Well anyway.
I have been working outside most of the day. A few spurts on the internet here and there and a trip to the bank and a couple of stores. Specifically: Home Depot. I wanted to get started on revamping the drip irrigation system out front - though I must admit I like standing out there and water the stuff with a hose.
I also found a nice stretch of carpet for the trailer. It was one that was already cut, rolled up and sitting in a bin with a several other rolls of carpet that were marked down. The trailer doesn't need a lot of carpet. I got enough to cover the area that needs to be covered for $44.00 - marked way down from it's original price. It's high quality carpet, too.
Installing it, of course, will be a completely different story. I had too many other things going on to deal with that, though. I spent the entirety of my gift cards on that carpet and all that material to fix the drip system, which has various problems throughout the entire system both front, sides and back of yard. I had enough of that stuff leftover from the material I had bought from my work to be able to deal with problems for a long, long, time but that entire bag full of a lot of money's worth of stuff "disappeared". A conversation with a particular individual here leads me to believe it was thrown in the trash by mistake.
My son finally showed up - he has been staying at his mom's house now for whatever, unknown reason and I am not pushing him on it. She tends to do guilt trips - I lived with her for 16 years so I pretty much know how she operates - I am guessing pressure from her. I am going to have to get used to not having him around, anyway, sooner or later he will leave both of us to head out on his own. That is the natural way of things, yes?
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Friday, April 6, 2012
They're Leaving?
So, I'm at work this morning, around 9:30 am. I was done with deliveries for the day, actually. There wasn't much today which really didn't bother me. A freight truck came in with about 16 crates and pallets FILLED with material. I knew what I would be doing for the next several hours, at least.
Well we're trying to get the crates out of there - they were turned sideways and a pallet jack cannot pick up a pallet from the side, whoever loaded that truck like that must have - well anyway, I go get the chains. I have enough chains in the trailer sidebox on my truck to stretch out at least 200 feet. Then I get a phone call.
First, it was Josie. My now-passed best friend's wife. I could not take that call, I was busy and I can only guess how long it would take, so I just let it ring and go to my messages. Right after that, I get a call from my home phone. I took that call, I don 't get calls from home unless there is a problem.
Lynnette is on the phone, sobbing and crying and telling me how she had opened the gate and how Sophie- the new doggy - zipped past her from "out of nowhere" and ran down the street. I didn't have the time for this, I couldn't drop what I was doing and go home and start looking for the dog, I just hoped that the dog would eventually come home like she did last time. I got off the phone with her quickly, I didn't need to hear this sobbing and crying stuff, though the reason she was sobbing and crying wasn't about the dog directly, ie: it's gone.
It was the last time this happened. She has let those dogs out by spacing out and not paying attention or just blatently leaving the gate open at least 5 times now. The last time she did it, I got mad because it was a stupid mistake - she should have learned long before that that you don't leave the get open, not even "just a little bit". I told her if it ever happened again, they would be leaving. I said it out of anger, but I never retracted it. I figured a good motivation for her to pay more attention and keep the freaking gate closed.
She calls back not 5 minutes later, the dog had been caught, brought her home, end of story. I didn't get into a discussion with her - I was extremely busy at work and I am not paid to stand around talking on cell phones when there is work to be done. I CAN talk on the phone if I"m sitting in the truck, waiting to get unloaded, that's legitimate, but not at the yard. There is always something to do at the yard considering it's a 2 man crew working a rather large facility.
Fast forward to getting off work, wishing my manager and the lady that uses one of the offices to do her work for a different division in our company a Happy Good Friday and happier Easter and go home. Mark comes out of his bedroom and walks by me. I say "Hi" loud enough to make sure he hears me. Nothing. Doesn't even slow down. I then observe that they have removed all of their coffee stuff and other things off the small counter top that they had been using all the way up - until now. I further observed that he apparently has decided not to help out around here at all. I then see a note from Lynnette - they are moving out but it will take a week or two to get their stuff out of here.
In other words, without even discussing it or even giving me a chance to ease the tension, they flat decide they are moving out because of my past words, apparently. Which made me angry. They have been living here getting close to 3 years now and this is how little they think of me? Unless they change their tones towards me, I am not going to say anything, they can just leave. I have been in this situation with other tenants before - people who are intent on leaving and acting pissy - I don't even talk to them unless they talk to - or confront - me. Then all bets are off.
I have absolutely no problem, whatsoever, taking care of the things that need taken care of around here. Not having them here will mean having to lock the house up, yes. I will no longer have the peace of mind of having someone watching over the place when I am not here, but I have ONLY treated them well for them to be acting this way to me. I have made more than enough sacrifice in my personal life to give these people a place to live, it's just sickening.
Whatever. I'll get over it quickly, unless, of course, they change their tones. Anyway, after I observe all of the lack of help I had around here today - which I dug into and got done quickly in daily duties - Kyle comes through the door. The ex-heroin addict, ex-con, 18 year old kid that used to hang out with us long ago before he turned to a life of crime, drugs and whatever else. The brakes on the car he is using were not working right, he says and needs help with putting on new brake pads. Aiy yai yayyyyyy. Friday afternoon, weekend here and I have to go install brakes on someone else's car? Gag.
But, Kyle has turned to the straight and narrow. He has been working, he is off the drugs and he doesn't live the life of crime anymore. I had decided not too terribly long ago that as long as he stays on that course, I will help him however I can. Do you have the new brake pads? No, he has to go get them. Okay.
30 minutes later he comes back with pads in hand. Okay, let's go fix the car. Well, turns out, the car is not HERE, his mother dropped him off. Gag again. Fortunately, he lives all of 2 miles away, so I decided to go ahead and help him out. I did the driver's side first and that was where the problem was and partially still is. One side was pure metal on metal. I mean, it had BEEN metal on metal for a while, there was NO brake lining left and the rotor was nicely grooved.
I informed him that he probably should replace the rotor - but not mandatory. A brake shop obviously wouldn't tell you that, but I can. I have done it when I didn't have enough money to replace a rotor. The pad eventually wears into the grooves and though it isn't perfect, it still works. He didn't have the money for a rotor and I simply told him the pad would not last near as long and the braking would probably be pulling to the left, but, it will work. He didn't care. Okay, we replace that. I get to the other side- yikes. One of the bolts holding the caliper in was on so tight, nothing I could do would budge it. I asked if he had a hammer - put a wrench on the bolt, hold it tight and pushing down on the wrench and start hitting the wrench with the hammer at the same time. The vibration usually, eventually, will cause the bolt to break free.
He brings me this piece of junk hammer the broke into pieces after a few good hits on the wrench. Yeah, whatever. I put a bar on the socket to get lever and used my LEG to push down on it, not even budging. I finally gave up on it. The pads on that side still had good lining on it, actually, so, no biggies. Optimal? Obviously not. I told him to get some WD-40 or similar and spray it on the bolt head and another part where it might get in and bring it back Sunday - afternoon I guess - and we will try again. I will have a REAL hammer this time, I should be able to get it off of there. Well, I have him pump up the brakes - he has no clue. NO clue about cars, even something as simple as pumping the brake pressure back up.
Anyway. I come home again. Gilbert, his brother and cousin are in my living room. The cousin and younger brother are visiting from California, going home tomorrow. Cool peoples. Yes, I got extra money for the extra use of electricity and water and such. No biggies on that one.
Next? Lynnette comes in from wherever she had been at - work I guess. She says hi in an almost inaudible tone, I gave a hearty hi back, but that was it.
I have no clue. They don't want to talk, this is obvious. I will play the "note" game with them. Or, they will leave while I am in bed or otherwise not here and there we go.
Whatever again. Another tenant paid today. I tend to accumulate money in my wallet in this scenario - more than I am comfortable with carrying.
There was church tonight, actually, but events today? I just didn't go. I will be going Sunday for sure - hopefully for sure, lol, anyway.
Tomorrow I hope to get some more done on the trailer.
As for now, it's getting close to my bedtime.
ben
Well we're trying to get the crates out of there - they were turned sideways and a pallet jack cannot pick up a pallet from the side, whoever loaded that truck like that must have - well anyway, I go get the chains. I have enough chains in the trailer sidebox on my truck to stretch out at least 200 feet. Then I get a phone call.
First, it was Josie. My now-passed best friend's wife. I could not take that call, I was busy and I can only guess how long it would take, so I just let it ring and go to my messages. Right after that, I get a call from my home phone. I took that call, I don 't get calls from home unless there is a problem.
Lynnette is on the phone, sobbing and crying and telling me how she had opened the gate and how Sophie- the new doggy - zipped past her from "out of nowhere" and ran down the street. I didn't have the time for this, I couldn't drop what I was doing and go home and start looking for the dog, I just hoped that the dog would eventually come home like she did last time. I got off the phone with her quickly, I didn't need to hear this sobbing and crying stuff, though the reason she was sobbing and crying wasn't about the dog directly, ie: it's gone.
It was the last time this happened. She has let those dogs out by spacing out and not paying attention or just blatently leaving the gate open at least 5 times now. The last time she did it, I got mad because it was a stupid mistake - she should have learned long before that that you don't leave the get open, not even "just a little bit". I told her if it ever happened again, they would be leaving. I said it out of anger, but I never retracted it. I figured a good motivation for her to pay more attention and keep the freaking gate closed.
She calls back not 5 minutes later, the dog had been caught, brought her home, end of story. I didn't get into a discussion with her - I was extremely busy at work and I am not paid to stand around talking on cell phones when there is work to be done. I CAN talk on the phone if I"m sitting in the truck, waiting to get unloaded, that's legitimate, but not at the yard. There is always something to do at the yard considering it's a 2 man crew working a rather large facility.
Fast forward to getting off work, wishing my manager and the lady that uses one of the offices to do her work for a different division in our company a Happy Good Friday and happier Easter and go home. Mark comes out of his bedroom and walks by me. I say "Hi" loud enough to make sure he hears me. Nothing. Doesn't even slow down. I then observe that they have removed all of their coffee stuff and other things off the small counter top that they had been using all the way up - until now. I further observed that he apparently has decided not to help out around here at all. I then see a note from Lynnette - they are moving out but it will take a week or two to get their stuff out of here.
In other words, without even discussing it or even giving me a chance to ease the tension, they flat decide they are moving out because of my past words, apparently. Which made me angry. They have been living here getting close to 3 years now and this is how little they think of me? Unless they change their tones towards me, I am not going to say anything, they can just leave. I have been in this situation with other tenants before - people who are intent on leaving and acting pissy - I don't even talk to them unless they talk to - or confront - me. Then all bets are off.
I have absolutely no problem, whatsoever, taking care of the things that need taken care of around here. Not having them here will mean having to lock the house up, yes. I will no longer have the peace of mind of having someone watching over the place when I am not here, but I have ONLY treated them well for them to be acting this way to me. I have made more than enough sacrifice in my personal life to give these people a place to live, it's just sickening.
Whatever. I'll get over it quickly, unless, of course, they change their tones. Anyway, after I observe all of the lack of help I had around here today - which I dug into and got done quickly in daily duties - Kyle comes through the door. The ex-heroin addict, ex-con, 18 year old kid that used to hang out with us long ago before he turned to a life of crime, drugs and whatever else. The brakes on the car he is using were not working right, he says and needs help with putting on new brake pads. Aiy yai yayyyyyy. Friday afternoon, weekend here and I have to go install brakes on someone else's car? Gag.
But, Kyle has turned to the straight and narrow. He has been working, he is off the drugs and he doesn't live the life of crime anymore. I had decided not too terribly long ago that as long as he stays on that course, I will help him however I can. Do you have the new brake pads? No, he has to go get them. Okay.
30 minutes later he comes back with pads in hand. Okay, let's go fix the car. Well, turns out, the car is not HERE, his mother dropped him off. Gag again. Fortunately, he lives all of 2 miles away, so I decided to go ahead and help him out. I did the driver's side first and that was where the problem was and partially still is. One side was pure metal on metal. I mean, it had BEEN metal on metal for a while, there was NO brake lining left and the rotor was nicely grooved.
I informed him that he probably should replace the rotor - but not mandatory. A brake shop obviously wouldn't tell you that, but I can. I have done it when I didn't have enough money to replace a rotor. The pad eventually wears into the grooves and though it isn't perfect, it still works. He didn't have the money for a rotor and I simply told him the pad would not last near as long and the braking would probably be pulling to the left, but, it will work. He didn't care. Okay, we replace that. I get to the other side- yikes. One of the bolts holding the caliper in was on so tight, nothing I could do would budge it. I asked if he had a hammer - put a wrench on the bolt, hold it tight and pushing down on the wrench and start hitting the wrench with the hammer at the same time. The vibration usually, eventually, will cause the bolt to break free.
He brings me this piece of junk hammer the broke into pieces after a few good hits on the wrench. Yeah, whatever. I put a bar on the socket to get lever and used my LEG to push down on it, not even budging. I finally gave up on it. The pads on that side still had good lining on it, actually, so, no biggies. Optimal? Obviously not. I told him to get some WD-40 or similar and spray it on the bolt head and another part where it might get in and bring it back Sunday - afternoon I guess - and we will try again. I will have a REAL hammer this time, I should be able to get it off of there. Well, I have him pump up the brakes - he has no clue. NO clue about cars, even something as simple as pumping the brake pressure back up.
Anyway. I come home again. Gilbert, his brother and cousin are in my living room. The cousin and younger brother are visiting from California, going home tomorrow. Cool peoples. Yes, I got extra money for the extra use of electricity and water and such. No biggies on that one.
Next? Lynnette comes in from wherever she had been at - work I guess. She says hi in an almost inaudible tone, I gave a hearty hi back, but that was it.
I have no clue. They don't want to talk, this is obvious. I will play the "note" game with them. Or, they will leave while I am in bed or otherwise not here and there we go.
Whatever again. Another tenant paid today. I tend to accumulate money in my wallet in this scenario - more than I am comfortable with carrying.
There was church tonight, actually, but events today? I just didn't go. I will be going Sunday for sure - hopefully for sure, lol, anyway.
Tomorrow I hope to get some more done on the trailer.
As for now, it's getting close to my bedtime.
ben
Friday 4/6/2012
Mother finally threw in a concession last night while I was on the phone with her, a concession I had given up on.
She said: "You know it takes 3 days for the electricity to get turned on up there?", totally out of the blue. Uhhh, okay. "Well, I know you, you might just get a wild hair and want to go up there". Yup, I do get wild hairs sometimes, no doubting that.
I replied that though the weather up there might not be so great for her, it's already perfect for me. So it gets cool at night, no biggies to me or the dogs. So, that sorta puts a bit of a fire under my feet: she's cool with me taking the trailer up there earlier than when she wants to go up there. Maybe I'll shoot for the 1st weekend in May. There are still plenty of things to do with that trailer, though the only really time consuming thing left that I know of is to replace the carpeting.
So, this weekend, I think I'll see about getting that carpet from Home Depot and getting it installed. I informed Mark of my intention of replacing all the carpet instead of just a portion of it, I'm sorta hoping that will get him to working on removing the old stuff as he did with the carpet in the bathroom area.
There is quite a bit of minutia to buy for the thing as well, but that wouldn't take terribly long. I would like to get the carpet done and then start getting that thing situated in there. I just scored a vacuum cleaner at work - a salesman was throwing it out because he doesn't like it. Lol. Works perfectly well, thank you.
Oh, I am at work. I sometimes get stuck waiting at contractor sites or vendors and if I have enough time, yup, I'll turn on the mobile broadband and start surfing the net.
Well, I have my work laid out - at least for Saturday. Sunday is going to be a wash, going to mom's will probably take up enough of the day that getting anything done on that trailer is probably going to be a happening event. She wants us to go with her to Shooter's World to try out her new gun, lol. I'm not sure that place is going to be open on Easter Sunday?
Well, time's up.
Later.
ben
She said: "You know it takes 3 days for the electricity to get turned on up there?", totally out of the blue. Uhhh, okay. "Well, I know you, you might just get a wild hair and want to go up there". Yup, I do get wild hairs sometimes, no doubting that.
I replied that though the weather up there might not be so great for her, it's already perfect for me. So it gets cool at night, no biggies to me or the dogs. So, that sorta puts a bit of a fire under my feet: she's cool with me taking the trailer up there earlier than when she wants to go up there. Maybe I'll shoot for the 1st weekend in May. There are still plenty of things to do with that trailer, though the only really time consuming thing left that I know of is to replace the carpeting.
So, this weekend, I think I'll see about getting that carpet from Home Depot and getting it installed. I informed Mark of my intention of replacing all the carpet instead of just a portion of it, I'm sorta hoping that will get him to working on removing the old stuff as he did with the carpet in the bathroom area.
There is quite a bit of minutia to buy for the thing as well, but that wouldn't take terribly long. I would like to get the carpet done and then start getting that thing situated in there. I just scored a vacuum cleaner at work - a salesman was throwing it out because he doesn't like it. Lol. Works perfectly well, thank you.
Oh, I am at work. I sometimes get stuck waiting at contractor sites or vendors and if I have enough time, yup, I'll turn on the mobile broadband and start surfing the net.
Well, I have my work laid out - at least for Saturday. Sunday is going to be a wash, going to mom's will probably take up enough of the day that getting anything done on that trailer is probably going to be a happening event. She wants us to go with her to Shooter's World to try out her new gun, lol. I'm not sure that place is going to be open on Easter Sunday?
Well, time's up.
Later.
ben
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Easter
I have been feeling a bit funny the last several days: I have heard nothing about Easter from my mom. She always does Easter, she invokes often to remind me - all 3 of us I am sure - that she would like to see us then. Well, my brothers basically don't give a damn about anything but what they are doing anymore. That takes precedence over a twice yearly visitation with mom and the rest of the family.
So I called her today. I started out with the fact that I had bought a mattress for the trailer and then I waded into the Easter waters. My middle brother doesn't call her at all now and apparently won't answer or even respond to her phone calls. Mom doesn't push herself, when she feels that there is no interest, she will just back off from it. My oldest brother and his wife have already been down this road of abandoning his mother and his father.
This is completely unnatural to my way of thinking. I don't understand it. I have talked to my mom 3 times in the last 7 days on the phone. I may be 48 years old, but I still love my mother and I don't care what anyone thinks about that. My brothers have been inciting my anger towards them for some time now for the fact of forsaking my/their dad, who has done nothing to them to deserve them completely abandoning him. But now my mother? I have seen it coming for a while now, but I heard it in mom's voice tonight.
She is - heartbroken from what I could infer into it from her voice, intonations and what she said, especially about my middle brother. No, at this point and for some time now, I don't think too much of my middle brother and I have told him quite frankly about it. He deleted me as a Facebook friend going on what, 2 years now?..........because of an interchange where I was sick of his superiority, ego attitude and also sick of the way he was absolutely refusing to return any kind of communication from my dad.
But mom?
How can you do that to your own mother?
I had to ask her what she was doing for Easter since she wasn't going there. This sent her into a tizzy of emotion, to be quite honest about it and I was a bit shocked because of her response. This was the first I had heard that both of my brothers have stopped calling her and stopped talking to her.
I won't say what kind of emotion that invokes in me or what desire that makes me feel to want to take action upon considering the already foul state between them and my dad. I have to let it go. I can't do anything about them - except pray for them and hope that somewhere, somehow, God gets a hold of their hearts and clues them in on reality.
I was definitely planning on going to church for Easter, but I let it go instantly. Oh well. I think the Lord would rather me visiting my mother anyway, in honor to Him as well as to my mother, as the word succinctly states to honor your mother and father. Ohhh, but church was going to be so good. Yes, special speakers and a nice brunch afterwards. I will miss that, but, I will have no regrets. There will be other special events.
That's it. I love my mom.
ben
So I called her today. I started out with the fact that I had bought a mattress for the trailer and then I waded into the Easter waters. My middle brother doesn't call her at all now and apparently won't answer or even respond to her phone calls. Mom doesn't push herself, when she feels that there is no interest, she will just back off from it. My oldest brother and his wife have already been down this road of abandoning his mother and his father.
This is completely unnatural to my way of thinking. I don't understand it. I have talked to my mom 3 times in the last 7 days on the phone. I may be 48 years old, but I still love my mother and I don't care what anyone thinks about that. My brothers have been inciting my anger towards them for some time now for the fact of forsaking my/their dad, who has done nothing to them to deserve them completely abandoning him. But now my mother? I have seen it coming for a while now, but I heard it in mom's voice tonight.
She is - heartbroken from what I could infer into it from her voice, intonations and what she said, especially about my middle brother. No, at this point and for some time now, I don't think too much of my middle brother and I have told him quite frankly about it. He deleted me as a Facebook friend going on what, 2 years now?..........because of an interchange where I was sick of his superiority, ego attitude and also sick of the way he was absolutely refusing to return any kind of communication from my dad.
But mom?
How can you do that to your own mother?
I had to ask her what she was doing for Easter since she wasn't going there. This sent her into a tizzy of emotion, to be quite honest about it and I was a bit shocked because of her response. This was the first I had heard that both of my brothers have stopped calling her and stopped talking to her.
I won't say what kind of emotion that invokes in me or what desire that makes me feel to want to take action upon considering the already foul state between them and my dad. I have to let it go. I can't do anything about them - except pray for them and hope that somewhere, somehow, God gets a hold of their hearts and clues them in on reality.
I was definitely planning on going to church for Easter, but I let it go instantly. Oh well. I think the Lord would rather me visiting my mother anyway, in honor to Him as well as to my mother, as the word succinctly states to honor your mother and father. Ohhh, but church was going to be so good. Yes, special speakers and a nice brunch afterwards. I will miss that, but, I will have no regrets. There will be other special events.
That's it. I love my mom.
ben
Thursday 4/5/2012
Yikes. Another miserable night's sleep.
That always makes for a lovely day at work.
Well it's a beautiful day, so I will just drink a lot of
coffee and get with the program.
I attempted to sleep in an extra 20 minutes which did
absolutely nothing for me since once the alarm clock
goes off, I'm awake and that's that.
Well, I got started late so, this one's ending early.
G'day.
ben
That always makes for a lovely day at work.
Well it's a beautiful day, so I will just drink a lot of
coffee and get with the program.
I attempted to sleep in an extra 20 minutes which did
absolutely nothing for me since once the alarm clock
goes off, I'm awake and that's that.
Well, I got started late so, this one's ending early.
G'day.
ben
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Wednesday 4/4/2012
I still would just love to hear any of the Supreme Court's justices thoughts on Obama's - threat really - to uphold his "signature bill" - Obamacare. I mean, really. Just pure arrogance to hear this guy - I listened to 2 videos yesterday of him actually making the comments - mouthing off to the Supreme Court. I still want to know what, exactly, he is going to do if they strike a portion or the entirety of the law down?
Whatever. Mark somehow got that mattress in that trailer bedroom yesterday. I dunno if he had Lynnette helping him or what, but it's done. That mattress is WAY thicker than I envisioned it looking in there, but hey, at least it will be extremely comfortable.
I'm getting closer now to getting down with the major issues on the trailer. Which is good, cause' it's already April and May will be here before you know it. I had an offer on an ad I posted almost a month ago for someone to move the trailer: $300. You can't beat that with a stick. 125 miles pulling a trailer for $300? I wonder if the person is just looking for an excuse to get paid to drive up to the mountains, lol.
I am going to measure the "hole" for the microwave and then go looking. It's going to be too much to ask people to give the dimensions of one they might be selling on Craigslist, I'm probably going to opt for a new one in this case. Not that I really want to buy a brand new one for something that will get relatively small amount of use, but I know if I ask people to give me the dimensions of a microwave they are selling on Craigslist? Uhhh, I don't know, maybe a foot and a half wide by a foot tall? Will be most of the answers if not even more vague than that.
And then there's the carpeting issue. I am half tempted to just take on the project myself. Probably about $50 worth of carpet that I can get at Home Depot with the gift cards I got for Christmas. I tend to hang on to gift cards for a long period of time until I finally remember that I have them and then light pops up: Oh, hey, it won't cost me anything out of pocket, I'll just just my gift cards! I have had gift cards for 2 years before using them and fortunately, they didn't "expire" as some of them apparently do. Isn't that convenient? The card, which was paid for with cash, apparently loses it's "value". I've only read about it in the news, I have never had that happen to me. If it had, it would open up a firestorm of communications with whatever levels of management I would have to speak with until I got the issue resolved - in my favor of course.
There are still a few issues on the roof, but the big stuff is done. Which it certainly took me long enough to finish, lol.
The situation at work has not changed. But, I am now comfortable with whatever happens. My life will not be over if something negative happens and that's that. I am getting the cold shoulder from certain individuals at the main branch, don't really care to be honest. I'm already almost 4 hours into OT for this week and 3rd day hasn't even started yet. I would like to get off a bit earlier today, hope that happens actually. I might just stop in at Home Depot on the way home from work and takealookit some carpeting and see if they have anything that catches my appeal.
Time to head off for work.
G'day.
ben
Whatever. Mark somehow got that mattress in that trailer bedroom yesterday. I dunno if he had Lynnette helping him or what, but it's done. That mattress is WAY thicker than I envisioned it looking in there, but hey, at least it will be extremely comfortable.
I'm getting closer now to getting down with the major issues on the trailer. Which is good, cause' it's already April and May will be here before you know it. I had an offer on an ad I posted almost a month ago for someone to move the trailer: $300. You can't beat that with a stick. 125 miles pulling a trailer for $300? I wonder if the person is just looking for an excuse to get paid to drive up to the mountains, lol.
I am going to measure the "hole" for the microwave and then go looking. It's going to be too much to ask people to give the dimensions of one they might be selling on Craigslist, I'm probably going to opt for a new one in this case. Not that I really want to buy a brand new one for something that will get relatively small amount of use, but I know if I ask people to give me the dimensions of a microwave they are selling on Craigslist? Uhhh, I don't know, maybe a foot and a half wide by a foot tall? Will be most of the answers if not even more vague than that.
And then there's the carpeting issue. I am half tempted to just take on the project myself. Probably about $50 worth of carpet that I can get at Home Depot with the gift cards I got for Christmas. I tend to hang on to gift cards for a long period of time until I finally remember that I have them and then light pops up: Oh, hey, it won't cost me anything out of pocket, I'll just just my gift cards! I have had gift cards for 2 years before using them and fortunately, they didn't "expire" as some of them apparently do. Isn't that convenient? The card, which was paid for with cash, apparently loses it's "value". I've only read about it in the news, I have never had that happen to me. If it had, it would open up a firestorm of communications with whatever levels of management I would have to speak with until I got the issue resolved - in my favor of course.
There are still a few issues on the roof, but the big stuff is done. Which it certainly took me long enough to finish, lol.
The situation at work has not changed. But, I am now comfortable with whatever happens. My life will not be over if something negative happens and that's that. I am getting the cold shoulder from certain individuals at the main branch, don't really care to be honest. I'm already almost 4 hours into OT for this week and 3rd day hasn't even started yet. I would like to get off a bit earlier today, hope that happens actually. I might just stop in at Home Depot on the way home from work and takealookit some carpeting and see if they have anything that catches my appeal.
Time to head off for work.
G'day.
ben
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
I Have A 55 Gallon Barrel...............
.............was the lady's reply to my question of whether she has a pond. I see. Well, I mean, whatever. I am thinning out the excessive amounts of plants in one pond. I gave her the entire plant. I have another one right next to it that is just as large. So no biggies. I realized, however, after removing a large amount of fiolage, ie: that large plant, that it had created a large void in the pond for the fish to hide in. So I moved the remaining plant into such a position to give cover for the fish. I am going to thin that plant as well, but not too much since fish really WANT to have hiding places.
It's just the way they are, natural instincts, prolly in their DNA. The need a place to hide in the natural against predators. They actually ARE predators here that can be a serious threat, namely: Heron. They love pond fish. My horse trough pond is immune to them, they can't walk into that pond. But the pond I am thinning the plants in? No such luck. A heron could walk in there and feast to it's heart's content and come back the next day for more. Fortunately that hasn't happened.
So, my water lily in that pond needs to come back from it's dramatic loss a year and some months ago in a deep freeze that affected all plants on my entire property to some extent or another.
Well anyway, if that lady doesn't end up using all of that and discarding some of it, so beit. But I would have rather it gone to a pond that needs as much plants as I can give. She wanted to take my giant leaf Taro's - like break off a round of it - not happening. I gave her some small ones that are offshoots of the larger plants. It's amazing how water plants will send out "shooters" all over the place and start growing in the middle of nothing. Those offshoots usually thrive, BTW, but it gets to be too much so I give them away. I told her that with time and patience, those little plants will grow as big as those that she wanted. Hey, I might have offered her a big plant - for a price and not a cheap price, either. But it would have taken away from the appearance of what I have going with that clump of plants and I really have no desire to get rid of any of it besides maybe the small ones.
Okay, well another long interlude. Eddie came over, walked the dogs and meanwhile, the clan came out of the bedroom. Uhh, so a bit preoccupied.
Whatever the case, time has passed and it's time for bed.
Nite.
ben
It's just the way they are, natural instincts, prolly in their DNA. The need a place to hide in the natural against predators. They actually ARE predators here that can be a serious threat, namely: Heron. They love pond fish. My horse trough pond is immune to them, they can't walk into that pond. But the pond I am thinning the plants in? No such luck. A heron could walk in there and feast to it's heart's content and come back the next day for more. Fortunately that hasn't happened.
So, my water lily in that pond needs to come back from it's dramatic loss a year and some months ago in a deep freeze that affected all plants on my entire property to some extent or another.
Well anyway, if that lady doesn't end up using all of that and discarding some of it, so beit. But I would have rather it gone to a pond that needs as much plants as I can give. She wanted to take my giant leaf Taro's - like break off a round of it - not happening. I gave her some small ones that are offshoots of the larger plants. It's amazing how water plants will send out "shooters" all over the place and start growing in the middle of nothing. Those offshoots usually thrive, BTW, but it gets to be too much so I give them away. I told her that with time and patience, those little plants will grow as big as those that she wanted. Hey, I might have offered her a big plant - for a price and not a cheap price, either. But it would have taken away from the appearance of what I have going with that clump of plants and I really have no desire to get rid of any of it besides maybe the small ones.
Okay, well another long interlude. Eddie came over, walked the dogs and meanwhile, the clan came out of the bedroom. Uhh, so a bit preoccupied.
Whatever the case, time has passed and it's time for bed.
Nite.
ben
Tuesday 4/3/2012
Another day, another mind full of things that I am contemplating.
Actions not taken because of consequences unknown - or - consequences known and not quite ready for what will come.
Not going there right now.
Anyway, now that I have the mattress for that trailer, the next thing on the list is a microwave - one that will fit into the hole that was made for it. Dunno how that is going to work out, really. I'm not a fan of small microwaves that don't have enough room for large plates or much of anything, really.
Also definitely not a fan of low wattage microwaves that take twice as long to nuke your food as, say, an 1,100 watt or higher will do.
No hurry I guess. Still have some time. I was glad to get that mattress and get it in there - though I still have yet to squeeze it through that narrow doorway to get it into the actual "bedroom" itself. I couldn't do it alone because I will have to fold the thing down in the front while someone else is pushing it from the back. I should be able to get it in there. Well, I BETTER be able to get it in there or I just wasted money for nothing.
Then there's the flooring. Replace the carpet or simply clean that which is left and only replace that which was damaged and removed. I dunno. It isn't that much carpet, really, when you think about it, it's a travel trailer and the amount of carpet actually need to cover the areas that are already carpeted? Not really much at all.
Well, that wasn't what was on my mind that I'm contemplating and considering, that's just another thing.
Time to go to work.
ben
Actions not taken because of consequences unknown - or - consequences known and not quite ready for what will come.
Not going there right now.
Anyway, now that I have the mattress for that trailer, the next thing on the list is a microwave - one that will fit into the hole that was made for it. Dunno how that is going to work out, really. I'm not a fan of small microwaves that don't have enough room for large plates or much of anything, really.
Also definitely not a fan of low wattage microwaves that take twice as long to nuke your food as, say, an 1,100 watt or higher will do.
No hurry I guess. Still have some time. I was glad to get that mattress and get it in there - though I still have yet to squeeze it through that narrow doorway to get it into the actual "bedroom" itself. I couldn't do it alone because I will have to fold the thing down in the front while someone else is pushing it from the back. I should be able to get it in there. Well, I BETTER be able to get it in there or I just wasted money for nothing.
Then there's the flooring. Replace the carpet or simply clean that which is left and only replace that which was damaged and removed. I dunno. It isn't that much carpet, really, when you think about it, it's a travel trailer and the amount of carpet actually need to cover the areas that are already carpeted? Not really much at all.
Well, that wasn't what was on my mind that I'm contemplating and considering, that's just another thing.
Time to go to work.
ben
Monday, April 2, 2012
Who the BLEEP is Obama to tell the Supreme Court what to do? What a big, ugly joke this President is. This is WHY we have 3 branches of government, the check and balance system, remember? You know, the Judicial branch, the Executive Branch and the Legislative branch? Obama must be sweating it to make the statements he was making today. What is he going to do, send the Marines to the Supreme Court if that court doesn't bow to Obama's demands?
I have no idea what kind of ruling is going to come out of the Supreme Court, but the so-called experts, judging from the questions the Justices asked, are leaning toward an overturn of at least one part of it and if so, potentially all of it. Here's what I am 99% sure of: the Justices in the Supreme Court could care less what Obama attempts to dictate to them, they are not there to appease a President, they are there to uphold the Constitution of the United States. I don't care what side of the political realm they are on, they SHOULD be completely unbiased, using no bias for something simply because it agrees with their political viewpoint. They undoubtedly see things different when it comes to interpreting it, so beit.
One month's rent just handed to me, waiting on the cowboy to come home and hand me some rent money. He just called me. I haven't seen him in almost a week. He had to jet home to California - which he does frequently - but this time a family emergency. No details on that, but then asked if he could bring his cousin and his younger brother to stay for a week. Apparently the younger brother would have had to stay home alone while his parents are off on whatever emergency it is. I hated to tell him no, but I wanted more money. Didn't ask for it, he offered it after I said okay.
Nice that people understand that more people in a house equals more money spent on electricity and water usage.
Umm, well it's really windy. REALLY windy. Like, my hard hat, which I have adjusted tight for snugness on my head - blew right off today when a wind gale hit, with tons of dust blowing with it. Nasty dust blowing everywhere, but especially out in the open areas where there isn't a lot of buildings and houses.
So whatever. I slept miserably last night and am extremely tired. I kept waking up from bad dreams, the likes of which I won't even bother going into. One of the dogs has the runs and woke me up to let him out - give him a big time pass on that one, wake me up anytime you gotta go. Then Sophie had another one of her dreams and started making that weird noise dogs make when they are in some sort of dreamland. As for the situation at work: who knows. I am just going to work, getting the job done with a good attitude and that's that. If someone tells me something differently, whatever.
I have no idea what kind of ruling is going to come out of the Supreme Court, but the so-called experts, judging from the questions the Justices asked, are leaning toward an overturn of at least one part of it and if so, potentially all of it. Here's what I am 99% sure of: the Justices in the Supreme Court could care less what Obama attempts to dictate to them, they are not there to appease a President, they are there to uphold the Constitution of the United States. I don't care what side of the political realm they are on, they SHOULD be completely unbiased, using no bias for something simply because it agrees with their political viewpoint. They undoubtedly see things different when it comes to interpreting it, so beit.
One month's rent just handed to me, waiting on the cowboy to come home and hand me some rent money. He just called me. I haven't seen him in almost a week. He had to jet home to California - which he does frequently - but this time a family emergency. No details on that, but then asked if he could bring his cousin and his younger brother to stay for a week. Apparently the younger brother would have had to stay home alone while his parents are off on whatever emergency it is. I hated to tell him no, but I wanted more money. Didn't ask for it, he offered it after I said okay.
Nice that people understand that more people in a house equals more money spent on electricity and water usage.
Umm, well it's really windy. REALLY windy. Like, my hard hat, which I have adjusted tight for snugness on my head - blew right off today when a wind gale hit, with tons of dust blowing with it. Nasty dust blowing everywhere, but especially out in the open areas where there isn't a lot of buildings and houses.
So whatever. I slept miserably last night and am extremely tired. I kept waking up from bad dreams, the likes of which I won't even bother going into. One of the dogs has the runs and woke me up to let him out - give him a big time pass on that one, wake me up anytime you gotta go. Then Sophie had another one of her dreams and started making that weird noise dogs make when they are in some sort of dreamland. As for the situation at work: who knows. I am just going to work, getting the job done with a good attitude and that's that. If someone tells me something differently, whatever.
Monday 4/2/2012
One of the Danes definitely could not hold it all night long.
Fortunately, he woke me up before he did anything on the floor.
Poor doggy. When either of those Danes gets the runs, it usually
lasts several days. Whatever the case, I let him out of my bedroom and
he high-tailed it for the doggy door. I decided that he can just stay out of
my bedroom for the night in case that little bit of misfortune was going to hit again.
Been doing some serious pruning of most trees on the property. Also driving
in lodge poles to help keep the trees growing in the right direction. The rope I
bought yesterday to tie down the mattress to the car will now have a secondary
use: tying up trees to those poles.
Umm, well anyway. I continue to see people posting the "date of their death"
all over the internet, as has been the case for some time now. A program that
predicts the date of your death and people asking if I am going to do it?
Are you kidding?
Why would I want to give some piece of electronic, software junk that much credence in my
life? No, is my absolute answer, no thank you. I'll leave that in God's hands. I can't
imagine the mind games that some people might go through once that date approaches
if it does, indeed, approach anytime soon. I know I am going to die someday, that's
enough for me. Sorry, but some of the stuff going on on the internet with people I know
is a bit off the wall, putting it mildly.
Well, time to be off to work.
G'day.
ben
Fortunately, he woke me up before he did anything on the floor.
Poor doggy. When either of those Danes gets the runs, it usually
lasts several days. Whatever the case, I let him out of my bedroom and
he high-tailed it for the doggy door. I decided that he can just stay out of
my bedroom for the night in case that little bit of misfortune was going to hit again.
Been doing some serious pruning of most trees on the property. Also driving
in lodge poles to help keep the trees growing in the right direction. The rope I
bought yesterday to tie down the mattress to the car will now have a secondary
use: tying up trees to those poles.
Umm, well anyway. I continue to see people posting the "date of their death"
all over the internet, as has been the case for some time now. A program that
predicts the date of your death and people asking if I am going to do it?
Are you kidding?
Why would I want to give some piece of electronic, software junk that much credence in my
life? No, is my absolute answer, no thank you. I'll leave that in God's hands. I can't
imagine the mind games that some people might go through once that date approaches
if it does, indeed, approach anytime soon. I know I am going to die someday, that's
enough for me. Sorry, but some of the stuff going on on the internet with people I know
is a bit off the wall, putting it mildly.
Well, time to be off to work.
G'day.
ben
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Sunday 4/1/2012
April Fool's Day on a Sunday. Fancy that.
I was going to post something on FB - totally not true thing - but decided against it, lol. Something like McDonald's having free food all day long if you give them the code word of Mikkey Q's (not Mikki D's).
I went to church today and came out of that completely enlightened - or at least - feeling like a load has been lifted off of me. WHATEVER happens at work concerning a current situation, I am comfortable that the Lord is in control of my life and that I only need trust in Him. I will hope for the best. If it doesn't work out the way I would like it too, then it must be time to move on. To what, no clue and not going to worry about it.
Life is what it is - and it doesn't go on forever, at least not on earth. I have always had to remind myself of that little factor when things start getting a bit rough. I could live in one of those trailers on the side of my house on a farm somewhere and be as happy as I am in this 2,000 square foot house with all of these people living here.
Speaking of that, I scored the queen sized mattress today - finally. Someone finally posted a good looking mattress on Craigslist and I was all over it. Put that sucker on the top of my car, tied it down nicely and brought it home : )
Apparent pregnant fishies in all 3 ponds. That time of year. I don't really need any more fish. The front pond is loaded with small fish and several medium sized. The pond in the ground on the east side is probably good where it stands, the horse trough pond has a lot of large fish in it and could use some thinning out. IE: give them away. No, I am not giving any Koi away, just goldfish if anyone that comes for plants might want them as well.
Work tomorrow. Interesting subject for me, but totally changing my view of it. I already said that, but the weekend is coming to a close and here we go again. I will have peace at work regardless of what happens.
If someone is going to try to belittle me - such as I have heard the drivers at the main branch are already doing - well, don't come knocking on my door. They have their OWN widely known issues from the past from within the company.
Won't go into those particular details, suffice it to say I haven't received any kind of ticket in at least 13 years.
Not boasting, but people that want to try to mock me behind my back that have such and other infractions - could do well to shut their mouths up.
Hmmm, well that was a bit negative. Lol. One of the dogs has the runs. Nice. It hasn't happened in a couple of hours, so hopeful I don't wake up to it in the middle of the night. Yikes!
Okay. Well, other things not worth going into.
G'nite.
ben
I was going to post something on FB - totally not true thing - but decided against it, lol. Something like McDonald's having free food all day long if you give them the code word of Mikkey Q's (not Mikki D's).
I went to church today and came out of that completely enlightened - or at least - feeling like a load has been lifted off of me. WHATEVER happens at work concerning a current situation, I am comfortable that the Lord is in control of my life and that I only need trust in Him. I will hope for the best. If it doesn't work out the way I would like it too, then it must be time to move on. To what, no clue and not going to worry about it.
Life is what it is - and it doesn't go on forever, at least not on earth. I have always had to remind myself of that little factor when things start getting a bit rough. I could live in one of those trailers on the side of my house on a farm somewhere and be as happy as I am in this 2,000 square foot house with all of these people living here.
Speaking of that, I scored the queen sized mattress today - finally. Someone finally posted a good looking mattress on Craigslist and I was all over it. Put that sucker on the top of my car, tied it down nicely and brought it home : )
Apparent pregnant fishies in all 3 ponds. That time of year. I don't really need any more fish. The front pond is loaded with small fish and several medium sized. The pond in the ground on the east side is probably good where it stands, the horse trough pond has a lot of large fish in it and could use some thinning out. IE: give them away. No, I am not giving any Koi away, just goldfish if anyone that comes for plants might want them as well.
Work tomorrow. Interesting subject for me, but totally changing my view of it. I already said that, but the weekend is coming to a close and here we go again. I will have peace at work regardless of what happens.
If someone is going to try to belittle me - such as I have heard the drivers at the main branch are already doing - well, don't come knocking on my door. They have their OWN widely known issues from the past from within the company.
Won't go into those particular details, suffice it to say I haven't received any kind of ticket in at least 13 years.
Not boasting, but people that want to try to mock me behind my back that have such and other infractions - could do well to shut their mouths up.
Hmmm, well that was a bit negative. Lol. One of the dogs has the runs. Nice. It hasn't happened in a couple of hours, so hopeful I don't wake up to it in the middle of the night. Yikes!
Okay. Well, other things not worth going into.
G'nite.
ben
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