Well well, my dear sweet big Brother, I finally made the time to sit down and have a nice chat with you. My thoughts were with you on October 4th, but I'm so overwhelmed (again) with work. The new guy and his supervisor both quit at the same time and your's truly got stuck filling in until some new guys get hired. So I'm ordering everything for the entire research department on top of everything else! Whoa, what a hand full. It's got me dreaming at night of doing the work, over and over, it's that intense. Little bit closer to retirement from last time we talked, so that's encouraging.
Enough of that - now on a good note - Sissy is having a baby girl and this Saturday is her baby shower in the park at Lake Elsinore. It's supposed to be very hot that day. I would rather have it at Chelle's home where it's nice and comfortable, but her husband Sam doesn't like to have us over there anymore. Christmas and Thanksgiving is all he's willing to tolerate. Can ya really blame him? tee hee!! No, really, I do understand, him and Chelle both are probably tired of all the preparation that goes into a family gathering.
Steven - I see that Pee Wee has cleaned up his act - wow that is a wonderful thing to hear. He said you helped him by visiting him one night in his dreams. That was a very Fatherly thing to do, Brother. You may have just saved his life. Way to go Brother!! I'm sure Mom had many prayers go up for him as well. Mom loves all of us so much. She's a good Mom. We were very fortunate to have her and Dad as our Parents growing up. So many other children are so much less fortunate, we need to count our blessings.
It's a rainy Sunday, I love it!! It's so cozy and comfy to be inside peering out the window seeing the rain drops drip from the awning. I remember last year, the last week of the year, new year's eve week, I was sick with the flu and I had the yule log scene playing on my TV the whole time, with the curtains wide open, and there was some rain. Even though I was sick, I enjoyed that week so much! I medicated myself with lots of Alka Seltzer Severe Cold & Flu so I only felt tired, the flu symptoms were totally masked. Snoopy would be on the floor right by me the whole time as I lay on the couch. My neighbor would stop by three times a day and take him for a short walk. I was kind of bummed at first b/c I had so much stuff I wanted to get done, but I'm glad the Good Lord made me stop and just relax, and create those warm and fuzzy memories. Funny how other people have their favorite memories of like a lavish European vacation, or their big beautiful wedding. And then my latest favorite memory is one like this. The Lord has satisfied me with the simple things in life. Good thing though - cuz he knows I just got a huge rent increase that is restricting me immensely. I'm lucky if I have a hundred dollars left for the month after all is said and done. I'm learning to be very very frugal. I go from store to store for groceries. My latest was pork roast for 69 cents a pound. When I cooked it and put all the meat in a bowl, wow, it would have cost me about 40 dollars for all that meat, and I only paid less than 9 dollars!! It was a lot of prep work though, like separating the bone and fat from the meat. Snoopy loved it, he was right there to catch any scraps that I threw his way. And I take advantage of "rewards" points that I get from my "Shop Your Way" membership with Sears and KMart. So far I've got 2 Christmas presents with my points. Last Christmas Chelle told me they weren't buying gifts, so I didn't buy anything either. On Christmas day, there I was at her house, and they all gathered in the living room to open gifts!! I freaked out and was never so embarrassed. I couldn't even sit with them, I went and hid in the bedroom until they were finished. Now I know I shouldn't have acted that way, but Steven, I was never so embarrassed in all my life. It has always been important for me to have gifts, but I trusted her that what she said was true and I was kind of relieved b/c you know, it's somewhat of a financial hardship on me to get gifts for everyone on such a limited budget. So never again, I will always have gifts no matter what anyone says. I certainly don't want to go through that ever again. Besides, I do love buying gifts - finding the perfect gift and using my rewards to buy it, it's a real thrill for me to get such a good deal! Mom used to get so mad at me when I would buy name brand drug store items instead of the generic. Michael would always tell me that she was rather disgusted by it and that I thought I was too good for the generic ones. Well, now she can't say anything about it cuz I'm the generic queen!! God has really humbled me by giving me a tiny budget.
I just had a thought - the income I make isn't shabby and I'm having to scrimp, it's gotten so out of hand with our society. The illegal immigrants are taking over the areas that I can only afford to live in. Oh my gosh, Steven, if you were here I know for sure that you would be a Trumpster!! I know you would definitely be voting for a President Trump! You would love him, he's so much like us, even though he's a billionaire, you'd never know it. He's such a breath of fresh air. Hillary Clinton hates him and she has done every imaginable wicked thing to discredit him. I can definitely see that God is on his side, and I pray to God "may the best person win" and I'm getting the feeling that he just may have a good shot at the Presidency. If he loses I will have lost all my faith in humanity. If he loses, then that's a sure sign that the good Lord is making way for the end of the times.
Hey Brother, Snoopy is staring at me wanting some kind of attention and I have to go to the bathroom anyway so I'd better get up and start taking care of my "business"! Gotta get things ready for the work week. Looks like the rain is letting up so I might just have to take the old mutt out for his walk.
Tonight I'm taking one of my neighbor's to Walmart. Even though she's a Hillary fan I do this favor for her. I have to pray real hard to not hold it against her, even though I can't imagine how anyone would possibly ever want her in the Oval office is beyond me. She should be in jail if you want to know the truth (that was a Michael statement!). He always said "if you want to know the truth".
Well, if you want to know the truth, Brother, I love you and miss you so very much and am anticipating the day we will be reunited in Heaven. Until then I will keep plotting along, doing my Christian duty of shining God's light within me, helping to bring all of humanity to Christ. On that note, I'll say toot-a-loo for now and I will be talking with you maybe on Thanksgiving, but for sure at Christmas time. Love Love Love to my Dear Wonderful Brother, your loving Sis, Cherre (& Snoopy).