Here's what cheezed me off today

Rohanna - too funny about the dogs!! What a sight that must have been!!! Spencer made some half hearted attempts at "wooing" Dixie when she first came home, but he's old and gave up fairly quickly so we haven't had to deal with that craziness. Super funny, too where they put on the show...thanks for the laugh! And, thanks for the tip on the Two Old Goats cream. Definitely an amusing name and one I won't forget - glad it works so well. I will look it up! Glad you are able to let go of the crap from the school - who needs to mess with that - not Rohanna is what I say!! Have a great night!

rocky - that's great that so far the unit has been a success!! I agree, would be good to get it implanted sooner rather than later. Good luck with all you have to do to get that done and get her moved closer. It will be so much easier when she is near you. Sorry to hear your energy is zapped. Here's hoping that comes back soon!

DD1 is having a challenging time "being a grown-up". She is looking for work after graduating earlier this month and is having no luck. She wants to stay in Wilmington, so that means it's more urgent to get something since she will have to start paying her rent. Her lease is up the end of July and she is going to need us to co-sign in order to stay where she's at since she doesn't have a job yet. Caught between a rock and a hard place - want to help out, but don't want to be taken advantage of...she changes her mind soooooo often! Love her dearly, but don't know what we should do with this.

Hi, Wren - she actually does have a roommate that she likes a lot, but they have separate leases. The complex is mostly college students and the apartments are furnished and include utilities and cable, so it is a bit more expensive then splitting an unfurnished place. She'd like to stay in that apt if she can. Funny...she called a little while ago and was asking if we would charge her rent if she lived at home for a little while! Said she is considering all her options. I think she really wants to just move to PA to be closer to her "guy friend" and so she is thinking about how if she signs a lease she will be stuck someplace for a whole year and wouldn't be able to move to PA without losing a lot. I'm leaving the decision making up to her - we did offer to co-sign on the lease with the understanding she would need to stay and not break it if we did that or she can come home and live here for a little while and save some money. Now it's up to her to figure out what she really wants to do!

Interesting you guys are talking about job hunting. My DS will be 17 in a few months and will be a senior in high school this coming year. He's been applying to jobs in our immediate area and is learning the ups and downs of job interviewing. He's been on two phone interviews that turned into physical interviews, but wasn't offered the jobs. Last night he applied online to a grocery store down the street and they actually called for a physical interview today. Wow, that was fast. He goes tomorrow in his dress slacks, dress shirt and tie and once again holds his head high in hopes of paid employment!

Rockym, I hope they accept him. I worry that my grandsons who are in college have no work history. I knew a job coach who said he actually had to sit the people down and explain that it was important to be there on time, dressed appropriately and ready to work. He had to tell them it's not ok to send your friend in your place if you have other plans. Your son sounds like he already knows those things.

Spookie, Not hard to believe that school bus drivers are hard to find. I would probably be fired for hitting a kid. (who richly deserved it of course)

Spookie - must be good to be on the other side of things now with DD settled, married and with a good job! It's amazing what can happen with a little time! I do hope she is able to get a teaching job since I think she will be very disappointed if she doesn't. It's not like it was when I got out of school - there were jobs everywhere. You just had to go to a job fair, do a few interviews and you usually had a few to choose from.

Rocky - that's great that your DS is motivated to get a job! I hope the interview went well and he got it!

Wren - I couldn't be a bus driver, either, but my issue would be the driving part of it - bus would be too challenging for me LOL!

Congrats on the job 4 ds,

My son is 21 never haad a job..has a learning disability. Don't know how he interviews. Asked my older son 2 do a mock interview. He can't even fill out the job application.  I have done alot 4 him. The other twin has a job.

Rocky - Congrats on the job for DS and the fun shopping trip with him! Sounds like a great day!

Blondie - sorry to hear about the challenges facing your DS. I hope that something works out for him soon

Rohanna - you are too funny!! Glad you and DD have such a great relationship - that is awesome! I don't know what I'm going to do when DD2 goes to college. It was strange having DD1 gone, but I still had a buddy at home, so now it will be really weird when DD2 goes.

Spookie - My DD1 is super excited about teaching now since she is just starting...hope she is able to keep the excitement and not get too burned out. It can be tough

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Especially closing doors. Mine seems to think closing cabinet doors will shorten his life or something. One house had kitchen cabinets that were just low enough for me to constantly bump my head. Those doors came off and were stored in the basement.

I'm married to a "cabinet leaver opener" too! What is with that? The worst thing is that my 13 year old is following in his footsteps :-(. I told her I would charge her $1.00 for each time I see them opened. Let's see how quick the allowance trickels down or how quickley they get closed!

Sounds like we are all in the "mom boat" right now. My mom's dementia is getting worse. She has been almost taken advantage of twice in the past four weeks alone. A worker was in her house quoting her $900 minimum for plumbing work and telling her it could be up to $4,000. She still doesn't recall how this guy ended up in her house. She may have called him from the newspaper or he could have just showed up. I live one state over and it was hard to know since she couldn't remember how he got in her house. Fortunately, I was able to ask him to send me an email with a proper quote so we could talk it over. I told the guy I would be there later that afternoon to take a look (knowing very well I wasn't traveling anytime soon). Once I made sure that he left and she was safe, I called a proper plumber from a neighbor's referral. It was an easy $125 job. So you think my mom would have learned about being careful... nope.

It's been two weeks since the "plumber situation" and yesterday she tells me she was having a problem with her computer so she got help from AOL. Well, she has a free AOL account now (after they were charging her $8/month for over two years) and I thought I had cleared that up. Well, it turns out she clicked on some scam ad and allowed someone to remotely access her computer. She also gave them her credit card number over the phone. Because I monitor her finances, I was able to see who they were and what happen. After calling the company, they wouldn't refund her cash so I had to call the credit card company and get the amount disputed and put a block on that company ever being able to charge her card again.

So, now I am exhausted and I call her to check on her this morning. She's confused and doesn't know whose house she is in even though it's the house she has lived in for 45 years. Her helper doesn't come on Friday and she's practically begging me to fly out for the weekend. My husband travels and I have two kids. I hope the stress from this situation doesn't make me sick! Oh, I almost forgot... I looked at assisted living homes near me and picked the best few for her to look at when she came out last month. We weren't ready to commit, so I didn't put the cash done for a reservation. Two weeks later I realized I better put the cash down and get the ball rolling. Well, the rooms we liked had been taken. Now we are on the wait list unless I want to put her in an apartment the size of a small hotel room. Hopefully things will fall into place soon. Sorry about the vent, but I know you guys get it :-).