Had three strange dreams last night.

One I remember more detail about it then I do the other two. In the first, I was with a group of people in a hotel. We were packing our things up to leave. At some point I mentioned to someone in the dream that we sure did have a lot of things to take back with us and wasn't sure how we could do it. He seemed uncertain about it too. There were three rooms that out stuff was in I remember one of the rooms was "419" and it was down the hall from the other two rooms. That's all I remember about it.

In dream two, it was in black and white. Which is unusual for me, because I almost always dream in color. I do remember there were others involved, but not much more.

The third dream was preview for some movie I had never heard of and have no idea if it is even real. The dream was also in black and white. What I remember is mostly seeing this actor with sort of bushy hair, who was playing an actor in a stage play. At some point he has a light or a lighting effect blow up near him and it causes a part of his makeup to adhere to his face . He is devastated by this and that's all I remember.

Had a nice Christmas. With the weather we've had recently, coupled with the year we've had has left us not really in the Christmas mood. It wasn't a complete downer or anything, we still had a nice day, we just weren't aglow in the festive mood.

We technically had a white Christmas. The snow that had fallen last week was still on the ground, even if the temperature on Tuesday was in the lower fifties. Yesterday it started to snow again. Apparently we got more snow in our area than around the area Mom works. She said it was a little tricky get home, but she made it home safe.

Mom is working late tonight. Because of when Christmas fell, she will have to go in on Monday and run payroll. Hopefully It wont take her to long. To help out a bit, she's working late tonight.

Have been playing Splinter Cell Double Agent and I like it. Because I have played Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow and Splinter Cell Chaos Theory ( particularly this one) a lot, I am finding it fairly easy to get around the game. I ran into a brick wall with one thing and was able to find help online to get me past it. So far I am liking the game.

I am a bit depressed. The weather hitting the area on or near the weekends is putting a damper on the holiday mood. I do want to get out and go to Crown Center tomorrow, even though there is a snow storm ready to bear down on us as I type. Although the thought of going over there and fighting the crowds is unappealing, we have done very little festive type things this holiday season. The one thing I hate about some holidays, is that "everyone" seems like they have plans that involve doing big things and or visiting family. I know not everyone is big on Christmas, but the idea that if you don't have friends or family to party with and you're not spending a fortune on gifts that there is something wrong with you. The whole thing seems thrust upon us, that if you want to be alone or don't care to do it up big you're a loser. It's no wonder a lot of people kill themselves around this time of year.

Besides, I think Santa is a pervert anyway. Think about it! HE sees you when you're awake, he sees you when you're sleeping, he knows if you've been bad or good. What else is he gazing upon? Does he look at you in the shower, or as you're pleasuring yourself or someone else, does he have a lot of elf on elf action up north or something? And just what is Mrs Clause into? The whole thing sounds fishy to me.

The KC football team sucks. And until Carl Peterson leaves, they will continue to suck ass.

The tree we bought Saturday is up and decorated. Will get a photo up sometime soon, maybe.

Last year at this point I was in Paris. Being in Paris trumps everything about a holiday season.

The large order we had with Amazon arrived and I've been looking at a couple of the things. My part of the order included books, DVD's and Splinter Cell Double Agent for my GameCube.

We went out in the winter weather and got a Christmas tree. Its nice, cost almost 40 bucks, but it's nice.

The snow storm didn't amount to too much but at least we got something. If it warms up, it wont last long.

Haven't really been in a holiday mood this year. Such a strange and weird year in many aspects. Hopefully next year will be better.

We have an ice storm working it's magic on the area at the moment. Large chuck of the country is suffering from this icy fun.

The last part of our big Amazon.com order has finally shipped. I am anxiously awaiting it now, there are a couple things I want now but will have to wait.

Two weeks until Christmas. My shopping is done, just need a tree.

We have some snow and a little bit of ice out there. Had to get out in the weather yesterday to do a couple errands. It wasn't too bad. When we got to the grocery store, it turned crazy. All I wanted to do was purchase a couple things. I've never seen the place so packed. Every parking spot was taken and people parked where they should not have just so they could make a purchase. Luck was on my side as everything I was buying could be purchased at the customer service counter. The lines were easily fifteen people deep. Was thankful we had gotten our groceries Friday night.

The new sofa looks wonderful in the living room and goes great with the color scheme. My new bed is wonderful to sleep on and the sheets i have fit it just fine. I sleep under a comforter I had purchased earlier in the year but hadn't had a chance to use.

Had a headache yesterday, but I managed to get rid of it before lunch. The weather change is what caused it and thankfully it wasn't a bad one.

Sometime today will get an automated message from Nebraska Furniture Mart about when out delivery will be made tomorrow. Hopefully, I don't have to wait all day. Need to get a load of laundry done today. Will do it late if I need to, but I hope it doesn't come to that.

Had a long involved dream with me and some people I don't know in an airport. We were all rushing around trying to find gates to connect up with our other flights. As various times, we did slow down a bit and do some shopping and a little talking. But then we became a little frantic in trying to find out where we needed to go. At some point I realised I was already at my home airport, which looks completely different then it did in the dream, and began to leave. That's when the alarms went off and I woke up. I do remember there being a ton of people at the airport.

We bought a nice love seat, dark sage in color, and a mattress for me while we were shopping. I have needed a new mattress for some time. Maybe I will sleep a bit better now. Because it is a pillow top mattress, I wont be able to flip it over. I will just rotate it around, but not flip it. Will need to get in a habit of that.

The rain wasn't to bad Saturday. We left mid-morning, and because the ground still retained some heat, it wasn't too bad out on the streets. After we finished at Nebraska Furniture mart we went to Kmart and purchased a floor lamp and table. The lamp is a nice one, has brushed steel exterior. The table is a tiled top Mission style table and wasn't to bad to put together.

This weekend we are going to go to Nebraska Furniture Mart and buy a new sofa or love seat. Haven't decided which we are going to buy. I'd be happy with a chair.

Looks like we might get some freezing rain tomorrow. And then it will be rather windy once the rain stops.

Have continued to have strange dreams. One part of one that I can remember, is of me with some British ladies in a kitchen making cakes. The odd part of it comes from the fact that in order to make the frosting "stick" to the cake we need to dunk cake with the frosting on it in water. It seemed to make perfect sense in the dream and I didn't bat an eye as were doing it. But in waking life I think it's an odd thing to do.

It is cold out!!! And if it wasn't we need to get out to go to the laundromat and do a couple chores, I'd not go out at all. Well, I guess I would need to feed the dogs, give the dogs more straw to lay in, get the newspaper and mail. But other than that I would get out.

Thanksgiving was nice. But I think Mom wants to much of a big deal for a meal than I do. But since we only make these holiday meals a few times a year, and it does make her happy, I guess I can just deal with it.

Put a few things up on eBay yesterday. Thought I might as well take advantage of the holiday to try some new things.

Very cold today. I don't remember a Thanksgiving this cold. It is supposed to warm up later in the week and over the weekend, but I don't think it's going to get out of the twenties today. Think the low for tonight is supposed to be in the upper teens.

We will be doing some cooking and baking today. Hope we will do a smaller meal for Christmas, because I don't care for all this cooking. Also don't care for all of the dirty dishes.

We got a little bit of rain and a tiny amount of snow today. Mom and I went out on an errand after she got off work. Even though it was rather cold, it wasn't too bad. I was expecting it to be bad and take Mom longer to get home than normal, but it wasn't bad. Had dinner out and then came home to watch a little TV.

Had a strange dream last night involving a landscaping project. Was in a different home and wanted to put in a reflecting pool. I knew that this would make one of our neighbors mad. Once it was done she wasn't happy, because it all looked so beautiful. Saw two dogs in my dream, both had passed years ago, so it was strange to see them.

The up and down weather roller coaster is continuing with higher then normal temps for the next couple days and then more normal temps for later in the week.

Had a nice Thanksgiving at home planned. Also have some things for the weekend planned.

Haven't had much to post about. Everything is going well.

Not sure what we are going to do this weekend. Also don't know what we are going to do for Thanksgiving.

We only had two kids come to the door on Halloween. There were two others that passed us by and that was pretty much it for kids out and about this year. I don't know if walking around the neighborhood has fallen out of favor or not but it looks like it. Maybe the focus is more on parties and walking around the mall or some other safe place. I remember when I was younger and went out on Halloween, we didn't have a car following us with a parent protecting us. We went in groups and wandered far and wide. When I was old enough to do it by myself, I went all over. Its not to say that it was safer then, weird people have always been around, but I guess it was a different time. People must feel the need to over protect their kids, waste gas driving their large ass vehicles around while they watch their lazy ass kids go to certain houses and never trudge up stairs (God forbid) to get a treat. Maybe we outta just flat out ban Halloween.

Doing one big catchup post.

The Boston Red Sox won yet another world series. Would have preferred Cleveland to have gone to the series and either them or the Colorado Rockies to have won. Would have made a more interesting series.

Been having strange dreams again. The one I had last night involved super heroes. At some point I was walking along a foot bridge that was over this lake and saw three people in their costumes/outfits flying low over the lake and getting the fog cleared out. That showed no awareness that I was in the area what so ever. At the point that I finally got to the other side, I nabbed a gal and took off with her. It was only then that they seemed to care that I was alive. I took off and they gave chase. The woman disappeared, but they still chased me into this weird area where there were lots of people and a small pond. I ended up crawling on to the rocks surrounding the pond and then slip into the pond undetected by the super heroes and then the dream ends.

Robert Goulet has passed away. Although I have been aware of him for years, I haven't seen much of his work. But, I do enjoy the Emerald nuts commercial with him.

The chiefs had a bye week, so they at least had a chance to rest and not embarrass themselves again.

The trees aren't showing much color this year, and I bet the spring weather had a lot to do with it. But I am very happy that I did get a few pictures, because the leaves have dropped on a couple trees and I wouldn't have been happy if I had waited.

I have officially given up on NCIS. Cant stand a couple of the characters, so adios show.

In the past week: the chiefs won, we got half of an inch in rain and the cool weather continued. The days have been cool and loverly (I don't care if people claim that isn't a word). Looks like we might get some rain today.

Have some errands to run this weekend, so it's going to be a little busy. Hopefully, I can do some culling out of a few things today, so when we donate some stuff to Goodwill this weekend we have a little more to give.

Had a weather related headache yesterday that didn't break until I took a hot shower. Some times that works, some times it helps and then there are times I'm just wasting water when trying to get rid of a headache. But I felt so drained from fighting the headache I didn't do a couple things I needed to do. So today I will do those things.

Last night it rained briefly. It really looked like it could have just opened up and poured, but it didn't.

Deborah Kerr and rat packer Joey Bishop have both passed away. Was never a Bishop fan, in fact I've often wondered who the hell found him funny. Where as with Miss Kerr, I did enjoy a few of her movies and shared a birthday (born different years of course).

We got two and a half inches of rain yesterday. A bit of water in the basement, so its a good thing we were planning on going to the Laundromat Saturday anyway.

Have a headache due to the weather. Hopefully it wont completely ruin the day.

We are getting some rain, they have had flash flood watches and warnings in effect since last night for a large chuck of the surrounding area. We need the rain, we are still five inches behind what we should have at this point for the year. The tulip and daffodil bulbs I planted Monday will love this rain.

The Colorado Rockies are going to their first ever world series. It looks like the Cleveland Indians are going as well. They need just one more win, over the Boston Red Sox no less, to go. The Red Sox were in the series a couple years ago and won, for the first time in 80 plus years. So I wont feel too bad if they don't go to the series this year.

We got one and a half inches of rain yesterday. For awhile it seemed the rain would never stop. Looks like we have a chance for some more rain this week. Like I've said many times, we don't get rain when we need it but get too much at once. We seem to be in the latter of that statement now.

Am feeling better than I did last week. Still have waves of nausea when thinking about a certain brand of yogurt for whatever reason.

Purchased some flower bulbs at Lowe's yesterday, will plant them tomorrow or Tuesday. We got Tulips, Daffodils, Crocus and a couple other flowers to replace things that got killed off in the spring freeze.

Happy the Cheifs won today.

I feel better, yesterday I had a migraine that made me feel worse than I already did.

We are getting some rain today, it started earlier this morning. Because it is a slow rain, we aren't having any flash flooding. But it looks like the rain might be around for a few days.

Had a dream last night that involved shopping for Halloween stuff. I went to some store and they had some massive area set aside just for Halloween things. Wondered around for a bit and couldn't decide what to get because so many things looked great.

Have a touch of the flu, haven't been able to eat much because I am have trouble with nausea.

Mom has tomorrow of, don't think we are going to do anything special.

Rain is forecast for the weekend. We could use it, too.

Got a little rain, about a half inches worth the other day.

Will be doing some laundry this afternoon. Don't feel well, may be coming down with something.

Last night I dreamt I was an some sort of an event. I could not make out where I was. There were a lot of people at the event. Was very happy to see Rich and Kail Christensen were there and I was left speechless. Rich if the host of Pinks and Pinks:All out, both shows I watch and love. At some point, both men left and I was disappointed. Wanted so much to do a little more in depth talking about their shows and everything. I wondered around a little more and then the dream ended.

I watched the finale of Top Chef last night and I am still pissed off. Hung won and is a shame such an asshole won, he's a bigger asshole then the winner of last season. If I knew he was cooking at a restaurant, I would avoid the restaurant and get up and leave if I had just found out once I was already there. Bravo, Padma, Tom and Gail can kiss the fattest part of my shiny metal ass. I will never again watch Top Chef simply because the whole show is a fucking sham. They pretty much knew who they were gonna give it too, IMO, from probably day one. So long TC, the ride wasn't that great and I'd ask for the time I spent on this shit back, but I know I'd just waste someplace else.

Okay, I feel better.

We got a quarter of an inch worth of rain on Sunday. It came in a brief, but lovely, storm. Some rain is forecast for today and a couple other days this week. I am not complaining, because we need it all. Of course, it could very easily come too much at once too.

It was a nice day. Was a little warm but it rained this afternoon and it cooled things off a little.

Went to the Nelson-Atkins for a couple hours. We went into the new section that opened back in June, had some lunch then went through one of our favorite areas. After that we came home for a few hours, I watched some football and played online. Early evening we went out to dinner. I took some pictures of some clouds, they were heading out to deliver some rain to some other place.

Overall, it was a good day.

Have had a couple headaches this week, both have been mild.

Am hoping it starts to cool off soon and begin to feel more like fall.

Will do some chores on Saturday and then on Sunday will have some fun. The 30Th is my birthday. As always its going to be a low key affair.

French Mime Marcel Marceau has died. I had heard of him, known about him since I was a child. Don't understand the allure of mimes, or clowns for that matter. Mimes are a step above clowns and both rank pretty low on the entertainment ladder to me.

We are getting some rain today. It may not amount to much, but we need it so badly that any amount is welcome.

Allergies are beginning to bother me more, and will continue to do so now that we are officially in fall.

My birthday is Sunday, and I am uncertain as to what to do still. I think we will go to the Nelson Atkins Museum, look around the new wing and have some lunch. May not do anything more than that before having a nice dinner out some place.

We got a small amount of blessed rain this week. Though it wasn't much, I am happy we got something.

Shortly after I was notified by Amazon.com that my Best of Designing Women" DVD had been shipped, I found out that Alice Ghostley had passed away. She played Bernice on the show.

Brett Somers has also passed away. Just loved her on "Match Game", even if the show sucked loved the banter her and Charles Nelson Reilly had.

Going to do some catch up in one big post.

The chiefs suck and will always suck, at least until Carl Peterson is removed from his job.

The weekend was wonderful, it was cool with lower then normal temperatures and we felt like we were alive again. Of course I had two headaches last week leading up to the weekend and Mom had a headache Sunday afternoon leading up to the warmer temperatures we have now.

Cant think of anything fun I would like to do on my birthday. Of course, what I really want to do is nothing, zip, zilch, nada. But Mom feels we have to do something on our birthdays and so I am trying to think of something to do.

The weather has been weird everywhere. Hot where it usually isn't that hot, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, dry spells etc.

Have several things weighing on my mind that I wont go into. But need some time to give each of the things some serious thought.

Cats are doing fine, the dogs are doing well. Everybody's great, crazy but great.

Need to do some chores, laundry and yard work this week. Don't know how much of any of it will get done, but oh well.

I would very much like to thank Mother Nature for the one and a quarter inches of rain we got early this morning. Was so sure rain would pass us by, but we got a wonderful thunderstorm. The cool air was as welcome and refreshing as the rain. Looks like we have a chance or two in the next few days for some more rain with the cooler temperatures.

Happy the weekend is here and in a good mood. Need to get some things done this weekend, mostly cleaning and culling.

The strange dreams continue. Dreamt that my dad and I were traveling together. At some point we stopped for some food and it wasn't very good food. He didn't seem to understand that I don't eat red meat or pork anymore and insisted that I eat some nasty looking burger. We ended up in a hotel and for some reason (for whatever reason, but it is a dream and I don't think it's supposed to make sense) there were only a few of my cats with us. As we were leaving I was allowed to take one of my cats. I picked Ashley ( our male Himmy-Tab mix) and put him in a carrier. We continued our trip and ended up at a run down house where Ashley got loose and ran away. There are some other odds and ends to the dream but that's the largest chunk I remember.

We did a little bit of shopping today and had lunch at a nice place. Spent the afternoon watching college football and napping. Haven't sleeping well (what a shock).

Went to Burlington Kansas today to so some genealogy stuff. We took some photos and drove around to spots we had been before. Fun day but tiring.

Been having strange dreams again. Of course nothing about me or what I do is normal, but still. The other night I dreamt I had surgery and was able to walk again, the problem was that I was left with a deformed rear end. I thought I was worse off with the deformity then the fact that I could walk again. Don't remember what I dreamt last night, just know at some point I knew it was strange.

Got a pittance of rain yesterday. Honestly, I don't know know why Mother Nature even bothered. Other areas are getting rain, and even flooding, yet we cant seem to get more then just a teeny amount when it does rain. Cooler temperatures would also be helpful. Been walking around like a zombie because I cant sleep in the heat.

Haven't slept well lately, mostly due to the heat.

But I have been having strange dreams. One I had last night involved me traveling by plane. There was a long segment with me being in an airport. I don't know if I was flying for business or pleasure, but I had a sense that I was running from something.

Got a little bit of rain last night. It was nice, but wish it has lasted longer.

Had planned to do things this past week, but the time was off for a couple of things and everything else fell apart because of it.

The brutal heat wave should be over soon. Maybe we can get some much needed rain.

Haven't done any more then Ive needed to because I just don't have the energy for it.

I would like to thank Madame Mother Nature for the inch of rain we got last night. I was in the shower and thought I heard thunder. Didn't hear anything as I was drying off. It wasn't until I got in bed that I saw lightning and heard rain. It could the area down and gave us some rain, but we are still are in a heat advisory for the next few days. It's tough having this crap stalled over us.

Saw the Simpson's movie Monday night. It was better than I expected it was going to be. We were the first people in the theater and before the movie started, about eight other people showed up.

Extreme heat for the next week. Upper nineties and maybe even into the hundreds for a day or two. Still no rain and no chance of it for the coming future. Will come up with some things to occupy my time in the afternoon, cant do the things i would like or need to do because I don't want to get heat stroke.

Looks like it is gone to be very hot for the next week or so. July wasn't that bad, but it looks like August is going to make up for it. So far we ha vent had any measurable rain since the fourth of July.

Might go to a movie tonight. Don't know what we will do about dinner, but that's not important. Before we go to a movie , we have one errand we need to take care of.

Saw the movie "The Bourne Ultimatum" and it was really good. Had seen the previous two movies and wanted to see this. After we got out of the movie, we went to dinner. Mom's choice for her birthday dinner was Red Lobster, where we had a wait but it was worth it.

Broadcasting great Tom Snyder, Coaching legend Bill Walsh and Film great Ingmar Bergman have all died.

Got the car worked on yesterday. Tried two weeks ago to get the stuff done, but every place seemed very busy. But things worked in our favor yesterday and we got the stuff taken care of. Will get a tune up sometime in fall.

Rain has eluded us this week, several times. When it has rained, it has been for only a few minutes and that's it. We really need a nice gentle rain to clear out some of the nasty air and water everything. Hopefully Mother Nature will look kindly upon us and give us a bit of rain.

Short work week for Mom. Her birthday is Saturday and she has requested Friday off, so she'll only have four long work days this week.

Kiska is now two years old. I can only hope as she gets older she calms down, but I doubt it will happen.

Slept with the dental guard in and it wasn't too bad. Guess I will get used to it.

Was going to go to a movie last week, but just really didn't feel like wasting money on something I wasn't to interested in to begin with. When Mom's birthday comes around we do plan on seeing a couple movies that weekend.

Tammy Faye Bakker died over the weekend. I don't have anything against her, not saying she was Innocent in the whole PTL scandal but regardless its sad she died of cancer.

Not sure I mentioned that Lady Bird Johnson passed away recently.

Got my teeth cleaned and a routine dental exam. Found that three teeth show signs of me grinding my teeth. After the appointment, went to lunch and then did some shopping. One of the things purchased was a dental guard to wear during sleeping hours. I don't know how or if it will work but will give it a try.

Have a dentist appointment on Saturday. Don't know if we are going to do anything after our appointments.

Have a couple things to do today and then will have the rest of the afternoon off.

I know I have been dreaming, and the dreams have been strange, but once I wake up I cant remember anything. Had a dream this morning that involved me being at the grocery store and being anxious over the total of the groceries.

Sergei's ears are looking better so we are now just giving him some allergy medication and doing a volume ear flush once a week.

Managed to get a few things done today. Need to get in gear and do more things every morning.

Started getting the first quilting lesson materials put together. I am not sure how good I will be at this, but I couldn't be any worse then I am at other things.

Lady Bird Johnson has died. For some reason I thought she had died a couple years ago.

The heat of summer has arrived. It hasn't been too bad so far, but since July is a tough summer month, who knows what Mother Nature has in store for us.

Have some cleaning to do before I get out and mow the backyard, will have to get out and mow the front yard next week some time, probably Monday.

Don't know whats causing it, but I have been having trouble sleeping lately. I hope its just a phase and it'll pass.

Well it started out looking like it would be a hot fourth and then a storm came up this afternoon and dumped three quarters of an inch of rain on us. It did cool things off a bit and it will make shooting off fireworks a little nicer.

Wanted to mow in the backyard this afternoon, this was before the storm, but couldn't get the mower started.

Mom will have some time off, sort of a mini vacation. We have some things planned, but I don't know how much we will actually get done.

Took Sergei to the vets office this morning. He is having problems with his ears again. We got the go ahead to give him some over the counter allergy medication.

Since Tuesday afternoon, it has rained every day. Thankfully it has just been a very nice slow soaking rain. Up until today, we had received about an inch of rain. Cant do laundry at home this weekend and it might not be until next week some time that I feel comfortable doing any laundry.

Have a mild headache today. Will lay down and maybe nap this afternoon.

Got a little bit of rain yesterday afternoon and it is ever so lightly raining out now. Glad I did a load of laundry yesterday morning.

Ordered American Dad Volume 2 last week and got it on Monday. I missed several episodes for one reason or another, so I am enjoying the set. Sometime in the next day or two, MST3K volume 11 will ship and I will love watching those movies, three of which I have never seen.

The rain we had amounted to three quarters of an inch. There is a chance or two of rain this week and that's it. Doubt we will get it, but you never know.

Have gone back to knitting. I am not very got at crocheting and even worse at knitting, but the stuff never looks horrible or anything once I am done. Just have strange working techniques.

Got a bit of rain overnight, it was a nice gentle rain.

The Ohio woman who was missing, Jessie Davis, has been found dead. May she rest in peace. I hope the throw several books at her killer.

Moms visit to the dentist was quick. Of course there is so much construction going on in the Kansas City, Mo area it was a nightmare trying to get home. There seems to be no real plan to how, why or when they do things. Hopefully it will get done soon.

Got a little bit of rain yesterday. Needed to do some mowing but waited too long, so will have to wait until Wednesday to mow. Will probably do laundry tomorrow as well. As predicted we have some fog this morning. I like fog.

I have felt drained the past few days and not sure why. Don't think I am coming down with anything.

We have had fairly nice weather lately, but now we are getting into the nice summer heat. Will have to get into the habit of taking care of things before I get online and what not. Hopefully we wont have some of the nasty heat we had last year.

Forgot to mention that over this past weekend, as Mom and I were on our way home from an errand, we saw a couple of military helicopters flying low. It was a surreal sight. We saw them just briefly and never were in a good position to see them again. No mention, not surprisingly, of them in the news.

Mr Wizard past away a couple days ago. I loved watching his show, sure it was a little goofy, but it was fun to watch.

We got laundry done this morning and then did a couple other errands while we were out. I got most of the laundry put away and have yet to start putting things back in place in my room. But as long as they get done in the next day or two I don't mind.

Had some rain come through the area this morning. I don't know what the rain total for the day is, will have it tomorrow since there is still a chance for rain today.

The two inches of rain we got Thursday was amazing. We got it in a short period of time and like I mentioned earlier, cause flash floods. Was going to mow today, but cant now due to rain. Hopefully I can get out and mow the front yard this week.

My room is finally done. I have a lovely light green, called mint julep, color now. The pinkish color I had had, really never worked. Will have to get things back in place tomorrow and Monday.

Got two inches of rain today. There were flash flood warnings in effect for the afternoon and I think there are some in effect for the evening. Good thing I got one load of laundry done yesterday.

Mom has the day off tomorrow and we will be painting my room.

In the past week or so we have gotten three inches of rain and look like we might get some more today.

Mom has a dentist appointment tomorrow. We will do some shopping tomorrow as well.

Charles Nelson Reilly has passed away. I liked him on Match Game.

Saw Shrek the 3rd last week. It was pretty good, a little weak, but good. Understand they are going to make a fourth Shrek and maybe a Puss in Boots spin-off. Don't know about that, they should stop now.

I am so pissed about the season finale of NCIS from last night. I think I am over the show. Cant stand Madame Director, wish someone would a bullet in her head, and cant stand the dragged out story line of Tony's girlfriend. We find out that Madame Directors pray is related to Tony's girlfriend who knows who Tony really is. Madame Director should be seen very rarely and should not in any way be the center of any storyline. Also tired of the flack McGee takes from the group, particularly the flack he gets from Tony. This season has been lackluster. Only one or two of the episodes stand above the rest and that's not saying much. NCIS will not be must watch TV like it has been for the past three seasons, it will be DVRd and maybe watched or maybe dumped without so much as a glance. It is sad to get rid of a show, but since there was no real pay off to a bad season, then I don't feel that awful about dumping the show. NCIS, you've been nixed clean out your locker and go.

Today looks like a good chance for getting some rain. Need to do a load of laundry, will try and do it this morning just in case we do get some rain.

The tree in the front yard was finally cut done. The crew came unannounced, but did the job in half an hour. Glad it's finally been taken care of, it was something we should have done a couple years ago.

Been having strange dreams again lately. Travel, laundry, being a character in a TV show and being a kid again are some of the topics of my dreams of late.

Coupled with the strange dreams is periods of sleeplessness and also being awoken by my cats reacting to some crap outside. I think there is another cat tormenting Franklin, he seems to have a strong react to something outside. I have never been able to see the source of his torture, but I hope it leaves us alone soon. I am tired of being startled awake at various hours of the day and night.

Was going to go to a movie, but didn't feel like it because of a headache. Will go Wednesday.

Rain is in the forecast for the week. I hope we get some and that it's not like the massive amount we got earlier in the month.

We go from unusually warm weather to more normal weather, but only for a short time. Everything settled down from all the rain we had recently, we even had a brief rain shower yesterday morning.

Yolanda King, the late Martin Luther King Jr's eldest child, has passed. She was working to continue towards achieving her fathers goal of racial harmony. May she rest in peace.

"Reverend" Jerry Falwell has also died. Wonder what Satan served him at his buffet. May he rot in Hell and have ravens peck at him for all eternity. Forgive me Jesus for that.

Flooding in the area due to all the rain we've been getting. Upstream has been getting drenched, so we are having to deal with that too. The next two days have a forecast of rain and I don't think anyone is going to welcome the stuff. The sump pump is dealing with water coming up from the ground and I think it will continue until Mother Nature allows us to dry out. Not a whole lot of rain got in the basement, the water is just coming up from beneath where the pump sits. Of course, what will happen is we will have a dry spell and really need rain and get jack squat. I like what Mother Nature does, but I think she likes being the bitch about things like this.

Have a headache and a spell of depression. Need to do somethings today, but don't feel that motivated to do so. Will just have to push to take care of everything.

Post 500!!!! Here comes the juice.


Greensburg Kansas, an area you can find meteorites in if you're lucky, was hit by a tornado and 95% of the town is gone. At least nine are dead and they are still looking for a few more people last I heard.

We have been getting some amount of rain nearly every day for the past week. Today we got a deluge of rain and there is more rain forecast for the week. At this point we have gotten about three inches, we may get more today. Much of the rain has come just this morning. Flash flood watches are in effect and I am really hating the rain right now.

I do not want to complain....too much, about the weather. But the weather has been on a roller coaster for a few weeks. It was unseasonably warm in March, then it turned colder and there were freeze warnings. Flowers and blooming trees suffered, many of the trees lost some of the budding leaves and the flowers never really had a chance. Then this week it has been rainy or cloudy every day. Next week the temperatures are supposed to be higher then they typically would be for the this time of year. And I hate to think what summer is going to be like.

Have some things we need to do this weekend. Its not stuff we want to do, but have put off for some time.

Tom Poston has passed and also St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock. Loved Tom Poston acting, cant think of a role I didn't like him in. Although I am not a St. Louis Cardinals fan, it is sad when anyone dies young and in a single vehicle traffic accident.

Rain was in the area, but we got nothing. Rumor has it that a tornado touched down north of Topeka. Don't know it is true or not.

Been having trouble sleeping again. No shortage of dreams, but still cant remember a thing about them once I wake up.

Inching towards my 500th post on this blog. Will have a glass of juice to celebrate. Yes, juice. I am don't drink alcohol much and its just a blog, its not like anyone really reads this thing. And its not like I won a million dollars in the lottery or nothing.

Actually got an inch of rain from the storm the other day. And at the moment we are getting some sprinkles.

We bought a sewing machine from Amazon.com over the weekend and got it yesterday. After I study how to do machine quilting, I will start a small quilt. Machine quilting it something I have wanted to do for some time so I am very excited.

Saw coverage of a California car chase while watching TV this afternoon. Wish there was a channel devoted just to car chases. I don't know why, but I find them fun to watch.

We got a least a couple storms roll through yesterday, I'd say we got at least half an inch. Will know for sure when I check the rain gauge later this morning. The storms this year seem to be a bit stronger then what we are use to. There was a nasty storm that hit along the Texas-Mexico border the other day that was a deadly one. Winter was a bit of a dry one and the spring is what I would call a slightly wet one, we could have more storms but I don't think Mother Nature has it in for us.

Been having strange dreams lately, but of course I forget much of them as soon as I wake up. All I am left with is fleeting images that don't mean squat.

Looks like we might actually get some rain today. We could use it and the rain has been forecasted for practically every day this week and hasn't shown up.

Some recent obits to take notice of...Boris Yeltsin, David Halberstram, Kitty Carlisle, Barry Nelson, Kurt Vonnegut and George Jenkins.

After fun at the dentist, we headed to the zoo. But the crowd was bigger than we had seen out there in some time and didn't feel like standing in line for an hour just to get in. So we left and went home. Watched some movies we had rented yesterday.

Mom has the day off, so we are going to take care of a few things. She has a dentists appointment tomorrow and we may do something after we are done there.

Don Ho passed away over the weekend, no more tiny bubbles for him. May he rest in a Hawaii heaven.

Tragedy at Virgina Tech, 33 people including the gunman dead.

The storms over the weekend left flooding, snow and death in their wake.

The snow never came to us in Kansas City Kansas. While some parts of the state did get some of the white stuff, we lucked out.

Weird week so far.

Nixed to idea of trying to see a movie since I had lost interest in seeing the movie I was never really hot about seeing in the first place. I know of at least three movies I do want to see this year, but regardless of that I am unsure when we will see another movie. What I dislike is spending money to see something just to see something. I will do it in the summer just to get out of the house, but I prefer to avoid doing that often.

Cooler weather came back for a period and although I didn't mind it, it did hurt everything blooming. Supposedly, it will return to more normal spring weather next week. This is despite have a potential for snow tomorrow.

Monday the high was around eighty-three, Tuesday high was around fifty-three and I think today's high is going to top out at about forty-five degrees or so. On top of that, there is a freeze warning and a chance of snow. And you read that all correctly.

Mom's dental plan at work sucks. Shes over the maximum allowed coverage for the year, so all the dental work she still needs done is coming out of our pockets. And we will get billed by the dentists office for what we owe, because both us and the office thought most everything was going to be covered. To bad some of this stuff hadn't been taken care of last year, at least the pinch wouldn't be so bad. Well we've talked quite a bit about doing better with the finances and everything and we will have to be doing real well until we get past this patch.

Will be going to a movie tonight. Was going to go Monday night, but the times didn't sync up. I wish there better movie schedules.

Got three quarters of an inch of rain in a quick thunderstorm Tuesday morning.

From Thursday through to Sunday morning, we got one and three quarters inches worth of rain. And we needed every drop too, so I am not complaining. Saturday is was rather windy for a bit. Yesterday was quite beautiful.

Have had some strange dreams lately. Two involved travel and two involved children. In one travel dream, I was in an airport with my Dad ( who I haven't seen in ten years, my own choice), we were trying to figure out where and when our plane back home was taking off from. The whole thing is strange, because my Dad hated flying. In the other travel dream, I drove to Topeka by myself and left Mom at home. I think it was because she wasn't feeling well and there was something we needed to do in Topeka. I get there and it was evening and I went to a fast food and for whatever reason got food for the both of us. The next day, I went to this mall, I don't know what I did inside I was coming out of the mall and was talking to some women who were also exiting the mall. Instead of walking directly to the car, I kept walking. At some point I tried to get back to the fast food place I had been at the night before. Then I took out my cell phone, which looked different in my real cell phone and began talking to Mom. I approached this odd little complex that had a strange oval restaurant in it and for some reason got in line to use the phone even though I had a cell phone in my hand. I ended up exiting the place and continued walking until I found a woman working in her yard. I asked her for directions and then the dream ends. The other two dreams involve children. In one I somehow get a baby and then decide I don't like it and abandon it. In the dream I had this morning involved me leaving a child and the woman I left him with trying to make me feel guilty for leaving him. As I am leaving the building, I begin to run and then I start climbing the building to get away even though no one is chasing me. It all takes place at night and then it gets strange from there. I end up apart of some sort of a competition that I never really understand and have somehow changed clothes. Needless to say, all the dreams are strange.

Have been having trouble sleeping lately and have been having strange dreams as well. So I've been in a fog much of the week so far. Hopefully things will change soon.

The weather has been nice lately. We have had chances for rain all week so far but haven't received anything more than a trace amount.

Got an inch of rain in the burst of rain last week.

The electrician came out and twenty minutes later the receptacle/outlet was fixed. Told me that the problem was the space heater. Even though it wasn't in use, it was a problem. Its something the makers of such things don't want people to know. Said the best thing to do would be to switch the outlet it was plugged into from time to time. Well I am not sure I want to use one of the bloody things again. Although we did a lot of unnecessary cleaning over the weekend, some of it still needed to be done.

Will have to call an electrician out in the next few days. Was taking a nap in my bedroom when I heard a popping noise. It was coming from an outlet with two things, which weren't in use at the time. There was a bit of smoke and sparks. Managed to get both things unplugged and then the fireworks stopped, but not before rendering all three outlets in my room, the overhead light in the hallway, as well as the outlets and overhead light in the spare bedroom (which we use as a storage room since the basement isn't a good place to store much) dead. Hopefully it will be something that can be fixed without costing a fortune. Its a good thing I didn't do what I was going to do and listen to my Walkman, I wouldn't have heard it. Something similar happened in Moms room a couple years ago, but nothing but that one outlet was damaged.

Have been dreaming of some odd stuff lately. Tend to forget most of it by the time I walk up. I do remember having dreams last week that involved a monkey, being a passenger in a car going over a bridge and having a bad reaction about doing so and one involving me and others trying to escape some sort of Holocaust with zombies who would eat you if you didn't watch out.

Got a little bit of rain yesterday. There is more rain in the forecast for the next couple of days. We sure could use the moisture, have been so dry lately. But it doesn't compare to parts of the south that have been dry for a long time. I noticed parts of Texas looked dry when we flying over it in December when we were coming back from Paris.

Mom came home early on Monday with a nasty migraine. She was pretty much out of it the rest of the day. I figure, and she agrees, that it had to be a weather related migraine. Which begs the question as to why I have not had one. Not that I want tone mind you, I mean I did have the three headaches last week and all but none of them were horrible. Maybe I should count my lucky stars.

Have a had a headache every day for the past three days. I am wondering if something is coming in weather wise. Regardless, if has been a long time since I have a headache every day for a number of days.

We went to Topeka yesterday to do some research the Kansas State Research library. Spent a good chunk of the day there and then headed home. Before we got home, we grabbed some dinner at a wonderful Mexican restaurant in our area and then I did some shopping at Borders bookstore. I bought "Zodiac" and "In Cold Blood". Had both books at one time or another, but had gotten rid of them.

Saw the first movie of the year Tuesday evening. We saw "Zodiac" and it was pretty darn good. I had read the book some years ago, never thought it would be turned into a movie. Might get the book again.

Had a headache yesterday and it took hours to get rid of it. Also had a headache this morning, but it didn't last as long as the one yesterday.

Its going to be warmer then it usually is for this time of year for the next few days. Would like it to be more normal, but Mother Nature doesn't listen to me.

Mom has Friday off, so I will need to get a few things done before the weekend because we have things to take care of over this weekend.

Tomorrow night we might be seeing a movie. It will be the first movie we have seen since Thanksgiving of last year. So far there has been little at the box office that has interested either of us. I have a feeling we are going to be seeing fewer and fewer movies in the theater. That's not to say we will never see a movie in the theater again, but with the commercials and lousy music that's forced upon us I think the urge to see a movie in the theater will have to be pretty strong for us to go. Plus there is the expense, the idiots who come late, the idiots who talk or laugh loud, kids, the over priced concessions, kids, odd movie times, babies and then the movies tend to be crap.

Had a couple dreams last night, one of which I remember. I was traveling by myself in Florida. Came out of a hotel with a digital camera in my hand and thought about how wonderful it was to be in Miami. As I was walking along the side walk, I stopped to take a picture of a beautiful scene and then proceeded to walk again. People didn't seem to notice me, though I wasn't doing anything strange enough to give them reason enough to look in my direction. At some point in my walk it started to rain. I put the digital camera in my purse and walked over to a bench and sat down. I paid no attention to the shoe that was on the bench, I instead focus on a street group that was performing. After a few minutes, I got up and continued walking. The weather was nice, the sun was shining and there were no clouds. It appeared to be maybe mid-afternoon in my dream. That's pretty much all I remember of it. Although I have never been to Miami, let alone Florida, I am not sure what I saw in my dream was really anything I would see in Miami. But if I ever get to Miami I will find out.

Rain today and then a chance for Sunday.

Have a chore or two to take of today and then I will watch a movie.

Last week at some point we had rain, yes rain complete with thunder and lighting. Ended up getting a inch of much needed rain. The storm did spawn tornadoes as it moved on.

Finished reading Flowers For Algernon yesterday. Good book, had read it in school at some point and bought at Borders where it ended up being free due to a special buy 2 books get one free sale they were having. Read Salem's Lot before that. Speed read through a couple other books that were very light fluff and awful. Will be starting a book on the Phoenix lights today. Haven't read a book about UFOs in a while. Have a few other UFO books waiting to be read, as well as one on Sasquatch and one general paranormal book. Have stayed away from the paranormal vein for sometime, primarily because to me most of the books or tales just suck. But that's me, anyway I figure even if I don't like the book I will keep it for reference.

Did some laundry this morning. I know we already did some Monday, but Mom wanted to switch things around a bit so we weren't doing laundry the same weekend we were shopping for supplies and what not at Kmart. After we were done, we went to the post office, gas station, Blockbuster, the grocery store and finally home. At one thirty we left the house again and headed for the dentists office. Mom had another appointment, she needed some intense cleaning done on here teeth. Her next appointment is in three weeks to take care of a cavity and then three weeks after that for a check up on the teeth and gum cleaning. My next dentist appointment is in July.

Was cold today and it even snowed a bit this morning, it didn't last long on the ground once the sun came out. Looks like it is going to be getting a bit warmer in the coming days.

Bad day on the stock exchange yesterday. Hopefully it will will rebound.

Have a headache today and I know it's weather related. It is going to be warm today and then cool down a little the next two days or so. Plus there is rain in the forecast.

It got a bit cooler over night and we even have a trace amount of snow. I guess Mother Nature enjoys keeping us on our toes.

Have been having a little trouble lately with my back and I figure its the way I've been sleeping. Don't know what I can do about it but might get a new pillow or two soon. Also have been having odd dreams lately too. I cant remember anything more then fleeting images.

Have some chores to do today and because Mom has tomorrow of, we will have a couple things to take care of then.

Had a dentists appointment today to get a couple cavities taken care of. Mom had a longer appointment to get a deep cleaning. Even though we had appointments and all, it was awhile before we each got in because there were a lot of people already in the waiting rooms. I like the dentists office and all, but they need a bigger waiting area, and one just for kids. My next appoint isn't until July and Amen to that. Too many of our weekends recently have been taken up with dentist visits.

Yesterday it rained a bit and I even heard thunder a couple times. The weather has been odd lately, in this month alone we have had very cold temperatures and then warm days where it rained. It even rained today. I think we got a little over a half of an inch of rain. I am not complaining too much because I know we need the moisture.

Before the hilarity with the dentist appointments, we took the dogs in to get their yearly shots. Nothing in the morning better than the smell of wet dog in a car. Okay, there are plenty of other wonderful things to smell. They weren't too bad about it and at least now that's done.

We got a bit of snow of Friday, enough that Mom stopped by the grocery store before coming home to pick up a few things just in case we couldn't get out until Sunday. We ended up getting out on Saturday anyway, but I am still glad that she did buy some food.

The past two days have been warm enough that the snow and ice we have gotten recently has pretty much melted away. It is supposed to continue with this spring like weather well into next week. But I wouldn't be surprised if in March we have some more cool weather and maybe even a little more winter. It's been done before, so we will see.

Mom is thinking of taking Monday off so we can get caught up on a few things we've been unable to due to weather and what not. Think it would be a good idea.

A friend of mine, a guy I have known since we were freshman in high school, came over and told me a sad story. He was in the process of leaving his wife and he was being peaceable about it too. When he got back to the U-Haul rental place, his wife was waiting for him. He got in her car and they talked and agreed to finish talking at home, so he got out of her car got into his own and followed her home. Once at home they talked and argued and he decided to leave. As he was leaving, he walked past her and she stabbed him in the back with a chefs knife. He managed to get it out, but before he could leave she came at him again, he did manage to finally leave and open the locked front door (which they never locked when they were home) and made his escape. A neighbor called 911 and he went to the hospital, where one of his lungs collapsed. He was in the hospital for several days and got out on his birthday. Of course his loony wife is saying it was self defense and even cut herself to try and prove it. Well he is looking to get a divorce from her and take care of a few things. In the coming months he will be doing a lot of things and hopes ( as do I) that his wife serves some jail time.

Tim Hardaway and Isiah Washington should just do the world a favor and flipping die. They could take Michael Richards with them. Washington and Hardaway don't like Gays and Richards doesn't like blacks, so it should be a comfortable ride to Hell for the three of the bastards. If you're going to be in the public eye, here's a piece of advice. Keep you flipping mouth shut on certain points and then the Hell storm wont touch you. I would rather people hate you when you are dead then have you listen to you make excuses and make apologies you don't mean when you're alive. Can you dig it? It's an easy thing to do. There are plenty of people who hate one thing or another and they manage to keep their mouth shut. You three idiots have trouble keeping your mouth closed and now you need treatment for it. Enjoy you idiocy, you bastards.

The snow stayed around, and probably will for a few more days, to make a cold Valentines day. Since I am very thankfully single, didn't have to worry about anyone having trouble to do anything.

Tuesday it was in the upper fifties, it got into the forties today. Other than that it's been in the twenties. Right now it is cloudy, but this morning it was clear and sunny. Weather forecasters don't know if were are going to get rain, snow or both. If we got a little snow that would be fine, but really don't want the rain. Rain will make a mess of things.

Had a headache yesterday, had one briefly this morning. Think both were weather related.

Monday it got into the mid-twenties, Tuesday it got into the upper fifties and today its not supposed to get past freezing. With that weather weirdness, it's no wonder my head hurts. But, if you take the word of a weather forecast for truth, the start of next week we are supposed to have temperatures in the forties and a chance of rain. Its enough to make someones head explode. Someone must have pissed Mother Nature off and I hope it wasn't me.

The Bears lost and they did it because they just gave up. They really looked like they could have won the damn thing. But they have no one but themselves to blame for losing. Only good thing to come out of the deal was that a black coach won the super bowl and that's it.

Game was pretty interesting for a while, the commercials sucked. Next year, unless there is someone in I want to see playing, I will just wait until Monday to watch the commercials online. And that's hard to saw because I normally like watching the game and the commercials.

Okay, how many months is it to training camp and then how many days until the new season starts?

Will be watching golf and basketball until baseball starts.

It is cold right now, it's going to be cold all weekend too. When it gets above freezing, which might not be until next week, it is going to feel like a heat wave. Note to self, don't ever complain about the heat or cold ever again as long as you live.

Top Chef ended its season earlier in the week. Will never watch that show ever again and Bravo should be ashamed. I didn't really care for any of the people on the show. Hate Marcel to the Nth degree, glad he didn't win. These people supposedly know how to cook but they made mistakes they should not have made for being seasoned pros. Things they did wrong- 1) you don't use wine to flambe, 2) you don't keep food in a deep fat fryer and hope the temperature comes up enough to cook the food, 3) you don't put chocolate to cool on a flat surface that doesn't have any flexibility and there are more but I'll stop there. If Bravo had done Top Chef-Junior High, I wouldn't have a problem. I hate cooking, I can cook just hate too, but I think I could have been on the show. The chefs just lacked a lot of things-personality, broad base of cooking knowledge, creativity and common sense are the things that jump out at me the most wrong with the lot. But anyway...at least the season is finally over.

Author Sidney Sheldon has passed away. Don't think I read any of his books, but I think my Mom may have.

The "Arctic Chill" has settled in and looks like it may be here for a while. The two Friday's Mom and I had our dental surgery the weather was nice. But it looks like Mother Nature has decided we need to remember what winter weather can be like. Some time this weekend I want to buy some more firewood. I don't know what it is, but there is just something nice about having a fire.

My right arm is slightly swollen. The only cause I can think of is my recent dental surgery. I think I need to evaluate the positions I sleep at night and see if I cant change things.

Been having weird dreams lately and I can say that the medications I am on due to the dental surgery are somewhat to blame. I usually have long involved dreams and many of them are strange, but the dreams I have have had in the past few days are just weird. In one dream, I was trying to escape some oppressive country. One of the things that a person trying to flee was to do was to solve this odd puzzle. The puzzle was the size of an orange and had a metal top that you had to get in just the right position in order to solve it. Some how I did well enough with it that I was allowed to proceed. At some point I ended up at the top of some stairs where there were other people trying to flee. A woman picked me and another lady out of the crowd and we were allowed to escape, but before I started to run from the steps, I had managed to get to the bottom of the steps without taking more then a couple steps and I ended up with a sandwich. Not sure what any of it means and not sure if I want to know.

Sunday is the Super Bowl. Will be watching and hoping the Chicago Bears win. This is going to be a historic Super Bowl regardless of whoever wins. Good luck to both teams. GO BEARS!!!!!!

The swelling on my face gives me a sort of demented chipmunk look. I have taken advantage of the swelling to do two impressions. The first being Richard Nixon and the other being a Godfather attempt. Think I did better at the Nixon one.

Got out yesterday and did some errands. Did some laundry, bought groceries and a few supplies. Most of the groceries were soft foods. Mom can eat a bit more than I can, so until at least the end of the week I am eating things like pudding, soup and macaroni and cheese.

Have a dentist appointment to get three cavities taken care of on Saturday. If my jaw is still sore, I may just cancel it and reschedule it for March. I don't want to cause more trouble with my jaw or have more swelling because I pushed things.

Will take things easy this week. The medications I am on make me a little weak and I do get light-headed and a little dizzy at times. So the last thing I want to do is push myself and then take a header into a cat box.

Had my dentist appointment yesterday and had three wisdom teeth pulled. One didn't need to be pulled because it moved over into a spot left open when another tooth had been pulled years ago. So seeing as it was a functioning tooth, it wasn't pulled. My lower saw is a bit swollen, giving me a demented chipmunk look. The swelling should go down a bit in the next day or two.

I have managed pretty well with everything so far. Cant eat anything I would like to because I cant open my mouth very wide due to swelling and some stiffness in my jaw. It will be at least a week before much of the soreness and stiffness will go away. Until then I am on a liquid and soft foods diet. Trying to figure out how I can have some chocolate. Where there's a will, there's a way.

Have dentists appointment tomorrow. I am thinking of going ahead and having the teeth pulled. Might save myself some trouble down the line.

The snow we got is still around, there not as much because it has warmed up enough to melt some of it as well as the ice.

We have snow! And plenty of the white stuff. It started snowing some time yesterday afternoon and really hasn't stopped. I will take some measurements this evening and at some point today I will need to get out and shovel. I am happy to see that the plows have at least once gone done the street. I wonder if they will do anymore plowing and if they will put done any sand or winter mix. Guess we will find out at some point today.

The top two photos are from today's storm. The bottom two photos are from the storm we had a week ago, the one that had more ice then snow.

Went to Jiffy lube this morning and then the grocery store. Needed to get one of the headlights fixed, it had burned out. Also needed to get new wiper blades and figured I'd get an oil change while I was at it. The errand took me about an hour, which surprised me. Figured Jiffy lube alone would for like take an hour.

Have a appointment to get three of my teeth yanked on the twenty-sixth. Not looking forward to it. Then on February third I will get three fillings. Think after that gets taken care off, I wont be seeing a dentist for a long time.

Mom's dentist appointment was this morning, she had five teeth pulled. She was a bit woozy after the ordeal. We went to our grocery store after she was released to get her prescriptions filled. Lucky her has dental insurance so it was only eighteen dollars out of our pocket. Once we got her meds, we paid for the food we needed to through the weekend and left. I got some lunch at a fast food place and we headed home. Mom's sleeping now, she has a little pain but nothing really bad.

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More Paris pics as promised.

Went to the dentist yesterday. Both Mom and I will need to see an oral surgeon. I might get three wisdom teeth pulled, but I may put that off. Mom had a worse time then me because she had more damage and what not then me, she will need to have a couple teeth pulled as well. She might take a Friday off so she could have the weekend to rest.

The winter storm that past through didn't end up doing as much as was expected. I think the weather "forecasters", if one could call them that, like to cover their collective butts a bit. They need to make us aware of a storm, but they could downplay what we might get. People panic if they think they might not get out for a few days. Wasn't surprised when we went to the grocery store on Thursday that the store was out of a lot of things. Of course if people where smart to begin with, they would have a few days worth of food and supplies so if they were trapped it wouldn't be a big deal.

Yvonne DeCarlo has died. Loved her as Lily Munster, she was also great in The Ten Commandments. Miss DeCarlo was beautiful and talented. She will be missed.

Winter weather wants to take another swing at us. We got a small amount of ice today and it was topped off with a little bit of snow. The area is set to get some more stuff this weekend. It should be fun trying to get our errands done and going to the dentists office with this stuff.

I've been a bit lax in posting and there are a few legit reasons. First off, I had a cold for a week or so and really didnt feel like posting when I didnt feel so well. Secondly, there hasnt been a whole lot to report other then the cold, warmer winter weather then normal and maybe a strange dream or two. And then I just really havent felt like posting. But I will repent and try to at least make an effort to post something.

Watched some of the bowl games and for some reason enjoyed them more then I normally do. Dont know if its because I didnt get a chance to watch much in the way of sports when I was out of the country on vacation or if it was just that the teams in the games were more interesting. It could be the latter.

Have a dentist appointment Saturday. Mom has one too, but since she now has a cold she may not keep hers. Have some other things to do this weekend, so it will be a busy weekend. Laundry, shopping, cleaning and resting. Dont know how much of anyting we will get done if Mom isnt feeling better.