You Are My Sunshine

I have no idea what this day will bring. I look out and it looks very humid, dark and dreary. Maybe, the sun will burn it off and bring on that bright warmness that only it can bestow upon us. I love the sunshine and even tho I know we're suppose to cover ourselves up and spread on the suntan lotion, I just can't seem to get into a ritual of doing so and really don't want to. I know they say it is sooooo bad and I can see where they are coming from, but I have to feel it on my skin........I get to craving it when there are too many dark days without it. If you want to lift your spirits just go into the sun, bask in it's glow, if not for just a few minutes. It can boost my mind and body and truly renew my energy. I mean, just think about this......do you ever hear of a construction worker, ditch digger, grass cutter, road crew or any other people that work outdoors going off the deep end and killing their co workers or entire families.....NO, I say not! It is the executives and any type of office work that brings on that CRAZY DEMENTIA. Now, I know there will be those, that will explain this by saying, it is the office workers that have more stress. I don't think so....we ALL have stress, from the Walmart worker to the CEO's of major companies, they just come in different packages. Think about the Postal workers, hence the saying, GOING POSTAL. I think they were workers in the Post Office it's self and not carriers out in the sunshine. We all stay shut up in our little dark shelters waaayyyyy too much. I remember staying outside the whole day when I was a little girl and even as a teenager and young adult a lot of time was spent outside. We are spoiled people. We can't stand the heat and do you know why???? We keep hold up in air conditioning so much that our tolerance of the heat is lessening. I don't think this is a good thing for us, not mentally nor physically. Staying indoors while we are at work or play, usually consists of us sitting on our butts.......we may be using our brains......somewhat, but our bodies, our poor old bodies are getting fatter and flabbier from lack of use. It is no wonder that so many older people are sinking into mental issues.....Dementia, Alzymers. They come from a generation of physical work and this sedentary and uneventful lifestyle sends them into the dark recesses of depression. Have you ever saw an older person try and watch a movie and you know, they just aren't getting it. All these new ways to occupy our minds. How many of you can remember when the adults gathered out on the porch and actually had conversation with each other, kids ran and played in the yard and they were happy to do so......no TV, lap top, video game or ipod to stick in their ear. Nothing that allowed them to zone out. Those really were the good old days. Stimulation of the mind came from interacting with living, breathing people. Every emotion was had while listening to others talk of by gone days or something that happened to them, that day. Stories that could bring you to tears or double you up with laughter. All enjoyed, where???? OUTSIDE! The fresh green grass, huge shading trees, chirping of the birds and cry of the locusts and last, but certainly not least for me, the soothing warmth of the SUNSHINE. Till next time

Computing Right Along

Once again, I log onto Traci's blog and find she has left me alone on this blogger site.....DON'T LEAVE ME HERE, SIS......I want to go with you!!!! I don't do all that fancy stuff so I really don't care where my site is, but I feel so abandoned. I liked my original site and I may get her to take me back there and hope you all will travel with me. I am really such a hypocrite.......I HATE COMPUTERS. I always have.......all the ways they say saves us so much time, is a bunch of PHOOOYYYYY. I get so exasperated at this thing, sometimes I want to throw it out the window. I do enjoy the emails......getting and receiving, and I do some web surfing, but it never fails, when I am trying to do something really important on this thing, it turns into nothing but trouble. I know in a lot of the instances, it is me, not it, that has the problems, but HEY! I do try and sometimes....it is IT! The one thing I do so dearly love is being able to be one button away from saying hello to an old friend or someone in my family. It has totally replaced the telephone and in some ways makes it easier to communicate with others. I do so enjoy knowing that my ole school chums are out there and we have been in touch more in the last few years than we have since being in school together. Writing letters is something from by gone days virtually, obsolete. As much as I love getting emails, there is nothing like getting a hand written letter from someone you care about. That really shows that that person cares enough to take the time to HAND WRITE, put in an envelope, place a stamp on, carry to the mailbox, something, just for you. I will say, I totally use this avenue to correspond with most everyone these days. In this fast paced world we live in, the computer makes it possible to receive, read, respond to correspondence in a matter of minutes. I guess you can see that I have a love hate relationship with this thing. Like with anything, you have to take the bad with the good. Till next time.

Perfectionism In Cleaning

Oh!, that daughter of mine. She does intrigue me. I am always amazed at what she's done now. How does she come up with all these new blog designs. Good grief, I am happy just to write a blog, much less trying to have to come up with a new design of my page ever so often.....ya know, she designed mine for me. I go in anticipation to see what's new there.....and there is usually always something. That girl......I swear, can you imagine having a whole conversation about getting scum off the shower walls. Now, this took some thinking. We put our heads together and decided that once it is clean....which could take a while...the next step would be to keep that GUNK off of it. I thought and she thought, then, LIGHT BULB moment, first she said to use something like RAIN X to keep the clean clear shine, then I said.....why not JET DRY, that's what they use to make your glasses and dishes shine and keep a nice clean sheen. We shall see if our ideas pan out or just create another layer of crap to have to get off the shower walls. We usually hang on the phone with each other for hours, but yesterday she had her cleaning cap on and I didn't ....I got bored with the conversation and told her so......I think I am gonna go, Sis, this is BORING!!!!! Listening to someone scrubbing and cleaning and getting so elated cause the shower is clean is something I can usually relate to, but I WANTED TO WATCH A MOVIE TOGETHER YESTERDAY!!!!! DANG!!!! why does she have to be sooooo much like ME, when I don't want her to be. Well, at least now I have a day to look forward to.......maybe she can even come to my house, bring those rambunctious grandsons of mine, let them have freedom of expression in Granny's house. I used to be the most uptight person you can imagine when it came to my house. I could barely stand for my children to play with their toys.....toys scattered all over the floor didn't fly well with me. I am so glad that I have calmed down and my tolerance of such things doesn't send me running and screaming. Gosh, I sound like such a head case......I am, I will admit it, but I've come a long way baby.....right Sis? I can so vividly remember saying that my Mom was such a perfectionist, I just couldn't understand at that time, why cleaning and keeping things totally straight was so important......boy, did that statement come back to bite me in the butt. I know Trace can relate to that scenario. With each new generation a little piece of ourselves is still there to thrive and flourish, from Mother to daughter to Grand daughter and the cycle goes on. Mom would be so proud as I am. Till next time.

AHHHHH!!!! RELAXATION

This morning I am thinking......WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED LAST NIGHT!!!!!!! I went on my walk around 8:00, got back, decided to take a long soaky bath. I went in, started the water and poured in some bubbles and oils, then decided I would pour myself a glass of wine to sip on while I laxed out. Now, I have to tell you that I am no wine connoisseur, as a matter of fact my favorite wine is some of the cheapest you can buy. I find the expensive wines to be bitter and really tasteless......I know, I am gonna be ragged on about this, but what can I say, for once my taste goes along with my budget. I buy that $3.98 stuff, that is fruity and I must say, a pint of it will last FOREVER!!!!!! Anyway, I poured myself a glass and slid into my nice warm bubbly water. It was so calming and restful......I just knew I was gonna sleep sooooo good. It's kinda funny, cause a long soaky bath to me only lasts about 15 to 20 minutes. I just can't lay there any longer than that. I start out just laying there, enjoying the warm water about me, sipping on my wine, but within a few moments I decide to wash my upper body, shave under my arms and the like, then I lay there just a few more minutes and think.....well, I will go ahead and get my legs shaved, then maybe another moments pause and I am thinking......enough of this, I gotta get out. All the while I am sipping on my wine and alas it also has ended so I think.....what's the point? I am quite the head case about some things. I was so sure that my attempt to relax myself had worked, but it was not meant to be. The whole dang thing BACK FIRED on me. When we did go to bed, I lay there and lay there is some semi conscious state, never really going completely asleep. The slightest noise and my eyes popped open, then there was the two or three trips to the bathroom to make sure I didn't go to sleep. I just couldn't believe it! I was so drowsy and felt like I could drift right off. Sometime in the weee hours of the morning, sirens were squalling in our neighborhood, this in turn got Gus to howling, which got Baxter to going in the house......it just couldn't get any worse. I'll tell ya, I was glad when morning got here. Enough of the REST scenario. Now, I start my day feeling like I never even went to bed the night before. Oh Well, I am pretty sure I will sleep tonight, with no Wine nor warm water to prevent it. GEEEEEZZZZZZ, I am so WEIRD!!!! Till next time.

HELLO AND THANK YOU

Let's see if I can jot down a few thoughts this morning. Ummmmmmm.......let's see, yesterday, I got alot of things accomplished. I made my run to the Post Office for those new more expensive stamps. Who would have ever imagined a stamp costing .41 cents. I can well remember when a stamp was .5 cents. It sure seems to me that the price keeps going up and the service keeps going down....don't ya think? The woman working behind the counter was about as friendly as a Pit bull on a chain. What is it about working for the Post Office that seems to make people get very depressed and some disturbed.......are they upset that they aren't getting a piece of that pie every time that stupid stamp price goes up? I don't know what it is, but she sure had some issues. I find that happens at alot of other businesses too. My good old Walmart has been hiring some very undesirable characters. What's up with cashiers that don't greet you and neglect to say thank you and come back. When you choose to work for the public you have to put on your customer pleasing face.....that's the way it used to be and it should still hold true.....but it doesn't. I know working for the public can be a horrific experience, but I know from my own experience I just kept a smile on my face and agreed with my customer. Everybody has a little rant and rave in them on occasion. I am no exception to that rule. I have been known to go off when something doesn't set just right with me. I can see both sides of the coin. I do however think everyone should be more courteous and have more manners. It is simply common courtesy to say hello....how are you? I know most won't really care how you are and probably wish you would just get the heck out of there, but they should go by the old saying......treat others the way you would like to be treated. Oh well, enough on that subject. After a short trip into Wally's I made it back home. I started doing some yard work , but the intense heat ran me back inside. I dropped my weed eater where it lay and headed for the door. I thought mowing was bad, but try and pull weeds and weed eat out in the heat......miserable. My yard work drug out the entire day. I would go back out, do a little more then back in for a cool down. I didn't actually finish until about 8:00 last night. That was when I should have done the whole thing......it had gotten pretty cool by then, at least the sun was back behind the house and the whole front yard was shaded. I enticed Wayne to do a little watering so I could go do my walk before dark. So, ended another day. Oh, by the way, Saturday I celebrated my 53rd birthday. I had a very nice day. Wayne stayed out the whole day with me and we didn't get home that night until around 10:30. Dan had put in some new lighting in my kitchen for me while we were gone......I sure do like it. Traci took me out to eat at a new place and we really enjoyed it. Katherine made me a Key Lime pie which I didn't find until the next day and I had birthday cards that I didn't get out of the mailbox until yesterday........Thanks, Doll. I must say 53 didn't hurt at all. I even had the waitress at Red Lobster ask me for I.D. when I ordered a Strawberry Daiquiri.....now, I know it wasn't because I looked under age, but I can think that, if I want to.....sure made my birthday more fun. I'm kinda liking my 50's. I am old enough to do just about anything I want to........but can get away with it now. When your older people tend to say.....oh well, she's old, we'll let that slide. They are much more forgiving. Well, I did make it thru another blog and hopefully didn't bore you to tears. I guess life is just life for everyone and everyone has a story to tell. Till next time.

I AM HERE

An email recieved,
What has happened to you?
No new blog to read,
or to find out what's new;
I am still here,
just chugging along;
Nothing new to report,
just the same old song;
Early to rise,
then make up the bed;
Trudge off to the kitchen,
Coffee's, etched in my head;
I have a routine,
that I do everyday;
I'm in a BIG rut,
I think you might say;
Nothing clever to write,
no cute anecdote;
So, I guess, I will close,
and I'll go on that note;
Hopefully more next time.

The Eyes Of Texans Are Upon You

I just watched a clip where Newt Gingrich is talking about how the government really could track down illegals in this country if they really wanted to, saying it is ridiculous to think we can track packages all over the country, but can't seem to track down these people. Well, I don't know about his analysis and comparison to FedEx packages. I think a better analogy would have been Americas Most Wanted......yes people it is US, the American people ourselves who can help get the illegals out of this country. Is it not us that see them everyday. We know where they live and know where they work, it is US that with a simple call in to authorities, when we know that a family is here illegally, could shed our country of them. Oh, I know, they would have to set up a special task force and have people to man the phones 24, 7, have buses ready to load and deport, someone to head the whole operation.......isn't that exactly how Americas Most Wanted is conducted. I know, the first question out would be, where will the money come from to fund such a huge undertaking. That's easily answered, we will have MILLIONS of dollars saved when these illegals are taken off our welfare system and we don't need special teachers in our schools or all the free breakfasts and lunches we pay for, we won't be footing the bill for all the babies being born in our hospitals. We don't have it in us to do that, tho, do we.....we are too kind hearted and always feel for the underdog, no one wants to be the one to point fingers and know that they are the one that caused a family to have to leave this wonderful country, but if we don't wake up and take charge of OUR COUNTRY then they or some other nationality is going to. We are so busy WORKING and making the old mighty dollar we don't take the time to do anything else. We watch the news, hear all the stories and we gripe and complain, but that's it, back to work the next day. We just keep filling the money pot fuller and fuller so that we draw money hungry undesirables into our government. We are just freaking work horses, but do we get put out to a wonderful green pasture and taken care of when our work capabilities are gone???? I DON"T THINK SO!!!!! Well, I kinda strayed off the topic. I am like all the rest and would hate to think that I caused pain or hardship in someone elses life, but I also know that we CANNOT keep giving and giving to others when AMERICANS are paying the price. Some say we should just take over Mexico, in some respects I agree with that. Somehow, I think we would get the short end of the stick in that regard also. They would probably increase OUR taxes to help build up and restore Mexico and if you think we have enough Spanish speaking people on our welfare system now, can you imagine what it would be like then. I know that for as many Mexicans that are here there are ten times more there......think about that. I also think why would we want a place that even the native born people from there don't want. The Mexicans that live there would absolutely HATE us for coming in and speaking English and taking over with our lifestyles and cultures and flying OLD GLORY would be an abomination..... Heck, maybe that's the ultimate revenge. The big difference would be, that we would be improving the peoples lives there, bringing in industries and hopefully teaching them how to become productive, but I do wonder at what cost to us......there would definitely be a cost, there always is. Till next time.

Ramblings About Nothing

I am up this morning and already back from taking my little Baxter to get bathed and clipped. I sure hope he fairs better this time since I took him back to the good groomer lady. I will have to wait and see, that scratching had just about gone away. I certainly hope his hair cut doesn't bring it back. The sky is all cloudy and dark with yet another rain storm headed our way....WHAT"S UP WITH ALL THE RAIN????? This sure isn't like the July's I am use to. I finally did some mowing in our backyard, but right at the very back it was still standing in water so I didn't finish it all. The front could use it right now too, but I just can't muster up the want to go do it. I got to thinking that maybe I should just fill the yard with all kinds of flowering bushes, enough to take up all the grassy areas....now that would work for the front, but unfortunately with BIG GUS in the backyard.....bushes don't stand a chance, he would either dig them up, lay on them, or heist on them daily till he kills them. I put out six or seven Oleander bushes in the back last spring, but between him and the early frost they didn't make it thru the winter.... Gus had weakened their root system, I know by peeing on them. He had the grass around them brown so I know it had gone down to their roots. Anyway, I don't dare plant anything back there.....total waste of time and money. Wayne and I have kinda been out of sorts since vacation. We just can't seem to get motivated back into the ole hum drum life. Vacation, as great as it is, can be pretty depressing when it is over. It is like giving a child one little taste of some yummy candy and then holding the rest in front of their face, saying no more till later. Later seems soooo far away. I know, later will be here soon enough and we better enjoy the here and now.....having said that, I think I may have just gotten a jump start. I am back, trying so hard to shed some pounds, back to eating low fat and few calorie foods and am walking everyday, weather permitting. I have totally lost my walk partner. He has quit on me saying he HATES to walk, sooo I get myself ready and go by myself. I did so enjoy his company. It is always nicer to walk with someone. I struggle with my weight issues all by myself and on top of that I am in charge of his weight issues also. I have to prepare things that are not so bad for him, but even they are things I don't eat......meals are fixed, JUST FOR HIM. I can see that I am tryin to get together a pity party....sorry, I know no one wants to go to that. I really didn't have a topic for today so I am just rambling on about nothing......so, I am gonna stop here and say....Till next time.

Happy Fourth Of July!!!!!

We are up and making ready to go celebrate the 4th with Wayne's parents. It won't be the explosive and exciting event that we use to enjoy back at our old home place. There would be days of preparing and wondering who was gonna attend our July 4th bash. We were under no restrictions there, so we had free reign to have quite an awesome fire works show. Wayne being somewhat of a pyromaniac and our son Dan, following oh so close in his fathers footsteps, would usually be the lighters of the loud and colorful explosions in the nights sky. We would oooohh and aaahhhhh with each burst of color. It wasn't just the fireworks, but the gathering of family and friends laughing and clapping enjoying being together. The older crowd getting another taste of being excited and entertained with youthful antics. I do miss those times.....there is a lot to be said for living in the country and under no guidelines for the snooty to enforce on you. I would wish for all my grandsons to have the fun and closeness we had with their parents on the most anticipated 4TH OF JULY. We're off to cook hamburgers outside and catch up on some visit time. To all a SAFE and HAPPY 4TH. Till next time.