the weird life i live

Ok here we are another memorial day, and I just got a real disturbing e-mail from Dee and it in a sense says not to vote for Kerry and to vote for Bush! I say hell no, he's got to go! He's killing us as a nation and is helping out the Clinton Administration by supporting that stupid NAFTA bill with sending goods to be made overseas. Stupid! I see it first hand all the factories up here are closing left and right and a lot of people are losing their jobs because of that stupid treaty. It's another time for voting for the lesser of two evils. I'm tired of making this decision I'm voting for Ross Pourote(I'm sure I didn't spell that right) I don't normally talk about politics because I really don't know much about it with the exceptions they are all cheats and liars and always looking out for themselves. Nothing changes even when you try to change it.

Enough about politics it makes me crazy angry and I type slower than my brain thinks. hehehe.


Well news from the front.....
It's raining here but not enough. My garden is getting bigger with the help from miracle grow and the watering I do, My landlords garden still looks better but I'm still trying.
Boards are piling up and were missing parts as usual. At least we have the parts shortages knocked. We get extras that we send back unless it's a part we use constantly like c108b's little capacitors. But at least their not coming to us broken in half and counted as usable.....
My cousin Tony ,is getting married in October and we are going to be there for the day anyway. We have plans to visit everyone we need to like my friend Sheila and her very large family, mom's friend Joyce in Romeoville, a few people there too if they are interested in seeing us. Stef, if I can find her, I'm supposed to try and find Robinette but I haven't talked to her since I moved down here and it wasn't too pretty when we did talk. I don't know maybe it's that we need space friendships I seem to make. I miss living in Chicago, with all the museums and Lakefront, Taste of Chicago is happening at the end of June to 4th of July with the big bang going off at the closing, and we would go there every year when Erica would drive us and see the local acts on the stage. And some national acts to, that and the blues stage they had every year, I got to see some famous people there. Blues wise. I saw B.B. King there the last year we went there. Awesome. I know quit looking at the past and look to the future but it's to bleak right now to think about the future. I'm stuck here for another Winter, And Spring will find me home I hope...
Enough whining.....

I love the rain and that's what it's doing .I'm going outside to enjoy it. I've got some disposable cameras and I'm going to figure out how to post the on this site. We'll see where I live and my babies.


TA TA for now....
I have to strangle the cat if she doesn't stop meowing!!!!!!
Kidding, anyone who knows me ,knows I can't hurt any kind of animal.

let it rain

Hello Campers! Boards,boards,boards is all we've been doing this weekend. gotta get the money pit back with us real soon. The poor car is going downhill fast. My poor Sammy had three seizures in two days last week and then we realized it was from the heat! So the air is on and it's way to early for it, but we've been in the upper 80's for two weeks! heeerrreee's summer!!! You would think that summers up her would be cooler, but trust me they are not! They're not as hot as Florida but it's still noticeable. My mom called an old friend of hers from Chicago, Sunday and was talking to her for only a few minutes when mom heard the air raid siren go off over the phone! I guess Joyce(mom's friend) who lives in Romeoville, was having some real gully washers up there and had been for a few days now. Mom got off the phone with her post haste and then called my best friend's sister in Chicago, Judy. Sheila was the girl I told you about in an earlier blog, Well we found out that shell's mom,Katie was 77! whoa! I got on the phone and talked with Judy for a while and was asked when we were coming down again? I guess we are going to Tony's wedding(my cousin) in October. So we're leaving a week early and then getting out after his wedding on Friday the 8th. I have a lot of catching up to do. Judy got so excited it was funny. I never really thought she liked me when I was hanging out with Sheila, She was the one always getting us in trouble and Judy always blamed me. Such is my life. I am very happy with myself, you all know I have a garden started. I have tomato plants for dad,onions,cucumbers,we grabbed some bell pepper plants from Vergies place,along with yellow bell peppers,squash,and cantaloupe, then we got a package of green beans from the neighbors,and I planted those late, and from seeds. Well everyone I have 11 green bean plants already. I planted them around 3 weeks ago! It's so cool. I'm so excited. Tomorrow I have to water them with some Miracle grow I bought tonight along with the coolest looking picnic baskets from Lowes. Oh their awesome! Working two projects at once this month(June) Going to finish the front porch but insulating the inside and paneling it, dad has to wire the electric, fix his computer and then he goes out into the porch! Smoke free soon. And one more thing of importance, when Erica leaves for Florida I will be traveling with her! I have to get my driver's license back after some stupid.....Stole it last April right after I got back home in fact. So for me to start driving again I need my license and I don't want to get one down here because well be moving soon....Again with the soon and it has defiantly been postponed for next April to leave. Bummer!!!!!!! And the second project is to find mom a car. She wants one now, why they cant share one car is beyond me, dad never leaves this place and mom does go figure. So now we have to go find one. And heres a note to you all we are not going bact to brunette motors!!!!! hahahahaha

Well that's up to date....
well one more thing actually I was wondering if everyone who reads this would e-mail me a reply? Just say you were here and answering the request to write to me. I'm curious as to who is reading this.....
In case you forgot my address it's homuffinn66@aol.com
thanks for you help!!!!

Peace and Love

The money pit from hell! Is what my sister bought, and I don't care what mom and randy (the mechanic) says it's still has to be fixed before it'll be a good working car. Ok from the beginning. erica and mom and dad went to look at cars at the lot we go to on Fleming and U.S. 70. She picked out the Escort but dad said the engine was too rough to really buy. So she picked out the Chevy Astro (1994). We need a mini van for the ride to Florida anyway so why rent when you can buy. Anyway, mom and Erica goes and pays for it (1,100) then drives to Randy's our mechanic, he takes it for a drive and they discover a leak. Next day he calls and says theirs a leak in the transmission....aaaaakkkkkk how much? not to bad he's says but there's more, oil leak, so we say change the oil and tune up the car......2 days later we stop in to see progress (cause Erica's car is dying quicker now). Randy tells us that with everything he has to do it will cost us 1935.00!!!!! Gasp!!! Ok we have to have it done to get the car working. Making payments is fine he tells us, great, thank god the boards are picking up...More on that..... So now yesterday were out and about instead of doing boards that we are late on we stop in.... More bad news brakes are gone as is the idler arms and tie rods....Ready.....Here it comes...... 1360.00.........ggggrrrrrrr might as well take my first born as well(hehehe as everyone should know I've had a hysterectomy 6 years ago....Can you believe 6 years ago....) so for the total invoice is around 3500.00. For a 1,100 dollar car. But it's going to last longer now that we've done all of this..... Does anyone realize what this mean?....That's right kids I wont be moving to Florida this year. Maybe in April well have the money to move. Because in the next breath we have to fix the truck next and that's been sitting for over 7 years. Now before everyone thinks I'm going to the poor house, My dad got his money, I cant say how much but it will take care of all the bills and a major part of fixing the truck. So all I have to worry about is saving 5,000 for deposits and such. If we can get 2,000 more we'll have our couch that we picked out. It's a very nice sectional. So that's most of my week. Now for the boards. We went to Elk last week and wanted to know what was in store for us....I shouldnt've asked. For the month of May, we have our normal 500 960's, with 500 110's with the ugly heatsink, 200 120's large board but good heatsink....Speaking of 120's this is what happened to us. Erica and mom were doing a quick garbage pick up to take to the dump, Erica sees a static bag that looks empty. It's not though there is 92 apmlifiers in there waiting for me to make them into heatsinks....Guess what they throw them out.....Well we call and ask how muck to replace them...187.00 the whole order is worth 190.00 I just did boards for free. Funny huh, and were all to blame. Anyway, we're getting 100 BLT's(no it's not food), 90 443's(nice board quickly done),and a few other orders. A nice run for May. For June it's just as nice just cant remember too many of the orders we always get 500 960's and about 200 120's those are our boards. But now with the last girl fired leaving at the end of the month we are going to get slammed!!! Thank god too with the Money pit still at Randy's.....hehehe...nothing more really to say but were busier than a one armed wall paper hanger....but you gotta love it....

bummed about the Florida thing Happy for the work...

Peace and Love

Wow it is early or late depending on how you look at it. I cant sleep again, but not from worrying about bills, its from the damn stomach this time. I get this horrible gas that just wont go away. I drink Malox by the gallon and Tums by the fistful and sometimes I end up awake all night long with this pain. My Grandfather had this as did my dad( dad still gets this every now and again). I watch what I eat spicy wise but here I am up and awake! Oh yeah after buying the new keyboards for the old computer the new computer gets here today! It's a Compac An I want one just like it right now. Screw moving to Florida I want this computer. The keyboard is quieter than the new one we bought. I'm so impressed. My sister also bought a new car today, but the transmission leaked at the auto shop and it's there for the weekend until randy can look at it Monday. I have yet to see it. It was only 1100$ It is a 1994 Chevy astro van. Randy took it for a test drive and says the engine is perfect for the mileage on the van(200,00). I cant wait to see it. Then earlier this week we decided to go to Chicago for a week in June. We're renting a car and driving up to see Aunt Barbara, a school friend of mine and her family , One of mom's friends who's husband died last year, and looking for a friend from the bar days to confirm weather she is dead or not, (the rumors were flying a few years ago) I'm hoping I find her because I will miss her if she is dead. She got us into trouble sure (like the time her and her stupid friend,Jen, flashed this vanload of Mexicans on the way to take them home in Indiana) but we still had fun hanging out (like the time we were at a theatre in Chicago watching local bands and didn't realize it was 5 A.M. and the show was still going on!) I just hope she's ok. The bar we were always at the Thirsty whale isn't there any more (it's a parking lot now) so we cant go see that but there is other things we can do. I just hope we have the money to do it. I'm looking forward to seeing Sheila and her boys. This is the girl who at age 14 got leukemia and was told she would only live a few months, then the Dr said she would never have children. Now she has three. Go figure. She and I got into a lot of trouble when we were teenagers. She was the reason I played hooky so much. Just hanging out at her house and staying awake allnight long. I miss that sometimes just to stay up and do nothing but talk and hang out. But all my friends now have responsibilities and children cant stay up allnight now with that stuff hanging over their heads. I can barely get them to go out on a Saturday night with me, and now they are all into country music and I just don't like country music. Not enough to go out and drink to. Ya know?

Alright enough with the gabbing. I'm gonna catch the sleep train before I miss it. I have boards to do tomorrow and I have to finish them.


sweet sleep Ursula
sweet sleep George

Wow I do not like this at all!!! First my credit card now blogger....
Ok, first my credit card. Last week mom gave me 624 to pay it off, clean slat everything, ok I have to wait a week which is today, to 'unfreeze'it because I was very late in paying, right, right, so I call today to reinstate my credit and II cant use the damn thing until may 23!!!! When I was making only minimum payments which gave me a limited balance, oh I could use it right away, but pay it off an they punish you. Plus they give me a 48$ annual fee that is now on the card. I wanted it clear!!! Im so frustrated I could spit!!! (how ladylike huh?)
Now for blogger, they've changed the set up to get in and to write in it and I don't like it! At all! What's next....I know don't say that as I'm knocking on wood. I told my sister about the job situation in Florida and she told me not to worry it'll be alright. She has a few people she knows at the job she used to work for and her friend Bethy(hi Bethy) works somewhere where she can work also. I'm not going to say where it is cause it's secret.....hehe....
ell were al biting at the bi and spending way to much money and no work has been done so I'm cutting it short and getting to work these boards are going to be turned in tomorrow. Busy busy busy....

peace and love to all

Ok this finds me very aggravated. My dad spilled coffee on the keyboard a few days ago and now I'm going crazy! You have to literally stamp the space bar down to get the damn thing to work! I'm hating life, so if you don't hear from me for awhile don't get upset I'm holding out for a new keyboard. He really did a good job he wiped out a few keys in the process.....
Anyway, What a month we have in front of us. I talked to Tammy on Tuesday while picking up parts as usual, and she told Erica and I that we were getting 3 orders on Tuesday! 3!!! We barely had 1 order and now its 3! (here I am again looking that horse in the mouth again) And big orders on top of it, What the kicker is, we haven't finished the order from the week before (du to parts and such). It's going to be real busy!!!! We spent an outlandishly big amount of money this week. I can't really say where it came from but it has to do with dad and disability . Enough said, (he'll yell at me if I say more) and he's been doing an awful lot of that lately and I just don't want to deal with that!! What is really scary is my work force up here is going down by one as soon as we get the Jeep fixed. Erica is leaving for Florida to look for work and houses for us both. We just can't live together anymore (parents and us that is) to much stress on both parts. And now I read Gary's site and he says jobs are just about scarce down there!! I'm getting that knot in the pit of my stomach again....

ok this is making me crazy he better be getting a new keyboard this WEEK!


PEACE AND LOVE AND LET'S THINK HAPPY AND CALMING THOUGHTS FOR GARY!!!!

Ah hem.... Just clearing my thoat for the long blog that is to come. First, we are all alive and well with the exception of dad who is smoking again and coughing even harder than before. I have nothing to say to that because it's his life and you cant change him. Enough said. We have been working steadily these few weeks that the phone has been off. Every week in fact. Big orders too. We got paid today (of course we did because it's monday!) are you ready for it? 804.81!!! No fooling that was for two invoices! And I think I have 20$ left! Wow huh? I said the same thing and we spent it all on bills. But we do have a better side to this. After a year of waiting, my dad now has an income, which means I dont support them anymore!!! yeah, I was under so much stress with all those bills and medications and dog bills that I was loosing hair over it! But the light is at the end of the tunnel. And I'm seeing blue sky ahead!!! Another good point and I want all my friends to take notice please, This is OFFICIAL. We will be in florida permanently November 1!!! Yes sports fans, I'm coming home! To harrass everyone down there..... I want to move earlier because of my fasination with halloween (me and kris go every year or try to I missed last year.) I want to be there so we can go trick or treating but I dont know what's going to happen. Cross your hearts and fingers and toes and arms and legs and what ever else you can think of....heheheh..... that is all the excitment I've had these last few weeks and I know its pretty boring but it's looking up... ;)


well happy thoughts and peacefull days!!