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Saddam is DEAD!!!! Hell is waiting!!!

Rules for 2007

Update: OK, I did finally go to snopes.com and these are the same as last year and George Carlin didn't write them. I don't like to pass on false information. Damn!! Foiled again!!!

You have to go here to read George Carlin's Rules for 2007. They are hilarious and very true! I don't know if these are really his. I didn't bother to snope.com it because I like it.... no matter who wrote it!!

All Hatches battened down..

The storm that sent President and Mrs. Bush and their pups to an armored vehicle is on its way here. We have been warned for late tonight and tomorrow morning. I don't have an armored vehicle, but I have one with $500 worth of new stuff in it. Any chance that might work as well? I still got no mowing done, but I did get some things done that I have been putting off, one being to open my "monopoly money" savings account. I have always had an account for just my playthings or travel until I moved here. I have a very expensive trip coming up in October, so I decided now is the time to start a new one. My friend's son is getting married at Mount Vernon.....yes, that would be George Washington's actual home on the Potomac in Northern Virginia. I have been to Mount Vernon and it will be the perfect setting for his wedding. Wedding guests will be in a hotel in Olde Towne Alexandria, Virginia. Everything in Olde Towne is very expensive and this won't be any Motel 6. Fortunately, I have a cousin in the area that owns a home in Olde Towne Alexandria. They have been restoring it for several years and it is near completion. I just might be able to con a few nights out of them. They only use it when they go into the city for hockey games or other events.

My pace has slowed to a crawl....

I think I am just lazy. I haven't done anything physical for a month. The rye grass is all green and pretty and tall, but I don't care. I like it. I thought I was going to mow it today, but I didn't. I went to my doctor appointment, then to get some things for Mom at the store. I took them to her and meant to work when I got home, but it didn't happen. I still have paver sand and pavers that I need to put down in the back yard. The Christmas stuff needs to be put away. I need to work on Frosty because I don't want to take him back to that store. Instead, I piled up on the bed and started watching the Independence Bowl, which is being played nearby in Shreveport. Maybe tomorrow I will get motivated!!!!

Bye, bye Santa!

The service department of the local Lincoln dealer took $200 more of my Christmas gift this morning. I guess I should be glad to catch this transmission problem before the transmission went kaput. On my last Lincoln the engine went kaput at 140,000 miles. No way I can have a new house and a new Lincoln....not gonna happen!!!

I don't need this!!!!

Yesterday morning my car would not run. It would start, but it would not run. It took forever to get it warmed up enough to run. Same thing happened today. On my way home yesterday the "service engine soon" light came on, so today I took it to the dealership for diagnosis. It was some kind of valve that wasn't working properly. $225 dollars later, it works! I also, just on a whim, told him about a noise I had been hearing and he knew EXACTLY what it was. The transmission needs to be serviced. I doubt that it ever has been and it has 102,000 miles on it. Tomorrow I will drop another $150 to have that done. Thanks, Santa, for paying for my car repairs. I was hoping to buy something nice for me, but MAYBE NOT!!!!!

Oh NO!

I walked out in the back yard and found a big surprise. I have some shelving out there that I use to put plants on that have died (still hoping they will come back out in the spring). I also keep flower pots there that I have planted bulbs in. The pots that I planted just two weeks ago are coming up!!! We had a freeze last night and another tonight, so I had to move them in the garage. One of them has various bulbs in it that I wanted to be ready to bloom on March 10th, my sister-in-law's birthday. Well, I don't think it is going to take that long!! I guess I planted them too shallow.

It's over....

I guess the fat lady sang and Christmas 2006 is over for our family. It was wonderful and too much food was consumed by me and others!!! Blood sugar has still been an issue with me, but Thursday I have a doc appointment and hope to get my meds increased or another med added. Every time I have eaten anything lately, it has gone over 200. Yesterday I had a whopper Jr. and a few fries and the reading was 257. A few weeks ago, that would not have happened. I eat Whopper, Jr. and fries often. Today, it was 222 two hours after eating and I didn't even eat bread or dessert. Of course, the dressing was corn bread and the salads I ate a few bites of were sugared salads......and peas and corn......OK, it was all CARBS!!!! No damn wonder it was 222!!!!

My dear, sweet mother insisted on going back to the old traditions that we had to abandon last year because of her health. She cooked her famous dressing and we ate at her house. Our friends came just like they always do. Every ounce of dressing was consumed. Mom also made some sweet salads, a pie, peas and corn. We told her to just make dressing. We would do the rest. She doesn't listen well, but I am thankful that she can still do what she did at 81. I left at 3 after cleaning her kitchen, so I hope she took a nap. I know she needed to rest. I am so thankful to have her for a mother. She's the BEST!

Merry Christmas!

Constructive day....

I am still in my lounging flannels and never left the house today. The only thing I have done is make one batch of fudge and the best pralines that I have ever made. I have boxed them all up in beautiful tins for our friends that we always share Christmas Eve with and for my brother and sister-in-law. I'm thinking I will make another batch of pralines tomorrow to take to their house for Christmas Eve dinner tomorrow night. I also have to make the same dish of potatoes that I made for Thanksgiving. I guess it was a hit! I have taken so many naps today that if I can't sleep when it is actually time to sleep, I may make the pralines tonight.

Tomorrow we have only a worship service at 9:30, so there will be plenty of time for people to be with family and cook. I will go to candlelight service at my old church with my family at 5:30 tomorrow night, then go to my brother's for Christmas Eve with two other families.

High on the Hog....

I never really knew what that meant, but I think I might now! Before Thanksgiving I went to a place called the Hamlet in Shreveport and ordered two half hams for Christmas...one for my parents and one for my brother. I never asked how much they would be because.....well.....how bad could it be. It's a ham, for goodness sake!! Those hams cost me $96.00!!!! My brother told me they passed by that place yesterday and wished they had one of those hams. Now they do! He said it is delicious. It BETTER be!

Frosty died again!

Frosty is pissing me off!!! The exact same lights blew again! I'm no electrician, but I know THAT is not caused by a surge!!! I hate to go back to that place, but I guess I will!

Boneheaded decision....

I made the boneheaded tactical error today of going to Shreveport to take Frosty back to the place where I bought him to get him fixed. I put him out and went to eat and run a few errands. 99 % of my time was just sitting in traffic. When I went to pick up Frosty, the same guy that told me to bring him in yesterday and let him fix him was not there. They tried to charge me to replace all those bulbs. That would have been fine except that he is brand new and has only been running about three weeks. The guy last night told me they would make it right if I bought him this season. Today the owner told me that lots of bulbs were shot because of a power surge. No one told me that Frosty should be plugged into a surge protector or that rain could cause this. He's Frosty, for goodness sake! He lives outside!!! WTH!!!! I offered to pay, but he knew I wouldn't be a happy customer so he didn't take it.

Christmas past!

Today was a bonanza day for Christmas cards with 7 being left in my mailbox. One of them brought back such fond memories of going skiing each year after Christmas. Those were wonderful times. I just love being in the snow and the mountains.....skiing.....not so much anymore! Those are memories and people that I will cherish forever. I have all our group shots hanging in my garage right now. Many people of Southern climates don't enjoy the cold weather at the ski resorts, but I absolutely loved it. We spent many a New Year's Eve in the mountains. It's the most beautiful place to be for fireworks, but alcohol does a number on us sea level creatures!

Deer in the headlights..

While we were out in the subdivisions near my house, we saw nine deer out grazing. It was killing my brother because he sits out in the woods waiting for his deer to come. Here they are just out among the houses. We moved into their territory and they aren't leaving. Why should they? They have it made out around all those beautiful houses. No one can shoot out there.

One more down...

Tonight my dad took all of us out for steaks at a new restaurant. Then we drove around my little town and looked at the Christmas lights. They are so beautiful all over town. Earlier today I met Mom and Dad at Wal-Mart and helped her get her groceries. While we were there, Dad told me they were giving us another significant amount of money after the first of the year. They have already maxed out what they can give us this year without our having to pay taxes on it. They have the mindset that there is nothing they need and there is no reason for their money to sit in a bank and wait for them to die for us to get it. They want to be able to see us enjoy some of the money. If more parents would be that way, then there would be less to have to deal with through the legal system when they are gone. Yeah.....I'm down with that!!!

Christmas Party..

I can't even remember the last time that I went to a party that was alcohol-free. This was my Sunday School Class's party. It was at an awesome house and fun. We did one of those pass the ornament games and I ended up with one ugly ornament. Even if I had a tree, this thing would not be on it. It is downright scary!!! And it is HUGE!!! WE are talking 12 inches long!

Email is fixed...

When I called customer service this morning, they had instructions recorded as to how to fix outgoing mail. All it took was a check mark in a box that I didn't have checked to fix it. I should have called Saturday!!!

Frosty is half dead....

My only Christmas decoration is failing. He has only been lit up about 3 weeks and a bunch of his bulbs are now not burning. I tried using the extra bulbs that came with him, but have been unable to get him all lit up. I finally went and bought a little string of white lights that I was just going to add to him, but when I got home I read on the box that they are inside lights. I can't find replacement bulbs for the originals. The directions say to replace only with 3.5 v bulbs. The only ones I can find are 2.5!

Email gremlins again....

I never had a problem with anything as long as the company was Cox, but since Suddenlink bought them out, the gremlins are out. I get more spam, I can't get my newsreader to work (even though they said it wouldn't be affected), and twice this week I have been unable to send emails. I can receive, but not send!! And of course, like every other company on the planet, tech help is in INDIA!!! Nothing annoys me more than trying to understand the foreigner on the other end. GRRRRR!!!