For months now I've been pulling my hair out with my computer. Yeah, I'm still on dial up but it was still way, way much slower than it should have been even for dial up. Then I started having problems with my computer at work and they're trying to correct those. Basically, in my web site training class yesterday, we got to talking about the ( Read more... )

I looked out over the back gate last night calling the cats and WOW! Little did I know what surprises were waiting there in my back yard! The tiny peach plant someone gave me in a 5-gal. bucket about 7 years ago, and I planted in the back yard (it's about 5' tall now) is in full bloom, LOTS of blooms! Then next to it a little ways over is the ( Read more... )

This is an excerpt from the farmer's almanac email (I signed up for them)that was sent to me. According to the 80-year-old farmer quoted at the bottom of the excerpt, my entire yard is ready for planting ( Read more... )

PEEPS!!!!! I HAZ PEEPS!!!!! I WUV MY PEEPS!!!! GOTTA GET MORE PEEPS!!!! I bought one small box which won't last until Easter but it will give me a trial run, then after Easter I can buy bunches at 50% off! YAY! It's 'PEEPS season ( Read more... )

It was a good day yesterday but I only spent 2 hours in my office before I had to hit the road for training, lunch, then a meeting. The bad thing about that is it essentially puts me a day behind in my work ( Read more... )

David came over yesterday and cut my piece of plywood that I'd had the store cut just a tad too long. Now the sofa and loveseat are outfitted with 'equalizers' to keep the springs from sagging in one spot over time. An additional plus that I hadn't anticipated is the fact the it makes them both firmer, no more problems getting up off of them ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a really good day! Robin and I met up with Caren who took us on a tour of downtown (uptown?) Charlotte. MAN! They've built some STUFF since I was last there. Actually I love the in town part but hate the traffic so badly I try to avoid it. A lot of the traffic is touristy traffic with people who don't know where they're going and ( Read more... )

I don't know who said what to whom, but there was an office meeting yesterday in which 'E. Ditsy Dir.' apologized for the way she has been acting lately. One of two things could have happened: 1. Someone higher than she is could have told her to "simmer down. You have too many employees who could go out right now and if you don't lighten up, you ( Read more... )

Well, the new library near David and I that opened only about 5 weeks ago is one of the libraries being closed in a 'cost cutting' move by the County. Now really! Did they not know what they were going to do when they built it and opened it with such fanfare?!? I'm smelling some 'political blackmail' here. A 5 week old building will now be ( Read more... )

I am concerned for my cousin. She's had multiple sclerosis for years now since she was 50, her father had it before her. At some point, for whatever reason, she moved to Arkansas. I tried to get her to move here where we all live so she'd have some family nearby but she wouldn't do it. She's not married, has no kids, her brother also died young ( Read more... )