Memorial Day

Finished one book last night and am working on # 2 today. I did sleep in, I took advantage of the fact I did not have to work. Got up took a shower,washed my hair. Went out to get a few last minute food items, ran to the mall to get a shower gift. Checked out the new shoes and purses, called TDMK to check on wedding weather for coming event. Mean while DH was home working on his BBQ, I even had GMD28 working on the deviled eggs, I had made a Chipole pasta salad the night before. Called Gogomom2 to get her B.Beans recipe since DH had said his meal needed to include B.Beans with ground beef, coleslaw and deviled eggs to go with his grilled Baby Back ribs. He had a new recipe he wanted us to sample, curry/ginger chicken wings cooked on the grill.
I bought some gas, I have made a vow to not buy Shell or Exxon, so it is cash for Kroger or some other brand. Stick to your guns no gas from the profit makers.

GMD28 is still stitting at the table working on her e-mail and DH has retired to his big chair, I think I hear him snoring. Coco is in a cool spot resting from overseeing the BBQ cooking. I've cleaned the kitchen put up the left overs and I am now taking a few minutes for myself. I am stitting here typing, to full to lay down. Better get back to that book. I am determined to finish it tonight.

Hope your day was great mine was.

Mothers Day

This year mothers day was especially nice, not just the weather but the day. Gogomom2 had come to visit with her constant companion Hershey of the" Hershey Chronicle's", fame. The day started off with waking up finding a mother's day card and Sunday papers on my bed. The cards were from DH, the grand kids and Coco. After reading the card, I got up and headed for the kitchen where I found two beautiful floral arrangements. One was for me from DH and one was for Gogomom2 and GMD28. That DH is such a good guy, he thinks about everyone. I looked for DH to thank him and found him in the garage completing a task, he was using armour all on the car tires. He had taken the caddie out to wash it and now was making the tires shiny. After a small breakfast Gogomom2, DMD28 and I got dressed and headed out to church. Our regular minister did not preach even though he was in attendance, the assistant minister gave the sermon. After a long and not so relevant sermon we headed home to DH. We had planned a lunch by the lake.
After we picked up DH we headed out for lunch at a local seafood place. We like the restaurant because you can sit outside under an umbrella and enjoy the breeze off the lake. As I stated before it was a beautiful day. There were boats of all kinds on the lake , noisy ones ,family ones , full of family members and quite ones, seniors out for a sail. The folks arriving for lunch by boat and car. While we waited for drinks and lunch we decided to take a few pictures and this was one we like, Mother and her 2 daughters. Home after lunch we took off our church cloths, headed for our respective resting places and took the required nap. Dinner was catch as catch can. Then we started making and receiving mothers day calls to the Aunts. Our kids called us finally and so I think all and all it was a great Mothers Day.
Happy Mothers day to all.

My New Fan

To combat the humidity & heat in "my cubicle", I bought a personal electric Red Fan. I got it at my favorite store TARGET.... it is 6" around, tilts up and fits right next to my computer. That is at the level of my face, the part I need the fan on most.
Now I am like all my other cubicle mates. They have all had personal fans for sometime. I was the last hold out hoping they would get the A/C fixed this year.
Today was not so bad they had it partially fixed but by 2 pm it was warm again. Maybe they will have it fixed in time for us to freeze to death in the winter. Did I mention the heat is a problem in the winter? We sit wrapped in blankets then, but that is a winter time story.

Air Conditioning part Du

Ok as if it was not bad at home with the A/C saga, I arrived at work today, Monday, and the A/C at work was in a state of repair. Since we do have a dress code we were not allowed to strip down to our skivvy's so we suffered in silence. They promised it would be like this the rest of the week. First thing tomorrow is go buy a personal fan. Last year we suffered because the A/C was old and they were going to replace all the roof top units. We got to wear shorts and tank tops. Conveniently the building sold in the winter and now the new owner es are responsible for putting in new A/C. This is the hottest week ( it hit 90 today)so far and it is only May.
As I was leaving I took the elevator down with a building repairman and he promised it would be better tomorrow...that remains to be seen.

Air Conditioning

Ok the hot weather has arrive here, the temps have been in the high 80's all week and today it almost hit 90! In fact our thermometer said 91 on the deck. Actually in the shade a cool breeze was blowing and it was not so bad when I took the dog out. I think the humidity was low. If it is high we sweat and I have not done that yet. My 88 year old mother lives with me and let me tell you 90 was just right for her. I remember this time last year we had the same discussion,I turn on the A/C, she gets out her sweater and robe , she wraps herself them.She tells me "it is not hot enough to have the A/C on yet, what are you going to do when it really gets hot". I tell her it is to warm for me now and I need it on. I think if the temp in the house is 80, it is a little warm. We go round and round about this all summer. It is really no better in the winter, we all wear short sleeves and shorts, because it is to cold for her and I turn the thermometer up to 80 degrees to keep her warm, but I will be darned it I fail to turn on the A/C in the summer to warm her up after all I have my principle. She will just have to stay wrapped up ,we strip in the winter to accomodate her.

My Week in Review

To say my week was interesting was to say the least. Monday DH and I had to put my car in the shop for a new windshield. It had been cracked from trucks throwing rocks on my daily drive to LR. On the way in DH decided he needed Krispy Kreme, so we stoped bought 2 dozen , he took his two and a cup of Java I took the rest to work. I was blessed all day by my hungry group of co-workers. I had made the mistake of showing up one day with none when they had expected me to arrive with donuts in hand. DH remembered that, hence the stop on the way in Monday. Tuesday I woke up dead tired, arrived an hour late for work and I live an hour away so that really made me 2 hours late. Wednesday I did not have the energy to get up, not sure if it was the rain or the fact I was just tired. I stayed in bed, called in sick, something I rarely do. It was 3:00 when I got motivated to go out, I took Mommydearest28 with tme. We got a late lunch and did not have to cook dinner. DH had to fend for himself. On Thursday I was on my way in and got hung up in traffic at the scene of an 18 wheeler having trucker troubles. The Looky loo's slowed traffic waaay down so I was late for work again. Back at work and greeted with much enthuaism, I was missed. By Friday I was so happy it was the end of the week and I could sleep in the next day. However,before the day was over I got a call from a local head hunter. They had called me the previous week, to tell me about a job that would fit me to a T, in a place I had come not to like. On this Friday they were calling to tell me I was not what the cliet was looking for. I could have told them that since 2 years ago the client had said the same thing. I did not really think things had changed that much so I was not dissappointed. By the end of the day a co-worker who lives in my town had submitted her resignation effective in 2 weeks. That was sort of a bummer since she had given no indication she was looking. Turns out she found a job that lets her work from home doing the same thing she was doing there. She has a teen at home and a husband who fussed about her continued daily commute. It is a $400 dollar a month savings in gas and eating out. I guess I was a little envious I was not he first to abandon ship. So to reward myself for a week well spent we went out for dinner and I had a glass of Sangria.