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December 4, 2008

An Update

Hello all.  I am currently at the Library.  Yes, the first full day we lived in the new area, the first thing we did was get a new library card.

 

Computer should be up by the weekend.  I will tell you all about our wonderful move.

 

Hugs to you all.  I miss you bunches.

 

 

Vacation

I will be off of FT, and the internet, from Sunday, November 30th to Wednesday or Thursday, December 3rd or 4th. 

 

We are relocating to a nicer home.

 

Stay tuned...I will be back.

 

Edited to add:  I know my avatar is small but we are using Royal Movers as they will treat us like royality (not really, but we did like the van).

Finished

Wow!  I am finished packing.  It is odd, at first it seemed like we had a lot.  Now, after packing it, I find we have far less than we did when we moved into the condo.  Hurray!

 

I am now doing laundry in order to stay caught up on that front. 

 

Tonight and tomorrow will be spent taking the last of the "don't break me" and "odd shape" things.  We always move our lamps and the computer and electrical stuff.  It just is not worth it being broken.  I did discover a little tv which does not have a converter.  Frankly, the converter will be bigger than the tv so I do not know what we will do with it.

 

What is really amazing is Stompy has increased her activity.  I doubt she knows we are moving.  We suspect it is due to the fact she was home all of yesterday....no place to go on Thanksgiving.  That is sad.  A husband and wife in Littleton opened their home to 34 people for dinner.  The boss of the wife found out about the whole thing and wrote her a check to pay for all of the food.  What a nice boss.

 

I just realized I am hungry.  From the way my sweats keep falling off, I suspect I have lost about 8-10 pounds from the move.  Hubby laughs as I have cinched the tie string as tightly as possible and they are still falling off.  Heaven forbid I put my keys in my pockets.  Hello world.

 

We checked out our grocery stores yesterday.  Cool places.  All new buildings.

 

I will be logging off on Saturday night and probably will not be back to FT until Wednesday or Thursday.  With so much to do, I just think it is best I don't have internet access.  I keep wanting to play.

 

Sorry, but I must go.  It is time to move the laundry to the next step.  Hopefully, I will be done by 4 p.m.  Then I may take a nap. 

 

Hugs to you all.  Keep well.  I will return.........

Almost Done

We are almost done packing.  Just the kitchen, one bookcase (I don't know how I missed it when I packed the other eight), and my jewelry making supplies. 

 

Next comes cleaning and washing of sheers and rugs.  Then I can rest for a day or so. 

 

I hate to say this but considering all the unpleasant places we have lived, I am a bit nervous.  Plus having to figure out the floor plan for placing everything has me a bit frustrated. 

 

One of the problems I still experience is short term memory loss.  I can remember over time but if I do a layout of furniture, I must draw it out so I can reference it later.  A bit irritating but just one of the things I must resolve.  I also suspect part of the issue is the fact I still need more sleep. 

 

We are hoping Stompy has gone away for the holiday and will not return until a week from tomorrow (Wednesday).   That will mean no hassles and we will be able to sleep through the nights.  Oh, please let her be gone.

 

 

Well, I need to go clean my work table.  It has a tossed look about it.  I have not had time to clean it up until tonight.  Next will be bed and, hopefully, no pain like 1 a.m. last night. 

 

I wish to thank all of you for bearing with me while I pack our lives into boxes.  I will be off the internet for a few days starting on Sunday.  (I forgot to unsubscribe to the Knockout game and I want to see how far I may go.)  We need to get a desk for the computer.  I cannot decide between a real desk or one or two file cabinets so we have storage for office supplies.  Right now, it is not critical so it may wait.

 

Hugs. 

A Bit Of Everything

This will be a quick blog so here goes....

 

First, our wonderful car repair neighbor has applied massive grease spots all over the parking lot.  Add the cigarette butts and the sunflower seed shells and the trash they left behind and you can imagine how "unlovely" the place looks now.  Considering I sweep around our garage each time I sweep out the garage, I am not appreciative of the additional work.  Yesterday, he tried to talk to Hubby and kept saying "is that your garage" and "is that where you park".  He has seen us go in an out of the garage at least half of a dozen times so these questions are stupid and we wonder if he was....well, not sober.  So, Hubby told him to get lost.  I am learning more every day that many people operate under this attitude "it is better to have to ask forgiveness than it is to ask permission".  Sorry, folks.  We will still ask permission or inform people we need to block someone in for just a moment while we unload the car.  I ask you...is it really so difficult to ask or inform someone? 

 

We broke down and ate out last night.  We went to Chili's.  The one in Southwest Plaza.  It was wonderful.  The waitress was outstanding and so was my blue margarita.  I ordered it this way...I would like a margarite and I want it to turn blue.  "Perfect" was her response.  "I can easily do that in the bar".  She was polite, efficient and did not hover.  However, she was also attentive so her tip, and the compliment we gave the manager, hopefully shows she did an excellent job.

 

Now to another subject.  I will be more selective to whom I provide encouragement, hope, friendship and sympathy.  Why?  Well, I am burned out from offering such things only to find the originator is "just kidding" or "trying to get a reaction" or "wanting to see who responds".  So, if someone I do not know needs a bit of Mo happiness, I suggest they come straight to me.  I am finished with the silliness.

 

Ok, eight days (including today) until the move.  I will pack books today while I do laundry.  I have a mover coming by to provide an estimate.  If it is out of this world, I still have time to find another mover.  Plus, we have been moving a few things we do not wish to have broken.  We will also move the computer and the majority of the electronics equipment.  This is something we have always done.  After all, they break it (even with additional insurance) you spend many hours trying to get your money.

 

The fish will move Tuesday next (in a week).  As there are three, this is going to be interesting.  Girl bettas get along so we may put Max and Cloe in one bowl.  If we put Azur with any female, we will have many more fish.  Not what we need right now.

 

I also need to remember to unsubscribe to Knockout on Friday.  I totally forgot and now I will play as I don't want to be a "no show".  However, this depends on how my week progresses.

 

Upstairs is still the same.  However, I have figured out if we have the lights out and the tv off, and she does not know we are home, there is no stomping.  Well, one more week of her and then we are gone.

 

I heard about a Mayor down in Australia who is telling all the women who are not acceptable in appearance to move to another area where no one will see them.  As beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I sincerely hope no one pays any attention to him.  Perhaps all the females should unite as a group and all move.  Then the miners can be all alone with said Mayor.  I hope he is attractive or at least is able to run fast.  Oh, that was naughty.  Well, why not?  Who is he to decide such a thing?  He is probably nothing to look at.

 

Ok, must go.  Time to eat and move the laundry and pack our multitude of books.

 

Hugs to you all.

 

Edited to add:  I appear to have disturbed Stompy.  At the rate she is stomping throughout her "private residence", she should break through to our level in about two hours.  Now I understand why right after I dust it is dusty again.  She is stomping the dust from her "private residence" to our "private residence".