12/16/06 10-day holiday cruise

[justmestace]

Of course I don't mind. Jay and I own an ornamental iron & welding business. I do the books, and he does the hard work. We do everything that you could think of that would be made of steel, copper, aluminum...... fireplace screens, spiral staircases, gates, railings, tables, pot racks (in the kitchen).....and a lot of repair and also decorative items.
Which reminds me, I owe Denise a dinner bell! Triangle-thingy. LOL
We have a pretty good (great) staff of guys....which helps when we want to get away. The bad part is that no one else does MY work. It's always waiting for me when I get home. Jay never did work in the field that he went to college for. He discovered the business for sale in Cave Creek about 22 years ago, and taught himself how to do it. It has grown immensely from that time. It's been a great business, but it's hard work, and Jay wouldn't mind retiring soon. We're waiting for A. The kids to get through college and B. To see if Jared wants the business someday. THEN.......we'll find a nice island to build on. Thus, my excuse for all the cruises! Searching for the right spot. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

 

[KatHuss]

Stace, do you guys have a web site? I'd love to see Jay's work. I love handmade things (my house if full of them).

Have you notice that except for one post from gaRry, you and I are the only ones on this page?

Hey gaRry, how are you doing? You promised to give us the whole story but we haven't heard any more....

One more week until the kids go back to school! Even DD is looking forward to it. I think she got bored this summer. It is the first summer she has been home rather than in a "daycare" program all summer. So she had to play with her cousin most of the summer. They are only 10 months apart (Sam is the older one but shorter by almost 7 inches!!) but are like night and day. I think they did better when they only saw each other occasionally but since my SIL moved in across the street they are together much more often (just about every day this past summer). Ah well, they will survive.

Ugh, got to get ready for the work monster again.

 

[justmestace]

We don't have a website. We don't even do a lot of advertising. Even though we have done work for a lot of places around the country, most of our work is restricted to just our immediate area.. It isn't very cost-efficient to go into Phoenix, or to ship things across country. So we've never done a website because we really couldn't fill orders from far away.

I did have a site saved from a long time ago that had featured a staircase that we did, let me check and see if it's still reachable.

We did just get a set of plans to work on some of the remodel at the Disney Store in Paradise Valley. Pretty cool to walk into my office and see "DISNEY" plans on my desk!

I just looked...the site is gone now.

 

[KatHuss]

Wow! That does sound cool. I'd love to see some of Jay's work. Like I said, I love handmade stuff. On previous cruises I have tried to find stores that sell local crafts that aren't too touristy. So far I haven't had much luck though we did find the Key West Winery and are definitely wanting to go back.

One of these days we will make it back to the southwest. We were out that way several years ago.... drove from Las Vegas to Williams and took the steam train tour to the Grand Canyon. And many years before that I drove through that part of the country on the way to LA but haven't done much stopping.

 

[wdwgoose]

HAY ALL

another day at work,


so when j E n gets back are we looking at a date at HERSHEY PARK?????

ds says yes I think he is like girls now not sure why I try too get him to go west but too far. So I told him to get working and doing alot od work and I would think about the MAY cruise again, staCey make him do the work.

this summer I did not go anywhere with him and I feel bad for that, our last trip to florida was very bad with the car trouble and such. nothing went right on that trip.


okay enough of this.

just had a fire alarm and was canceled so having fun here.






gaRry

 

[wdwgoose]

T O P





OKAY thats 2 times I tried to post the up date story it just kicks me off and i lose all of my typing.

i type very slow. maybee dw will update everyone SORRY



GOOD NIGHT ALL

gaRry

 

[justmestace]

Wow....over 24 hrs and no one speaks! Do we miss Jen or what??!!

Anybody home???????

I have actually had to WORK. What a dirty word that is!

 

[KatHuss]

I hear you Stace! Yesterday was bad at work. I hardly had time to pee, never mind get on the board!

Got my kid registered for 3rd grade last night! What a nightmare that was. No organization and a lot of stuff that could have been sent home with the kids on the first day of school. Today I get to take my lunch break and go back over there to meet her teacher. Sam has no hearing in her left ear so every year we have to go through the same thing, explaining to the teacher about seating her so she can hear, etc. Ugh.

Poor gaRry...maybe your computer doesn't like you.

 

[wdwgoose]

MY COMPUTOR HATES ME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



thats why I'm soooooooo MEAN TO MY KIDS



so dw will not type things for me so I guess I will have too do it a few lines at a time.

working again today on O T love doing this, MORE MONEY FOR my cruise and maybee just enough for the one in may, with or WITHOUT DS

I'm still waiting for him to get his room done!!!!!!!


okay have a good day






gaRry

 

[justmestace]

Jordan has decided that she likes her room clean...so that's a good thing.

Jared's room is awful. Drove me nuts for a long time. Jay finally told me to quit worrying about it, quit hollering at the kid, and just shut the door. He said "If he wants to live like a pig, then let him"

gaRry.....want me to tell for you???


I'm deaf in my right ear. It can be a problem sometimes. I used to muddle through a conversation (it's worse when there's a lot of noise in the room) but then I realized that I was just asking for trouble. I was afraid I would respond inappropriately....like saying "That's nice!" and someone just told me their Grandma died.......so now I tell people. But it took years to work up to that. I could go get a hearing aid....if I had the time!!
The BEST part about it.....I sleep on my left side.....when the kids were babies, I never heard them at night!! Jay got up with them!

 

[KatHuss]

Stace, a hearing aid won't help poor Sam! The nerve itself does not function so she will never hear in that ear. Poor kid doesn't know what stereo is. But she does ok. And she likes her teacher. She and I went in and met her, brought school supplies, etc.

gaRry, I hate working the OT. I haven't had any in a LOOOOOOOONG time. No extra money for me I guess.

We don't mind stories one line at a time. Makes us appreciate them more, eh?

I wish I were on a cruise right now! I am so sick of it all. DH is driving me nuts, I am tired all the time so I need to relax, I just want to be somewhere that I don't have to think about work or the yard, etc. Oh well....

 

[magiroux]

One thread from the 2nd page...

I'm trying to de-clutter my playroom, and the rest of my house for that matter, before I have to go back to work next week. And according to "FlyLady.net", the computer is BAAAD so I am trying to limit myself to an hour a day. That gives me time to read but not much time to post. Does anybody here use FlyLady? It really does work if you follow her. She's a house cleaning Nazi!!

Well, hubby got all the bad news. Permanent life-style change or he's in big trouble. He's got medication, he has to test his blood twice a day, loose at least 100lbs, see an nutritionist and NO MORE McDONALDS!!!!!! I told him I will give him the weekend but starting Monday, no more messing around. We are all on diets. Jimmy's goal - 100lbs, my goal - 25lbs, Julia - 10lbs. I am cleaning out all cabinets and freezer of any foods that we will not be allowed to have. Actually, I'm kinda siked to start this. Jimmy even seems committed. He made jokes about it at the dr's office (that's how he deals with everything) but I think he did a good job convincing him how serious this is. THe good news is that his diabetes is weight related and if drops the weight the dr is pretty sure it will go away.

Kat, I was wondering if you know of any free websites that have diabetic recipes? It seems once you ask for specific recipes at the sites, they charge you.

Well, reaching my time limit , and still have to vist the "budget" and "dismeets" board (doing a dis meet at Canobie Lake Park this Sunday ) before my hour is up.

Have a great day and Kat, GET SOME REST!!!!!! You sound stressed.

 

[KatHuss]

MaryAnn, those lifestyle changes are tough. I wish I could get my DH to do that. He could stand to lose at least 50 lbs but there is no medical reason (even his doctor isn't pushing him to) other than its just better for him so he won't. I'd love to lose about 20 lbs but I hate exercise and I can't eat much less than I do already. I hate veggies and fruits (that's a long story for another time) so it's tough for me. Oh well. Anyway, I sent you a PM with some ideas.

I wish I could get some rest. Stress is my life right now. DH won't talk to his sister who is my best friend so I am stuck in the middle. He just got his fall teaching schedule and he has class Monday morning, Monday afternoon, Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday and Friday mornings. He will work his other job Wednesday and Friday afternoons and all day Thursday and Saturday, leaving him almost no time for his family as he has class prep to do in between. He complains about the yard work but won't let me hire someone so the lawn needs mowed and the trimming hasn't been down in weeks. I am NOT going to sit around in the evenings and wait for him when we usually do dinner across the street at the SIL's house anyway. And I am not going to spend my Saturday's bored because he is working and doesn't think I should spend time with my best friend because he is mad at his sister! No, there is no stress in my life!

Sorry for the rant, but I am near in tears sometimes and I don't know what to do. He can make me so mad sometimes. I don't mind supporting him and backing him up when he is right but when is dead wrong I feel I would be doing him a disservice if I were to tell him it was ok. Is that wrong of me?

Oh well...things will get better, they always do. And it is Friday which means tomorrow is Saturday and Sunday is dd's birthday.

 

[justmestace]

Men are so much fun. NOT. (love ya gaRry!)

I need to lose at least 40 pounds if not more. I can't have most vegetables, salads, and some fruits (tummy troubles)....and have the world's slowest metabolism....so I take DHEA and try to watch what I eat. But I need to really get into gear. I know it isn't going to get any easier the older I get.

I wish they just had a vaccine for fat.

Hang in there, Kat. I remember telling Jay at one point last year, when his sister was driving us both nuts, his brother was being just plain evil, I was working hard on his dad's trust stuff, the kids were crapping out in school, and our married daughter and her DH were being a pain in the rear..."I just want things to be NORMAL again!!"
And my loving husband says to me "There is no such thing as normal".......thanks honey.

 

[KatHuss]

Hey gaRry, are you the only guy on our board??? What is your view on this sort of thing??? Just out of curiosity, mind you.

I think we should all just be able to make a wish and lose whatever weight we want. Heck, my SIL did that....she signed a piece of paper and lost 360 lbs! Ooops, that was her ex-husband, never mind

I am so jealous of these people that have the willpower to work out every day and eat the "right" foods. I hate the "right" foods though I have gotten better about not eating the "wrong" ones. Oh well.

 

[justmestace]

What I want to know is why do the "right" foods taste so bad?? I think that's a lousy trick.

 

[KatHuss]

Ugh. I agree completely! I want to know who is responsible for it so we can find them and make them eat that crap!

 

[justmestace]

But THOSE people would probably just get skinnier!

 

[KatHuss]

You are probably right! Oh well.

It is the weekend! Hurray.

 

[magiroux]

I used to be one of those hated people that could eat anything and everything (in large amounts) and not gain an ounce. When I first started dating Jimmy, he was shocked that I could eat my dinner AND start eyeballing some of his. Poor guy has the slowest metabolism on earth.

Than I turned 30 and what an eye opener . Now I eat a piece of ham and I gain 5 pounds and my fingers turn to sausages.