I am confident that if they DID exist, I would have seen evidence of such last weekend. But did I catch even a fleeting glimpse of a NH? Noooooo. Was I in Tally for approximately 42.3 hours? Yeeeees. Did I hear even one "sup" from anyone? Noooooo. Did I have a perfect tailgate location? Yeeeees ( Read more... )

Greetings from Ground Zero ... formerly know as Punta Gorda. (Actually, during Charley, my brother in North Alabama was screaming at the Weather Channel and national news reporters because they couldn't pronounce Punta Gorda. His favorite version was "Poorno Gouda ( Read more... )

First of all, why do hurricanes have to hit when it is sooooo hot and humid ( Read more... )

I saw MY car today!! And I must say, O.M.G.

I will not be able to sleep tonight waiting for 11:00 a.m. to get here!!!! Any more guesses?? ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM!!!!!

Ok, kids ... let's all play along. I am ordering my new vehicle today and I want to see who can be the first to guess what I'm getting. Periodic clues might be issued.

(THE FINE PRINT: THOSE WHO ALREADY KNOW ARE NOT ELIDGABLE TO PLAY AND CANNOT TELL ANYONE.)

GR*******D That's what I did ( Read more... )

OK, I need some hugs here. This has been a crappy last few days, so I am sitting here having a very serious pity party for myself. (Yes, us old folks do that, too.) I don't want to go into details, but I am feeling like a real taken-advantage-of idiot. Some of the highlights include: person who found my lost keys answered ny ad and called to ask ( Read more... )

***CONTINUED FROM BELOW***

... aaaand there you have it. The Tampa Bay Lightning won the Stanley Cup in Game 7 and I had the great honor of being one of the 22,000 people in attendance. The rest is a blur. We got home at 4 a.m. The end.

So, here I am in the bathroom line. (See the previous reference to proper time management.) Joey would again not leave his seat. I don't know if he thinks they are going to close the stairs and make everybody stay out in the hall for some reason, but he isn't taking any chances.
As soon as I get back in, they drop the puck to start the final ( Read more... )

Write this down: "Do not post in LJ when you are going to have a blind date."

So there I was at lunchtime, sitting in RCG after going to some of the fishing tournament actitivies, with my new friend. We had been sitting there for awhile and were having a nice conversation. I glanced up while in the middle of a sentence and see Elyse hiding behind ( Read more... )