC think people can work till they are 65 plus or up to 70.   Most comon people are in labor intense jobs who will be exhausted by the time they reach 60.  I personaly know this is true for nurses and other health care people.   The legislature must think that everyone has jobs like they do......................

I think that all the people should have the retirement you get after serving in the congress.   They are paid their same salary from retirement till they die.  That is the biggest ripof ever.   How can you get any breaks, they make the laws for US and then they pass lucrative bills and perks for THEMSELVES.   The congress ought to be required to live like the average Joe Lunchpail for about 5 years.   They exist in a bubble...............

 

 

 

 

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Friday

the last workday of the week.  It was really uneventful.  Found out there is no spell check on this journal.  I refuse to waste time looking for words spelled correctly and just plan to go on as before. 

Spending tomorrow going down to 2327 and try (maybe) to get stuff out of the attic.   My brother Richard has been the best and extremely reliable on getting rid of stuff.  He had made 3 metal runs and it looks like he will be making another,   I decided that I will get rid of useless junk that accumulated in an attic.   I dont want Emily to go thru what we have with all totally useless junk.  

I also want to go and get the photos and negatives from 2327.   I want to take a class on digital photography and make some sense of this mess.  My father held all his posession in high esteem, and worried that we would "sell" his stuff.  I hate to break the news to him, but all this precious stuff is totally useless and antiquated.....................

Thursday

Here I go again.   I somehow lost the the early addition to this.  I had moved this page in order to talk with mydtr and couldnt reach the save button.  I havn't found a spell check on this journal either.

Spent most of the day cleaning.  I made the mistake of wearing my glasses in the house and could see the cobwebs,  So, I felt obligated to clean them.  I would like to paint the family room a warm buttery yellow.   A new Lowes oppened up and I got some color samples.   I would love to have a store be able to mix up a very small amount of paint that you could bring home and just put it on the walls.   That way you would really know how it would look.  

Henry, the cat, is sitting on top of the printer.  It must be warm.  

Back to work tomorrow....................

Wednesday

This aol has really been hard to start up.   I may just have to delete it and reinstall.   How does this stuff go "bad"  If I had a kid on here I could understand it.   And my spy stuff turns out negative.   I guess it is just one of the imponderables of life.   I also wish this had a spell check.  I am pretty good at spelling, and no one wants to play Scrabble with me.............

Yesterday at work was horrendous (?)  Started at 6:30 and did not end till midnight.  Five hours for a Gamma hip.   That guy was really in SUPER SLO MO...............I think there are no good slow surgeons.   Most of the really good surgerons get in, do their work and minimize their patients time in the or and under anesthesia.   The shorter the case the better the outcome.  For example a 1 hour gall bladder vs. a 5 hour gallbladder.   You could be home healing by the time some of these guys get done....................

I still havn't solved the picture vs size problem.   I hope to, by the time I die, get this resolved.  I wanted to put all the childhood photos on cds.  And my dad had LOTS of slides that I wanted to do that too.    I called a photo place to see how to do slides.  Find out that you need a special transparency adaptor and it is only good on scanners only.   Not a combination like I have....Then my question was how much does it cost to scan and stre.   Well.............................it cost $3 per slide.    I would have $1000 spent.  The lady told me it would be cheaper for me to buy the scanner (about $100) and do it myself.   I hope her bos wasnt listening to that advice.   She was an honest woman.........................I also looked into taking a digital photo class at the Pgh Filmakers.    My dtr took a 35mm camera class there in HS>  Maybe I willdo that.  It is one a half hours on Mondays for 14 weeks.   Told him what I wanted to do and this seems to be a good idea..................I could use their stuff and see what I want to do

  

Sunday

Spend yesterday in Cleveland.  Did a special delivery of my dads stereo system to my dtr.  None of the other siblings wanted and my dtr was coveting it.  I also took about 50 to 75???  old LPs.  Some of them  I had purchsed at the library for 25cents.   Well her and all her chums think that the turntable was the  best thing next to sliced bread.   Even better was I got it assembled and connected in no time at all.  I think it was easy because I labeled everything when I took it apart.  I thought her boom box would be able to be added to the mix but it doesnt had an aux outlet. 

Then we looked at yarn stored and spend $95 at the grocery buying healthy food. Eating healthy costs a lot of money.   And the surprising thing is she is a vegitarian and didnt buy any meat.   We also went to a movie (The Forgoten)  BIG LOOSER, DON'T EVEN BOTHER TO GO.  I am jsut glad it was a matinee  and I didnt pay full price for that waste of celuloid.  And then had a nice dinner out.

I have installed Microsoft Digital Image Suite,  I no can enlarge my igital images, but I still am trying to figure out how to get them onto to this journal.   They are stored in the bowels of this computer and I plan to do it.............

I got that pictures a lt\ittle bigger, come on now, this is isnt rocket science.

 

 

 

Friday

I always thought cats were graceful.  Well,  I have a few that are complete klutzes.   Henry was just up on the desk and was knocking stuff down with his tail.  He also walks over things and they go crashing to the floor.  He just had his big red derrrier on top on my scanner/ printer and then proceeded to place his scent on it.   I am realy glad I do not smell as well as  dogs or cats.

Tomorrow I am going to Cleveland to visit the dtr.  I asked her if she wanted me to give her a wake up call in the morning (7ish) and can you believe she said "NO>"   Guess I will call her when I get to the Ohio turnpike exit.   That should be about :30 m.   We will go to breakfast and then some bumming around.   I will be toting my dads stereo and turntable.   I got the old vinyl LPs out of the storrage room.  They are really heavy.  

She said that she has a place ready for their arrival, guess that remains to be seen.....................

 

Wednesday

Not much going on today.   I am going to visit the dtr. this weekend.  I have a stereo that was my fathers and  am taking it to her.  It has a turntable.   For a person of the cd generation she is really interested in the vinyl lps.   I have a box of them from the 70's,and now she is coveting them.

Just two more days this week and then off for a visit.   Our department was disposing of carts.  The new ones have locks that need to be used when a person is not in the room.  The drugs have to be locked up.   A word from the fda is now that muscle relaxants now have to be locked up and the reason is that they may become an abused substance.   That wont be much of a problem in my eyes because if you abuse them you only get ONE SHOT.

 

Tuesday

Penn State Campus is a very large University in the middle of nowhere.   It was probably even more nowhere in 1855.   PA  has a lot of small colleges that are still  out in the boondocks in the year 2004. 

It is a town in a small valley surounded by the Allegheny Mounts.   The whole ares is related to or supporting the school.   It is a beautiful campus and reminds me of the University of Iowa in Iowa City which is a small town surounded by things related to the University in the middle of nowhere Iowa.  Or at least the east end of nowhere.   They are both realy nice towns

Tuesday

Its been a week since I wrote the last time.  This past weekend was very busy.   Not t mention the week before at work.

I went to a meeting at State College PA/   Which is in central PA.   To get there took 2 1/2 hours for driving 125 miles.  You have to travel the antiquated Rte 22.  It goes from 2 lanes to 3 lanes to 4 lanes, to divided linited access 4 lanes.  That is a really bummer.    Then south of Altoona you can access I99 (I think that is the number)   This goes from  I76 to a town called Bald Eagle. (I didnt see any there)  Then in the infinite wisdom of the enviornmental wackos, the cnstruction of this high way has stopped.   It has someting to do with upseting the enviornment of some bat.  I really and truly believe that this bat species will find some other caves.   Like they havnt adapted for tens of thousands of years to date.

The road that is being replaced is a two laned nightmare with many accident and fatalities.   Why arent those same wackos worried about the deaths and injuries on THAT road.

 

 

 

 

 

there you have to travel the antiquated Rte 22. 

 

Tuesday

I dont know where your were yesterday but I am glad you are back. Yesterday we had the furnace guy come and fix the furnace, he also found a gas leak and took the freon out of the old apliances.  Hopefully they are gone.

My sisters and I started out on a project of cutting back the raspberries and evded up weeding the two gardens and made a hugh pile of vegitative  matter.  Glad the trash man came today.  Not much really going on.

Going to a conference this weekend.  It is at Penn State.  Everyone raves about how nice it is there.  Well, I am going to see for myself. 

Sunday

Back to work on 2327.   Tomorrow I am meeting with a man who will empty the freeon on two applianiances  that are stashed in my dads basement.   Why would anyone keep appliances that did not work.   I knowthey didnt work becuse my father would not have replaced them if they did.   There is also a gold gas stove that is in the laundry room.   Have yet to figure that one out.

The furnace guy is also going to check the furnace. 

Sunday

What happened to yesterday.   Since I am in the over 50 crowd, as is a lot of coworkers, we formed a Red Hat Lady Chapter.  We looked online and could not find anyone who would accept all the women that were interested in joining.  So my friend Rosemary started a chapter.   The first few times I could not go.   But this time we went to see the River City Brass Band.   They were really good.   They all kinds of brass instruments that I didnt know existed.  

NEXT THEY are planning a tour of Pgh and then dinner out.  Dont know about November or December.

 

It is easy to write in this journal when it is the only game in town.   Just heard from my dtr.  It is not raining in Cleveland, but she said it is cold and she has on a hooded sweatshirt and is considering turning on the heat. 

Told her about the flooding here in PA.   Guess I will have to wait till the electricity goes back on to watch the news.   The lights are flickering and the screen on the computer is not as bright.  

Think I will go and pour that glass of wine...........

 

He forgot that there was a grate covering the drain.  Not to mention that a toddler may fit but a not an adult.   Two hours when he looked out he noticed that the water was overflowing again.  Again he went out and did the same thing.   The small ravine is not on my property, but the neighbors who. yard backs onto it.  They throw all kinds of leaves, tires, beer cans and who knows what else.   I guess the boro is responsible but how in the world could you get them to come tonight,.   It is easier to do it oneself than wait to be flooded. 

This is the worst rainfall and flood since they have been keeping records.  They Want "W" to declair it a federal disaster area.  If he doesnt a lot of people will remember that come November..............

Another thing, why does the electricity go out but not the phone line.   I am connected because the ISP is dial up.   If it were on the broadband I guess it would be out too.   I am glad it is not too cold or to hot.

Maybe time for a glass of wine.

 

Friday

This has to be the weirdest thing.   The power is out and I am typing by candlelight.  Sort of feel like old Abe.   LOL

This has to be one for the record books here in Pgh Pa.  It has been raining since 4 am and it it now.  8:30 pm.  This has rained over 5 inches of rain.   Mostly from Ivan, but also a cold front is coming throught and adding to the mess.  We have just lost power.  But do to the battery and phone lines I am able to go on line and type this.

The flooding in Western Pa is absolutly unbelievable.   People who refuse to evacuate and then the rescue people put their lives on the line rescuing these fools is really unbelievable.   Talk about mass doses of denial.   It is really astonishing the power of stupidity in masses of people.

In the back of our yard is a little gully with an easement under the plan.  This had overflowed once before that I can recall.   Today I heard a tapping on my back door and my neighbor was there, the gully was overflowing and she was afraid that it would flood her basement.  It had done that before. 

Well, Chuck, bless his heart, went out there and the water was almost mid thigh.  He was probling the gully looking for the storm drain and when he released it there was a giant sucking sound.  He was worried we would get swept away.  Till I reminded him he was too big to go

 

 

 

Monday

As my usual Monday foray (hope that is spelled correctly)  my two brothers and I were cleaning out 2327 again.   We are starting to look like we are making some progress. Throwing out your parents stuff is really cause for deression.    I will never get over how he hoarded stuff that was only valueable to him.

My dtr wants the stereo components.   I think that all she needs is the amp and turntable and two speakers.   Those speakers are Bose no less.   I also have the component cabinet.   She wil never use the radio and casette.   That is probably antiquated anyway.

Back to work tomorrow.   I am on call Thursday and off  for a few days.  I think I will take  my vacations on the weks that I have no call. Working 5 days in a row is really difficult.

 

I think that the old furniture that they have I wil have the Salvation Army come and take it away   All the furniture that anyone wanted either has been taken or has someones name on it.   I guess taht we are fortunate that we (the siblings) get along well, or maybe better than well.  There has been no fighting over things.   I guess it was because most of it was completely useless. 

The sad part is disposal of your parents possesions.  I hope to get rid of a lot of stuff that I have packed away in box for years.   If I dont remeber what is there I realy dont need it.   The good stuff I will donate and the other stuff I will pitch.

saturday

Today I just renewed my library books on line and the date due was in October.  Gads does the time fly by.

Sold the travel trailer today.   The man who bought it lives across the street from my sister.  Actually last weekend they took it from the storage space and were going to place it in their front yard.  The man across the street saw it and tok a look and decided to buy it.  I actually thought it would have been there for a long time and it sold in one day.

All we have left to sell is the truck and the house.   The man who bought the trailer said that he might be interested in buying the truck.   The only problem with the truck is that it isnt a 4x4.  I dont know why my dad didnt get  wheel drive, except that he said that he was old and wasnt going to drive in the snow.  It is two years old and only has about 4,000 miles on it.    I hope that one goes well.   Only one more scrap metal trip and then we can put it up for sale.  Hope it goes too.

Going to a Hannstown fleamarket tomorrow.   It starts at daybreak and goes until 2:30.  When a person continually wakes up at 5 am it is easy to get there early.   Who knows what I will find.   Maybe some dealers in  ceramic geegaws that was my moms and grandmothers..................

 

Spent the rest of the weekend with my siblings cleaning out 2327.  We spent about 4 hours down there  and I cleaned out my mothers knck knacks and the shelves she had stuff on.   Some of them I am donating to a senior care home.   They play Bingo.  They have extra large cards and use checkers to mark the spots.   They will be given away as prizes.  Hope they like them.

On Friday my brother and sister and her husband mvoed the travel trailer out to her house and put up the for sale sign.   The guy who lives across the street came and said he would buy it.  The value on line is from $1800 to 2200 and my husband thinks we should have held out for $5000.  If he felt so strong on this he should have taken charge of the RV sellings back in March.   There is always someone willing to give retro advice but they dont volunteer for helping with the problem. 

Now, I ask you, who in their right mind would pay $5000 for something that is valued at half or less than half of that?  What is HE thinking?????

Sunday, I wish it would last forever.   Spent the weekend (or part of it) with my dtr.   Just sort of a getting things done kind of day.  There is a retro antique store and I was so surprised that they did not want to retro coffee pots.  I thought for sure that they would want the one that was from circa 1918 and it has all its parts and is in working order.  I can imagine what that uy had in mind.

I spent the morning instalig Windows update, or patch.  It has a firewall built in.  I installed it ontwo computers.  So lets see it do its magic.  The instalation process took about 45 minutes.   What I have been reading, if you downloaded it via phone lines it would take all day.    Mission comlete.

Wednesday

Had to work today, I was hoping that I would get off.   My life seems to revolve around me having time off.  

Got an email on how to put pictures on your journal but I don't know if that is how I have been doing it or not.   I can get them there but the SIZE isn't right.

Monday

I am still on a quest.......................To find out how to make the pictures larger in this journal.

Sill going down o 2327 to pitch stuff again.   I HAVE BOXES IN THE BASEMENT THAT I dont remember what is in them and havnt looked in for 12 years.   I WOULD like to go thru them and get rid of stuff but I cant do that.  If I were living alone I would do that but someone whom I live with is anal retentative so therefore, I can't

 

Sunday

It is a nice picture but, I still havnt figured out how to make it fit inside the block.  I am now "off call"  which means that I sucessfully survided the workday of yesterday.  It was actually a nice day, a nice day and not too busy.

My dtr was here.  Her compter crashed.  I am really unhappy with Dell.  She had a 3 year warranty.  And the last time in December the screen went.  It was repaired and now had a one year warranty.   Well, the 3 year initial warranty expired in May and even though the screen warranty was for one year they refused to honor it.  And the stupid screen went out again.     I want to world to hear about Dell.  i am unhapy with their service.   We got a new computer  at Circuit City.  I am VERY happy with them.   They have a excellent selection and their prices were outstanding.   Her cmputer now is a Toshiba and it was only $699 with a mail in rebate.   

I also got my new computer at Circuit City and it is  a HP and I am VERy happy with HP and Toshiba too.    I will not buy another Dell product......................

 

Thursday

Done with work for today.  It was an uneventful day, and the more and more I like my days to go uneventfully.  This aplies to most areas of my life.

I have been trying to get hold of my doctor all day.  All I get is that the people are busy talking with other people.   I tried at noon, early and late afternoon and held on for about  10 to 15 minutes each time.   I think something is wrong with their system.   That would mean thay they got no phone calls from patients all day.   Wouldnt you think that someone would investigate that?   I will try again tomorrow.

Talked to my dtr.  She is doing homework.  She seems upbeat and I think she will make it through this semester and finally finish.  She still doesn know what she wants to do with her life.   She talked about law school but that is a stressful endeavour.    I think she should go part time or take a year off for that one.  If she feels stressed now that would set a person over the edge for sure.  

I am off for 6 days over Labor Day.  I envited her to come home if nothing is going on there.   I hope she does. Told her t bring a friend with her if she wants.   There is always something interesting going on in PGH   Believe it or not...............................

Wednesday

I have no clue how I use up all the time on my days off.   All  I do is go store  to store and somehow I never have time for mysel.   I took my hairdressers advice, she said if you havnt worn an outfit for 2 years you will not wear it again.     So. I had two large boxes of stuff and stuff I had forgotten that I had.   Took it to my sisters and she will go thru it and then give it to charity.

Also found out a person at work is collecting things fora senior care home.   Littleknickknacks and things like that to be given as prizes for winning at bingo.   We I can give some of my moms stuf like that.   I didnt want any because all it is to me is just something extra to dust.   They will also take stuffed animals and jewelry.   I can round some of that stuff up too.

Back to work tomorrpw.  I thught it would slow down because of Labor Day, but I realized that Labor Day i not this weekend but next weekend. 

Good Grief.

 

 

 

Tuesday

Yesterday at work was a very busy day.  It lasted till almost midnight.  I came home and took and nap and then had to take Chuck for a colonoscopy.   That was REALLY exciting.  The worst thing about the colonoscopy is the prep.   If you need one you will be trotting like a race horse.   I wondered how these really old people do that.   I could hardly make it myself and if you are not agile it could prove to be a problem

My daughter started back to school to get the last few credits she needs  She is  going on full time status.  Just one extra class to make her ft status and therefore elibible for health benefits.  She is going to make a standing apt with the counselor and go to talk to them, hopefully, she will do allright and be able to finish. 

Tomorrow is a do nothing day.   I can fill the day with do nothing stuff with no problem.   I also getting better typing on this laptop and am making less mistakes.

 

Saturday

I think I have my computer all set up.  I still have to send in the rebates.  It is funny that all the stuff I liked is HP.  Chuck came home today with a printer\scanner.  I want to do all the pictures from my childhood and make a cd and give them to my siblings.

Back in the routine since my trip to visit my friend.   Had a good time TN is such a pretty place (Chattanooga)  It is in the mountains and quite spectacular. 

Have to move my computer and set up stuff to the room formally know as my dtrs.  And also to clean up the mess that I have made over the past few weeks.   Maybe if we built houses with no hori9zontal surfaces we would have a much neater place.

 

 

 

Thursday

Well, I was out and about in TN to visit my girlfriend.  The drive was uneventful, and that is the way I like it.  It is a ten hour trip thru mostly mountains.  The ride thru WVA is spectacular.    It woud be even more spectacular in the fall.  I am still having these problems with the  computer.  It is the position of the keyboard and I am still having trouble reaching the keys, maybe it is the position of the mouse pad in front.

My new car is really nice.  In the past after about 6 to 8 hours drive I would get lumbar pain and pain in my right thigh.  But this time it was not a problem.  I made the ride pain free.   I usually have to stop somewhere overnight, but, this time I did not.   I think now, I would only stop overnight if it was dark.  And I dont picture myself driving in the dark.

I had a little problem with getting on to write in my journal.  Somehow I changed the setting so now I had to refresh them

Monday

The only problem with the new conputer is that I have to get used to the arrangement with amore difficult arrangement for typing.  I guess you will get used to it,.Went to my 40th hs reunion.   I didnt recognize any of those old people.   lol lol

Everyone tells me they have lots of fun.  I saw a few people I knew ut that good time never materialized.   We left after about one and a half hours.  Maybe their fun and my dwefinition of fun are tow different,  I really dont think that I will go o another.

Just a few days before I go on my trip to visit my freind.  we will have alot of fun without our husbands tagging along.

 

FRIDAY

I got a new computer.  I have been reading about this for about three week now.   I had been looking for notebooks and came upon a HP that I really liked.  The thing that I liked the best was that the keyboard was comact, this is really important when you have small hand like I do.

Plus it had two rebates totaling $250.  Which I have to send in.  So far so god on this situation computer wise.  

 

Thursday

Today is NOT raining.   I know that people in the southwest would love to have our rain.   But, our ground is saturated.   By now the grass is usually all brown but it is still green and growing.

Not much new.  I am still being frustratedby my dtr and her college registration.   She is the worlds biggest procrastinator.  This past half year to a year have been very difficult.  I can not rely on her to get anything done.  She has things to do and people to call but she does NADA.  I wish I could be inside her head to figure out what is going on.

School starts in three weeks and she is procrastinating on that.

Saturday

Today is a rainy, dismal day.....but, there is nothing white to shovel.  My brother made another scrap run with a lot of metal from 2327.  My sister found a person who may want the freezer.   He actually had two of them, I cant imagine why  two people would need two of them.  He also had a large freezer that doesnt work and a refrigerator that doesnt work either.  Go figure................  My sister is also taking the travel trailer to her house and going to put a sign on it,   I hope it sells.I told them what the computer site said what it was worth and get what they can