i survived thanksgiving..at least i look better than the turkey does. now i am sitting here in mourning. i am watching the MONK marathon and i can hardly believe that this friday is the series finale. i have been a faithful watcher from the very beginning, in fact MONK is the only show i have on dvd..and i have all 7 seasons. i guess i will have to spend all my friday evenings watching dvds and hoping for a monk reunion show in 10 years. all these years i had hoped he would find out his wife trudy was not really dead, but in the witness protection program or something like that, but i don't think that will happen. i suppose i will just have to settle for him finding out who killed her.
the diet isn't going so well. i keep exercising but nothing seems to be happening (except my sore foot just gets sorer). what do i have left now, 24 days? not even enough days to count it in weeks anymore. i don't suppose there will be a snowstorm either. time to shop for bigger clothes.
i am off work til next tuesday, then we go in probably for one day and then will be laid off. normally i look forward to this time of year. i get to collect unemployment for a while ...sort of a poor mans vacation. but this year, with the economy being what it is, we aren't sure how long we will be laid off for. when we do go back it will just be key people that have a job, of which i am one. but several of my friends will be out of work for a long time. truthfully, i am not sure how long any of us will be working. only time will tell.
but, on an up note, with it being so slow they finally got rid of some of the dead weight (namely kathleen..the nasty old bat). i am not sure i have ever been happier to see anyone go. did i mention she was a nasty old bat?
oh, i have been saving monies up every payday for christmas ever since october, yeah!!! for once i am not waiting til the last moment and wondering how i can afford anything. i ordered several things off amazon yesterday, and tomorrow i will put some more in the bank and order a few more things. about the only thing i need to buy at a store is a new jacket for mike. he told me today to take some of his money and buy what i want for christmas, when i told him i wanted a new vacuum cleaner he said no vacuum for christmas. what kind of a deal is that? i have my eye on the pet eliminator, i think it just does pet hair and not the whole pet, but its a chance i am willing to take. Just kidding, for any PETA people out there. mike is sort of a jewelry kind of guy. he thinks it makes a good gift. as a matter of fact, he tells me for any old girlfriends or even his ex wife, all he had to do was walk into a jewelry store and buy something and they would be happy. maybe if i could find a vacuum with rhinestones and rubies on the handle he would buy it for me.
last week i brought in the avacado mike(?) planted. i was afraid it would freeze. it's now about 4 feet tall. i was thinking about just decorating it for christmas then i wouldn't even have to bring in my tree. a few lights and some tinsel and it will rival charlie browns tree.
before i begin my response to your much awaited blogs, i will pause for a moment of silence, in respect for monk's last show............................................................................................................................................i can't honestly say i understand what you are going through but if cbs were to take ncis off of the air, there's no telling what i might be reduced to!
ReplyDeletei know you aren't rubbing it in but i am hanging my head in shame as i visualize your beautiful avocado plant, towering four feet above it's pit home. this will be the first time i have admitted it but i threw mine away! again, i will pause while you consider what kind of person i really am :( i really really tried to make it work but even when the roots were 6" long, there still was nothing more than a few rotten looking stumps trying to emerge from the pit. i got to the place where it seemed more merciful to 'dispose' of it then to let it live, or whatever it was that it was doing. feel free to rub my face in this disgrace, or, you could share your secrets??? i will wait for your reply...
i'm thinking you are already enjoying your poor boy's vacation by now? really, what could be more fun than having half the money, being stuck in the house with two teenagers, and needing a vacuum cleaner??? it's just a good thing that you got the new king book! you could just lock yourself in your room with your book, enjoying every quiet moment...if anyone wants to know what you're doing in there for so long you can hoist your new novel into the air and reply, "exercising, of course!" speaking of exercise, what makes you think that you aren't doing all that hot at it???
i'm not going to get all 'religious' on you but i do want you to know that i'm going to be praying for you and the job. God knows how much it takes to survive and i have a feeling He'd like to show you how much He cares.
so, with all your free time, what are you going to be doing?? i'll be checking in to see :)