Tried to clean house...I just couldn't. Had to go to bed today. Hope I can do better after surgery.
SO, that's the bad stuff! What's good that's been happening? Certainly not finances! Still have not heard anything from Social Security favoring our plight - instead got a bill for K's Medicare. Sinice he has no income, he has no way to pay it. So will call the SS office again sometime tomorrow or Tuesday to try to work that out.
I went to Salado in January to the UDC Forum. Roomed with friend Betty again. She's such an inspiration. She's shouldering a lot these days with family issues and life as well. But keeps on keeping on. I should have stayed home - just went because I needed to get away for a bit and because I wanted to learn what goes on at one of these. I got put on a State UDC committee that is converting forms to on-line fillable format. I've just been testing them; there's a younger lady who is doing the actual conversion. Thus far she's not doing such a hot job. We send her the corrections that need to be made, instead of working through those she does something else and sends them all back out to us, we have to re-test them and send the same damn issues back to her. I long for disciplined version control as we always had at my former employer.
What else? I started going to the Needlework club and I'm trying to learn to knit. Funny, tedious, not doing very well at it. Thus far I've learned to cast on and learned how the knit stitch is made. Executing what I've learned is something else. After crocheting since I was in diapers, I'm finding knitting is kicking my butt! Oh, well, maybe I'll learn anyway. Won't hurt to try.
Oh, yeah...I was appointed Chair of the nominating committee for our chapter of the UDC - that was back in November. The committee and I have been working on it ever since...begging, pleading, doing whatever we can to get someone to take positions. Thought we had it worked out but Recording Secretary nominee advised she can't fulfill the duties because her husband is doing so poorly now. So, we started the begging and pleading by emails and phone calls and in person all over again. As of midnight Feb. 4, we had no one. I had been asked by several to take the position but I had not stepped up because I am fairly new. At a meeting the night before our report was due to the full membership I allowed myself to be talked into it. I read the report at the meeting and explained how we had hunted for someone to fill the positions. I submitted the report and announced it will be read again at the March meeting before voting in April. I could not believe it - a woman came to me immediately and wanted the job! Why hadn't she responded to all the communication since November??? I would have gladly surrendered the job to her except for the fact that she is not able to perform the job. The requirements of our organization are that members must be a descendant of a soldier either direct or collateral. Intelligence is not a consideration for membership. Oh my gosh, this is the one person none of us would have ever suspected would have come forward. I don't think she understands what the office is or does, and based on previous dealings with her, several of us know she can't perform. SO, what to do? I've been told to read the report as filed at the March meeting, and that on the day of elections someone can be nominated from the floor and a contested election can be held. I just do not want to do that! Think I'll just be sick and stay home instead. I didn't want the job in the first place and I sure don't want to deal with the politics of a contested election.
Finally got the 2012 taxes figured out. Got to get it ready for Ken to mail tomorrow. Yippee - we are owed money. I think we'll be owed even more for 2013.
Guess that's it...love to all. I miss being a part of life.
