Blah, blah, blah and I so really want to kick someone's butt...

 

Hello all :)  Hope everyone is ok... I seem to say that a lot in my entries lately, I need to get some brain mojo going and attempt to find some other way to open an entry.

Things are going o.k. here, everything thing seems to be per "usual" -

Work is picking up, yet it's not if that makes sense.  The tips are freaking awful.  For example these people came in, a couple - they run up a $60 dollar tab on their dinner... they receive excellent service from me, order taken promptly, menu explained, drinks gotten right away...food arrived as it should, they had dessert, packed up what they didn't want for them to take home, in general, I ran my ass off for them... they leave me $2.00.  Can you believe that?  that is just one example.  Sometimes I think some of the people in this area just have no idea how to act or what etiquette when dining out consists of.  Out of that $2.00 you can figure a dollar going to my tip out (for a busser that doesn't buss my tables, I do it myself, for the bartender that I didn't receive anything from during the shift and for the hostess - the only one out of this mess that deserves any of my tip out is the hostess because she seats people in my section.)  So, I make actually less than a $1.00 out of that being as the rest goes for taxes.  It is supremely aggravating and discouraging...very, very.  I'm sorry that I'm complaining.  It has been that way all this week.  I'm thinking of finding another restaurant to work at, then I think the backwards idiots around here would just be there to and I might as well stay in one spot.  (insert BIG sigh)

Heathen is not feeling well and I'm really worried about him.  I've been watching him like a hawk.  I don't know if it's his diabetes or his kidneys or if he is trying to get a uterine infection ~ he is urinating, just doesn't seem to be doing it as much as he usually does (with his diabetes he tends to urinate quite a bit)  he won't lift his tail up, it's like it hurts him to do so...that cat ALWAYS has his tail up in the air.  It's been almost 3 days of this so far.  He is eating as he should, drinking water (maybe not as much as usual but he's drinking) his nose is cool and damp...he has been with me over 10 years, he's my very best friend and has helped me through some terrible times in my life.  I love him with all my heart, completely and absolutely.  Please say a little prayer for him for me?  My heart will break if something happens to him and I mean that seriously.  I don't know if any of you knows HOW serious.  He may not be a human being?  but in my mind and heart he's done more and given me more love in return than ANY human being out there.

The weather is still beautiful, I'm very glad that it's finally settled in and all.  This time of year always turns me more introspective and with a "turning inside" aspect of my thoughts.  Is that strange? 

Cindy's Dr. has no idea what the heck is going on with her wrist, he has put her on a steroid to attempt to figure out if it's the nerves or if it's the muscle, if it's in the muscle the steroid should work, if not they will have to think of something else.  She has another appointment on the 30th with another Doctor.  Good thoughts out there for her also ok? 

Alright, I'm out of here.  I will try to write again tomorrow and tell you more interesting details about my life  LOL.

Blessings*****************

 

 

 

 

It's an entry lol

      

 

Good Morning  :)

 

Things are very pretty this morning (at least to me lol)  I've been up since 3:30 a.m., couldn't sleep, too many things on my mind and my back was hurting me so I got up anyway.

The weather is wonderful, reminds me of Oregon lol - the wind is howling, it's about 44 degrees out there - it's trying to rain a little so, in other words...beautiful LOL.  I feel badly for Cindy because she will be out in the wind today and she will be bone deep cold by the time she gets home tonight.  Her Doctor's appt. for her wrist/hand is tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. it's been swollen for the past few days and she can't even get the ring off of her finger from her right hand ugghhh.  Poor Baby :(

The boys are so funny, they do so NOT like that wind - it has all kinds of noises and smells to it that they don't understand.  Cindy took them out early this morning and she said it was like they were saying to each other "okay, lets go fast and do our business - go, go, go...I want back in the nice warm house and out of the way of the creatures that are in the woods"  LOL.   The back of our property is nothing but a thick dense pack of woods...so there are racoon's, owls, opossums, wild cats, coyotes etc. out there.  I won't go walk in the woods because of the spiders..they are everywhere and you never know when you will walk into one of their huge webs...yuck, yuck, yuck.  There are all kinds of insects out there - quite a few of them poisonous.

I was out on the carport earlier and there was a rather large gust of wind ripped through and I heard this huge groaning/creaking/crashing sound out from across the road in front of the house - either a tree went down or something ripped off of something over there (there are barns etc.)

Okay, guess that's enough for now... I hope everyone has a wonderful day.

Hugz**********************

hey, hey, heyyyyyy

       

 

Hello all  :)

 

Me again! can you believe it?? I can't  lol.

 

Cindy and I both had to work today, She got off work first, came home and started to work on the yard.  I got home and told her She was going to take some Cindy time, take a nap etc.  before this though her poor legs and feet were rather sore from being on them all week; So, I massaged her calves and feet for her then tucked her up into bed.  She's still sleeping and I'm glad for it, She needed this and by damned I was going to see that She did it.  Aren't I a good girlfriend?? I think so  LOL.

Anyway, the Boys are in their run feeling that wonderful Autumn weather that is zinging around here - f i  n  a  l  l  y  !!!!! 

Work for me was rather slow today, they had a parade going on downtown so everyone was there instead of in our restaurant like they should have been <grin>.

Tomorrow Cindy is taking her nephew to the Thomas the Train thingy... he loves Thomas :)  So She will be gone most of the day with that.

The b/f is gone tonight also, over at a friends house so that's leaving lots of peace and quiet around here - that woman can talk your ear off and She is always on the phone - how can one person have so much to say let me ask you??  Me? I'm rarely on the phone.  I hate it truthfully, the only people I talk on the phone to are Cindy or her Mom occasionally.  The b/f was gone last night also so Cindy and I were able to have a nice dinner at home and relax watching T.V.  The Boys were happy with that event also... they love it when we are both home and in the living room with them, they are totally content when that happens.

Okay, I'm going to go for now - going to see about bringing the Boys in.

Blessings everyone!

                           

Note about below entry

I just wanted to make a note about my comments on males in the below entry...

I didn't write what I wrote to offend any of the gentlemen that read my journal (if there are any besides Gazker and Russikins <grinning at Russ>)  the one's I mentioned below are NOT gentlemen, they are idiots.  I have had in my past some very bad experiences with men and things like that bring about memories I'd rather not remember at any time but they will always be there (the memories) luckily because of the PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder for those of you that don't know) I have lots of empty spaces in my memory, for which I know I can be grateful seeing as how what I DO remember makes me feel.

So please, do not be offended or hurt.  I don't view all men the same, just slugs like the one's I've mentioned below.

Love you******

 

Experiences of a Waitress Pt. 1

               

Good Morning All !

 

I'm attempting to make more frequent entries so if I seem "harried ~ scarried" please forgive lol.

I don't know if I've mentioned before but I work as a waitress in a italian restaurant...a pretty popular one.  It's hard to be able to become a server at this place because of the training involved etc.  you have to completely memorize the menu, each ingredient in every dish, every wine etc.  I am good enough and have been doing this long enough that it really wasn't any problem for me.

Well, let me tell you, I can tell you some horror stories about the "guests" - I swear some of them have never been taught about dining out etiquette i.e. tipping practices etc. The kind of "guest" I hate waiting on the most are middle age single office women (I say this because they very apparently work in a office somewhere) and men in their 50's that come in the place wearing polyester and knit with their guts hanging out over the belt. Makes me shudder just thinking about it.

 

 

Okay, the women...at lunch time you know they come in on a limited time bracket.  They inevitably chose soup and salad (unlimited) and they want this, they want that, very picky creatures.  Some order dessert afterwards - I've noticed that some order the dessert taking the longest amount of time to make very close to the time they need to leave to get back to work, then they complain about the time and say they need it to go - we have to get one of the managers involved then, whenever there is any type of discontent showed.  Then of course, the manager has to give them their dessert free because of the length in time it took.  Can we say that to me it almost equates to fraud or stealing.  THEN they leave you the crappiest tips imaginable, doesn't matter that they received damned good service...they tip miserably RARELY do they tip even 15%, I'm sure that gives you a clue as to what they do tip.  In Texas servers only make $2.13 an hour + tips - in Oregon I made at the time $6.35 and hour + tips.  I hate those kinds of "guests" I feel like saying to them, if you aren't prepared to tip for demanding services of me, then you need to go to McDonalds or Burger King.  Not here.  Servers remember people like that and you can almost be guaranteed that you won't get good service the next time you come in - you mess with our income? then don't be surprised to make your next dining experience as miserable as possible.  That may seem small, but I'm sorry how would you feel if your boss started taking small amounts of money out of your bank account for fraudulent reasons?   to me that is what it is.  So remember little things like that the next time you go out to eat in a restaurant, tip accordingly at least 15% because you WILL be remembered & the word passed around to other servers so they will know you when you next come in. LOL.

As far as the males that I mentioned?   A day earlier this week, they look and treat you like "the little woman" or like a hooker. They leer at you, make comments etc. 

This one "male" reached out and grab me around my waist and was calling me Mother Teresa (like the other a**holes at the table) and said "yea, I know what I'd like to do to YOU little lady" well, I'm not little by any means lol  I'm voluptuous.  I looked at him like he was the scum of the earth ( which to my mind at that point he WAS scum of the earth) and said perfectly straight faced..."yes, and I know what I'd like to do to you" and yanked his arm from around my waist.  To me?  no one has the right to touch you without your permission, period.  I've grabbed males around the throat for less...or grabbed their balls and threatened to rip them off and shove them down their throats for touching me.  I don't like being touched for the exception of very few people.  Maybe I'm strange about that I don't know.  Whatever, it's theway I am.  So, last night I was sitting at the kitchen table with Cindy eating and I mentioned this happening to her... the b/f said I should expect that kind of behavior from men sometimes.  I looked at her and said "I'm not a prostitute or a whore and I don't work in a strip club or someplace like that, NO ONE has a right to touch me without my permission, period."  Got me riled up.  I felt like saying "do you allow men to grope you where you work?"  I wanted to say some other things to but I didn't.  I behaved.  

 

The temperatures are finally dropping even more here, I love it.  Seems like I've been waiting forever for this time to get here.  The boys are loving it also...they are able to stay out in their run longer and play.

Tonight, I'm going to fix dinner  ~ Breaded Pork Chops, Homemade Mashed Potatoes and a veggie...not sure what tho.  I have GOT to get Cindy to try something besides green beans, creamed corn, carrots or canned peas (she hates frozen peas, has to be canned peas) or pinto beans LOL. 

 

Alright, I'm out of here.  Thought practice just plummeted LOL.

 

 

 

 

 

hum drum pt. 2 (NOW it's back???) where the heck was it this morning??? (the entry before this

 

Okayyyyyyyyyy, seems as if AOHell did in my last entry so I am attempting to rewrite what I did yesterday   It's still not acting right or at least with me it's not.

 

I hope this entry finds everyone happy, even just a little bit so.  I know that it's not always the case and as human beings we are as susceptible to sadness or discontent as anyone else.  Heck, I know I have to fight to be optimistic quite a bit personally

Cindy & I got the new fencing and new gates done this weekend, She did a wonderful job and She's so proud of herself    I'm proud of her too!!  The boys are loving the new run... Also managed to get some of the trees on the property trimmed up,  just have to get it all gathered and taken to the dump (remember we are in a pretty rural area) Cindy is talking about getting a couple of burn barrels to burn the leaves once they start really falling, in order to do that though we will need to get a bit more rain ~ it's too dangerous to do that otherwise.

She (Cindy) has developed something wrong with her right wrist and forearm, we are thinking Carpel Tunnel, but we aren't sure - she has a cyst on the outside of her right wrist that might be the culprit also ... it seems to have increased in size and it might have attached itself to some of the nerves there and that could be the problem, either way She has an appointment with a couple of specialists in the next couple weeks to check it out and see if she will need surgery.  She really needs her right hand and arm because of the kind of work She does.  It is imperative really.  I will warm up some towels when she get's home and wrap them around her arm for awhile to see if thatrelieves the pain any.  I hope so 

Speaking of Rain, we had a wonderful day of it yesterday, storms to my hearts content and it's getting COOLER thank goodness.  It is supposed to rain tomorrow also so I will keep my fingers and toes crossed for that to happen.

Took the Boys in to be groomed on Saturday and they were SO not happy about that but they looked so nice, clean (we bathe them weekly), freshly trimmed, their claws trimmed etc.  Since I had to work Cindy and her b/f went to pick them up and Cindy says they were so  happy to be out of there and back home it was laughable almost.

I'm gone, I can't think of anything else I might have written yesterday  

Hugz and *************** to all of you.

 

hum drum

 

Life is going...going...on  LOL.  I hope this entry finds everyone ok.  Not much been going on in this neck of the woods really, just the usual work, work and more work; either for myself or for Cindy ~ last weekend She finished the backyard fencing project for the boys, this weekend she got the gates done...the boys love it (I think you can tell by the photos below).  I love those dogs with a passion...Heathen and Kizmet too of course.  Heathen has taken it into his head that the dog's bones (toys) are HIS.  Sheesh, he lays all over them and when the boys try to get them back he hisses at them, doesn't hurt them or anything just hisses, like back off bro... you gave up your chance, now they are MINE!! (laughing).  It's so funny to see.

 

It's been raining all day today, I was up at 4 a.m. this morning and it started storming at 4:25 and it's been raining off and on all day... I LUV it.  We haven't had a good rain in a while now and we needed it badly.  The weather also has started to slowly but surely cool down.  I'm very happy about that also.

 

As some of you know I love horror movies.  This coming Friday (the 19th) the horror movies start at night through Halloween.  Isn't that excellent??  I'll be recording them while we are asleep because Cindy doesn't particularly care for horror flicks... soooooooo I have to watch them by myself (sigh).  Most Haunted on the Travel Channel has finally started their new season too...as well as Ghost Hunters on the Sci Fi Channel.  I wish I knew why I enjoyed this kind of programming so much... but anything Paranormal instantly has my attention.

 

Okay, going to go for now... will write again this week.

 

Hugz and Blessings to all of you.***********