Impressions of Life

After all that trouble with my PC a couple of weeks ago, last Thursday I ended up having to reset the entire Windows programs to the original settings. I actually didn't mind it all that much because most of what I lost I have on the internet at various sites or I have on CDs. I wasn't counting on having problems with my email though.

I can receive email through my Outlook Express but I can't send anything. I also lost all of my contacts which is annoying. Until I get some decent help from my ISP about this issue, I will have to use the email program at their site. This is ok except for when they do maintenance. SCREAM!!!!!!

You Are 45% Peaceful

In general, you think the world's a pretty great place - and you're happy to be a part of it. Sometimes you struggle with life, but who doesn't? You are quite level headed, though you have more inner angst than you'd like.

I decided to "watch" the community, find_ljfriends to see if I wanted to join. Boy! What a mistake that was. It looks like it's a dating service.  :-\

For some unknown reason I'll feeling especially blue today. Was it the fog I saw outside early this morning? It might be a contributing factor. I think it has more to do with more general things going on in my life right now. I'm making a small bit of money online but nothing that will really help with expenses except for maybe the cost to be online. I think I could really earn more money writing articles because I'm fairly good with the English language but . . . all of a sudden, I can't seem to think of anything to write about that people would want to read. And then there's my husband . . . he tries sometimes but usually he's doing his own thing which means he's making a mess (and not cleaning it up), has the TV on with the volume up just so he can be in a different room to make a mess, or he's looking over my shoulder bothering me. All of it is getting quite annoying. Just the thought of having to put up with this for the next 70 hours is a little hard for me to take.

Lo and behold! I was awakened by the cold this morning. I actually had goose-bumps. Could it be that the sticky hot weather is over with for this year? I won’t get my hopes too high though.

Today is my day to do laundry. It’s one of the few chores I really don’t mind doing. It’s probably because it’s a no-brainer. I don’t use a hamper. I pick up the dirty clothes each day and put them in the baskets I have next to the washer; one for whites and the other for colors. On Monday morning, I gather up the towels and wash clothes and toss them into the baskets. Bed linen is done last so as soon as I get the first load started, I can take a break, which is what I’m doing now.

I really don't like just being a housewife. I hate that term too but for lack of a better one, it's the one I use. As Kathy Bates said in Green Fried Tomatoes -- "I'm too old to be young and too young to be older". And that's where I seem to be sitting and so, therefore, can't seem to find someone who will hire me even part-time. Mary Kay or Avon? No, I wish I could do one of those but my disability just won't allow for it.