I added a couple of new blogs to the links area. You should check them out.

 

I am trying to catch up with the Billionaires on BlogShares.

I have been trading on BlogShares again. This is my current status…

 

General

 

UserID

26918

Status

Active

User Since *

17:16 12 Mar 2005

Last Login

18:56 27 Mar 2005

Rank

Unranked (overall standing)

(20,734,565.49% growth in net worth this month)

Karma

59

Chips

1090

Artefacts

1

Transactions

Unlimited

Last Transaction

22:43 27 Mar 2005

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Home Page

Chronicles Life and Complexities

Cash Balance

B$1,728,959.78

Total Portfolio

B$37,809,346.32 in 27 blogs

Total Market Orders

B$.00

Total Ideas Commodities

B$64,131,813.20 (17408 in 3 industries)

Total Worth

B$103,673,327.46

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Well, that is all I have to say right now. I am going to bed in a couple of minutes. It has been a long day and night.

 

Always,

Jo Ann

 

I just took a shower after visiting everyone on my blog list. I was going through my regular routine in the shower and God tried to tell me something. I picked up a bottle to get some shampoo and it would not come out. At first I thought it was odd. I messed around with it a bit and ran hot water over it. Finally it dispensed and damn it, it was not shampoo… it was conditioner. I should read labels when bottles are identical. Good way for Him to get my attention.

 

I had to reboot because MSN crashed again. I am almost ready to migrate this space if I keep having problems, but I will leave a forwarding address. I have a lot of friends here. This is just a thought that keeps niggling at me.

 

Ran into some truly crass people out in the blogosphere today. Leaving really despicable comments on other blogs. The thing is the idiots don’t leave URL’s so they can be followed into their own territory. It is unfair for them to cause trouble in the community.

 

I am going to go ahead and post this and will be back later.

 

Always,

Jo Ann

We went to town and I got so mad at Wal-Mart that I pitched a small fit. I had exactly $67.00 on a credit card and I told the cashier to only put that amount on the card because otherwise I would have to pay a $30.00 over-limit fee.  The woman got an attitude when I said I had to watch everything she scanned in. Then she put an extra 43 cents on the card. That  was going to cost me $30.00 so I got pissed off. I really lost it for several minutes and stopped at the door to tell the greeter what she had done. I wanted this cashier reprimanded, but the woman sent me to the service desk. I stood there in line fuming. Finally I got to the counter and the person at the returns desk did not want to give me a refund. I told him exactly what I wanted and showed that I was willing to pay the $1.01 with another card, but this charge had to come off. He acted like it was piddly shit and not worth his time. Finally, he did it. However, I am still mad at the powers that be in the Wal-Mart corporation. I even had witnesses of what happened. I wish I could just never go there again.

 

Moving on… I bought $167.00 worth of food. We now have meat, Pop Tarts, and Caffeine Free Diet Coke (they did not have the cheaper colas I usually buy so I had to pay $5.98 a case). We should not run out of food nor beverage for a week. Then I will have to figure out a creative way to come up with enough money to go shopping again.

 

I have a grand total of $15.00 to make it to the end of the month. Thank God Alex gets free lunch because otherwise I could not put gas in the car.

 

By the way have you seen the ad on BlogShares about the company that makes your blog into a book. I keep thinking this would be a neat thing, but I have not clicked the link because then it will be just one more thing on my I Want list.

 

Well, that is my little rant for the evening.

 

TTYL,

Jo Ann

By the way, yesterday marked my third consecutive month of blogging here on Spaces, so I guess I ought to post something truly different today in acknowledgement of the date. Now what the heck could I put up? Any suggestions?

 

I would put up a picture like I see talked about on  FastBikerChic’s site Wish You Were Here. I wish I did have a body like Melissa, she is so pretty… but nah, my body would scare everyone away! I am taking suggestions though.

 

Smiles,

Jo Ann

I did not get to the paperwork I am resisting it intensely. I still have to make up my mind what I really want to do about it.

 

I am not hungry tonight. Fixed supper a couple of hours ago and still have some of it lying in front of me. I weighed today and found that I have lost three more pounds. I wish it came off faster.

 

I accidentally created a new blog this evening:

 

I don’t like it so much but may use it a little now and then. It is on blogspot. I think Spaces is much cooler. I really did not mean to create another blog, stupid of me really. Now I have to learn new software. Like I don’t have enough to do already.

 

Alex’s monitor died tonight. It has been failing for a while, but now it is gone. Four years is a pretty good life for a CRT. Now I have to find a way to get him a new monitor.

 

TTYL,

Jo Ann

The story I was thinking about earlier was triggered by JNuts saying something about looking into the barrel of a loaded shotgun over on his blog.

 

In the mid eighties I lived in Chattanooga, Tennessee for a while. That is where Alex was born, but I digress. I was working for the Scott Fetzer Corporation which in case you are unfamiliar with the name sells Kirby vacuum cleaners. That’s right I sold Kirby’s door to door. For the most part this was a wonderful experience for me although the hours were long and the pay was not wonderful. I got to go into all kinds of people’s homes and talk to them. Sometimes it was a mansion and sometimes it was a little above a cardboard box. You never knew which would be the filthiest either. I honestly meet people all over North Georgia, Alabama, North and South Carolina, and portions of Tennessee who seem to recognize me, and I figure this has to do with working Kirby all those years ago. Kirby never failed to impress.

 

One day I knocked into a house on Sand Mountain, this was an average home. The wife invited me in and I did a portion of my demo routine. She loved the Kirby and was super nice. If you’ve ever seen one of the demonstrations you know at one point we go into the bedroom and show all the stuff you get out of the mattress. Well I was going through that what you pulled out was dead skin and dust mites and showing her the literature about it when her husband came home. This man was a little brusque when he came in and saw me and all the pads of dirt laying around, but I figured all was well when he left the room. Now this was kind of a tough looking fellow and in a couple of minutes he came back with a shotgun. He pointed the gun at me with his finger on the trigger and told me to get the hell out of his house. The wife told him to calm down, but he continued to hold the gun on me. Knowing that you never point a gun on someone unless you are prepared to use it I was understandably shaken. I gathered up all the Kirby parts which are numerous, and hurried out of the house. I swear I stood in the driveway with him pointing that weapon at me while waiting for my supervisor to return with the van. She dressed me down for leaving the house. I told her that the man was still standing in the doorway with a shotgun pointed at me if she wanted to talk to him. She of course looked up and declined. I became a legend in the Kirby office. I think that was the most forceful eviction anybody there ever experienced. I did not like to go into houses on Sand Mountain after that day. Some of those people are real hillbillies up there.

 

I can honestly say looking into the barrel of a loaded gun makes your blood run cold. I love to shoot, but I am a little uncomfortable when anyone else has a weapon in their hands. I have looked into one of those cold pieces of steel enough times to never have to do it again.

 

Well, that is all for now.

 

Always,

Jo Ann

Went to bed at 2:30AM and rose briefly at about 7:10AM to turn the alarm off. I lay back down and did not take Alex to the bus. Mom took him, I woke up at 7:45AM and soon after got a shower. I am sleepy, but am staying up. There are things I need to get done.

 

I checked in on BlogShares and thankfully things look better this morning. I bought some more stock in several different blogs. I have this thing with these kind of games, years ago in like 1991 I bought a game that was stock market stuff and I played it constantly. Such things fascinate me. Does not take much to entertain me.

 

I am going into town a while. Business to which I must attend. Mom is anxious for the rent so I must cash a check and give her my money. The books are due at the library so I must stop by there and renew some items. Mom wants to pay her insurance so we will stop by the agent. She also has some gift cards at Borders so we may stop by there. I think she will probably give me at least one of the $25.00 cards, so that will be nice. We will have lunch too, not sure where we will eat, she says she does not want to choose so I must pick. I am not really hungry for any special thing so the choice will be difficult.

 

I added a few more links on here. I hope to put some more of the books I read last year on later. I just have not been dedicated to that because frankly I do not remember much about some of the books. Seems when you read so many as I did last year that some get lost in the mix.

 

Well, I better get going. Thank you all for being so kind. I’ll write more when I get home.

 

Smiles,

Jo Ann

Well, I read my way around everyone’s blogs, there is a lot going on out there today.

 

I did some trading on BlogShares, and unfortunately I am less wealthy than when I started out today. I guess it is a good thing I don’t own real stock to speculate in. It is almost depressing just as a pretend thing.

 

I think there are some super people on the other sides of these computers.

 

I do not have enough time to write much right now, so I will just wish you all a wonderful night and a pleasant Tuesday.

 

TTYL,

Jo Ann

I did not go to bed until 3:00AM and so I slept in until noon. My order from Amazon.com came this morning, so I now have the book my counselor and I are going to work through. I think it will be really helpful with dealing with my emotions. I need all the help I can get on this endeavor so I am glad we are working on it. The book is Don’t Let Your Emotions Run Your Life by Scott E. Spradlin, MA. I like the conversational tone of the book.

 

My ex-sister-in-law is here again. I am staying in my room to avoid her. I really think I could deal with her today, but am not sure how she would react, so this is probably the best place for me. I just hope she goes in a timely manner this time. She has been here about two hours already and I kinda want to get something to eat. I just have to control the urge.

 

I have been making my rounds to other blogs. It is so good to be able to visit friends. Lots of good writing out there. I added a few new faces to my list last night and think I may add a few more today. This group keeps growing larger which is really cool.

 

I’ve been thinking ( I know this can be dangerous ) about some postings I read about religion, judgmentalness and condemnation, and I think I may have to write some about this here. It relates to my feelings about narrow-mindedness, which if you have been following my blog for a while you will know I find very appalling. I have to reason this out so it comes out clearly, so I am not going to write it right now, but it will come up in future entries. I feel so strongly in this regard, but I want to make sure I express what I truly feel. Sometimes words fail me.

 

Thank God my ex-sister-in-law left. I started something to eat right away. By the way my hands are working more normally now. My nerves are just about back to their regular state, not that that is necessarily "normal" but it is more stable.

 

Hope you are having a great Saturday.

 

TTYL,

Jo Ann

I changed the theme and the layout on here. I don’t know how long the changes will last, but I like it for now. I echo others on here that I wish themes were customizable or that there were more choices.

 

They still have not caught the killer. I hope they find him soon. This makes me a little nervous. I am glad I have no plans to go out tomorrow. The house is locked down tight. We live out in the country and this area would make a good hide out for someone trying to escape the authorities. That is why I am so uneasy. I really thought by now they would have caught him.

 

Well, XP shut down all my security programs that run in the background and I had to reboot in the middle of writing this so this entry is going to be short.

 

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

 

Always,

Jo Ann