Just a bunch of randomness because I'm tired and tearful. I found out this morning that one of the residents at the home that I was especially fond of died yesterday very unexpectedly. Goodbye Queen Mum (our nick-name for her). Give 'em hell and enjoy your cake ( Read more... )

Cheese and rice, if anyone wonders if the Edenpure heaters are worth the hefty price ($300 for a gen 3), I'm here to tell you yes, they are. Here in the country where I live, your heat sources are propane, fuel oil, or wood. Since I've got 8 acres of woods, burning wood would be the way to go, except a wood stove and the triple wall pipe for it ( Read more... )

Does Buffalo Wild Wings spicy garlic wings make anyone else extremely thirsty? After a very successful morning (assisting in the removal of puppy teeth in 3 puppies, and 2 adoptions) I grabbed some wings from BWW. 6 hours, 1 can of fizzy water, 1 large coke and 1 can of 7up and I'm still thirsty. Oh, and 1 can of snapple peach green tea. I've ( Read more... )

Oi, Phi, Phum and Mickey are driving me nuts right now. They're running around, jumping on stuff, barking and in general not being nice puppies. Please hope that one of those goes home tomorrow ( Read more... )

So really, the end of the day equaled the beginning of the day. A dang dog had to go outside at 4 a.m., just an hour before the alarm goes off. After letting her out, there's no way I could go back to sleep but try I did. I did the barn chores and came in to get ready. In the space of 45 minutes, we got dumped on, like an inch or so. The drive ( Read more... )

The outpouring of money to repair my car continues, but which will hopefully stop now. I took my car in for one final repair. After the new timing belt, new front ball joints, new rear springs, a new front axel, and finally two new tires, my car drives like a dream. In fact, it feels like it floats over the road. As if the tires aren't even ( Read more... )

with a drink, a book, and Footloose. Heck, I might even get so comfy that I'll sleep in the recliner tonight!

In the new Geico commercial.

It's on today! In the middle of the night (when Mickey the brat dog started barking) it occurred to me that it wasn't Sunday morning programing that meant no parade but rather NFL games that too precedent over college bowl games. Win! I get to watch the parade which will be perfect because I'll be able to watch it while I thaw out after ( Read more... )

How bummed am I that there was no Rose Parade on television this morning? I was looking forward to looking at the floats, but evidently Sunday morning programming trumps a New Years Day that falls on a Sunday. Even HGTV didn't have it on. I wouldn't have been able to watch much of it anyway. I had to take the husband to meet his son so he could ( Read more... )