#346 Good Morning Saturday, June 24, 2017

Good Morning World!

It has been a while since I posted.  Seems to be the way it works now that I’m retired.  I am beginning to really enjoy the fact that I am not working, but yesterday, I got a great idea that I want to work for KINKOS/FED EX.  First of all they have GREAT uniforms and wouldn’t that be nice not to have to wear my own sad clothes to work!  But the reason I thought about that was because I went there for Sisters By The Sea and made a poster of the schedule, and realized I could do that sort of thing and I really enjoy that.  Let me take a picture of it and post it here:

Schedule SXS 2017

Schedule SXS 2017

Anyway FEDEX did a wonderful job – but it cost $70 which I think is OUTRAGEOUS for a “one time” use, but next year all we need is a poster size of the schedule and Laminate it and cover it up.  Need to save those great “Corners”.  I just hope it won’t get too “beat up” over the weekend.

Then I went shopping in TARGET to get some “smart ones” (more on that later) with my gift card from Lily.  So I went to the “dollar” place and found these:

Lights and Luminaries

Lights and Luminaries

They work great.  Here they are “lit up”.  The Luminary “Flickers”.

Lights for SXS

Lights for SXS”

They really look great.  I just now need to figure out how to hang them.  I bought straight pins and safety pins for that.  We’ll see how that goes.  I also ordered 24 Pink & Black Balloons from Balloons Galore.  Bethany is “on vacation” so she wasn’t there to give them to me for “free” like she said she would.  I’m not sure her husband is in the program any longer.  He may be and I’m still hoping that will still happen, but that was $77.  So with the lights, balloons and schedule, I’m out around $300.  I told Peggy she didn’t need to reimburse me unless she had money left over.  But I’m done buying things now.  As it is, my whole room is filled with SXS “stuff” – the den and the guest bedroom!  I’m enjoying this though because I’m not pressured to go to work and all I need to do is work on this.  I can also “color” our logos.  I’ve been using the pens that we have for the event and I’ve discovered the ones I like.

So last Monday, I joined Weight Watchers again.  There is a great app for it and I’m doing really well with my points.  I’m hoping I’ve lost some weight.  No telling, although I think I have.  I’m back to eating “smart ones”.  I’m picking the ones that don’t have any pasta in them.  They came out with specialty “bowls” and I tried one last night.  They are more expensive than the regular ones so I’m not sure I’ll continue with those.  The Mexican Chicken one I tried last night was just “OK”.  The Chobani Greek yogurt is only 1 point so I’m taking the cherry yogurts I bought last week to Food Angels today.

Yesterday I heard from Ted Zelman about my case.  He negotiated an additional $45K from Progressive.  That was a nice way to start the weekend.  He’ll get his 1/3 so that leaves me with $30K.  That can pay off the hospital and then he can release the “escrow” money to me.  I’ll need to get an accounting from him.

I’m now waiting for my check to come from my 401K from Moorings Park.  It should be here next week and then I can get with John Beane to invest it.  So now I’m receiving more each month than I did while I was working.  So when we settle Aunt Pat’s estate, I’ll pay off my car and trike and I’ll be in GREAT shape.  This is very exciting!

I’ve made plans to go to Yellowstone in September to visit Bill and Cathy.  I saw on FB where they offer 3 month jobs in Yellowstone.  I’d like to do that sometime.  But I’d need to have less cats, so I’m not sure whether that will ever really happen.

Speaking of cats……..I went to D.A.S. (Domestic Animal Services) and went through orientation last Saturday.  I feel that I need to license and get a Rabies shot for all 3 cats now.  So that will be another $300.  So I’m putting that on “hold” for now.  I know I can do the laundry there – they have a BUNCH of it.

Well, that’s about it for now.  I’m going to go get ready for the 8 AM meeting.  I think I’m chairing today.  Then it is off to Food Angels.  Then I have the rest of the day until I go to Naples Group at 5PM.

Oh yea, I didn’t mention that after my trip to Texas, my phone was giving me trouble – not enough memory, not enough space, so I was due for an upgrade and I got this:

 

 

Advertisement

No comments.

Leave a Reply