Monday! I forgot that it is Labor Day and am pissed as hell about many things :(
As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group gives Kossacks a safe place to check in, a daily diary where we can let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, power outages, earthquakes, or other such things that could keep us off DKos. It also allows us to find other Kossacks nearby for in-person checks when other methods of communication fail - a buddy system. If you're not here, or anywhere else on DKos, and there are adverse conditions in your area (floods, heatwaves, hurricanes, earthquakes etc.), we and your buddy are going to check up on you. If you are going to be away from your computer for a day or a week, let us know here. We care!
IAN is a great group to join, and a good place to learn to write diaries. Drop one of us a Kosmail and ask to be added to the Itzl Alert Network anytime! We all share the publishing duties, and we welcome everyone who reads IAN to write diaries for the group! Every member is an editor, so anyone can take a turn when they have something to say, photos and music to share, a cause to promote or news!
We do have a diary schedule. But, when you are ready to write that diary, either post in thread or send FloridaSNMOM a Kosmail with the date. If you need someone to fill in, ditto. FloridaSNMOM is here on and off through the day usually from around 9:30 or 10 am eastern to around 11 pm eastern.
Monday:
BadKitties
Tuesday:
ejoanna
Wednesday:
Caedy
Thursday:
art ah zen
Friday:
FloridaSNMOM
Saturday:
Most Awesome Nana
Sunday:
loggersbrat
It's been a rough week :(
Bad doggie Max peed on my tulle, for one thing. Since ex-DH, the self-proclaimed dog lover, won't share custody of them or pay the vet bills, I have the dogs 24/7. Since I am, truthfully, a pootie person, this occasionally drives me BATSHIT INSANE. Ives tried to bite William, who told me that he "wasn't bullish on (my) dogs." Well, I don't have to worry about that anymore, but still. If I end up keeping one dog, it will be Ives, the rescue. He may or may not be a Bichon Frise. He certainly LOOKS like one. He blends in perfectly with a Flokati rug.
There's a woozle in there somewhere :)
There is some good news. I am going to be in my best friend from high school's wedding! But I had to beg her to try and get married on a weekend when ex-DH has the kids, because he is too much of an asshole to let me switch weekends. Her fiancé's astrologer said they should get married in the first two weeks of December. However, her aunt wants her to get married the other weekend. I'm guessing that the aunt wins. I'll have to travel to Florida. If I am still dating Jim and if he can make it, great, otherwise I will probably stay with my ex-fiancé 's old roommate and bring him as my date. He knows the bride :)
I got a grill! it's a Traeger Select. Asshole ex left me with a broken Kenmore. Spent thousands of dollars squabbling through our attorneys. Finally said "Fuck it" and bought the Traeger with my birthday money from my mother. I didn't have a grill the whole fucking summer!
The sales guy showed up too drunk to put it together and put the side panels on backwards. I had to take them off and redo them. Jim had to put the grill together. Took him a couple of hours. It uses wood pellets and both grills and smokes, although apparently it doesn't get hot enough to sear. It has an electronic ignition.
I'm in a crappy mood. Sorry. Today did not turn out as planned. Tomorrow won't either.
Happy effing Monday, everyone! Feel free to bitch and moan.