Robin's Nest

It has been another long week! Earlier this month DH said that the oldest son informed him that his computer was too old and that he should tell me to get him a new one.  So after considering a few options, h?e has a new computer.  This was not the best idea that the oldest son has ever had but we'll run with it.  He did not give specifics except that it had to be windows 10.  That made things a bit easier, since most everything new has it.. save the apple family. After contemplating between Costco and AAFES I went with AAFES. Now time to set it up! This is not my strong area and not his either.  But somehow we got through the password part and then couldn't get the poor thing to do much of anything.  Frustrated he closed machine and went back to his Surface tablet that he has had at least a few years.  Oh I don't know maybe the next day, maybe the day after, he tried to finish the set up... but he could not remember his password. These are secret ...

  So I thought if I just focus on learning how to use this iPad my font fight would be over... not so much.  But that alone is not the reason for this post. My work life and home life are about to change drastically.  This week I lost two workers who have been with me for over five years each. That's not long in the scheme of life, but it represents an investment in their lives, the lives of the residents we care for and the families who depend on us for that care. As I listen to the state of the union address I realize we have such privilege in this country to be able to choose our own path and to do what is meaningful to us no matter how trivial it may seem to someone else. This week I have taken time to try and figure out where I am and where I am going, the past shows up and reminds me that I have hurt so many people and the more I try to control which way my life goes the more I mess things up. If I could go back in time, oh if only!  Why is it that it takes...

For those who do not know me, I am forever "losing" things... not weight, things like car keys, paperwork, phones... what my phone? This evening I could take the mess in the girls' room no longer.  So I tossed the kids into the tub in hopes of washing away the "rare" spots that they had acquired while I was at work today.  I then pulled on my MOPP gear and headed into the depths of stuff in their room.  This is usually a Saturday event for me and then again on Wednesday evening and quick once over to clean their "table". However this Wednesday it did not get done.  For the past year I have been using my little Bissel bagless vacuum and it picks up pretty well.  But tonight was special! I have a new power head for my Rainbow system and I went to it with abandon! It made me realize how much I missed using my Rainbow.  The gunk that was in that bowl was thick as mud when I finally realized I did indeed have to take the girls out of the tub. While I drie...

The font fight again! Finally the right part has been located for the downstairs furnace.  Now the fun begins... connecting the gas line. This part always makes me a nervous wreck.. I can smell the least little escape of gas of course this is a good thing because DH cannot smell it all. So my job is to smell and worry and smell some more. I am good at my job. But tonight the smell is lingering a bit too long for me. I don't mind not having heat down here... it isn't that cold. The fireplace can be started and yes the smoke smell makes me nervous but not as nervous as the gas smell :)  I sometimes chalk the nervous bit up to him being a bit of a daredevil and taking unnecessary risks. Like flying a helicopter upside down... hey I don't care if he took first place in England in '86.  Some things just aren't worth the risk! Okay so there's no helicopter involved right now. But there is a history of buzzing the house, running without checking the fuel, and other...

This has been another long week :( Not sure if it is me or just the world that is off... Nope it's the world... my car is right side up.... just sayin' Not so pretty lights... you cannot even see the mountain   Glad I am not having that kind of day!!! I need to go out to the chicken house and see what "gifts" my girls may have left for me.  Always fun to find fresh eggs!  Or a stray snake... but it is too cold for snakes so maybe it will be eggs! Thank goodness for technology or at least I think I feel that way... could change if I cannot get my printer to work or the fax machine. The little girls just came and asked if they can get into the bath... that could be scary. I can picture floods and baby alive floating over the side and down the steps. But it is Tuesday... probably a week from the Tuesday that I started this post... Good news and Bad news There were 10 eggs today!  Say that would be 5/6 of a dozen... I think.. I digress the ...

Good Morning world and other concerned parties ;)! You really have to love road conditions that make you feel as if you are trying out for the ice capades lead skater. Or a forecast that says patchy ice instead of patchy dry areas :(. All said and done I made it to the city and those roads are pretty good. Be careful what you wish for. I am pretty sure I just lamented about not being on the cart any more and how I missed it... well here I am passing pills and going to meetings!  Oh yay! Now I get to do laundry for the independent residents and some of the skilled ones...going to be a long day! 8 loads done and only four to go. Hmm somewhere in this mess I have to go pick up a new phone.. mine has had a major meltdown :( But now I get to choose something else I might like..did I mention I am not good a choosing thins? My history of bad choices should support that...

It has been busy day for 4 out of 5 kids! Outside, inside, outside, inside... melting muddy snow! Lots of hot cocoa today, half a gallon so far. Dinner is ready but they are screaming for more snow ice cream They enjoyed the trampoline even in the snow....  Hard to stand in it... lots of falling down!  Good to get out even if you freeze your tush off!!  Not a ton of snow but enough to have a good time soon it will all be gone :(  Breakfast was good!  Eggs, potatoes and lots of wood to keep warm!  Warm, warm, warm! This should last for at least through the night tonight! The roads are pretty rough according my daughter who came out to get of kids, their district almost never cancels classes so she felt it best to challenge the drive... she qualifies it as a sheet of ice most of the way... ugh! I really dislike driving in the ice and I am not that fond of snow either but it is fun if you don't have to work.  With ...