Aunt Evadeane and Hitler

Uncle Bunyan and Aunt Evadeane are coming tomorrow, so I've been cleaning like I normally don't. I swept and mopped the kitchen and bathroom. They haven't been mopped in over a year. Then I got on my hands and knees and scrubbed the spots that refused to come up with the mop. I cleaned the commode and sink and shower stall. I didn't have much luck removing the dirt in the shower stall??? I used all the good stuff, such as Fantastic, Lysol, and 409. Barry even poured some bleach on it and it didn't come up. After all that cleaning, I went grocery shopping and spent a lot of money. When I got home I was so hungry I ate some vienna sausages on a mayonnaise sandwich with chips and cilantro sauce. It wasn't that good, but I enjoyed it none the less. Barry bathed Sammy yesterday and I washed his bedding. He is already smelling bad again. I bought some Frebreeze to spray on all his stuff. I also bought a vanilla candle, mmmmm.
Barry, Taunie and I went to the Holocaust museum last Friday. The Anne Frank exhibit was there. I was thoroughly depressed upon leaving. Mankind is a mystery to me. Is it really as simple as saying that Hitler was demon possessed, as some Christians say? I don't know what to think about it all. I came upon a deportation notice, eye level with me, that began "you are hereby notified to report to ........." I got chills as if I were reading it as my own notice. On a positive note, I got to read a personal letter written by Albert Einstein thanking someone for helping Jews escape the Nazis. I was surprised to note that Hitler and the Nazis bare a strong resemblance to Bro. Lee and the local church with their interest in the youth, self-identity destruction and book burnings.
Now I am drinking a beer and blogging about it all while listening to the Simpsons in the back ground.
Yesterday Barry, Ronnie, Judy, and the kids and I piled into the big mercury and headed now 146 to meet Raun at the Baytown Track when Raun called my cell phone to notify us that the races had been canceled due to bad weather. We did a U-Turn and headed back to our house. I put on chicken on the boil (Ronnie was sickly), and Judy and I went to Rust and Dust. I found a beautiful rug for the living room for $45 bucks. I bought it and I am so happy now. It's blue, green, and lavender. I put it in front of the front door area. It is probably 7x9 ish. eeeeeeee. Then I finished making chicken soup, we all ate some and they went home. Then we went to their house to look at Judy's new gazeebo her mother gave her, then we came home. Then, then then. Saw some of those mini motorcylces racing up and down the street, their riders not looking as they crossed intersections. Good grief. Then I saw a policeman looking for them. Then I didn't hear them anymore. hehe.
Later......

A Quick Update

Got a job...working close to home. I bet I already blogged that. Oh well. I am beginning to enjoy it a little bit more. The boss-man told me today that I definately have an opportunity to work on site at NASA in the near future. So thats all good. Heard a wreck today as I was leaving the office. Looked down the road and saw a brand new white cadillac and a new SUV in the mist of airbag smoke. They hit head on. I feel sorry for them. A little bit later I took Nathan to get his truck and we were blocked from getting near the wreck, and there were over 4 wreckers on the scene as well as a fire truck and an ambulance.
I've enjoyed playing with my grand-dog this past weekend while Nathan visited with friends. When I took a shower this morning, I put my towel on the toilet seat and when I went to reach for it, it was gone. She had taken it into the other room. Right now she has just finished demolishing a tennis ball and she is rag-dolling it. The house looks like a two year old has visited. She doesn't know how to land on her feet after she jumps up in the air. She lands laying down.....
Went to the doctor. I have a thyroid issue. I'm on medicine and I am already feeling better. I have high cholesterol, too, but the doctor said once the thyroid is regulated, the cholestrol will usually go down. Been eating better too. I think I'm losing weight. :)
Well, Nathan is fixin to leave, so I'll write more later. It's later. Nathan got off with Marilyn in the back of the truck, looking regal. The neighbor kids hollered, "there's the dog! Where's he going?"
Aunt Evadeane and Uncle Bunyan are coming for a visit next weekend. Time to clean the house and bathe the dog. They should come more often. NOT. Just kidding, I'm looking forward to seeing Bunyan.
Been shopping for bedskirts and shams to match the new quilt I bought over the weekend. It's been a job. Spent 5 hours on Sunday looking around. I found some at Wal-mart, the last place I wanted to go. Got em home and they were too dark, so I'm returning them tomorrow and exchanging them for different color.
Ronnie has an interview for a truck driving job tomorrow morning. I hope it goes well. I fixed him a resume tonight and he came by to pick it up. We visited for a good while, remembering old times.
I ate spaghetti twice for supper tonight. Once at 4:30 p.m. and again at 8:00. Now I'm craving something fat, like a Whataburger.
Good Night.

Just Ain't the Same

It's sad how what normally brings me such joy, such as seeing dolphins jumping out of the water while sitting on big granite boulders on the end of the dike with my husband, watching the sun go down and the ships go by while eating tamales (that we bought sporadically, upon the prompting of a Mexican, out of the trunk of his car) is clouded by the mundane and the not so mundane. I can't sleep. My chovanistic boss (mundane) is front and center in my mind right beside my thoughts of Mom (not so mundane) a year ago today (it's after 1:00 a.m.). I find that I am angry with my boss for taking up my mind-space on such an anniversary. Angry with my boss? What's wrong with me? I am feeling that doom and gloom feeling again. Darkness, my trustworthy friend.

Last Full Day of Life

One year ago today, Mom lived her last full day of life. "Come when ya can, hun," were her hast words to me spoken over the phone. I miss her so much. Death is so final. It is hard to comprehend that we all must die. I think that most of us are in denial somehow. If not, why do we get so caught up in day to day mundane goings on? If we fully understood how short of a time we have as living beings on earth, would we live differently? I think so. After thinking like this, I have almost decided to sell my rent house, pay off this house, quit my creepy new job, and travel with Barry. We don't have long to live, even if we live to a ripe old age.

My new job is located right around the corner from my house. It takes me one minute to get there; I'm off on fridays, and I work 6 or 7 hours a day. Sounds ideal, huh? Well, it only pays $10 an hour and my boss is a male chavanist. He is my trainer and I am the only one in the office besides him. It is creepy. I don't like it. But I am going to continue on until hopefully one of my applications will impress someone else.

Barry and I spent the weekend in the country. Beautiful cool crisp weather surrounded us. The smell of burning leaves was relaxing. We moved some furniture up there and some other furniture back here. I'm getting tired of moving furniture. Our bedroom in TC is looking good with new curtains and new (old) furniture.

Barry wants to buy an old 30's buick to travel in style. I told him we would have to get a vintage trailor to pull for the dogs. We could put a tiny a/c in it for them. hehe. Ideally, we would have no animals to travel with, but how do you get rid of your animals? They are family.

I am lamenting having to go to work in an hour. I wish we were rich. I saw on tv yesterday people who owned their own islands. That would be nice.

Off to eat breakfast....