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Blog Explosion

Charlotte — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 10:54:00 +0000

I’m in the Battle of the Blogs at Blog Explosion. I’ve battled before with my other blog (that hasn’t been updated in moons!) It’s not that I’m hungry for votes… it’s just that it’s something to do to kill time. I get to read and vote on some pretty interesting blogs. Check it out if you’re looking for something to do.

I was out this morning to take my mom shopping and the leaves are starting to turn colors. Fall can be such a pretty time of year. The reds, yellows, oranges are just so breathtaking. It’s the mess they make when they fall that sucks. But at least I live in a condo and don’t have to worry about raking leaves, shoveling snow, cutting grass, etc!

Condo living can be interesting. Below me are people who have brain injuries. I guess it’s like a half-way house for them. They seem to be harmless and I have no problems with them. There are lots of kids living in this building. It gets really noisy at times with them running up and down the stairs and hallways. I hear people fighting (verbally) and loud music playing (usually when I’m trying to sleep… like last night!!) People who don’t know how to walk quietly but stomp thru their apartment (above me). But a lot of the time it’s peaceful and quiet. I’m a quiet person so I’m sure the people below me hardly know I’m even here! lol. Basically the people I’ve run into around the complex seem to be nice. I just love having my own place again.

See ya’ll around the web and maybe in the battle of the blogs!!

Take care!

A pack of thieves!!

Charlotte — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 21:57:00 +0000

I’m soooooo pissed!!!! I ordered a web cam so I can chat with Andi over in Iraq.. It came today about 1pm. Unfortunately I was at work and got home about 5pm. When I walked up to my door there was a box and styrofoam peanuts and the packing slip all over the floor… no web cam. Some inconsiderate idiot stole it!!!!!!!!! They even ripped off the shipping label and took that too. I called the police. They came and took a report. The officer told me to contact the shipper, which I immediately did and told them the whole story. The officer wants the serial number from the web cam. Hopefully the company has that on file. I have to contact the post office in the morning and tell them what happened too. I think I’ll go into work late tomorrow and go to the post office 1st thing.

It’s not that this was an expensive web cam, $24.00 with shipping and handling, it’s that I can’t afford to get another for another couple of weeks! I’m so upset I could just cry!!! I don’t really want to press charges… I just want the web cam back!!!

Pardon my language here……. Goddammit all to HELL!!!!!!!

I’ll know next time I order anything and have it shipped here to make sure in the shipping instructions I put “Do not leave at door” GRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The thievery continues!

Charlotte — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:27:00 +0000

Hubby had his side mirror glass stolen today while he was at work!! I mean… what the hell?? Why would someone want to steal a little mirror?? He checked on how much it would be to replace it and it’s $158.00!!! His boss told him to order it and the company is going to pay for it. How cool is that?

More on the bad luck side… my watch battery died.. *sigh* lol

I went to the post office this morning and had to fill out paperwork on the stolen web cam. I also had them give a note to the mail person to NOT leave packages at the door if no one is home. When I told them were I lived *a condo complex* the guy at the counter said, about the mail carrier, “He should know better than to leave a package there like that”. When I mentioned this at work, a girl I work with offered me the use of her extra web cam until I can afford to get another one Some people are just so sweet!

No, I didn’t get lost…

Charlotte — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 20:32:00 +0000

I was actually busy this weekend. I cleaned the whole apartment… scrubbed floors, polished furniture, cleaned bathrooms, vacuumed … you name it.. I did it!! lol Actually, I had to keep myself busy because I haven’t heard from Andi since the 14th.. I’m sure she’s fine… I keep telling myself that. I just have to try to believe it. I haven’t heard anything about any troubles where she is… soooooooooo.. *sigh*

The Aftermath

Charlotte — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 21:55:04 +0000

After the grandkids opened their gifts! A partial view!

What a difference a day makes

Charlotte — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 04:35:55 +0000

Yesterday was sunny and got up to 73 degrees.. in January… in New Jersey! Today it got up to about 50 and now it's raining. I didn't realize it was raining but I think my back was trying to tell me that. It's been aching all day. My weather predictor

The grandkids trashed the house. I took them back to their father about 3pm. Every time I get back from dropping them off I always find something that one of them forgot. Today it was a sweatshirt that Eddie forgot lol. I must be a good gramma.. they never want to leave and they always ask if they are coming over next weekend.

I'm thinking of renting out my blog on Battle of the Blogs. But I don't know if anyone would rent space on my blog. I don't get a lot of hits.. at least not yet, because I now have my own domain and it's only been up less than a week. At my other blog around Christmas I was getting a couple hundred hits a day.. but mostly from people searching for Christmas song lyrics. LOL. I'll think about this for a bit and see …

Time to hit the sack! Grandkids wear me out!

A little bit of mental/soul cleansing

Charlotte — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:40:02 +0000

Every so often a memory or two pops up in my head. I usually try and push them to the back and hide them again. But now I think it’s time to maybe release them for good. It won’t be easy, but it’s got to be done.

First, a little background on me. I was born in October 1953 and lived in fairly small town. I had friends and was painfully shy (I still am somewhat).

I was 8 years old and was at a friend’s who lived across the street. We were playing in the basement, his father was working in the tool room in the basement. He called me in, told his son to go upstairs to get something, closed the door and proceeded to molest me. I won’t go into details about everything he did and honestly I don’t remember every detail. After it was over I was told not to tell anyone what happened, but of course I told my mom. She called the police. He was arrested. I had to go to court and testify against him, but because of my shyness I couldn’t do anything but stare at all of the people in the room. I was terrified. They did call my mom in and she told them everything I told her. The police report helped to. He went to jail. I have never heard anything more about him. My friend and his mom moved not too long after that and I never saw them again.

Then a couple years later there were 4 of us who lived on the same street, the same as above. Us 4 girls were inseperable. My one friend who lived next door had a much older, married brother who had a young baby. They lived right behind me on the next street. All 4 of us were over there one day in his basement playing games. We all went to leave and he asked me to wait a minute, told the other girls I’d be right up. He grabbed me and tried to force me down on a mattress on the floor. He was going to rape me. I kicked, scratched and punched my way out of that and ran like hell home. This I never told anyone. I’m guessing it’s because of the whole court thing and my shyness. I made sure to never be anywhere alone with him again.

I had pushed these two things so far back in my mind that for years I never thought of them until one night, after I was married, hubby must have done or said something, during “our time” that I burst out crying and couldn’t continue. Hubby was so confused, I then told him everything. He was so pissed, not at me.. but at what happened to me. He was very understanding.

I feel a little lighter now, but with a residual headache.. lol. I hope this can banish these memories for good.

Excitement

Charlotte — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:23:39 +0000

I was interrupted by banging on my door. I live in a condo complex, a 3 story building. Some of the neighbors were at the door asking me if my dryer was on fire because there was smoke coming out of the vents. I told them “no, I’m not using the dryer but I’ll check it anyway”. I checked…. nothing. I went outside to look… to me it looked like dryer steam. They didn’t want to believe me and called the fire department. 3 trucks showed up along with 4 cop cars. They checked the condo below me.. they were using their dryer.. It’s cold outside, 34 degrees, it was just dryer steam. I told them.. they didn’t believe me. Oh well LOL

It would have sucked if it was a fire tho, because it was right next to my part of the building. But all is fine now

Drunken mistake

Charlotte — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:48:27 +0000

Andi and I were sitting in the living room about midnight last night. I heard the doorknob start rattling and I got up and looked out through the peephole and there was someone I didn’t know at the door. He was Hispanic and drunk! He kept calling for someone named Denise. He refused to go away.. he was stumbling all over the place and bumping into the walls in the hallway. I called the police and after about 5 – 10 minutes we hear “Put your hands behind your back”. I was shaking like a leaf. The cop came and asked if there was anyone named Denise here and we said no. He said they would get rid of the guy.

Whew.. I couldn’t fall asleep til after 3 am because of that.

I’ve gotten a lot done today!

Charlotte — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:11:30 +0000

Lately I haven’t felt like doing anything around the house. No cleaning or anything. Well today I got off my behind and got a lot done! I went grocery shopping and bought some vitamins too. I think my body really needed vitamins because I took one when I got home and a couple hours later I got busy and can’t stop!! LOL

I got laundry done, the dishes done, got things put away, cleaned up the kitchen and a whole lot more.

I’ve been posting here and at Charlotte’s Tips. I feel like I’ve accomplished a lot today

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