Holidays Suck...

Sometimes I wonder why there are holidays. You plan to do something exciting and it all falls thru. Did I mention that MEN suck also and not in a good way. Last week work was a BITCH. Seems like I am always stuck with finishing someones job. Last weekend I did a good deed after a family members guilt trip. I am so USED. I told the neighbor across the street to STOP bringing their dog to my yard to crap. I sat home all day monday for a phone call. I should have known better. Hello Budweiser!!! Yesterday was a good day. I worked in the yard. It is Beautiful, I feel better now...

I think we have a problem...

Last week came and went with nothing exciting except for friday nite at work. I was talking with two co workers before they left and the lights went out. The emergency lights came on and then the generator. But something was not right. The overhead lights were still off and my pc was out. We went outside and found out the whole city was without electric. It was creepy and exciting at the same time. The cars were stopping at traffic lights like normal but there were no lights. It seemed like everyone was out and about. Side streets were jammed packed with cars. I went back inside and called someone about the generator. I needed to get to work. I told the person that the overhead lights were off and so was my pc but the generator was running. He said I think we have a problem and I will be there asap. When he got there we checked the mechanical room for a problem. On the last test someone didnt switch back the generator to normal. Well, we got that fixed and I was back in business. The city was probably out for about an hour. It was cool.

Well summer is upon us. It has been really warm and it seems it will be here all next week. I havent turned on my a/c yet. I am use to warm air so I think I will wait. I met two of my neighbors last friday. The lady across the street was admiring my yard and the lady next door told me I could come in and clean her house since I was sweeping the curb. LOL. I love a clean curb. Last nite I was sitting outside enjoying the nite and the man across the street was walking his dog. He is a strange little man. He was running down is driveway to my driveway and walked into my yard. Lord and behold he was letting his frickin dog piss on my landscaping. I controlled myself, because he is an old man, didnt want to be accused of murder from him having a heartattack when I yell at him. I will talk with him later when I calm down.

Speaking of heartattacks. My dad has been gone four years last friday. He had a massive heartattack. I sure do miss him. There are times when I am working on the house when I wish he was here to help me. I really could use his expertise. You really dont miss something till it is gone. Love you Dad...

Not So Fun...

Well...this wasnt has much fun as I thought it would be. I would come to my blog everyday to see how many hits or comments I had. I guess I am kinda boring. I was going to post pictures, but why bother. It is one of those things I tried and failed. I took piano for two years and I still cant play. In the future I guess I will post when I have nothing else to do or remember that I have this thing. Its been great and thanks for letting me part of the family...LOL...

Stay in bed...

I should have known it was going to be one of those days I should have stayed in bed. I worked late, because there were problems. The alarm went off this morning so I could check to see if Jake was there. I kept pushing the snooze button and check the pond. I did this for two hours.

A friend at work had a birthday today so I needed to go and get something. I knew a card, a gift card, and some flowers would be the perfect choice. While I was walking out the door my sisters showed up. They wanted to go and eat lunch. Well it was too early for lunch for me. So I told them I had some errands to run and they said ok. We ran to Rib Crib to get a gift card first. They werent open yet, and I couldnt wait. Well they werent getting my business today. My sister needed some dog food so we stopped and picked it up and then off to Hallmark for a birthday card. I couldnt find the right card but I found one that came close to what I wanted. Also got my mom a bear and another mothers day card in case she came home sunday. I already mailed her a card but if I see her I will have a card. She sort of lives out of town. My sister thought a gift card from Bath and Body Works would be good for the birthday girl. I agreed and picked one up there. Floral Creations was next door so I picked up some fresh flowers in a basket. So far so good. I took them to her place of work and she wasnt there, she was home sick. She is thirty seven and found out she is four months pregnant. She didnt think she could get pregnant so she had adopted six children. The family was thrilled that she was pregnant. Ok back to lunch. So my sisters and I decided it was time to eat. We went to Peppers and had a great lunch. My sisters wanted to do some more shopping but I wasnt in the mood. I came home and called my friend to see if she was ok. She was ok, just sinus allergies. I told her I brought some items to her work place for her birthday, she was so happy. But she wouldnt be back at work till monday. She told me she would have her husband stop by the house and pick them up on his way home from work. Ok today wasnt that bad, but still it should have started out a little better than it did.

I finished watering the window boxes, picked up limbs from the last storm, and played with the cats. And shortly I will go and get ready for work. It has been a beautiful day, a little chilly for May, but still nice. We dont have any rain in the forecast for couple of days. Gives us a chance to dry out. The lakes are back up to normal finally. Its going to be a great summer at the lake this year. Someone is at the door...

Time Flies...

I cant believe this is the middle of the week already. I thought I was going to do a better job at posting but I guess it will become a habit soon. My last post was kinda long. Once I get started, watch out.

Lets see, sunday I finished painting the shutters I had laying on the dining table. It was nice so I opened the windows, still a chance for rain, that is why I painted them indoors. I didnt do that much anyway because I had my shows to watch that evening. On sunday nites you dont bother me when I am watching my shows. My family knows not to call. LOL I watch Americas Funniest Videos, Exteme Home Makeover, Desperate Housewifes, Greys Anatomy, and then the British comedys Are You Being Served, Keeping Up Appearances, As Time Goes By, and Vicar of Dibley.

Monday there wasnt a chance of rain so I had a full day of work ahead of me. I couldnt mow because the grass was a little damp. So I put up the shutters. The windows needed a windowbox also. I needed some different screws for the shutters so I went to Lowes and picked up so screws and another windowbox for the kitchen window, potting mix for the boxes, and flowers. I can never leave there without spending a fortune. After putting the shutters and boxes up and planting the flowers it was time to mow the lawn. I was almost done with the mowing of the backyard when the mower decided to die. I needed two more swipes, looks good anyway. Trimmed around the yard with a weedeater, swept the sidewalks, driveway, and gutter. Damn it looked good. I had to get the yard work done because it was suppose to storm that nite. My yard is the best looking yard in the neighborhood. By looking at the other yards I can say that. Then it was time to get ready for work. It was a good nite at work. Usually it is really busy on mondays. I came home from work and it was lightning and thundering on the horizon, it was awesome, so I had a glass of wine and sat on the back step enjoying the nite time storm. My next project is to make a patio. Tuesday morning I got up early as usual to check and see if Jake was out there, I named the bird after my brother in law because he likes to fish. I havent seen the bird for nine days now, that is a good sign, I hope. I had my morning coffee cleaned house and made tuna fish salad. Then took a two hour nap before work. Couldnt work outside because it was too wet. We have had alot of storms lately, which is good. We were in a burn ban for several months. I couldnt even burn the tiki torches. I think we have gotten seven inches of rain in two weeks. It hasnt been bad. You just got to mow inbetween storms. Work was fine. Lots of drama with a co worker and his wife. Me and another co worker had to sneek him out of the building because his wife was stalking him. She called the office probably sixty times last nite. She is psycho. I think they are getting a divorce. When I came home it was lightning and thundering again. Again I got a glass of wine and sat on the step enjoying the light show. It was beautiful. Today I checked on the pond, filled the bird feeders, and picked up limbs from the storm and had some coffee and played with the cats. They are so funny. Smokey was a little wired this morning. He was everywhere and into everything. Then I got ready to go to the funeral home to visit a friend. She was a great lady. I have known her for twenty seven years. We sent cards to each other on special occasions and holidays. She had a birthday the twenty fourth of April, the same day as Barbra's. I called her Sweetums. She loved lavender and butterflies. She was so sweet, I will miss her. When I saw her she was wearing a chiffon lavender dress with her butterfly brooch. She was beautiful. They could have done her nails a little better, but they were fine. The casket was a dark walnut. It was beautiful. Lots of flowers and butterflies. I left there with a tear for my wonderful friend. You will be missed.

So now I am sitting here and ready for work. Time flies when your having fun.

Me...

Yesterday was a great day. It was cloudy and rainy most of the time. I didnt do a darn thing and it was nice. I was thinking of what I was going to say all nite and all day today and I had a million things I wanted to chat about, now I sit here with a blank mind. I have been getting up early, around seven, in the morning to check on my pond. For two weeks now I have had a pesky bird in the pond having breakfast, well only on mondays. If I let my guard down he shows up. He has taken two of my shabunkins. The thief is a full grown Blue Heron. I have had the fish for two years now and not one time have I had problems with birds or any other creature. I guess my day was coming. So I have put the net back on the pond and bought a floating alligator. He hasnt been back since I put the alligator in there.

I kinda got off on the wrong track here. I was going to talk about me. I grew up with two sisters, younger than me, in north texas. Just your ordinary average family. The family was kinda close, just not your affectionate type. It was ok. Back then I was short, shy, and skinny. A whimp to tell the truth. I wasnt very good in any of the sports, so I quit trying. What ever interested me at the time I didnt do it. Playing with the neighborhood kids was the best part of being a kid. My family didnt have much money so we didnt get to do much. I think back when I was 14 we moved to southwest oklahoma. Dad got a job teaching for underpriviliged teenagers. The town we moved to was really small. Everybody new everybody's business. Jr. high and high school wasnt really exciting. If you didnt grow up with classmates you were considered an outsider. So I had a couple of friends that had moved there later. I still talk to them on occasion. Most of the people in the small town were related in some way. Well the year I graduated was eventful. I had a business of my own, manager of a movie theater in town, and bought me a brand new car. I enrolled for college for the following fall and had me a girlfriend, well sort of. Mom had an affair and moved to northeast oklahoma with her fella. So mom and dad got a divorce. After that, things at home were not going very good so I moved to northeast oklahoma. Been here ever since and here I sit. Meanwhile, mom and dad remarried other people. Mom had two boys and Dad married a lesbian (was going to change her I guess) and they had one boy. Later on my sisters and I found out dad had an affair when we lived in north texas and that produced another boy. Wow I had four younger brothers. Three of them are twenty years younger than me. I watched two of them grow up. They are great and have families of their own now. As for me, I went to another college and got an associates degree and dropped out one semester before getting my bachelors degree. I worked for a company for eighteen years before I quit there. I was given an ultimatum "IF YOU DONT LIKE WHAT YOUR DOING HERE, THEN GO FIND SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO", So I waved goodbye. That was the best thing I ever did, I should have done it sooner. I worked there because they promised me great things. I was a fool, dont know why that surprised me, been that way all my life. I gave the best years of my life for that company. I was on call twenty four seven. I did the best job possible considering what I had to do. Here is the list: I worked in the manufacturing part, landscaped the boss' house, pool boy, housecleaner, laundry, cook, and other miscellaneous things. I took care of the rental property, cleaned and took applications. I was a truck driver, getting parts, deliveries of product. Made sure vehicles were properly serviced. Managed the semi trucking business, made sure trucks had products to deliver and pick up on back hauls, hired and fired drivers. Then there was the cattle business. Managed seven hundred acres and four hundred head of cattle, too much to mention there. Then there was hay cutting, hay hauling, we were for hire so we did many acres for other people. During the spring and summer I dont remember sleeping at all. And I did this for eighteen years. And got yelled at, at least three times a week and that was a good week. Those were the days. Now I go to work in the evenings and get out of there around twelve thirty in the morning. I have been with the same company for eight years and have been doing the same job for six years. Kinda boring, but a whole lot easier and I dont have to take it home. I really didnt have any dreams except to be somebody. Well it didnt happen. I am just a below average middle aged american (european decendant) paying taxes. I work for a living, not to make money. I have tried numerous times to get out be somebody and do something but always failed. Whoever said "You can do anything you want if you put your mind to it" is full of crap. And on that note I am out of here. (and if you comment about my grammar, DONT!)

In the Beginning...

Today is the first day of the rest of my blog life. I am adventuring into the new world of Blogging. Hope this brings many new experiences and of course friends. After reading several blogs, which I found fascinating, I began thinking. Would people read my thoughts, ideas, and daily activities? I hope so, but if not, its a new experience and I will learn from it. So, ready or not, here I am...