meanderings

my 2 most favorite mugs: one a gift from one of my sons... can't remember which holiday. Probably Mother's Day. The other a gift from my friend Mary. I sure miss her.


Well I'm still looking for a job, it's so freakin' hard! It's very dis-heartening when I know I can do good. I just need a chance. I never thought I would face discrimination... at least not for my age.
But I should be looking at other avenues, or options. Gotta cut back on A LOT. I think I got my cell bill cut back about $30... if I can change the price plan, that's another $20. And brought the DTV bill down about $13... still not enuf!! You'd think w/my concession I could get a better deal!!

Gotta re-do my monthly finances..... I'm still cutting myself short & not leaving room for things like car insurance, prescriptions, and other things that happen. oh yeah! and GAS!! now it's up to $3.15-3.25 gal for 87 octane... unBELIEVABLE!!!

Adam & Kathy are needing to move.... I'm getting really stressed that I can't do anything in my own home. Two women in the same house is NOT a good thing! It wasn't good when Julie & I were in the same house, and it's not good that Kathy & I are in the same house. I KNOW I need to clean off my desk. I KNOW it's cheaper to run the washer/dryer on weekends/evenings, but if someone else is using it, makes it kinda hard, doesn't it?
So I call SRP, and it doesn't look like I'll be able to change it any, cuz I am already in the hole for summer and if I don't have a credit, then my monthly payments will go up again!! I can only hope that we won't have this tug-of-war with the thermostat again!!

And on that note--- I've been thinking about the dogs. I love my puppies, but they're not mine. Not anymore. Actually, they never have been. Kathy & Adam shower so much love on those two--- you'd think they belonged to them. So when they move out, they're taking the girls with.

And it's ONLY February!

It's been an interesting couple of weeks. Linda is having a hard time finding reliable transportation. Last week she called to ask for a ride at the last minute, didn't get back in time to go to the Eagles for fish fry. She called my Sunday at the last minute for a ride to take the kids back to their mother, but Matt comes over on Sundays. I ended up taking them back Monday afternoon. And that was AFTER I'd taken Deb for her colonoscopy!

I don't mind helping people out, but c'mon Linda!!! Don't wait for the last minute!!! I know she's going to want a ride on Friday, but I've got too many other things going on.. already have commitments. Plus, I don't know if they will have moved... or where to.

I am going to have to be honest with her, tell her I can't be running off at the last minute. I've got her needing rides, Bernie needing rides (under the guise of going to lunch), sometimes Erna, but now she's farther away.... so I don't know how often I'll be needing to pick her up. If I get a job, who's going to be the ride?

And now we've got a Valentine's Dinner coming up-- I need to get the Tomato sauces to fix, hope Erna gets the meats... That's why Linda needs to find another ride.