Saturday, March 26, 2011

Discouraged here

Getting discouraged, spending all this time, and not having visitors.  well, just a very small few.  and THANK YOU, DIZZY!!!  ur my only follower.  and also, YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE LEAVING COMMENTS.  so im asking you, if u visit ,,,please let me know u enjoy.  ive set it to where anybody can make comments really easy, i think, if not, let me know.

Spent more time yesterday on phone with dell tech, LOTS of time ,,,again,,,,to finish what the other one had left.  HATE to call, get foreigners that cant talk english!!!  asked the first one to transfer me to someone that could, and he hung up,,,,lmaooooo, but when i called back i did get one i could understand.  i had one question,,,that could be answered with a yes r no, and that first one could NOT do that.  took the 2nd one just a minute to do it, so i had all i needed.  sure hope thats all i need from the idiot dept. 

Need a little help on this firefox, maybe one of u can help me.  how do i change security settings so i wont keep getting the question of "allow" all the time when im opening up a new page.  get that on 9 out of 10 sites i go to.

gonna get up n get something done today.,,,,starting with shower, lol,,,

bbl?

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Ask me no questions, I'll tell u no lies,,

MERCYYY!!!,,, been on the phone with a dell tech for 3 hours,,,,NO kidding!,,, I sure know how to mess up some things ,,,I changed something i shouldnt have for my eml files, and thats how long it took THEM to fix it. lololol,  Have to save them into a different place, but saved all of them out of documents too.  Ive never kept emails, i read em, save em, r delete em.  That goes back to early years, with not much space for em, had to clean them out regularly.  When i first got a puter, ( O mercy, was it a 286 version, compaq?) was in 1996, had ONE choice for internet, and that was limited to 40 hours a MONTH.  Did i also tell u ,,,i live in the sticks?  Didnt have high speed til about 5 r 6 years ago, and that was sattellite.  Theyre real proud of their service, cost 43.00 a month.  FINALLY,  verizon wired us up and even to MY HOUSE, and now i have high speed for 18.00.  wooohoooo.  Like ol Texman, i have no use for cell phones, just have a net10 u get at the dollar store, and refill when my time makes me.  im home most of the time, and i do take the cell with me when im gone.  u cant believe the minutes i roll over, hahahahaha.  never was one to yak on phone either.  Yeah i see all u men rolling ur eyes,  but ill tell u another thing too!,,, i hate to shop!!

Now where was i?,,, got distracted there.   Cleaned my ceiling fan right above me here, kept noticing all this,,,stuff,,,on the table, and looked up,,,lmaoo,,,yeah, it sure did need it.  I have one of those thingys that i ran over it, then had to clean up all under it too, but now feel like im breathing clean air....Did that while tech was doing his thing, also ate lunch, cleaned up kitchen.  (Dont think he quite knew wth he was doing).  I finally told him one time,,,its NOT in the email r documents settings....its in the computer settings.  Well, thats where i was when i messed it up.  lololol,,,then coundnt find it again.   With the charge for it, i think i got the best of it.  He said was NOT a common problem, and took em all lots of time and discussions to fix it.  Well, decide to rerout it.

Im sure glad we r gonna cool off a little, and the closer its gotten to it, the less chance of rain we have.  Always the way.  Stupid weathermen.  Dont know why i ever watch it.  Got a little concerned about the man that does my yard, havent seen him anywhere in months.  Finally called yesterday and YES , hes still there, lives about a block from me, and does a super job.  Keeps an eye on it, so i dont have to chase him down to get it done either.  Youd think with nephews, id have a couple of boys to do it, but,,,FORGET THAT.  I tried both of them, and even their dad, my bro, said they didnt know how to mow a yard.  Well, all they knew was on a riding one, then leave the rest.  Thats what i got.  Unfinished.  Their mom finished it for one of them after she saw it, before i even did. anyway, forget these kids.  I can do it all with a push mower, without even having to use a weed eater.  Told ya, was raised right. lololol  Not able to get out and do it now, and this guy that does, doesnt charge a whole lot.  Takes him about an hour.  Have had to just let my yard go, and lots of things have died, but thats just how it is.  I have COPD, with emphysema, and i cant really tell its gotten any worse in the 3 1/2 years ive known i have it, but i did quit smoking 3 years ago, May 1, so thats probably the reason.  Actually was no problem, even after 50 years,  2-3 packs a day.  Being in the hospital for a week with pneumonia gave me a head start, and i just never went back.  Have a fleeting urge to pick up my pack some times, but its gone as soon as it hits me.  JUST  AMAZING.  Cant be around it inside now tho, it chokes me up.  Out at my sis's, we just sit outside on her porch. 

Gotta get up and make a move!!,,, byeeeee

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

A Fish Tale, r 2

Over the hump day,,,, soo glad to c this day back in my working days. 

Did 3 longggg updates today, took a lot of time.  one was firefox 4, a windows security thing, and something else.  have auto updates so i get notified when there r some to do.  and i do em.  i think i like ff4, pretty cool.  havent checked it all out yet, but what ive seen, i like.  while that was all updating, i watched the rest of "dancing" i had recorded.  like to watch some of those that way, so i can skip all the ads.  the actual show is about a 1/4 of the 2 hours u record.  the more popular the show, the more ads.  Buttttt,,,,tonite i WILL be watching IDOL!! ads n all. lolol  dont know what im gonna do about my 4 favs, how can i choose? o well, thats down the road a bit.  1st place, casey, then james, scotty, n pia.  yall vote, u hear.  will be recording the sitcoms on abc to watch later, too.  on fri thru sun, NOTHING on.

Gosh hated to hear that liz had died today.   was always one of my favs. 

I did remember to go out last nite and spray that yellow jacket nest.  Just had 1 on it, but it wont be back!  ill check it out later to c if there r any more, dont think so.  they go to "roost" like birds for the nite, so i guess that nest just had the 1.  

ummm ummm, love those deviled eggs.  got a craving about 2 weeks ago, and im still eating em.  have yall tried the new hot dogs sonic has?  i got a new york one yesterday, was pretty good.  had a spicy mustard, sauerkraut, and maybe relish on it.  dont remember the others, but one was still the chili cheese one.

took some old bread out to the park yesterday to feed the geese, but just 2 were there.  lol,,, they usually come when they hear my car, knowing i might feed them.  a big rock out in the river was covered with turtles!!! solid.  lmao,,,why i dont fish out there.  i was fishing one time, just below the dam here in town. there were several men sitting up on the dam, but i went to the rocks below.   had a hit, and ended up catching a gar, could c all those men laughing, thinking i didnt know what to do.  ha ha!!, i cut my line, (had swallowed the hook) threw that thing behind me, put a new hook on, rebaited and back out it went.  they didnt laugh any more!!  my dad raised us right!  also, u cleaned what u caught too.  i could clean one as fast as anybody.  my mom n i went out to a stocked tank one time, took our small kids with us.  when my youngest noticed how big the fish were, he stood braced as long as his line was out,hahahaha, didnt want those things to pull HIM in.  dad had made the comment,, ill clean all yall catch.  hahahahaha,,,,we had to quit, had so many, got back, told him,,well, here they r... cya later.  he didnt say a word, just got to cleaning.  lost my wedding ring on that trip,,a big wide band, went back looking 3 times, never did find it.  we even looked in the fish we took home.  i was really thin and it had gotten too big, and would slide off.  think it went out with a cast. 

still miss my dad, especially at this time of year.  hed call, say, lets go fishing, and off wed go.  dont think we ever caught  anything, but sure enjoyed it. 

yall tc now, ya hear

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

ramblings today

I guess, as usual, Mondays wear me out, dont get this done when i get home, after doing the respite thing.  Yesterday, i plopped down in my chair, kicked back, and napped for about 30 mins.   Nothing gets done after lunch time, was always this way.  If it wasnt done in the morning, it just wasnt done.  Even when i had to get to work by 8 am, i got most housework done before i left, could buzz thru in record time, lol.  Those jobs, bookkeeping and insurance clerk, were desk jobs, so i could fake it when i had to.  After my first divorce, when i started going out on wed, ladies nite at the club, fri, and sat, i had to do a lot of faking it.  Now, that doesnt mean i didnt get my work done, cause i always did that.  And i always was there on time too.  Later, when i got into home health care, my favorite of all, i could take my time getting there, the ladies understood.  i was there with them 5 days a week, so everything got done, no matter what.  there were 3 r 4 a day to divide my time with.  Later, when i went back as a special attendant, i did a lot of driving, but was paid mileage and driving time.  i drove to different places every day, over a 3 county area, and sometimes, even more than that. 

During those years, for a few months, i had to see a man that weighed 600 lbs!!!, had to give him a bed bath, but he had bars to hold and could turn himself over.  the health agency i worked for finally found a nursing home that could handle him and he was put into it, but by then he had gained up to around 700 lbs.  hed ask me to go pick him up a bag of burgers n fries, saying it was for him and his 2 nieces living close by, but u knew it was all for him.  was nothing i could do and my supervisors agreed.   A nurse came by every day and dressed the wounds on his legs caused by his weight.  Our dear old government supported him for being overweight!!!!  there were lots that did deserve help, but then there were lots that i consider a total rip off. and YES,,,,,,,, needs fixing!!!!!!

Was sent by to see one that lived about 2 blocks from me, and i noticed her papers still in the yard, and mail still in the box.  she didnt lock her doors, so i opened it and called out, and her son was in a chair and started twisting and turning, had md really bad.  i could hear her, and went that way,  found her laying on the floor in the bath room.  OMG,,, had been there 2 r 3 days, son trapped in chair.  her older son lived a block away, drove by every day and DIDNT EVEN CHECK ON HER.  i had seen that he was home, so i called and he came, but couldnt get her up, ended up calling ems, and while that was going on, i fed the son, then bathed and cleaned him up while they took care of her.  she was in the hospital 2 weeks, then went into a nursing home, and her son too,  in another town where her dotter worked in it.  she was getting alzheimers too, and cooked him the same thing every meal, and when i checked her refrigerator, lots of ruined chicken she would use sometimes.  gosh, still makes me want to cry.  her son could see the lite on in the house, the papers laying out there.   just cant imagine a thing like that.  when my mom  got bad, was living alone, there were 5 of us, and each one of us went by every day, at different times, to help and take care of her.  when she did go into the nursing home, her choice, she lasted about 2 weeks, but we all still went by every day. 

lolol nearly noon and i havent even got dressed.  robe feels good, still kinda cool in the mornings.  got all day.

got my raid sitting by my back door,  saw yellow jackets building a nest out by my car.   just waiting to sting me.  gotta wait til dark tho, wanna get every ONE OF THEM.  seems to be more of em this year.  do yall think so too?

gonna close up and find something to eat.   might just make some oatmeal with raisens.   

yall tc

Sunday, March 20, 2011

thorn trees? wow, nothing like this

Was about ready to let this blog thing go, but had lots more readers since yesterday, sooo,,,im back,,like dd said,,, lol

And ABOUT TIME too!!! dd, u cant just let it go NOW!  I don't keep up with very many blogs, but ur one of em,,,left us all hanging, (see, we do miss you).

Does anybody but me know what a honeylocust tree is?  Wellll,,,theres one at the end of my sis's garden.  She had to scream for help when she backed into it while tilling.  Never, EVER, saw thorns on a tree like this.  Even thorns on thorns,,,meannn thangs too.  3-4" long, way too sharp.  Tell u the truth, i didnt know what it was either, but after i had a good look at that thang, i looked it up.  http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek021108.html.  Where it came from, is anybodys guess.  A hedge of those would beat any razor wire thang. 

Speaking of trees, mesquite are leafing out, spring is here!!!  No floweres, no rain.  This county is on the agenda to become a disaster one, due to drought.

Saw on tv this morning, the cat that can purr as loud as a lawn mower.  lololol,,,u could even hear it while they were talking, lives in England.

Got thru Sunday paper, have the coupon ads still laying there to go thru.  Never understood why i do this, i cut em out, go thru em to take with me, THEN, forget to use em!!!  get home with em still in my pocket.  I can even be holding em in my hand, and forget to hand them to the check out person.  lololol,,,dont yall dare say it.  i work WITH alzheimers clients,,,and DONT need to be one. hahahahahaha ya think?  ssshhh,,,dont tell.

No plans for today, but maybe going out and watching the garden grow again.  lololol,,,,hasnt come up yet.  That tree got a good trimming, ( with a lot of OUCHs) so it can be walked around now.  Dont know if the trimmed off branches have been moved r not,,,hahahaha, they were left laying over the fence last time i saw em. 

They were given a boat and have been working on it, got it  cleaned up, but havent been able to get the motor going yet.  Think thats what theyre gonna do today.  This was a pretty expensive boat, but was left setting for years, after this ladys hubby died.  even on a matching trailer.  Everybodys got the "GO FISHING" bug now.  Got Lake Buchanan in eastern part of county.  Ive got the EAT FISH bug..lolol  Gave my good rod n reel to g/dotter, since i hadnt used it in so long. 

ok,,,gotta get moving,,,at least a little,,,

Friday, March 18, 2011

too much searching

man,,,do i ever have a gripe!!!, ive spent 2 days trying to figure out how to open eml files from where win 7 makes u put em to save from my emails, which is libraries, documents.   Well, i can open some of them but if i want to see an attachment, forget it!!  and the ones i can open, with a web site to go to,,,cant do that either!!!!.  these r files that were sent from outlook express, and win 7 uses windows live mail, and the 2 will NOT mesh.  after most of the day today, fooling with that crap, ive given up for today, anyway.  i get,,,can not open .eml files and ive tried all the other choices to use, nothing has worked.  not sure if i can dl oe r not, but thats where i stopped.  have a lot of patience but do get to the end, gotta let go.  even called dell, they wont help without a huge charge cause warranty is gone. 

Got a cardinal right out my door on my feeder.  they live here all the time, and ive been hearing babies from somewhere, not sure if its them r not.  gotta go out with my spray n get rid of yellow jackets, n maybe some red wasps too.  the red wasps arent aggressive so i leave them pretty much alone, but those others ,,,will not have, mean little cusses.  after being chased twice by those yellow jackets and stung, just going out my door,  i accidently saw them going to bed late one day, just under a shelf within  a foot of my back door.  waited til dark and boy, did they ever get it.  my son told me, mom, i wouldve come n got em if u had told me, and i told him,,,twice for noooo reason was enough for me.  he uses all kinds of things for show  n tell.  After that 2nd sting, looked on internet and used the #1 rated suggestion, and it worked!!!.  Just put a penny on a sting, hold for 10 minutes.  There was no pain, no swelling after that,  just totally amazing.  That first one had hurt for 2 days, and my whole hand had swollen up.  Then the itching. 

The house next door is for sale now, and im sure dreading what might show up.  Its on 3 lots, with 9 more behind it, but not included.   Dont want a bunch of bratty kids, and sure dont want dogs.  This is and always has been, a very quiet neighborhood, and i sure hope it stays that way.  Well, after that bunch of druggies had to move from across the street, and just down the street.  My oldest bro lives just down the other way, 1/2 a block from me.  Theyve been there about 30 years.

hey, its TGIF!!!  Had a friend way back, was a big dj in Austin, and on Fridays, he had a 5 oclock whistle time.  It was the beginning of his party time too. lol  Then he headed up this way.  Finally bought a place out west, still in this county.  Hes djing on a small station in marble falls now.

ok, enough rambling,,,cya later

Thursday, March 17, 2011

tales in the life of,,,,,,

Got my last trip to the dentist over with.  wooohoooo  I was gone all day, tho.  My sis went with me n managed to get a doc's appointment at 3:15, so we just killed about 4 hours, not hard when there's a walmart and a church's chicken place.  Went to an HEB plus too.  Got home and unloaded all the groceries, put away, ate supper, and guess what!!! Time for idol.  So that was my whole day. 

Time change has not been any problem, went to bed at 10, slept til nearly 9.  (take my nap before i get up) lololol.  Of course, i'm always up and down during the nite, but go right back to sleep most of the time.  I've always needed more sleep than most, but if you don't like it, it's ur problem.  Just never cared about other people's opinions, did my own thing.  Learned that wayyy back when i was about 13 or 14.  One of my class mates told me at our 20 year reunion,,,that i was always ahead of our time.  hahahahaha,,,Still don't know what that meant.  Took it as a complement,,,hehehe

Gosh, sure do miss that ol DD.  Hurry up DD, play ahead of work now.

Gotta remember to wear green, and like Ben, this was party time back a few years, every nite was back then,,,lololol,,, green beer n all.  BF told me one time, that i was the only female he'd ever known, that could keep up with him on beer drinking, and still function.  Actually, no one could ever tell i had had too much.  That sure paid off the few times i was stopped by a cop.  i always used cruise control, and could drive straight.  Got stopped once for a headlite not working on high, and once for tail lites out.  Both times, knew the cops, and they just said, be careful.  Next day i got em fixed.  Guardian angel sure watched over me for a lot of years.  One day, i just couldn't gag another beer down,,,that was the end of it.  Well, drank rum for a while, but same thing happened with it too.  Gosh, gave up cigarettes, drinking,,,just no fun any more.   lmaooooo.  i could always have fun sober.  Can't throw washers tho.  Had to have at least 3 beers, to put those thangs in the cups but,,,u better watch out after that.  Family kids learned to ask,,how many beers have u had before they'd be my partner.  This was something our kids learned to do really young..  We had a big bar-b-q one time, drew for partners and put good ones in one hat, new in another so it could be pretty equal.  One new man got my 10 year old granddaughter for his p.  Should have seen his frown, til he watched her throw against my bro, and if he had made even ONE point, they would've won that tourny. 

Now, that brings up another story about a washer game.  My bro won big tournys for years, and when his kids were young, set up the washers out in his yard,  told all 3 that if they could ever beat him, he'd give em a hundred dollars.  Well, that's all his 6 year old son needed to hear.  Few days later, he told his dad,,,i'm ready.  he said ready for what?  that washer game,,,,so out they went,, with my  bro thinking,,,piece of cake,,,Said,,,after that first throw, he knew he was in trouble.  game went back n forth, finally got to 20 -19, and bro put 2 in, one hanging, and a close one.  Thot,,,whew,,,got it now.  Had 14 points there.   Butttttt,,,wait a minute!!!!,,,that kid just put 2 in too, killing the other 2,  knocked that hanger away, and got one closer to win!!!! Not a word was said, bro went in the house, came back and handed him the $100 bill.    Used him as his p a lot of times in the big tournys too..

enough, already,,,