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Weather: Cold but sunny. Temperature is supposed to be in the 30's F later. Current projects:
Projects on hold. I'm bored with these!: A lace scarf out of hand painted Merino. This is a test project for the business. I might start to sell this yarn. Haven't finished it. Not crazy about the colors. Maybe I'll make it into socks instead. Charcoal gray alpaca sweater. I have misplaced the instructions. Should be interesting to finish it without them. No quilts in progress
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We had a quiet and busy week. I was in work all week and I managed
to put in a few hours overtime. I'm going to try to do that every week
until I get the finances in order or until the company puts a stop to
it. I was pleasantly surprised this week at work. My supervisor
called me into the office for a meeting. My first thought was "ut
oh...what did I do?" but it was to tell me that they have decided
to give me a raise and a bonus. Yes, that's right a raise even though I
just became a full time employee in November. It seems that the annual
raises at the company all are processed in March, not on the employee
anniversary. She told me that normally I would not be qualified for a
raise until next March, but she and the manager had decided that since I put
in so much time as a temp in the department, they wanted to reward me.
And I get a bonus of almost $1,000. I was dumbfounded. I guess
they like my work there. I'm now earning about $22 a week less than I
did when I was at the Emerald City. It took me 9 years to get to that
salary with them. Not to mention the damage working there did to my
health. Amazing.
Dennis stayed home to recuperate from the hospital stay. He saw the surgeon yesterday and was given the ok to return to work. He had 1 stitch in the incision of the chest tube that was bothering him. The doctor snipped it and it feels better. His color is still good. He seems to have more energy. And he is warmer now that his blood has more oxygen in it. And he has gained 11 pounds since his lowest weight in the hospital. He really needed to get some weight on his bones. He was down to 144 pounds while in the bed at the hospital. I think that's how much I weighed in high school! His blood sugar is still higher than normal, but he checks it diligently 3 times a day. We have our taxes done later next week. I have to spend the weekend getting my paperwork together and being certain that I have everything we need. Dennis and Tom the Tax Guy joke about me. Every year I forget something. No matter how careful I am. I always forget to bring a statement or receipt or I don't log the correct totals. Last year I hadn't listed the expense accounts for the business thoroughly. Some years I forget about property tax. I wonder what it will be this year? Today he wants to go shopping. He is in desperate need of shoes. The man has ONE pair of shoes that he wears daily. He has no sneakers but he does have an expensive pair of shoes that he wears with his ONE suit to weddings and funerals. The one pair of shoes he wears them to work and basically any time he goes outside. Needless to say, they now leak. I feel like Imelda Marcos with the pairs of shoes that I have compared to him. He also wants to take Little Miss with us today. That's his pet name for Ryanne. There is a large Goodwill store up in Norwich near the shoe store. She wants to buy some inexpensive skirts or dresses for church. I also told her that if she feels ambitious, I would help her to sew a simple skirt. After shopping, he wants to get lunch. He's always hungry now that he has stopped smoking. He can finally taste food. He's funny with Little Miss. I think she fills the void in him for his daughter. He has a son and a daughter (24 and 22 yo respectively) but we have not seen or heard from them since 2002 at his mother's funeral. They have never been close. He has never received a Christmas, birthday or Father's day card from them. NEVER. I think that they don't even know when it is his birthday. It's sad. Very sad. Ryanne was over last week and she brought him a present. She had painted a little birdhouse for him to hang outside. Feeding and watching the birds is his other hobby besides playing on the PC. Anyway, she told him that he should try to grow a beard. And guess what? He is sporting a sparse, but still filling in, goatee. Anything that she wants, he will do. She doesn't know it, but she has him wrapped around her little finger. I have to get moving and start the weekend chores. Stay safe.
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