February 22, 2010

• Maids and Pets

  Here we go, another day with no sun and cold temperatures!  Saturday night it rained most of the night and Jesse couldn't believe I didn't hear the thunder.  He said it rattled the house.  But, I was in a very deep sleep.  It was cold when we went to church; but, when we came out, it was colder and VERY windy.  The wind cut right through our warm clothes.

  The cleaning lady didn't show up on Friday.  ANOTHER excuse!  I told her I was going to have to let her go.  I thought I had been very patient with her, but I needed help and things weren't working out with her.  She began to talk (her one bad habit) about how she understood, and . . . I cut her off and said, "Dorothy, good-bye."

  I had a sense of relief afterward.  I was angry, but also relieved that the decision to let her go had been accomplished.  I called the service and asked for another gal.  The nurse who follows my case said she had lined up a Christian girl who planned to take me, but they had sent someone else.  This time, I specifically asked for the girl who was recommended by my nurse.  We'll see what happens.

           

  Since I was angry, I did what I shouldn't have done - which made me even more angry, afterward.  I polished the mahogany fireplace trim with Pledge - I stood up on the ottoman to reach the high spots.  Then, I cleaned the whole kitchen (moved everything on the counters & sprayed with 409, cleaned all the frames on the walls, scoured out the sink, polished the front of the dishwasher and stove, wiped the cabinet doors & hinges, and refrigerator doors . . . ) and it took me only 20 minutes!  I was in the process of wiping the crud from the kitchen tile floor with 409 when Rissy caught me bending over.  She volunteered to finish and, as I stood up and realized I was dizzy.  She sent me to the bed to lie down, after reprimanding me.  She polished the wood furniture through out the house with Pledge and a rag.  And in less than 30 minutes a decrepit old lady and 8 year old girl had the house looking and smelling good.  A thing our maid never was able to do in 3 hours.  And, she was supposed to come twice a week!

  It bothers me when people work and get paid, but they do a lousy job.  I feel like they are stealing from their employer.  I can't explain the gal I had, but she talked too much and showed up for work too infrequently.  Yet, I'm sure they will use her somewhere else.  A really nice gal, just a huge talker and slow worker . . . (sigh)

                          

  I took pictures of Rissy's transformed white boxes of gifts.  They are covered in pretty paper and I only have 3 more to wrap (a cute pillow for her bed and Luci's and Annamarie's gift to her).  She's sticking with the fluffly pink and white frosted French vanilla cake.  I need to put pink candles on the grocery list.  She thinks she wants my homemade chili for her birthday dinner.  I told her she HAS to make up her mind today, so I have time to shop for food. 

  She is very laid back about birthdays.  Luci is already planning hers and talks about it constantly, but it isn't until August 5th.  I can barely get Rissy's desires out of her.  I patted her once last week and told her I thought she was going to have a very nice birthday (remember, this is the first year she isn't having a party) and she told me she was sure it would be nice - it always is!

        

  I washed the sheets from our bed this weekend.  Before I could grab a clean set from the closet, I found my two furry little boy animals snoozing on the turned down blanket!  Chirper ALWAYS races me for my spot in bed.  It's "a thing" with him and I.  Little Bit wants to cuddle, but he waits for ME to settle down, first.  He's super cute and hard to not love.  Just a darling personality when he's with me.  Maybe he thinks I'm his Mommy!

  Anyway, Chirper and Little Bit play together all the time (another thing that is cute to watch) but finding them cuddled together in my bedding was something that called for the camera to be hauled out!  Neither one of them could keep their eyes open while I snapped a picture!

           

  
  I'm going to try a new recipe tonight.  It uses frozen cheese ravioli and frozen meatballs.  You layer it with spaghetti sauce and cheeses, then bake it.  A Xanga friend posted it at her site and said her family enjoys it.

  Jesse is at the hospital with his mother, this morning.  She was admitted last week because of some blood work that didn't look good.  So far, they can't find anything wrong with her and her blood work looks better.  Instead of concentrating on her kidney and stomach area, they are going to investigate the back pain and see if something is wrong there.  Besides the bad lab work, she has pain from her stomach to her back bone.  Jesse's been up there a couple of times since he took her in (an emergency run) late last week.

  I definitely need to get school started, so I'll say "bye" for now!

  Be Blessed  ~

   
  

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