So, it snowed yesterday.... I hope the plants all do ok. We just got a dusting, thankfully.
I haven't been keeping up with this on line journal well. Keeping a paper one in person is easier. No so hard on my eyes :(.....
Actually, I've been neglecting Facebook, chat lists, etc... All for the same reason. I'm tired of squinting to see the screen... I've developed this horrible crease between my eyes because of it! I hate it!!! Damn cataracts :(
Anyway, I've been preparing the spare room (would've been the baby room and we've been making it into a library room) for Kz. He's a great on line friend who Will helped get a job up here. He starts on the 11th of April. He arrives in town on the 8th or 9th. So, I've been trying to make room for him and get us more settled in. This way he'll have room for his stuff in here, too. I've NO idea how long he'll be here. He has a super high metabolism, so hopefully he's willing to chip in on groceries... We're not on our feet well enough to be able to support that kind of food bill, yet. He's a good guy, though, so I doubt he'll leave us in a bind.
It'll be SO NICE to have a friend near again. They normally move away and then we NEVER hear from them again :(.... having a friend move near for once is sooo awesome. We're all excited!
I HATE when I'm reminded of shit from my past. There's so many horrible memories and sooo much hurt. I just wish I would stop myself sooner before I go on a rant and end up getting grumpy and miserable. I don't want this new life here in MI ruined from bad memories. I only want to look forward and be positive. Otherwise I'll never recover or relax fully.
Even sadder was it was to Papa-Gray that I ranted to. He brought up some things and it got me goin... blegh... hope I didn't drag him down with my slip backwards downhill...
I can't believe it's almost April already!!! SHEESH... It'll be SOOO nice to have the full Northern spring!!! I've not had a nice spring since 2000. :D
I love my new chat smileys that I put into my gmail chat..... I sooooo wanna show them off to more people!!!
Aria's been better... which is awesome. :)
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
The Grumpy Mailman and the Resident Who Orders Things On-Line
Once upon a time, there was a grumpy mailman. The grumpy mailman liked things just so. Pleasant weather, no dogs around and especially, no packages. Letters get heavy enough when they need to be delivered, but packages just made things so much worse. And it wasn't because they were heavy because sometimes it was really light! Boxes are just plain cumbersome and unwieldy! It's such a bother to carry them! The only thing he hated more was a loose dog. Sure, when faced with a loose dog, he said he wasn't afraid, but he acted very, very afraid. He would back up, raise his eye brows, show fear in his eyes and his voice would get higher pitched. He would talk faster and start to sweat - all the while insisting he wasn't afraid.
Luckily not many people on his route had large dogs and they especially almost never got packages! One day, this all changed....
A family moved into a vacant house. They had a large dog. And they always got packages. He was not happy. He would complain to them about their old address being on letters, even though, they said they changed it. He would complain about having to carry their packages, even though that was his job. And he hated their large dog who barked at him and scared him (even though he insisted he wasn't scared.)
heheh ok, well I don't know how to continue the story.... and it's just my way of venting about our grumpy postman. I swear he hates us! He was polite, smiling and made small talk with Pessimistic neighbor and COMPLETELY ignored us! Another time he handed a package to us when we were at Pessimistic neighbor's yard and said "here you take this rather than making ME carry it.." then ignored us while he made small talk with Pessimistic neighbor..... He gripes about any mail that has our old address - there is only so much we can do once we notify everyone of our new address.... He acts like everything is personally against him. Especially when Mitzie got loose and ran upto him barking. He FREAKED OUT while insisting he was calm and not afraid. Because he acted afraid and was backing up he triggered Mitzie's instincts to charge and bark and carry on cuz there was a stranger intruding at our house..... I managed to grab her and bring her home, but I think he never forgave us for that... or the packages LOL
When we got here, we'd left a lot behind. There aren't many places around here that had what we needed and on line prices are sometimes way better. Since money has been an issue in trying to get back on our feet, it's best to be smart on how you spend your money! Anyway, we've gotten sheets, Aria's new mattress, the dog crate, violin parts (recently lol), laminate sheets, our new table, Mitzie's new collar (to keep her from yanking my shoulder out of joint), posters (cuz the walls are white and we don't care for plain walls), winter jacket for Aria, sweat shirts and pants for Aria, snow suit for Aria, .... Well, you get the idea. Everything was a great deal, too!! I SOOO wish this was a larger area and we could get things from freecycle, but the freecycle in my area seams to cover the whole northern portion of MI! Most things being offered are a minimum of an hour and a half away and we don't have a truck, nor do we have a friend with a truck that we know well enough to hassle for help picking something up that is that far away. There are some thrift stores... We hope to score a hutch from one and maybe an entertainment center (we're using a bookshelf/hutch top thing as our entertainment center and it's not going to last long like that lol).
We just ordered a bean bag "couch" YAY hehe... The mailman never carries the heavy stuff to us... it's always nicer people :) lol...
Anyway, I'm hoping we can order shelves, soon.... Maybe this Thursday *SMILES* Will said I can get a violin.... The Chinese make good student violins that are sold MUCH cheaper than the ones made elsewhere. We don't have 1k and up to spend on a decent student violin lol... But I think I shouldn't get any violins when we still need furniture.... even though, these are ~really really~ good prices. A violin that is 1k here is 100-200 there. Sweet! And they are more arty about their violins, too.
I read this post in violin forums about how people should just support their local shops, blah, blah, blah... I was like.. um.. what if you live no where near a shop that sells instruments at all much less a violin shop!
Whatever
My poor, old violin is coming along, but it won't be playable for months. I've been itching to play it - bad... That's why Will was telling me to get a violin. This way I wouldn't feel rushed and screw up the violin or make poor choices or take short cuts to get it playable again. *shrugs* My viola sounds like shit... even with the good strings on it *cries*. My cello sounds sooo lovely (even when using the viola bow on it lol) My viola is a cheap PoS that cecilo made when they were still starting out. They've learned a lot in 9 years lol.... They made my cello and that sounds lovely... but they're still learning :) I wish Aria would like to play.... maybe when she's older...
So, I'll probably ignore the lovely violins and order the shelves we need. We still need a sleeper sofa for company, too.
My Uncles want to visit. They're cut out of the family now, too. They're still getting over the shock of being blacklisted by my mom. What they are going through now is what I had to come to terms with ... and it took a long time for me. I am not sure they'll ever get over it.
I'm concerned if they come to visit there will be issues with accepting who we are and how we live our lives. One uncle was already pressuring me to have Aria baptized. Grr... I guess we'll have to see.
Anywho... that's all for now
Luckily not many people on his route had large dogs and they especially almost never got packages! One day, this all changed....
A family moved into a vacant house. They had a large dog. And they always got packages. He was not happy. He would complain to them about their old address being on letters, even though, they said they changed it. He would complain about having to carry their packages, even though that was his job. And he hated their large dog who barked at him and scared him (even though he insisted he wasn't scared.)
heheh ok, well I don't know how to continue the story.... and it's just my way of venting about our grumpy postman. I swear he hates us! He was polite, smiling and made small talk with Pessimistic neighbor and COMPLETELY ignored us! Another time he handed a package to us when we were at Pessimistic neighbor's yard and said "here you take this rather than making ME carry it.." then ignored us while he made small talk with Pessimistic neighbor..... He gripes about any mail that has our old address - there is only so much we can do once we notify everyone of our new address.... He acts like everything is personally against him. Especially when Mitzie got loose and ran upto him barking. He FREAKED OUT while insisting he was calm and not afraid. Because he acted afraid and was backing up he triggered Mitzie's instincts to charge and bark and carry on cuz there was a stranger intruding at our house..... I managed to grab her and bring her home, but I think he never forgave us for that... or the packages LOL
When we got here, we'd left a lot behind. There aren't many places around here that had what we needed and on line prices are sometimes way better. Since money has been an issue in trying to get back on our feet, it's best to be smart on how you spend your money! Anyway, we've gotten sheets, Aria's new mattress, the dog crate, violin parts (recently lol), laminate sheets, our new table, Mitzie's new collar (to keep her from yanking my shoulder out of joint), posters (cuz the walls are white and we don't care for plain walls), winter jacket for Aria, sweat shirts and pants for Aria, snow suit for Aria, .... Well, you get the idea. Everything was a great deal, too!! I SOOO wish this was a larger area and we could get things from freecycle, but the freecycle in my area seams to cover the whole northern portion of MI! Most things being offered are a minimum of an hour and a half away and we don't have a truck, nor do we have a friend with a truck that we know well enough to hassle for help picking something up that is that far away. There are some thrift stores... We hope to score a hutch from one and maybe an entertainment center (we're using a bookshelf/hutch top thing as our entertainment center and it's not going to last long like that lol).
We just ordered a bean bag "couch" YAY hehe... The mailman never carries the heavy stuff to us... it's always nicer people :) lol...
Anyway, I'm hoping we can order shelves, soon.... Maybe this Thursday *SMILES* Will said I can get a violin.... The Chinese make good student violins that are sold MUCH cheaper than the ones made elsewhere. We don't have 1k and up to spend on a decent student violin lol... But I think I shouldn't get any violins when we still need furniture.... even though, these are ~really really~ good prices. A violin that is 1k here is 100-200 there. Sweet! And they are more arty about their violins, too.
I read this post in violin forums about how people should just support their local shops, blah, blah, blah... I was like.. um.. what if you live no where near a shop that sells instruments at all much less a violin shop!
Whatever
My poor, old violin is coming along, but it won't be playable for months. I've been itching to play it - bad... That's why Will was telling me to get a violin. This way I wouldn't feel rushed and screw up the violin or make poor choices or take short cuts to get it playable again. *shrugs* My viola sounds like shit... even with the good strings on it *cries*. My cello sounds sooo lovely (even when using the viola bow on it lol) My viola is a cheap PoS that cecilo made when they were still starting out. They've learned a lot in 9 years lol.... They made my cello and that sounds lovely... but they're still learning :) I wish Aria would like to play.... maybe when she's older...
So, I'll probably ignore the lovely violins and order the shelves we need. We still need a sleeper sofa for company, too.
My Uncles want to visit. They're cut out of the family now, too. They're still getting over the shock of being blacklisted by my mom. What they are going through now is what I had to come to terms with ... and it took a long time for me. I am not sure they'll ever get over it.
I'm concerned if they come to visit there will be issues with accepting who we are and how we live our lives. One uncle was already pressuring me to have Aria baptized. Grr... I guess we'll have to see.
Anywho... that's all for now
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Homeschooling, cleaning and pets... oh my!
Our old dog isn't feeling so chipper :( He got sick from eating too many rawhide bones (he keeps stealing them from our younger dog.)
Aria's new math "curriculum" is working well for us all, which is good. I'm pleased the web-based program has something to keep track of what she's done and how much time she spent on it, etc. Makes life a lil easier for me :)
She's resisting her writing assignment. Too bad there's no fun on line writing program LOL. I just gave her something to copy because she said she didn't know what to write. Hehehe.. She will be writing whatever's on the back of the nail file package. lol...
I cleaned up this room that we're using like a den. It's a computer room, plus... It has craft stuff in here, the dog crate, animal food bins, food bowls, and their toys. It has places for the cats to lay about and a cat post and scratch areas. Anyway, it's almost always the messiest room of the house (Aria loves telling EVERYONE all about this >.<) and I'm not ok with this because it's also where the webcam is LOL!!! So, now it's neater, so I'm less embarrassed during video calls :)
Anywho, I have more cleaning to do... blegh... I'm still tired from the cats waking me up. Bast is pro at throwing herself around the room (as I call it) when she wants me to get up to feed her. She aims for all the places I have things up high... like my rocks and crystals on the windowsill and the plant and my jewelry box on top of the dresser... and tries to knock everything down >.<
Aria's new math "curriculum" is working well for us all, which is good. I'm pleased the web-based program has something to keep track of what she's done and how much time she spent on it, etc. Makes life a lil easier for me :)
She's resisting her writing assignment. Too bad there's no fun on line writing program LOL. I just gave her something to copy because she said she didn't know what to write. Hehehe.. She will be writing whatever's on the back of the nail file package. lol...
I cleaned up this room that we're using like a den. It's a computer room, plus... It has craft stuff in here, the dog crate, animal food bins, food bowls, and their toys. It has places for the cats to lay about and a cat post and scratch areas. Anyway, it's almost always the messiest room of the house (Aria loves telling EVERYONE all about this >.<) and I'm not ok with this because it's also where the webcam is LOL!!! So, now it's neater, so I'm less embarrassed during video calls :)
Anywho, I have more cleaning to do... blegh... I'm still tired from the cats waking me up. Bast is pro at throwing herself around the room (as I call it) when she wants me to get up to feed her. She aims for all the places I have things up high... like my rocks and crystals on the windowsill and the plant and my jewelry box on top of the dresser... and tries to knock everything down >.<
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