One of the dog walkers who I haven't seen in a while stopped by the other day. He's a nice guy, from 'the old country'. I think he's a native of the Cape Verdian Islands. Anyway, we was telling us how his wife hadn't been feeling well, then he went into how his father came over here and then went back to get him as a baby, but he died on the trip ( Read more... )

One more major mountain of leaves disposed of today. I can say with good confidence they will all be removed before memorial day. Or mowed ( Read more... )

Back from NH. Had little luck identifying any photos, but it was nice to show the pictures to my Uncle and mother, who had never seen my Grandmother's (their mother's) photo album from when she was @ 19. Hardly the woman my mother knew ( Read more... )

So Al Gore and Tipper are calling it quits. And now they will each be consuming a mansion in their efforts to slow global warming. Yeah, that's the ticket. Two cannot live as greenly as one. Maybe he or she was Green with envy or jealousy ( Read more... )

And catching up on Dollhouse. Yeah, that's 19 years of marriage for ya. And now that he's back, the cat is acting up again. WTH? She was pretty good the four days he was gone. Now it's back to waking up the kid with her yowling ( Read more... )

I gave my 'guys' a theme this year of Day of the Dead. Made masks for some of them, dressed the part myself, and had Mariachi music instead of the usual creepy sounds. It was fun, something different. Everyone thought I had 'new' guys. See what a face lift will do ( Read more... )

The most experience I have with the continent of Australia includes reading three books by Colleen McCullough; (The Thorn Birds,The Ladies of Missalonghi , Creed for the Third Millennium (although that doesn't take place in Australia, it's austere enough to have been)and watching a few movies that take place in Australia; Quigley Down Under, ( Read more... )

What is with politicians? You can figure liberals would do anything, sleep around, cheat, whatever. But why is it always the conservatives who cant keep their pants on? Is it just because they make a big show of being so intolerant of those who slip, that when it comes out they are doing the same damn thing, it's so... laughable ( Read more... )

My father is getting two units of blood tonight. I guess his H and H (hemoglobin and Hemorrhoids (for all I know)) are low. God, if it's not one thing it's another. He still refuses to eat, but he will drink his coffee. Um, WTF was the point of any of this if you wont eat when you CAN? Every time someone comes in he has to tell them his tale of woe ( Read more... )

I went in to work today and whipped for almost 3 hours. I got done a good chunk of the old sections, enough for now. Of course I also realized how much I didn't get raked and picked up, but it's too late now, it will have to wait till after Memorial day ( Read more... )