Day after tomorrow is red letter day! Moving day, ready or not, there I"ll go!!
The only things left not packed are two outfits, two pairs of jammies, and personal care products. It's hard to live like this, yet not as hard as Thursday is going to be!
After moving on Thursday I think I'll just crash with some cocoa, after a hot shower, and have a sandwich and call it good.
Friday is time enough to start unpacking.
A fresh new start, a new town, new people, and wonderful apt. They put in a brand new sink and it's very lovely, especially with an old fashioned light above it.
I don't know yet to this very moment if I"m going to keep internet. It's been a blast the last 6 years, however now I"m no longer fascinated with it. I think the money would be better spent in savings, or even as a special savings for a trip someday. I'll see, am pretty sure though that this is the end of the road for me with internet.
fleaface
January 30, 2007
January 15, 2007
Well moving day is only 15 hours away and there's too much still undone. The last two days I've done battle with him to get stuff put in boxes.
What a losing battle it was. Now it's countdown time.
I'm sure glad I don't have so much "stuff"! I could get rid of almost all of my possesions and be happy as long as I had the photos of my family. If I lost my sight and couldn't see them I'd be happy with one soft blanket.
When I think about it, it's sad that it takes so much for him to be happy and feel safe, like his world is ok. I truly realize in those moments how much his dad hurt him.
He's coping with a lot of "baggage" from childhood plus his ADD. He's quite lovable. Like a book I got him when he was about 10, called "I Am Lovable" I forget the rest of the title of that book. It's about a child whose self image is torn off piece by piece each day, and how it gets restored. Great book for kids.
Well think I'll go get a cold drink and put my feet up. Tomorrow is a big day.
fleaface
What a losing battle it was. Now it's countdown time.
I'm sure glad I don't have so much "stuff"! I could get rid of almost all of my possesions and be happy as long as I had the photos of my family. If I lost my sight and couldn't see them I'd be happy with one soft blanket.
When I think about it, it's sad that it takes so much for him to be happy and feel safe, like his world is ok. I truly realize in those moments how much his dad hurt him.
He's coping with a lot of "baggage" from childhood plus his ADD. He's quite lovable. Like a book I got him when he was about 10, called "I Am Lovable" I forget the rest of the title of that book. It's about a child whose self image is torn off piece by piece each day, and how it gets restored. Great book for kids.
Well think I'll go get a cold drink and put my feet up. Tomorrow is a big day.
fleaface
January 13, 2007
It's so super cold here! Good Grief!
I could sure stand to live in a warmer climate
I've been watching the African live cam today and it's been real busy, the lions were at the watering hole quite late for them. I was suprised how many female lions there were in the pride. I didn't see the male lion at all today.
Nor did I catch a glimpse of the Baboons, however watched the zebras and Impalas there, caught sight of a single Wildebeast too.
Loved it the other day when I saw three giraffes. I don't think I've seen that many at one time.
My son and I heard about something called "Ruby's Pantry" yesterday afternoon. It seems this church group gives away food once a month. If one can afford a $12.00 donation that's all fine and good and the same if you can't. I wasn't able to cough up that this month, however next will give twice that.
My son, as he's moving out in just 3 days, used it and he was able to give a donation. It's about $40.00 dollars worth of foood too. Awesome stuff.
The important thing here, when I walked in I was half frozen, short of breath, having chest pain from the cold, and a tall lanky youth wrapped an arm around my shoulder, escorted me to his supervisors and they had me sit down, after giving me a huge hug first! Their first concern was that I was having chest pain, the second thing was I was so cold. Boy did they ever take good care of me.
I don't mind saying it brought me to tears, tears of joy at how much they cared. The lady that hugged me didn't let go right away like most people would when they hug you, if felt like I had been hugged by an angel. Such an unusal thing.
So now I'll make banana bread with all the overripe bananas and use the fresh, gorgeous strawberries on my oatmeal :)
The freezer is full of chicken, baked, breaded, fingers of chicken, pita bread, English muffins, ye gads!
Prayers for this church group, they have been growing and keep getting more to give away. Their mission was to end hunger here in MN and Wi. and I think they're suceeding.
The people that are going to help my son move will eat good too. I'm making a lasagna for them, and think I'll throw some kind of meat in the oven to make sandwiches with too. That way if they don't want lasagna they can have a hot sandwich.
They also are a fine organization. We've been very fortunate to have them helping us at step of the way with this project of getting our own places.
I'm especially proud of my son, and now he's excited and seems happy even to be getting a nice place to live. He's been offered a new set of towels, which I believe he turned down. His new apt. has a new stove and a new refrigerator, and the carpet is either new or just shampooed.
There isn't much of anything on tv tonight, unless you count sports....I don't really care to watch that, so will probably plop a movie in the VCR.
LOL, most of my movies are packed, however there's no flaps on the boxes ther in, so I can dig right in!
Tonight's supper is going to be leftovers! The leftover rice is going to be fried with onion, with some scrambled eggs going into it, along with fresh tomato, and maybe some leftover ham. Also the makings for a salad, and that will probably do it for me.
I don't know if the kid wants the same fare or not. He might be on his own tonight if he down't eat what I fix!
It's about half past 4 bells here and so cold around the perimiter of the apt. Last winter we had put plastic up to keep out the cold northerly winds, not this year, that's a post all by itself though.....not a happy one.
Spring isn't far away I guess, we've sailed through Nov and December and almost half of Jan was not too bad. I hope the snow holds off until after the 1st of Feb!
fleaface
I could sure stand to live in a warmer climate
I've been watching the African live cam today and it's been real busy, the lions were at the watering hole quite late for them. I was suprised how many female lions there were in the pride. I didn't see the male lion at all today.
Nor did I catch a glimpse of the Baboons, however watched the zebras and Impalas there, caught sight of a single Wildebeast too.
Loved it the other day when I saw three giraffes. I don't think I've seen that many at one time.
My son and I heard about something called "Ruby's Pantry" yesterday afternoon. It seems this church group gives away food once a month. If one can afford a $12.00 donation that's all fine and good and the same if you can't. I wasn't able to cough up that this month, however next will give twice that.
My son, as he's moving out in just 3 days, used it and he was able to give a donation. It's about $40.00 dollars worth of foood too. Awesome stuff.
The important thing here, when I walked in I was half frozen, short of breath, having chest pain from the cold, and a tall lanky youth wrapped an arm around my shoulder, escorted me to his supervisors and they had me sit down, after giving me a huge hug first! Their first concern was that I was having chest pain, the second thing was I was so cold. Boy did they ever take good care of me.
I don't mind saying it brought me to tears, tears of joy at how much they cared. The lady that hugged me didn't let go right away like most people would when they hug you, if felt like I had been hugged by an angel. Such an unusal thing.
So now I'll make banana bread with all the overripe bananas and use the fresh, gorgeous strawberries on my oatmeal :)
The freezer is full of chicken, baked, breaded, fingers of chicken, pita bread, English muffins, ye gads!
Prayers for this church group, they have been growing and keep getting more to give away. Their mission was to end hunger here in MN and Wi. and I think they're suceeding.
The people that are going to help my son move will eat good too. I'm making a lasagna for them, and think I'll throw some kind of meat in the oven to make sandwiches with too. That way if they don't want lasagna they can have a hot sandwich.
They also are a fine organization. We've been very fortunate to have them helping us at step of the way with this project of getting our own places.
I'm especially proud of my son, and now he's excited and seems happy even to be getting a nice place to live. He's been offered a new set of towels, which I believe he turned down. His new apt. has a new stove and a new refrigerator, and the carpet is either new or just shampooed.
There isn't much of anything on tv tonight, unless you count sports....I don't really care to watch that, so will probably plop a movie in the VCR.
LOL, most of my movies are packed, however there's no flaps on the boxes ther in, so I can dig right in!
Tonight's supper is going to be leftovers! The leftover rice is going to be fried with onion, with some scrambled eggs going into it, along with fresh tomato, and maybe some leftover ham. Also the makings for a salad, and that will probably do it for me.
I don't know if the kid wants the same fare or not. He might be on his own tonight if he down't eat what I fix!
It's about half past 4 bells here and so cold around the perimiter of the apt. Last winter we had put plastic up to keep out the cold northerly winds, not this year, that's a post all by itself though.....not a happy one.
Spring isn't far away I guess, we've sailed through Nov and December and almost half of Jan was not too bad. I hope the snow holds off until after the 1st of Feb!
fleaface
January 12, 2007
OH oh....maybe a glitch in the works. Not for my son, for me.
For I just had a phone call and it seems a flag was raised, a red one.
Before my son came home I had more income, I lost the income as the county figured his income into mine. In real life it doesn't work like that, however they think it does.
So long story short I got behind in my payments, couldn't keep up, and now it's a "problem" for my potential landlord, HUD.
OH well.
There's no crying in baseball, right?
fleaface
For I just had a phone call and it seems a flag was raised, a red one.
Before my son came home I had more income, I lost the income as the county figured his income into mine. In real life it doesn't work like that, however they think it does.
So long story short I got behind in my payments, couldn't keep up, and now it's a "problem" for my potential landlord, HUD.
OH well.
There's no crying in baseball, right?
fleaface
January 10, 2007
Moving Mania has overtaken our home! We have boxes halfway up to the ceiling, and my room barely has room for me to walk in and out.
However it's all good.
My son is happier, ajusting to the idea of living alone now and I'm estatic! Both of us have had our down moments, lonely and unsure moments. Yet life goes on and it's all for the best.
He has a great support system. Things are all lined up for him, a new apt, electric, and the phone is on hold ( hehehee) until he makes a decision about which company or if he's going to go with a cell phone.
I'm moving into a senior highrise, so much for such a spect of nothing...that's all we all you know, just a spect in this great big huge Universe. I got to the point this fall that I asked God to take it from my hands, there so much stuff that I just couldn't do anymore...
He did, he handled it.
Now. If only the world's problems could be solved so easily....why aren't they?
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I think I'll position the head of my bed so I can see the stars at night. Many is the night I gaze out the windows and watch them, thinking of friends far away, wondering how they are and missing them and wishing we could talk in person.
The same goes for my desk and computer, it's going to be right next to the living room window so I can gaze out on the world day or night. My window is on the end of the building, I like that.
The libray is right across the hall, and the exercise room is around the corner. I hope I get to be a lot healthier while there, which I hope will be the rest of my life.
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I got a very sad email yesterday, Tuesday morning. My cousin's daughter's cancer has returned. This time it's in her lung and her throat glands are now swollen. They don't know if the doctors can do anything this time round. So much sadness for a family already overwhelmed with grief.
This branch of my family has already lost 3 of it's children, one cousin to ALS, one to breast cancer and the other hasn't been mentioned.
To lose any child is so wrong, we're supposed to die before our children do. What to do, what to say to my cousin and his wife....
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I heard our "man in charge" is sending more
troops over there. Good Lord....what a mistake.
Nuf said there.
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Time is short, much to do. Pray for those you love, and hope for the best in the world, it's our best shot.
However it's all good.
My son is happier, ajusting to the idea of living alone now and I'm estatic! Both of us have had our down moments, lonely and unsure moments. Yet life goes on and it's all for the best.
He has a great support system. Things are all lined up for him, a new apt, electric, and the phone is on hold ( hehehee) until he makes a decision about which company or if he's going to go with a cell phone.
I'm moving into a senior highrise, so much for such a spect of nothing...that's all we all you know, just a spect in this great big huge Universe. I got to the point this fall that I asked God to take it from my hands, there so much stuff that I just couldn't do anymore...
He did, he handled it.
Now. If only the world's problems could be solved so easily....why aren't they?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I think I'll position the head of my bed so I can see the stars at night. Many is the night I gaze out the windows and watch them, thinking of friends far away, wondering how they are and missing them and wishing we could talk in person.
The same goes for my desk and computer, it's going to be right next to the living room window so I can gaze out on the world day or night. My window is on the end of the building, I like that.
The libray is right across the hall, and the exercise room is around the corner. I hope I get to be a lot healthier while there, which I hope will be the rest of my life.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I got a very sad email yesterday, Tuesday morning. My cousin's daughter's cancer has returned. This time it's in her lung and her throat glands are now swollen. They don't know if the doctors can do anything this time round. So much sadness for a family already overwhelmed with grief.
This branch of my family has already lost 3 of it's children, one cousin to ALS, one to breast cancer and the other hasn't been mentioned.
To lose any child is so wrong, we're supposed to die before our children do. What to do, what to say to my cousin and his wife....
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~```````
I heard our "man in charge" is sending more
troops over there. Good Lord....what a mistake.
Nuf said there.
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Time is short, much to do. Pray for those you love, and hope for the best in the world, it's our best shot.
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