Hiyah- still out there..

Look, Hiyah is still out there working. Who knew? His old lady must not be giving him $$ anymore 'cause he is still out there working!

2014 Starbucks Christmas Tree

I wasn't feeling the Christmas spirit so much this year. So, I took my little tree that was formally the AOL CD-rom tree, has now morphed into the Starbucks tree. Throughout the year, I had taken dozens of different Starbucks gift cards. (No money on them!)  I ended up with just over 60. There's Valentine hearts, Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Chinese New Year, Fall leaves, and bunches more. I punched holes and put ribbons through them then hung on the branches of the little tree. The topper is a picture I took of the mermaid and glued it to a Starbucks sleeve. I love it!

Predator in Savannah

Predator attacking Rachel

2 weeks ago, a large man attacked Rachel on our front porch. Luckily she didn't get really hurt and she yelled at him that we had cameras. It isn't the best picture of his face, but you can see he is a large Hispanic male. I made up wanted (Predator in our neighborhood) posters and plastered them all around.
While showing them to some guys up town, one homeless guy recognized the creep. Said he chases drunk girls around City Market.  Scary, 'cause that is where Rachel works!
The police believe they know who he is, but Rachel is not going to be the most reliable witness. She doesn't really recall his face. Let's hope they find this creep quickly.

He's cutting grass

I know people have been wondering, what has happened to Hiyah since he moved from across the street? Well, wonder no more. Here is the man himself. He has expanded his evil empire. Now he not only picks up trash and sweeps in front of the stores, he cleans windows and cuts grass. Amazing!

Hiyah's shirt reads "My feet hurt."

Rachel's newest Car

2007 VW EOS

Well, it hasn't been a great year for Rachel for cars. The 2003 Accord was stolen while she was asleep. then it was totaled. And, it was taken by a friend. I know he didn't mean to wreck it, but that didn't make it any better.

So, we took the payout and went to the Honda dealer and got the Volvo. Cash deal. $5000. All the payoff plus $1000+ from our tax refunds. She went to school and the beast didn't even make it back home 5 days later.

Back to the dealer. They took the Volvo back, gave us full credit and she got the 2011 Mazda 3. Sweet. Just 2 weeks after making the first payment, she wrecks it. Seriously? I still don't see it. The insurance company screwed us over on that one. As soon as they heard that the air bag went off, they totaled it. I'm still pissed about it.

Now, we have spent weeks looking for another car. Finally she settled on this. it is a 2007 VW EOS. It is a hard top convertible. I'm crossing my fingers on this one. It is cute. But, black with black leather interior? In Savannah? Oh boy. I told her to be sure to keep a towel on the seats or she will burn her butt on that one.

Shrubbery and flowers MIA in the 'hood

Saturday morning, Bill saw that our neighbor had her flowers stolen. Damn. What the hell? She called the police and even showed where the dirt was leading up the street, but the cops "don't investigate." WTF? More people need to set up video cameras like ours. The ones we have record pretty good, although Rachel did sneak in this morning around 5 am and didn't show up on the camera. Did get pictures of her parking the car, though. I think it needs just a bit more tweaking. That's Tweaking nor Twerking...
Yesterday morning on our way to grocery shopping, we did drive around a couple of streets to see if we could locate the purloined blooms, but had no luck.

Red flowers missing from one pot

Savannah Police- the jokes almost write themselves.

One of our tenants next door is in the Army. He had a friend visit last week- also in the Army and they were both in their uniforms. A black man in an old Toyota pickup truck stopped and asked them for money. When the soldiers said NO, the man in the truck picked up rocks (that he had in his truck) and threw them at the soldiers. Seriously.
The guys called the police............an hour later, police still hadn't shown up........they should have said the dude showed them a gun..
Yesterday, neighbor called the police. His shrubs that he had just planted had been pulled up and taken away. Several people in the neighborhood have had this happen. Someone over by Brady Street is the culprit. One neighbor actually went to the house with his wheel barrel and took his plants back! Anyways, this neighbor waited for Savannah's finest to finally show. When the officer got there, the neighbor showed the cop the trail of dirt going to Brady Street. Cop said he couldn't do anything but take a report. REALLY...

been busy

Rachel and friends on St. Pat's Day

Been busy working for the biggest jerk in the world. I have been so sick the last month. 2 weeks ago, I was running a fever and having cold chills. I also had a migraine. After working for 4 hours like that, I left and went to the VA clinic. They gave me a note to stay out of work for the rest of that day (a Wednesday) and all the next. I immediately called the boss.
When I went into work on Friday, I promptly gave him the note. An hour later, he called me into the office and wrote me up. Said it was MY JOB to stay well. RU SERIOUS?
I so HATE the job and the boss.
I have been there almost 10 months and have never stopped looking for another job. I'll kick the next SOB that tells me "the economy is improving." Bite me.

Rachel's Car- DOA

Stolen and left in a ditch

Well, this is what is left of Rachel's second Honda Accord. It was taken without her permission while she was at a party and asleep. 2 guys took it and went for a  joyride. One drove it into a ditch. All 6 airbags went off. The insurance company still hasn't declared it a total loss yet. Really? Yes, Really...

Still hating the old job

Well, I still hate the job and I haven't won the lottery, so I still go work. It isn't getting any better there at all. The plant manager demoted the sales manager, saying "the sales manager position is not being funded this year." Wow. And the plant manager put it out in an EMAIL... Should have had the sales manager talk to us first. That was low. One of the sales guys left last week. I ran into him today. He hates that place, too. Said the plant manager is an Asshole. I have to agree.