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Just Saturday

Just wonderful..I took my car to the dealer today to get its "physical" before I take it on a trip later.  All the brake pads are bad.  Its going to cost me $500+ to get them fixed.  I have a question for anyone that may know the answer.  How the hell long are brakes supposed to last?  The car is 3 years old.  Isn't that a little short for brakes?  How long should these last?  At 500.00 I'd say it had better be a good long time.  Crap.  I'm glad that I took it though. I'd have hated to find out the were bad by running into something on our trip.  It's supposed be ready soon so here I sit waiting for the call. 

Al Davis has died.  RIP Al but goodness you were difficult these last years. 

Vols play Georgia tonight.  This is a huge game for us and our relatively new team.  I'm loving our new head coach and his mother.  I really do hope he can lead the team to a decent football season..............7pm  ESPN2

Go VOLS

 
 
 
 
 

 

Happy Saturday!!!

I've been on vacation since Wednesday.  I have done projects that have needed doin' for a very long time.  Shampooed my living room carpet.  It looks wonderful without "pee spots" and the place smells so much better.  

I also got this in the mail yesterday.  I have been waiting on this to come out  on DVD forever. My copy was on VHS.  OOPS.  No VCR player. I started watching it yesterday and I was late for an appt.  I do wish it would come out on Kindle. I love this book.  I have much to do today so I'm afraid to start it today....I want to watch it when I actually have the time to enjoy it!!

I went and had my port flushed this week.  They still aren't telling me when I can get it out.  It usually doesn't bother me but having it sitting there and sometimes being sore, just reminds me of stuff I'd rather not be reminded of if ya know what I mean.

I'm going to a party today at a boat dock.  I just saw the weather.  Storms.  Oh lovely.  I'd better go cut the grass right now.  There may be a neighborhood child lost in it.

Have a great Saturday ~~~

So much for weather.

It was supposed to snow last night.  So much we'll be crippled.  Let me just say there isn't a flake anywhere.  I'm happy!!  I can get stuff and then it can snow all it wants tonight ..Just can't predict weather in East Tn.  Upper corner got slammed , just not here in the valley..

Yeah Saturday...

Well I made it through this week.  Only 4 working days so we'll see how next full week goes.  Wed will be three weeks since my week from hell in the hospital.  I'm doing better but I kind of thought I should be a lot better now....I guess I thought I was invincible (sp) and could recover from anything. 
I did go out last night and got together with some friends.  I was home by 8:30 but I enjoyed myself immensely and was glad I did it.  I also got my big butt into Size 12 zipper jeans.  It was the first time I've worn non-elastic waste pants since the surgery and I haven't work a 12 in forever. 
If you ever have your gall bladder out....DO NOT EAT A SNICKERS  BAR!!!.  I will not go into all the details but you will be sorry.  I'm not sure if it was the chocolate or the peanuts or all of it but...........just don't.
I've started a pot of white chili.  Did the back yard w/ a weed eater until it ran out of power. and here I sit with Rosco right next to me waiting for today's UT game to start.  This is a very important game for UT.  See if we're really as good as we'd like to think.  Its on ESPN at 4 EST. 
Its a beautiful day here.  Its 79 right now, sun everywhere.  I've got all the doors and windows open (my family knows how happy that makes me!!!)
Have a nice weekend and as for tomorrow.......GO GIANTS  (Titans have already lost)

Saturday..whatever

So, I'm thinking its chilly here and I'll make some lasagna.  I'll have a bit left over etc.  So I did, and it sucked.  Its the most godawful stuff I've ever eaten.  Too much cheese.  ick...
I wasn't even going to give Maxi any.  So while I'm cooking I'm watching Georgia beat Florida. In the SEC East.that is something else.  I think Moogie might be glad about that...Also any Tennessee fans are happy and now all we have to do is beat S. Carolina..OOPS.  That may be easier said than done.
Have a nice evening everyone....  Go Rockies!!

What did you do?

Ok, so here I went today shopping for a car.  I tried a Nissan xterra.  I was too short.  Couldn't even get into it.  So then I tried and Altima.  I was so super.  The sales man was wonderful. I didn't have to aske one question.  He told me everything.  He gave me a great price too. He kept me there for about 2-3 hrs.  He constantly kept telling me he'd get me my car.  Actually he wanted me to take it then but I told him I'd see him this week. 
So then I go to the Toyota place.  That salesman would rather have been doing anything rather than selling me a car.  I considered at one point to tell him I was sorry if I was bothering him.  And going to another dealer. The car was ok but I wasn't in love with it. At that point I was for the Altima.
Then I went to the Honda place  That guy was so annoying. I know it was hot but what the hey?  If he sold a car he 'd make some kind of commission so he could have acted like he cared. 
Let put it this way.  The Altima guy made sure I knew everything about that car. And I mean everything. I know a little more about the Honda and damn near nothing about the Toyota.  Both the Toyota and the Nissan people would have given me that car today..With a pretty good price but I refuse to take it. 
So what would you do.  I'd kind of like the Altima and the Honda.  If it was down to salemen it goes to the Altima.  I drove all of them and they're all a great drive.  Tell me hwat you've done in that situation.?  I'm so confused and now I have a headache.   This isn't fun folks!!!

Hey, its Saturday..whooo

I've got to go but  I thought I'd keep you all informed...

• Those traffic cameras at intersections that take your picture...while you're running the red light............THEY WORK.  and if you want to, you can go watch the whole filme of it..But they send you three pictures for you to enjoy
• You can use their very convenient "Pay on line"feature...but there's a service charge of 1.50...mailing would have been easier
• The fine was Fifty dollars. It was due in about 2 weeks..If you don't get it in in time...There is a 62.50 service charge.
• Problem....I did it.. I knew I did it and was hoping the damn camera was broken..obviously not.  grrrrrrrr
• Now I have to run some errands with a bit of a short budget

Have a loverly Saturday everyone and............GO VOLS.....please?

From my patio last night

Last night I was in the kitchen and Maxi suddenly started acting odd. I looked out of the window and the big black smoke was incredible. You could hear explosions etc. So I grabbed the leash and took Maxi and out we went.  I never thought to take my camera. Actually at one time we (other residents) we wondering if maybe we should get our butts out of there.  When I came back in, it was nearly out. Very little smoke ...but then...something else exploded and I got the camera this time

It took out one unit of 20 apartments..What a dreadful thing.  There were ashes on my patio this morning.  And the apartments are the ones my roommate and I lived in.........

Here...here

Goodness I forgot all about Scavenger Saturday..the subject is "Hobby" and considering I'm out of town I couldn't find the picture I was looking for so this is another hobby that I love doing.  It (PhotoSmart) can turn any picture into an "Amazing Circle"



And a collage I made of some of them with Picassa


Happy Satuday Folks.

SO FAR...

My co-worked called this morning early and off I went to see if he could fix my a/c...Nopey...what he thought was wrong,...wasn't.   I so appreciate him looking at it though and he's going to ask a friend if he knows what it might be....
I'm sick.. to my stomach.  I was lucky to make it home. and....my left hand is killing me.  I can't use it for anything.  I think its something like "carpal tunnel syndrome" and its happened before. It'll go away.. 
So how's your day working for you?   I'm going to the couch...now.......

Oh yeah...I forgot.  I decided to color my hair.  I sure picked the WRONG color...Looks black.........whhhhaaaaaaaa

Scavenger Saturday....

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SILLY

Its Saturday...

Not much to report on today folks.  I'm sorry about the code thingy that was supposed to stop spam etc.  It didn't stop the pings from a site named ra*e, Bl*w J*b, and something in a foreign language.  That's why I shut down the TrackBack and pings so early.  I may just keep them shut down, not comments of course and see what happens there...Damn spammers anyway...
The neighbors down the hill from me have a Collie.  He's quite beautiful but they keep him tied up all day and I think all night.  At first he was on a real short tie and there was no shade on his patio for him to go except in the late afternoon.  It was near the side fence but it was also where the poor buy pooped all day long.  So here were his options...Lay on the hot concrete in the sun, or lay in the shade in his shit...I could see a little bowl that I was hoping like hell had some water in it, but it too, was in the sun.  About the time I had decided to call the "pet police" the got him a longer tie out.  He could at least move around and not lay in his poop..  After the attack by some big dogs on Maxi more than a year ago, I'm not as eager to approach a large dog even though Collies are supposed to be gentle...Anyway, yesterday I was out on my patio after bring Maxi back from a walk and here was the Collie, peeing on my bush...That was ok, I hate the bush but when I tried to talk to him he cowered away..  I put out some water for him but he never came back.  I was so worried about him being out in this godawful weather with no shelter.  I worried all night long but kept telling myself that maybe someone would take care of him..........He's back home this morning.  Tied up and sleeping in the grass.....So, he's safe, that's good, but he's still tied out in the sun and I'm thinking that's not good.  Its not too hot today nor will it be for the next week or so but what should I do if he's out there when it is hot and he has no shelter from the sun.  Do you think its right to call the "pet police" or should I just mind my own business.  I don't know the dog but I've become rather fond of him, probably because of his circumstances....Any advice is welcome......He really is a beauty......
Ok..I'm off for the day..  I have one more thing to do...................

CHANGE CLOCK TONIGHT

Let me just say thing, in the mode of bitching about everythng that I'm so well known for.....I can't wait until the time changes   TONIGHT FOLKS.........DON'T FORGETAHEAD ONE HOUR.... Mr Sun, who I absolutely adore appeared in my eyes at 6:15 am today and after all IT'S SATURDAY...But that's okay today cause Maxi is going to get groomed so although its an earlier rising than I had planned on.  Tomorrow it will be 7:15 when that happens....and that's okay..GO spring.....I love it....
Today, while Maxi is away I'm going to plant Pampas Grass....Why you ask?  Well the darn landlord won't replace my fence from tornado damage 3 years ago and I don't like not having a fence..  and if you remember my little screened in room was destroyed by Katrina last year so......I'm going to get some topsoil etc and pretend I'm a gardener today..........I also know they're big plants...that's the purpose...Ivy wouldn't exactly make a good fence if you know what I mean..........It's supposed to be 78 degrees today ...and I will NOT put on A/C for two days...
I also want to take some "signs of spring" pictures this weekend too so....Its nice to have the weather cooperate with the weekend for a change and I am going to take advantage of it....I hope everyone else can....
Have a great day and I'll for sure post pictures of Maxi w/hair and Maxi w/out hair..heheh. It really is quite a difference....
Off I go........

PS...My poor SIL...

 

HAPPY WEEKEND(Dancing Spoiler)

I've just about had it with the weather....Its 32 here and that's as warm as its going to be today....The weather guy is in Nashville....180 miles from here....its miserable,  ice, snow and cold.........Hey, you say, its winter.....I know its winter but it was 70 degrees on Thursday..........geez.  So you see, I had the heat turned way down....and my damn inefficient heat is taking for ever to warm this place up...........wish I had a fire place.  It's icing outside.  I sent a MMS picture but Typepad is being shitty about posting it.  It'll probably arrive about mid-May....grrr...Maxi is wanting to go out...that will tell you how cold it is in here...He wants to go out in the snow and ice and sleet rather than stay in here...
I hate that the celebrity dance show sent Lisa home last night.........I cried my eyes out...Don't get me wrong, I love Jerry Rice but he and his partner were NOT better than Lisa and hers....I'm sure it was public voting that did it.  More people know Jerry and evidently are voting like hell........Damn on that too.
How about the snow boarder in the Olympics who "celebrated herself" right into a silver medal when she had the gold sewn up..........goof...She's 20 not 12....act human...
NOTE:  This would have been posted around 9 am if I had hit the save button.  I just sat down here and found it........geeze   Happy Cold, Snowy, Icy Saturday everyone.
Vols play today at Four..............GO VOLS

Dreary Saturday

Today its rainy and just plain ugly.  It's a "jammie" day according to Deb and Laura.  but. do to the fact that I, as well as most of the country, only get 2 days a week off you kind of have to prepare for jammie days and I didn't.  BUT...I can always aim for tomorrow...Jammie day on Super Bowl Sunday....Doesn't get much better than that.  It's supposed to snow tonight and into tomorrow...If it does and its more than a dusting.....there will be pictures.
I bought a new hand held carpet cleaner last night and I'm going to re-do the carpet in my bedroom where Maxi had another "occurrence" last Monday.  I got most of it up but it really needs more cleaning and you can still see some of the spots.  The first cleaner I had was a wonderful little helper but it's developed leaks etc that are causing more trouble than they're helping so......new one...
Maxi's second body fluid rejection got me.  I have no idea what caused that and why it was on Monday again.  Do you think he's allergic to Mondays?..That's the only day it happens...go figure...and just in case you're wondering this was dark green, here's the kicker...I'm not sure from whence it came......i.e. poop? or Puke?  grrrrr again and its sucks to find it after work on a Monday...
Later folks..................have a nice day and I may get some new jammies today!!!

Happy Saturday

You aren't going to believe what I'm doing...I woke up at 7 am and for a few minutes I thought I felt good.  So I sneaked up out of the bed and came downstairs.  Now I'm "posting" and trying to be very, very quiet so Maxi can continue to sleep.  MAXI IS A DOG....Do you believe I'm doing this.  I'm afraid I'll wake the little guy up.  The worst that can happen is he moves downstairs and sleeps! Its not like his day will be ruined.. Misplace mother feelings?  Or just plain a spoiler..hehehe
Do you wonder what made Oprah decide the truth was important after she said it wasn't? Just curious.  Don't get me wrong, I like Oprah, always have but I read an article saying she might want to consider running for President.   I was just wondering why suddenly realizing truth was important, makes her a candidate.  I know, politicians don't know that, but she's not a politician and for some reason I thought she knew that...(shut up Grammy,)  ok
Lady Vols lost two games in a row.  The loss to Kentucky was dreadful.  I think being a Lady Vol may not be what its cracked up to be this week.  The coach that beat Pat ...used to work for her..
UT Mens baskeball team...First place in SEC East?    Say what?
I'm going to work on my Super bowl blog this weekend so brace yourselves.  I have to be careful because I sure don't want to jinx the team I'm rooting for... This is such a strange time of the year.  Super Bowl is wonderful, but its also the last football game of the year, thus rather sad...........mmmm
I'm going shopping if I start feeling better.  You know, if you stop the runny nose....you then have a b*tch of headache.............grrrrrr

Thanks Deb

Well, Deb as in Princess Deb has such a wonderful idea I may just do the same thing...Well, not with her and Laura, me and Max...It's cold here..colder than its been in a while..and beginning later today it is TV delight....We have at 4:30 est the Seattle/Redskins game.....8:00 pm  UT VOLS/LSU basketball game,. DENVER/PATRIOTS game and THE DOG SHOW...all at the same time  I totally love Dog shows...(thanks Jenn for the Dog show info).  Now you tell me...what is a woman supposed to do tonight at 8....Since I only have digital cable on the living room TV here's my solution..   Pull out the sofa bed, crawl in under bazillion blankets with Maxi, wine and food and if I fall asleep there............so what....by the way the UT basketball game is the men's game not the ladies...........odd, I know but so far they're 11-1 ..got to watch, ya know..
Now, I know that this is probably not a safe thing to say, especially since my daughter would dis own me in a heart beat but Angelina Jolie just isn't beautiful in my eyes...Nopey, not even close.  So she's got a great body.  Do you NEVER look at her face, EVER..?  and her bod isn't that much more beautiful than say Jessica Simpson..who is much easier on the eyes than Angelina......to me Angelina looks like a unfriendly snob who thinks she's better than everyone else in the world...Don't tell Zoot and I'll hope she skips reading this....I just don't understand it..I bet Laura and Zoot are both prettier and for sure nicer than AJ.....
Ok, enough of that stuff, I'm going to get ready for Maxi and I to crawl up in the bed... have a wonderful day....
Go VOLS,  Broncos and Seattle.........The football game that I am really pulling for is the Broncos..........
<======My sons dog, Sadie..hehehe

GOOD FREEZING MORNING

Well, Maxi and I didn't waste any time just plain sleeping until 8:00 this morning..and I think, since its so cold, we wish we had slept longer...
Ok , just how're you doing on Christmas shopping folks?  I just started due to the fact that we just got our Christmas bonus...(Don't ask, why we thought we weren't getting one this year)...I have two things for Lilz, and no I'm not going to tell what they are.  He does sometimes read this thing.. One of the problems living far away and not going there for Christmas is shipping the stuff.  I just hate to spend the money on shipping rather than on gifts...Hence, gift cards help so number on he can get what he wants and most of the money won't go for shipping..but...........where do you give the gift cards to? mmmmm....and what have I already bought that can ship down there?  See...I want to give him something to think about...
I'm going out this morning to do some more shopping for other people.  I had to get a camera last night..Mine is not working any more and I have to have a camera...Maxi is back in picture hell.  I'm going to play with it some more today but I think I love it...I didn't get one like Zoots.  The one she has is much nicer, but....she has some beautiful objects to take every single day.. 
We're (work people) are going to our boss's 60th birthday party tonight.  I'll take tons of pictures there. I hope I can get them taken and that they're good.  Some of us are meeting in the bar of the restaurant a little early for drinks...I'm kind of looking forward to it...
Off I go...to the frozen tundra...Its 20 degrees right now and that's just plain WRONG here in Tennessee....grrrrr
Have a good day and don't forget Deb======> remember you can vote every 24 hours....