Say something random about you (Part 5)

Hi, Newlywed Lady! Hi, Everybody!

DonnaKat loves baseball. I think she's still a Cards fan.

You sound cheerful, kayanne!

My niece is half my kid's age. I both miss and not miss little ones.

I am cheerful, Julie!

And I know how you feel about missing little ones. Mine is growing up way too fast and I am mourning the loss of my little boy. But I love the young man he is becoming.

I am not sure if that was cheerful or not!

That's cheerful!

I have found the two reasons I hate cooking: preparation and clean up.

Just checking in from work on my lunch break, as I still don't have the internet thing at home yet. Nice pics, Nay!

 to everyone.

To update, I've been extremely busy with the new house. My family and I have spent literally days and days on end, working during the day, through the evening and into the nights just trying to get the yard to stop flooding. The way my house is situated, I get all of the rain runoff from the street and it has been flooding both my front and back yards, as well as running very, very large and deep gashes in my driveway. At last, I think we finally (knock on wood) got most of it taken care of. Then to top it off, I caught an extremely nasty flu bug and have pretty much been out of commission for the past week and a half and still am not over it. But thank goodness I feel good enough to go back to work today.   . Well, I hope everyone else that had a holiday had a good one!

Get well, DK!

Did you build a curb, or dig runoff ditches?

So far we've built an 80 foot long trench/runoff ditch complete with sheet rock we gathered from the side of the highway (that in and of itself was a task), a retaining wall with drainage barrels, put landscape timbers across the entire width of my front yard, and loaded about 40+ wheelbarrels of gravel back into the driveway. My sis in law says 80 but I think that was stretching it. Then again, she was the one loading most of them. We also put some piping under the driveway where it was running water (the gash was already there so we used that). That and we've planted flowers and bushes. I still want to make a rock garden in the back before this Autumn so I have a place to use my firepit. Being sick has set me back a bit, though. I do need to take pictures, don't I?

No I didn't plant a tree for Mr. Whiskers but that's a nice idea. I still have more to plant. Angel is coping okay. Actually, I think she perked up after he passed, maybe because she has that whole downstairs area to herself now. I can hear her mewing more than I did when he was there, then again at 16 maybe she's going senile.  

My dad had to be taken to the ER yesterday because he was very dizzy, pale and was throwing up. they did a CT scan on him and come to find out, they found what they think is either a sigmoid sinus or mastoid mass behind his right ear. He has to go for an MRI to be sure what it is. I'm hoping it isn't anything serious. Please remember him in your thoughts and prayers.

That's a lot of work, DK! Your family sure is nice. Hope your dad is ok.

Nay, the last thing I cooked was a bag of popcorn in the microwave.

Don't drop the ball on your toes.

*sigh* I guess it's true. RIP Cory Montieth, 31, Finn Hudson on Glee. 31.

Karma doesn't mean every dog has its day. Karma is about what you do coming back to either reward you for good deeds or bite you in the behind for bad deeds, in this life or in another life. I don't believe every dog has its day. Some people are lucky all their lives, most people have a mix of good and bad luck, and some people got the butt end of life full of bad luck.

Why do you have to believe in karma/that every dog has its day?

American TV season start in American fall/autumn, around September-October, in recent years they take a winter break around December-January, start spring season or 2nd half of season, depending on the shows' contracts, around February, and end the season around April-May. There are new shows in the summer, some are made as a summer run only, and some are tests for possible regular seasons.

I don't know anything about other countries' TV schedules or movies. There's no need for that.   Seriously, really good shows or movies from other countries get on TV or internet here. They are pre-selected so I don't have to wade through all the garbage like I have to for American ones.

Don't you watch Aussie shows?

Racism against you? Or people shooting off their mouths about other groups?

If they're drunk, tell them to shut up because their brains are pickled, change the subject, say something even more outrageous and egg them on for fun, ask them why they said what they said or have those opinions, or throw ice water in their faces. You should definitely record what they say and ask them when they're sober if that's how they really feel. Then you can decide whether they were drunk and stupid, or disgusting pieces of poop you don't want to associate with.

Question: Is it discrimination to discriminate against those who discriminate against others?

You can also sit and stare at the dingbat. Just keep staring. Just keep staring.

Common sense? What's that? *digs in the archaic bin unearthing subjects that include courtesy, manner, decency, respect, dignity, grace, class, compassion, kindness, mercy...*   

Seems to me good actors, writers, musician, artists, etc. flock to the US for bigger opportunities.

It's hot here in between clouds, thunders, and droplets of rain. The clouds keep knocking out my satellite TV.

I want my body from when I was in my early 20's, with the finances, knowledge and experiences I have now. I'm thinking aging backwards is a good thing.

Staring coldly is a justifiable response. A disgusted look, heavy sigh and constantly leaving the table certainly didn't work.

That 'archaic' bin contains old-fashioned values, Julie. Unfortunately those values (& wisdom) don't always come with age. It's such a shame more people don't buck the slide towards complacency and inertia and step outside their small world. I dislike being predictable and following trends but maybe that in itself is uncool. As a teenager and young adult, whenever I would express an opinion or recall a piece of current affairs an uncle of mine would challenge it with a counter argument or query that I had to justify. That, and catholic schooling, taught me to attempt walking a mile in another's shoes.

Apparently we finally have some cold weather heading our way. Winter in 'upside world' is 1st June to 1st September. I'm not sure if the seasons are evening out here or if we're in for a shocker summer.

My body in my 20s was something I totally under-appreciated. Its flexibility, skin elasticity, tirelessness. I want it back!!! 

Shattered half a molar. Had a root canal. Waiting for crown. Can't stop playing with remnants.

Thanks, Nay. Ah, the cheap medical procedures in Thailand. Cheap just about everything, really.

Yes, welcome new baby Windsor!

Give up technology? All of them? Like air-conditioning and car and flush toilet and clean water from faucets and electricity and microwave oven and TV and radio? NO WAY! Been there done that. Never want to do it again.

How about technology-free health care? No mass-produced medicine, no inhalers, no bandaids, no pacemakers, no hearing aids, no glasses or contacts, no insulin, no oxygen tanks, no defibrillators, no incubators. Talk about natural selection!

There is one thing I would love to have be techonology-free: War! They want to fight, let them beat and stab each other with fists and feet and sticks and stones. No knives, guns, bombs, tanks, planes, slingshots, cannons, radios, night vision, not even binoculars, since all of these require technology.

I don't think the giving up something for Lent helped everyone (who tried it) to become closer to God. I'll bet many moped around thinking about whatever they gave up. Taking up a task is better. "I hate doing this but I'm doing it for God." At least they give God a thought.

Julie, get your tongue off that tooth!

Nay, as always, your garden is beautiful, and you're far more civilized and introspective than myself.

I hate smart phones (yes I have one  ) But I liked it much better when two people setting at the same table actually TALKED to each other.

Donna, You are SOOOOOO lucky to have family to help out. Hang in there.

Sorry I haven't posted much lately, but I'm still here. I guess I just didn't have a lot to say. I seem to spend all my time working or sleeping ( or sitting in front of the TV----also napping) 
Could I be getting old?

I think the combination of couch and TV is extremely conducive to sleeping. I have to fight the temptation to recline or lie down on the couch. Otherwise I'd wake up to some random show.

There's a weird crater in my mouth.

I haven't sat a a table with people who talk or text on the phone, except for doctors taking short calls, or us trying to find out where the rest of the party who are late are. But then I haven't sat with people in their late teens or 20's in a very long time.

Beautiful bright red!

Hi, everyone!