Dipsticks, the whole lot of 'em

AARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHH!

The back stage personel and Front of House are IDIOTS!!!!

AARRRRRRRGGGGHHHHH!

What gives people the right to "talk down" to other people in front of patrons!!!

I'm about to EXPLODE!!!

True Colours Thursday - Blue

True Colours Thursday's host is My True Colours

Well this week is Blue.

I am not a big Blue coloured fan....lets see...OH!

There is one blue I am quite fond of and it is blue sky. I love the blue sky.

This picture was taken on a trail ride I went on in August. The sky was clear, there was very little wind...it was nice.

This second pic is when we were heading back home. It was still nice out...

It was such a fantastic weekend

Mick

Well my blog friend Mick got tagged with this, and he mentioned that I may just respond... so here goes. I am a little behind....



TYPE ONLY 1 WORD. IT’S HARDER THEN YOU THINK!!!
1. Where is your cell phone? Purse
2. Your significant other? Work
3. Your hair? Blonde
4. Your mother? Passionate
5. Your father? Gone
6. Your favorite thing? Horses
7. Your dream last night? Blank
8. Your favorite drink? Gin Caesars
9. Your dream/goal? Content
10. You’re in? Apartment
11. Your fear? Sharks
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Fulfilled
13. Where were you last night? Work
14. What you’re not? Model
15. Muffins? Carrot
16. One of your wish list items? Barn
17. Where you grew up? Moosomin
18. The last thing you did? Blog
19. What are you wearing? Jeans
20. Your TV? Off
21. Your pet? Caged
22. Your computer? Here
23. Your life? good
24. Missing someone? Passionately
25. Your car? Sunfire
26. Something you’re not wearing? Bobby pins
27. Favorite Store? Gap
28. Your summer? Cool
29. Your favorite color? Green
30. When is the last time you laughed? Today
31. Last time you cried? Yesterday
32. FOUR PEOPLE WHO E-MAIL ME? Wilma, Bruno, Poopsie, and Stifler's Mom
33. FOUR OF MY FAVORITE FOODS: Roast Chicken with Stuffing, Hot German Potato Salad, Eggs Benedict and Borcht
34. FOUR PLACES I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT NOW? Farm, Los Angeles, Colombia, Home farm
35. FOUR PEOPLE I THINK WILL RESPOND: Wilma, Ruthie Tuesday, Poopsie, Bruno

Scrooge

Christmas is getting closer and I am really not...in...the...mood.

I have ZERO Christmas decorations in my little abode because...I should be in the newly built house already! and ALL of my Christmas decorations are packed in boxes...waiting to be unpacked for the new house....which we still don't have yet! SO I am a little bitter about being still in my apartment but am really bitter about all Christmas decorations packed and at the farm, in the shed, wayyyyy at the back. I already was on the hunt for them.

I don't feel like buying gifts. I don't feel like hearing the carols. I don't feel like wrapping. I am however, looking forward to the Egg Nog and Rum....but that's about it.

I have two favourite holidays and Christmas is...was...one of them.

I am not going home for Christmas but rather, am having people over on the 25th...Christmas for me is the 24th..so already I am outta whack.

But we are having people over....transients...all of us who don't have family here are getting together...which will be nice.

I have the invitations already to go...well they already have been invited, but I have done up some invites just the same. There should be 8 in total. I haven't had a soiree in so long that I kinda excited about it. I do really like having soirees'. They bring people together and reconnect.

So, yah, not really looking forward to the Christmas thing but am gonna try hard.

The hell job

Well, I worked this weekend at the hell job. It went really well.

This is how it works.

I get paid by the hour PLUS commission. I hate it. The girls get snarly if you go out of turn and us oldsters nab up the customers that the new girls forget they have. We can handle 2-3 customers and they don't have the knack for it yet. It is dog eat dog! We have warned the new girls many times. You forget you have a customer and take on too many, if one of your many customer comes to us with a question or help...they are ours.

I know it is mean. But shit happens! It teaches them to be aware or their surroundings, and to get your butt in gear and learn how to work!

We have a high turnover at the hell job for a few reasons.
1). Our boss is a nut.
2). Our District Manager is very young and has no idea that you don't go drinking with the staff regularly or you end up getting no respect because you are now considered a friend.
3). Our nutty boss only hires 16-18 year olds so she can intimidate them, and then they either quit or go to school.
4). She doesn't hire oldsters like us because we don't put up with her crap.

We also have a high turnover because there is no work ethic with the younger generation.

At the hell job, this particular western wear store is so cheap that we have to do our own
cleaning there...yup! No cleaning staff is hired for this company! We not only have to sell on commission but we have to clean windows, wipe down racks, and vacuum. So while we are doing all the chores, we lose sales, which means we get no commission.

Ahh haaa...the commission.
The store has a set $ plan. If the store makes its monthly plan you get 4% of your sales...and thats only if you make your own personal plan! If the store does not make it you only get 3% and that's if you make your own personal plan too. If you do not make your own personal plan...you get 1%! And let me tell ya, that 1-3% is quite a difference! When I worked full time at the hell job I only ever got 3% twice...that was an extra 5-700 dollars. Most times I only ever made 1% which meant 100.00 extra.

Commission sucks.

So yes...the hell job is truly the hell job.

Why do I stay there?

While employed there, I have made a few true blue friends. Ones who still work there, and so it is kinda nice to be able to hide behind a rack for a few minutes just say hi and to make arrangements to go for drinks after work, and the others who have graced the doors of the western wear store and said "this woman is crazy", have left and gone on to bigger and better, like Home Depot!! We still get togther. And I have made a few horsey friends too....plus, I get a good discount.

YAY...it's Friday!

Ok...so yesterday wasnt the best day. Today, so far is...

One of the girls I work with at the hell job doesnt know it yet but the 30th will be a big day for her. Her boyfriend, bless him, is arranging a surprise engagement party for her.

He is so sweet. He has called all of her close friends and her family and we are all meeting at his folks place. He even has a place to stash all of our cars! Its going to be a blast.

This girl is, well actually her whole family is great. They have become very important to me here in the Border Town. Her sister lives in the same apartment building as I do. They are all into horses, showing and such. I have kinda adopted them as my extended family, and vice versa. I think its very nice of him to do all of this for her.

Reflection

Today has not been a good day. Much less a good week.

Legs' best friend lost his wife today. She died of an aneurysm. She has a paramedic, at work, on a split shift, decided to lay down and catch a nap...she never woke up.

They were a couple we chummed with alot.

He found out about it at work, so Legs called me and I went right over. It was tough seeing him. He was in shock but Legs was pretty shakey.

Makes me think that we must live everyday.

Is it Friday yet??? Really...

So I have been farm sitting for the past week and a half and all has been well. I pick up Grace and Wilmer tomorrow night.

I feel bad that I am not going out when they are there more often but I feel like I am imposing...and when I do go out, I just want to be outside with the horses, either grooming them or just plain sittin' out there with them..nobody to bother me, but that never happens. Wilmer, bless his heart, always comes with me, when really I just want to be left alone. OR, if I go out there, then I have to go into the house for a meal, tea, or something and I just don't want to.

I am looking forward to getting the horses over to Legs' place. There I feel a little more at home, but not really cuz we still have no house yet!, but there is no pressure to go in and have tea!

I am also looking forward to getting out to "our" farm because then I can get my dog back from my moms. I "talked" to my dog last night on the phone. Mom called last night and put the phone up to Effie and I asked how my baby girl was and she started to lick the phone....broke my heart. I miss that damn dog so much!...she is my baby.

But tomorrow is my last day at Grace's. Time to do the laundry, mop the floors, vacuum, make sure all the critters are fed and make sure the horses and cows have their hay and water.

Lots to do....

Is it Friday?

Well, it has been a better day today.

I have been running around like a chicken with my head cut off!

Tonight is a good night though because I get the night off!! YAY!!

HOWEVER....the next three weeks will be outta control and the weekend with Wilma and Bruno will be well deserved.

No comment

Well, it is Monday.

I am drained...and yes I did fret all weekend.

I am pissed off, and tired of all the things that have been bothering me...well I guess this was the last straw. I have had it.

Legs came in last night and took me to the movies....Role Model..it was very funny and took my mind off things, that is until the movie was over.

Legs asked me if there was more wrong than just the taxes fiasco and I said nothing. Of course there is more there but I will tell him when I am ready......I am waiting.

I just don't give a damn about the taxes...they have damn well waited this long, they can wait til after Christmas...I am not about to ruin my plans or give away the friggin money I am trying so hard to save for Christmas. They can get payments in January. What can they do that has not already been done. Fk 'em!

Yes....so...
We have the beginnings of the dreaded Christmas School Concerts starting tonight. From now until December 19th. I didn't know we had that many schools here, but I guess we do. So the snarly parents and the stressed out teachers will be all over here like stink on a monkey!

Merry Christmas! Where is the Egg nog and rum?

And then there's today...

Everything was going great.

Until today.

I don't ask for much.

I have been divorced for three years now. First time to EVAH, be on my own....literally. I am in this rotten little one bedroom apartment that I MAKE payments on. I own my own car. My income is just above poverty level and times, I can't even afford to buy milk for heavens sake.

This month...yes, this month, I have a bank balance that is NOT in the negative!

I do believe that things are looking up! Until about two hours ago.

I went to get the mail. I actually have a really bad phobia about getting the mail. I only get it twice a month, so I don't have to deal with it. I get it and promptly pay my bills and deal with what I have to live on. End of story. I hate getting mail. Hate is with a white hot passion.

Today, I went to get the mail because payday was just yesterday. I got it, went back into my apartment to open the bills and I see a letter from the government. Hmmmm, what do they want? I paid the taxes!

So, before I go on, I must let you in on what happened in the previous months.
Stifler's Mom came over in April to help me with doing my taxes. I owed..what else is new. I sent them a note asking to check it all over....they did. They sent me a notice saying I only had to pay less than 50 bucks! I was elated, but wary. I waited til July thinking that something else HAD to come of this....nothing....so I went to the bank...paid more than what was needed just in case there was interest....TWO weeks later I get a cheque back from them for the exact same amount that I paid at the bank....WTF? This was August. I called Stifler's Mom and told her. She said cash it and hang on to EVERYTHING. So I did.

Today, I get the mail and see a letter from the government....I open it.....it is an enormous bill! Saying that I didnt make what I said I did on my T4's, they said I made double and they have charged me interest on top of that. I am close to owing them $1000.00.....my jaw hit the floor! Tears flowed and I called Legs....not that he can help, but I was just overwhelmed....I still am.

I honestly don't know how much more I can take. They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, but there are many nights when I lay in bed awake and just wish there were no more breaths to take. It is always a struggle and I am tired of it. I truly am tired of it.

And I ask Why me? Because I have shit for luck.

I will be going to see an accountant on Monday morning...that's all I can do for now. I just wish it wasn't the weekend because now all I will do is fret til monday morning.

HELLOOOO OUT THERE....

Oh my goodness!
I am sooo far behind in my blogging and I just feel terrible!

The last three weeks have been a zoo. I have not been home and this week I am farm sitting. So...things are winding down.

Three weekends ago I was at the Red Deer Arts Showcases, two weekends ago was the Moose Jaw arts Showcases and last weekend I was in Strasbourg and it was the TheatreOne One Act Festival.

I am however, a little under the weather because of all the running around I have been doing. In between the weekends, it has been so busy here at work. This next week...actually these next 4 weeks are going to be hell!

They are the school Christmas concerts and let me tell you....it is great birth control for me. Surrounded by kids and parents and let me tell you it is NOT the kids that drive me crazy, it is the parents...Those parents are absolute nightmares! They are bossy, demanding, rude, ego maniacs, these parents are our worst nightmare. Nothing is good enough, they push their way through lines, back stage...it is crazay!!! They think they have the rights to EVERYTHING because Precious is going to be onstage singing!

I am not looking forward to this....can you tell?

On a lighter note....
While I was at the One Act, I was able to connect with many friends whom I have not seen in quite some time. You can talk to them on Facebook and such, but it is so nice to see them in person. While I see lots of dear friends, it is always nice to make new ones as well.

I was so happy to see Wilma and Bruno.

It's funny....I have many friends but don't have many close ones...ones that you don't see in awhile but can pick up where you left off the last time, just as if time never went by. It's those friends that are dear to my heart. I have close school girlfriends that I see when I go home but I find these thespian friends are the ones who I connect with the most.

I think we all connect so well for a few reasons....The love of theatre, we are all a little eccentric, we all love our animals, and we all have a fantasic sense of humour!

Anyway, the last weekend was by far the best weekend...I am looking forward to March in Prince Albert for TheatreFest week!

A new fan

Well, here it is...Monday again...

I just got back from a great time in Moose Jaw where I reviewed potential performers to grace our presence here at the Vic.

I instantly became a fan of one particular performer...and not just because he is formerly from Punnichy Saskatchewan, but because he was truly an entertainer. He has the voice that closely resembles Elton John and George Micheal and the energy in the theatre was through the roof.

His name is Jeffery Straker. Click on him and listen...