Ms. Jinx – Pack rat

As I said earlier Ms. Jinx has lived in the same house for over sixty years of her life, raised a family of five, divorced her cheating husband in the eighties, has lost two of her children and now has numerous grandchildren coming and going all over the place.

Ms. Jinx is a pack rat, but at least she is orderly about it, boxes and boxes of stuff going way back in time, but it is all sorted, categorized, and labeled which makes the task of downsizing a bit easier.

She has been downsizing for the past couple of years, knowing that the move would come and she even had a few yard sales.  I think she needs to have another one and soon.

Hubby and I have been going over there when we can and help her sort and box and stack and lift and move and store and etc…………..

Ms. Jinx

I have never met a more kinder spirit in a person than our sweet Ms. Jinx, she and my mother have been the best of friends since before I was born.  All of their kids played with one another, husbands socialized nicely with each other, it was a like a wonderful 1950 & 60’s black and white perfect television series.

Ms. Jinx is now in her late 70’s and just recently sold her house that she had lived in for almost 60 of her years, and is moving to Florida.  I will miss being able to stop in for a visit when in the neighborhood almost anytime day or night, Ms. Jinx was almost always at home.  Her eyesight isn’t the best, so she doesn’t like to drive much unless it is really needed, and then she will only drive during the day.

She is too old and her health isn’t the best to drive the long drive all the way to Florida so she is busy packing up a moving van, she will take a taxi to the airport, and is looking into having her car transported for her by a company that offers safe and efficient reliable car transporting services.  It has to be affordable also, otherwise Ms. Jinx wouldn’t dream of spending her money loosely, she is the Queen of Frugalness, one of her many qualities that I received from spending large amounts of time with her.

One of her many sons sent her a link to a company www.nationalautoshipping.com that seems to fit the bill.  She of course sent the link to my mother, who is turn sent to me and it goes on from there to other brothers and sisters to see if anyone has an opinion of any use.

I like that the deliver the vehicle right to your door and that there is no need to deal with a long stressful drive when you can have someone who is licensed and bonded to do it for you.

Judy’s U.K. trip is postponed

My girlfriend Judy has to postpone her trip to England to meet up with an old boyfriend, who is now very married and has 3 kids.  It seems that the family has being doing some work on their house and until most of it is done the wife really doesn’t desire any company, the main room being the bathroom.

Judy has been corresponding with this guy for a while now and they send a lot of pictures to each other via the Internet, lots of pictures of families and vacations, but he has been sending her pictures of the house while under reconstruction.  And of course she sends them all to me to drool over.  The house is gorgeous and the grounds around the place are marvelous to look at.

 

I miss Katie Couric

NBC has always been the station that I watch for the news and every a.m. I enjoy catching glimpses of the Today Show here and there, they are part of my extended family and I really miss Katie.

I could go on and on about her because she has so many great qualities that I admire, you gotta admit going on national t.v. and having a colonoscopy for all to see isn’t something that most people would do.

Most people won’t have one done even in the privacy of their own exam room.  What Katie did really brought attention to the importance of taking care of your colon and we should be grateful for it.  It is a growing concern for men and women.

Here at the mall is a vitamin shop that our teenager worked at for a short time and I got to know one of the ladies there pretty well.  She knew her stuff and was very helpful when I had the chance to talk with her.  I remember one conversation we had when that I was thinking of scheduling a colonoscopy for myself and my Hubby, and she told me some things about her experience with the procedure that were very interesting and helpful.

Now a Corp President

One of my brothers used to work with this remarkable man, Jim Majeski, years ago.  In fact some of the family got to know him on a more personal basis and attended some festive occasions way back when.  Seems that they have kept in touch through out the years and Mr. Majeski sent him this the other day.  It is pretty exciting news for him