Gosh, i have dawdled all morning. Just now got thru with the paper, and it's nearly noon. I did stop long enough to eat breakfast, wash up the dishes. Not in any hurry anyway. Had kinda a mess when i picked up my coffee pot, it was sitting in some coffee. WTH? It had stopped up enough to let it leak over when it made, but i still had enough for my wake up. AFTER i cleaned up the mess.
Ok, u know that crazy wasp/yellowjacket thingy i was talking about? Turns out, it really is a cross between the 2!!! Has coloring like the yellowjacket, personality, (Not aggressive) like the red wasp. That's why it's not in my insect book. My son said he had seen them about 15 years ago, there where he works, out back when they had an huge pear tree. These i have are a first for me. I had looked at one about a week ago, while it was drinking out of the water container i put out. Noticed the strange coloring, size, then. Fascinating!! He showed me something he had that he had found, never seen before either. Not a wasp, bee, or anything, and strange coloring. It had had a 1/4" stinger sticking out when he found it. Mean thingy!! I was in an HEB one time, and picked up a head of lettuce, and something stung me on the thumb. I slapped it, and did look at it laying on the floor, but didn't know what it was. It hurt so bad, and in just a minute, i had red streaks starting up my arm. I went straight to the fish dept in back and they gave me a bag of ice to put on it. They ever offered to send me to a doctor, but i told them no. Wished i had later, that hurt so bad i could barely drive home, and continued for about 2 weeks!! I could barely use that hand on the computer at work, or to drive. Would have to quit and hold it up. And yes, i did take antihistamines. Anyway, that was a mean little sucker. Didn't know about holding a penny on it for 10 minutes back then.
We have a chicken place!!! Chicken Express. Getting uptown now. lololol B said he was crowing one morning. Ate there at least once a day. hahahaha,,,I told him the livers were extra good, he said he'd pass. I would almost gag, even thinking about liver, til i was in my 30s, and a friend ordered them at a Luby's, and wow, they sounded sooo good. From then on, i loved liver. Smothered with onions is hard to beat. But the chicken livers are too. lol, Just might have to go get some later. That would mean getting in the shower, making a move tho. Lots later.
Time to take leave, HAGD
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Fellow Texan, OR NOT
DD, u better quit being mean to us, or we'll quit claiming u as a fellow Texan. I WAS enjoying all those pics. hahahaha,,,know what u mean about crossing the line. It can be raining all over TX, and u come into the city limits here, u cross the dry line. Only thing i could ever figure out, was that we sit in a valley.
104 here now, at noon. Just looked up in time to see the forecast, same ol, same ol, but not long til Sept. lololol,,,Hope then.
Thinking about taking a drive out around some of the county today, using my flip. I'm seeing lots of trees dying out in the country that i've been in, so gonna go another way. Also gonna film the river at the slab below here, in Kingsland. Bro B just told me it's dry there. Looking at my LCRA map it's showing the Colorado has stopped, til it catches a Brady Creek and the San Saba river giving it a little bit of flow. But down to 1 going into Lake Buchanan. Here, about the same. 36-22-4. One of the rivers out at Junction, has stopped, but the lower one is flowing, because of some springs. That's the only reason we have anything. B said they had gone there a few days ago. Out where our river begins. Starts with 2 out there.
I looked over on a chair here by me yesterday, and there was this wasp crawling around on it. I sprayed it, and got my insect book out to see wth it was. Can't find it. It looks kinda like a yellowjacket, but much bigger. As big as a red wasp. Has the striped tail and body. All yellow and dark orange. Now, just what is it? Asked B, he said must be a hi bred. Cross between a yellowjacket and a red wasp? lololol Anyway, I DON"T LIKE IT. There has to be a nest out there somewhere, see them getting water from my container. At least they don't chase me. YET.
Gosh, i'm hungry, and nothing sounds good. What to do. Take another round of pills?,,,lol, that's 3 times a day. Well, that includes my vitamins too. Divide it up, cause some of the pills are 2 a day. My son is the one that told me to do that, that taking all at once, ur body couldn't absorb them good enough, was wasting a lot. Made sense to me, so that's what i do.
Guess i'm gonna get into my leftovers. O well, as good as anything i can think of. Yall HAG weekend.
104 here now, at noon. Just looked up in time to see the forecast, same ol, same ol, but not long til Sept. lololol,,,Hope then.
Thinking about taking a drive out around some of the county today, using my flip. I'm seeing lots of trees dying out in the country that i've been in, so gonna go another way. Also gonna film the river at the slab below here, in Kingsland. Bro B just told me it's dry there. Looking at my LCRA map it's showing the Colorado has stopped, til it catches a Brady Creek and the San Saba river giving it a little bit of flow. But down to 1 going into Lake Buchanan. Here, about the same. 36-22-4. One of the rivers out at Junction, has stopped, but the lower one is flowing, because of some springs. That's the only reason we have anything. B said they had gone there a few days ago. Out where our river begins. Starts with 2 out there.
I looked over on a chair here by me yesterday, and there was this wasp crawling around on it. I sprayed it, and got my insect book out to see wth it was. Can't find it. It looks kinda like a yellowjacket, but much bigger. As big as a red wasp. Has the striped tail and body. All yellow and dark orange. Now, just what is it? Asked B, he said must be a hi bred. Cross between a yellowjacket and a red wasp? lololol Anyway, I DON"T LIKE IT. There has to be a nest out there somewhere, see them getting water from my container. At least they don't chase me. YET.
Gosh, i'm hungry, and nothing sounds good. What to do. Take another round of pills?,,,lol, that's 3 times a day. Well, that includes my vitamins too. Divide it up, cause some of the pills are 2 a day. My son is the one that told me to do that, that taking all at once, ur body couldn't absorb them good enough, was wasting a lot. Made sense to me, so that's what i do.
Guess i'm gonna get into my leftovers. O well, as good as anything i can think of. Yall HAG weekend.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Rolling Blackouts?
Weatherman saying they are coming. I've gone thru my house, looking for all the little things i can do to cut usage. One was turning off my desktop, and all connected to it, except the router. Rarely use it, so it can go. About a year ago, i replaced almost all my clocks with battery operated ones. Wasn't the usage then, was having to reset the darn things every time my electricity blinked off. Think i've pretty well eliminated everything i can. lolol,,,thot i had done it already. My window units, 2 during the day, are set on about 80, and i run fans too. I stay good and cool. I had never realized how much less it costs to run those over the central units. Even my bro B has started using them over his central one, because of that. Why cool a whole house, when u don't need to? I know we made it thru this kind of thing way back without them, and as a kid i never knew it was hot. We played outside and had a good creek by our house. I do remember having fans.
OMG,,,river flow: 36-24-4!!! And no relief in site. Getting scary now. It's not just the river, it's all the lakes and how many millions have to use that water too.
By the way, DD, love that scenery up there! The hills, trees, etc. My kind of country, lol.
Hmmmm,,,news talking about coyotes getting small pets in Austin. Don't know how much wildlife we will lose, due to this drought. I know coyotes roam around in town, here, at nite. I look out the window every time i'm up during the nite, and i never see anything. But that's looking out on the street side. When i go out on Sunday nites to cut my water off, u think i don't take a flash lite, besides using porch lites, to look for snakes? I look real good!!! lol They come to water too.
Yall tc, stay cool. HAGD
OMG,,,river flow: 36-24-4!!! And no relief in site. Getting scary now. It's not just the river, it's all the lakes and how many millions have to use that water too.
By the way, DD, love that scenery up there! The hills, trees, etc. My kind of country, lol.
Hmmmm,,,news talking about coyotes getting small pets in Austin. Don't know how much wildlife we will lose, due to this drought. I know coyotes roam around in town, here, at nite. I look out the window every time i'm up during the nite, and i never see anything. But that's looking out on the street side. When i go out on Sunday nites to cut my water off, u think i don't take a flash lite, besides using porch lites, to look for snakes? I look real good!!! lol They come to water too.
Yall tc, stay cool. HAGD
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Mind's a Blank
Dum de dum,,,,Hello everybody, how r u today? Today's just a replica of yesterday, and the day before. Well,,,not quite. After hearing about BB's ticket in Van Horn, i finally did find an email to use for the paper there, and yeah, i did send one telling them my thots on the matter. I've been wondering if there was a sign there, saying no overnighters. To me, it would have to apply to truckers too.
I haven't had enough sleep for at least 2 nites, now. Darn book. lololol,,,Can't put down. Maybe i need 2 kinds, boring, and exciting.
Keep finding old stuff around to eat, chips, animal crackers, leftovers. Can't replace that kind of stuff, either. Not with this lap band, and gonna get tightened. Not sure the geese out at the park will even eat some of this. loololol
Way behind today, cya tomorrow.
HAGD, what's left.
I haven't had enough sleep for at least 2 nites, now. Darn book. lololol,,,Can't put down. Maybe i need 2 kinds, boring, and exciting.
Keep finding old stuff around to eat, chips, animal crackers, leftovers. Can't replace that kind of stuff, either. Not with this lap band, and gonna get tightened. Not sure the geese out at the park will even eat some of this. loololol
Way behind today, cya tomorrow.
HAGD, what's left.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Hey, I Can Do It,,,,
Did u see my updated blog list?,,,,Went into another place, settings, and that let me change them.
DD, I've lived here since i was 6, (sooo many years,,,lololol) and can't imagine not having scenery to look at. Hills, rocks, animals, etc. One time, i rode with my teen son, my younger son, and my bro B to a family reunion. He was 16 or 17, and had a trans am. He had told me, Mom, i play my music LOUD, and i told him GOOD, liked it like that. So,,,here we went, and didn't even get out of the city limits here, til he was turning that music down. I never said a word. We were gonna be there thru the week end, and come back on Monday. Sooo,,,we get up on Monday, and i told them to get packed, let's get on the road. OOO NOOO, want to stay one more day!!! (didn't find out til a few years ago, why, had to do with girls). I finally got them to load up, after 30 minutes of all this fussing and fighting. We got in the car, and started off, didn't even get out of Paris TX city limits, and all i heard was,,,CAN"T wait to get back, see some mountains, rocks, cactus!!!! That's why u never listen to kids. lmaooo. The girl story,,,was my son setting a record on how many dates he could set up in one nite. OMG Don't remember the count, but it was a LOT. He wanted to break the one the nite before, by doing it again the next nite. It's just a good thing u DON"T know all the things ur kids do. Some of the ones i hear now, i don't wanna!!! Of course, my bro B, was just 4 years older and always encouraged him.
DD, a lot of us are worried about wells too. With our river drying up,,the wells will eventually, too. My sis is being frugal with hers. Even our golf course has started using water recycled from the sewer system. I think the court house is too. Oh yeah, that old court house in ur pics, is beautiful.
River flow: 36-25-6
That pie is calling,,,yall HAGD
DD, I've lived here since i was 6, (sooo many years,,,lololol) and can't imagine not having scenery to look at. Hills, rocks, animals, etc. One time, i rode with my teen son, my younger son, and my bro B to a family reunion. He was 16 or 17, and had a trans am. He had told me, Mom, i play my music LOUD, and i told him GOOD, liked it like that. So,,,here we went, and didn't even get out of the city limits here, til he was turning that music down. I never said a word. We were gonna be there thru the week end, and come back on Monday. Sooo,,,we get up on Monday, and i told them to get packed, let's get on the road. OOO NOOO, want to stay one more day!!! (didn't find out til a few years ago, why, had to do with girls). I finally got them to load up, after 30 minutes of all this fussing and fighting. We got in the car, and started off, didn't even get out of Paris TX city limits, and all i heard was,,,CAN"T wait to get back, see some mountains, rocks, cactus!!!! That's why u never listen to kids. lmaooo. The girl story,,,was my son setting a record on how many dates he could set up in one nite. OMG Don't remember the count, but it was a LOT. He wanted to break the one the nite before, by doing it again the next nite. It's just a good thing u DON"T know all the things ur kids do. Some of the ones i hear now, i don't wanna!!! Of course, my bro B, was just 4 years older and always encouraged him.
DD, a lot of us are worried about wells too. With our river drying up,,the wells will eventually, too. My sis is being frugal with hers. Even our golf course has started using water recycled from the sewer system. I think the court house is too. Oh yeah, that old court house in ur pics, is beautiful.
River flow: 36-25-6
That pie is calling,,,yall HAGD
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
My Instant Cooking
I have updated the blogs i follow, and on the page u use to do that, it shows the correct ones. BUT, on the public one u see, it's still like it was. Just really get disgusted with blogger a lot. And, DD, keep the pics coming.
River flow: J=38 M=22 L=6
Staying in, and will, as long as this heat is this. lololol,,,All of August and maybe Sept. Doing what i have to do, but staying cool. At my age, the weeks fly, so it won't be long. hahahaha
Kinda been cleaning out my freezer. Using the older things, like a pie crust today. Just had 1 left, so i'm making a pineapple pie with vanilla jello ss instant pudding and a can of pineapple. Had left over cool whip too, so there!,,,Got my pie. YUMMMMM Got my last package of bacon out too. Don't think i will be able to eat my left over rib eye, tho. Jude will like it. Can't chew beef enough. My friend Sue, said she chews all the good outa it, then spits it out. LOLOLOL
Paid my utility and credit card bills, yesterday. Found out i would get my ss check. My utility was 170.00, and that is electric, water, trash, sewer. Everything, on one. Before this month, my sewer would be higher than my electric. That's how much i can economize. With my parents growing up thru the 30s depression, we were raised that way. I cool the front part of my house during the day, then turn the 2 window units off, and use the one in the back thru the nite. I also put reflecting film on all my windows, and have since the 80s. No heat comes thru. Nor goes out in the winter. I do the same with heat. But, don't heat my bedroom. I like a cold BR. I also turn my hot water heater off, (have breaker switches right there) and right now, the cold water tap is almost too hot to use. Otherwise, i will turn it on just long enough to heat the water, then turn it back off. It's a fairly new one, about 3 years old, and 30 gal. So it holds the hot water for 2 days, in the winter. See?,,,I do know how. lolololol I don't use much anyway, so why heat it all the time? I wash and dry clothes about every 8 or 9 days, a full load. Used to hang them out, but don't do that now. I loved the smell. One lady i worked with in home health, taught me a lot. I had never thot about the hot water heater. Then, i figured out some of the other. Have i helped anybody? lololol
Just saw a man playing a 27 string guitar on the news. Plans on making a 34 one. wooo. Sounds complicated.
Friend Sue just called, told me to bring a bowl, come get pot roast and home made rolls!!!,,,Broke a record getting the 3 blocks to her house. hahahahah Told her i had the pineapple pie, some for her too, and her dotter will be by later. Good trade, don't ya think? She's the one that's lost over 200 lbs, so far, with lap band. At first she was almost bedridden, with her foot needing surgery. Soooo,,,it WILL work. She has eaten anything she wanted to, too. With it tight enough, can't eat much, that's the secret. Mine doesn't need much tightening, but does need a little.
OK yall, time to git. HAGD
River flow: J=38 M=22 L=6
Staying in, and will, as long as this heat is this. lololol,,,All of August and maybe Sept. Doing what i have to do, but staying cool. At my age, the weeks fly, so it won't be long. hahahaha
Kinda been cleaning out my freezer. Using the older things, like a pie crust today. Just had 1 left, so i'm making a pineapple pie with vanilla jello ss instant pudding and a can of pineapple. Had left over cool whip too, so there!,,,Got my pie. YUMMMMM Got my last package of bacon out too. Don't think i will be able to eat my left over rib eye, tho. Jude will like it. Can't chew beef enough. My friend Sue, said she chews all the good outa it, then spits it out. LOLOLOL
Paid my utility and credit card bills, yesterday. Found out i would get my ss check. My utility was 170.00, and that is electric, water, trash, sewer. Everything, on one. Before this month, my sewer would be higher than my electric. That's how much i can economize. With my parents growing up thru the 30s depression, we were raised that way. I cool the front part of my house during the day, then turn the 2 window units off, and use the one in the back thru the nite. I also put reflecting film on all my windows, and have since the 80s. No heat comes thru. Nor goes out in the winter. I do the same with heat. But, don't heat my bedroom. I like a cold BR. I also turn my hot water heater off, (have breaker switches right there) and right now, the cold water tap is almost too hot to use. Otherwise, i will turn it on just long enough to heat the water, then turn it back off. It's a fairly new one, about 3 years old, and 30 gal. So it holds the hot water for 2 days, in the winter. See?,,,I do know how. lolololol I don't use much anyway, so why heat it all the time? I wash and dry clothes about every 8 or 9 days, a full load. Used to hang them out, but don't do that now. I loved the smell. One lady i worked with in home health, taught me a lot. I had never thot about the hot water heater. Then, i figured out some of the other. Have i helped anybody? lololol
Just saw a man playing a 27 string guitar on the news. Plans on making a 34 one. wooo. Sounds complicated.
Friend Sue just called, told me to bring a bowl, come get pot roast and home made rolls!!!,,,Broke a record getting the 3 blocks to her house. hahahahah Told her i had the pineapple pie, some for her too, and her dotter will be by later. Good trade, don't ya think? She's the one that's lost over 200 lbs, so far, with lap band. At first she was almost bedridden, with her foot needing surgery. Soooo,,,it WILL work. She has eaten anything she wanted to, too. With it tight enough, can't eat much, that's the secret. Mine doesn't need much tightening, but does need a little.
OK yall, time to git. HAGD
Monday, August 1, 2011
OOO Monday
Loved ur blog today, DD. Never got to travel, as i married at 16, and a little over a year later, had my first child. My only dotter. There just was never a chance after that. When our 3 kids got to be 5-12, we took them to the coast, a first for me!, and was going to all the sight seeing places down the coast, til they got to fussing enough for me to say, LET'S GO HOME. Cut that trip short, not gonna travel with fussing kids! Never mixed them again, lol. Always took my young bro, B, and never ever had a problem with the boys. And took a friend along with my dotter on those trips.
We were probably the only mom and dad, that our teenagers would go with. But, we went to all kinds of races, even had GTOs to run in drags later, and add in the motorcycle, boat races. We were FUN!! lololol Always had add ons, too. There was a place marked off on one of the CRs, a 1/4 mile, and when my son agreed to run someone that had kept on , all the other kids couldn't believe i was there. As a fan! lololol. He took off way ahead, but blew something and had to stop. Don't remember now, just remember all the black smoke.
OMG hahahaha, just saw on news, a couple got married with a computer as the host. Used ipads to say their , i dos. hahahahaha I knew anyone could get a license to do it, but,,,a computer?
Better get river flow in, before i forget. J=40 M=20 L=6
Got a few hours of watering in late yesterday. Fixing to be BIG protest, if the school is using city water to water sports fields. That's what an employee told my son. The wells had dried up, so they went to city water. And i will sure be one of em. Not gonna let my TREES die, if they can water GRASS!!! So, the poor little kids might have to play on dead grass, or dirt??? Sooooo WHAT??? Poor little things can't handle it, cancel the whole season!! See what i mean? hahahaha,,,already got me going. Bro G is gonna find out. Then,,,that city council will catch hell.
I recorded 2 movies Sat. and put them in last nite, well, had seen the first one, so ff thru it, and then,,,had seen that other one too! Don't do reruns. I keep several recorded, so fell back on another one.
Ok folks, gotta do a move. HAGD
We were probably the only mom and dad, that our teenagers would go with. But, we went to all kinds of races, even had GTOs to run in drags later, and add in the motorcycle, boat races. We were FUN!! lololol Always had add ons, too. There was a place marked off on one of the CRs, a 1/4 mile, and when my son agreed to run someone that had kept on , all the other kids couldn't believe i was there. As a fan! lololol. He took off way ahead, but blew something and had to stop. Don't remember now, just remember all the black smoke.
OMG hahahaha, just saw on news, a couple got married with a computer as the host. Used ipads to say their , i dos. hahahahaha I knew anyone could get a license to do it, but,,,a computer?
Better get river flow in, before i forget. J=40 M=20 L=6
Got a few hours of watering in late yesterday. Fixing to be BIG protest, if the school is using city water to water sports fields. That's what an employee told my son. The wells had dried up, so they went to city water. And i will sure be one of em. Not gonna let my TREES die, if they can water GRASS!!! So, the poor little kids might have to play on dead grass, or dirt??? Sooooo WHAT??? Poor little things can't handle it, cancel the whole season!! See what i mean? hahahaha,,,already got me going. Bro G is gonna find out. Then,,,that city council will catch hell.
I recorded 2 movies Sat. and put them in last nite, well, had seen the first one, so ff thru it, and then,,,had seen that other one too! Don't do reruns. I keep several recorded, so fell back on another one.
Ok folks, gotta do a move. HAGD
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