Monday, December 31, 2012

New Year's Eve 2012

Rachel @ concert in Virginia
 Here is Rachel outside the Coliseum in Hampton Virginia going to see Pretty Lights and Bassnectar. I guess she enjoyed it, she went with Steven, Jill and Danielle. They left VA on Sunday morning and are now in New York City. I'll watch Times Square to see if I can spot them tonight when the ball drops at midnight!

As you can see, Chip is not impressed with Christmas. No extra bones or biscuits? REALLY? Poor dog...
Chip not impressed with X-mas

Tonight we will have to stay home to keep an eye on the A-holes that like to shoot their guns in the air to celebrate New Year's Day. Last year I must have called the police half a dozen times at least and Bill called, too. Now there is a police camera at the corner, but I doubt that will stop the jerks.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Ah, Christmas in the 'hood

Christmas Eve A-hole playing loud music

Christmas Day at Moon River Brewing

Boom Boom! Out go the Lights!

All is calm, not a ho' in sight!










Ah, Christmas time. On Christmas Eve, this A-hole was playing music so loud it was rattling my windows. I opened the door and yelled this is not an entertainment zone- turn it down. Someone at Dirty South must have said something 'cause he jumped into his car and left.
On Christmas Day, it was so quiet in the 'hood. Not a ho' nor a drug dealer in sight! However, minutes after I took the above photo, a scumbag started walking into the driveway next door, unzipping his fly and pissing while he was walking. Nice.
Later on  Christmas Day, we went uptown to Moon River Brewing Company. Cute sign.. Yes, you can get a beer to go, and drink it while walking in the historic district from River Street until I think Liberty Street. NOT here in the 'hood, though you would think so with so many people walking around with cans...

Somebody is getting their lights shut off at the rooming house. Ha Ha. Merry Christmas!

Sunday, December 23, 2012

It's officially winter

Bird bath
This greeted the birds on Saturday morning, the first full day of winter. Why does the bird bath look cloudy? It is full of ICE! Yes, it is officially winter.

This morning, Bill left for Massachusetts. Rachel leaves for NYC on Friday and Bill returns on Saturday. I'm not sure when Rachel will be back. She is going to a concert in Virginia then off to NYC to see the ball drop in Times Square. Not sure when she will be back. It will be quiet here. I'm looking forward to scrap booking and reading. I picked up "Trust me I'm Dr. Ozzy." It's an advice book based on a column that Ozzy writes. Yes, Ozzy giving advice on love, diet, exercise and drugs... Who Knew?


I made up some really cute Christmas cards. Kind of like dioramas. Sending them out late, but oh well...Each one is different.

Friday, December 21, 2012

Hell time

It's been a tough week. Last Saturday (the 15th) I came down with a migraine. Thought there was plenty of meds under the counter...Turns out the boxes were hormone therapy crap not Imitrex. Bitch. I tried all day to sleep, took Exedrin Migraine and 800mg. Ibuprofen, but to no avail. On Sunday afternoon I drove to Charleston SC by my frigging self, while Bill watched TV and/or slept in the big chair. Nice. I got a shot, and then had to drive the 115+ miles back home.  Only bright spot was the Subaru, listed as 29 mpg on the highway, I got 30 on my round trip. Pretty impressive. Then, Monday morning, I woke up with the migraine headache again. I went to the VA clinic in Savannah (which isn't open on the weekends and no longer really takes walk-ins) at 7:30AM and finally got my shot at 11. Then I came home and slept for a few hours. Though I kept getting twinges of pain in my right eye, the migraine did not come back.

I was supposed to have a job interview at a temp agency for Paralegal work on Monday at 10. Had to re-schedule it since I was sitting at the VA almost in tears at that point. I will be sure to never run out of migraine pills again...My appointment has been re-scheduled for after Christmas. We will see if anything comes of this.

Savannah Tech is offering to teach us Tax Prep on Jan 17 for free. We have to agree to donate (i.e.means NOT get paid) time to prepare taxes for underprivileged. I'm OK with that. It will give me something else to add to the resume. It's all good. Now, we just have to watch what congress does. They MAY NOT extend the child care tax credit of $2500, it may drop to $1000. That does not bode well for me.

Lastly, Rachel finished high school 2 weeks ago today. We were told by Savannah Tech that if she got a letter stating that, she could be accepted there and could start taking classes in January. We got the letter but when we went back to SavTech, turns out the person who told us that, was dead wrong. She cannot start there and have the Pell Grant/Hope Scholarship pay because the district will not give her a diploma at this time. She can go to school if I want to PAY cash.. WTF? I don't have the money. The point was she wanted to use both Hope Scholarship and the Pell Grant and then she would get cash back.They will not pay until she gets the diploma. Those will only be issued in late January (after college classes start) or in June. She wants to walk with her class and has opted for June. That said, the grants/scholarships won't pay without a diploma to even start classes. CATCH -22... So, instead she will work full time and make money to buy a better car before starting college in the fall. That is still not a bad plan.

Monday, December 10, 2012

I like this!

"To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best night and day to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle any human being can fight and never stop fighting."
-- E.E. Cummings, American poet

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Professionals make all the difference

Non-Professionals cut tree and fence

Professionals cut trees
This is what happens when you hire professionals to cut down trees in your yard. Several guys show up, they have saws, and ropes, and boots made for climbing. They clean up the yard and it all looks good.

Then, you have the non-professional... Guy showed up with a tiny chainsaw across the alley on 34th street. Standing on the roof of his vehicle, he cut limbs and dropped them ... Then, he dropped the frigging SAW. Take a look at the fence! it is all cut up... Bill was watching this scene and was positive the guy was going to cut off his leg.. After this fiasco, the dude was done...

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

School days

Today is supposed to be Rachel's last day of high school. She is taking her end of course test for mathematics and then she will have all her requirements to graduate in June. Cool! No more screaming at her from the bottom of the stairs to GET UP! and GO TO SCHOOL. YEAY! She is planning on signing up at Savannah Tech to take some classes in January. That will be good for her, but she doesn't need EARLY classes...

I'm finishing up my semester at Sav Tech. Not thrilled. My presentation last night went OK. After I was nearly done with my presentation last Wednesday, the asshole teacher said "I thought I had told you that you don't do the presentation on the author that you did your research paper on," I was thoroughly pissed. So, without asking, I decided to do my presentation on Bob Dylan, an American Poet and the song- "The times they are a -changin'." It went well but I didn't break down the rhyming style. Too f'n bad. The scheme wasn't important. The lyrics are. I used my I-phone to play a clip from the song. My PowerPoint presentations are always different from everybody elses...My classmates liked it, but I'm sure the bitch gave me a B or even a B-, just because she is that way. Can't wait for this semester to be over.