Saw the movie "Doubt" yesterday and it was very good. Like when movies end and they dont have a happy ending. Wouldn't want it all the time but its nice when you get a ending where you can make of it what you want too.

As we on our way home, stopped off at Target before heading home, we ran into some snow. Pushed to get the car fueled up, because I didn't want to have to do it today if it wasn't nice out. Today is supposed to get in the mid forties, so it might melt the snow.

Mom has a short work week, she will take Thursday and Friday off. Not sure if we will be doing anything special for New Years Eve. Probably not, but might want to plan on having a fire and playing some board games.

What a long strange trip its been in the weather department this week. And I am not kidding. We started the week with a low of around zero and a high in the teens. Then Friday has a high in the upper sixties. If that wasn't fun enough we got heavy rain storms move in over night and we got nearly an inch of rain. Speaking of rain, we got another rain storm recently complete with thunder and lightening. Fun times in December.

Will be seeing a movie this weekend. Haven t seen any movies lately, not because we didn't want to, but nothing really interested us at all. Will probably see a few more movies next year.

Mom loved her gifts. I got a nice purple knit scarf and a perfume/lotion set. The stuff smells wonderful. Will wear it sparingly, but it is wonderful stuff.

Snow and a little rain yesterday means we will be having a white Christmas this year. Mom's drive should be loads of fun.

Christmas is tomorrow. Have Moms' gifts wrapped and ready for opening. I got here a couple nice necklaces from Natures Jewelry. Really cant go wrong when I order from them.

Tomorrow will be a toned down affair. Gifts and breakfast in the morning, a fire and a light lunch for the afternoon and a nice dinner in the evening. At some point I will get a fire going. Not sure what we will do in the evening, but it doesn't matter.

Had a little more winter weather yesterday. There is nothing but a sheet of ice in the driveway. It is supposed to be windy all weekend. But the forecasts haven't been to accurate lately. Seems they are hit and miss as usual.

The Christmas tree is up, decorated and pretty. But the recession and other things have made the season a bit of a Bah Humbug time.

We have snow! And it sucks, too. The rain never came for us on Sunday night. We got a light snow storm and that was it. Guess Mother Nature wanted to wait until today to dump some snow on us. It looks nice, but Mom has to drive in it with people who seem to get amnesia about driving in snow. I always worry about when shes out there. Looks like it might take her awhile to get home tonight. Hopefully she can leave at a decent time.

It was supposed to be a little warmer yesterday and then turn colder but that didn't happen. We went to have the car looked at because I thought we had a leak, but we dont have a leak.

Looks like it might snow or rain tonight, which is always lovely. And we might get a bit more snow later in the week too.

A few deaths I have not mentioned that have happened lately..Van Johnson, Nina Foch and a couple others I am drawing a blank on.

The weather is such a roller coaster that it's hard to plan much. Will more then likely go to the laundromat this weekend and get caught up on a few things. Hate doing it, but I am behind on a few things. Its due to weather and laziness. Will just have to make sure I do laundry when I can now.

Had a brief snow storm, it didn't leave much at all. And melted a little when it got a bit warmer.

Looks like this weekend might be the last nice weather we see for a while.

It is now December and Christmas is inching ever closer.

Already have Christmas shopping done. Just need to do a little decorating and send out a few cards.
Not sure what all we will do leading up to Christmas. Because of the economy and other things I am not in too much of a festive mood. But I doubt I am the only one who feels like that.

We have been doing a bit of cleaning in a big way this weekend. Culling out a lot of things and taking them to Goodwill. Will continue to work on this sort of thing for the next couple weeks or so.

Saw the movie "Australia" on Friday. It wasn't too bad, I have seen worse moives. The scenery was wonderful.

Have been having headaches more frequently lately. Think because of the turbulent weather is a huge factor.

Thanksgiving is tomorrow and we will just do our normal stuff sans a turkey. Mom has Friday off, not sure what we will be doing.

Got the trash and recycling out. The recycling was picked up this morning, but the trash has yet to be picked up.

For a moment yesterday I thought I was coming down with something. But other then a headache today, I dont feel too bad.

Will probably buy something from Nature's Jewelry for Mom. Have never had this much trouble deciding what to get for her since forever.

The chiefs will more then likely find a way to lose today. As they always do.

Mom is taking another day off. Will get a load of her laundry done this afternoon and maybe do a little cleaning.

Have almost all the things we will need for Thanksgiving. Only a few more items and we will be all set. Will not be doing any baking of bread this year. And I agree with Mom that she doesn't need to do it every flipping year. She deserves to enjoy her time off. Will probably see a movie that weekend, while other people are out shopping.

Mom has her shopping for me done. I have no idea what to get her.

Managed to get a little cleaning and two loads of laundry this week. Got a little bit of rain earlier in the week.

Will do some chores tomorrow. After which we have a couple errands to do.

Didn't do much yesterday. Mom was tired and slept much of the day. We did get a new coffee pot, a small one but since it was so cheap we decided not to return it. Will need to get a larger one though. Got new cell phones, too. Nice flip phones, might donate our old ones.

Need to get some cleaning and laundry done this week.

The roller coaster weather continues. I will be happy if my head doesn't explode from the varying temperature changes.

Forgot to mention that it was rather foggy Saturday. It was so thick you couldn't see more then maybe a quarter mile in front of you. By mid-morning it had burned off though. I got some nice photos of it.

Have put trying to see a movie any movie on hold for the time being. Seems out luck has held too well, we usually miss the start time by a few minutes and I dont like people who come into a movie late and dont want to be one of those people.

Well we have history. America has spoken and has the first black president in its history. I guess it was worth the nearly hour long wait yesterday. Yesterday was the sixth time I have voted in a presidential race.

We got no kids on Halloween. None, not one single kid. There were no kids out walking. This is the first time I think something like this has happened. It was so strange, it was very quiet on the street and in the neighborhood.

Yesterday we had the car worked on. Oil change and the rear brakes worked on. Then we did a little shopping and had some lunch. We thought about going to a movie, but the times didn't work out. Dont know if were going to end up seeing that movie anyway.

Mom has Monday off, so tomorrow she is going to do some culling out of her clothes and Monday we will do some chores.

Today is Halloween. Halloween is my second favorite holiday, right behind Christmas. Got a couple bags of candy at the store last. Wonder how many kids we will get tonight.

Got my Mystery Science Theater 3000 20th anniversary set in limited edition tin with lobby cards and a Crow figurine in the mail yesterday. Already watched "First Spaceship On Venus", will watch the other three movies this week.

Saw the movie "Body Of Lies" this afternoon and it was pretty good. We haven't gone to many movies this year, and this seems to be a new trend. So many times we have been come out of movies wondering what the hell we were thinking. So we have been more selective about what and when we go.

Did a bit of shopping before we went. Got some straw for the doors, a new cosmetic bag for Moms new purse and a few other things.

Rented the movie "The Love Guru" last week and it was awful. Sped through 90% of it, because it was that bad.

The fall colors still seem to be a bit delayed. The past few years the leaves have been staying on the trees longer and longer. The trees leaf out late and drop the leaves later and later it seems each year. Some might blame it on the global warming myth, but I am hesitant to do so.

Might go to a movie this weekend. We have found the theater out at the Village West is a wonderful theater.

Managed to do a load of laundry today will do another on Friday and the Mom's on Sunday.

We managed to get a few things taken care of yesterday. Two pieces of furniture that have been downstairs forever we demolished and are going to over the next couple weeks or so set out for trash. A sofa that had been downstairs for awhile was also taken care of. Since it was warm enough for me to have the garage door open, I took the opportunity to mop in the basement. I still need to mop in the garage and a couple other spots downstairs, but that will have to wait.

Dont think we are going to do much this weekend. Have a few things planned but how much we will actually get done is up in the air.

We got over five inches of rain this week. Couldn't do much laundry with thay much rain, but I will one way or another do some soon.

Got a bit of rain this morning and couldn't do laundry. Hate going to the laundromat, but if I cant get caught up we may have to go.

Haven't been feeling well lately. With all of the roller coaster weather we have had, I am not surprised that I am having headaches.

Had a little bit of rain this week. The weather has been all over the map lately. Hot, cold, warm then cool. Guess Mother Nature is just letting us know who's boss.

Am still enjoying my iPod. Some of the free songs on iTunes aren't very good, but others are really good. In fact a song by The Republic Tigers is now one of my favorite songs. Have been really getting into the whole podcast thing too. Have several on my list. Have tried a few others with limited success though.

Getting so sick of all the political stuff on tv. Wish the Presidential race was much shorter. Like six weeks. Think there are some countries where they dont have as long of a race as we do. And it must be nice.

Had a headache over the weekend. We managed to do a few things, despite both of us feeling bad.

The leaves haven't yet really begin to change color yet. But when they do I am going to get a few pictures of the wonderful fall colors.

Well I am now forty. Feels fine so far, but this is just the beginning. Went out to dinner last night and had a decent meal. Mom's meal wasn't as good as mine and I wish she had said something.

Now that we are in October I can decorate for Halloween.

Said to note that Paul Newman passed away. I have at least one movie he is in and I have seen a few others. Great actor, cant say I am a fan, but I admit he great actor.

Today is my last day in my thirties. It wasn't until this weekend when I really thought about that slap in the face. I hope to do better in my forties then I did in my thirties, but I don't have much hope. I am laughing as I right this, honest!

Sunday mom and I saw a movie. "Ghost Town" was really good and had a few laughs. Was good to get out of our rut and see a movie on a Sunday.

Got a little bit of rain this morning. This week will be a bit more like fall. Cooler and maybe a chance or two for rain.

Will tomorrow being my birthday and all, I have a couple ideas for what I am going to do in the afternoon. Yes the dishes and cat boxes will be taken care of, but that will be the only cleaning I plan on doing. Wednesday or Thursday I might some laundry. In the afternoon I will watch a movie and take it easy. Might spend a little more time online in the morning then I usually do so I can forgo the afternoon session. Dinner will be out and I am not sure what place to eat at and if I want a drink or not. Will think about that tomorrow.

Went out to the Renaissance festival today and got over heated. Have felt sick since then. Will take a cold shower later and hope that helps. Was going to see a movie this afternoon, but after lunch just decided to come home. Both of us feel a bit sick.

Don't think I will want to go back to the Renaissance festival. For whatever reason, today proved to both of us just how much it sucks. When we limit ourselves on buying anything kinda helps suck the air out of it. On top of that, most of the acts stink. The wandering characters, like in years past, aren't wandering around. Add to that drunk fools, over-priced under done often greasy food, hordes of people just standing around and what you get is a bad time. I am not saying I am sorry for going. In the two hours or so we were out there is was nice, but I don't think I want to go again. I am not saying ever again, I am leaving it open to the chance that maybe some time I will want to go. But next time I will want to go when it's cooler and get there a bit earlier.

We didn't see the movie after all on Saturday and it wasn't for a lack of trying. Got a late start and at some point went home to wait. We left with what we thought was enough time, did a couple errands and then had lunch. When we were about half way through lunch, I checked my watch and found the movie had already started. Not sure how we had lost track of time so badly. So after lunch we just headed home.

Monday night we went out for dinner and then went to the movie. Managed to plan everything well this time. "Burn After Reading" was a pretty good movie. Had some funny bits in it. Mom would like to see it again and im not sure I want to.

We are planning on going to a movie this weekend. I really dont want to see the movie. Might do something else if Mom wants to.

We got another four and a half inches of rain Friday and Saturday. So the total for the week is seven and a quarter inches. Cant do laundry for awhile, so glad we went to the laundromat on Friday.

Not sure what if anything we are going to do this coming weekend.

Missed mentioning Jerry Reed passed away. There are a couple others who've left the Earth, but I am drawing a blank at the moment.

Got a massive amount of rain this morning. Okay two inches isn't massive, but it came rushing in in about two hours. There is water in the basement (of course), and some flooding in the area. But we might not be out of the woods yet.

Mom is planning on taking Friday off. Because of the rain and the fact that I am a little backed up on laundry, we will be going to the laundromat Friday. Don't like doing it, but I need to get caught up and this rain isn't helping at all.

There are two Hurricanes or Tropical storms ready to hit the East coast. Depending on where they hit, we might get more rain.

Had a nice finish to the Labor Day weekend. Slipped on a wet floor while trying to go do some laundry and I fell done the stairs. Think I did a complete 360 on the way down. I have bruising on my right shoulder, right hip, my ankles and my feet. Might even get a few bruises on my calf's. I am lucky I didn't do any damage. Think I kinds screwed up both my shoulders a bit. But all things considered, I am very lucky.

Both Mom and I have been having dueling headaches. I think that Gustav is pushing in something.

Labor day weekend. Mom has today off. No plans this weekend, or for today. Don't mind since there really isn't anything we are interested in doing.

Been watching the Olympics a bit. Michael Phelps is over rated and no Mark Spitz. The Chinese gymnasts look younger then 16. Beach Volleyball, baseball, BMX, softball, badminton, ping pong and a couple other events should not be in the bloody Olympics. Too damned much time has been used up showing us beach volleyball, mostly the skanky USA womens team.

The weather has been nice for August. But we might pay for it in September.

I love my ipod shuffle.

Montana may have had a stroke, seizure or something last weekend. He seems fine. But at almost nineteen years old, he is not as active as he was when he was a younger cat.

Had a dream last night that I was on a cruise ship. And on the wrong one too. The night before I dreamed of seeing several UFOs in formations. One set was closer to the house and the other set was on the right and further away. I was playing with the dogs, it was dusk and there was other stuff going on. They were in the southwestern sky. Don't remember too much of either dream.

Okay today is supposedly a lucky day and I wish I could get a lotto ticket.

The summer Olympics start today. Am sort of looking forward to watching some of them. The thing that holds me back is the fact that they are taking part in China. I wonder why the committee chose them, what next the evil part of Korea or maybe Darfor?

For some reason I have taken interest in "That 70's Show". Even though I watched most of it during its run. Now I find myself setting the DVR up to record some of the episodes. I know at some point the fascination with the show will end and I'll become attached to something else. But thats life.

Forgot to mention that we saw "Hellboy 2" on Saturday. It was a pretty good movie, I had seen and liked the first one. The ending opened up the possibility of there being a third movie. After we saw the movie we had dinner out and then I went to Best Buy. I am now the proud owner of an Ipod nano and Robot Chicken Star Wars. I have been playing around and tweaking the nano, which I love. Got the purple one, which is very nice looking.

I did a load of laundry yesterday afternoon and did a small amount of mowing. Did both because I thought it was going to rain. Sure looked like it was going to rain at any point, but once again we get nothing. Might have to do the load of laundry over again.

Friday the Olympics start and I am not sure how much of them I am going to watch. Will watch some of the opening ceremony and take it from there.

The heat wave broke and we have a bit of a cool wave. It's been nice sleeping at night without sweating the whole time despite having two fans going, one of which is in the window bringing slightly cooler air in.

My Mom's birthday was yesterday. We went out to eat at Red Lobster. Not the most exciting fair but that's what she wanted. Had a lovely meal, despite it being rather hot. Was going to make her cake, but with it being so hot (95+ weather for the past few days) I didn't want to heat up the house more then necessary.

It is supposed to get cooler later in the week. Don't normally like to complain to much about the summer weather, but sometimes I just cant resist. We have had a couple periods this summer with hotter then normal temperatures and thankfully they haven't lasted long. Otherwise it has been a pleasant summer so far.

Its now August, Moms birthday is Monday. We vote on Tuesday and the heat is going last a few days. Guess that even though it starts getting better temperature wise in August, Summer decided to play the ace up the sleeve. If we play our cards right, Mom and I should do fine. We have a few things planned this weekend, mostly things for Saturday. Any and all cleaning done on Sunday will need to be done early. It wont be easy but we should come out of this fine. We have had hot weather like this before, its not fun but we can survive it.

Well I am glad I was able to do some mowing and laundry yesterday. From last night until earlier this morning, we got two inches of rain. Mom and I had gone out to dinner as well as do a little shopping, and as we were coming home the rain started.

The temperature Monday was supposed to be 98 but was twenty degrees cooler. But, this weekend is supposed to be very hot.

Was going to do some laundry and a little mowing this morning but it rained just enough before I could do anything. So will try again tomorrow. The total amount of rain was about one eighth of an inch.

Still waiting for my jury duty check. Guess as with everything, when the government is involved things take time.

We have had weather recently that seems a bit more normal for July in Kansas. Dry and hot, with occasional cooler days. Some parts of the area have had rain, but it hasn't rained in more then a week. Maybe its closer to two weeks.

Hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico hit southern Texas and parts of Mexico. I think they said it was a category two hurricane, which is a milder storm. If you can call something like that mild.

Estelle Getty passed away. Although I haven't seem much of her work, I did love her on "The Golden Girls", she was probably the best character.

Kiska's birthday is tomorrow. Its hard to believe she is going to be three years old.

Went to have the car worked on this past weekend and only got the oil change taken care of. Seems like some places have no idea what they are doing. Mom took care of getting the appointment this time and thought she was clear on what needed to be down. After we dropped the car we had breakfast and then did some shopping, when we got back the car was done. We thought it had been done a little bit too quickly. Once inside she was told that they didn't usually do the one thing we needed done on a weekend because the places they get parts from are closed. Well we would not have gone there if we had none that ahead of time. So even though we got something done that was needed, the other thing was far more important. Now we are more then likely going to postpone the other thing until some other time and maybe go elsewhere to have it fixed.

I am now off the hook for jury duty. Even though I haven't had a summons in almost four years, I am glad I don't have to do jury duty. Maybe the next time I get a summons, it'll be a nicer time of year.

Not too much going on around here lately. Its been pretty nice temperature wise and we have been getting some rain. But I know its all bound to change at some point.

Have jury duty this week. Went yesterday and waited all morning to be told that all the cases were pretty much done but that we still might be needed. So until later in the week I am still on the jury duty hook.

We have been having nice weather so far this summer. That is until yesterday. Warmest day so far this year.

We decided not to see the movies after all. Both were things that were sort of interested in, one was getting terrible reviews. Think I will wait until their air on HBO or something to view them.

I finally bought a couple of those digital to analog converter boxes. We went to two places while out yesterday and neither place had them. So I just bought them online, whole lot less hassle that way.

Have a few fireworks for this evening. There have been a few people setting stuff for the past couple of days, but not as bad as it has been in past years. But we still have a group of morons who thinks everyone wants to hear their crappy band play. Wish the cops would actually do their jobs and tell the idiots to turn it down.

The new computer we bought last week is working out great. The other computer was finally just too much of a problem and needed to be replaced.

We got three and a half inches of rain from eight pm Wednesday evening until sometime early this morning. A majority of it came last night. Not surprising, there is water in the basement and I wont be able to do laundry for awhile. Some areas got hail, though I don't think we got anything other than just rain.

Mom has today and tomorrow off. We are planning to see a couple movies, but I am not sure we will see them. Also plan on a little shopping.

George Carlin as died. He was one of my favorite comedians. Sometimes I would hate something he had said in some act and not listen to anything of his for awhile, then something would make me think of him and I would like again. That didn't happen often though.

Have been doing well with drinking less coffee. Now and again I will have a problem, but not often.

Ebay sales have been sort of slow lately. Figure the sagging economy and the fact I don't have anything really exciting to grab people. Will have to retool a few things and maybe even go through my stuff to come up with something new to sell.

The Boston Celtics won a NBA championship for the first time since I was in high school and beat the Los Angeles Clippers, i mean Lakers to do it.

Cyd Charisse has passed away. I liked a couple of movies she was in. Forgot to mention that Bo Diddley, Jim McKay and Yves Saint Laurent passed away recently.

Tim Russert passed away over the weekend. I knew who he was even though I don't tend to watch political shows. Was said he did as young as he was. But things happen for a reason we don't understand sometimes.

Well we got laundry done yesterday morning, then did shopping for supplies and groceries in the afternoon. The first time since I started reducing the amount of coffee I drink I actually felt tired in the afternoon, but I figured do the laundry and the shopping helped me feel tired.

I decided this week to reduce the amount of coffee I drink, as I already mentioned. No one told me to do it, just felt like it was time I did it. So far I feel a little better and I am sleeping a little better. But this is just the beginning of the experiment, who knows how I will feel in say a month or two.

Saw "Iron Man" this afternoon and it was really good. Was not sure I wanted to go because it has Gwenyth Paltrow in it and I dislike her much, but despite her being in it, the movie was quite good. Might even get it on DVD when it comes out later this year.

Had a sever storm warning tonight. There were reports of possible tornadoes or at least funnels. We got a heavy downpour, while it didn't last long we did get over an inch of rain and water was running down the street. Good thing we haven't had a lot of rain lately because it would have made the flash flooding worse. It took awhile for the runoff to stop, now its staying in the ditches.

We had gone out to eat, spur of the moment sort of thing. As we were in the restaurant, the TVs tuned to the local changes, showed the weather reports. I guess who cares if there is a show someone wants to watch. We can now say "I watched the weather report and a TV show broke out", yeah its stupid but who cares. I did get a couple pictures of the storm clouds.

Mowed the backyard on Saturday and glad I did with the rain we got yesterday and the chances for rain we will get. We are in another weird weather cycle. There are parts of the country dealing with flooding and then there are the severe storm warnings locally.

Over the weekend, Mom mentioned she might take Friday off. We could do a few things on Friday, including laundry, to relive the pressure from the weekend. Might even see a movie too, which we haven't done in weeks.

Sergei and his allergies are doing better. His ear had gotten bad enough we thought about going to the vet, but his ear has responded to some home remedies so we may not need to take him in at all.

It's June already. One step closer to the actual start to summer and one step closer to the heat and humidity of a Midwestern summer.

We were going to go to a movie, Mom wants the see Sex and the City so kill me now, but she's not sure if she really wants to.

Sergei is starting to have problems with his ear again. Guess it is like an allergy thing with him. But at least we know what to do for him. He doesn't mind to much having his ear messed with.

Recently Dick Martin and Sydney Pollack passed away and now Harvey Korman has left us. Too bad Laugh In isn't on some channel, was a good show and worthy of its shows being rerun. Even if it wasn't but a couple days a week and just a couple shows. There are worse things being shown then Laugh In. I liked some of Sydney Pollacks movies, haven't watched Tootsie in years but like it at the time. Harvey Korman was funny in a lot of things and not just on the Carol Burnett show.

There has been the threat a couple times this week with no results. Hoping we do get some rain today.

Mom has a dentist appointment tomorrow. After it we are going to do a little shopping, mainly for tools, and then come home. Sunday we will go to the laundromat and that's about all we are going to do this weekend.

Another storm rolled yesterday morning and we got about an inch of rain. We got a little this morning as well. Once the clouds rolled mostly away it warmed up, but it was nice most of the day.

We had lunch at Olive Garden, did a little shopping but bought nothing, dropped off some things at Good Will, had some ice cream and then came home. Because I hadn't slept well last night, I ended up taking a nap.

Don't really want to do the yard work tomorrow but it needs to be done.

We had a morning storm roll through and dump three quarters of an inch of rain. It was thundering for some time and there were lots of flashes of lighting. And I forget some day recently we did get some rain but I don't remember which day and how much we got.

This weekend we will be going out and having a nice meal, maybe a little shopping and some ice cream. Not sure if we will go to a movie, but it doesn't matter. Sunday we will do some yard work and not sure what we will do on Monday. Rain is forecast the entire the weekend and we will work around it.

So far we haven't gotten any rain. It has been forecast, but nothing yet. I really need to get my stuff together and start keeping a record of the projected forecast and actual forecast. It would be interesting to see how close or how far off they really are.

The dentist appointment Mom had for Saturday was rescheduled for the following Saturday. Some how they forgot that this weekend is Memorial day weekend. Sounds like someone was asleep at the wheel.

Did some yard work today, mowed and help with cleaning the gutters in the backyard. Was tired and didn't have a lot of energy but I got a lot done. Also got a load of laundry done.

Will not be doing a lot tomorrow, other then resting. Tomorrow I will be plotting out what I will be doing nest week.

Picked up some lovely plants yesterday. We got a very nice Boston fern to hang outside. It looks good with our two wind chimes, hummingbird feeder and our other plant called a fuchsia.

Yesterday, I saw a hummingbird near the fuchsia and then head towards the feeder. That the first time I've seen one since I put out the feeder, second time in total. But that's not all we saw. Out front on our suet holder, which has a sunflower seed suet inside, we saw not once but twice a Baltimore Oriole. I even managed to catch a few pictures of it. When we were coming home from the grocery store we say another Oriole flying off. They might have been the same one but I'm not sure.

Mom had the day off and we went to Topeka do some some research at the research library. We hadn't been in more then a year for one reason or another. Would have liked to have left early then we did because of a headache. We ran into some rain as we were leaving for Topeka. I am not sure of how much we got, forgot to look at the rain gauge. Don't think it was much though.

Will buy some plants tomorrow and I think also get groceries.

Had a nice little rain storm today. Dumped about an inch of rain on us and there were tornados in the area. Typical spring weather in the midwest.

Not sure what we will do this weekend.

Well it took us a little longer then we planned and we didn't get as much as we wanted to, but we did get some much needed yard work done. When we were out yesterday, I bought a few more flower bulbs. I know where all the bulbs are to be planted.

Got about an eighth of an inch of rain over night. I think some parts of the area got hit with some worse weather then what we got. I will admit that I am happy that we got some rain lately. First we do need it, secondly it helps everything and everything is greening up now. It really looks nice out.

Tried to get the mower started and couldn't. I don't know whats wrong with it. Really don't want to spend the money to get a new one, but before I go out and get a new one I want to try one last thing.

Need to plant bulbs this week and also do some house work. So it will be a busy week.

Got three quarters of an inch of rain yesterday. Because of the amount of rain lately, we will be going to the laundromat for the second week in a row. Hopefully, we don't have to go every week or even every other week. Maybe sometime this coming week or so I can get some stuff done at home.

Have been having strange dreams, depression and some low energy lately.

Will do the laundry and a couple other things Saturday and on Sunday we will do some yard work. At some point I need to plant some more flower bulbs.

Late Monday and early today we got some rain and even a bit of hail. Rain total was three quarters of an inch. So laundry is out, for at least today.

Have a few things to do this week and really don't feel like doing any of it.

From Thursday afternoon until sometime early this morning we got almost one and a quarter inches of rain. Most of the rain came in waves and we did get a heavy downpour early this morning. We need it and the flowers do too.

Thankfully I am mostly over the cold I had last week. Still have a slight persistent cough, but that is it. My allergies are taking over now.

Due to the rain and Mom being slightly backed up on laundry, we are going to the laundromat tomorrow. I was able to get a couple loads of my own things done earlier in the week, so I am not too backed up. Will get a load of sheets done though and maybe some clothes in one big load.

After we get through with the laundromat we will come home and rest. Then we will go to the Pet Expo we found out about a couple days ago, have lunch out and then get groceries before heading back home. Think we have another errand or two to do while we are out.

Sunday Mom is going to paint the bathroom. We got some nice paint at the local hardware store. The walls are going to be a pale pink and the ceiling will be a nice white. Since the room has no windows, we don't want a dark color in there.

I painted the hallways a light yellow last week. Hopefully this will be the last of the painting for a while.

Both Mom and I have colds. Usually one gets it and gives it to the other, but not this time. So it will be a miserable weekend.

The total for the rain this week is one and a quarter inches of rain. The flowers that have bloomed look wonderful and the there are more ready to pop.

Well I am so glad I decided to do a load of laundry yesterday. It started raining sometime early this morning after Mother Nature has teased us with the chance for rain many times lately. So far we have gotten three quarters of an inch. And it looks like we might get a bit more. Its good for all the blooming stuff, not so good for doing laundry.

Feel like I am coming down with something. I don't feel too bad, so I should be able to do the painting in the hallways today.

Charlton Heston has died. Although I do like a couple movies he was in and make it a habit to catch a little bit of the Ten Commandments every year, I didn't really care for him. To me he just gave wooden performances. It was like the same thing in every role, with maybe minor differences.

Arthur C Clarke has also passed away. I am not sure if I mentioned it recently. I read the entire 2001 series and my favorite book is probably Childhoods End. Will have to get my copy of it out and start reading it.

Have a nice day yesterday. We saw two movies, 21 and Leatherheads, did a little shopping and had dinner at Red Lobster. It was a nice but long day. 21 was alright, a little slow at times but alright. Leatherheads was really good. This makes the first time we have seen a movie all years. Hopefully there will be other movies worthy of being seen this year.

Forty years ago, Martin Luther King was killed while in Memphis. His legacy still lives on and he will never be forgotten, but I wonder what the world would be like today if he had only been wounded instead of killed.

Was certain sometime in the past few days we would get rain, but we got nothing really. It misted a little and that was it. Have mixed feelings, as always, about the rain. When we get too much rain in a short period of time is when I really don't care for rain. Although I need to do some laundry tomorrow, I wouldn't mind if we got some rain. Wouldn't want to get too much though.

Mom had Friday off. We really didn't do too much with the weekend. Got some cleaning done, bought some paint for the hallways, put tile down in the bathroom.

Because there hasn't been a movie come out yet that we really had to see yet. But this weekend we are going to have some fun. We will have some lunch (or dinner out, maybe both), see a movie or two, do a little shopping and just have some fun.

Had several short but odd dreams, including one with zombies. I guess I should stop playing Resident Evil 4 then, but I so love the game.

It is going to be another quiet weekend at home. But next weekend we are going to have some fun. We'll see a movie, have a nice meal out and do a little bit of shopping.

Saw a deer in a field when we were coming home from dinner last night. I wasn't sure I saw it but just before I last it due to trees I saw that it was indeed a deer.

Stupid mail person sent a package meant for us to another house two streets away. If the woman who lived there hadn't dropped it off, I don't know if the mystery of what had happened to it would have ever been solved. Bless the soul of the woman who brought it over. She did a good job.

With this past Sunday being Easter, practically everything was shut done. Didn't think about that fact before we played to order a pizza. There were a few places open but not much. That's the one thing about most holidays I hate, everything just shuts done. It sort of forces the lonely, alone, without family or whatever situation someone has to be more alone.

Didn't do much today and probably wont do much tomorrow. Been having trouble sleeping again and odd dreams as well.

Sergei is doing better. I think he was feeling bad but he was milking it to get attention.

Not much been going on lately and hence not much to post about. I am thinking about not blogging anymore, but I don't think I'll go back to a old style journal just yet.

Got some rain yesterday. Think we got about three quarters of an inch. Glad we got some rain, we do need the moisture.

Don't know if I will do laundry this week, but if I do it will be later in the week.

Had to take Sergei to the vet because he wasn't feeling well. Think he may have injured himself playing with Kiska. He got a clean bill of health. The vet we saw gave us some pain pills for him. Hopefully he'll start feeling better soon.

We have some fog outside today. I love fog. Will try and get a photo of it if I can.

Have had some strange dreams the past couple nights. One involved the host of the TV show Pinks and another that same night involved me missing a ride to school and having to walk. I guess I have some underlying anxiety issues at the moment.

Before I did some laundry yesterday, I went out and sat with the dogs. Kiska loved it, Sergei was still a bit sleepy. Looked at Kiska's teeth and the chews we give her are really doing a good job. Good thing she loves those things.

Don't think we are going to do anything this weekend. There is a movie we would like to see, but it doesn't come out for another three weeks.

My allergies have been bothering me a little more then usual lately, which means spring really is on its way. I am ready for warm weather, flowers and color.

I finally got my 2007 eBay journal caught up and now need to start working on this years.

The trash picked a little later then usual today. But I did get everything out that needed to go.

Have a few things to donate to goodwill, not sure when we will get a chance to drop it off.

We went to the laundromat yesterday as it was snowing. Yes I said snowing. The funny thing is the laundromat had the TV tuned to one of the local channels and during a news break the weather forecaster said the snow wasn't likely to melt until today. Well it was already starting to melt off the streets at that point despite it still snowing. It was much easier driving home then it had been driving to the laundromat.

Today we did groceries and went to the gem and mineral show. We bought a couple geodes and Mom bought a necklace for a old piece of jewelry she wanted to start wearing again. I also got a chunk of amethyst. We had lunch out and then came home.

Mom is going to take off Friday and Monday. Which means we might get a little bit more down around the house, do some errands and maybe have a little fun.

Have had some problems sleeping. Not sure why, I have a great bed and everything. Guess I will never fully get rid of the occasional insomnia.

When we took the dogs to the vet recently for their check ups, we bought some dental chews for Kiska. She likes them more then Sergei, who will eat other treats but not raw hide chews. Anyway, her teeth look a little better because of it.

Not much going on. Am tired of winter and ready for spring. The only problem with that is that summer would follow spring and I sometimes dont care for summer.

We finally got the furnace fixed. I know its an old one and all but I don't thing we can afford to replace anytime soon. Hopefully (crosses fingers), we can eek out a bit more time with this one.

The weekend wasn't too bad. We did get out and buy some firewood Saturday so we could have fires over the weekend. I got some virus thing Saturday and I've haven't been feeling so well the past couple days. At first I thought I had the flu, but I don't think so. It could have been something I ate, but not sure.

Went to the dentist appointment which lasted a little longer then expected. And then came back to a cold house. The blower on the furnace went out, the burners still work so we get a tiny bit of heat just because heat rises.

The guy from the third company we called said he couldn't fix it until Monday. So its going to be a long cold weekend.

Mom took yesterday off, so we got a few things done while we had the time.

Wednesday we got to see a bit of the lunar eclipse, then the clouds moved in. But what we did see was great. The next one isn't for another two years.

There is another threat of winter weather for Thursday and Friday. And I dont think anyone is looking forward to it. Sunday I woke up to snow, this is after the rain we got Saturday afternoon. It got warm enough to melt much of the wet snow off. But we had already gone out in the wretched stuff to get things at the store.

I am already sick of the political stuff. Wish it didnt go on nearly as long as it does. None of the canidates are really worth a dime, but I will need to vote for someone. And I dont think I can vote for Peter Griffith or Homer Simpson.

We came tight home after Mom's appointment and the mail hadnt arrived, thankfully. Instead of going out and doing the errands we had, she worked on her taxes. She got the bulk of the work done. All she needs to do is just put it in pen and send it off.

The photos did come in the mail yesterday and they look wonderful. We got enlargements of some of our Paris pics and some prints of things we didnt already have. They all look very nice.

My dentist appointmen, to take care of a couple cavities, is on Saturday. We will do some errnads after we get done.

I am not usually the one to complain to much about winter and the weather we have with it. But I am so sick of winter now. I am not looking forward to summer, but I am tired of dealiwng with the ice, rain, snow and nasty crap. Hope I remember how I feel when the temps are in the nineties. I probably wont, but its the thought that counts.

Mom has a dentist appointment Saturday. We are still waiting for some photos we ordered over the weekend to arrive. I just hope the mail doesnt arrive while we are out and we have to go to the post office to pick them up.

Took the dogs to the vet today. It was its usual fun and games. The vet didnt call us like she said she might if thy dogs heartworm test turned up. So the dogs are healthy and have all the required tests. Dont have to do this whole thing again until next year, thank God.

Havent had a desire to go to a movie yet. Not sure when or if there will be a movie interesting enough to actually make a trip to the theaters worth it.

It got warm enough for me to do a load of laundry. The threat of snow we were supposed to have last night, didnt appear until now. I hope it doesnt amount to much. Dont mind the cold but I am now sick of snow and the threat of snow.

This morning I pre-ordered the movie "Giant Gila Monster" on the Rhino.com site. Also ordered another movie "Orgy Of The Dead", which is a Ed Wood film. Thought for shits and giggles I'd get it. Have American Dad Volume 3 and Mystery Science Theater 3000:The Movie pre-ordered via Amazon.com. Going to have some fun wathcing the dvds when I get them.

Due to some colder weather, I have had to put off doing some laundry. Thankfully I am not backed up.

Saturday wasnt as fun as we would have liked. Dentist appointment went fine, have to go back in a couple weeks to get cavaties filled though. But Mom didnt feel well, so we didnt stay long at the Nelson and the rest of the day sort of feel apart after that.

I have a dentist appointment on Saturday. After the appointment, we are going to have some fun. First ,we will go to the Nelson and then finish up with lunch there. Secondly, a movie (Meet The Spartans is the front runner), then maybe some shopping and lastly dinner. We haven't had much fun lately so this should be a nice change. And we ha vent been to a movie in ages.

It is very cold now, but it looks like the weather will warm up a bit. I wonder how long this warm turn will last. Regardless, the dogs love the snow we still have on the ground and the snow. And a happy snow dog is a great thing.

Had a dream last night that I was traveling with some gal from southern Texas to some place north of me. I don't know how I know her or why I was travelling with her, but I seemed comfortable with her. I do remember being in a restaurant with her and her mentioning that we didn't have a lot of money to spend on breakfast. As we were at the counter we couldn't read the menu very well or figure if they had anything we wanted. We ended up leaving without breakfast. The dream went on for a bit longer but I don't remember anything about it. It seemed to launch into me working in some sort of odd museum zoo combo. I was in a uniform and was in one of the rooms closing the drapes (or whatever they actually were) in each of the enclosures. I was interacting with some of the animals and was frightened by a few. There were lots of people in the room I was in. That's pretty much all I remember.

Managed to do some laundry today. With the cold weather and the snow, I haven't had the opportunity to do much laundry and I need to get caught up. Thankfully we aren't so behind that we need to go to the laundromat. Hope to get a couple more loads done this week.

The family room looks wonderful now. I am glad I pushed to go back and get a darker color. Its closer to the color Mom has always wanted in the living room. We have rearranged some of the things we had on the walls and it looks great. Now we wont have to paint again for some years.

We started painting with the color we had purchased last Saturday and found we didn't much like it. I think Mom got spooked by the gal helping us with the paint and went for a lighter color then she wanted. Going back to the hardware store and going to get a darker shade.

It took Mom over an hour to get home Wednesday, all due to the darned snow. And her cell phone went dead to boot. But the dogs are loving the weather so I guess someone gets something out of this.

We have snow!!! And it's not so nice. Mom has an event that she needs to attend tonight with her boss and a fellow co-worker. Guess it'll take her awhile to get there from work and then home.

Might be painting the family room this weekend. We have been wanting to do this for months. It seems a wee bit odd to do it in the middle of winter, but we're used to being odd.

Did some laundry earlier this afternoon despite not feeling well. I don't think I'm coming down with anything.

What snow we got yesterday no longer exists. The weather has been weird lately. IT bounces from winter to spring and then back again. I didn't mind getting the rain yesterday, as we need it and at least it wasn't freezing rain.

I have a dentist appointment in a couple weeks and I wish I didn't. But maybe I will feel differently then. My teeth are important, but its such a hassle and a drag to get to the office.

We got some rain this morning, followed by snow which pretty much melted as soon as it hit the ground. Although is some areas, it does look like it is sticking. Looks like it's going to snow off and on the rest of the day.

Have nothing planned for the weekend. Will probably just do some cleaning and see if there is anything else we can junk.

The Kansas Jayhawks won the Orange Bowl!!! The Missouri Tigers won their bowl appearance. Sometimes its good to be a Big 12 fan.

Rock, Chalk, Jayhawk.

New Years Day!

Have no resolutions, because I know I will break them.

Supposed to get down to single digits temperatures tonight as a arctic blast moves in for a few days.

There is still some snow on the ground from the last storm.

The tree is down and out. The ornaments have been put away until they're needed again.

Dogs are loving this weather, but I'm not. Might have a fire tonight and maybe tomorrow.

Finished Splinter Cell Double agent a couple days ago. Am replaying it again to see if I can do a few things different.