Until late afternoon, yesterday was nice. And then it began to rain again. From afternoon until sometime this morning it rained close to two inches. It is cloudy today and it could rain again. Although we do need the rain, I hate when we get some much in such a short period of time. We have a dry period and then we get too much rain.

We got about an inch of rain yesterday, it was a gentle all day sort of rain. Looks like the next few days will be rain filled. Will do a final rain tally once the stuff has cleared out.

Can't mow in the backyard because of the rain, so we'll be getting out and using the weed whip to knock down some of the taller grass. It probably wont be until next week or the weekend before I'll get a chance to mow in the back. With the dogs back there, I can't just go back anytime I want, it has to be a planned thing. Mom has to be home and help with holding the dogs back. I might plan for mowing sometime in the week since there are things to be done over the weekend.

Pre-ordered the Mystery Science Theater 3000 volume 9 set and Earthquake DVD's. I have been looking for Earthquake for sometime as it is one of my favorite disaster movies. It had been out on DVD before, but had no luck getting a copy, so I am pleased as hell to finally get a copy. The MST3K set has three movies I have never seen. So I have something to look forward to later next month.

The sun is shining and it is nice out. I really didn't mind the clouds, the rain or the cooler temperatures. Wish the clouds could have hung around a few more days.

Not sure what we will be doing this weekend. I am hoping we can get out and do something a little fun, if it was cheap as well as fun then it would be a bonus. There aren't any movies coming out any time soon that I want to see. Have only seen one movie so far and that is sad. But since Hollywood can't seem to make a decent movie anymore, I am afraid the amount of movies I see in the theaters each year is going to be limited to just a few. Maybe there will be a summer blockbuster or two worth viewing.

Went out to dinner last night. When we were done, I went over to best buy to look at Gamecube games, as I left I looked up and saw a rainbow. It was very beautiful, was able to view it for several minutes. We have gotten, I have not checked how much rain we got last night, a little over an inch of rain since Saturday. The rain has been needed and gentle.

Have been dealing with a nasty case of depression this week.

Had to have the septic tank pumped again, it hadn't overflowed or anything I was just concerned it might.

I finally got my bathroom faucet fixed. Had been putting it off for months, knew it needed done because it was putting a fair amount of water into the septic tank. After I fixed it and the water was turned back on, was relieved to find there was no leak from under the sink and that when I went out to dump some root killer in the septic tank I noticed that the drip that had been there prior to me fixing the faucet was gone. On the plus side I saved us about two hundred bucks fixing the faucet myself. Am happy it is finally done.

The pizza place we went to last weekend is closed for good and that's just sad. Although they didn't have a ton of business, they always had a few customers. But that wasn't enough to keep them going. Now there isn't a good place to get pizza locally. Papa Johns is crap, don't like Dominos and there Pizza Hut is delivery only and isn't good on top of that.

Got a bit of rain last night and we needed it in the worst way. The storm was in and out of the area within about an hour. Am still nervous when it comes to rain and the septic tank but I can deal with that stuff.

Have a couple errands this morning. When we get back, will do some cleaning and see if the lawn mower still works. If by some chance I need to go buy a new mower, I will just buy a cheap and light one.

Had some severe weather sail through the area last night. We were on the outer reaches of the storm and got a little bit of some much needed rain. The sirens did scream due to a tornado warning. We were out doing a couple chores went the storm rolled in, had to return some bad avocados and decided to pick up some pizza for dinner. I was sitting in the pizza place and watched the TV they had tuned to one of the local news channels. They interrupted Americas Most Wanted to start the storm coverage, the weather dude mentioned that a funnel had briefly touched down. Once our pizza was done, I hurried to the car and drove home.

As we were headed home, we kept looking to the sky. The lightning was lighting up the sky as if God was playing pinball. The storm was a nice spring electrical storm. I watched the storm coverage as I ate dinner, while mom sat out in the family room and bitched about the coverage, but she also complains about sports coverage interrupting her shows so I just ignore it.

Have some chores to take care of this weekend. Among them is to clear some debris from the yard and burn it.

The past two days have been fairly windy. Yesterday was cloudy and breezy much of the day and then in late afternoon the clouds left. It warmed up a little and then sometime in the evening the clouds returned. During the evening, I saw lighting and would have sworn it was going to rain. No rain at all. The next few days are supposed to be warmer then should be normal for this time of year and we still haven't had rain in awhile.

Think the bird we saw at the lake Saturday was a Osprey. Not sure yet, will check out our bird books.

Took some pictures of the tulips I planted last year that are blooming. They are very pretty and will post a pic when I can.

Went to the laundromat yesterday morning. It wasn't hard for me to get up early, as I do it every morning. Mom, who can stay up with ease, like usual had a hard time getting up and moving. We did a lot of laundry, lots of towels and sheets.

The power went out twice last night. Its like the fourth time this year we have lost power. Although the wind was a little strong it wasn't so bad that it would cause the power to go out. I don't know what the problem is, but it is getting ridiculous.

We had just come back from doing some shopping and I was downstairs bringing the last of the stuff up, when boom power is out. Mom had to get a flashlight and guide me up the stairs by its light. Everything was put away in very little light and dinner was eaten by candle light, but not because we wanted to. When we were almost done with dinner, the power came back on. About ten minutes later it went out again and stayed of for about half an hour. When the power came back off again, I wondered to myself how long was it going to stay off this time. It stayed on and has been on since then.

Have a project to do today and then this afternoon we are going to go out and try to have some fun. Tomorrow we are going to the Laundromat to get caught up on the laundry that I have been behind on for a couple weeks.

The top pic is of Ashley, he's part Tabby and part Seal Point Himalayan.
The Bottom is of (From left to right) in front Delilah, Montana and Samson. Back row is Tiko, Felix and Zane. On the pillow is Zephyr, he is a Tabby Siamese mix. Franklin is the only one I don't have a good photo of, yet. I plan on taking some pictures this weekend.

Have some chores to do, a few errands and a big project planned for the weekend.

Have a major case of depression. I know I worry too much about things I cant change, obsess about them, get into fits of anxiety over little stuff.

It looks like the laterals from the septic tank are need to be replaced. I am sure that isn't cheap. Don't think we can get that done for fifty bucks. There is a plumber who lives up the street we will talk to Saturday. Until then we are going to do no laundry and conserve water as much as we can. I say that because it looks like we may need to have the septic tank pumped out again and we just had it done Monday. Yes, I realize that doesn't make sense, but the water is coming from some where and then there is the fact that rain is in the forecast and that water will most likely head right to the tank.

You know, I know life isn't supposed to be easy and all, but it seems like we and many others have a more difficult life then others do. An easy solution to some of this crap would be for me to when the lottery. But I don't see me dreaming of the numbers as I sleep or winning the bloody thing ever happening.

Karma, I love you, but you're a flipping bitch.

My baseball teams for the year are---Colorado Rockies, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox and the lowly Kansas City Royals. I did well with the football teams I followed last year, let see how I do with these teams.

The septic tank was taken care of yesterday morning and since then I have been trying to come up with a way to lessen the amount of water that goes into it in the future. One thing I know would help, is if we could divert the washer water elsewhere. Then the only water going into the tank would be shower, kitchen sink, bathroom sink and toilet water, which doesn't add up to a lot of water throughout the day. Have been looking to what how local government has to say about gray water and also looking for grey water tanks.

While I was outside walking around the yard yesterday morning, I noticed that more of our plants budding. In fact, some of the things I planted last year are looking real good and may bloom soon. I might post some photos of them later on.

Lost power last night for more then an hour. The wind was strong, as it has been off and on for a few days.

We also found the septic tank was full, found out when I went downstairs to take care of some laundry and saw a trickle around the out take pipe. Both of us had to wash our hair in the sink and went without showers, Mom cleaned up with a rag and I went to bed a little dirty. I had taken a shower late Saturday so it wasn't as if I was terribly dirty.

We are now waiting for a pumper truck to come and pump out the tank. I know I need to get in the habit of using Rid-X, hopefully this will push me to start doing it. The tank obviously isn't draining right. Of course, neither of us want more digging and more cost to replace drainage pipes. Crossing my fingers everything gets done well and quickly.

I have a slight pet peeve with the post office. Since I sell items on eBay, I need to use the post office to ship my stuff. Yes on occasion I have used UPS, but not that often (in fact I didn't ship with UPS last year but I digress). Since December I have been paying for postage online, which is wonderful because I can walk out to the mailbox and hand the package to my letter carrier or stuff it in the mailbox if its small enough. My peeve lately has been that someone at my local post office isn't scanning the delivery confirmation before it leaves. So I have been nervously wondering where oh where the packages are. One was finally delivered and I got feedback for it. The other is still in transit and FINALLY got scanned in to the system today in Texas. Yes, I know there are last workers all over....BUT I never saw such a display of laziness with two packages in a row. It makes me nervous about shipping another package, even though I shouldn't be. Okay I feel better.

We got some rain on Thursday, the trees and flowers seem to have responded to the rain and showing some signs of life. The bulbs I planted last year have some buds, also two of the plants we planted last spring look really good. A couple up and died, but they will be replaced later in spring. The iris plants are looking good and we have some tulips ready to pop open.

Above is some irises from a couple years ago.