Who Knew

Decided to stroll Sam's on my lunch hour today since it's a minute away and haven't been there in a long time. I pull in the parking lot and nearly rear end a van who stopped fast in front of me narrowly missing the people off to side as I werved a bit to avoid it. Still can't believe I DIDN'T hit them, whew. Of course ALL the handicap spaces are taken. It's mind boggling. Is every driver on the road handicapped? Sure seems that way with rarely a space open anywhere. There are 3 aisles with geez 10 (estimate) spaces each, if not more. Yet at noon on a Tuesday all are full. Retirees ? So what the bleep I think, need exercise anyway and park way out yonder. So I grab the triple sized cart and off I go. Make note of the 3 inch memory foam topper at a good price. Add to wish list. Glance at TV's and think when time comes for new TV would shop here rather than Best Buy. Semi-ogle the jewelry. Reminds me of Service Merchandise who had a huge discounted jewelry section among other household things. I miss that store. Grab a gallon of Simple Green then search for to-go paper coffee cups. They have nice sturdy non foam ones by Dixie, 168 cups for 10 bucks. Sounds good to me (this is my way to get back at Starbucks high prices, make own lattes). But of course no lids!! Target sells the exact cups with lids but in 12 packs. Moving on I am in love with a pallet of Majestic Palms. The look healthy and vibrant, you might say, majestic :) and huge, taller than me. Only $10.88. I attempted to lift, no-go. And no time to find help. Theres no such thing as a leisure lunch hour on the clock. On to browse food. I'm starving too. It was hard to find something without tons of msg, preservatives and/or hydrogenated oils but narrowed it down to chicken quesdillas and chicken salad. Grabbed the salad. Grabbed a bag of wild cod. Looked longingly down the candy aisle. Time is up. Got in long line. This place is ALWAYS busy. Finally I'm up and cashier takes the member card then asks me if my other card is credit or debit. Credit I say. Did not have debit card on me. We only take cash or debit card he says. I'm stunned. Guess live in a hole as this was news to me. Then guess I can't pay I say back thinking I actually lip read a cashier for once in my life. He swipes away my cod, Simple Green, and chicken salad (as if I'm going to make a run for it I laugh) . Still hungry I make the long walk back to car thinking about the Majestic Palm.

No good news..

Well we had the annual condo association election last night..
I am sorry to report I was not elected.. There are 5 positions on the board.. Three people from last years board were re-elected and two new members.. I was actually tied for the #5 spot but lost in a "run-off" vote by the residents who were at last nights meeting..

Here is the scary part... I was defeated by an 80-something year old woman with the beginning symptoms of Alzheimer's. Oh well, life goes on..

Tim

Maybe Tim Kimball.. President..

I live in a condominium. I have lived here for 5 years. In those 5 years I have not felt the need to get involved in the Association "politics".. This past year changed all that.. Just some really dumb decisions were made concerning the way MY money was being spent.. So I decided to "throw my hat into the ring" and run for a position on the "Association Board"... Well, tomorrow night is the vote count..
From what I have heard ( you know.. "yenta talk"..) I may be the next President of our complex... And I am saying to myself "Go figure !! A HoH guy on a condo board" ... What a country !!!!!!
I am excited because I have a list of priorities that I feel will make where I live better..

I will keep you posted on the outcome..

Tim Kimball

New Years Resolutions

Its the 17th of January and still mulling over NY resolutions. I like to keep them small ie doable! One I just remembered was to not buy lunch out every day thus save $$, and its probably, no it IS a lot healthier to pack own. This is a common dilemma for people who work in offices such as myself. The hurdle is it takes planning and preparing. Time. I find it hard to wake up at 6:15, shower, get ready and out door by 7:30. But you know this shouldn't be hard. I estimate I spend easy $150 on lunches a month. This doesn't include my $4 starbucks coffee addiction. That is another resolution. Going to stop spending so many Cindybucks at Starbucks. Anyway, back to packing lunches. Now that it's in writing here maybe I'll be more motivated to follow through. I'd love some ideas for easy to pack but satisfying brown bag lunches. The catch is I do not use microwaves anymore, ok, very very seldom. I got rid of mine at home 2 years ago and don't miss it all. So that elimates frozen meals which is ok. (disclaimor: I don't judge people who do, nor do I know for fact microwaves are harmful. I just don't. Please respect my views and I will respect yours). So I'm thinking the usual cold sandwiches, soup in thermos options. Wonder what other people do?

Let's Blog -- by Cindy

I just created this blog on a whim, put about 30 seconds of thought into it. Yet it seems like a good idea. A blog is simply a web-log. Usually people write short essays, daily thoughts, or whatever is on their minds. With a blog anyone on planet Earth (and possibly even Mars) - with internet - can read and comment on a blog. It's fun. So let's blog.


I will start. Last night we had the monthly ALDA meeting at our new and probably permanent location. Everything was swell from attendees to the new location itself. Yet I came away feeling a bit disgruntled. Pure honest here, hey its a blog. Ok disgruntled is not the exact word but for me, it was like going 12 years back in time when I am going forward. I lost my total hearing in one day 15 years ago. I went through all the grief and glory for years and it was exhausting. And while it doesn't consume my days its still an ever present annoyance to say the least. Just didn't feel like rehashing it last night but then when reminded myself everyone is at different places and that was ok.

It was asked if anyone made new years resolutions , in regards to deafness. Hmmmmmmm. No. :) But did make a few of the standard ones - spend less, save more, exercise more. Hey I've been to Bally 3 (or 4?) times in less than 2 weeks. That alone is an accomplishment considering my real day or as many women call it, my ME time, doesn't start until 5:30 pm on weekdays. That said, I like the meeting place, it's going to work out nice.