So, it looks like the end of the year is here. Tomorrow night we'll be ringing in 2010 and all the challenges it will bring. I think it's going to be a big year for me - hopefully a trip to Greece, frighteningly a knee -replacement, challengingly a big weight loss. I am more than a little nervous about the year - but what can I do? I can't decide not to head into it!
This year has been full of more good-byes. Or at least, good-byes to my cats. I lost three of them this year; Mysterious Charmin, Larry Bird and Tiger Lily. At least I know Tiger Lily is OK and happy - the two boys I can only pray for. Hopefully I'll be able to hold on to Cujo, Tucker, Curly and Mo! I intend to do my best.
Well, I guess I'll log off now and go read for a bit. Here's hoping 2010 is full of good things and scarce of bad things. And that I can weather all of it.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
13 years
So it was 13 years ago yesterday that I lost my Princess Leia Hunt. I miss her as much today as I did 13 years ago. I am now surrounded by cats - I wonder what she would make of that! She never had much use for cats, but I find them entertaining.
I called in sick today - and I am! I've been sick since Wednesday evening with this horrid cough that I get. Friday it came with a fever, too. I'll work tomorrow but I'm not sure how much I'll get done. I predict I'll be too busy coughing to get very many letters done. I'm sure I picked this up last week-end when Charlie and I took the girls out. Either from the concert hall or the restaurant. Remind me to use hand sanitizer!!! It is miserable to be sick the week of Christmas.
I'm going to have to make my new year resolutions soon. I failed them miserably this year. The resolutions will be the same as always - lose weight, pay down bills and plump up savings, more couple time with Shawn. And none of it will happen - well, maybe the weight because I would be insane to go into my summer surgery overweight and with high blood pressure. Just once I would like to have a new year resolution that calls for more traveling, belly laughs and indulgences. Only if I ever win a big lottery!
I called in sick today - and I am! I've been sick since Wednesday evening with this horrid cough that I get. Friday it came with a fever, too. I'll work tomorrow but I'm not sure how much I'll get done. I predict I'll be too busy coughing to get very many letters done. I'm sure I picked this up last week-end when Charlie and I took the girls out. Either from the concert hall or the restaurant. Remind me to use hand sanitizer!!! It is miserable to be sick the week of Christmas.
I'm going to have to make my new year resolutions soon. I failed them miserably this year. The resolutions will be the same as always - lose weight, pay down bills and plump up savings, more couple time with Shawn. And none of it will happen - well, maybe the weight because I would be insane to go into my summer surgery overweight and with high blood pressure. Just once I would like to have a new year resolution that calls for more traveling, belly laughs and indulgences. Only if I ever win a big lottery!
Friday, December 11, 2009
Christmas Ready
Ready for Christmas... almost! I think all I have left is to get the cards addressed and mailed - and the Christmas letter printed somewhere as my printer has all but died on me. THEN I should be all ready (done!) for Christmas! Today I got packages in the mail for John and Dan and cookies baked for Charlie and George. Trees are up (though Curly is trying his best to take the main one down!) and the gifts are purchased and wrapped.
Tomorrow Charlie and I are taking Fifi, Emmi and Krissy to the KC Symphony's Christmas Show - kid friendly. Then we'll dine on the Plaza and catch a Cinderella Carriage ride around the Christmas-lit Plaza. And hopefully we'll all be in our homes again by 7:00!
I'm toying with the idea of inviting Tom and his family over next week-end. He's hinted at coming but I would love to have a three-day week-end (I have that Friday off, too) all to myself. I have an email draft going but I don't know if it will ever get sent! It's a lot of work to have them over.
Tomorrow Charlie and I are taking Fifi, Emmi and Krissy to the KC Symphony's Christmas Show - kid friendly. Then we'll dine on the Plaza and catch a Cinderella Carriage ride around the Christmas-lit Plaza. And hopefully we'll all be in our homes again by 7:00!
I'm toying with the idea of inviting Tom and his family over next week-end. He's hinted at coming but I would love to have a three-day week-end (I have that Friday off, too) all to myself. I have an email draft going but I don't know if it will ever get sent! It's a lot of work to have them over.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Little Girl Lost
I'm having a difficult time - Shawn gave Tiger Lily away a few weeks ago. He says he's seen her since her 'move' and she's now roosting her new nest but I miss her like crazy. He is still threatening to give away one or two more - I am working so hard to make his life so easy that he doesn't carry through on the threat. And I've been keeping the cats out of his way - they are either in the basement or outside almost the entire time he's home. And I am mopping the basement every week, sprinkling deodorizer in the litter boxes, spraying the areas around the litter boxes with Lysol, washing the cat blankies - anything I can think of to keep the scent of kitty at bay. But I also know that he will get drunk one night, come home, start yelling at me again and give up another cat. It really is inevitable. I don't know why I stay with him - yes I do. I stay because of credit card debt and fear. I really need Charlie to liquidate Dad's estate so I can get my inheritance, pay off my credit cards and be one step closer to being able to live life without Shawn. Sometimes love isn't enough; sometimes the emotional and mental abuse outweighs the love. I deserve to live at least part of my life without wondering when the next drunk will tell me I'm worthless and lazy. My childhood was spent with drunk parents, my working years are being spent with a drunk husband - do I really have to spend my twilight years with a drunk, too?
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Trick-or-Treat!
Had a great Halloween! Shawn and I went to Tom's welcome home party - Tom looks great. He says he lost about 50 pounds while in Iraq. I wonder if I'm too old to 'list up and ship out!
Then I picked up the girls and we set up the Haunted Gazebo, which Felicia manned for the night - handing out all the give-away candy and some of my family-only candy. She even took the whole thing down at the end of the night! All I have to do is take down the outside lights and pack everything up for the year. That was a nice surprise!
I was getting ready to take Emmi and Krissy door-to-door when John called. They had come in for Tom's party and wondered if I was taking kids trick-or-treating. They ended up joining us so I had even MORE fun with David, Matthew and Allyson! Diane stayed behind and kept Fifi company so even she wasn't alone. It was a beautiful night, the kids were out in force and most of the houses had on porch lights. It was a fab night!
Now it's on to planning for Thanksgiving!
Then I picked up the girls and we set up the Haunted Gazebo, which Felicia manned for the night - handing out all the give-away candy and some of my family-only candy. She even took the whole thing down at the end of the night! All I have to do is take down the outside lights and pack everything up for the year. That was a nice surprise!
I was getting ready to take Emmi and Krissy door-to-door when John called. They had come in for Tom's party and wondered if I was taking kids trick-or-treating. They ended up joining us so I had even MORE fun with David, Matthew and Allyson! Diane stayed behind and kept Fifi company so even she wasn't alone. It was a beautiful night, the kids were out in force and most of the houses had on porch lights. It was a fab night!
Now it's on to planning for Thanksgiving!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Holiday
Well, part of my vacation went fine - the important part. But the trip to Hermann was horrid and it was my own fault. I was so concerned that Wendy wasn't having a good time that I way overdid it, got sick over everything and spent most of the week-end hiding out in the bedroom (while the bed spun). I won't be showing my face in that town for many years to come. I am so humiliated.
The trip to Disney went a lot better. I had a fabulous time, as did Shawn and his parents. They were fine with the downsized resort and LOVED the meal plan. We did pretty much everything we wanted to do, including going 400 feet up in a balloon. Our room the first night wasn't ready when we got there, or for the five hours following. We cheated and tried our room key (we knew what room was ours as we had an adjoining one with Shawn's folks) and found it in disarray. When we were finally given the OK to go to the room, it was STILL in disarray, with the nightstand on one bed, the phone and papers on the other bed and a dehumidifier (or something) on the table. Shawn was very upset and called the desk yelling at them. It was funny to listen to; he said he was very angry, we had been waiting for hours for the room and it was a mess when we got in. "There's this thing that looks like a bomb on the table!" When he threw in 'And it's my anniversary' I had to leave the room - I was laughing so much! We got a free night stay and a small bouquet of balloons saying, Happy Anniversary! I kept the balloons for the scrapbook. We'll laugh every time we look at them! Other than that, we had great service and a fab time. And I've had my Disney fix for awhile!
The trip to Disney went a lot better. I had a fabulous time, as did Shawn and his parents. They were fine with the downsized resort and LOVED the meal plan. We did pretty much everything we wanted to do, including going 400 feet up in a balloon. Our room the first night wasn't ready when we got there, or for the five hours following. We cheated and tried our room key (we knew what room was ours as we had an adjoining one with Shawn's folks) and found it in disarray. When we were finally given the OK to go to the room, it was STILL in disarray, with the nightstand on one bed, the phone and papers on the other bed and a dehumidifier (or something) on the table. Shawn was very upset and called the desk yelling at them. It was funny to listen to; he said he was very angry, we had been waiting for hours for the room and it was a mess when we got in. "There's this thing that looks like a bomb on the table!" When he threw in 'And it's my anniversary' I had to leave the room - I was laughing so much! We got a free night stay and a small bouquet of balloons saying, Happy Anniversary! I kept the balloons for the scrapbook. We'll laugh every time we look at them! Other than that, we had great service and a fab time. And I've had my Disney fix for awhile!
Monday, October 5, 2009
Apple Pie
I baked my first apple pie of the season today. Sweet yumminess! Now I have to either find someone to help me eat it or I eat the whole thing and get even fatter! Shawn may have one slice but that will be all he'll eat. Now if it was a pecan pie, that would be a horse of a different color!
Two weeks from tomorrow we'll be heading to Disney. Sometimes I really worry about my addiction to Disney World. For the money we are spending on going, we could have had a real nice trip someplace else, too. Someplace that would be new to us. But we keep getting drawn back to the Mouse. I wonder why that is.
Today is Charlie's birthday - big 4-0. If the Little Kids are starting to turn 40, I'm in some real trouble! That means 50 is just around the corner for me. I think 50 will be the last decade I'm fairly confident I'll see all the way through. And that's scary.
Just got my blood work results back from the life insurance folks. Everything is fine except my dumb triglyceride level. I just can't seem to get that down. I can't believe I am so addicted to sugar. I can't seem to stop eating the stuff, be it in candy or white bread/pasta/cereal. I'm heading into a storm and I can't seem to force myself to change course. I don't know what to do. I could try eating the way Shawn does but his cholesterol is high so that's no good, either. I wonder if some of my issue is a family trait. Sucks.
Two weeks from tomorrow we'll be heading to Disney. Sometimes I really worry about my addiction to Disney World. For the money we are spending on going, we could have had a real nice trip someplace else, too. Someplace that would be new to us. But we keep getting drawn back to the Mouse. I wonder why that is.
Today is Charlie's birthday - big 4-0. If the Little Kids are starting to turn 40, I'm in some real trouble! That means 50 is just around the corner for me. I think 50 will be the last decade I'm fairly confident I'll see all the way through. And that's scary.
Just got my blood work results back from the life insurance folks. Everything is fine except my dumb triglyceride level. I just can't seem to get that down. I can't believe I am so addicted to sugar. I can't seem to stop eating the stuff, be it in candy or white bread/pasta/cereal. I'm heading into a storm and I can't seem to force myself to change course. I don't know what to do. I could try eating the way Shawn does but his cholesterol is high so that's no good, either. I wonder if some of my issue is a family trait. Sucks.
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