Marty and My "Hole" Again-One Week Later

Marty still has not shown up and my hole is still not done. It's been a few weeks of disorganization hell--but I am a surviver and life is NOT going to get me down because of a hole in my kitchen. Hell, this is NOT katrina...

I am going to have faith in Marty, and pray he comes back into my life and finishes my kitchen. Then, I can move on to the next challenge of my life; redoing the kitchen drawers and getting my life on track.

Among the things I will be doing this year: eating healthier, taking longer walks and getting my Les Mess game to the right people. It's a not a lot of things to do, but I will have to have some patience to do it.

Marty and My "Hole" Again

So, a week ago I come home from work and my neighbor is on her deck waiting to speak with me. She tells me Marty has MS and will not be able to finish my hole any time soon. But, the ugly side of me thought, if he had MS, why did he NOT take the job and take my money? The Good side of me thought, Oh my word, that poor guy...hopefully he will get better in time to finish the hole.I have not called him to ask how he is, nor have I talked to my neighbor. I am just waiting to see the next step and to ask for my money back.

Marty and My "Hole"

Updating my Kitchen is...an organizing messI hired in June, this lovely man named Marty to put a "hole" in my kitchen as a passthrough to my dining room/living room. In June, I hired him. In June. Did I mention it was in JUNE?? Over the July 4th holiday he was to do the entire project. I was in NYC, and he was going to start and finish the entire project. When I came home on July 5th, it was not done. I was alright with it--but annoyed at home my condo looked. All of my dishes were in stacks on my favorite chair and my food was on the counter covered by dish towels. It was not what I would call a clam time in my home. But, I decided to not say anything.Marty was there on July 6th when my cousin Sheila called and asked me if I could "babysit" the two kids, her mother and her mother's friend Dot, for a few minutes while she went to the dentist. The dentist's office is down the street from my condo. I said sure. It was going to be my day to sit on the couch, with my bra off--but since Marty was there--I could not do that. What I didn't realize, until they walked off the elevator, is that they brought the puppy. Make a long story short, I caught the puppy eating poison, ran him to the vet and save his life. While at the vet, I was told that Marty, concerned about the puppy, hit a water main while cutting the hole in the wall. I now realized why the puppy ate the poison. It was God's way of getting me out of the condo before I freaked out about the water. I would have screamed bloody hell if I saw the kind of water coming out of the pipes that I was told about. See, there is a silver lining to every thing that happens. If you can find it. Oh, and I was driving to the vet's on empty and did not know where the vet was. The usual vet (where I know) could not take us, they had no charcoal for the puppy.Needless to say, it is July 27th and Marty is almost finished with the hole. But, at least I have a story and a great "hole" in the making.

Karen is finally asking for my help

One of my best friends called and asked me a question. She prefaced the question by saying all I want is the answer and I do not want any thing else. Here was the question: I am very disorganized--how can I get organized. Is it written down...or is it just in your head. I told her it's in my head and I can give it other right now. She said okay, but I would have to tell her again--because she just didn't have a pen and paper handy. I laughted (to myself). I told her go to an office supply store and get the following items: File folders in your favorite color, and a file holder. Then, come back home and start going through all of your papers and label the file folders with specific, not generic titles. Financial-Bank/Stock / Financial-Receipts for Taxes. I own Les Is More, so I deduct stuff for my business, then Financial- 2006 Bills for all of your bills for the year. I then told her to put files for correspondence, travel (I have my info for my someday Greek Isles cruise). Use what you want for titles...this is to help you get organized, not anyone else in the world, only you.