learning about my condo

the woman who owns the condo across from mine gave me a bit of info that i didn't know...mine was the first one moved in to - she was #2. the guy that moved in here was single and when he found a woman, they moved off to a house on the northside. then Lori moved in - the previous Lori, the one whose death was the reason for the sale of the place...

granted, this isn't majorly interesting stuff, but this is a building built in 2004, not 1904 like some buildings in the city...it's slowly building a history...

time to restart the ol blog...

seems like i've been using twitter more lately as a blog, so i ought to just start blogging again.

right now i'm doggy sitting for adam while he's at the detroit electronic music festival - madison's my bitch, she just loves the hell outta me. milwaukee likes me okay enough - especially when i'm filling her food bowl. i'm supposedly cat sitting as well, but i have yet to see the things since adam and codi have moved into this house, so i'm beginning to wonder if they even exist - they could be playing an evil trick on me to see if i'll continue to feed the cats even tho they're no longer around.

this weekend was lots of fun - aunt joan was in town, so there was lots of fun stuff planned - friday night we went to indiana downs to check out the horse races - didn't win anything, but it was still fun. then it was a family picnic on saturday that we weren't sure about happening because of rain and the fact that we hadn't reserved a shelter at any of the local parks, but it all worked out - the rain went away, the sun came out, and we had a good time. yesterday was a trip to the casino with joan, joanie, george and ashley. this being ashley's first trip now that she's a 21 year old, it was quite a trip - lost some $$, but still had a lot of fun.

been a very busy holiday weekend!!!

the most wonderful godson in the world...

sorry to all you other Fairy Godmothers out there, but I have the cutest godson in the world. Dominic and his brother and sisters and parents went to my cousin's house and we had a little early Christmas celebration. I gave Domi his very first tricycle - he preferred riding it Fred Flintstone-style, avoiding using the pedals and trying to use his feet. Also got him his very first cell phone (okay, not a REAL phone, but one that allowed me to record a message to him telling him i love him) and some clothes. he's such a cutie!

Xmas with dad...

so dad came to visit early for christmas this year - a plane ticket that's $750 during xmas week was $325 last week. he spent a few nights here, coming back this afternoon so we can go to the cemetery with adam before he heads back to Utah tomorrow.

matt and paige and adam and codi were here saturday, we did the xmas with dad thing...i can't believe how grown up my brother and sister are, but i should - it's easy to do the math, after all. matt's 18 now, duh, he's not gonna look like the 10 year old that's stuck in my brain. got the goatee action goin on, playing guitar, working at Home Depot...the typical 18 year old type stuff. paige is her same self - i talk to her a lot more cuz she's always online and we IM each other. things got a bit tense for a while because matt brought up the fact that paige doesn't have her cell phone anymore because she ran up a $900 phone bill from sending text messages! holy crap! i know we all do stupid stuff as kids, but my farkups weren't that expensive!

all in all, a nice visit.

long time no type....

no posts in a long time - not sure if that's a good sign or not - sometimes when the depression lifts, i don't write as much. or perhaps i'm depressed and feeling lazy. probably a combination of the two - get depressed, don't write....feel better, don't write...

so i've pondered closing down the ol' blog, but i just don't know...

Wikipedia Brown, Boy Detective

an interesting combination of those Encyclopedia Brown books of my childhood, and Wikipedia - it's Wikipedia Brown, Boy Detective

somehow, i don't think she'll be able to serve...

i'm still receiving mom's mail, although it should certainly ease up once her estate is closed next month.

today, she recieved a card from the clerk of the marion circuit court - my mother's being summoned for jury duty! errr, sorry folks, she's been dead for almost a year now!! actually, the first day she's supposed to call is the anniversary of her death - how friggin weird.

up at 3:30 for no apparent reason...

perhaps it's the sniffles i'm starting to get - coming down with a cold, perhaps?

saturday's birthday was very nice - joanie, george & brandon came over with a cake...i answered numerous calls and emails from people with birthday wishes...had dinner with kat & john...then on sunday i went to spend some time with dominic - i have the cutest godson in the world, that's all there is to it.

saturday morning, i was filled with a sense of dread - this being my first birthday without mom, i figured everyone would forget and i'd be stuck spending the day alone. nope, not happening - which made me feel very good. i guess people actually DO like me.

reckon i ought to try to go back to sleep now...

Angie Dickinson, Eric Stoltz, Jenna Elfman, Fran Drescher...

they've all got something in common with me - a September 30th birthday!!

granted, they're all older than me (i'm 34 now) but we're all Libras...woo hoo!

trying not to get too sad about the fact that this is my first b-day without mom, but it's hard - last year's birthday sucked because it was shortly after her cancer diagnosis and we were in the midst of chemo and all sorts of crap. *sigh* i miss her so much.

but i know she wouldn't want me dwelling on it, she'd want me to have a good day today, so i'm gonna give it a concerted effort to do so. happy birthday me!

comment of the day...

TotalFark had a discussion titled "Post your favourite saying you say too much. Finer than frog hair split six ways, doesn't count"

i think my fave comment was from sweettoothbear:

"I'm so broke that I have to jack off the dog... just to feed the cat."

that's pretty damned broke.

Bingo!

Kat & i went to play bingo last night...it's been a loooong time since i've done bingo - college, perhaps? - but i managed to watch over 12 cards with ease (for the most part) i won $30 in one of the early birds, and i won a door prize - a Halloween decoration of a purple kitty in a witch's hat - that i promptly gave to Kat. the only major problem is the smoke from all the smokers - i wonder how well a non-smoking bingo hall would do? but we had a good time and will probably go back...

maybe i could make some $$...

perhaps i could sell descriptions of my latest dreams to Rozerem and they would put them on tv - last night involved King Kong in a Hawaiian shirt at the dealership that sold me my car. (i must say, i find the Rozerem commercial with Abe Lincoln and a beaver playing chess to be rather amusing)

i'm so butch...

i'm so butch that i buy my medical supplies at the Tractor Supply store. And i've heard of the things they've had there, even though the cashier looked at me like i was an alien when i asked her if they had cow magnets. maybe she thought it was just another stupid city girl walking in - she told me maybe i should try Kohl's - er, no, i explained to her - not a refrigerator with a pic of a cow on it, a cow magnet that you put in a cow's stomach to attract the metals that it digests to avoid harming the cow...i poked around the store and eventually found them...then i had to explain to her that i didn't have any cows, that i used them to activate my Vagus Nerve Stimulator. hey, bargain hunter that i am, i'd much rather pay eight bucks for three of them than get the "official" version from the VNS company for thirty bucks EACH.

a to-do list 4 miles long...

...but that's okay, because it was 5 miles long - i've managed to cross off a mile of things this weekend. Whoopi's glad about that - i got her fish bowl all cleaned out and fresh water put in, it's crystal clear now!!

success!

the cookout was a success. except for that minor incident with singing a large portion of hair (on the front/top of my head, my eyebrows, eyelashes, and a bit on my forearm. didn't hurt all that much, but it's definitely made me realize that grilling with charcoal is NOT for me - not enough control like there is with a gas grill.

i think kat was a bit disappointed that it wasn't a games night sort of event, but i wasn't about to herd everyone in to the clubhouse to play games when just sitting and chatting was very nice.

i made mom's tropical fruit salad, in the bowl she always used - just a small way of including her in the festivities.

busy busy

kat's been ill lately - looks as though her gall bladder will need to be removed. meanwhile, i'm getting ready to host a labor day cookout - rented out the clubhouse and now i'm in the process of rounding things up and making sure all will be good...

SoaP

goin to a Fark Party tonite - gonna see Snakes On A Plane - i'm predicting it'll be cheezy and stupid, and a lot of fun. *8-)

i have the best godson in the whole wide world

i spent some time with my cousin marian and her family today, including my godson Dominic. the boy is amazing - i just can't even put into words the happiness he puts into my heart. prozac's got nothing on this kid - he ooozes anti-depressant qualities. he's trying to learn to snap his fingers - got the motion down, just not the pressure, so not a sound is made. and he's waving, but for some reason, when he waves with his right hand, he leaves his index finger erect - not sure what that's all about, but it's cute.

the kids are still having difficulties remembering my name, and that i'm Lori and not Linda - makes me think about Mom a lot and how much i miss her.

time for a recipe...

the joy of Fark is finding all sorts of spiffy things - like this recipe from TotalFarker jimmyhaha:

Type II Diabetes

26 1/2 lb Froot Loops
2 1/3 lb butter
1600 Whatchamacallit Bars (crumbled)
26 gal. Dry Gin
1 Couch
1 Tivo
1 xBox 360

Mix the first three ingredients until they form one smooth, flabby ass.
Apply ass to Couch for 18 hours daily, basting liberally with Tivo and xBox.
Serves one.

crippled...

been crippled with depression recently, hence no posts. i'm now in intensive outpatient therapy. it's helping me.