11/27/2008

I am a happy wanderer

I'm across the state visiting Easy's Mom. The Thanksgiving dinner we brought and I made turned out well. There was enough and to share with an aunt that wandered in. I played and sang downstairs tonight for several ladies I met last time I was over.

I talked to the #1son and have heard from all the kids this week. I had a great time with the sis and mom Tuesday night.

Easy is still hanging around and we are going back to my place tomorrow and then to my sister's for their day late celebration.

Saturday I'm hitting the jam session and going to babysit for a friend so she and the husband can get a night out.

Sunday I'm supposed to sing at Mom's church after her pastor asked me to when he heard me at the wedding.

The wedding for the brother went well and they are still very happy - it's only been six days (lol!).

I'm working on an ad campagain for a friend, another friend's music page and just in general wandering all over.

If the north country cousin is reading - I tried several times to call and didn't get through. I hope all is well!

Later all!

   11/21/2008

Crazy for feeling so lonely

Yesterday I hardly left the house and still had major disruptions going on. Thankfully I can say they all went from red alert to stand down with no one dead or bleeding....and they weren't all my problems.

It's good here today. I have to go to the bank, the renters (as they have made a habit already) won't have the rent when I needed it, before the bank closes. I'm off to visit the #1DIL, hit the bank, drop off some things for friends, and get back to be at rehersal for my foster brother's wedding at six... busy again.

And Easy may be over for the weekend, too. I'm smiling. I was surprised at how I missed him. We haven't really had a lot of time doing things together, just a few days. I'm so used to being alone, even though I don't like it, that I thought it would be easy for me to be without him. It's nice to say it's been harder than I thought it would be. I think he likes being missed. I know I do and he says he misses me, too.

I even bought a new blouse....a girly one. That is so "NOT ME". I am hard on clothes and mostly own practical stuff. If it looks good, fine. If it's boring, no problem, I'm just gonna mess it up in the garden or the garage anyway...but all of a sudden I'm thinking slinky again. It's silly and fun.

And I need to get my hair done. I hate that. I don't know a style that looks good so I usually just wear it long and clip it back to keep it out of the way. Now what do I do? Ew.

So just a note to say all is well and while we are still looking for work, life is good here.

May it be the same for all of you today.

   11/18/2008

Hey it's good to be Back Home, again

I'm here. I made it by the asbestos on the new front brakes. Coming back from Easy's in the first real snow was too exciting for me. Somebody didn't make it home safe right in front of me and I almost slid into the whole mess of four or five cars in my lane before the (blessed!)brakes stopped me.

In my stick shift it's usually enough to kick in the clutch and step down through the gears - last night it wasn't. I locked 'em up and prayed. I stopped - and the semi behind me I was prayin for, too, stopped before I was a hood ornament.

Other than than bad rush and a few spots of very low visibility I made it home okay. Dogs were fine, renters were good, house okay and when I called to check in Easy and Ma were just getting ready to crash.

So I'm back. I'm resting up today and tomorrow I'm doing errands and visits. Gonna be a good bible study tonight.

And Eldest Daughter gets brownie points for making my Mom happy today and lifting her heart. #1DIL for hanging in there through the changes. Best Girl for being there when I need her and Scooter Girl for her caring ways.

Go team! I love you all. And to the cousin up north - YAY! Have another good day!

I'm waiting to see what happens next. I'm willing to be surprised and I'm loving the way things come together just when I think they are falling apart.

Life is good.

   11/16/2008

You lay so easy on my mind...

It's been a long time, blog time. Sorry all.

I got my fall flu and it held on three weeks. My computer is acting up. My dial up is pitiful and my computer has decided not to let me online with wifi. There are my excuses.

I have been getting to know the renters better. It's going okay and it still looks like they want the house. If they follow through, well, we'll see.

MoB finished the CD and it will be up shortly. We are waiting for the mp3 sales account to be set up to launch it here. I'll post a link when we do. It's very good. And the single he will be releasing is going to be hot, I think.

I washed out with him, he said he didn't love me but wanted to stay friends. That was in July. We managed it, but I stayed in as partner until his new one arrived from Arkansas. He still needed me in the music. I miss the music between us worse than the companionship.

She was here nine days and they married. He has moved down to be there with her. It put a hole in the CD launch up here and left him without a band until he makes new contacts there. Before he left I got the cover, back and liner notes done for the CD. I will do the websites still, it's what I do, but there's nothing in it for me except knowing I keep my word.

In August I met a man at a yard sale he was having to raise gas money to move out of Michigan. He was down from a woman going back to a man that beat her after he helped her get away from him. His dad is terminally ill, his family, except the sis he was staying with, was across the state and he didn't have many friends where he was yet.

I don't know how I get into these conversations just wandering through a yard sale, but it's not the first time. I wanted to help so I brought Jeanette back to look at his stuff and bought some myself. Then I invited him to the Labor Day party at my other friend's. It's a three day camp out and music fest and we have a great time. We just went over one night and partied around the fire. I sang and he liked my music.

I needed that sump changed out and offered to pay him to do it for me a few weeks later. I threw in dinner and a movie, too. So you see where this is going? He called me and stayed in touch and came over just to talk several times and I was too stupid to see it was because he liked me. I finally caught on just before he left town.....like the NIGHT before he left. I'm so slow sometimes. And he doesn't state his feelings well, he shows them in his actions, not his words. I'm a word person....a slow one.

He's trying to get a job and stay to help take care of his mum, who needs someone to help with chores and such. So I helped him get across the state to her. But I missed him. And he wanted his uncle that plays country music and is from TN to meet me, and his mum...and that's where I am this weekend, across the state.

I'm bumming because I'm across the bridge from Anvil Cloud and was told I need a passport to go over the bridge. That's money I didn't have.

And the first night here, he showed me how he felt about me. I accepted his love and returned it.

I'm not built to be alone. I'm not alone now and I am smiling that "I have something special" smile that woman wear when they are content in their lives as I type this.

I think I'm gonna call him Easy here. He's easy on my heart and easy in his laid back ways. He won't always be Easy to live with, he's a man of strong beliefs and principles and that's gonna make him hard to be with sometimes but they match mine close enough that I can respect them and let him be hard when he has to be.

But he is Easy for me to trust. He's thoughtful and shows he cares by his actions. So please be glad for me and my apologies to all the family that I haven't told about this yet...you'll like him. My life just got easier and I'm loving it.