WUMZMEEZ WITH DUNGEON KITTY

MEET MY INTERNET PERSONA........WUMZMEEZ

THANKS TO DORN.................I HAD TO GO AND DO A MEEZ..................

 

SCHOOLDAYS

i received some really great news yesterday...........from my daughter.  she just turned 21, and has a fairly steady boyfriend (whom i actually like) and she has been out of school since she graduated at age 18.  she didn't know what she wanted out of life, but wanted to drink, party and kick back with her homeys...........well, she has done all of that for 4 years.  i didn't like the path she was heading down..........but it was no longer my decision, since she left home when she was 17.

we keep in touch and she often tells me that her "dad" (i use the term loosely, since he has never been in her life until she turned 17 and moved out of my house) can put her through college for as many years as it takes to get whatever degree she wants and it won't cost her anything, added to the Hope Scholarship.  she will also get about $900 a month funding.  but he keeps putting her off in getting her signed up, mostly because he is either "sick" or in the hospital.  he has been making excuses all his life, so this one doesn't count either.  so, she got fed up and decided to go it alone, and went to her father and got all the information, enrolled, got him to sign whatever papers were needed, and now she is going to school...............starting jan. 9th.  i am elated.  if she will stick to it, (and i think the money will be an incentive to do so) i will be even more elated.  i love my daughter more than life itself, and want the best for her.  i am just glad she is finally doing something with her life.................

you go girl......................

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Merry Christmas

 

to everyone out there in J-Land

 

PEACE

LOVE

HOPE

PROSPERITY

THE EMPTY TREE

a few years back she lost her home, and with it, many of her treasured items.  the gangs of "out of control" teens and kids living in the mobile home subdivision behind her home felt it was their job to relieve her of her belongings, many of which she had held onto for many years.  among these treasures lost forever were a christmas tree and all of the many christmas decorations she had purchased and received as gifts throughout the years of her life.  the thing that hurt the most was that all of the little ornaments her daughter had made throughout her life were gone forever. 

for two years she had lived either on the street or in someone else's home, thus she didn't have need for a tree.  this year was different.  she had a place she could finally call home, and the entryway window screamed out for a tree.  her landlord's caretaker had given her a 4 foot tree with lights when she moved in, and she doubted she would use it.  but having nothing else to put up, she put it in the window, plugged it in, and voila, instant christmas tree..............sorta.  there were no ornaments to adorn the tree.  so, though it had lights, it still resembled the charlie brown christmas tree. 

she was working one evening and found some fake birds that had fallen off some christmas picks they sold there, and she knew they would be cast in the trash, so she secured them for her tree.  three little birds...............

upon entering her home, she placed the three birds on the tree, and said "well done".  her heart still ached for more decorations to adorn the sad little tree.  she was sharing with a couple of woman customers at work one night about the story of her loss of the ornaments and the pitiful little tree she now possessed, but that it was pretty to her, because it was all she had...........

the customers shared some stories of their own christmases past, and then left the store.

a week later one of these woman came back to the register with a bag full of something, handed them to the woman and said "an early christmas present".  she looked oddly at the woman, then noticed the other woman standing off to the side, and looked at her as well, then peered inside the bag.  there were 5 beautifully plumed victorian birds and 5 bright red cardinals in the bag, all to adorn a christmas tree with.  the woman who received the gift burst into tears, hugged the anonymous shopper, thanked her, and had to retreat to the restroom to wash her face and clear her tears.  what a wonderful gesture from perfect strangers.....................

this is a lovely story of renewed faith in humanity..............so often the people we encounter during this most wonderful season are hurried, angry, tired and don't have a kind word for anyone.  it is refreshing to know there are still nice people out there in this embittered world..............

but the one thing that makes this story truly amazing is that it really did happen.......... TO ME!!!!!!!!  and now i have the most beautiful tree around.........not just because it has beautiful birds on it, but because a couple of strangers reached inside their heart and their pocketbook to make someone else's christmas a little brighter..............

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO FIND LOVE AND COMPASSION IN THEIR HEARTS, THIS SEASON, AND YEAR ROUND......................

OUT OF THE LOOP

Just a few words to let anyone interested know that I am still alive, though barely.  "Tis the time of year to get sick and stay sick.  I started with a dreaded sinus infection, due to the cold winds that blew through Georgia a few weeks back.  Then it trickled down into my chest, where that little green guy from the Mucinex commercial lives.  I caught it early though, and he didn't get much of a chance to set up house. 

I have worked through the sickness, other than over Thanksgiving.  I slept most of the day on Thanksgiving, trying to gather up strength to work on Friday and Saturday.  At my store, if you do not come in to work on the two or three days after Thanksgiving, you are immediately fired.........unless you have a death certificate for yourself or a loved one, or a doctor's note excusing you due to near death.  So, of course, I crawled in on Friday and Saturday to work. 

The really funny thing is this...........all of the new folks (mostly teens and young adults) that are seasonal help showed up for the days after Thanksgiving, but almost everyone called in on Monday..........sick.  Sure............

I am thankful I have a job, even though it often tries to drag my health down.  So many wonderful things have happened to me this past year, so when the bad things come along, I shouldn't dwell on them, but remember the good things in my life. 

I have a beautiful daughter, who, though often doesn't show it, loves me with her whole heart, as I do her.  I work with several girls around my daughter's age who don't have near the character that my daughter does.  They don't have the "stick-to-itiveness" that it takes to make it in this world. 

I am thankful I have someone to share my life with. 

I am thankful for a 110 year old roof over my head.......cracks and all.

I am thankful for my "cat from hell", Coatie. 

I am thankful for the very few but close friends I have.

I am thankful I live in a country that still believes in freedom, and is willing to fight and die for it.

I am thankful for the Christian agencies that have not only helped ME get through tough times, but countless others as well.

I am most thankful for Jesus Christ, my Savior. 

A few months ago, before I moved out of the "hell hole" where I was renting a room, I stopped at a local Chinese restaurant to eat.  I always like to read the fortune cookies, even though I don't put any "faith" into the fortunes.  Most of them, like this one, are fairly generic, and could mean anything.  But this one I remember.........I even still have it tucked inside my wallet...........

"THE COMING YEAR WILL BRING GOOD CHANGES TO YOUR LIFE"

Yep, it did.  I had lost my faith along the way, and needed something as small as a piece of paper tucked inside a cookie to remind me of it. 

 

 

 

LATEST CRAFT FAIR

well, i have finished another craft fair, and am glad i didn't start with this one or i would have never done another one.  i made $71 after all expenditures, but that wasn't enough to make up for the sleep i have lost lately making stuff to sell at the fair.  the big difference today was that there were nothing but vendors in the gym of the church.  before there were numerous other things going on since it was a fall festival and there were only four vendors besides me.

i am not complaining though.........it is more than i had before i got there.  plus i was commissioned to do several other items. 

the best part of the day was seeing so many of my friends from the church i used to attend, as well as numerous customers from my work.  i am currently running on empty, both energy wise as well as nutrition wise, so am going to make this brief.  i have to eat and nap.............really soon..............zzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.  huh?!  what?! did someone say something?????

i have been asked to do another craft fair on december 9th.............i don't know what my schedule is for that far in advance, but i am praying i have to work, lol.

ok, off to bed i go..........................with a quick trip past the refrigerator first..............