I shouldn't ever do it but I did it again. Every time I go back into our archives looking for a happening I end up reading some of the past sent notes. It sure discourages me from typing any more. Same old stuff over and over again. Boring and hard put to find any humor in most of it. I've got these things clear back to July 2003, Gees, how many different ways can you say or type crap?..............I guess I need to get a life and get out there doing interesting things to report. Sad it is but most everything I do is interesting to me or I wouldn't be doing it. I just can't type it in a way that might make it interesting to others so I think I'll take a break, maybe a tiny hello every once in awhile, at least till I can forget what I've read of the typing.
Those who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try nothing and succeed~.Lloyd Jones
About Me
Saturday, September 08, 2007
September 7
So far our gauge shows that we've only received about 43 millimeters of water from the rain. Even tho the sun is shining brightly right now we're told that the rain isn't over yet. We're also told that a study has shown that early risers are more prone to heart problems. Now I have an excuse for sleeping in but a problem will be in trying to convince my body to lay in there. That won't do it! The head wakes up before the body rises so it is the head that I need to work on. Yeah, you're right, for many more reasons than sleeping.
It cooled down to just under 70 degrees and that was cool enough for Dory to declare it to be chili time. She has a huge pot making on the stove right now and the smell of it drifting downstairs where I am and is about to cause a strangling. I'm not hungry but that smell is sure causing my mouth to water, so much so that I'm beginning to worry about the possibility of all that saliva filling up so much of my breathing passages causing some severe problems.
Oh, by the way, 43 millimeters is on one side of the line and on the other is 1.7 inches.
He's the devil not a man, and he spreads the burning sand with water~Song
It cooled down to just under 70 degrees and that was cool enough for Dory to declare it to be chili time. She has a huge pot making on the stove right now and the smell of it drifting downstairs where I am and is about to cause a strangling. I'm not hungry but that smell is sure causing my mouth to water, so much so that I'm beginning to worry about the possibility of all that saliva filling up so much of my breathing passages causing some severe problems.
Oh, by the way, 43 millimeters is on one side of the line and on the other is 1.7 inches.
He's the devil not a man, and he spreads the burning sand with water~Song
September 6
Sad to say but he heifers couldn't get along so I had to get rid of one of them. I decided to keep Dory because she does a lot more than mow the lawn. Well she doesn't really mow the lawn but where there is life there is hope. If I start the weed-eater or the blower for her she'll run them but for some reason she won't push the lawn mower around. It is the one thing that always starts on the first pull without any tricks which means Dory could even start it herself. Life is just a dream sweetheart!
A bit of rain wets the exposed areas around here but not too much yet. A tornado warning for south of Springfield is in effect at this time and I believe that is the direction from which our weather is coming. This morning I heard them say that our sprinkles will most likely turn to rain before the day is done. Water evaporates and then rains back down over and over. It's a good thing that water never wears out. How old do you think the water is of any rain we get and where did it originate this time? I don't think we can make any new water so what we have must be a billion years old. Maybe I need to check around about that.
Pessimist: one who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.~Oscar Wilde
A bit of rain wets the exposed areas around here but not too much yet. A tornado warning for south of Springfield is in effect at this time and I believe that is the direction from which our weather is coming. This morning I heard them say that our sprinkles will most likely turn to rain before the day is done. Water evaporates and then rains back down over and over. It's a good thing that water never wears out. How old do you think the water is of any rain we get and where did it originate this time? I don't think we can make any new water so what we have must be a billion years old. Maybe I need to check around about that.
Pessimist: one who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.~Oscar Wilde
September 5
I learned out about the "waste not want not" yesterday during Glenda's absence and this morning. For lunch yesterday, I had the two pieces of baloney with lettuce but as I was getting it all out of the fridge I noticed several other leftover eatables things. Thinking I was hungry and also that the leftovers were just going to waste I pulled it all out and ate them too. Overly full afterwards the want not came to pass but this morning the scales told me the sad tale that the waste not failed. Eating all that so it wouldn't go to waste went to waist anyway. Most everything I eat too much of always seem to congregate at my waist. Well actually, I guess I don't have a real waist anymore but because of all the stuff gathering there is why.
It is not true that all fat people are jolly! Matter of fact a real good laugh can set the mound and hangers on to jiggling and may continue long after the funny is gone. Too much jiggle, shaking all that excess around, can create an uncomfortable soreness in the area that might last for a day or more. With a little chuckle somewhere along the line it could last even longer. Fat folks might make a smile but the memory of the results of a good laugh pretty well suppresses those belly laughing spasms.
Dory plans a visit to her mothers while I stay home and keep a look out for unwanted intruders. Thankfully all the leftovers are gone so I'll stick with the usual chopped ham on lettuce that Dory replenished yesterday.
If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it. ~Erma Bombeck Better make that smile at it.
It is not true that all fat people are jolly! Matter of fact a real good laugh can set the mound and hangers on to jiggling and may continue long after the funny is gone. Too much jiggle, shaking all that excess around, can create an uncomfortable soreness in the area that might last for a day or more. With a little chuckle somewhere along the line it could last even longer. Fat folks might make a smile but the memory of the results of a good laugh pretty well suppresses those belly laughing spasms.
Dory plans a visit to her mothers while I stay home and keep a look out for unwanted intruders. Thankfully all the leftovers are gone so I'll stick with the usual chopped ham on lettuce that Dory replenished yesterday.
If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it. ~Erma Bombeck Better make that smile at it.
September 4
Only one bass boat so far this morning so things are starting to look a lot better. I've no doubt that it will take a couple days for all the waves to subside and cease the beating the shit out of the docks and shores, tho I suspect it will take a little bit longer for all that froth to dissipate, be reabsorbed or evaporate whatever it does to go away. At least we made it through the ordeal whole.
I believe Dory and Ruthie have a 'to town trip' lined up for today. Dory has already given me a short list of 'to do's' that she says I might consider doing. Isn't that nice? Believe me, might consider doing is a very strong suggestion that comes mighty close to being an order around here. She has already prepared my lunch so it isn't too bad. Yep, Laid out the last two pieces of baloney and three lettuce leave on a plate then put it back in the refrigerator so it won't spoil before I finally get around to eating it. She didn't pull that skin off the edges of the baloney but I can do that okay.
The biggies on the list are the mowing, blowing and beating down the weeds with a gas powered beater. A more proper statement would be that I'll beat down weeds with the lawn mower and then beat down what the mower couldn't reach with a weed-eater. Then blow off the road, walks, porch, deck and all the excess of the beat down hay. Here is a Dory quote; "You need to get it done before the three days of rain that is forecast begins. All that rain could cause it to become totally unmanageable."
I'm thinking a small cow tied in the yard could lessen the mowing and that's no bull. Of course there would be quite a bit of shoveling required but we do a lot of that around here anyway. So much in fact that some we just stick into an email then click send to flush.
Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.~Aristotle
I believe Dory and Ruthie have a 'to town trip' lined up for today. Dory has already given me a short list of 'to do's' that she says I might consider doing. Isn't that nice? Believe me, might consider doing is a very strong suggestion that comes mighty close to being an order around here. She has already prepared my lunch so it isn't too bad. Yep, Laid out the last two pieces of baloney and three lettuce leave on a plate then put it back in the refrigerator so it won't spoil before I finally get around to eating it. She didn't pull that skin off the edges of the baloney but I can do that okay.
The biggies on the list are the mowing, blowing and beating down the weeds with a gas powered beater. A more proper statement would be that I'll beat down weeds with the lawn mower and then beat down what the mower couldn't reach with a weed-eater. Then blow off the road, walks, porch, deck and all the excess of the beat down hay. Here is a Dory quote; "You need to get it done before the three days of rain that is forecast begins. All that rain could cause it to become totally unmanageable."
I'm thinking a small cow tied in the yard could lessen the mowing and that's no bull. Of course there would be quite a bit of shoveling required but we do a lot of that around here anyway. So much in fact that some we just stick into an email then click send to flush.
Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.~Aristotle
September 3
Yesterday is dead and gone, and tomorrow's out of sight, and it's glad to be alone, help us make it to the night. Butchered it a little but I'm hoping we can make it to the night anyway. One more day, or it could begin to taper off mid to late afternoon, when most the half soused campers scurrying around trying to make happy are heading for home. What they leave ain't so good to see but there will be many of us happy campers hanging around as the unsightly wake dies down. We happy campers will venture out to assess the docks for damages and a repair sequence will be mentally composed. For us, as far as I know, it will be mostly electrical. Not a bad deal at all if most of the lake is returned to the full time inhabitants and weekend fishermen. Labor day weekend is called something like, the last big weekend and a bunch of us hope that is so.
So far as I know there has been only one drowning in our cove so far this weekend. (“He was very intoxicated, which is typical of the fatalities this time of year,” Walz said.)
Time is never wasted when you're wasted all the time.~Catherine Zandonella.
So far as I know there has been only one drowning in our cove so far this weekend. (“He was very intoxicated, which is typical of the fatalities this time of year,” Walz said.)
Time is never wasted when you're wasted all the time.~Catherine Zandonella.
September 2
Hang on sloopy, sloopy hang on! Just one more day after today and things are supposed to slow down on the lake. I'm thinking our dock might make it one more time. Of course we have no electricity to the dock now and it would be neigh on impossible to repair as you need both hands to hold on with. Even if I could work one hand loose I would need some kind of guide to deliver the screwdriver tip to a screw head. We darn sure won't be on the dock anyway so there isn't a pressing need for electricity there at this time anyway.
A cool day but the boats and wave runners make way too much noise to open the doors and windows. Had the scanner on last night and it was very busy. In my semi-sleep state I didn't quite get all of any of the happenings but plan to read the on-line papers pretty thoroughly this morning and tomorrow morning.
I plan to rest my rear in the old recliner as I read my last available book before another trip to the library. Late evening there will be the NASCAR race to watch. Always plenty to do around here but plenty to do also gives me plenty not to do also. I'm going to do plenty today. As I do my chosen plenty there will be a lot more plenty that I'll not be doing today.....huh?
A man is too apt to forget that in this world he cannot have everything. A choice is all that is left him. ~H Mathews
A cool day but the boats and wave runners make way too much noise to open the doors and windows. Had the scanner on last night and it was very busy. In my semi-sleep state I didn't quite get all of any of the happenings but plan to read the on-line papers pretty thoroughly this morning and tomorrow morning.
I plan to rest my rear in the old recliner as I read my last available book before another trip to the library. Late evening there will be the NASCAR race to watch. Always plenty to do around here but plenty to do also gives me plenty not to do also. I'm going to do plenty today. As I do my chosen plenty there will be a lot more plenty that I'll not be doing today.....huh?
A man is too apt to forget that in this world he cannot have everything. A choice is all that is left him. ~H Mathews
September 1
What? Another day here already? Seems to be, for the sun has joined the gentle breeze out of the north and made it so. Here, in our protected place, we can never be sure from which direction the wind comes, but the bottom of the windsock does drift somewhat to the south....which means nothing more than there is a breeze. The temperature indicator on the wall says it is 63 degrees outside at this time. Somehow I knew this information would be welcomed by you. That instead of a sorrowful tale of woe would be my choice too.
Good for me I'm not woeful, good for you I don't have a tale either. I either haft to sign off or make up something to wag.
Sad, but true it is, most everyday I send a note, waging and waging but very seldom with a tale to tell. It generally doen't take reading to the tail end to discover the fact either but the end of this one is here.
Talk happiness. The world is sad enough without your woe. ----- Orison Sweet Marden
Good for me I'm not woeful, good for you I don't have a tale either. I either haft to sign off or make up something to wag.
Sad, but true it is, most everyday I send a note, waging and waging but very seldom with a tale to tell. It generally doen't take reading to the tail end to discover the fact either but the end of this one is here.
Talk happiness. The world is sad enough without your woe. ----- Orison Sweet Marden
August 31
It isn't an easy thing to do but after several walking trips down the road and to the mailbox I've conceded the lead to Glenda. I've learned and force myself to walk three of four steps behind her anytime we're on the prowl. I want to be her rescuer if she ever needs to be rescued and from behind enables me a better way to see that. Walking behind her also gives me one more pleasant thing to look at and then to top it off, she walks through all the twenty plus spider webs, knocking them loose so they don't hinder my forward progress at all. Just show a little respect to folks now and then can make you a winner too. Too, I try not to venture out of a morning till she has been out tending to her flowers. Part of that trip is spent knocking down webs off the porch and walks. Spiders are really bad this year for some reason.
The door guy is scheduled to be here sometime this morning to replace three of our new sliding doors, eight panels in all. Somehow the tiny bit of tint that was added between the double glass had small streaks in it. It was pretty hard to see but if one did a good window washing job it would be possible and was because I do good work! Shouldn't take him too long to change them out. Funny but one door didn't have a streak one so we're good with it.
Advice should be viewed from behind. (Swedish)
The door guy is scheduled to be here sometime this morning to replace three of our new sliding doors, eight panels in all. Somehow the tiny bit of tint that was added between the double glass had small streaks in it. It was pretty hard to see but if one did a good window washing job it would be possible and was because I do good work! Shouldn't take him too long to change them out. Funny but one door didn't have a streak one so we're good with it.
Advice should be viewed from behind. (Swedish)
August 27
It may sound unbelievable but last evening I took Dory out to eat! It was a gloriously wonderful meal too. Well, actually I walked with her down the street to where Joan and Don had invited us and some other neighbors to gather for a little socializing and a feeding. About midway though the visiting things slowed deliciously as we all finished off a really great meal. Then afterwards, we focused back on the visiting but never quite got it back up to speed. After enjoying a good meal, a relaxing usually results and as near as I could tell by as slow as the visiting got, everyone enjoyed the meal very much. What a swell neighborhood! THANKS JOAN AND DON!
Today there may be some mowing and blowing going on around here. I think too, the wall builders might be back to provide a respite from my chores with a bit of watching.
I drug a little extra weight home with me last night and need to work some of it back off so I'm outta here.
Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be taken in small doses.-Russell Baker
Today there may be some mowing and blowing going on around here. I think too, the wall builders might be back to provide a respite from my chores with a bit of watching.
I drug a little extra weight home with me last night and need to work some of it back off so I'm outta here.
Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be taken in small doses.-Russell Baker
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