IS THERE A FAX HEAVEN?

Went for my blood work this morning. Wanted to get there by 7 but overslept and when I woke up at 9, I was a bit putout. But, wait a minute, most of the people that go to this lab are ancient and drive Buicks. They still get up at the crack of dawn to do their day. So, I felt better, and, got there about 10:30. Sure enuf, hardly anyone was there. I stopped at the front desk and she asks all the same questions she asked the last time. "Do you have your lab order?" "No, they faxed it in yesterday." "I don't have it." I called the doctor's office, and Karen tells me it was the last thing she did before she left at quarter to six last night. But, she will send them another one. I thanked her and sat down. Next thing ya know my name is called, I go thru all the same questions plus the 'Do you have your lab order?'"No, they faxed it last night, you guys can't find it, she is faxing it again." And, there it came! I'm still wondering where the first one went.


This afternoon I'm sitting at the 'puter and Cleo starts raising cane. There has been an elderly woman walking down my road to the bridge. She then walks back up the road to the village. It's about a mile from the bridge to her house. So today, I went out to get the dog and she said, "Oh she doesn't bother me, you need a dog like that, she is just protecting her property." So, I put the mouthy beast in and we struck up a lenthy conversation. Her sister was married to an uncle of a friend of mine and we knew a lot of the same people. What a sweetheart. She and her husband were married 3 years then he was hurt on the job, badly hurt, and she took care of him for the next 44 years! He passed last year. She had a special lift put in to get him from the bed to the toilet and the bath tub. I mean she was a wonderful caregiver.

The amish girls stopped by on their pony cart, selling green beans, $1.50 for a lunch bag full, while we were out on the porch chit-chattin'. Mary said she didn't have any money on her 'cause she was walking. I'm always a sucker for anything those girls have. So I bought two bags and gave one to Mary. She was so grateful, said she had a nice piece of ham in the fridge that she could put in with the beans. It was a good day.

PHONES ARE RIGHT THERE WITH COMPUTERS....

Got up early this morning with every intention of going for my blood work. COULD NOT find the script, anywhere. Got cell phone to call Dr's office to ask them to fax the thing to the lab, (this is the third time I've had to do this). Cell phone had NO service. Never had that problem with my old Trac Phone. Yes, it's a Trac Phone, when I knew, in my gut, that things were going down at work, I didn't renew my phone with ATT, but, opted for a Trac Phone in order to save $$$$ every month. Never had a problem until this one. So, since I was already pissed off, I called them, "Allo, this is John, thank you for your call, and how may I help you today?" Yeh, we both know your name is probably Habeeb, but at least I can understand the guy. He proceeds to check and re-check, after I told him I was ready to throw this thing in the river and get a real phone, and re-check some more, came up with the solution. I was out of minutes as of today!!!! "OH NO I'M NOT, I HAVE 1270 MINUTES LEFT UNTIL 28th OF OCTOBER 2011." "Oh, wait, I need your serial number." Gave it to him. "OK, I have updated your file, and yes you do have .........blah, blah. And, let me check one more thing." They don't even play music, anyhow, he comes back on and tells me they are sending me a new phone. "But, I like this one, it just doesn't work in my house" "One minute, let me check one more thing." OK, we are sending you updates for your present phone, and it should work within 24 hours.OK?" "And, I don't have to do anything?" "Oh no, mamm, it is guaranteed to work in 24 hours, and, if it doesn't you should call us back and we will send you a new phone." "OK, thanks."
We'll see. Oh, and I called the Dr's with the land line, she laughed and is faxing it to the lab. I'll just have to go tomorrow.

GGGGGGRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!

I just talked to my cousin's wife, and she's a tad upset. Seems the two daughters of my other cousin that just passed came up from Maryland. They took his cash, guns, motorcycle and checkbook. THEY are handling the arrangements. She said, "Don't tell your Dad." Oh, yes I will. He went thru the very same thing when his Uncle died.
He died on Easter Sunday and the next Saturday, I was at my parents house and the phone rings. It's Uncle Jack being oh so cordial asking for my father. I told Dad that Uncle Jack was on the phone and he came into the kitchen and answered it. After a bit, Dad raises his voice and says, "What are you talking about?" "NO, we were just happy to give them a house to live in for $50 a month." Seems Uncle Jack found out another nephew, Harold, and his wife, Mary, went up to the house and cleaned it out. Uncle Jack assumed Dad and Mother were in on it. So, he got straightened out real quick. Then we went over there, sure enuf, place was completely bare. Mother called around and found out which Auction House they took the stuff, so we all went. They couldn't even look at us. Ill-gotten gains. Within a year, the oldest son's wife left him and took the kids and not long after that Mary died. They really didn't achieve anything but piss off the family. This will happen to Ken's girls also. It's a given. What goes around, comes around. Bad JuJu!!!!

AN UPDATE FROM OKLAHOMA.......

While everyone is focusing on Arizona 's new law, look what Oklahoma has been doing!

Oklahoma law passed, 37 to 9, had a few liberals in the mix, an amendment to place the Ten Commandments on the front entrance to the state capitol. The feds in D.C., along with the ACLU, said it would be a mistake. Hey this is a conservative state, based on Christian values...! HB 1330

Guess what.......... Oklahoma did it anyway.

Oklahoma recently passed a law in the state to incarcerate all illegal immigrants, and ship them back to where they came from unless they want to get a green card and become an American citizen. They all scattered. HB 1804. "Hope we didn't send any of them to your state." This was against the advice of the Federal Government, and the ACLU, they said it would be a mistake.

Guess what.......... Oklahoma did it anyway.

Recently they passed a law to include DNA samples from any and all illegal's to the Oklahoma database, for criminal investigative purposes. Pelosi said it was unconstitutional SB 1102

Guess what.......... Oklahoma did it anyway.

Several weeks ago, they passed a law, declaring Oklahoma as a Sovereign state, not under the Federal Government directives. Joining Texas , Montana and Utah as the only states to do so. More states are likely to follow: Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, the Carolina's, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, West Virginia, Mississippi, Florida. Save your confederate money, it appears the South is about to rise up once again. HJR 1003

The federal Government has made bold steps to take away our guns. Oklahoma, a week ago, passed a law confirming people in the state have the right to bear arms and transport them in their vehicles. I'm sure that was a setback for the criminals. The Liberals didn't like it -- But....

Guess what........... Oklahoma did it anyway.

Just this month, the state has voted and passed a law that ALL drivers’ license exams will be printed in English, and only English, and no other language. They have been called racist for doing this, but the fact is that ALL of the road signs are in English only. If you want to drive in Oklahoma, you must read and write English. Really simple. By the way, the Liberals don't like any of this either.


Guess what...who cares... Oklahoma is doing it anyway.

SAD NEWS....

So, I went over to Dad's this after, and he asked me if I'd heard the news. I told him "No". "'Honest John' died yesterday, heart attack." WOW, this guy is like the center of the community. A redneck entreprenuer, the whole family would've starved to death if not for John hiring most of them thru the years. He will be missed.
Then my cell phone beeps and I have a message, it's my cousin Jack, 'I am the bearer of bad news, call me. My brother Kenny died.' So, I looked over at Dad and told him, he was shocked to say the least. I then called Jack to find out what happened. The youngest brother, Marty, who owns the duplex house, and lives in the other side, found him in his chair. It's assumed to be a heart attack pending the autopsy. He was 59.
The thing is, it always comes in three's. Whose next?

SLUG FEST HAS TO END.......

Didn't do the wash until this morning, so I'm waiting for the clothes to dry, take a shower and go get the mail, stop at Dad's. I never did mornings very well. Have to be up at least an hour before I eat breakfast. Luckily, all of my six different jobs that I had were at least 45 minutes to an hour from home. So, I was pretty cordial by the time I arrived at work. Now, I don't get up until 8 to 9 to 10 o'clock and that needs to change. I feel like a slug. Lily gets me up at daybreak to go out, and I just need to stay up. Maybe I'll do that tomorrow morning. Will let you know.

It's a cloudy day and when I took the dogs out, I felt three drops of rain. I hope it does rain so I don't have to water the plants. Even tho I've been watering, a couple are looking pretty sad. They're guaranteed, but what a pain. I've never been a plant person. I have one in the house, a spider plant, and, as soon as the frost danger is gone, that thing is hung outside for the summer into fall. It's about 10 years old and a miracle it's lived this long.

Well, must get a shower, later my friends..

WHAT CAN I SAY, I'M A HEATHEN........

When I left Dad's yesterday, I came straight home with every intention of mowing the yard. They are calling for rain the next three days. Well, the slug in me won out and I didn't do crap the rest of the day, but work on my genealogy on the 'puter.
So, today, I mowed the yard, ran the sweeper, cleaned the litter boxes, fixed supper for me and the critters and did the dishes. Now I think I'll do the wash and take a shower. It sure looks like rain, and, since I ran the sweeper in a vain attempt to clean the house, it will probably be a gulley washer!

AND HE'LL BE 93 IN 10 DAYS....

Went back over to Dad's yesterday, figuring on splitting more wood, but, because I was prepared this time, we didn't. Adam and his son, Hunter, had just about finished with the clump birch out front and needed Dad and his 'hired man', the JD 1020 with the loader, to load the stump onto Adam's truck. It would've been impossible to split.

So Dad just went ahead and ricked up the pieces, which means some nice hot day in August he'll be wantin' to split.

A NICER DAY....

Stopped at Dad's yesterday. I lead such an exciting life, don't I? But, some day I won't have him, so, I try to go over everyday but Sunday, when he's away. Anyhow, I went to breakfast with the gang, then stopped at home to get 'the boy', then went to Dad's. His hand is healing nicely, and WE'RE GONNA SPLIT WOOD! What? It's 90degrees out. I went out front to look at the clump birch, and there's about a dozen pieces that can be split. So, that's what we did. Thought I was gonna die. I don't do heat very well. Could't let him do it alone. The two neighbor guys were down at the next house, sitting under a tree, both younger than me, didn't offer to help, but, that's OK. Maybe they have health issues.
So, I'm sure Adam came over this morning to finish the tree and get paid. Guess we'll head on over and see what's up. At least it's a bit cooler and a nice breeze is blowing. This time, I'll go in the truck and have my gloves. I need to be more prepared when I go to Dad's 'cause I never know what I'll be doing.

WHAT A GUY............

Went over to Dad's today, as usual, but, what wasn't usual was he met me on the deck, with his right hand bandaged in a bloody paper towel. "Sharon, your father is crazy!" Pointing to his head. "I have a new pair of gloves in the truck and two good pair of gloves on the tractors, why am I picking up wood with my bare hands?" I almost said, 'Why are you picking up wood anyhow, when you're paying someone to do this.' But, I thought better of it. Seems he was piling up the brush all in one spot so it would be easier for the guy to pick it up and put it on his truck.
Well, he had a nasty L shape gash in the fatty part of his hand at the base of the thumb. I put some antibiotic cream on it and two bandages. "Don't you get tired of bandaging up your ole man?" 'Nah, but I'm going to start carrying my first aid bag in the car.' He laughed, "You better go get Archie a cookie, he looks hungry." So, I did.

GREAT LUNCH WITH GREAT GALS.....

Had lunch with some fellow ex co-workers today. It is always good to get together with them. When I got home, Archie had been a good boy and not made a mess. So we went over to Dad's to get his pop-pop fix. Dad had a huge evergreen tree taken down this week at the corner of the house. Now he's threatening the tulip poplar. I keep begging for it to stay, so we'll see. The birch in the front yard is dying at the top, so, maybe it should go instead and just trim the poplar. I hope. But, it's his place and he'll do what he wants. Must pee the dogs, get the cat in and go to bed. It was a short night last night with the storm kinda close. Cleo doesn't do well and has to sleep with mama.

Another Presidential Ticket......

Rumor has it that Representative Anthony Weiner is not going to resign but,
in his infinite arrogance, is going to run for President.
He has chosen Attorney General Eric Holder as his running mate.

Get your Weiner-Holder bumper stickers early, before they are all gone.

I HATE PRINTERS!

I got my HP printer when I got the new laptop back in March. The same day as the devastating earthquake in Japan. It's been set up since then. Over the weekend, I tried to print a picture of my ex's house. What can I say, I was curious to see where he has lived all these years. Turns out it was his parents house, they're both gone. He lived there with his fourth wife. Poor dude, all I can say is I wouldn't have lived there. Anyhow, I digress.
The 'bleeping' printer would not print. This morning was spent uninstalling the printers 'cause at one time I was showing four of the same printer, and re-installing the printer. Then it wouldn't go wireless, figured that out. Printed the picture, for some unknown reason it is hanging on my fridge. I know, I'm a sick, sick woman. I was always a little sad that our marriage didn't work out, and, at one time, blamed myself totally. Having looked at his family tree, yeh, I spent the weekend doing that also, I already said I was a sick woman, there were four kids, and 13 grandchildren that I've found, a total of 15 marriages, 10 divorces, 1 death of a spouse, so far. Maybe it wasn't my fault after all.

GLAD SOMEONE MOVED THE BATHROOM INSIDE IN '64.

Haven't done much all day. Can't stay out of the bathroom. Did manage to take the trash over to the truck at noon, and, fixed the rain gutter on the barn before it fell completely off. Was gonna burn the trash, but I think I'll wait for a rainy day.
Dad called and said Sarah, that's his lady friend, suggested we three go out to lunch tomorrow for father's day. Sounds nice. If I still don't have the runs. I just had soup and a sandwich for supper so we'll see how that sits.

HELLO AGAIN....

Wow, it just POURED for about 45 minutes. Half way thru the downpour I remembered my truck windows were down. That was nasty. Had to change my clothes. I won't have to water any plants this evening. Now, the sun is shining, storm is over, so I can leave Cleo and the cats and go over to dad's.

Had a great breakfast this morning with the gang. They were talking about some house in the mid-west that the people let go to foreclosure. Seems there were thousands of snakes in the place. When they bought it, they thought they could deal with it but it got to be too much. WHAT WERE THEY THINKING!!! What I don't understand is why just the one house and not the whole neighborhood? I haven't read the article yet. This morning was the first I heard about it. I have black snakes under the house and in the barn. Don't bother me none. They're good mousers. What they don't get then the cats take care of. In the five years I've had Charlie the count is mice -0-, Charlie -22.- Paid to rescue that little kitten.