Ice Covered Tree

Ice Covered Tree
Originally uploaded by Andrea Rollier

While this photo was taken in 2008 @ Saratoga Battlefield, it reminds me of my childhood memory of an ice storm during the early 70's that shut down parts of the North East for about 10 days. We were without power for 2 weeks in rural Salem Ct, and actually it wasn't totally a bad thing.

Coffee Maker

Coffee Maker
Originally uploaded by Fosco Brown

Freecycle had a free cuisinart automatic grind n brew coffee maker up for grabs. I just happened to google it (mine is plastic, not exactly the same as the picture) and oh it's like 100 bux at the store. BUT the one I got has a broken gadget spring so you can't serve coffee before it's done brewing..... WELL DUH! You're not supposed to b/c it's not going to be even. Hehe.

Day 59: Wii Day!

Day 59: Wii Day!
Originally uploaded by Fanboy30

I suprised the kids with one.


My son had no idea, he just thought we were going to pick up a used guitar hero game, and used "guitar" to play it with. Heh. You should have seen Joe, and Tiffany for that fact.

are YOU talkin' to ME?

Bjorn Savage
Originally uploaded by super ninon

Priceless.

This reminds me of my idiot co-worker. But she isn't as cute or practical. Anyway she always has this rediculous sideways look, as she tries to look superior. It just makes her nose look bigger.

Underwater Dolphin

Underwater Dolphin
Originally uploaded by Richmann

I long for the quiet and feeling of weightlessness I had before. Things aren't really getting better, are they?

soarin' epcot

soarin' epcot
Originally uploaded by innitpam

Winter is inevitable but couldn't it AT LEAST be this beautiful and surreal? We are back from our WDW vacation. I am writing trip reports over on tripadvisor.com under the id 'n9' if you'd like to read 'em.

IMG_3369

IMG_3369
Originally uploaded by Sebastien Bretonneau

ahhh, those wonderful shexy blues. a trip to the paint store with this photo, and the matching results will make my life complete.

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast
Originally uploaded by DerekBrad Images

Less than a week. I can hardly stand it. All systems go. We "will" have lift off on Saturday morning at 0830.


(excuse me while I run around the house squeeling like a school girl)

fall treats

Today I took my Mama out shopping at 2:30 pm. By 5:30 pm I was an exhausted, stressed out mess.

O great, and now I just watched a commercial, then swung my chair around back toward the desk and *CRACKED* my knee when I tried to quickly push myself up to the keyboard. Ouch.


Work is swinging back and forth between great!! and truely bad.... someone that wants to go back to getting tons of overtime is actively and deliberatly trhing to drive me out. Example:

(I am in the hall working 20 or so feet from the nurses station. She had returned from her lunch break at some point when I didn't see her come back. She is sitting outside of my field of vision.)

A voice: 'Are you going ?'

*me not answering because I had no idea who she was talking to and about what*

A curt, loud voice two seconds later:

'PAM!!!' Are you going to break now??!!??


Frequently, she askes me a question she doesn't officially make sure she addresses me, and then when I don't answer her immediately she barks at me. Literally, because when she does it in front of the nurses aides, sometimes THEY even will sigh and make a comment about her rudeness, so I know it's not my imagination.

This happens a handful of times every single day we work together. I have had enough of her nonsense.

Grand Central Terminal HDR

Grand Central Terminal HDR
Originally uploaded by andy in nyc

Walking around inside GCT makes my heart skip a beat and my breath quicken. There are millions of souls walking thru here every year, each with a personal journey. It's too bad there's no way to just sit and people watch for hours. That's what I would do.

D&G @ NM

D&G @ NM
Originally uploaded by innitpam

I want this really bad, but do you know that I can get my dream flat screen with hd for about the same price? Well, if you didn't you do now.

Sunday 03

Sunday 03
Originally uploaded by tstreet

I've got one of those head colds that makes your nose feel stuffy sore and just plain huge.


I hope everyone out there in blogland is doing well. Me, not so much. *sniffle*
Too bad I can't taste or smell anything because I am dying to make this http://fortheloveofcooking-recipes.blogspot.com/2008/10/pumpkin-bread.html pumpkin bread from For the Love of Cooking.

Yet ANOTHER reason why I must go to Morrocco

And HERE IT IS:

http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/moroccan-chicken-with-apricot-and-olive-relish

NO it's not just a link. It's a recipe for the most tremendous, ferociously delicious chicken dish ever conceived by mankind! And where does it come from? Morocco!!!!! Frikkin $%^&*&^%$@! MOROCCO!!! For many years I have been wanting to travel there. To walk where moroccan people and animals walk. And to even breathe in the same air and dust and bits of twigs and hair that make up the dirt of Morocco.

Funny things is, I don't really know why. Maybe it's because an elderly man (who had a very fulfilling life) told me just before he died that of all the places he had been to in the world, his trip to Morocco was the best one ever. He couldn't really say why either. The food, the sights, the people, they were his favorite. I liked him. He had a successful Italian bakery in Groton that was open for about 50 years before he got sick and retired. He had a couple of great kids, and a beautiful woman, who traveled with him, and was at his side when he died.


So, I want to go. Really really bad.

singer delux zig zag 628

singer delux zig zag 628
Originally uploaded by innitpam

This poor baby was sitting out on the side of the road in Groton. The house was set far back from the road, in a very quiet country setting. It had rained, so there was still some moisture clinging to it.

I took it home and just ordrered the manual from an online seller. Tomorow I'll try cleaning and oiling to make it work. My other singer has a power cord which may work with it. We'll see.

if only

My realtor contacted me with another proposal from the seller (bank actually since it's a foreclosure).

I have them where I want them, HOWEVER, I do not have my income where I want it, nor do I have the house where I want it for that matter.

The 2nd job isn't providing me with any regular income as it had in the past years, AND the house is still sitting in a bad neighborhood. So despite a very nice set of conditions, I am still going to have to walk away.

O well.

'N'other news: I decided to become an Avon Lady! Sort of a whim, but what the heck. I've always liked the products, and I feel ready to commit to making it work, unlike the past times that I've tried rep jobs for Lia Sophia and Watkins.

THIS is what happens when you're helping. Your apartment is chock a block full of stuff. Furniture, more linens, more cleaning products than you can shake a dirty stick at, old photos that you thought were lost forever, etc.

Slowly making headway here, and I am, to be honest VERY thankful that she is letting me keep pretty much whatever I want. Hey at least I won't need to buy towels, curtins, or paper products for another year.

Salem CT circa 1945

Salem CT circa 1945
Originally uploaded by innitpam

here's the thing: we spent most of the day clearing out her apartment and we're not done.

this is a pic of my Mom when she was a young lady living on the farm. she was usually a ball of fire. she loved coffee, could drink a pot a day. she looks intense in pretty much every other photo I have ever seen of her so this one strikes a strange cord with me.

as a petite girl, she managed to get picked to squirm into tight spaces on the submarines in making at the Electric Boat yard, as one of the first women welders. I am definately not pro war in any way, bit I do feel proud of her for being trustworthy and conscientous enough for that responsiblity.

well, after all these years she has very precious few items from the past. all of her things have come from good will, and some items are in triplicate, i.e. the little veggie choppers and lidless coffee travel mugs, etc. there is, however a pair of older cameras that I am in love with. a tiffany style lamp she got from wally world will go in my daughter Tiffany's room. but all in all, it's going to be donated or junked.

some of her old photos are scanned, and I will be getting to scanning the rest next week after I recover.....from sorting and packing and lugging. from cleaning. from ending this long chapter and starting another one.

I wish I knew why this is so hard. They're just 'things'. I guess it hurts that I have no support during it. My own kids aren't interested in helping, and they work so they're understandably reluctant to drag boxes and what not at the end of the day. My sister lives hours away and has had nothing whatsoever to do with the process. My ex, any friends I thought I had, aren't here to help.

My Mom wants her little 147.00 deposit back. She's not going to get it regardless of what I do because there has been some minor damage to cabinets, and stains on the rug.

I am tempted to take what I want and walk away. I can make more than 147 dollars if I pick up one extra shift this week.

Disney - Mad Tea Party

Disney - Mad Tea Party
Originally uploaded by Express Monorail

I didn't sleep much last night. There were ideas about people and shapes outlined in bold lines that wouldn't stop whirling around no matter how much self-talking and distractions I tried.

If you've ever been stuck... well, most of us know how that feels. Most grownups have either rented an apartment or attempted to get a loan approved for a house, and things didn't go right.

I think I've had a very close call at being a victim of predatory lending practices. It seems that I'm going to be ok, but I won't really know for sure today.

Mickey Topiary

Mickey Topiary
Originally uploaded by pfeifferphotos

Nope, I can't get excited about this yet.

I told the scheduler at work I need time in November off, and she said "put it in the book". Also it looks like I am not guaranteed the loan for the house, so I might be out 800 bux AND lose the big old house by the sea.

Sorry, Mickey. I'm not in the mood.

Living Room - 3

Living Room - 3
Originally uploaded by Thrift Store Addict

Here's the thing.....

When ever I contemplate decorating with an island or 'tiki' theme, I start thinking about vacations. Then, well, I sit down to really enjoy meditating on the memories of Puerto Rico and Florida etc etc. I might even log on and browse pix of such things and then nothing gets done.

Can you imagine how totally unproductive I would be if I was actually living in a room with tropical themed pieces? And colors? And maybe some slack key guitar music and cocoanut air freshener?

Just because the people across the street have already painted a large mural on their house with palm trees and a sandy beach doesn't mean I could get anything done if my living room suggested the great room of a fantastic Polynesian hotel. Theres *already* going to be salty sea breezes coming into the windows. You couldn't pry me out of there if I had wicker furniture and a CD playing Mitzi Gaynor's "Gonna wash that man right outta my hair" in the background. Go to work? What, not when there is pineapple juice to drink and hula lessons to be had.

I wonder where I can get a vintage South Pacific movie poster?