Trying to avoid frustrations

When I'm trying to type the - key, which I do often with numbers in accounting, I still keep hitting that sleep button right above it. GRRRR! It completely disconnects me from my VPN connection, so I have to log in all again, every time. And you don't know how many times I have logged back in, only to go to type my negative number again and do it again!

I googled if it was possible to reprogram a keyboard and it is, but I could not get it to work for the sleep button. Then I found a video showing the key can at least be turned off, in the windows control panel power settings, so now when I accidentally hit that key instead of the - key, nothing happens. I will still have to make sure I am getting the actual - button pressed, when needed, but at least I will no longer be disconnecting myself completely every time I hit it. It wouldn't be such an issue if it didn't disconnect my vpn connection every time.

DH didn't go to the gunsmith's place yesterday. I didn't ask why. It's been something he keeps saying he's going to do for like the past year now, ever since he heard of this gunsmith, LOL. It's an hour drive, but we have been to and through the town like 3 times this past year and he could have brought the rifle to drop it off there almost any of those times, as well. I doubt he would go today, as he does our laundry on Thursdays.

So, that's 2 computer "techy" things I figured out this week. That's my brains limit! No more, please.

I have Thanksgiving week off work. I need to figure out what day to go into the city to get the turkey and a load of groceries. I can't wait until Monday of that week, as likely by then the turkey pickings are pretty slim as well as that's not enough time to defrost it. So, it will have to be one day next week or maybe this weekend. I'm also going to pick up a smaller turkey for Christmas dinner for dh and I. Last year I had a hard time finding a turkey for Christmas dinner. DH only wants turkey, LOL. 

I'm also trying to plan meals and snacks for when dd and sil are here. I asked her what she wants for her "birthday" (belated, LOL) dinner when they get here the day before Thanksgiving. She said she is trying to decide between chicken enchiladas and chicken burgers. Typically for breakfast and lunch we all just eat something on our own time with what I have, but I want to figure out some more choices. Maybe for Saturday morning I will try an egg casserole and sausage dish. I just need to get it all figured out soon so that I get everything with my grocery order. Dinners Fri and Sat will just be leftover turkey and sides. With having all week off, I'd like to see what things I can pre prepare/make. The video I watched on the box red velvet cake hack, the lady also recommended freezing the baked cake first, as it is so much easier to frost that way, apparently (makes sense!), so I think I will make that on Tuesday, to thaw and frost on Wednesday.

Sad to say, but I think it will all be a bit more relaxed this holiday, without trying to have my mom here. At least more relaxed for me, that's for sure. Hours of answering the same couple of questions over and over wears me out very quickly. It will be much easier (on her and me!) to just go visit her for awhile the day after. Half of her overnight visit last year, she didn't even know where she was (which was stressful for her) and shortly after getting her back to her place, she had forgotten she was even here. Christmas was even worse.

I know when we go visit her on Christmas Eve, and take her a gift for Christmas, she still has enough memory to know she is "supposed" to also give a gift back. Knowing she doesn't have anything then she will say something like "well, I want to write you a check" or something like that. Any suggestions on something good to say to her? 

Good Lord - I have been trying to dispute this invoice for my work for a year! It's from one of our manufacturer's, for a sample. Only it's not our invoice! It's not even billed to us. It's for a rep halfway across the county. I keep telling them that, then a few months later they send the statement and invoice copy to me again. I don't know how to be any more clear that this is not our invoice. The reply is "it's for samples your company ordered to send direct to a customer" and I keep replying, BUT we are not the company you are billing on this invoice. We didn't order this and it's not our customer. This morning their a/r person forwarded it to her customer service manager and she sent me an email saying "this is samples requested by your company". And again I have replied but we are NOT xyz company, we are abc company! Good grief. If I get one more email from them, I am going to call and blow a cork, haha.