Good morning ladies. I am going to post a quick one as I have half a disaster on my hands and at the moment I have no way to fix it. I think the morons next door moved out in the middle of the night and they somehow left the washer water connection running. My floor in my bathroom is flooded and I can hardly keep up with it. No one answers next door, the number I could find for the landlords rolls over to voicemail when I call it and the water just keep coming in under the wall. I am running out of dry towels to sop up the mess. I am very angry as this is the second time this has happened. It happened a couple years ago when they moved out in the middle of the night and bent the connection trying to get the hose off. I couldn't get any headway until I happen to see his contractor coming. I just pray I can get someone over here to fix it or turn off their water or something.

Here is what happens when you have too much vacation and not enough sleep!

I have to go grocery shopping at the commissary this morning, but I can't leave it like this. I am going to try again to find someone. I will talk to you later. Faye

PS: Finally got the neighors to open their door and sure enough she has water behind her washer. Sheesh you would think you would notice!

Faye, call the police and tell them what is happening. They can get in and get it turned off!
Good morning, ladies! Only in the 80s today but the humidity is still there.

I think I'm getting bronchitis - scratchy throat, coughing and hard to breath. I did a nebulizer treatment this morning but it didn't help much. If I don't feel better by morning, I'll be calling the doctor and going in.

I have laundry going and need to get some more housework done today so I can go to applique bee in the morning if I'm better.

Jean, did you ask the store manager about the pasta? For 72# they would probably give you a better price. Little kids playing sports are indeed quit cute and funny.

Enjoy your day!

Good morning gals! I have been able to take off the snorkeling mask and flippers and have my house back to normal.... Thank goodness I am one of those people when I buy new towels I keep the old ones to use to paint, to color my hair, stuff like that so I had old towels to sop up all the water. I did use them all, which amount to about 30 towels so I washed them all and we ran them over to the laundromat to get them all dried at once and brought them back home. I sprayed tilex around the bottom of my side of the wall to kill any mildew, I just hope we won't have rotting inside the wall anywhere sometime down the road. Her landlord's contractor didn't show up until lunchtime and then it was because she called her landlord not because I kept leaving frantic messages on their answering machine. If you have a business like they do where you have a lot of rental properties, you should have some kind of emergency number or answering service so that people can reach you for heaven's sake.

The kids will be home tonight sometime. You get bored with one more picture of Thomas. That kid will do anything I think. I am just not camel material. They are smelly, they spit, and just not my thing, but I imagine he had fun riding on it.

Jean: If I had damage, I would be nagging them about fixing it. His contractor said the landlord would absolutely be responsible and fix anything, but there is nothing they can do in my bathroom. If anything shows up, it will be much later I would think. Whew, dodged by being up at the lake and not having to stand for hours feeding people. You did help, you bought all the pasta and sauce and took it to the church. Sometimes small things are just as good as big ones.

Susan: Our police department would sit on their hands and never go in to the condo unless they thought someone is inside. I would be lucky to get them to even show up here once I told them why I wanted the police. We had vandals at the pool a few years back and I called wanting them removed by the police and waited outside 3 hours and no one ever showed up!

I have errands to run today, post office, gotta get Fortune some heart guard at the vets and such. I am waiting until the end of the week then will go get my hair cut and my nails done then color my hair at home. I still have plenty of time, but I am starting my famous list as I think of things that will have to be done, like stopping mail and such.

Guess what, the bandit struck again! He stole the cover off our garage door opener that hangs on the outside of the garage! We are almost positive it is the nutcase that vandalized Jack's car. He saw him a week or so ago wandering around the property and told him if he touched his car again he would have him arrested this time. The guy denied touching Jack's car even though there was a street full of witnesses when it happened. So, I figure since he knows where we live he is trying to get even with Jack getting mad at him. I am going to call the cops every time I see him on the property from now on. No more mr nice guy. I am fed up! The thing is, the cops know him and know him well. They just pick him up and return him to the group home and then off he goes again. There isn't a whole lot they can do or will do.

Well friends, I need to go upstairs and finish my chores, get showered and dressed and out the door. It is pouring down rain here this morning, but we needed it badly so I don't mind. Have a great start to your week. Faye


Jean:

Good morning to all you gals! We are raining cats and dogs at the moment so of course, Fortune who wants outside can't go outside. Thank goodness for puppy pads and the fact I trained him when he was a puppy to use them too.

Jack has another ortho appt today. His knee was really bothering him a lot yesterday so I hope they can help him feel better, but it may just be the rain combined with the fact he has had to climb up and down stairs a lot lately at work.

Marty went home last night and I think they are happy to have him back. They trade places next week and get to keep Fortune. He is a doll to have except for one thing and that is he won't jump up on their bed and she said sometimes on their furniture to sit down so they have to get up and put him on which is irritating. We only have problems with the bed and I can get him to jump up on the bed though Jack can't. I do feel for them, but I have worked with him and can't get him from being afraid to jump up. He won't use the dog stairs either he is afraid of them.

Thomas was all excited to show us his egyptian outfit. He put it on and was all grins. I told him I saw him swim in the Nile and made me afraid he would get eaten by crocodiles. His mom piped up and said there weren't any but Thomas said they were kept back by the dam. I asked him his favorite part, but he liked it all. We didn't stay since they were tired and I wasn't feeling well again the female stuff. I haven't ever heard back from the dr about doing that stupid test again, but I am just going to roll with it for 6 months and if it hasn't stopped by then will again make an appt to see the gyn. I mean not much can be done if they have tested everything and it is all normal. I may just have to wait it out.

I saw online this morning the president's approval rating is now only 40% and dropping and when he was elected it was flip flopped and was 60%. I can only laugh at the people who voted for this guy. A politician is a politician and they will tell you anything to get elected. He has made promises he had no way of being able to keep, ie employment for one. I read an article written by some high falutin' economic analyst that said we would have to put 3.5 million people to work today to bring the unemployment rate back to 5%. He said on the other hand even if we had a steady steam of jobs starting today, it would take until 2016 to bring it under 5%. Ahh well, they are saying that the fall elections may be a landslide for the republicans because there is so much decent in the ranks so to speak. What a mess, huh?

Maggie: I get horrible painful hiccups that can sometimes be hard to get rid of. I will have to try your trick next time. Mine really are so hard that they hurt. Jack, bless his heart always gets so concerned when he hears the first one because he knows they hurt me so bad. Glad you had a good visit with bil. It is always nice to see family you haven't seen in awhile. We have made plans to have breakfast with my sister when we are in Indiana. The trip is so very short that I just can't spend a whole day with her. We only have 2 full days there and one of them will be taken up the whole day with the bus trip to the baseball game. It is about 3 hours to get to Wrigley Field from my son's home so you figure 6 hours back and forth then a 3+ hour ballgame and that day is shot. We have only Saturday and I want to spend most of it with Jackson since I haven't seen him since Thanksgiving of last year.

Jean: I have had connection issues with my computer on and off, especially with facebook. I just check it to see what everyone is doing. I had a devil of a time getting in here yesterday. The pool did open this year. They didn't send out flyers, but I think it is opening everyday at noon. We haven't even ventured over there at all this year. We came home last night and the nut case was walking down our street. He saw us come around the corner and he hightailed it out of the condos! I guess Jack threatening to have him arrested stuck with him. lol

I guess I should get my morning chores done, shower and dress. I haven't decided whether to go with Jack to the dr's today or not. Have a good Tuesday everyone! Faye

Good morning to you all! I am hoping we have a rain free day today as I have some things to do away from the house. It is going to be scorching hot again and the humidity is something like 95% so it is totally miserable here.

Maggie: I sure understand that high heat. It wouldn't be as bad except the humidity here makes it hard to even breathe. Years and years ago I worked at a lady's plus size dress shop. This was in New Mexico when Jack was on recruiter duty. There was this little very old Mexican lady that would come to the shop everyday and sell her potato burritos. They were absolutely spectacular. I had never had Mexican food in any form until I married Jack (there weren't even Taco Bells in South Bend back then) and thought a potato burrito would be icky, but I felt sorry for the woman and bought one. Yours sound pretty good too, though. My favorite Mexican food to make is chicken green enchiladas. Jack doesn't like green enchiladas, but I do. In this case the green is green chiles.

Jean: I don't think he would use a ramp either because the sides are open. I think if you put a chair next to the bed with sides on it he would jump into it and jump on the bed. He will jump on the bed with encouragement and he jumps on our recliner and couch without any encouragement, but he won't jump on Kelly's couch or chairs for some reason. That seems awful steep, $25 a ticket, but who knows? Hope you had a good time. You couldn't beg the city to vote in a republican here. The city is 65% black and they never vote republican and hardly ever vote white democrat. It is sad really that no one cares about platforms just race around here.

I am working towards finishing Kelly's socks and I would like to finish the footies I am making for my sister before I go to Indiana too so who knows. I have been doing stuff during the day time then in the evening when we watch tv I get sleepy. I have gotten hooked on the different home style shows and watch them a lot, like the first time home buyers, those fixing up basements to rent out, stuff like that. I love "House Hunters" and "House Hunters International." It is kind of fun seeing the kind of houses people want to buy and what the housing market is like different places. You know, even when I was a young kid you could buy a house for what you buy a car nowadays. My parents paid $19,000 for a two bedroom, one bath house. Times sure have changed.

Well gals, I need to get chores done. I want to get out and about before it gets too too hot today. Have a good hump day! Hopefully my trash can won't get stolen again since today is trash day! lol Faye

Good afternoon ladies - hot and humid.

I've have bronchitis again and have been going across the street to my doctor's office for breathing treatments twice a day. Mostly I've been sleeping in my recliner (can't lay down in bed when I have this) and reading. I'm starting to feel better but it'll be a bit longer before I myself again.

I'll do personals when I get caught up and feel better.