October 8, 2008

• Is It REALLY Wednesday?

  This week seems to be flying by and it *doesn’t* seem like much is happening. 

  One thing hasn’t changed.  I’m still typing on my old keyboard because I haven’t felt like crawling under my desk to track the keyboard’s cord and replace it with the new keyboard Jesse brought home for me.  Yes, I *know* I’m lazy!!!  LOL  Still missing those “f” “g” “)” and “-” keys and having to retrace.  My words continue to come out, “heap o trouble” instead of “of”!!!!  I have to pound several times on the keys that miss.  Bear with me . . . I try to catch typos, but miss many other things.  I’m so worried about missing letters, I miss the obvious misuse of “their” and “there”!!!   (sigh) Not the worst problem in the world, by any means!

  Get this . . . after having OVER bought an amount of beige paint, which made us use it in the hallways, too, Don ran out in Sampson’s little hallway.  Jesse had to make a run to Home Depot after work yesterday, to buy ANOTHER can of beige!  A little ironic, since I didn’t want ANYTHING beige in the first place!!!  Don just showed up, I’m half asleep in my bathrobe, and he’s ready to paint onward!  He said he’d finish the woodwork in the kitchen (semi-gloss white) that we never did finish after moving in 4 years ago.  Embarrassing, but the truth!  We bought stain for our master bath cabinets (mahogany) and I never did that either, so Jesse wants me to ask Don if he can do that job, too.  I see our bill with him moving higher and higher, but . . . if we HAVE TO sell our house, at least it will be freshly painted and the carpeting is the only eye sore.

  *  Jesse just called and no one needs their lawn mowed.  He said it all looks the way it looked 2 weeks ago when he last mowed.  That means his income is coming to a screeching halt!

  *  Yesterday, I spoke with my banker and he said he’d be happy to speak with me next week about the economy and how it impacts Jesse and me.  He just had surgery and yesterday was his first day back to work.  Besides playing “catch up,” I’m sure he feels less than great.  He went home early.

  *  Taco salads last night with the ground beef I pulled out of the freezer.  Rissy did it all.  I showed her how to season the meat and how much water to use to let it simmer into the meat.  Other than that, she asked for help (from her sisters) with setting the table, etc.  I went out to see if she was ready for me to assemble the salads and she only needed me to open the olive and black beans can.  She had five plates with five salads already put together.  She’s becoming pretty good at kitchen duties and cooking.  She brought me a recipe card and asked me to make a taco salad card to add to her recipe box.  I should date it, because someday, when I’m long gone, she can look at it and remember she was only 7yo when her momma copied that recipe to her card!

  *  I got Jesse’s checks entered and a deposit slip made yesterday so he could take it this morning to be deposited.  I just noticed it’s still here.  Can’t pay bills until the deposit is made.  Maybe he’ll be home early and will be able to run it up to a local branch.  Just so the money gets in there.

  *  I couldn’t bring myself to watch the presidential debate last night.  There is so much mud slinging going on in these  last weeks of campaigning, and I had a feeling the debate would be more of the same.  Apparently, it was.

  *  Instead, I went back to bed (after playing Solitaire on the computer) a little early and read more in my book.  Now I’m wanting to finish it, but I keep getting sleepy and have to put it down!  At least I’m to the point where President & Mrs. Lincoln have *just* moved into the White House!  We all know there can’t be much more to the story after that.  It jumps between her growing up as a child, to her being in an asylum, to her growing up and meeting President Lincoln, to her being in an asylum, to her in the White House, to her . . .   I’ve caught on to the author’s tempo and it’s easy reading, now!

  *   School is going well,  and my new lesson planning book is largely the reason.  Today is the hard day to teach:  Math, Language Arts, etc.  We’re using Saturday to do what we didn’t do during the week and teaching Latin & Greek along with Oklahoma history.  JanaLyn is here on Saturdays and I’m happy those are the subjects she’ll be “subjected” to (a little play on words!).

  *  Jesse had to turn off the heat & air fans (we run them all the time) and the ceiling fans this morning.  It was below 50 outside and the chill in the house was welcome.  This is the time of year when nights are chilly and days are around the upper 70′s and low 80′s.  The time of year we can pull out our long sleeved or 3/4 sleeved cotton dresses.  Soon it will be to chilly for those during the day.  HELLO CASSEROLES!!!!

  So, there you have a bullet form of what’s not so exciting in my life.  Kinda nice for a change!

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