Followin' the Friday Fraggle Trail

Yuck!  6:00 A.M. and it's already 83 degrees and the humidity is positively oppressive.  I flipped the morning news on long enough to find out it's going to be at least 95 this afternoon.  It's not as hot as a lot of you are having it, I know, but it's still miserable and I loathe super humid days....so allow me my short whine.  'kay?

1.  Whine about heat and humidity.  Check.

2.  Post Friday Fragments and Follow Friday Four Fill-In Fun.  Check.  Check.

This Week's Statements:

1.       ____makes me laugh

2.       sometimes____makes me sad

3.       My ___ looks ___ after ___

4.       When I hear ___ I ___

My Answers:

1.      The Big Bang Theory (the show) makes me laugh.

2.      Sometimes my family makes me sad.

3.      My hair (in its natural un-keretin treated state) looks like Medusa on a bad day after a good dose of humidity.

4.      When I hear certain songs I am instantly transported back in time.

Lots of running to do this morning.  I have to go to the bank and to pay our property taxes.  Then I have to go to Tim's great-aunt's and possibly take her to the bank.  She received a "settlement" check in the mail yesterday from a gas company and she is dying to cash it and put the money in her safe deposit box.  I told her I want to read the letter that came with it first because this company tried to swindle her and her lawyer got her out of the contract.  I don't want to find out cashing the check will lock her into something.

I'm really not thrilled about having to be the one to do this.  She is Tim's aunt.  She has no children, but does have a whole herd of grand nephews and nieces (both hers and her late husband's).  She will be 88 next month and she's loaded so there are a few among "the herd" who are dying to get their hands on her money (she is leaving it in equal shares to them).  The two nephews who seem to think they're in charge and should get everything (to the point the one would cut his own brother out) would love to slap her in a home and liquidate everything now.

Anyway, she doesn't want those two to know she got the check.  I'm just shaking my head because it isn't even a large amount.  I just want to make sure she isn't getting sucked into anything because if she cashed it while I was with her and something went wrong......ohhhhh boy!  They are still a little ticked that I helped her deal with the insurance company and found her a contractor to get her roof redone after the big hail storm last Spring.  It didn't cost one penny of "their" inheritance so I don't know what their problem is.  She was bound and determined to do it with or without help.  All I did was be there to guide her through it and make sure she didn't get taken to the cleaners.

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I know a lot of people who participate in Pondering with a Purpose participate in the Follow Friday Four Fill-In Fun meme, too.  If you're here and you're a Ponderer, please check out my post from yesterday.  I don't know what's going on, but when I go to Brenda's site it's like the whole thing has been high-lighted and it's "dead."  I can't post my link or comment or click on anything.  I tried sending her a tweet, but didn't hear back.  I'm not having trouble anywhere else so I don't know what's up.  Is it just me or is everyone having the same problem?

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I cleaned out my office/library/craft room yesterday.  There's still not much room in here.  It used to be Megan's room before her brother went off to school and she moved across the hall to his slightly larger room.  It was a "jungle" room when she dwelled with its walls.  I've removed the jungle elements, but the walls remain "Lion's Mane Gold" with a slightly dark shade rag-rolled over top, giving it a kind of aged, parchmenty look.  

The carpet is kind of a dusty green so I found some old-time bark cloth fabric in a 1940's style floral print that has the golds and greens and a dash of flamingo pink.  Mom made me curtains and pillow shams and I took the sliding doors off the closet and hung curtains made of the same material over the opening.

One wall is solid bookshelves.  I put squares of cork on the walls in a couple of places to pin up photos and stuff (like all my Toby concert tickets), and a lot of framed photos, all in black frames fill the rest of the walls.  This is where you'll find my autographed pictures of Toby, the Blue Angels, and various Steelers.  There's a comfy platform rocking chair, a big frame to work latch-hook projects on, a couple of side chairs, an exercise bike, a Malibu pilates chair, a desk my dad had custom made for me when I was 7, and a card table to wrap presents and work on.  There's also a whole lotta shredded paper on the floor thanks to the puppy.  I just cleaned it up yesterday, but she's been busy this morning.  Even cleaned up, it's kind of crowded in here.

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The puppy is making progress.

No, she's still pooping in the house every chance she gets.  Thanks for asking.

But she learned to sit on command!  She isn't perfect at it yet, but she does pretty good.

And the pooping thing?  I think she sort of gets it, because when she does go in the house it's either hidden (like she knows it's bad) or right in front of the door (like she knows she should go out).

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Exciting news this morning.  Well, it's exciting to me....probably not so much for you.  I had a message on Facebook this morning from the woman I was going to meet in Cleveland for the Toby Keith concert.  She is  seeing him in Cincinnati and has 2 Platinum VIP tickets....the friend that was going to go backed out.  Another friend might go.  If she can't, the ticket is mine if I want it.....okay, if I want it and can afford it and if Tim's willing to drive to Cincinnati with me.  That would make my summer!

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