Well, it's Friday, and after Wednesday, I had 'the dreads' of going to my friend's to check on her kitty again. 'The dreads' might be an overstatement, but I have to say, it's still just a little unnerving each time I open the front door and hear the alarm chimes that would require deactivating within 23 seconds.
Her kitty is doing great, and he really enjoys when I show up. He's the kind of kitty that will look up at you with those big round eyes - reminds me of the cat character in Shrek - and purrs and rubs against your legs. If I didn't think it would be traumatic, I'd bring him to my house, but with Flame and Raven here, that just might be too much for kitty. It's almost time to head over and check on him again today and to gather her mail. I'm glad it's so close.
We (Nick and I) stopped in earlier today but it was only long enough to put the food on kitty's plate, give him a quick snuggle and pet, and leave...I had groceries from Costco in the car that needed to get to a refrigerator, after having picked Nick up from school in between. It was his last day at the private school, semester finals are over, and he's now registered at the local high school to start on 1/17/2014...a nice long Christmas break.
Speaking of Costco, I should know better than to go on a Friday before the last weekend prior to a major holiday. Everyone in the county is there getting their holiday party stuff! Even though I was there before they opened, it was a mad-house - crazy people, rude people, inconsiderate people, and everyone in a hurry - including me! Hurry or no, can't people still be considerate by moving their carts out of the way? And what's so hard about 'driving' your cart toward the right so that opposing cart traffic can get by - you know, drive your cart like you do your car on a two-lane, two-way highway. And the aisles are wide enough - pass through the middle. There certainly didn't appear to be much Christmas good cheer going on there. It was additionally crammed by a slew of point-of-purchase sampler vendors pushing their products, ugh! I was also disappointed by not finding a few items that they usually carry, along with the delicious sweet pickled beets I'd found the last time I was at Costco. I still have one jar of them, but I was prepared to stock up on a couple more, and they came as a two-jar sale.
Last night, we went to our church's annual Christmas Concert. It's held from Thursday through Sunday, and will be live-streamed on Sunday. I'd have been happy to wait until Sunday and listen with my good headphones - I don't like massive crowds, and our concert is VERY crowded. We arrived 45 minutes early and had to park out in Timbuktu and the closest we were able to find seating was already quite close to the back in one of the side sections. I've always enjoyed our concerts, and I certainly enjoy Christmas music that is biblically sound. But, yeah here's the but, I've been going to the concerts since 1987, and back when I was single, I'd go to every single night's event. I'm a bit burned out I suppose. We have excellent singers and musicians, and a large choir, and the tickets are free, so, I can just as easily stay in the comforts of my home, save gas and the risk of auto accident, leave space for someone else, and not feel like I could be using my time better during the time I'm just sitting waiting for the concert to start. I know, it's a little bit of Bah Humbug. Marty wanted to go, so we went, and it was good despite my inner objections to going. Next year, the headphones!
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Friday, December 20, 2013
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
These Trying Times
I added a link at the upper right corner for Webs of Thread to make it easier to get there from here. I'll probably add a quilty post over there later this evening.
It's hard to believe it's been almost 3 1/2 months since Marty lost his job. The reality of how that is changing, and has changed our lives hits every day. For me, often in fighting off depressive moods. His severance pay was only for 16 weeks and that's about up, and the added cost of COBRA insurance eats up just about every dime of unemployment.
Today's depressive trigger was facing that it is time to begin the process of Nick's transition from his very small private school, where he's been since his first day of kindergarten, to his placement at our district's public high school, which is bigger than the entire town I grew up in. It's a daunting thought that my sheltered son will be thrown into a lion's den. My view, not his as he has wanted this since before school started. But I'm the one who knows what's best for my son, not the 15-year old who hasn't been through all the ugly experiences of life. And yet, I must let him go, and pray that my loving Father will watch over him. As one of the ladies in the school office told me today, "God is there too." And truly He is, and as his parents, Marty and I still have at-home responsibilities for his guidance and maturity in the things of the Lord.
For now, it's advising one school, gathering info at the other, and in the few weeks between the Thanksgiving break and Christmas (or sadly as the new school calls it: Winter Break) we will make sure he gets registered and he gets placed in the necessary classes; that books get returned and new ones issued. As the public school doesn't offer AP Biology until his sophomore year, I had to find out if he'd be able to continue with the Sophomores (he's a Freshman) or if he'd lose 1/2 a year of that study. He can join them! Yay!
It was also a day to head to Costco again. There were times that was a bit discouraging as there were some things that I might have placed in my cart if Marty were working, but I didn't. All the wonderful holiday foodstuffs are overflowing the shelves at the stores. I did splurge on a tub of red vines. I've been craving something sweet and we haven't had many sweets here other than the Brownie Bites, but I try to leave those for Nick's sack lunches that he takes to school. One of the best deals at Costco is their rotisseried chicken. We can get several meals from one $4.99 chicken, AND it's already cooked and seasoned! They also had bottles of Johnny's garlic seasoning which I haven't seen since I bought some a few years ago and was nearly out of, so I bought another one. It's yummy sprinkled on buttered bread for garlic toast, or occasionally on pasta or vegetables.
I'll be back later with my Webs of Thread post. See you then.
It's hard to believe it's been almost 3 1/2 months since Marty lost his job. The reality of how that is changing, and has changed our lives hits every day. For me, often in fighting off depressive moods. His severance pay was only for 16 weeks and that's about up, and the added cost of COBRA insurance eats up just about every dime of unemployment.
Today's depressive trigger was facing that it is time to begin the process of Nick's transition from his very small private school, where he's been since his first day of kindergarten, to his placement at our district's public high school, which is bigger than the entire town I grew up in. It's a daunting thought that my sheltered son will be thrown into a lion's den. My view, not his as he has wanted this since before school started. But I'm the one who knows what's best for my son, not the 15-year old who hasn't been through all the ugly experiences of life. And yet, I must let him go, and pray that my loving Father will watch over him. As one of the ladies in the school office told me today, "God is there too." And truly He is, and as his parents, Marty and I still have at-home responsibilities for his guidance and maturity in the things of the Lord.
For now, it's advising one school, gathering info at the other, and in the few weeks between the Thanksgiving break and Christmas (or sadly as the new school calls it: Winter Break) we will make sure he gets registered and he gets placed in the necessary classes; that books get returned and new ones issued. As the public school doesn't offer AP Biology until his sophomore year, I had to find out if he'd be able to continue with the Sophomores (he's a Freshman) or if he'd lose 1/2 a year of that study. He can join them! Yay!
It was also a day to head to Costco again. There were times that was a bit discouraging as there were some things that I might have placed in my cart if Marty were working, but I didn't. All the wonderful holiday foodstuffs are overflowing the shelves at the stores. I did splurge on a tub of red vines. I've been craving something sweet and we haven't had many sweets here other than the Brownie Bites, but I try to leave those for Nick's sack lunches that he takes to school. One of the best deals at Costco is their rotisseried chicken. We can get several meals from one $4.99 chicken, AND it's already cooked and seasoned! They also had bottles of Johnny's garlic seasoning which I haven't seen since I bought some a few years ago and was nearly out of, so I bought another one. It's yummy sprinkled on buttered bread for garlic toast, or occasionally on pasta or vegetables.
I'll be back later with my Webs of Thread post. See you then.
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