A Happy Woman's Life Book Page 102

A Happy Woman's Life Book Page 102

By Amulbunny   

October 10,2017

Outside my window… 72, clear and windy

I am thinking…  Feeling better than before

I am thankful for…  fall coming soon

From the learning rooms …  10 new classes ahead

I can't believe . . .  what an ass Pence is.

From the kitchen . . . nothing sounds good today.

I am wearing…  Green Bay Packer tee shirt and shorts

I am creating . .  . The lesson plan for this Friday

I am going. . .  crazy but that’s normal

I am reading. . . the newest book by Follett

I am hoping…  my shoulder stops hurting a bit

I am hearing…  that damn bird screeching

Around the house… 2 dogs and boy

3 of my favorite things… steak, baked potatoes, green beans

A few plans for the rest of the week…

1.  Make a new folder for the new class

2.  Sort all my handouts for the class

3.  Take the cat food sample I got to Moms.

Here is a picture for thought I am sharing:

Fire season

There are fires burning in wine country and there are fires burning in Orange County. Both are devasting to watch. The wine country fires as of now have 13 dead, over 110 missing and nearly 1500 structures burned. Horrible.

Yesterday my son and I were driving out to campus to drop off the graded finals and the grade sheets and we went down the 405 to the 605. As we got closer to the 605 the sky darkened and smoke was in the air. My son said it looks like the end of the world. 4 miles later down the freeway and the sky is blue again. The wind was fierce. We got hit by a pine cone as we drove towards school because the trees were shaking. Last night the sky was pink with the smoke from the fires. It makes it very hard to breathe because of the particulates in the air.

Good news:
I'm teaching English this module. Have been getting handouts ready and am going to work very hard with this class. It will be 10 weeks and there will be a couple of weeks off. I am looking forward to it.

Life goes on, I worry about things that I can't control.

Peace
da bunny

A down day

This has been a pretty crappy few days.

I have a chest cold that doesn't want to end.

Last Friday, the 2nd to last class, only 2 students showed up. That was the night they were supposed to get their takehome finals. I had lots of stuff planned, videos, power points, and a lecture. We had an abbreviated class and I sent them home. I sent an email to the director of the school expressing my displeasure at the disrespect that was shown by none of them notifying me that they would be gone. It should be unsaid that common courtesy says you notify your teacher of your absence.

No reply. No nothing.I will go tomorrow. Collect their finals. Send them home. I will grade their finals, email them their grades, fill out the paperwork and walk away. I don't know if I'm going to teach for him again, I'd like to, but I'd be pretty vocal to the new class about notifications.

Yesterday a large table that my spouse put in front of a window fell over and it hit me. It was very painful. I took a muscle relaxer last night and slept ok, but now the pain is coming back. Why he couldn't take it out the garage is beyond me. That will be a project for this weekend. I don't need any more aches and pains, believe me.  

da bunny

To the victims of the 

horrific tragedy 

in 

Las Vegas

May you be escorted into paradise by flights of angels into the gates of heaven.

To those who were injured in the worst massacre in American history,

may your wounds be tended and may your recovery be eased. 

A Happy Woman's Life Book Page 101

A Happy Woman's Life Book Page 101

By Amulbunny   

September 28, 2017

Outside my window… 73 and sunny and breezy

I am thinking…  I didn’t need this cold today

I am thankful for…  cooler weather ahead

From the learning rooms …  2 classes left!

I can't believe . . . I got sick

From the kitchen . . . Soup, soup and more soup

I am wearing…  tee shirt and shorts

I am creating . . . the final for my students

I am going. . .  take a nap this afternoon

I am reading. . . a steamy bodice ripper

I am hoping…  things get better soon

I am hearing…  Air Disasters on Smithsonian

Around the house… 2 dogs and boy

One of my favorite things… comfy bed

A few plans for the rest of the week…

1.   Clean out my school drawers

2.   Make some pea soup

3.   Drive to Cerritos Friday for class

Here is a picture for thought I am sharing:

WHO IN THE NAME OF EVERYTHING THAT IS GOOD AND HOLY WOULD MAKE THIS???? PART 2

It's not that I intentionally go out and look for disgusting foodstuffs. I am on a message board and one day I was reading a new posting about a grifting preacher and his almost as disgusting wife...I won't go into it, but anyone who's only given 7 hours a month to see her children after a divorce, has problems. 

This person went wild over this dish of "man food". Called it weens and gravy. As they used to say on "Peoples Court", you be the judge:

How about this for dinner? Pink gravy? 

I love biscuits and country gravy but this might put me off my feed for a while. 

Enjoy!!!!

Da bunny

Random musings

#1 The second episode of Outlander was really good. I hope they can continue the momentum through the whole season. Anticipating the episodes shot in South Africa!

2. Hurricane Maria is going to trash more islands in her wake. They haven't even cleaned up from Irma and now Maria is coming through with 175mph winds. What can stand that?

3. Houston is trying to get back to normal. Piles of wet drywall and furniture and belongings are being picked up by trash trucks all around the city. Homes whose walls are torn down to the studs and hopefully the wood will dry out in a month or so. 

4. The first thing the NIMBY neighbors across the road bitched about was low flying jets taking off for Pacific routes between 0001 and 0230. Their houses rumbled. We're all 4 or so miles from LAX and sometimes due to weather, weight and wind flights use the reverse runways. It's not like it's every night. And usually, when it's really stormy, they'll land from the Pacific as well. Getovahit!

5. Now the NIMBY neighbors are bitching about the likelihood of a certain market going into an empty space where Albertsons/Lucky was for many years until they closed and Haggens came in and went out of business within a year. CVS has leased the entire building and will use half. The other half will hopefully be a market. A company called Grocery Outlet has expressed interest and the NIMBY's are out in force. My goodness, they are saying prevent them from invading our neighborhood. INVADE? Like they will bring a new classless society into the area? Will this store drop the property values on their 900K McMansions which they built on the footprint of 1940's bungalows (which now sell for close to 600K thanks to ZIP code inflation)?

6. Still no health insurance. I'm going to have to wait till open season and pray right now that the bill to end the Affordable Care Act doesn't pass. I've got so many pre-existing conditions that we will be priced out of the market. I get health care for my shoulder but I don't have insurance or the money to see a regular doctor. My husband pays through the nose for health care for himself. We couldn't afford the premiums for me. 
This is thanks to the Department of Labor who says that I should be working full time as something. But riddle me this, I take narcotics and strong muscle relaxants BID and I'm basically not good for anything. I have constant pain in my shoulder. This has been going on for 13+ years. Cutting my workers comp has led to all sorts of problems. Late for rent, late for everything. I wonder if my doctor can have me file a new claim for mental health problems? 

Hopefully, things will improve. They have to. I can't take much more. 

Peace.
da bunny 
Thank God football season has started. 

Why I love Outlander

http://www.mtv.com/video-clips/xhgwr8/mtvnews-series-after-hours-outlander-couples-therapy?xrs=share_copy_email Ty


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A Happy Woman's Life Book Page 100

A Happy Woman's Life Book Page 100

By Amulbunny   

September 6, 2017

Outside my window… 73 and sunny

I am thinking…  I could sleep all afternoon if there was a chance

I am thankful for…  the fires here to be ending

From the learning rooms …  4 more classes and psychology is over already!

I can't believe . . . Outlander S3 starts Sunday!

From the kitchen . . . Brats and beans tonight

I am wearing…  my jammers

I am creating . . . not much at the moment.

I am going. . .  to see the pain mgmt. doctor on Friday

I am reading. . . the 1^st two books in the Knightsbridge saga by Ken Follett.

I am hoping…  our unclaimed property gets processed

I am hearing…  Dr. Who reruns.

Around the house… 2 dogs and boy

One of my favorite things… Outlander!!!

A few plans for the rest of the week…

1.   Email one of the attorneys

2.  Get the dinner ready

3.  Relax if I can.

Here is a picture for thought I am sharing:

WHO IN THE NAME OF EVERYTHING THAT IS GOOD AND HOLY WOULD MAKE THIS????

I've been known to create strange dishes, but my god. Spaghettios jello with Vienna Sausage? 
It's just WRONG. Wrong. Wrong.

I never made Spaghettios for my kids because they smelled like puke. 

Some one thinks this is a wonderful idea. Even in all my years as a bringer of dishes to countless Lutheran potlucks, and eater of the same; did I ever encounter something so disgusting as this. 

WRONG WRONG WRONG!!!!



PS it's raining! I am so happy. 

Harvey

We've got relatives in Beaumont and Conroe. I've got good friends in Houston proper and in Alvin. All of them have been impacted by this storm. They are pumping sump pumps, have their cars full of gas and ready to leave at a moments notice. My in-laws in Beaumont have 2 generators and have been pumping their pool out because after 18" of rain over night it has overflowed. My friends have spotty internet and power outages. They said last night was one of the worst storms with thunder and lightning and pouring rain that they have ever experienced. 

I hope against hope that the agencies involved in disaster relief will have enough funding and outreach to be able to cope. Will the president, who signed disaster paperwork on Friday, let the funds loose to help people who will have medical problems due to the flooding.

When the waters recede, it's not going to be possible to live in those homes without tearing everything out down to the studs, if that. I am sure that there will be a lot of jobs for the building trades, but where they will live is another thing. Where the residents will live, like the aftermath of Katrina, is a huge problem. The trailers provided by FEMA were poorly constructed and had lingering chemical problems. 

This is the time to pull together. This is the time to rise above the things that have divided us. Whether the current administration can actually provide leadership is in question. We'll see after Tuesday when the president visits San Antonio. 

In the meantime, don't just send prayers, send money to Disaster relief agencies like Red Cross, Lutheran World Relief, Episcopal Disaster Services and any NGO that is working to provide help. Contact TIDE and ask them to being their washer and dryers on flatbeds to TX. 

the bunny