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Keith found a job

Katelyn — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:45:38 +0000

Mom was telling me that she finally heard from Keith, after six months of silence. Seems that he hitch-hiked out to California with a friend of his and after bumming around for a while finally got his act together and started working for a Los Angeles moving company as a helper. Mom was so happy to hear from him; you could just see her eyes lit up. Seems that he had made friends with some other men that worked for the same LA movers company and they helped him to get hired.

Keith has such a strong work ethic that whatever company of Los Angeles movers were lucky enough to get him will certainly get their money’s worth out of him! I can remember one time when Mom wanted our refrigerator moved out from the wall so she could clean behind it and Keith just picked it up and said “where do you want it Mom?” My jaw hit the floor when that happened!

I’d love some professional help with my kitchen

Katelyn — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:38:11 +0000

Even though I really like my house, one of the things that has always bothered me about this place is where is the best place to put some
kitchen spice racks. Almost every woman that I know keeps her spice rack really close to their kitchen range. My mother had a custom spice racks built into the cabinet above her range, and she loved it!

Yet, I’ve read that spices should not be kept near a source of heat, so that tells me that they should be stored away from the range. I like the idea of the racks that fold up under the cabinets, but they don’t seem to hold very much.Organizing a kitchen would be so much easier if all spice cans and bottles were the exact same size and shape; it is difficult to properly store so many different odd mix and match containers!

TV to distract me

Katelyn — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:52:35 +0000

Thanks for the post from Kirk Wood

I really cannot remember the last time I really watched a lot of TV. Do not get me wrong; we have a TV and with lots of channels on it too. The problem is that I just have not had the time recently to keep up with my shows. We have had DIRECTV for so long and we even got some great deals on it. It has been nice to have because I have a lot of options for when I do have the time to watch TV. Shows like Boardwalk Empire and Damages are not really widely available. Those types of shows are on the channels that play movies all the time. It is always interesting to watch shows like that. They do not always have some huge budget to make an elaborate show, but they still do a really good job presenting the story and distracting me from whatever stresses I had throughout the day. One of the biggest things I have needed distraction from recently is one of my sisters. For whatever reason, we have not been getting along recently. I am really looking forward to the period of time where we are not mad at each other just about every day.

Remembering the old days

Katelyn — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:42:33 +0000

One of the fun things about Facebook is when someone from your past creates a page about the times and the area where you grew up. Recently a former classmate did exactly that for the area in which I grew up, and there have been a lot of fond memories being shared.

Remembering favorite pizza joints and the tunnel that we had to walk through to get to school, the old school rivalries, and the children’s clothing store that had a special display of real monkeys in the shoe department have been bringing back a lot of memories, and even managed to rekindle some old friendships. Isn’t Facebook wonderful!

Hard to stay nice

Katelyn — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:34:31 +0000

One of the things that I struggle with on almost a daily basis is how to stay nice to people who keep asking you the same question repeatedly after you have answered the question. That probably means that I shouldn’t ever try to get a career caring for senior citizens, doesn’t it?

Today I ran into some people that I had met a couple of months ago at a business meeting, and they recognized me, and although I tried to avoid them it was impossible to do so. I ended up sitting next to them at a presentation. They kept asking me questions that I could not answer, and I was having a hard time staying nice to them. After all, how many times do I have to say “I don’t know” to the same question? I wonder if my intolerence is based in my own fear that some day I will be an old imbecile myself. I hate to think that will happen any time soon, and I hope that if and when it happens that other people will be more tolerent of me than I feel that I have been. I feel guilty about that.

That makes me nervous

Katelyn — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:01:25 +0000

David was telling me that he was thinking about partnering with Merle in a cash advance affiliate program that he found out about through Blue Global Media. Apparently he was impressed by their website, and he thinks that with his Business degree and Merle’s accounting degree that they can make a success out of the venture.

I’m a little bit nervous about the venture because I’ve heard that some states are thinking about making payday loans illegal, but David and Merle are confident that won’t happen in this state. They are already picking out their storefront site and talking about payday loan leads and are very excited about the whole thing. I hope that they are not biting off more than they can chew!

Charming flowers

Katelyn — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:00:29 +0000

Guest post by Linda Bradshaw

Right before Christmas my mother decided that she wanted me to accompany her to a fantastic display up at the Shenandoah Caverns. The display was of historical parade floats, and antique
Christmas window displays from storefronts.

Having always been fascinated by things like that, I readily agreed, although I would have preferred doing it after Christmas. Nonetheless, we went up there and I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed the window displays. One of the things that I really appreciated was the fact that the main room of the window displays was decorated with artificial flowering wisteria hanging from garden arbors.

The effect of the flowers climbing the arbors was very effective, and it made the entire room feel charming and romantic and old fashioned. The display has inspired me to put an arbor on my “wish list” for the landscaping plans for the side yard of the house.

Slipcovers

Katelyn — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:35:57 +0000

One of the things that I like to do is change the looks of the throw pillows that I keep on the sofa. Years ago I was given a set of decorative throw pillows that were a Christmas theme. When Christmas was over, I decided that I really did not have a good place to store them, so I made some slip covers to put over them. That way I can continue to use the pillows year round, and if the pillows get soiled I can just take off the slip covers and throw them into the washer and dryer.

Today would have been my great-grandmother birthday

Katelyn — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:37:56 +0000

Too many times we forget the birthday of our loved ones that have passed away. That’s not true for me. My great-grandmother is one of those people that I prefer not to forget about. She was an amazing woman. She farmed 20 acres of land long after my great-grandfather died. She grew enough food for three families and even sold a lot of what she grew.

I always make sure that on her birthday I place some chrysanthemums on her grave. She loved those flowers and even grew them to sell to a local florist. That woman could make money from the ground like no other I have ever known. Like I said, she was a very special person and I have learned so much more about life and living from her than I could have ever learned in any classroom.

Hit or miss

Katelyn — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:13:24 +0000

Ever since my girlfriend told me about all of the great nomorerack insanity deals I have missed, I’ve been trying to remember to go online to their website to grab some for myself. All of the nomorerack reviews I’ve read indicate that it is a fun and cheap way to get merchandise online. So far I’d have to agree that the bargains are outstanding, and what adds to the excitement of it is the fact that you never know whether you are going to score a great bargain that day or not. Kind of like a hit or miss type of deal. Don’t get me wrong, everything is a bargain there, what you don’t know is whether you are going to be able to scarf up one of the insanity deals, or even better one of the free deals!

This afternoon I went online around one hour after they put their deals up online and saw that their free deal was already sold out! Darn it, missed it this time! I’ll have to try to remember to go online at noon to check out the new deals and hope that they have something great then!