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What am I doing up at this ungodly hour?

What am I doing up? It's been a while now ,and while I am usually awake at this time, it's to roll oveer and try to sleep some more. In fact, the little one, my fat chi (7.6 lbs the vet said) has more sense than I. Of course if I were in bed, she would start her "wake up mama" routine which I'm sure all dog owners know. It's still dark outside (at 5:55) and I don't like being out in the dark in the AM. I am definitely not an AM person! Guess that's why I'm up. I've got a set to do today, and wan

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Let the buyer beware. (Can't remember the Latin)

When you buy something, do you shop around? A smart person would, I guess but me? Guess I'm not always so smart.   I am sort of house hunting. For about a year, I had been dealing with a certain salesman. Didn't have the sense to maybe look somewhere else - until he pushed my hand. I still don't know if I will still have to go to him and beg him to sell me what I want. Then again, he probably threw away a large sale with a nice commission because of being a stupid block head. At first I felt

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Now I've heard everything!

You know when you use a credit card machine in the supermarket or at a gas station? It says credit or debit and you push the one you want? Well, let me tell you a story.   Today I went to my GP. It's been 6 months. I got to the office where you pay and wrote a check for my 20%; I'm on Medicare. It came to 10.28. I was then given an adding machine tape which had some writing and the amount and was told to sign it. I asked what it was and was told I was getting my check back. Being slow thinkin

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It's Over

Well, I had 3 wonderful days and so many plans of how I was going to use them. Now it's almost over and I didn't get much done.   I'm hoping that at least tonight I'll get to see the fireworks from my room. The real ones. I did see a few the last few nights that someone near here sent up. Yes, they were illegal.   And if I don't see them there's the big blast off from Cape Canaveral later in the month - if the weather will co-operate.   So now I'm off to read some more messages, play s

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NASCAR Weekend

This is a second entry because today is really Saturday - and this Saturday is the big NASCAR race in Daytona Beach. Now I wouldn't exactly call Daytona Beach a metropolis. It is more of a sleepy beach town where people go to work just like everywhere else until NARCAR weekends and Bike week. Unless you observe this yearly ritual, you can't imagine what happens. There is a group of people crazy for the races and they must save all year so they can go to the track, pay a huge price for tickets, a

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I must be loosing it

Friday - well still to me because I haven't gone to bed yet.   As some of you know, I work as a field merchandiser. This simply means I go from store to store and merchandise products for whatever company I'm working for rather than being employed by a store and only working in the one place. As such I'm also paid by the job rather than receive a weekly salary. I work for several companies and like the variety. Before this stroke, I had wonderful jobs for some great companies. As long as I'

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Unconditional love

Where do you find unconditional love? No, caregiver comes close but that is not it; mother/child relationship? No, ever heard the word "if" If you eat your spinach, you can have dessert. Unconditional love is love with NO STRINGS ATTACHED. There is only 1 place and one answer. Your dog. You can scold all you want for things he/she did, and the dog will come and give you a kiss. True a dog's mind must function differently and I don't know how this would be checked. Sure if you didn't feed the ani

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Security? Not with the internet

About 5 years ago, everyone and his brother were selling shredding machines. No longer did you need to be GM or Microsoft to shred your documents. People felt that with identify theft, this was the way to go,   This is just a spit in the ocean when it comes to your private security. I had no contact with Dell until I was living in Central Florida for a year and a half, yet when I decided to open an account, I was connected to a special operator who said he would ask me 2 or 3 multiple choice

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Why do people lie?

Whether you have a stroke, are a woman, are elderly or for whatever reason, why do people lie? It bugs me. I had a woman say, she didn't send a certain paper to be signed that was blank, someone at the machine did it. It was sent by her boss. It was sent in a package that she sent in a brown envelope with her home address sticker on it! Just how stupid do people think others are? Haven't they heard that there are people who keep copies, records etc. Because I am a woman and old (she doesn't know

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You can't get blood from a turnip...

I spent an hour trying to write up a $100 order. The cmpany says, write an order every time. What if they don't need anything? The store (a grocery chain) is laying off 22,500 employees. It's part of the Chapter 11 reorganization plan. Do they need someone to force items on them that they not only don't need but can't really afford? Guess though, if the company doesn't get sales, they will also go belly up. And I guess in the end it is the public who pays by paying higher prices. I get sticker s

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Should people make plans?

Yesterday, as I was trying to get my dog to let me have another hour of sleep, I thought maybe I should plan my day and see what happens, I had some things that had to be done like a blood test and making an appointment with my FP physician. If I didn

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People Plan; God laughs

Yesterday, in one of my dumber moments, I went to a meeting of the Noetic Society ("At the forefront of research and education in consciousness and human potential", co-founded by Astrnaut Edgar Mitchell) Now, I don't even understand that but, it was their last meeting for the summer and they were having a movie "What the bleep do we know" A website was even included with in invitation and it showed the Ellen Generus show where she was speaking about it. I believe she said "Oh wow" So - that ma

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TGIF

TGIF My end of the week gift to you NO BLOG!

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Patience - it does pay!

I learned patience many years ago. Although I am a Reiki practioner and supposed to be able to practice anywhere, my school had closed and I went to another place where only their students could give the service. Because they always had many more guests than practioners, we were always told that we would learn patience; that all would receive the service but perhaps not first but after. When I had my stroke this training came in very handy. Patience is essential. While I was fortunate and my rec

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I've checked my brain today - Have you?

Now what is that nut talking about today? Checking her brain? Well, yes, I really do and in a very pleasant but sometimes frustrating way. Along with my other addictions, I'm a Free Cell addict. Everyday now, I start my computer day with a few games of Free Cell. I find that if I am good and win most games, my thinking processes for that day are good, but as the verse goes, when I'm bad, I'm horrid.   Oh that cheer that may be piercing your ears? It means I have just one one which I almost ga

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I'm a survivor.....why?

We say we are survivors and I ask - why? I mean beyond that I imagine most of us if not all are believers and as such feel

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Buffet anyone?

Steak and prime rib are fine, but I'm as happy with a buffet; cheaper too. I used to eat very simply (fast food I'm ashamed to say) and then on Sat. I'd go to my favorite buffet. I could eat all the veggies and fruit as well as everything else. My stroke hasn't changed that. I stilll love buffets- Chinese ones too. In fact it was years since I had had plain chow mein and went for buffet instead. Did have it a few years ago - and may again.......but oh, the fried rice, the crab ragoon (even fake

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Rainy day

It was raining when I woke up and continued for many hours. Because I had trouble previously, even with a surge protector, I now pull the plug on the computer. So what could I do? Go back to sleep? Watch TV or sit up and finish my book providing I sat up to do it? Lying down to read and staying awake is 100% not possible) I have never been a fast reader and since my stroke, this has become worse. At first if I read, I couldn't find the next line unless I pointed or used a straight edged paper or

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Numbers, Numbers, Numbers!

Are you bogged down by numbers the way I am? There's your ss number, driver's license or ID card #, if you work, a different employee # for each job, your telephone number, friends and business phone #'s, ATM number,address #s and on and on. It's gotten to where I have had to write some down in a book so I don't mix them up. By the way, was once told that you should write your ATM number as an address. If your number is 1234, that becomes the address. Because I once had 2 different ATM's I even

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I love companies in Minnesota!

Strange topic, huh? Bet though that most of the people are the same way. After all, those working at the company are from there. Over the years, as a part-time employee, you are able to work for a lot of companies and doing my work (field merchandising) the companies most often are out of state. I have found that people in Minnesota rank #1, and Texas is pretty good also. For 5 years I worked for a company in Plymouth, Minnesota. They had always been so very nice, great at Christmas, received a

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Fatigue

I am so fatigued that I wish I could stay in bed all day for several days to catch up. Yesterday it really hit. I had to drive about 40 miles to the place where I was to work. When I got there, the people I was to see were all gone for the day. They start at 5, I believe. To me that's turn-over time. I managed to get home and go back to bed, and slept until my dog informed me that she was hungry. Then I played around on the computer and of course had to go to chat. Decided to watch Jay Leno's 1s

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Technology

My mother used to say- I've lived at a wonderful time, Look at all the new things I've seen- As I get older, those words really make sense. Yesterday I thought about this when at one of the stores I service as a merchandiser. Do your stores have some of their checkout counters that are completely self serve? Maybe you are the type who likes someone else to do it for you, but these are cool. From start to fuinish you are guided through the process. There is a human person who sees over the 6 che

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Dollar Store Junkie

Ok, I confess. I'm a dollar store junkie. How about you? I couldn't help it; they are everywhere. Have you noticed that you will find a dollar store in every strip center and shopping center, along with the customary Chinese and/or pizza shop? And for the last 1-1/2 years, even my favorite store, Target, has had them. What's an addict going to do? I even know of a shopping center that has two right next to each other! Yesterday, I went to Target for medicine and as always there was that "It wil

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New inventions - Humbug!

For at least 7 years I have been buying my meds at Target. Like most drug stores, they used the amber plastic bottles for your order of pills/capsules. The size depended on the quantity and the size of the product. About a year ago, they switched to red which is "their" color. It didn't matter what color it was but being a recycler, I loved the bottles for "stuff" namely, a small amount of money to carry at work, rubber bands, paper clips, seeds etc. Well now, they went to a huge amount of expen

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2 days off! Yahoo!

Yahoo! Just what I need. Two days to play Free Cell, sleep and eat! Guess I better also wash, clean, file papers, read, take the dog for a longer walk or to the dog park, do some internet searching for loans, etc. etc. etc. I thought I had free time

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