What A Week…..

Posted on Monday August 15th, 2005 by | Comments Off on What A Week…..

Harold had to do the jury duty thing today & may be stuck with it all week =( If he is, we may be needing to find me a ride to & from the airport. I have folks at work who are willing to help, but I hate to ask things like that. I called and got prices for shuttles………..holy cow! They are high. I was thinking of renting a car, but thought we would have to pay extra for not returning to the orginally location…..but Harold called and found out that it’ll only cost about $30 + gas…..that was not bad at all. So if he is not dismissed, we have a plan. =)

Mom & Dad are home! Landed @ Indy @ 08:30 hrs. Harold called me after dad called him to let us know. Now they have to get through the jet lag & they can’t ease into it cause the kids started school today.

Every since we got new phones, my phone would not ring and would go stright to voice mail if the call was blocked from caller ID. So everytime mom or dad would call me from their cell phone, which was blocked, I wouldn’t even know that they had called. =( It was making me mad. I got a hold of sprint (yet again) and they had me take out the battery for a few minutes and had me call them to hook back up to the system. When I tested it didn’t ring, but the lights came on and it never did that before. So I tested my ringers….the song I assign to the private calls wasn’t working, same with my voicemail…..now that I got them changed out, it works! About time…I was about to head to sprint store & have them exchange it out something….lol Now I can finally receive calls from my folks’ cell phones.

Mom & dad finally got the wills changed. I’ve been after them for awhile about that since they have the kids now. I think that with them going on this trip it helped to get dad in gear. =) Now is set up where everything that was to come to me goes to a living trust for the kids after expenses & bills are paid. I told dad that all I want is something to help with the adjustment in living expenses since the kids would be coming to us….and adding 3 kids to a budget is not easy, and I pray it never happens………the rest will be for their college. So now I feel better about them been taking care of and don’t have to stress about any disagreements with Melinda on what is best for them.

Working another early day tomorrow…..and then having to work on my packing when I get off. =)

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My Week

Posted on Saturday August 13th, 2005 by | Comments Off on My Week

I have just been working this week. We had some contractors here doing duct work earlier this week. They were cool & one of the guys was the brother of the owner of the house. So we know the work was done right & then he would find a few other little things that needed fixing and take care of it.

Meeting them confirmed that we made the right choice to move here & we are extremely happy we moved, cuz we are dealing with a much better landlord & I feel as if they will not screw us over as the last one did……..which is a story for another time.. If we never see her again, it would be too soon.

Mom & Dad left for Tahiti last Saturday & should be coming home tomorrow. I can’t wait for that. I’m hoping that they had a great time, they have earned it. But with the kids with someone I don’t know…….just makes me nervous. And it didn’t start out on a positive note on my end.

Dad called from LA while they were waiting for their connection and he had said that he had tried to call home but it went straight to voicemail. That usually means that someone is online, pc wise, or on the phone. I told him I’d try to call for him later since I was planning on calling every few days anyway to check up on them.

I had talked to dad around 14:30 & then I tried to call for about 5 hours following…..I was getting mad. I was thinking they were online the whole time. Luckily, I had dad give me Donna’s cell phone # and I was able to get ahold of her. She was on her way home & was going to call me back when she got there and found out what was going on. In the end there was a phone off the hook in the house. Mom & Dad have a big house…….heck, I don’t even know what light switches go to where, that is why they are labeled…….lol When Donna called back to see if there was any other phones they didn’t know about I suggested that there may be one in the basement where mom has her sewing stuff & the kids play….sure enough that was the one.

You want to talk about a stress reliever……wow….. I was about to get online and buy Harold or myself a plane ticket to head up and check on the kids…….but he didn’t know that….until now……….lol

Needles to say, I’ll be happy to hear mom & dad’s voice tomorrow when they hit the states. It pretty much comes down to that I don’t know the girl and I’m terriorial/protective when it comes to my family.

I can’t wait to see the pictures from mom & dad…….grin

This coming Friday I’m heading back to Indiana for Amanda & Jason’s wedding. I can’t wait to see them & the rest of the family. I need to figure out what I’m going to wear, find time to get my nails done and pack. I also don’t know if I want to get them a gift or give them money. She had about 60 people at her bridal shower & dad told me that traditionally the bridal shower is more for gifts and wedding more for money…..so I don’t know……what do you think?

Need to head to bed….have an early day tomorrow. =)

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Jennings Special

Posted on Wednesday August 10th, 2005 by | Comments Off on Jennings Special

We watched the special on Peter Jennings tonight. Of course, I went through a lot of kleenx. But it was a great special, very educational on the events that have effected the world in the last 30 yrs by showing some of the stories that he had reported on. If hadn’t seen it, you missed out.

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A Great Lost

Posted on Tuesday August 9th, 2005 by | Comments Off on A Great Lost

Peter Jennings Dies at 67

**This happen while we were out of town the last few days.

Harold grew up watching him, I grew up on Dan Rather but ended watching Jennings during the years I’ve been with Harold. After watching him through the years you end up feeling as if he was a part of your life. It was almost as if we lost a close friend…..

Strangly Harold & I were just thinking about Jennings about 4-5 hours before we hear the news when we were talking about world events with our friends.

We will be watching the special that ABC will have on him tomorrow & I’ll my box of kleenx near by.

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The Babble

Posted on Monday August 1st, 2005 by | Comments Off on The Babble

We did our running around this morning & ended up going out for lunch. It was spur of the moment, but it was better then we thought it would be.

I wanted to spend most of my day off in the pool trying to get some color and just chilling, but we got some storm clouds along with the thunder & rain. =( But I was able to sneak a swim in between storms, even through the temp of our pool went from 96 to 90………….lol

Otherwise I spent my day getting laundry done, changing litters, finish setting up the workout room & unpacking our jackets…..exciting huh?

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