January has come again and this year has brought with it a colder time than we have had in while. I actually had to break out the electric heater and I am kind of dreading the electric bill when in comes. So with this being a new year I am looking forward to the healing process to continue, and allow me to do more things that I have yet to do since that day.
I know how much my daughter want to go to the movies and I am getting closer to being able to go. One of the things is needing to get an earlier start to attend the movie first like we use to do. I miss going to movies as a family and I guess that kind of hinders me in a way. Well someday I may be able to join the movie goer community but for now I guess it is wait til it comes out on Blu-ray or DVD.
Well this month has had it's ups and downs but I mean that temperature wise. Although the little warm front that comes and goes long enough for us all to thaw off before the next drop in temperature. Luckily it hasn't dropped down low enough to be unbearable in fact I haven't even turn the heater on since the beginning of the month. Thank you for that cause a warm front and cold back really doesn't help me at all. Will be glad when I get just go back to my summer weather that allows me to feel more comfortable.
Most of the month has been business as usual and now that it is all behind me I can say what I always say where did it all go. Grateful to be here another month to move on trucking down life's highway. Even if it comes with little hiccups along the way like the trip to the dealer I had today instead of something major it was at some cost but still with in reason. But an hour & half later I was heading back home or actually to pick up some more cold medicine because yes I am sick again. Boy am I getting tired of this I just wish I could finally have a long enough time being well in between illnesses.
Well Here we are in February and I just found out my rent is going up next month. Not that is anything to worry about cause it is only a fifty dollar increase. It is something I have actually been dreading for a long time as silly as it seems. I don't know why I should mind the last time my rent was increased is going on 2 yrs now maybe more I am not really sure. Anyway I will now have remember to write the new amount on the checks along with remembering to put 2013 being I write so few checks during the year.
Now I guess it is time to sign off on this new blog or a sad attempt of a blog but I will learn from practice or just crazy thoughts that I may want to share in the future. So before this turns into another novel I better quit now. Later.
Friday, February 1, 2013
Auto Warranties ?
What can I say about this subject except for thct that it must be some unwritten rule that says that all vehicles will perform above the best of their ability until the warranty expires. Cause this way they can minimize the cost they have to pay out when when your car breaks down.
Unfortunately most of us are cars run perfectly until the mileage hits the end of the warranty mileage or year limit. Then as they say the shit hits the fan and cost start to really pile up, so that it leaves with the big question mark on your face is it time to buy a new car.
So you see they time it just right and then they got you coming or going. I made that mistake the last time and just got another vehicle cause I couldn't see sinking that much money into it to keep it running good.
I think I am lucky this time around cause most of the heavy stuff actually happened during the warranty on this vehicle as opposed to waiting until it expired. Could be that I had purchased the extended warranty all the way to 100,000 but alas that I am now passed that mark too.
Still my Xterra has ran pretty good and consistently with only minor problems and one that was not really pressing to the continued use of the car. Just a mild irritation that I have actually learned to live with sadly enough. So now that I have surpassed that mile stone and on my way to the next hundred thousand.
Which brings me to today I am at the dealer today, because of a switch in my car got stuck and is giving a false reading on my dash board. Although it wasn't pressing enough to rush right in the day I noticed, it was still necessary to have it taken care of in order to prevent damage to the engine in the long run.
So here I sit at the dealers with my Ipad in hand all prepared to watch movies while the Xterra is being repaired. Then I realize one thing I forgot my earplugs so that I can listen without disturbing anyone else so here I sit writing another blog.
So I hope you found this little banter informative if not amusing enough to keep you on the edge of your seats, just kidding I know I am not that witty of a person so I will end this now and say adieu
Unfortunately most of us are cars run perfectly until the mileage hits the end of the warranty mileage or year limit. Then as they say the shit hits the fan and cost start to really pile up, so that it leaves with the big question mark on your face is it time to buy a new car.
So you see they time it just right and then they got you coming or going. I made that mistake the last time and just got another vehicle cause I couldn't see sinking that much money into it to keep it running good.
I think I am lucky this time around cause most of the heavy stuff actually happened during the warranty on this vehicle as opposed to waiting until it expired. Could be that I had purchased the extended warranty all the way to 100,000 but alas that I am now passed that mark too.
Still my Xterra has ran pretty good and consistently with only minor problems and one that was not really pressing to the continued use of the car. Just a mild irritation that I have actually learned to live with sadly enough. So now that I have surpassed that mile stone and on my way to the next hundred thousand.
Which brings me to today I am at the dealer today, because of a switch in my car got stuck and is giving a false reading on my dash board. Although it wasn't pressing enough to rush right in the day I noticed, it was still necessary to have it taken care of in order to prevent damage to the engine in the long run.
So here I sit at the dealers with my Ipad in hand all prepared to watch movies while the Xterra is being repaired. Then I realize one thing I forgot my earplugs so that I can listen without disturbing anyone else so here I sit writing another blog.
So I hope you found this little banter informative if not amusing enough to keep you on the edge of your seats, just kidding I know I am not that witty of a person so I will end this now and say adieu
Thursday, January 31, 2013
2012: A Hope For Better Things To Come
I wanted to believe that things would be different this year, but as luck would have it started out pretty much the same. With the one definite difference, tax season has become more a hopefulness as opposed to the dreading the dismal outcome. But I guess the prospect of gain always changes ones outlook on life. Instead of anticipating how much it is going to cost me I now wait to see how much I might actually get back.
I have learned to start to put it all behind me, but there are still those moments where the pain still seeps in and draws the tears out. They are coming fewer and fewer occurrences of that but still sometimes it comes on with the slightest remembrance from a movie or song. It is funny how things can spring a world of thoughts that you have keep pinned up inside but I have learned to keep the sadness down to the minimum. Now I don't whether I should feel guilty for not mourning enough. I hurt that he is gone but I also know that I can't just stop living although in the beginning that is pretty much all I want to do in my own way.
Well there I go again drifting off because it is just so easy to do so. Life was a little easier to handle this year but it was all in the matter of taking it slow and holding on to the love that I have for daughter to pick me up when I was sad and needed a happy thought to boost me back up. The year was my first time I have 4 vacations at my disposal but unfortunately 2 of them were wasted when I ended up being sick during both of them and almost back to back during the month of March the rest was great but would of rather have spent it in a more enjoyable fashion I mean not that I really ever go anywhere for my vacations but being sick for the majority of the time off is no fun at all.
As for the rest of the first half of the year I had a chance to purchase the new Ipad in which I ended up giving my daughter the older model which she has really enjoyed as I have noticed of her lately and of course this on top of the Kindles that I ended up getting for both her and her mom. As for me I did the robot thing I got up and went to work and then came home and vegetated in front of the boob tube and zone out until going to bed for the the night.
For the most part the rest of the year went by without too much excitement I mean aside from the time spent with my daughter it was just another year extremely hot during the summer and then some as the heat wave didn't know when to quit. Finally we were reprieved by a little rain storm that lasted a couple of days was miserable to drive through but all in all I was grateful to be cooling off just a little. Even thought I am not much of a fan of rain I guess it has it's purpose here to help water things and help clean the air every so often and that is good.
What can I say about the last quarter of the year except it was cooler although we were still having some really high temperatures for this time of year. September and October flew by so fast I couldn't believe it but you would never know it with they way stores are always preparing for the next holiday so we went from getting ready for back to school season then jumped right into Halloween, and then you blink and pop here comes the turkey trimmings. But come on Turkey day was still weeks away and guess what Christmas decorations are being sprawled all over the place. They just don't miss a beat do they.
December started with a little bit of issue down on the docks, cause due to a walk-out by one of our fellow locals I ended up taking my planned last vacation but this was intended to begin the following week but because of the strike I ended going on it earlier and for a longer stay then intended so I had a nice 11 day off vacation just before Christmas. This had a two fold issue I got the rest I needed but it also cause a unwanted cash strain for the next few weeks which kind of put a bummer on the season for me. Cause even if I don't really participate I do at least like to give money out to the grand kids, that is honorary grand kids. So it was another non-Christmas, Christmas for me.
So as the year wound down I have to say thank you to my daughter again because it became a contest of sorts to see how many Christmas movies we could watch this season a lot of them we had seen before plus a whole slew of new ones that came out this year. It was a great ending to another quick year so now I sit here waiting to see what they new year brings.
Oh and one last thought who knew that the Mayans were going to run out of writing space on that wheel and the whole world was already for appending doom. Who knew ?
I have learned to start to put it all behind me, but there are still those moments where the pain still seeps in and draws the tears out. They are coming fewer and fewer occurrences of that but still sometimes it comes on with the slightest remembrance from a movie or song. It is funny how things can spring a world of thoughts that you have keep pinned up inside but I have learned to keep the sadness down to the minimum. Now I don't whether I should feel guilty for not mourning enough. I hurt that he is gone but I also know that I can't just stop living although in the beginning that is pretty much all I want to do in my own way.
Well there I go again drifting off because it is just so easy to do so. Life was a little easier to handle this year but it was all in the matter of taking it slow and holding on to the love that I have for daughter to pick me up when I was sad and needed a happy thought to boost me back up. The year was my first time I have 4 vacations at my disposal but unfortunately 2 of them were wasted when I ended up being sick during both of them and almost back to back during the month of March the rest was great but would of rather have spent it in a more enjoyable fashion I mean not that I really ever go anywhere for my vacations but being sick for the majority of the time off is no fun at all.
As for the rest of the first half of the year I had a chance to purchase the new Ipad in which I ended up giving my daughter the older model which she has really enjoyed as I have noticed of her lately and of course this on top of the Kindles that I ended up getting for both her and her mom. As for me I did the robot thing I got up and went to work and then came home and vegetated in front of the boob tube and zone out until going to bed for the the night.
For the most part the rest of the year went by without too much excitement I mean aside from the time spent with my daughter it was just another year extremely hot during the summer and then some as the heat wave didn't know when to quit. Finally we were reprieved by a little rain storm that lasted a couple of days was miserable to drive through but all in all I was grateful to be cooling off just a little. Even thought I am not much of a fan of rain I guess it has it's purpose here to help water things and help clean the air every so often and that is good.
What can I say about the last quarter of the year except it was cooler although we were still having some really high temperatures for this time of year. September and October flew by so fast I couldn't believe it but you would never know it with they way stores are always preparing for the next holiday so we went from getting ready for back to school season then jumped right into Halloween, and then you blink and pop here comes the turkey trimmings. But come on Turkey day was still weeks away and guess what Christmas decorations are being sprawled all over the place. They just don't miss a beat do they.
December started with a little bit of issue down on the docks, cause due to a walk-out by one of our fellow locals I ended up taking my planned last vacation but this was intended to begin the following week but because of the strike I ended going on it earlier and for a longer stay then intended so I had a nice 11 day off vacation just before Christmas. This had a two fold issue I got the rest I needed but it also cause a unwanted cash strain for the next few weeks which kind of put a bummer on the season for me. Cause even if I don't really participate I do at least like to give money out to the grand kids, that is honorary grand kids. So it was another non-Christmas, Christmas for me.
So as the year wound down I have to say thank you to my daughter again because it became a contest of sorts to see how many Christmas movies we could watch this season a lot of them we had seen before plus a whole slew of new ones that came out this year. It was a great ending to another quick year so now I sit here waiting to see what they new year brings.
Oh and one last thought who knew that the Mayans were going to run out of writing space on that wheel and the whole world was already for appending doom. Who knew ?
It Was Just A Blur
I don't know where all the time went these past couple of years. My previous blog that was to catch up the year of 2010 was written the beginning of 2012 and dated for January of 2011. Well that catching up process was going to continue but for whatever reason I just seemed to lose track of time of the whole mess until it was just a blur in my mind with the days just melding into to one another.
So I like to say that all has been well since my son past away in 2009 but unfortunately it has been far from that and although. I have been able to put a good front in regards to the loss of him so as to not have the constant sympathy pats on the back or shoulder. But all in all I think I am doing pretty good on the outside but inside I have to live with the thought was there anything I could of done to prevent this from happening. I guess I will never truly know but I do wish that I could hear my son's voice just one more time to let me doing he is truly in a better place and not suffering more then he did here.
I find this kind of odd that all these years I have had my computer at home and all the time in the world to write another blog and here I am at work typing my second one it this week while I am on my break, which means this is definitely going to improve my typing ability on this keypad I bought for my Ipad. Time I usually spent watching tv or playing games or even a little web searching and of course those pop appearances on FB well anyway I should get back to my blog before the notion of writing a blog becomes a blur.
So as I said earlier 2011 went by rather quickly in a blur of motions and partly in a fog as if I was there but not really there enjoying time spent with my daughter cause that has become my new favorite thing to do spending time with her cause I have already lost one I would hate to lose another for whatever reason it would happen especially without the chance to spend all the time possible with the one last thing that means the world to me. She is special in all her various ways and as I have said in the past, she brightens up my day and going a day without hearing her voice for a brief chat. I will never share the kind of bond that she has with her mom , nor will she ever share what I had with my son but what we have together is something really special that I wouldn't ever give up.
There I go again trailing off into other directions can't seem to keep my mind on the same discussion. Anyway the year went by as it always does. The beginning of the year use to be a time of grateful of my vacation check but at the same time dreading the possibility having to pay more in taxes then I have put away for, and hoping to have enough left to be able to get my kids things for their birthday. So when I actually had enough to get them the things I was grateful maybe not as much as they were but for the most part it has always been more about spending time together then anything else.
The rest of the year went by pretty uneventful flying by as the first part it did. My birthday came and went just like any other day. As I watch it all go by in just one big blur all I can do is look forward to the weekends, well Sunday really when I have my weekly get together with my lovely daughter. I keep thinking someday the pain inside will slowly go away, but it is getting easier to make it through the day without pretending to be happy.
I remember the holiday season approaching knowing that since losing my mom this has always been the toughest part of the year to get through. I guess the adding strain of Josh no longer being around to bring what little Christmas spirit into the house it has become a cold dark place again and even though I bury myself in Christmas movies I still am unable to have the holiday spirit at all. Well this year has finally came to and end and I have all of 2012 to look forward to in hopes that it will be a better year for me. Wishing all the best and trying to believe it will.
So I like to say that all has been well since my son past away in 2009 but unfortunately it has been far from that and although. I have been able to put a good front in regards to the loss of him so as to not have the constant sympathy pats on the back or shoulder. But all in all I think I am doing pretty good on the outside but inside I have to live with the thought was there anything I could of done to prevent this from happening. I guess I will never truly know but I do wish that I could hear my son's voice just one more time to let me doing he is truly in a better place and not suffering more then he did here.
I find this kind of odd that all these years I have had my computer at home and all the time in the world to write another blog and here I am at work typing my second one it this week while I am on my break, which means this is definitely going to improve my typing ability on this keypad I bought for my Ipad. Time I usually spent watching tv or playing games or even a little web searching and of course those pop appearances on FB well anyway I should get back to my blog before the notion of writing a blog becomes a blur.
So as I said earlier 2011 went by rather quickly in a blur of motions and partly in a fog as if I was there but not really there enjoying time spent with my daughter cause that has become my new favorite thing to do spending time with her cause I have already lost one I would hate to lose another for whatever reason it would happen especially without the chance to spend all the time possible with the one last thing that means the world to me. She is special in all her various ways and as I have said in the past, she brightens up my day and going a day without hearing her voice for a brief chat. I will never share the kind of bond that she has with her mom , nor will she ever share what I had with my son but what we have together is something really special that I wouldn't ever give up.
There I go again trailing off into other directions can't seem to keep my mind on the same discussion. Anyway the year went by as it always does. The beginning of the year use to be a time of grateful of my vacation check but at the same time dreading the possibility having to pay more in taxes then I have put away for, and hoping to have enough left to be able to get my kids things for their birthday. So when I actually had enough to get them the things I was grateful maybe not as much as they were but for the most part it has always been more about spending time together then anything else.
The rest of the year went by pretty uneventful flying by as the first part it did. My birthday came and went just like any other day. As I watch it all go by in just one big blur all I can do is look forward to the weekends, well Sunday really when I have my weekly get together with my lovely daughter. I keep thinking someday the pain inside will slowly go away, but it is getting easier to make it through the day without pretending to be happy.
I remember the holiday season approaching knowing that since losing my mom this has always been the toughest part of the year to get through. I guess the adding strain of Josh no longer being around to bring what little Christmas spirit into the house it has become a cold dark place again and even though I bury myself in Christmas movies I still am unable to have the holiday spirit at all. Well this year has finally came to and end and I have all of 2012 to look forward to in hopes that it will be a better year for me. Wishing all the best and trying to believe it will.
Monday, January 28, 2013
I Can't Believe Finally Read Them All
I set out to play catch up and read all of my mija's blogs which was long overdo. This little adventure started all the way back in the year of 2005 or 2006 which one I am not sure at this moment. I got to read all the highs and lows in here life that she is sometimes not able to express verbally but it made it all that much nice reading into her thoughts and her creativity. I must agree that I am blessed with a really imaginative daughter who has always been able to get lost in her books, movies and RP games in which her creativity really shines.
I have always been grateful for her outlook on life cause she was born with a handicap that she has not let hinder or diminish her desire to strive to be something that you wouldn't expect of a person with her handicap. Although it may have meant that she had to be given special reading material, but she is still the one that has to do the work and that she accomplished all that and got a BA in Anthropology. Her love for things of old has channeled into thing of the past some of it on the dark side but all in the name of Role Playing her new love which perfect with her life cause of her creative mind.
Well anyway back to the point of this blog in the first place it has been a very long time since I actually wrote a blog the last blog I wrote a few months back but I back dated it to start of the year being 2012 and the slowly but surely do a little catch up blogging to bring everyone more caught up with my life over the years even though I really only have one follower to my blog and that is my lovely daughter who I have been spending a lot of time with either on the phone or by texting and IMing each other. Well I am not sure if any of her followers have strayed into my blogs as seeing me as one of her followers too.
Well I will have to get back to this a little later as I am doing this while I am here at work and on my lunch break and it is almost over so I will have to continue this later when I get home or maybe a little more on my next break so bye for now will be back soon. Well time flies when you are having fun here it is break time again so I will try to bang out some more lines and get it on the way to the printer so to speak.
I think I am dedicating this blog to my loving daughter who by reading her blogs has brought all the emotions you can think of from sadness to laughter and even a bit of anger to a point. Through her blogs she has made me realize how special she really is to her Mother and I, cause no matter how insane life gets she trudges on most of the time with a smile on her face and a song in her heart. Sometimes that song even seeps out to those of us around here even when ppl look at here and think why is she so happy go lucky as they use to say many many years ago. And of course it use to be happy and gay but of course that has a totally different meaning now a days.
Mostly I like reading her blogs cause of the way she sees things in her eyes and all I can do is wish I can be as imaginative and creative as she is and the truth of the matter is when I was younger I had all the imagination a kid is suppose to have and created my own worlds that only I played in and everyone had to look from afar so I now see how my kids ended up with some of those traits and their mom had her own things that were picked up on and multiplied through our kids. The funny thing is they like us have never really been bored because whether by creative means or just a having vivid imaginations they never allow themselves to get bored either.
I remember when I used to pick them up for the weekend they would bring their entire fort set up to play at my house and there they would spend most of the morning setting it all up so that they could play for hours until we leave the house and then the disappointment when they have to tear it down before leaving the house for the day. They were so much fun to watch them play together not fighting but playing, not saying that they didn't have their differences but they always got settled and were back playing again. I really miss those days seeing them playing together like that.
Well typing this all up on this Ipad has been fun and a little bit exasperating cause I'm having to type blindly cause the bottom line disappears and I can't actually see what I am typing and it is just frustrating and I want to pull my hair out but darn I shave it all off yesterday so with that I guess this is a good place to finish this up so that is all for now.
I think I am dedicating this blog to my loving daughter who by reading her blogs has brought all the emotions you can think of from sadness to laughter and even a bit of anger to a point. Through her blogs she has made me realize how special she really is to her Mother and I, cause no matter how insane life gets she trudges on most of the time with a smile on her face and a song in her heart. Sometimes that song even seeps out to those of us around here even when ppl look at here and think why is she so happy go lucky as they use to say many many years ago. And of course it use to be happy and gay but of course that has a totally different meaning now a days.
Mostly I like reading her blogs cause of the way she sees things in her eyes and all I can do is wish I can be as imaginative and creative as she is and the truth of the matter is when I was younger I had all the imagination a kid is suppose to have and created my own worlds that only I played in and everyone had to look from afar so I now see how my kids ended up with some of those traits and their mom had her own things that were picked up on and multiplied through our kids. The funny thing is they like us have never really been bored because whether by creative means or just a having vivid imaginations they never allow themselves to get bored either.
I remember when I used to pick them up for the weekend they would bring their entire fort set up to play at my house and there they would spend most of the morning setting it all up so that they could play for hours until we leave the house and then the disappointment when they have to tear it down before leaving the house for the day. They were so much fun to watch them play together not fighting but playing, not saying that they didn't have their differences but they always got settled and were back playing again. I really miss those days seeing them playing together like that.
Well typing this all up on this Ipad has been fun and a little bit exasperating cause I'm having to type blindly cause the bottom line disappears and I can't actually see what I am typing and it is just frustrating and I want to pull my hair out but darn I shave it all off yesterday so with that I guess this is a good place to finish this up so that is all for now.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
A New Year and A New Start at Work
Finally getting around to writing in here has been to say the least a bumpy ride with a lot of detours. Every time I wanted to come in here and write a little I got side tracked by either my shows or playing this new game Carisa got me all into. I am grateful for the distraction in my life cause it took away all the wondering and mindless hours of feeling sorry for myself and not really getting anything accomplished.
Anyway let see the year started out or should I say last year ended with all the clean up of equipment containers, chassis and what not's that had to be transported over to the new terminal. So as January rolled around I picked up the job to move the last bit of chassis being picked up by the various trucking companies. This was actually a great way for me to be alone and not have to worry about making mistakes being that my mind at the time was all over the place. I was just glad to make it through each day as they came and went.
So at the beginning of the year I was now picking up jobs at the new terminal and trying to get used to whole new layout of this yard. So between working either the yard, ship and occasionally the Tower jobs I was getting back into the swing of things and trying to keep moving forward. Hard to believe that it has been already 2 yrs since Josh passed away but I guess time waits for no one and flies by faster and faster each year.
Well I wish I could say that the rest of the year went by without a bump, but unfortunately that wasn't the case. It was filled with a lot of ups and downs that made for the wild ride we called life. Between pay cuts and the steady cutting back of the number of jobs available at this CUT. That added to the fact I had another failed attempt at getting hired, and this all to the fact that someone was holding a grudge against me for something that I had done over 10 yrs ago. So I will finally signing off on this blog as I am at a loss for the rest of the info of the remaining of they year.
So at the beginning of the year I was now picking up jobs at the new terminal and trying to get used to whole new layout of this yard. So between working either the yard, ship and occasionally the Tower jobs I was getting back into the swing of things and trying to keep moving forward. Hard to believe that it has been already 2 yrs since Josh passed away but I guess time waits for no one and flies by faster and faster each year.
Well I wish I could say that the rest of the year went by without a bump, but unfortunately that wasn't the case. It was filled with a lot of ups and downs that made for the wild ride we called life. Between pay cuts and the steady cutting back of the number of jobs available at this CUT. That added to the fact I had another failed attempt at getting hired, and this all to the fact that someone was holding a grudge against me for something that I had done over 10 yrs ago. So I will finally signing off on this blog as I am at a loss for the rest of the info of the remaining of they year.
Friday, December 10, 2010
Where has all the time gone to?
Well September was a really long month with all the went on for me here at the house. After the whole electrical job was finally over and done with it was the first week of Oct. So now I could finally go on with my life once again without too much interuptions dealing with the repairs being done to my house. The actual work took about a week but the waiting for the approval by the inspector and redo and another wait for him to show up finally again. So all that was left was waiting for Edison to show up and do the final connect to the pole with the proper connectors and relock the Meter on the breaker box.
Now October was a different story all together that month flew by like a blink of an eye I remember just waiting on Edison to show up and then all of a sudden there went the month just like that. I can hardly believe most of the reason I think that it went by so fast was that I managed to work most of the month taking as little as 3 or 4 days off all month. That usually tends to make things go by faster cause the busy you are the less you realize that time is passing by at such a fast rate. So just as fast as October came it went just as fast and then I found myself looking at the month of November with Thanksgiving on the horizon.
November had it ups and downs for the most part started out just fine as any other month working during the week and on weekends spending time with my daughter when I am not actually working that weekend, but as things go there was a loss in the family. My nephew was suddenly struck down with as far as we can tell some type of heart attack. It was kind of a shock cause my daughter and I had run into him at the bank only a week prior to his untimely death. What this did was renew my own sadness for the loss of my son a year and half earlier. And as usual it put a damper on my Turkey day not that I needed an excuse to be alone but none the less a rememberance of a sad time gone by. As usual it is just one more thing to have to take it one day at a time.
Now December has arrived and it started out strong me working as usual and then taking the weekend off to spend it with my daughter something we hadn't been able to do in the past few weekends. So Carisa was extactic at the chance of being able to gourge on her beloved Greek Omelet, two days in a row no less. Monday came and I got up early to go work and then my world came to a screeching halt cause as the day wore on my cold from the past month had return and returned with a vengence which pretty much left me sick at home the rest of the week so the week that started out fine ended with fighting off this illness and wishing that it would finally end. Now the weekend is back again and I am in a serious debate on whether to go and see about work or take another two days off, then start fresh on Monday morning I guess I will just leave that up to how I feel in the morning like I always do.
I know that I still have my life to live and yet I have to sit back and wonder why did all have to happen that way. But for now as I said before all I can do is take it one day at a time and hope for the best. To live my life as if there was no tomorrow and just try to make the best of what I have to live with, which is my daughter, family members such as sisters, brother and all my friends and co-workers that help make each day one to cherish and remember for all that they are worth. Hoping all along that I am given many more days to spend with them all.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Delays , Delays and more Delays
Well this is a little fustrating when the I found out about the power going off on my lights I was really wishing for a quick fix but no that would be too easy. Well they after the visit from the electrician I got the bad news about having to replace the fuse box and re-wire the ceiling lights for most of the house. But first Edison was needed to come down and unlock the meter to be pulled off. Well that part went off without much effort they arrived later that same day. The contractor was notified and said he would be here on Sunday morning.
Well I should of been glad to have the next day off without having to deal with workers tramping through the house but to me it was just another delay of getting the job done in a timely fashion. Well needless to say I pretty muched lounged around the house all day didn't leave although I probably could of but the only thing I would of done is spend it with my daughter but she had to baby sit her mom on her trip to the dentist. So that left me with no company and not really up to going to work for one day and then back home to wait on the repairs.
Sunday arrives and the actual electrical contractor arrives with the other worker and he delivers more bad news more delays cause in order for him to do the work a permit must purchased to get the approval of the modification to the house. Isn't it just like that all the time you can do anything without a permit which is just another way of them taking more money from us then we are already putting out in the first place for the repairs. So now the project has now been put off til Tuesday which now leaves Monday as a free day for me.
So now after one more delay I am now looking at being out the entire week. And although I could probably use the break from reality, this is really not the type of adventure I would call a release from work. And unfortunately although the actual work isn't really costing me anything it will be costing me the required earnings I would of made had I been at work all week. Well I guess I am just going to have to hit it hard when I get back and try to recoup the loss of income.
I am going to be missing out on a few shows during the week but I am playing that by ear for the moment, although for the moment my lovely spoiled little girl has graciously volunteered to try to record my shows but we will have to see for sure if she can pull it off. I know she tells me that she is the recording queen and works miracles so I am keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for the best.
Well I think I have rambled on long enough and as they say it only happens in America. So I will on here for the next few days until the power is off so I guess I better call it night for the time being.
Well I should of been glad to have the next day off without having to deal with workers tramping through the house but to me it was just another delay of getting the job done in a timely fashion. Well needless to say I pretty muched lounged around the house all day didn't leave although I probably could of but the only thing I would of done is spend it with my daughter but she had to baby sit her mom on her trip to the dentist. So that left me with no company and not really up to going to work for one day and then back home to wait on the repairs.
Sunday arrives and the actual electrical contractor arrives with the other worker and he delivers more bad news more delays cause in order for him to do the work a permit must purchased to get the approval of the modification to the house. Isn't it just like that all the time you can do anything without a permit which is just another way of them taking more money from us then we are already putting out in the first place for the repairs. So now the project has now been put off til Tuesday which now leaves Monday as a free day for me.
So now after one more delay I am now looking at being out the entire week. And although I could probably use the break from reality, this is really not the type of adventure I would call a release from work. And unfortunately although the actual work isn't really costing me anything it will be costing me the required earnings I would of made had I been at work all week. Well I guess I am just going to have to hit it hard when I get back and try to recoup the loss of income.
I am going to be missing out on a few shows during the week but I am playing that by ear for the moment, although for the moment my lovely spoiled little girl has graciously volunteered to try to record my shows but we will have to see for sure if she can pull it off. I know she tells me that she is the recording queen and works miracles so I am keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for the best.
Well I think I have rambled on long enough and as they say it only happens in America. So I will on here for the next few days until the power is off so I guess I better call it night for the time being.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Who turned off the lights ?
This month started in the pretty much the same way it always does but instead of working myself to death I was able to take a few days off before started back again. Well after my first day back at work I picked up Planners job for the day. During the day I had to go on a mission of mercy due the fact that someone's car wouldn't start.
So off I went to my daughter's house in order to take her to drop her sick kitty in so the vet can get a urine sample, I keep invisioning the lab techs following her around the facility with a zip lock baggie to catch the urine before it hits the floor and becomes forever contaminated. Well I know that isn't exactly what they do but just couldn't shake that image out. So after dropping of the sick kitty I took my daughter back home and tried to jump start their car which I did but unfortunately I found out later that it went dead again. Which meant I needed to make another trip to go pick up Pixie from the Vet.
And through it all the day still had one more thing for us to do and that was our weekly Target Tuesday run in which we both enjoy shopping, lingering around and all the general sillyness that is usually involved in the day. After the shopping adventure there is always one more stop before going home and that is a trip for food at Fantastic's Cafe where my daughter gets her usual Bacon Cheeseburger and fries and diet coke, Chicken dinner for mom and undecided dad changes it up every week. Then home to scarf all the yummy food before I had to make the trip back home for the night.
Well being it was tuesday I left some lights on at the house so I would be coming home to a totally dark house. Well that was the plan but needless to say that isn't exactly what I came home and saw. All the light fixtures in my house were all off except for my bedroom which is strange in itself but also all the outlets where still working. So lucky for me I do have some lamps in my house it still isn't enough for all the rooms. Obviously this makes it a little bit doing some of the normal routine but I went back to work the next day and got off early to check the power again but unfortunately with the same results.
Well an electrician was needed to come out and check out the problem to determine the cost and if it would be a simple fix or a major overhaul. Well I wish I could say it was the easy fix but unfortunately it was determined it would be a new fuse box and total re-wire job that will take around 3 or 4 days maybe more. So as much as I enjoyed my last exodus from work this time it will be a bit more painful in that I will not be making money for being off this time and depending on how long it takes I might not see a check at all the coming week.
I guess the flip side to this whole sad story is that I will be able to catch up on some reading and my suduko books as I will not have any power to watch tv or listen to music well I do have batteries to listen to music and my Ipad & Ipod too. I better make sure my laptop is fully charged so I can at least do some busy work. I will have to take time off cause I don't like the idea of not being home when there is someone working in my house.
I am also going to have to get ready for my next car maintenance visit and this will be one of the bigger ones cause of it being the 75,000 mile check. Well I can only hope for the best for the rest of this week although I am still up in the air on whether I will be working at all this week or taking the whole week off. Well only time will tell so I guess I have already gone on and on forever now.
So off I went to my daughter's house in order to take her to drop her sick kitty in so the vet can get a urine sample, I keep invisioning the lab techs following her around the facility with a zip lock baggie to catch the urine before it hits the floor and becomes forever contaminated. Well I know that isn't exactly what they do but just couldn't shake that image out. So after dropping of the sick kitty I took my daughter back home and tried to jump start their car which I did but unfortunately I found out later that it went dead again. Which meant I needed to make another trip to go pick up Pixie from the Vet.
And through it all the day still had one more thing for us to do and that was our weekly Target Tuesday run in which we both enjoy shopping, lingering around and all the general sillyness that is usually involved in the day. After the shopping adventure there is always one more stop before going home and that is a trip for food at Fantastic's Cafe where my daughter gets her usual Bacon Cheeseburger and fries and diet coke, Chicken dinner for mom and undecided dad changes it up every week. Then home to scarf all the yummy food before I had to make the trip back home for the night.
Well being it was tuesday I left some lights on at the house so I would be coming home to a totally dark house. Well that was the plan but needless to say that isn't exactly what I came home and saw. All the light fixtures in my house were all off except for my bedroom which is strange in itself but also all the outlets where still working. So lucky for me I do have some lamps in my house it still isn't enough for all the rooms. Obviously this makes it a little bit doing some of the normal routine but I went back to work the next day and got off early to check the power again but unfortunately with the same results.
Well an electrician was needed to come out and check out the problem to determine the cost and if it would be a simple fix or a major overhaul. Well I wish I could say it was the easy fix but unfortunately it was determined it would be a new fuse box and total re-wire job that will take around 3 or 4 days maybe more. So as much as I enjoyed my last exodus from work this time it will be a bit more painful in that I will not be making money for being off this time and depending on how long it takes I might not see a check at all the coming week.
I guess the flip side to this whole sad story is that I will be able to catch up on some reading and my suduko books as I will not have any power to watch tv or listen to music well I do have batteries to listen to music and my Ipad & Ipod too. I better make sure my laptop is fully charged so I can at least do some busy work. I will have to take time off cause I don't like the idea of not being home when there is someone working in my house.
I am also going to have to get ready for my next car maintenance visit and this will be one of the bigger ones cause of it being the 75,000 mile check. Well I can only hope for the best for the rest of this week although I am still up in the air on whether I will be working at all this week or taking the whole week off. Well only time will tell so I guess I have already gone on and on forever now.
Monday, August 9, 2010
A Boy with His Toys
This has been quite a year for me so far, and I am amazed at how fast it has gone by. I guess it is like the older I get the faster time tends to pass by like if I blink another year has come and gone. Sometimes I just have to wonder why things are the way they are. Right now I just get this feeling that no matter what happens in my life I it doesn't seem to replace the emptiness I feel in my heart. I tried to work as much as I can stand working and even with all the work I have been doing I still come home to this empty house and more and more it is driving me nuts. I need to get out and do things but I can't seem to get motivated enough to do anything. I enjoy spending time with my daughter on weekends when I am actually not working which is most of the time but I do see here during the week also. Well I guess I can only do what I have done in the past which is take it one day at a time.
I have made some purchases this year some of it out of necessity, like replacing my tower for my desktop computer which crapped out on me shortly after having to do the same for my daughters computer. Then started all the fun purchases like my new digital camera that I bought so that I could have one to carry around in case of emergencies I tried to tell myself but I haven't had one of those in a long time but nevertheless I got it anyway what can I say it was on sale and I couldn't pass that up now could I, it just wouldn't be right. Next came my laptop that I had been putting off for quite some time, I always wanted to get one for when I have to go to the dealer for maintenance or repair work to have something to do but once again I have only been to the dealer once since I bought it and of all things it was for something that required me leaving my car for a couple of days. I really couldn't see myself camping out their til my car was ready. The rental car I got was okay had a back up camera by the license plate pretty cool but the car well it was just so so.
Now comes all the fun purchases that were just for the sake of having them starting with my Ipod I got cause once again I have always wanted one to be able to listen to music on them. I have friends that have them and tell me how nice they are no more cd's to carry just your Ipod. Anyway I got that I haven't been able to do much downloading of new music not to mentionI haven't really set up my Ipod with proper folders yet. I even bought one of those for dummy books to learn more about Ipods and Itunes. It came with video and book which is still sitting on my desk still unopened which is pretty much the norm with me and any new purchases of books or dvds. Well after purchasing my Ipod earlier this year Apple decides to bring out the Ipad and your right I just had to have it and now I have the bigger Ipad which I store my digital copies of movies and the Ipod to handle all the music since both Ipod and Ipad are both 64 gb.
Now my last purchase is that of one of those Flip video minoHD camcorders I was looking into these a while back but never got past that stage and then recently someone from work brought theirs in and it renewed my interest in them all over again. Well I went out and bought one and have messed around with it here and there but today on my way home I held the Flip in my hand while driving filming my trip home to see how it would turn out. All the while keeping an eye for the cops or chp not wanting to get pulled over for having it in my hand while driving. When I got home I played it back on my TV via HDMI cable. It looked pretty good and clear filming it through my windshield. You can tell it was done by an amateur because the filming showed all the bumps in the road during the playback but nevertheless I was still impressed with the quality of the video.
My next thing for my wish list is going to have to be put off for another year and a half at least. AT&T is coming out with there new Blackberry Torch which is there new Touchscreen version of the Blackberry with the slide out qwerty key pad. I haven't seen it up close yet but just from what I have seen online about it I think it is pretty cool and I would of probably not gotten 2 phones if that was available when I renewed my contract earlier this year. If I had only waited a few more months but then again if I had I wouldn't have been able to loan my old razor to my daughter when hers died. Well anyway now I will have to wait at least a year and a half before I can upgrade without paying full price. So far I like the promo for it and is a better quality then the one that I have but maybe it is for the best cause if there is any problems they can get the bugs out by then like their new Iphone 4G.
Well I guess this is where I summorize the fact that if there is a cool new toy that I will actually use however little but still be put to use to a certain degree. Like I have always wanted to buy the new WII but knowing that I don't really play with the systems that I already have why would I buy another to sit there and collect dust. Well enough my tale of a boy with his toys and keep posted to the possibilities of New Adventures of Tony the Tazman. Well bye for now.
I have made some purchases this year some of it out of necessity, like replacing my tower for my desktop computer which crapped out on me shortly after having to do the same for my daughters computer. Then started all the fun purchases like my new digital camera that I bought so that I could have one to carry around in case of emergencies I tried to tell myself but I haven't had one of those in a long time but nevertheless I got it anyway what can I say it was on sale and I couldn't pass that up now could I, it just wouldn't be right. Next came my laptop that I had been putting off for quite some time, I always wanted to get one for when I have to go to the dealer for maintenance or repair work to have something to do but once again I have only been to the dealer once since I bought it and of all things it was for something that required me leaving my car for a couple of days. I really couldn't see myself camping out their til my car was ready. The rental car I got was okay had a back up camera by the license plate pretty cool but the car well it was just so so.
Now comes all the fun purchases that were just for the sake of having them starting with my Ipod I got cause once again I have always wanted one to be able to listen to music on them. I have friends that have them and tell me how nice they are no more cd's to carry just your Ipod. Anyway I got that I haven't been able to do much downloading of new music not to mentionI haven't really set up my Ipod with proper folders yet. I even bought one of those for dummy books to learn more about Ipods and Itunes. It came with video and book which is still sitting on my desk still unopened which is pretty much the norm with me and any new purchases of books or dvds. Well after purchasing my Ipod earlier this year Apple decides to bring out the Ipad and your right I just had to have it and now I have the bigger Ipad which I store my digital copies of movies and the Ipod to handle all the music since both Ipod and Ipad are both 64 gb.
Now my last purchase is that of one of those Flip video minoHD camcorders I was looking into these a while back but never got past that stage and then recently someone from work brought theirs in and it renewed my interest in them all over again. Well I went out and bought one and have messed around with it here and there but today on my way home I held the Flip in my hand while driving filming my trip home to see how it would turn out. All the while keeping an eye for the cops or chp not wanting to get pulled over for having it in my hand while driving. When I got home I played it back on my TV via HDMI cable. It looked pretty good and clear filming it through my windshield. You can tell it was done by an amateur because the filming showed all the bumps in the road during the playback but nevertheless I was still impressed with the quality of the video.
My next thing for my wish list is going to have to be put off for another year and a half at least. AT&T is coming out with there new Blackberry Torch which is there new Touchscreen version of the Blackberry with the slide out qwerty key pad. I haven't seen it up close yet but just from what I have seen online about it I think it is pretty cool and I would of probably not gotten 2 phones if that was available when I renewed my contract earlier this year. If I had only waited a few more months but then again if I had I wouldn't have been able to loan my old razor to my daughter when hers died. Well anyway now I will have to wait at least a year and a half before I can upgrade without paying full price. So far I like the promo for it and is a better quality then the one that I have but maybe it is for the best cause if there is any problems they can get the bugs out by then like their new Iphone 4G.
Well I guess this is where I summorize the fact that if there is a cool new toy that I will actually use however little but still be put to use to a certain degree. Like I have always wanted to buy the new WII but knowing that I don't really play with the systems that I already have why would I buy another to sit there and collect dust. Well enough my tale of a boy with his toys and keep posted to the possibilities of New Adventures of Tony the Tazman. Well bye for now.
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