Saturday and I am soooo tired..

Today was the first day without Bill at Petsmart. It was sooo hard. We had our own routine and I walked in today and the new person had cages all over the place and extra volunteers that had no idea what to do and it was a riot. Because she had everything blocked we could not get to the table to sit..... so I stood for 5 very long hours on cement floors. And after all of that I sort of feel I was told I wasn't needed anymore. Maybe I am wrong. I hope so cause I like what I do but we sure don't need that many people. We did do 4 adoptions, 2 cats, one dog and a puppie. So that was good. But what is not good and maybe is coloring my feelings alot, is I hurt everywhere. I had no lunch and wanted to make a couple of stops on the way home but we got out an hour late and my feet hurt all the way up to my neck. I could hardly move to walk. So I went to Albertsons and got some chicken and french bread and said to heck with it.

Yesterday I did get the income tax in. And it was rejected. The birth date that Roy had last year is not longer acceptable. I have no clue except it is the age old thing where he has 2 birthdates.... what the birthcertificate says and what his mother says. Now I figure she was there! So I had to change it and this time it has been accepted. So we are buying Michelle's old car. I am not sure if this is a good thing or not. I think it is I just don't want it to sit here in dead car heaven and not run. Roy assures me he and son #3 will get it going. That does not make me feel secure.

Tomorrow I want to go to Morning Sun (the sweatshirt store) and to Trader Joe's... in Fife and Federal Way. We will see if I can get himself moving in that direction. Would also like to get him to stop at the casino but that is pretty well out of the question. Too many people and noise, etc.

Now I am going to take a pill and go curl up and watch tv. How I feel in the morning may determine if I even try to get anyone going toward Tacoma and points east or north or what ever direction it is.

Feb. 17, 2005

Tomorrow is the memorial service for Estella's husband Jasper. So Estella, Lora and I decided we would have some food at the house for who ever. So, Grandma McKinsey got out her great big wooden spoon and stirred the pot!! This woman is going to get to go IN the pot as the main course. I decided what I was going to bring and sent and email to Gene & Merle's wives and told them what it was. So of course Gene has not spoken to Kaye. He goes to him mom and says what is this about something at Estella's? No one thought to tell Grandma anything.... so Gene says he will bring meatballs. She calls me. I said you don't need tobring anything, just show up. Well she could bring some cole slaw but not that crap from Safeway it was too sweet. SWEET? All I could taste was vinegar. Well it had no flavor when she got it so she and Little Laura fixed it. I told Gene on the phone that Mom is not allowed to bring anything. If I feel I want vinegar I will bring a bottle of it. ANd I am doing the deviled eggs too. The last time she made them they were pure vinegar. I don't think she can taste anything any more. And she never eats eggs!! And yes I DO need more antidepressents. If only for her safety.
So I have eggs cooking, I will make a cake and take the meat and cheese and some crackers and if they want something else they can go get it. I am only going to be there long enough to feed Aundrea and then take her to Ballet anyway. She got moved up to III so her new night is Friday at 5:30. To make it to Port Orchard in time with the traffic we should leave directly after school and maybe have time to do McDonalds out there before dance.
Well the eggs are done so I guess now I get to begin cooking. ANd take something for my headache. I have decided tomorrow I will take a valuim and ignore everyone. I would take 2 or 3 but I do have to drive.

the day after...... (44th anniversary)

It has been another "fun" week. Aundrea has been out of school and dance for a week with what the dr called the Kitsap Virus. However I hear it is hitting everywhere. She should be able to go back to everything on Monday. I hope so, I adore that little girl but they are suppose to be away part of the day. Sort of like husbands.
Stella's husband died last night. We knew it was coming but he sure put up a good fight. He died at home which just gives me the shudders... I told himself that if he thinks he is going to die at home to think again. Unless it is totally an accident he will NOT be home.

We went to Costco tonight for "fine dining". That means a cheap dinner. We treated Matt and Chelsea. Her dad died the day before yesterday. (they were not particularly close, I dont think?) Now we are all wondering who will be #3. Anyway we picked up a couple of things... got out for under $40.... and took our stuff to the car. There was this couple wandering around, pushing thier cart and hunting for a car. Finally he went one way and she the other. THERE IT WAS!! I hollared at Himself to come over here, I found it. Then we could come home. Pretty bad when the lot is half empty and you still can't find the darn car.
Aundrea has been having a "project" while she was out of school. She is knitting on a loom and making a hat. The hat is for her auntie who "sends me beautiful stuff". Like a hat and a poncho. Shhhh. Don't tell Gina, she needs to be surprised!

Thursday Feb 3

Well it has been a while so I will catch up. Let's start with Nick's nail cutting adventure. He had a toenail that was broken and was catching on the carpet and bed and everything. So I told Himself to hold Nick down and I would just clip the end of that one toenail. We were planning on takeing him to the vet to had them all clipped but this one needed doing now. So he is being held down and is very relaxed and I took the clipper and placed it over the tip of the nail and started to squeeze.... HE JUMPED!!! I took off the WHOLE nail. Then the fun began because he began to bleed. I got the flour and stuffed it in his nail and it stopped, OK this is good. Well he being the world champion licker, licked the flour out and he bled all over the white rug.... the floor.... Aundrea was running around trying to clean up the blood while I was trying to stuff more flour and Himself is still trying to hold the dog in one spot. I got a huge bandaid and a cotton ball and some masking tape. BLUE. I wrapped that puppy's foot all the way up to his hip. It didn't dare bleed. Then many hours later, after a couple of trips outside and ready for bed I took the bandaid off and it was fine. But I sure did take off the whole nail. Then we took vinegar and water to the rug and all the blood came out. WheewwwwwH. cause it is Eileen's rug.
Tuesday night was the first night back to Performance Team in over a month. Aundrea was refusing to go. She was going to quit cause Becca did. She was not going to dance, no how no way. I called Michelle, she and Marc both talked to her. No way. So I said ok lets just go and you can watch. So she did. Then after I said are you going to go next week. Yes. Are you going to just watch. No I am going to dance. She had it in her head that the others had all been practicing and knew their parts and she did not. No one has begun the routine for the show yet. What a silly kid.
The big excitement for the week was the lock down at Aundrea;s school. When Grandpa went to pick her up from school yesterday they were just announcing that the doors would be unlocked now. She was very excited to come home and tell about it. In the paper today is said there was some goofy drugged up guy that police were chasing on the road behind the school so the building was locked down until the police gave the school the ok. They caught him and took him to the hospital. Scarey world we live in these days. But her school is very good about knowing who picks up what kid and where they go. If the crossing lady in front of the school does not see me standing at the top of the stairs to the parking lot she will not let Aundrea cross. She has to wait there until they see one of us.
Ok, off to bed with me cause it is late. No school tomorrow so we all get to sleep in!!! YIPPEE!!