The Best time

I had the best time yesterday.   I left here a little after 10 and headed to Killingworth.  Unfortunately some trucker from Unifirst was being obnoxious by blowing his horn at me.  Admittedly I wasn’t speeding but I may have slid into his lane inadvertently.  Not my finest moment.

It was just about then when I realized I could get the phone map to play through over the Bluetooth and I didn’t have to hold the phone or keep looking over at it.  Then again the phone was going wonky throughout the day so a few of the aps didn’t work for me.  Like the map my walk and my pedometer wigged out on me too.

The route to the farm was becoming familiar as it was close to my Nephew Jr. and his family’s home.  There were plenty of hills and beautiful homes. 

 I arrived to the farm shortly before the agreed time.  G, and a few others were waiting.  Eventually others arrived and we began walking around the pond.  There were little garden set ups along the path and they were adorable.  I took a few pictures of that and the giant Chess board and we walked through gardens and it was just a lot of fun.  When we finished walking around some of the ladies went into the small shop that had the various items infused with lavender.  When they were finished we went to our cars and headed to Niantic.

At this point the phone was continuing to have a hissy fit and making me frustrated.  The route from the farm to Niantic was the most rural and beautiful area ever.  While I was admiring the beauty around I was becoming increasing worried because the gas was low and there was no gas station that I could see for miles.  Not even on route 9 and or 95.  The last service area is Madison CT.  I did find a station about 5 minutes before going into Niantic and I was relieved.

AS I drove down Main Street I could see the ladies all waiting in front of the Candy shop.  I ended up parking in the credit union parking lot across the street.  It was busy even though it was post pandemic.  We waited a little longer and then began the walk along the board walk.  Everything was beautiful.  There were people on the beach, in the boats.  WE could even see the Millstone Nuclear Power Plant in Waterford.  I don’t know how long it took us to get to the end and then walk over to the side where it would take us downtown.  We had to wait for one person who had trouble walking.  I felt bad for her because I have been there.  We eventually lost her by the time we got to Dad’s Restaurant.  I guess it’s a popular restaurant.  I got a seafood salad sandwich (didn’t eat the bread) but most of us sat on the edge of someone’s front yard. 

A few of the ladies had to leave early and so many of us headed back towards our car.  By the time we got to the candy shop it was JackieB, G, and I and eventually G’s hubby joined us and we talked for another hour or so after we had ice cream.  I think it was five by the time I headed home and was hoping to find a place for coffee because by then I was tired.  I got Coffee in Branford because the Madison rest stop didn’t have a drive through. 

It was about 6 when I got home and the cats were indignant.   I fed them, finished my coffee, called Liz and then started dinner, and started separating some of the meat I got on Friday.  I was impressed that I actually pushed through the exhaustion to do it.  I cleaned up the kitchen and just about 9 came upstairs to listen to the Saturday night radio program.

Unfortunately I didn’t really sleep because of the coffee and the lots of things on my mind.

Today was equally beautiful.  I got up fed the critters, and decided to sleep again and then decided to prep more food that I didn’t finish last night and then cook a roast.  The chicken is still waiting in the fridge and that will be tomorrow’s project.

I finished the laundry and straighten up the kitchen and then decided to call Dave. 

We spent two hours talking about stuff.  He was asking me questions about the diet and nutrition and I tried to explain how and what AW believes in.  He was asking me about prices for Personal training and I really couldn’t answer him.  He didn’t understand why I didn’t just cook the stuff when I needed it.  Because by the time I want to eat it could go bad.

The rest of the day I flaked.  I had one of the pork patties I made yesterday and watched TV.  I slept or got on the computer late in the day.

This week is bulk pick up so I put some stuff out.  I think they are picking it up on Thursday I hope.  I was going to put more out but it’s the old Cuisinart and it has sharp blades.  I may just take it to the transfer station this week.

Liz was asking me about the lawn service I use now so I gave her the information last night and texted her morning to see if she got but never replied.  I really wish she would acknowledge it.  They came while I was at the meetup. 

 I don’t believe it…Tiger spent some time sleeping next to me tonight.  Maybe it’s the treat I gave her earlier today.  Let’s just hope I don’t find another hairball like I did when I came home yesterday.  I think Sky ate the ribbon from something and it was on the ledge in the back room.

I did manage to fend off male pen pals again.  I am reviewing the potential pen pal list I have.  I am waiting to hear from the most recent ones.  I updated the pen pal blog as well.

I just may go for a walk

I can see the sun trying to come out and according to Cortana (the equivalent to google or Alexa) it’s partly Sunny and going into the 50s.  So that means I am going to take a walk.  It’s been days since I did a walk and my step numbers have been fairly low.   Besides I have seen the Star Wars Phantom Menace many times in the past.

There is a show that I have become interested in lately.  It’s called Aerial America and each show features a particular city, town, state, location etc.  I love watching it.  One of the episodes today was about Dallas FT Worth TX.  It reminds me of those drone videos you can pull up on the YouTube Website.  Incidentally there are a lot of drone videos of almost anything you want to see.  So this maybe my new Weekend show until we get back to some normal routine.

I just learned this is a repeated series as it went from 2010 to 2017.  Sigh. I always miss out.  Well I can enjoy it for now.

I just checked my coffee order and I should be getting it sometime this afternoon.  I decided to get regular flavored coffee as I am almost out of the decaf and I wanted something different.    

Sky came down from the attic but didn’t stay down long.  It will be hard to get him down for there later.  My hope will be when it’s feeding time they will be preoccupied with food and I can close the door for the night.  It is somewhat a process. 

Tiger has remained sleeping in my old bedroom.  I expect her to come downstairs around 2 for a while and then go back upstairs until dinner. 

Slept in today

I didn’t sleep well last night.  I think it may have been the late day coffee or the fact I was watching the Star Wars Franchise marathon well until Midnight and fell asleep on the couch.  So I set the alarm for 7.   Much to the kitties chagrin I stayed in bed until 7.  Sky and Tiger stayed the night on the bed.  I also did some crossword puzzles and surfing the net.

This morning we did our routine and I probably fell back to sleep again while watching the marathon again.  When I turned it off the Return of the Jedi was on.  For some reason TNT is intermixing “prequels” and the sequels with the original.  I believe Rogue One will be on again and then The Original trilogy will repeat and then the Force Awakens.  They have been showing the previews of the Last Jedi and that will be on next Saturday. 

I was wondering if the Channel/Station would be airing the LOTR trilogy and the Hobbit and I found my answer.  That will be on Saturday afternoon.

I also wondered if the Pirates of the Caribbean would be on in the next two weeks and alas it will not.  I suspect that in a few weeks it will be.  IF not the entire franchise they will either do the originals by themselves or the later one by themselves.

Well I changed the theme on two of my blogs.  I was trying to be festive and it was time for a change anyway.  I hope it is received well.  I am such cheap skate I only will use the free ones.  Sometimes the choices or options are limited.  Oh another reason I was up so late is I was setting up my entries for the next couple of months.  Choosing titles if I thought of them.  That definitely took some time.

I got an early morning text from Lawyer this morning.  It was the second one this weekend.  He sent Christmas Greeting yesterday and this morning he is requesting the insurance certificate for the house.  I had a pang of guilt because I haven’t sent out any cards to him and his wife nor have I have given him a gift.  I am trying to find out if I can and if I should.  Although technically (but I am guessing not legally) he could take from the “trust”.   I just don’t have it this year.   I haven’t in the past either.

I have decided (it’s a given) that I am bailing on class today.  I want to send out some more cards in response to those I received in the last couple of days.   I want to work on some more Christmas Cards first.  I will get cardio in today.  I don’t want to make promises and not stand by them.

Oh GC from the Finding Friends meetup sent out a message to the group with activities for the next month or two and one of them is the annual Valentine’s brunch.  I went to this last year and loved it.  I sent a Christmas message to her and she replied this morning.  She and her husband are going to LI to visit his sister and then will be back later today.  So I have to make sure I sign up for the brunch and any other activities that will come up.

It is a beautiful sunny morning here and it is supposed to be like that for the rest of the day.  The forecast is calling for temperatures in the mid to low forties for the next few days, No white Christmas though and no rain until the end of the week.  It is much better than 70 degree like it was a couple of years ago.  I ended up with a sinus infection.

Well now it’s now the afternoon.  I was going to look something up about sending out holiday cards and found this.  Did you know there was ever such a thing?  She even touches on E-cards.  I don’t know if I necessarily agree with all of what she wrote but it is something to know in the future if I have ever get that far behind in the future.

 I ordered two boxes from Amazon and will send them out as many as possible.  However next year I will do it differently.

Another Beautiful fall day

The rain we had overnight ended just before daybreak.  The sun has been shining ever since.  It's about 50 degrees both here and back home.  I Didn’t bother to turn on the heat today.  Not sure if Mama is right about wasting oil by turning it up and down all the time.  I did a quick check and it seems to confirm her view.



I heard from Mama overnight.  She answered a text of mine about food and she later asked if I needed the pen pal letters from 2006.  I have tried to explain to her that people who pen pal keep old letters for whatever reason (not sure if they eventually throw them out) but she either isn’t understanding it or not interested.  I sort of told her among some of our conversations about people not listening to me about things and this is just one of many things.  People are going to do what they want no matter what.  This reasoning annoys the crap out of me because my logic is “if they tell me what to do and I just ignore it” they will criticize me for it.



She also found other things (an old passport, birth certificate) I am hoping it is still up there and I can do whatever it is I need to do with it.   When I get home I will do work on it again.  That’s if I am not too tired or not too busy.



I haven’t finished yesterday’s entry and I probably won’t until later today. I tried but instead watched TV until 10.   By then I was getting tired.  I slept by myself for about an hour before Sky came up.  I think Tiger was either in the spare room or under the bed.  All I know when it was time to get up she came running down the hall.



OH one of the shows I have been catching part of lately is God Friended Me.  It's on CBS and I have enjoyed what I see of it.  This group of friends gets together and gets friend requests from God (through FB) and they go to help them with whatever situation.



I had to re-scan about ten batches from last week because they weren’t showing up in what is known as McKesson.  I hate when that happens.   IT took a while but because I was multitasking a little.



For the most part it's been quiet around here.  NO major outbreaks of stupidity and I am sure we will discuss the incident from last week at the committee meeting tomorrow.  Plus, what DeniseK did.  She told several people that the 1 pm membership meeting last week was cancelled and it wasn’t.  Some of you might be saying “So what’s the big deal?” well in about 18 months (June 2020 we will be starting the contract negotiation process).  Informational for the membership, surveys, anything that the membership needs to know going in to these talks.



I decided to work through lunch today as I won’t be here Wednesday, and I want to get as much done as possible.  I am certain that AC has done the rest of the scanning and there will be more to do as the week ends.



I am hoping to get to the gym tonight.  I know I will hear an earful the next time I see Alex.  I don’t think we are having our session on Tuesday but next Saturday for sure.  As it is I am trying to get back to normal and better choices. 



I need to go grocery shopping as well. 



Need to see what Mama is doing tonight or what her plans are.

Too Cold Out

I had every intention of going out at lunchtime and getting a hearty salad from a salad shop around the corner from my office.  Everyone who went out had the cold coming off their bodies when they came back in!!!! At lunchtime it was 27 degrees and it went up to 30 mid afternoon.  So I got a salad from downstairs and didn’t go out until it was time for my session with Debra.

The daytime temps for the weekend are supposed to be in the 30’s and teens and 20’s at night.  We aren’t supposed to get any rain or snow but clouds for the weekend. So I will be bundled up  for Sunday’s walk.

Next weekend will have the rain and snow showers.  Great that’s the weekend I am taking the titans to the Vet.  That should be fun. Not so much. It's also the weekend for the meetup walk.

I may have to take a trip to the library and print out some letters.  Well at least one letter if I get anywhere close to writing it this weekend.  Either that i need ot get a new printer. THe one I have is busted and not in stock anymore.  There is one at Office max at reasonable price. I just want it delivered. I am thinking of asking my guru to come and install it for me if he can.

Holy Crap just learned that Criminal Minds is ending after season 15!!!!  I am not a regular viewer when its first run but occasionally when it shows up on ION or WE or whatever other channel it will be on .  

That being said even though it was reported on TV Guide site I may have to wait and see because many people are currently worried or believing various headlines that Sean Murray is leaving NCIS.  I have posted a few times in response they need to read further into the articles. That there are no indications of his leaving and they are rumors they are getting from people asking questions to columns or assumptions on various message boards.  Not really sure we should be putting a lot of trust to ET show either. Mind you when Duane Henry posted about his exit from the show it was after his final episode and he couldn’t say anything until much later.

The same with Mark Harmon.  His Rep apparently released a statement  to ET Canada slamming the rumors that Mark  was leaving due to failing health. These actually come up every six months especially when fans post on various message boards or FB that he looks bad or whatever.  I even had to tell a dear friend of mine to ignore the article in the Enquirer.

My wish is that people read carefully and stop making assumptions when they see articles (and I probably have to do the same thing) Consider the source.  

Didn't stay up as late

I ended up going to bed my normal 10 pm time.  The kitties came with me for a few hours.  I did write some on the computer but not long.  I had warm milk and needed to get to bed.  I hung up the clothes in the laundry area and will put them away tonight when I get home.  The reason I decided to forgo the all nighter is I would be unable to function today in any capacity.  

I was supposed to be here early so that MS and I could steam the very heavy winter coat I have been wearing.  IT didn’t happen.  I got here just before 8.  But we did do it at break time and it looks great.  MS has to leave early today.

I was relieved when the committee meeting was cancelled today.  Mostly because of the holiday (  people were going to leave early etc).  We do have a membership meeting on the 16th (again).

I emailed Liz this morning to find out the details for Thanksgiving.  It looks like the munchies are being served by 1 and dinner is 2.  That gives me a couple of hours to sit and relax and eat and then head home.  I am debating whether or not I will drive up myself or hitch a ride with Liz (but I am leaning to driving up myself as Liz now has bronchitis-again).  

David Cassidy has gotten worse. There has already been a couple of fake news reports of his death and a former coworker believed it.  Of course the headline is misleading it goes into more detail but I still posted they should check more reliable sources as there hasn’t been anything more. All though it wouldn’t surprise me if by the end of the night he does pass.  Of course I will be sad he was a part of my childhood.  I will be sending prayers to him and his family.

Tonight is NCIS.  It should be good.  I have a feeling that will be it for first run episodes until after the holiday.  Then it will only be a few weeks until the winter Olympics.  I seem to remember reading that CBS wasn’t going to air new episodes during the olympics.  

I can’t believe that more and more prominent men are now being accused of sexual misconduct.  The latest is Charlie Rose who was fired from CBS and his shows on PBS are taken off and also Jeffrey Tambor from Transparent.  It seems like they just popped up.  I respected Charlie Rose for his interviews now..not so much.  

I got home just before 5 and the kitties didn’t come down right away.  I had to call for them.  I was making a bowl of cereal when I felt this soft and furry body walk in between my legs.  A short time later Princess Tiger was already out back   

Since i Have been home I moved the laundry ahead and still have a little more to go.  I took a shower in between and now just waiting for NCIS.

Ended up

Because I wasn’t feeling well last Thursday night  and the lack of sleep from it I barely did anything Friday.  I did some laundry, cleaned out one of the litter boxes, emptied the dishwasher only to fill it up again.

 

I made myself an early lunch of steak and potato and had yogurt.  I was not anxious to eat too much as my shoulder still hurt. I think the aches and pains are from the amount of cheese I had in the last couple of days.  

 

I fell asleep for the afternoon watching the X Men double feature.   I did fold some of the clothes and sheets and put more laundry in.  You are probably wondering where all these clothes are coming from.  Some of them have been there a few days and needed refreshing.

 

When I didn’t fold the clothes I watched TV.  I actually sat through Hawaii 5-0 haven’t done that in months.  It's a good show.  It has done a few cross overs with the NCIS franchise (mostly the LA show) now there is some discussion prompted by articles that that H50 will do crossovers with MacGyver and or NCIS again.  Someone even suggested that all of them were in the same universe.  I don’t understand how that would be the case.

 

Speaking of NCIS there is an article from Deadline.com announcing that Jennifer Esposito will not be returning to NCIS next year.  I read the article but I still not getting the reasons behind it.  Quite frankly her character rubbed me the wrong way.  Not as much as it did to Nas on one of the boards  She doesn’t like the way the actress/character has her hair styled.

 

Oh and I had a family of foxes in the back yard yesterday morning around 9 a mother and her kits.  I took a lousy picture of the kits but that’s it.  They disappeared shortly after that for their den which is behind my yard.

 

I was in awe that Dr. T showed me a picture she took of a baby bear in her garbage the other day.  It was a beautiful bear but clearly it couldn’t have been alone.  So now she has to be careful with her pups and with the garbage that now stays inside the garage.

 

Today is now crunch time.  I have to go to the store and get a few things and get money out for my trip tomorrow.  I also have the housewarming party over on the next street.  It starts at noon. I have to still pick up stuff around here because I just don’t want to be a slob while I am not here.  

 

There is one thing that is beginning to get me a little nervous I am supposed to be getting tickets via an email and I haven’t gotten them yet.  I wanted Dave to come over and help print them out and make sure I got all the information but he couldn’t.

 

OMG someone is mowing their lawn at 20 of 8 in the morning and there is a noise whatever for woodmont..:O This is funny I was talking with Kim next door wondering if our other neighbor is planning on putting his family home on the market (it's been empty for quite some time now) and Kim is hoping that when or before it does they offer it to her because then her eldest daughter can move in.  There is enough room to have another house put in between the two houses which would be a tad crowded (at least i think).

 

The other house that went on the market is now off and being rented-again.  I don’t know to whom but I am with Kim when she expressed concerns of a fraternity house like atmosphere.  My own fear is a gang could move in and those images not so cool either.   I realize that’s an extreme idea but it could happen.  I mean really there are condos being built down the street from here and I never thought that could happen.

Valentine's Day 2017

It was a beautiful chilly and sunny day here in New England.  Love is abounding (somewhere).  I got a lovely e-card   with kitties in them from Liz last night.  I sent her one this morning and I sent one to Dr. T when she sent me one on Sunday.  I still have to send one to Jim.

Work was pretty good.  I managed to get in on time and mailed out the refunds I had been working on the last few days.  I got more to just batch and mail out for someone else and that I started on near the end of the day.  We didn’t receive the health logic deliveries for two days and I am guessing it’s because of the weather up north. 

I made my donation to the Power ball pool and hopefully we will get the numbers before Tomorrow.  I guess they are culminating that as I write this.  Good luck to my fellow lottery players.  I am thinking I should try it on my own sometime.  I tried to look up the site and had instructions but got virus warnings at work.  :o(

My pea pod order came just after 8.  I was really afraid it wouldn’t get here until 9.  I think I would have a few irate neighbors (and besides that’s when I go to bed myself).   I was a little worried the delivery guy would have a problem with the sidewalk but he was fine.  The only thing is didn’t get exactly what I ordered.  I ordered 9 small steaks and got 3 large size steaks.  I asked for 3 tomatoes got two.  I have already started a list for next week (a little pathetic I know).

My schedule got changed very quickly today.  My infusion was moved to Friday this week at 10:30 in the morning.  My hope is to be able to come back by 2 and work for a couple of hours.  So now I will be able to meet with Courtney tomorrow afternoon before the Rally tomorrow.

Thursday’s schedule hasn’t changed at all.  I have gotten more alerts for the meetups having to do with health and wellness.  Acupuncture?  There are a whole bunch of others but they are at times and dates I can’t make.  As it is I have been getting some feedback from some people I have told.  Both good and bad.

Friday’s schedule may be a bit tough with the infusion and going back to work.  I am going to try it.  If I don’t get really sleepy I may just come back to work after the future infusions.  I mean I have seen where other people do it.  I don’t know kind of infusions they have but I have notice that those who work go back to work.  Although there isn’t any point if I get through at 3. 

Of course the 4^th District is that night which will allow me to rest up for it before going.  The Vice Chairman of the DTC sent out an alert that one of our members lost his father and the arrangements are for tomorrow.  Actually the man and his wife (State Senator Gayle) are really good friends of mine.  I wish I could go but it’s in Hamden and during the day.  I better get a card to them.

Tonight is the back to back NCIS and NCIS: NOLA cross over and I have to wait to see it after midnight or least this weekend.  So far the reactions are pretty good on the newest fan board.  On the soon to be closed IMDB.com site discussions are still about why the site is doing away with the forums.  The newest one I joined last week is phenomenal. 

Over on Facebook. Someone commented as to why there are almost every other post is Bull related on NCIS.  I whole heartily agree.  It is an NCIS site not every bleeping show and project the cast is in.  It is the same way over on LON as well.  They added a Bull forum among the NCIS but they don’t have a NCIS: NOLA forum.  There is nothing on focusing solely on Cote or Sasha or even on Muse Watson or Lauren Whatsherface (Jenny Shepherd).  I even made mention of it.  There were others who really didn’t want a Bull Board either but they were outvoted.  It seems most of the focus on that show.

The kitties are doing their own thing.  I let them in the cellar for the day of course they were upstairs when I came home.  Sky wasn’t happy when I closed the door for the night.  He spent the night upstairs while I was in the living room.   I think I am going to call the vet to ask about Sky rubbing his cheeks against everything (she says to keep an eye on his gums) and he seems to be crying a little.  Tiger came down a bit ago and seems fine.  They have been down here a while and now that it’s getting late we will go up soon.

I am putting off emptying dishwasher and the laundry until tomorrow.  I am just tired.

 

Laptop Withdrawl

The laptop was going through a major update and I couldn’t use it for nearly two days at least.  It felt like forever and I even turned it off last night and it started back up to the updating.  IT was nearly ¾’s done anyway. So while it was updating I used PC in my room.  Anyway this morning it was working and I could use it.

My appointment with the Hematologist was good.  All the numbers were good.  No sight of BC, white cells were up, Anemia not showing.  He would like to see me lose weight.  I would too.  I see him again after the New Year. 

I picked up dinner from Adams again this time it was chicken and bruschetta for the chips.  They were both good but I made an attempt to not to eat the rest of the bag of chips.  I thought for sure I would have aches and pains but not that much just the shoulder again.

I had a close encounter with a skunk last night.  It was just around 7 and it was just getting dark and it was in the yard.  It was rather large and mostly white with the black stripe down the back.  The cats and I were watching it intently.  I took so many pictures of it.  It then headed towards the front yard near the garbage cans and so I went to see it and got close until its tail went up.  I did what any sane human would do went back inside.

The rest of the night I watched TV and ended up getting into bed after 8.  Sky joined me for a while and then when it was time to go to sleep.

Today should be fairly busy.  Refunds again, and the mail.  After work I will do laundry, shopping (online), and start grocery shopping preparations.   Of course play with kitties.

I had a nice chat with Liz this morning.  She was wondering how I was feeling after the weekend success and talked about the holidays, family, and of course the weight problems we both have.

 

Tonight is the season premiere of NCIS and the series premiere of Michael Weatherly’s show Bull.  In the past I am usually excited.  This year not so much. I am not sure exactly why.  IT could be the atmosphere on the forums that are influencing this feeling but also I haven’t like the writing in a number of episodes and for the writers to pander to the really soapy operas’ story line was an insult to the fans, the actors, and viewers.  I am not feeling the “love” for Wilma either.

Gorgeous Night

It is a beautiful night.  Soon after I got home tonight I opened the windows and sliding door.  The temperature in the house was 70 degrees even though the thermostat says 60.  Its also 70 degrees out too and is supposed to get into the 60’s over night and foggy.  It was so warm in the bedroom I turned on the ceiling fan.  I am not sure if the cats are scared of it or not Sky looked at it a little strangely.  I guess I will have to wait and see if they come on the bed or not tonight.

I was expecting the cleaning lady to come and clean the house today but when I got home she hadn’t been here.  She called and left a message apologizing for not calling for the reminder yesterday so we talked and made it for next week.  That’s okay.  

I managed to do some laundry tonight and get the dishwasher going.  The clothes are in the dryer and I can empty it tomorrow and I can empty the dishwasher tomorrow as well.  

I was very happy to see a rabbit tonight.  It is one of many I have seen over the last several weeks.  They are usually one at a time.  There have been three or four at night and a couple during the day.  Of course there have been periods of days were I haven’t seen them.  Neighbor Don says he sees them almost every night when he takes lily out for her nightly constitution.  I am not sure if the cats got to see it this time or not.

I was reading through my Facebook timeline and saw how many of my facebook friends and family posted Happy Mother’s Day wishes and how they spent it with their Mothers and their children.  I would have posted one but I just didn’t feel like it and now I feel a little guilty.  I am not sure why Liz or Jim didn’t but probably because they didn’t feel the need too.  

There isn't much on TV tonight and some of the marathon’s on WE and Sundance I have seen already.  I couldn’t believe the news I heard today though American Idol has been cancelled for the 2015-2016 season.  I heard a partial report and didn’t know if they were talking about this season but then I got online and saw an article that says Ryan Seacrest speaks out on it.  On one hand I didn’t watch it and never liked it.  I try not to watch those types of shows because they can be relentless and cruel.

I was relieved to read that NCIS has been renewed for the 13th season.  Still no word on whether or not MH has signed on as cast member or crew member.  It has many people a little worried but at the same time some are saying he wouldn’t not sign on.  I have a feeling he will have reduced screen time and concentrate on being producer and director.  He as much as said so on different occasions.  As to whether or not season 13 will be the final season or not my gut says yes but it depends on the ratings and lately they have been down a great deal.

Well I am going to go read some of my F-lists and then hit the sack.  I have my session with Debra tomorrow night and then the season finale of NCIS.

Have a great one.

Dear Mom

Dear Mom,

    Well its after lunch time and I had my all time (at least one of my all time) favorite and lazy lunches.  That would be open faced grilled cheese sandwich.  I did it in the microwave.  I sat down and watched the first of the LOTR trilogy. 

    I sent a few emails to Jim to let him know its on and to let him know there were prayer cards and the obituary here for him.  He doesn’t want it mailed to him yet.  That means he must be coming up again.

I also finished the laundry for now.  I can strip the bed sheets from your room tomorrow (yes I know I am putting off tomorrow what could be done today-sue me).  I should be doing other things too but also putting that off as well.

I did manage to get two new pen pals.  One is from Florida and the other is from the mid-west.

I received two lovely cards today one from Cousin Frank and his wife and Marsha and Skip Z from the DTC.  I will put those with the other cards as well.

Well it looks like our neighbor Susan was able to get an offer on her house and the closing is this coming Thursday.  Her kids are clearing out everything.  They apologized for making so much noise last week but what could I say? 

Well I am going to close out for now.  The movies are starting up again and I want to chill…

Got Lazy after a while

I am afraid that after the last entry all I managed to do is watch TV and eat more food.  I guess the spaghetti wasn’t enough food for me.  I spent the time watching various shows and movies including the Star Trek with Chris Pine.  That movie basically blows canon for the original series and movies out of the water.

I did manage to talk to Liz about tomorrow’s activities.  We even discussed my wardrobe selections for the party.  It wasn’t a long discussion as both of us were tired from our weekend activities.  As it is I haven’t really done very much else with wardrobe choosing so I am leaving that until early morning.  I have several options and they can be decided in the morning since I am not going to bingo or church that early.

I haven’t updated my health, NCIS, or my pen pal blog yet either.  I have a few things in mind for each but I am now really tired and so I think they will have to wait for another time.

I can hear the rain occasionally falling on the window pane.  It can be soothing and hopefully will put me to sleep soon.

Dear Friends

        July 13, 2013



My Dear Friends!

    Good Morning I Hope your Saturday morning is well.  We have had a few rain showers already this morning making the air nice and cool.  I have NPR’sMorning program on in the background as well.

    We had a wonderful visit from my cousin Mike I haven’t seen in a very long time.  He lives in Atlanta Duluth Georgia and was up here to escort his Mom back to her home in LaGrange.  She was here for a visit as well.  We talked about everything Family, politics, religion you know the whole range.  He left shortly before noon to get back to his cousins on his Mom’s side to spend time with them before leaving tomorrow.

    The rest of my day will be dull compared to the morning activities.  Finishing my laundry that I started, watch TV (I think there is an NCIS marathon coming on shortly).  I do have emails to send out as well.

I have no idea what Mom is planning but I know she will go to church later while I will go tomorrow after the bingo session at the nursing home.

Tonight we will probably watch our regular PBS shows until 8 and then its back to NCIS (if it is on). 

    Well I am going to take off so I will see you all later…

Crazy Busy

Today was crazy busy.  There was road work down the street from our street and it caused a back up (It was the Oyster river repair job).  The commute home was even nuttier. There was a traffic delay from Fair Haven all the way to West Haven and so I had to take the long way around.  I got home for dinner by 6:40.

When I did get to work I found lockbox waiting for me.  Before getting started I think I went and picked up stuff from ITS.  I spent the day working on the mail and got it done by 1:30.  I also worked on Re-address mail as well.  I made a dent in the Medical Society stuff.  From 2 pm until 6 I was scanning.  I have to tally the numbers to see how much I got done for Scanning.

Speaking of which I just wrote to Mardi about Friday, originally I told her that I might be working but I found out today that there is no approved OT for scanning only Cash posting.  There is approved OT for Scanning and Cash posting on Saturday.  That means the freaking mail will have to sit there until Monday.  Although Jim the courier did make a good point there won’ be a lot of mail because most of the places will be closed.

Around noon JanetN went home sick.  She just felt really nauseous.   I asked Annette if she was feeling lonely because she was the only back in the scanning area.  Joanie wasn’t feeling well and stayed home today.  Annette asked me about Janet and I told her.  She realized why I asked if she was feeling lonely.

It looks like we may have dryer issues.  It wasn’t drying very well.  I suggested to Mom to get the lint that has been collecting in the vent cleared out.  This couldn’t have happened at the worst time. 

It also feels like my cough is coming back I can hear fluid like in the chest.  I really would like this to be done with.  I may have to pick up the other prescription for Azithromycin.  I would like to not be sick for this holiday or any of the upcoming holidays.

Mom tells me that Jim will see the heart specialist tomorrow.  The doctor originally was going to put it off but changed his mind.  Jim is worried about it.  To be honest I am too.  I can’t go through another loss again.

I noticed many people have their homes decorated for the Christmas Holiday already.  I have a feeling most of them did it this past weekend since the weather was nice.  It will be a matter of time before everyone is decorated.

Well I am tired and I need to take some meds now and get into the sack.  I am leaving work at 2:30 for my eye appointment and for my INR.  I told Mom I would be home by 5 just the same.

Why Did i get up early

I woke up at 6 in the morning. I checked emails and saved them to the various files that I want to keep. I even had a response to my June 1 entry. Of course I responded. I even read previous entries from this date.




I guess I wanted to get a start on the day. I have more laundry to do and so I wanted to get it done before it got too late again. Mom really wants me to hang the clothes I have left on the cedar chest in the spare room. I did move the tub of winter clothes back upstairs.



I watched a little bit of TV there was nothing that really held my interest for long not even Mad Men. The horror of it all! Something about it just didn’t appeal to me. It felt stilted and robotic to me.



Around 7:30 Mom got up and shortly after she got up Chuckalina was caught in the trap. It (not really sure if it is a female) was eating when I last checked and now it looked like it was getting a little excited. Mom called Lawn guy around 8. She had to leave a message.



When I got home at 12:30 that poor animal was still in the fucking trap. Mom came home around 2. I was furious. She didn’t want to hear what I have to say. Oh really. That mutherfucking asshole told us to call him and he would come some time. Well that’s just not working for me! Come when it is convenient for you? NO. Anyway before I get fired up again Mom and I took it to Silver Sands State Park and let it out. On the way there I just talked with it. It stared at me.



When we got home I cleaned out the car and the trap. Mom and I reset the trap. The whole experience wiped me out. I was so angry at seeing that poor animal in the hot sun; and the guy not fulfilling his end of a half ass agreement. Neighbor Don Felt the guy should have called and said can’t do it right now. The trap is reset and waiting for the rest of the Woodchuck family.



We are going to have bacon and tomato sandwiches soon. Even though we are probably hungry we don’t know what else to cook and really don’t want to cook. I had a late lunch of cereal. I finished it when we got back from releasing woodchuck.



There is a couple of loads of laundry left and I hope to have it done soon. Mom left me a note saying there was a “smell” in my room. I didn’t really smell it until I checked sneakers. I even washed the chair I sit in at my desk.



Well I am going to check the laundry and turn on Echos program. Its my favorite show….G’Night.

I watched Jay last night

Most of you who read this blog or know me know I am not a late night talk show viewer.  I usually find the monologues stupid, boring and belittling.  The only times I will actually endure this crap is if a celebrity I like is on.  Last night was just that night.  They had First Lady Michelle Obama as the first guest. 

She was funny, witty, and informative and I found the anecdotes about what life is like in the White House for the Obama’s to be very interesting.  They keep some form of normalcy in their lives despite the fish bowl existence.  She barely if at all touched on political issues.  She talked about the things she is involved with (the military, kids health). 

Of course I loved the interview with Mark Harmon.  Jay did interrupt him a few times but it wasn’t as bad as usual.  I watched it a few more times on line.

I did have a hard time getting back to sleep last night and when it was time for me to get up it was 6:30.  I could hear Mom getting up as well.  She had to be in Hartford early and so I was in and out of the bathroom in good time.  One minor snafu was when Mom starting bitching about the top.  She has to learn that if she insists on 1) being so damn critical and 2) nasty about things she will alienate people around her including her children.

 The drive in to work was okay despite the rain shower.  I was in the office a little after 8.  I wasn’t pleased at the fact I had to ride up in the elevator w/SR.  She may have a tad problem with me not at my desk at 8.

LG hasn’t come in yet.  She called earlier to say that her eyes were still “blurry” and she might be in later in the day.  She had the surgery Monday.  It is general consensus that she is milking the situation.  I have now dubbed her “the Milk lady”.

My Plans for this evening are to do laundry and get my room in some what good shape.  I have two reasons for that.  The first being if Jim does come up I suspect the kids will be with them.  Second I will be too busy Saturday to do any cleaning in time for the Mexican Train game at 5.

Okay the lockbox is finished and now on to the other stuff.  I will see you later….

I am going to bed

Okay it’s nearly 9 and I am really getting tired. As I had hoped I took a major break from the paper/file tossing gig from earlier today. It was fun. I have NCIS on the TV in the background 6th Season Bounce episode. I had season 8 “Dead Reflection” on the computer. It was great.




Don installed the memory chips and it is extremely fast. Much better and I don’t have to worry no more.  \o/ the video kept going it wasn’t buffering the whole time. Says I won’t have to worry about it for a long time.



I had very little trouble with Lulu. She didn’t want to get into the halter but after almost wrestling her into it. I got it on her and we went for a walk to her favorite poop place. I felt like the scene in the early Mark Harmon show where he is walking his dog and the dog smells everything pees everywhere. Anyway, I think she was mad at me for scolding her she wouldn’t come near me before I left for the night. She finally did. I do know that after I scolded her (for not getting into the halter) and once I finally got her into it I kept reassuring her and kissing her. Okay it may have been overkill but she is so damn cute (a pug).



I have to feed and walk her before I go to work tomorrow so that’s the other reason I am going to bed soon too.



I called Cami this afternoon and she told me things were still sucking. She then sent me a text message telling me LG came in drunk. Gayle was ready to send her home but LG said she wanted to stay. Apparently she got very little to nothing done. LG claims she hasn’t been feeling well for a few days. All I know is Gayle didn’t need this now.



I have to be sure I don’t get on the net unless its absolutely necessary. I have a lot of work to finish I am sure. Including the two boxes of the readdress mail still left from before.



I have a Drs Appointment after work tomorrow. I am not sure how long that will be. I hope not long. I am pretty sure I will have that wonderful PAP done too.



I was going to wait up for Mom but I just can’t. My head getting heavy and so are my eyes.



Have a great one.

Still Recuperating from Double Pneumonia

I am still recuperating from the Double Pneumonia. I spent most of the day watching TV or online or sleeping. I still get the muscle spasms but depending on the time of day it can be strong or light. I did some tossing and turning last night to get comfortable and it took some time but finally got to sleep. I do notice if I get upset it just makes it worse so I had to calm myself down.




I started making the Phone squad messages last night. I only got as far as Janet’s number. Donna K didn’t reply back to me yet either. She really is a winner. I also called a couple of the girls on the bingo list to see if they would fill in for me. The girl did call back and say she would ask her parents. Telka sent me a couple of emails. One was a get well card and the other was to offer to go to do bingo for me. I sent her an email this morning thanking her for the offer. I made the rest of the calls this afternoon.



I got into a debate with Mom about the Taxes and e-failing. She swore last year she filed her taxes via the IRS.Gov site and she insisted we would be able to do it this year as well. if you go here you will see that they provide links to free filing sites. It was very frustrating for about 20 minutes until she saw for her self that indeed it is confusing and that she is thinking twice about using these things.



For obvious reasons I haven’t been out today but it is as forecasted on the news last cloudy and about 55 degrees. The sun did peek out a few times today. We are supposed to get some rain and wind tomorrow.



I have a little confession to make. I am a little apprehensive about going back to work on Monday. I am not sure what to find (probably lots of mail). I am also probably going to get lectures or spoken to about the stuff on top of my sorter. Patti asked me about on Thursday not to question but to see what needs to be done. However, I do think the questioning will be on Monday. The piles that are there are the readdress stuff. I do work on them on a daily basis but it just doesn’t always seem to reduce in size. Most of this stuff is the authorizations, stuff that isn’t vitally important if it is then of late I have been getting it out automatically.





Tonight Mom has her monthly dinner date with her friend Martha. I will be having stew or something not sure as I had a late lunch today.



I have a feeling that my TV viewing will not include the regular PBS fare as it is their fundraising time again. The CREATETV.com has been having all things Louisiana on today.



I am going to go surfing on the net for a bit…