This is not work related, but it was fun…Alayna “Martha Stewart”, my partner 3 nights a week enjoys making things for her friends.  Last year she made soap…some delicious smelling soap..she embroiders, crochets and knits and does beautiful work.  This year she decided to do sugar and/or salt scrubs.  She left samples for msmandylee and me to try and judge on consistency, scent, how your skin feels etc…tonight I did the 4 sugar scrubs.  I’m telling you, this stuff is as good as I’ve paid beau coup bucks for from Arbonne and others.  Tomorrow night I try the salt scrubs.  She gets her recipes off of the internet and then goes to town making them.  It has been so fun…by the way, my left arm and left foot feel and smell wonderful…I wish I could share 🙂

I’ve been having some issues with a retired deputy…he left employement here after some idiotic decisions and a woman who we all nicknamed rooster..can’t even remember why.  The deputy and his wife and “he” and I used to be pretty good friends…we did the country western stuff together..went to see Reba..ocassionally went to a C&W bar to dance..we played cards on Friday nights – “he” usually worked until 9pm and would come to their house after work and play games into the wee hours.  It was a very comfortable friendship.  I knew he (the deputy) was a liar – everyone knew he was a story teller – almost pathological…it was said you can tell when he is lying because his mouth is moving.  He got a little possessive over the years and began to bad mouth a good friend of mine until I finally blew up and we went our separate ways… back to 4 or 5 years ago, he met Rooster, left his wife and became incredibly stupid…I’m guessing he pulled out his retirement and went thru it like water..just guessing here..because he is working in a small town west of Des Moines as the chief…when you get in your 50’s and have been in law enforcement for years, usually there is no way you would want to go back to work as a “cop”…anyway…he works nights and started calling me because he can monitor our channels over there.  His stories have gotten incredibly unbelievable..incredibly…I  just dread when I hear his voice on the phone.  Some of his stories have been checked up on and when I found out for sure he was lying…I decided to confront him…but, you know, I really don’t care…I don’t need to confront him and call him on his lies I just want him to leave me alone.  So, tonight, I emailed him at the police department and said basically…you have been lying..people have checked on your stories..I don’t know why, but I don’t really care why…just don’t contact me again.  sigh…done…whew  Now if he calls and email, I won’t respond…He used to know me well enough to know that I mean what I say. We’ll see…but now I know I don’t have to say anything…been taken care of..if he is fool enough to call so be it.

3:23 in the morning…lots of cars in the ditch…thankfully most of them before I got here.  Still lots of cell phone heros calling things in but for the most part, everyone is in bed.  We got about 4 inches.

He and I are going shopping tomorrow – he has knee surgery on Tuesday then I”m back to work Tuesday night.

Until next time….