Waaah hooo, something to celebrate

An enjoyable work day yesterday with Bosszila gone on a trip and it was payday! I received good news on my house insurance. The cost had gone up so I called the insurance agent who told me that I now have regular homeowners insurance. Sounds like no big deal, but it certainly is. I was not able to get any sort of regular homeowners insurance (despite LOTS of shopping around) because the house is considered a conversion house, not conventionally built. My old insurance company was bought out by a new company and they decided to change their policies to include non-conventional homes!

Yay, something to celebrate for sure! That was the major reason why, even though I had blueprints and a loan ready to go, two years ago I decided to not put on an addition that would double our square-footage (from 300 sq feet!) and add a living room and another bedroom. The house would not have been adequately covered by insurance, and it would have been too big of a risk to take on more debt that wasn’t covered.

Vegetable Man called me early at work yesterday too. He has never done that before because he works nights. We chatted a bit and he was still sorry that he had made me sad and (jokingly) offered to be my sex slave. Well, that’s not all bad, for sure. Speaking of that, are you wondering about the Viagra? Yes, he tried it and it was fabulous, even though I’m against taking drugs like that unless they’re necessary. We did everything and anything we’d ever tried--several times--all in one night. OK, that’s too much information, I guess! But just in case you were wondering….it is a great relationship in that way, and as a friendship too. He just isn’t in love with me and doesn’t want to be a couple, and I am with him, and do.

And no, he wasn’t happy about me not giving him my blog address, seems to feel I am keeping things from him. He doesn’t know either my old or new blog addresses or that I call him Vegetable Man BUT he does know my E-mail address, so if any of those were ever paired up with my E-mail address, he might be able to find me. I would guess that he’s already devoted some effort to finding my blog, unfortunately. I sure do wish I had kept my mouth shut about it. There was no reason to even bring it up in conversation.

Vegetable Man did send me the address of a blog he started and I went to look at it. Hope he doesn’t have any tracking on it to follow me back here! I even considered (for a nanosecond) putting a link to it on my blog so you can go and see him, but that would be insanity!

I didn’t get the cat even though I really wanted one. I’m afraid I’ll fall in love with it and my son or I will still be allergic to cats and have to find kitty a new home. That would be just too sad. There have been no more rodents caught after that night of rodents I posted about. Not even one. Does that mean that the house is cleared? Hope so. Have a super Tuesday!

From my E-mail
The Good Old Days
The following were some comments made in the year 1957:

(1) "I'll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are, its going to be impossible to buy a weeks groceries for $20.00."

(2) "Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won't be long when $5,000 will only buy a used one."

(3) "If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm going to quit. A quarter a pack is ridiculous."

(4) "Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just to mail a letter?"

(5) "If they raise the minimum wage to $1, nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store."

(6) "When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday cost 29 cents a gallon. Guess we'd be better off leaving the car in the garage."

(7) "Kids today are impossible. Those ducktail hair cuts make it impossible to stay groomed. Next thing you know, boys will be wearing their hair as long as the girls."

(8) "I'm afraid to send my kids to the movies any more. Ever since they let Clark Gable get by with saying 'damn' in 'Gone With The Wind,' it seems every new movie has either 'hell' or 'damn' in it."

(9) "I read the other day where some scientist thinks it's possible to put a man on the moon by the end of the century. They even have some fellows they call astronauts preparing for it down in Texas."

(10) "Did you see where some baseball player just signed a contract for $75,000 a year just to play ball? It wouldn't surprise me if someday that they will be making more than the President."

(11) "I never thought I'd see the day all our kitchen appliances would be electric. They are even making electric typewriters now."

(12) "It's too bad things are so tough nowadays. I see where a few married women are having to work to make ends meet."

(13) "It won't be long before young couples are going to have to hire someone to watch their kids so they can both work."

(14) "No one can afford to be sick any more, $35.00 a day in the hospital is too rich for my blood."

(15) "I'm just afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the door to a whole lot of foreign business."

(16) "Thank goodness I won't live to see the day when the Government takes half our income in taxes. I sometimes wonder if we are electing the best people to Congress."

(17) "The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather, but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on."

(18) "I guess taking a vacation is out of the question now days. It costs nearly $15.00 a night to stay in a hotel."

Press Bloopers
Rev. Hammond was congratulated on being able to get his parish plastered.

Roger Dellwood’s left thumb, which was shot away, is doing nicely.

We've got fifty yankettes married into English nobility right now. Some of them are duchesses. Some are countesses. Eleven are baronesses. Only one is a lady.

The font so generously presented by Mrs. Smith will be set in position at the east end of the Church.

Babies may now be baptized at both ends.

The church is now forming a Little Mothers Club. All women desiring to become Little Mothers are asked to meet with the pastor in his study after services.

Dr. Gilbert Murray, O.M., will celebrate his ninetieth birthday quietly at his home at Boars Hill, near Oxford, tomorrow, with his wife, Lady Mary Murray. They have been married 66 years. This evening he is to broadcast in the BBC Home Service a talk called "Unfinished Battle."

A loudspeaker system has been installed in the church. It was given by one of the members in memory of his wife.