Empty Nest

Asparagus!!!

Whooo

God Bless...

Rest in peace Terry.  You're in God's hands now..

Please go...

And visit my friend and tell her to have a nice day ok?  I know how she feels.....

Stormy Thursday

Can you tell I found blinkies? (See below) Now if I could just figure out how to make them, I'd be happy..

We had some bad storms last night.  The screened in "porch" is okay.  I was a bit concerned during the night but I checked first thing and its there..One of the girls I work with gave me a weight to use on the side I couldn't anchor in the ground and it seems to be doing just fine.

How much did you love "Lost" last night....I can not figure out Locke at all but what an SOB his dad was.  I think that would convince me not to dislike him an awful lot, but are they trying to convince us he's the son of God?  Island signs? Lights coming on? I sure hope they don't kill Boone off.  I like him.  This is still a confusing program though, at least for me, and they had better start sorting it out or I may just give up.  And it also seems to be getting eerier, at least to me.  Of course I need to stop complaining, at least it wasn't a rerun.

Due to the fact that I stayed up way too late on Tuesday, (thanks ESPN for putting the Lady Vols on late again) I haven't been able to watch Medium, or House..grrrrrrr But tonight is SURVIVOR and that is good...........

For anyone who has been having trouble loading my blog, I have too, so I've asked typepad to look into it.  They have no answers yet but don't give up on me ok?

Just one thought...Terry's got one hell of a lot of fight in her, doesn't she ?  God Bless her..

LIFE IS SOOO GOOD!!!

WHOOOOO..It's 78 degrees here and its beautiful and guess what?   I WON THE MILLION EURO LOTTERY....where are we going....?  All I have to do is give these people my name, address, account numbers and send them all my money.....Isn't life good?  WHOOOOOO

TIMES TWO

They did it...Go Lady Vols !!! I stayed up for the end of the game and although it looked like it was going to be difficult, they did it....On to INDY!!!!!  We'd better see Peyton there, don't you think?

NOW....Amazing Race. Poor Gretchen, she sure looked like hell after that fall but what a lady.  She just kept on going.  That Fast Forward thing that Ray and Deana did was awful.  Let me tell you this...If I had had to do that, I'd have lost.  I am mortally terrified of heights., absolutely frozen with fear. You can ask my ex hubby about our little trip to the Chimney's in the Great Smokey Mountains...oooh... I really admired Deana for doing it..I was soooo happy that Meredith and Gretchen didn't get sent home.  I really, really like them

CHOICES, CHOICES...

Our Lady Vols play tonight at nine...That, my folks is directly opposite of Amazing Race.....The Ladies are playing Rutgers for a trip to the final four.  They have already lost to Rutgers once this year...Now, my wishes and hopes are with the Lady Vols...and its a fact that they do so much better when I'm not watching. Here's my plan....Thank God for a remote....back and forth, back and forth, back and forth for two hours....Yes, two hours as Amazing Race is a two hour special tonight...of all nights....I really don't like watching Basketball...mmmm... This is not going to be easy..and this is a situation where my cable brand of TIVO won't be any help.  Everyone at work watches Amazing Race and they'll tell me all about it so I'd do better to stay up and watch....Decision, Decisions, Decisions   Go Lady Vols!!!!!!!

My life is sooo dull

Lately especially....You can only carry the old "putting up the screen house" so far, and really..how exciting is that?  The network news  is the same every day..every single day...except there is one thing this morning, began yesterday..If I lived in the area of that earthquake, by butt would be heading inland for sure...far inland.

Well, its time to go to work, maybe I'll be inspired by the time I get there if not, hold this thought for the day..

Yesterday is a past, tomorrow is a future , today is a gift that's why it's called 'present'

I'm so ticked off...

Ok, I'm watching my hero Anderson Cooper and, of course, most of the show is about Terry Schiavo.  Yadda, Yadda, Yadda, same stuff every day but then I noticed for the second time....All kinds of "Terry's best friends" showing up all over TV...On one show or another and here's my question?  "Where the hell have you been, best friend?  This has been going on for 10 years..." It's just pissing me off.  It looks like they're in this to make some money.. They're going to talk about her weight problems etc.  I just can't believe that anyone who truly was her friend would drag all of this stuff out in public.  SHUT UP...and give this girl some peace...PLEASE.  If you won't talk, the press can't do this....and Terry may die in peace..

Sorry...I had to let it out, it annoys me more than I thought.

Basketball

Well here he is, our new basketball coach.  Seems like a nice enough guy so you never know what he'll do. I've learned to just wait.  All the coaches in the past 16 years, not a one of them could do it.. Competition is stiff, especially at the University...Welcome to third place Bruce...Of course, $800,000 should make it easier to put up with...

UGH..back to work

Ok, so I'm grumpy and I brought my little friend there to help start the day off right...  Cute huh? 

My screened in room is still standing...That's one step in the right direction......Nascar is at Bristol this week..That always makes for a great week for the fans. There is always someplace you can go to meet some of the drivers

I'm really sorry Kentucky lost last night.  I've always rooted for them, except when they're playing UT of course...So I guess, along with

Bluegrass Mama, I'll pull for Louisville.  Keep in mind, I am so NOT a basketball fan watched two absolutely great games yesterday...Kentucky lost in the second overtime!!.  That was one heck of a game.

It looks like, according to ESPN, Bruce Pearl, the coach of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, will be our next basketball coach.. OOOHH the sixth in 16 years.............Welcome Bruce

AAAhhh..

Well, do you think my little screened in room will make it?  damn......

One more down....

They did it again today....Our Lady Vols won against Texas Tech...Whooo...Go Lady Vols........They play Rutgers on Tuesday to get to the final four.........

An Easter Day

Well, I didn't make it to the cook out I was invited too.. Long story and not worth telling but I'm home and making myself Easter Dinner....What am I having you ask?  (too bad if you didn't 'cause I'm going to tell you..) I am currently cooking a turkey breast in the crock pot.  This place smells wonderful...I love turkey and now I'll have lots of it for a while  BUT......with this turkey I am going to have my absolutely favorite food in the world (well at least this time of year) You got it, asparagus....Its on sale this time of year and so I eat it almost every day..I swear this one guy I was dating, broke up with me because that's all I'd cook this time of year. I love this stuff, and much better than him.  Last night I cooked it on the grill...Tonight it'll be in olive oil on the stove....and I'm going to love every bite of it.

Hope everyone had a nice day, I did so far, tomorrow is back to work........ick

Just did it...

I am so annoyed with my landlord who just will not fix the fence that was blown down 3 years ago during a tornado in the area soooo...I wanted a little bit of privacy and I love sitting outside during the spring and enjoying it so, as I was in Krogers I found this an put it up, all by myself.. Its kinda neat and of course I had no one to help me put the screen thing up so it took quite a long time...I'm 5'2" tall so I did have that little issue..So I'm pulling and pushing and thinking maybe someone would notice and come over and help..heheh  What a fool I am....but I got it up and  guess what.  No sooner was it up and here comes the neighbor from hell..I've decide to name her PIA...(pain in ass)...I mean the very second I had it here she comes with granddaughter (the one who closed her fingers in the trunk) and say "wow, do you need any help?"  grrrrrrrr....The girl wanted to go in and out and she thought it was soooo cool.......So they leave and I get to anchoring it...(If it goes off, it takes the apt with it) and here comes PIA again.....to tell me that the kids are making tents...????? So I told her that was cute...I guess it was but by then I was hot, sweaty and really dirty.............so I decided to have me a nice evening on my porch...

TGIF

  Happy Easter holiday everyone...be safe and enjoy..

Spring is here, or in some cases right around the corner!

The Donald

Whew what an episode.  The first thing is what a hell of a reward for winning.. I want to do that!!  It looks like it's some sort of event you can schedule or something, like a ride at an amusement park. whoooo...

Dear little Erin winked, wiggled and smarted off one too many times tonight don't you think?  I love the fact that she was just skating along, winking at Donald, obviously very smart, and quite attractive and very good at flirting...what got her?  She can't saw or hammer....What a hoot...I really don't have a lot of use for females that see no need to be self sufficient in every aspect of "life".  I'm not saying she needs to be a carpenter or anything but at least be able to hammer and saw for goodness sakes...

One other thought about Erin...By suggesting to The Donald that he may not have to listen to George or Carolyn.....She had better not need Carolyn for a damn thing ever....I've never seen that look on Carolyn's face before...Nopey.. I think she might have been pissed...

Bye Erin..

Next big question....Will Chris be able to quit chewing?  I used to be a smoker and he'd better be determined or he's gone...

A brand new life...

Our friend Juxtaposition has had her baby.  I'm a bit late spreading the news. I'll get the hang of this sooner or later but go say hi and see those beautiful pictures.....

Needed a lift...

Woke up thinking it was Friday, after all, didn't we watch Survivor last night?  So, when I realized it wasn't Friday my mood kinda headed to the toilet. As I was thumbing through pictures look what I found and it brought a smile to my face so I decided to share it with you guys.  I know to most of you today is "Friday" but not for me.. Our company is not closed on Good Friday...grrrrrrrrr

Survivor

I don't understand..I also don't have TIVO... I called my daughter after this was over to ask her if Stephenie had lost her mind and she said "I'm not done watching it"  so I thought, "boy, she's dedicated to the previews"...so I said I'd call her back.

I went and got a glass of wine, previews were over so I called again..."Mom, I'm not done watching it"...What?  Its over?  "No Mom, I have TIVO remember?"  UH...call me when its over..

SHE DID IT.....

Pat won last night...I did watch after Amazing Race, by the way....so I'm dragging today.  And if you wonder what it's like to be in Tennessee and to have great success at what you do......well have a look........   they name a basketball court floor after you!!!!.   What do you think? Is she shocked? or wondering if this is an honor or is it an embarrassment?  The floor? Everyone can stomp on me....eeek................One more really great picture and wishes for further success in her career....   Now its time to beat Texas Tech............

Amazing Race

Oh my...You know besides Rob and Amber no other couple has won me over much...Now I do like Uchenna & Joyce, and Meredith and Gretchen but not more than Rob and Amber..

Now....as far as disliking more and more every episode...My absolute worst are Lynn and Alex. How can they use words like hate and despise for people they don't even know...The more they say they hate Rob and Amber, the more I want them to lose...

Ray and Deana...did you notice that once again she did the "horse" thing and all he did was bitch.. I swear they're related to Jonothan and Victoria from last season. She does all the work and he does all the bitching...

These were my best of the worst ...Patrick and Susan..What the hell kind of whiner is he?  I swear, if I was his mom I'd have bopped him...He deserved to lose after the way his attitude changed at the end.  I'm not saying they would have come in earlier but he sure didn't help.......so good riddance to them (him) for sure... Mom was ok...but............

Ladies Basketball

Its tonight....If she beats Perdue she owns the wins by a coach in Division 1 basketball.....I'm pulling so hard for her to go ahead and get it now, tonight.

She's such an easy woman to admire and to root for.  I don't know of anyone at UT who is not proud of saying Pat Summitt is from UT.....You go girl................Game time 9:00 p.m Eastern.. I wish I liked basketball but I like Pat Summitt............

WHAT! NOT AGAIN

I am not kidding...If this baseball season doesn't get started soon, and I mean REALLY soon, the only pitcher the Cubs will have will be Greg Maddux.  NOW don't get crazy, He's a wonderful pitcher but he can't  make 160 starts (altho' Dusty Baker would do that to him if he could).  The Cubs closer, Joe Borowski, is out for 6-8 weeks at least with a broken bone in his throwing wrist...What happened you ask?  Some jack ass hit him with a line drive...( I have not idea who the jackass is but I have to blame somebody)...Now you tell me,. he's not the worlds best closer in the world but he's better than the other options the Cubs have!!!  Stay tuned for further details.. and good luck Joe.  I hope it heals in two weeks...

What is viable life?

I have no idea in certain circumstances but if you go here, you will get an amazing outlook from Mamacita, who knows what viable life is to her.  It is quite a read.

Just annoyed

Ok, I'm watching the news and its awful...Just plain awful.. Thank goodness that at least Anderson Cooper varies it a little bit so you're not so dreadfully down due to his new show..

Terry Schiavo...I don't know what to say.  I'm glad its not me, either in her position or having to make that decision..I don't think the government belongs in this...That's just my opinion.  It has been 15 years.. That's a lot of hell to put someone through, at least its more than I'd want.  So....If you need a living will, here is a site you can go to and order one.  Check and see if its legal in the state you live in and order one...If its not legal in your state, try to find out what is...No matter how you feel about this case, we all owe it to our families, not to do this to them...No one deserves this kind of hell if it can be prevented..

If I was in Japan, I'd be on top of the highest mountain, the furthest away from the ocean...Earthquake and stuff you know..

What's with Michael Jackson.?  Did you see him today..? He looks like he's into some serious drugs.

Here you go......

Just in case you have nothing else to do..........If you wait a second or so they'll get bigger

   Use your left mouse button. This can become addictive.

Good Monday morning...Look what I found. It brought back memories just how easily a little face like that can change a bad day into a wonderful one  with just a smile....She can't kill me for this, no bangs....hehehe

I watched some of the Lady Vols...They won and that was good, hopefully they'll play at an earlier time next game.

There is nothing sadder than a family divided by a decision about whether a person they both love, should live or die.  Seeing it on TV every time you turn it on, is more and more painful every time. I'm not sure the government should be involved in this at all...That's all I'm going to say on this subject.

Have a good day everyone, and hug all the ones you love..

Carl WHO?

Carl Edwards won that race today...and boy did he win it in style and close...look at this you're going to have to click it but let me tell you that was about as close a race as you can get.  He took over the lead on the last lap...He also won the Busch race yesterday.  No one has ever won both races at Atlanta on the same weekend...I have never seen him until today, so for anyone else like me here's his picture, he's 25 years old and races for Rousch racing..    He's also third in points....

OH by the way my favorite driver came in 8th...best finish this year so far.....Congratulations Mikey...

GO LADY VOLS!!!!

It's time...Pat and the Lady Vols play tonight at 9:30 p.m. Eastern.. I want to say that I'm pulling for them to go all the way..Pat just needs to win two to own the record but I'll bet if you ask her, she'll be more interested in winning the darn tournament...yep

I've tried

And tried, and tried to do things with banners on my blog...and screwed it up royally,  The banner wouldn't center...oh..just all kinds of things...So, since I'm paying for TypePad, I asked them and look (up)  They told me what I was doing wrong and I fixed it.

Now, since its Sunday I'm going to watch Nascar, eat some popcorn, and play with Maxi..Of course, the race has had one hell of a wreck, and is red flagged (stopped) right now.  Gordon is out, according to him..............we'll see..

Shit..I just saw the replay...It was a doozie....

Oh Mom I want to

Oh Mom I want to go out

I LOVED THIS

This was sooooo much fun....I was on vacation in the Bahama's in 1992 and this was one of my adventures...

  Click it to enlarge.....I found a whole book of pics from this trip............Parasailing is great.........

TODAY

Look what I found today I actually got it last week from Zoot and put it on my dining room table..(that is usually the kiss of death)  but I found it and since I have this scanner, well...I can show it off..and I have moved the pad to my computer desk now and it will be safe there.

Number 2...I don't want manchild to feel neglected you know..After all I've scanned Zoot and LilZ so, lest he feel like I forgot about him

  here he is black eye and all........He doesn't look anything at all like this now, so hopefully he can't get toooooo mad at me..

hehehehe

I'm on my way to the store and I've got the radio on ESPN ...so they're talking about basketball(of course) and it turns out that Kansas (3 seed) got beat by Bucknell (14 seed)..So they're talking about what an upset this is and tells Kansas fans to turn the radio on because

• Bucknell has NEVER won a first round NCAA tournament game...ever , Thank you, Kansas
• BUT.....They didn't even have their own band!!!.  They could not get the band to come back from Spring break to play in the tournament so they borrowed ( I think Iowa) another band, had them dress up in Bucknell colors and play for them !!!!!!!!!!
• I'm still laughing my butt off..............Sorry Kansas, I had you playing for the national championship dammit...So I'm going to root for Bucknell and their borrowed band....

Friday night thoughts..

Good News..I have a son..I was afraid I had dreamed it for 27 years but he did e-mail me today so I didn't dream it..

I'm going to Zoot's in June to keep my grandson company the week he's out of school.  Do you have any idea how wonderful that makes me feel?  I can't wait.

Syracuse just lost...Bloody lost in the first damn round.  I like stories like that, i.e. Vermont, but not when they beat the team from the place I was born dammit...But I didn't pick Syracuse to win it all so I'm still in it....

One more,serious thought. I don't do this often but this story about Terri Schiavo is killing me...................

Day Two............

Well here are my pics for day two...Didn't do too well yesterday but all of my final four...Oklahoma State, Gonzaga, Kansas, Syracuse  are still in it...

Click it to get a good laugh.....We'll see how kind this weekend will be to me..hehehehehe

OBSERVATIONS

After seeing what I did yesterday on ESPN about the hearings regarding steroids, at this point I have a few observations

• I never have liked Mark McGwire and believe me that crap he pulled off yesterday didn't do a thing to change my mind..
• Funny, I thought Sammy spoke English. Interpreter?
• Rafael Palmeiro is still quite easy on the eyes....

    don't ya think?

I know....geeze

I know I said I hate basketball but come on.....this weekend and next weekend, if you don't like basketball or at least have some sort of interest in this tournament you might as well NOT turn on the TV. 

SO....I've done a bracket. Keep in mind I know NOTHING about basketball, especially college ball...but here is what I've picked for today's games

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY

Survivor

Some thoughts as the programs progressed...

• Do you wonder if Kuror is getting SICK of each other?
• During the rain storm, was James a dope for calling Angie a quitter?  after all, she's one of the reasons they did win the  reward challenges..without she and Stephenie they wouldn't have won the challenges they did...
• Willard just isn't any help unless you just want to sit around and talk...Heck all he had to do was put a long on the fire (mmm. that would be a nice song) and Katie probably would have gone
• What the hell happened to Ibrehem? Did you notice when Ian screwed up, HE went right back and made it right.  Ibrehem just plain cost them that challenge.  and I liked him
• Altho' this was a great idea as far as "changing" the program some, I still don't think its fair that Koror should have to vote someone off after they win.

Always Handy......

One of my sisters sent this to me today, it sounds logical so I'm going to share it

A friend sent this to me and I doubted it at first, but later decided to investigate and this is true.  Her dryer was broken and this is what the repairman did and told her to do in the future.

The repairman went to the the dryer and pulled out the lint filter.  It was clean.  We always clean the lint from the filter after every load of clothes.  He told us that he wanted to show us something.  He took the filter over to the sink and ran hot water over it.  Now, this thing is like a mesh---WELL---the hot water just laid on top of the mesh!!!  It didn't go through it at all!!!

He told us that dryer sheets cause a film over that mesh and that's what burns out the heating unit.  You can't SEE the film, but it's there.  He said the best way to keep your dryer working for a very long time (and to keep your electric bill lower) is to take that filter out and wash it in hot soapy water and an old toothbrush (or other brush) at least every six months.  He said that makes the life of the dryer at least twice as long!  How about that???!!!  Learn something new everyday!

Note from Janet:

I went to the dryer and tested my screen by running water on it.  The water collected quite a bit as it ran slowly through the screen.  I was ready to dry it off and put it back in the dryer since the water ran through it but, I thought, "What the heck, it won't hurt to wash it" while I had it out.

Warm soapy water and a nylon brush and I had it done in 30 seconds.  I then ran the water over the screen again and what a difference!  The water just gushed through it with no puddling at all and this time I was running the water at a faster rate.  That repairman knew what he was talking about.  Try it yourself.  You'll be amazed.

LUNCH BREAK

This was in an old e-mail that I found and I discovered why I saved it...........Don't scream tooooooo loud..Enjoy your lunch break..

TEDY

It might be time, again, to say some prayers for Tedy Bruschi...you know,  just in case...

ALMOST FORGOT!!!!

Don't forget.......Survivor tonight.......Thank you Princess for reminding me.....I would have forgotton for sure......

Happy Day before St. Patricks' Day everyone!!!!

Amazing Race

First impression:  The Andes mountains are absolutely beautiful!!

Does it seem that the only "couples" who get along are Rob/Amber and Uchenna & Joyce?  Both of whom I like..

Rob "stealing" that cab was a hoot.  He's right, that's what happens when you call him a liar  HEHEHEHE

I don't like Ray  much at all.  He's certainly is quite judgmental of Deana and everything she does. I find myself hoping they come across something he'll do and can't...I'd have liked to see him try to eat that damn food.. 

HE SURE DID IT!!!! IDIOT

Here's how you can go from first to second in a race, 2 days AFTER the race, and without getting into a car?  Ask Jimmy!

  That's what a 25 point penalty will do to you...

Ditto

OK...this Cubs fan is beside herself here.  First game is April 4th, so just in case we weren't worried about Kerry Wood's problem shoulder?  huh?  not worried, are ya?  Mark Prior, probably their best pitcher is out indefinitely due to elbow problems..WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE... Two of the best pitchers in baseball hurt again....Deja Vu...hello?  We did this last year, remember?  What do these Dude's do during the off season for goodness sakes...Let me introduce you to Mr. Prior just in case you haven't met him... Geeze, how to kill the enthusiasm for a baseball season before it even gets started. 

That is two down three to go.....

Happy Ides of March everyone...

Isn't he a beauty!!!!!

He comes in second right after Maxi as my favorite dog ..

  He almost won Westminster but took it here!!!!!

WOW......

This is awesome, I got it in my e-mail this morning.  Being the trusting person that I am, I'm going to assume its for real...Enjoy!