ARE YOU MARRIED? I COULD USE A GOOD MAN! MAK wrote: > Hi! Just a short note to all of those people who normally hear from me > routinely. I recented retired from the USMC, and am currently taking a three > month vacation from life, in the pursuit of happiness (grin)... actually trying > to catch up on all the stuff I postphoned... Here is what the last few weeks > have been like: > > -Had both feet operated on, bunions removed, a 2 week no walking chit, pryed on > boots to participate in my retirement parade (paid for that dearly), and just > got into shoes (a few hours at a time) this week! > > -Working 12 hour days, to train the new person who replaced me! WHEW, that is > done. And they only called me twice since my parade!!! > > -Staying up nights to finish the quilt I am entering in the Alaska Dye works > competition, due next week. YIKES!!! It is an original design, called "Welcome > to MAK's Pad", featuring a frog, second in my series. The first was "MAK's > Cats", of course featuring cats. (Am handquilting the top as we speak). > > -Took two mini-classes, one on stamping (so I can send out Thank you's) and one > on quilting, so I can do my third quilt in the series "MAK's Frog Cabin". > > -Organizing my notes to finish my dissertation before the deadline (so I can > graduate next spring). This is NOT going well... > > -Packing my entire household (19,000 pounds at last move), to move 10 miles > down the road to my next home, which is a temporary move until I get a job and > buy my retirement home (grin)... > > -Writing resumes, sending them out, and turning down wonderful jobs in COLD > locations, such as NY, NJ, and MD... Nope, not AL yet, but I am wondering > what6 will be next. Want to stay in sunny southern CA, but it seems so does > everyone else!!! > > In addition, the USGenConnect Boards and my server had a software glitch, so I > couldn't post any of the normal stuff. Have 250 messages to read, edit and get > up. Also, have two indexes one for Wood and one for Portage, that are sitting > here ready to put up, but waiting on the server. The problem is resolved with > the server, so I will do alittle each day to catch it up. Please be patient, > there is only one of me, and my fingers and back do get tired. > > Therefore, I am REALLY behind the power curve. So if you think I was blowing > you off by not writing or posting, or doing what I normally do, it ain't true. > I am swamped among boxes, papers, and the likes!!! And my perception of normal > has changed a great deal. > > Right now, I am off to run "normal" errands, like take out the trash, get food > for cats, frogs, turtles, lizards, and newts, pick up the mail so the bills can > be paid before the power is turned off, and the cable cuts off my server, find > a new home for a turtle, go to the beach to do my walking, quilt until my > fingers drop off, find more boxes for the move, pack up more boxes, hug the > cats, eat, and post new entries on the boards... not necessarily in that > order. hee hee hee... the list goes on and on. > > Thanks for understanding. R/S MAK > > ps The reports of my death are great exaggerated. I am TOO mean to die before > I get every dime of my retirement pay... > > ===== > ===== > TheStorm http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/TheStorm > USC NROTC Alumni http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~uscnrotc/ > MAK = "Mar sea ah Ann Keel" > ===== > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. > http://invites.yahoo.com/ > > ==== WIWOOD Mailing List ==== > Have you seen the Heart of Wisconsin Genealogical Society Pages??? They > are linked on the Wood County WI Site at: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/> > WIWOOD-L Listowner: Marcia Ann KUEHL <makkuehl@yahoo.com>