When I went to the doctor last week I found out that I had lost 20 pounds and all I have changed in my diet is the fact that I try and eat a bowl of oatmeal every morning. I do this to aid my digestion and to help keep my cholesterol down at a manageable level. It is working to keep my weight down too an added plus to my morning ritual. I still crave a huge breakfast but my bowl of oatmeal holds me until lunch time and that has made losing weight very easy to me.
Wildlife
As we get deeper into spring time we get more and more wildlife near our house. Yesterday we got our second squirrel in the house. This one was easier to get back outside than the first one. I chased him/her downstairs and right out the open back door. The first one was a bigger chase and the main problem is keeping the dogs from getting it. Jack Russell Terriers have a great hunting gene and it kicks in when they get close to wildlife. Lets hope the word gets spread to the rest of the critters to stay out of the house.
Grass
Our grass is growing so fast we almost have to cut it twice a week right now. I am glad that our yard is small only when it comes to cutting the grass. The rest of the time I wish we had a huge lawn for the dogs and kids to play in. Right now we are over run with the yellow flowers of the dandelions in our front yard. I have been trying to keep them picked but they grow faster than I can get them picked. I wish we had a goat to help keep the weeds down sometimes but then I think of the mess you would have to clean up and I will stick with dogs, kids and a lawnmower.
Earthquake
Today a big earthquake hit a place that you almost never hear about earthquakes, Italy almost never get hit with earthquakes. The last report I saw had 91 people killed and over 1500 hurt, the most hurt in a quake in Italy in over 30 years. Lets hope the rest of the missing folks are found alive and unhurt and keep the good people of Italy in your thoughts and prayers today.
New truck
This spring I will be in the market for a new truck, I have about driven the wheels off of all the vehicles we have now. I want a new Ford pickup but that does not work real well in our delivery business and I will wind up with a SUV that is more useful than a pickup is. I really like the Chevy Tahoe that we have and it has been a great truck for us. We have made a lot of trips in it and it has always worked well for us in our delivery business. I hate looking for a new vehicle that is time I could spend on something else.
Price of gas
Here in Nashville the price of gasoline has started to creep up towards $2.00 a gallon. We have had a good run of gasoline prices below $2.00 a gallon and I am sure it will keep going on up, back where the big gasoline companies can make even more money off us poor working slobs. My small delivery company can make a profit if gasoline prices stay lower than $2.00 a gallon but I am not holding my breath for it to stay down that low. We need price breaks on food and gasoline to make this country work we can not keep paying these high prices with our wages dropping like they are.
March
March came in like a lion and it looks like it is going to go out like another lion. The next five days are calling for rain and wind, some storms will be here too it looks like. I am so ready for some sunshine but it looks like we will not get much sunshine until April at the earliest. It has been a long cold and wet winter and I am so very ready for sunshine and nice weather it is not funny. Come on summer I am very ready for you this year.
Hate to admit……………..
One of the things that I hate to admit is that I am wrong about anything, you can call it being hard headed or as I like to say I am firm in my beliefs. Either way it looks like that dam ground hog was right, it has been 6 weeks to the day that the little sewer rat saw his shadow and we had 6 more weeks of winter. I in no way thought that he was right and I thought we would have an early spring I guess thats why he makes the big bucks, and every one watches him and not me. I hope winter is over now and we can get along with the good stuff that we do in the spring time.
Gas prices
The price of gasoline has started to go back up this week and it looks like by the time that spring gets here we will have gasoline prices over $2 a gallon. Even though it is a far cry from the over $4 a gallon we had last fall every penny the price goes up costs me money in higher expenses for me and my drivers. Lets hope they get control over the rising gasoline prices and get the price down where it belongs.
March Comes Roaring In
The temperatures dropped, the wind picked up and the sleet turned to snow. Just when we thought Spring was on its way, we got a severe winter storm that swept through about half of the country. The snow came down all night and didn’t stop until noon. They say we will have more tonight. So I guess it is safe to say that “March has come in like a lion.”