Monday Management

[Emptynester]

Helia - no secret - we are at Carlyle Lake - just didn't think anyone would know where it is. By the time anyone would come "get" me - we will be off down the road. That is why I often say where we are. The only time I don't is when we are in one of the kid's towns. They don't like me to mention names, towns or to post named pictures. So I don't.

My MH smells soooooo goood. Cinnamon and brown sugar/maple syrup makes for good smells. The bread pudding looks great.

Next up is to post the picture. Sorry Harriet - I was distracted.

[Cowinkie]

Morning Y'all...

I have a dr's appointment this morning. They are installing installation in the garage. And its suppose to rain all day. Thats find with me as I still have a little more house blessing to do.

A friend of mine sent me this link and of course I thought of y'all. It is from the Open European Quilt Championship site...
Enjoy....
http://oeqc.eu/picturesen.php?foto=6

Happy Birthday Kathryn....

Hummmmmm, Mt I can smell it from here... cinnamon my favorite

I'm Offfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff.....................................

[sherinjoy]

Happy Birthday Kathryn! and many, many more! Enjoy your special day.

Off to the morning chores - be back later to check in.

[scattered]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATHRYN!!!

Well, weird day today... got up grudgingly at the last possible minute got ready and out the door to work. Didn't really want to be there... go figure Yes I'm excited about the new preceptor position but still it is a big change and a let down. Got to work to discover we are short 3 RN's on night shift, since I didn't want to be there and I use to work nights I volunteered to come home and go back in tonight. So I will be headed back out around 7:30 pm.

Had to call the IRS because they are saying I owe them $3000.00!!! They are not giving me credit for the mortgage interest or PMI for 2010 even though I pay all the bills Turns out that My DMother who is on my Mortgage more as a co-signer is listed as the primary so when the IRS got the paperwork from the bank it was under her SSN rather than mine. Then had to call the bank to have them resend the 1098 because heck if I can find it... Taxes have been rough for me since my BFF committed suicide, she worked for H&R and did my taxes. While talking to the bank they are sending me a letter to put my name 1st and told me that if we do a Quick Claim on the Deed my DMother can come off altogether. This is awesome news since; a.) DMother and I DON'T GET ALONG, (understatement) hence she is DMother not DMom, b) she has wanted off for years and been bugging me, c) won't affect my mortgage at all!

Need to go fix the side mirror on the car, DS19 had a disagreement with the mailbox across the street. Then I need to go to bed.

ToDo List
Shower
d2s
Work
Home
IRS
Bank
call DMother w/ news
fix side mirror
Bed
d2s
work

Catch ya'll this afternoon.

[Ivy]

Happy Birthday Kathryn! And many, many more! I do believe the more you nap, the younger you feel and look!

My Ta Da for this morning is: (And I'm tired already and it's just 9:16 a.m.)!

- Made the bed
- Finished a grson's C'mas gift hat
- Started dark laundry to wash
- Put away 2 night gowns
- Hung up a sweatsuit from an evening I was so cold.
- Put away 4 grsons' gift hats
- Watched the a.m. news
- Mailed a b-day & thinking of you cards out
- Mailed a letter with tons of store coupons found in a magazine to a DF
- Dumped the kitchen trash
- Opened all the blinds to let the sun shine in!
- Emptied & loaded the DW
- Ate breakfast, took medications and supplements
- Fix coffee, checked emails, and obits

And now I'm here.

Scattered, I hope the IRS thing works out. Sometimes there can be such oddball mess-ups with them. DH and I got a letter from them one day, telling us that we needed to declare our winnings from gambling! I had to write them to tell them we don't gamble! Also, said we went to the casino once for a great seafood dinner, but that was it. We never heard anything again about our "gambling". And it's odd. We haven't been back to eat seafood there either.

I have a project to work on today, which requires sitting in the office chair at the laptop. My right leg's sore, I don't want to SIT, to do it, so might wait and baby step it after warming up and walking for awhile. Or just work on it tomorrow instead.

DH is getting firewood with his buddy-neighbor right now, so I have the house to myself until noon - 1 p.m. It's nice because on weekends the TV is football and baseball almost non-stop, except for the news and an occasional movie. But I love him, he's here with me, I was crocheting hats, and it's nice to chat with him. He did leave to go to the store when the Saints were playing. When he left, I got busy doing housework and all-of-a-sudden the Seahawks game was on! I didn't find out "who" won the Saints game, DH asked me when he got home, and I told him I had no clue. It was comical, but he did say the numerous football news shows tell the scores, so it worked out.

On management here, DH and I work together, I manage my own life, he manages his, but we work together on the house. If I need help on a room or something specific or something I don't want to do, all I do is ask and he'll do it. It might take 3 days before it's done, but at least it gets done. He told me when he retired, he saw no reason why he couldn't help then because he was home all the time. Nice guy!

Good Monday Management Morning, Ladies!

[mamapiano]

OKay, I can sure relater to your feelings of being overwhelmed. That doesn't happen to me as much now as when I was on my own and had way too much to do. And when my mobility started to become a problem it caused me to do everything more slowly so it was harder than ever to get done. Now of course I don't have responsibility for the house, except for my room and this computer desk, and even then I find myself seriously behind sometimes. DDil does the vacuuming in the bedroom but otherwise it's all mine!

I need to get back to my email (that is not on my list) because all I have done is check in with my friends. Haven't read any of theirs - for those of you who are new to the list, I am part of a loop of friends plus my sister, who check on each other in the morning to be sure they are okay. It started a long time ago with just two of us, both widows, who lived within a few miles of each other in Florida. We added a third later on. My other sister who was then living on her own but a widow, was on it. Now she is in an assisted living facility and doesn't have easy access to a computer. She is also a social butterfly and flits all over the place having so much fun she doesn't need us for company! Later on my other sister, not a widow, was added. She keeps things lively every day!

Anyway, back to the wars (as it were)!

[mamapiano]

Forgot to say thank you to Ivy for the link to those incredible quilts. I haven't looked at all of them yet but I have saved the link. I don't quilt but I totally am in awe of those who do.

[OKay]

Calendars are done. While I was working on them I pulled EVERYTHING out of my brain book (aka planner). Each thing must now "earn" its way back. Over time I've used this-and-that papers/dividers/etc for a unique purpose and the item stayed even though it isn't being actively used. It feels good to slim down and only have exactly what i am using in the planner. Now I have room to stick those papers that I can't handle yet into their monthly slots.

Next up - sorting papers into stacks by categories

[scattered]

Well, the side mirror is somewhat epoxied... we (DS19 & I) had never done anything like that so we are on the learning curve. Letting it cure and will fix the rest later... hopefully before I go to work.

I have a hard time relating when I hear people say they can't do something because a spouse says so... I have been on my own except for 4 yrs (97-01) and 1 yr (03-04) most of my adult life and even before that I was rather willful. Probably a big part of why I'm still single. I have people ask me why because I'm upbeat, decent looking, and don't have any major issues (don't drink, no drugs, no weird sexual issues), I tell them I'm not looking, which for the most part is true. Main reason... is I don't put up with BS. I quess that probably sounds weird but I have enough trouble managing my own life and my boys without interference.

Ivy - I think the Saints lost... not positive but I believe they were playing the Redskins (who I believe won from FB posts) and since I'm a Cowboys fan which means I'm a anti-redskins fan I don't watch Redskins games unless they are playing my Boys (or if they are playing one of the DS's teams).

Time for a nap... but even though I didn't want to get up this morning I'm now up and in no way tired... ugh guess I'll go take a melatonin and see if that helps.

ToDo List
Shower
d2s
Work
Home
IRS
Bank
call DMother w/ news
fix side mirror
Bed
d2s
work

TTFN!

[Lilac]

I was not able to access this forum for over 4 hours. Am I the only one who had this issue?