The dreaded gas carrier
August 26, 2008
Today in the mail came the “dreaded” letter I didn’t want to come. It a letter from our current natural gas supplier letting us know that our current contract rate of $9.99 MCF ends as of October of this year (sigh) and that due to the rising costs of energy they are raising us to $13.99 MCF! That’s 40% increase and can we say OUCH. Now they are offering us a rate if we agree to this $13.99 for two years to lock us in at that. But if we cancel before the end of the two years we have to pay $150.00, or we can go month to month at that rate but it could increase!
What worries me is what if we do lock in and the price ends up going back down to the $9.99. We are screwed. But if we don’t lock in and it goes up again as it says could go as high at 15.99 or 16.99 MCF, then that’s another percentage increase. Its damned if you do, damned if you don’t!
So now we have to decide what we will do! I think this is just ridiculous what we are all paying for gas period! It’s part of the reason I can’t get my own car and it sucks!
So tomorrow I will look for other suppliers to see what they are offering and see what I can find, then go from there. With my dad living with us, I need it as low as possible to say the least. We are still paying off last Winters gas bill!!!
The smell of Autumn is in the air..
August 25, 2008
This may sound weird to some, but the smell of Autumn is in the air. I noticed when I was out and about this weekend the trees are starting to turn already. I hear according the the farmers almanac that we may be in for a rough winter. But I rather not think of the snow but the glorious colors of Autumn. It will be time once again for cooler mornings and evenings and then its “Let the baking begin”!!
This morning I am baking because its a cool morning and when a moment like this comes after hot hot days and not making any goodies, you take it. This morning I am baking a cinnamon streusel coffee cake! It really smells wonderful in here.
I have to decide which tarts I will have going this week. I am a tart addict or candle addict. I love when my house smells delish! I am awaiting my lastest order of tarts, as I have 20 coming! I have some country berry flapjacks, some blueberry cheesecake, some spiced apples and peaches and some pumpkin cheesecake coming!! I only order from my friend Lara who owns The Sage Grove. But I really look forward to fall because she always comes up with some delicious goodies, so on those days I am way too lazy to bake my house will still smell yummy!!
My son started school today. Now where we live, the kids that attend traditional public school don’t start until after Labor Day. But since he attends a charter school online (still public school) he started this week. So he is a little bummed but such is life. I hope he has a good school year and I don’t have to spend most of the day arguing with him to get his school work finished. This is going to be an adjustment too since his sister is out of school. This will be interesting to say the least!!
The talk with hubby
August 23, 2008
Tonight my daughters boyfriend walked to our house to have “the talk” with my husband. It took him over four hours to get to our house. Its a long walk from his house to here let me tell you. He called me just a few minutes before nine and told me he was on his way and how close he was. I felt bad for him and drove to pick him up. My daughter had no idea he was walking here and was surprised to see him. But he said he wanted to talk to hubby alone so my daughter and I sat out in the car in the driveway. She already really knows what it was about, I mean how often does the boyfriend want to talk to the father alone?
I am full of mixed emotions. I realize its another phase and commit for them, but I have to tell you I am not ready for this and like it or not that is how it is. I can’t keep her my little girl forever. But I cried on the way home from driving him home. I just feel like time is really moving right now.
Wow, I knew it was coming but……. I still don’t know what all hubby said to him yet we have not had the chance to talk but…. not sure I want to hear it tonight.
I know there are some parents out there who are so ready for this part of their children’s lives so they are growing up and moving on so they themselves can also take a direction in life now, but this is very hard on me. Maybe because of the fact my own mother and not having a relationship with her…..
Its been years since I felt…
August 21, 2008
It has literally been years since I felt this depressed. I am so down right now it is not even funny! So many changes at once I think? Losing the girls is really taking a huge tole on me, more than I thought as I prepared myself knowing all summer it was my last summer with them. I don’t want to take on any new kids and why does everyone in my house think that is some how going to magically make missing the girls seem less? I’m sorry but I have been their NANNY all of their lives, so this is effecting them too.
My daughter just graduated and has her first job and the drama of this job is some days more than I can take. She will come home telling me how this one person walks all over her, treats her like crap, and even complains that she doesn’t drive, as if that some how is an inconvenience for her when its my dad or us doing the running. My daughter was stuck in the elevator during a power failure and she just isn’t ready to ride it again just yet although her supervisors and managers have gotten on it with her a few times to help her, but I guess because for now this other person has to be the one to ride the elevator up for supplies for the time being threw that in her face too, then turns around all nicey nice asking for her to cover a shift for her. NOT!! My daughter was going to do it and I had a fit and expressed how I felt not to mention she just can NOT commit to it unless she talks to her grandpa or us to make sure she has transportation, that is not fair to him you know? She told one of the managers about it and he even told her the same thing I did, don’t let this woman walk all over you. Tell her NO! I tell you what that woman doesn’t do a thing for my daughter. So its hard to sit back and listen to the drama and if I get upset my daughter gets pissy with me about it. Then don’t come home and tell me about it and expect me to NOT react.
She is never here for dinner anymore. Work I can understand that is her job that doesn’t bother me. What bothers me is how she words it when she is going to see her boyfriend for the day, she doesn’t want to hurt his moms feelings and not stay for dinner, she is counting on her. OH ok. Dude seriously needs to get his license. Not only are we giving her rides to work back and forth, but to her boyfriends and we been doing that for a year now.
I been telling her to study and get her permit for driving so she can get her license. I am telling you what if something ever happened to my dad she is screwed! I am not getting up at 4 to take her to work and coming back to take hubby to work at 5 then picking her up at 11 then picking up my hubby when he gets off work. No way! She needs to get her license so she can drive gramps car if he is sick or something. I got her the book to study not once has she looked at it. My dad will take her to take her test to get her permit anytime….but nothing! Winter will be setting in soon and that isn’t exactly the best conditions to learn how to drive you know?
I only get out on weekends ok. If she is running late at work I am stuck or hubby is waiting to pick her up and I have errands and such to do. I can’t make any plans, nothing. My dad makes his plans and goes and thats ok I don’t expect him to cancel, so why should I have too all the time? What do I get in return? Disrespect and a tone of voice that I could smack out of her.
I am not feeling well, I see the neurologist on the 29th, got hubby falling apart on me with his abnormal sense of smell, emailing me to do this, do that, go get me this, or that. I am just exhausted!!
I feel so overwhelmed right now it is not even funny. I am sad, crying, and very depressed and you think anyone at home can notice this?
Didn’t have time to stop grr
August 20, 2008
Well my dad had to run me out to Walmart this morning because I needed to get a few things, hubby wanted some of those Icy Hot patches for his back and he was almost out of hair spray. It cracks me up that he and my dad both use hair spray and I don’t. I was hoping to stop to get some Starbucks coffee but my dad decided to get gas and we could not make a left turn from where he was. However he did stop at McDonalds on the way home for his coffee!! I could of gone for one of those either Strawberries and Cream Frap or a Carmel Frap. The swelling is down a little bit today and the pain isn’t as bad. But those antibiotics are not agreeing with my stomach, whether I take with or without food, when I take it I get gosh awful stomach pains. But I have to bear with it.
I am also so hurt right now. The girls mom won’t return my calls, didn’t reply to my email on Monday and she still has not paid me for my last week last week! Then she replied to my email saying she was going to stop last night right, and she didn’t. I so wanted to go lay down and rest after dinner but I knew she was stopping and kind of hoping she bring the girls and I get to see them. She didn’t even call me to say oops lost track of time or something. I am going to make the girls a card and send to them in the mail letting them home I hope they have a great first day of school. I have a little goody bag for them too that I may not get to give to them.
Sialadenitis
August 18, 2008
I am back from Urgent Care. My regular physician could not get me in, shock shock. Always happens that way. So I headed to Urgent Care. That is always an experience no? I about kicked that doctor let me tell you when she was pressing on the gland in my throat and the gland under my tongue OMG. Your saliva gland is swollen err yeah. You have an infection called Sialadenitis which is a bacterial infection in my saliva gland) (errr yeah) so she wrote me a prescription for Augmentin and sent me on my way. I headed to the pharmacy, on my wait out my cell phone rings, its the Doctor from Urgent Care, she decided to change my prescription so I had to go back to the pharmacy area and wait again as they change it. It was already filled and paid for I was in my car when she called!!! She changed it to Cleocin HCL, she said that this one would be better for the condition than the Augmentin. The pharmacist was like well this is unusual to fill and have the doctor call deciding to give you something else. OH well just leave it me LOL So now they were all messed up because I already paid for one and now have to fix their system to return one and take out the other. What can ya do.
So I just too my prescription with two motrin and have to go get groceries then going to lay down a while… I was up all night with this gland in severe pain
If your curious :
- Sialadenitis (bacterial infection of a salivary gland) - Sialadenitis is a painful infection that usually is caused by staphylococcus, streptococcus, Haemophilus influenzae or anaerobic bacteria.
Got a lump in my throat…
August 18, 2008
I got a lump that is tender and sore on the right side of my throat.. I know what it is…. It’s a swollen saliva gland as I woke up this morning and the gland under my tongue is also very swollen. I had this once before about 6 years ago. I had an infection in it and it was blocking my saliva. When I eat it would swell, it just started to do that very recently but would go down after I ate and then by time you see a doctor, nothing there! Well that won’t be the case today let me tell you! I was so uncomfortable and the pain is something else! I had my dad take me for our car from where hubby works and in a few minutes I will key up our doctor’s office and hope they can get me in. I been putting warm compress on and massaging the gland and yellow fluid comes out and spit like a man! If they can’t get me in then I will be sitting at Urgent Care until I can be seen oh won’t that be a load of fun!
Trying to find a new table
August 17, 2008
We are trying to find a new table for our kitchen. We had a farm house style table I loved that we bought six years ago. The problem is at the time we bought it we lived in a condo we were renting and had the space for it. Now that we have bought a house, it really was too big for the kitchen. I mentioned to hubby that I like to find a new table, a round one and smaller, maybe with a leaf, and sell our old table. Well his friend who is recently divorced was here at my garage sale and I mentioned the table for sale once we found a new table. Well this guy went from just renting a house to boom he bought a house last Monday and moved in this weekend. He told hubby at work Friday he was coming for the table. I was caught off guard and thought what will we do, hubby said we get one this weekend. Well I am NOT have any luck in finding a smaller table that is priced within our budget. I don’t want to put it in a credit card. Right now I have a blue card table (not in the best condition) with two plastic lawn chairs in my kitchen. It looks as if this is how it may be for a while. I cried last night and told hubby why did he not tell his friend we need TIME to find the new table. He said he felt bad for him. So now my kitchen looks hideous! So I told him I was going to go today to find a NEW white card table and 4 matching chairs and call it day! I rather have that than that nasty old blue one until we can save up to afford a table.
Another reason I don’t want to spend a lot is because of our kids. My son has done damage to the last table, like taking something really hot from the microwave and placing it right on the table without a plate and there is a worn look marking. He scratched with the top of a pencil with the eraser gone, perfect o’s on my table. He does his school work there so I don’t really want to spend a lot of money for something he may just scratch up you know?
There is one on sale today in the KMart ad, so we will go look at it today. I like how it looks but it may be too big. We shall see….
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