Saturday, February 23, 2008

No matter



No matter where you go, no matter what you do, no matter what happens, your sisters and brothers will always love you and accept you as you are....

We love you Helen,

Sister Fleta

Today, a new day


Today, I do not have to go to work. I am thankful. I usually leave the house about 4:30 and I wake up somewhere between 3 and 4 am, but I do not get up until 4 or a few minutes after. Today I slept till 5 am. I am like Mama, I do not ever use an alarm clock, I just wake up when I am supposed to. If I did use an alarm, I would still wake up before it went off so I have not set an alarm clock since I started the job I have now.


Beside that, I am the very first one at work. I unlock 2 doors to get to our office each morning becasue no one else is there at that time. I can be 30 minutes late to work and no one is even there to notice. I can even be an hour or two late and it does not really matter. I am thankful to have an easy job with few unwelcomed restraints in a work place where many have labor intensive jobs with many restrictions. AND, yesterday they fixed the heat so I have heat at work. We have not had heat in our office for 2 months and when it is 20 to 32 degrees outside the office would hover around 55 degress most of the day.


It is 29 degrees this morning and should get up to around 50 today. The ice is mostly gone and with the start of March next week, we should be through with the bad winter weather for this season. It is supposed to get up to 60 degrees Monday. I am thankful.


I am going to start walking again today, if it is not raining later. It is too cold to walk right now.


Patsy sent me a link to our local library system's webpage where you can search for books they have available. I found the Berryville library had the Obama book. I may go check it out and read it this week end.


George, who has been working 7 days a week, says next week they are cutting back to a 6 day week. I am thankful..



I have always been one of those that had trouble enjoying now because I was worrying about yesterday and tomorrow. There is no need to worry about yesterday or tomorrow because both are beyond your reach. I have been somewhat successful in the last few years in letting go of worrying about yesterday. I am working on letting go of tomorrow and living in the now.

Thursday, February 21, 2008

ICE!!!!!!!



My drive at 4 pm today. The main roads were mostly clear, and secondary roads had only a little something here and there. But we are supposed to get snow tonight. Snow is better than ice. As Patsy says, enough already.

At least I can catch a ride with the neighbor tomorrow morning if the roads are bad.

The Bullet


Has missed us again, but another may be on the way. There was about a quarter inch of ice on my truck this morning but all the roads were clear and I made it to work without incident. It is 24 degrees. They say more may be on the way. Brother should be here anytime now. He does not have to be here to around 6:30, but he has been coming in before 6. I told him if there was ice I would ride with him today, but I decided just to come on in by myself. I am glad I did, because he does not get off till 4 pm and I would have had to call a taxi to get home at 2. I sure hope our luck holds out till June with no more ice or snow. Come July, I wouldn't mind a day or two of snow...


Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Oh Boy!!

Clay Boy. We are sooooo excited. I guess I will make him a baby blanket too.

Grrrrreat Aunt Fleta

Monday, February 18, 2008

Family Togetherness



This is where Brother and I now work. In the background is my boss sitting in my chair in front of my desk. She is facing away from my desk eating her lunch. The figure in the corner with the foot is brother sitting at his new desk. As you can see we are going to have a close working relationship. The office is about 16 by 10 feet and contains our two desks, 2 large filing cabinets, the filing cabinet you can see by brother, the filing cabinet that Boss is using to eat her lunch, and the computer that is behind where I am standing to take this picture. You can see the computer on Sister Patsy's blog. I have worked in this confinded space with a half dozen or so individuals. At times the office was overflowing with me and one other person. I would usually deal with this by spending extended periods of time wondering the plant doing nothing except staying out of our office. Sometimes I would take extended lunch breaks, up to 1.5 to 2 hours in my truck. I hope I can get along with my new office mate and not have to wonder the grounds. I may still take 2 hour lunch breaks.

Sunday, February 17, 2008

The boy's truck



Junior got a brand new BIG truck. The best part is it did not cost him anything. His boss bought it and his boss buys the gas, but Jr. gets to drive it. I asked if he quit the job would he get to keep the truck. He didn't think so. The boss buying the gas is a big deal because it is such a big truck it will have a big gas bill.


The Girl's Quilt



I got the baby girl's quilt done. I did not piece it. She liked it...



But Robert liked it more. He really likes soft blankets. When he sleeps, he covers his head. I will get this done by next week end, but not today. I am tired.