Will of the wisp
Thursday, October 15, 2009
8:38PM - better late than never
It's been a long time since I posted anything on this journal. I just figured out tonight that I have to hit "notification" if I want to see anything my friends post. I have missed sooooo much. Will not try to correct it. Love your stories Abby. They are really the reason I got this journal account.
Personal news: I am finally gonna be a grandmother. At least once, if not twice. Very excited. I am upset over geocities being taken down, mostly cause I don't know how to transfer any of the stories I love and don't want to lose and I don't know how to tell what is on geocities and what web sites aren't.
Monday, April 27, 2009
9:54PM - Catching up
It's been a while since I posted. Life does go on doesn't it? It is trying to storm around here. We have had a pretty wet spring.
My hubby is still working in Texas and getting very homesick. Probably won't be home for at least another month.
I have a new addiction. Have you been watching Moonlight? It's on the sci fi channel and the lead is very hot. Not beautiful but he is sexy. Still not as hot as Elijah though.
Gee Miss Abby I am about to go into withdrawal for one of your stories. I am also still mourning not getting to read any more of Rites of Passage too. Please don't say you aren't gonna write anymore either. Your Merry and Frodo are great and I really enjoy your series. Your characters are all so well developed.
Well, thought I would leave a note. Things are going well here. Hope they are with you too, Mews and Abby.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
5:57PM - Happy birthday
I hope you have a good one Abby normal. Have lots to eat and lots to drink and no regrets! Anytime you can celebrate a birthday it's got to be good.
Friday, March 6, 2009
9:58PM - update on life
It's been a while since I posted on this journal. I have had a death in the family and my Mom and I have been fighting. I need to bring her to live closer to me so that I can take care of her better but she is fighting it tooth and nail. She is barely able to get around with her arthitis and fibromyalgia. She lives about 30 miles away and it is hard for me to check on her. My mother in law died suddenly last month. We own her house and I am hoping I can convince her to move into it. It is just about 3 miles down the road and my son lives across from the house.
We got the big ice storm last month too. It was awful. We did without electricity for about 2 weeks. We got it back the day my mother in law died. I put in a lot of hours working during the power outage. We didn't have any power at the nursing home either. It was hard feeding 80 people and keeping them warm with no power.
I hope the rest of this year is better.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
7:34PM - Hi everyone
I know I haven't posted in a while, but life has really been hectic. My job is doing much better. I didn't get fired and we have restructured and I think things are gonna be a lot better. I read you last tale Abby and it was fantastic. You and
Willow are great!
Did everyone see those pictures of Elijah with his new muscles! He is to die for (even if I am a dirty little old lady.)
Even if I haven't been posting, I have been reading and commenting so please don't forget I am here and unfriend me. OK, you guys? You bring me a lot of joy.
Monday, October 20, 2008
9:08PM - fan fics, children and life
I am sorry I haven't updated my postings. Life is very difficult when you are working such long hours. I tried to take a vacation day today only to be called into work at 8:30. Our weather has been really good here in Arkansas, cool at night, warm during the day. Sunny and a beautiful autumn.
I've read your last entries Abby Normal and enjoyed them, of course Mews you are always great too. You guys really enrich my world with your imagination and are better than some professional authors that I have read. It is great to be able to share my interest in Casey/Zeke and the hobbits etc. with you guys. My real world sure would not understand it. My friends would definitely think I am crazy and have me in therapy.
It's kind of always been hard on me to make very close friends because it seems very few people down here like to read, watch sci-fi or fantasy and other things that I have an interest in. It is pure joy to have people like you to indulge that side of me with.
I really wish I could write stories like ya'll but I guess someone has to be able to read them and enjoy them without having to put any energy into it. lol That someone is me!
My kids are well, my oldest son and his wife are going to buy half ownership in the optometry practice she works at. My son says he is about halfway to being a million dollars in debt and will not sleep a wink in the next twelve years till they get it paid off.
I worry about it but she is probably getting the best bargain she is going to get in setting up her own practice. There are 3 different offices in 3 different towns. She makes a very good salary now but as a partner she will make about 3 times as much.
It's funny how life is. My oldest son has always been a different person. He never was interested in playing or watching cartoons when he was a child. All he ever wanted to do was work. He never made the greatest grades or had very many friends because he wasn't interested in school work and had nothing in common with the kids at school. He always had more in common with my husband's friends. He was a teenager and would go fishing and hunting with the adults instead of partying with the kids in his class. He never drank. He was always very straight and narrow. He also talks in this southern country drawl and I thought, "oh me how is he ever going to find a girl with that accent?" COUNTRY all the way. LOL and then he is the one who marries the doctor! He has a very good head for business on him and has his own company. Goes to show making good grades in school isn't everything.
Friday, September 12, 2008
10:20PM - storms and things
Well it looks like old Ike is going to tear things up. I imagine we will get some storms out of it. I used to love storms (still do) I remember when I was small I used to wake up in the night when it was storming and my Mom and Dad would bundle me up in a quilt and carry me to the storm celler. I was never scared. I thought it was exciting.
I love to watch storm clouds come up. I thought when we got hit by the tornado about 10 years ago that it would probably change the way I thought about storms but no---not a bit.
I am still having all kinds of trouble at work. I am really really really stressed out and am getting sick of worrying about it all the time. I am going to have a talk with my administrator Monday. I may get fired but I probably am going to anyway sooooo....
I still have my one kitten left, the others liked fan belts and trucks too much. I hate that but what can you do? You can't get down on your hands and knees looking under your car every time you go to start it.
Tomorrow I have to go to a visitation at the funeral home. A daughter of a friend of mine died of diabetes. She was in the late 30's or early 40s. She had gone blind and was having to take dialysis. It is pitiful. I just don't think I could stand it.
stressedWednesday, September 3, 2008
7:27PM - crazy bosses
Oh me. I only have one kitten left. They like to get into our vehicles and around the fan belt. Anyway I am very sad. This is going to be my last attempt at raising any kittens. Cats that come here from who knows where stay forever and ever. Ones I try to raise..........
Work is still killing me. My boss is crazy and I mean that literally. He goes off the deep end and yells and talks in circles. You come out wondering what the heck he was trying to get at. It doesn't matter anyway cause he just changes his mind in a few days again. The witch he hired has still got him wrapped around her little finger. She is getting worse and worse. She now has the director of nurses under her spell.
My best part of the day is when I come home to my family. Then after a while I start reading my friend's fics. It calms me down. Bless you all.
Monday, July 21, 2008
9:48PM
I started re-reading the Shire Morn series again. I am really not sure that I have read all the series. I would run into stories now and again that would say "part of the Shire Morn fics" I think Elderberry Wine is a great writer. She describes emotions very well.
I really wish that Willow's Wode would post another story. I have been starving for some more of her universe for over a year now.
Work still stinks, my family is fine, my health is ok, my kittens are doing well and life is pretty good at present.
You know when all you have to gripe about is wanting a new fan fic written that you are doing good.
gratefulWednesday, June 18, 2008
8:03PM - Moms
Hello my two friends on insane journal.
I'm currently waiting for my husband and #2 son to come in from work. Hubby has to go back tomorrow, but son is going to be home for a few days.
Went to see my Mom today. She is a hoot. She read me all her brochure about Fibromyalgia. (She read it to me the other day on the phone and I got an encore today in person.) She really does have it but she does not have all the pain that a lot of other people do. Now she wants me to bring her literature on muscular dystrophy because she sees double at times and she has heard that is a symptom. LORD, LORD. She is really something, my Mother is. I bet if I brought her information about prostate cancer she would think she had that too.
She then began telling me about her niece who has told her the same story 4 times and doesn't seem to remember that she has already told it. I had to turn my head cause she does the same thing (more than 4 times) every time I see her. I mean, I have the brochure on fibromyalgia memorized already from how many times she has read it to me. lol
She called me on the phone the other day cause she sat on the toilet and couldn't feel herself poop. When she got off the commode she was astonished that she had pooped and called me worried to death cause she didn't feel herself going while she was on the toilet. I ask you.....what am I supposed to do about that? Say, That's ok Mom next time you'll feel every second of it?
My step mom on the other hand (who is in the nursing home where I work) tells me that a big black bear comes up to her window every night. She also sees bugs all the time and my dead father. I tell her "Now you know dad is dead" and she'll say "Yeah I asked him how he dug himself up." You have to laugh to keep from crying. I'm glad I am a nurse and know how to take this sort of thing and try not to worry about it too much.
Mothers.....ya gotta love em.
amusedMonday, June 9, 2008
9:18PM - Nostalgia
Good old June. My oldest son's birthday is this month. He will be 31. I remember being dilated 3 cm. and the doctor told me to go home and walk. I walked around this big old bean field and every few steps, I would stop and pick some blackberries and eat as I was walking. It didn't do me a bit of good.....and HOT! Lord it was hot. I had both of my babies in the summer. I remember seeing all the cows and goats and pigs having babies in the spring and thinking Oh, I'm going to have one too. How funny, the things you can remember. I sincerely believe that no matter how hard you have it, the best time of your life is when your children are small. I am hoping if I ever become a grandmother, it will be the next best time.
contemplativeTuesday, June 3, 2008
6:51PM
I'm getting some new kittens tomorrow. All I have are tomcats right now and I want some female cats. I am going to keep them in the house for a while until I think they are a good size to defend themselves.
I had to go to the doctor last week, had a urinary tract infection. Boy, the medicine makes my stomach burn/freeze. Does that make sense? It's kind of like swallowing a strong mint and it's like it has coated your whole stomach. Also nothing tastes very well. But of course that is not stopping me from eating.
I just read Abby_normal's new fic. Loved it. Girl, you are one of the great writers!
chipperMonday, May 26, 2008
12:19AM - arson
Well, just got back from a fire. Yep, they burned my son's hay. About 8000 dollars worth. Probably will never find out who did it. My son will not be easy to live with for the next few days. I told him at least he could use it as a tax write off. He works so hard and it was all for nothing.
You know, whoever did it had to have just done it for meanness. I mean they won't get anything out of it. The only one who could get anything out of it is the man who owned the barn. I would hate to think he did it.
crushedFriday, May 23, 2008
8:05PM - yardsaling
Lord, I'm glad I'm home. We left at 4:30am and got home 7pm. Bought several books and a little junk but I did not get too carried away. I think I'll stay home tomorrow. We were in the rolling hills and walking up and down will probably make me sore tomorrow.
My oldest son called me today and said someone had gotten into his barn and cut open all his bales of hay and straw. The police will probably never catch the creep that did it. He now has to hand feed all the hay into the baler to make it into bales again. This will cost twice as much as previously but he won't be able to sell it for any more money. I hope whoever did it is proud of themselves for being such a creep. It was just done for meaness. There is also no guarantee that whoever did it won't do it again.
One thing I noticed while I was yardsaling with the large amount of homes that were empty and for sale signs in them. I've never seen it that way before. It is really getting scary. It also cost us 50$ to fill up the van for the trip. Geeez, yard saling is going to be too expensive to do pretty soon. Spend 50 dollars to go buy a 25 cent book. Only in America.
Had a blast.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
5:14PM
Ok, made it to my IJ without a whole lot of trouble. Must be getting better at it. Got comments back from both journal friends---good so far. (mumble, mumble)
Yeah for me! Gonna do a lot of fanfic reading this weekend and hope to be leaving comments and posting.
Hubby and son are gonna work all weekend and not be home.
Work has been sucky, but my house is pretty clean and my flowers are growing and my cats are ok, so life is good.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
6:49PM - Well, I'm here
Hello to all two of my friends, Abby_normal and Mews. Thanks Mews for being so incredibly nice to me. I know you probably think I am a klutz but.... hmmmm...I guess I probably am. Please don't unfriend me Abby_normal, I'm gonna be posting more. I don't write stories, but I like to comment and have read stories from both of you for a long time. Love them!
Vicki