So this morning, I am logging on line to check my bank accounts---checking and savings. I do this regularly to make sure of the balance, and at least once a week I transfer funds from checking to savings. Just trying to build up a nest egg ( Read more... )

Saw this quote and thought it most apt....

'Life is not the way it's supposed to be. It's the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.'

How true that is. :-)

Yesterday the history channel was running a marathon of “Life After People”. It is a fascinating series designed to showcase what would happen if people suddenly vanished. No explanation for where we might go, how we’d have been killed off, nothing like that, just a look at what would happen if we weren’t around ( Read more... )

I got home last night to find I have no internet connection. Nada, zip, zilch. So, I called tech support. Not sure why they call it support since they weren't very supportive or terribly helpful. They are supposed to come to my house today to see what they can do ( Read more... )

My older sister's hobby is photography. And lately she's gotten rather good at it. :-) She entered her photos in a local contest not too long ago and won the 'people's choice' award. Was very nice to see her get some recognition for her efforts ( Read more... )

I really like disaster movies. I love the whole wrath of god, doom and destruction aspect. The over the top action scenes and amazing CGI just add to the appeal ( Read more... )

So I'm watching History International Channel this morning...and this is what I learned.

( driest place on planet earth )

Well...my PC...Herbie...I've had him about five years now. Roughly six months or so he started having some operational issues. Took forever to fire up, low virtual memory, couldn't switch between pages without taking his time about it ( Read more... )

Hello wednesday.

( So it goes )

Two days of rain. Sigh. I don't normally mind the rain...but this time of year we aren't getting much sunlight, so the overcast sky just makes it seem even darker. And all that darkness sucks some of the life right out of me. I would not make it as a vampire ( Read more... )