Hello Nice People,
I just love Calvin and Hobbes. I hope everyone enjoys this one:
Thanx Mr Watterson.
The angry earth
1 month ago
Friday, June 20, 2008
First Day of Summer
Hello Nice People,
OMG!!!! It is 7:45 and Summer is HERE!!!!! The one thing that I absolutley hate about the first day of Summer is now the days start to get shorter. I can feel it already. Its getting dark earlier. NO!!!!!! I hate when that happens. But the good thing about today is SCHOOL IS OUT!!!! I took my bus back and it is so nice to have that extra space in the driveway. Hubby is going on a fishing tournament tomorrow at 5 AM.....so.....I have the whole day to myself. I'm gonna clean the house and watch the food channel. Life is good.
Tomorrow, Saturday, is the first day of CONDO CLEANING. Lots of girls in this area clean condos in Ocean City on Saturdays during the summer. Its a common site to see the groups of ladies going from condominium to condominium with their buckets and brooms and vacuums on Saturdays. And daughter Melody is one of them. I know she didn't want to do it this summer but the money is too good to pass up. Tenants that rent for the week or 2 week period have to be out by 8 AM and the next tenants arrive with all of their parafernalia at 12 Noon no earlier. So the places have to be spotless by 12. Most girls go in groups of 4 or 5 and hustle their rears from one condo to the next and the next til they get all of them done. They are paid by the Real Estate Agent. Its hard work! Some people leave them a total disaster and others actually clean before they leave. Melody says you open the door real slow and look in and pray that its not too bad. You would be surprised at what some people can do to someone elses property.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Just another Saturday
Hello Nice People,
It is a beautiful Saturday here at the Jersey Shore. However, when I went out this morning the heavy smell of smoke is in the air. I had to pick up Grandson Nick at the handicap riding stables and it was thicker there yet. I don't know what it is. There must a forest fire somewhere. Antny, the little guy was here when I got back. He rode his bike over from home. As soon as I looked at him I could tell the smoke was affecting his asthma. He knows more about it than I do. Mom mom, I think I'll go home and use my nebulizer cause I am having a hard time breathing. At nine, he is pretty self sufficient.
Poor hubby.....I decided we should buy a decent outdoor grill.
I get these ideas and then he is the one who has to put the darn thing together. Why don't they come with at least some of it put together. The whole big box was nothing but bolts and sheet metal. He has been working on it since early this morning. And he is the type that has to go exactly by the directions. God forbid there is an extra screw left over.
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On another note, yesterday was Graduation day at Special Services School. I spent the whole hour an a half with tears running down my face. And I don't even have anyone graduating. Except of course my bus kids. You really can get attached to these kids when you spend 3 or 4 hours a day with them. I think I know more about them than their own parents know.
Well, time to go move some furniture off the deck so we can fit this grill out there. Uh oh! hold your ears cuz now he can't find the handle screws.
Talkatchalater,
Marlene
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Hello nice people,
Look at me, home from work and on the computer at 3:00 I had kind of a short day today. I took the kids on my bus from the casinos over to school to practice for Graduation. Friday will be a sad day for me. Five of my kids will be graduating. I have had these kids since they were 6 or 7 years old and now they are graduating and going into the working world.
I have watched these kids grow up and never had a bad word out of them. Well maybe when they were 6 or 7. Hmmmmmm, I wonder what next year will bring.
Monday, June 9, 2008
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Hello Nice People,
It is a stinker outside today. This is the first HOT weekend and the shoobies are here. Shoobies are the locals name for the tourists. I think we are going to get bombarded with shoobies this summer because people are not going to be taking the long vacations due to the price of gas. Yesteray we went to see the Moving Viet Nam Wall in the next town. Opening ceremonies were Friday and closing will be Monday at 4:00. We spent an hour or more looking at the names of the dead. They are 58,249 names of soldiers killed in the Viet Nam War. It is just too hard to fathom.
This is the East half. Each half is 126.5 feet long made of aluminum panels with the names silk screened on them
There were Viet Nam vets there who just love to talk about the war. Of course they are about our age because we were teenagers during the war.
This is Al Becker telling us about his tours of duty. I think Antny learned a lot.
Al and Sal
Johnson A Steidler, was a cousin who would be my age right now. He was killed 3 weeks after Sal and I were Married.
58,249 names!!!!!!!! 58,249 boys!!!!!! 58,249 men!!!!!!!
Saturday, June 7, 2008
A Hot Summer Day (finally)
Hello Nice People,
We are having a hot one today. Actually, it's the first really HOT day. This is the first that we have had the AC running. I really hate that darn AC. You have to keep all the windows and doors closed up tight, and you lose the whole "summer" feel. But then on the other hand, we can't go to bed anymore with windows open because of break-ins. We are in a really nice area. We have three little towns between Atlantic City and Ocean City. Northfield, Linwood and Somers Point. But somehow, the burglers still find us.
I took a few pictures the other nite on Mels birthday and they came out pretty good.
This is Me and Melody. Now she knows what she will look like in 23 years.
One of the gifts that I got her was a gift card to a SPA. I didn't even know what they do in a Spa, but I went in and asked. they do facials and massages and pedicures and I don't remember what else. Melody said the facial sounds good but the massage, hmmmm, does that mean someone is going to "touch" me? I would be a little creeped out by that too. She said she would besooo happy if she could just go in and close the door and lay on the table for an hour. The spa thingie was $125.00. Oooo, thats a lot of money but......what the Hell.
Well, hubby started out this morning to scrub the deck. He does this every year. Is this necessary? I never see anyone else scrubbing the deck. He didn't get very far, just dragged out all the parafernalia. After coming in for some lunch he decided to just cut the grass for today. Its just not as easy as it used to be keeping the yard looking nice. We are getting old.
He takes care of the yard totally. I do very little. I do feel guilty about it but the ole back just doesn't cooperate anymore. He says I come up with all these ideas and say "WE" are going do do this or that. "What do you have a mouse in your pocket?"
The city of Somers Point has the smaller version of the Viet Nam Wall on display this weekend. Melody just called and said her house is clean , one son went to the car races with his Dad,so lets go see it. So I think I will get cleaned up, do something with my hair and thats what we will do. Everyone have a realllly nice weekend, and I will talkatchalater.
Here's a good site that you might enjoy. I know I did.
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