One Day At A Time

Hello Nice People,

                      Well, I was going to do a wonderful, soul stirring, never forget entry tonite.  but I just can't do it.  I had some good things to say but I don't have my entire mind on what I am saying.  I am on POLITICS OVERLOAD!.  With one eye on the computer and one eye and 2 ears on the Television and the Convention.  I just love this stuff.  Even if it is dumb. Bill O'Reilley, Dick Morris, Pat Buchanan, Laura Ingraham, Ann Coulter,  Joe Lieberman.........It's too much to  digest all in one night.  And Hubby is in the bedroom stuck with the little TV.  Its my night and Sci Fi Be damned!  I have my cup of tea, my footstool and my undivided attention.

                       And I am  OUTA HERE..............Bye All

         Marlene

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Hello Nice People,

          There they are.  Who woulda thunk!  I just hope its not a death-nell for McCain.  What a risk to take.  I was hoping for Huckabee or Lindsay Graham or Kay Bailey Hutchinson from Texas.  Time will tell.  They have a lot of work ahead of them.

         I did not have the computer on for 2 or 3 days.  When I turned on this afternoon, I had 280 Emails.  Mostly Journals.  We had a busy few days.  My BFF and Neice were visiting Ocean city for the week.  So after they got the beach and boardwalk out of their system,  we spent some time together.  We went out to eat a few times.  Thursday, we went to Oyster Creek Inn for a good seafood dinner.  Of course hubby and I are on a low carb diet....so no fried food, no potatoes or dessert.  And hubby is not one for going off once he gets started. Wahhhhh!  Yesterday, we took a ride to Cape May to the Lobster House and ate out on the deck.  That is really nice and I know they enjoyed it.  They are back home  today and life is back to normal. 

      Thursday, we had new blinds installed on our front porch. 

This is before

This is after

In the other direction

Of course it is so much cozier and gives us some privacy when we are sitting on the porch. 

          Christine from STRUGGLING WITH MY LIFE asked  the question, What Keeps you going?

What keeps me going?  Well, I guess my life has little turmoil.

 

I have a good husband.  He is 63, I am 64.  We were high School sweethearts, and how lucky can I be to still be together.   My worst years were when my mother was here.  We went thru some hard years when she was sick and before she passed away.  My mother was a very diffucult person to get along with and there was nothing I could do to make her happy.  My father  lived 13 years after she died and I have thought many times that they were the best 13 years of  his life.  Then it was rough at the end of  HIS life.We have nothing fancy.  A small red house.  We moved in here when we got married 41 years ago.  The money was tight when the kids were home.  But now they are both married and have families of their own.  And they have their financial struggles, so we help when we can.  We added on to this little 2 bedroom years ago.  I think our 1 or 2 splurges are our 2 Suburbans.  I wanted a Suburban when we were young and could not afford it.  We bought the first one in 1988 and still have it.  Hubby drives that one and mine is a 2001 or 2002(somewhere in there).  And I don't care how high gas goes,  I will put my Suburban on blocks if I have to but I will not go to a litle car, (I don't like little cars.!) 

 

This is the old one.

When we bought this one, We thought life couldn't get any better.  We had made it. LOL

 

We bought this one  in 2002.  We live in a good neighborhood.  We were the kids when we moved here.  Most of the neighbors were in  their thirties back then, and now they are 70-75.  We are all still here except one.  So we have become close.  So I guess thats what keeps me going.  Life is GOOD!

 

                                                              

                                                     Marlene

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Hello Nice People,

                 Good Morning,  I am up and out the door.  Nick, the grandson is going on a fishing trip with a family who has invited him.  Of course I volunteered to take him so I can check out the boat and the life jackets......in other words Grandmom can't mind her own business.  So I have to find the Chestnut Neck Marina....IN THE DARK!   Wish me luck.

                                                                      Marlene

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                                        Hello Nice People,

 

              I found this meme from Linda over at Lindas World.

 

 

A is for age:  Just turned 64......Will you still love me when I'm 64?

B is for beer of choice:  Root Beer here too, never liked beer

C is for career right now: Lowly school bus driver, 32 years 

D is for your dog's name:  Gloriebelle,  a little Min Pin with NO hair

E is for essential item you use every day: Hair dryer

F is for favorite TV show at the moment: Fox and Friends, right now the Democratic Convention  

G is for favorite game: Oh no!  I hate games 

H is for hometown: Atlantic City NJ

I is for instruments you play: Drums...Alumni of Drum and Bugle Corps.  I will tell you about it some day.

J is for favorite juice: Tomato

K is for whose butt you'd like to kick: President Bush for tricking me into voting for him.  the first time, not  the second cuz I saw thru him.

L is for last restaurant you ate at: Atlantic City Sub Shop

M is for marriage:  Hmmmmm.....comfortable

N is for Number of Piercing's: Two thats all 

O is for overnight hospital stay: Gall bladder sometime in the 90's

P is for people you were with today:  70 other bus drivers.  Then Carole and I took a ride to the book store and to Shop Rite.

Q is for what you do with your quiet time: Computer, I spend  too much time and sometimes I say a Rosary.

R is for biggest regret: We didn't have money to send Melody to college.  I spent life fat and I didn't confront my sister and ask her "Just what is your problem". 

S is for status:  Happy, comfortable, employed.

T is for time you woke up today: 4:30 AM came out and put on the news

U is for what makes you unique:  I love all the animals in the world

V is for vegetable you love: Brocolli Raab with garlic and olive oil 

W is for worst habit: Putting things off til the last minute.

X is for x-rays you've had:  Knee a few years ago

Y is for yummy food you ate today:  On a diet so nothing is yummy just tolerable  

Z is for zodiac sign:  Leo

                                                            Marlene

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Hello Nice People,

               I hope everyones Sunday is relaxing.  I tried to do Rachels Wordle thingie, and it worked but I could not get it to go into my Journal. 

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Hello Nice People,

          Well, guess who slept in the back bedroom lastnight?  Me-me-me!

There was just one two many creatures in the bedroom.  These two........

And this guy...........................

I can put up with spiders, they don't bother me in the least.  I just put them outside.  Beatles, any kind of bug, but these little so and so's send me running and yelling for the ole boy to "Get in here and get this damn bug.   This is a Camel Cricket.  Regular black crickets I can deal with but these things.....they look at you and then they jump at you.  We haven't been bothered with them since last fall.  But here is the first one.  they come up through the heater vents.  Whenever I take a shower, I slowly pull the curtain back and check the tub, because they also come up the drain.

I wish he was this cute.

Me, 1963

                                 

                                                      

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Hello Nice People,

                      I Know,  I have been bad.  Have not had an entry for 2 weeks.  Actually, I have been vacationing in Dubai.

NOT!!!!!!!!!!!

But I DO have a relative who went there for a vacation.  Or so she says.  How do I know, she may have hid out behind Wal Mart for two weeks.  I just cannot imagine going to this place for vacation.  But apparently it is becoming very popular.  And I find the place fascinating from afar.  I keep watching the progress they are making on that hotel, the Burj Dubai.

Burj Dubai Official Website    But as for vacations,  that is not for us.  We don't really go anywhere.  We are not travelers.  I enjoy just being at home.  I would rather spend the money on things for the house. 

     We are on a diet.  We haven't dieted for a looong time and have let things get out of control.  Hubby has been having a difficult time keeping his Sugar down, and I was beginning to show some signs of high sugar.  So it is time to get back on the horse and pay attention to what we are eating.  so we are doing the low carb thing.  It has been two weeks and we have both lost 8 pounds each.   Lots more to go.

      Summer is winding down and I have 2 weeks and a 3 day weekend and back to the old grind.  I'm  not looking forward to going back to work.

School start September 3rd. 

But everyone says if I retire, I will be bored.   So I will give it another 2 or 3 years.

         I am watching Michael Phelps and his mother  being interviewed.  He is telling stories of how he was always bullied and picked on throughout his life.  Well  to everyone that picked on this kid,  he can finally say "PFFFFT."

     As I sit here typing,  It is getting dark out and I  can hear hubby outside splitting firewood.   The chain saw has gone silent so I better go and check on him.   He is probably finished for the night. 

          Good Night all, talkatchalater................

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Hello Nice People,

             Today was a busy one.  I had 4 or 5 things to do and places to go today.  I didn't even get a chance to do a Food Friday entry.    I have to renew my bus drivers license in October.  So that involves a physical, fingerprinting and a few other pain in the arse things.  I went for blood work yesterday and the doctor called today and said he wants to see me next week because my hemoglobin is too high.  I was already scheduled to see him next Friday.   My life just goes along with no real medical issues.  But I am getting older and I know things are going to start showing up.  I am overweight but until now never had a sugar problem.   I never feel really good, but I never whine to others and I just shrug it off and keep plugging along.  I think I always felt that  no one wants to hear my problems, they have enough of their own.....and if you give them two minutes they will tell you all about them.  Hubby is diabetic and checks his sugar every morning.  A week or so ago he checked mine and it was  high.  So I had a feeling something was coming down.  The scary thing is that if my physical shows high sugar, Motor Vehicles will take my CDL license.  Gotta get serious about losing some weight so that Diabetes doesn't show up.

          Its a sad day here at the Jersey Shore.  We lost 6 local people in a plane crash in Minnesota.  One from Margate,  one from Absecon, 4 from Galloway.  They were all executives from the new casino project that is going up in AC.  It seems like everybody knew one or more of them.  How fragile life is and JOB TITLES and MONEY mean absolutely nothing. Loving, living and respecting one another is the KEY to this life here on Earth. One day we will all be gone and what will our legacy be? No one gets out of here alive.

                                                  Marlene

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Hello Nice People,

                              Wow, what a rain storm we had today.  All the thunder and lightning you could ever want.....or not want.  Little doggie Gloriebelle will never be the same.  She has been shaking since it started.  And then,  the electricity went out.  Its funny how you don't think about the electricity until you don't have it.   Within the first 60 seconds of no electric, I almost put something into the microwave, (oops), turned on the kitchen light, (oops), tried to light the stove, (oops), tried to call Melody to see if they had elec. (oops).  Well, I may as well forget supper for a while and go sit down in the front porch where there is plenty of daylight.  The tragic part for Hubby is OMG, no TV!!!!!!!!  What will he do for the next, who knows, hour and a half.?!!!!   What do men do when there is no TV???  Sulk and panic.  One hour and 45 minutes and it was back on.  I was a little concerned because I was on the puter when everything went out and the computer went black.  I don't think its good to just shut down like that.  But here I am and everything seems to be back in order. 

              I was checking out some Youtube videos and came across a gentlemen  who is losing weight on Low Carbs.  His name is Jimmy Moore and his videos are called  LivingLaVidaLoCarb.  He sounds so good that it makes me want to get us on that LowCarb thing again.  We tried it years ago when Dr. Atkins was pushing it, but I was not serious enough about it.  Maybe its time to try it again.

             Well, Monday is coming fast.  Gloriebelle just turned in for the night.  She wore herself out shaking from the storm.  And I have to go reset all he clocks.    Everyone have a Good Night.

                                                                        Marlene

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Hello Nice People,

             What a beautiful sunny, and comfortabe day we had for Friday, July 25th.  And it is also my BIRTHDAY.  Is that good?  is that bad?  I know that I am another year older.  And the years are coming fast......kinda like a freight train barreling down the tracks.  And I am on the trestle with nowhere to run or hide.  I always thought that on birthdays, the mother should be the one to get all the attention after all she was the one that started the whole thing.  Of course at some point, mothers are no longer here.

This is my Ma and Pa.   The year must have  been around  1948.....on the Atlantic City Boardwalk.  

This is my mother and me......1944.   Would you believe I was a 13 pound baby.

Marlene, 2 and a half, maybe 3 years old.  This was before we moved to Atlantic City.

Kindergarten.   And I still remember my  Kindergarten teachers name.  Mrs. Sharp.  Someone said a few years ago that she was still living.  She would have to be in her 90's.

First Grade......I went from Kinderarten in a  little farm town to Holy Spirit in the city.   I remember that I had to cross the big streets to get from school to home for lunch.  Who knew what those red and green lights hanging up there were for.  Well, I found out when I had to go to tell Sister Josephina why I was jay walking on Atlantic Ave.

Little Mary.......when I transferred to Our Lady Star of the Sea,  Sister said "Mary, you will now go by your first name, Mary, and not your second name, Marlene.  So I became Mary Roche.  Huh?    Yes Sister!!!!

Eight years at Star of the Sea and now off to the big high school by the monument.

Fifteen years old, 1960.  And I thought I was fat.

This was High School Graduation night.  With my little dog Smokey.

Here we are,  Marlene, Smokey,  Neice Pat and Ma.  I started to take nursing at Childrens Seashore House but did not finish.

Big day coming.

Forty one years ago.

Me and Sal..........How lucky can I be to still have my High School heart throb.(LOL)   Will you still love me When I'm 64.   And no he is not standing in a hole.

Good Night All............................................Marlene

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