The Original Twisted Spinster

bats

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:28:32 GMT

We have a bat in the house....again.

This one is bigger than last week's so it's not the same bat... I couldn't catch it. No clue where it is hiding right now. To many partialy exposed ceilings etc. Could be anywhere.

Today's adventures.....

So, a Pagan, Skinhead and 2 Samali's get into a ford focus........

Seriously not the start of a joke. I took a carpool to a job fair and the skin head wouldnt shut his mouth about "illegals, his asian landlord and the hispanics" that live downstairs. My gawd i felt so bad for the ladies in the back seat. I so wanted to dump him on the freeway. He actually made the headlines in the local paper today for protesting this weekend. Needless to say he is not welcome in my carpool again! At least one of the ladies giggled when i whispered to them we needed to get back to the classroom to get rid of the biggot.

Freshman College Student- supply needs

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:38:04 GMT

I am trying to figure out what I need for school. Any suggestions would be helpfull!

Required

Fundment Speech- 1 book $40.55

Intro to Chemistry- 4 books $127.90 2 books don’t have a price for yet

CPR- unknown

Freshman English- 1 book $56.35 on line class

Medical Terminology-1 book $93.95 on line class

What I have- Some are leftovers from the business I had

Computer with Office 2003 and Nortons 2000

HP all in one fax scanner copier

Sprint USB Mobil broadband $ 60 per month

Pens, pencils and highlighters

Staples, not many rubber bands or paper clips

3 ring hole punch

Electric pencil sharpener

Scissors

Crayons

Colored pencils

A ton of 8 ½” x 14” manila folders (oh how I wish they where not legal sized)

Brand new bifocals

Pattern and fabric to make a laptop/book bag (not that I want a laptop at this moment but I hate the idea of carrying a purse around in addition to books)

What I think I need

Microsoft word 2007 student edition $90.00

Decent virus program

1” 3 ring binders for each subject

Note book for each subject? Or is it better to get lined 3 ring paper or 3 hole punched note books?

Day planner

Copy paper

HP black ink- would I need color as well?

Blank note cards to make flash cards for Chem and Med term class?

Popcorn- donations welcomed

Chocolate-donations welcomed

Must find my keyboard- Wookie’s sucks and is shaped funny

New mouse- my cordless sucks, slow and looses signal

Luxury needs

Baby sitter

Cook

Maid

Personal tutor

Laptop

Flat panel screen

back on line

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:52:54 GMT

WHEEEEEEE! We have internet again, got the sprint broadband USB. COOL

I start school August 24th going for my Associates in Science. I will be a Pharmacy Tech could bring us back to the cities, they need them there. I am not going for the PT certificate because I don't want to be stuck at Walgreens or Walmarts pharmacy. I am headed for a lab or hospital. Better pay and I can use the AS as a stepping stone for other things as well.

Wookie is working hard at a chump job for chump pay. Administrative jobs down here are plentiful and I can certainly do the work, but if you don't speak spanish... forget it.

Mudpuppy is doing well and will start 1st grade this fall. He had a run in with a rooster today that freaked him out. I got tagged by the bird 4 times before I could run him off. Thankfully Mead was there to tend to Mudpuppy while I went toe to beak with the rooster! So glad I was wearing jeans. Just bruised by the bastard! Mudpuppy says we need to eat him now. The nasty tom turkey out here we had named "Stew", he now resides in the freezer. We have turkey chicks out here so Thanksgiving and Yule are taken care of.

Dad is doing really well, he got the clean bill of health from the Doc. Had a scare this spring with him. Ended up being severely anemic, it was NOT his Leukemia. Too many operations last fall. 2 new knees and 3 for his cataracts. It was to much for his body.

Had another scare a week ago with my nephew. His left wrist had been bugging him and was swollen for many months. He likes to punch walls when angry. A melanoma had developed and he had degeneration at then end of his wrist bone and forearm. He had surgery last week and is recovering. The tumor was benign.

My bestest GF back in the cities will have a hysterectomy at the end of the month... tumors. Another scary, but she has a fab attitude which is making me feel better.

Panther (rob).... Damn... did not recognize him last week. I had not seen him since March. He lost 130 lbs and looks wonderful! I always thought he was handsome.... now he is becoming a hottie!

Very busy spinning wheels a lot. Tending chickens and turkeys, helping with the horses and gardens. Seems like there is not enough time to keep house. I am on the run every morning till noon 5 days a week.

I have had PT 2 times a week for 8 weeks now. It is NOT helping my vertigo or neck. In fact it is making my arm worse. Doc today said I could quit for now (traction at 22 lbs for 15 mn twice a week). She will do an MRI next week and we will go from there. I told her surgery is an option. I can not continue to live with vertigo and the arm and neck pain. To risky driving and I do not need it to interfere with my schooling. She is also going to give me a Doc's note for my dog "Charlie" as a therapy dog for anxiety/panic "issues". This helps being a renter. I can't bear not having him around and the idea or putting him back in a pound.

We did gain a kitten recently. He is very naughty. He and Charlie play constantly. We named him "Spam". So ahh now when we get pounced....which is often...we get "spammed".

Mimi is doing well she dumped the BF and moved out. Poor girl gained nearly 70lbs the last year.. she was so unhappy. She has lost 30lbs already in just 6 weeks of unloading the verbally abusive BF.

My oldest, Josh, is working two jobs right now. He was unable to go back to school this fall due to funding and unemployment.

Life goes on, so shall we all....

just stuff

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:59:12 GMT

An update

3 kittens very cute nearly 7 weeks old now we are keeping one

Wookie is working nearly everyday for peanuts 3rd shift work ,he hates it but is trying to get money in

Chev tahoe power steering is still out dont know when we can repair. need to get tabs on the focus this month.

no camping in the plans right now until labor day weekend, zumbro bend/mantorville, and of course big muddy in october. Probably day trip Big Island since it's only 15 miles away

Yep we watch the torndados form before they moved into Austin the other night. Increadible. It was the mother letting us all know that we are just peons on this planet. Largest wall cloud i have ever seen in this state. MASSIVE, scary, brilliant!

4 new chick shatched got 5 more coming. the turkeys are laying again. The tom has been named Stew" he attacks everything.

Dad is doing well and back on his feet. Sis is loosing her house now and will be moving in July.

Mimi dumped her verbaly and mentaly abusing boyfriends THANK THE GODS! She is doing better more active and loosing weight.

Mead got laid off from his job at the marina hope to see him next week and over the 4th.

Wookies folks are well as are his siblings.

Mudpuppy was enjoying his slip and slide yesterday. growing quickly, very bossy, loud and still sings alot and draws tons of pictures everyday. He loves the critters out here. Missing both front teeth now. he is getting so big!!!!!!!!!

School for me starts Aug 24. I have just started PT on my neck, tractions session on thursday. No real huge episodes of vertigo lately but my right arm is mostly useless, not responding to reflex tests and not very mobil. I want tihs whole neck thing settled before school starts. We have harvested many herbs from the garden, bok choy, lots of lettus and broccoli so far. The veg garden is growing well and the design is awesome!

thats about it for now.. Again it could be a while before i post again, internet abilities are limited.

Tue, 12 May 2009 21:28:12 GMT

I get to go to school!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( more later, like maybe next week when i have a chance. Busy week!)

Grats to Sleddogpirate wife!! Graduation and a month full of CAKE!

J3 where is that baby? I have 1.5 chicks at this moment. ( on is hatching) No kittens yet, but soon!

Happy spring!

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:28:21 GMT

Well the chickens are laying tons of eggs. The Kenny cabin is looking great J3! We are still not unpacked. Tensions are high. We are both applying where we can. Mead is in town till tomorrow. Mud puppy loves school and playing in the muck and mud around here. Things are tense, then get silly .....back and forth. Dad is hiding something from me. His Chemo started again, he was given a clean bill of health 4 weeks ago. Doc said his Leukemia was under control, but Doc saw him Monday and said "Uh Oh!" and started Chemo yesterday, he is getting a C. A. T, scan today. Since when is a scan used for a blood disorder Dad! It is exactly a year to the date the last time my mom was out and about before she took to her bed and never got out. Hard way to head into an interview, but they do want me to come back next week for another interview. Mudpuppy turns 6 Sunday! Tonight we see Dad.

Bye for now. Internet is hit or miss to find me!

The Move

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:08:44 GMT

Huge truck in my yard, it's still snowing. Mass confusion. Un-organized. Have a ham and brownies done to feed the muscles. in less than 24hours i will only have dial up. I started my day at 6 am and got all my puter updates while i still have DSL. no phone come tonight. If you know Stacey the goat lady that will be our phone number. If you know someone who knows her you can get the number. J3stitches has it. May still be on an old Clann Tartan roster Fortunately there is no school on Monday in Austin so that should give me a bit more time to get Mudpuppy ready for his new school. All the kids at his old school wrote him cards. Had a teacher conference yesterday. Mudpuppy is right in line where he needs to be as far as academics and social skills. He is very sad about leaving his teacher and his school. He has been carrying around the valentine he got from his teacher this whole last week. Found it in our bed 2 days ago. I hope he warms up to his new teacher as much as he did with her. Hopefully by the end of March there will be someone with a job in our house. We decided any job will do for now something is better than nothing. Then we can just sort through jobs up in the cities. The goal is still to move to the metro. But for now we will have a roof over our head. Blessings to the Goat Lady for letting us stay in her house. Send some prayers to her! She has a huge, loving, generous heart.

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:18:46 GMT

I wont have internet come this sat. We are moving this weekend i guess instead of next. It all had to do with the availability of a truck. You can get ahold of us through Stacey the goat lady. She knows where we are. If anyone would like to help PLEASE DO and bring a cooler so i have something to transport my food in! M&D email me i have like 5 email addresses for you and i dont know which one to use!

A good karma quest for everyone

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:02:29 GMT

Ok job market sucks. We all know that. Employers are downsizing UGH! Down here in this town an ad ran for a job opening. 2000 applications!!!!!!! OMG unreal! Ever think about the people you see everyday providing you a service.? How secure is their job? A way to keep them from competing for a job you may want, i have an idea. I think everyone who reads this should at least do this just once.

Be it grocery store, teacher, bus driver, the chick at at the coffee shop who makes your latte everyday. What ever. Some person you see often, that provides a service for you. If you think they do a good job send a letter of recommendation to their employer about how you appreciate that particular employee! This may help them keep their job in this tough time and will make sure you wont be competing against them for a job in the future.

I have 4 i am going to do. My sons bus drivers. Last week i watched the buses slide through 2 stop signs by our house everyday. My sons bus driver was always very cautious, even made my son wait after the bus stopped so he could correct his tires before letting the kids board to make sure the bus couldnt slide anymore. There are two ladies at the local grocery i see every time i go in. One is always cheerful the other knows where every dang thing in that store is. My sons teacher in 100 days of school has my son reading and doing simple addition and subtraction. He loves her so much and is excited to go to school everyday. Each of these people i have encountered have been great and do their jobs well and i think their employers should know.

So take 10 mn out of your week, write a quick note about some person who provides you a service and let their boss know you appreciate the job they are doing. Commit to this! Do that by walking up to that person and asking for their full name and write it down then ask for their boss's name and tell them what you are doing. " I have always appreciated your service to me and with the current job market i thought i would write a note to your boss letting them know what a good employee i think you are." Help these people stay employed. Maybe you can create some good karma for yourself and someone will do the same for you!

Let me hear who you wrote a letter for and why!

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:45:08 GMT

3 days now i keep jamming up on the friends page. Anyone else having that issue or is it just the sucky charter communications we have down here? It's not happening with any other thing I am trying to do on the internet.

OMG weight loss

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:25:46 GMT

OK, is the Anti D's, the stress, or the vertigo? My jeans that where tight in Dec are hanging on me. They dont even fit tight from the dryer. I did loose 25lbs this summer Could not fit in these jeans back then. In 3 weeks with the Doc i lost 9lbs. I've been on the anti D's for a month and the Meclizine for nearly 3 weeks. Who wants to eat when you feel queasy all the time? Now I've been down with stomach flu for 2 days. It was nice to have clothes that fit, now everything is hanging on me..... Don't get me wrong, I need to loose weight, i like loosing weight, but it seems like it's coming off to fast.. I'm kind of a plateau person and loose weight slowly. I feel like crapola. I see the Doc again Tuesday to have a cyst and a mole removed, a fasting ie: more bloodwork, and to look more into this whole vertigo thingy. I got the last of the letters for last weeks "girlie" tests. All looks good. everything is pointing to me being very healthy excluding this depression, anxiety, panic attacks, vertigo and my neck issues.

Packing is going slow.... anyone is welcome to come over and help at anytime!!!!!!!!! 15 days till the move. Bring newspaper and tape! Anyone have "sound" wood pallets they need to get rid of? I need some to place my furniture on in the barn ( dirt floor).

giggle

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:28:33 GMT

http://www.angry-gram.com/index.php

It's a BK burger that you can fill out specifics and it will rant while it jumps around. Pretty cute!

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:03:33 GMT

Tuesday : Well my hearing test results are in. I can hear just fine and your all MUMBLERS! However the test on my actual ear drums is a diff story. They are not flexible. I was thanked by both nurse and Doc for wearing ear plugs when on the gun range and while messing with cannons! So suspected fliud imbalance behind teh ar drum which would certainly cause vertigo. Treatable with ear tubes. We shall see what the ENT specialist

Wednesday: MRI clean. Evrything coming up clean. Could be a form of migrain vertigo or cervical vertigo which would go back to my neck. Meneirs is not totaly ruled out but unlikely. ENT can't find anything and can offer no help on the ear ringing. He doesnt care for the anti dep I am on. Told me to maintain Chiro care if it helps and next episode get to the closest ER or Urgent Care and have my eyes looked at?

I understand this is a process of elimination but i woudllike some answers so i can move on. or just plain move!

heat wave

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:48:56 GMT

it's rather warm outside today!

sigh life......

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:02:06 GMT

Physical today MRI tomorrow. Ick...... Still slightly dizzy/heady. The meds for the nausea are working. I can eat!. Seems I've lost 9 lbs in 2 weeks. A bit fast for me when i diet. Oh well. I'll take it. It's not like I am going to miss it!!!!

Being sick sucks, ( wait rephrase that) being incapacitated sucks. But the idea of some answers coming with in the week are a good thing. I dont feel sick, i dont feel "diseased", I dont feel like i have a "condition", Im just dizzy with constant annoying ear ringing which i have actually learned to live with. I would really like to get on with my life.
causes: Menieres disease- treatable
               Tumor malignant -if it was deadly i would have been dead years ago since ive had this for about 6 years.
               Doc has ruled out this one
               Tumor benign- possibility very treatable partially shaved head. "giggle"
               Calcification of a part of the inner ear-treatable common with those people who produce kidney stones
               ie: me
               Neck injury- already know i have a herniated neck vertebra- Surgery, well it was going to have to happen
               sooner or later in my life

All have the same symptoms, ear ringing, dizzy, heady full feeling, nausea, speech issues, loss of hearing, inability to focus, bouts of depression, light sensitive and sharp noise sensative, car sick, height issues.

Ever notice how i trip over some words and cant really spit them out properly? have i ever asked you to repeat yourself a few times? I just always though my tongue was dyslexic. I know a few of you have mentioned how loudly i speak sometimes.

How do you apply for a job when you have to say "i have a ton of medical tests over the next 2 weeks for a condition that will effect my work, so i cant work on such and such a day, or i need a few hours off every other day"? This could be overwhelmingly depressing... however i am choosing to not let this bring me down anymore than i already am. I'm rather fed up with drama and depression. I have made a choice to be cheerful all week and I have been. It seems to be working because i am not freaking about everything. I am helpless over many situations in my life and i must keep moving forward for my son and my hubby.

I tell yah, I have the greatest man in the world. He is being so patient and tender and loving. He is trying very hard and being very helpful. I think he is kind of scared about my health. Nevertheless, I have an awesome hubby!

Sucks!

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:54:09 GMT

MRI on Friday. Sunday i had a 4 hour dizzy spell. Sitting in a chair felt like being in a tilt-a-whirl. It was horrible and scary. I have had minor dizzy spells for many years, ear ringing etc. Always manageable and alway though it was my neck vertabra. Often car sick. other minor hints as well. Meniere's Disease is suspected. Or it is my neck and it's now time to surgicly do something about it. I am on a driving restriction which is the sucky part. I just got my DL back Thanksgiving. If i do have this brain disease ( treatable) it sure would explain alot of issues i have had these last 4-5 years. My anti-deps are being dropped immediatly. I was having many of the side effects, excluding the 4 hour erection. I wanted that one! With a move this month this is not the time for me to be really down with a physical ailment. I would rather take the depresison and panic attacks. If i end up in surgery while trying to move and pack I dont know what the hell I will do. Tons of restrictions this week. HRMPH!

Can anyone out there who knows me, think of any instances or habits i have that may be a clue to hearing loss issues?

Scary... I hope i get answers soon. Answers i can deal with. Not knowing is frightening.

Back to Austin

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:28:27 GMT

We will find out more this weekend. A pal needs a house sitter till the end of the school year. Horses and chickens to feed for her and keep the house heated and watched. She is headed down south with her kids and has not a clue what to do with her home. This may be our ticket. We had origionaly planned to move down there last summer but it didnt work out. We will know more after this weekend.

-29 windchill

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:12:40 GMT

School delayed 2 hours. yesterday school here were closed. Tuesday schools were deleayed 2 hours and monday cause of the snow storm schools let out 2 hours early.

Across the state schools are closed or delayed due to the state required Bio-diesel fuel in the school busses. Apparently the fuel seperates when it gets this cold and clods the fuel filters. I wonder how much of the budget is getting sucked up this week to fix that problem? It would be expensive to convert but cant they go to propane busses at least for the intown school routes? It would be cleaner. Or how about mini electric school busses for intown? Cool, need more busses requiring more jobs... how about that!

YUK

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:50:18 GMT

Started a new drug today... I feel like crap. It hit me around 11 am as i was volunteering in Mudpuppys classroom.
My ear are ringing, i feel like i want to puke, i keep running to the bathroom and sharp gut pains. I've slept for about 2 hours. I could sleep some more. These are NOT the side effects i chose from the huge list provided. I wanted the weight loss, loss of appetite and reduced menstrual flow. Doc says it will subside over the next two weeks. Yah ok so sure my body feels crummy, my intestinal tract is messed up what a cure! I feel to awful to think about the crap in my head! I want to go back to my herbals. Unfortunately my Doc cant see how they will be covered under my ins. I ran out 2 months ago. no funds to get what i need. $1 for 30 days of feeling like this.. or $175 for 30 days on my herbals which have no side effects. on the 29th i get back the results of some lab work on my kidneys, thyroid and all the other basic stuff. I've left two messages to set up apointments with mental health counseling. They havent called back. *shaking head*. The referal says priority LOL. Wookie and i talked at great length last night. SO much stuff. Long night. I will get an eval on surgery for my neck on the 29th as well. It may be the only option to broden my employement abilities. This is the last thing i ever wanted right now. Have a pending surgery/disability and also have it in medical records that my head is so messed up I am incapable of functioning normaly. Looks like we may have a seperation for a month or two.. This is not what we want. He may live in the cities to find work or work until March then mudpuppy and i will follow. We still have no place to go and an uncomfortable option may have mudpuppy changing schools 3 times this year alone. We are trying to find a solution to not have to do that with him.

A Friends Success!

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:22:47 GMT

Most of you already know about http://www.tamohare.com/ He is publishing a second book. Today i saw on wcco news http://wcco.com/watercooler/haunted.courthouse.show.2.906191.html I had heard he was having some difficulty with a certain historical site in St Paul.

Good to know someone who is following dreams and having success with it in this day and age.

Congrats Scotty!

Mom is whispering

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:22:09 GMT

Yah well I am SOOOOO like my mother. No i did NOT admit that!

I remember my mom telling my siblings and I that when they were poor early in their marriage they cooked and went to cooking classes because they had nothing else to do. Even had friends over to cook new things. Cooking is rather social if you thing about it. Dim sum, fondue etc....

Well it would appear as though Wookie and I are falling into that. Out of the blue yesterday we decided to try making Calzone from scratch.. Went through my Fav bread book and found all the pizza type doughs are EXACTLY the same. So we gave it a shot. Filled them with diced tomatoes with basil and onion, turkey pepperoni, feta and mozzarella. SUCCESS!! Even cooked perfectly! I think this weekend we will make a mess of them and freeze them. A few changes though. More pepperoni, need to be more "saucey" I think we will try a jarred sgetti sauce a tad more salt and needs garlic! Still thinking about those scottish meat pies could actually do them just like the calzone. I think the middle eastern cooking may be held off a few more weeks. Gotta try to perfect these. We are on a roll.

Put an app in with a very large Minnesota based company N/W Metro. They have their own HUGE building, you pass it on your way to Wayzeta, they are just as big as Cargil. It's a handsome position in my field of expertise. Not exactly the direction of the metro we wanted to go to... but............I'll take it if i can get it.

Cooking, Court, Job hunting, home, holidays, ice

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:50:49 GMT

Yeah life is sure full for someone without a job geeeeeez!

Cooking: Scottich meat pies or Middle Eastern, THAT is the question for this weekend... Not sure which to do. I must say though, with both of us home we are getting more inventive in our menue and trying alot of new things. Pretty cool. Jaimie, any suggestions on the middle eastern? You wifey and the acorn want to try?

Court: Happy New Year? Judge was pleased with the DWP program I am on. Ex's attorney had to be told 3 times what it was. He was playing hardball without knowing the laws in MN. Judge was not happy with him. He is pursing a civil case April 8 still have the state sontempt case March 20. Judge is cool, It's a new one. My old Judge has retired..terminal illness. He did not look well back in Nov. M&D can you get a sitter for the dogs this coming weekend if i decide to do scotch meat pies? Or is it dogs AND school?.

Job Hunting: UGH Since thanksgiving there has never been more than 5 jobs listed in this town. 3 all RN stuff. We are looking in Oakdale, Woodbury, Cottage Grove Area. Yah back to S Wash Co i think.

Home: Clock is ticking. Got to be out by March 1, Hard to know where to look not knowing about work. Cant get Cory to keep packing. At least that is something that could be done. I swear I am doing all the leg work here with the Co finding a home etc. He just rolls cigs plays on puter and watches CSI we get from the library.

Holidays: Could have sucked if it had not been for the donations from Winona Masonic Lodge and rendezvous friends, M&D as well and Lukes family, Ofcourse New years was tough with court and Mead having to go back to his father that day. Company that night. It was all good. I am NOT a LOR geek. Trivia and monopoly... I sucked. got the family cookbook all done for the grandkids for my father. Big job!

Ice: Dont know about the rest of you but we had an ice storm Saturday. Good 1/4 inch on everything. Took about 1.2 to be able to get the driver side doors open last night. I had the vehicles running for close to and hour last night so i could get in and see today when i take off for school. I volunteer mondays at my sons school. Broke a wiper *groan* Everything is still covered in a sheet of ice down here. Roads, Sidewalks, cars. It's a mess.

Thats about all i have to say. LJ takes up way to much time i think. I could go on for hours boring others with my depressed and stressed thoughts and "Issues" around here. Enough drama on LJ without me adding to it. Personally i would rather hear good news and about projects.

"Tofu"

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:52:04 GMT

http://squid.tepapa.govt.nz/build-a-squid/interactive

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:41:35 GMT

~shovel, cook, shovel, clean, shovel, bake, shovel, shovel, bake, clean~

I need a new back and feet for Yule!

( Winona Masons Lodge 18... Bless them... and rendezvous friends) Iain has a smidge of Yule. Can you say LEGOS?

And ahappy yule to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:32:32 GMT

Opened the mail about 20 mn ago... I got my DL reinstated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought i would have to wait until the 31st when they review my CS case.