Sunday ~~ February 16, 2014 ~~ Another week has started...

It has started on my calendar anyway. For whatever reason I have always thought of Sunday as the starting day of the week. I know so many others think Monday is the start of the week however, to me Monday is the start of the work week only and Sunday is the start of the weekday week. Sunday is the day I have always started anything new like a diet or trying to break a bad habit. So Sunday is my own personal start something new day.

My husband has been home for a wee bit over a week now and we have got so much done around the house. As usual there is still much more to do but we have made good progress and I have kept up pretty well overall. With my Auto Immune Liver Disease it is hard for me to keep up most days but I have done very well.

The front porch is now more of a front porch than an office and it is so welcoming and cozy. We both absolutely love it the way it is now.
The desktop computer has been moved into the little bedroom and we are currently using our laptops which saves a lot of space and we need all the space saving we can get. The dining room is done and it looks great as well. I actually got the stove top completely cleaned up and that took several hours. Not that I don't clean it often but this round it was just blech completely and I had to soak and scrub then soak more then scrub more. There are dishes from supper last night to be washed, dried and put away but there are only a few so when I brew my next cup of coffee I will be getting those dishes done. The quilt frame is still not put together but that is on today's agenda and I am hoping to have our neighbors over for an early supper then he can help my honey finish putting together the quilt frame. Then I have to get the little bedroom finished up so I can actually have the room to start sewing the rest of this week which will be good for me to be able to sew and get some of my projects completed.

I have had a constant headache this past week but the headache is medication induced for the most part. We are not sure which medication it is that causes the headache but it really does not matter which medication it is because I have no choice but to take the medications I use daily.

Okay I'm back, had to make coffee and get those dishes done. I also decided to get lunch or supper started so it will be done and we can eat it when we want. Cripes, I forgot my coffee, be right back.

Okay got my coffee and I am actually back this time. What I have on the stove is Linguine with hamburger and a red sauce and I have added garlic, onion, red, yellow and green peppers chopped up so we will have a bit of pepper flavor, a bit of color and I'll make cheesy garlic bread right before we eat. I will also be sending half of this down to our neighbors. If you have read any of my other posts you will already know that both of my neighbors are not doing well physically right now. One from the after effects of a heart test and the other has a pinched nerve so I have been cooking for them and sending my honey over with food a few times this past week.

These are the neighbors who are also very good friends who are also our landlord and our back doors are 255 steps away from each other. We also have the "community dog", our dog Walter loves them both and he will go over every day and get a pig ear and bring it home to eat it. Other times he will go down and lay on their porch and nap or go inside to visit and nap or just wander around the property snooping and sniffing. We call that his "pee, poop and snoop" hour because that is the time he takes to see what critters have been around and he marks lots of territory and does his daily poopy duty out somewhere on the property.

Today other than the quilt frame I have linens from the bed to get washed and a few small blanket throws to get washed as well. Then I need to get the little bedroom organized again and get some sewing done. My goodness, we do live the party life around here.... I think we should slow down a wee bit, we are a bit too old to be partying like we do.

I want to talk about something that my honey and I had a conversation about last week. It may be funny to you and please feel free to laugh because we did. It is something that I found out when I was in single digit chrolological age wise and in all honesty it surprised me. So here it is, are you ready? I found out when I was about 7 that my Grandparents had actual names and they were not "Grandma & Grandpa". Doesn't that sound funny? I also found out that my Mother had an actual name as well and it was not "Mother". How silly does that sound now that I am an adult? It is true though and the reason I mention this particular event is because of something I read on one of the forums this past week.

Someone had posted about a girl who is in her 20's and left alone for the first time by her parents who went on a month long vacation without her. In that amount of time this 20's girl killed her vehicle. She had not put any oil in the vehicle and the motor siezed and the vehicle died. The indicator light was on but she did not know what it meant and she did not stop anywhere to ask someone what it meant. She also did not ask her Father or any of her friends what "that light" meant. She just kept driving the vehicle until it stopped one day.

Common sense tells a lot of us when a light on the dash turns on it means to stop at the nearest mechanic shop and find out what that light means. In this case though this girl did not think of doing this because she had never been taught what to do if an indicator light came on the dash. Her Father had always taken care of everything so she was unaware of the end result that was possible. Much like my being unaware that my Grandparents and my Mother have actual names. If you have never been taught something you don't know what to do when that something happens. I don't think that is being "stupid" by definition I think it is just being unaware because someone else has always done those things for you.

There have been a lot of one post wonders this past week as well. Along with the normal, "Where should I move", "What should I do because _____ touched me", "Why is it so hard for me a very fit, healthy male to find a date. By the way I do not interact with "fat" girls and it isn't anything personal", "Is ______ gay friendly", "I live next door to a business that was here when I moved in but it is noisy what should I do?" posts. I could go on but those of you who frequent the forum have seen all or most of the posts I am referring to.

What has happend to common sense, knowledge, wisdom, understanding, maturity, making decisions about one's own life without the help of random strangers on a public forum who do not know you or anyone involved in the situation? How in the world are we supposed to give you a well informed piece of advice when your initial post has left out a lot of the details that are important. Like one who went on about his parents not being sypathetic to his plight at the moment. Raising his son "on his own without help from the child's Mother". The big detail he failed to mention is that he is living with a girlfriend who has a child and the girlfriend is not helping financially because she is not working. So the welfare benefits that he is getting for his son that have been recently cut by 50% is going to hurt his household except he is supporting a woman he is not married to and her son. So those benefits that were to be legally used by him for himself and his child are being used for a woman who does not work who also has a child.

Once the living with the unemployed girlfriend and her child and supporting all of them was discovered the advice changed. The reason the advice changed is the dynamics of the situation changed and it is nothing against the girlfriend or her child. It is logic, common sense and responsibility.
Logic would tell one that she needs to get a job, common sense would tell one that she needs to get a job or move out and responsibility would tell one that she is the only one legally responsible for her child. Some will argue that "morally" he is also responsible but is that really true? When it comes to welfare benefits I can just about guarantee you that he will not be getting any extended benefits for her child. That is her responsibility to apply and see what she is approved for regarding her child alone, not his child.

Anyway, I just checked on the food I have started and it will be done in about ten minutes. Then we can eat it now or wait until later, either way is fine with me. We have so many leftovers right now I really did not need to start anything fresh but I had hamburger I needed to get cooked. I also have chicken tenders that will be gilled today because I need to get them cooked as well.

I guess I will close this set of paragraphs of my thoughts and continue on with my day.
In parting I want to say I appreciate the time you take out of your day to read my words and I do sincerely hope you enjoy them.

Parting thoughts are:
What did you find out when you were a child that surprised you?
What are you having for supper tonight?
Do you cook like I do and make several dishes to have leftovers to be warmed up?
Do you think leaving out details in an initial post completely skews the story being told?
When you find out those details later is your response much different or no different than your initial response?
Is your hobby moving the furniture in your home often?
Would you feel morally responsible to support someone and their child without the legal obligation to do so?

As usual I wish you all you deserve in your lifetime. Rest well and dream peacefully when it comes time for you to wander your timbers of slumber.