More cheesecake for me!

I bought some of the new Cheesecake filling from Philly Kraft. I really like it. It is the inside filling of a cheesecake in a tub. It tastes great on just about anything (but pasta and pizza).

The other morning, I fixed some toast and put the filling on it as a treat. It was really good. But when I saw Richard heading for the kitchen I noticed that he had not eaten his toast. He said it tasted bad and had already thrown all of his in the trash. Ok, this is a kid that (to my knowledge loves cheesecake. All the stuff was that I spread on the toast was the filling of a cheesecake. So what was the difference? Well, actually nothing.

So, he understands that he is not allowed to have any cheesecake when we buy or bake more. At least for a while. I am not a complete jerk.

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Cable is not good TV

So far, I have been able to stop the terrible invasion of cable in the home. Things are not getting done here anyway because instead of doing the big things and the kids and my wife handling the little things, I have to do the small stuff too.

It is gratifying to have to stop in the middle of a big project where I am fixing something so unimportant as the roof, to cook dinner or get the DVD player to work. Like I give a crap about them watching a movie when they eat.

Unless something drastically changes, This house will colapse before I get the major repairs done prior to winter. A minor weather problem with it snowing later on this week might make fixing a leaky roof a moot point real soon.

Juggling my job, looking for another job (as always), fixing the house, listening to the kids and my wife complain all the time, and getting homework done at night is taking it's toll on me.

Now I wonder what will actually get done when the cable gets installed? Besides no one being able to sleep because she turns it up so damn loud and is a complete jerk when I repeatedly ask her to turn it down. It is not the kids fault she can't hear worth a crap, or mine either. So the kids and I keep on suffering with a hateful sleep.

I am so happy the cable is not on (for now) It gets installed next week I think. I try and not think about the problems it will cause. I really think that I could go without a TV for a very long time. I always prefered the radio.

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Well, that is one less thing I have to do.

I finally took enough crap from Bridget over dinner that I snapped. "You know i don't like these kind of pickles" and "You know I don't like this type of Potato Salad", and when she started in on item number 3, I just lost it and said "Don't worry, I won't ever cook another thing for you". Then I picked up her dinner plate, took it into the kitchen and dumped the whole thing in the trash.

I don't mind someone complaining when something tastes bad. But when there is only so much to work with and a person complains about everything they have, in turn. Well, that is it.

So, now I will have more free time to do other things. It kind of goes both ways. I normally do not like her cooking. But I eat it even if I don't like it.

Was that enough to get the point across?.

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We have moved (again).

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Jon and the Navy

Boot camp graduation.

The Trip:

• First, I spent approximately 2 hours on the phone to cover all information on, if we could attend without an invitation, when you were graduating, the date you were done and all the arrangements for the trip.
• I used five days of vacation, out of the fourteen vacation days I had built up over the last two years. This was to assure we could all be there for the graduation and the rest of the entire day to see you even if it was for just a little while,
• We drove 750 miles round trip spending 12+ hours each way,
• Used $150+ in gasoline for the trip,
• Paid $140+ in hotels,
• Spent $220+ in meals,
• And finally we canceled one family vacation we had planned from the beginning of the year,

I know that my ex-wife saw me. She looked directly at me. Unless she has some ailment that makes your vision fail, she just didn't tell him we were there.

OK, that is now what I wanted to say but I am trying to be better than others around me (or who were around me). It is hard to be humble when you have to deal with people as such.

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More people complaining and I miss it.

I have had three people call me about not posting here lately. I miss doing it myself so I am going to make a concerted effort to keep this up.

I will probably put a lot in which I have ready to post. The problem is that I have been working on posts for the last 4 months, I just never posted them. So, "Here we go!"

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Never enough time.

I am working thirds now and have been for over a month. WIth limited access to the network and a constant fear of taking my laptop to work, I am not able to do any updates. This is not pleasing to some people. Actually, most everyone who reads the blog. But, I will try and turn over a new leaf today and start writing at night.

Honestly, I try and nap as much as I can while I am between moves in the yard. It is tough to live on 3 or 4 hours of good sleep a day. Especially during the summer when every nappy headed kid is out of school and they are making it their mission in life to keep me awake and piss me off.

I will take the laptop tonight and after atempting to revamp my locker, I will try and write some. It really is not easy as you think. When your beat, the only thing you can think of is where you can curl up to take a nap. I have become quite adept at sleeping upright in an office desk chair. At least I don't have to sit on a bench all night. I don't think my back could take it.

Lets see how things progress.

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Reminders or annoyances?

I was yelled at the other day because Bridget forgot William's ballgame.

OK, let be get this clear. I was yelled at because I didn't remind her of the game. Yet, I was bitched at because she received reminders on her cell phone for just this reason. I was told she didn't want reminders. They were an annoyance and a bother.

OK. Now that I stopped many of the reminders, I made her miss the game. Anyone want to explain this one to me? I just don't get it and I sure can't explain it. I give up. Remember this one thing if you read this:

"No good deed ever goes unpunished!"

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Finger update.

Yes, Maryann's finger is now OK. Her nail is growing back and it appears that everything is going to fine.

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Credit cards are history

We just closed out our last credit card. The only one we owe is the credit union. Even after the catstrophy of the layoff and the van eating more that it was worth.

I truly believe that Jeff Wyler Chrysler Plymouth screwed us big time with that one. It was $400, more, then another phone call for $500, and then $300, until it was a backstabbing $6,000 and when we had asked before the middle of all this castrophy, if we could just trade this in and not go through with the repairs they said "no, we can't do that. They could have a year earlier when we needed some repairs, but for some fraking reason, they could not do it then. I felt screwed, used, and abused from the beginning of that one. Also, I used to really trust that company. They have the greed bug. I will never go there again.

Now we are almost consolidated. Things are looking fair to poor, but we are at least we are moving up in our standing.

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