As I started my day today I peeked out the window and I thought....wait...this looks oddly familiar. Yep, it was Mr Sunshine out to greet the world. As of this week it was still raining but yesterday was a dry one and today hopefully will be the same. It is crazy out there. Rain, rain and more rain but it's a welcome relief from the heat we normally would have to put up with. But enough already!!
It's been pretty quiet around here. Well, when it comes to work it's just a matter of SSDD but I refuse to ruin this otherwise pleasant blog by discussing any details so I'll just stick to other matters.
Went to see Hairspray last weekend. Not bad for a musical. John Travolta was good in this role. I definitely am glad I went to see it. Hopefully tomorrow we can catch another movie. It's a toss up between Chuck & Larry and The Simpsons.
Went shopping for more books to read and I got 3 more. Started reading The Murder Book by Jonathan Kellerman. He's the psychiatrist turned writer. It's pretty interesting--too bad I forgot the book @ work. I'm not about to go just to pick it up. They'll make me stay. NOOOO!!!
I actually stayed up last night to watch my Friday marathon. There was a familiar face or two last night on Monk. They had "Oswald" from the Drew Carey Show and Alfred Molina. It was an alright episode. Psych was funny as always. Then I watched Dr Who. As soon as I heard the very familiar mechanical voice I was like, oh no, not the Daleks again. That is the most annoying sound ever. Since I had the captions on, like always, I was tempted to MUTE it and just read it but it didn't last long. It was one of those 2 part episodes. Yeah, I hate that too. That's the reason I don't really like to watch serials on tv. This mind of mine likes things quick. Tell me the story and move on. I hate to be kept waiting for a solution. But since it's Dr Who I can wait till next week. Just don't make it a habit, guys. I think that's what killed Enterprise. The last season was a long story line and I think people just got tired of watching. I know I did.
Aw man, I'm getting hungry but I don't want to go eat. I went to the orthodontist yesterday and I got a rubber band (triangle) put it and every time I want to eat I have to take the damn rubber band out and right now that is extremely painful. Brought a tear to my eye yesterday....lol...Maybe I'll just make a liquid meal. Yeah, that's a better idea.
I've been putting up my hair in a pony tail all this week so you know what that means. ....time for a haircut. I got some samples and maybe tomorrow I can take care of it. Like my hair short because if I put it up it only messes it up and it looks ugly. UGH...
The 25th was mom's 66th bday. Sent her a card and called her that morning which is the most I can do @ the moment. But I guess if I were there it'd be the usual: her meal @ Shoney's . Gee, people, get out of that rut. I better move on...
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Hello weekend!
It is actually Saturday and I did not have to go to work for now. Enjoy it while it last because my spidey sense is telling me that this will not last.
Currently the sun is shinning but I hear it will be raining again pretty soon. Oh no, and the lawn still needs to be mowed. I think we've had enough rain for now but there is still more on the way.
Last night was a busy one. Got home, ate dinner, went out to run some errands and then returned to finally do my daily workout. At first it's hard to get started but once those endorphins kick in it's a breeze. I had to do this before eight o'clock because it was the season premier of Monk and Psych. Since Dr Who comes out @ the same times as Monk I just opted to wait until the rebroadcast @ 10. So, it made for pretty good tv viewing. A good break from all the other crap on network tv. At least these shows are funny and kept me watching. Sarah Silverman was pretty funny on Monk. She played Monks "#1 fan". Talk about creepy in a funny way. Psych was as funny as always. They were spoofing american idol. It had a laugh or two or three or four. Anyways.....it was 10 by the time Dr Who came out and I think I fell asleep towards the end. This shouldn't reflect bad on the show which had the doctor and Martha going to 1599 and meeting Shakespeare. There were some witches involved but like I said I fell asleep towards the end. Hope I get to see it again. Or next time record it so I can watch it the next day when I am fully rested. It's been a long week and usually by Friday I am sooo tired. Plus, the exercising I do on top of that leaves me tired so I usually just pass out on the couch. Go figure. But now I am wide awake and ready to take on the world. Or whatever.
Just finished reading Life Support by Tess Gerritsen. I have to admit that I've had her books (2) for awhile but I've been putting off reading them. She's a former dr turned writer (of course) but I didn't think they'd be all that good. Well I just finished the first one and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. Finished it in a couple of weeks and it was an easy read. Easy to follow and hard to put down. She writes medical thrillers and in my humble opinion this one was pretty good. I give it 3 stars. Would I recommend it to others? Sure, why not. It's chalk full of medical drama. If you like that sort of thing. Maybe I'll pick up the other book this week. After all, I need something to read @ work when I have a minute or two free (literally).
Was reading the newspaper earlier and I toyed with the idea of mentioning a headline or two but I reconsidered because who wants to read bad news.
Not me.
Currently the sun is shinning but I hear it will be raining again pretty soon. Oh no, and the lawn still needs to be mowed. I think we've had enough rain for now but there is still more on the way.
Last night was a busy one. Got home, ate dinner, went out to run some errands and then returned to finally do my daily workout. At first it's hard to get started but once those endorphins kick in it's a breeze. I had to do this before eight o'clock because it was the season premier of Monk and Psych. Since Dr Who comes out @ the same times as Monk I just opted to wait until the rebroadcast @ 10. So, it made for pretty good tv viewing. A good break from all the other crap on network tv. At least these shows are funny and kept me watching. Sarah Silverman was pretty funny on Monk. She played Monks "#1 fan". Talk about creepy in a funny way. Psych was as funny as always. They were spoofing american idol. It had a laugh or two or three or four. Anyways.....it was 10 by the time Dr Who came out and I think I fell asleep towards the end. This shouldn't reflect bad on the show which had the doctor and Martha going to 1599 and meeting Shakespeare. There were some witches involved but like I said I fell asleep towards the end. Hope I get to see it again. Or next time record it so I can watch it the next day when I am fully rested. It's been a long week and usually by Friday I am sooo tired. Plus, the exercising I do on top of that leaves me tired so I usually just pass out on the couch. Go figure. But now I am wide awake and ready to take on the world. Or whatever.
Just finished reading Life Support by Tess Gerritsen. I have to admit that I've had her books (2) for awhile but I've been putting off reading them. She's a former dr turned writer (of course) but I didn't think they'd be all that good. Well I just finished the first one and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. Finished it in a couple of weeks and it was an easy read. Easy to follow and hard to put down. She writes medical thrillers and in my humble opinion this one was pretty good. I give it 3 stars. Would I recommend it to others? Sure, why not. It's chalk full of medical drama. If you like that sort of thing. Maybe I'll pick up the other book this week. After all, I need something to read @ work when I have a minute or two free (literally).
Was reading the newspaper earlier and I toyed with the idea of mentioning a headline or two but I reconsidered because who wants to read bad news.
Not me.
Monday, July 09, 2007
There's no place like home.....
It feels good to be back home amongst familiar sights and welcomed relief from the overwhelming heat and humidity that is south south Texas. Not to mention those Texas size mosquitoes.
We were in Brownsville yesterday for Dora Lee's grad party. It was an interesting evening filled with plenty of family,food and fun. Yet that was not the most interesting part of the trip.
For starters we left town Saturday night @ around 9:15pm. We took our time on the road and since it was night time we passed the time watching several episodes of Supernatural. The trip itself wasn't bad. What happened once we reached our destination is what had us saying "never again". We got into town @ around 2:30 am or so and when we tried looking for a room for the night we were turned away not once, twice or even three times. We tried several hotels and to our dismay we were in a sense told that there was not room at the inn. The whole city including Harlingen and the island were fully booked. There were several sports tournaments and more than a handful of weddings going on. Which is unusual for a small town but I guess times they are a-changing. We usually make reservations way ahead of time but we figured--it's only Brownsville but the sucker is growing. Every time we go there's a new business popping up. Impressive. We ended up crashing on mom's driveway (we didn't want to wake anyone up @ the time). We got a couple of hours of sleep then took off for breakfast. I don't really remember much of what happened yesterday because I was sleepy and cranky all day-can you really blame me? We left last night again @ 9 after the party because we were stone tired and just wanted to get home cuz Joel had to work today @12. Didn't make it too far and ended up staying in Kingsville overnight. Things looked so much better after an uninterrupted night of rest. Got back into town before 10am and after a good breakfast it was time to go to work. Not me, I asked for the day off. For a brief second, brief....I considered going in to work but there's a lot of stuff to do around here. Plus, I didn't really felt like it. :)
Did I mention that mom got attacked by susan's dog? She had to have three stitches on her forehead from where the dog bit her. Yeah, ouch. Don't know the details but apparently they were playing with the dog when things got a little out of control and he collided with her head. She's doing better now but I think they're getting rid of the dog.
Have things to do, gotta go and make myself useful. Took plenty of pictures this weekend at the party. Maybe next time I can share some but for now gotta go.
Peace...
We were in Brownsville yesterday for Dora Lee's grad party. It was an interesting evening filled with plenty of family,food and fun. Yet that was not the most interesting part of the trip.
For starters we left town Saturday night @ around 9:15pm. We took our time on the road and since it was night time we passed the time watching several episodes of Supernatural. The trip itself wasn't bad. What happened once we reached our destination is what had us saying "never again". We got into town @ around 2:30 am or so and when we tried looking for a room for the night we were turned away not once, twice or even three times. We tried several hotels and to our dismay we were in a sense told that there was not room at the inn. The whole city including Harlingen and the island were fully booked. There were several sports tournaments and more than a handful of weddings going on. Which is unusual for a small town but I guess times they are a-changing. We usually make reservations way ahead of time but we figured--it's only Brownsville but the sucker is growing. Every time we go there's a new business popping up. Impressive. We ended up crashing on mom's driveway (we didn't want to wake anyone up @ the time). We got a couple of hours of sleep then took off for breakfast. I don't really remember much of what happened yesterday because I was sleepy and cranky all day-can you really blame me? We left last night again @ 9 after the party because we were stone tired and just wanted to get home cuz Joel had to work today @12. Didn't make it too far and ended up staying in Kingsville overnight. Things looked so much better after an uninterrupted night of rest. Got back into town before 10am and after a good breakfast it was time to go to work. Not me, I asked for the day off. For a brief second, brief....I considered going in to work but there's a lot of stuff to do around here. Plus, I didn't really felt like it. :)
Did I mention that mom got attacked by susan's dog? She had to have three stitches on her forehead from where the dog bit her. Yeah, ouch. Don't know the details but apparently they were playing with the dog when things got a little out of control and he collided with her head. She's doing better now but I think they're getting rid of the dog.
Have things to do, gotta go and make myself useful. Took plenty of pictures this weekend at the party. Maybe next time I can share some but for now gotta go.
Peace...
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
Happy 4th of July
Greetings ladies and gentlemen. Help me welcome and new month just chalk full of possibilities. Okay, enough of the positive crap and unto reality. Yes, it is a new month but it is also SSDD. It's like a month full of deja vu. Awfully bad deja vu. But alas here we are halfway through 2007 and boy is it wet. It just hasn't stopped raining. Right now it's quiet but this morning it was wet again. I hate going out when it's wet because you know how flood prone this city is. Yesterday after work was a nightmare. Had to stop and ride out the storm because I came to the realization that I own a car and not a boat. Believe me--I thought I was in Vienna or something because the roads turned into literal rivers. Just gave it some time and headed on home. Only to watch the news and confirm that it will indeed be wet all week. Too bad--some outside celebrations were canceled but who cares,it's not like I was going anywhere anyways. I thought about going to work today for a few hours but I got my sanity back and decided against it. I really need some time off. 
Yes, today is a holiday and it's a day off but some people were actually going to work. How un-American is that :)
I put up the flag today but it got soaked in the rain. Oh well. I don't keep it up everyday. It's only supposed to be for certain holidays and never to be kept outdoors at night unless it is lighted. I usually take it down before dinner.
I was watching the History Channel and their documentary on the Revolutionary War but it is too long. It's an all day thing and I've got other things to do before I return to work tomorrow. I did watch it for a couple of hours and it was interesting to learn that the Declaration of Independence was drafted and signed before the 13 colonies were actually free. They were all pumped up and stuff but deep inside they were all paranoid because they knew that if they were captured by the British they'd all hang for treason. Isn't that cool. They knew they were considered traitors but they had to do what they believed was right. That's your history lesson for today. Gotta love it...
There is one positive side to all this rain. The garden is just bursting w/the fruits of our labor and here's proof of that.
Here is our first tomato of the season (yes, a fruit). It was green when
we picked it (to save it from the wildlife) but now it's almost ready to eat. There's some more on the vine but I'll get those later. The lime tree also has plenty of limes to harvest. The cactus was harvested last week and we have plenty of those to cook in the coming weeks. Maybe we'll give some away. Maybe. After we're done with them. We had to put some chicken wire around the tomato plant to keep the deer and squirrels out. Nothing we did kept them away so this was the last chance to actually have it mature.
Didn't go to the movies this weekend because to be honest there was nothing good on. Plus, I'm waiting for The Transformers to premiere. My bad, it started yesterday but we usually wait for the weekend to go watch a new movie. We don't have to see it the day it comes out. This one looks like it will be a big one. My sources tell me that it was sold out for yesterday's audience. I can't wait. Yes, I am a geek and I love my sci fi. Not all of it though-even I have my standards. I love Star Trek but have never gotten into Star Wars. What's the difference you ask? Who knows. All I know is that some stuff is easier to swallow than others.
Even though everything on network tv is either reruns or reality shows (enough of those, there's a reason I watch tv-to get away from reality) I'm enjoying the shows on cable. The summer season is in full bloom and I am loving it. Mondays I tune in to Kyle XY on ABC Family. You know, the kid w/no belly button. Nah, it's okay for a family show, it passes the time. On TNT I watch The Closer. It's another cop show but it's interesting. Sometimes funny, the deputy chief can be hilarious sometimes. Oh, and on USA Sunday nights I watch The Dead Zone. I'm surprised it has lasted six seasons already but it's still good. Next Friday they'll be premiering Monk and Psych both funny in their own way. At least it's a welcome relief from the crap on all the other channels. Oh, and by the way, Dr Who starts this month too on Scifi channel. We'll just have to tune in to see how the new traveling companion turns out. If you can't remember, last season the dr was separated from Rose who ended up in a parallel universe so he got another companion. Of course, in real life the actress that plays her wanted out because she didn't want to be typecast. As someone who isn't familiar w/her other work, she'll always be Rose. So much for that mentality.
Look at that, it's almost three o'clock. Gotta go, plenty of other stuff to do.
Yes, today is a holiday and it's a day off but some people were actually going to work. How un-American is that :)I put up the flag today but it got soaked in the rain. Oh well. I don't keep it up everyday. It's only supposed to be for certain holidays and never to be kept outdoors at night unless it is lighted. I usually take it down before dinner.
I was watching the History Channel and their documentary on the Revolutionary War but it is too long. It's an all day thing and I've got other things to do before I return to work tomorrow. I did watch it for a couple of hours and it was interesting to learn that the Declaration of Independence was drafted and signed before the 13 colonies were actually free. They were all pumped up and stuff but deep inside they were all paranoid because they knew that if they were captured by the British they'd all hang for treason. Isn't that cool. They knew they were considered traitors but they had to do what they believed was right. That's your history lesson for today. Gotta love it...
There is one positive side to all this rain. The garden is just bursting w/the fruits of our labor and here's proof of that.
Here is our first tomato of the season (yes, a fruit). It was green whenwe picked it (to save it from the wildlife) but now it's almost ready to eat. There's some more on the vine but I'll get those later. The lime tree also has plenty of limes to harvest. The cactus was harvested last week and we have plenty of those to cook in the coming weeks. Maybe we'll give some away. Maybe. After we're done with them. We had to put some chicken wire around the tomato plant to keep the deer and squirrels out. Nothing we did kept them away so this was the last chance to actually have it mature.
Didn't go to the movies this weekend because to be honest there was nothing good on. Plus, I'm waiting for The Transformers to premiere. My bad, it started yesterday but we usually wait for the weekend to go watch a new movie. We don't have to see it the day it comes out. This one looks like it will be a big one. My sources tell me that it was sold out for yesterday's audience. I can't wait. Yes, I am a geek and I love my sci fi. Not all of it though-even I have my standards. I love Star Trek but have never gotten into Star Wars. What's the difference you ask? Who knows. All I know is that some stuff is easier to swallow than others.
Even though everything on network tv is either reruns or reality shows (enough of those, there's a reason I watch tv-to get away from reality) I'm enjoying the shows on cable. The summer season is in full bloom and I am loving it. Mondays I tune in to Kyle XY on ABC Family. You know, the kid w/no belly button. Nah, it's okay for a family show, it passes the time. On TNT I watch The Closer. It's another cop show but it's interesting. Sometimes funny, the deputy chief can be hilarious sometimes. Oh, and on USA Sunday nights I watch The Dead Zone. I'm surprised it has lasted six seasons already but it's still good. Next Friday they'll be premiering Monk and Psych both funny in their own way. At least it's a welcome relief from the crap on all the other channels. Oh, and by the way, Dr Who starts this month too on Scifi channel. We'll just have to tune in to see how the new traveling companion turns out. If you can't remember, last season the dr was separated from Rose who ended up in a parallel universe so he got another companion. Of course, in real life the actress that plays her wanted out because she didn't want to be typecast. As someone who isn't familiar w/her other work, she'll always be Rose. So much for that mentality.
Look at that, it's almost three o'clock. Gotta go, plenty of other stuff to do.
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)