This winter I have been so cold and miserable it is a wonder that someone has not kicked my butt. I can not wait for spring to get here, it will not be a moment to soon. I know that we will have at least one more cold snap this winter, but I am ready for spring. I can not wait for the birds to return to our yard and for the grass to green up, I will not mind when it comes time to mow the yard again, and that is one job that I really hate. I miss the warm days and the nice cool nights of spring. Go away Old Man Winter and let spring get here as soon as possible.
The Olympics
While I have not watched every minute of the Olympics this year I have wound up watching some of the winter games. I think that curling may be the most interesting sport on the TV at the winter games. I like the fact that almost everyone can do this sport and have fun, it reminds me of shuffleboard and pool with the angles used. I think it would be a lot of fun to try curling. I am not sure if a curling lane could be found in Tennessee but I plan on looking.
Happy birthday sis
Today my baby sister turns 47, I know she will kill me for telling everyone how old she is. I guess she will just have to get over it. I am past thinking about getting old and I just turned 51. I know that I fell good and she is in better shape than I am. I wish I was a skinny as she is, I have never been skinny and I never will be but I am happy and that is all that matters. Happy birthday sis and I hope you have many more. I love you and hope you have a great day.
6 more weeks of winter
Today Phil the ground hog in Pennsylvania saw his shadow and he predicts 6 more weeks of winter. I do not know if he is going to be right, but I know one thing for sure. I am more than ready for spring to get here, the sooner the better as far as I am concerned. This winter has been long, cold and very wet and I am ready to find some sand and sunshine and I want to find it very soon. A trip to the beach is in my very near future plans and I can not wait to see sand and sunshine.
Fun in the Snow
We had enough snow for our grandson to actually sled down the hill in the backyard. We had to get creative about what we had on hand that could be pressed into service as a sled. We don’t have enough snow most years to bother with buying a proper sled. It would just be taking up a lot of room in the garage. But there are other things that can be pressed into use when we do have some snow. Last time my daughter used a plastic laundry basket while at a friend’s house. But would you believe we don’t have laundry baskets like that? We use a hamper.
After looking around the garage and the laundry room, we decided to look for an old box or large sheet of cardboard. Ended up that a boxtop worked pretty well. He got tired of it after about 20 minutes and complained about being cold, so that was the end of our short snow day with fun in the snow.
Face Book
It seems that I am the last human that has not joined Face Book. I have resisted this fad as long as I can, I need help to keep myself busy and not get involved with mafia crap and farm this and guess that. I have just embraced the internet and really do not want my life as an open book to all of my “friends” that have added me on face book. I will not join it this week and I hope to have the urge under control for the rest of my life, but I may need a help group to get me past the urge to join.
Happy birthday sis
Yesterday would of been my sisters 49th birthday, and she is in my thoughts today. Well she is always in the back of my mind but today she is in the front, and I miss her a lot. We could always talk and I miss that a lot. She was the rock who made my life much easier to take. Being the oldest is a tough job and my two little sisters made that a whole lot easier for me to deal with. Happy birthday Robin I know that you atre still watching over me.
School zone
I forgot that school was starting and like an idiot I got a speeding ticket. I was on the phone and just plain forgot that they had school for a half day today. It has been a long time since I got any tickets so i will just pay the fine and go about my business, of course I lost about an hour dealing with the cop and getting the ticket so I will have to make that time up this weekend at work. It was a silly mistake and I will slow up now, at least in the school zones I will.
School
I can not believe that next week school starts again. When I was a child we did not start school until just before Labor Day, and that was way to early for me, most of the time any way.
I can honestly say that I did not like school at all and would rather be outside working or playing instead of learning. I was a bit ahead of my classmates in most subjects, I in fact had read the text book in most subjects by the third week of school. I was bored most of the time and it is a wonder I learned anything at all.
When
When is summer going to get here? We have had a very cool and very wet July, after a wet spring we are way over the amount of rain we get at this point in the season. I believe that I heard almost 4 inches above the normal rainfall for the year so far. I know that we will pay for this bounty this fall and I am not looking forward to that at all. I fear we will have a very wet and cold fall and winter and that is not to my liking at all. I hope that it is a warm and wet fall and winter. That would be more to my taste.