Well here I sit, at home, in front of my computer, and the internet is down, again. We have had Century Link for several years and it seemed like every time I worked from home, the internet was down to where I couldn't connect to do my work. I could do some things 'offline' but couldn't get my messages. The last time I worked from home a week or so ago, it was down. It had been up all day - and then boom! It was gone. Hubby called Century Link and was fussing at them cause I couldn't work - and who knocks on our door but a Cox Cable sales person. Hello!
Yes, we ended up signing with Cox, but hubby is a bit frustrated with them already. They were to come out Saturday - at lesat he says that is what he was told. And he waited three hours and called the sales person - who checked and told him that we weren't scheduled until Tuesday (today). Oh, let me back up. We were scheduled the first time about last Wednesday, I think. Some guy shows up (a contractor) and said that he was coming around to tell us they were out of the (whatever it is) box to install so had to reschedule us. So that was one. Not showing up on Saturday (if we were todl Saturday), well, that's two. And today. Guess what. They came out. Looked at the cable that is attached to the house and said it was old and had to be replaced. Well, that's true. Cox installed that cable twenty years ago. It is definitely old. Why would they not have already been out to get it replaced, I have no idea. Anyway. They couldn't install anything because they need to get cable installed first.
And guess what. We have a storm moving in today. It was so dark out where I work, my big boss sent me home (as I am about 27 miles away) so that I wouldn't have to drive in the storm - and it was starting to sprinkle. And here I am at home, and the internet was up when I signed on, but guess what. Good ole Century Link. It's showing our internet is down again so I can't send or get messages from work. Again. That's the reason we are switching over to Cox. Which hasn't been able to install yet. Sounds crazy, doesn't it!
Our granddaughter has gotten her contract to teach this January so am going to meet her at her classroom tonight and help her get it put together. Went last week too. Saturday we hit 4 Goodwill stores - they were 50 percent off - so we picked up 281 first grade read books for a total of $160 - which equaled out to about 56 cents a book! Not bad! She needs more too, but this is a good start. She wanted books for their "library" in their room. She is so excited about finally getting a classroom to teach.
Well, I need to see where I'm at on emails so that I can sign off and get ready to head to the school. Hope you are having an amazing day! Thanksgiving will be here soon!
Blessings!
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Monday, October 14, 2019
Fall is arriving
It's the middle of October - how did that happen? It seems like this year is just shooting by and I can't stop it! Some days I don't want to! It's like the saying (somewhat) stop the world I want to get off! Or something like that.
Today is another grandson's 18th birthday - how do they grow up so fast! I probably won't see him until Christmas when his dad brings he and his brother down for the holiday. They are also planning a baby shower foo the oldest (grand)son's girlfriend. Seems we will have a new great-granddaughter come February, I think - or is it January. I dunno. From what I see on FB she and the grandson are extremely immature and hvae no clue what is going on, the responsibility that awaits them. They just don't have a clue.
I awoke around 2:45AM this morning and told myself uh uh you ain't getting up! And I didn't - then. I finally got up at 3:45AM cause I couldn't go back to sleep. I love it when I get up early and have a little extra time to myself - but 2:45AM is a bit more early than I wanted to get up. Plus the fact that my bedroom clock - though electric - is acting weird. It will gain an avreage of 5 minutes a day - yes, I said gain. I didn't catch it until the other day with it was 45 minutes ahead of when I had planned to get up!
It was a busy weekend, somewhat. We have Sheeba, our German Shepherd, in obedience training. She is training us well, I think. Oh, we have gotten her to obey a few things, but at 7 months and 66 pounds, she is trying our patience quite well - and she is not fully grown. She is definitely strong. I did take her for a walk on Saturday. Or did she take me. Actually she didn't do too bad and stayed close.
This weekend we are heading up north - I'm speaking at a women's tea at a former church. Of course hubby wants us there for the weekend - so I just let him pull together the hotel, etc. I get to pay for Sheeba being in the pet hotel for two days. That's not too bad.
Not much else going on. I'm thinking of getting a new laptop. The current one I have I constantly have problems with it. Thinking of letting my son strip it and fix it up for one of his boys if they want it. Need to get things done and it won't work for me.
Ok, need to get back to work - hope you are having a blessed day!
Blessings!
Today is another grandson's 18th birthday - how do they grow up so fast! I probably won't see him until Christmas when his dad brings he and his brother down for the holiday. They are also planning a baby shower foo the oldest (grand)son's girlfriend. Seems we will have a new great-granddaughter come February, I think - or is it January. I dunno. From what I see on FB she and the grandson are extremely immature and hvae no clue what is going on, the responsibility that awaits them. They just don't have a clue.
I awoke around 2:45AM this morning and told myself uh uh you ain't getting up! And I didn't - then. I finally got up at 3:45AM cause I couldn't go back to sleep. I love it when I get up early and have a little extra time to myself - but 2:45AM is a bit more early than I wanted to get up. Plus the fact that my bedroom clock - though electric - is acting weird. It will gain an avreage of 5 minutes a day - yes, I said gain. I didn't catch it until the other day with it was 45 minutes ahead of when I had planned to get up!
It was a busy weekend, somewhat. We have Sheeba, our German Shepherd, in obedience training. She is training us well, I think. Oh, we have gotten her to obey a few things, but at 7 months and 66 pounds, she is trying our patience quite well - and she is not fully grown. She is definitely strong. I did take her for a walk on Saturday. Or did she take me. Actually she didn't do too bad and stayed close.
This weekend we are heading up north - I'm speaking at a women's tea at a former church. Of course hubby wants us there for the weekend - so I just let him pull together the hotel, etc. I get to pay for Sheeba being in the pet hotel for two days. That's not too bad.
Not much else going on. I'm thinking of getting a new laptop. The current one I have I constantly have problems with it. Thinking of letting my son strip it and fix it up for one of his boys if they want it. Need to get things done and it won't work for me.
Ok, need to get back to work - hope you are having a blessed day!
Blessings!
Friday, September 20, 2019
Crossing fingers for now....
Computers. Having problems with computers. Definitely not fun. My computer saga from the previous email - they gave me a new computer and took my old one away. I was missing several things. And several programs would not work in the new computer. The next day I demanded my old computer back. At least I could do the majority of the programs - and when it would lock up, I'd just hit control-alt-delete and move on.
All week this week it has done really well. Not too many lock-ups and it seemed to be much better. Then yesterday happened. And yes, again, the IT Wish whatever it is was downstairs. They had to of jinxed me. My computer froze big time and even hitting control/alt/delete did not change anything. It was totally frozen. So downstairs I went with my computer. They got it un-frozen and ran a program check on it.
So I bring it back upstairs and am trying to schedule appointments - and hit the skype button - and locked it up again. So once again I go downstairs to have them fix it. They got it unlocked then ran a repair and said that there was a corrupted file in Outlook so they disabled it. No problem. Until I tried to do another skype meeting and found out it was skype that they had disabled and I put it on 99.9% of my meetings. So they had to enable it.
Finally, hopefully, it would work. Ten minutes later - my visio quit working. The only way I found that out was my boss wanted me to work on an organizational chart I had created. It wouldn't open. Visio wouldn't open. So back down to the IT desk again for the third time.
The IT Tech says you are getting a new computer. I said no, you need to fix this one.
This morning he replaced my computer with a new one and sat down with me and made sure that I had everything I needed. Much different than before. He exported my files, he set up my H drive so that I could easily access it. He told me how to sign in at home (I was signing in before I added VPN - and I need to do it VPN then sign in) so that all my folders would pull in. He was very nice - and thus far, I am basically happy. I told the tech that I am basically a very simple person - just give me what I need to do my job then leave me alone. I don't need bells and whistles.
More things to talk about later, but I'm just too tired right now. Didn't get to sleep until after 1:30AM and I'm exhausted. Women's confernece is tonight and tomorrow. Glad I'm going - no responsibilities until I get back home tomorrow night - once I get to the hotel that is. A night alone, quiet, peaceful. I can sleep (which is probably what I will do), I can crochet/knit (of course I brought mine with me!) or I can read. Right now I think I will sleep.
With that - I have work to focus on. Hope you are having a good day.
Blessings!
All week this week it has done really well. Not too many lock-ups and it seemed to be much better. Then yesterday happened. And yes, again, the IT Wish whatever it is was downstairs. They had to of jinxed me. My computer froze big time and even hitting control/alt/delete did not change anything. It was totally frozen. So downstairs I went with my computer. They got it un-frozen and ran a program check on it.
So I bring it back upstairs and am trying to schedule appointments - and hit the skype button - and locked it up again. So once again I go downstairs to have them fix it. They got it unlocked then ran a repair and said that there was a corrupted file in Outlook so they disabled it. No problem. Until I tried to do another skype meeting and found out it was skype that they had disabled and I put it on 99.9% of my meetings. So they had to enable it.
Finally, hopefully, it would work. Ten minutes later - my visio quit working. The only way I found that out was my boss wanted me to work on an organizational chart I had created. It wouldn't open. Visio wouldn't open. So back down to the IT desk again for the third time.
The IT Tech says you are getting a new computer. I said no, you need to fix this one.
This morning he replaced my computer with a new one and sat down with me and made sure that I had everything I needed. Much different than before. He exported my files, he set up my H drive so that I could easily access it. He told me how to sign in at home (I was signing in before I added VPN - and I need to do it VPN then sign in) so that all my folders would pull in. He was very nice - and thus far, I am basically happy. I told the tech that I am basically a very simple person - just give me what I need to do my job then leave me alone. I don't need bells and whistles.
More things to talk about later, but I'm just too tired right now. Didn't get to sleep until after 1:30AM and I'm exhausted. Women's confernece is tonight and tomorrow. Glad I'm going - no responsibilities until I get back home tomorrow night - once I get to the hotel that is. A night alone, quiet, peaceful. I can sleep (which is probably what I will do), I can crochet/knit (of course I brought mine with me!) or I can read. Right now I think I will sleep.
With that - I have work to focus on. Hope you are having a good day.
Blessings!
Sunday, September 8, 2019
Why can't they just leave things alone??
I am so frustrated. My work computer has been locking up daily at different times - no matter what program I'm in - ever since the company uploaded Microsoft 365. It has create so much havoc for me. I have tried to work around all the lock-ups but a couple weeks ago I finally decided maybe it was an easy fix and I just needed to get it done.
I wish I had never let them touch my computer.
The first tech says 'oh let me scrub your programs and reload everything that should do it.' Well, it didn't. I lost some programs and he had to re-add them.
A few days later I put in another ticket. Same tech. Oh, let me scrub your computer again, that should do it. Well, it didn't. I lost some programs and he had to re-add the ones I noticed were gone.
Last Thursday they had an "IT Wish Group" down in the lobby and I actually notified the first tech and asked - since he told me the next step would be doing a re-image on my computer if it locked up again (it did). I asked if the techs downstairs could re-image my comptuer and get it working. Next step, right?
Wrong. Of course the tech I got said - oh not, that's not the problem, we need to rebuild your profile. So I do not have a clue what she did, but she 'rebuilt' my profile for outlook. When she finally finished this all day process (and throwing me way behind in my work), she got Outlook to come up long enough for me to discover I lost all my calendars and rooms I have for easy access. Too bad so sad was her basic response - not in those words, but attitude. I finally told her I was signing off before I started crying. She has no clue how much work that was going to entail to get my outlook back to where I had it.
I packed the computer up and came home. So here I am, on a Sunday, hoping to get some work done - meetings scheduled, etc, that I was unable to do Friday. I set my computer up, turn it on, sign in and it comes up. Then I click the outlook button and the blue box comes up - "loading profile" and that's it. It has never come up all day. I am so upset and having conversations of what I'd like to tell them. But I created a new ticket for IT and then I called the help desk to see if there was something they could do.
Of course not. They wouldn't touch it because the tech had not closed out the ticket she had created. Which means, I can not get into Outlook today.... I have to wait until tomorrow with that specific tech comes to work and hopefully gets the message that my Outlook will not come up - and she will get to screw up my computer that much more.
Getting a nwe computer won't help - although that thought crossed my mind. She has screwed up my profile so badly that if I try to sign on another computer the same thing will happen. I have some things to do in Excel so have been working on them - but it is lockign up on me some. I'm afraid to put in a ticket to get that fixed.
I think this tech was just trying to impress me - and she hasn't at all. I am so overloaded and overwhelmed at work and already and now this. Praying for a quick recovery of my Outlook in the morning so that I can get my work done. groan.
That's all I have right nwo.... I'm mentally exhausted dealing with this.
Hope your day is a
Blessing...md
I wish I had never let them touch my computer.
The first tech says 'oh let me scrub your programs and reload everything that should do it.' Well, it didn't. I lost some programs and he had to re-add them.
A few days later I put in another ticket. Same tech. Oh, let me scrub your computer again, that should do it. Well, it didn't. I lost some programs and he had to re-add the ones I noticed were gone.
Last Thursday they had an "IT Wish Group" down in the lobby and I actually notified the first tech and asked - since he told me the next step would be doing a re-image on my computer if it locked up again (it did). I asked if the techs downstairs could re-image my comptuer and get it working. Next step, right?
Wrong. Of course the tech I got said - oh not, that's not the problem, we need to rebuild your profile. So I do not have a clue what she did, but she 'rebuilt' my profile for outlook. When she finally finished this all day process (and throwing me way behind in my work), she got Outlook to come up long enough for me to discover I lost all my calendars and rooms I have for easy access. Too bad so sad was her basic response - not in those words, but attitude. I finally told her I was signing off before I started crying. She has no clue how much work that was going to entail to get my outlook back to where I had it.
I packed the computer up and came home. So here I am, on a Sunday, hoping to get some work done - meetings scheduled, etc, that I was unable to do Friday. I set my computer up, turn it on, sign in and it comes up. Then I click the outlook button and the blue box comes up - "loading profile" and that's it. It has never come up all day. I am so upset and having conversations of what I'd like to tell them. But I created a new ticket for IT and then I called the help desk to see if there was something they could do.
Of course not. They wouldn't touch it because the tech had not closed out the ticket she had created. Which means, I can not get into Outlook today.... I have to wait until tomorrow with that specific tech comes to work and hopefully gets the message that my Outlook will not come up - and she will get to screw up my computer that much more.
Getting a nwe computer won't help - although that thought crossed my mind. She has screwed up my profile so badly that if I try to sign on another computer the same thing will happen. I have some things to do in Excel so have been working on them - but it is lockign up on me some. I'm afraid to put in a ticket to get that fixed.
I think this tech was just trying to impress me - and she hasn't at all. I am so overloaded and overwhelmed at work and already and now this. Praying for a quick recovery of my Outlook in the morning so that I can get my work done. groan.
That's all I have right nwo.... I'm mentally exhausted dealing with this.
Hope your day is a
Blessing...md
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
August already - and my birthday is coming up!
I can't believe how fast this year is going by! It seems like it has been ages since I have seen some of the grandchildren - and great grandchildren - and I do need to rectify that! I get to hang out with my middle child a bit this week so get to hear about his family. Which is a good thing. Unfortunately, his wife had a car accident (as is he at the moment), but both are physically ok. Which is prayer covering every day over each one! But, gotta admit, I haven't prayed for vehicles!
I have my 2nd annual (here at work) lunch party on Friday. Still not sure what I will be bringing, but hope whatever I decide it will be easy. I'm thinking nachos cause I can buy a can of cheese and let it heat up all day. Also, everyone loves my deviled eggs so will have to make those as well - and now it's up to 2 dozen to bring - not just one dozen! I usually make taco soup, but don't know if I will this year or not. I'm thinking something more simple. Maybe a run to Costco will be in order Thursday nite for pinwheels stuffed with chicken. It went over pretty good at church last Sunday.
It's still pretty hot out, but haven't been out much. I did manage to take Sheeba out for a walk one Saturday morning - but haven't been able to find her ..... can't think of the name of it!! to walk her with. She pulls on the leash so want the 'other thing' to hook it on to so I can control her better. She is getting pretty big (5 months old tomorrow) and over 50 pounds now, I reckon. She is pretty strong. We've had a couple run-ins with her lately - partly our fault. We just don't wait long enough (you would think 30 minutes would be enough) to make sure she goes "poopie" before we put her to bed. The other morning hubby got up to find her wallowing in her crate .... yeah.... in her crate. He was NOT happy at all to have to clean it up (there are advantages to going to work!) and then having to give her a bath. Problem with the bath, he didn't do it until he wanted to - which means she laid and rolled in the carpet, the tile floors.. and now they stink. So I will be shampooing the carpet and getting the floor mopped this weekend.
My boss shared something she and her husband do every weekend. I was sharing about my always wanting to go through boxes and get rid of things - but never doing it because I am overwhelmed with the volume of what I need to do and don't know where to start. She said she and her husband set the alarm for two hours - and for that two hours only they work on whatever project they want to get done. At the end of that two hours, they stop. I think I will try that. Pull out a couple boxes and just decided that for two hours that is all I'm going to do. And do it. Maybe, just maybe, I can start getting rid of things.
I certainly know my kids will not want to go through my papers, etc. when I'm gone - and I don't want to do it while I'm here - so I may as well get rid of them! Who knows what is in those boxes - it's been years since I've gone through some of them!
My 70th birthday is Friday. Who would have thought! I'm grateful God has allowed me to live - and be healthy - this long - and I hope He continues to do so. So much of my life I would like to change, to do.... but I can't live with regrets. I need to keep looking forward to what the future has to bring me.
Gotta get back to work!
Blessings!
I have my 2nd annual (here at work) lunch party on Friday. Still not sure what I will be bringing, but hope whatever I decide it will be easy. I'm thinking nachos cause I can buy a can of cheese and let it heat up all day. Also, everyone loves my deviled eggs so will have to make those as well - and now it's up to 2 dozen to bring - not just one dozen! I usually make taco soup, but don't know if I will this year or not. I'm thinking something more simple. Maybe a run to Costco will be in order Thursday nite for pinwheels stuffed with chicken. It went over pretty good at church last Sunday.
It's still pretty hot out, but haven't been out much. I did manage to take Sheeba out for a walk one Saturday morning - but haven't been able to find her ..... can't think of the name of it!! to walk her with. She pulls on the leash so want the 'other thing' to hook it on to so I can control her better. She is getting pretty big (5 months old tomorrow) and over 50 pounds now, I reckon. She is pretty strong. We've had a couple run-ins with her lately - partly our fault. We just don't wait long enough (you would think 30 minutes would be enough) to make sure she goes "poopie" before we put her to bed. The other morning hubby got up to find her wallowing in her crate .... yeah.... in her crate. He was NOT happy at all to have to clean it up (there are advantages to going to work!) and then having to give her a bath. Problem with the bath, he didn't do it until he wanted to - which means she laid and rolled in the carpet, the tile floors.. and now they stink. So I will be shampooing the carpet and getting the floor mopped this weekend.
My boss shared something she and her husband do every weekend. I was sharing about my always wanting to go through boxes and get rid of things - but never doing it because I am overwhelmed with the volume of what I need to do and don't know where to start. She said she and her husband set the alarm for two hours - and for that two hours only they work on whatever project they want to get done. At the end of that two hours, they stop. I think I will try that. Pull out a couple boxes and just decided that for two hours that is all I'm going to do. And do it. Maybe, just maybe, I can start getting rid of things.
I certainly know my kids will not want to go through my papers, etc. when I'm gone - and I don't want to do it while I'm here - so I may as well get rid of them! Who knows what is in those boxes - it's been years since I've gone through some of them!
My 70th birthday is Friday. Who would have thought! I'm grateful God has allowed me to live - and be healthy - this long - and I hope He continues to do so. So much of my life I would like to change, to do.... but I can't live with regrets. I need to keep looking forward to what the future has to bring me.
Gotta get back to work!
Blessings!
Friday, July 26, 2019
So Glad It's Friday!
I am freezing in the office today - I don't know what the temperature is (I know it is HOT outside!!) but it is cold. My nose keeps dripping - and I want to take a nap. When I get cold, my body shuts down and I want to go to sleep. Drinking a "Bang" which is like an energy drink but has no calories, no sugar - but is loaded with caffeine. I'm hoping it will kick in so that I can shake off this sleepiness.
I learned something new yesterday. We have what is called Microsoft Teams on our computers. I have avoided it like the plague because I do not like learning new things that I will rarely use. and other reasons. But - my boss insisted that I use it to create a location to put notes from meetings. I grumbled a bit - and then she showed me how. It didn't seem quite as intimidating as it did at first. I should take advantage of some time I have today (both bosses are out today) and learn more about it - but I don't want to. But I did create a 'Team' yesterday and added some documents to it. I do need to add some more things - and I may - or may not get around to it today.
Things are very quiet here at work today. Most people work from home on Fridays and one of my bosses is still on vacation - an Alaskan cruise - and the other went to our Phoenix corporate office for meetings today. So here I am in my corner all by myself. I like it quiet so no problem there. I even took time to unravel a ball of yarn that our new puppy totally destroyed.
Our new puppy. Our new puppy's name is 'Sheeba'. For some reason hubby wanted to name her that and I just said 'whatever'. We should have called her Marley for more often than not, that is what we call her. She got the rest of her shots last week so now I can take her for a walk. It's been too hot in the evenings to do it yet, but hope to be able to get out early tomorrow morning and take her at least around the block. We checked in at Petco for dog training classes. Interesting. The person we spoke with about it - well, I was irritated at hubby so wasn't in a good mood and I just didn't involve myself in the conversation so it was hubby spoke to the person about it - anyway, six sessions - or 12 sessions - and she gave the price. Not bad, really. Considering what they would do. She clearly explained that SHE doesn't do the training. She will SHOW us how to do something (sit, for example)with Sheeba and then we are to do it ourselves. Understandable. Her conversation was nearly every sentence punctuated with "well, basically....." . I rolled my eyes. Basically. I told hubby that if that is all it is, then he can get on the ball and do it himself. :-) Our granddaughter had originally taken her dog to someone to be trained as a service dog before Lotus had to have hip surgery .... and has offered to do the basics with Sheeba. I think we will ask her to do six weeks of 'training' with us and Sheeba - and pay her to help us. It will help her too as once school starts she won't have a job as she will be student teaching and she won't get paid to do that. So, hubby was going to talk with her about it. Heaven forbid that I should take the opportunity to talk to her about it first.... just saying.
Life at home has been difficult. Hubby gets bored because he doesn't have anyone (but Sheeba now) to talk with - except on his Monday evenings and Friday mornings he meets with his men friends. So when I come home he is cranky and critical. I get so tired of it all. Some evenings I just totally withdraw mentally just to avoid it. He hasn't held up his end of his agreement when he chose to 'retire'. When I talk of retiring, he goes ballistic on me. I don't want to be home with that so why retire. At least I can get out of the house. Other than all the time I spend on the road to and from work, I somewhat enjoy my job. I like the people I work with. And I can work from home on occasion. The pay is good. I'll keep working as long as I can.
So glad it's Friday today. I want to work in my back room and in the closets this weekend and get rid of things. I'm in a clear out mood. It's hard to do when hubby is home. But I really need to get it done. Plus I have a lot of sewing to get done for Christmas gifts and repairs.
Guess that's all for today. Hope your day is going well.
Blessings!
I learned something new yesterday. We have what is called Microsoft Teams on our computers. I have avoided it like the plague because I do not like learning new things that I will rarely use. and other reasons. But - my boss insisted that I use it to create a location to put notes from meetings. I grumbled a bit - and then she showed me how. It didn't seem quite as intimidating as it did at first. I should take advantage of some time I have today (both bosses are out today) and learn more about it - but I don't want to. But I did create a 'Team' yesterday and added some documents to it. I do need to add some more things - and I may - or may not get around to it today.
Things are very quiet here at work today. Most people work from home on Fridays and one of my bosses is still on vacation - an Alaskan cruise - and the other went to our Phoenix corporate office for meetings today. So here I am in my corner all by myself. I like it quiet so no problem there. I even took time to unravel a ball of yarn that our new puppy totally destroyed.
Our new puppy. Our new puppy's name is 'Sheeba'. For some reason hubby wanted to name her that and I just said 'whatever'. We should have called her Marley for more often than not, that is what we call her. She got the rest of her shots last week so now I can take her for a walk. It's been too hot in the evenings to do it yet, but hope to be able to get out early tomorrow morning and take her at least around the block. We checked in at Petco for dog training classes. Interesting. The person we spoke with about it - well, I was irritated at hubby so wasn't in a good mood and I just didn't involve myself in the conversation so it was hubby spoke to the person about it - anyway, six sessions - or 12 sessions - and she gave the price. Not bad, really. Considering what they would do. She clearly explained that SHE doesn't do the training. She will SHOW us how to do something (sit, for example)with Sheeba and then we are to do it ourselves. Understandable. Her conversation was nearly every sentence punctuated with "well, basically....." . I rolled my eyes. Basically. I told hubby that if that is all it is, then he can get on the ball and do it himself. :-) Our granddaughter had originally taken her dog to someone to be trained as a service dog before Lotus had to have hip surgery .... and has offered to do the basics with Sheeba. I think we will ask her to do six weeks of 'training' with us and Sheeba - and pay her to help us. It will help her too as once school starts she won't have a job as she will be student teaching and she won't get paid to do that. So, hubby was going to talk with her about it. Heaven forbid that I should take the opportunity to talk to her about it first.... just saying.
Life at home has been difficult. Hubby gets bored because he doesn't have anyone (but Sheeba now) to talk with - except on his Monday evenings and Friday mornings he meets with his men friends. So when I come home he is cranky and critical. I get so tired of it all. Some evenings I just totally withdraw mentally just to avoid it. He hasn't held up his end of his agreement when he chose to 'retire'. When I talk of retiring, he goes ballistic on me. I don't want to be home with that so why retire. At least I can get out of the house. Other than all the time I spend on the road to and from work, I somewhat enjoy my job. I like the people I work with. And I can work from home on occasion. The pay is good. I'll keep working as long as I can.
So glad it's Friday today. I want to work in my back room and in the closets this weekend and get rid of things. I'm in a clear out mood. It's hard to do when hubby is home. But I really need to get it done. Plus I have a lot of sewing to get done for Christmas gifts and repairs.
Guess that's all for today. Hope your day is going well.
Blessings!
Friday, July 12, 2019
July is 1/2 over.... almost
Some days it seems that time is slowly going by - and yet, when I think about where we are in the year - realizing that today is July 12 seems so unreal. And yet it is. And with July has come the heat. I am not complaining, mind you, but plenty of other people are.
Had a lot of things going on lately. Work has been overwhelmingly busy. So glad this is Friday, although I do need to bring my computer home. My bosses think I'm spoiled. I don't know where they get that. I use two computer monitors at work, so if I'm working at home, don't I still need two computer monitors? I think so. :-) I have the two computer monitors set up - but am still missing the connector - I forget what it's called. It's ordered and as soon as IT brings it to me, I'll take it home and get it set up so that I can use two monitors at home.
For my personal computer I also have two monitors - but I don't have the converter for that either so only use my big 24" screen. Anyone need another screen? I think it is missing one cord. I think it's a 22 inch or something like that - my boss had given it to me but it was missing a cord. I've been able to work from home a few Fridays which has been nice - I'm at the computer working all day - (more than when I'm at the office, really) - but still, I don't work from home that often.
Last Sunday I noticed my left rear tire was low...very low. Went to work late so that we could take it down to the tire place - 15 pounds of pressure.... slow leak. They filled it up with nitrogen and I went on to work. Went back Wednesday and they checked it again - have to get a new tire. Got the windshield wipers replaced caused they weren't doing their job. They ordered the tire so I went back last night to have them replace it. I really like how they take care of me. We had a warranty on the tire so all I had to pay for was the new warranty on the new tire. I think this is the third time we have replaced a tire the past couple years - and they are always under warranty so only have to pay for the new one. Works for me.
We are getting a sprinkler system put in the back yard. It is 95% dirt and I'm just sick of the way it looks. So - I discussed it with my son-in-law and he is putting in the new sprinkler system and then planting grass seed for us. Also realigned the sprinklers in front. I figure I had better start getting the house straightened up (yard-wise) if we ever sell it - well, it would be to our advantage. We are arguing over payment (he won't let me pay for it) but I'll figure out something to make up for it. I appreciate him taking the time to fix the yard for us. I can't depend on anyone else to do it..... enough said.
Our new "puppy" is now 4 months old. Hubby is getting worn out with her, I think. She won't have all her shots for another week so we cannot take her out walking for exercise. And is she ever a handful! She loves coming to jump up in my lap - which isn't bad unless I'm crocheting or knitting and then I have to push her off. Her nails have really grown and are sharp - got my arm the other day - so we already have a grooming appointment for her right after she gets her last shots. I'm just wishing we could get her totally housebroken.
Yeah - that is something I want to do this weekend - shampoo the dining room carpet. She hasn't been allowed much in the back rooms so nothing is on those - but that dining room carpet has had it's share. I don't remember Marley being this hard to train - but then, I was home when we had Marley as a puppy. Hubby doesn't have the patience to watch her.... I think he falls asleep more often than he acknowledges and when he wakes up... anyway....
Well, I have gotten two emails to create 4 meetings so guess I need to get busy. Hope you are having a great summer. I'm looking forward to August when I'm taking a week off. Getting some doctor appointments taken care of - hubby wants to do a day trip or two. We just can't agree on the day trip. Me - I'd go to Tucson. :-)
Blessings!
Had a lot of things going on lately. Work has been overwhelmingly busy. So glad this is Friday, although I do need to bring my computer home. My bosses think I'm spoiled. I don't know where they get that. I use two computer monitors at work, so if I'm working at home, don't I still need two computer monitors? I think so. :-) I have the two computer monitors set up - but am still missing the connector - I forget what it's called. It's ordered and as soon as IT brings it to me, I'll take it home and get it set up so that I can use two monitors at home.
For my personal computer I also have two monitors - but I don't have the converter for that either so only use my big 24" screen. Anyone need another screen? I think it is missing one cord. I think it's a 22 inch or something like that - my boss had given it to me but it was missing a cord. I've been able to work from home a few Fridays which has been nice - I'm at the computer working all day - (more than when I'm at the office, really) - but still, I don't work from home that often.
Last Sunday I noticed my left rear tire was low...very low. Went to work late so that we could take it down to the tire place - 15 pounds of pressure.... slow leak. They filled it up with nitrogen and I went on to work. Went back Wednesday and they checked it again - have to get a new tire. Got the windshield wipers replaced caused they weren't doing their job. They ordered the tire so I went back last night to have them replace it. I really like how they take care of me. We had a warranty on the tire so all I had to pay for was the new warranty on the new tire. I think this is the third time we have replaced a tire the past couple years - and they are always under warranty so only have to pay for the new one. Works for me.
We are getting a sprinkler system put in the back yard. It is 95% dirt and I'm just sick of the way it looks. So - I discussed it with my son-in-law and he is putting in the new sprinkler system and then planting grass seed for us. Also realigned the sprinklers in front. I figure I had better start getting the house straightened up (yard-wise) if we ever sell it - well, it would be to our advantage. We are arguing over payment (he won't let me pay for it) but I'll figure out something to make up for it. I appreciate him taking the time to fix the yard for us. I can't depend on anyone else to do it..... enough said.
Our new "puppy" is now 4 months old. Hubby is getting worn out with her, I think. She won't have all her shots for another week so we cannot take her out walking for exercise. And is she ever a handful! She loves coming to jump up in my lap - which isn't bad unless I'm crocheting or knitting and then I have to push her off. Her nails have really grown and are sharp - got my arm the other day - so we already have a grooming appointment for her right after she gets her last shots. I'm just wishing we could get her totally housebroken.
Yeah - that is something I want to do this weekend - shampoo the dining room carpet. She hasn't been allowed much in the back rooms so nothing is on those - but that dining room carpet has had it's share. I don't remember Marley being this hard to train - but then, I was home when we had Marley as a puppy. Hubby doesn't have the patience to watch her.... I think he falls asleep more often than he acknowledges and when he wakes up... anyway....
Well, I have gotten two emails to create 4 meetings so guess I need to get busy. Hope you are having a great summer. I'm looking forward to August when I'm taking a week off. Getting some doctor appointments taken care of - hubby wants to do a day trip or two. We just can't agree on the day trip. Me - I'd go to Tucson. :-)
Blessings!
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