Thursday, March 8, 2012
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Here we go again with a Blog problem. I called my tech guy and I will be going down to the store to see if he can get me back on track. Google asked me something, again, which I answered and it screwed everything up on my blog. It has something to do with Spam. What a giant pain.
Last night I attended a scholarship awards dinner that was given out by the Elks to deserving kids. It included children from grade school to high school and the amount given was $17,000.00. Some of these children were remarkable in their ability to hold a great grade point average and do community service, clubs etc. It is nice to know that that there are children in the world that still want to make a difference.
Today, I had a call from Vet man and he asked if he could come over for a short time to see me. I said okay when I found out it was noon and not eight a.m. in the morning. I'm not up for company at that ungodly hour. He called prior to arriving and ended up showing up about eleven thirty, which was fine. He had brought me a refrigerator magnet from the Caymans.....at least he thought about me.
I had a visit from my neighbor, Joy, who is Chinese. She stayed about an hour talking about her life and problems. It was good to see her. Her husband use to come over to see my husband before he died. It had been almost two years since I had a visit from her.
Tomorrow I have another Marine Corp Ball meeting in the evening. It is rib night so I will stay. Last night lasted to long. We were there at 5:30 and I didn't get home until 11:00. Believe me, I was tired and slept until 8:00 a.m.
I have a pretty quiet weekend coming up. I do have a dinner on Sunday night and we will see how that goes.
Have a good rest of the week.
Last night I attended a scholarship awards dinner that was given out by the Elks to deserving kids. It included children from grade school to high school and the amount given was $17,000.00. Some of these children were remarkable in their ability to hold a great grade point average and do community service, clubs etc. It is nice to know that that there are children in the world that still want to make a difference.
Today, I had a call from Vet man and he asked if he could come over for a short time to see me. I said okay when I found out it was noon and not eight a.m. in the morning. I'm not up for company at that ungodly hour. He called prior to arriving and ended up showing up about eleven thirty, which was fine. He had brought me a refrigerator magnet from the Caymans.....at least he thought about me.
I had a visit from my neighbor, Joy, who is Chinese. She stayed about an hour talking about her life and problems. It was good to see her. Her husband use to come over to see my husband before he died. It had been almost two years since I had a visit from her.
Tomorrow I have another Marine Corp Ball meeting in the evening. It is rib night so I will stay. Last night lasted to long. We were there at 5:30 and I didn't get home until 11:00. Believe me, I was tired and slept until 8:00 a.m.
I have a pretty quiet weekend coming up. I do have a dinner on Sunday night and we will see how that goes.
Have a good rest of the week.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
HOUSE OF USHER........
I swear I live in "The House of Usher." I've replaced everything in this house the last thirteen years. About a week ago there was a loud crash in the house. I was sitting in the living room and determined it sounded like the noise came from the bathroom. The towel bar, which has hung on the wall for thirteen years and which I never use, fell off the wall.
When Dez and I returned from the desert he tried to rehang it but the one little screw was stripped....don't ask me how that happened. Dez said he would bring another screw and a little tiny screw driver and fix it when he came back the next time.
Today the towel ring by the sink in the same bath fell off. With everything else that has been going on it about put me over the edge.
I texted him and told him I was living in "The House of Usher" and about the other towel ring. Instead sending me a text he called me. I told him about several other things that have happened that haven't been so great and laid into him about some of the events of the weekend. He told me that Lucie's mind wanders where it shouldn't and I was reacting to things to strongly.
I accused him of telling "Miss Bi Sexual" that he was going to be at The Nest and he swore that he didn't and that she didn't know he was going to be in the desert. He knows her from the city offices where she works and where he pulls permits etc. He also knows her husbands name. I still don't believe him. He said she was surprised to see him and I thought she just looked embarrassed. She was with a girlfriend that she worked with. I also wasn't going to let the draping body language go and he said it was because she was short....my response to that was b.s.....I've been around the block to many times not to know the score then I see it. Swear away little boy, mama didn't raise a fool.
Dez was getting his cold back and blamed it on staying in the pool to long. His resistance is down and any little bug that comes by he acquires. Devine retribution or a Scorpio curse upon you. I think the latter.
So, that is that little tidbit.
When Dez and I returned from the desert he tried to rehang it but the one little screw was stripped....don't ask me how that happened. Dez said he would bring another screw and a little tiny screw driver and fix it when he came back the next time.
Today the towel ring by the sink in the same bath fell off. With everything else that has been going on it about put me over the edge.
I texted him and told him I was living in "The House of Usher" and about the other towel ring. Instead sending me a text he called me. I told him about several other things that have happened that haven't been so great and laid into him about some of the events of the weekend. He told me that Lucie's mind wanders where it shouldn't and I was reacting to things to strongly.
I accused him of telling "Miss Bi Sexual" that he was going to be at The Nest and he swore that he didn't and that she didn't know he was going to be in the desert. He knows her from the city offices where she works and where he pulls permits etc. He also knows her husbands name. I still don't believe him. He said she was surprised to see him and I thought she just looked embarrassed. She was with a girlfriend that she worked with. I also wasn't going to let the draping body language go and he said it was because she was short....my response to that was b.s.....I've been around the block to many times not to know the score then I see it. Swear away little boy, mama didn't raise a fool.
Dez was getting his cold back and blamed it on staying in the pool to long. His resistance is down and any little bug that comes by he acquires. Devine retribution or a Scorpio curse upon you. I think the latter.
So, that is that little tidbit.
VETERAN MAN....
I had a lot of texts from Veteran man who was in Florida after the Caymans and stopping there to attend a meeting at the project where he has a place. They were having a homeowners meeting he was attending and then having dinner with old friends.
Veteran man also called a meeting for the Marine Corp Ball and wanted to know what day I wanted to have it. I opted for Thursday. He sent a blanket email out to the committee and the man that is co chair emailed me and others. I emailed back asking him to drive me and he asked if I would stay for dinner and libations. I said sure. I sure wasn't going to walk home.
Veteran man texted me all day from different airports on his way home.. He said he would see me Thursday if not sooner and asked if I would see him on Sunday. I said "yes." Why not? I'm not going to sit around the house pining for Dez who would leave in a minute without a look backwards. If I wasn't so involved in some thing with Dez I'd beat him to the punch. Those things will remain mine to know. At this point we can't say goodbye to each other, at least in a clean manner.
This morning I got another text from Veteran man who is working today. He does contact me every morning and night. I wish I could get my act together to feel more for him. He is so attentive. Why is it that you always like the bad boys....hangover from youth. I need to shake myself and get over it.
Have a good week.
Veteran man also called a meeting for the Marine Corp Ball and wanted to know what day I wanted to have it. I opted for Thursday. He sent a blanket email out to the committee and the man that is co chair emailed me and others. I emailed back asking him to drive me and he asked if I would stay for dinner and libations. I said sure. I sure wasn't going to walk home.
Veteran man texted me all day from different airports on his way home.. He said he would see me Thursday if not sooner and asked if I would see him on Sunday. I said "yes." Why not? I'm not going to sit around the house pining for Dez who would leave in a minute without a look backwards. If I wasn't so involved in some thing with Dez I'd beat him to the punch. Those things will remain mine to know. At this point we can't say goodbye to each other, at least in a clean manner.
This morning I got another text from Veteran man who is working today. He does contact me every morning and night. I wish I could get my act together to feel more for him. He is so attentive. Why is it that you always like the bad boys....hangover from youth. I need to shake myself and get over it.
Have a good week.
THE WEEKEND....
To start Dez arrived sooner then I thought he would. He caught a window in the traffic coming South on Friday and arrived at 3:30. We left as soon as the car was loaded up. The trip went fairly fast and we arrived in Palm Desrt at around 5:30, which was pretty good considering it was Friday. So everyone that bet he wouldn't come, lost.
He said he was going to take me to a place called The Nest which had dancing. He thought we should arrive early since the place gets packed with the AARP group. (That was what a friend of mine called them, and she was right.) We arrived there a little before 7:00 and it was already jumping. It was hard to find a seat and we finally had the waitress asked a couple of men that were sitting at a high table if they minded if we joined them. They didn't.
Prior to finding a seat we were wandering around looking for one and Dez ran into a gal that he knew. He has business in the desert and goes there once in a while. She was there without her husband and was well on her way to being well on her way. Dez never misses when it comes to women, they flock to him and he has the ego to go along with all the attention. She seemed to be a little embarassed to see him but then that changed.
After we got the seats with the men. ordered a drink and danced a few dances, the above women came over to the table and asked me if I cared if she danced with Dez. What was I going to say, no. I told her to dance away and she said she liked me even more.
She told Dez that I was prettier then he was, which he imparted when he came back to the table not happily. He then proceeded to tell me she was bi. Oh joy! Sorry, women are not on my list. Bi or not it didn't stop her from draping herself all over Dez, and he her while they were dancing. Not to mention it was fifties music which is my favorite. Now, I know I said go dance, but somewhere down the line there should be a little decorum. He came back and knew I was a little pissed, not about the dancing but about the body language. he asked what was wrong. I'm going home with you, ( don't do me any favors,) and he said she had asked if I receptive to a women. Good lord! Thank god he told her no. The whole scenario just reminded me that men are idiots.
I still think that he had more then just a passing encounter with her in the past, but he wasn't admitting to it. He said she had been texting him regarding a women that she was involved with that wouldn't go away. I wonder where her husband was in all this.
We stayed at The Nest fairly late, Miss I want to dance, three sheets to the wind, didn't come back and it ended Dez and I ended up okay. Blip one.
The next day we went to a sweet place for breakfast and sat on the patio near the fountain. It was all very pleasant. He needed to buy one of his grand daughters a birthday gift and was trying to decide if he wanted to spend the time doing that. I told him he needed to get it done since he is so scheduled with his time. He said he had a text from the above women that morning saying again that she thought I was pretty, I didn't ask what else she had to say.
We drove to the Outlet Malls and we found cute shorts and two tops. We walked the whole 130 stores and he bought some driving shoes. I didn't see anything worth while except some Judith Lieber purses that were in the thousands.
We drove back to the hotel and he went to the pool while I redid my nails and then joined him. We spent about an hour there and then went back up to the room to go to Sullivans for dinner. We had been told they had dancing but they didn't, or at least that early they didn't. We drove back to the The Nest which again was paced with no seating what so ever. I asked a man at the bar if there wasn't another place to dance besides The Nest and he said the Hyatt. We drove there and they had a combo playing with a few people.
The huge problem was the combo was encouraging two little kids, ages about 3 and 5 to dance and kept praising them. Dez was not amused. He said if he wanted to spend the night with his grand kids he would have gone to visit them. He ended up going to the manager to complain about little kids in the Lounge. They departed soon afterwards. What is wrong with parents?
That just made him pissy and he wasn't happy with the crowd and was basically blaming me for going there. That of course made me mad. We were on to Blip number two. It started to disintegrate from there. He drank a lot more Wild Turkey rocks then he should have and I kept my mouth shut getting more upset with him as time went on.
This other women, who he didn't know, came up and asked him to watch her jacket. She was, again, all over him. That was about it for me. I told him I was out of there and tried to get up from the seat. He wouldn't let me up and didn't understand what was wrong.......right! He said, "she came to me." I wonder what would have happened if I had availed myself of the guys there. He is such a horn dog even when he is trying to be good.
There was also a Mexican gal that was dancing by herself shaking her butt right in his face. Our seats were on the dance floor and low making it butt level. He at least didn't do anything to encourage her although he was breaking his neck staring at her.
The crowd got better as it got later, even though there were a lot of women there from Seattle dressed like old hippies. Not a good look. Ugly dresses and pants and really ugly shoes. Speaking of shoes. I had a new pair of heels on that were just killing me. I danced but it was painful. Those shoes are going to the Good Will. I had to take them off on the way back to the hotel. Damn, they were pretty.
We left the Hyatt went back to the hotel and the next morning without fanfare got ready to leave. Dez was totally hung over but chatty, although lit into some people in the lobby in the breakfast lounge, I wasn't there, because they wanted to change the news channel to cartoons for their kids. Talk about getting up on the wrong side of the bed. I think he stunned them.
We talked all the way home but I kept thinking I needed to change my venue. He was going to be gone the next two weeks traveling. We both say casual but I think, on my end, it is going to have to be over and out. It may take a while, but when I go out with someone they better damn well pay all of their attention to me. He doesn't get the concept. This was the first time that he actually ticked me off. I just wish I didn't like him so much and we didn't have fun together, at least most of the time.
I told him on the way home that it was fun while it lasted. He caught the lasted word, not fun while it lasts. When he was ready to leave the house after dropping me off I said goodbye, and used his name, which I never do. I always call him Dez. He more then caught that. He knew I wasn't happy with everything. You think!
So we'll see what happens in the next several weeks. Whether he calls or not, I'm not calling him or texting that is for sure. I did send him an email to thank him for taking me to the desert and received one back saying he had a great time too. Wonder if we were on the same trip. Actaully most of the weekend was pretty good, just a few blips. I really wish I could find someone close by that floated my boat like he does, so far I haven't although Veteran man wants to be the one.
Learning as I go.
He said he was going to take me to a place called The Nest which had dancing. He thought we should arrive early since the place gets packed with the AARP group. (That was what a friend of mine called them, and she was right.) We arrived there a little before 7:00 and it was already jumping. It was hard to find a seat and we finally had the waitress asked a couple of men that were sitting at a high table if they minded if we joined them. They didn't.
Prior to finding a seat we were wandering around looking for one and Dez ran into a gal that he knew. He has business in the desert and goes there once in a while. She was there without her husband and was well on her way to being well on her way. Dez never misses when it comes to women, they flock to him and he has the ego to go along with all the attention. She seemed to be a little embarassed to see him but then that changed.
After we got the seats with the men. ordered a drink and danced a few dances, the above women came over to the table and asked me if I cared if she danced with Dez. What was I going to say, no. I told her to dance away and she said she liked me even more.
She told Dez that I was prettier then he was, which he imparted when he came back to the table not happily. He then proceeded to tell me she was bi. Oh joy! Sorry, women are not on my list. Bi or not it didn't stop her from draping herself all over Dez, and he her while they were dancing. Not to mention it was fifties music which is my favorite. Now, I know I said go dance, but somewhere down the line there should be a little decorum. He came back and knew I was a little pissed, not about the dancing but about the body language. he asked what was wrong. I'm going home with you, ( don't do me any favors,) and he said she had asked if I receptive to a women. Good lord! Thank god he told her no. The whole scenario just reminded me that men are idiots.
I still think that he had more then just a passing encounter with her in the past, but he wasn't admitting to it. He said she had been texting him regarding a women that she was involved with that wouldn't go away. I wonder where her husband was in all this.
We stayed at The Nest fairly late, Miss I want to dance, three sheets to the wind, didn't come back and it ended Dez and I ended up okay. Blip one.
The next day we went to a sweet place for breakfast and sat on the patio near the fountain. It was all very pleasant. He needed to buy one of his grand daughters a birthday gift and was trying to decide if he wanted to spend the time doing that. I told him he needed to get it done since he is so scheduled with his time. He said he had a text from the above women that morning saying again that she thought I was pretty, I didn't ask what else she had to say.
We drove to the Outlet Malls and we found cute shorts and two tops. We walked the whole 130 stores and he bought some driving shoes. I didn't see anything worth while except some Judith Lieber purses that were in the thousands.
We drove back to the hotel and he went to the pool while I redid my nails and then joined him. We spent about an hour there and then went back up to the room to go to Sullivans for dinner. We had been told they had dancing but they didn't, or at least that early they didn't. We drove back to the The Nest which again was paced with no seating what so ever. I asked a man at the bar if there wasn't another place to dance besides The Nest and he said the Hyatt. We drove there and they had a combo playing with a few people.
The huge problem was the combo was encouraging two little kids, ages about 3 and 5 to dance and kept praising them. Dez was not amused. He said if he wanted to spend the night with his grand kids he would have gone to visit them. He ended up going to the manager to complain about little kids in the Lounge. They departed soon afterwards. What is wrong with parents?
That just made him pissy and he wasn't happy with the crowd and was basically blaming me for going there. That of course made me mad. We were on to Blip number two. It started to disintegrate from there. He drank a lot more Wild Turkey rocks then he should have and I kept my mouth shut getting more upset with him as time went on.
This other women, who he didn't know, came up and asked him to watch her jacket. She was, again, all over him. That was about it for me. I told him I was out of there and tried to get up from the seat. He wouldn't let me up and didn't understand what was wrong.......right! He said, "she came to me." I wonder what would have happened if I had availed myself of the guys there. He is such a horn dog even when he is trying to be good.
There was also a Mexican gal that was dancing by herself shaking her butt right in his face. Our seats were on the dance floor and low making it butt level. He at least didn't do anything to encourage her although he was breaking his neck staring at her.
The crowd got better as it got later, even though there were a lot of women there from Seattle dressed like old hippies. Not a good look. Ugly dresses and pants and really ugly shoes. Speaking of shoes. I had a new pair of heels on that were just killing me. I danced but it was painful. Those shoes are going to the Good Will. I had to take them off on the way back to the hotel. Damn, they were pretty.
We left the Hyatt went back to the hotel and the next morning without fanfare got ready to leave. Dez was totally hung over but chatty, although lit into some people in the lobby in the breakfast lounge, I wasn't there, because they wanted to change the news channel to cartoons for their kids. Talk about getting up on the wrong side of the bed. I think he stunned them.
We talked all the way home but I kept thinking I needed to change my venue. He was going to be gone the next two weeks traveling. We both say casual but I think, on my end, it is going to have to be over and out. It may take a while, but when I go out with someone they better damn well pay all of their attention to me. He doesn't get the concept. This was the first time that he actually ticked me off. I just wish I didn't like him so much and we didn't have fun together, at least most of the time.
I told him on the way home that it was fun while it lasted. He caught the lasted word, not fun while it lasts. When he was ready to leave the house after dropping me off I said goodbye, and used his name, which I never do. I always call him Dez. He more then caught that. He knew I wasn't happy with everything. You think!
So we'll see what happens in the next several weeks. Whether he calls or not, I'm not calling him or texting that is for sure. I did send him an email to thank him for taking me to the desert and received one back saying he had a great time too. Wonder if we were on the same trip. Actaully most of the weekend was pretty good, just a few blips. I really wish I could find someone close by that floated my boat like he does, so far I haven't although Veteran man wants to be the one.
Learning as I go.
Friday, March 2, 2012
VERY INTERESTING............
If you remember I mentioned that Veteran man was gone on vacations to the Cayman Islands with his daughter. Before he left he said he wouldn't be texting or calling due the cost from that distance. He did send that picture of the beautiful beach, but then today, Thursday, he sent me a picture of himself in a bathing suit.
I was watching t.v. and my cell phone dinged that I had received a text and lo and behold it was him texting away. This went on for about an hour with us going back and forth. Then the cell phone rang and it was him saying he was having cocktails and thinking about me. I should be flattered I guess. I do miss his banter that comes across via the cell text everyday. He is having a nice time with his daughter and they were headed out for a dinner cruise. His time share is right on the beach so it obviously is a pleasant place to reside for a vacation.
I'm continuing this on March 2nd. I've had so many texts from Veteran man we should write a column. The other thing that happened today is one of my Match guys came back into the fold. I have never met this man, as he lives in Las Vegas and comes to Los Angeles once in a while on business. The last time I talked to him he was leaving for Turkey and Greece. It was quite a while ago that we conversed, sometime last year, and I frankly forgot all about him. He said he thought he had lost my cell phone number but found it today and decided to call. He was in the Los Angeles area but was headed home. He asked if he could call me in the evenings.....I think he thought I went to bed at nine. Not! If anything I'm awake until at least 12:30 or so. I've always been a night owl and can't sleep worth a darn.
So, everyone was taking bets on the fact that Dez would or wouldn't show up to take me Palm Desert. I hadn't heard from him since Wednesday night, so I sent him a text asking what his ETA was today. I actually received a text back saying he was leaving Beverly Hills at 2:30, if he does that he will be here around four or four thirty. It is only forty five miles, but with traffic it takes two to two and a half hours. Then getting to the Palm Springs/Palm Desert area is another hour and a half plus more....Fridays are always a pain to travel anywhere. I called my friend and told her everything was on so she could relax.
Off to finish getting ready. If I was wash and wear it would be so much easier to go away. The toiletries are a killer to take. Shampoo, Conditioner, root lifter, hair spray, comb, brush, body lotion, perfume etc, etc, etc. Weighs a ton.
Have a good weekend and I'll report in on how things went when I get back.
I was watching t.v. and my cell phone dinged that I had received a text and lo and behold it was him texting away. This went on for about an hour with us going back and forth. Then the cell phone rang and it was him saying he was having cocktails and thinking about me. I should be flattered I guess. I do miss his banter that comes across via the cell text everyday. He is having a nice time with his daughter and they were headed out for a dinner cruise. His time share is right on the beach so it obviously is a pleasant place to reside for a vacation.
I'm continuing this on March 2nd. I've had so many texts from Veteran man we should write a column. The other thing that happened today is one of my Match guys came back into the fold. I have never met this man, as he lives in Las Vegas and comes to Los Angeles once in a while on business. The last time I talked to him he was leaving for Turkey and Greece. It was quite a while ago that we conversed, sometime last year, and I frankly forgot all about him. He said he thought he had lost my cell phone number but found it today and decided to call. He was in the Los Angeles area but was headed home. He asked if he could call me in the evenings.....I think he thought I went to bed at nine. Not! If anything I'm awake until at least 12:30 or so. I've always been a night owl and can't sleep worth a darn.
So, everyone was taking bets on the fact that Dez would or wouldn't show up to take me Palm Desert. I hadn't heard from him since Wednesday night, so I sent him a text asking what his ETA was today. I actually received a text back saying he was leaving Beverly Hills at 2:30, if he does that he will be here around four or four thirty. It is only forty five miles, but with traffic it takes two to two and a half hours. Then getting to the Palm Springs/Palm Desert area is another hour and a half plus more....Fridays are always a pain to travel anywhere. I called my friend and told her everything was on so she could relax.
Off to finish getting ready. If I was wash and wear it would be so much easier to go away. The toiletries are a killer to take. Shampoo, Conditioner, root lifter, hair spray, comb, brush, body lotion, perfume etc, etc, etc. Weighs a ton.
Have a good weekend and I'll report in on how things went when I get back.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
UPDATE........
What do you know, Dez actually called last night. He was still up North and told me he was planning on returning today, Thursday. He was suppose to come home on Tuesday but due to problems he needed to stay. He said it was cold there, but it is cold here so we are both freezing.
Dez told me we are still on for this weekend and gave me a name of a hotel in Palm Desert that we will be staying. He also said he had a list, at his home, of events that were going on in the area. So, unless he goes off into the sunset on yet another tangent, it looks like we may actually make this trip. I still don't count on it as his life is so crazy one never knows.
I suppose if I want to see him I just have to put up with his crazy life. Goodness knows when I was working fourteen and sixteen hour days I was never around to do things. If anyone knows about the constructionn industry it is me. You either put up with it or not. Having your own business makes it doubly hard.
So, today is a day of my getting things together. The pet sitter is coming to pick up the house key today at four and I will try to get my things together. I'll be ready if he makes it. One good thing is it is suppose to be close to eighty this weekend in the desert. It is always nice this time of year during the day. Nights however are cold.
Off to get organized.
Dez told me we are still on for this weekend and gave me a name of a hotel in Palm Desert that we will be staying. He also said he had a list, at his home, of events that were going on in the area. So, unless he goes off into the sunset on yet another tangent, it looks like we may actually make this trip. I still don't count on it as his life is so crazy one never knows.
I suppose if I want to see him I just have to put up with his crazy life. Goodness knows when I was working fourteen and sixteen hour days I was never around to do things. If anyone knows about the constructionn industry it is me. You either put up with it or not. Having your own business makes it doubly hard.
So, today is a day of my getting things together. The pet sitter is coming to pick up the house key today at four and I will try to get my things together. I'll be ready if he makes it. One good thing is it is suppose to be close to eighty this weekend in the desert. It is always nice this time of year during the day. Nights however are cold.
Off to get organized.
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