Vickie, is the phrase 'life is good' a Tucson phrase? Smile. My sister-in-law says that a lot in her FB statuses. Vicki - 74 Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 27, 2014, at 11:29 PM, Vickie <happytraveler1972@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Oh. Other than the text messaging Christmas was super! I figure that if my > youngest son had nothing to say but poor me, or depressing things, I was all > the better for not hearing them. Seems like the only time he calls is to > holler at me about how he didn’t get the full raise he felt he deserved, or > how his new car has to go back to the dealership because they did this or > that to it when they supposedly fixed things for him, etc. I keep reminding > him that I have high blood pressure and if he calls yelling at me, and > knowing I can’t help him, it does nothing but raise my blood pressure even > more. He called oh about a week ago and said that even though he didn’t get > his raise, he did get a raise, but not as much as he was told he would, > anyway, he would be able to pay his bills like his car payment and rent. So, > I told him rather than be upset and grouchy that he should consider being > thankful. At least he could pay his bills and meet his needs and did get a > raise of some sort anyway. He’ll even get retroactive pay for the raise from > October 1st, on January 4th. So when i said that, he didn’t agree, but he > did seem to calm down. So, I’m probably better off not hearing from him over > the phone on Christmas. Then, Wayne, who moved to tucson recently, spent > christmas eve and Christmas day with his girl friend’s family. So, it might > have been an interference if we would have called him. He has a new job > doing payroll for a trucking company in Tucson. It’s a temporary service > job, but they’ve already said in fact, his first day there, that they wanted > to hire him after the 90 day introductory period, and since he will be there > for the 60-day period they require before offering benefits, that his > benefits will kick in the day after his 90-day temporary period is over. So > he’s doing well, and we’ll see him either next month or in February. They > all know we’re saving for our air conditioner to be fixed on the truck. > Don’t need an air conditioner right now. It’s cold, with temps only in the > 50s during the day and it got to 28 degrees, last night and probably for a > few nights to come. But we’ve hardly had to run our heater so far this year, > so it’s fine with me. Take care all. Life is good and soon this year will > be over. > Vickie Rolison > > > From: connie grace > Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2014 6:03 PM > To: msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [msb-alumni] Re: Christmas > > I agree, texting just isn't the same. > Sorry you didn't have a very merry Christmas Vicky. > Original message: > > Well, I was surprised to see so many Christmas posts. Since I didn’t > > have the computer on, I missed sending my best wishes for a safe and > > Merry Christmas. so, now I’ll be on time to send the happy new year > > wishes. Here’s hoping this next year is a much better one. we’ve lost > > so many MSB friends this year. Christmas was kind of quiet around here. > > I spoke with tony over the phone Christmas Eve, but text messages > > supplied the merry Christmas wishes around our family Christmas day. It > > was kind of depressing really, not talking to the kids and grand kids > > personally. About 8 in the evening though I caught my husband calling > > our oldest son, who is usually the hardest to get in touch with as he > > has been working nights. so we did get to talk to him. But the rest > > never called. So, technology has taken over the actual speaking to > > family even on the holidays. Yuck! Seems like they could have called. > > anyway, Duane and I shared a nice day. He gave me two jewelry sets. One > > was opal, my birthstone, ear rings and necklace, and the second one, is > > turquoise, ear rings, necklace and bracelet. I wore the turquoise > > yesterday. I bought him two long sleeved shirts today. We’re saving > > money to fix the air conditioning unit in our truck. It’ll cost around > > $1,000 to fix. I’ve got about half of it already, so Christmas was a > > little short for the kids, but I did manage to give them all some money > > in their bank accounts. anyway, hope all was well with your christmases > > and I’ll try not to wait so long to post. We’ve been watching Christmas > > movies, and we had a t-bone steak dinner with lots of other stuff, for > > christmas. got to diet though, to feel better. Oh, and it’s going to > > get to the freezing temps over the next few days. Our winter, here in > > Arizona. Take care all. I’ll shut up now. > > Vickie rolison > > May God bless you now, and evermore! > N�z�m������m��z������~��²rz�n�y��mm�z�y����rz�n�x�y�y�����jn���y������