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Getting ready for midnight!! Although I haven't anything exciting planned. The weather in this part of the state has been stormy, a lot of rain, flooded streets, flooded homes etc. Very sad for some people. Watched a live rescue of a blonde trapped on a flooded road in her pickup truck.(OK stop with the blonde jokes!) They air lifted her off the truck to safety. I think I may have accidentaly repaired my email problem...don't know how I did it but suddenly it started working again. Received my Christmas gift in the mail from AR today, it was sent from Illinois on December 10th. Postage rates are due to increase soon, with this type of fast service they do need more money for the work they do. lol I shouldn't complain, it could have been lost for good. Got my new cordless phone working, I'm to cheap to pay for caller ID, otherwise I could have that on it. The phone tells me how long I talked, like it is my cordless guardian..."you've been on that phone 19 minutes missy" makes me feel like a teenager again. Those were the days, and the phone always seemed to get me into hot water. lol
As you drink in the New Year, remember this old saying "Children and drunks say the truth"
so listen carefully. Happy New Year to All. May 2006 be filled with love, peace, health and happiness.

There has been a sweet, sickening smell of "sap" in the air all day.
Late last night some jerk pushed a orange shopping cart hard against our house, by the kitchen window. It sounded like a car crash! I ask why?
This morning I spotted little bits of broken glass by the front door. I looked around and do not know where the glass came from, nothing as far as I can tell is broken. Weird.
I also had a nightmare I was telling people I would be dead by the end of the year. In the dream I was with my Mom and she kept telling me not to say such things, and I told her why not, it's true, and then we met a priest and she told him what I kept saying and he looked at me straight in the eye and said "some times people just know these things" This nighmare has truly scared me.
Now my email is messed up, I can not compose or forward anything. Has something to do with the "java script" I called the provider and waited 20 minutes, no one answered so I will try again later.
I tried using a free anti-virus scan service, they told me I had 2 viruses, 7 spywares and 1 suspicious file on my computer. They had "click here" for information how to remove the viruses. I clicked and the answer was for $79 I can buy there software...and then I wouldn't have this problem. That stinks....bad business.
Hope 2006 starts better then this one is ending.

I learned a new word today, zeitgeist: the spirit of the time, the spirit characteristic of an age or generation. Where else but in the newspaper would I learn such a word?
I mentioned to M that I started the book "Reading Lolita in Tehran" and M said that for me "it will be a chore reading it" I may be dumb but I'm not stupid ...I'm understanding it very well so far, and it is not a chore to read it, I enjoy the complexities. M always belittles people, be they family, friend or foe.
Zayd, is my favorite boy's name. I looked up its origin and found out Zayd was a scribe, he was confident and alert and was considered the field of knowledge by the Prophet Mohammad. He memorized 17 surahs of the Book of Allah and recorded all the Divine revelations revealed to the Prophet. He also transcribed many copies of the Koran. I'm not a Muslim, but I would still name my baby Zayd, I like the uniqueness. As for girl's names right now it is a toss up between Ashlea and Emma...with Rana coming in third. Rana means frog in Italian and Delight in Arabic...but it sounds nice to the ear.
I had another nightmare last night, that my car was stolen from inside my garage. This first thing I did when I woke up was to look to see if my car was still there. It was!!

Today just for the heck of it I kept track of the good and bad things that happened. So here goes: Good 1. When I was parked at the mail box to deposit my mail an elderly woman walked up to my car and told me I should back up by car when I go because there was a lot of broken glass on the street in front of my car and I might get a flat tire. 2. D wrote me a long, personal email. 3. I took down the Xmas tree and most of the decorations. 4. My blog had it's 500th hit, someone from Providence, RI. 5. I read the instructions and got my cordless phone working. 6. The garbage truck didn't forget my house. 7. Someone showed me a personalized soda can, I never knew there was such a thing. 8. The mailman delivered a after-Christmas package. 9. R phoned 10. I discovered I have $20 extra in my checking account.
Bad 1. I over slept his morning. 2. I had a nightmare that I would die within a year. 3. The rains poured down hard all afternoon. 4. I think the garage roof has a leak. 5 I can't figure out how to operate my hand held Texas Hold'em game. 6. I feel negative about 2006. 7. I can't find my favorite pen. 8. A gift a friend sent to me is lost in the mail. 9. A cat is meowing in the front yard and I can't locate him. I guess the bad is out numbered by one today. Ciao

D asked me today "Who's your favorite actor?" Russell Crowe. "Who's your favorite singer?" Sheryl Crow. "Who's your favorite band?" Counting Crows. "You must have a thing for crows" he replied. So it got me to thinking about crows:
Crow: black bird having a raucous call.
Raven: black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail.
Movies: A Murder of Crows and The Crow from the novel by G.J. O'Barr
Crow Nation, a Indian tribe, Little Crow, Sioux Chief
Eating Crow, Something to Crow about, You old crow...expressions
Crow Canyon, Calif, Old Crow Flats, Alaska, Crow, Oregon, Crow, Washington, Crow Village, Alaska. Crow bar hand tool and names of lounges everywhere and my personal favorite Old Crow whiskey!
I do worry about someday getting "crows feet"and I worry why didn't I marry a Crowe or a Crow and named my daughter Raven.
People once believed that when someone died a crow carried that soul to the land of the dead.

Woke up at 4AM to loud claps of thunder and lightening!! It was a real show. Don't know if it is due to my rude awakening but I've been feeling spaced out all day, like I can't get mythoughts together. Therefore I have not accomplished much of anything. R called and later O who told me things that would make a sailor blush. lol I think O had to much of the egg nog yesterday. Thene I called R later R called me and thats the way my day has been. Any how did you know on Dec. 31st we gain one second in time? Something about adjusting the atomic clock, never-the-less it's an odd but interesting fact. I'm wondering where my email is today, my box has been very empty, where did everyone go? Is there something going on that I should know about? I feel neglected. Looks like we are getting more rain right now...dude this is a boring entry. ha ha ha Whenever I have nothing to say I talk about the weather. I must had been a weather reporter in my previous life. My reports would had been more like Chicken Little's..."the sky is falling, the sky is falling" because I tend to jump to conclusions. The original story about Chicken Little was my childhood favorite. I wonder what that means? Is that why I'm so screwed up today? I will ponder that for awhile.

It has been most enjoyable Christmas Day. We all ate like little pigs. A's house is decorated so festive...see A's tree? I did not get the chihuahua....I did not get a lot of green stuff with the presidents picture on it...but I did receive 2 Texas Hold'em games and a book about life in Tehran. N looked at them and me and said if I was turning into a gambling Arab. ha ha Maybe I am? M gave me a 3 foot stuffed penguin, it is cuddly and looks so real. K gave me a Christmas penguin with a Santa hat, red scarf holding a Christmas stocking. R gave me a cordless phone, also received candies, books, stationery and other goodies. So it was a cool Yule after all. The weather was overcast until just now it started to rain...suppose to rain until Monday night. I saw the Pope's blessing in Spanish on TV, parts of the Nutcracker and bits and pieces of other Christmasy stuff. But between you and I (you and me?) I'm glad the day is about over. Christmas stresses me out to the max so much so it will take a few stiff drinks and about a month to recover and get back to normal. (whatever normal is) I'm not going to any After Christmas sales...I used to do that, but not anymore. Well, guess that is all for now. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night or knight which ever you prefer...enjoy!

Early this morning some jackass threw eggs at our house! They hit the window and one was thrown so hard it ripped apart the window screen!!
I was already depressed about Christmas and this incident is now leading me on a downward spiral. I was pretending to be happy and now I don't even care anymore. Who are the jerks who would do something like this on Christmas Eve Day? I took down the decorations I had up on the window..to hell with trying to spread a little holiday joy to passerbys!! I am very angry and very upset. This incident has erased any good things that have happened this week. Maybe I will feel diffrently later but right now I have no Christmas spirit in me...thanks Jackass for making my day so joyful...and the same back to you Jerk!!! Bah Humbug.

Buon Natale Tutti... It is a damp day today. My car wouldn't start this morning then after several tries it started. I'm not a mechanic but from the sound it made, it didn't seem like the battery was the problem. I call my car "it" I should call it "him" since most guys refer to their automobiles as "she". I never understood why a car is a "she" how do they know the gender??
I learned something new watching the Today Show, that bon bon means good good in French. I never thought of it that way...when I think of bon bons I think of chocolate candies and never what the word really means. A invited me to their house for Christmas, since it is a 3 hour drive I doubt if I will go, never-the-less it felt good to be invited. I've been waiting 3 weeks for a package to arrive from the mid-West...I think it is either crawling here by snail mail or lost. Hope it's not lost, tracking it would be a chore. R said she found a nickel in the bottom of the gift bag I gave her yesterday. I told her that was her main gift from me, the wrapped packages will go down hill from there. I don't remember losing a nickel in her bag or even being around coins when I was packaging her gifts.

This is my pumpkin!! I had it since Halloween and since it was still in A-1 conditon I decided to get some additional use out of it. I painted little red holly berries on it and added a small Santa on top, sat it by the fireplace. Groovy, huh? Maybe I can start a new traditon, what shall we call it? What do you think of calling it the holiday "Chris-Hanuk-Ram" pumpkin, in honor of Christmas, Hanukkah and Ramadan? Tonight lets give a toast, hold hands and stand around the Chrishanukram and sing in peace with our fellow man.

Mrs. Claus has been busy baking in the kitchen.
These are what I made for our Pre-Christmas and Christmas gatherings.
Pictured here are: Italian panettone shaped like a Christmas tree, snowball and Italian biscotti cookies, carrot cake and pumpkin bars. Anyone hungry? Just come by and knock on my door.
R told me after we left yesterday that Uncle L ate a half box of chocolate candies all by himself.
Oh me oh my!!! lol

Today we celebrated an early Christmas at Uncle L's house. It was very nice, he sang Xmas carols to us in Italian, we opened gifts and had a great dinner. Before leaving the lights inside the house went out due to a blown fuse and trying to open the fuse box and figure out what to do was difficult. Luckily the next door neighbor came home and solved the problem. It rained cats and dogs. On the side of a busy roadway we saw a poor guy selling roses in the down pour. He didn't have an umbrella or shelter. R and I felt very sad for him, but we had nothing in the car to help him. I hope whoever his boss is, that he'd came and pick the guy up soon. We also passed a bar called Ninos I've never been inside, but it is always crowded, I bet a good time is had by all. Maybe that will be my New Year's resolution to have a Corona at Ninos. lol My street is partially flooded at the intersections, water is up to the curbs. It always gets this way when it rains a lot, the City people have worked on these intersections for years, but whatever they do, it hasn't dispensed of the flooding problem. I called C again today and C actually talked to me and was nice for a change. Maybe C has a bit of the Xmas spirit ... hope it lasts. Did not see that chihuahua anytime today..oh well, I think that's for the better. Have you seen that commercial, I think it is for a vacuum and it sweeps the spots off a Dalmation? Funny stuff. And the one I believe for Pet City that has a chichahua sitting on top of a vacuum cleaner for a thrill ride? Oh dear, there that "C" word again Chihuahua!!!!!

When I opened the front door early this morning I saw a tan chihuahua running around the front yard! Immediately I thought...Santa read my letter. lol I actually made a fool out of myself trying to catch him/her but the dog was fast and would not come to me...boo hoo I really considered keeping him/her if I caught it. In this holiest of seasons I thought about stealing a dog, am I doomed or what? lol But in reality after I played and cuddled the little pup I would have seeked it's owner..honest!!!
Anyhow, I did my grocery shopping and even bought a small wooden snowman for 75cents. I love wooden things. R called early this morning to tell me "maybe" she will be going to Uncle L tpday and then "maybe not"..it turned out to be "not" So I baked chocolate chip cookies and set some aside for the mailman, I will give them to him if I see him. Started to rain about 5pm, it was gray and overcast all day long here. Two episodes of LOST will air tonight, re-runs but I will watch them. After today the days start to get shorter, it won't be night at 5pm for long. Till later... have a jolly holly day!

Loneliness is not the right word for the way I feel today, alone-ness sounds better. I feel as if I am totally alone in the world, the outsider peeking in at how other people live but never being a part of their world. I feel like the person standing in the corner, the person standing alone in a crowd and knowing no one cares, that no one has cared for many years. I feel I'm never accepted or welcomed in others lives that I'm just being tolerated. I can't tell the truth about my feelings to anyone, because all they well say is "get over it" They think of me as the person who has no need of emotions, that can live without happiness, that doesn't need anyone to say nice things to me, and the truth is, I'm the complete opposite. When they talk to me they brag and brag knowing fully that I have one tenth of what they possess, yet they tell me about all the new things they purchased, all the money they have and don't know how to spend, all the food they have in their kitchen. And I am forced to listen and pretend how happy I am for them...because if I say something that will offend them, I will be cut off and ignored. Nobody knows the real me.
I'm tired of living my life this way, I'm tired of everything. All I have to look forward to is more bad luck and bad news, more disappointments. I tried all my life to fit in, to make other people happy and what has it got me? I let the others walk all over my opinions and my beliefs just not to disagree...I'm tired of trying and crying...I'm tired of ME.

Ok already....if I can't have a chihuahua for Christmas, I will make it easy for you, I want lots of incense, cones or sticks, and a new burner, and the new Marty Casey and the Love Hammers cd that includes the song Trees. I'm easy to please.
The roads here are a mess with the rain, the radio keeps giving traffic reports about accidents here and there and everywhere. Seems like every year people somehow manage to forget how to drive on slippery surfaces.
The malls and shopping centers are full of shoppers, I am trying to avoid those places, since I do not like crowds.
I called M...M bragged about all the $$$ M makes now, really fun stuff to listen to. It annoys me when people want to talk about money. The "haves" talking to the "have nots" about greenbacks... does it make them feel superior or something?...Give me a break!
On the brighter side I saw Arlo on the national news last night, riding on "The City of New Orleans" he is a great guy, although he looked more like the town drunk wearing that baseball cap with all his hair tucked under it. lol lol I love the man, he has a great big heart and a brilliant mind...not to mention his great songs. Love and Peace!!

All I want for Christmas is a Chihuahua! Not a porcelain, china or inflatable Chihuahua, I want the real thing. I do not want a "Tinkerbell" type Chihuahua who is only interested in showing off doggie attire, I want a Chihuahua with attitude.
Just like the one in this picture, his name is Chico, see the way he looks straight into the camera? That's attitude!! lol He is guarding Santa and the sleigh, he'll bite your ankle if you try to approach. Chico is Mom's dog, she walked him on a leash one afternoon and a utility worker shouted out "hey lady, what you have on the end of your leash...a rat?" Chico was insulted, he looked at that guy with contempt. Chico thinks he can fight a Doberman if you let him...he knows no fear. Well, that is what I want for Christmas, a Chico Junior.

I found this on a British website and it is sooo damn funny...a picture is worth a 1000 words! lol

What is "ninos-pa"? I came across this event while channel surfing. It was on Spanish TV and I don't understand Spanish well enough to understand what was taking place. I know there was a procession by town's people I believe in Mexico and women were cooking something in oil barrels, looked to be soup? If anyone knows please leave a comment, thanks.
I want to go see King Kong...the previews look good.
Today I cleaned the wood cabinets with Liquid Gold...big mistake. The liquid would not spray the right way instead it squirted out of the can in streams, maybe I used to much because the whole house now smells...no...stinks of Liquid Gold!! I have the screen door opened in this chilly weather to air out the house...brrrr I'm freezing right now.
Someone has been calling be every night at exactly 8pm, the phone rings 3 times and stops!!
Annoying, I will try to answer the phone tonight on the first ring, and find out who it is.
My brain feels fuzzy, I think I'm on a Liquid Gold high...whee heee....lol

It was foggy here until 2pm, I walked to the mailbox and deposited the last of my Christmas cards. As I walked I looked at the neighborhoods outdoor decorations, and they were nice. I enclosed a note with M's card, I had to re-write it 3 times, first I said too much and then I didn't say enough in it...I had to more or less sort news from gossip. Again this year according to family tradition our Christmas gathering is this coming Wednesday the 21st, oh the joy to be ahead of the traditional pack! I wonder when we will celebrate New Year's Eve this year? I don't like this idea...but what can I do?
I don't use the word awesome lightly, but today I saw and heard the Trans-Siberian Orchestra on TV and their music is totally awesome!!! I heard them best described as "classical-metal" Go to www.trans-siberian.com listen to the intro and then go to the ecard and listen some more. I promise you won't be disappointed. Enjoy

Aahh fog season...I woke up to Tule fog this morning!
Here in the San Joaquin Valley tule (pronounced two-lee) fog is around from late Fall through Winter, it is a thick ground fog that forms at night and lasts until noon even longer at times. Visibility is usually from 10 to 600 feet at the most, but many times visibility is zero. This photo shows that you can't see a half block away, sometimes it gets even worst, you can't see the house across the street! It looks like houses, trees, buildings are gobbled up.. and gone forever! The fog will hang around for days.. even weeks.
The Season and the Fog makes me feel gloomy, anxious, burned out. Depression enters my soul and I feel doomed. Maybe a cup of hot chocolate will lift my spirits?

Dumb California laws from www.dumblaws.com
It is a misdemeanors to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.
No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour.
Sunshine is guaranteed to the masses.
Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.
Dumb TV commercial
Crest Vivid White Night...the sleeping woman has a phony, obnoxious smile...I hate it.
Best TV commercial
Capitol One...with the turtles in the office... "when will I get my check?" the turtle is upside down on the floor struggling to get hold of the check ...I love it.
Dumb new words from the world of television
"Fresh" as in regard to tv shows "a fresh episode airs tomorrow night...."
"Event" as in forecast "Sunday we will have a rain event..."
Although these words are appropriate they sound like a lot of marlarkey to me!

Did someone mention Christmas materialism? The advertisement section in today's paper weighed a little over 3 pounds, that does not include the news section of the paper, 3 pounds of ads....unreal! Baby, it's cold outside--cold for us anyhow. Last night on the news I saw cars spin around in circles on some freeway in NY, wow, was that a ride or what? That would scare me so much. Today on the most part has been uneventful, want to watch Survivor tonight, it is the last episode. I hope Rafe wins or Jennifer, my 3rd choice is Lydia, she is about as uncool as I am. lol But I do like her. Finished addressing my cards, the word 'addressing' always makes me think of the Honeymooners, when Ralph tells Art Carney he has to 'address the golf ball', and Art looks down at the golf ball and says "hello, ball".. the Ralph whacks him on the side of the head, it is corney but makes me laugh everytime I see it. Back to my card saga, first it was the stamps, now it is that yesterday I mailed some cards and forgot to write on my list who I sent them to, so this year come folks may get 2 cards from me and some zero. lol This holiday season so far has me so disorganized...I can't go on like this. lol Oh, some town in Wisconsin I believe, is upset because "La Befana" is in their schools Christmas pageant. Oh no, not La Befana!!! Goofy uptight Wisconsiner's, get the wedges of cheese off your heads and enter the 21st century!!! lol

My Christmas stamps arrived today exactly one month after I ordered them by mail! It would have been much easier just to have gone to the post office myself, but then it would have lacked all this suspense. lol Today has been rather dull and I'm bored silly. M emailed and said "I need to know if you have a DVD player"...No, I don't....is that what you are getting me for Christmas??? lol I have been thinking a lot about RJ, wondering what he is doing and what kind of trouble he is getting into. I want to call my elderly cousin AG, but I'm afraid if I do, someone will answer the phone and tell me she is dead!!! I'm not being morbid, I just have a weird feeling about it, and have put off calling since May. Uncle L asked if I'm R's "side kick" lol, so is that what I've become? Got an advertisement in the mail from an internet provider service that had a pop-up Santa going over his naughty and nice list, I tacked it to a wall because it is so cute. D hates the word "cute" I have no idea why, but he mocks me whenever I tell him someone or something is "cute" he will walk away mumbling "cute" to himself. I loved the above horse picture, it is on a Christmas card...hard to believe that the holiday is just around the corner. Joyeux Noel...

Today I mailed 1/2 of my Christmas cards using 'flag' stamps because my holiday stamps have not arrived yet. Never do business with the post office by mail. I will hold back mailing the other patch until Monday, just in case the stamps arrive. I need to enclose some notes with the remaining cards...no, not an awful photo-copy Christmas letter bragging about how wonderful my life has been all year and my rich husband and extraordinary kids...don't you just hate them? I do. Do I believe what the letters tell me? Heck no I don't. lol I raked more leaves, will it ever end? lol Why don't leaves fall all at one time and get it over with...what's with this one at a time stuff? Feels like the weather has warmed up a degree or two, I saw Central Park on the news, and it really looked like a winter wonderland today. I have been receiving some "gross" email holiday cards...what's wrong with people? Where has the gentleness of the holiday gone to? Sometimes I wish we could bring back the 1950's....but then there would be no internet...guess I need to adjust and compromise...lol Feliz Navidad.

Wow....that is all I can say. I watched Benise tonight on PBS and he was great! I never heard of him before...I loved his show, his Flamenco music...his tangos ...not to forget just how extraordinary handsome he is....Wow. Where did he come from? Roni Benise put on an excellent stage show...why haven't I heard of him before now? I'm positive he will become the next super star.
Speaking of handsome men, Naveen Andrews (Sayid) was on the Billboard Awards, it blows my mind when his talks and has a real British accent..lol...I'm like 'what the heck is going on here?' lol
Cold and foggy here mixed with a little rain. R phoned me at 10pm we discussed the Lost re-run, R wanted to know if I saw any new clues...nope, same ones I saw the last time. wish they didn't do re-runs so often.

Today R and I went to Uncle L's house and decorated his tree and house for Christmas. Everyone sang Christmas songs as we wroked like elves. The tree looks like it came out of the 1950's with all his old fashioned ornaments, lights and garland on it. Looks very festive even if I have to say so myself. Later we went Christmas shopping, I bought a cowboy on a bucking horse stocking holder, it's really cool and goes with my cowboy Santa figurine, R bought a snowman stocking holder, and we both bought a crystal ice cicle tree ornament. We went to a department store that has it's entire 2nd floor filled with Christmas decorations on display and for sale. It is like a winter wonderland, so many beautiful things, many santas, deers, ornaments and trees, even all feather trees, one 5 ft wooden nutcracker was priced at $2000. R nearly knocked expensive decorations off a small table by the cash register! I thought for sure something broke but luckily nothing did. So, it was a nice Christmasey type day and now I think I have gotten a bit of the Christmas spirit. When I arrived home I put up a few more decorations, but I don't want to over do things, the more I put out the more I will have to put away, and putting things away is a real drag.

How would you like to follow a truck with this chrome skull trailer hitch for miles and miles at sunset? Well, I did. The eyes light up when he'd brake. The red illuminated eyes gave me the creeps, anything with red eyes gives me the creeps! Was I happy when I had to turn off the road on to my street! D said today he likes women that smoke, he said 'there is just something about them'.., I never knew that before, very interesting. I called M no one was home, that reminds me C never called me back...what the heck? S bought a fiber optic poinsettia Christmas tree, it is really pretty. I've only seen them before in catalogs. I found some 32cent postage stamps, I wonder if i can still use them? Just need to add another 4cents to them.
People across the street put up their outdoor Xmas lights, looks nice. So far about every other house has outdoor lights, but it is still early. Tonight there is a TV movie about the Pope. I will try to watch, if it's dull, I'll switch to Desperate Housewives...lol. I bet there will be nothing risque in the pope movie!! lol

I'm bored silly right now. Nothing on the telly except college football games ...boring. Nothing in my email except forwards...boring. Some forwards I find interesting some are funny, but if I get one more promoting GW or bashing Muslims I think I will scream. Don't people even bother to read before they forward things...why do they email junk they know I'd find objectionable? I don't flood their email boxes with my liberal views. Conservatives and Christian right wingers are the most offensive. They quote the bible yet have no love or compassion about people who don't share their beliefs...heck, they won't even listen to another view point! Liberals untie, it is time to get our views into thousands and thousands of email boxes before all is lost. Enough said! Now to get back into the spirit of the holidays....a 3 year old gave this reaction to her Christmas dinner: "I don't like the turkey, but I like the bread he ate" :-)

Tis the season....fa la la la and all that. Today I took my phony 3 foot high fiber optic tree out of the closet and put it in the family room. It has a white star on top and tiny white candle lights plus various tiny colored lights built into the branches. I strung my cheesy chili pepper lights on the front window.
Don't anyone tell me that my decor is not a class act....lol
LOST was excellent last night, many news questions to mull over roday. I wonder why Sawyer said "are we saved yet" and why was Sayid on the tv when Kate went to talk to her 'father' and where did that black'fat ass" horse come from??? Waiting for a big storm to hit, they say we will have heavy rain and strong wind. I just hope the wind doesn't blow neighbors leaves from across the street into my yard...it seems to do that every year and it really pisses me off! A quail with the bird flu virus was found in southern California and in northern California a statue of the Virgin Mary is seemingly crying tears of blood. Strange things are happening everywhere.
M sent me a mellow email today....maybe I will call M this weekend. Still did not receive the stamps from the post office, and that email I sent 2 days ago that their website said will be answered with 24 hours is another lie, they sent me nothing---nada. I think I will never see the stamps I ordered and never get to talk to a real person about it. Oh well...tis the season!!!