Katy's Happenings....

This is a repost from 2011 There are some people that consider Facebook evil. Can you even imagine? There are some people that will not get on Facebook at all for fear that people might get their information and use it in the wrong way. I know that this can be true. However, I have found that Facebook can be fun! I have found more people that I have grown up with as well as distant cousins because of Facebook. We have a connection that we would not have without Facebook or the internet. Some of my acquaintances that I knew from school have now become my friends. When we were in school there were certain groups, the surfers, the kickers, the band geeks and the guys into sports to name a few.  I don’t think too many people adventured into a different group too often. We stayed within our groups during high school. Now we are much older and wiser (cough) we do not have the stigma of having to stay in our different groups and we can adventure out and get to know people in a different...

Before you agree to working for someone online or having a financial arrangement with someone: Read the fine print! I found this out the hard way. I have been working through Freelancer to work on projects for people. There is actually reports of this company being a scam. I think they get away with stuff because the not knowing newbie freelancer (me) messed up and didn't read the fine print until they took out money I wasn't expecting!    Freelancer charges a fee to the person that has the project and the person that works on the project. I don't mind having to pay a little fee but 206.00 and 236.00 is rather extreme! What is worse is that they take the money out before I even get paid!   I am still trying to resolve this but I have definitely learned my lesson. What a mess this was! I had to get our bank to block all transactions with Freelancer. They kept trying to get money from me when I had already cancelled the work job. I even deleted my Freelancer accoun...

October 6, 2015 Wow, it has been forever since I have written on my blog! I had to search my name on Google to find the URL!  I was just reading my old posts from when I was working at Walmart. Sheesh...I don't miss that job at all! So much has happened since 2004 when I wrote about that.    I hope to get better at blogging. So much has changed. I have my Masters in Special Education and have my certificate to teach. However, I have not been able to get and keep a full time teaching job. It is so frustrating. We are empty nesters and have been for  almost a year and a half. Kristina lives in Louisiana near New Orleans with her fiance' Cade. Justin is living in downtown Charleston with his girlfriend Kylie. He has been out of the house for 3 years now. He is going to Trident Technical College. James and I are on Kiawah Island staying at a one bedroom bungalo. We have been here almost a month now. Willow our 2 year old lab mix is with us.    This past we...

   Sitting in my recliner listening to Christmas music from one of the radio stations.I remember James saying just last week..."I don't want to hear any Christmas music until the week of Christmas". Well he is the one that has been putting the music on. (snicker) It is hard to believe that it is about 6 weeks away! This year is growing to an end rather fast.  We usually would be at church about now but James was coughing most of the night and still doesn't feel very well. So we stayed home today. The church we have been attending for the past 5 weeks or so has three services so maybe we will make it to the 6pm service. James is gearing up for the Dallas game this afternoon. The game is not showing on TV so he has to go to the sports bar.   The past couple of months I have gotten into "Couponing". I am not quite as good as the ones of Extreme Couponing but I have been able to save money. It truly is a game of knowing when to buy stuff. I never thoug...

    There are some people that consider Facebook evil. Can you even imagine? There are some people that will not get on Facebook at all for fear that people might get their information and use it in the wrong way. I know that this can be true. However, I have found that Facebook can be fun! I have found more people that I have grown up with as well as distant cousins because of Facebook. We have a connection that we would not have without Facebook or the internet. Some of my acquaintances that I knew from school have now become my friends. When we were in school there were certain groups, the surfers, the kickers, the band geeks and the guys into sports to name a few.  I don’t think too many people adventured into a different group too often. We stayed within our groups during high school. Now we are much older and wiser (cough) we do not have the stigma of having to stay in our different groups and we can adventure out and get to know people in a different way. ...

This day didn’t start out very good. I ended up waking up at 5:30 thinking it was 6:30. I looked at my watch wrong. When I was trying to look at the computer I couldn’t focus on the words on the page. I thought maybe I was still tired. Turns out I had the wrong glasses on. I had put James’ glasses on instead of my own. It reminds me of the scene with Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton in “Somethings Gotta Give”. Well then right after James left, I had the big door open and only had the screen door closed where I could at least look out. The couple next door motioned to me to come outside. I came out side and looked at what they were pointing at and it was Molly, evidently she had been dead for quite a while. She didn’t look like she had been hit by a car so I am not sure what happened. She was pregnant and the only thing that I can guess is that she wanted to have the babies inside and just didn’t make it home in time. It is one of those things we...

     Yesterday, I started my book that I got, Hatteras by Alice Wisler. I waited until after supper to really start the book. Once I started it, I had a hard time putting it down at 11 last night when it was time to go to bed. I also started it back up this morning for about 30 or 40 minutes while drinking coffee. James asked me, “Why don’t you just savor it for a bit, instead of reading it all at once?” I think I get that from my mom. She was always reading books. I dare say she read at least 4 or 5 books a week if not more. It was rather appropriate that the last few years of her life she had a bookstore for used books. I also worked on cleaning out our closet, yesterday.. I can at least get into the closet and find stuff now. I plan to hang up some pictures and finish straightening some stuff up today. I took some Motrin in hopes to getting rid of my headache that is brewing. I usually take Excedrin but am out of them at the moment. Maybe...