But there is good news...

Judy's mom had knee replacement surgery almost 2 weeks ago. She's home now and getting around OK. That's where Judy's been this weekend (went up there on Friday). I've been "Home Alone" for three days now! If it wasn't for Thanksgiving leftovers I'd probably starve to death!
(Beer is good food, right?)

And it just keeps coming...

The dryer has been making this gawdawful noise. It still works but it sounds like there's a bunch of ball bearing rolling around loose in it. this has been going on for about two weeks now. I'll get it looked at eventually. Hell, the thing is over 30 years old! It's served me well.

Now the washer doesn't work at all! Just discovered this yesterday when trying to start a load. It's a Maytag Neptune front loader. The door lock lite doesn't come on when you try to start it so I'm thinking that has something to do with it. And, of course, it happens on a holiday weekend so I can't get anyone to look at it until the workweek starts.

And there are no Maytag repairmen in this town! I hope the guy I called is certified. Or at least knows what he's doing!

How much is this going to cost me...?

More Bad News...

Just got thru with an all company meeting. It was announced, that instead of having any layoffs due to the state of the economy, all wages have been frozen.

NO RAISE COME JANUARY!

Real motivator, that is.

There goes Christmas for the next TWO years!

Bad News

Got a call from my Aunt Donna last night. My Uncle Ronnie has cancer of the esophagus. There are a few tests they need to perform prior to surgery (angiogram to see if his heart can stand up to the stress of surgery, especially since he's had one heart atttack). Not sure of the schedule of events at the moment so it'll be at least 2 - 3 weeks before we have any more details.

More to come later.

Wow! That hurt!

I've had a molar that's been giving me some problems/pain when I bit down on it while eating. Well, last Friday, during lunch, the thing finally broke in half! It really wasn't that painful. More annoying than anything else.

So I had to gingerly eat and drink all weekend before I could get in to see a dentist on Monday afternoon. She poked and prodded a little bit, then grabbed a hemostat and yanked out the broken piece. She put a temp seal around it and scheduled a new appt. for Dec 17 to get fitted for a crown or possible root canal.

There goes all the Christmas money!

Here goes nothing...

Well, I'm going to give this blog thing a try. My sister started one so let's see if I can keep up.
WARNING: THIS IS GOING TO BE BORING!

I'll see as time goes by what I learn to do here. Hopefully, it will be worthwhile for someone out there who enjoys wasting a lot of time on their PC's/MAC's.