So I've been here and there the last week or so, with work of course. Its really picking up and throwing me for a loop. Memorial weekend is upon us, so the start of warmer days have cranked up.
Lori has graduated from her class and spending most of her summer at the beach. Shes almost a teen now. A teen!! She will also be helping with G and PG on the their farm for some spending cash.
My parents seem to be getting along, probably because the three major issues have moved out of the house and out of their hair. Another reason is my Pops is going to a counseling and the much improvement of my moms health. --- sighs a breath.
Mom is doing so much better with her health, she has some low days now and then but that's just the blood disease doing its damage. She goes for her tri-yearly treatments of new blood and shes perked up for a week or two.
Speaking of my Pops and his chats, how I would love to be a fly on the wall to understand what exactly it was that turned him against us. Well, not so much all of us just Jacks and I. Luke was spared the majority of his wrath and Lori only witnessed it on Jacks. I spoke to my mom a couple months ago and she mentioned he was attending something to help him. In my heart I knew it wouldn't last, he proved me wrong. She also mentioned that he would be at some time getting in contact with me to attempt to reconcile our differences. He did, on a few strained occasions. (something I really need to hit in depth later)
Luke is driving down with Kyle this weekend while Julie and Camen and the twins stay at home, surprising to me. Luke says that he and Kyle really haven't had time to spend together. I don't know if Luke is trying to over compensate from the way he was raised or what. Kyle is on his little T-ball team, which of course if hes anything like is aunt means that hes in the outfield rolling around in the clover.
I would like to spend a day or so with the two and get a laugh here and there. Luke wants to start him on a boogie board this go round. I hope I haven't let the cat out of the bag when and if Julie reads this.
Jacks is ever busy at work and school and that's all I know, at the moment hes cut himself off from everyone. Which pisses me off because I cant spew whats going on in his life.
Trace and Michelle update: they had that little rug rat. I wasn't supposed to really mention it until much later but its been nearly a week now. A little girl with sweet big wide eyes and named her Joy. Trace wont put her down so I imagine in a couple of weeks her name might be changed from Joy to something a little less happy.
Traces little sister, Julie is in heaven shes a big grown aunt now, actually shes grown now. I see her driving - oh wow, driving - down the road now and then. Remembering her cute little dances and her and Loris attempt to drive Traces truck through their garage.
I had to go buy PG and G a new BBQ due to the mishap with the newly purchased one that just so happened spilled out on the highway from their trek home. I wont even mention how angry G was with PG and his insistence of not listening to her when she suggested laying it down in the bed of the truck. I thought he knew better to lay something down that had wheels but I guess not.
Friday, May 27
Monday, May 23
In the news...
Not only have I been keeping up with the weather in general but also the Casey Anthony case.
The weather appears to be getting worse as the days progress. Jacks still says he hears sirens from the police and ambulances racing up and down the highways. Also the slightest change in weather he loses his power and sits around waiting for that to come back up. To hear stories of families losing other members and all of their possessions and trials and tribulations and the courage to go on is inspiring to me.
The trial is interesting to say the least, very sad on the bigger side. I'm not sure where this diatribe is going, just something on my mind so bear with me here.
I'm seeing a young single mom who appears to claim she was molested by her father and her brother as a child. In turn being, after the accidental death of her 2 year old daughter she chose to block it out and party for I guess 31 days.
First of all I have to say the little girl is a total doll, the videos show her as a typical two year old rambunctious and rowdy. Big round brown eyes and toothy grin. How someone could purposely kill this precious child is beyond me.
The defense is stating that it was a possible drowning and Casey was overly distraught to come to the police to admit what happened because of her abuse by her father. The prosecution from what I manage to understand is saying Casey killed her daughter, stashed her in her car trunk for a while and then to bury her close to her parents home.
Right now they are questioning her father, boy was he really stern on the stand. I, of course couldn't fathom how I would react there. In some sense he appeared defensive and argumentative but I could see the defense badgering him as well. He appears to be tired of all the drama and for the odd reason the smell of gasoline and wants it settled.
Question: If George had control of the duct tape and he was aware the Casey was drowned, why would George have the need to cover the kids mouth with duct tape of an already dead child? Maybe I missed the point there.
Secondly she dated some real winners, one guy sold a picture of the mom and daughter for just a little over 4k to a tabloid.
When I first heard the story I thought: Oh another mom that had a kid super young that wanted to get out and party a little more and her daughter was holding her back. Her jailhouse video conferences showed her as a selfish brat with a bad temper, who in my first impression had control of her parents.
We will see where this one ends.
The weather appears to be getting worse as the days progress. Jacks still says he hears sirens from the police and ambulances racing up and down the highways. Also the slightest change in weather he loses his power and sits around waiting for that to come back up. To hear stories of families losing other members and all of their possessions and trials and tribulations and the courage to go on is inspiring to me.
The trial is interesting to say the least, very sad on the bigger side. I'm not sure where this diatribe is going, just something on my mind so bear with me here.
I'm seeing a young single mom who appears to claim she was molested by her father and her brother as a child. In turn being, after the accidental death of her 2 year old daughter she chose to block it out and party for I guess 31 days.
First of all I have to say the little girl is a total doll, the videos show her as a typical two year old rambunctious and rowdy. Big round brown eyes and toothy grin. How someone could purposely kill this precious child is beyond me.
The defense is stating that it was a possible drowning and Casey was overly distraught to come to the police to admit what happened because of her abuse by her father. The prosecution from what I manage to understand is saying Casey killed her daughter, stashed her in her car trunk for a while and then to bury her close to her parents home.
Right now they are questioning her father, boy was he really stern on the stand. I, of course couldn't fathom how I would react there. In some sense he appeared defensive and argumentative but I could see the defense badgering him as well. He appears to be tired of all the drama and for the odd reason the smell of gasoline and wants it settled.
Question: If George had control of the duct tape and he was aware the Casey was drowned, why would George have the need to cover the kids mouth with duct tape of an already dead child? Maybe I missed the point there.
Secondly she dated some real winners, one guy sold a picture of the mom and daughter for just a little over 4k to a tabloid.
When I first heard the story I thought: Oh another mom that had a kid super young that wanted to get out and party a little more and her daughter was holding her back. Her jailhouse video conferences showed her as a selfish brat with a bad temper, who in my first impression had control of her parents.
We will see where this one ends.
Friday, May 20
Whether its the weather......
I've been talking to my brother the last few weeks, his town was nearly obliterated by a series of tornadoes. He was said he saw funnel after funnel blast past his home over head and heard the rumble as things were flung around him as they eventually touched down, multicolor clouds along with rain and hail.
It appeared the majority of the destruction was in one part of the county. He said about 2 weeks prior he was in that very area helping someone move a new bed in, now you wouldn't be able to locate the house or the neighborhood.
The weather men had been predicting some nasty weather days before and suggested schools to close early so either parents and or children wouldn't be on the roads. The storms started early that day and near evening he lost power, that's all nothing more.... He was lucky. Figuring that the power would return sometime in the next day or so, he planned on waiting it out. One night possibly two without electricity couldn't be so hard. Later the utilities company said it could be up to a week before power was restored. For entertainment and information he had a battery powered radio a huge book he planned on reading, the phone lines were either damaged or flooded with other callers. One radio station decided to use as an information grid instead of music, they some how had power. Apparently the main electrical towers had been damaged causing a massive outage of his county and the surrounding ones.
He said the first night was nothing much of him sitting there listening to the radio station and people calling in to report they had no electricity or what damage they might have had or seen. He laughed at some of the repeat calls of people asking when the power would be on. Worried about the elderly that called in asking how they would keep oxygen or other medical equipment running.
The next day he had planned on going to the local market to purchase some ice to keep the frozen items fresh in his freezer, nothing was open. The stores that were open by generators quickly ran out of supplies, there was a slight panic and a run on a few items. Then things began to get a little sketchy, there were reports of long lines at the gas pumps. With no power there was no way to run the pumps or cash registers. Some wanted gas for the home generators, some just wanted to top off their gas tanks. He decided not to venture out. Later that night they informed everyone there would be a curfew from sundown until sun up. The police patrolled the streets, there was two reports of burglaries and one ended badly.
His second night he began to get bored and finally got a call through to my oldest brother. They wanted him to come and stay until things improved. He wouldn't be able to leave until morning and really didn't want to, some of his friends were going to volunteer to help clean up and he wanted to do that. That night people were calling in the radio station suggesting where you could get gas or hot food or generators, still the reports of damage came in as well. People would call in asking where to purchase an item close to them and in a few minutes someone else would call in with the information. The whole town was pulling together, the DJs would cheer if they heard of a town or street that had their electricity returned. He would think “Hey that's not too far away and his hopes would rise”.
On his third day he decided that things were improving enough at least so he could drive out and get to our brothers home for a nice hot shower and food. He felt like a cheater leaving, normally it takes him three hours to drive out but this time it took over seven. Traffic was at a stand still in many areas. His attitude changed as he reach their home to food and decent rest.
That night we spoke on the phone a while and you could hear the concern in his voice over the families that had absolutely nothing, his meager three days without lights would be nothing in comparison to their lives. Without television he really had no idea of the destruction that was around him and was amazed to see what damage was really out there.
Now hes back home and making a plan of attack, next time he would be totally prepared. I cant wait to hear what hes got planned.
It appeared the majority of the destruction was in one part of the county. He said about 2 weeks prior he was in that very area helping someone move a new bed in, now you wouldn't be able to locate the house or the neighborhood.
The weather men had been predicting some nasty weather days before and suggested schools to close early so either parents and or children wouldn't be on the roads. The storms started early that day and near evening he lost power, that's all nothing more.... He was lucky. Figuring that the power would return sometime in the next day or so, he planned on waiting it out. One night possibly two without electricity couldn't be so hard. Later the utilities company said it could be up to a week before power was restored. For entertainment and information he had a battery powered radio a huge book he planned on reading, the phone lines were either damaged or flooded with other callers. One radio station decided to use as an information grid instead of music, they some how had power. Apparently the main electrical towers had been damaged causing a massive outage of his county and the surrounding ones.
He said the first night was nothing much of him sitting there listening to the radio station and people calling in to report they had no electricity or what damage they might have had or seen. He laughed at some of the repeat calls of people asking when the power would be on. Worried about the elderly that called in asking how they would keep oxygen or other medical equipment running.
The next day he had planned on going to the local market to purchase some ice to keep the frozen items fresh in his freezer, nothing was open. The stores that were open by generators quickly ran out of supplies, there was a slight panic and a run on a few items. Then things began to get a little sketchy, there were reports of long lines at the gas pumps. With no power there was no way to run the pumps or cash registers. Some wanted gas for the home generators, some just wanted to top off their gas tanks. He decided not to venture out. Later that night they informed everyone there would be a curfew from sundown until sun up. The police patrolled the streets, there was two reports of burglaries and one ended badly.
His second night he began to get bored and finally got a call through to my oldest brother. They wanted him to come and stay until things improved. He wouldn't be able to leave until morning and really didn't want to, some of his friends were going to volunteer to help clean up and he wanted to do that. That night people were calling in the radio station suggesting where you could get gas or hot food or generators, still the reports of damage came in as well. People would call in asking where to purchase an item close to them and in a few minutes someone else would call in with the information. The whole town was pulling together, the DJs would cheer if they heard of a town or street that had their electricity returned. He would think “Hey that's not too far away and his hopes would rise”.
On his third day he decided that things were improving enough at least so he could drive out and get to our brothers home for a nice hot shower and food. He felt like a cheater leaving, normally it takes him three hours to drive out but this time it took over seven. Traffic was at a stand still in many areas. His attitude changed as he reach their home to food and decent rest.
That night we spoke on the phone a while and you could hear the concern in his voice over the families that had absolutely nothing, his meager three days without lights would be nothing in comparison to their lives. Without television he really had no idea of the destruction that was around him and was amazed to see what damage was really out there.
Now hes back home and making a plan of attack, next time he would be totally prepared. I cant wait to hear what hes got planned.
Thursday, May 5
Ahh I suck!
I've been so caught up in redoing the cafe and new accounts and running here and there I've totally forgot about my blog, I've so dismissed this thing.
Everything seems to be running along smoothy with me, not to jinx myself. We some how managed to grab five new big commercial clients to keep us even more busy. I like that.......
Some have e-mailed me and asked about G, she seems to be doing much better. Her “bugs” as she calls the infections in her leg and chest are almost cleared. She has been excused by the surgeon and now is up to bi monthly meetings with her heart doctor. I give them both the doctors and her thumbs up. In fact she was is much warmer than normal so now she doesn't burn me out of the truck anymore or the house.
Mondays have resumed once more with my G and mom dragging me about the city doing what not, now I've semi got in the act with them insisting they help me with food purchases. I want to learn how to cook so they have offered to help me in that department. I'm sick of take out and overly salty foods. This year I don't want to sweat gallons and feel rotten about it later.
Lori is the typical nearly teen blonde female. Its all boys all the time. I look back and think when Jacks and I used to trade up rocking in her in the rocker, making sure she was out of the ocean or the pool. The occasional nights of feeling little cold feet on you when a storm would blow up and she couldn't sleep. Shes a good girl and better stay that way.
Speaking of the cafe I have been hanging out there a lot eating and learning the tricks of the trade on some cooking. We shuffled tables around and the menu a bit, I try to get my Monday ladies to stop in but they insist that's a Thursday adventure. Bah One day I plan on giving them a surprise and cooking for them in the cafe.
I'm happy that summer is coming along so soon, ready for the beach and surfing (ha ha Jacks). I think and have been thinking that this is going to be one wild summer. With the winter being extra wild, extra cold and tornado's in the past few weeks of spring. I have no doubts that the summer will be hot and possibly a lot of flooding.
We shall see........
Bin laden you knew your time was up............
Everything seems to be running along smoothy with me, not to jinx myself. We some how managed to grab five new big commercial clients to keep us even more busy. I like that.......
Some have e-mailed me and asked about G, she seems to be doing much better. Her “bugs” as she calls the infections in her leg and chest are almost cleared. She has been excused by the surgeon and now is up to bi monthly meetings with her heart doctor. I give them both the doctors and her thumbs up. In fact she was is much warmer than normal so now she doesn't burn me out of the truck anymore or the house.
Mondays have resumed once more with my G and mom dragging me about the city doing what not, now I've semi got in the act with them insisting they help me with food purchases. I want to learn how to cook so they have offered to help me in that department. I'm sick of take out and overly salty foods. This year I don't want to sweat gallons and feel rotten about it later.
Lori is the typical nearly teen blonde female. Its all boys all the time. I look back and think when Jacks and I used to trade up rocking in her in the rocker, making sure she was out of the ocean or the pool. The occasional nights of feeling little cold feet on you when a storm would blow up and she couldn't sleep. Shes a good girl and better stay that way.
Speaking of the cafe I have been hanging out there a lot eating and learning the tricks of the trade on some cooking. We shuffled tables around and the menu a bit, I try to get my Monday ladies to stop in but they insist that's a Thursday adventure. Bah One day I plan on giving them a surprise and cooking for them in the cafe.
I'm happy that summer is coming along so soon, ready for the beach and surfing (ha ha Jacks). I think and have been thinking that this is going to be one wild summer. With the winter being extra wild, extra cold and tornado's in the past few weeks of spring. I have no doubts that the summer will be hot and possibly a lot of flooding.
We shall see........
Bin laden you knew your time was up............
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