Goodbye January…

and I will not be sorry to see you go.  But the good news is that it is only 48 days on the countdown till Spring.  We are under winter storm warnings for the next few days for mega amounts of snow.

I did it.  I marched into the rental office yesterday and told them I wanted my window NOW!!  ‘Oh well, Beth, we are waiting for insurance to approve it’ to which I replied “I know that isn’t true as Tom told me before Thanksgiving that it would be 10 – 12 days.” Well, she said, ‘I will just call Tom,’ which she did.  Tom said he had nothing to do with the window call Dennis.  Dennis said that Pekin Glass was supposed to have come and put that window in for me.  Somehow all of this passing the buck  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_passing reminded me of my package and the many hundred miles it traveled to reach me.  Anyway, I received a call late yesterday afternoon telling me that someone would be here sometime today to put my window in.  We shall see.  I am not holding my breath, especially with the weather forecast.

But, it is Friday and it is inching ever closer to Spring.  The days are getting longer and I have hope in my heart for all things good.  I have plenty of food and books and as long as the heat and electricity stay on I am good to face the rest of winter.  I do have a doctor appointment to fit in next week and some lab work to be done and I am hoping the weather will cooperate.  Winter  comes, but spring is close behind. (a phrase from an old George Jones song)

Have a good weekend.  Stay safe and be happy!!

Beth

 

I have it…

my package that is.  It only took 9 days to deliver a priority mail package 500 miles??  Priority mail is called 3 – day Priority Mail.

Things are looking brighter on the countdown till Spring as it is only 49 days to go.  It is cloudy and 25 degrees this morning and  the wind is gusting at 28 miles an hour.  The forecast is for snow for Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

I am going out this morning to the post office (to mail a couple of packages with fingers crossed) to the bank, Kroger store and to pay my rent.  I have taken a picture of my kitchen window and I am taking that with me to have put in my folder at the rental office.  It is very cold, dark and depressing in my kitchen and I am intending to tell them that.  Not that it will make one bit of difference.  LOL

This is a short post as I have to go out and get my car warmed up so I can get moving.  I went to Food Depot yesterday morning and it  was filled with wall to wall people out shopping to beat the forecast. 

Have a peaceful day.  If you have snow and like it then I am happy for you.  If you are like me and getting very tired of snow and winter then get to the grocery store and stock up the first chance you get.

Stay safe and be happy!!

Beth

An official rant day and…

the countdown till spring has reached 50 days.  We are almost through with the month of January,   I can’t say that I will be sad to see it end.  It has been nothing but snow and bitter cold here since the end of November.  I have done nothing but eat and sleep and eat and sleep and eat and sleep.  I have almost gained back all of the weight that I lost last summer during my cancer treatment.  I have only ventured outdoors to clean the snow off my car and run errands for the past 2 months.  I can just about count these times on one hand.  My usually sunny nature is somewhat tarnished and I am beginning to look at the postman with a jaundiced eye.

And….I am beginning to have this awful fear of putting anything important in the mail wondering if it will get to its destination.  I can certainly understand why the postal service is going broke.  It is very poorly managed.  A check on the status of my package shows that it is still in Hazelwood MO today, January 29,  still being processed.  You know Hazelwood MO is only 18.3 miles from where my brother and his wife live in O’Fallon IL.  I think I should call him and ask him if he will drive over to the sorting facility and bring the package to me.  It would only be a 360 mile round trip for him.  I am waiting with baited breath to see where my package ends up next.  Rae thinks the next stop will be Houston Texas but I was more inclined to  think that it is destined to be in the process of being processed through the Hazelwood MO sorting facility forever.

It has warmed up to 5 degrees here this morning.  I am planning a grocery run when it warms up a few more degrees.  That is if my car will start.  I haven’t started it since Sunday as it as been too cold to venture out.

Have a great day everyone.  Don’t forget to check in tomorrow for an update on my package.  Stay safe and be happy!!

Beth

Update on the countdown…

till Spring which stands at 51 days.  It is minus 4 actual temperature and the wind is only 8 miles an hour this morning so we are having a heat wave!

I copied the below information on my package from the USPS web site where you go to track a package. 

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in-transit

• Expected Delivery Day: Friday, January 24, 2014

Product & Tracking Information

Postal Product:

• Priority Mail 3-Day^™

Features:

• $50 insurance included
• USPS Tracking^™

Date & Time  January 28, 8:30 am

Status of Item  - unknown

Location – unknown

January 26, 2014

Depart USPS Sort Facility

HAZELWOOD, MO 63042 

 

January 25, 2014 , 1:45 pm

Processed through USPS Sort Facility

HAZELWOOD, MO 63042 

January 25, 2014 , 3:28 am

Processed at USPS Origin Sort Facility

DES MOINES, IA 50395 

January 21, 2014 , 4:48 pm

Dispatched to Sort Facility

CEREDO, WV 25507 

January 21, 2014 , 9:49 am

Acceptance

CEREDO, WV 25507 

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Have a peaceful day!  Stay safe and be happy!!

Beth

NOTE:  for my sister.  Print this  off and take it to show the post office in Ceredo.  I think maybe they need a good laugh!