Nothing 4 Nothing

It was the "A" family bar-b-que today...in the hot summer sun.
Nice time was had by all...I had to write that just in case someone from there might read this. lol It was so typical people in their cliques not paying attention to anyone else, men drinking beer while the woman-folk did all the work, except for one male who did the bbq. I heard enough "tall tales" to last at least another year these one on one stories are much grander then the ones written in the annual Christmas letters tucked within cards. Maybe I'm the only non-go-getter in the family, I didn't get rich, buy a sailboat or travel to Europe since last year. I'm positive I'm the only "liberal" listening to all the conservatives was very tiring. I either had to debate the issues or just ignore everything being said, which is just as annoying. But this is an annual get-together and I repeat to myself 'a nice time was had by all'

I'm tired of thinking about things, so I'm letting my dog do my thinking for me. Here is a picture of her at her favorite place to think. As you can see she is thinking very hard and I'm confident she will have some answers soon.
I've been thinking and worrying about so many things that I don't have control over, it is wearing me out. I feel wasted during the day because I can't sleep at night. I know worrying never solves anything, what happens happens. Try telling my brain that!!
Anyhow, now I got my dog to ponder things for me...and she doesn't mind doing it at all. She will think and worry for you too...for a price...of a Milk Bone dog biscuit!

This is my neighbor's dog "Sullivan", whenever we go in the back yard he sticks his nose through the knot hole in the fence and sniffs loudly. I always pet his nose a couple of times. It makes him happy! (I think)
Tempertures have cooled off somewhat and it feels gr8 outdoors, just wish I had the ambition to do the things I should be doing.
A nice guy in line at the grocery store paid 2 cents of my grocery bill today because I didn't have the change. He was about 18 wore his baseball cap backwards and had an earring...made me feel better about mankind...at least 2 cents better. lol
Remember the fried twinkies I had at the fair? They sell fried
pickles at the State Fair....whoo hoo....gotta go there! lol

I spent Saturday in the park with "?" and woke up this morning with a sore throat. That is what fresh air and sunlight will do to you. The park was peaceful and lovely. We sat on the grass for a long time without talking, just looking at the river and it was wonderful.
Today it was back to an ordinary Sunday, we ate yellow watermelon, that was the most unsual thing we did all day.
I've been letting the answering machine pick up all the phone calls today, I'm just not in the mood to talk. But blogging isn't talking so I'm doing that. :-)
"Happy Birthday JJ" Have a good one!!!!

I haven't as yet found the infamous "Bates Motel" but I parked my car in front of this building this morning.
The doors were locked, I peeked through the glass but did not see anyone looking like Anthony Perkins lurking around inside.
Seems the Bates ownership in real estate is widening. Where will the Bates turn up next? Is there something mysterious happening inside?

The problem with the utility company billing that I thought I resolved last month wasn't and I got the run-around all day... I may need the Bates services after all...
lol

It was a long and boring weekend...I was walking downtown and looked up...I don't have a habit of gazing up at the sky, but like I saud it was a long and boring weeken, 'that really is an old lamp post' I thought to myself. Since I didn't have anything better to do I snapped a picture of it. A person doesn't see lamp posts like that very often, it's all the modern stuff now. But the old ones are more appealing to the eye...don't you agree? They look sort of regal. Can't wait to see it at night!

Just got back from our county fair, I saw the pig races. The piggies ran around an oval track in pursuit of a chocolate cookie. I ate a hot dog on a stick and a fried twinkie on a stick for dessert...it tastes better than it sounds. The twinkie is dipped in batter, deep fried and covered with powder sugar...no calories in that! lol
I saw cows and cows and more cows, black, white, brown, large and small cows...visited the art and photography exhibits, walked around the rides and games...L won a goldfish, she had to carry around a baggie of water with a fish in it for the entire time at the fair. Saw some other stuff that I can't think of right now...all in all it was fun.
Not much else is happening right now...except W joined the Army...he must be a bit crazy to do that in this day and age, but guess it takes all kinds to make this world go 'round.

My Red Hot Poker flowers that I grew from seed! Right now they are not looking very red or very hot...but they are pretty and the hummingbirds like them...
I did do a search about last nights nightmare. Apparently dreaming of someone's suicide means I need to relax more, a photograph means to renew an old friendship, English letter of the alphabet means an absent friend will return, a foreign letter of the alphabet means a mystery will be soon solved, handwriting is a warning not to trust one of your friends and police means I need to regain self-confidence...so I'll wait and see if any of this happens.
Other than the above I just drifted around aimlessly all day...

Is this the complaint department?
I turned on the radio this today, had on my favorite station and I heard strange music.
I guess overnight they switched format from Pop to Hip Hop??? What the hell is this?
No warning, the old dj's didn't even say good bye. I'm trying to find a new Pop station now, but all I can locate is one that plays Pop mixed with Hip Hop....so between songs I like I keep hearing about some dude who wants "to keep his tee shirt on"?
The Gawkers across the street are always/still/constantly outside 'looking'...I swear they are there from 7Am to midnight...I even had a nightmare about Mr. Gawker.
Speaking of nightmares last night I dreamt that a handsome blonde guy committed suicide by my outdoor air conditioner unit, he left a note written behind a photograph, it had the date "June 08 , an Arabic letter that looked like a Upside down U and under it two straight lines below the lines a angled slash followed by = E...I wonder what it means?
When I awoke from that I went back to sleep and had a dream that I was looking out of the back window of my house and said "who cut the grass, the yard really looks nice" Suddenly I became aware that I wasn't inside my own house, my backyard didn't have a lawn. After that little
weirdy I fell asleep again and this time dreamed it was Halloween. Two girls knocked on the door and one had her head on a long pole and she shook it at me. I screamed and they ran away laughing. Go figure what these nightmares are all about...at least they were more entertaining than tv...but why now and why 3 in a row? Strange.
I'm laughing at Spam...ha ha ha.. I laugh at you! Today I got the following messages, with these subject lines: No worry no raucous akin...expo sham...I study in underpass matriarchy convent...unfairness depression...beater waddle...
Another thing, why did my garage smell like a rotten onion this morning? This is a day filled with strangness....

Two days ago R called to say she was coming over for lunch today.
1. I bought all the groceries for our lunch yesterday
2. I vacuumed the carpets
3. I washed the floors
4. I cleaned the house
6. I swept in front of the house
7. I waited
8. I waited
9. 11:30AM.. R called, I expected her to tell me what time she'd be here, instead she said "I'm to tired. I'm not coming. I need to rest so I can go to the fair tonight"
She has done this to me many times...why am I so stupid to fall into the same trap time after time...why in hell do I believe her? It made me angry! It made me feel like I'm a meaningless person that people can just kick around anytime they like, that my life, my time....means nothing.