It's been a while since I've posted anything so I thought it was time that I caught you up on the happenings in my life.
This evening there is a new addition to my household. Short, furry, black and 4 legged. I picked up Binky today. She is doing okay but is somewhat scared. She has actually let us pet her, though she hasn't wandered from the family room. Petting her is a good sign. Usually one never gets to see Binky.

I found out this week that my cholesterol and triglycerides are HIGH. I was suppose to be on a low fat diet to begin with but didn't really follow it. Now I also need to watch my carbs and stay away from starches. Doesn't leave one much of anything interesting to eat. I would like to thank my bestest friend for her suggestion - seasonings on cardboard. Now I won't actually try that but if they cut much more out of my diet, I may have to resort to that.

And something most of you probably don't know. I've been seeing this guy Robert, from Jamacia. He had to go back down there about 6 weeks ago. He's waiting for a package to arrive that he had shipped down there before he comes back. It seems the shipping company doesn't know it's right hand from it's left hand. That's being mild. Needless to say it's been a very long 6 weeks so far and I'm still not sure when he'll be back. Talk about long distant relationship being hard.

That's about all for now.

There isn't anything new on the legal stuff going on with my sister. All I can do is hope they are in the process of getting the appraisal done and we will receive something soon. For now all I can do is sit and wait. That's not easy for me. I don't like not knowing what is going on.

A friend of mine is moving shortly and can't bring her 3 cats with her. I'm going to take one of her cats. The one that is afraid of strangers. She knows me but it will still take her time to get used to the house and me all over again. The other 2 cats will pretty much take to anyone that will feed and pet them.
Anyone out there looking for a couple of cats? Of course you will have to come and get them. :)

I was out yesterday running errands and I saw this sticker on the back of a truck:
A very wise man once said "I don't know go ask a woman"
I liked it so I thought I would pass it on.


A little bit of good news. I have been asked by a friend to go on a FREE 2 day cruise to nowhere at the end of October - and of course I am going. I will probably drive to Philadelphia since air fare is really high. I will most likely go down the day before and come home the day after the cruise.

I talked with my lawyer today. He received an update from my sisters' lawyer. Yes, it's a miracle, she actually went and saw a lawyer.
First of all, they need to take care of some estate business. The only thing that I can think of is the money that was left in an account at the nursing home for items that my mother needed. I am sure there is nothing at the house that I would want or that my sister would be willing to give me.

The first thing that is going to happen is, the house/property is going to be appraised. I would like to think this process won't take more than a week. If I haven't heard anything from my lawyer or my sister by the end of July, I'm to contact my lawyer and he will "set a fire" under them to keep things moving.

This is good news because things are actually starting to move along and I do not have to deal with my sister. The lawyers will talk to each other. I'm sure everything will move along much faster this way.

Most of the people I know, already know that I am in a legal "battle" with my sister to buy out my half of the property where she lives. She went to see her lawyer today and though I would like a timely update on what transpired, I'm sure I won't get one. I'm pretty sure she left the lawyers office in a foul mood if the lawyer was upfront with her and told her what she needed to do.
She could have saved herself a lot of hassles, if she would have taken care of this matter back in March as she indicated she would.
The waiting game now begins. I don't know how long it will take for a proposal to be put together and sent to my lawyer but if my sister has her way, it will be a month or so. Only time will tell and if it drags out too long - there is always court. I've already threatened that once and that is when she went and finally obtainded a lawyer.

July 8, 2003
This is my first post in my new blog. At this time there really isn't much to say, I'm just trying to figure out how this works.