While taking out the trash last night, it looked very strange outside. It was all gloomy and dark. There was this brown haze that hung over everything because there was a patch of very low clouds, moving very fast, that looked brown like sand. But when I looked up, and the tops of the trees were in bright sunshine, while the bottoms were all ( Read more... )

I don’t really don’t live in the boonies. I mean, within a quarter mile outside my little residential area, is a Giant Eagle, Rite Aid, Hollywood Video, Geppetto’s & Johnny Malloy’s, Wendy’s, Marcs, and a number of other places, that qualifies your little area as a nice suburban city. But that doesn’t stop the rosters from down the street from ( Read more... )

The carpet arrived a day earlier then thought. The Carpet installers called and said they had us on the schedule for yesterday. We were expecting them this evening. Ok, so I run home and we clean up what little was left. Then I go to work on the upstairs carpet that goes up the stairs and lines the hall from which the bathroom and three ( Read more... )

There are times when work gets frustrating, basically because I don’t fully understand the software environment I’m developing in. I have 3 books for reference. I have never been sent to any training. The only person who can help has been out of the office this week. I’m stuck. I’ve been through pages of documentation, tried a number of ( Read more... )

I think I’ve led a pretty sheltered life. Because I just had a ‘first’ happen to me today. I had too run out at lunch to move some money around to different bank accounts, and I had to stop at the post office. I was around Crocker Park in Westlake, so I take a drive over there to spend the rest of lunch. When what do I see driving down Crocker ( Read more... )

Today we painted the ceiling in the family room. Thats always a big joy, joy for the neck and shoulders. But the ceiling is all nicey whitey now. Next the wall, and then carpet is supposed to arrive next week I think...or maybe the week after, thats really not my department ( Read more... )

I’ve been so busy the last couple days. I’m converting an older program from VB6 to VB.NET. It’s a pretty complex (long) program, so its going to take a while. I was typing for so long nonstop yesterday that the bones in my wrist hurt from pressing against the desk all day and hammered away at the keyboard. I never had that happen before. ( Read more... )

This past Saturday the family went Fleatiquing. Apparently this is the combination of a flea market and antique show. This is where we have to go if we want to spend any time with Julia’s parents on the weekends. So anyways, we went to Antiques in the Woods that was being held south of Youngstown. It was a pretty interesting layout. Small ( Read more... )

While on my recent trip to allergy hell...err...West Virginia, I took so pictures.

If you ever happen to find yourself in the turn of the century oil town of Cairo, WV, you have to stop at the local mall...


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Watched an interesting werewolf movie last night entitled The Curse. It was pretty good. Directed by Wes Craven, so it had some suspense, and campy gore. Christina Ricci stars, and makes a great ‘little good girl’ turning into a ‘big bad werewolf’. Although cleavage was quite lacking throughout the movie. Bad wardrobe department. Some good ( Read more... )