Finally!!

Yeah, I know, you're wondering "where the hell is Vicky and why hasn't she blogged lately??"... No? Well start wondering, Dammit! hehe Life is busy, or at least it seems that way, but I guess I'm not finding the time, nor the energy to write out my days... a few things have happened lately, nothing earth shattering, but enough to comment on...

First one... last year, as most may know, Mary moved out with 11 days notice. As she hadn't given us the 60 days that she promised us that she would, Mom and Dad bailed her out and gave us two months of her rent ($1,000 total). Great, no problem. Now, Mom is calling that a loan. They bailed MARY out, and it's a loan to US? Right. Not about to argue, I agreed (hey, it does wipe out all the other money we've borrowed over the years, and she didn't count that in!!) and said that we'd fit it into the budget late summer. Last week, I get an email from Mom asking to know when we'll be paying her back as things are tight for them. I understand tight. Hey, Rick and I LIVED "tight" for a long time. But what she doesn't realize is that they're tight because she isn't working. She quit her job because she wanted to go on vacation, booked it, and were set to leave already before she was told that she wasn't getting the time off of work. So she left and went on vacation anyway. I understand she doesn't want to work, but what has she always told me?? Don't burn my bridges; gotta work to pay the bills etc... now she's saying that her job always gave them the little extra to do other things with. Great. Sure. Yup, Mom, good of you to realize. And now, Mom is also asking for it back, like NOW, so things can loosen up.

First, Mom needs to realize we cannot come up with $1000 off the fly. Second, Mom needs to realize she put herself into this position and not blame others. Third, I wish she'd be more understanding. Rick and I actually did look at the budget. We cannot pay her until October without taking money out of the trip fund. If we pay her now, we won't be able to go. I explained all that to her, nicely, reminding her that she used the same reason for not lending us money at some point. She responds back the next night, and I quote: "Message received. Not happy, but received." I was so pissed off!! This is Rick's and my FIRST vacation together, on our own, where we actually get to GO SOMEWHERE! And she's pissed off because I can't throw money at her when she snaps her fingers?? I know she's bailed us out a few times, and I thanked her for that. BUT, Dad makes enough money to pay the bills. That was our entire problem before!! JEEZ. So I wrote her back and explained AGAIN, stating that she had bailed MARY out, and that I am taking the responsibility of paying it back, but we cannot do it until then without cancelling the trip. And I'm sorry, I won't do that.

So I haven't heard from her since. I'm a little peeved, but she probably is too. Hopefully things'll be ok on Monday - her birthday - when I call her. I'll keep you posted.

Rob and Tracy finally called the other day. Her and Tyannah have been sick, so they haven't done much. They've also come home to a notice saying that the government wants to buy their property as the highway extension of the 404 (although she said the 407) is going to right through their yard. They need to be out by December 2006. So now, they're going to need to look for another house as soon as they hear the offer from the government.

The flowers I got from Michele & Bill are finally dead... the gladiolas lasted a lot longer than I thought they would. But when they were still fairly new, I took one of the roses and one of the glad's and one of the purple baby's-breath-like flowers and hung them upside down to dry them. I did it to one of the tulips too, but that one fell apart the other day. So today, I cleaned out the vase, put the remaining purple stuff (cuz that's still alive), and the dried flowers back in the vase, and that is sitting on my desk... :) I like flowers, and it's a nice decoration too!!

Rick's family is starting to plan a trip out east for 2006. They want to take everyone - Carolynne and Dick (his parents), Tammy & Bob & Sarah & Heather, Angela & Oliver & Conor & Katelynne and Rick and myself. Each couple needs to decide between them if they're coming. So far, we're not counting on the husbands, but Rick and I have budgetted out so we can join them. I think it'll be fun. At first I was very upset and didn't want to go, but when Rick explained WHY we should go, and we worked funds around so I can at least get my engagement ring next year, I was happy. After the trip, we can start budgetting for the wedding :)

I can't think of anything else to talk about, really... Rick and I are going to see "Mr & Mrs Smith" tonight. I'm a HUGE Angelina Jolie fan, so I've been looking forward to this since it was announced in the spring. I'm on OPA (Off the Phone Activity) and doing some work for Norbert (my boss) but I'm basically done, so I wanted to take some time to type this out. So when I have some MORE time, and something to actually say, I'll be back. Love to those who want it and pffffffffttttttttttttt to those that don't *Grin*