I just love to swim. I don’t care if it is in a lake, beach or pool, so long as I can immerse myself in the water and have fun. There is also the added fun of shopping for a new bathing suit. I think I will go to the lake this weekend and relax in and by the water. Perhaps I can get some friends together for a nice little BBQ and some Volley Ball. Now that sounds like a lot of fun ! Ok then, time to go into the planning stage and make some phone calls. Have a nice rest of the week. Two more days till Friday and the fun begins. =)
Vacation
That vacation is looking better and better. I get those emails from travel agencies and such, and I keep looking at the destinations. Gosh it would be nice to jet off to somewhere exotic for a much needed vacation. Perhaps somewhere Tropical ! Hawaii is looking REALLY good right now. Mai Ti’s and Luaus with white beaches is just the ticket. I would love to go hiking there as well because there are some very beautiful trails for tourist hikes. I want to see some of those famous water falls they film at for movies as well. That would be awesome !
A cold spell?
After having 100 degree weather for a few days, it feels downright chilly out today. The sun is shining and most people would think this is “perfect weather”…to me it’s cold. I admit that those high heat days were humid and it made things a bit sticky. Never ever try grooming and clipping a long haired dog in that kind of weather. Heed my advice. It sticks to you all over, and even after a shower I felt like I had dog hair on me. LOL!
Movies at home
I’ve been thinking about checking into Direct TV packages for the movies mostly. I don’t watch much television since I really don’t have time, but when I see clips of movies that are out now, and I find them interesting or they are ones that I want to see, I’d like to be able to kick back at home and watch them. I’m not happy with the service I have right now, so I indeed do what to check this out.
While watching the news the other night, it totally blew me away at how many break ins, robberies, and other crimes there are because of security reasons. My friend Diane’s home had gotten vandalized and broken into three times and the landlord refused to put in any security precautions or let her even pay and have it put in herself. So she moved. She then immediately had home security sierravista installed and now has peace of mind when she goes out or even while she is at home.
I don’t live in a bad neighborhood, but I’d like to get a new television to watch my movies on, so an alarm system is definitely in order. Because of where I park, people can’t tell if I’m home or not and when I’m watching a movie I like I get really engrossed in it, so unless the dog barks, I don’t know if anyone is around the house. He indeed is a great, matter of fact, and awesome little watch dog and protector but that isn’t enough for me now with the crime rate the way it is.
Short weekend.
This weekend went so fast. It seems like I got nothing at all accomplished that I wanted to do and there was quite a list. Tomorrow back to the old grind and to be honest, I’m not looking forward to it. I’ve seriously been thinking about taking a vacation from everything. Working, writing, talking on the phone…just everything. It’s so tempting. We’ll see what happens.
A very good book.
I know most every one has heard of the movie with Julia Roberts in it, called Eat, Pray, Love. Well, I saw the movie and didn’t think it was very good. Then I got the book. To me, books are always better than the movie. I was right about this one. I literally did not want to put it down. If I were a book critic I would give it a five star rating. Do yourself a favor and read it. I can’t begin to tell you all how much I got out of it personally.
The Aunts.
I have two Aunts that I am called to visit occasionally. It’s more like a summons than an invitation though. Don’t get me wrong, I love them both dearly and have some really great childhood memories with them, but sometimes these summons are rather scary. I never know what I’m walking into when I get there. This time it was about my financial future. Mainly in stocks. Well, not mainly but I also discovered The Aunts had really been busy learning the computer when they started talking about online trading.
I must tell you that I know absolutely nothing about any of these fancy words they were using to take care of my financial future, but it was kind of interesting to hear these little elderly ladies sounding like CEO’s of major corporations. Stock trading I found really interesting, since one of the Aunts had invested in a cereal company’s stock years ago and I must admit, it has done very well. So that subject I indeed listened to.
One can only drink so much tea while listening to The Aunts and also looking at financial reports, and also worrying about in one or the other were sick and “preparing me” for the news. I grabbed a beer out of the fridge, (They knew I was coming and prepare of course…lol!) and sat back down at the table to hear more about IRA accounts, since they both were on a roll! 🙂
Bad day at work.
It was a stressful day at work. All I could think of was the movie Fried Green Tomatoes. I tried hard not to pull a “Towanda” after listening to total back stabbing woman at each others throats. It would have been nice though!
Grow little seeds!
I planted zinnia’s, hyacinth beans, poppies and some other plants today. Hopefully they will take. Haven’t even begun to start my straw bale garden yet. Work work and more work and not enough time to play in the dirt, like I so want to do. The weather is going from storms and chilly, to what seems now like a drought. Today it got up to 101 degrees outside. I can’t believe with all the rain we had that the ground is cracking now.
Scary storms!
We had a really bad storm come through, along with a tornado. It could have been a lot worse, like it has been in other states though. Just going out and looking at the trees down, and whole roads blocked off with debris and even telephone lines and whole poles laying down in the fields was scary to see. I feel blessed that we didn’t get hit worse. And it’s only the beginning of summer.