Happy New Year Bloggers!

I see I missed a holiday..I didn't tell you Merry Christmas. Ok, new years resolution: Do something with this blog!.lol..I think I said that last year :-(

Somewhere in my stack of tablets and notes, I have directions on how to put my links on here. That would be a start. I accidently deleted everything when I decided I wanted a new look.

I also need to decide what to give up. I'm trying to do too many things and accomplishing nothing but frustration. Did I mention the interruptions! gotta go!

Happy Thanksgiving

Thought I would check to see if I still had a blog. I'm going to have to take blog lessons. When I first got this blog, I was posting almost everyday. Now its almost every holiday. The only time I can think of a title :-) That's not the only reason--I've been pretty busy. I'm going to put my blog on my list of things to do, or redo.
For now, if anyone pops up, have a Happy Thanksgiving or a great week depending on where you're from. I forget not everyone is in the US.

CYA

Happy Labor Day!

I think Labor day will be over by the time this posts but hope you had a good one anyway. I worked today and again Monday. I don't take Monday holidays very often. If I'm off more than a day, my department looks like Rita struck again. Since I lost my helper, I started taking Sundays and Wednesdays off. I miss my week-ends off but I also like that break in the middle of the week so either way is ok.
I just realized I haven't posted since June. Been busy working on my sites, ads, rent houses, and my job, ofcourse.
I'm putting another link on for my latest program I joined. Then hopefully I'll have my web page done soon. Still workin on those words:-)

by4now,

Tere

Are you practicing safe cleaning?

Thought I was going to say something else, huh? :-) I was playing around with my ads yesterday and came up with that. No, I didn't use it. Sounded sort of tacky. I placed some ads for my Veruni store using ad words. Its hard coming up with the right words sometimes. I'll place an ad or link somewhere and want to grab my computer and shake it and say;"DO SOMETHING! One minute I think, "don't give up", then the next I say "forget it." I guess all that comes with the territory.
I'm watching America's got Talent. Some of them are pretty good at what they do. Some should have stayed home. I wouldn't have the guts to get up there in front of everyone and do some of the stunts some of them did. Some of it is funny though.
Time for Law and Order. cya
Oh, btw, (if anyone actually pops up), Have a good 4th of July.

Congrats Grads and happy Fathers Day

I figured I would'nt be back before father's day so I titled it for both. I bet there's a lot of grads here. (or both :-)) My friend sent me this and ofcourse i have to put it on my blog. Some of you may not appreciate it now, but just wait. OK, here it is:http://parentswish.com/
Have a great week-end.

A little corny but cute

Subject: Dear Diary

Last year I replaced all the windows in my house with those expensive double pane energy efficient kind. But today I got a call from the contractor who installed them. He was complaining that the work had been completed a whole year ago and I hadn't paid for them.

Hellloooo? Now just because I'm blonde doesn't mean that I am automatically stupid. So, I told him just what his fast talking sales guy had told ME last year...namely, that in just ONE YEAR these windows would pay for themselves! Helllooooo? It's been a year!

There was only silence at the other end of the line, so I finally just hung up.... He didn't call back. Guess I won that stupid argument.

Yep, I'm up to my old jokes again:-)

Have a great Memorial Day.

My new grandson

I'm having a little trouble with my pictures. I wanted to see if they come out here like they do on my journal. Way too big. I got my first dig camera for christmas so I'm still learning. OK, here goes...

Staying busy

Work is back to normal now. I've back to working on the old house, studying my internet courses and tending to my store. Then the everyday things.

I like learning internet marketing, html, etc but it does get a little confusing sometimes, and frustrating. Hopefully it will be worth it later on.

I'm going to get out the luggage today to start packing. Then get my car checked and filled with gas this week. I may have already mentioned it, but I have another grandson due any day. Supposed to be around the 12th. We were lucky when the first one was born. My son called me at work around 8 a.m. and we were there by 2:00. The weather was good, the traffic wasn't too bad, and I only made one wrong turn:-) This time I think I remember where the hospital is. I'll get my son to refresh my memory.
I haven't seen my son or grandson since December. Sure miss them. Soon I'll be missing 2 grandsons.

That was the only good thing about the hurricane. I spent 2 weeks with them. We had decided if the houses were destroyed, we were moving up there. I was glad the damages weren't too bad but I wouldn't have minded living closer to them.

Think I'll go out for a smoke and decide what I'm going to do first...pack, study,clean house, tend to my store? ok, cyl

Good Friday

I have the day off today. First day off in about 2 weeks. Had inventory at work. Each year it seems harder than the one before. OK, not a spring chick anymore:-) When I work like that, it makes me tired but at the same time it motivates me to work harder at home on my sites. I finally got around to joining another affiliate program. I put the link on yesterday but its not there yet. I'll try again if its not there tomorrow.
I'm working on my Bidchaser Store today. I haven't done much to it lately because they were having problems with the program or programers. That's all corrected and seems to be functioning well now. We just need to get some more shoppers there.
Someday I'm going to get it right. I have a lot of plans and ideas to improve my skills on the net. Finding more time is one problem. Then ofcourse, money. I need to learn to use them both more wisely.
byw, I don't know if my last 2 "commenters"(?) will pop up again. I removed the post they left and no, I'm not interested. I would rather have no visitors than those.
Alright, time to go. Happy Easter.

March 9, 06

Its been a month since my last post so I thought I'd post a little something so I wouldn't lose my blog. Some day I'm going to decide what to do with it. Not until I get a better computer and can think. I know if I want visitors I need to come up with something interesting or worth reading.

I'm still busy working on my old house, then its tax time. That's always fun:-(
Between house hunting, moving, computer crashing and "Rita", didn't do much business last year. At least there won't be much to report.

Ok, better get to work. cya

No Comment

Nope, no comment. I have to come check sometimes, just in case. I need to change and update again. I've moved since I posted my profile and only have 2 spoiled dogs now and 1 cat. Unless I count the old alley cat I've been feeding. He pops up early in the morning before I go to work and comes back in the evening to eat. I'm a softy, what can I say?
I'm still working on the old house almost every day. Its looking pretty good if I can say so myself. I'm getting ready to redo the cabinets in the kitchen. That will probably take a week or so.
My son turns 33 today. I'll have to give him a call sometime today. He's off with an injured foot. Was chasing a prowler or burglar and stepped in a hole. He hurts that foot often since he broke it in the acadamy.
Time to go to work. bye4now

Wasting time

it turns out I wasn't the only one who screwed up that day. I hated to go back to work Monday but I guess misery loves company and I was kind of glad I wasn't the only one. Like I said, "I'll do better next time."
My renter's girlfriend came over yesterday evening and talked to me about renting the old house. He thought I already had someone, which I did, but he lost his job so can't rent it. I told her they could but I still had some work to do in it. Someone else at work is interested in the little house when they move out of it so hopefully I'll have them both rented soon. He was always good about paying what he owed in the lil house and helping out so I think it will be alright. There's not going to be any working for the rent anymore. If he does anything I'll pay him then. It was a hassle keeping up with what he did and what to deduct from the rent.
I'm thinking in about 5 years, I'll sell this place with all 3 houses. There's a lot to do by then. I'm shooting for 5 years, anyway.
Its 6AM already and Mama's up so I better get this day started. bye4now

Feel like a Heel

Good thing I can't be voted off at work. There's probably a few others that wish that too. We had our inspection yesterday and I didn't do so well. When its over they give the whole store a score. Thanks to me we got a 91. Management was happy with it but I usually get 100 in my dept and got an 80. I had been working over every day so everything would be just right. When they were checking me ,it was going just fine; my books were right, my hazardous claims were all right but in one of my boxes I scanned 1 item twice when I only had one, then another I scanned once and I had 2. I have really been kicking myself. My friends at work said its human to make mistakes, that I was tired and kept getting interupted. I knew I was tired so I should had concentrated better. My helper has been sick for 2 weeks so I've been doing it all. I can't help think what our score could have been.:-( I'll do better next time. One of my bosses sent someone for me to go see her outside. I thought, "outside?" It was for me to give her an answer to one of the questions they ask..Whew! She's never chewed me out but there's always a first time.
I'm off today because I worked too many hours. They don't like OT. A lot of good it did. Now thats enough whining! Not sure what all I'm going to do today. If it doesn't rain, I'll go paint; if it does rain, I'll...clean house or something.
My renter is moving out. Don't know when but he's getting married for the 5th time. I wished him luck and told him I would miss my handyman and front porch chats. So, Ill be getting 2 houses ready to rent. Time 4asmoke, bye.

Same o stuff

My new years first week was like most of us. Just continuing from the last one. Wouldn't it be nice if you could really start fresh and only take the good stuff to the next year? I'm day dreaming again. Wishing all the work was done around here. By the time it gets done, another storm will come. I started painting in the old house today. I was going to work in the yard afterwards but my renter told me to leave my chain saw where he could find it tomorrow and he would work in the yard. Good! I hope we get it all done before the last pick up so I don't have to get it hauled off.
I don't know yet when they are going to start working on my house. He showed up Monday and gave me his bid. I was afraid I was going to have to add him to my "do not call" list. His bid is more than what my insurance gave me. Now I'm trying to contact my adjuster about getting more money.
I'm going to put in for a vacation tomorrow for the end of February. I'll be counting the days:-) I don't know if we will go anywhere. Mama wants to go put flowers on Daddys grave for his birthday. Its the 22nd of Feb. And ofcourse I want to see my son and grandson. I also need to be working in the old house to get it rentable. I'm going to do as much as I can myself before I hire anyone to work on it. My renter helps sometimes, too.
Think I'll go out for a smoke, now, since I can't remember what I was going to post about. I was thinking about something earlier when I was outside. It wasn't about the above stuff..I just threw that in until I remembered what I was going to say..hum..a case of CRS, perhaps:-)bbl

Happy New Year Early

Let's see..what new year's resolution am I going to break this year. Quit smoking?, lose weight?, Might as well. This year really had some ups and downs. I was trying to decide rather to sell my old house, fix it up or what. I decided to get a new one which is good. It seemed to take forever to get everything done to move in, finally got in, spent 5 nights in it then had to evacuate. I wish we could have enjoyed it a little longer. Now there's holes in the roof and ceiling, the siding and skirt are tore up and it don't look like its getting fixed any time soon. I've had ones not show up, or say they will get back with me or not return my calls. I have a "do not call" list on my refrigerator. And I will not call them again! I thought I had found someone last week. He actually showed up and said he would get back to me in a couple of days. Okay, I gave him til after Christmas and haven'nt heard back from him yet. I'm beginning to think I should have had more damage so it would be a bigger job where they would make more money. I'll find someone if I don't run out of names. I did have a roofer show up, too, but I would rather have someone to fix all of it.
My brother came to see us Saturday and told me to hang in there til Spring and he would come up with me a computer. I miss my dsl and my old pc. This one was free so I shouldn't complain. At least I can post on my blog:-)
Better get off of here. cyal next year:-)

Merry Christmas Early

I FINALLY got a dig camera. We celebrated Christmas early with my son and his family this week-end since he has to work every week-end this month. They gave me a dig. camera,Yay! Now, I need to learn how to operate it. Okay I'm a little behind...everyone has digital cameras. I need to get a better computer next. Haven't yet because theres so many repairs to be done around here. Insurance doesn't cover everything. Plus I'm having dental work done. Anyway, I'll get one eventually. This one will have to do for now.
I had fun playing with my grandson. I watched him last night while they went to a Christmas party. Whew! I need to get in better shape or something. Thought he was going to wear me out playing ball in the kitchen. I would bounce it around while he jumped up and down trying to get it. I would sit down and he would grab my leg to get up and play more ball. They have another one on the way and its another boy. Yelp, I better shape up..lol..
I don't watch the news every day and apparently I have missed something. Whats this crap about No Merry Christmas but you can say "Happy Holidays?!" I saw a vihicle in the parking lot, too, that said "Merry Christmas, not Happy Holidays." Then at work at one of the meeting they were telling us we could tell the customers Merry Christmas if we wanted to. Since when do I need permission to tell someone Merry Christmas? What next! Some things go a little overboard if you ask me.
I'll be back on the phone tomorrow. Still trying to get estimates for my storm repairs. I have a couple of friends that was going to fix my roof but I decided against it. They don't have insurnce and not bonded. It was tempting, though. gotta go.

OH NO! Another Brainstorm

I haven't had a chance to give the old house a good cleaning since we moved out so did that today. while I was in there, I got to thinking..Its going to be a while before I can get it ready to rent and the "Shop deal" didn't work out..so why don't I use it for that? I could have yard sales on Saturday and when I'm off on Wednesdays. I already have a business name filed at that address anyway. I did that when I started my first web site. I cleaned out the 2 front rooms, then I'm going to paint them and hopefully get the front porch fixed and paint it, too. I can put garden decor in the front yard and windchimes and birdhouses on the porch, then display other stuff in the 2 front rooms. I haven't been doing anything lately for my business except catlog orders. Can't work on my Bidchaser store with this computer. It would probably take an hour just to put 2 things on sale.
Besides brainstorming I worked in the yard and cleaned in here a little. I started cutting that tree with a bow saw. Don't laugh..I'm almost finished. My hand started hurting so I'll do some more tomorrow. It may take me a couple of days but that tree is going down. Its a small one that broke on the other side of my fence but is laying on it among the vines.
Okay, the old body is tired, think I'll crash early tonight. Back to work
tomorrow :-( Gnite.

Give me an E

I experimented yesterday with this computer. Its just a temp til I get another good one so no great loss if I ruined it. I took the CD rom out and took it apart to see if I could tell why it wouldn't hold the CDs. I fixed my CD player with just tightening a little screw. I was hoping that was all this one needed but that's just part of it. I can put a CD in it now and make it hold it but it won't play. I have a windowsMe CD I wanted to download hoping to make this thing work better. I'm not spending a lot of money on it. Anyway, give me an E for effort. At least now its a clean old, slow pc:-)While I had it apart I sprayed it with Air Duster and vacuumed it. Today I'll finish putting it back together. Still got the sides and top to put back on.
I worked in my yard most of the day yesterday. Took apart the pc before daylight then finished it when it started raining. My renter came over here Friday and said my weedeater was shot so he didn't weedeat like he planned. Guess who weedeated yesterday, right ME. Its amazing how well they work when you change the string in them..lol.. I don't know why he didn't mow so guess again who mowed, right again.
Then I cut some more limbs in back. My neighbor had her two big trees removed Thursday. Sure was glad of that. I just have the small one left hangin on the fence. The only thing holding it is the vines. I started cutting the vines and yes, I keep a close eye on the tree. I'm putting my 2 dogs back there when I get the fence fixed. Now, they stay in the old house when I'm not outside to watch them.
FEMA man is coming today. I'm going to clean a little. Its not too bad but I need to mop the kitchen and vacuum. Here I go rambling again:-)
My smoke got cut short this morn. There's a wooded lot next to me and something was in there that didn't sound very happy. I ran in here with my cig, not thinking and put it out in the bathroom and turned on the vent. I really want one now. not til daylight..lol..it was probably an owl but I wasn't sticking around to see. bbl

hmmm? don't know

I started this post a few days ago and didn't finish it. Nothing much has changed. Had another "No Show" Saturday. That's twice so far I was supposed to get an estimate and they don't show up. Now I'm trying to contact someone my son told me about. After the storm one of his friends and some others from his friend's church came over here and took pictures, cut the tree off the house and put a tarp on it. Turns out one of those men works on houses. My son said I may have to get on his list which is fine with me. I need to get on someone's list. I think I would rather use him because he did come and help out for nothing so I don't think he will over charge me. I'm still waiting on Blue Roof to come recover my roof. They took off the tarp that was on there and put on theirs then it leaked when it rained.
Other than cleaning up the yard, that's whats happening around here. Had to work over Mon. and Tues. so nothing got done those days. Yesterday I cleaned a little in the old house when I got off. Oh yea, my neighbor had her trees removed yesterday. I was going to get the part on my side of the fence removed. I still have a small one to cut off the fence but it came from the lot next to her. Hers was the big Pine (the one that landed on the roof) and another one next to it.
Time to go. cyal

Still trying to catch up

You know, the bad thing about this catching up is that you (that is..if anyone is there) read the last one first. I told about D and the shop, the storm but haven't got to telling about my renters. She left him about 3 weeks ago. she told me she was planning on it before the storm - it just delayed it a little. When she left, she did it while he was at work. When he got off he came over and asked me if I got any mail for him from FEMA. I told him no, T gave me my mail, which is when she told me she was leaving. So he thinks she got the check and took off with it. I thought it was kind of odd when she brought me my mail. I usually bring her the mail. I really don't know or care but she also took their dog and left him the cat. One day I came home for lunch and saw him drive up and she pulled in behind him, walked up to the truck and started hitting him. He got out and they both went at it in the driveway. I kept trying to call the cops with my cell phone because our regular phone hadn't bee fixed yet. Its a new phone and I kept forgetting to hit the green button. They stopped and she was still standing there after he went in so I called him to make sure he was alright. That was a mistake because he had already called the cops and since I saw what happened, I had to wait to tell what I saw. My neighbor was outside and also had to tell what he saw. I was hoping they had dropped it but a man from the dept came by last Wednesday and we had to write out a statement. Next, I guess we go to court. He filed on her and she filed on him for taking the dog. That's what the fight was about. He went driving around where she works and lives and saw the dog walking on the street and took him home. Shes trying to file battery charges on him and she's the one who started hitting first. He was just fighting her off til she stopped swinging at him. So he filed on her. Its a bunch of crap, anyway. He told me she thinks we're sleeping together. I said I wasn't surprised. She can think all she wants.
Believe it or not, I use to live a nice quite peaceful life until recently. I didn't even know my neighbors except the ones next to me. Me and Mama would go to church sometimes or go visit my best friend who lives here, too, or go out of town to visit relatives. There was no drunks, fighting, or any other BS. There wasn't any damn dogs going around killing cats either. I haven't heard from D at the shop. I was expecting her to pop up after I moved out but she didn't and that's good. That was another big disappointment. I was excited about the shop and making plans to advertise, get more mdse, etc..It wasn't mine tho, I rented a space from D who rented it from the owner of the building. Oh well, that's the way it goes, huh? I may try to get another space in the Spring from someone who knows how to stay sober and run a business. Time to go.