Hi Its Wednesday Hump Day!!!!!
Hi Carla and my OFF Friends,
Happy Anniversary!
Was outside at 12:00 midnight last night trying to see the Perseid meteor shower. Was hoping to wish on a "falling star". I bailed when the first mosquito landed. I was worried about being surprised by a skunk or some critter out there in the dark too. We had a skunk walk under our window Monday night and the smell was like a mist. I had to get up and spray air freshener on the screens the smell was so bad.
My car is in the shop. It's funny how I keep thinking of things to do on my lunch hour. Then duh! it occurs to me - no car - not going anywhere. Crossing my fingers and toes it won't cost a fortune.
Tomorrow night is coffee with sisters, cousins, aunts. A real hen party is what my husband calls it. It's good to catch up on all the kids. I have a cousin who is out of work and needs a job bad. I wish I could help her. But we will all give her our love and anything else we can.
My eating has been crazy lately. Not eating bulk, but eating the wrong things. Having no car gives me no excuses when it comes to going to the gym at work to do the treadmill at lunch hour.
I hope everyone with health issues gets well soon. For those depressed, try to get out and be with others, don't hole up. We care about you.
Hope today is a good day for you.
Bev
Happy Anniversary!
Was outside at 12:00 midnight last night trying to see the Perseid meteor shower. Was hoping to wish on a "falling star". I bailed when the first mosquito landed. I was worried about being surprised by a skunk or some critter out there in the dark too. We had a skunk walk under our window Monday night and the smell was like a mist. I had to get up and spray air freshener on the screens the smell was so bad.
My car is in the shop. It's funny how I keep thinking of things to do on my lunch hour. Then duh! it occurs to me - no car - not going anywhere. Crossing my fingers and toes it won't cost a fortune.
Tomorrow night is coffee with sisters, cousins, aunts. A real hen party is what my husband calls it. It's good to catch up on all the kids. I have a cousin who is out of work and needs a job bad. I wish I could help her. But we will all give her our love and anything else we can.
My eating has been crazy lately. Not eating bulk, but eating the wrong things. Having no car gives me no excuses when it comes to going to the gym at work to do the treadmill at lunch hour.
I hope everyone with health issues gets well soon. For those depressed, try to get out and be with others, don't hole up. We care about you.
Hope today is a good day for you.
Bev
Hi Carla and my OFF family:
Carla, happy anniversary! I know yesterday you were saying you weren't very happy with him for some reason. Well, everything in life has its ups and downs. (Although I do have my little refrigerator magnet that says "The more I know about men, the more I like my cats." Sorry George." Sometimes I'm really glad I'm single.)
Just got off the phone with Consumers Energy, our power company. Brenda and Paulette had convinced me that I might get reimbursed for my lost food due to the power outage. Well, Consumers doesn't do that. They told me to contact my homeowners insurance. Well, deductible is $500, my lost food is going to be less than that, so I'm basically screwed, like always. Do I have a sign on my back that says "Kick me?" I feel like that. I mean, I feel like everything is going wrong for me this year. The pay cut, things breaking right and left, my knee never really healing right, the TV frying, and now this. I really can't get a break. I'm sorry, I know you folks don't want to hear about all my problems. But I have to have some place to unload or I'm going to explode. I unloaded on the Consumers Energy rep ... first they call me to tell me I have a shutoff notice ... well, I had called them on Friday when I got the letter in the mail to make payment arrangements. The rep I talked to today said there was nothing in my file about that phone call. So then when I tried to get some reimbursement for my lost food, this rep said they don't do that and I could still eat the food up to 48 hours after the outage ... that's not what the food company told me! I guess she wants me to get food poisoning. Thanks! She said unless it's the fault of their equipment they don't reimburse and this was due to a storm ... well, the outage happened before the storm**** Clear skies ... no lightning. Storms started at 1 a.m. Outage happened at 4 p.m., then again at 11 p.m. ... no storms going on. I am so pissed off. I cannot get a break anywhere. I know it was a long shot, thinking Consumers would do anything for me, but I got my hopes up and of course, that bubble was burst.
Anyway, not much else is going on. I'm going to sign off because I'm starting to cry again and can't see very well when I cry. Have a good day.
Carla, happy anniversary! I know yesterday you were saying you weren't very happy with him for some reason. Well, everything in life has its ups and downs. (Although I do have my little refrigerator magnet that says "The more I know about men, the more I like my cats." Sorry George." Sometimes I'm really glad I'm single.)
Just got off the phone with Consumers Energy, our power company. Brenda and Paulette had convinced me that I might get reimbursed for my lost food due to the power outage. Well, Consumers doesn't do that. They told me to contact my homeowners insurance. Well, deductible is $500, my lost food is going to be less than that, so I'm basically screwed, like always. Do I have a sign on my back that says "Kick me?" I feel like that. I mean, I feel like everything is going wrong for me this year. The pay cut, things breaking right and left, my knee never really healing right, the TV frying, and now this. I really can't get a break. I'm sorry, I know you folks don't want to hear about all my problems. But I have to have some place to unload or I'm going to explode. I unloaded on the Consumers Energy rep ... first they call me to tell me I have a shutoff notice ... well, I had called them on Friday when I got the letter in the mail to make payment arrangements. The rep I talked to today said there was nothing in my file about that phone call. So then when I tried to get some reimbursement for my lost food, this rep said they don't do that and I could still eat the food up to 48 hours after the outage ... that's not what the food company told me! I guess she wants me to get food poisoning. Thanks! She said unless it's the fault of their equipment they don't reimburse and this was due to a storm ... well, the outage happened before the storm**** Clear skies ... no lightning. Storms started at 1 a.m. Outage happened at 4 p.m., then again at 11 p.m. ... no storms going on. I am so pissed off. I cannot get a break anywhere. I know it was a long shot, thinking Consumers would do anything for me, but I got my hopes up and of course, that bubble was burst.
Anyway, not much else is going on. I'm going to sign off because I'm starting to cry again and can't see very well when I cry. Have a good day.
Hi Eileen,
So sorry about your troubles. You have to stay right on top of things to get any results and it's exhausting, especially when it comes to naught. I spent an hour on the phone with the telephone company this week to straighten out a cell phone replacement and I BOUGHT THE INSURANCE! They wanted to charge me and told me because I went through warranty, I couldn't go back to using the insurance. After fighting with them I got the insurance deductible price.
The garage just called and my car needs a left wheel hub bearing. (They replaced the right one in Feb.) And while running the test to check why my "All Wheel Drive Disabled" light is on all the time, they found my battery is no good. So this looks like a $900 dollar bill coming my way. Sheesh.
My employer quit matching our 401K so that is like a $1400 pay cut a year for me.
We just have to keep plodding along I guess. Whatever happened to that gripes thread we were going to do. It's better to gripe than eat. We can't be uplifting all the time. Sometimes we just have to cry.
I hope things start to turn around for you real quick. I would tell you to call me when you need to talk but that costs money you don't have. I'm in the OFF directory if there is a way.
Bev
So sorry about your troubles. You have to stay right on top of things to get any results and it's exhausting, especially when it comes to naught. I spent an hour on the phone with the telephone company this week to straighten out a cell phone replacement and I BOUGHT THE INSURANCE! They wanted to charge me and told me because I went through warranty, I couldn't go back to using the insurance. After fighting with them I got the insurance deductible price.
The garage just called and my car needs a left wheel hub bearing. (They replaced the right one in Feb.) And while running the test to check why my "All Wheel Drive Disabled" light is on all the time, they found my battery is no good. So this looks like a $900 dollar bill coming my way. Sheesh.
My employer quit matching our 401K so that is like a $1400 pay cut a year for me.
We just have to keep plodding along I guess. Whatever happened to that gripes thread we were going to do. It's better to gripe than eat. We can't be uplifting all the time. Sometimes we just have to cry.
I hope things start to turn around for you real quick. I would tell you to call me when you need to talk but that costs money you don't have. I'm in the OFF directory if there is a way.
Bev
Thanks ... I have unlimited long distance but I think our work schedules don't match ... I work nights, you work days, etc.
We have a 401k and they actually upped their matching, but I can't put into it until I'm out of bankruptcy, so I'm not getting any benefit out of that until next year. They stopped our fixed pension in July (although whatever they had put into it stays at least). The $80 a week pay cut out of the half a paycheck has really hurt ... didn't realize it at first, but I am struggling to make ends meet. I had planned to get my oil changed before I went to Chicago this weekend for my brother's birthday, but don't think I can afford it now ... we'll see after groceries.
I don't even feel like eating, really. I just want to curl up in a ball and die (not really die, but just don't want to do anything ... just want to lay down and stay inside and cry ... and really, that's not me).
We have a 401k and they actually upped their matching, but I can't put into it until I'm out of bankruptcy, so I'm not getting any benefit out of that until next year. They stopped our fixed pension in July (although whatever they had put into it stays at least). The $80 a week pay cut out of the half a paycheck has really hurt ... didn't realize it at first, but I am struggling to make ends meet. I had planned to get my oil changed before I went to Chicago this weekend for my brother's birthday, but don't think I can afford it now ... we'll see after groceries.
I don't even feel like eating, really. I just want to curl up in a ball and die (not really die, but just don't want to do anything ... just want to lay down and stay inside and cry ... and really, that's not me).
Ill cry with ya on that one!!!!! Carl hasnt said one word about it being our anniversary....So Im not talking to him!!!!!! Stupid idiot he is......
Maybe when I go to Denver on Saturday Ill look for a job there for a while and stay!!!!!
So Im going to lock our bedroom door and he can be with the cats for the night!!!!!
Carla
Maybe when I go to Denver on Saturday Ill look for a job there for a while and stay!!!!!
So Im going to lock our bedroom door and he can be with the cats for the night!!!!!
Carla
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