February gone too!

Wow have I really slacked on this blog huh?!

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It's already the middle of March and I never even posted February. Now because of my short-term memory issues I cannot really think of what all happened. I know I had issues with the increase of the association fee; Our new neighbors across the street have irritated me cos they have a telescope they've set up to spy on the neighborhood; The winds have been so strong that the trash receptacle's have been all over the neighborhood and we seem to have idiots in our community that don't want to take the time to put their address on the binsl Had lunch with my aunt which, was nice but ended up being expensive and it was my turn to pick up the bill. The restaurants I suggested were not picked and the one we went to I will most likely never go to again cos of the prices even though the food was relatively good. At least we finally got to exchange Christmas gifts and I also brought a valentine gift. Seems that the dynamics of our relationship though has changed, I think due to the new man in her life but I'm still happy for her even though I miss what we had, at least we still make time to meet for lunch. It may have been leap year but all I seem to remember is that Feb went by in a flash. Called dad but his personality is just not as endearing as it once was and I got off the phone feeling let down but again that's life and things change. Either it's the aging process or influence from the greedy one so I'll say no more on that matter. February would have been my mother's birthday and I so miss her more now then ever. I think it may be the reality of it all took this long to really hit home wether it was unrecognized depression or denial. I went by to leave a valentine gift for my niece and her mother and my other sis on their doorstep on the 13th expecting my niece to at least call and acknowledge it but nope. So I called that evening because I wanted her to enjoy the gift for school the following day and of course to make sure they received it and that no one had walked off with the package. Turns out I had to leave a message cos no one answered. They did not return the call so, the next morning I called before they were to leave for work and school to verify they received the package and I wish I hadn't. In one word I can describe what came out of the conversation... ungrateful. There was a weak excuse but nonetheless ungrateful. Later that evening I by a second missed a call from them so I called back immediately stating I apparently missed their call and my 'older' sister said rather then hello or having a moment to have a nice conversation said 'she left you a message' and her tone irritated me so much I had to control my voice and I responded 'oh apparently it hasn't arrived yet ok well happy valentines day' and as I was about to hang up the sis must have realized how ugly she was being and made some obviously obligated convo. It didn't last long and the ungrateful niece never came to the phone even though she was there. I had my husband listen to the message and if ever you could hear in a voice that one was being forced to do something they didn't want to it was obvious in this message. Plus you could hardly even understand what she was saying though you could hear thanks among the words. Hello she is 16 and should have better manners then that. If our mother was alive she would be infuriated with both her daughter and her granddaughters conduct. We were raised with good manners and proper etiquette but neither of my sisters seem to remember or practising it with my niece. Maybe that is why the two of them and my niece have somewhat ousted me and hubby because we believe in respecting others.

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I'm sure more happened throughout February but at the moment I cannot remember. Therefore, I will stop the venting. One thing for sure the doggies blog is very time consuming to the point where we need to change Internet service to reflect a faster response time.

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Oh and yes, I may not make time to comment on all your blogs I read but I am still following your interesting lives especially you Ms Ranbling & you Shuga.

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Toodles for now... Mom of the Lot Y