I looked at my legs yesterday and realized I may actually be getting a little color - and I about fell over. This is a first for me. I'm hopeful I won't actually blind people when I wear dresses or skirts now. And I decided I probably better start using it on my arms a little so I look "even". I can't have some color on my legs and my arms be white. One of my friends reminded me to go easy on the knees when putting the lotion on. I thanked her for the reminder, I did know this but had forgotten. That would be about my luck - the tanner would only work on my knees...................
Tuesday I walked down to the Hospice Pet Memorial service and it was nice. It was the first one they had ever held and there weren't many people there but that didn't matter. The gentleman that owns the pet cemetary in town was there and let's just say he's an "interesting" man. One of the ladies with Hospice read "The Rainbow Bridge" which of course had me in tears - if you've never read this Google it. Then if you happen to remember our dog Lucy (before the greys) - picture Lucy as the dog at the bridge seeing Mike after he passed - wow. Then...........the lady said there was a video of the Rainbow Bridge. Good grief. I can't read that poem without bawling there is NO way I could watch the video.............. The other lady read a nice poem about cats, then each of us got up to share about a pet and light a candle - they were electric candles. And you know me - when it was my turn to get up to talk about Milly there were more tears than words I think. But in all fairness to me, my loss was the most recent and I mentioned how Milly was put down eight months to the day Mike passed, etc. Everyone else remembered pets that died several years ago. After the service some of us stayed to chat and eat brownies. It was fun sharing stories about our pets that had passed and our current pets. The two ladies from Hospice also invited me to attend the monthly support meeting that is on the fourth Monday of each month - I never did go to the meetings but I might start attending.
Today I'm meeting with another employment agency I worked with 2-3 years ago to see if they can help with my job search. I've also made phone calls with another agency the past two mornings and am waiting to hear back from them, along with doing my normal internet search.
I also need to get serious about my email account. I can either stay with MSN - which is breaking away from Qwest - and pay a separate fee to MSN or I can stay with Qwest and have a q.com email address. I decided since I may have to change my email anyway I'll check some other providers out (Mediacom, Windstream, etc.) to see what kind of deal I can get for internet and tv. I'll keep my cell phone with Qwest. But what a pain................................... all the email folders I've made...................all the favorites I've bookmarked............................................grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
And to top it off I MUST finish my taxes! All I have to do for my federal is hit the button to e-file and I'm done. That's it. Maybe this afternoon. And after I do that I'll see if my state taxes can't get computed really quick too. I hate doing taxes - and I'm doing them online so they are easier than doing them by hand like I've done every year until last year. I am such a slug when it comes to taxes. Oh well, I remember one year Mike and I actually drove to the main Post Office in downtown Des Moines on 4/15 at 11:00 p.m. to hand off our taxes to be sure they were postmarked 4/15............................... :)
