3/28/2009 Odds and Ends!

As always, or most always, I am writing about yesterday because I write in the morning.

Said farewell to Barb as I was leaving for work, and she for the Paramus Container Store to meet up with Joan. She was planning to meet up with another friend who is also her accountant, Annette, I think, and concluding her journey back to P-Town by stopping at Paul and Al's to help celebrate Paul's birthday.

I was sorry to see our visit end, but glad to get back to normal - and gladder that I wasn't the one doing the driving for a change. Had a very productive day with SJ and O, as he is coming around nicely. Hysterics and bad behavior are being replaced slow and sure by fun and frolic and good behavior. It's good for everyone and most satisfying for me. (Who wouldn't savor being the catalyst for positive change in a situation?)

At 4pm I left telling Steve Sr., that I needed to get home to welcome Soph back from her trip to Disney World. What I left out was that she was not scheduled to arrive until around 10pm. I did that because I had a week's worth of chores to whip into shape before Soph and CD arrived.

Walked into the house with clear motivation and mission - like a tornado, if you must know. By 4:30 I was ironing full-tilt. I managed to wrap up all the laundry for the week (including my own - and the guest room bedding washed, ironed, and bed made) by 8pm. It was exhilarating to work that hard, that fast! LOL

Later, I phoned what I refer to as an eyore-friend to confirm a weekend get-together and she unceremoniously regaled me, for over an hour, with a new-improved reprise of her favorite chant from the 80's: the my-life-sucks-but-I'd-rather-complain-about-it-than-actually-do-anything-about-it chant.

Not for nothing, but I'm having a rough go of it too. Uh, so is everyone I know, at least in some capacity. I have sympathy for anyone and everyone who is being victimized by this scandalous mess we're in -- except for those who refuse to do anything to make their lives better. To work as hard as they have to in order to manage their situation. We're ALL doing things we don't want to do. Poppy-cock! Enough about this.

Today, I'm going to stay home and have some peace and quiet. Enjoyed the week with Barb here, but it took a lot out of me. (In a good way, but I am tired.)

Blast! I am out of my heart meds. Called the doctor to refill my prescriptions. I'll have to venture out to collect them. Pfffffffft! LOL

Say, I've got a great idea! While, I'm off to the pharmacist, why not read this interesting article (by Matt Taibbi) that I received from a friend of mine. The Big Takeover. You owe it to yourselves to give it a look-see. Taibbi writes for Rolling Stone and is a frequent guest on Bill Maher and Jon Stewart. That my Republican friend is the one who forwarded it speaks volumes. This piece of writing is a major examination of what has gone wrong in the economy and really explains the situation in very understandable terms.

It's long. Take a bathroom break and get a beverage.



All for now.
CM

Sunny Daze! 3/7/2009

We are having a beautiful day!

Temperatures started to rise yesterday, and today they are set to go into the sixties, with long periods of sunny skies, peppered by drifiting clouds.

I am beside myself with glee!

Had some fun on Facebook yesterday afternoon while the little ones were asleep. I had gone on my acount just to admit a new friend as, er, a friend, and discovered over twenty-five requests that had been sitting there. Once I started to play with it, I couldn't stop! Had a blast and am now looking forward to using it to spy on, *cough* uh, I mean, catch up with all my pals!

Steven J. was much better yesterday. (Cheryl spoke candidly to me in the morning about some arguing she and Steve have been caught up in and her concerns that SJ sensed the tension - my guess is the economy's getting to them, like everyone else.) I figured it was something like this. SJ's such a good boy; for him to be so naughty was just plain odd. Now that we have a handle on what might be bothering him, we have some direction on how to make things better for the little guy.

All for now.
CM