Well here we are again, another upgrade for WordPress. It didn’t mess up this blog but probably will NOahs Ark as we made modifications to it. The upgrade messed up Tinks blog and now she has a dull template.

Yahoo wants me to upgrade the messenger but I’m getting mixed responses from those who have upgraded. So I haven’t yet. I did upgrade the AIM after i got positive responses. not so sure I like some aspects of it.

AVG wants me to upgrade and I haven’t done it yet. I hate wasting all my time doing all these upgrades that genereally mean more work for me. I can’t do any Windows upgrades because this computer doesn’t like the XP2 service pack and their upgrades now require it.

So we’ll see what the next upgrade will be. I guess it will have to be AVG as they will quit supporting the one i have soon.

As all deaths are they are so sad whether you have time to prepare for it or not.  In this case it was very unexpected.  No one expects a 20 year old to lay down for a nap and not wake up.

This was a very nice young man of 20. He was making plans for the rest of his life, he never left his family or grandparents without giving them a hug and a kiss.  He was very loving and kind.

Rest in Peace Elliott and I know you are having fun up there with Aunt Mary, Uncle Glenn, and the rest of the aunts and uncles who were up there before you.

Started off with me not being able to find a book to return to library, then went to Town Center mall just to walk and see what’s happening, see if anything jumped off the shelf into my hand.  NO, that didn’t happen but……

I ran into my Aunt Alva and Uncle Willis  who at age 87 and 85 walk at the mall almost every day on advice of her doctor.  They issued an invitation for me to go to lunch with them on Wed at their church and I said yes.

Went into the Hallmark store to see what ornaments they had left, 2 older clerks were in the store, didn’t say hi as I walked past them, didn’t say a thing as they walked by me and I was picking things off the shelf,  didn’t say a thing as I walked to the counter to check out with about  $70 worth of ornaments and stuff, about $0  probably with the discounts.  Didn’t say a thing while I waited and waited, didn’t say a thingto me as I walked back to the shelf and started putting stuff back.  I should have just left it on the counter but I didn’t.  And I walked out of the store.  I wonder how many other $40-60 purchases those two clerks lost the owner today.

Then went to BJ’s to price printer ink as I”m getting ready to make flyers for the ranch condo I’m selling.  While there I saw these two males.   One had a shaved head, hoop earrings in both ears  with a reddish goatee, the other male with him had a mohawk.  Shaved head, and the hair line down the middle spiked and curled at the ends, stiff as a board with a goatee and those big baggy shorts that are nearly falling off.

Then I went to our Hallmark where I’m a member of their collectors club, they didn’t have anything that I wanted.  I”m continually amazed at what’s in the different Hallmark stores. 

Came home and found another house up for sale.  Decided to walk up the hill and found that one that had been on the market for a long, long time finally sold to a kid that was sharing a place a few doors down from me.   Gotta get that flyer made and a sign up.

Oh and my aunt put some important papers away without telling me where and now that we need them I can’t find them.

And the day is only half over.  But I”m home for the  day so don’t expect anything else to happen.

 

WEll, got all the Christmas decorations down and put away.  Sure is dull in here.

So I have all the spring stuff out.  But instead of the creamy doily under the table centerpiece I put a purple cloth under it.

Makes it look a little brighter.  And I figured as long as I was making the house springy, I might as well put spring back on the blog.

So here we are back to the Iris.  Tink has already told me she likes it better.

HOw about you?

These came to me from one of my travel agent friends

 

PONDERISMS

·      I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most  people die of  natural causes.

·      Gardening Rule: When weeding, the best way to make sure you are  removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If  it  comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.

·      The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.

·      Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.

·      There are two kinds of pedestrians: the quick and the  dead.

·      Life is sexually transmitted.

·      Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.

·      The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.

·      Some people are like Slinkies. Not really good for anything, but  you still can’t help but smile when you see one tumble down the  stairs.

·      Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals  dying of  nothing.

·      Have you noticed since everyone has a camcorder these days no one talks about seeing UFOs like they used to?

·      Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.

·      All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no 
attention to criticism.

·      In the 60′s, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.

·      Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.

·      How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it 
takes a whole box to start a campfire?
·      Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, “I think I’ll  squeeze these dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?

A       Who was the first person to say, “See that chicken there? I’m gonna eat the next thing that comes outta its butt.”

A       Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?

·      If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?

·      Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don’t point to their crotch when they ask where the bathroom is?

·      If  quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?

·      If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, then what is baby oil made from?

·      If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?

·      Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?

·      Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?

·      Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog’s face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?

·      Does pushing the elevator button more than once make it arrive faster?

·      Why doesn’t glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

A     Do you ever wonder why you gave me your email address

there’s an article in todays Atlanta Journal Constitution on the online networks of Facebook and Myspace.  It’s about employers using the profiles to make hiring decisions.

One young lady thinks it’s an invasion of privacy for employers to use the profiles in this way.

I’d like to know how data you put in a public file online  you can consider private.   Since my first days of networking online I”ve been told not to post anything anywhere that you didn’t want others to see.

In doing a search for my nickname, for my company names, I”ve seen results come in from forums I posted long ago, to some I just posted recently.  Also some comments I’ve made on other blogs.

So it pays to put minimal information in your profiles and never to say anything in posts on forums, communities, blogs that you wouldn’t want EVERYONE else to see.

You’d be amazed at what the search engines turn up anymore.

Today was my goal to get all the junk food out.  And I think I’m about over it. 

I have a mince pie left and if I don’t eat the crust that’s not too bad.   My aunt always fussed at me cause I didn’t eat the crust of any pie.  I always figured it was that much less fat to eat.

I did something today I very seldom do.  When I was full  I put the food away.   Threw out some chips, put the sausage and cheese back in fridge.  They’ll probaby go in freezer tomorrow. 

Had steak and shrimp and steamed asparagus for dinner.  And a piece of mince pie a little wile ago.  But will have to throw out the cool whip.  i’ve had it too long and it doesn’t taste good.

That just leaves me with ice cream, some fruit cake that’s already in the freezer and some fudge that’s already in the freezer. 

Why in the freezer?   If it’s in the freezer then I don’t see it every time I go to get water or go out in the kitchen.  So then I’m not tempted by it.   I can keep fruitcake in the freezer at least a year with no ill effects.

So no more junk food.  Sodas only once in awhile.  HeeHee we’ll see how long this lasts.  Good luck with your food goals this year.

 

Well, 2006 is gone, 2007 has come.  I celebrated with all my favorite junk foods, a couple of rum and coca-colas.

Caught up most of my bookkeeping, won a domain name and 3 months web hosting.

Celebrated with Tink in IM and my friends over at the Expo-Connector.   We’re watching each time zone come in across the US.  Had some live webcams of a club in Orlando.  Gentle Hands called me from their second party of the night.  Sounds like they were having fun.  They were out watching fireworks.

Hunting haggi over at scotsman.com   First prize is 2 night at Gleneagles Hotel.  I’d love to be able to go in April and tack on 2 nights at this luxurious hotel.

Everyone plans on sleeping late tomorrow morning.  I know I’m planning on staying home tomorrow too except to go out and walk.

Everyone have a Happy New Year and best wishes for a better year this year!!!

2006 is getting ready to leave us.  Can’t say as I’m sad about it.  With 3 family deaths, a couple that was my aunt’s best friend died within weeks of each other, and being apart from Gh and family and Tink it hasn’t been especially exciting year for me.

However there is always hope for the New Year.  I’ll be seling the condo and going back to Virginai Beach. At this point don’t know exactly where I’ll be living or if Tink or Piper Dude who will be a fulltime university student will be living with me.

I have big plans for building my Noahs Ark Animal business and our Jerky business.   Next week I’ll start making it happen here and looking forward to building in Va Beach.

We are working ways for me to lose weight as nothing I”m doing now seems to work.  Although while i was in bed for Mon-Wed I did lose 5 lbs because I didn’t eat anything for 3 days.  Looks like I will have to eliminate all white foods, sugars and breads.   That about takes care of all the foods I like. 

We’ll see how that works starting Tues.  I plan on starting the New Year with foods I like.