Nothing 4 Nothing

I need a life!! When I find myself sitting in front of the tv screen and crying about the death of Eugenio Monti an Olympic medalist in bobsledding during the 1960's, whom I never even hear of before! He certainly sounded like a great guy and a super sportsman...and may he rest in peace. I'll be happy when the Olympics are over. I know why the Olympic ratings are low, it is because tv does not follow one sport to its completion, they televise a little skating then go to down hill racing and then to curling or something and finally back to skating. I get bored waiting to see who won what and change the station, apparently I am not alone.
Today it hit 72 degrees here, but rain and cooler temps are in the forecast. I emailed K installment 4 of my story today, I hope K comments on it... be it good or bad. I need to know what I am doing wrong. I love inventing a story line and characters, what started out to be 10 pages has involved to over 100.
Someone on our street is shooting 4th of July fireworks....why????

Today R and I toured nursing homes to place her father in ...not fun. Guess I will probably end up in one IF I live that long. A sobering thought...pass me another shot of whiskey please. Talked to a few really sweet little old ladies in the home, they had faces and smiles like angels. I wonder how and why they ended up in a place like that. Anyhow, after the nursing home trek we ate burgers at a take out place and headed home.
I am trying to knit scarves and have forgotten how to bind off and how to make fringe. Use it or lose it also applies to knitting. lol
My internet connection is very s-l-o-w today and for a time I couldn't even get a connection, don't know whats wrong with it....don't know what's wrong with everything.
Heard from D again, it is always such a relief to find out D is alright. I just tend to worry when I don't hear from D and always imagine the worst possible things happening to D.
Weather has been delightful but rain is coming this weekend...oh, I mean a rain "event"...lol
Guess that's about all my boring news for now....take care ya'll.

Nightmares about my demise are becoming frightful to say the least. First it was the dream in where I told everyone I would die this year...and now last night I could smell death in my dream. When my Dad was in the hospital dying of cancer at the age of 52 I could smell the odor of death in his room, but at the time I didn't know what it was. Several years ago my elderly Auntie died and her hospital room had the same odor. Last night in my nightmare I could smell the same scent, it is an odor I can't describe, it is peculiar in between foul and sweet. Anyhow, I could smell this smell last night and in my nightmare, I recognized it as the smell of death, and in my dream I searched the room and I was the only person in it and I said to myself...it's me, I'm the one who is going to die! I woke up...but the thought remains with me. Someone on tv said a person knows when it is their time...what am I suppose to do? I have so many questions about the "other side" maybe I'll soon know the answers.
On a lighter note I bought K's birthday gifts and will get the package ready for mailing. I wanted to buy more fuzzy yarn so I can knit some scarves, but the store was sold out.
The Olympic coverage last night had me fit to be tied, they get building up the love/hate relationship between the Italian ice dance skaters and when it was their turn to skate the tv went black...no picture not sound for 15 minutes. I was a real let down when they resumed coverage the Italians had already skated. I wanted to know how this little soap opera on ice ended...dang it.
I guess I will close now and ponder about things....

O and I took a drive in the country, saw lots of blooming almond trees, cows, horses, more cows and goats...it was relaxing. I like to look at cloud formations--not not while I'm driving!! Sometimes the clouds looked like animals or angels or ufo's! What else did I observe...a couple joggers, a woman hitchhiking, a long train that was parked on the track, cemetery, little stores...in the old towns the buildings are short in height and look odd. Were people just shorter 100 years ago? We passed fruit stands not yet opened, a man selling dolls at a country intersection, graffiti on signs, a couple beautiful mansion type houses and a few shacks. Are people living in mansions happier? When we saw bumper to bumper traffic we knew we were home. I sort of would like to live on a farm, miles from my nearest neighbor, but if I win the lottery I'd move to the beach, probably Carmel or close to there. That will never happen, but one can dream. Happy Birthday George and Abe!!! When did George and Abe's birthdays roll into one holiday. Hurray for Italia winning the 4-man relay at the Olympics...Bravo. Bravo!!!

The almond orchards here in the valley are in full bloom and look so beautiful, the blooms are fragrant and busy bees are going from flower to flower...doing their "thing"
I ate canned crab meat for lunch...yuck! After I had a few bites my lips started to feel numb so I threw the rest down the garbage disposal and boiled an egg for lunch. My cooking abilities this week have reached an all time low.
Mailman just delivered some junk mail, at least I didn't get any bills.
Weather has been chilly, in the 30's at night, it makes it good for hot chocolate time.
Happy Birthday MarM!!!

Almond orchards are like 90% in full bloom and look so pretty when you drive by them.
Did some shopping at Big Lots...wish I bought a little stuffed dog that I saw there, but I was to cheap. Maybe it will still be there next week? I had to use my money on food and cleaners, big people stuff---I hate grown-up stuff don't you? I did buy some fuzzy yarn, I'd like to knit a scarf for my friend K by Christmas...lol Her birthday is in March but doubt if I could finish it that fast.
Got a junk email today from "Dora Doudou" that name was good for a laugh!
Lost was excellent last night, Sawyer I love and hate him at the same time, the tree frog incident no matter how gross had me laughing out loud...I just knew the frog would meet his demise, but not exactly in that manner. Whatever Sayid says about the new man is true...trust Sayid island people. Do I sound addicted to Lost? I'm not telling...lol
Happy Birthday LH, enjoy your day!!

I'm still recovering from Valentine's Day...I received a card from LG and in a note told me about people our age that died, opened another card and YP informed me of people we know who have cancer...Happy Valentine's Day... and thank you very much for reminding me. It annoys me when people think they must enclose gloomy notes in holiday cards....I should use stronger words then annoy and gloomy but I won't!!
For dinner to save time I made Betty Crocker's Complete Meal in a box... Inside the box is a can and 2 packets seasoning and bisquick. I read the instructions carefully. The can must have contained 3 tiny pieces of chicken and a few very tiny vegetables and liquid. There was tiny print on the foil packet, so small I couldn't read it, nothing on the white packet. I opened the white one and followed instructions printed on the box and added water and mixed and mixed, it never formed a soft dough, oh well....maybe my house was to cold. Opened the foil packet and added water....only later did I discover the water I added for the bisquick was the amount needed for the seasoning, and what I used on seasoning should had been for the bisquick, I wondered why when I spooned the "bisquick" on top it sank like a rock to the bottom...baked it and it tasted like hell, there was a googy uncooked mess on the bottom of the casserole dish...a ruined meal!! Why can't Betty Crocker print on the packets what is inside them? I tasted a small amount of this "meal" and my stomach hurt...the bottom was like glue, I could have used it to wallpaper the walls...never again.

"The Flying Red Tomato" California's own Shaun White won a gold medal in snowboarding.
"The Racing White Sausage" of Germany won in a luge competition...
A sausage and tomato winning medals at the Olympics, how far out is that?
Can't ignore that it all sounds like a start of a new recipe. I can see the tomato and sausage franchises popping up all over the country...can I get in on it, after all it is my idea? What other knicknames are out there in Olympic-land? Maybe someone will send me a list? Maybe every human being should have a knickname, it would be like "Jumping Bean called for Shaky Legs to remind him about the meeting with Bouncing Orange." Wouldn't the world be a much happy place? Oh my, Happy Place, that is Mr. Disney....ha ha
Guess I will watch more of the Olympics on TV... Shaun, congratulations...you are a real cool dude~~

I watched the Olympic's Opening Ceremony last night...and enjoyed it all. My favorite was the dove made by the people hanging from ropes and the downhill racer made by people standing on the floor. Seeing Yoko Ono was cool and hearing John Lennon's Imagine....one of my favorite all time songs was even cooler. I have one question, why was American disco music played during the introduction of countries? That was odd, I would have rather heard Italian music....but, what do I know. I will watch some of the games...not being a tried and true sports fan I can't get interested in all of the events. I can say I wish I was in Italy, beautiful scenery, fantastic food, handsome men....ahhh....
I was overdrawn on my checking account and had to pay $30 for a bounced check....ouch, that hurt!!! I have no idea when and where my math went wrong...a lesson learned, that's for sure. First time I ever did that and will keep my fingers crossed it doesn't happen again.
Watched a good TV show on PBS about Jesse James...I guess he was not America's "Robin Hood" stealing from the rich and giving it to the poor...he gave it to himself. Yet, he is still known over 100 years later, and people still call his cousin that shot him in the back a "dirty little coward" the cousin killed him for the reward money...again money is the root of all evil.

A man from the electric company loudly knocked on my front door early this morning, said he needed to enter my backyard and climb the pole...whatever floats your boat...anyhow they (he brought 2 friends) worked on the wires for about an hour, causing 2 power outages during their pole climb. After everyone left I noticed my VCR was blinking, my microwave clock and my printer. The microwave and printer were fairly easy to solve, but the VCR took me 4 hours. I read the instruction manuel from cover to cover and it told me nothing, I went to the internet and found nothing to help my problem. One smart a$$ said on his website, if the blinking VCR bothers you place black electrical tape over the light. I wasn't in the mood for humor. Anyhow, I just now stopped and here is the way I did it, I reset the VCR clock using the VCR remote, it will not stop the blinking if you set the clock using the TV remote. A lesson learned and shared.
D emailed and I am grateful that I heard from him. M is going to Dubai soon, I checked some websites and an interesting one is www.datadubai.com Lots of info.
I am looking forward to seeing the Opening of Olympics, living here we get it tape delayed, that I do not like. The TV execs always want to know why the viewership is down, it is the tape delay, everyone wants to see live coverage...duh.

A semi football fan's views on Super Bowl XL
*Mick Jagger~Rules!!
*Troy Polamalu~Sexy
*Budweiser Clydesdales and Career Builder monkeys/jackasses commercials~ Best
*If you miss a play, do not worry, it will repeat 4 or 5 times in the next 30 seconds
*Why can't the football players hold their own bottle of water and drink from it by themselves?
*If the game was played in an open stadium in the snow, instead of roofed, it would be better
*2 minutes left to play in football time last 20 minutes
*Are we suppose to care what John Madden "thinks"?
*Football players have cute butts
*Babineaux, Tatupu, Koutouvides, Kacyvenski, Jurevieius, Roethlisberger, Colclough, Iwuoma, Von Oelhoffen, Nua and Laveroni all played on the 2 Super Bowl teams...only in America
*Way to go Steelers!
*There is always next year Seahawks!

Belated Happy Groundhogs Day~ hogs and hogettes!!
I cleaned the TV screen today Windex...dio mio it was dirty. Why haven't I thought of doing that for the past 4 years is anyone's guess. I can see TV once again in vivid color. I used at least a half dozen paper towels for the job and each time I gasped when I saw how black the towel was.
Where does that black goop on the screen come from? Is it harmful? Live and learn I guess.
I have been a little leary about opening email today with all the news about the virus. I don't even know if my anti-virus is working right, so am keeping my fingers crossed. Bird flu, attacks, cartoons, west Nile, taxes, death, money, insane people on shooting sprees, earthquakes, tornados, sharks, snakes, ferry boats...now blackworm to add to my worry list. Will it ever end? No wonder I am getting a headache. It was a warm day here after the fog lifted, buy I felt cold even in the house...at least it's the weekend and I can be lazy for two days. Take care y'all.

February, another month already. We visited Uncle L again today and went grocery shopping.
All day it looked like it was about to rain, but nothing so far. I am concerned about the new computer virus coming this Friday and what to do about it...as if we already don't have enough to worry about! I know as much about computers as I do about cars. I am glad I said no about adopting the 8 year old dog, I think a dog that age will be expensive as the older the dog gets the more it will cost in vet bills, anyhow why would someone want to give away their 8 year old pet?
No word fromD...and I'm becoming concerned. But 'drama queen' has filled up my mailbox again, she had been quiet for awhile, I knew the lull wouldn't last long. There is something about that woman that drives me to the brink and I just want to scream and run for the hills. It is so sad about the reporter Bob Woodruff and Don his camera man, I am praying for their speedy recoveries. I always thought being a foreign journalist would be an adventurous life...maybe too much so? I would love to know people and get into their lives and write about it. I would love to tell the world the truth. Guess that is all for now.