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

Friday

Got out of work early.  I don't know where everyone is but they are not in town.   I talked with a clerk at the super market and she said they were slow there too.   I think maybe they are all at the beach.

I have been trying to set up the 123 publish but it also was in super SLOMO.  I have a feeling that the problem is with some kind of contamination in this computer.   My husband wouls rather spend hours deleating, or pseudodeleting things.   But they ALWAYS come back  I think he should just wipe thing out and then redo them.  \  Although I hit the save button I dont think they were saved.

I was saving things on my computer but decided to save them on aol instead and I am going to back up my photos on CDs.  

My dtr is coming to Pgh tomorrow and we are going to see the Lord of the Rijngs Concert with the Pgh Symphony.  They are really great.

Thursday

Figured out this morning that Chuck had quit smoking.    For about the seventh time.  He quit once for 8 months and then started again.  He said that he just wanted to have "one."  I told him that it was impossible for him to have "one".   It just precipitated him back to where he was and more.

He will be a bear.  We were to go to a concertt on Saturday night.   The Lord of the Rings concert.  He told me to find one of my firiends to go with me and my dtr. because he didn't think he could do it.   He really doesnt like classical music.  Weel, some of it he likes.  For him to sit there would be torture for both him and me.  My friend Jenny is going to go in his place.  She is a lot of fun.  I think we will have a good time.

Thursday

This morning I did manage to get Henry the Cats picture on my journal.  I think the problem lies with the computer.  Sometimes I am responsible for operator error, but not when I am clicking the add pictures and it does not bring up the proper screen.

Just found a email address in the picture help section.  Sent an email and maybe I can learn how to get the photos to fill in the avaliable space.

 

Wednesday

Back to this computer after a few hour hiatus.   I still am trying to get this journal illustrated.   I think  I could cdlick on the addpictures for eternity.   Something is wrong, and click the aol help doesnt help me.  I got some help from a guy named Val , who I think was probably in Bombay.  He was very nice and helpful.  I got the first picture on the journal and I wrote down the instructions.   However, when I tried to recreated them, didnt work. 

I followed the steps one by one, and I kept clicking on Add Pictures and it wouldnt add.  I will persevere and try again.

Well, still clicking and no pictures up for me to peruse...........................

Well, to paraphrase Teresa, they can shove this....................

 

 

Trying to get help

TRying to get help to add pictures to this damn journal is like trying to launch a rocket.   Tech suport was NO help.   He kept tell me to hit save and there was not F'ing save button on the damn window

Wednesday

I have sucessfully transfered pictures from a cd to the computer, and transfered one of them to my journal.   This is a picture of fireworks over Pittsburgh.   I wrote down the instructions and hopefully can do it again.  I had to call the tech support and talked to a real live person.

Now I have just to figure out how to make the picture larger.  

This is an edit, some how I lost this entry and was able to retireve it from an email that I had sent

Sunday

The day was going fine until I went to visit my brother.  Why lives at 2327.   There was a notice from the insurance company that stated that they were not paying for his hospitalization at Western Psych.  because it was "out of network"   This sounds like a catch 22 situation.   He was 302'd and did not have a choice.    And due to the HIPPA regulations no one in the family was there to acts as his advocate so he would get sent "in Network"  I guess I have to get out the information and write another letter to the Mental Health Portion of Health America. 

The insurance companies want to collect the cash but not pay it out.   By the way,, the cost of the psych admission for 4 days was almost $10,000.   For those prices you would think he could have talked to Sigmund himself.

Saturday

I have sucessfully moved my pictures from the computer and copied them on a disc.   Now, my next attempt will be to try to move them on my journal.  I don't know how some people seem to know how to do it.

There is something wrong with the cmputer again.  Chuck read his work email and I think that it was contaminated with a virus.  What really bugs me is that we subscribe to Norton and how in the world does it let this stuff through.   One would think that with all the money we spend on it, it would not let it happen.   It can identify the problem but does not eliminate the problem.

 

Friday

Up early again, and not by choice.  I just wake up.  I never realized that a person would have sleep problems when they hit their 50's.  Mostly tossing and turning and awakening early.

Have to go and get the mail.  I miss the newspaper but it will not reastart until tomorrow.  Maybe I will get some stuff done today, or again, maybe not.  

My dtr is talking to a counselor and I hope it helps her.  Everyone has issues but when talking to some non judgement, nonrelated person seems to help.  I guess people take it more seriously when some one out of the family talks to you.  It also helps that this persons has the "proper" credentials.

Thursday

Well I have gotten as far as downloading my digital photos onto a CD.   How I did that I do not know.  It had something to do with the HP program and all of that stuff was already in the program.  Just now I need to figure out how to get it on to my journal................................

I guess tomorrow I will pick up the mail.   NW PA is a very pretty part of the counry.  Half of it it (near the OH) line was covered by glaciers and it is very flat.   Further to the east it starts to get mountainous and from a higher elevation you can see the rolling mountains.   We went to a little town Brookville, it is the county seat of Jefferson County.  It has a lot of houses that were built in the late 1800's and they have turrets and they are well maintained and very colorful.   I think I will get a history book on those communities.  I suspect that lumber business was king.

Now it saved four times.

I have yet to figure this out.   I typed a whole two paragraphs and kept hitting the save button but it woulnt save..................Is the problem with my computer or AOL>HPIM0003   Well, here is the file of my cat, but, how do I conjure up the photo????????????????

Why won't this save?

I have just spent 20 minutes composing something for this journal and it wouldn't save....................

Why won't this save?

I have just spent 20 minutes composing something for this journal and it wouldn't save....................

Why won't this save?

I have just spent 20 minutes composing something for this journal and it wouldn't save....................

Why won't this save?

I have just spent 20 minutes composing something for this journal and it wouldn't save....................

Thursday

I also found out that I have another $2000 CD from my father.   I think I would like to get a laptop............................

Thursday

It is finally cooler outside.   The constant heat and humidity is oppersive.  It is to be cooler for a few days.   OnSunday we are going up north to the Allegheny Forest and have a week of rest (or so I hope)  I have rented a cabin and it will be sort of semi camping.  No A/C and no cable.  I have a few books and have something I would like to do.   I am going to look for a place to put the camper and then make it a vacation spot.   It would be nice to go up in the autumn and go leaf peeping and relax.

My dtr talked to the psycologist today.  Sometimes it is nice to talk to a nonjudgemental person and vent your troubles.  You can talk to your family but someone not in the family can give validation to what your feeling and problems are.    She tells me she needs 5 credits to graduate.   I told her to look at some political science classes and see if law is what she wants to do.  My friend Rosemary says the first year of law school is intense and stressful, so dont quit taking your Rx if you are on it.  If she takes 12 it is "full time" and she will be still covered by the health insurance.

I hope she can find a job to tide her over.  She wants to apply to law school for starting in the fall of '05.  She will be covered by my health care until she is 25 if she is a full time student.   I know you can do it Emily....................She cares a lot about people and will help a lot of people,  I hope you don't forget your music.......................You really have a talent for the viola.

Wednesday

Back to work today, I just do not want to be there............  I think I am suffering from depression.   I am trying to get in touch with my daughter and she doesnt answer her phone.   I worry about her too......................

Found out one of the women quit and one is preggers.  That leaves the schedule up in there air.........................

Tuesday

Today is my last day off.   I really could get used to days off forever.   The only problem is that who would pay me.  Who knows what tomorrow will bring.   I am on call on Friday and then off next week.  We are going to Ohio on Monday to take our dtr a vacuum cleaner and visit for a bit.

Went to talk to Sueann but that is a whole other story for when I get my goals that I established in place.  I decided to quit worrying about the dead and tha I have enough problems with the living.

Monday

Got a lot accomplished, I think.  Went to find graves of my ancestors.  The Irish side.  I found out that there are 3 lots avaliable, only you have to die to use them.   I wished I had taken my camera and would have photographed them.   That was my fathers, mothers side.   My fathers's, fathers side is there too.   But it started to rain and my sister and I didn't want to get when, because this required looking on a hilly, wet hillside.   They cemetary was there from the 1800's  and a lot of the tombstones were toppled over.  My fathers-paternal side were from the same area of town.  After my grandfather died in 1921 I think they accused my grandmother of killing him.  From what I can figure, he was intoxicated and fell down the steps.  They the next day he was dead.   Most likely had a subdural hematoma and it was no ones fault by his own. 

We will go someday and look again.   The rest of the family, ancestorss, are buried in Ireland.  I dont know how I would go about finding them.  The whole hillside were all cousins, I think.   Married daughters, sons and their children.   I would venture a guess that I have a lot of deceased ancestors in that one cemetary.  I also have to investigate my mothers maternal side which is in another cemetary.   They were non Catholics and not buried in the Catholic one.   But now if you are married to a Catholic you can be buried in the All Saints Cemetary.  Times are a changin'.

My daughter was feeling bad, when I called she was sitting in the vetts office with her cat, Jeanne Marie, to get her FIXED.  I told her that she was a young healthy cat and she would be all right.  She is to stay over night and come home tomorrow.

 

 

Drives me crazy

I love my daughter, but sometimes she drives me crazy.  She was to get everything done to request a Late withdrawl  from the past semester.  I found out that she had lied and had not done what she was suppose to do.  She was to write a letter and get 3 professors to sign off on the paper to have a late withdrawl.  She was to meet with the asst dean (said she did) and I found out that she did nothing after she told me it was done.  

If she had done it it would have stayed at the dean level and now it will be handled by the registrar.  Not only that, she didnt get the forms and filled them out until I came up, found out, and forced her to do this.  

Is she waiting for some miracle to occur??????    I am extremely dissapointed that she habitually lies to me.  I can't trust anything that she says.  I also feel, that there is something else going on that I didnt find out about yet.  I Will Find Out Eventually.   She is a sweet, wonderful person, but I am seriously wondering about her..............................

It will be a long time before I can believe what she tells me is the truth.  She has to reearn my trust in her. 

 

She filled out the forms andI took them to the registrar and then found out that they had to be taken to the various departments.  I, did get this done, I guess my Karma was good because I was able to get the professors to sign off on it.  I was really irked, if I had known this was to be done I would have dragged her arse out of bed and gone with me.  Neither one of us knew that it was to be done on the spot.

Saturday

I wonder, who can read those really small letters.  A person would need a magnifying glass to see them.  

Back from visiting my dtr.  The more I try to get done the more I found out she didn't do.  I thought that when children were little it was hard, but it has been proven to me that the adult (I use that term loosly) is more difficult.

It seems that I am on perpetual damage control.  She is out of money.  How in the world can a person use up their savings of $4000 with next to nothing to show for it.   Meals out, she spends more money on food out than her father and I.   Buying books and cds and things like that.  To top it off she hasnt found a job.  I got her a book on budgeting and she either refused to read it or read it and thought that it didnt apply to her.  

Monday pseudo 4th holiday

Up early, my eyes just popped open.   I think the cats had something to do with it.  They were on the bed looking at me.  I think that was caused by their wanting food.   I called into work and there are two cases scheduled.  I have to take the cats to get their immunization shots so Chuck is on back up for that one.   If I get called he will take them or retrieve them from the veternarians, so they wont be left in the hot car.  

Nothing going one.  Tomorrow I am on a trip to visit my dtr.  I hope to get some things done with her.  Like take the cat to be neutered and some other stuff that she is procrastinating on. 

No celebration for the 4th.  We just went out and had dinner. And since we were both tired from working that day and the day before it was lights out.

Got a notice for my 40th class reunion.  WHERE DID THE TIME GO??? I am seriously thinking of going.   It will be a casual affair and we both (miraculously) have the day off.  It will be a barbeque and casual.  I am pretty sure that I want to go.  The wife of the contact person said that about 50 people are going and that is not much out of a class of 425 or so.

Sunday

On call yesterday.  Was busy in the afternoon.  But, I did get to sleep during the night.  On call hospital workers are the only ones that get to have a sleepover at work.   Only one case scheduled for today.   Tomorrow I am on beeper call, if they call me they are working was too hard...................

Still cleaning out stuff at 2327.  Brought home some WWII books for Chuck.  I hope to get bookcase made for the family room to put this stuff in.  Got a letter about my 40th HS reunion.  It is going to be a barbeque I will ask Chuck if he wants to go???   Who know.  I didnt' like them much when I was there.   Maybe it will be different.   A cookout will be much bettter than a stuffy formal affair.

Going through my fathers things.  I found the naturalization papers for my great grandfather.  and the ones for my mothers parents.  It also seems that we 6 are the owners of cemetary lots all over Allegheny County.  I will go and check them out because this is of a genelogical interest to me.