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chochiyo_samaSlept till about 10:30 today...mainly because I did not go to sleep until after 3:30 am. Mom was in and out of my room, doing laundry this morning. I have quite a pile of laundry myself--I will probably work on it tomorrow. It was gloomy and rained most of the day--not much--just a day-long drizzle.
Thunder and lightning woke me up early this morning--about 5 am, I think. I was glad to see it because we need rain really bad. My mom's lawn has turned brown and crispy where there is no shade.
DeAnn called me today and asked if I wanted to meet her, Jim, and Swayze in Owatonna for lunch at 1 pm. I said I had no money, but I DO still have the check she wrote me for the cell phone. I said I would give it back to her if they would pay for my meal. She said we'd work it out.
We made plans to meet at El Tequila, which, in my opinion is the best Mexican restaurant in Owatonna. It used to be that I liked Gracie's better than any other--but when Mommasita quit cooking, it just wasn't as good. El Tequila has the best beans and rice I have EVER had at a Mexican restaurant, and their flan is superior to any other flan I have ever tasted!
Oh, and their tamales? They taste just about exactly like the tamales that the little Mexican abuelas used to make for our pot lucks when I worked at the migrant school.
I got there first, so I read my book while I waited. It is really good, though some of the sexual stuff in there is a bit extreme. It wasn't long before they arrived. I got the enchilada and tamale lunch special. I must have been extremely hungry because everything on my plate tasted delicious. I really wanted flan, but they had no flan today. Extreme disappointment. But, DeAnn had ordered fried ice cream, and they brought that with four spoons. Swayze ate the cherry with great happiness and then he ate all the whipped cream. LOL. He is the cutest little bug. And he sure seemed to enjoy his whipped cream! I ate a little bit of the fried ice cream, but it isn't my favorite thing in the world.
We had a nice chat. I was on my way home again by three. I didn't go anywhere else because I didn't have any money and didn't feel like just wandering around in a store. I can hardly wait for that first unemployment check to come--though I am afraid it will mostly go for bills. Sigh.
I am almost out of chocolate--indeed I WILL be out of chocolate tomorrow...and that will be a Very Bad Thing. I suppose I will have to resort to making chocolate chip cookies or some kind of brownie if I can't get some chocolate at the store. *sniff*... what a low depth I have sunk to.
When I got home, mom told me how she had vacuumed upstairs and in the porch. She had a couple of brainstorms for how to make the porch look a little more organized, and they were good ideas. She had started putting together the microwave stand which she said was a really nice one. I had really wanted it down in my room as it is big enough to hold quite a lot of stuff AND it is high enough for my TV to sit on. But, she didn't want to move the TV stand that was down here. She didn't want to move the old zenith tv that isn't compatible with digital TV either, but she did put that in the laundry room--on top of the old sewing machine that doesn't work. Sigh. I was hoping I could put my dorm fridge and my microwave in there, but eh...I can use the fridge and microwave in the family room. It would be great to have another file cabinet in there though--I have so much stuff that needs filing.
I didn't get any work done in my room today--I spent most of the afternoon reading my book.
Mom made delicious buttermilk pancakes for supper. I have been hungry for buttermilk pancakes for some time. I should post the recipe up here--but I do not know it by heart. I know there isn't much to it, but they are so light and fluffy and delicious.
I even like the leftover ones cold with butter and jelly on them!
We were watching Pawn Stars in the basement--then she started working on her computer and I was reading my book. Then, I got really sleepy and fell asleep. When I woke up, the TV was off and I was sitting in the recliner all alone. It wasn't 10 pm yet, but it was close. I could hear Mom rattling around upstairs in the bathroom, so I got myself a bottle of water and went into my room to take my pills.
I was on Facebook trying to play the facebook version of Scrabble, but the damned thing kept making my computer freeze up and I'd have to close the window and then open it up again. If this keeps up I am going to have to quit playing the game, even though I find it enjoyable to flex my logic and vocabulary and strategy skills.
I can't believe it is already September. I am already extremely bored of being unemployed.
This weekend, I have to work on getting the current bunch of my stuff that's in bags and boxes in my room sorted out and put away. There is very little left in the porch at this time. I will be very glad when it is all dealt with in there. Then my anxiety about THAT can be put to rest.
I have so many pictures I want to share on here, but I haven't had the energy to down load them and put them on my flickr account. I would really like to get the paid version of Livejournal, but I can't afford it right now. Then I think I can upload my pictures directly onto my journal.
I guess I have nothing else of great import to record. Time to read a bit and then go to sleep.
Thunder and lightning woke me up early this morning--about 5 am, I think. I was glad to see it because we need rain really bad. My mom's lawn has turned brown and crispy where there is no shade.
DeAnn called me today and asked if I wanted to meet her, Jim, and Swayze in Owatonna for lunch at 1 pm. I said I had no money, but I DO still have the check she wrote me for the cell phone. I said I would give it back to her if they would pay for my meal. She said we'd work it out.
We made plans to meet at El Tequila, which, in my opinion is the best Mexican restaurant in Owatonna. It used to be that I liked Gracie's better than any other--but when Mommasita quit cooking, it just wasn't as good. El Tequila has the best beans and rice I have EVER had at a Mexican restaurant, and their flan is superior to any other flan I have ever tasted!
Oh, and their tamales? They taste just about exactly like the tamales that the little Mexican abuelas used to make for our pot lucks when I worked at the migrant school.
I got there first, so I read my book while I waited. It is really good, though some of the sexual stuff in there is a bit extreme. It wasn't long before they arrived. I got the enchilada and tamale lunch special. I must have been extremely hungry because everything on my plate tasted delicious. I really wanted flan, but they had no flan today. Extreme disappointment. But, DeAnn had ordered fried ice cream, and they brought that with four spoons. Swayze ate the cherry with great happiness and then he ate all the whipped cream. LOL. He is the cutest little bug. And he sure seemed to enjoy his whipped cream! I ate a little bit of the fried ice cream, but it isn't my favorite thing in the world.
We had a nice chat. I was on my way home again by three. I didn't go anywhere else because I didn't have any money and didn't feel like just wandering around in a store. I can hardly wait for that first unemployment check to come--though I am afraid it will mostly go for bills. Sigh.
I am almost out of chocolate--indeed I WILL be out of chocolate tomorrow...and that will be a Very Bad Thing. I suppose I will have to resort to making chocolate chip cookies or some kind of brownie if I can't get some chocolate at the store. *sniff*... what a low depth I have sunk to.
When I got home, mom told me how she had vacuumed upstairs and in the porch. She had a couple of brainstorms for how to make the porch look a little more organized, and they were good ideas. She had started putting together the microwave stand which she said was a really nice one. I had really wanted it down in my room as it is big enough to hold quite a lot of stuff AND it is high enough for my TV to sit on. But, she didn't want to move the TV stand that was down here. She didn't want to move the old zenith tv that isn't compatible with digital TV either, but she did put that in the laundry room--on top of the old sewing machine that doesn't work. Sigh. I was hoping I could put my dorm fridge and my microwave in there, but eh...I can use the fridge and microwave in the family room. It would be great to have another file cabinet in there though--I have so much stuff that needs filing.
I didn't get any work done in my room today--I spent most of the afternoon reading my book.
Mom made delicious buttermilk pancakes for supper. I have been hungry for buttermilk pancakes for some time. I should post the recipe up here--but I do not know it by heart. I know there isn't much to it, but they are so light and fluffy and delicious.
I even like the leftover ones cold with butter and jelly on them!
We were watching Pawn Stars in the basement--then she started working on her computer and I was reading my book. Then, I got really sleepy and fell asleep. When I woke up, the TV was off and I was sitting in the recliner all alone. It wasn't 10 pm yet, but it was close. I could hear Mom rattling around upstairs in the bathroom, so I got myself a bottle of water and went into my room to take my pills.
I was on Facebook trying to play the facebook version of Scrabble, but the damned thing kept making my computer freeze up and I'd have to close the window and then open it up again. If this keeps up I am going to have to quit playing the game, even though I find it enjoyable to flex my logic and vocabulary and strategy skills.
I can't believe it is already September. I am already extremely bored of being unemployed.
This weekend, I have to work on getting the current bunch of my stuff that's in bags and boxes in my room sorted out and put away. There is very little left in the porch at this time. I will be very glad when it is all dealt with in there. Then my anxiety about THAT can be put to rest.
I have so many pictures I want to share on here, but I haven't had the energy to down load them and put them on my flickr account. I would really like to get the paid version of Livejournal, but I can't afford it right now. Then I think I can upload my pictures directly onto my journal.
I guess I have nothing else of great import to record. Time to read a bit and then go to sleep.
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Re: I think the paid version is overrated.
Date: 2011-09-03 07:50 am (UTC)I know those machines.
Date: 2011-09-03 05:44 pm (UTC)If they aren't completely rusted down there they might be repaired.
Yes, it is different when it is her shit as opposed to your crap (and my stuff).
The next time she talks about your stuff, why don't you ask about her crap. Who is she saving the crib for? Caleb's kids? It's probably unsafe and doesn't meet current safety requirements. If the file cabinets work, can you use them? If not, why are they there taking up space? And the machines can fetch some money if they either work or can be repaired Especially if one of them is a Singer Sphinx, Egyptian or has a scroll or deco head plate. People will pay just for the parts. They are heavy as all get out but they were the first "portable" singers because they put a handle on the case. LOL. Sorta like those huge TVs that were "portable" because they had a hand hold on the top. That cathode ray tube analog TV is useless unless you hook it up to a cable box that will convert to digital. It's a huge paperweight. Not worth any money. In fact, you might have to PAY to discard it as toxic waste. Look out for one of those free discard for computer offers some of the stores have, then take it there, drop it off and drive quickly away before anyone can catch you.
Now, if they're in desk like cabinets that is a different story. You can do some research on them at www.ismacs.net and then google some price guides. Another really good group is the Yahoo vintage singer sewing machine group. I belong to them. They can help you identify and find estimates on the web. They don't do estimates but they can advise you where to go and even how to repair them if you're adventurous.
Well, if it's your stand then you should be able to store your stuff in it. Is your microwave going on top or your TV?
Re: I know those machines.
Date: 2011-09-03 06:56 pm (UTC)I don't know what is wrong with the other one, other than it doesn't work. It isn't a Singer...but I do not know what kind it is--I'd have to pull it up out of the cabinet to see, and there is a shit load of stuff on top of the cabinet.
The TV is an old Zenith that used to sit in the kitchen back on the farm. "It was such a wonderful TV." "It still works."
The crib was my grandmother's originally. My Aunt Darla slept in it as an infant back in the forties. "All my babies slept in this crib." It does not meet current safety standards--she offered it to my sister who does daycare and she turned it down for that reason. None of us hung outselves in the crib--but we certainly could have if we had been so inclined.
The microwave is on a shelf in the garage where, presumably, it will stay until hell freezes over...or a miracle happens and I can get another place of my own. I am sure I will never have another house...unless I win the lottery...but I believe an apartment would be just fine with me.
Re: I know those machines.
Date: 2011-09-03 07:33 pm (UTC)The ISMACS site can tell you make and model and such.
Sometimes if machines are frozen from just gunked up solidified grease and oil you can clean them up with WD40 or Alcohol. (Just be careful not to get it on the paint and decals). That's what my Sister did with my Grandmother's old treadle and she uses it to sew with now. She and I both hae old 5021s in original art deco desk cabinets.
The Zenith needs to go. The crib needs to go.
What does she plan on putting on top of your microwave stand in the porch? Your microwave can be stored there as easily as in the garage. My schoool microwave and refrigerator are in my garage, but then I don't get the extremes of heat and gold and humidity that you do.
If you can stick it out and survive until you age out for your retirement, you might be able to get a small apartment of your own.
After the unemployment money starts coming, you might be able to spare a dollar here and there for the lottery. One in a billion but someone wins some of the time. I haven't had a jackpot alert in weeks so haven't been buying tickets.