Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzas, Happy Winter Solstice, or what ever special occasion you chose to celebrate during this holiday season.

Life what it is, so make it the best you can.

Can you find me?

Catch ya on the flip side or perhaps at the track later this week.

or. . . . . . somewhere in the unwritten future . . . . . . . none of that has happened yet

Keep dreaming . . . . . . keep working on those dreams . . . . . . . someday they will come true.

 

Kathy Doherty

Another year has past and my birthday is here, meaning that tomorrow is Christmas. Looking back at what as been another year of ups and downs. Thankful for my blessings, still questioning the problems and stress, and wondering what the next year will hold. Another year older, another year wiser, and another to plan, contemplate, and to succeed in accomplishing my dreams.

Christmas is upon us, those of us whom chose to celebrate this holiday in what ever manner we wish. A New Year is fast approaching, with all it's wonder, wishes, and dreams. A time for making changes and resolutions. Resolutions some of which will be kept, some will be forgotten all to quickly, others will nag us off and on all the year through. I have been doing quite a bit of thinking about my resolutions for the coming year and have narrowed the list down to a few concrete goals for myself. I will tell you all about them in the week to come, and with your help I hope to keep them and succeed in all that I do in the coming year.

Life what it is, so make it the best you can.

Can you find me?

Catch ya on the flip side or perhaps at the track later this week.

or. . . . . . somewhere in the unwritten future . . . . . . . none of that has happened yet

Keep dreaming . . . . . . keep working on those dreams . . . . . . . someday they will come true.

 

Kathy Doherty

Hope this post finds everyone well, this day after Thanksgiving. I made it through the holiday in one piece, a bit bigger piece but one piece none the less. The "other" half became as negative and grumpy as usual after we came home from my parents, no surprise there. The grown up kids in my life still have no clue that they are expected to carry their own weight and make food to bring. SOOOO tired of carrying them that I did not cover their butts by baking the pies and cookies that they were suppose to bring. Not my problem that they left others down.

Clear skies and warm temps should mean that we are putting up Christmas decorations outside, but the make believe computer world that the "other" half has made for himself with scifi pictures from the internet and the stories he has made up starring himself are more important. He has spent more than 5 hours today on them. Instead I am cleaning house, napping, and later I will read.

No I did not do any Black Friday Shopping, that takes money that I do not have.

Life what it is, so make it the best you can.

Can you find me?

Catch ya on the flip side or perhaps at the track later this week.

or. . . . . . somewhere in the unwritten future . . . . . . . none of that has happened yet

Keep dreaming . . . . . . keep working on those dreams . . . . . . . someday they will come true.

 

Kathy Doherty

Only one pinged view yesterday for my new post, really? How disappointing. Onto other things. Today's positive note, ummmmmmmm let's see I woke up that's a good thing right? Managed to get 40 minutes of Yoga this morning, there is only 1 load of laundry left to do. And I am making homemade caramel corn and oatmeal cookies. Those are the highlights of the day so far.

Life what it is, so make it the best you can.

Can you find me?

Catch ya on the flip side or perhaps at the track later this week.

or. . . . . . somewhere in the unwritten future . . . . . . . none of that has happened yet

Keep dreaming . . . . . . keep working on those dreams . . . . . . . someday they will come true.

 

Kathy Doherty

It's time for a change, the leaves are changing and so must I. Now is the time to turn over a new leaf and to try to post blog entries that are a bit more up beat. I am sure that I will stumble, I am sure that I will now and again revert back to my old habits. However from this day forward I will do my best to be more positive with my entries. I am going to try to look outward and not so much inward. Hopefully these changes will make for a better me, and a better out look on life, allowing me to grow and succeed.

I am trying to find the time to walk the track when the weather is nice (above 32 degrees f. and not wet or frozen), I miss this time I have to gather my thoughts and give my day a direction, we will have to see how it goes. Between working the lawn display business, selling and sharing Avon, and watching the awesome Lillian it has been almost impossible for me to make the time necessary to get to the track, I am going to have to force some changes so I can get back to it.


That's all for tonight, 4:30 am comes early and there are displays to deliver in the morning, so goodnight blogging world, I shall catch you at another time.

Life what it is, so make it the best you can.

Can you find me?

Catch ya on the flip side or perhaps at the track later this week.

or. . . . . . somewhere in the unwritten future . . . . . . . none of that has happened yet

Keep dreaming . . . . . . keep working on those dreams . . . . . . . someday they will come true.

 

Kathy Doherty

Can't sleep, it's past midnight, I have deliveries in the early am (4:30). Worried about bills and making all of them on time to keep the utilities on, the house out of foreclosure, the car repairs so we don't have to pay $20 a day storage,( yeah like I can afford that one), the car payment, the car insurance, and don't forget food. There is $2036.87 worth of bills due by Monday and only $1456.00 in the bank. No matter how I figure only government math could make this one work. And Pete well, he thinks that there is more than plenty of money. And if there isn't it's not his fault. If we would cut back here and cut back there we would not be having this problem. His cut backs total a whopping $234.00 a month which is still no where near enough. We have already given up cable, chose a slower internet connection, don't do fast food, or dinners out, we don't go to movies, we don't eat snack food, we don't buy soda, what else is there. I didn't even include Kate's lunch money, gas for the car, or any supplies Kate might need for school or her school fee that needs to be paid asap. I already work two jobs that fit around his schedule since he has always insisted that we be a one car family and his transportation comes first because he makes more money. My two part time jobs don't make enough to make up for what we lost when Hoover's closed down. And I just can't make him see that. It is always well if Tom did this or Kara did that or if I did something else then there would not be a problem. Blaming others is not solving our money problem, only making more money at this point would do that. We have cut back further than most families, in fact many families I know that are having money issues have not sacrificed as much. They have faster internet, cable tv, snack food, etc. all things we gave up 7 years ago, just to get by, and now it is not enough. I just don't know what to do any more. I wish I could talk to Pete about this but I can't when I try he starts blaming others then he gets very irrational and angry, which does not help, he has no solutions just more anger and stupid stuff. And me all I want to do right now is to cry, but that will not help, in fact it would make matters worse, because it would upset Pete.

Life what it is, so make it the best you can.

Can you find me?

Catch ya on the flip side or perhaps at the track later this week.

or. . . . . . somewhere in the unwritten future . . . . . . . none of that has happened yet

Keep dreaming . . . . . . keep working on those dreams . . . . . . . someday they will come true.

 

Kathy Doherty

Randomness

Today's achievements.
Kate has decided that Kent State University is not for her, surprise there, kind of already knew that one! So it looks like AI Nashville is still in the lead for schools. DePaul is still on the list, so is Full Sail and AI NYC. I am happy with her decisions so that's good. After attending Kent's thing tonight I wasn't very impressed.

I have just about finished getting the pictures ready to send to Indy for the new dealers web site.

I am making this post while waiting to see if Kate's High School won tonight's important football game.The last update I had was 2 minute warning and they were up 16 to 7. GO EAGLES!

WOOT WOOT They won, they won. The GlenOak Golden Eagles are still undefeated! This victory over McKinley is a great win for Kate's senior class. So far they have beat Massillon, McKinley (yes the biggest and oldest team rivalry in NE Ohio), Euclid, Akron Firestone, Jackson, and Fitch. Not bad Eagles not bad, now on to North Canton, Boardman, Lake, and Perry. Then the finals GO EAGLES GO!

In other randomness.

Yesterday wasn't as good.

Asked Pete for a hug and some comfort after a bad day, and all I got was a "pppfffttt", no hug. Which of course let me down, again. I don't know why I even asked, but someone told me that if I need something then I have to tell him or else I won't know. Well now he knows and it is obvious that he does not care what I need.

I need to work some things out to get where I want to be, because I don't have want I need where I am at.

And sorry boys, but all the comments are reviewed before they are posted, so your spam is deleted.

Life what it is, so make it the best you can.

Can you find me?

Catch ya on the flip side or perhaps at the track later this week.

or. . . . . . somewhere in the unwritten future . . . . . . . none of that has happened yet

Keep dreaming . . . . . . keep working on those dreams . . . . . . . someday they will come true.

 

Kathy Doherty

First random thought is I really do not care for the changes to facebook. I know they are not that bad, and they are not difficult, it's just that I do not want to have to take the time to figure it out again.

Second random thought I signed up for google plus today, so look me up there.

Third random thought it has been a yucky day all around. Had a non paid day off because the electric was out at the office due to a vehicular accident. So the Lillster and I just kind of hung out at home. The day went all to fast, did not seem to get much done. Bored as all hell.

Need to do up a business plan so I can take it to the bank for some funding. Need to move the office out of mom's house and into a real business setting. I believe it would do the business, as well as mom and I good. Need to figure out how much I would need for the rent, a newer delivery van, a part time employee, and furnishing for the office/manufacture area. Oh yeah, and some new equipment. Forgot to add some money for advertising. Probably should be doing that right now.Oh well.

I am sooooo tired of the daily bs around here, nothing new just the same people complaining about the same stuff, and it's usually something that they are as guilty of as the person they are complaining about.

I need to get back to where I am walking the track at the park again, I miss it soooo much it did wonders for me on so many levels. I miss listening to my music without much interruption.

Going to get off here, time for early bedtime.

Life what it is, so make it the best you can.

Can you find me?

Catch ya on the flip side or perhaps at the track later this week.

or. . . . . . somewhere in the unwritten future . . . . . . . none of that has happened yet

Keep dreaming . . . . . . keep working on those dreams . . . . . . . someday they will come true.

 

Kathy Doherty

I am getting so tired of trying, so tired of just simply existing, I want to, I need to LIVE! To feel alive while being alive, to feel, see, hear life. This barely existing to pay the bills, one day at a time, every dime to dime, penny to penny payday, it's getting just way to much. Why can't I make enough money to pay the bills and to have a life afterwards? I work 2 jobs, Pete works 1 job plus has his $1100. a month military retirement, but it is just not enough. The bills keep going up but our paychecks stay the same. Neither one of us have jobs that pay the bills we still have from when he had a real job at Hoover's paying him $16 per hour plus guaranteed overtime. Then I only worked one job and we had enough money to shop at the mall, now I don't even have enough to shop at Goodwill. To make things worse the harder I try to make it the worse things seem to get. Since taking on my second job, life has become worse, less time, more stress, no help. And since it has not made enough of a difference in the budget, Pete refuses to help around the house, giving me even less time to de-stress. Things are getting to be such a mess, and I am loosing all hope of anything ever changing. All I need is a break, a miracle, a gift from somewhere, something to help me or my businesses. I need to find more time in my 24 hours to make a difference on my bottom line. I need to fit more recruiting, marketing, and selling into my daily life, and to find some way to come up with the needed dollars for properly marketing the other job. I love what I do, I just wish I could make more money at it, that it could make more of a difference in my life.

Have to feed the husband and kid now. Then clean up the kitchen (wish I had a dishwasher) and after that make some calls, clean some house and pick up the one display we have out today.

One day, it all has to fall into place for me, after all I do try hard to make it all work.

Life what it is, so make it the best you can.

Can you find me?

Catch ya on the flip side or perhaps at the track later this week.

or. . . . . . somewhere in the unwritten future . . . . . . . none of that has happened yet

Keep dreaming . . . . . . keep working on those dreams . . . . . . . someday they will come true.

 

Kathy Doherty

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I am getting so tired of trying, so tired of just simply existing, I want to, I need to LIVE! To feel alive while being alive, to feel, see, hear life. This barely existing to pay the bills, one day at a time, every dime to dime, penny to penny payday, it's getting just way to much. Why can't I make enough money to pay the bills and to have a life afterwards? I work 2 jobs, Pete works 1 job plus has his $1100. a month military retirement, but it is just not enough. The bills keep going up but our paychecks stay the same. Neither one of us have jobs that pay the bills we still have from when he had a real job at Hoover's paying him $16 per hour plus guaranteed overtime. Then I only worked one job and we had enough money to shop at the mall, now I don't even have enough to shop at Goodwill. To make things worse the harder I try to make it the worse things seem to get. Since taking on my second job, life has become worse, less time, more stress, no help. And since it has not made enough of a difference in the budget, Pete refuses to help around the house, giving me even less time to de-stress. Things are getting to be such a mess, and I am loosing all hope of anything ever changing. All I need is a break, a miracle, a gift from somewhere, something to help me or my businesses. I need to find more time in my 24 hours to make a difference on my bottom line. I need to fit more recruiting, marketing, and selling into my daily life, and to find some way to come up with the needed dollars for properly marketing the other job. I love what I do, I just wish I could make more money at it, that it could make more of a difference in my life.

Have to feed the husband and kid now. Then clean up the kitchen (wish I had a dishwasher) and after that make some calls, clean some house and pick up the one display we have out today.

One day, it all has to fall into place for me, after all I do try hard to make it all work.

Life what it is, so make it the best you can.

Can you find me?

Catch ya on the flip side or perhaps at the track later this week.

or. . . . . . somewhere in the unwritten future . . . . . . . none of that has happened yet

Keep dreaming . . . . . . keep working on those dreams . . . . . . . someday they will come true.

 

Kathy Doherty

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