Extended Family Worries

My Uncle Johnnie and his wife Frances went up to Michigan this past week for his 45th High School Reunion. Well on Saturday his legs gave out on him. He was rushed to the hospital and they discovered he had a brain bleed. They transferred him to a bigger hospital in Saginaw and did surgery on him. He's sedated and on a ventilator and will be in ICU for a month. Then in the hospital for another month after that. I figure it'll be rehab since that is what happened with my Mom when she had a blood clot removed. I'm not sure though. It's bugging me to no end that they're so far from home. We're all in Texas except for one Uncle and he's in Arkansas so that's not too far either if something happened to him. Uncle Johnnie and Aunt Frances were always one of the first to get up here when my folks were in and out of the hospital over the last few years for all kinds of stuff. If they weren't here right away they'd always call and then come a few days later. I know if they were at home my Aunt wouldn't be all by herself either. Neither of their children are going up. That very well could be because my Aunt told them not to come yet or they're not able to yet. I'm pretty sure my Aunt told them not to come yet. My cousins husband is an ASS. He told my Uncle Freddie that if he wanted to know something not to call my Aunt Frances but to call him. This cousins husband likes to play that he's in charge. Fool that he is he's not. He better not tell me or my Mom to call him instead of Aunt Frances. I know she didn't tell him to tell the family that crap. Anyway, rambling like normal. I just need to be able to give my Aunt a hug. We're going to try to get a donation in her name for the place she's staying. They ask for a $20 donation a day to stay there. Some donation. If its a have to pay its not a donation. Anyway, I'm outta here!

First Line Friday

on Saturday!!!

Thanks Kathy. :) You can find Kathy at http://bagsbooksandbonjovi.blogspot.com/.
FIRST LINE FRIDAY...First lines have always intrigued me since I heard an author say that writing the first sentence is, by far, the most difficult part of writing a novel. The reasoning was that a first sentence can make the reader continue reading or cause the book to be tossed aside.So, go to your To Be Read Pile, choose as many books as you want and share the first line. Be sure to include the title and author so that if your reader also finds it intriguing, they can find the book.Also, share your thoughts about the first line. Does it draw you in? Is it...exciting...thought provoking...scary...funny?
I'm really excited to read a series of books by Diane Chamberlain. My friend Lori, who can be found here
http://lori-thequeensnewthrone.blogspot.com/ found her books and highly recommended them. I started reading her work and she's a very talented author. Anyway the series of books are Keeper of the Light, Kiss River and Her Mother's Shadow. I love when books span generations and I'm very into family sagas right now.

I'm finally to the final book in this series by Diane Chamberlain. It's called Her Mother's Shadow and I can't wait to get it started. It'll probably be tomorrow. Here's the first line.

Christmas 1990

There was cheer in the house in the heart of Manteo.

Cheating here because I know the back story to the first line but it should be a really good read too. It's about Lacey and how she wants to be just like her Mother who died but does she really? I can't wait to find out what happens with her.

Well,

I had to kick my nephew out. He broke two of the major rules involving my Dad's truck and disrespected me in the process so I told him he had to go. He tried to play on my husband's sympathy but hubby didn't fall for it. He's back at Grandma's house again. He'll be very restricted there for sure this time. No computer time, no truck to drive. Oh he bought a prepaid cell phone with some of his paycheck. Oohwee! He's one awesome guy huh? Hopefully he'll learn from all this mess that you can't expect people to help you out and then lie about stuff to get what you want out of them too.

Grab It Graphics Share

I joined a graphic group and made a few things that I'm sharing here. Take it if you want it. If you want it personalized just leave me a comment saying which one and what name and I'll post it to you in another post.

Grab It Graphics - Black and White

I fell in love with black and white graphics again thanks to my friend Kathy. She had me make her a little black and white one with a quote and I just loved doing it. These are black and white with just a spot of color in each one. I went with flower pictures that I found on the internet. Some I colorized and some already had a beautiful color to it.

Yeah!!

My nephew got a job! It's just through a temp place but if he does the work at the company they'll hire him on full time. It's a start at least. Hopefully it'll work out for him. :)

Sunday, Sunday

It was a really nice weekend. We just stayed home mostly and did odds and ends and nothing much at all. Got caught up with laundry, watched some TV, played games on the Wii and ate some really good grilled chicken and ribs. I made a trip to the grocery store yesterday but got to stay in my pj's all day today. I can't remember the last time that happened.

We picked up the truck from my Dad for my nephew to use so I'll be getting to stay at home again which is really good what with the kids getting out of school on Tuesday. I could just see me hauling nephew around looking for jobs and having two whiny kids along for the ride. Add to that our temps are already in the low 90's and it would not be a fun time for any one of us.

Except for going to my MIL's house for the 4th of July for about 4 days we don't have any vacation or day trips planned for the summer. I'm going to take the kids to the library once a week but that's about it. Hopefully we might be able to afford a couple of trips to Summer Fun Water Park but I'm not sure since its $14 to get in. Time will tell on that. If we can at least afford nephew and the kids he said he would take them. He had a good time last week when we went for Nick's band class. They rented the park after it closed and it was a good time for sure.

Crap!

A certain company needs to hire a better human resource manager. You'd think their time would be important not to mention my nephew's time. All they had to do was read his application and they would have known from the get go he was unhireable. @@ If they didn't trust what he wrote down why not run a background check before calling to set up an appointment for an interview especially when you then tell said candidate for the job that he is unhireable based on his background check. @@ It's stupid the way they handled my nephew's interview today. They had to have looked at his application more than once since they not only called and left a message on our home phone but then called a few hours later on my cell phone to talk to him. @@ My eyes are going to roll right out of their sockets today. I get why they couldn't hire him. I just wish they would have done some checking up first before their time, his time and not too mention my time was all wasted. @@

Yeah!!

My nephew has a job interview lined up for tomorrow at 12:30. It's a really, really good job too. I hope he gets it. He's very excited about it all.

Star Trek

Loved, loved, loved the movie!!!!!!!!! I fell in love with Spock all over again. I never wanted Kirk. He was all over too many women during the series. This movie catches the spirit of the original series and adds some new nuances to it as well. That said I've had this stupid song going through my head ever since we got out of the movie. Enjoy people!

"Star Trekkin'"
by The Firm (Lister/John O'Connor) Bark (UK) single #TREK 1, 5/87 (4:14) on Disc Two Track 2, Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection Rhino compilation #R2 70743, 1991. Reference material from liner notes by Dr. Demento (Barry Hansen), lyrics transcribed by Robert Muratore.

Star Trekkin' across the universe,On the Starship Enterprise under Captain Kirk.
Star Trekkin' across the universe,Only going forward 'cause we can't find reverse.

Lt. Uhura, report.
There's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow;
there's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, Jim.

Analysis, Mr. Spock.
It's life, Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, not as we know it;
it's life, Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, Captain.

There's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow;
there's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, Jim.

Star Trekkin' across the universe,On the Starship Enterprise under Captain Kirk.
Star Trekkin' across the universe,Only going forward, still can't find reverse.

Medical update, Dr. McCoy.
It's worse than that, he's dead, Jim, dead, Jim, dead, Jim;
it's worse than that, he's dead, Jim, dead, Jim, dead.

It's life, Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, not as we know it;
it's life, Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, Captain.

There's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow;
there's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, Jim.

Starship Captain, James T. Kirk:
Ah! We come in peace, shoot to kill, shoot to kill, shoot to kill;
we come in peace, shoot to kill, shoot to kill, men.

It's worse than that, he's dead, Jim, dead, Jim, dead, Jim;
it's worse than that, he's dead, Jim, dead, Jim, dead.

Well, it's life, Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, not as we know it;
it's life, Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, Captain.

There's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow;
there's Klingons on the starboard bow, scrape 'em off, Jim.

Star Trekkin' across the universe,On the Starship Enterprise under Captain Kirk.
Star Trekkin' across the universe,Only going forward, and things are getting worse!

Engineer, Mr. Scott:
Ye cannot change the laws of physics, laws of physics, laws of physics;
ye cannot change the laws of physics, laws of physics, Jim.

Ah! We come in peace, shoot to kill, shoot to kill, shoot to kill;
we come in peace, shoot to kill; Scotty, beam me up!

It's worse than that, he's dead, Jim, dead, Jim, dead, Jim;
it's worse than that, he's dead, Jim, dead, Jim, dead.

Well, it's life, Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, not as we know it;
it's life, Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, Captain.

There's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow;
there's Klingons on the starboard bow, better calm down!

Ye cannot change the script Jim.Och, #!*& Jimmy.
It's worse than that, it's physics, Jim.
Bridge to engine room, warp factor 9.
Och, if I give it any more she'll blow, Cap'n!

Star Trekkin' across the universe,On the Starship Enterprise under Captain Kirk.
Star Trekkin' across the universe,Only going forward 'cause we can't find reverse.

Star Trekkin' across the universe,On the Starship Enterprise under Captain Kirk.
Star Trekkin' across the universe,Only going forward, still can't find reverse.

First Line Friday

Thanks Kathy. :) You can find Kathy at http://bagsbooksandbonjovi.blogspot.com/.

FIRST LINE FRIDAY...First lines have always intrigued me since I heard an author say that writing the first sentence is, by far, the most difficult part of writing a novel. The reasoning was that a first sentence can make the reader continue reading or cause the book to be tossed aside.So, go to your To Be Read Pile, choose as many books as you want and share the first line. Be sure to include the title and author so that if your reader also finds it intriguing, they can find the book.Also, share your thoughts about the first line. Does it draw you in? Is it...exciting...thought provoking...scary...funny?

I'm really excited to read a series of books by Diane Chamberlain. My friend Lori, who can be found here

http://lori-thequeensnewthrone.blogspot.com/ found her books and highly recommended them. I started reading her work and she's a very talented author. Anyway the series of books are Keeper of the Light, Kiss River and Her Mother's Shadow. I love when books span generations and I'm very into family sagas right now.

The book I've chosen from this series is Kiss River. I can't start it yet because I'm waiting to receive Keeper of the Light. I was able to find it at www.paperbackswap.com. I was desperate to read it but since its out of print that wasn't possible. My library didn't even have a copy. Well anyway, here's the first line from Kiss River by Diane Chamberlain.

The air conditioning in her aging car was giving out, blowing warm, breat-sealng air into Gina's face.

LOL, she's in the south it sounds like. Very hot and muggy and sounds like she's got a long trip ahead of her.

Happy

Whew!! I won't be sweating the bills this week. The paycheck was decent. Now on to the next thing to sweat and worry about. My nephew getting a job. It's just a matter of time and hopefully something will turn up for him sooner than later. I just hope he can stay in good spirits and not get too depressed along the way.

Good Days Ahead

hopefully. Well they'll be good days no matter what. Chris's partner went back to work last Thursday and they're going to be out until this Thursday or Friday so hopefully we only have one more bad paycheck left. I'm just hoping we'll be able to save enough to go and see MIL for the 4th of July like we always do. That's her holiday with us. She gets Christmas and 4th of July and my parents get Thanksgiving and Easter. My Mom is always mouthing about how she'd like Christmas once in a while but its not like we can switch it around every year. My MIL is just a year younger than my Mom and on her own. MIL is 66 and I don't like the idea of her driving here by herself at all. Besides my Mom has my brother and sisters there every year and a new grandson this year too. My BIL and his wife always either go to her parents house or to FIL's house and leave MIL without anyone to celebrate the holidays with. We don't see FIL so we don't have to split 3 ways anymore. We only get to go and see MIL those 2 times a year and see my parents at least twice a month as a family if not more often especially when school is out. I see my parents usually twice a week because of taking Chris back and forth to work. Anyway, I've rambled enough. Thanks for reading.

First Line Friday

Thanks Kathy. :) You can find Kathy at http://bagsbooksandbonjovi.blogspot.com/.

FIRST LINE FRIDAY...First lines have always intrigued me since I heard an author say that writing the first sentence is, by far, the most difficult part of writing a novel. The reasoning was that a first sentence can make the reader continue reading or cause the book to be tossed aside.So, go to your To Be Read Pile, choose as many books as you want and share the first line. Be sure to include the title and author so that if your reader also finds it intriguing, they can find the book.Also, share your thoughts about the first line. Does it draw you in? Is it...exciting...thought provoking...scary...funny?

Today's book from my TBR pile is Southern Gold by James Alan Vitti. It's a story about people looking for Civil War gold hidden by Southerners. Reminds me of the story line of the movie Sahara. Maybe this novel is where they got the idea for the movie?

Gavin Duke sank back into the plush VIP seat, licing his chops for the show that was about to begin.

Well, okay then. It makes it sound like he's waiting for a girly show to begin. I'm not sure what era this book is set in but its still an intriguing read hopefully. LOL, I'll find out soon enough.

Warning! Vent Ahead!

Thar she blows!!!!!!!!!

Just blah! I'm getting to the hopeless stage. It'll go away. I'm just worrying too much about everything. Stupid partner called Chris on Friday having the nerve to complain about how small his paycheck was. @@ He better be glad it wasn't me that answered that phone call. Then when I dropped Chris off at work yesterday stupid partner was up at work turning in paperwork and tried to catch up to me in his car so he could wave at me. That's what he usually does when I'm around. I just ignored him. He doesn't want to talk to me right now. Too bad he's an idiot and doesn't look past his own paycheck to see that we're in a bind right now. I guess he just can't figure out that if his paycheck is small then maybe :::gasp::: ours might be too? Chris will just not get a new partner. I have no idea why. It's almost like he enjoys working less and having me worry more when stupid partner pulls this every year. We've had a couple of good fights over this crap this time too. Nothing that'll break us up but I won't back down ever when it comes to this idiot causing money to be lost out of our pocket and not from Chris being sick or not working hard. Anyway, vent over. I had to get it out.

First Line Friday

Thanks Kathy. :) You can find Kathy at http://bagsbooksandbonjovi.blogspot.com/.
FIRST LINE FRIDAY...First lines have always intrigued me since I heard an author say that writing the first sentence is, by far, the most difficult part of writing a novel. The reasoning was that a first sentence can make the reader continue reading or cause the book to be tossed aside.So, go to your To Be Read Pile, choose as many books as you want and share the first line. Be sure to include the title and author so that if your reader also finds it intriguing, they can find the book.Also, share your thoughts about the first line. Does it draw you in? Is it...exciting...thought provoking...scary...funny?

One of the books in my TBR pile is Long Lost by Harlan Coben. Here's the first sentence and boy its a doozy!

Two days before I learned the secret she'd kept buried for a decade---the seemingly personal secret that would not only devastate the two of us but change the world forever---Terese Collins called me at five AM, pushing me from one quasi-erotic dream into another.

That's got to be the longest first line I've ever read. LOL. Makes you wonder if the secret is something better than the erotic dream the character is having. Must be because the second line has Terese telling him to Come to Paris. We'll see how this book turns out.

Graphic Share

With the movie coming out tomorrow I just had to play with the Enterprise. I won't get to see the movie anytime soon but I can't wait to see it when I get the chance.

Ugh!

I hate paydays now. Stupid sick idiot is causing us to go into the poor house. I'm doing what I can but I hate finagling the bills. At least they'll get paid and we won't starve but I just hate not having the little bit of extra every payday. Its not like we ever had a lot of extra but all I want is enough. I don't think its too much to ask for and I also don't think its too much to ask hubby to not get pissed when I tell him whats what either. @@ He can get over himself and stop kowtowing to his partner that caused this whole mess. Somehow in hubby's mind its all my fault for not saving any money throughout the year and for not saving any money from the loan last week (I paid all but a little money to go to the movies on bills). How can I get anything saved when we go through this crap every freaking year? He's quick to defend the stupid idiot. Now he said that when nephew gets a job he can help out. Jeez, where does he think the food came from for the last two weeks? I want nephew to help himself and get out asap. I don't want him here forever. Nephew needs to get a car, insurance and an apartment and out of here and be a grown man. That's what I'm pushing him for. Nephew also isn't getting any more cigarette money from us either. That's over. We definitely don't have it this time.

Grab It Graphics

Just one graphic today. I want to be creative but nothings coming to me. I hate blah days.

Free Clinic?

Yeah right! It's stupid. They only take the first 40 people or so and are only open on Tuesdays and Thursdays and only from 7:30 to 4:30 roughly. An hour of that time is lunch. I understand not having many resources but this is just stupid. There's got to be somewhere my nephew can go to get treated for an ear infection except for the ER at the hospital. Its just crazy. He said he'd suck it up and just put up with the pain. Hopefully he'll be able to do that. I just don't get why the free clinic is open only 2 days. :( Theres no way I can get him in line earlier than 7:30 either since I have kids that are in school. I guess if he can make it til June 3 then I can take him up there really early to get in line at least. We'll see.