September 04, 2004

It is going to be a rough weekend.

Heidis grandfather passed away today and I had the job of telling her when she came home from work.
I kept waiting and waiting but she didn't come home on time and when she did, it was very hard to break the news.
We knew it was only a matter of days to a month but this caught everyone off guard.
Please keep her and her family in your thoughts.

The hurricane is causing problems and it's not any where near us yet.
3 weeks ago when Charley came through, some power lines near my sisters house sorta came loose and she kept calling FPL and so did all her neighbors.
Well they came out about an hour ago and climbed the pole and just shut everyone on the whole block off rather than fix it.
My sister has now had to leave her home and head north to a friends house.

We will be fine here.
It may get rough, they are saying we could lose power sometime over night or early morning and the weather tomorrow may be worse than what we are going to get tonight.

That's all from here for now.

September 03, 2004

Getting better.

That is all.

September 03, 2004

I cleaned out my bathroom,

with the toilet that needs replacing, it has a leak. I cleaned up my closet, my room, tried to program that universal fucking remote but may patience wore thin after pressing channel + and power for the 30th time to search for the fucking code.
I did some dishes, I need to vacuum, need to catch a weather update, figure out dinner and get rid of this migraine.
I have calmed down somewhat but not enough to make me feel great.

My sis in-law Heather and her son, were in a car accident a few days ago.
The other driver was going 35 in a 50 so Heather tried to pass her in the passing lane and the girl cut left in front of her causing Heather to cut back into the lane and then the chick slammed on the breaks causing Heather to swerve out of control.
They spun around a few times and hit an embankment.
Sullivan is ok. A few cuts and scrapes and a couple of scratches from where one of the dogs flew loose from the seatbelt and flew around the car.
Heather smashed herself up pretty good dislocating her hip and a few other problems. They are ok. They are alive and it could have been so much worse.
The dog that was flown loose, ran out of the car and took off when Heather got out to get her and the baby out and hasn't been seen since.
Her subaru is totaled and get this, the best part, the cops blamed Heather for the accident even though the teen girl was talking on her cell phone only going 35 in a 50, cut Heather off and then slammed on her breaks and when the car crashed, the girl stopped her car, got out and ran on foot through the woods.
As soon as I find an online link to the story, I will link it in this post.
That is such bullshit to me that they are blaming her.
The other driver ran from the scene of the accident. Not just drive off but park the car and run through the woods.
Doesn't that just scream guilt to you? Why run if you didn't do anything wrong?
They will be ok.
Heather and her hubby are trying to get a loan to get another car.
She wants another subaru because as bad as the car looked when it was all over, it had dual air bags and held together really well under the impact.
I hope they find her doggie soon.
They have everyone looking for her.

Well, that's my update for now.
Later days.

September 01, 2004

I am not good at sharing.

I suck at sharing.
I hate to share because people touch my stuff, move my shit, do things that annoy the hell out of me with my stuff and break my pens.
Someone broke my pen. My favorite purple pilot pen. They broke the fucking clicker.
The clicker. They broke it and I am mad.
My monitor was also turned. And my chair.
I told you how I get. I know shit has been moved. grr.
I was cranky to begin with today. Really cranky and fevery and every little thing is annoying the fucking crap out of me but my pen has sent me over the edge.
Oh, it's just a pen Kat. Relax. You can get another pen.
Yes, I can get another pen but it'll get moved too and broken too and all my shit is always touched and the pen is just symptomatic of a much larger problem.
No one in this house fucking respects me and my fucking shit!!
Gee, why you look so mad today mommy?
What's for dinner mommy?
How do I fix this?
Blah blah blah, wah wah wah.
Hello?!?! Did you people not hear me fucking tell you I feel like fucking shit?!?!?!
Oh, that's right, you don't fucking care as long as you have dinner, get to play PS2 or go online. Nothing matters to you unless it suits you.
Oh, you were sick last week?
Yes, I do remember. I went out and bought medicine and cough drops and juice and kleenex and kept the house all quiet and made sure all 3 of the sickos were well taken care of and not bothered and etc etc etc but hey, no big deal right?
I'm fucking super girl!
I've only had a migraine all day and a fever of 103 all day and I still went to the store and did the fucking laundry and tried to remain as pleasant as humanly possible for all of you.
I'm fucking sick and tired of sharing and being the fucking backbone.
I get tired people. I get scared. I get massively fucking depressed and as long as the house is clean and there's food and lights and toilet paper, you could all fucking care less!!!
I'm tired dammit!
No, you can't possibly understand what I'm going through.
Yes you know that my entire left leg went numb yesterday for hours but you have no idea what that is doing to my psyche.
I'm losing my fucking ability to fucking walk!!!!
I just want to scream and yell and tell people to start taking care of themselves because Kat needs a serious mental health break from all of the responsibility.
Kat is tired and scared and would love to just curl up in a fucking ball and cry for days on end because shit is bad, real bad and I am terrified and depressed and angry and a flood of emotions from this.
But I can't just curl up and cry can I?
No I fucking can't cuz I'm the fucking mom and moms don't get a fucking break from fucking anything.
You know what will be good about getting the surgery when I do get it?
At least a week of no cleaning, no cooking, peace and fucking quiet and no answering questions and no being the super hero.
The bad?
I will come home to the house from hell with no clean anything and a bunch of people yakking at me that there's no toilet paper or some shit.

Today is a bad day people.
Kat is having a very bad mental breakdown kind of day and if one more person says that I have mood swings, I'm gonna kick some teeth in.
You want mood swings?!?! Here!! Let me fucking smash you with this big ol' 2x4 right in your fucking spine so that your life stops and you have to stay put for a long fucking time and we'll just see how far your fucking moods swing shall we?!?!

My face is in a scowl. My lips are tightly pursed but my insides are screaming for people to shut the fuck up and grow up and deal with shit and learn shit and use common sense and cook some shit and wash some shit and take out some garbage without me having to tell you! I want to scream and yell and throw shit people. I am so fucking tired. You have no idea.

August 30, 2004

Sisters, sisters.

My sister and I rarely ever argue. When we do though, it's big, lasts for days and then we get over it.
But for the most part, we work really well together.
She has to work a lot of hours and she needs some things done around her house but she can't be there to meet the workers who need to do the work so I go hang out while they do their thing and she gets to stay at work so she can pay for the work that the workers are working on.
Follow that?
Sorry, med stoned so I'm all over the place typing but in my head, it's crystal fucking clear what I'm saying.
So anyway, I went over today and hung out while things are getting done and she gave me money to take a cab home.
She doesn't live far at all, maybe a few blocks but one walk there is enough to send me into muscle spasms for the rest of the night so it was cool that she left me some cash so I could get home.
Borrowed 2 movies and came home.
I'm probably going to do it again soon too.

August 21, 2004

Small sentenced.

A judge sentenced Shawn Small, 27, of Biddeford, to a year and nine months in jail Thursday after he pled guilty to a lesser charge in the death of 11-month-old Chason Treadwell in 2002. Small, who had been dating Treadwell’s mother at the time, had been charged with shaking the infant to death but pled guilty instead to a misdemeanor charge of assault shortly before his trial was to start.

This is not justice at all. My cousins baby is dead and this asswipe gets a fucking year???!!??

Oh and Biddeford Journal Tribune, not only do you need a spellchecker, but you need a fact checker too. The baby was 11 months, not 11 years old. Click for bigger.

August 11, 2004

Hurricane a coming!

There are 2 tropical storms headed our way this weekend.
Bonnie is in the gulf and Charley, who is expected to reach hurricane category 2 by Friday, are both headed to Florida.
Bonnie is headed north of us but Charley, well, he's headed straight at us.
Woo hoo!
I love hurricane season.
A 2 is not enough to inflict any real damage. Some signs will get knocked down, maybe some power outages but it's nothing to worry about.
We'll get our water and canned goods anyway. I have candles all ready.
I like sitting in the driveway and watching it all.
The skies are absolutely amazing during a hurricane.
I have my appointment this afternoon, not this morning like I thought. Good, I can get some more sleep. I slept like shit last night and woke up at exactly 5:29, 1 minute before the alarm was supposed to go off.
Who needs an alarm clock when your body does shit like that.

August 09, 2004

It's staying clean.

I'm cleaning the house and it's actually staying clean!
I love back to school.
Just need to do the bathroom and I will feel like I can live in here again without wanting to beat people with sticks.
It's amazing how dirty people are in general.

I am anxious to see how first day of school went for the boys. I'm sure it was fine for Mark, being the big eighth grader now but Sebastian is low man on the totem pole sixth grader.
I hope it all went well.
Ok, back to cleaning.

August 04, 2004

WTF?

Check out the size of this bug that we found dead outside the house this morning.
I don't even know what the hell it is.
It looks like a fly but it's huge!!!

August 03, 2004

Note to self.

Do not ever try to wash bed pillows along with a big comforter again.
You almost just killed your washing machine which you can't afford to replace and if you hadn't noticed the smell, you could have burnt down your house that you don't own and can't afford to pay for either.
Wash the fucking pillows separately next time blondie.

August 02, 2004

It's going to rain all day.

I think I may go insane.
I am starting to need a break from the noise and needs of everyone who lives here.
It's not that I hate them or am mad at any of them, but it just seems that the minute I sit down to read a few blogs or post to my own, someone needs something.
A bug may be in the bathroom, the house is too dark to fall asleep, break up fights, spell words correctly, be something to someone right at that moment.
I love my family, I love each person who lives here but I think this is the 'thing' that most moms complain about and start feeling resentful over.
It's the non-ability to be alone for any length of time.
When I take a shower, I can count on someone coming in there and taking a leak, a crap, washing their hands or just asking a million questions.
If I go outside to sit for a few, someone follows all the time.
If I sit here, someone needs something.
I have this thing about privacy at the computer.
If someone is on it, no one else can sit anywhere near it and no one should ask the person on the puter any questions at all.
I do really good at this rule.
I don't bug anybody when they are on reading emails or looking at whatever. I just sit somewhere else and watch tv or go lay down in my room. I am a good provider of personal space and quiet time.
But the minute I sit down to read my emails or blog or read blogs or whatever, someone has to ask something, need something, start chatting about something.
People wonder why I am getting so snippy.
It's cuz you all won't leave me the fuck alone for 10 minutes!
I do not need constant stimulation people. I can sit quietly for hours.
I love them. I really do love them but I really need my space, my quiet time. My time to blog and read blogs.
It has nothing to do with me being a bitch, it keeps me from being a bitch.

So there ya have it, the reason I haven't replied to any of your emails or been around to visit you.
I simply haven't had the time and quiet that I need to do it.
I really wish my family would understand that if they give me my time alone, that I am much more willing to to do what ever it is they want me to do.

July 31, 2004

40 + 5

You met in a different time it seems when vows meant something.
You stuck together through thick and thin and even thinner.
You held each others hands through sicknesses and grief.
You raised your own children and took in those in need.
You taught values and morals and how to stand up for yourself.
You taught music and laughter and kindness and love.
You still stand strong together when things are not as easy as they once were.
You love and are loved.
Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad.

July 21, 2004

Hey hey hey!

I just checked my electric bill for this month seeing as how my money sucker got struck by lightning and the landman had to buy a new one at the beginning of the month, and last months bill was $185.00.
This months bill with new AC, $125 and I even left it on a few nights because it was super hot.
Last years July 21st bill, $229.13.
That's a savings over last year of $105.00.
Yee fucking haw baby!!

July 05, 2004

Electric avenue.

The landman came over and fixed the breaker trip problem and we all laughed about this kind of shit coming in 3's.
1. Lightning striking original AC.
2. New AC tripping the breaker every time you turned on a light in another room.
3. Now that that problem is fixed, the whole back room has no working outlets.
There's my 3. I will call him tomorrow and let him know. poor guy. He has been so on top of shit here and every little thing keeps breaking left and right.
I can't win for losing as my mom says.

Heidi and I are going to attempt to go see Fahrenheit 911 tonight at Burns Court, our local indie theater.
There are only 2 theaters showing the movie near us.
The Burns and the Carmike Palm 20.
In Bradenton.
The Hollywood 20, which is a Regal Cinema, has opted to not show the film due to pressure from groups.
Chicken shits.
If we get in to see it, I will post a review.
Later days.

July 01, 2004

How are you doing?

Good? You having a good day?
Let me just tell you how shit is going around here.
First, I'm supposed to go pay the phone bill and all the other bills saturday right, so I call the phone pay place and what do ya know? They are closed on saturday and Monday for the Holiday. Just closed Saturday because they don't want to work that day apparently.
So I call Verizon and ask for another pay place.
Bradenton. Um, no, sorry, can't get to Bradenton. No car, looking at 4 buses to get there, no.
Ok, well there is a store not far from your house that takes payments. I call the store to confirm and the dude gets mad at me cuz I asked if they take phone payments. Starts cursing at me cuz Verizon sends so many people there all the time.
Dude. Chill. I was just asking.
So I call Verizon back and they tell me they can take a payment by phone. Great. One problem. I don't have a checking account or debit card.
I call friend Shell, make her a deal, pay my bill with your debit card, I send you a money order for the amount on Saturday.
Great. She gives me the numbers to make the payment.
Guess what?
They don't take debit cards without a Star, Pulse or Mac logo on them even if it is a Visa check card. No dice.
I email her back, thank you anyway.
Call them back, what am I gonna do, it's gotta be paid by Saturday.
Oh, who told you that?
Well, the 6 fucking people that I have now spoken to this morning.
Oh, you can pay it Tuesday morning no problem. We don't turn off on weekends or holidays. Just pay Tuesday morning. It's ok.
By the way, would you like to buy a cordless phone for just $99.95 and make easy monthly payments of just $5.00?
Hell fucking no!!

Second, the new air conditioner is tripping the power. I have now lost power in just the living room 6 fucking times this morning.
So I had to rearrange a few electronic pieces and cords and move shit around to different surge protectors and outlets.
So far, we have now gone a full 45 minutes without tripping the power again. Keep your fingers crossed for us please.

Third, one good thing.
Grodi girl sent the boys a box of goodies. They are happier than pigs in mud on a hot delta day.
Holy shit girl! Thank you!

I am gonna go collapse now ok? Ok.

June 30, 2004

Landman came over and surprise!

He bought a new air conditioner!.
So far, so good.
I will have to see how it does on the next bill but I am still going to shut it off every night.
I saved $40 over last year, why would I let anything run all night if it's gonna cost me?
After he installed it, life got back to normal.
When he pulled out the old one, it was black like it had been on fire. He was so surprised that nothing else got ruined or zapped.
Surge protectors people.
Get one. Use it. Love it.
Saves your electronics from lightening and power company fuck ups.
Later days.

June 29, 2004

The gods are angry.

My air conditioner just got struck by lightening.
Huge storms in the area

and my air conditioner gets struck by lightening.
Fuck.
The whole house flickered and then the whole house filled up with smoke and the money sucker howled and screamed and died a most horrible death.
I ran and shut it off and we ran outside to see a giant poof of smoke in the yard.
Cars stopped, people stared.
Luckily, every other electronic in the house is on surge protectors.
Scary and exciting.

June 29, 2004

I went outside to sit in the sun for a few minutes.

There was a giant, over sized box sitting there.
Heidi's tv.
Too large to go in the house.
So we opened it and had a massive peanut explosion.
All over the drive way.
Had the boys scooping peanuts. I scooped peanuts.
We got 'em all contained but holy hell UPS, was it really necessary to pack that tv in 9 million peanuts?
Cripes.

June 25, 2004

I hate people.

Some asswipe stole my gas can for the lawnmower.
It had about $5.00 worth of gas in it.
Fuckers.

June 22, 2004

Morning.

Yesterday was my electric bill read date and so this morning, I went and checked it online to see how much money I was saving by shutting the air off every night.
June of last years bill, $204.67.
This years June bill, $165.71.
That's a savings over last year of $38.96.
No, it's not a huge savings but it's enough to make me shut it off even earlier every night.
I have been shutting it off when I go to bed which with my insomnia at times, can be 1-2-3 am sometimes.
I think I am just going to shut it off every night at 11 and turn it back on when I wake up.
Even saving $40 over some of last years bills is a huge improvement for me and makes me happy.
Later days.

June 21, 2004

The kids and I have been hanging out.

I got them to do some manual labor for me in the yard today and then we sweat our asses off by going to the store to get some grub.
Holy hell it's hot today.
It's just another boring day here.
Trying to stay cool and hanging out.
Later days.

June 20, 2004

I had a slight mishap with the caulking.

*heh heh* I said caulk.
I installed a new dryer hose and vent gate on the house today and used some spray caulking around the outside to seal it up.
We discovered that that is where the snakes were coming in so I had to replace all the parts.
The caulking sort of got away from the can and hit me in the fingers.
I have been peeling caulking off my hand for the last 4 hours.
I tried acetone.
I tried oil.
I tried lava soap.
No.
It wasn't budging.
I still have some on my fingers.
I will be peeling for days.
Ugh.

June 15, 2004

Home again home again.

The boys and I got up early and went to the grocery store.
We stocked up.
Got a lot of good deals but no cereal deals today. Oh well. Bought store brand and hopefully it won't suck ass.
We decided to get up and go do it early because it's going to be a steamer out there today.
Highs in the 90's and high humidity with like a 44% chance of a t-storm later in the day which in all honesty, just makes it hotter than hell after it stops.
So now we are home, turned the air on and we are just gonna kick back and enjoy the coolness of the house and watch movies, play games and annoy the crap out of each other.

June 07, 2004

This house is clean.

Well mostly clean
Heidi's room is finished for now. Walls washed, carpet cleaned, bed made, pillows freshed and fluffed, boxes placed in closet so it doesn't look like one giant closet in her room. She will be able to come home on the 25th and pass out in a clean room.
We did the driveway too. All webs and dirt washed away with the hose.
It's clean.
Have some blankets in the drier, have some dishes in the sink from lunch.
Got the mail and in it, no bills (yay!) but a beautiful hand made card for Sebastian from Christine.
He loves it and will be sending you his own thank you.
The boys went to the store to get some grub.
Happy helpful boys this summer so far.
All they ask in return is that I spray 'em down with the hose when it's hot.
Can't argue that.

June 07, 2004

Heidi hurry.

They are getting comfy in there again.

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June 03, 2004

The lawn is mowed.

That is all.

June 03, 2004

We need to mow the lawn.

That is all.

May 31, 2004

I finished all my cleaning

and am just now finishing up the laundry.
I have had a headache almost all afternoon.
I get so fed up with certain things that get said to me like I'm just not good enough or whatever.
It's little jabs that really irk me ya know what I mean?
I just want to say fuck you and fuck you and oh yeah, fuck you.
The boys still aren't home. That's ok. There isn't anything fun going on here anyway.
Time to fold the last of the laundry and then try to get rid of this headache.
Later days.

May 29, 2004

Things to do.

Clean out bathroom cabinet and move all my stuff back to my room.
Clean off my dresser so that all my stuff from bathroom cabinet can go on it.
You would not believe the amount of makeup products I have that I rarely use.
It's crazy the amount of shit I have in that cabinet and in a basket on the shelf of the cabinet.
I went to get my eye cream and was like, where the fuck is it?
Then I found about 60 other things that I forgot I had.
It's nuts.
I need to try and fix my lamp too.
It doesn't touch turn on anymore and there is no switch. It's a loose wire I think.
I wonder if I can fix it.
Will try tomorrow.
Little easy tasks. No furniture moving I promise.
Hope you all have a good holiday weekend and don't drink and drive.

May 28, 2004

Not a lot going on here.

Just resting.
We are watching ROTK again and there is a question as to the tv volume. It's an old floor model so if you want it louder, you have to get up.
Sebastian says to Mark, 'you can turn it up if you want to.'
Mark says to Sebastian, ' you can do it, you're young and blond.'
We all cracked up.

P.S. MT blacklist is a damn good thing. There were 37 attempts for some direct tv shit in the activity log. Bwahahahahahahahahah did you enjoy wasting all that time before you finally gave up shithead?

May 24, 2004

He's such a good helper.

Mark is helping me clean the house today seeing as he stayed home.
So I really needed the cupboards cleaned out so he is doing it for me.

He only complained once when he found the carcass of a long dead cockroach.
Since my old neighbor moved out 3 years ago, we haven't had a roach problem.
Her house was filthy as in gag oh my friking god. There were empty beer cans everywhere, food, paper plates with food on them in every room of the house, dog shit, cat shit and bird poopies everywhere. She just let her bird fly around the house.
It was nas-ty.
She moved, no more roaches.
Bill may be a pain in the ass but he's clean.

May 16, 2004

I really do love it here in Fla.

But I gotta tell ya, the humidity, sucks major ass.
It's only 81 degrees today but the humidity is up at 82% so it feels like 90.
Icky sticky.
I've basically laid on the couch all day just trying not to sweat too much.
With leather, you have to cover them in summer or else you stick and they make that noise when you get up.
It always sounds like you're farting.
I'm gonna wait a bit longer and then take a shower.
I wait all day because there is no point taking one in the morning because by noon, it's like you didn't take one at all.
I'd rather be comfy and clean when I sleep.
So there, that's my boring, hot day.
Exciting eh?
Oh, I did find a shirt I want while I was bored and surfing around clothes at amazon.
It's just so, me.

May 16, 2004

All right all you thrifty home do it yourselfers.

Anyone have a recipe for home made leather cleaner that doesn't strip the color from your furniture?
Tried one and it made it a little light. Gah.

May 03, 2004

Just got an group email from my cousin Chris in Iraq.

He's doing pretty good. He has captured about 32 bad guys he said. Works 18 hour days and stuff.
Says he wants/needs smokes, PS2 games, fantasy type books and personal hygiene items.
So I got some stuff for him and threw it in the box and my sis is getting some stuff to put in there too. We are gonna mail it out this weekend.
Some disposable razors, some toothbrushes and a whole slew of PS2 demo discs and the kids put in Turok cause they beat it and think he will like it.
I'm gonna write him a nice big ol letter and put the cards the boys made him in there as well.
It was good to hear from him.
He seems to be doing better than last reported spirit wise.
That is great to hear.
Anyway, that is all.
Later days.

April 27, 2004

I forgot to mention this.

Last night, as I was going to get in bed, I noticed a big 'ol cat hork right in the middle of my bed.
Giant hairball with slime.
I had to change out my sheets because I hadn't made the bed so instead of just ditching the comforter until morning, I had to change out the sheets.
I had just washed them.
I much prefer it when the cat horks on the carpet.
If she does it again, I'm going to shave her and there won't be any cat horks to be found anywhere.
That'll teach her.

Redheaded Bitch

April 20, 2004

Our house in the middle of our street.

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Heh. Just thought I'd show you all our street and say hello to Heidi. :)

April 17, 2004

So when I had that

snake in the house and it broke a wine glass, I must have missed a sliver.
I was doing the dishes just now and went to wipe some crud away from the top of the sink near the knobs with water and my hand, something got me and for a tiny little cut, it just bled and bled and bled.
Still bleeding.
3 band-aids later, still bleeding.
See, snakes just don't look creepy and may bite you, they cause a whole slew of unforeseen problems even after they have left.

April 03, 2004

What reason exactly do I have cats?

Yes, they make good companions but the real reason any of us have cats is because they are supposed to hunt, mame and kill critters that make it into the house somehow right?
Not mine.
Oh no. Not mine.
I hear a loud crash from the kitchen.
I go out to investigate and see one of my purple wine glasses smashed in the sink. I look up and see a snake wrapped around Heidi's Dead Red wine.
I ran and screamed.
It then made it's way to the window in an attempt to escape the shrillness of my screams no doubt.

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Then, when it realized it couldn't get out, it made it's way down the wall to my trash can where I continued to scream and yell at the boys to get help!

Sebastian went and got the neighbors who captured it for my panicked ass.
This is the second time in the 5 years I have lived here that I have had a snake in the house and the second time that I have been cleaning and moving all over the house and not noticed it at all and the second time my no good for nothing cats sat and watched it like it was a fucking tv show.

March 30, 2004

That was a lot of crap.

It is truly amazing how much crap a single closet can accumulate in a years time.
I have many things to get rid of.
I am going to try and have a yard sale this weekend and whatever doesn't sell, it goes to the curb.
I just have too much shit that no one wears, uses or whatever.
I am too pooped to pop now.
Later days.

March 29, 2004

It's pretty boring around here today.

The boys are on spring break and we are slowly cleaning stuff up.
We went through Sebastian's dresser this morning and got rid of so many clothes that are too small or were just junk and tossed them.
We gave the good but too small clothes to his little friend Ryan.
We are taking a break right now and then we are gonna hit my closet.
I don't even honestly know where to begin in there.
Ugh.
Hope everyone is having a good monday.
Later days.

March 27, 2004

Sis came over with the desk

and it looks pretty good in the big room.
Yes, that is a blanket over the window. That is the west side of the house so in the afternoons, the sun is blazing through those windows and it makes it incredibly hot so I covered them with a huge blanket. I do it every summer as it saves on cooling costs. That room used to be a porch until it was closed in.

This is Mark playing the PS2. The camera takes better pictures in natural light as you can see.

And this is my messy living room.
You can see my ultra cluttered desk area and my foot stool. It helps my back to have my feet propped up that high.

I think it's time for a nap now. I am bored to death around here today.
Later

March 24, 2004

Why do we have pets?

More specifically, why do I have pets?
First Nova with a whiz whiz here and now Christine with a shit or 20 behind the tv.
I never even smelled it until tonight.
Then, I made Sebastian go look back there because the tv is on a stand set kitty corner and he is the only one who can fit back there.
He says, I need a a bag.
He gets a bag and some paper towels and comes out with a plastic bag full of cat shit.
WTF? is with the animals who live here???
I swear, I am going to go postal on a few living beings of the feline persuasion.
So what did we just do?
We moved the giant ass old floor model tv on a stand up flat against the wall and now I can't see it from my pc.
Yes this blows.
I mean I can sort of see it. Like a sliver of the screen.
I am pissed.
But Mark, is strong.
Here's a kid who won't fight back because he's afraid to get hurt and he walked that tv back and forth about 5 feet and then pushed it flat up against the wall.
What did I do?
I made sure the tv didn't fall on him.
I held it as he walked it.
I'm not happy with it's position.
So I'm thinking over spring break that we move the living room around seeing as he seems to be able to lift, push and pull and I can't.
Heh.
I'll be supervisor.

February 28, 2004

It is still boring here.

Went to the store and spent my little bit of cash on much needed cat litter and stuff.
Damn cats stink the place up.
Speaking of cats, Nova, the injured stubby tailed kitty, chewed on that injury until some of the skin was just hanging.
It was disgusting.
So it is off now and healing better.
At least I won't have to hear her chewing on it anymore.

Mark is still with Mikey and Sebastian and I are watching Forrest Gump again.
It's on tv this time.
Mark just called while I was typing.
The boys are on the way here.
Hopefully with a movie or 2.
I just love watching movies and Mikey has a huge collection.
As much as I love watching Keanu over and over again, the kids, well, they hate it...lol
Later days.

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February 23, 2004

My cousin Chris is in Iraq.

He has been over there since January and we now have his address to send him things.
I am going to burn him a cd and the kids are making him some cards.
He is the one I told you about whose baby was very sick.
CJ, the baby is doing much better.
I have no idea what else can be sent.
Anyone out there military who knows what they can have?
His mom said he likes junk food, so what can I send through the mail that won't spoil or go rotten.
I can't afford to send a huge box or anything but a few small things I can do.

I remember Chris before he was even born.
I went with my Aunt Rosalie and her husband Tim to the state fair in Maine while she was pregnant with him.
I used to help her take care of him when he was a baby and then I played with him and his little brother Sean and sister Mandy.
It's hard for me to believe that he is all grown up, married, has a baby of his own and is now off in another country.
Kind of scary.
Scary that he is over there and scary that I am old enough to have a cousin who is all grown up and fighting a war.

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February 22, 2004

I was in the middle of making dinner

when *flicker flicker poof*, out went the lights.
I thought I blew a fuse because I had the tv on, the stove, the electric skillet, the dryer, 2 pcs and 3 lights.
I know that doesn't seem like a lot but I blew a fuse on Monday just by doing laundry, tv running, 2 pcs and the carpet cleaner.
It happens.
It wasn't a fuse this time.
From what I hear, a car wrapped itself around a pole.
We lost power at 5:45, right after I posted that last post.
Flicker flicker poof.
Luckily, the meat had finished and the water had boiled enough to where the pasta just needed to sit in it a few minutes.
We got power back around 8.
It sucks when you lose power doesn't it?
But, we ate by candle light, went for a small walk around the hood, and talked to each other about stuff.
Every now and then, it can be a good thing to lose the lights.

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February 21, 2004

We have good news and we have bad news.

The good news is the city came out yesterday and bitched them out over the septic tank.
The bad news is they have 2 dumb-ass nobodies out there digging up the drain field and getting drunk.
There is also the smell.
The windows have all had to be closed.
I would take pictures of the pants around cracks of asses drinking idiots scratching their heads trying to figure out how to fix it, but they are pretty damn pissed they got caught.

I will stay indoors until it's over.

On an unrelated note, Jenni added a search feature and a really nice Legolas search results page.
Legolas in blue.
*sigh*

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February 19, 2004

Mark just got home and Sebastian is staying after-school

to get some extra work on his math.
Nova the kitty is doing well, still picking at her tail and doing it while I sleep.
Making baked potatoes because I just love them carbs and all and with cheese and bacon bits.
Yes, I can't give up comfort foods and really, I don't want to.
You only live once baby, eat the ice cream.
I have such a backache today so I'm sort of off and on here.
Later days.

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