Today was mid 80's and beautiful out. I drove to town northwest of the metro area to shop at a large antique store in a barn. They had a mixture of antiques and things artisans had made out of old materials. I purchased a cabinet for my dining room that has two drawers and a cabinet with glass pane doors. It is made from recycled barn wood and two barn windows. The finish is painted and distressed (creamy off white color with black under tones). It will be perfect to hold china and table linens and has deep shelves. I also bought a wooden caddy painted the same color as the chairs I just painted. I'm going to use it in my hobby room to hold scissors, tape, pens, etc. on the table. Tomorrow I will put the first coat of paint on the table and possibly the second. My goal is to be done painting the table by the end of the weekend. Russ and I will take his truck to go pick up the cabinet on Saturday morning. I couldn't fit it in my car.

Amy- Nice that you get to go to LA for 3 weeks and be there when your grandchild is born. Does John get to go too?

Marla- You sound busy and frazzled. Work or kids? Both? Stay up late at some point and treat yourself to a bubble bath and a soothing drink.

Shirley- Is Dave home from putting the roof on the cabin? I hope you get to go sailing soon. How old does Isaac need to be to go on the boat? Can he go for a sail this summer?

Ang- Any leads on a new job? I hope you get to run often to relieve stress.

I need to remember to buy graduation, retirement and sympathy cards this week. All are needed in the next few weeks.

Have a nice evening!

Jenny

Hi. Waiting for auto glass company to arrive to replace my windshield. The car made it 10 years without needing a replacement but then a small rock hit it and the crack has grown. I will put the last coat of paint on my table today and then distress it so the under color shows through in places. Then I can varnish the table and chairs and be done! Then the organization of my stuff begins so I can finish the boys photo albums, organize my yarn and beads, and do projects without the cat getting into my stuff.

Gray and rainy here today. We've had more than our share but I shouldn't complain since Texas is having horrible flooding. It looks devastating down there.

Russ and I were planning to Nordic walk after he gets home from work. Hopefully it won't be raining then so we can go to the park.

Well I have some phone calls to make so I'll check in tomorrow or Sunday.

Jenny

Oh Shirley that sounds so exciting ! level 2 ! I'm thinking maybe in July I'll join a yoga class - I just started exercising at 4 am again starting yesterday sigh . I'm feeling miserable and I really think its the carbs. So I'll try to get real again and lose this 40 pounds I put on before Sept. before that cruise with my husband .

Jenny , I wish I could have been shopping with you I love distressed items and items built from barns and old wood , good for you finding things like that !! oh and as far as Louisiana goes for my husband ,he doesn't like to leave Alaska in the summer time for anything . So I'll be going alone again .

Speaking of husbands , I kind of lost my mind yesterday like really childish ... My husband works only 3 days a week during the summer ... which makes me crazy enough already lol but we haven't really connected well this last time home ( probably because I worked so much on my time off) so no time together like we usually have and then I came back to work and various things happened and he doesn't return my calls or tests. well, I texted him yesterday and told him I felt neglected and he said for me to call him after work and I told him I'd call at 7:30 .Then he posted on Facebook ( haha ,this is where I get childish) that he was at the cabin and he tagged a Lori Lambert so the post said John Zollner is in Talkeetna with Lori Lambert .. at first I got angry then I laughed at his foolishness ( seriously I know he wouldn't fool around and he definitely wouldn't post it ) but when I called he didn't answer ..and I got even angrier ..Because I felt left out like a big baby ...


So anyway we face timed last night and when I told him what I was angry about - he smiled ? I was like what the heck are you smiling about ..and he said of course he would never do that to me and he never even thought about it like that because he was trying to get them directions to the cabin and when you check in and tag someone it shows a map . lol I don't like being mad at him . It makes me feel ill.

48 almost 49 and acting like a teenager . so upsetting but when you put it all together it looked bad hahaha. anyhow I just think I'm overly tired and had a lot of stress and that made me crazy . we have been so much busier than usual in the last 4 months it's insane .

I tried to resign my position but he wouldn't take it. This after telling me on Thursday he was on the verge of firing me and if I wanted to leave. It surprised me somewhat that he wouldn't take it. It then surprised me at the end of the day when he told me that it had been a good day. I had never heard him say that before! He had said two weeks ago he wasn't paying me the same as I wasn't giving him the quality work that that amount he was paying me deserved. I was scared that he would cut it so much I wouldn't have what I needed to pay rent, my student loan, get my bus pass and pay my bank fee. I could live without getting groceries and just use what I have in my fridge, freezer and cabinets. Friday morning I asked him what my pay should be and he said we would discuss it later. When I asked him again at 3 (as I needed to do my pay up and take it to the bank before I got off) he said to do it for the same amount. Thankfully he hasn't cut it yet. He said say we would talk on Monday, so I will have to wait and see on Monday what happens. I did research and I can't find any Canadian laws that do says he cannot do that. I can only find things that says he has to give me warning, which he has.

I'm still at a lost of what fully to do. I have been praying about it a lot lately. Thursday night I did my Bible study and the verses were just what I needed. I am still praying for leading in what is the right decision for me to do.

Yesterday was a crazy busy day! I had to catch a bus to go get a Purolator package. No one was home when they had been by on Thursday. It took nearly and hour to get there and another back home. Ugh. Then I was home to get groceries, had my nephews over for a baking day (we made animal cookies (sugar cookies with animal cookie cutters) and chocolate chip banana muffins), back out for my shopping for what I forgot and then made supper meals for this week. (We have special meetings at church all this week. I prepped my supper meals as my tentative plan right now is to go straight to the church after work. Might be easier.) I was some tired last night! Plus my feet were aching. To much walking around in sandals! Needless to say I had no issues with falling asleep last night!

Today at church we had the special speaker who had been at the camp with the teens last week. WOW!! I was talking to him afterwards and he said he did four messages in one. I would love to hear all four of those messages to hear him get deeper into what he talked about! I couldn't write my notes fast enough! Our special meetings start tonight and I am looking forward to them.

For lunch today I tried something new. Sweet and smokey BBQ pulled chicken. It was really good! (Left a spicy taste in my mouth which is what you will see ice cream on my diary for lunch!

Jenny - You will need to post a picture on here so we can see what your cabinet looks like. Someday I will inherit my great-grandmothers china cabinet.

Amy - Oh dear. I hope things settle down soon for you so the two of you can spend some quality time together.

Shirley - Did you make it out on the boat? If your weather was as nice there as we had yesterday, it would have been perfect boating weather! (Not today. The skies opened and it started pouring right around the time we got out of church. Thankfully I thought ahead and took my rain coat!)

Marla - He sound like what I have been! This week with special meetings at church won't help much!

Good Morning ladies ,

Day three of getting back on the wagon lol . I have exercised 3 days in a row . yay me I ve also been eating healthy . yay. I may fit in that size 10 dress before Christmas . I feel the motivation .

Anj, OMG I can't even imagine what you are feeling with work right now . I have never gone through something like that - I did one time get talked to about reading magazines at work (however in my defense my job boasts that we get two 10 minute breaks and a lunch and I read a magazine during my 10 minute breaks?) They actually wrote me up for it and I ended up leaving anyhow because it made me less happy at work after that . which will probably be your case because honestly after just knowing you online I can not even imagine you not being a very dedicated and hard working person, and I think your boss is out to take advantage of you . If he thinks you aren't working hard enough and you know you are, then what more can you do - nothing ,so he will obviously never be satisfied . Which is not the end of everything you can start looking else where and leave when you find something else . I wish this wasn't happening to you right now .

Shirley , great times on the boat coming up soon huh? ahh I hope we get a boat soonish LOL Alaska is not the place for a sail boat really - not enough boat time up here but Louisiana would be amazing !

So all is patched up with the hubby and my sister returned from camping and when she saw his post I had to calm her down ahahha She was as upset as I was . She cracks me up . She ven posted on his wall that " That doesn't happen in Louisiana, too many marshes and alligators ! " SO CRAZY .

I asked my husband yesterday if everyone had left and he was all alone with the dog and he asked me if he should post up some more friends ? AHAHAHA he really cracks me up - he doesn't shy away from things he has done wrong , he really is something .

Marla , What's up ?

Hey Jenny don't you get summers off?

Oh my , he's so beautiful. .

Hi everyone! The rain finally stopped and we have had a few sunny days. Perfect temperatures in the 70's too. I love this weather and wish it would last but it will be very hot soon enough.

Amy- I use to get summers off but always worked summer school session. 4 years ago my program went to a 12 month calendar. They take our 10 weeks of summer and spread them out throughout the year. I like it a lot! I get 1 to 3 weeks off every 6 weeks or so. It's nice as an empty nester. Russ and I can take weekend trips, mid week trips, or I can just be lazy, productive, whatever!

Isaac is so cute! He looks very huggable!

Ang- I can't imagine you aren't a hard worker. You seem very dedicated and responsible. Is your new boss moody? I just wonder because he won't talk to you when you ask to have the discussion and puts it off until later. Is he reactive to things that get on his nerves and over reacts? Stressful work environment.

I don't know how to post pictures on here. I've done some in the past but can't remember how I did it. I'll see if I can at some point.l

Russ and I went Nordic walking yesterday. My knees are hurting so bad these days. I just persevered through the walk since I need exercise. I'm living on tylenol and advil so I'm sure my kidneys and liver will go next. I need to see the ortho doc again but I don't have high hopes they can help me at this point. The shots didn't last more than 1-2 months and I don't want them if they won't be longer than that.

Well relaxing now so more tomorrow. Retirement party for two good friends from work on Thursday.

Jenny

Good Morning ,

Not much going on here except work ,work and more work ugh . I'm so tired .

Marla, I don't let go easily sometimes . I still am a little angry - nothing that a bit of I'm sorry and hugs and kisses couldn't cure - but I'm up here and he's there, that's when it's hard .. I'll have one day in Anchorage with him before going to Louisiana and only one day back before I come back up here to work again . That makes it hard to make up really well , especially since we weren't connecting very well this time home anyhow . the funny thing is that I get irritated now when he post anything at the cabin hahaha It's just like last year where I feel like he's got all this great time off and I'm always working and he was so against me taking the town job just all makes it worse you know . however I am easily forgiving if he had time to be nice you know .. So I'm sure things wont go back to normal for us until July . Hahaha just like you get mad when your hubs takes time off to sit at the dealers hahaha. I think I make too much money if my husband can afford to work only Wednesday ,Thursday and Friday ! Seriously !

Jenny , I know what you mean about taking time off here and there. That always feels good instead of every week on and on all year . I'm sorry to hear about your knees still giving you trouble . My brother in law just got his knee fixed with a metal plate so that it would stop degenerating. I hope that works . I wonder if there's anything they will do for yours?

Shirley how's the baby ! I'm sure it was a great visit ! I can't wait to meet mine .

Oh I have a cute story about my youngest grand baby - my step daughter was bringing him to visit my husband at the cabin ( sigh, where he hangs out while I'm working away ) and she told Jayse he was going to see pawpaw and he said "maw maw ? "
isn't that adorable ? they cry when they leave my house I love it !

hi Anj , I hope your day is going great !

Jenny - I hope you do try another doc - sometimes you have to wade through several before you find a keeper. And no Bernie isn't a ton of help - he is doing better about helping out at night which I should be more appreciative of - I just am so frazzled during the day - work is busy and it's hard to be gone - but I do have the more flexible schedule so flex and run I do until I can't then who knows.

Hope everyone has a good weekend!

Busy these past two days. Friday was a beautiful, perfect weather day. Work went well and I was out of the office until the end of the work day. Russ and I went out for Indian food when I got home. He loved it, his first time eating it. Same restaurant I went to a couple of weeks ago when I went to the play with my friend.

Today I vacuumed and mopped the floors, washed bedding and sprayed my mattress for microscopic critters that may be hiding in mattress, read my book, went to a graduation party (pig roast/Hawaiian theme) and then to 6 pm church service. All in all a good but very quick day.

Russ and I are going to take a 6 week yoga class through community education. He's never done it and it has been a long time for me. He's been very interested in trying it for his tight muscles, back pain and foot pain. I'm hoping it will help all my areas of arthritis. It did in the past. It will be one time per week on Thursday evenings. If we like it we will look for something more frequent possibly. There are a lot of yoga places around here.

Shirley- Isaac is so big! What a cuddly guy! It must be so much fun for you and Dave.
Marla- it's hard when we get behind at work. Creates too much stress... take care of yourself and enjoy some of your summer. Do you get any vacation time?

Well time to read my book. I love the story so can't wait to see how it ends.

More later,
Jenny