Sunday, February 22, 2009
Things I am Thankful for Today
1) I have a job
2) I can walk (this may still come before number one, but I just had my job performance review so the job factor is up front in my mind)
3) I am alive. (This is really first before anything else, but now that I am definitely alive (my energy is coming back) Oh my gosh, I am really out of order here. Being alive is definitely the most important, NUMBER ONE! Being able to walk is definitely NUMBER TWO! That's because I am still very attached to my horses. Well, no, that's just because I can WALK!
4) You just don't know how important things are in your life until you almost lose them.
5) The job is minimal to just being alive and for me, just being able to walk. I came so close to losing both of those.
6) HubbyHoney is agreeing. Thank you Lord for him!
7) Okay, but in today's economy, I do have a job. And that was reinforced in my job performance review. I have a job unless the company I work for closes it's doors. Which in this economy could happen. It's happened to many other companies. HubbyHoney's for example. Obama, I'll keep my liberty, you keep your change.
2) I can walk (this may still come before number one, but I just had my job performance review so the job factor is up front in my mind)
3) I am alive. (This is really first before anything else, but now that I am definitely alive (my energy is coming back) Oh my gosh, I am really out of order here. Being alive is definitely the most important, NUMBER ONE! Being able to walk is definitely NUMBER TWO! That's because I am still very attached to my horses. Well, no, that's just because I can WALK!
4) You just don't know how important things are in your life until you almost lose them.
5) The job is minimal to just being alive and for me, just being able to walk. I came so close to losing both of those.
6) HubbyHoney is agreeing. Thank you Lord for him!
7) Okay, but in today's economy, I do have a job. And that was reinforced in my job performance review. I have a job unless the company I work for closes it's doors. Which in this economy could happen. It's happened to many other companies. HubbyHoney's for example. Obama, I'll keep my liberty, you keep your change.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Why Am I DEPRESSED?
Well actually I'm not, it just sounded like a good title. I am not depressed, not even when all we hear on the news says we should be, the economy, jobs lost, and the massive spending bill that just got rammed down our throats. Why should I be depressed?
I sit here writing this and wonder??? Where would I be without?
See I could say the last 3 months have been some what, shall we say down right depressing, but if you look closely you can see all the reasons for not being depressed!
1: Nov. 8 2008 I come within inches of loosing my Rindy, ah but didn't, she is up and walking and she even went into her office yesterday for a couple of hours, gone from bed ridden to a wheelchair to a cane and crutches to high steeping around the house and property and ridding a stationary bike. (yes I still change the cat box for her)
2: Nov. 11 2008 Rindy has surgery on her knee, I also get told that the company I work for is closing, they did and I got another job.
3: Dec.6 2008 my Dad has a stroke and is flown to Stanford Univ. Hospital, and on Dec. 13 2008 he graduates from this world to the next! He is with Jesus and dancing forever with Mom, and I can only guess what he might be playing on the universes biggest and best pipe organ!
4: Jan. 13 2009 I get laid off, the first time since 1980 I have been without a job, now that could be very depressing but for some reason both Rindy and I have a peace about the situation and that is really more scary than depressing.
So Happy Valentines Day and be close with the one's you love and Praise God for the one's that taught you to be happy in the place you are.
I look forward to what the next 3 months bring and I don't think it will be what our Government can give me it will be what God has in store for us and it will be more than enough to make up for the last 3 months!
I sit here writing this and wonder??? Where would I be without?
See I could say the last 3 months have been some what, shall we say down right depressing, but if you look closely you can see all the reasons for not being depressed!
1: Nov. 8 2008 I come within inches of loosing my Rindy, ah but didn't, she is up and walking and she even went into her office yesterday for a couple of hours, gone from bed ridden to a wheelchair to a cane and crutches to high steeping around the house and property and ridding a stationary bike. (yes I still change the cat box for her)
2: Nov. 11 2008 Rindy has surgery on her knee, I also get told that the company I work for is closing, they did and I got another job.
3: Dec.6 2008 my Dad has a stroke and is flown to Stanford Univ. Hospital, and on Dec. 13 2008 he graduates from this world to the next! He is with Jesus and dancing forever with Mom, and I can only guess what he might be playing on the universes biggest and best pipe organ!
4: Jan. 13 2009 I get laid off, the first time since 1980 I have been without a job, now that could be very depressing but for some reason both Rindy and I have a peace about the situation and that is really more scary than depressing.
So Happy Valentines Day and be close with the one's you love and Praise God for the one's that taught you to be happy in the place you are.
I look forward to what the next 3 months bring and I don't think it will be what our Government can give me it will be what God has in store for us and it will be more than enough to make up for the last 3 months!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Is This Appropriate?
This may not be appropriate for a subject on this blog. It has nothing to do with horses, or my job, or my grandbabies. It has nothing to do with the lack of a job for HubbyHoney. It has nothing to do with living off the grid, having no monthly power bill, but dealing with cloudy days and a generator when you have no solar power.
It has to do with the potential of my son joining the military. I can stand proudly for those others who have joined, and some died, to keep us free. Check back to Sunday, one of my things to be thankful for was the freedom of living in the United States of America. Freedom, choices.
But my own son being one of those to give us that freedom. Very scary!
So I am a mother torn. So proud of the others, but my own son? Oh, yes! I would be so proud! But to encourage him? WOW!! What do I say? What do I do?
My little baby. My baby boy. My youngest child! Yikes!!
It has to do with the potential of my son joining the military. I can stand proudly for those others who have joined, and some died, to keep us free. Check back to Sunday, one of my things to be thankful for was the freedom of living in the United States of America. Freedom, choices.
But my own son being one of those to give us that freedom. Very scary!
So I am a mother torn. So proud of the others, but my own son? Oh, yes! I would be so proud! But to encourage him? WOW!! What do I say? What do I do?
My little baby. My baby boy. My youngest child! Yikes!!
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Things to be Thankful for Today
1) Walking!
2) Good Health
3) A man who loves me
4) A man to love
5) Freedom (What we have here in the United States of America)
6) Choices (Part of freedom)
7) Our children and their children
2) Good Health
3) A man who loves me
4) A man to love
5) Freedom (What we have here in the United States of America)
6) Choices (Part of freedom)
7) Our children and their children
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
Goldee aka Sweet D is now Bella
Remember our horse Goldee that we said goodbye to back on September 21st of last year? I had emailed the new owner a couple times since November and had not heard back. I was starting to get worried. What had happened to Goldee? What had maybe happened to her new owner? I had a building fall on me. Someone else could have had the same kind of occurance in their life. I was sure hoping not, but she had been emailing me. Now for three months I had not heard from her.
She and Goldee had been coming along really well. She had been talking about riding. What had happened?
Alas! (Is that really a word nowadays?) I finally heard from the new owner just this week. She is fine. Goldee is now Bella. Just like our Corgi puppy. The new owner said she hoped I wasn't offended that she had changed Goldee's name. When we brought Goldee home, she was Tessa. That didn't last long. Very shortly she became Sweet D. Which had started as Sweetie until we discovered she wasn't all that sweet. She could be sweet, but then she could be very defiant. Thus, Sweet D. Is "thus" really a word nowadays?
Then, when I started writing a blog about her training, (not this blog, but another blog) she became Goldee. It just seemed easier since I was trying to believe that our natural horsemanship training methods would keep her from being "Sweet D." No defiance! Well, I was hoping. If we had been able to have some kind of consistancy in her training, I do believe the defiant part would have not shown up as much as it did. Actually, the defiance did decrease because we quit pushing her as hard as we had in the beginning. We started to try to listen to what she was trying to tell us. "Read your horse."
Too bad we didn't have the time to give her what she needed. That is why she has a new owner though. I guess we explained all that back in September.
Anyway, after not hearing from Genny (the new owner) for almost three months, I finally got an email from her this past week. Hoorah!!
Everyone is fine. Goldee, now Bella, did have an oops back at the beginning of December. She decided to rub her butt on a T-post and ended up impaling herself with the post. Horses!! Genny called the vet, who came out and stitched up Bella's hindquarters. The pictures Genny sent in her email to me showed Bella's hindquarters have healed very nicely.
Horses! Any resemblence to children is purely coincidental.
She and Goldee had been coming along really well. She had been talking about riding. What had happened?
Alas! (Is that really a word nowadays?) I finally heard from the new owner just this week. She is fine. Goldee is now Bella. Just like our Corgi puppy. The new owner said she hoped I wasn't offended that she had changed Goldee's name. When we brought Goldee home, she was Tessa. That didn't last long. Very shortly she became Sweet D. Which had started as Sweetie until we discovered she wasn't all that sweet. She could be sweet, but then she could be very defiant. Thus, Sweet D. Is "thus" really a word nowadays?
Then, when I started writing a blog about her training, (not this blog, but another blog) she became Goldee. It just seemed easier since I was trying to believe that our natural horsemanship training methods would keep her from being "Sweet D." No defiance! Well, I was hoping. If we had been able to have some kind of consistancy in her training, I do believe the defiant part would have not shown up as much as it did. Actually, the defiance did decrease because we quit pushing her as hard as we had in the beginning. We started to try to listen to what she was trying to tell us. "Read your horse."
Too bad we didn't have the time to give her what she needed. That is why she has a new owner though. I guess we explained all that back in September.
Anyway, after not hearing from Genny (the new owner) for almost three months, I finally got an email from her this past week. Hoorah!!
Everyone is fine. Goldee, now Bella, did have an oops back at the beginning of December. She decided to rub her butt on a T-post and ended up impaling herself with the post. Horses!! Genny called the vet, who came out and stitched up Bella's hindquarters. The pictures Genny sent in her email to me showed Bella's hindquarters have healed very nicely.
Horses! Any resemblence to children is purely coincidental.
Working at Home vs Working at an Office Somewhere Else
Well now, the more I think about going back to work at the location of my employer versus doing my job at home, the more my whole insides screams it doesn't want to leave home.
This is something I have been praying about. Every since a building fell on me I have been trying to analyse why, and, yah, WHY!!! I had a conversation with a couple of ladies I work with before the building incident. I was feeling very frustrated because even working just part-time, I had no time for my horses. Just like my insides screaming about working for someone else, my insides scream about my horses. I am supposed to have and do with horses. At least according to my gut. Just like I am not supposed to work for someone else, I am supposed to work for myself. And I will work. I have proven that.
Just think about the economics of working at home versus driving to another location to do my work. This relates to an article by my brother-in-law, "The Economics of Being a Cheapo." (Read it at: http://www.homestead.org/. Go to articles on "Frugality", go to the bottom and search for Jan Cooke on Homestead. org to see his articles.) By working at home, I get a raise. This is not only in a monetary amount, but also in a time amount. I have way more time for myself and my homelife. That is actually more important to me than the money.
I love being at my home. I love being able to look out my window as I work and see my horses. I love to be able to take a break and take a walk with my dogs. I love being able to take a break and throw some dishes into the dishwasher or a load of laundry into the washing machine. I don't have to wait until the weekend, or the evening, when I am already drained from putting up with office politics, or the assorted personalities and conflicts.
Actually, I enjoy the people and their assorted personalities. I just like to be able to do my work when it is supposed to be done and not have to deal with those personalities when I am supposed to be working. It is so difficult to stay focused when there is turmoil all around you. And that seems to happen quite often when you work in an office with other people in close range.
When I am at home, if my dogs decide to get all riled up and bark about who knows what, I can throw them all outside (except the little one-don't want her getting eaten). In an office environment, you can't just walk away, or tell everyone to leave when some one person decides to get on a roll about some subject, and won't shutup. You, I, have to be polite and listen to them, and maybe say some things to help their life. Okay, that might be my own fault, since school, I have been told, "You are such a good listener. Just talking to you, I feel so much better." I usually never said a word. The person just needed to talk to figure things out. Maybe I should have been a psychologist or psychiatrist. I probably would have made a bunch more money, and it was something I already did and seemed to be good at. (Listen to people.)
But, it's not what I did. Instead, I became a bookkeeper. When I took a bookkeeping class my senior year of high school, it was the one class that seemed to make sense to me. Everything was pretty black and white. You just followed the rules and everything fell into place. Not like in life where just following the rules still leaves so many unanswered questions.
Okay, I know I'm rambling, but that building falling on me left me in such a position of wanting change. What is the right change though? What is the plan for me?
Time for more prayer.
Oh, by the way, I am adding Chris Tomlin (I love his verson of "Amazing Grace", not the video, but the singing) to my video bars at the bottom of this page. I couldn't find a way to have a playlist, so added the video bars instead. They are at the bottom of this page. So far haven't found a way to add just my favorite songs by certain artists, but have added the artists with songs selected by UTube. Hope you enjoy. So far, Chris Tomlin and Third Day are my favorites.
This is something I have been praying about. Every since a building fell on me I have been trying to analyse why, and, yah, WHY!!! I had a conversation with a couple of ladies I work with before the building incident. I was feeling very frustrated because even working just part-time, I had no time for my horses. Just like my insides screaming about working for someone else, my insides scream about my horses. I am supposed to have and do with horses. At least according to my gut. Just like I am not supposed to work for someone else, I am supposed to work for myself. And I will work. I have proven that.
Just think about the economics of working at home versus driving to another location to do my work. This relates to an article by my brother-in-law, "The Economics of Being a Cheapo." (Read it at: http://www.homestead.org/. Go to articles on "Frugality", go to the bottom and search for Jan Cooke on Homestead. org to see his articles.) By working at home, I get a raise. This is not only in a monetary amount, but also in a time amount. I have way more time for myself and my homelife. That is actually more important to me than the money.
I love being at my home. I love being able to look out my window as I work and see my horses. I love to be able to take a break and take a walk with my dogs. I love being able to take a break and throw some dishes into the dishwasher or a load of laundry into the washing machine. I don't have to wait until the weekend, or the evening, when I am already drained from putting up with office politics, or the assorted personalities and conflicts.
Actually, I enjoy the people and their assorted personalities. I just like to be able to do my work when it is supposed to be done and not have to deal with those personalities when I am supposed to be working. It is so difficult to stay focused when there is turmoil all around you. And that seems to happen quite often when you work in an office with other people in close range.
When I am at home, if my dogs decide to get all riled up and bark about who knows what, I can throw them all outside (except the little one-don't want her getting eaten). In an office environment, you can't just walk away, or tell everyone to leave when some one person decides to get on a roll about some subject, and won't shutup. You, I, have to be polite and listen to them, and maybe say some things to help their life. Okay, that might be my own fault, since school, I have been told, "You are such a good listener. Just talking to you, I feel so much better." I usually never said a word. The person just needed to talk to figure things out. Maybe I should have been a psychologist or psychiatrist. I probably would have made a bunch more money, and it was something I already did and seemed to be good at. (Listen to people.)
But, it's not what I did. Instead, I became a bookkeeper. When I took a bookkeeping class my senior year of high school, it was the one class that seemed to make sense to me. Everything was pretty black and white. You just followed the rules and everything fell into place. Not like in life where just following the rules still leaves so many unanswered questions.
Okay, I know I'm rambling, but that building falling on me left me in such a position of wanting change. What is the right change though? What is the plan for me?
Time for more prayer.
Oh, by the way, I am adding Chris Tomlin (I love his verson of "Amazing Grace", not the video, but the singing) to my video bars at the bottom of this page. I couldn't find a way to have a playlist, so added the video bars instead. They are at the bottom of this page. So far haven't found a way to add just my favorite songs by certain artists, but have added the artists with songs selected by UTube. Hope you enjoy. So far, Chris Tomlin and Third Day are my favorites.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Like to Play Games?
Too bad, but I found a fun place to go on my computer. www.pogo.com. It's a great way to exercise your brain a bit, and relax for a little while if you don't have anything much else to do. Yah right! It's free and fun. So if I don't show up here for a while again, I might be playing Safari Majoung (sp) instead of blogging.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Back to Work?
Oh No!!!
Today I talked to a lady I work with. She said she had just talked to my boss. He told her he is expecting me back in the office in about two weeks. My next doctor's appointment is February 9th. He is expecting me back shortly after that. I guess I am the one who gave him that impression.
But, I don't want to. I have really enjoyed working at home. I have made it through the busiest time of the year for my type of work. Doing it at home. So many less distractions. So nice to not have to commute everyday. So much saved time. Time to spend on the job instead of in traffic. (Or maybe playing with a dog, or maybe doing the laundry or dishes.)
What am I to do?
Today I talked to a lady I work with. She said she had just talked to my boss. He told her he is expecting me back in the office in about two weeks. My next doctor's appointment is February 9th. He is expecting me back shortly after that. I guess I am the one who gave him that impression.
But, I don't want to. I have really enjoyed working at home. I have made it through the busiest time of the year for my type of work. Doing it at home. So many less distractions. So nice to not have to commute everyday. So much saved time. Time to spend on the job instead of in traffic. (Or maybe playing with a dog, or maybe doing the laundry or dishes.)
What am I to do?
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Feels Like Spring
The weather here lately has been great. Great walking weather. Yes, I am walking. Hoorah for walking!
Things to be thankful for today:
1) Walking!
2) Health
3) Sunshine
4) HoneyHubby back from California (He was only gone for a day, but I'm glad he's home)
5) I have a job
6) HoneyHubby does get unemployment until he finds a job
7) People like Lani who tells people like "Skippy" just what she thinks of them! (With sarcasm and a flip of the hair)
Things to be thankful for today:
1) Walking!
2) Health
3) Sunshine
4) HoneyHubby back from California (He was only gone for a day, but I'm glad he's home)
5) I have a job
6) HoneyHubby does get unemployment until he finds a job
7) People like Lani who tells people like "Skippy" just what she thinks of them! (With sarcasm and a flip of the hair)
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