*Drags in crying*
Oh Mr. Blog,
Thank God you are here.
I am so upset today.
Everyone down the hall in the commons area was leaving for work
and I had no where to go.
No time clock to punch. I liked punching that time clock at the post office for ten years.
I feel like my life is a 10,000 piece puzzle and someone is shaking the box
so that not only are pieces missing,
half the pieces are not even facing the right direction!
On the wall is a giant clock with Roman Numerals of years instead of minutes and hours!
The hands are two thirds around the clock until it is time for me to go!
So I have to remember to:
1 Put one foot in front of each other
2 Eat my elephant one bite at a time
3 Go jump around with Jane Fonda and then try to get my house back in order
Thanks for listening Mr. Blog. You are a real lifesaver sometimes!
Monday, January 4, 2010
Sunday, January 3, 2010
1/3/10 Nixpix New Year
*Walks in cheerfully and lies down*
Well Mr. Blog, I survived the holidays and had a darn good time.
I enjoyed having Troy and Teddy home so much. They are such nice people.
I also enjoyed frolicking with my old grade/high school pals Riel, Patty, Molly, Marcia, Margo, Mimi, Ann and everyone that came to Pam's party.
I also liked traveling around to arts and crafts fairs to sell my games.
Met some really nice people at the fairs.
So my new big idea is that I'm working at the 47th annual RV show at QWest Field next month
but I'm worried because it has a $500.00 vendor fee and I'd have to charge it on my business account that I won't be able to pay if I don't sell enough.
My gut feeling is that my game would be PERFECT for RV entertainment in campgrounds.
If I could sell all 479 games that are left I could go to print
on the USA version March 1st as planned.
Then I'd be done with both games since they are both limited editions of 500 and it would
give me the income to print Gin Latin by July which is my bigger goal.
I'm such a terrible businesswoman Mr. Blog!
I should be hustling to get down all the Christmas decorations
and get the business paperwork done with Aime
and fill out my City of Kenmore forms
and instead I'm working on New Years Cards
to send people with pictures from this last year.
Frolicking on my deck with Molly, Patty and Marcia; going to Lloyd's funeral and visiting Raylene Naftzger in Orem Utah afterwards. Hanging out with Riel Escadaro all the time.
Visiting Bren in Hawaii for my 53rd birthday.
I mean, how much will a silly photograph mean to an old friend anyway?
I seem to have a problem with my priorities.
I want to bring good cheer to people instead of focusing on making cash.
The only reason I even need cash is to get Terry off my back all the time.
So, I'm going to try to concentrate on business more and friends less
because I do love my husband
even though he makes me crazy sometimes.
Oh, guess what I did to Celebrate New Year's Day?
I jumped in my pool!
It was thirty-five degrees!
Troy said he'd jump in but he chickened out at the last minute.
Carlos took cute pictures of us getting ready to jump.
I was so cold that my brain froze and I was seeing spots all over.
I took a hot shower and curled up in bed around my heating pad for an hour to thaw out!
But I felt strongly about doing something tortuous to myself
so that everything else this year seems easy.
Well Mr. Blog, I survived the holidays and had a darn good time.
I enjoyed having Troy and Teddy home so much. They are such nice people.
I also enjoyed frolicking with my old grade/high school pals Riel, Patty, Molly, Marcia, Margo, Mimi, Ann and everyone that came to Pam's party.
I also liked traveling around to arts and crafts fairs to sell my games.
Met some really nice people at the fairs.
So my new big idea is that I'm working at the 47th annual RV show at QWest Field next month
but I'm worried because it has a $500.00 vendor fee and I'd have to charge it on my business account that I won't be able to pay if I don't sell enough.
My gut feeling is that my game would be PERFECT for RV entertainment in campgrounds.
If I could sell all 479 games that are left I could go to print
on the USA version March 1st as planned.
Then I'd be done with both games since they are both limited editions of 500 and it would
give me the income to print Gin Latin by July which is my bigger goal.
I'm such a terrible businesswoman Mr. Blog!
I should be hustling to get down all the Christmas decorations
and get the business paperwork done with Aime
and fill out my City of Kenmore forms
and instead I'm working on New Years Cards
to send people with pictures from this last year.
Frolicking on my deck with Molly, Patty and Marcia; going to Lloyd's funeral and visiting Raylene Naftzger in Orem Utah afterwards. Hanging out with Riel Escadaro all the time.
Visiting Bren in Hawaii for my 53rd birthday.
I mean, how much will a silly photograph mean to an old friend anyway?
I seem to have a problem with my priorities.
I want to bring good cheer to people instead of focusing on making cash.
The only reason I even need cash is to get Terry off my back all the time.
So, I'm going to try to concentrate on business more and friends less
because I do love my husband
even though he makes me crazy sometimes.
Oh, guess what I did to Celebrate New Year's Day?
I jumped in my pool!
It was thirty-five degrees!
Troy said he'd jump in but he chickened out at the last minute.
Carlos took cute pictures of us getting ready to jump.
I was so cold that my brain froze and I was seeing spots all over.
I took a hot shower and curled up in bed around my heating pad for an hour to thaw out!
But I felt strongly about doing something tortuous to myself
so that everything else this year seems easy.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
12/29/09 Municpal Code Violations
*Walks in and lies down*
Hi Mr. Blog. You would not believe the party I went to last night! It was at a Roosevelt High School pal's house and she lives in Windemere on the bluff over the lake. It is the most beautiful house in the world and Pam was such a charming hostess. About 20 Roughriders showed up.
So the mail came early at noon and I got so excited by this thick priority mail envelope.
But guess what it was?
*Stares at Mr. Blog*
Okay, I'll tell you. It was a twenty page long letter from Angelo Bonomi, the City of Kenmore Compliance officer. We are old friends going back two summers ago when our pool deck was two inches above the level needing a permit and he was really mean to me and made me cry.
I had to make a building plan, then a site plan and both took three tries to get it right.
I was at City Hall and I finally gave up and asked him what would happen if I did nothing
and he gave me a mean look and pointed up at the giant red STOP WORK sign behind him.
It was so horrible and finally Terry took over and finished the compliance work for me.
Anyway, Angelo came out and saw my giant NIXPIX sign
and wrote me up for that and
investigated NIXPIX and wrote me up for not having a city of Kenmore Permit.
I have a state license, which I thought for an online business was enough.
So I'll muddle through the ten pages of city codes and fill out pages of forms
and drag Terry to the bank to get everything notarized.
My sign has to come down January 30th and I'm so sad!
I worked really heard on that sign too!
Oh well, at least the letter had a high quality photo of the sign I can frame for the memories.
Hi Mr. Blog. You would not believe the party I went to last night! It was at a Roosevelt High School pal's house and she lives in Windemere on the bluff over the lake. It is the most beautiful house in the world and Pam was such a charming hostess. About 20 Roughriders showed up.
So the mail came early at noon and I got so excited by this thick priority mail envelope.
But guess what it was?
*Stares at Mr. Blog*
Okay, I'll tell you. It was a twenty page long letter from Angelo Bonomi, the City of Kenmore Compliance officer. We are old friends going back two summers ago when our pool deck was two inches above the level needing a permit and he was really mean to me and made me cry.
I had to make a building plan, then a site plan and both took three tries to get it right.
I was at City Hall and I finally gave up and asked him what would happen if I did nothing
and he gave me a mean look and pointed up at the giant red STOP WORK sign behind him.
It was so horrible and finally Terry took over and finished the compliance work for me.
Anyway, Angelo came out and saw my giant NIXPIX sign
and wrote me up for that and
investigated NIXPIX and wrote me up for not having a city of Kenmore Permit.
I have a state license, which I thought for an online business was enough.
So I'll muddle through the ten pages of city codes and fill out pages of forms
and drag Terry to the bank to get everything notarized.
My sign has to come down January 30th and I'm so sad!
I worked really heard on that sign too!
Oh well, at least the letter had a high quality photo of the sign I can frame for the memories.
Sunday, December 27, 2009
12/27/09 The Kiss
*Bounces in and lies down*
Good morning Mr. Blog! Don't you just love this sun today?!
It is so pretty and the days are finally getting longer.
Guess what? I slept great. You can probably tell.
I do my heaviest sleeping between 3-7am and usually Terry gets up at 4:30am
and clomps around like an elephant and wakes me up so I'm cranky all morning.
But not today! I slept great right up until seven and I feel like a million bucks!
So I'm in the kitchen getting coffee and Terry walks right up to me and leans over and
GIVES ME A KISS!
Now how good is that?!
For twenty four years now I have been the one to walk up to him for a kiss
and out of the blue he strides right over like Edward Cullen and plants one on me!
What a great husband!
I am so inspired to work harder on my business now so I can earn the money
to pay off our house.
That way when Terry wakes up he can have the option of going to work or not.
When I was at Woodbadge leadership training with 2007 it was like fifty men and five women.
In my patrol, David, Kevin and Brent were all Eagle Scouts and very competitive.
But the general knowledge I learned from hanging out with them for a week
was that they all feel the pressure to take care of their families.
That was something I had never been exposed to.
The weight of taking care of a family.
So anyway, my personal goal now is to get my business blazing away with sales
and lift that wieght off my husband's shoulders
because he gave me a nice little kiss.
Good morning Mr. Blog! Don't you just love this sun today?!
It is so pretty and the days are finally getting longer.
Guess what? I slept great. You can probably tell.
I do my heaviest sleeping between 3-7am and usually Terry gets up at 4:30am
and clomps around like an elephant and wakes me up so I'm cranky all morning.
But not today! I slept great right up until seven and I feel like a million bucks!
So I'm in the kitchen getting coffee and Terry walks right up to me and leans over and
GIVES ME A KISS!
Now how good is that?!
For twenty four years now I have been the one to walk up to him for a kiss
and out of the blue he strides right over like Edward Cullen and plants one on me!
What a great husband!
I am so inspired to work harder on my business now so I can earn the money
to pay off our house.
That way when Terry wakes up he can have the option of going to work or not.
When I was at Woodbadge leadership training with 2007 it was like fifty men and five women.
In my patrol, David, Kevin and Brent were all Eagle Scouts and very competitive.
But the general knowledge I learned from hanging out with them for a week
was that they all feel the pressure to take care of their families.
That was something I had never been exposed to.
The weight of taking care of a family.
So anyway, my personal goal now is to get my business blazing away with sales
and lift that wieght off my husband's shoulders
because he gave me a nice little kiss.
Thursday, December 24, 2009
12/23/09 The Garage Sale
*Walks in and lies down*
Hi Mr. Blog. Are you ready for Christmas?
I am. We have up our fresh tree and garland in the picture window.
I woke up yesterday thinking I should have a garage sale.
Took me four hours to get up my garden canopy and get it all decorated with Christmas lights.
It is so cute! You'll have to stop by. I put it in the driveway up on the road.
I ran a 50foot orange extension cord out the bathroom window
for power and so I have lights and a hot water pot and a radio!
I put my best reindeer tablecloth over my folding banquet table and my best china
with hot cocoa and tea and cider packets. It looks so festive, especially at night!
I hope you'll stop by. Patty stopped by this morning and brought me a cute sweater
and a Starbucks latte! Wow! She has turned out to be the best friend in the world.
I can't believe I've known her since 1966, forty-eight years now. Since Bryant grade school.
She bought a driving game for her one son that isn't driving yet. I forget which one.
I have high hopes for last minutes sales tomorrow on Christmas eve.
I have to dash to the store for a few things to go with the ham and I hope to
start work at noon.
Yesterday I did all my Christmas cards while waiting for customers.
Only one person besides Patty stopped by.
A nice new senior neighbor named Claire. She was going for a walk on the trail.
Oh, and my sister Pam stopped by later and said it looked like a little circus!
Hahahaha. My life with Terry and Troy and Teddy IS a circus.
Those teens are darn cute and funny and always doing silly stuff.
I'll miss them when they move out.
Pam wanted to buy a NIXPIX t-shirt but I only had them up for display
because you have to buy them from the website.
I was pretty excited since I got her one for Christmas and she doesn't know it.
My neighbor Darcy drove past in her cool truck and yelled out the window,
"What the hell are you doing?!"
She is such a card.
I told her I was having a garage sale and she said you are supposed to have them in summer like she does in August. She said it was thirty degrees out and no one would stop in the freezing
weather. Well, Patty and Claire and sissy stopped so it was worth freezing to death all day.
Hi Mr. Blog. Are you ready for Christmas?
I am. We have up our fresh tree and garland in the picture window.
I woke up yesterday thinking I should have a garage sale.
Took me four hours to get up my garden canopy and get it all decorated with Christmas lights.
It is so cute! You'll have to stop by. I put it in the driveway up on the road.
I ran a 50foot orange extension cord out the bathroom window
for power and so I have lights and a hot water pot and a radio!
I put my best reindeer tablecloth over my folding banquet table and my best china
with hot cocoa and tea and cider packets. It looks so festive, especially at night!
I hope you'll stop by. Patty stopped by this morning and brought me a cute sweater
and a Starbucks latte! Wow! She has turned out to be the best friend in the world.
I can't believe I've known her since 1966, forty-eight years now. Since Bryant grade school.
She bought a driving game for her one son that isn't driving yet. I forget which one.
I have high hopes for last minutes sales tomorrow on Christmas eve.
I have to dash to the store for a few things to go with the ham and I hope to
start work at noon.
Yesterday I did all my Christmas cards while waiting for customers.
Only one person besides Patty stopped by.
A nice new senior neighbor named Claire. She was going for a walk on the trail.
Oh, and my sister Pam stopped by later and said it looked like a little circus!
Hahahaha. My life with Terry and Troy and Teddy IS a circus.
Those teens are darn cute and funny and always doing silly stuff.
I'll miss them when they move out.
Pam wanted to buy a NIXPIX t-shirt but I only had them up for display
because you have to buy them from the website.
I was pretty excited since I got her one for Christmas and she doesn't know it.
My neighbor Darcy drove past in her cool truck and yelled out the window,
"What the hell are you doing?!"
She is such a card.
I told her I was having a garage sale and she said you are supposed to have them in summer like she does in August. She said it was thirty degrees out and no one would stop in the freezing
weather. Well, Patty and Claire and sissy stopped so it was worth freezing to death all day.
Friday, December 18, 2009
12/18/09 Coolest Sign In Kenmore Washington
*Bounces in full of excitement and sits in the chair*
Oh Mr. Bl-og! You'll never guess what is up my trees fourteen feet in front of my ho-use!
Yep, we did it! My brother-in-law Seth came at noon and he is so delightful. Anyway, he let me drop off my hairdresser, Janet Ferris's $20.00 Christmas bonus and mail the package to the guy that ordered a game
from a place called Beerchurch.com. They have a great website.
So we got to Lake City Motorsports and Tom and Aime were there and gave me a hunk of display metal stuff to hang my t-shirts on. When Seth and I were leaving I saw a motorcycle
that I am going to buy! I don't care what Terry says! I've had a great life and
if I get killed I'll go out styling on that thing. It is called, "Rebel" and I want want want that
motorcycle more than anything!
We got back and Seth whipped out a giant machete from his truck and went up the ladder
and whacked off all the branches up to fourteen feet for me.
Then we both went up ladders and nailed up the sign fourteen feet up the trees!
We walked up on the bike trail and it is easily visible from the highway and
Kenmore Starbucks.
Tomorrow after Toady's basketball game I'll be working at my tree store all day!
I'm taking my 3x6' table out and my best Christmas tablecloth
and Seth suggest Christmas lights! So I'll put those on and my hotplate I use
at cheap motels to make hot cider and I'll drag out my chairs and free candy bowl.
It is going to be so fun! I can hardly wait!
Nothing like a mid-winter garage sale for fun!
You should stop by Mr. Blog!
Oh Mr. Bl-og! You'll never guess what is up my trees fourteen feet in front of my ho-use!
Yep, we did it! My brother-in-law Seth came at noon and he is so delightful. Anyway, he let me drop off my hairdresser, Janet Ferris's $20.00 Christmas bonus and mail the package to the guy that ordered a game
from a place called Beerchurch.com. They have a great website.
So we got to Lake City Motorsports and Tom and Aime were there and gave me a hunk of display metal stuff to hang my t-shirts on. When Seth and I were leaving I saw a motorcycle
that I am going to buy! I don't care what Terry says! I've had a great life and
if I get killed I'll go out styling on that thing. It is called, "Rebel" and I want want want that
motorcycle more than anything!
We got back and Seth whipped out a giant machete from his truck and went up the ladder
and whacked off all the branches up to fourteen feet for me.
Then we both went up ladders and nailed up the sign fourteen feet up the trees!
We walked up on the bike trail and it is easily visible from the highway and
Kenmore Starbucks.
Tomorrow after Toady's basketball game I'll be working at my tree store all day!
I'm taking my 3x6' table out and my best Christmas tablecloth
and Seth suggest Christmas lights! So I'll put those on and my hotplate I use
at cheap motels to make hot cider and I'll drag out my chairs and free candy bowl.
It is going to be so fun! I can hardly wait!
Nothing like a mid-winter garage sale for fun!
You should stop by Mr. Blog!
Thursday, December 17, 2009
12/17/09 Business Shut Down
*Walks in and lies down for short rest*
Hi Mr. Blog. I got the Christmas tree up and our new kittens just love climbing it!
Troy let me store the game parts in his closet, thank God.
So yesterday, Terry comes home all sore and tired and cranky from delivering
all the Christmas mail
and tells me I have to close down my little business
because I'm not making money to help with the bills.
*Gets up and paces*
I'm not going to. For crying out loud Mr. Blog! We all have perfect health!
Look at all the health problems everyone we know has!
*Lies back down*
So I decided to make my own retail outlet in front of our house.
You've seen where we live right on the highway Mr. Blog!
I went to Plywood Supply and got a bunch of 4x8' cardboard pieces and
two were plain white so I used my automotive adhesive to glue them together last night.
I had to work in my bedroom because the kittens get in everything!
I cut them into the shape of a 4x6' skateboard and I
just finished spray painting them yellow.
Now I'm really dizzy from the fumes
but when my head clears I'm going to go to Mabel's and see if I can have more of her old
yardsticks she doesn't use for the nixpix letters.
I'm going to spray paint them black and saw them up make the letters.
I think it will look cool and 3-D.
I have an electric handsaw so I need to hustle up and get the painting done.
I don't want to use power tools dizzy.
I am worried about going up the ladder and sawing the limbs
off the trees. I'm just not very coordinated.
Nailing the sign up will be a problem too because I
want it to be visible from the Starbucks across the street.
I was going to have a banner made and have the fire department
tie it to my tree but I can't afford a banner.
Mr. Blog, I don't want to give up my business!
I love designing games to help people learn or have fun or both.
It makes me feel valuable.
I mean not everyone can afford $500.00 for driving school for their kids!
My game is $25.00 and the kids can play enough to get a permit
and at least help with the family driving.
You still need drivers ed class to get a license under 18 but guess what?!
A friend of Troy's took driver's ed but didn't pass the knowledge test.
So I'm not giving up.
I just have to cook more
and listen to boring post office stories for hours and hours and hours on end.
And tickle Terry's feet. I have been doing that every night
for twenty-two years now.
He did find out about the home equity loan that I was never going to tell him about.
He was home when the 500 games got delivered and got all nosy on me.
I tried to sell my van to cover the print costs and forgot his name is on the title too.
I paid for it myself but figured if I dropped dead it would be easier for him with his name on it.
Oh, cheery news too Mr. Blog.
I took Mabel for our annual Christmas shopping trip yesterday
to Lake City Fred Meyers.
We found almost everything on Mike's list and he'll be so happy.
I love Mabel and pretend she is my mom.
Mom's been gone four years now and Lyle seven.
So after we shopped she wanted to take me out to lunch
so we went to Flo Anna's and had THE BEST lunch.
We drank coffee and she had a hamburger and I had a Rueben, which is my favorite!
She said something that upset me when we were leaving Fred Meyers Mr. Blog.
She looked at me and said, "This is my last Christmas."
I told her to forget about that idea.
I know she is eighty-nine but I can't bear the thought of losing her.
We love to hang out and talk and drink sodas.
I love hearing all the stories of her growing up on the farm in Minnesota and
walking two miles to school in the snow.
I like hearing about how Arky built her house for her sixty years ago
and her job at Boeing and later John Fluke.
I love her stories about how the train used to run in front of our houses to the
shingle mill on the lake where the bike trail is now.
It was mostly farms on our road with cows and horses and I do remember the giant
white barn that they tore down to build Trail Walk condominiums.
So, I love owning my business so I can be available for Mabel.
It's good to have a flexible schedule
and I can make more money later.
Hi Mr. Blog. I got the Christmas tree up and our new kittens just love climbing it!
Troy let me store the game parts in his closet, thank God.
So yesterday, Terry comes home all sore and tired and cranky from delivering
all the Christmas mail
and tells me I have to close down my little business
because I'm not making money to help with the bills.
*Gets up and paces*
I'm not going to. For crying out loud Mr. Blog! We all have perfect health!
Look at all the health problems everyone we know has!
*Lies back down*
So I decided to make my own retail outlet in front of our house.
You've seen where we live right on the highway Mr. Blog!
I went to Plywood Supply and got a bunch of 4x8' cardboard pieces and
two were plain white so I used my automotive adhesive to glue them together last night.
I had to work in my bedroom because the kittens get in everything!
I cut them into the shape of a 4x6' skateboard and I
just finished spray painting them yellow.
Now I'm really dizzy from the fumes
but when my head clears I'm going to go to Mabel's and see if I can have more of her old
yardsticks she doesn't use for the nixpix letters.
I'm going to spray paint them black and saw them up make the letters.
I think it will look cool and 3-D.
I have an electric handsaw so I need to hustle up and get the painting done.
I don't want to use power tools dizzy.
I am worried about going up the ladder and sawing the limbs
off the trees. I'm just not very coordinated.
Nailing the sign up will be a problem too because I
want it to be visible from the Starbucks across the street.
I was going to have a banner made and have the fire department
tie it to my tree but I can't afford a banner.
Mr. Blog, I don't want to give up my business!
I love designing games to help people learn or have fun or both.
It makes me feel valuable.
I mean not everyone can afford $500.00 for driving school for their kids!
My game is $25.00 and the kids can play enough to get a permit
and at least help with the family driving.
You still need drivers ed class to get a license under 18 but guess what?!
A friend of Troy's took driver's ed but didn't pass the knowledge test.
So I'm not giving up.
I just have to cook more
and listen to boring post office stories for hours and hours and hours on end.
And tickle Terry's feet. I have been doing that every night
for twenty-two years now.
He did find out about the home equity loan that I was never going to tell him about.
He was home when the 500 games got delivered and got all nosy on me.
I tried to sell my van to cover the print costs and forgot his name is on the title too.
I paid for it myself but figured if I dropped dead it would be easier for him with his name on it.
Oh, cheery news too Mr. Blog.
I took Mabel for our annual Christmas shopping trip yesterday
to Lake City Fred Meyers.
We found almost everything on Mike's list and he'll be so happy.
I love Mabel and pretend she is my mom.
Mom's been gone four years now and Lyle seven.
So after we shopped she wanted to take me out to lunch
so we went to Flo Anna's and had THE BEST lunch.
We drank coffee and she had a hamburger and I had a Rueben, which is my favorite!
She said something that upset me when we were leaving Fred Meyers Mr. Blog.
She looked at me and said, "This is my last Christmas."
I told her to forget about that idea.
I know she is eighty-nine but I can't bear the thought of losing her.
We love to hang out and talk and drink sodas.
I love hearing all the stories of her growing up on the farm in Minnesota and
walking two miles to school in the snow.
I like hearing about how Arky built her house for her sixty years ago
and her job at Boeing and later John Fluke.
I love her stories about how the train used to run in front of our houses to the
shingle mill on the lake where the bike trail is now.
It was mostly farms on our road with cows and horses and I do remember the giant
white barn that they tore down to build Trail Walk condominiums.
So, I love owning my business so I can be available for Mabel.
It's good to have a flexible schedule
and I can make more money later.
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