And a New Year is about to begin!

Gee, it's been almost a year since I've posted anything here and the year is fast coming to a close. So much has happened!

The big Much is my house - a real house that's all mine and the mortgage company's. I certianly didn't figure that would happen at the start of the year. I didn't think I could get a mortgage with my credit rating. Having Linda's (from city hall) sister as my agent was the best thing I've ever done. She worked her butt off for me and found me the almost perfect house.

Pam knows her stuff and worked with me for months. I thought I wanted a bungelow. What I really wanted was a California Arts and Crafts cottage. Well, those were way out of my price range. I would have like to have stayed in Rochester, but I couldn't afford a house there, so I ended up in Madison Heights where I work. The nice thing is that I can get to work in about 7 minutes with heavy traffic. I can sleep in later, too. THAT gives me a happy.

The house is a ranch on a very deep crawl space so the windows are all six feet off the ground for the most part. Gives me a feeling of safety. There are hardwood floors and the two bedrooms that are carpeted also have hardwoods. My bedroom has part of the addition so not all of the floor is hardwood. So, I have to have carpeting in the addition and my bedroom. There's a jacuzzi in one bathroom and the bath I'm using for me has a doublewide shower stall. It's really nice. The kitchen is the main problem. Not enough cupboard space for everything. I've got to find a rolling island so I can have more storage and counter space.

I'd really like to be able to expand the kitchen. Maybe not so much expand it, but rearrange the working space. The living room will become the dining room - I'm supposed to get mom's dining room suite - and the family room will be the living room - craft area. The ghastly purple room will be the office and the Mickey Mouse room will be the guest room and dressing room for me. Right now there's lots of closet space, but that will fill up rather quickly, I'm sure. I do have a huge shed out back for Christmas stuff and anything else I want to put out there.

So, the Big Adventure begins. Life as a homeowner!!!

Happy New Year

Well it is now 2005 and I start on the downside of 50 this year. Depressing thought. On the other hand, it is liberating. I don't feel like I have to please anyone but me. Rather self-centered, but then maybe I think I deserve it. I don't have anyone else to really worry about except mom and she's a class unto herself. I hope this zoo thing works out. Who knows, maybe it will be my key to fame and fortune.

Christmas was obscene with all the gifts. Took mom and me two hours, TWO!!!, to open all the gifts. We've always gone overboard at Christmas. It was Daddy's favorite holiday and I can still see him with his smile and gentle eyes watching us open gifts. How I miss him.

I stayed with mom until Wednesday when I returned to Rochester. I sure missed my kitties. Lauren takes good care of them, but she's very high maintence and I'd rather hire someone to watch them. Lauren is very smothering and bugs the hell out of me most of the time. I'm a lot more impatient than I used to be. Must come with age.

Looks like this year there will be no big vacation unless I go up to Georgian Bay for a long weekend. If I go after Labor Day, the rates should go down. I'd just like to go up and contemplate my navel for a few days and look out over the water. I *have* to find a new place to live. There are some really seedy types living in the complex and they are really scary. Who knows, maybe I can find a house to rent/buy. Something that's MINE. Then I can get the boys a little sister, maybe.

After the election

I can't believe how long it's been since I posted!!! At least the good guy won the election. Now all we have to worry about is old Hillary and people being so uninformed that they will actually vote for her. She's one scary woman. Don't think so? Then read "American Evita" by Anderson. He's not a professed Republican or Democrat. I'm not too sure that he's even an American. He might be British. Anyhow, he does give a well balanced biography of Hillary Clinton. A name, by the way, she didn't use until Bill decided to run for President. I wonder if Conde Rice might run?

I was sad to hear that Colin Powell is not going to be Secretary of State for the next four years. He's an amazing man and someone who didn't always agree with the President. I hope Condelezza Rice will stand up to him when needed. She's such an accomplished person and should do well as Secretary of State.

Now if Ashcroft would only resign. . .

Soggy Saturday

Tis a grey, damp, windy Saturday and I'm at work. It's not terribly busy right now. Maybe it won't be the rest of the day. That would be a good thing because it would leave just Becky and I to cover the library including desk and reference.

The election is just over 2 weeks away. I keep hoping and praying that Bush will win. People keep pissing and moaning about the economy, flu shots and the like. Somehow they just don't see that what we have now is the result of bad management during the much hailed Clinton years. Idiots. The self-serving Clintons did this country no favors at all. I'm sure they will burn, I'm not sure when.

The Green Kitty

Thursday 9/30/2004

Well once again Ros has blown it as usual. We've had over six weeks to finish the branch, but with no real master plan it is maybe half done. With any luck, we'll get a library board who might do something about it. I doubt it, however. Man rises to his level of mediocrity and stays there according to the Peter Principle. She's a shining example that proves the rule.

Now I have to go back to the library for a stupid program. I don't expect much of a turnout, but who knows. I'll get some cookies from Meijer's and we'll see what happens.

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Today is Hump Day, so tomorrow will be all downhill till Friday. Then I get a 3 day weekend because of my birthday. I don't want to be 55, but I reckon I can't stop it. I'm going to try and embrace it, as they say, and make it special. Phyl, Linda, and Rick are taking me out to dinner as is our custom for each other's birthdays. I should day Phyl and Linda because Rick will not contribute a penny to the cause. Mountian Jack's is the resturant of choice (I let Phyl make the final decision due to her diabetes) and because I want prime rib.

Beef, give me beef!! Down with chicken. Up with beef. Okay, rant on chicken done.

I think I'm going to sign up for a couple of week of "Seattle Sutton's Meals." It's a meal plan with calorie controlled portions either 1200 K or 2000 K per day. It might have some advantages and it costs about as much as I fork out for food at home and work. I might even be able to save a coin or two.

Friday I have an appointment with dear Dr. Muir. He's a good guy and I'm one of his oldest patience. Not that I'm old, mind you, I just started going to him when he was a first year resident at the Family Practice Clinic at St. Johm's. We just sort of hit it off and I've been going to him for almost 20 years. We've gotten gray together. He's a good guy and I consider myself lucky to have him for my physician. Gotta find out why my feet get so cold. I'm sure it's because I have early type 2 diabetes, but I'll have to see what he and the tests say. I have a feeling that this is going to be a big year for tests.

If I do have T2, I'll live with it and not commit suicide like Phyl has. She's damaged herself and will have some real problems in the future, I'm sure. I'll hope that if it is my problem, I'll be able to keep to the routine.

Saturday

It's a beautiful, sunny day and I'm sitting here in the branch library deleting books. I haven't even gotten permission to spend the time here. I'm hoping that Ros will give me the time - in overtime hours, of course. If not, well I'll have to just be a sport.

It's too bad this little place never went anywhere, but the city never supported it. Idiots. I'll give myself till 3:00 or 3:30 and split. I've made a bit of a dent in the 900's, but the library looses the computer system in less than three weeks. Besides, next weekend is my birthday weekend and I won't work on that one.

Naturally, I have the telly on. This would be one dull day without it. The Addams Family is on. I haven't seen that movie in ages. Raul Julia was so wonderful as Gomez Addams. The whole cast was great. Funny flick.

Time to go back to deleting.

The Green Kitty