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I was up and dressed fairly early this morning as Cynthia was scheduled to come at 11 am.  I wanted to get the pumpkin bars frosted before she got here, and to finish writing up the to-do list for her.  I also managed to bag up some garbage and gather some recycling as well as do the dishes from the frosting of the bars.

My aunt called me before I did anything--except brush my teeth.  My uncle spent last night in the hospital, and they were considering letting him come home today when she called me.  Ultimately, they did send him home after filling him up with antibiotics and yogurt.  They also gave him a bunch of tests to see if he was well enough to be at home.  He thought they were trying to manipulate him into going into a nursing home, which he would rather die than do. 

At any rate, he was feeling much better--still really tired--but his blood was down to the 6 level, so they were waiting on two units of blood to be sent down from the Cities.  I was shocked that they didn't have blood at the hospital.  I don't know what his blood type is, but he requires transfusions almost every week, so it's weird they don't keep it on hand at the hospital.

Cynthia arrived shortly after 11 am and worked here for nearly three hours.  It is incredible how much work we got done in that time.  I worked on the pantry--which was just full of mostly fragile stuff that got stuffed in there so it would not be broken.  Meanwhile, Cynthia hauled out the trash and recycling, scrubbed the microwave and stove top, and took down the hideous red curtains in the laundry/sewing/craft room  and replaced them with dainty white swags.  What an amazing difference that made!  The room is so much lighter and cheerier now that actual natural light can get in!  She swiffered all the doorways and windows to knock down spider webs then took the screens out of the breezeway windows and windexed those windows inside and out.  There was some kind of sticker still on the front door from when the door had been installed, so she scraped that off with a razor blade tool then windexed both sides of the window. 

She moved on to polishing all of the wood furniture in the living room and bedroom with Orange Glow.  When she finished that, we took a brief break and each ate one of the pumpkin bars.  We had to make sure they were fit to serve to her family!  I had discovered a lot of my framed pictures in the pantry, so she polished the  wood frames with Orange Glow and the glass with Windex and set them on  the shelf that Jim and DeAnn put up for me over the couch.  Those were all the wedding pictures of my siblings and my mom and dad.  Some other pictures of my nieces and nephews and both of my grandmothers went on the sideboard, and some really old pictures from my childhood went on the book shelf. 

Then Cynthia took everything out of the linen closet and I sniffed everything.  Something in that closet smelled like sweaty men's old clothes.  When everything was out of the closet, she scrubbed the shelves with an all-purpose cleaner that has a lemony smell, and anything that didn't smell fresh, I threw into the laundry room to wash.  I gave Cynthia two little throw pillows that were in the linen closet.  I would never use them, and she loves pillows like that.  We threw them in the dryer with a dryer sheet to freshen them up a bit, and they smelled lovely when they came out.

I did discover a couple of afghans that smelled very faintly of cat pee, so they are in the laundry room waiting for laundry day.

Now the linen closet is totally organized and neat and smells fresh. 

Cynthia carried three loads of stuff from the pantry to the basement where all my doll stuff is going to be.  After that, she vacuumed all the rugs, swept and scrubbed the floors, and watered my plants. 

I hadn't made any kind of hot dish or anything as I usually do this week, so I had no leftovers to offer her for lunch--but I did have all that sandwich meat and the Kaiser rolls, which sounded delightful to her, so she made herself a honey ham and Swiss cheese sandwich with pickles. We had a pleasant chat, then she loaded her pumpkin bars and pillows into her car and left--after I paid her, of course.  I had the same kind of sandwich for my lunch--it was delicious! 

Both cats had hidden in terror while Cynthia was here--especially when she was vacuuming, but once she was gone, they came out and demanded cuddles and loving, so I sat in my recliner and held them for at least a couple of hours. Then I sorted through some stuff and watched several episodes of the Big Bang Theory.  I also cleaned the cat boxes again.  I forgot to mention that one of the cats puked up a gargantuan pile of puke while I was eating my cheerios this morning.  This was just a monster pile of freshly eaten kibble, so I am assuming that someone gorged him/herself and then barfed it up again.

I got that cleaned up before Cynthia came.  She doesn't need to be cleaning up puke.

That's about it for today--I talked to my mother a couple of times and to my aunt once.

I heard from Susan, whom I used to work with at ROC.  She's the one that believed all the bullshit Jay spewed about me, even though she had known me for more than 20 years--until he pulled the same shit with her and fired her.  He was at least nice to me when he canned me. He made her leave immediately and threatened to call  the cops.  He wouldn't even let her go back to her office to get her purse.  He sent someone else to get it.  It was nuts.

Then suddenly, she wanted my help to get testimony from the kids and got a settlement from ROC large enough to buy a vacation home in Texas. 

The she claimed she had "always believed" me.  Liar.

Anyhow--Laurie, the woman whose daughter trashed my house and never paid a single bill, is still at ROC which is now Rosa Parks High School.  Her husband was horrible to me when I was trying to get that foul daughter of hers to reimburse me for all the money she cost me.  He called me a bitch and screamed at me that it was MY problem, not THEIRS.  Anyhow--guess who got arrested for bringing a sex slave from Asia into Minnesota and setting her up at a massage parlor which was actually a whore house?  This poor woman was basically a slave who was confined strictly to the massage parlor--that's where she lived as well as where she turned tricks for this monster. 

So, Karma.  It is a true bitch.

I am so tempted to troll Laurie's facebook and leave a really mean comment about what a lovely family she has--her daughter the thief and her husband the pimp.  But, I shall restrain myself and just laugh quietly about how I am in my own beautiful little house with a nice vehicle and they are probably all going to end up in a cell.  HAHAHAHA


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My cousin Jim and his daughter Cynthia came over this morning at about 9:45 and hung up my beautiful globe lamp.  I have had it since the early 1980s, and it looks like something from the Victorian era--not quite so ornate, maybe, but I love it and the two matching side lamps.  It didn't take them long to hang it up, and it looks just great!  It will look better when I can afford to get rid of my garage sale (well, actually it came from the on-line Buy and Sell) couch and replace it with something in my beloved earth tones.  After Jim hung up the lamp, Cynthia cleaned up all the plaster dust and crumbles. 

I didn't have any strong desire to bake, but I had promised Jim a pan of pumpkin bars if he came to hang up my lamp, so I baked them and did up the dishes.  I will frost them in the morning.  Today I was smart and left out the butter so it would be soft tomorrow for the frosting making.

I cleaned the litter boxes again--the cats seem to be pooping and peeing up a storm!  They love to sit on the edge of the bathroom sink and lap icy cold water directly from the faucet.  I suppose it is fresher and colder than what's in their bowls.

It's been a pretty quiet day--I didn't do too much.  I sat in the living room and admired my lamp hanging there so pretty and bright.  In the evening I watched that new science fiction show about the asteroid hitting the earth in 186 days.  The first episode was pretty good.  All the leading men are pretty handsome.  Of course, the government (in the show) is covering everything up and killing anyone who finds out anything about the situation.  Would that really happen?  Probably--but it is more likely, I think, that they would just ridicule anyone making such claims and ruin their lives that way.

I am old and barren, so if the world was impacted by an asteroid, I guess I wouldn't worry about my survival much.  I would hope that the young ones I love would survive somehow.  And the cats.  The cats must survive.  And dogs  too.  My only regret would be not having my grave marker with the image of Bastet on it being around for generations to scandalize everyone!  Bwa ha ha!

Another day of no puke piles!  I am feeling so happy about this.  Both cats have been clingy--but I suspect this is because I was gone for two overnights.  They miss their momma when she isn't there to cuddle with at night.

I guess that's it for today.  Cynthia comes tomorrow and I have a significant list for her.  She is such a diligent little worker.  I only regret that I do not have any kind of hot dish to serve her.  I guess I do have three kinds of yummy sandwich meat--honey ham, roast beef, and hard salami.  And I have the Kaiser rolls which are really fresh and delicious.

We'll locate something, I am sure.







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Even though I stayed up late last night watching Medium, I got up at 7:30 and began my day.  I had hoped to go out for breakfast this morning on my way to school, but I dilly-dallied too long at home and ended up going through the BK drive thru.  I only ate have of the biscuit egg and sausage sandwich and less than half of the potato ole looking things  that always taste a little sour to me.  I threw the rest out the window on a gravel road for the birds and small critters to eat.  (I only threw out the food, not the packaging.)

I filled my car with gas in West Concord before going to Kasson where I picked up my prescription for pain meds.  From there, I went to BK.  I was hoping to get a frozen Diet Coke but they didn't have them.  Rats.  

I stopped in Byron to pick up the traditional poppy seed muffin treat for my beloved Jaymar.  I bought a yummy cream cheese and strawberry jam croissant for myself.  They are sticky as can be, but oh, so delicious.

I took the gravel back roads to Rochester.  I was about half hour early for my appointment with Jay, so I hung out with Laurie out on the bench in front of school for a while.  She is such an amazing person.  When I went in, Jay was still meeting with Nick, so I went into the board room and found a book to read--Montana 1948 by Larry Watson.,  It turned out to be an excellent choice.  I read the whole thing today.  (175 pages, so not too long.)  It has been one of my goals to go back to reading more.  Making time to read is important, otherwise life just sucks you along.   I've done pretty well lately.  In the last few weeks, I have read Cheated by Patrick Jones, The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton, and Diary of a Wimpy Junior High Kid.  Don't remember the author of that one, but it was cute and a very easy and fast read. When I was in high school, I used to read five books a week--at least.  It was my goal to read every fiction book in the high school library before I graduated.  And with the exception of the Betty Cavana books (which were all the same anyhow), I did.  That's how I discovered the Chronicles of Narnia.  I read the one with Puddleglum in it first.   

My meeting with Jay went well.  He thinks I did a great job this year.  The two things he wants me to work on are  clearing more crap out of my room and rearranging it, and paying more attention to the protocol--making sure to keep no-fly kids in the room and not giving bathroom passes the classes after break and lunch.  These things are like non-issues to me, but they get some other teachers' underpants in a bunch.  I actually think I did much better on those things this year.  I continue to have problems with catching people with their phones--and apparently the little shits are blabbing to other teachers that I "let" them use their phones, which is absolute bullshit.  I never let them use their phones.  I just don't pay enough attention to where their hands are, because I rarely catch them with phones.  When I do, I usually just tell them to put them away rather than taking them.  I guess next year I have to make a mad effort to take them right away. 

The other thing is that we are going to be teaching to "need" next year, which makes sense to me.  Teach the kids the skills they need.  I don't really like the thought of teaching to the MCA tests, BUT, hopefully, the things they need to pass the tests are the same things they need to succeed in life.  It will be okay.  I will find ways to make it fun.

I wanted to go and see the movie Robin Hood after my meeting, but it was at 1:00, and I left school at about 1:47.  I could have made it, but I would have had to rush and probably miss the first five minutes.  When I go, I want to be relaxed, get a snack, have a little time to settle in, and enjoy all the previews.  So, I decided I would get my hair cut instead.  It was getting way too long and shaggy.  Now it is pretty short, but that is good for summer.  Before I got my hair cut, I paid my cell phone bill at Verizon. 

After I got my hair cut, I went to Carlos O'Kelly's for lunch.  I had my favorite--spinach and mushroom enchilada--but I had the lunch option, which is about half of the dinner portion.  It was fine for me--I still got totally stuffed.  I had iced tea, despite how much I desired the delicious strawberry mug-o-rita.  I had planned to pay bills while waiting for my meal, but first, I had forgotten my stamps and address labels, and second, my meal arrived so rapidly that I wouldn't have had time to write out the bills anyhow.  The bill paying will be at the top of my list tomorrow.

From there, I went to Walmart.  I bought a few more bags of kitty treats and another $5 24-pack of diet coke.  Hard to pass up that deal.  I also bought myself a cheap radio/CD player for downstairs.  It was only $22.  I enjoy listening to Minnesota public radio--and there is no reason I should not enjoy it during the summer.  i bought the ingredients to make lasagna--I'll give at least half of that to Jim and DeAnn and Swayze.  I also bought  Miracle Whip to finish my potato salad and some grapefruits.  I love grapefruit. 

On the way home, I stopped at the Kasson Kwik Trip so Icould wash my car.  I tried to use my debit card, but it was declined, so I had to use my Visa instead.  I only had a couple of twenties, so I couldn't do cash.
 

When I got home, I hauled all my plunder in (except the diet coke, which I will bring in tomorrow) and put the perishable groceries away.  I wanted to finish the potato salad and make the lasagna, but I was so hot and  tired that I went upstairs.  I had to pee anyhow.  I figured I would just lie down  for a nap, but once I got my pjs on, I messed around on my computer then watched a couple of things on TV and finished the  book I was reading.  I was so tired, I was sure I would fall asleep,  but I didn't.

Now I am ready to turn out the lights and get some sleep.
 

Tomorrow I really want to clean  the kitchen and cook.  I want to be up early enough  to cook in the cool of the day rather than in the afternoon where everything will be a furnace.

 


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I did not think I would get much done today as it was very humid.  It made me feel nauseous at first--then, OMG, my knees ached so bad that I wanted to scream.  There was NO comfortable position to be in.  I tried to sleep it off, which usually works pretty well, but not this time. 

I went downstairs and ate breakfast/lunch at about 11 am and putzed around down there for a little while.  Jim and DeAnn brought Swayze over to see the kitties and visit a bit.  He loves those kitties, though they are not too sure about him yet.

They don't just run and hide from him, but they sneak around behind and under things and peek out at him.  He gets excited and shrieks, and I think that freaks them out a little.

They will eventually warm up to him.

When they left, I went upstairs, took two extra strength pain killers, and lay down for a while.  Mostly, I just grogged out.  I read some email and cleaned out some of my old doll group emails.  I fell asleep at some point and didn't wake up til after 4 pm.

My knees felt better then, so I got down on the floor and vacuumed the little area of my bedroom between my bed and the wall, dug more crap out from under my bed, and then cleaned the bathroom floor.  It looks really good in there.  It's all clean except I need to straighten the towel cabinet and dust it and the storage cupboard over the toilet.  I also need to clean the tub, but that's best done right after I take a bath. 

Then I went on to vacuum and spot scrub the hallway from the bathroom door to the top of the stairs.  It looks pretty goodnow. 

I messed around on the internet a little bit after that.  then I  decided I was hungry, so I went downstairs at about 9:30 and warmed up some spaghetti.  I must say that I have been making some mighty fine spaghetti lately.  I put rotini in it instead of spaghetti noodles as I figured that would be easier for the Sway-man to eat.  I give aobut half of what I make to Jim and DeAnn--they always do so much for me, and often have me out to supper.  Besides, i can't eat all of that stuff, and I'd rather give it to people I love than to let it go to waste.

While I was down there, I cleaned the cat litter boxes.  I  can't believe that they have almost filled one of those big yellow tubs up with their excrement again ALREADY.  Thank goodness, there is a spare tub on the front steps that I can pull in to use.  I have to turn it upside down again, though, to drain out all the rain water.

Now my arms and shoulders ache from scrubbing, and my fingers feel swollen from the chlorox cleaning stuff I use.

I still have laundry in the basement--one load in dryer, one in washer--as I just didn't want to go down there with my knees hurting like they did today.

Tomorrow I have to go down no matter what my knees feel like.  I'll just take some of that crap first thing in the morning.

I will finish cleaning my bedroom in the morning too.  Not much remains to be done--I have to clean out my dresser drawers and organize them, then dust the tops of the dressers and the shelves.  That won't take long.  I kind of enjoy cleaning out drawers.

I don't know anything else today, but I did download all the pictures from the last couple of days off my digital camera, so I might as well show off my babies some more.


Stewie and Peaches.  You can see that my bed is actually made!



Momma's precious darlings.



I will never understand how some people can refuse to find cats absolutely adorable.  LOOK how sweet they are!  Look how Peaches and Tyger Lilly have their arms around each other!  That's fucking ADORABLE!



I went to the bathroom early in the morning, and when I came to get back into bed....this is what I found.  Sigh.



You can tell by the look on her face that she knows EXACTLY what she is doing, stealing Momma's spot!  AND she finds it amusing!



Stewart has such a noble little face.



Momma's little Peach Blossom.



It never ceases to amaze me how much they love each other.  How could I ever have chosen one to leave behind to be shot??

I just couldn't do it.




Peaches would have been the one I would have left out--but now, after having her--How would I ever do without her?  She's such a tender little soul.



The other two love her so much.  They are always snuggling up to her.



She's a very special little girl.



It's a LOVE triangle!



Stewie in the pink kitty bed.    He fills it up himself, yet all three of them will squeeze in there on occasion.



Taken in the middle of the night when I woke up to find myself buried under a kitty avalanche.

This is a look of pure bliss.  He is sitting in my lap, resting his little fuzzy head against my boobs, purring his lungs out.  With my free hand, I am rubbing his tummy--hence the look of stupified bliss.

lol



My peach.

The honorable Stewart T. Harpel, esquire.



And this, my friends, is what "Happy" looks like.
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Well, the "New Year" has started in earnest now.  I am back at school.  The day was quiet and went by pretty quickly.  I threw together a turkey and mustard sandwich for lunch and a roast beef sandwich for breakfast.  I didn't plan ahead, so I was sort of "deer in the headlights" this morning getting ready for school.

Tomorrow will be somewhat better as I put my oatmeal together and have it ready to mix with water in the microwave in the morning.  I also have my tea cup ready for some good ginger spice tea.  I did not get my lunch packed, which is something that works out better for me if I do it ahead of time.  However, I have some baked chicken and rice which turned out really good when I put in carrots.  I had it for supper tonight and it was quite tasty.  A little salty, which must have been the result of putting in too much soy sauce, but it has a nice flavor any how.

The one thing I did not get done over Christmas vacation was the correcting that I had to do.  I put my shoulder to the wheel today and powered through most of it at school today.  I have just a few things left, and I brought thme home with me tonight, but didn't get to them.

When I got home, I sat down in my chair a while and just relaxed and petted the cat.  Then I ate some potato chips that were left over from New Year's Eve.  After that I cleaned up the kitchen, heated up the chicken and rice hot dish, took my supper time meds, did the dishes, and cleaned the cat box.  Wooo.....hot times! 

I decided I would go upstairs and play Sims for an hour or so, then correct the papers I had brought home with me tonight.  Well, I fell asleep instead.  I woke up about 20 minutes ago, and figured it was too late to correct anything now.  I brushed my teeth, laid out my clothes for tomorrow (which also makes the morning go much smoother), and took my bed time meds.

I really want to work on eating healthier (and saving money) by not eating fast food anymore.  Now that the main areas of my house are clean, I really want to work on KEEPING them clean.  I forgot to get the last load of laundry out of the dryer tonight, and now I am upstairs and am NOT going all the way to the basement to get them now. 

The big thing I want to accomplish tomorrow (in addition to getting the laundry up and put away) is clearing off my dining room table.  The whole downstairs looks junky when that thing is a mess.  Also, I have four big bags of garbage to haul to the curb tomorrow.  Ugh. 

Not much else on my mind today.

The parking lot and sidewalk at school today were HORRIBLE--just a sheet of ice.  I sure hope that is not going to be in that condition for the rest of the winter.  I will by a bag of cat litter and pour it all over the parking lot myself, if something isn't done.

At some point, someone gave me a little book called Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People.    I have had it for several years, and I have decided it is probably time to read it.  I started today, and caught myself up to January 5.  The little readings are short and to the point. 

In the readings I read today, this one quote stood out:  "If we want to change a situation, we first have to change ourselves."  That really rings true to me.  I am trying to change myself by being more proactive about things that will make my life run more smoothly.

Well, it is now almost 10 pm.  I didn't have any thrilling adventures of any kind today (other than cleaning out the litter box), so there isn't much of note to talk about.
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Well, I got the dishes washed.  I have washed two loads of clothes.  I scrubbed the corner where the cat box is with bleach.  I swept the kitchen floor which was a horrible filthy mess.  I fixed the plastic container that I keep the cat food in to keep it fresh.

When I got done sweeping the kitchen floor I was dripping with sweat.  I had to pee so I came upstairs and did so.  Then I took a rest in the air conditioned bedroom and checked out my email and the forums I frequent on the internet--IBDoF and Kevin's Watch.  JoAnne, Tim's mom called and wanted the name of Kyle F's grandparents.  I don't know it--and even if I did, I don't think it is legal for me to give it out to her.

Sigh.  I don't know what it is I do, but occasionally I hit some fucking button that erases my writing.  I just accidentally erased at least two paragraphs.  I hate the fucking automatic buttons. 

I was saying that I missed Peter--he came on line about 45 minutes after I went off line.  Sigh.  I would have liked to play some scrabble. 

I IMed him that I'd come back on line at about 5 pm my time (6 pm his time)--that is a couple of hours from now.  If I want to be able to make that appointment, I have to get my arse in gear.  I have two more loads of laundry to wash, and I want to vacuum the area by the cat's food.  She always nudges so much of it out of the bowl, then it lays there looking disgusting.

I should water the downstairs plants as well. 

Tomorrow morning when I leave for my chiropractor appointment, I will have a big bag of garbage to haul to the curb.  The garbage man doesn't come until Tuesday, so I hope not animals tear it open--but it is stinky garbage and it has to go out.

When I get done with my tasks downstairs, I've got a bunch of clutter in my bedroom again that I want to clean up.  I's a never ending battle against chaos for me.

I want a bowl of ice cream soon too.  I'm getting hungry.

 

 

 

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