Ally and her latte moments
Sometimes a word or phrase sounds so practical, so perfectly descriptive, that you wonder why you never heard it before.
I have been trying to find out where to take a load of fallen tree limbs and bags of leaves to dispose of them. I know this is not considered trash and its not even considered recycling.
Turns out the proper term for it is yard waste and there are only two places in the county that will accept it. And neither one is open on Saturdays and Sundays. Sigh.
For the past two weeks we have been threatened by violent thunderstorms and the danger of possible tornadoes. I always take the threat of a tornado very seriously. The amount of damage that can be done, including killing people and pets, is horrifying. Every time we hear a tornado warning siren we take shelter in the basement – that is the safest place in our house.
All last night we have emergency alerts come on the TV and the sirens went off at least 4 times overnight. The threat is even worse at night because it is dark and you cannot see the danger, plus my people are asleep and do not leave their TVs on to hear the warnings.
I hope the Easter Bunny came to your house and left you lots of candies!
There is this great saying about taking advantage of people:
Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me twice, shame on me.
I have tried to keep that in mind over the years. I do like to trust people and give them every benefit of the doubt, but there are so many scams and con artists out there now, I have to be careful and protect myself, too.
I was just thinking this saying was very appropriate for today, since it is April Fool’s Day and I know someone people are going to try to pull some jokes on me today. At least this is harmless fun.
I’m sure by now everyone in the world has heard about the tragedy in Japan. Itt was bad enough to have such a strong earthquake, but then to have a tidal wave come and wipe out several towns and everyone who lived there . . . how horrific that must be. I feel so very sorry for the victims and the survivors. God Bless the people of Japan.
For various reasons, over the years I seem to have missed some good TV shows.
Now I can make up for that by buying the set of those TV series on DVD. I see a lot of the TV shows are on DVD at WalMart and on Amazon. The prices are reasonable and you can buy the whole series so you don’t miss a single episode.
I am going to buy a few of those sets and watch the shows at my convenience, then maybe share them with family or friends who might have missed them, too.
I have GOT to lose a few pounds. I am serious this time. I want to look nice this summer and I have to buy a new bathing suit. So I am going to lose 15 pounds before Memorial Day and I am going to look GREAT when I hit the beach! That is only 5 pounds per month between now and then – I just know I can do this!
I heard a bout a new TV show called Harry’s Law. And I thought, great, another show about lawyers. We already have a bunch of shows, like Boston Legal, L.A. Law, The Defenders and others. So why do we need another legaldrama?
Well, this show is about Harriet who leaves a big corporate firm and sets up shop in the ghetto. Everyone calls her Harry and she is one tough cookie! I saw the pilot last week and I fell in love with it right away. I can’t wait to see the net episode, which is on tonight!
If you pay any attention to lucky numbers or numerology, today and tomorrow are special days. The date for today is 01 10 11. And the date for tomorrow will be 1 11 11. You take this coincidence even further and at 11 minutes after 11 tomorrow you have all ones. How cool is that?
