Friday, September 20, 2013

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        It is Friday or payday in my neck of the woods.   While payday is usually a day most people look forward to, I approach it with mixed emotions.  It is on pay day when I have to sit down and figure out where every bit of money will be allocated down to the last cent then I must follow the plan to the letter and carry it out.  As much as I stress out about this, I always feel blessed when I have a plan.  My mom always said that the Lord always provides and she is right and I am always grateful. 



      Lately I have been making an effort to ride my exercise bike 20-30 minutes a day.  One day this week I got on my bike and started to pedal and it simply wouldn’t go.       Something has been going desperately wrong with the tension adjustment for quite a while.  Regardless of that fact it was still quite a shock to the system to climb on and not be able to move the pedals at all!  I looked the manufacturer up on the internet and decided to give their customer service department a call.  A live body was on the phone in no time telling me that they no longer stocked parts for the model I have.  Well isn’t that special?   I didn’t say I wanted to order parts, I simply want the damn thing to go preferably with no tension at all so I can get on there and pedal my way to good health.  That is the idea, right?  After the revelation that there were no parts to be had the kind lady suggested perhaps I could take this beast apart and loosen the bearings and grease them.  I chalked that up on my honey-do list.  On the upside while on the phone I discovered I could pedal my exercise bike perfectly fine backwards!!  Seriously it is almost comical as ass backwards as I am that I have to pedal backwards too now.   I am hoping that pedaling backwards will do more good than going frontwards ever has.





        That honey-do list keeps getting longer.  Perhaps it wouldn’t be quite so long if my husband came home more often.  Unfortunately he won’t be home for another week.  Since his last visit the dryer has been dying a slow death.  Now it will only dry on one setting and it takes several times to accomplish that.  So here I am draping clothes everywhere in an effort to dry them before I put them in the dryer with that fancy little sheet that will make our clothes smell all wonderful and soften the jeans from the cardboard texture you get from hanging them about.  Our blazer’s transmission is doing bad things.  God only knows what is wrong with that but when my husband comes home we will take it for diagnostics so at least we are only buying the parts we need and fixing what needs to be fixed.   Last but not least we all look forward to next weekend because it will be a triple celebration that will be long over due.  We will be celebrating my husband and daughter’s birthdays and going to eat for our anniversary as well.  Nothing like killing three birds with one stone as the saying goes.  Needless to say, I will be glad for my husband to come home.  Things need to be fixed, things need to be celebrated, and after all 3 weeks is just way too long.
      


21 comments:

  1. On the road is not ideal, but it does pay the bills, I'm told. Three weeks is a long time and hopefully when he comes home he'll have a few hours after the honey-do list is done to just play with you all.

    Life is kind of all about the playtime, isn't it?

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    1. Jo, We should have time for fun. We will make time for fun!! :D Thank you for stopping by and for your kind comments! ♥

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  2. When it rains it pours sometimes, doesn't it? Who am I kidding, it usually works that way! Buuttt.. On the upside is all of that celebrating that's coming up. Seems to make it all worth it. :)

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    1. Mimi, It is Murphy's Law. Everything that could go wrong will go wrong, and all at once. LOL Oh well, it is nothing to bad and all can be fixed so it is all good. It is just aggravating and the blazer will cost money we don't have. Thank you for stopping by and for your kind comments! ♥

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  3. Oh, yes, three weeks is WAY too long! It sounds like you've been having a doozy of a time with everything going haywire at once. Hang in there, Kathy!
    Blessings!

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    1. Martha, really 3 weeks is normal for us. When it goes into 4-5-6 weeks, that is way too long. It would be nice to have him home more often. Thank you for stopping by and for your kind comments! ♥

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  4. It's amazing how things manage to all go at the same time!!! Good luck Kathy! :)

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    1. JoJo, I think it is Murphy's Law that it is supposed to happen that way. LOL Oh well, just thankful I still have something to drive that works. LOL Thank you for stopping by and for your kind comments! ♥

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  5. Such a sweet post. Have a nice time with your husband and daughter.

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    1. Usha, thank you for stopping by and for your kind comments! ♥ We are planning to go out to dinner to celebrate all three and I am baking a cake...then presents! Should be fun. ♥

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  6. Oh dear, hope the honey-do list gets attended to soon. Backwards may do the trick and perhaps you won't want it fixed.

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    1. Suzy, actually I am finding that going backwards works pretty well. It turns easily so I have just been doing that. I may not but my husband is going to try to loosen those bearings and grease them just to see if they will work. If he doesn't find the time, it is OK. Life will go on. Some of the other stuff takes higher priority. Thank you for stopping by and for your kind comments! ♥

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  7. All the best for honey do list and the celebration!!!

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    1. Shellymona, somehow we will get all that packed into the time he is here and more. We always do. It usually takes me a few days after he leaves to just return to "normal" from the happy circus atmosphere that usually accompanies him. LOL Thank you for stopping by and for your kind comments. ♥

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  8. there are times when everything needs to be attended at the same time and drives us really crazy.... hope u get the best possible done...

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    1. The little princess, I am sure that everything will get taken care of. That is why I call my husband Mr. Make it Happen sometimes. LOL Thank you for stopping by and for your kind comments!@ ♥

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  9. Your post reminded me of my exercise bike :) Hope it works fine because I can't pedal backwards :) Lovely post, hope you have a great time celebrating all the lovely occasions in your family.

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    1. sulekkha, it really isn't that bad once you get the hang of it. LOL It actually works better backwards than it has going frontwards for a very long time. I look forward to my husband's homecoming even though I know that his time here will be exhausting because there is so much to do and so little time to do it. Time will fly like it always does when he is home. Thank you for stopping by and for your kind comments! ♥

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  10. Happy buday to husband and daughter and hope ur exercise bike works out well. Salary can be painful when we know we gotta allocate for expenses.
    Cheerz

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    1. vishalbheeroo, yes it surely is. We are constantly paying the bills but any extra surprises really throws us backwards. I am going to back a tie dye cake for my daughter and I am looking forward to it. Thank you for stopping by and for your kind comments! ♥

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  11. Here's to celebrating your husband's return and getting all those items done on your list, and especially celebrating birthdays and your anniversary!
    Blessings,
    Penny

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