Who is that masked woman...Monday

The obvious answer - me! But, sometimes I have to ask myself exactly what I'm doing - often, while I'm doing it!

It starts with my cleaning ladies knocking on my door at 0800...still hard for me to believe that I have cleaning ladies....but they were here and did a stellar job, so I'm good for two more weeks.

This morning made a flurry of phone calls...mammogram scheduled (maybe this qualifies as too much information!); Salvation Army in the cue to pick up all my living room furniture early Friday morning; Ethan Allen in the cue to deliver all my new furniture Friday afternoon; taking Becke out for lunch and a movie tomorrow for her birthday....

This afternoon had conversations with both the chimney sweep guy and the concrete guy - need some chimney work and 'sweeping' done....ya think, there is a TREE growing OUT of my chimney!!!! And, then, there are the front steps that are starting to crumble and the back stoop, one of the steps has a huge whole in it, like a step into it up to your knee and break your leg kind of hole! My parents are up in heaven watching this all unfold, wondering how it will all play out - me too!!!

Then, I had to go to the bank...trying to figure out how to best 'settle' my part of the distribution on the smallest of Dad's IRA's. When I took the stack of forms from Key Bank and another stack from Schwab (for two of the different accounts) to Hubbard and Cravens last week to try and figure out I read some of the 'fine print' and there were pages and pages of fine print, so the 'operative word' is SOME!!! Anyway, seems if you are 'disabled' and are going to be disabled for at least 12 continuous months or are going to die (I would qualify for the former of the two, thank you) you can take your distribution on the IRA without penalty - and it is a hefty penalty. So, I stopped by the bank to verify if my understanding of what I was reading was correct - and it is, and to check on the IRS form - when I have to file it, where it is, where it comes from. So, tomorrow, I will get that pile of paperwork in the mail...the Schwab raft of papers got sent today - Schwab is a whole different kettle of fish!

Got on-line and made my plane reservations for New Orleans...have my seat assignments...today I got my letter from UMCOR verifying receipt of my 'application' and advising me of my 'acceptance' - so I decided it was safe to buy those non-refundable tickets!

Dropped off a pair of new jeans at the tailors to get them hemmed up - and have a seam repaired in some dress pants. Have my 2007/2008 daytimer up to date. And, to complete my day got a manicure and pedicure, it was delightful.

On the crappage front....another 100# of clothes to Thrifty Threads and miscellaneous household items. My attic is about 85-90% cleaned out and the dumpster is about as full....I'm quite a picture in a haz-mat decontam mask...and you have to love the energy of a 17 year old, man did they run up and down those attic steps a lot!!! My bedroom closet is all cleaned out and my bedroom is looking pretty good...now just need to get the guest bedroom under control - my next goal in the coming two weeks....it just never ends.

So, as you can see, sometimes I gotta wonder who this woman is - who still pretty much looks and thinks like me...but seems to be 'morphing'....if one person say's 'maturing', I'm gonna wring your neck!!!!

Well, it is officially Tuesday when you live in the EDT zone...and Curves is in my imminent future - like at 0645!