I think an MMP mail shower for LiLi is a great idea. I’m in if anyone has her address.
{{{McUne}}} Glad you got the order of protection filed. Good luck with all of the legal stuff. You and your family are in my thoughts.
I killed the MMP! 
Finally checking in. As soon as I got home from work (**FCD ** left early and beat me home) we headed to the boat to (finally) winterize the engine. It took a little while to get it started, but once it turned over and caught, we let it run a little bit before closing the raw water intake valve and filling the strainer unit with antifreeze, which was sucked through the engine and blown out the exhaust. So we’re good till spring.
We also ran by the pharmacy and got my poison ivy steroids and my excema cream. Good times. Once we got back home, **FCD ** fed the canines and I got a pork loin into the rotisserie. In a little bit, I’ll go make the veggies while the roast finishes. Then we can eat - late for us.
It snowed here today - I don’t think we got half an inch, but the yard is still mostly white. It’s decidedly brisk out there right now - thank goodness for insulation and a new furnace. 
Unfortunately, **LiLi ** never participated in a pottery giveaway, so I don’t have her address. Shame on her.
More hugs and stuff all around, just because!
Did you know that when your black and white photos start turning silver, that means they’re deteriorating before your eyes? Now You Know.
This helpful hint brought to you by Day 2 of sorting through 100 years of family photos. Archives: keeping your junk after your death for several centuries now.
SpazCat, I’ve got many old photos saved on my hard drive; after my Mom died, we went through all the pictures she had stashed away. I think she must have gotten many that her father had when he died back in '87, and there were many that we didn’t know who they were, unfortunately. One of my brothers has all of the originals, so it’s up to him to ensure that they’re properly cared for!! Another brother sent out batches of pictures yesterday evening - he took pictures of pictures that he had, and they turned out pretty well. Included was a picture taken of our maternal grandmother about 2 months before she passed away. It was good to see a picture of her again. He also included a picture of my “wall of Davy Jones” … (yes, I had each of the Monkees pictures on the four walls of my bedroom - what a sight -that- was! :p) as well as a picture of me dancing in the kitchen, complete with burgundy hippy beads and a new, big watch on my left wrist. LOL That really took me back!!
Drive by. I have LiLi’s address. Off to a meeting. PM or e-mail me for info.
GT
I have Li-Li’s address as well - I was vaguely thinking of sending something next month when I can.
Absolutely exhausted. This semester is going to be ridiculous.
y’all are having a soap opera and you didn’t include me? I’m crestfallen.
I still am with Teh Sick - I see the doc tomorrow.
more {{{{{{great big hugs}}}}}}} all around.
:does happy dance: I have tracked down the 5 reams of special paper we need for an upcoming project. I like this job, it’s fun! You should see my co-worker’s faces when I say that. They think I’m nuts. Little do they know…
Supper was good. In a few minutes, I have to go load the dishwasher and pack breakfast/lunch for tomorrow.
Maybe it’s a placebo, but I took the first dosage of the steroids, and I don’t feel all itchy. Perhaps I can sleep tonight. Dare I hope??
I got an email from my mom offering her house for our 25th anniversary party. Our reaction was “What party?” Apart from the fact that we have never made a big deal about our anniversary (except the 6th, when we did a reaffirmation of vows), it falls between Thanksgiving and Christmas. People have way too much to do then, including us. And I don’t want anyone to feel obligated to give a gift right in the thick of gift-giving time. So I’m thinking our 25th anniversary will pass like the 23rd and 24th - dinner at the Japanese steak house. If nothing else, it’s a lot shorter drive than going to Mom’s.
Now, I just need to tell her that diplomatically.
ARGH. I just got a call from my mom saying my brother has been put on some kind of academic probation or something because of his grades and that he refuses to talk to her about it. And that he has some kind of late fee for not paying his rent on time. WTF? I gave him his rent check this month. His email said his late fee is almost equal to his rent. Is that even possible?
I really do not need this on top of everything else in my life right now.
Evenin’ everyone. I stopped by to check up on TNC’s progress, but I see there isn’t any.
I’s TAHRED. When I got in to work today, I had a myriad of “gotta have it now” data requests. I was the only person in our office present today, as the rest are TDY or in class. Sigh…
I got most of them done. Actually, I got all but one completed, but I couldn’t complete the last one because I have questions about it. It’ll be done by tomorrow for sure.
It was cooooooold here last night, and promises to be cold for the rest of the week. They got snow and ice north and east of me, so this morning’s commute was a total nightmare for those folks. Thank God mine was fairly routine. There were a couple patches of ice, but it was nothing compared what others had to endure.
I guess I should fix some sort of vittles for the family now.
Upon edit, I just saw Haze’s post. Cripes, that really sucks. I hope everything can be squared away. Um, it sort of sounds like your brother isn’t using his rent money for rent.
**Haze ** - is it a late fee, or multiple late fees? Sounds like a less-than-capable budgeter.
But I give him checks every month, made out to the apartment management. Surely he can’t just cash those checks in himself?
Argh. I’ll talk to him tomorrow, I suppose. He isn’t picking up his phone at the moment. I’m thinking we need to send him to another school - city colleges are not the best environment for learning, with crowded classrooms and underpaid, disgruntled faculty. I’ve suggested to my mom that we should send him to a suburban college - maybe the new place I’ve started at this semester (Oakton). That would mean he’d have to get his GED if he wanted to enroll in a transfer program.
I just hope he finds some kind of job somewhere soon.
Wait a minute…wait minute…how old is your brother Haze?
Why do you have to write…well never mind, I understand now, but somehow it seems wrong that this responsibility falls to you. If he’s an “adult”, he should paying his bills himself.
I don’t mean to sound snarky, and I’m not trying to come across that way, but geeze, it sounds like he needs a real wake up call.
Teehee. I just woke up from a 5 hour nap. :eek:
Well, it’s a complicated situation. My brother is 21. In Korea, guys are still living with their parents and not really expected to be able to support themselves at that age. The only reason he’s here in the US is because of visa issues (he’s an American citizen). Basically my mom sent him to Chicago because he had to leave the country and she wanted me to keep an eye on him. However, after I graduated I put my foot down and asked my mother, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” (Not quite so eloquently, but you get the idea.) So now we’re living seperately, but he’s still financially dependent on my parents.
He’s really just a big baby, although in his defense he was rather abruptly tossed out to make his way in a country he doesn’t want to particularly be in.
Anyway, for the longest time he didn’t even have a bank account. He would get his rent and weekly allowance from me (my parents would send me the money). He did recently open an account but he still doesn’t have any checks so this month I had to write him one for his rent. It still hasn’t been deposited, though, which I just found out today, so I dunno what the hell has been going on.
I’m pretty sure the probation thing has hit him hard, since he was looking forward to turning over a new leaf with his classes - now he can’t even register for them. Ah well. If he really is serious about turning over a new leaf he’ll start studying for the GEDs and switch schools.
Now excuse me while I go smoke a cigarette, although in my current mood I feel like chewing one up would be more appropriate.
Wow, it is complicated. I guess I should have taken into account the culture differences. I understand needing help once in awhile. My husband and have been helped in a few times by our parents.
I hope things do turn around for him (and you).
Thanks. 
I’m sure things will be fine; it’s just a bit overwhelming for me at the moment. I’m still somewhat dependent on my parents as well - I mean, technically I could support myself, but my parents had a rather difficult time when they first moved to the US (they were being helped out by my paternal grandfather, but then his business went bankrupt and then my parents found themselves living with an infant on a TA’s salary) and my dad is insistent that my brother and I shouldn’t have to deal with the same hardships. But hopefully with my two new classes I won’t have to depend on them at all starting from this semester.
It’s rather quiet in here. Guess it’s that lull between the day shifts and the night shifts.
I came home this evening to a Target gift card. The TV/DVD player I bought at Target this summer broke, I sent it back to them for “repair,” and they sent me a gift card as a replacement. I am *very *glad that I bought the extended warranty on that puppy. OTOH, it ticks me off that I spent all that money on a piece of junk. I think I used it 4 or 5 times before it broke. Now I have to decide what I want at Target or if I should just spend the card down each time I go to Target.
Tonight’s group wasn’t as stressful for me as last night’s, but therapy two nights in a row is exhausting! That means I’m doing good work, so I don’t get to quit.
I think I’ve figured out what happened with the Fair Isle sweater, so I’m going to try to fix it tomorrow. Too tired tonight.