I want to write, but what to write that is the questions. I am not a writer, the words do not flow, I wish it were so but alas it is not.
Last day of January. I hear a lot of people saying how they found that the month was never ending, for me it flew by. Maybe it had something to do with being in Florida and not having to bear the cold weather, but it always went by quickly for me since it was the busiest period at work. February on the other hand seemed to drag and drag and drag.
I am reading Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. I am having a difficult time getting through the book, I started it in December, I am nearing the end of the 2nd part "Pray" of the book. If you haven't read the book or seen the movie, here is a short video from Oprah.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Traces of Reality - The Last Furlong
Stopped by Toni's place a couple of mornings ago and picked up this great meme of sorts from her. I found it fun and since it gives me a chance to psp I decided to give it a try.
Make your own band and album cover!
You pick a name for the band, title for the song and album cover all randomly.
Combine them and see what you end up with.
1 - Go to'wikipedia' and hit random. The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.
2 - Go to 'quotationspage.com' and hit random. The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.
3 - Go to 'flickr' and click on “explore the last seven days”. Third picture no matter whatever it may be, will be your album cover.
4 - Use photoshop or similar (picnik.com is a free online photo editor) to put it all together.
5 - Post it with this text in the "caption" and ask friends to join in.
I was pleased that the third picture on Flickr was of a Paris Metro station sign.
Make your own band and album cover!
You pick a name for the band, title for the song and album cover all randomly.
Combine them and see what you end up with.
1 - Go to'wikipedia' and hit random. The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.
2 - Go to 'quotationspage.com' and hit random. The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.
3 - Go to 'flickr' and click on “explore the last seven days”. Third picture no matter whatever it may be, will be your album cover.
4 - Use photoshop or similar (picnik.com is a free online photo editor) to put it all together.
5 - Post it with this text in the "caption" and ask friends to join in.
I was pleased that the third picture on Flickr was of a Paris Metro station sign.
THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU SPEAK!
Since I promised I would blog more often, however due to lack of content here is another joke for you. Sunny and warm so I'm off to sit by the pool.
Here are six reasons why you should think before you speak -the last one is great!
Have you ever spoken and wished that you could immediately take the words back...
Here are the Testimonials of a few people who did....
FIRST TESTIMONY:
I walked into a hair salon with my husband and three kids in tow and asked loudly,
'How much do you charge for a shampoo and a blow job?' I turned around and walked back out and never went back
My husband didn't say a word...he knew better.
SECOND TESTIMONY:
I was at the golf store comparing different kinds of golf balls. I was unhappy with the women's type I had been using.
After browsing for several minutes, I was approached by one of the good-looking gentlemen who works at the store.
He asked if he could help me.
Without thinking, I looked at him and said, 'I think I like playing with men's balls'
THIRD TESTIMONY:
My sister and I were at the mall and passed by a store that sold a variety of candy and nuts.
As we were looking at the display case, the boy behind the counter asked if we needed any help.
I replied, 'No, I'm just looking at your nuts.'
My sister started to laugh hysterically.
The boy grinned, and I turned beet-red and walked away.
To this day, my sister has never let me forget.
FOURTH TESTIMONY:
While in line at the bank one afternoon, my toddler decided to release some pent-up energy and ran amok.
I was finally able to grab hold of her after receiving looks of disgust and annoyance from other patrons.
I told her that if she did not start behaving 'right now' she would be punished.
To my horror, she looked me in the eye and said in a voice just as threatening,
'If you don't let me go right now, I will tell Grandma that I saw you
kissing Daddy's pee-pee last night!'
The silence was deafening after this enlightening exchange.
Even the tellers stopped what they were doing. I mustered up the last of my dignity and walked out of the bank
with my daughter in tow. The last thing I heard when the door closed behind me, were screams of laughter.
FIFTH TESTIMONY:
Have you ever asked your child a question too many times?
My three-year-old son had a lot of problems with potty training and I was on him constantly.
One day we stopped at Taco Bell for a quick lunch, in between errands It was very busy, with a full dining room.
While enjoying my taco, I smelled something funny, so of course I checked my seven-month-old daughter, she was clean.
Then I realized that Danny had not asked to go potty in a while.
I asked him if he needed to go, and he said 'No' ..
I kept thinking 'Oh Lord, that child has had an accident, and I don't have any clothes with me.'
Then I said, 'Danny, are you SURE you didn't have an accident?'
'No,' he replied.
I just KNEW that he must have had an accident, because the smell was getting worse.
Soooo, I asked one more time, 'Danny did you have an accident ? This time he jumped up, yanked down his pants,
bent over, spread his cheeks and yelled 'SEE MOM, IT'S JUST FARTS!!'
While 30 people nearly choked to death on their tacos laughing,
he calmly pulled up his pants and sat down.
An older couple made me feel better, thanking me for the best laugh they'd ever had!
LAST BUT NOT LEAST TESTIMONY:
This had most of the state of Michigan laughing for 2 days and a very embarrassed female news anchor who will,
in the future, likely think before she speaks. What happens when you predict snow but don't get any!
We had a female news anchor that, the day after it was supposed to have snowed and didn't,
turned to the weatherman and asked: 'So Bob, where's that 8 inches you promised me last night?'
Not only did HE have to leave the set, but half the crew did too they were laughing so hard!
Now, didn't that feel good?
Pass it on to someone you know who needs a laugh
and remember we all say things we don't really mean,
so think before you speak!!!
Here are six reasons why you should think before you speak -the last one is great!
Have you ever spoken and wished that you could immediately take the words back...
Here are the Testimonials of a few people who did....
FIRST TESTIMONY:
I walked into a hair salon with my husband and three kids in tow and asked loudly,
'How much do you charge for a shampoo and a blow job?' I turned around and walked back out and never went back
My husband didn't say a word...he knew better.
SECOND TESTIMONY:
I was at the golf store comparing different kinds of golf balls. I was unhappy with the women's type I had been using.
After browsing for several minutes, I was approached by one of the good-looking gentlemen who works at the store.
He asked if he could help me.
Without thinking, I looked at him and said, 'I think I like playing with men's balls'
THIRD TESTIMONY:
My sister and I were at the mall and passed by a store that sold a variety of candy and nuts.
As we were looking at the display case, the boy behind the counter asked if we needed any help.
I replied, 'No, I'm just looking at your nuts.'
My sister started to laugh hysterically.
The boy grinned, and I turned beet-red and walked away.
To this day, my sister has never let me forget.
FOURTH TESTIMONY:
While in line at the bank one afternoon, my toddler decided to release some pent-up energy and ran amok.
I was finally able to grab hold of her after receiving looks of disgust and annoyance from other patrons.
I told her that if she did not start behaving 'right now' she would be punished.
To my horror, she looked me in the eye and said in a voice just as threatening,
'If you don't let me go right now, I will tell Grandma that I saw you
kissing Daddy's pee-pee last night!'
The silence was deafening after this enlightening exchange.
Even the tellers stopped what they were doing. I mustered up the last of my dignity and walked out of the bank
with my daughter in tow. The last thing I heard when the door closed behind me, were screams of laughter.
FIFTH TESTIMONY:
Have you ever asked your child a question too many times?
My three-year-old son had a lot of problems with potty training and I was on him constantly.
One day we stopped at Taco Bell for a quick lunch, in between errands It was very busy, with a full dining room.
While enjoying my taco, I smelled something funny, so of course I checked my seven-month-old daughter, she was clean.
Then I realized that Danny had not asked to go potty in a while.
I asked him if he needed to go, and he said 'No' ..
I kept thinking 'Oh Lord, that child has had an accident, and I don't have any clothes with me.'
Then I said, 'Danny, are you SURE you didn't have an accident?'
'No,' he replied.
I just KNEW that he must have had an accident, because the smell was getting worse.
Soooo, I asked one more time, 'Danny did you have an accident ? This time he jumped up, yanked down his pants,
bent over, spread his cheeks and yelled 'SEE MOM, IT'S JUST FARTS!!'
While 30 people nearly choked to death on their tacos laughing,
he calmly pulled up his pants and sat down.
An older couple made me feel better, thanking me for the best laugh they'd ever had!
LAST BUT NOT LEAST TESTIMONY:
This had most of the state of Michigan laughing for 2 days and a very embarrassed female news anchor who will,
in the future, likely think before she speaks. What happens when you predict snow but don't get any!
We had a female news anchor that, the day after it was supposed to have snowed and didn't,
turned to the weatherman and asked: 'So Bob, where's that 8 inches you promised me last night?'
Not only did HE have to leave the set, but half the crew did too they were laughing so hard!
Now, didn't that feel good?
Pass it on to someone you know who needs a laugh
and remember we all say things we don't really mean,
so think before you speak!!!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Should I really join Facebook?
Received this in my e-mail, too good I had to share
A good laugh for people in the over 50 group!!! Also for those who know people like us.
When I bought my Blackberry I thought about the 30-year business I ran with 1800 employees, all without a cell phone that plays music, takes videos, pictures and communicates with Facebook and Twitter. I signed up under duress for Twitter and Facebook, so my seven kids, their spouses, 13 grandkids and 2 great grand kids could communicate with me in the modern way. I figured I could handle something as simple as Twitter with only 140 characters of space.
That was before one of my grandkids hooked me up for Tweeter, Tweetree, Twhirl, Twitterfon, Tweetie and Twittererific Tweetdeck, Twitpix and something that sends every message to my cell phone and every other program within the texting world.
My phone was beeping every three minutes with the details of everything except the bowel movements of the entire next generation. I am not ready to live like this. I keep my cell phone in the garage in my golf bag.
The kids bought me a GPS for my last birthday because they say I get lost every now and then going over to the grocery store or library. I keep that in a box under my tool bench with the Blue tooth [its red] phone I am supposed to use when I drive. I wore it once and was standing in line at Barnes & Noble talking to my wife and everyone in the nearest 50 yards was glaring at me. I had to take my hearing aid out to use it, and I got a little loud.
I mean the GPS looked pretty smart on my dash board, but the lady inside that gadget was the most annoying, rudest person I had run into in a long time. Every 10 minutes, she would sarcastically say, "Re-calc-u-lating." You would think that she could be nicer. It was like she could barely tolerate me. She would let go with a deep sigh and then tell me to make a U-turn at the next light.. Then if I made a right turn instead. Well, it was not a good relationship..
When I get really lost now, I call my wife and tell her the name of the cross streets and while she is starting to develop the same tone as Gypsy, the GPS lady, at least she loves me.
To be perfectly frank, I am still trying to learn how to use the cordless phones in our house. We have had them for 4 years, but I still haven't figured out how I can lose three phones all at once and have run around digging under chair cushions and checking bathrooms and the dirty laundry baskets when the phone rings.
The world is just getting too complex for me. They even mess me up every time I go to the grocery store. You would think they could settle on something themselves but this sudden "Paper or Plastic?" every time I check out just knocks me for a loop. I bought some of those cloth reusable bags to avoid looking confused, but I never remember to take them in with me.
Now I toss it back to them. When they ask me, "Paper or Plastic?" I just say, "Doesn't matter to me. I am bi-sacksual." Then it's their turn to stare at me with a blank look. I was recently asked if I tweet. I answered, No, but I do toot a lot."
A good laugh for people in the over 50 group!!! Also for those who know people like us.
When I bought my Blackberry I thought about the 30-year business I ran with 1800 employees, all without a cell phone that plays music, takes videos, pictures and communicates with Facebook and Twitter. I signed up under duress for Twitter and Facebook, so my seven kids, their spouses, 13 grandkids and 2 great grand kids could communicate with me in the modern way. I figured I could handle something as simple as Twitter with only 140 characters of space.
That was before one of my grandkids hooked me up for Tweeter, Tweetree, Twhirl, Twitterfon, Tweetie and Twittererific Tweetdeck, Twitpix and something that sends every message to my cell phone and every other program within the texting world.
My phone was beeping every three minutes with the details of everything except the bowel movements of the entire next generation. I am not ready to live like this. I keep my cell phone in the garage in my golf bag.
The kids bought me a GPS for my last birthday because they say I get lost every now and then going over to the grocery store or library. I keep that in a box under my tool bench with the Blue tooth [its red] phone I am supposed to use when I drive. I wore it once and was standing in line at Barnes & Noble talking to my wife and everyone in the nearest 50 yards was glaring at me. I had to take my hearing aid out to use it, and I got a little loud.
I mean the GPS looked pretty smart on my dash board, but the lady inside that gadget was the most annoying, rudest person I had run into in a long time. Every 10 minutes, she would sarcastically say, "Re-calc-u-lating." You would think that she could be nicer. It was like she could barely tolerate me. She would let go with a deep sigh and then tell me to make a U-turn at the next light.. Then if I made a right turn instead. Well, it was not a good relationship..
When I get really lost now, I call my wife and tell her the name of the cross streets and while she is starting to develop the same tone as Gypsy, the GPS lady, at least she loves me.
To be perfectly frank, I am still trying to learn how to use the cordless phones in our house. We have had them for 4 years, but I still haven't figured out how I can lose three phones all at once and have run around digging under chair cushions and checking bathrooms and the dirty laundry baskets when the phone rings.
The world is just getting too complex for me. They even mess me up every time I go to the grocery store. You would think they could settle on something themselves but this sudden "Paper or Plastic?" every time I check out just knocks me for a loop. I bought some of those cloth reusable bags to avoid looking confused, but I never remember to take them in with me.
Now I toss it back to them. When they ask me, "Paper or Plastic?" I just say, "Doesn't matter to me. I am bi-sacksual." Then it's their turn to stare at me with a blank look. I was recently asked if I tweet. I answered, No, but I do toot a lot."
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Woke up to this story on the radio this morning: Eyeball' in watermelon ID'd as blueberry. It doesn't look like an eyeball to me, what do you think?
We went to Disney's Animal Kingdom yesterday and did the Safari. We saw giraffes, gazelles, elephants, rhinos and lions. I love the giraffes!
Going to get Jack groomed this morning. We were supposed to have him groomed last week but turned out he had a fungus in one of his pads. It looks like it's almost healed. We will just have him trimmed not washed and nails clipped, Tony and I will wash him.
We went to Disney's Animal Kingdom yesterday and did the Safari. We saw giraffes, gazelles, elephants, rhinos and lions. I love the giraffes!
Going to get Jack groomed this morning. We were supposed to have him groomed last week but turned out he had a fungus in one of his pads. It looks like it's almost healed. We will just have him trimmed not washed and nails clipped, Tony and I will wash him.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Disney's Animal Kingdom
The other morning we were walking Jack and we saw a lady walking what we thought was a small medium brown dog. We only got a glimpse of it, since the lady immediately turned around and disappeared around the corner. Unsociable, we thought.
When we got to the place where she had turned around we saw that it was not a dog the lady was walking but a dark orange long haired tabby.
She had a material type leash on Fred (we later found out that that was his name) and at that point he was just lying in the grass. Jack wanted to visit but Fred was not open to that and quickly started to walk/run the other way. He needn’t worry as Jack can not run after him but he did find Fred interesting.
Haven’t seen any stray cats around but did see an Armadillo in the back early one morning. Snapped the picture below. The picture was taken when we were walking around the grounds, don't know if it is the same one that we saw in back of the house.
We went to Disney’s Animal Kingdom, we only spend about 3 hours at a time when we visit Disney (worried about Jack)
so we didn’t get to see the wild animals. Next time we will head directly to the attraction that takes us in an open-air vehicle to where the animals roam freely.
I took this photo of Spoonbills building a nest. A lady working at Disney was watching them also, she says she loves to watch them they will stay on the nest for months.
When we got to the place where she had turned around we saw that it was not a dog the lady was walking but a dark orange long haired tabby.
She had a material type leash on Fred (we later found out that that was his name) and at that point he was just lying in the grass. Jack wanted to visit but Fred was not open to that and quickly started to walk/run the other way. He needn’t worry as Jack can not run after him but he did find Fred interesting.
Haven’t seen any stray cats around but did see an Armadillo in the back early one morning. Snapped the picture below. The picture was taken when we were walking around the grounds, don't know if it is the same one that we saw in back of the house.
We went to Disney’s Animal Kingdom, we only spend about 3 hours at a time when we visit Disney (worried about Jack)
so we didn’t get to see the wild animals. Next time we will head directly to the attraction that takes us in an open-air vehicle to where the animals roam freely.
I took this photo of Spoonbills building a nest. A lady working at Disney was watching them also, she says she loves to watch them they will stay on the nest for months.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
It's about time
Long time no post. Wish I could get into the routine of posting even if it's one line or a picture.
I am officially retired, but may return to work as a consultant in the Spring.
Jack continues to have problems with the osteoarthritis but is doing much better since he has been on the Hills Prescription Diet, Joint Mobility food. He also takes a Glugosamine with Condroitin and an anti inflammatory tablet. We put indoor boots on his back paws to help him get up when we go out. We only go out when he is sleeping as he gets rather agitated if he sees us leave the house. He is also on meds for a fungus he developed on on of his paws (probably due to the boots). It's healing and we only put the boots on when we leave. We were using the boots as a protection for the bones spurs that he has from the osteo.
Felix is fine, continues to wake the dog up at 4:30 AM who in turns wakes us up.
I am officially retired, but may return to work as a consultant in the Spring.
Jack continues to have problems with the osteoarthritis but is doing much better since he has been on the Hills Prescription Diet, Joint Mobility food. He also takes a Glugosamine with Condroitin and an anti inflammatory tablet. We put indoor boots on his back paws to help him get up when we go out. We only go out when he is sleeping as he gets rather agitated if he sees us leave the house. He is also on meds for a fungus he developed on on of his paws (probably due to the boots). It's healing and we only put the boots on when we leave. We were using the boots as a protection for the bones spurs that he has from the osteo.
Felix is fine, continues to wake the dog up at 4:30 AM who in turns wakes us up.
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