Thursday, January 7, 2010

White out conditions in Iowa


Driving is not being advised today, white out conditions. That's I 80 there and I'm not going out of town. I feel sorry for anyone caught on the road. I took that pic of my car yesterday and I liked the misty thing in it. I always get some fairy light pics in that spot. I checked to see if it was snow falling from the pine, and it wasn't. But, it was snowing pretty hard. Later the tow guys knocked on my door wanting my keys and I said, wtf for? They had my car all hooked up to the tow truck! My mother had called them. I told them to unhook it and they left. They said they were just doing what they were told. I went over and asked her WTF she thought she was doing and she said she wanted the car checked for anitfreeze. The wind chill is 50 below zero. I said, I just had that car in the shop and I spent over $200 bucks on a new battery and having things checked! She said, well, I didn't know, I was just trying to help! I get so mad at her. Why can't she just leave me alone and be normal for a change? She doesn't drive, where does she get off calling a tow truck for my car? I called her stupid and said, are you wanting to go somewhere?? She said, "Oh heavens no. It's too cold out there for me." WTF? Why is she like this? Why?

27 comments:

Anonymous said...

Stay warm, Pat. I'm so over the snow and we didn't even get as much as you did. I'm looking forward to spring time.

miss tia said...

shit...she probably was trading it to a cousin for a case of tunafish....WTF?!?

Maureen said...

I thought getting that puppy was going to divert her attention away from you. Guess not.
Do these crazy ideas just pop into her head or are they long, thought-out plans?

Dirty Disher said...

Miss Tia, I wouldn't doubt she had some scheme going. I am so tired of her. She makes me tired and queesy all the time. I never know what she's up to. She's so crazy.

Dirty Disher said...

Maureen, both. This month is rough enough without her shit. She just exhausts me.

Cut On The Diagonal said...

What would happen to her old ass if she didn't have you? It's too bad some people can't stop for just one minute and think about things like that. I would threaten her with "Shady Oaks" every chance I got.

Anonymous said...

How can someone have another persons car towed from property other than their own? I do not get it. Thank gawd they knocked on your door! I don't think I could call a tow truck to my neighbors driveway & have their car towed, it just wouldn't happen. Besides the caller has to pay, right? I ain't payin' to have my neighbors car towed. I hope my anitfreeze is ok :( Indiana is sucking hard right now. Snowing and is supposed to keep snowing all day into tmrw. Cold as ice and most schools are closed or letting out early. I hate January.
rox

Anonymous said...

I was thinking the same thing as the anon above me. Why would the tow truck company even listen to your mom, but then a few months back, I was driving and had the car die on me and I had to have it towed -- I don't recall them asking me for any proof this was my car, so I guess if you want a car moved, you can have it done lol.

I don't know Pat. I'm lost for words and you know that isn't me lol, about your mom.

All I can say is -- yeah, she probably is loosing it "upstairs" as she gets older -- that does tend to happen and I remember saying to my mom many times -- "for a intelligent woman, you can be so stupid some times" lol.

What they think is "helping" is the opposite, but now I will say and most days you won't agree with me lol -- but just try and cherish the time you have with her, because she won't be here forever and I know what your thinking -- but don't lol.

Take care

crystal

Unknown said...

never a dull annoying moment with your mom dd. I guess she just wants to keep things intresting in this fridged weather we are all having.

Dirty Disher said...

Fuck her.

Noelle said...

Snowed in and it's too cold to let the boys out. Call Homeland Security because there is torture going on here! They want to go out and shovel so bad. They each have there own little shovels nothing would please me more than to allow them out and move as much snow as there little hearts desire. BUT their Dad went out and pushed just a small stretch of sidewalk and said his cheeks were stinging. "no boys outside to cold". CRAP. Just picture the classic little face of disbelief and disappointment. Very sad....

So I have promised that later that I will move the furniture and make a chase circle around the house. Hope we make it through that without injury.

Tomorrow is not going to be any better. I don't go back to work until Saturday. (sigh) Wonder if the liquor cabinet has been stocked?

Hope everyone else has a great snowed in day.

Dirty Disher said...

Scott shoveled snow?? ~Shakes head~

Anonymous said...

pat, it's gonna take more than one blowout with your mom for her to finally respect your boundaries. It may never happen, unfort, you have to keep the lines drawn very very clear. it's like keeping back the tide. it's exhausting I know, but look what happens when you give her an inch. just thinking.
bimaxxoo come over it's 70 here

iambriezy said...

That looks miserable. They're predicting a dusting of snow here tonight and already the grocery stores are out of bread, eggs and milk and there's already talk of school closings. We're an embarrassment.

Anonymous said...

iambriezy, I understand.
Here in SC, they are calling for a few flurries and it's like the world is about to end. I think the main problem here is the ice though.
Five years ago we had a major ice storm that left most people without power for a minimum of five days. I hope that doesn't happen tonight.
A co-worker said the rain has already hit Atlanta which means it's not far from here. If that is the case, then more than likely it will freeze.

~Palmetto Girl

Lauren said...

Those pictures look brutal.

Stay warm DD!

Noelle said...

Yes Scott shoveled snow. Not very much. Just enough to get himself to the store for more supplies for tomorrow as they have called school for then also.
Snacks and I think he will do a little cooking if a sou-chef and clean up the mess.
all Connor wants to eat today is nachos. Weird. He's 5.

Seems to be another Law and Order Marathon on. Don't think I can do it. ba-bong

Dirty Disher said...

I want some Nachos now. I'm tired of soup. I need something new to throw up.

miss tia said...

we are under a weather warning....up to a foot thru saturday morning....then bitter cold....

Bayou Jane said...

I have to admit, your mother is mighty strange. Where does she come up with all this?

I have to know---did you find who had your brother's car and why?

Take care of yourself, Pat. The weather alone is a big enough strain. Mom just doubles the weight!

Nattie said...

That's how I feel about my own mother, Pat. I never know what she's thinking, it just seems crazy to me. For the past 7 years or so, she and my older brother have been spying on me and my kids (and other people). They've found ways of getting my email account passwords and I can't really keep ahead of them. They can therefore read all my banking and visa account info. This brother, who lives in my mother's basement, is the one who is obsessed with me. His new girlfriend is a nurse who has checked everyone's health records, which is none of her business! She's a total stranger to me, wtf is she to know my complete health record??
They know I'm unable to defend myself so they don't even try hard to conceal their knowledge of me. They allude to things about they could never know unless they read my email. They're without shame. It's creepy and eerie. I think my brother has some creepy incestuous thing going on and my mother is clearly a salacious woman behind the squeaky clean image.
Anyway, I know they're reading this too, because they're obsessed with every fucking thing I do, but pretend I don't matter to them.
Your mom is differently-weird than mine, but I understand how you feel. I really do. And we'll never figure them out.

Unknown said...

Damn! that looks awful! I wish I could send some warm rain to melt the snow! It's toasty at 39 here. I have a mild fever and a sore throat, so I feel colder than it really is. I hope your snow melts soon. I still remember that pic you posted of the doggy sliding his little butt on the ice, the sad look on his face.

Anonymous said...

Nattie,
Surely you have to be able to come up with a password that they can't think of???
Unless they have some type of software on your computer, how else are they able to access all your accounts??
That would freak me out! I had an ex that accessed some of my accounts after we broke up so I know how you feel to some extent.
Be creative when you create the passwords. I started using names of family members, but throwing in someone else's DOB right in the middle of the name, corny, but I doubt anyone will ever figure it out.
Also, can't you report the gf of your brother?? I can't begin to imagine how many laws she broke by doing that.
Good Luck!

~Palmetto Girl

Nattie said...

They don't guess my passwords, they find them out, so it doesn't matter what words I use. Apparently it's not hard to hack into email accounts.
As for the nurse, how would I prove it? She's a skank, like every other gf he's had.
How would you like to be a 53 year old male (he's certainly no MAN), living in your mother's basement and obsessing about your younger sister?
Like Pat's mom, mine can't breathe unless she's fucking my life up somehow. I wish I could sic misstia on them.
I don't understand why they do this. Maybe because I don't give a rat's ass what THEY do? Why would I lower myself to such shit?

Dirty Disher said...

Nattie, make a new email account for anything important and never tell them it exists. As for that nurse (nurse like Kate GossKrap)tell your doctors she's been giving out info from your file. They won't put up with that. What a bunch of assholes.

Dirty Disher said...

MY mother does this stuff because she's stupid and a control freak. It boggles the mind.

Bayou Jasne said...

Nattie,
Report the nurse to dr., hospital and whatever agency take s care of nursing licenses. Even if you can prove anything, the report alone will send up a red flag and maybe something will come of it.

Report it to the police. You have to have some kind of paper work to prove that you have been reporting trouble. It may get you nowheres, but it can't hurt.

You might also try setting up some fake info in hopes of proving what's going on. I don't know how to go about that. I'm not really computer savvy. Maybe someone else could help you with that. Maybe a professional. Also, do you have other siblings--how about dad--aunts, uncles, grandparents--anyone? Let as many people as possible know. If you don't say anything, you don't have a leg to stand on. Make yourself and your problems known to others. Horror movies are made with this kind of weird shit!!

If you have to put up with this, don't sit quietly---GO DOWN KICKING, BITING, SCRATCHING AND FIGHTING BACK!!!!