This morn I'm de-stressing and relaxing by filling my Netflix queue, blogging, visiting neighbors and commenting and cleaning house. Okay, the latter doesn't count as relaxation but it is a necessity.
We have two cars and the newer one's been in the shop since Tuesday. We expected a tune up and oil change and possibly, brake work on the rear brakes. We also had a clicking noise making its presence known.
Well, Tuesday afternoon we learned it was an oil change, front and rear brakes and the clicking noise....the A/C compressor on its last leg. Problem: the compressor in Ford's is so tightly integrated into everything else, it would take major work and more than two days.
At 7 p.m. Friday evening the mechanic phoned to say the car would be ready this afternoon. So we're now preparing to pick it up and feel the damage to our finances. Ugh, I can't believe this expense has occurred right now. It's so hard to feel like we're getting ahead when things continue rearing their ugly heads and chomping on our savings.
Aside from the car pick up, there are films to be watched The Lake House arrived yesterday, errands to be run and a musical this evening Reefer Madness. So I hope everyone has a good day and doesn't have expenses like we do!
Show us what's in your pocket.
This Happy Face stress ball was with me today. Ogre's back after a two hiatus and, as usual, nothing's up to par, everything is stat and nothing has a decent explanation for why someting has to be done backass backwards!
Oh I do so love my office building. It was built 11 years ago and I gladly go to work everyday. I love palm trees and the property is landscaped with them everywhere. It's a great place to go for an immediate respite and relaxing the eyes. There's no place to go but up! LOL
Gabby just about winded me when she asked my opinion about getting a nose job. She's been threatening to do so for months now and has gone to one consultation. She's insistent on doing it mid-October and has scheduled a second consultation for next Thursday.
She could do with cosmetic surgery on her nose because it's the size, thickness and shape of W.C. Fields' nose.
The second consult is with a fellow friend's plastic surgeon (she's had a total of eight surgeries) who Gabby feels fairly confident with. She's asked me to attend with her and well, I'm uncertain what to do.
I want to be supportive, but with her cattiness, I'm not sure I want to risk it. Who am I kidding, I'm going. I told her to ask for before and after and not to necessarily go with the lowest price. Afterall, we are talking about her face and one's nose is prominent!
I like to think that I'm a decent person and try to help others as best I can. My neighbor Cici has an Apple eMac using OS 9.02. She's had this computer for at least five years and the system is too slow for her to upgrade to OSX.
I have her up and running on DSL and I set up a Gmail account for her, but because she's using OS 9.X with Internet Explorer, all of Gmail's features are not available. I tried downloading Firefox but the latest version does not work with OS 9.0 either.
Since her Gmail is fairly new and she hasn't emailed too many people, I figured the best solution is to move her to Yahoo. So I set up a Yahoo account and emailed her everything she needed to login and use it. I gave her the user name and told her "your password is the same as your Gmail account".
No kidding, not thirty minutes later I get a voice mail from her saying, "You gave me everything except my password. I can't login without it!" I returned her call and asked her to read aloud what I'd written. "Oh, I didn't understand."
She tried logging in to Yahoo mail as I waited on the line and then said she couldn't find the Inbox icon. "Where's the Contact List to add email addresses? Where's .....?" I stopped her and said, "Cici, you have to read the screen and experiment. Everything you need is right in front of you."
After I disconnected and talked to Boo we agreed that Cici is the type of computer user that would likely spread viruses if she were on a Windows machine, because she knows enough to get into a lot of trouble but not enough to be a responsible user. After so many years of computing, she doesn't take initiative to learn the features of programs and practice.
I'm all for helping others out, but honestly, the helpee needs to take initiative and practice. Playing the hapless user gets old real fast.
What TV show(s) will you be watching this season? Why?
Submitted by ducnly.vox.com.
On Cable:
- Dexter love the premise of a blood splatter expert by day and serial killer by night
- The Wire watched all three seasons and the love the grit and true portrayal of life on the skids
- Curb Your Enthusiasm Larry David is so neurotic and annoying that he's a joy to watch!
- Weeds I'm sure this happens in suburbia is probably occurring in my neighborhood.
Network TV:
- Desperate Housewives Why can't I live on Wisteria Lane?
- Grey's Anatomy What's become of Izzie? Will Dr. Burke perform surgery again? Will he and Christina last?
- Boston Legal William Shatner and his self depracating humor make this show what it is.
- House who can't love this curmudgeon?
- Bones Love the dynamic between Bones and her staff and the portrayal of a smart, competent, professional woman.
- Shark love James Wood and his charged performances are a great pick me up.
- Smith I'm glad to see Ray Liotta on the small screen hope this show makes it. He's a very good actor.
Is there a friend who you owe a phonecall or email? What's stopping you?
Unfortunately, yes. I guess what keeps me from doing it is that I don't want to encourage long email exchanges. The gal writes three paragraph emails and that's just too much. I may sound rude, but I just don't have the time to get involved in lengthy email exchanges.
My other friend is always on the road blazing a trails on one of his eight Hogs (Harley). So he does a lot of SMSing to maintain contact and share his travels. The dude blows out my SMS with lengthy exchanges that end mid-sentence and continue on, for like three or more messages, to get the whole story. LOL For every six of his, I SMS once or twice.
It seems I've been a very bad friend to Gabby, at least that's how she sees it. She feels that since we're friends, I should support her and not concern myself with Debbie. Gabby just doesn't "get it". I cannot trust her. If she mistreats and disrespects someone she socializes with in private, how much more easily and willingly will she mistreat a scant co-worker?
We have never socialized outside of work and for good reason: I've always had my doubts about Gabby. I'm one for trusting my instincts and I've never felt completely comfortable with her. There have always been off color comments, back handed compliments or sarcastic humor directed towards others. Witnessing this has made see how indirect, insecure and conniving Gabby is. Not exactly endearing herself as a friend, if you get my drift?
So we're in the outer fringes right now. We're in the civil stage, the way you treat a co-worker whom you don't know very well but need to be courteous to. I feel sad about it but relieved at the same time. This excludes me from her circle and any further comments/photos of Debbie.
The good news I received today was reimbursement for the painting expenses incurred back in May & June. The land lady has finally paid, after she had promised no rent increases if the tenants maintained the interior. Once the increase took effect, she expected that she'd made a clean sprint: getting the interior painted at tenant's cost and rental increase.
I have yet to see her, but my neighbors have bumped into her and I'm told she's less than friendly. I could see her being angry if we had lied. The truth is we only wanted to be treated fairly and respectfully and if she can't handle this then, too bloody bad! LOL Anyway I anticipate evictions will follow shortly.
It's never a good idea to stray from the workplace to go shopping. Like grocery shopping when hungry, unneeded items are bought for no apparent reason, other then they're there and there's money in my wallet burning a huge hole! I better start packing lunch and eating in my cube. I'm sure Boo will thank me for this.
I've been thinking a lot about my co-worker and friend Gabby, who has a penchant for getting into all kinds of trouble. Supposedly she's very good friends with a gal named Debbie and both Gabby and Debbie do a lot of dating via tele chat.
Both have been with the same man at different stages, not a threesome. I know Gabby prefers to send potential dates photos of her voluptuous breasts. It is her strongest attribute and she's very careful not to include her face in the photo.
Debbie is an entirely different story. She sends nude photos of herself, face and all, and has CC'd Gabby a few times. Gabby being the good friend she is, then forwards Debbie's photos to everyone she knows with crude captions and much poking fun.
Now that I've brought you up to date, Gabby was royally chewed by another mutual friend of ours for being so mean to Debbie. I listened and observed as Gabby tried to explain that she and Debbie are not real friends and began to wonder what Gabby might to do to me. Why is it that I should think I'd fare any better?
Granted, I'm not photographing myself nude and emailing the photos but, what else would Gabby pick up on and disseminate with abandon? She's a funny gal and quite entertaining. We have great times together, but her recent behavior and lack of loyalty has put off many people.
Meanwhile, Gabby feigns indifference and doesn't see what the big deal is. She asserts that it's Debbie's fault for photographing herself and sending the photos. What do you think?
