Weekly News

Here I am again, another week gone by--nothing new really to report except that I started my assignments for the correspondence course I signed up for. Hopefully I can finish up quick so that I can proceed to the next one.

I actually stayed up most of last night to watch The Women's Murder Club. It was a okay, a bit too "grey's anatomy" for me so maybe I can just call it a night on this one. Not enough murder and too much girlie stuff. On to the next show. Speaking of which, I have about 3 episodes of Moonlight to watch that I've recorded. Maybe later on today, but no, on second thought, I have a date tonight and I still have some more computer work to do so maybe tomorrow. Maybe. Did you hear that Marie Osmond collapsed live on DWTS. Sympathy vote, anyone. Yep, she more than guaranteed her spot for next week. I heard about it on the news because I don't watch it anymore. The dancing is okay but the celebrities are BORING. That and a couple of them have, in my opinion, an unfair advantage since they since and dance for a living. That said.....On Mondays I watch Heroes instead and I record it for later use. If we have time to watch it, anyways. Oh, on House the # of prospective employees has gone down. The old guy who was pretending to be a doctor got kicked out. It was hilarious because House came in with "roses" to give out to the ones that were staying. Ok, so as one of them pointed out they were more like peonies but the sentiment is the same. That was priceless. Onto the next "challenge". Since Foreman was fired from his job he was offered the old seat w/House and he accepted. After he went on several interviews he found out that he'd been blackballed and came crawling back. So I guess one of the applicants will have to go. Didn't watch Criminal Minds because it was yet another episode where a child gets kidnapped. HELLO, find a new writer. Nothing else of interest on tv to discuss.

The new SAW movie came out this weekend and will I got watch it? HELL NO. Not my cup of tea but if you like tasteless violent movies, go right ahead. Me, I'd rather watch something that will a)make me laugh b) make me think or c)make me wish they'd put down the volume (action movie). Haven't been to the movies in awhile because I haven't been able to sit down for long periods of time but maybe this Sunday. Well, maybe not, we have plenty of other stuff to do.

At one time I enjoyed browsing the web for interesting blogs but I have since given it up because too many times I'd come across an adult website. Got tired of it.

Mary called me earlier but she was at home. I can never get her full attention because I can hear her yelling at the kids in the background. That pissed me off and I told her that I couldn't tell if she was talking to me or the kids and that for her to call me back when she has time to talk to me. She called to inquire about all the incidents of cat mutilations that we've been having. Did you hear about those? Some idiot or idiots have been leaving mutilated cats out. YEW.. okay so I'm not a big cat person but this is still a living thing, have some empathy. I hope they prosecute whoever is responsible for this or it will send the wrong message and these types of heinous crimes will continue.

Another Week In The Neighborhood

Hear ye, hear ye:
there are some snobs playing in the AT&T championship tournament that are too cheap to pay for parking in the designated lots and are parking in front of our houses. Yeah, I know it's city property but if you think you're all that to be participating in this event then shell out the $20 to park in the lots and not in front of people's houses. This is incredibly annoying and clutters the neighborhood, not to mention that you leave trash behind.

Okay, I feel better now. Another week has come and gone and it's still hot. Not that bad but still above average. Give me a nice cool front w/temps in the 50s so I can wear some fall clothes.

This is the first week with the new cable service. We got sick and tired of dealing w/satellite transmission. As soon as it started raining the signal would go out. We had no way of watching the weather because the system was down. So we decided to try regular cable and so far it's okay. I mean, the delay when you change channels is annoying but once you get to know the numbers for the channels it's not that bad. It's just when you try to channel surf that it gets on your nerves. We have the triple service: internet, cable and phone. Okay, so we had to go digging for a phone to use and we found an old phone with a cord. It's not like we're actually going to use it, but....

Was kinda hoping I could catch the broadway show this week: Twelve Angry Men but there were some unforseen circumstances that changed all that. I was really looking forward to catching Richard Thomas on this play but oh well. Maybe we can catch Stomp which is coming next month. There are several others we can shoot for like The Wedding Singer and The Phantom of the Opera but these aren't until the spring. For now let's just wait and see.

Last night I watched most of Women's Murder Club but again I fell asleep. That was a good dinner I had and I just passed out til 11:30. Gees, what a party animal, huh? I recorded Moonlight but I haven't had a chance to watch it yet. As a matter of fact there are several episodes of other shows that I still need to watch. Unfortunately Tuesday's shows on Fox were preempted by stupid sports. HELLO!! Not everyone is a dumb jock. Some of us like to watch regular tv. But anyways, as long as this week the shows return it's okay. It's time to watch Bones and House. Time to see who makes the cut for House's new lackeys. Tried watching Viva Laughlin on Thursday but it wasn't that good. So much for that one.

Did you hear about the big stick they're doing because of Ellen Degeneres and the puppy thing. Okay, people give it a rest. I'm sure there's more important things to fill the airways with than some "poor unfortunate family" who got their dog taken away. Hey, a contract is a contract. Next time look over what you sign before you take any action.

OMG there is a lot of drama going on at work but unfortunately I can't get into it here, this is not the right forum for such things but believe me you it is interesting to say the least. I have to stick to silly little things like what's on the idiot tube. speaking of which: that girl from Veronica Mars is going to be on Heroes now. She has some kind of ability so we just have to wait and see which one. I finally had another flying dream last night. It was cool, man, the feeling of flight is just awesome. I hadn't had one in a while and in a weird sense it was kinda relaxing. Maybe that's just what I needed.

Gotta Go

First Full Week Back

Hey, it's Saturday and I am resting from a long week at work. That's right, I finally went back to work. It's a little tiring but I'll adjust again. I haven't fully healed yet but I'm almost there. Finally!!

Tried to watch tv last night but I fell asleep. It was the premiere of Women's Murder Club but I couldn't watch it because I fell asleep. I did record Moonlight so maybe I'll go watch it in a little bit. There's a couple of episodes I still need to watch that I recorded during the week. Well, tomorrow they're coming over to switch us on to cable again. We gave up on satellite tv because it was always acting up. We could tell it was raining outside because the signal would go out and when we'd check...sure enough, it was raining. That's bad because in a weather situation when we need to watch the news it wasn't available. Now we're gonna have the package with Time Warner, cable, internet and phone. Let's see how that works out. It's gonna make recording easier because now with satellite you have to watch the show you want to record which totally defeats the purpose of recording one and watching another.

Heard that Wayne Newton was voted off DWTS. That's what I heard anyways cause I'm not watching it this season. Seems boring. Last Friday was the season finale of DR WHO and he was left w/out a companion again. Martha decided to stay in the present after the last trip. I guess she grew weary of all that drama. I hear that in real life she didn't want to do the show for too long for fear of being typecast. Of course they all say that but no one on this side of the puddle knows who they are even if they are well known in England. We'll see who his next companion will be but at the end he was left all alone. AWW....

Did I mention that I've already started my christmas shopping. I have 2 presents already and I'm keeping my eyes peeled for more. Speaking of christmas, I will not spend another holiday on the road. No sir, this year I'm staying put and celebrating our way. Maybe come up with one or more traditions for us to implement into our holiday cheer. It's almost time for Halloween and I have some brand new orange lights to put on outside. Once Halloween comes and goes it's full speed ahead for the rest of the year and so much for 2007 hello 2008 but that won't be for a few more months....so...

Went shopping this am for fixings to make another carrot cake. I love baking but since I'm not much of a sweet tooth I'm just gonna take half and take the rest to work. This time I want to put the cream cheese frosting and see how that goes. Of course this Walmart didn't have all the stuff and I didn't feel like treking to the grocery store so it's gonna have to wait until tomorrow, I don't feel like dealing with traffic right now.

Closing out the week.....

Here it is, Friday and I am still at home. It seems like it's taking forever for me to fully recover. Went to the md today and he put some silver nitrate on this damn thing and hopefully that'll dry it out and I can get my butt back to work since they can't release me as long as it's still draining. So I guess for now there's nothing to do but home and pray that everything goes well.

On a more cheerful note, today is the season finale of Doctor Who. That's about the only interesting thing on the tube today. Oh, there's also Moonlight on CBS. It's about this vampire...is it detective or private eye. Mmmm....why does that sound familiar. Oh yeah, there was a similar show on in the 80's...what was it called.....Midnight something about a vampire who helped people while trying to deal with his own darkness. Anyways, this one seems cool too. We'll have to see what happens. Went out and got a DVR to record some shows while I watch the others. It turned out okay.

I've been doing some of my Christmas shopping already. 2 down 5 more to go-at least in the family side. Some of it will have to be done online so the sooner the better. After Halloween comes around everything will just speed up so I don't want to caught at the last minute trying to get things done. I don't think we'll be going to the valley this year. Christmas Day is on a Tuesday so maybe we'll go the previous weekend but I will not spend Christmas away from home again. That was a big mistake last year and the only thing to do is learn from our mistakes.

Heeellloooo New Month

Finally, fall is here. Say hello to cooler weather...well, not really...not here anyways. Right now I'm still out from work. Just waiting for any news on when I can return. Enough about that because if you can't say anything nice, just don't say anything at all.

The first week of tv premieres turned out okay. I think I have this figured out. It turns out that NBC is the network to watch on Monday nights. New shows Chuck and Journeyman are a nice effort. Don't want to get too attached though because who knows if they'll last past the first month. Heroes so far is good. The only bad thing about it is that it is one never ending storyline for the whole season. Normally that's enough for me to turn the channel but since it's about heroes I'll give it a shot. Okay, so DWTS is on but the new dancers are not that interesting this season. What I do instead is watch the results show. They have a wrap up of the performances and you don't have to sit through 2 hours of never ending blah-blah-blah to get to the good stuff. Sometimes I just watch the last 5 minutes or so to find out who got eliminated so I don't even have to sit through the "last time on DWTS". Life is too short. Tuesdays belongs to Fox because I watch Bones and House. It turns out that HOUSE brought in a classroom full of new recruits and will start eliminating the unwanted ones until he ends up w/three new employees. That should be fun to watch. Although I hear that at the end he'll end up w/the old three back again. Wed nights are..so-so..nothing that I need to watch but if I have time I'll end up watching Criminal Minds. That's why I'll probably watch the results show on DWTS because there's nothing else to watch that night. Thursdays is cool because of Smallville (with the addition of Supergirl) and Supernaturnal (which returns this week). Oh, I forgot to mention that Reaper comes on at the same time as House but I've set the recorder for that one. It's good and all but I prefer to watch House. I can always watch what I record the next day. That's about it, really, there's nothing good on Fridays now that all the cable networks' shows have ended. Oh, except Dr Who. The season finale is this friday but after that...nada... Until Sunday when I watch Cold Case and Shark (maybe). The new musical show comes out that night before Cold Case, but I don't know.
Have a couple of pictures to share today. This is from our bellpepper plant. It didn't get too big because of a lack of water (our bad) but we had to pick it because it was already turning red as you can see but boy was it delicious. We had it for dinner this weekend and there's just a picture to remind us... Here it is, one solitary vegetable but I think there's more on the way.



Here's a recent one of Maggie. I was testing out a new camera and she just looked so adorable that I had to snap a picture. Well, I need to go now, have some other stuff to do since I don't know when I'm gonna be called back to work.