Tired

I have worked every Saturday this year - although it's only the last week-end of January, it's still a lot of Saturdays to give up. I am tired.

We have snow in the forecast...again. The last few days have been fabulous and the snow we got two weeks ago was finally starting to melt - ah, well, what's another 6.5 inches? How many weeks left of winter? Too many!!

Gregg asked me to start picking up the girls from school Tuesdays and Thursdays to begin in March - I said no. I have the new DEAD processing stuff coming up so that created the perfect excuse as to why I couldn't do it, but I wouldn't do it anyway. It's so he can go back to school 'again' to be a nurse. Right, this is his third round of 'education' while his eldest has been denied an education. He's worse than a parasite. I can hardly stand to deal with him - and Susanna isn't any better because she continues to allow it. She says she doesn't know what else to do - uh, kick him to the curb? Yeah.

Got a Valentine box out to Dan today, before the snow begins to fly. I have John's and Scott's boxes still to mail but it should only take a day or two for those to get to their destinations and I don't want them to arrive too soon. And I have to get Tom's out to those kids and Susanna's out to her kids. And I need to figure something out for Abby still. An Aunt's job is never done!

421

So I went with George and Breezey as they toured 421. I had not been in that house since 1979- the year Dad moved the family out. It was both exactly the same and different. The kitchen has been totally renovated, the laundry room moved out to 'Tom's room' and the half bath off the kitchen expanded into the 'old laundry room' site with access through the dining room. Other than that, the house was pretty much the same. It was a bit odd walking through it the same age Mom was when we lived there. George really wants to buy it - Breezey was not sold on the idea. It would be wonderful to get it back in the family but I would never be able to live there - too many memories. And my heart broke when I thought of all the folks I knew and loved that are no longer with me. I could see Chowkidar roaming the backyard and Mom and Dad sitting in the living room. I could see young Hunts climbing out the bedroom window and jumping off the garage roof. And that's all gone now - the young Hunts are old and the old Hunts are gone. I'm going to have dreams about that house for weeks now.

Happy 2011

So, we're expecting a snow storm to begin tonight and go all thru tomorrow, letting up Tuesday morning. Sucks for Shawn. Fortunately for me, I don't have to go anywhere or do anything outside the house. But I will worry over Shawn the whole time he's on the road. And it's only the first half of January - it's going to be a long cold winter.

Got the rest of our windows replaced (well, not the basement - we'll do those when we finish the basement). I don't particularly like the look of the new ones, I don't think we'll be able to put the wood blinds back up (and I REALLY like those) and it's costing us $8,000. All for windows. Even if they do end up saving us money with heating and cooling, it's going to take as long for those things to 'pay for themselves' as it will take to pay off the house! Hmm, wonder if we did the right thing in replacing them.

I have overtime most of this month. It's only three hours a week mandatory but I can put in more if I want. I don't want, but read the previous paragraph and understand that I will. Between windows, credit cards, Disney trip and maybe a new car - I need all the money I can get!