Sorry 'bout the lack of posts over the past couple of days, but between trying to get a new web page up and running, and a bad case of PMS, I either didn't have time to get here or I just didn't give a rats ass. Nothing exciting going on here anyway. Well, I really shouldn't say that........Hubbs did get my car running properly yesterday. That made me very happy indeed. Hopefully, the days of "hot wiring" it to get it started are over! And I did get all the Christmas decor put away on Wednesday. But it's been down-hill ever since. There's so much I want to do, but I'm just not in the mood, and it's getting me frazzled! I really thought I was gonna get alot of tasks done while I was on vacation, but for some reason, that plan has hit the skids. Enter mental confusion. I guess the only thing to do is just roll with it, and cruise along. Go with the flow. I think I have a big load up in the ole cranium, and that's about all it wants to handle right now. Some of my current mental stirrings are: an aging dog (my baby girl) that I have to make a decision on wether to put her to sleep or not, aging parents (Mom hasn't been well, and they live far away), a job that is stressing me out more every day, and a few other biggies I don't feel like getting into. Maybe a good nights sleep will help me to see matters in a clearer light. Hopefully calmer too. And in the mean time, let the dust-bunnies run amuck!!

Pinch me. I must be dreaming. Do I really have 7 days off? Really? Ahhhhhhhhhh....pure bliss!

You know, I just love my new car, but lately it's driving me buggy with starting problems. Problem is.........it doesn't want to start. Well, when it wants to start it does. Unfortunately, this usually doesn't coincide with when I want it to start. There you have it. Just call my car "Christine". For those of you that might not have seen the movie, it's about a posessed car named Christine. Now, I have asked three different guys what the problem is, and I got three different answers. And you wonder why I want to learn about auto mechanics. Nuff said. I guess I'll just have to wait till Hubbs takes a look at it, and we decide what needs to be done to remedy this annoying situation. The sooner the better. Right now, she's being cooperative....even allowing the remote starter to do it's thing. Tomorrow morning.........who knows. Guess we'll have to see what mood "Christine" is in when it's time to leave for work.

I just got done shoveling the snow from my driveway. You have no idea what a miracle this is. I haven't shoveled snow in friggin' years, but since Hubbs is driving home tonight instead of tomorrow, I wanted him to be able to get in the drive safely. Especially since he's not going to be here till after 2 a.m.. Anyway, I survived the shoveling without a heartattack. (Refer back to Wednesday...."survived walk without heartattack"). Hey, this shit happens. So yeah, Hubbs is heading North as I type. I left him a voice-mail this morning about the snowstorm that was gonna move in tomorrow, and that maybe he should get his butt in gear and haul it on home early. He is. I'm glad. I won't be happy 'till I know he's in the house and safe though. Work today just makes me long for my upcoming weeks vacation even more. The idiots were prime today..........I just kept to myself. Tomorrow is gonna be a bitch....Saturdays always are, with both teams working 4 hours together..... retail bedlam at it's finest! Then we found out today, that on Monday and Tuesday we're having some kinda January clearance sale, and we're working 10 to 10. Surprise! Holy MacShit Ronald! The only thing that's gonna motivate me through those two days, is knowing that I'll be off the whole following week. Amen!

What an evening! My trip to "The Bug" was enjoyable.I came out with a silver chain belt, a black beaded necklace, a silver necklace with red enamel lips in the middle and two great tops..........all at 30% off the clearance prices! Retail "high five"!! then I went over to the dollar Tree and picked up a few odds and ends. when I got home, tricia was standing at my door with a huge beautifully wrapped box, and a big grin on her face. Scared the shit out of me at first, cause there usually isn't someone standing in the dark at my door at 9 in the evening. I invited her in, and I unwrapped my "belated birthday gift"..............a great pasta gift set, and a bottle of raspberry cologn spritz with little fairies on the cap. What a nice, and thoughtful surprise! Thanx darlin'! *smiles* She stayed for coffee, and we gabbed a bit about work and all kinds of stuff. It was nice. We don't see eachother as much as we'd like, but when we do get together it's like no time has passed at all. If you look up the meaning of true friend, all it needs to say is Tricia. Nuff said.
Amanda stopped over later in the evening, and gave me a big hug. *smiles again* What a sweetie pie she is! She ordered pizza and wings for all of us, which was really a sweet thing to do. Needless to say they were yummy! Thanks for the goodies Manda.....my treat for that lunch we've been talking about! Ole'! Well, I gotta hit the sheets......my eyes are blurry and that usually my signal to go to bed. Nite all!! Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

They called me from the car audio place, and said that my car was ready. Woohoo! Well, my son didn't get out of work for another hour, so I decided to hoof it down to the shop. Now realize that the shop is only about a mile or so from my house, but the fact that it it very cold out and I haven't done any serious "hoofing it" in a long time mad it a bit of a challenge for me. Like, since I smoke, will I have a friggin' heart attack on the way over, and be left in the ditch for days, or at least untill the snow melts? Could happen. So to cover myself, I called my son and left a message in his voice-mail, to search the ditches along the road if I wasn't home by 6. Good plan huh? I thought so. Needless to say, I arrived there in one (frozen) piece, and AJ showed me how to use the remote to start my car, etc. I nodded, and said "uh huh" a few times, and I was on my way. Ten minutes later, I was calling him saying, "Uh, what was that little button on the bottom for again"? He was very patient in answering my questions, but I'm sure as hell he was thinking "dumbass". Oh well. I'm not a dumbass, but my memory is shot to hell. I think it happened in the 70's or there abouts. Dunno. I can't remember. See. Happened again! Tonight I'm gonna head up to Fashion Bug for a bit, do a bit of "browsing", so I'll get to give it a road test. I'm glad I didn't get a car alarm. Man, you screw up on those things, everyone within a 20 mile radius knows you're a dweeb-o. And even if someone was stealing your car, no one would notice. They would just think it was someone with a new alarm, look over, grin, and go right back to doing whatever. Well, off to make dinner, then spend a bit of time at "The Bug". Browsing, Yeah. *wink wink*

I ordered another book to help me with my upcoming 'Vette purchase. The other book I ordered from Corvette Central just didn't have the info I needed. It's going back. So anyway, I called to order "Secrets to buying a used Corvette", and my order was taken by the author himself, Bill Gall. Nice guy.......and he really knows his stuff! I asked him if he'd sign my book for me, and he said "No problem.....but I don't think it's gonna add any value to the book"! Lol! Should have it by next week. I can't wait!

I'm off work today and doin' nuthin'. Life is good, I'll tell ya! And as I type this, I'm listening to music I downloaded to burn onto a CD later. This is a miracle to me. Where was all this cool shit when I was growing up?? Hell, if you wanted music you had to buy it, and then you had to get the whole cassette to get that one song you loved. Oh this downloading stuff is way too cool! I'm gonna be making CD's like there's no tomorrow. Oh yeah. My own life sountrack! Now I just have to wait till my son shows me how to burn 'em.......always a catch. My guys always go on a power trip when it comes to showing me how to do things on my computer. Thats okay, I just tell 'em I'll wait. No hurry. I know they would love me to pester them, like the info they have is so valuable to me that I just have to have it now. Not! I'll wait. Ha Ha. I went without this shit for 44 years, one more day doesn't mean squat to me.
I took my car to the Audio Shop this morning to have the remote starter installed. It will be so nice to start the damn thing without trudging out in the snow in the morning or after work. One of the guys at work was ribbing me as to why I need a remote starter. After giving him my reasons, he was still giving me a hard time about it, so I just said "Cause I want one, thats why, so shut the hell up about it already". He shut up. It's pityful how easy it is to shut these guys down. Throw 'em a bit of attitude and they back right off. Wimps. No challenge whatsoever. Gotta love my Hubby. He always gives me a run for my money! Love it!!
I'm not doing shit today............just relaxing and watching the day float by. Hubbs is in North Carolina with his brother for 5 days on a golf trip....so I'm goofing off for a couple of days! I've turned my back on the dust bunnies and laundry. I strolled by the un-made beds.....no problem! Now tomorrow, I'll be in the groove again. I can only stand this shit around me for one day, then I gotta dig in. Don't wanna go into it now though..........today is for goofing off! Like I said before........life is good!

Born to be Wild

Another lovely day off today.........God I love these days off. I need to find a job I love, not just one that pays the bills. Anyway, I think Hubbs and I are going to take a ride down to Corvette City today and walk the lot, just to see what they have out there. Spring is just around the corner and I wanna have plenty of cruisin time with my new baby this year. I got my car back on thursday and the tranny shifts like a dream now. Amen! I am soooo friggin' happy to have my own car back, you have no idea. The mechanic that did my tranny was nice enuff to bring it home for me, so I rode him back to his house. We were talking cars and stuff, and he said "I gotta show you what I have in my garage". Hmmmmm.....got my curiousity peaked??? So we pull in the drive, open the garage door, and there he has a Buick Grand National! Beautiful car, and fast as hell right from the factory. God it was a sight. I looked in the door and I saw a NOS sticker on the dash. "Hey, you run nitrous in this..no wonder it's as fast as you say", I told him. "Never used it" he said. "I'll bring it over in the summer and let you have it for a weeked....go cruise around a bit". "Are you nuts", I said in shock!!?? "Nah, No problem" he said kinda matter of fact like. I can't wait. Well, there it is. I'm becoming a "gear head" again, just like I was 25 years ago. Most women in their 40's have a career and take up hobbies like gardening, or painting or something. Not me, nah, I gotta take up auto mechanics and driving "Muscle Cars". And no this isn't some kind of "Mid-Life Crisis' bullshit. I just miss the grease under my nails and the excitement of a rumbling engine under the hood.........and this time it's gonna be mine all mine. And that makes it even sweeter. Those that know me well, will just shake their heads and grin. Doesn't surprise 'em a bit.

Well now this has been a special week for me. Monday was a Monday what can you say about that? Tuesday I had surgery. My son dropped me off.. then was late picking me up from it. Figures.. never count on your kids to be on time. After a brief nap I did the dishes and homework with son then went to bed for the nite. Wednesday I returned to work but by Wednesday nite the doc had me go to the emergency room as my lips are still numb from the gas they gave me. They rechecked me and said i just have what would be equivalent to a boxers lip. Like i got punched when i was under general. What the hell do they do to you when your sleeping like that?
The inside of my lips were cut through by my teeth where they pressed the mask down on me so as a precaution they RX something so they dont get infected. Then to top of this... the emergency room had the balls to charge me.. and they are the ones that did this to me. They said the feeling should come back in a few days to see my reg. doc on friday.. another charge if i had done it. By the next day i was on the phone and the big bosses at the hospital said they would make accomidations for me.. I have not heard another thing from them since thursday. Friday comes and i am still numb.. still working though.. trying to help out my Gateway Bosses.. so ok i go in still numb mouthed and am told that Gateway is closing all their remote sites.. I will be out of work as of March 3rd. So keep your eyes and ears open Krazy.. i be needin a job right quick. I have not told the other half yet. I dont want to see him happy yet. So now to end the week.. its Saturday nite and my mouth is still numb....and the hospital still has not called. Wonder just what they are planning to accomidate.........A new job would be nice. Something without sick people though.. i am not into sick!!!! Well enough about my wonderful life.....hows yours going?

Boy I am soooo glad that I don't start work till 2:30 tomorrow. Almost like having another day off. In fact when I go in tomorrow, I plan on turning in a couple of vacation days for the end of the month........all total I'll have a whole week off, (combining my 2 vacation days with my schedualed days off, equals 7 days total) Nice! Then, I still have 3 more to use before the end of June, when I get two weeks again. This past year, I managed to turn two weeks vacation into 4...thanks to the bosses allowing us to split up the days. See, they're only assholes 95% of the time.

I ordered my first Corvette buyers guide online yesterday from Corvette Central. It should arrive next week, and I can begin learning about what to look for in a good used Vette. I also bought a copy of Corvette and Chevy Trader magazine just to take a peek at whats out there, and what they are selling for. I want to get one with a 454 in it, but they aren't as easy to find as the 350's. Finding this "scream machine" may take a bit of effort, but hell yeah it's going to be so worth it!

Well, I have some good news on the car scene. My New Yorker has been in the shop since Tuesday and Hubbs said that it will be done today. Great huh? Hell yeah....I want my ride back. Shit, I hardly had a chance to drive it, before it ended up in the shop for repairs. We didn't even have a chance to bond yet!! At least now I know the tranny will be good to go for a long time. Hubbs let me take his car to work for two days, but I was a nervous wreck the whole time, 'cause he is very picky about how his car is driven. Can't say that I blame him, as his job requires him to do extensive driving. Anyway, I was a wreck the whole time I drove the damn thing. Then there's my sons truck. I drove that thing to work on Monday, and talk about being nervous. That truck makes so many freakin' strange grinding noises, that I thought for sure I had ruined something, somewhere. Here he tells me, after I get home, that it does that shit all the time. Couldn't have told me about the things little neuroses before I left, huh? Nah. I can't wait to have my car back. Now you would think that this would be an easy task to accomplish. Well, probably in someone elses life it would be. But not in my dysfunctional little corner of the world. See, my son is off work tomorrow, so I ask him if he would ride me to get my car. Hell no...today is the one year anniversary of his auto accident. He's not leaving the house today. So now I can't get my car today due to intense superstition. Only in my world I'll tell ya. I'll bet cha if it was his ride, we'd be out there picking it up at the friggin' butt crack of dawn! I'm getting pretty frustrated with the testosterone crowd in this place. 'Nuff said.

I'm so tired of cleaning my house on my days off. Just once, I'd love to have the house clean when I get home. I'd like to spend a day off, enjoying a clean house for a change. Aint gonna happen.

Ah.... the pure bliss of vehicle ownership! Not! Seems my latest ride has developed some tranny problems, so I'm currently taking turns driving the guys vehicles. This is a royal pain in the ass.....for all of us. And it's gonna get even more frustrating on the days we all work.....I'll just have to drive mine and pray that I don't get stuck stranded on the road somewhere. The real problem lies in how I'm gonna get to work while the tranny is being re-built. Shit. I guess we'll figure it all out somehow. Speaking of vehicles...only a couple more months 'till I get to shop for my "Vette". Now we're talkin' bliss!

Another Year Older........Oh Yeah!!!

I must say I had a very nice birthday today. I switched shifts with a co-worker, so I was able to get out at 5 instead of 9.....nice! This afternoon, Joy and Ron hustled me off to a new Mexican restaurant near work, for a surprise b-day lunch!! It was yummy, and we all left very full...not only full of food....but gas as well!!! Lol! I thought that was such a sweet thing to do. Then I got home, and my "guys" sang "Happy Birthday" to me when I came in the door, and was greeted by a huge bunch of purple balloons, a cheesecake and a pretty gift bag!!! Wow......!!! *Big smiles* They got me a digital camera and a purple sports watch! I was blown away, as I never expected the camera. I told Hubbs that I was gonna get myself one later in the year......so I never thought that he'd get me one today. I had given him a few small things on my wish list, and I really thought that's what I'd find in the bag. What a sweetheart he is! Indeed! If he installs the software for me tomorrow while I'm at work, I'll be putting photos on my web page in no time.This is gonna be fun! Hubbs also made a yummy spaghetti dinner, so I was able to take a little "nappy" after work. My brother and my folks called me this evening, and just hearing their voices is a wonderful gift in itself. And Amanda, the big hugs you gave me tonight are priceless. Thank you. *smiles* A huge "Thank You" to everyone that made my birthday a day that I'll always remembar with joy in my heart. I am blessed to have such beautiful souls sharing this lifetime with me. I love you all. *Hugs*

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Well, another New Years Eve has come and gone, and as always I have way too much food! Oh well......yummies for later on today! I love New Years Day. Everything suddenly seems fresh, a new beginning. Not that this does me any good six months from now, but I always start the year with good intentions. I have learned one thing though.....I will not try to write a journal this year. I must have at least 6 of 'em started, (yeah, on New Years Day) that I never finish. Not gonna make that mistake this year. Well, I better hit the sheets.......gotta wok in the morning, and as it is, I'm going to be dragging my ass big time. I'll post more about our evening tomorrow. Oh, and a few of my resolutions too. You know.....the ones I never keep!! Kidding....I try. Peace in 2002. Nite.