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Mom is Lonely

Donna — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:55:05 +0000

The Author of this post is Cheryl Martinez

Sometimes I feel so guilty for living so far away from my mom. She lives in Florida where I grew up, and I live with my husband and kids in Washington, DC. She likes to be on her own, but I worry about her. When I speak to her on the phone I get the feeling all she does all day is sit by herself and watch Cable tv. She has a few friends but they are all busy spending time with their own families. I have invited her to come and live with us several times, but she says DC is too cold for her and she never wants to live here. I hope that eventually she will decide to come and live with me, but I don’t know if that will ever happen. I try to visit her as much as I can, but it’s hard to make the trip that often. It’s expensive to fly the whole family down there and we can’t always afford it. I guess if she needed us she would call, so I try to put it out of my head and do the best I can. My husband says that maybe in a few years he will start looking for a job in Florida. I hope that actually happens so I can help my mom.

Around Here

Donna — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 05:01:33 +0000

I really like the new led lights that my son put on his dad’s truck for him today. I’m so glad that he his finally starting to show some interest in spending more time around here with his dad rather than running around town with his friends. The weather has been delightful and they have been getting a good amount of things taken care of around here this past week. Now if only I could get them to till the garden so I could get it planted. I really want it done by the end of April.

Yearning For an RV

Donna — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:55:49 +0000

Getting an RV has always been a dream and I have to admit that recently the yearning for one has been getting stronger.

We stopped by a Camper World kinda place a few years ago and I was crushed to see how expensive they can be. Not in this girl’s budget!

But if you have some cash at hand and bide your time, bargains can be had. I have been watching the sell it yourself ad books each week and there have been some good deals out there. I’m just not ready to spend that much money, what with taxes coming due and the price of gas going up a few pennies more every day.

But I have wanderlust in my genes and traveling the country by RV gives you a totally different perspective on the highways and towns on your trip than just flying in on a plane and taking a cab to the hotel. I want to see the country close up and do it while I’m young enough to enjoy the experience.

Music Equipment In Fredericksburg, VA

Donna — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:52:00 +0000

I’ve promised my niece that the next time I plan on going to the Fredericksburg area that I will take her along so that we can stop at our favorite Music Equipment store that is all most an hour away. I’ll be glad when she gets her driver’s license, but in the mean time I guess it does give us time together. I am the cool aunt and I enjoy her very much. I hear that she is studying to get her Learner’s Permit, so her driving will give her the independence that most of us crave at that age. I’ll just have to start asking her to drive me to places in order to ever see her.

Maintenance Crew Trying To Maintain

Donna — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 03:02:47 +0000

This afternoon was kinda crazy due to the hydraulic hose busting on the street maintenance crew that has been working right across the street since the early morning hours this morning. There was twice as many vehicles out there that arrived to help with the mess and with the attempts to fix the damaged hydraulic hose that were depending on to complete their task at hand before up and moving on to another neighborhood that requires their expertise and time.

Kid Brother In Dire Straights

Donna — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 02:08:23 +0000

Since I’m not able to lend my kid brother the money that he needs to get his plumbing fixed, I urged him to look on the Internet and Google “title loans Louisiana” to see if he can find a place close to where he lives that will loan him the money that he needs to take care of the problem. I hate to see him be in such dire straights but there just isn’t any money left at the end of the pay week to take care of my own issues much less his, although I would if I could.

Back Pain Issues

Donna — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:28:56 +0000

It is good to hear that my in-laws are registering for a Back pain seminar that is scheduled in Dallas Texas on March 17th, which is only a few weeks away. They were both in a pretty serious car accident about 4 years ago and neither one of them has ever recovered from it. Most days they both experience back and neck pain and have run through plenty of doctors and various medicines, tests, therapies which none have done either one of them a bit of good. I can only hope that this back pain seminar provides them with something that will help them get through their days and nights without so much pain and discomfort. They are good people and don’t deserve this hard ship.

Video Teleconferencing

Donna — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:26:20 +0000

We got good news today at work, they are finally going to start offering video teleconferencing to several employees. No one is really sure who those employees are going to be as of yet. I really hope that I will be one of the “chosen ones” as does everyone. Video teleconferencing really is the wave of the future, it saves time and money for everyone all across the board. Just the thought of not having to deal with the daily commute, traffic and parking gets me excited.

We have been promised some more definite information come next week. Keep your fingers crossed for me out there.

Up and Down

Donna — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:13:20 +0000

Gas prices just drive me crazy. It’s hard to believe that on Christmas Day the price of gas finally hit under the $3 mark, $2.99 to be exact, while today it has risen to $3.49 a gallon. That is a 50 cent increase in just over a month. I hear that we could be seeing prices above the $4 a gallon mark come summer, sigh…..

What really bites is that the gas station that had gas for $2.99 was closed on Christmas day so I didn’t even get to buy any.

Go figure.

My New Keurig B70

Donna — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:21:11 +0000

My weekends are supposed to be the time that I can sleep in a little late, rest up and relax some. Since we are having such unusual warm weather for the middle of January I planned on getting some things done outside that could be taken care of until waiting until spring and get me out for some much welcomed fresh air.

This morning started out just wrong from the get go. My phone rang at 7:45am and then my keurig b70 coffee maker, that I just got for Christmas, went on the fritz forcing me to break out the old jar of stale instant coffee in order for me to get some much needed caffeine to get me going with the outside business at hand. If that wasn’t enough to turn me to sour, my stupid van needed a jump start to get started.

I’m done and it isn’t even noon yet….