Below are the 10 most recent journal entries recorded in deroberts2's LiveJournal:

Thursday, April 27th, 2006
3:14 pm	This has me totally pissed off Oil Profits I am having trouble affording gas to get to work and yet the oil companies are rolling in money. I live on a fixed income and what I earn as a cook at a daycare. I can't even imagine what I would do with out my Social Security. There is only one way to end this. Stop driving. Stop going out to eat, going to the movies, running out for one little thing. Organize your trips so you get everything done at once then go home. Cook a meal. Sit down with your kids. Play some cards. Do some yard work. Stop handing your paycheck to the oil companies then maybe they will get it. The only thing they will listen to is their wallets. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 25th, 2006
6:30 am	24 So did everyone catch last nights 24? Awesome. Nothing like being on a rollercoaster of emotions. Is Sect. Hellar dead? Where is that plane going? Will the President kill his wife? It's crazy. (Comment on this)
Friday, March 24th, 2006
6:12 am	fridays I love Fridays. The weekend is so close. I hope to get my Kiefer site updated this weekend. There hasn't been much news though. Hopefully I'll find time to do some writing exercises. (Comment on this)
Friday, March 10th, 2006
4:40 am	Verizon problems Haven't been here in awhile cause of problems with our DSL. Apparently I mailed my check too late and while they did get it last Friday they shut us off before it was in the system. I've been using dial-up all week and it has drove me crazy. What I don't understand is how a company that advertises as the most tech advanced can have so many problems. Every phone call with them was a nightmare of transfers. Didn't help we were using a cell phone and kept losing connection. You guessed it we were using a Verizon cell phone. At one point my son was on the phone for 2 hours, transfer 6 times and spoke to 3 supervisors. Finally he was told that their systems are so slow that the info was slowly making it's way through the system and to call back in about 2 hours. This was 4 business days after our payment was recieved. He called back only to be told we had to wait another 24 to 48 hours for it to be turned on. Finally this morning it was working. Still can't access my verizon e-mail but at least I'm not waiting for dial-up to load. Sad thing was everyone we talked to said something different. No one was on the same page. If there were another DSL carrier here I'd switch in a minute. Current Mood: annoyed (Comment on this)
Tuesday, February 21st, 2006
5:19 pm	Outside right now A brisk breeze chilled all who would venture outside even though the warm sun welcomed them. The ground was still brown with last autumn’s leaves scattered about. The bare trees cast stark shadows on the ground. A keen eye could spot the small signs of spring. Buds tipped the tree branches. Crocuses pushed out from the cold ground. The first robins searched for nest materials. The sun waited patiently until after dinner time to set. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, February 19th, 2006
10:05 am	Childhood memories Childhood Memory By De Roberts The day was sunny and warm. Summer was upon us in all of its glory. My Aunt had brought my three boy cousins for a visit. I was too young to understand why. Birth and death floated around me without leaving much of an impression. I was six. My mom and her sister sat in the kitchen drinking coffee and talking. The kitchen window gave them a way to yell at us when necessary. The tall fence around the backyard kept the world and its dangers out. My memories are foggy about everything except the blow up reindeer and the outside faucet. Water is a magnet for kids. Why not fill up a toy with water from the forbidden outside faucet? So my youngest cousin and I started to fill it up. It was about half full when we heard a voice that turned my blood to ice. My Aunt’s head stuck out the window and she asked what we were doing? I was lost for words. We hadn’t intentionally broken the rules. Still I was afraid. Finally I blurted out something about my young cousin doing it. He was only two or so. I had never lied before and couldn’t believe she didn’t see my cheeks burning. She carted him into the house for punishment and I went on my way. I lied. I got away with it. The guilt was crushing. It stuck with me for a long time. I was 12 before I confessed to my mom. She laughed. It amazed her that I had held on to that memory for so long. No one else even remembered the incident. (Comment on this)
Saturday, February 18th, 2006
6:50 pm	The weekend so far I've spent the day doing nothing. Colds suck. The cold sucks. It's 16 degrees here and not getting any warmer. So I've decided not to leave the house. House isn't exactly warm either. It's old and drafty and expensive to heat. I'm hoping to get some writing practice in today. The exercise I'm working on is writing the first event you can remember from childhood. I plan on posting the final result here. De (Comment on this)
Thursday, February 16th, 2006
7:35 pm	Thunderstorms It's thundering and raining and tornado warnings are out. Strange weather for this time of year. Not sure if I prefer thunderstorms at night or in the morning. Morning storms are very strange. Possibly it's the darkness so early in the day. Night storms make it hard to see the color of the clouds. It makes it hard to see whether they are green, the color of tornados or not. Really need to get away from the windows now, the lightening spooks me. De (Comment on this)
4:47 am	Being Sick The worst thing about the cold I have right now is that it isn't bad enough to justify taking a day off from work. It's just bad enough to keep me from doing much once I get home. Stuffy and achy I just want to vegetate in front of the tv for hours. Cleaning? Forget it. Errands? No way. Add in a toothache and life gets even more interesting. But more on that at a later date. Well there is one upside, maybe the worst will be over in time for the weekend. De (Comment on this)
Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
5:27 pm	Valentines Day Just what is the big deal about Valentines Day? Personally I can't get into it. Maybe because I'm not in a relationship now and/or because tomorrow is the 8th anniversary of my husbands death. Makes the day a little hard to take. I don't understand why we make such a big deal about relationships and sex. Why do we place such importance on being in a relationship? While love is grand I have found over the past few years I enjoy being on my own. Having gone straight from my parents home to marriage it's nice to have a chance to get to know who I am. And why to we create so much stress over one day? If you truly care for someone you show it every day. Do we really need the crap about getting the perfect gift for a "Hallmark" holiday? If your SO gets the wrong thing or heaven forbid forgets is it really the end of the world? De (Comment on this)