oh and Sandy..many hugsssssssssssssssssssss for you...
Frank thanks for thinking of me...hugsss
to all hugssss

as dawn slowly sneaks its way into the morning sky
robins singing their beautiful songs saying good morning and hi

silence fills the house except for the songs of the birds
silence except for the clicking of my keyboard as i type out these words

just a good morning wish to everyone from me
hoping you day is blissful and trouble free

to all my friends here fin Renee tk barb Sarah sandy and jimbo
vonn sharon and our new one Amy and our friend cayo

I am glad for your friendships, they are like a smooth melody
like the robins who sing to one another in a peaceful harmony


good morning everyone

Good morning everyone! It is beautiful here this morning. After I eat my breakfast I am going to try to take a little walk aroung the neighborhood. Still stuffed up -- still believe that allergies are the cause. I can't take decongestants so I am trying to drink alot of water and using saline mist. they changed my pcp appt to Monday. He is out of the office for the rest of the week. I am afraid he is interviewing.

Frank, do you ever sleep?:rolleyes:

Time for a really big update.............

First welcome AmyB...thats what we are here for to just hang out and talk about anything...or not talk but just popping in and saying i'm alive! (As I have been doing recently)

Second, thanks to all of you for your support and understanding....I have been reading the posts and know you are all going thru your own stuff too and my thoughts and prayers have been with all of you....I was just burnt out!!

Ok hubby is on the mend, goes back to work on Monday (Thank you Jesus!) I love my hubby but when he is here the house is chaotic! Time for some quiet and a return to our regularly scheduled programming LOL! Mom has gone back home, she was a definite life saver!

While home with hubby he called in for a medical review board...not for the surgery but for his sleep apnea...as we only have 6 years left in the military and want to complete them we both freaked about this! We have found a way to get out of it thankfully and will try when he sees his doctor in May as he does not need a cpap machine yet.

Still not sure what the dates are for our move but someone told us yesterday that they are shooting for around July-August. sigh

I still have not heard my verdict from my disability hearing.

One good thing...as yall know my son has a LD and I have been busily this past month reviewing for and taking standardized tests...he did awesome....ranked in the top ten percent of the test takers and scored over an 11th grade level in most things! I told him see, just because he hastrouble getting things out onto paper and writing doesn't mean he isn't intelligent!

Healthwise... I had "the hug" most of yesterday and today but otherwise I am ok...did have to start taking my stomach medicine more frequently and a higher dose...all this stress is giving me an ulcer ....go figure! LOL

So there is my longwinded update! :Talkative:

Has everyone checked out the new smilies? LOL alot of them are funny....this one is just wrong.....:vomit2:

General Manager? Congrats Sara! I agree about allowed hours in your business. They work you like a dog...and the crew too. Sounds like you are doing the right thing just observing for now. Remember that this is not 'your' crew, and typically in this business you will turn the majority over in a few months. I've managed 14 in my life ( I was a problem solver...sent in to fix things in some cases) Don't hesitate to start some hiring to prepare for that when it happens. (Mark my words ;)) Its a good idea to stay in touch with your night crew....make sure they are self-sufficient and then be sure to give them attention, even if it's to stop in and 'catch them doing something right'....the night crew can make or break you :)

Try not to work those 70 hour weeks too long, I know you must be <grin>

Take care and enjoy....was one of my favorite things to do at one time...hugs

Frank, did I hear that someone was stubborn? LOL. Can't say much, so am I :)

My hubby's a computer geek too, and he loves the fact that he finally had an opportunity to enter a career he loves. Now he's one of a few at his company that knows some of the hardware out there. Keeps him busy, but happy. Hope it's the same for your son, whatever field he goes into. Sounds like one smart cookie.

Oh, and it's always coffee first then shot, LOL. Gotta be awake before you stick a needle in oneself. :D

Renee, Congrats to your son! That is great news!!! :Dancing-Chilli: So is the fact your hubby is doing so much better.

Hope you feel better soon. Thanks for the update.

Sarah, Sorry to hear you have the new job kinks to go through right now, but hopefully it all works out in the end.

Amy, welcome to the thread. :)

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A little late updating, slept in a little. Last night was more window shopping therapy than retail. Did get some new jeans at Lane Bryant, and they are comfy. But that was my big spending spree. :)

The heat the past couple of days is really reminding me the reason I need to quit working. :thud: And it hasn't really been that hot! Oy Vay!

mornin' Frank!!

it's a lovely *cool* day here in da jungle.

sky's overcast, and it's dim under the branches.

but as for quiet, no such luck, around here!

right now, three chickens are loudly trumpeting their egg-laying prowess, and their Sultan-Roster is crowing proudly outside the nestboxes.

two chicken mommies are in the Duck House (for safety) and their dozen chickie babies are chirping up a STORM !!

the goosie-babies (Larry, Curly, Moe, and Connor) are busy weeding the garden, and although THEY are being pretty quiet, Auntie Glinda, and Papa Gandalf are honketty-honking and being their usual obnoxious selves.

a big ol' group of twelve ducks is holding an important business meeting RIGHT under mah DESK, arguing about something crucial to world politics, by the sound of it!! "Hiss-hiss? COO! Trill trill!"

a group of parakeets is doing a noisy swoop 'n' dive Air Show over the orchard (the mangoes are just starting to ripen!) and some Great-Tail Grackles are making a HUGE chatter-fest in the cashew trees (also ripening nicely)

so, it's REAL freakin' NOISY at Chez Kay... but somehow, it's all okay, because it isn't sirens, buzzers, alarms, traffic, or jackhammers, lol.

so, I am mellow and content, a delicious breakfast eaten, morning chores are all done, animals fed, bed's almost made, floor's swept, and I finished measuring and designing the new kitchen cupboards (fancy open shelves, with no dark spaces for bugs to hide, hard to keep NEAT-looking, but... better than getting stung by a scorpion, I guess.)

hope y'all have a GROOVY day, kiddies!

:grouphug::D:grouphug:

(neener neener NaeNae... gotcha BEAT, in the "long-winded" category, lol!)

Hey all! What a night. Bergie must have been sick and woke me up twice to go outside. I hope it's just a stomach bug but and not another UTI. Gosh, the vet is going to think I work there!

We made a decision about my mom. My sister and I just decided to go ahead and make it since the boys are in the "whatever you want to do" mode. Thank goodness she has daughters! lol Anyway, we decided to have her apply for anything and everything and see all the doctors she needs to see. Once all that is done I will fly mom up here and keep her until after xmas. Then we will fly her back down to my sister and she will keep her until everything has gone through. This means applying for ssdi, std and senior income assisted housing where my grandma lived. They have a one year wait list so this will work out for everyone.

By staying with me this will give my sister and mom a break from each other and she will be able to go with us to her youngest son's wedding in September. Plus she'll spend xmas with us and her brother. So, that's the plan.

Her doctor said she cannot work in the factory and so she is stuck right now. Both of her eyes are bad, she has seizures which they think are related to going off Dilantin too early and her memory is shot. She is eligible for STD with insurance but after that she doesn't have insurance. So, my sister will be fighting for the SSDI and/or state assistance. Hopefully that will all be taken care of before she comes here. It's the best solution we can come up with right now. Please pray all goes well.

hello all and yes i sleep sometimes, renee tisk tisk tisk thank you jesus lol that made me laugh

hello jeannie how you be

Sandy sounds like a good plan, we all took in my grams for x amount of time until we were able to get her housing set, it took a bit but we were able to do it and like you said she can get away fro sis for a while and you can have some input and also u can observe, who knows maybe you will see something others are missing, sorry about the jimbo in the poem was the only two names i could get to rhyme cayo and jimbo and even that was a stretch

cayo your description was great i could hear all the noise

everyone have a wonderful day

peace:grouphug:

Thanks Frank! I am sorry I didn't PM you back but I wanted to wait until I knew for sure what we were doing and what the doctor said about mom.