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August 18 And the Rain Rain Rain Came Down Down Down.Howdy ho neighborenos.
Today it was raining pretty good. I am sure glad I do not live where my niece lives in Liberty. Liberty is a subburb of Kansas City. They live around 1 1/2 - 2 hours away from us. Anyway they had a microburst about midnight. Power is off from Highway 152 - 291. On the interstate that is just 1 exit to the other one, but there are alot of streets between the two. The electric company wasn't sure if they would get everyone on by 8 o'clock tonight according to the news.
We have had some nice rain here. I am ancious to go to the lake tonight to see how far up the water has come this week. If we can see the sticks that people put on the banks to hold their poles it will only be the very tippy top of them I imagine.
Scott is going to take me fishing while he helps set up things with the boy scouts. We don't live that far away from the lake that he will bring me back into town tonight and then go back and camp out with the boys. They are going to do a daycamp thing with the Cub Scouts because they didn't get to enjoy the one that the district put on.
Sam will probably be working on his derby cars again this weekend. He has 2 more weeks to get his cars ready. He is quite ancious to get them done. He will be tweeking with them probably until the last minute knowing him.
Labor Day weekend will be a busy weekend. My brother and his wife and kids are coming to visit. My inlaws will be coming to visit. The weekend is the All School Reunion. We probably are not going. They will have their own tent set up at the fair. We might pop in if we get our tickets to go see REO Speedwagon. Not sure if that is even going to happen. Sunday the inlaws are planning a family dinner, but we won't be there because the derby starts at 12:30 so we will already be at the fair grounds. I do not know what time the others will come in on Scotty's side of the family. He has 2 sibs that live in KC and one that lives in Omaha. His oldest brother lives just a few miles from us.
KC is a big big city. You can see our niece that lives in Liberty in 1 1/2 hours and it is another hour away from her to go and see my husband's bro and sister. Niece lives on one edge of town they live on the other edge.
I am glad that I will be at the derby though. I love my inlaws and everything, but when we all get together there are almost 30 of us in my mother in laws house. It can be quite an experience. You can't tell by looking at her house on the outside, but it really is kind of small for all of us. It will be ok though we generally get along for the most part.
My brother lives in Jefferson City. If he drives through KC it is about a 5 hour trip. If he goes the back way it cuts down to about 4 4 1/2 hours. I like the back way he likes to drive through KC. Hopefully he will be able to see Sam derby on that Sunday. It should be quite an interesting weekend. I will have to get myself mentally prepared now because that is going to be alot of running around like a chicken with my head cut off. Oh well, I will just seek out my mom if that happens.
My grandmother lived on a farm and in the summer you would have to thin down your chickens to one or two roosters when you bought chicks in the spring. My mom hated to this time of the year because when dad would cut the chickens head off it would go to where my mom was every single time. She would be in the farthest part of the yard and opposite corner of where dad would be and it would go to where she was. Once she decided to stay in the house and watch out the back door and it flopped to the back door. We laughed our butts off listening to her scream. This is why I will seek my mom out if I have to run around Labor Day weekend like a chicken with my head cut off.
SO what are your plans for Labor Day weekend?
Oh, and here are the pictures of the scarf I promised. August 17 A Couple of New CreationsWell, I got the cell phone holders done, the chain link scarf done and the purple hat with the fun fur trim done.
I really hope that more people will order the cell phone holders. I know cigerettes are a bad habit, but those things are big enough to hold a pack of cigs with your cell phone plus a couple of other items.
The chain link scarf is the black plush yarn by red heart. It is very pretty if I do say so myself. I will have to get a pic of it taken before I deliver it. I really like how it turned out.
The purple hat is great. Of course I love it because it is purple.
What a fun last couple of days. We thought the cylinoid went out on the truck. Poor Scotty went nuts on us Tues. because of it. Tues. was a bad day for him all the way around. Got to work and someone had unlocked his tool box and dumped his tools into the trash can. They had some safety issues on one of the machines that holds these big air conditioning units up. These units are the ones that go on hotels, hospitals, or any big high rise building. The machine that holds up the units needs to be used properly, or they could kill someone if they fell on them. The big crane was broke down. I think that 2nd and 3rd shift is doing some sabatoge on things. They are stupid because if they would just realize they are hurting themselves with other companies coming in. They are watching the work force. 2nd and 3rd shift guys are usually ones that haven't been there but a year or two, and they are the younger ones of the crowd. Any how Sam went over and put the new cylinoid on the truck and it still wouldn't work. My mom took him over because Scotty said one thing on the phone and called 4 hours later and bitched us out because we didn't do another. Mom took Sam over and Sam and her ended up buying a battery. That is what it was. Sam used the truck Tues. night and the throttle stuck open on it so Scotty and Sam fixed it yesterday. They also worked on a couple of derby cars.
Now Scotty is over his mad. I knew it wouldn't last long. Thank God. I also realized what it actually was. We were supposed to be praying about the new Pastor at our church Monday and Tuesday. Tuesday he was to give his decision. Well Scotty didn't get a chance to pray because he was under attack. He had his mind on other things. I finally got a chance to see it and Angelica said, "Yes, that is what is going on." I know I told Scotty that is what it was, but I don't know if he really believed me.
We do have a new Pastor. His name is Teddy Ridenour from Colorado. His wife, Vickie is really friendly, but I didn't get a chance to talk to him one on one. We will get our chance to visit with him after he gets here in 3 weeks. He likes to fish so maybe this will be something that Scotty will be able to have something in common with him about.
Our friend Anita came by last night and gave me a bunch of material. This box was huge. It had some crochet thread in it, a few pieces of yarn in it and some crocheted collars in it, plus a crochet poncho for a little girl. I am going to get the collars and the poncho washed up and list them on etsy. They really are nice looking. I wish I had a wig head or a torso manacan so that I can show those collars off better. Anita got this box at an auction either for a $1 or free. I can't remember what it was for sure. She said she would take it all since it was the right price. Now I need to figure out what to do with the material. I mean there is alot of it. I may just wash it up and list it under supplies. Probably the best way to do it. There is a bunch of quilted fabric in there. I do have to make a lady a church a thing for her walker and she wanted it out of quilted fabric. God did provide this material for that. God is a great provider even for the littlest thing.
Well I am off. I have a few things to do today. I need to take more pics of scrunchies and get my afghan done. I only have 13 days to get it finished so that I can get it entered into the fair.
Later Gators
August 14 Blessings from Heaven.Well I have been busy in the last week or so getting ready for the Church Wide Rummage Sale and Hog Roast. I did make a couple of sales and I did get a couple of orders. That was so exciting. I handed Etsy cards out for other Etsy people. I think I even got a couple of people to sign up for Etsy. That was so cool. One lady I looked right at her and said, "Have I got an online shopping center for you." I could just tell by her looks that she would love Etsy.
I have a hat on the Knifty Knitter. I had made a mago color hat with eyelash fun fur around the bottom. She said I want a purple one. I told her that I would make it if she was ordering it. I will get it finished today and start on the other scarf I have ordered. I also need to sew buttons on the 4 cell phone holders that someone ordered and get them listed for her. It has taken awhile, but it looks like my store might be going to take off here before to long. I need to start crocheting some more purses that are bigger and with more fun fur on them. I gave my model a purse for being my model. It is orange and has orange fun fur all over it. She took it on a cruise with her parents and people were wanting to know where she got it. If they could get one and everything. I have my cards ready to go now, and she will be getting a buttload of them for school. They have all asked at school about it.
I also am going to make somemore scrunchies. I think the cheerleaders will go nuts over them. I will have to get the school colors around and start making them. 3 schools in the area have green as their colors so I know I need to get a lot of green. Our colors are purple and white. It will be fun trying to get them done. Just typing this out is giving me an idea on who and what girls I am going to be giving a little locker size poster to for the inside of their lockers so I can advertise at school.
Cool. Now I am off to figure out the poster.
Well, I should talk about other things that have happened. Not much has gone on around here. They have started moving the machinery out of the plant where Scotty works. Everyone is depressed about it of course.
We voted on a new minister last night at church. He wants to give his answer in 48 hours. The vote was 26 yes and 13 no's. It had to be 2/3rds majority of present members. If it would have been 100% then we would have known for sure it was God's will, but now we have to be in prayer about it and seek God to find out for sure. It could be a very trying 2 days.
Sam is registered for school. He is taking auto mechanics and welding this year. They are wanting to keep him in school so they gave in to him taking those classes. The VoTech didn't care if he was in them. That is more money in their pockets. He has been working on his demo car for the derby Labor Day weekend. My brother might be here to see him crash the wagon up more. I don't know if we will get it painted red, but Christine will be painted on it somewhere. Scotty is going to run the Crown Vic that Sam ran in Winston. It will be fun watching those two square off against one another. They will do it just to knock the other one out and say, "I kicked your ass big time." I know them both toooo well.
We got more rain yesterday, and last week. We went fishing Friday night and there was a good rise in the water level. It really was nice to see. I am ancious to go out and see how high the water level was from the rain last night and this morning.
Well, now I am off to design my posters and card holders for the girls.
Later Gators
August 02 My life lately.Well it has been a busy last couple of weeks. I will start with the day before my son moved back home...YEAH!!!
Friday, July 21st.
Scott got home and we went fishing. We went out to Walmart and bought some lighted bobbers. We wanted to stay out late and fish. We went and got some live bait. Gold fish and silver minnows. Guess who had to bait the hooks because they figured out how to bait them without the fish flying off of the hook when you went to cast. Yep, it was me!! I love telling everyone that I can't enjoy fishing with my husband because I have to bait his hook. It gets a good laugh from everyone.
Anyway, it was getting dark and Scotty decided he had had enough fishing for the evening. I was getting my rods together and my bobber went down. I grab the rod that had my gold fish hooked on and tried to reel it in. My line got all tangled up so while I am untangling the line the fish breaks the line. Here you see this little lighted up red bobber going deeper and deeper into the lake. We watched the light swim away for awhile.
I was agrivated because of what happened, but we made up a good story about it so we had a good laugh. I said the fish brough his fish wife home a present. Scotty said he was a the bar completely wasted. Instead of coming home with the lamp shade he came home with the whole freaking lamp.
I told this story to my brother in law. He said, "It must have been a big fish." I said, "Yes, everytime I tell the story it will be." LOL
Sat, July 22nd.
He got home and we all loaded up and went fishing. We didn't catch much, but we did have a lot of fun together. His girlfriend, Kassie, dropped her phone into the lake, but Sam got it out before it sank. It still works. I wore a tank top and got a really bad sun burn. Oh my gosh, I know how a turkey feels like at Thanksgiving. My wings were burnt bad. I was in so much pain it wasn't even funny.
About 12 Sunday morning Sam got a distressing text from a friend of his. His cousins had drowned Sat. morning about 3 am in the lake at their home. Sam was really good friends of these boys. These boys were brothers. They were almost like brothers to him. It was a very rough week for him. He asked and begged for us to let him to go to Colorado with the family for their funerals. We let him go. The family was asking also. It wasn't like we let him force himself on them.
We bought a new pick up this week. It is a Ford Ranger. Don't ask me what year because I don't remember....lol We got it because the wagon was eating us alive in gas.
I was also told about this great stuff on Monday for my sun burn. It is called Ocean Potion. Oh my God, THank you for the inventors of this stuff. It only took 2 days for this burn to cool down and stuff when I used it. It had been sooooo hot to the touch. I was miserable. Scotty helped me put it on and he said when he put the next application on he could tell a big difference in the temp of my arms. I am telling you get some Ocean Potion now and have it on hand.
Friday, July 28th
Sam left with the family to Colorado. He called several times on his trip. If we weren't home he would call my mom. He was drinking those energy drinks like crazy. They said he had one every hour. By the time he got here they said he was laughing like an idiot. This child is not his mother. If I know the ride is going to be for a long time I am asleep within 15 minutes of starting a trip. They said he was so wound up it wasn't even funny. They got their about 3am Sat. morning.
Sat. July 29th
Sam called and said he got ahold of my cousin,Lon. They had a nice visit.
We went fishing, but it was so hot that they weren't biting very well. When Sam got done with his visit with Lon we weren't home so he called my mom. She said he was wound up from the visit.
Sun, July 30th
Not much went on. Sam was still in Colorado. We went to church and went fishing.
Mon, July 31st
We had to buy a new cell phone. Found out that Sam broke his cell phone so he is using our old one. We bought a Boost Mobile prepay. Once we get it figured out it looks like a pretty cool phone.
Tues, Aug. 1st
Sam is home. Woo hoo. He started working on his demo car. Scotty came home from work and was just a puddle. It has been so hot here it wasn't even funny.
Wed, Aug 2nd
It rained this evening. I am so happy that it rained. The temp. has been in the 100's lately. I hope with the rain that it won't get hot and muggy tomorrow.
That pretty well has been my week. Kind of boring, but that has been about it. I have done some crocheting and knitting on my knifty knitter. I helped Kassie make a hat and scarf for her little sister. She was so proud of herself for making the hat. I put the yarn on the knifty knitter for her for the hat and got it started. I tied the knot at the top, and finished weaving the ends in for her. She called her mom so tickled with herself for making the hat, and is pretty excited about making the scarf. I don't know if she is going to give it to her for Christmas or what, but her little sister will have a scarf and hat from her big sister.
Well I am going to post this and turn off the puter. The lightening is getting pretty wicked out there.
I'm Singing in the rain.
Just singing in the rain.
What a glorious feeling I'm happy again..
Oh by the way Jess. Thanks for not being selfish with the rain.
July 19 So Hubby, What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?The Missouri Career Center was in yesterday to let everyone know what their options are when they get layed off. I am glad that they came in so early. Scotty came home from work with a stack of books and pamplets for us to go through. Of course when I say us I mean me. I will glean what I can from them, and point out some things that he needs to know. They even gave a pamplet that is aimed at the spouse of the person losing their job.
Scotty understood that they will help you while you are in school or getting different training. That will be great. We also know how much we will get a week for unemployment and what will effect it. It does help to know where we are going to stand with all of this. Scotty said that he would like to go back to school and be trained in something. I looked at him and said, "So hunny, what do you want to be when you grow up?" He still has no idea what it is...lol He said he could go and train to be a po po so that he could harass Sam and his buddies on the weekends. He really has so many options, but he doesn't know what he really wants to do. I am going to give him time and pray that God will show him what He wants him to do. I will also pray that God will show Scotty where his strengths are so that he will be blessed in his next career. I want him to be able to come home and have a big smile on his face because he enjoyed his day so much. It will be hard to be a 48 yr old man and having to start all over again and figure out what it is he really wants to do. I don't think anyone ever gave him the encouragement that he needed to figure it out. I pray that he will figure it out.
If you are young start figuring out what you want to be when you grow up. Don't wait until you are my husband's age to try and figure it out. IF you have to work while figuring it out don't settle because you have a job and jobs are hard to find. Take your time, but figure it out.
I am going to leave you with a question to ponder.
So, what do you want to be when you grow up? July 18 Sambosmom is no moreI realize that Sam has been my life for soooo long. He was a pleasant surprise because neither one of us really thought we could have any kids. Both Scott and I have problems. Well, this little empty nest that we had for the spring did get me to realize that, "Hey, you are not only a mom. YOu are a wife, friend and lover to a great guy. You need to also be a friend to yourself." It has been a growing experience. I am still not where I should be with it, but hey, that is what happens when you grow. You learn to let God take control and you do it on His time not yours. Sometimes I want to take that clock of God's and move the hands so it is faster, but that doesn't help the situation.
Now Sam is coming home. He is going to go to school and learn Auto Mechanics this year. Hopefully he has gotten some of his growing and rebelling out of the way, but I am still praying that God will not give him any rest until he gets to where God wants him to be. I am sure we will have more rebelling because we all rebel at something.
Scotty is just a great guy. I love him. He tolerates things in me that I wonder why the heck he does. He is my friend and defender really that is all I can ask. I really ask about other thing from him, but I don't want that to be public knowledge. Know what I'm saying
 ...lol We have taken this time to get to know each other more this summer than we have been. We kind of fell away from being Scott and Lori as a couple. It was nice getting reaquainted. God had this planned out though. He knew we were going to need this coming together because the months ahead are going to be hard with the plant closing down. We are all going to have to unite as one when this happens. Sam included. I have learned that you have to be true to God first, then yourself. It really has been a rough road trying to get there. One of Sam's friend's mom came up to me at a yard sale and started asking me, "Don't you miss your baby?" and all of that. It was like ripping the scab off and rubbing salt and pouring rubbing alcohol into that wound. I got through it though. I prayed an God said, "Don't worry. I have everything under control." I know that God has everything under control. It is a huge relief to know that I don't have to manipulate everything for it to go my way. All I can pray is, God you know how I want it to go, but I want it how you want it to go. Your ways are best. And they are.
I have grown as a person, and in my friendships. I have had to prune the tree, so to speak, so that I can get rid of some of the bad stuff in my life. I was talking to a friend from church the other night. We have had some major changes at church. People are leaving who are making great contributions to the church. Spiritually as well as everything else. I told her that God has to prune the good to sometimes get to the dead limbs in the middle of a tree or bush. Sometimes what is perceived as dead just needs a little more energy that the tree can give in order to become alive again.
So my well was running dry and my tree was dieing because I was expending energy on dead things instead of where it needs to be. I am still doing it some, but I am getting better at it. I have more of my energy that is going towards what is good in my life. I have made some great friends in real life and on the internet. I plan on keeping as many of them as I can, but when fall comes and our season is over together I hope that you will take what you can from our time together and learn from me as well as I have from you.
So Sambosmom is still around when she needs to be, but I am not going to make her my identity anymore. When you see Sambosmom around it is because I just didn't feel like changing that link...lol I was being lazy. My new identity is Faith In Above. Because with Faith in God Above I know all things are possible.
July 17 How stupid can people be.Found the paycheck. It was in a bank that we hadn't used for years. The reason the paychecks were messed up was because when they transfered the computer files they went back over 5 years in the files. They went and used the old information on people. They said that the lady that typed all of this in quit because of it. I think she was asked to resign. Oh well, it was a normal paycheck this week. Not one person had any problems with getting their money. That we know of anyway.
I finally finished Laura's garters. The hardest part about them is getting them sewed together and hiding the extra thread on the ends. The blue garter I have had finished for awhile. The white one I just finished Sat. completely. Our Walmart sucks on ribbon flowers. I couldn't find any ribbon roses at all. They said all they carry are the small paper roses. You can't put paper roses on garters or anything nice and expect them to be a nice keepsake for someone. Stupid Walfart.
Sammy is coming home for good. His boss had to lay off some people and since school will be starting soon he was one of them. He has a friend that works at Wendy's and his friend said that he could help him get on there. Didn't make him a happy camper, but with the tattoo on his wrist he can pretty well expect that. He also has to cut off his mohawk. Momma and Kassie both are doing a happy dance. You would think that the girlfriend would get him to change his mind about his hair, but she couldn't. When we heard he was going to have to cut his hair we both pumped our arms and said, "Yes!" Hopefully I will get a pic of him in his hawk before the cutting.
Poor kid lost his cat last week. I don't know what happened, but when we seen him he was having a seizure, and it was late enough that the vets were closed. He started coming around and we put him in a basket . Skunkboy kept jumping out of the basket so we turned the basket over him because we wanted him to stay in one spot and didn't want to hurt him by stepping on him during the night. Sam called to talk to his dad and we told him about his cat. "Let me know if he changes and I will be right home." He called an hour later for me to check on him and he had died. "Don't touch him. I will come right home and bury him. It was a very touching scene on how he lovingly put him in the blanket and wrapped him up. He just wanted his daddy with him when he buried him. So it was the two of them that buried him. We have several kittens and 4 adult cats in the house now. We are getting rid of kittens all except Braveheart. She looks like our Sassy. Sam would like to keep her. We have 2 of her sibs given away already as soon as they are old enough. I will wait until the first of Aug. to get rid of them. That leaves one other kitten. Plus I have 3 of my mom's mean kittens here. I am going to be getting them a new home, too. They are wild. My mom didn't handle them much because her momma cat would go after you protecting them. I would handle them when I could while I was over there, and when momma cat came at me she would get whomped.
The kitties all look like the kitties on my msn background.
Well Sam checked Sassy and Mr. Jingles out. He wanted to make sure that they were ok. He was always saying that he didn't like the cats and we were going to get rid of all of them except Sassy.
Let me tell you a little bit about my babies. Midnight (4), Mr. Jingles (3), Skunkboy (3) and Smokey (1) are all Sassy's babies. Sassy is 5 years old. She laid on top of the basket when Skunkboy died. Midnight prowled around for 3 days looking for him. Mr. Jingles looked for a little while, but not like Midnight. Smokey could really have cared less. What is funny is every single one of these cats were picked out by Sam, except for Sassy, I picked her out.
Smokey was to be given to his exgirlfriend, but she ended up not taking him. I think this is why Sam doesn't like him so well. Smokey loves to play fetch, and will actually jump up and catch the ball. We play that all the time. Smokey ended up being my cat. He is great lover kitty. He is really good at making you feel better when you are down.
Midnight was born the same night the Rachel had her daughter on the first airing of Friends. The very exact minute. When Rachel's baby came out so did Midnight. I wanted to name her what they named their baby, but the guys vetoed that idea. Midnight loves to come in and wake you up by giving you kisses on the nose and mouth. When she walks on you she tippy toes and you aren't really sure if you have a kitten walking on you or her. Mr. Jingles. He had the softest fur I know as a baby. You can rub his fur a certain way and you can still feel it, but he will pop you when you do. We had him and Skunkboy fixed when they were a year. Mr. Jingles got really fat. Sam said when we cut off his balls we took away his reason for living. He got his name from the movie The Green Mile. Yes, we named a cat after a mouse. Mr. Jingles also walks really soft. For as fat as he is you can't tell if it is him or Midnight. He loves to lay on Scott's belly and curl up under his chin. Very cute picture that I am going to have to take soon.
Skunkboy got his name because when he was born he had black fur and white tips. Hard to describe. IF you look at a older black cat you can see some white in their fur. Kind of like a salt and pepper thing going on. He really got carried away with the salt...lol He had the M that most cats have on his forhead, but all you could see was the V part of it. He looked like a skunk when you looked at him in the face. He was about 4 months old when I went to KC for a week, and when I came back I accussed Scotty and Sam of getting another cat to replace him. He was all black when I came back. He would look at us when we called his name like, "Why in the heck did you name me Skunkboy? I don't stink."
Skunkboy also played fetch. They say that is the mark of a really smart cat. He was smarter than those other cats though. When Scotty was in the room I would throw the ball and he would walk over to it and look at Scott to fetch it. He trained Scotty to fetch the ball. He would fetch the ball for Sam and me, but if Scotty was in the room he would expect Scotty to pick it up and throw it again, or give it to me to throw for him. Really was quite the picture.
Sassy's original name was Sissy because we already had Midnight's daddy, R.O.S.E.B.U.D., Dick Van Dyke fans knows what his name means. We were going to call her Sissy, but everytime you would talk to her, or walk by her she would sass you. So we
decided that Sassy suited her better. She will ignore you if you want to give her some loving. She will growl at you if you pick her up and hold her, but if she is laying on a chair and you walk by without speaking to her and a quick rub over with your hand she will let you know that you have done her wrong and you better fix it.
Rosebud ran off. He escaped out of the house and didn't come back after he had two sets of kittens with Sassy. I think he heard us talking about getting him fixed. What guy wouldn't run if he heard he was getting his nuts cut off?
Smokey's daddy was a stray that came in when we had a bad ice storm. When it got spring time CKY or kitty kitty went outside and didn't want back in. He just wanted shelter from the cold and ice. He got hit by a car about a week after he went back out.
We take in a few strays when it is cold. If they come to the door hungry and it is really cold and freezing out we will bring them in. Sam will too. This is how CKY came in. When they want out they we let them out. They really aren't strays. The lady up the street has alot of outdoor cats and they wander down here from time to time. So we know they are well taken care of, but if they want to come in for a bite to eat they are allowed to come in. We don't have the problem in the summer time. They take care of themselves then. The wintertime is when we have the hard time saying no to them. They are outdoor cats and she has shelter for them set up, but sometimes it is the older ones that need the extra heat so they know they can come down here and find warmth.
Of course we have our 5 dogs that are outside. Cliff and his two sibs. (anyone need a 3 month old puppy) Cliff's mom, Sweety, and a little white one named Snow Angel. We want to keep Cliff, but are looking to get rid of the rest. I can't afford to feed them all. Plus if we lived in the country it would be very different. I would let them run the country side, but my fenced in backyard is getting a little cramped for them. In the winter when it is really cold they will come in at night. We don't like to let any babies freeze outside in the winter time.
Those are my babies. Thanks for reading about them, and looking at my garters.
Now I have to get moving so that I can get my house straightened up for Sam when he gets home this week. I am sooooo excited. So is his dad.
July 08 They Play With Their Food Before They Kill It!!Have you ever watched a cat play with a kill? Well before they kill it they toss it around, let it go, chase it, hold it in it's mouth and wholler it around, and start all over again until it gets tired of it or the darn thing dies of exhaustion.
Well the company is acting like cats. They really messed up this week. They have changed everything to the main plant in Milwalkee. Payroll and everything is going to be coming out of there from now on. Several people got screwed over big time yesterday with their paychecks. Who did they screw over? The ones that have been there 10 plus years. Several of their checks, including ours, got sent to direct deposit. One problem. Our check only has $25 taken out for our savings account a week. They said, "Do you have an account at (bank)?" My son does, but for you to direct deposit it there you would have had to have been given the information for that account. That didn't happen.
They get a hold of the credit union where our saving account is and do you think that the money went in any accounts that are there in our name. Nope. Well people where is our money? We will have it overnighted so that you can have your checks. Because it has now come to their attention that there are more people that didn't get paid. We will have them sent to your homes tomorrow.
Well that is a problem. Bank closes at noon and hubby gets off at noon. Give us a couple of hours so we can at least cash our checks. Nope. Ok, we found our solution. I go to the Post Office this morning so that I could see if it came in. Guess what? I give you 3 guess and the first 2 don't count. Right the check isn't in, but don't worry there is another delivery of Overnight at 1pm. We will deliver it by 2-2:30 if it is there. YOu will be home won't you? Sure we will we won't have any money to go anywhere. Not the post office's fault. It is just aggavating.
There were several that wanted direct deposit and were handed their checks. They have been direct deposited for quite awhile so they could very well be in trouble for writing the checks for bills because the money should be in there.
See, they are playing with them before the kill. Let's see how many of you we can totally mess up your lives before we actually close the place down. We have already stabbed you in the back let's just keep twisting that knife in sloooooowly, and see how much you twitch.
I warned Scotty. They know his temperment. He has been there almost 18 years. They will come after him with a vengance to see if they can't fire him, or make him quit. He is on the safety committee and he has been trying to get things fixed right and left over there. They really do not want to mess with him because they will be in a whole world of hurt if OSHA comes, but you know how OSHA works. Let's give them a heads up so they can clean up their mess. OOOOPPPPSSSSS no violations here.
Well I am off to see the Wizard or anyone else I can find that won't cost me any money.
Here Kitty, kitty, kitty!
July 03 Happy 4th of JulyReally not to much going on here. We of course went fishing all week. Sam really skunked us on Friday. We fed the fish good though. We went through 5 dz. worms at a farm pond Friday morning. We then fed 8 dz. to the new county lake Friday night. We were even desprate enough that we were using gummy worms. We caught 9 fish at the farm pond and 16 at the lake. Haha I bet you thought we had over 132 fish...lol. Scotty thought we did when he had to clean them.
We went to this pond on the Sat. before and lost a lure because the fish broke the line. Scotty caught the same fish and got his lure back on Friday. I really think that the bass had committed suicide because he was tired of that lure irritating it's throat. It was a plastic salamander lure. Huge if you are a fish with it irratating you for a week.
Sam went back to Gtown Friday night because he was going to Nebraska Sat. His bosses dad was getting a garage built by them so they could have some work. What a great dad.
 He has called everynight to check in. He is a pretty good kid even if he has a couple of tattoos and a green mohawk.Scotty went back to work today. He wasn't looking forward to it at all. He really enjoyed his time off not having to think about that plant. He came home today and they said that they want all the orders done by the end of August. They have a few of the machines that they want to ship to Mexico for that plant. We have a friend who is going to have to design the first few units that are going to come out of the plant in Mexico. He said he is going to do his best with the drafts because he wants his work to stand out from the others, but it still will be hard.
I am still working on the pink and black afghan. I need to get it finsished because I have been comissioned to do a couple of afghans for one of the ladies in one of the forums I belong to. One is going to be a horse afghan. It should be really pretty by the time I get it done. Going to the Fireman's Breakfast in the morning. My Brother in Law's after that to see his kids. Then we will be going to Roy and Monica's tomorrow night. It will be a busy day. Maybe we will get home at a good hour since Scotty has to get up early the next morning.
Happy 4th of July, Gators. June 27 Gone Fishin' Instead Of Just A Wishin'Well Scotty and I got our fishing liscense Friday and we have been fishing everyday since we got them. Saturday we went to a farm pond and caught 9 fish. 8 blue gill and 1 bass. We had them for lunch yesterday and boy were they yummy with fried taters and onions, and Angelica's fry bread that she got us hooked on. We felt like little hoggie piggies eating lunch yesterday...lol
We think we will take one day and get some charcoal and take our dutch oven with a roast, potatoes, onions, and carrots in it when we go to the lake fishing. We are wanting to wait until Sam gets home to do that. He ended up going back to work because the boss hasn't gotten the big check from the company yet. They still have deadlines to fullfil so they don't get a bad rep as sub contractors.
Well I suppose I am going to be off again. Going to see if I can grab a pole. Get your minds out of the gutter it is a fishing pole...LOL
Later Gators.
June 22 Man, I want an orange creamsicle.Well, Sam is home for the rest of the week. Problems of they have to pay the boss before the boss can pay you so the boss gives everyone the rest of the week off to stop the debt from adding up for paychecks, gas and supplies. I don't blame Duane for not working the rest of the week. It has to be hard when the big boys don't pay when they are supposed to. He has a big crew working for him. I would hate to be the bosses boss if he ever got really mad at him for holding on to the Benjamins.
Since Sam came home last night I was able to get my camera...YEAH!!! I was able to take pics of the afghan I just finished. Go look at the pics. I'll wait. I will play some Musack while I wait.
 Raindrops keep falling on my head. LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA La. Sorry I can't remember all of the words. Are you back yet? Great! I did't want to sing anymore...LOL Woo hoo!! Isn't it pretty? The girl who got it just gushed. She loved it because it had her favorite color in it, orange.
We are going to get our fishing permits this weekend so we can go fishing next week. It should be fun. Then Scott and Sam are going to be working on a vehicle. Not sure which one because we have several that needs to be put into working order, a better working order or just fixed. We aren't going to go to the motel on Friday now. Sad, upset about? Not really. We would rather have Sam home with us then spend the money on the motel. They are going to go to the Friday night ceremonies at camp so I would have been left there by myself anyway. Might as well save the money for the fireworks on the 4th of July.
Ahh, the 4th of July. The only time you can burn up your money and be really happy about it. I am not going to burn as much as everyone else, but I suppose we can spare $20 for the cause. Ok, $30, but that is as high as I will go. Until Scott and Sam start picking things out....LOL
Our 4th usually starts out at getting up at 6:00am so we can go to New Hampton for the Fireman's Breakfast. Pancakes, bacon, eggs, toast. Not bad really and it is free will donation. My mom goes and gets door prizes from lots of places for this. They will have over 100 prizes to give out. They have dolls, phone cards, gift certificates an almost you name it they got it type of thing. I am going to have to come up with something for the door prize, but I just haven't figured out what it will be yet. Well, after we get done at the breakfast we will come home and drop my mother in law off at her house. I will come home and fix something for the BBQ and we will go blow some cash for the fireworks. It will be nice not having to worry about someone fighting, or anyone getting drunk. We can just relax and have fun.
Well not much excitement going on in my life right now. I am just happy that Sam is home for a week and a half. I just wonder how much dye it will take for my hair now that they are both home next week?
I will let you know later.
Later Gators.
June 20 Life is goodAs soon as I get my camera back from Sam I will post the picture of the afghan that I just finished. It is pretty and it makes me want to go out and buy a box of Orange Creamsicles or a bag of Orange CreamSavers.
My friend Jessie, better known as David's Doll, would like for me to make her husband, David, a Denver Broncos afghan. I can do it, but someone is going to have to put me into the witness protection program after I finish it...LOL Scotty will be out for blood when I make it. Not really, but he is a big Kansas City Chiefs fan and the Broncos and the Chiefs are rivals. I guess I will make it on the down low...LOL I am sure that if Jessie flashes Scotty her knits he will be ok with it.
Sam went to Warped Tour and seen a bunch of bands yesterday. He came home and told me that he got to see Joan Jett and the Black Hearts. That is what they call "Old School" punk rock. Back in my time when I was a teenager. He was floored how well he liked them...LOL He is my honery kid. He went to the MySpace tent. Tom wasn't there. He said he wanted to tell Tom he didn't want to be his friend anymore. He then went to the PETA tent. They chased him away when he told them that PETA stands for People Eating Tasty Animals. I told my mom this this morning. I thought she was going to have a cow laughing about it.
He is a rotten kid, but I love him and he makes me laugh. Actually he is a good young man, but don't tell him I said he was or he will be embarassed.
 Scott and I are planning our fishing trips to the area lakes and ponds for next week. We are planning what we should take for breakfast and lunch. Now I possibly have another surprise for him. Sam said he might be home to spend the time with him next week. He will be going with us on our trips.
Well, I'm off. (Ahh, don't even think it.) I need to get changed before Scotty gets home. I have to run a few errands this afternoon.
Later Gators.
June 19 Nice slow down for the timeWell things have calmed down alot. Scotty had a nice quiet Father's Day. He played softball for the church league, and then we went back to church last night. It is nice just to have a day where you are not really running here there and everywhere for everyone else.
We are invited to a BBQ on the 4th to Roy and Monica's. This will be nice. Everyone will get a few fireworks and we will combine them all together and have a nice little fireworks display.
We usually go to our friends Wilma and Duane's for the 4th, but Duane runs a fireworks stand at his home and I am sure Wilma will either work that night or will be working the next morning. You really don't feel much like celebrating when you have to be up and to work by 5:30 in the morning. When we have gone there someone usually starts a fight and it gets to be a big mess. We have been talking about not going for the last couple of years. With Sam doing his own thing we pretty well decided we weren't going to go there this year.
Roy and Monica invited Sam. He is tickled that they want him to come to their party. I think he misses his church family, but is not really sure what he is supposed to be thinking or doing at the moment. I don't think I would want to be going through these teenage years again for anything. It is so confusing anymore. You want to be an adult, but you really do not want to be excluded from family things or from other activities that your family is involved in.
We will just keep praying for him and our friends will keep praying for him. I know that when I have stepped out of the situation God is going to be able to work through it all. It is going slowly, but Sam is making his own decisions on what is best for himself. He knows he is going to have to live with the consequences of his decisions. He is coming to us for advice and we give him our opinions, but he has to make the final decision. It's not as easy as he thought.
Bro. Roberto Marroquin will be preaching this next Sunday. Sam loves Roberto and is going to try and come to church Sunday. Roberto and Pastor Todd were the ones who Baptised us 5 years ago. Roberto asks about Sam whenever we see him.
Well I am off to finish an afghan and then I have a hat to make.
Later Gators. June 16 All that fighting about Scout Camp for NOTHINGGotta love the humor of the last couple of days here.
Scotty was upset because he told Sam to go ahead and work if he wanted to the week of Scout camp. Sam tells his boss he can work. Fight starts because Scott says to go ahead and work and Sam took him up on it. I am sitting there praying for a very fast solution on the whole situation. With my way of thinking was that the people in St. Louis want things a week later instead of the week of scout camp.
This is why you should never and I mean NEVER put God in a box because He will always do things different.
Scotty went to the scout meeting last night thinking his camp fees were paid for. A few months ago a check from his union came in and they told him that they would use it for his camp fees.
He told them last night that he wouldn't be going and to use the money for someone else's fees. "Oh, we used that money for some other activity for the boys. We didn't pay for any of the adults to go to camp."
"So you are telling me this 2 weeks before camp? I did plan on having to come up with Sam's camp fee of $200, but you are now telling me that I would have had to come up with another $100 on top of it?
When were you actually planning on telling me I owed my fees? When we were all settled in at camp. It would have been to freaking late then because I wouldn't have had it."
Scotty is going down with our neighbor Wed. night to family night and Thurs. night to the Tapping Ceremonies for Mic O Say. Friday we are going down to get a motel and he will possibly go to the camp on Friday. Either all day or just to the Friday night Mic O Say ceremonies. Who knows maybe I can talk him into just skipping the ceremonies Friday night and staying there with me. I really don't think I will be able to keep him from going to the camp. He really enjoys the time he spends there and all of the friends he has made there. It does refresh his batteries when he goes down there for a week and he doesn't have a care in the world to worry about. Hopefully Wed. night, Thurs. night and Friday's activities will be enough to help him get by with the upcoming trials that we have ahead of us. If not we will just have to make time and just go do something fun together. Maybe go to the Oz Museum in Kansas. He loves the Wizard of Oz.
We are going to try and go into hiding around here that week, and not be available to anyone except Sam or emergencies. I think we will go fishing and enjoy our time together. Sam and Scotty will have their bonding time in Nov. during deer hunting season. I will stay out of that. I can butcher it, I can fry it up in a pan, but killing it is a whole other story.
June 15 He is there with MeI just finished reading todays Scripture for this weeks Sunday School lesson. If this doesn't pertain to what is going on in our life right now I don't know what will.
This is from Romans Chapter 5
3We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they are good for us--they help us learn to endure. 4And endurance develops strength of character in us, and character strengthens our confident expectation of salvation. 5And this expectation will not disappoint us. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.
God does work quickly!!Update on the Scott and Sam situation. I was giving Scotty space to calm down, and right before Sam called he asked me if I was going to come to bed. I told him that I didn't think he wanted me to be with him because he was so angry. He told me he was sorry a everything that happened earlier. Sam called me close to midnight last night to see how we were doing. He was wanting to make sure I wasn't all upset and everything about what happened last night, and wanted to make sure that I wasn't living with a screaming dufus all night. I told Sam that his dad had apologized about what happened, and Sam said, "I probably will never get one for it." I told him he would and not to worry about it. It just might take a little time. I was getting ready for bed when Sam called. God is the great orchastator of all things. Sam was checking on me and I was walking towards the bathroom in the dark and stepped on Scotty's work boot just right and down I went. Scotty screaming, "Are you Ok?" I am screaming at Sam because the phone went flying. "I'm Ok hold on a second." I pick up the phone and tell Sam what happened. He said to throw the boot at his dad for leaving it where he did. I had to go to the bathroom so I asked Scotty if he wanted to talk to his son. He said yes. The talked until about 12:45. Scotty told Sam that he was sorry for what happened and that it was just a whole mess right now. He said he probably did tell Sam to go ahead and work, but right now he doesn't remember half of what he is saying at the moment. By the time they were finished talking they had made up. I know that God is doing alot to try and fix this relationship between the two of them. When we are at our weakest point on things this seems to be when God is able to come in and take care of the situation. We aren't fighting Him tooth and nail to do it our way. We are able to say, "Ok, God, have it your way. MY way doesn't seem to be working. Please fix this." He comes in and sometimes it's a SWOOP, or sometimes it's a bunch of little steps. Last night for the situation it was a SWOOP. Thank You, God, for your great timing! June 14 Life's a piece of sh## when you look at it.Well anyway that's what it looks like right now. So where should I start? My friend Jessie told me I needed to start blogging. I suppose I should just to get some release from the stress of my problems. I'm a 39 yr old housewife. Married to a great guy and I have a pretty cool 16 yr. old son. So now why is my life a piece of shit when you look at it? Well, let's start in late Nov. early Dec. of 2005. Johnson Controls Inc. bought my husband's company that he works for. He comes home all doom and gloom. "I just know that they will close the plant." Everyone told him that he was just being to doom and gloom. Jan. of 2006 our son decides to quit school. Ok, well we can homeschool and he will still be able to go to vocational school. March he gets a good job with his girlfriend's dad. He comes home and there is a big blow up between him and his dad. I go into a very dangerous funk of depression. Hubby isn't very happy. With prayer I finally hand it all over to God so that I am not trying to control the situation. God is repairing the situation. Sam is a good son and sometimes his decisions aren't the best in the world, but he is growing up and learning from his mistakes just like we all do. The relationship is healing between Scott and Sam, but then there are the setbacks. Tonight was a setback, but I will get to that in a bit. Last week Scotty came home from work to tell me that Johnson Controls is closing the plant and moving it to Mexico. They are supposed to close in May of 2007, but they are known to shut down sooner then they say. The reason they are closing the plant? Is it because of production isn't up to par? Is it because they are not making any money? Is it because they have to pay to much money out to the workers? The answer to all of the above in, "NO!" They are moving the plant because one of those companies (ones that comes in and tells you if you hold your mouth this way that you could make more product) came in and told them they could make more money by moving the plant to Mexico.
And yes Scotty did say, "I told you so to each and everyone of us that told him that he was crazy."
We do the email our congressman and senators bit. They are doing what they can to see if they can stop the closure.
Scotty has been handling it the best way he can until today. Monday Sam and him were talking about Scout camp. This is in 2 weeks. We normally sell enough popcorn to pay for his way to camp and several boys. This year they started a brand new troop and they decided to sell popcorn that they have on hand. They didn't sell much. We will have to come up with the whole camp fee for Sam. Reason camp is so important this is their bonding time together.
Sam and Scott are discussing camp. Scott said that he would be ok if Sam worked. He came home tonight upset by telling him this. He decided that he wants to go to camp so he is away from work and not think about it for while. Sam tells his boss he can work so now he is schedualed. Sam let's him know tonight that he is schedualed to work. Oh My God!! It was WWIII in reverse. Usually it is Sam being a teen blowing up stomping around. Tonight it was Scotty. Sam didn't know how to handle it. I don't know how to handle it. Scott doesn't even know how to handle it.
I know that Scotty is grieving about the losing his job in the near future, and I hope that it doesn't last longer than the 11 months they are supposed to be open. I really hope it doesn't start all over when they finally get to him on the lay offs. He should be one of the last ones that is out the door when they finally shut down. I know that God is in control of the situation, and it is on His own time. I just wish He would let me in on it so I can see where the turning tide will be. I guess what doesn't make us weak makes us stronger.
I know that the closing doesn't affect you at this moment and time, but please get ahold of your Reps and Congressmen about this. This companies are moving out of the US like rats off of a sinking ship because of all of the Free Trade agreements that are out there. It is time that corporate America starts staying here in this country and supporting our citizens with a job force. I guess that we can all move to these other countries and work for $.76 an hour since everyone else is moving here for a better life. |
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