Tuesday talking

Mr. and Mrs. Deb --  HAPPY Anniversary!!  It's funny the little "milestones" we create in our heads -- I can remember how utterly and completely relieved I was when I'd been married to David LONGER than I'd been married to the Ex-Jerk.  (10 years).  Have a really good day -- hope there's some fun in store!  (yes, you're both beyond consenting adults now -- "fun" is whatever you darned well decide it will be!!)

Tina -- I'm no do-it-yourselfer.  I was reared to be, but as old age and wisdom has made itself known, "wisdom" is finding the good repairman (hopefully one who doesn't start all his sentences with "Ma'am???" -- and yeah, I'm in the South LOL).  Good luck!  I meant it!

Glenda -- BE PROUD.  You know, it doesn't really matter in this life, but when we set a goal for ourselves and meet it, it's cause to be PROUD of yourself.  Be proud just for tackling it!!  You rock!

Karen -- like Jackie, I wish I was there to help you.  She's likely just feeling a bit frail and lacking confidence (probably because she no longer feels comfortable being alone - that can be a big kick in the confidence).  And she has family who ARE "reliable" and "capable" and "decisive" -- so it's likely rooted in something that's made her feel lacking in confidence, and depending on someone gets to be habit right quick.  Good luck, hon.  When parents become the "children" it gets difficult.

Jackie -- it's hard sometimes to know when to butt in and when not to -- good luck.  But it's so nice that you have a solid relationship with him.

I'm an only child.  I'd give my right arm clear to my left elbow FOR a brother.  I told my mother once when I was a teenager how much I really wanted a brother and her comment to me was "And you can just KEEP ON **wanting** cos it isn't going to happen!"  (yeah, mom -- really?  I don't even WANT that mental picture anyway!)

Julie -- I missed this.   Working for the same company?  Sounds like a great opportunity to me.  But then I always did like "temp" type jobs (even within the same company).  I kinda like going and doing some "thing" and having everyone apprecative.  It can be a big pump-you-up in the working world.

Cathy -- I'd pass you the White Flower Oil but it's a bit far! 

*waving* I haven't been around much.  Hi ya to everyone. 

calliecritturs

I'm an only child.  I'd give my right arm clear to my left elbow FOR a brother.

I'll give you mine.  He may or may not be all you'd hoped for, though.

 Ugh... we just had someone quit working with one of the kids I work with, giving no notice. She didn't inform her other job when she took this one,  and it's a conflict of interest to do both (I had thought of that initially, but I figured she knew, had cleared it, or the other job surely would have found out when this one called for a reference). So yeah, determining this after 2 months... not cool. We wasted time training this person. She was also sick the past two weeks, and came back yesterday. This email came this morning. Had it been known that she was going to return for one day, obviously the efforts to replace her would have been started 2 weeks ago. On my one free day, I signed Luke up for a Rally-O class just last night. I'm going to have to see if I can make up any of the open time while we find another replacement person. I also get the thrill of training another replacement. Not that I mind the extra money or anything, but I do mind that the client is going to try to get me to take this permanently. I refuse to do it, because I can't concentrate there during the week, when all the neighborhood kids are over there, since his mother is the one at home.  Experiences like this degrade the trust in accepting new staff. It's going to be some work, once we get a new person, to be able to train that person, and get him to trust us that the person is ready to go on their own.

I did get some new front tires on my car.  I also had the alignment done, figuring that it wasn't worth getting new tires and having totally screwed up alignment. So, if it ever does snow this winter, I am prepared, and my car steers straight now.

sharismom

I'll give you mine.  He may or may not be all you'd hoped for, though.

I have one brother who is the nicest guy in the world and one who is the biggest ____________ in the world.  It boogles my mind that they were born of the same parents.

Deb W.

iluvjamison

sharismom

I'll give you mine.  He may or may not be all you'd hoped for, though.

I have one brother who is the nicest guy in the world and one who is the biggest ____________ in the world.  It boogles my mind that they were born of the same parents.

Deb W.

I can see that with my Dad's family -- but when you're an "only" it's ALWAYS your fault.  As a young person, I saw the relationships others had with siblings and desperately wanted that.  I always figured I'd take one of any kind because even if they were BAD then they'd make me look good in comparsion *lol* -- not saying it was right, nor sensible -- but it was always the way I felt.  LOL

When you're 13 you can convince yourself of nearly anything! LOL

calliecritturs

But then I always did like "temp" type jobs (even within the same company).  I kinda like going and doing some "thing" and having everyone apprecative.  It can be a big pump-you-up in the working world.

Speaking of this - I worked with some AmeriCorps volunteers yesterday out at Grace and really asked a lot of questions about the program and ended up wishing I was younger and single. They're commitment is for 10 months but they're only in a location for a short period of time and then move on as a group. This group had been up in Washington and then was here for a couple weeks and is leaving for North Dakota next Sunday to work with Habitat for Humanity. They were all over the top with enthusiasm for the program and I left feeling pretty darn impressed and a bit envious.

Also forgot to mention our bad luck-good luck story for the weekend. Our side-by-side frig went out on Saturday morning. I managed to save most of the freezer stuff by moving it to the chest freezer in the garage. My best friend's husband works for GE (our frig is GE) and told me it was probably a freon leak or the main board had gone out. If it was the board, he'd overnight one to me but we wouldn't know until DH got home Sunday morning. DH got home and I told him and he said "didn't he send us one of those boards a couple years ago?" Sure enough, he had but it was for a problem with our ice maker and we resolved it without using the board. So, it took DH about 15 min's to replace the new board and fix the problem and I felt like I'd just won the lottery.

My trumpet vine is looking pretty pathetic ... again.  Hopefully it was start to rain really soon,  because I don't think it can take many more mid 20s nights. It's on a big trellis, so it's a real PITA to wrap it - assuming of course that I could remember where I put the stuff to wrap it with.

Happy Anniversary, Deb!

Good news about the frig, Cathy.  Of all the appliances, I think that's the one that causes the most grief when it ups and dies.

Joyce

fuzzy_dogs_mom

My trumpet vine is looking pretty pathetic ... again.  Hopefully it was start to rain really soon,  because I don't think it can take many more mid 20s nights. It's on a big trellis, so it's a real PITA to wrap it - assuming of course that I could remember where I put the stuff to wrap it with.

Those are actually illegal here (there is some drug that can be manufactured from it and heaven knows we wouldn't want to tempt any Floridians). 

weird factoid for the day, I guess

I'm rather proud to announce, that with a tech dude on the phone, I've been up close and personal with more intimate parts of these two computers than I ever cared to be.  We are talking deep in the innards.  I created users, installed passwords and did all kinds of stuff that I never thot that I could do even WITH a voice talking me through it.  Go me.

Congrats and Happy Anniversary Deb!

Happy Anniversary, Mr & Mrs Deb!

Out west where, Julie? I'd say do it!

I was listening to public radio on the way home from work today. They have a show where people can call in and talk to a different professional/specialist every day. Today Patricia McConnell was the guest. This lady called in and said she had an Australian shepherd puppy (7 months I think) and she didn't know much about the breed. Her problem? The dog was nipping at people's heels and back of knees and she didn't know why. I don't think I've ever wanted to reach through the radio and smack someone before. Mrs. McConnell gave a good answer, but didn't put any emphasis on doing research before getting a dog.

glenmar

I've been up close and personal with more intimate parts of these two computers than I ever cared to be.  We are talking deep in the innards. 

Careful, Glenda -- your husband will be jealous -- no, what will REALLY happen is the whole family will now come to GLENDA for all their computer help because "she did ALL that computer set up at work, remember??"

Seriously -- be proud, Glenda.  just tackling something like that is mind-bending sometimes.

Happy Anniversary, Deb and Mr. Deb!!

Glenda, way to go!

Looks like we're joining the list of people whose washing machine is dying/has died. Yuck.

Callie, that tree was huge!!!

Hugs for all who need them. I know I've forgotten something...it'll come to me. It's 5:05--I'm 5 min. late with dinner for the pups. I'll hear about it soon!

Quite honestly, I was shaking in my shoes.  But, I had tech support as a backup and the boss figured I could just call tech support and do it.  Figured if he had faith in a total computer idiot, I might not mess it up too badly...and if I did, I had tech support to talk me through fixing it.  Phew!

Good job, Glenda!  I know just how you feel. :)