Went to bed thinking of the London summer Olympic games of 2012 and woke up to news of bombings in London. Sad, sad event. I hope they find the people that did it.

Rest in peace, Hank Stram. Thank you for what you did.

We got half an inch of rain over the weekend. Managed to do some work in the basement despite the rain and the humidity. Looked like it was going to rain today but so far nothing.

Lots of fireworks yesterday but not as much today. WIll have a subdued display tonight.

We got three inches of rain yesterday, mostly in brief but heavy downpours. The power was out for nearly two hours in the afternoon. I had just turned off the computer and not a minute later, the power was off. My timing was perfect yesterday. Maybe I should have purchased a lotto ticket too.

It is cooler today then it was earlier in the week. In fact, yesterday was like 20 plus degrees cooler then it was Wednesday.

Had a headache yesterday and have a headache today.

Forgot to mention that I saw "Star Wars-Revenge of the Sith" on Saturday. It was actually better then I thought it was going to be. None the less I am happy that the Star Wars franchise is finally dead. Lucas can do great effects and do great things (sometimes) with the guys. But its like he is clueless as to what to do with women. I wonder what the films, and I mean all six, would be like if it was just totally men and men only. Not saying Lucas is gay, but I wonder he would have preferred that. Even then I think the dialogue would still be clunky. Guess Lucas has to big of an ego to ask for help in creating a great script.

Getting some much needed rain. Have received about an inch so far. Might get more before the day is done.

The BTK killer plead guilty. I found it funny that the idiots in his church stuck up for him and thought there was a mistake, that he was an innocent guy. Have to wonder what they think now.

Got a bit of rain this morning. First rain in a little over two weeks. Today and tomorrow are to be fairly hot, but later in the week it is supposed to cool off a bit.

Really don't have much to say about the past few days. Other then they've been hot, dull and sleepy.

Will probably go to a movie this weekend, but that's it for excitement.

This will be the only time I say this, but I wish summer was over with already.

Turns out the starter went on the car and was fixed Monday morning, though we didn't pick the car up until Tuesday morning. Managed to get out and get groceries Monday evening.

Mowed the front yard yesterday afternoon. Will get the back yard, as well as one of the side yards, mowed this weekend.

We have been without rain since very early Monday morning and it's nice to have a dry spell. Although it could go right back to wet any time soon.

Seems like we have had rain every day for the past two weeks. There was little more than half an inch from yesterday and this mornings rain. Looks like we could get more of the nasty stuff. Would like have a dry period so I could get caught on some laundry.

The car has been towed to the service station and Enterprise car rental has been called as well. Probably wont be able to pick the car up until tomorrow morning. Not sure if the starter or the ignition switch needs to be replaced but I guess we will find out.

The septic tank was pumped out yesterday afternoon, about an hour after the guy left I was going to go out and get groceries but the car wouldn't start. Mom and I ended up hiking up to the little shopping area where our bank is located and buying a few things at the discount store before hiking home. It probably will not be until Monday morning before we can get a tow to the service station. Its probably something like the starter or maybe the ignition switch, but that's a guess.

Since I wont be able to get out and get some things to finish one project or another, will have to do other things to keep myself busy. That wont be a problem, have a few things I have been putting off. Of course it doesn't help that I have a headache.

We got a little rain last night, like we needed anymore. And to make matters worse, the septic tank needs to be taken care of. Ugh, that's not a pretty deal either.

Have been working on a new schedule so I can be more productive around the house. Maybe it will help me work on doing better with my online sales.

Anne Bancroft and Dana Elcar have both passed. I liked both actors.

Cool day today. Might get some rain yet.

We got hit with a nice rainstorm last night. Some time before it hit, could feel the humidity rise late in the afternoon. Then the rain came and within minutes you could feel that the temperature had dropped a bit. We got about an one and a quarter inch of rain after the storm left. Wind wasn't too bad, but it did blow some rain in. Of course now it will be a day or two before I can do another load of laundry or mow. Guess I shouldn't complain.

I managed to get a load of laundry done yesterday without disaster happening. Will do another load this morning and hope I can get another one or two done later in the week. Would like to try and get two loads done in one day, but that may be asking for trouble.

Even though it was fairly warm yesterday, because the house had cooled off during the night it wasn't too bad. The temperatures the rest of the week are going to be in the upper eighties or lower nineties. I have some cool meals planned for the rest of the week, so it shouldn't be too bad.

I need to do some laundry, I'm starting to get backed up on loads. I could wait another day or two, but with rain forecast for later in the week, maybe pushing ahead and at least getting a couple small loads would be good. Although I have a feeling it might back up into the basement and that's not good. I would go to a Laundromat, but I don't going to Laundromats in the first place and secondly, the only one close by closed up shop sometime last year. Well, I guess I'll have to decide one way or the other and roll with it.

There was one and a quarter inches of rain in the gauge from last nights rain. I figure, and this is only a guess, that we got close to five inches of rain last week. That's a lot of rain and just watch us go into a bit of a dry spell.

Yesterday morning there was nearly two inches of water in the rain gauge. Thought maybe we would escape the day without rain and I was wrong. We had a tornado warning for a bit, late in the evening and then got some more rain.

Managed to get much of the water from previous rains, out of the basement. I am sure there is more rain downstairs.

Looks like more rain is in store for the area. Saw on the news where the amount of rain varies from area to area. One town had over two inches of rain, while another had just a scant amount.

Finally put the rain gauge out. Haven't checked it to see how much rain we got, I know it rained hard a couple times last night and early this morning. Seems like Mother Nature has in a rain pattern at the moment. I'm sure we will have another dry spell like we had before all this rain came pouring in.

Have a headache because of the weather. Was able to get a load of laundry done before it started to rain today. I think we might have gotten around an inch of rain earlier in the week. Seemed like we got more then that, haven't put out a new rain gauge yet so I am just guessing. Today's rain has been a gentle rain so far.

Bought the Mystery Science Theater set volume 3 this morning. Will probably get it next week. Now I only need to purchase the first two sets and I will have all the sets out there. Will more then likely buy any set that comes out in the future. Would love to have every misted movie on DVD, but I'm not buying someone's homemade version. I want a legitimate copy.

Went to see the movie "Madagascar" last night, pretty funny movie. The only problem I had was that the lead characters looked like the animators had gone with the decision not to make the leads look as realistic as the other animals in the movie. For example, the bottom of the paws on the lion "Alex" were flat. His toes were also sort of squared off. The noses on the four main characters looked like layers of felt rather then a more natural look to them. Don't know why they choose to make the main characters look more like toys then the other animals but they did. Other then that, the movie was pretty good. I liked the penguins the most. The only thing that would have made the movie a little better would have been if there had been a bear of some kind some where.

While we were in the movie, we got some rain. The area around where the movie theater is, got a small amount of rain while we where enjoying the movie, near home we got a heavy amount of rain and some wind. It was bad enough that the wind blew wind in and got my bed wet, my bed is near a southern exposure window. Had to sleep on towels last night, and I have a headache. Don't think its related to the sleeping on a wet bed.....but who knows (I kid). Once we got home, there was another burst of heavy rain. It rained a time or two over night was was raining lightly when I went out to feed the dogs. Not sure how much rain we got, and while we did really need this. Mother Nature really didn't need to try and get us caught up all at once either. I would hedge a guess that we got close to three inches. Need to get water out of the basement and put up the new rain gauge this morning.

Really didn't do much this past three days. It didn't help that Mom was a sleepyhead much of the weekend. We got a couple things done around the house and that was it.

Bought a new monitor couple nights ago, a nice LCD flat screen. First LCD monitor I have ever used. Pretty much had to buy a new monitor, was sitting at the computer playing a game and noticed the screen was beginning to puck, it was followed by smoke coming out the vents. Promptly turned the monitor off, got up, opened the front door and then turned on a fan. The smell of smoke wasn't too bad, but wanted to clear it out none the less.

Have been enjoying the cool days, all the while knowing that the summer heat will be here soon and I will be looking forward to fall.

Went to Topeka, didn't stay as long as planned. Both of us were getting sleepy. So we headed home a little early and when we got near home we headed for a Mexican restaurant and had an early dinner. On the way home from dinner we both remarked on how much cooler, even if it wasn't a huge temperature difference, it was around home then it had been in Topeka.

Got a few things planned for today. Will probably take it easy this afternoon.

Thought for sure we were going to get some rain last night. But again nothing. I guess Mother Nature likes teasing us.

Had hoped it was going to rain yesterday, but no go. South of us got some heavy rain and storms. We got teased with the storm clouds, but got zip. Next couple days are going to be warm.

Need to catch up on some things that I have taped. Also need to do some catch up on some chores.

Will be going to Topeka,maybe, this weekend. Mom is into genealogy and there is a research library that has old newspapers on microfilm in Topeka. We have been to it many times and I don't like going. If the place was a lot closer I would let her go on her own, but since the library is close to sixty miles away, I will be going with her. Not that I like borrowing trouble, but I don't want her to be alone is something happens. Still haven't signed up for an auto club yet, need to start a fire under her to get that done.

Woke up with a headache. Will have to work through the pain as best I can, need to get some mowing done. Have a few other things to do as well, may end up pushing some of the things into the coming week.

Got some cleaning done in the basement yesterday. Also did a couple errands.

Went to a Pet Expo at the American Royal today. Had fun, saw sheep, horses, a llama, lots of dogs a few cats, birds and some fish. I would have expected more things to view and buy considering it cost seven dollars to get in. Still had a good time anyway.

Got a lot of rain over night and this morning. Past three days it has rained a bit, I guess Mother Nature is trying to get us caught up in rain. We got enough rain that some got into the basement. Will do some clean up tomorrow.

Had purchased three Mystery Science Theater 3000 movies, in addition to set 7 that I recently got, from Amazon.com and will be returning one because of it being damage. Trying to get the disk out of my DVD player, I inadvertently broken the front edge of the drawer off. Nothing a little luck and super glue cant fix. On the up side, Amazon has already shipped a replacement copy of the movie and all I have to do is ship the damaged one back. The wild world of batwoman may not be worth all of this work, but I want the movie dang it.

Tuesday was rather warm and yesterday was supposed to be warm as well. It started out looking as though it was going to be even though we had some cloud cover. But in the afternoon we got a thunderstorm, which had been brewing all morning and was now ready to serve. Not sure what the total rain count for the afternoon was but I would say about half and inch at least. Today is supposed to stormy as well, which was forecast.

We got some rain yesterday afternoon and overnight. It was kinda of funny...early morning the wind blow hard and it rained, was like that for a few minutes and then it died down. Nice ten minute severe storm. The rain didn't amount to much.

Precious Doe has been identified. Her step-father killed her. It's sad she died, but I am happy they found the scum parents. Another chapter of the story can open now that the previous one has closed.

Pushed myself to mow yesterday morning even though I had a headache. Wasn't sure if it was going to rain or not and didn't want the grass to get away from me, so I pushed to do the front yard and one of the side yards. All thought the rain was light both yesterday and today, I'm glad I did it. Also planted the last of the bedding plants. Had gone out the night before to get a couple things at the grocery store, saw a couple plants that would nicely round out setting what had already been planted. So now, all the bedding plants have been purchased, planted and look quite nice if I do say so myself....and I do.

Purchased the second season of Futurama DVD set last week, got it in the mail Tuesday. Been watching some of the episodes, with the commentary, and have been laughing at some of the things said. Will probably get season three and four of Futurama this year.

Pre-ordered Mystery Science Theater 3000 set 7 on March 8th. Got the set last week. It had included three movies I had never seen before, Hercules unchained...Hercules against the moon men...The killer shrews and the last movie Prince of space I had seen and liked a lot. The bonus features were three shorts. I hope Rhino puts "The mole people" and "Revenge of the creature" in one of the sets some day. Both of those are among my favorite misted movies.

The battery was charged and the car was given a new alternator. Took the shop dang near all day to fix the problem. After mom got home, we left to go on an errand. As we turned a corner, we heard a loud noise around the right front tire. Managed to get home, so mom could change clothes, before we headed back to the mechanics. Turns out there was a problem with the right front brake pad, the mechanic put a cotter pin in to fix it and didn't charge us. Hopefully, we wont need anymore repairs for awhile.

The car died last night, maybe its just in a coma. Mom was on her way home and stopped off at Chipotle to get dinner, when she came out the car wouldn't start, turnover or nothing. She called me and then she walked over to a nearby gas station, which directed her to go to the Goodyear place across the street. When she got there, they were in the process of closing, but am employee drove her over and attempted to give the battery a charge. After two failed attempts, the employee told her to call the towing company his employer uses. She called and waited in the car for the guy to arrive. He showed up, got the car hooked up and towed her to the Citgo we use for servicing the car, it had to be left overnight. In all it took her two hours to get home and when eating dinner, we discussed getting an auto club membership of some kind. Both of us were glad of her decision to wait for a two rather than to try and duct tape a solution in order to try and get home and end up stranded on the interstate.

Planted two dwarf barberry bushes, a dwarf flaming bush and a lilac bush Sunday. Put mulch, a nice pine nugget mulch, down around the newly planted bushes and put the leftover mulch down around the peonies and Korean lilac bush we had planted last year. Now the areas look very nice. Got the bedding plants in before it started to rain. It pretty much rained off and on all day. Don't know how much it amount to though.

All week rain had been forecasted and had never happened...until last night. It didn't last long but there were some areas of severe weather. We had hail for about five minutes. It sounded like someone was shooting up the house. Some of the chunks were as large as a quarter, but most of it was marble (a small marble) size. Took a couple photos of the hail.

Ten years ago the Oklahoma City bombing happened.

Theres a new Pope in town.

Mowed for the first time this year yesterday morning. Had wanted to do it earlier in the week but we got some rain and I didn't feel much like mowing and having to maneuver the mower in the mud. Will need to mow the back yard this weekend. I like that everything is green, colorful and growing. But I don't like mowing.

Last night we got a couple light showers. At one point early this morning it was raining hard and the wind was blowing hard, howling at times. Then it calmed down, then the clouds moved out long enough for the stars to shine for a bit. Clouds moved back in and now it's raining again. I am glad I went ahead and got the trash out because it sounds like the trash truck is close by.

Mom has been under the weather for a few days. She didn't feel good all last week and yesterday she had a nasty sinus headache. We weren't able to get a few chores around the house done, but she did get caught up on sleep.

Really don't have much to say about this past week. The time change screwed me up as it always does.

I've been depressed off and on all week.

The Pope was finally buried. Charles and horse face finally married. More trouble in Southeast Asia. Baseball started the new season.

Bought gas for the lawn mower this morning. Will need to get the mower primed and ready for another miserable mowing season. I will concrete over the lawn someday, I swear.

Went to the zoo yesterday. Went late in the day so were not able to do as much as we would have had we had more time. Did a little shopping and had lunch out, as well yesterday.

It is warmer today then it was yesterday. Depression is making a visit.

Still having trouble with the car and we can't really afford to replace it. I am hoping the next time that we go in for service, we can get a couple things done that will improve things. But then again, its a kin to repeatedly putting a band-aid on leaks on Hoover dam. It will work only so long before you should just make a replacement and move on. We can tighten the purse strings and do what we can if need be.

Interesting week, but I am glad it's over. It was an odd week, started off on the wrong foot (thought it was supposed to be the daylight savings weekend) and it progressed from there.

Pope John Paul the Second passed away. Am not a religious person, I do have my own beliefs, but it is a sad day. May he rest is peace.

After a week of clouds and moisture, the clouds broke open and out popped the sun yesterday. Easter Sunday was a pleasant day, cool and sunny. There is a chance or two for some rain this week, but it will be mostly sunny and warm.

Got a few chores done this weekend. Bought a couple storage units at Wal-mart (which I hate shopping at unless I can't find the item elsewhere.) Put one of them together in the spare bedroom we use for storage. The other unit will be used downstairs.

We have had moisture every day this week. As I type it's raining again and there is some thunder now and again.

Have a weather related headache. Hoping it goes away soon. May take a nap and see if that helps.

Finished Medla Of Honor-Rising Sun about 24 hours after I got it in the mail. Nice game, though not as much fun as Medal of Honor-Frontline. Rising sun will have some replayablity. The graphics and the whole look of the game is so much different with Rising Sun then Frontline. Looks like they did a bit of a rush job on Rising Sun.

We have had some moisture in a couple forms the past two days, rain and snow. Got a light dusting of snow this afternoon, when it first started it was in large chunks. Never amounted to much. We have needed some moisture, so my anxieties have been fairly mild about the rain.

Bobby Short and John "I made ugly looking cars" DeLorean both past away this week.

Got "Medal Of Honor-Rising Sun" today. Have played it a little and like it so far.

My allergies are bothering me. Spring and fall can play havoc with my allergies. I just hope I don't spend much of spring in a over-the-counter allergy product induced semi-conscience state of blathering idiocy. Which is not fun nor pretty.

Under the heading of "Things you don't see every day" comes this- A nun standing on the corner flashing gang signs.

Have a nice day.

The weather has been nice and cool lately. I like it, which means it won't be around long.

Been playing Medal Of Honor-Frontlines on my GameCube lately. Yes, I am a proud owner of a Cube. I am not shy or ashamed of my choice of console. The Xbox and Playstation seem like cool console and I would like to own them someday. But for now I'm a Cuber. Anyway, I've been thinking of getting the other Medal Of Honor game that's out, there's another that's set to come out this year. Might get Call Of Duty when it comes down in price a little. Hitman-Silent Assassin looks interesting.

Saw "Be Cool" Thursday evening. What an awful movie. I don't ,and never will, understand why saying something nasty about someones race or about someone being gay is supposed to be funny. That's all I'll say about that.

Cooler today then it was yesterday. It was in the sixties temperature wise and then an evening shower.

I'm still in a bit of a funk. Not as bad as yesterday, though.

Meh.

Don't feel like doing much, depression and anxiety are in control.

The car is still having issues with rough idling and wanting to stall if it sits too long. Don't know what to do about it.

Got a late afternoon thunderstorm yesterday. It was clear and sunny and then the clouds rolled in, shortly there after the rain came. The clouds were dark and menacing, but the rain didn't amount to much. There was some thunder, but no lighting that I could tell.

Another year, another bad awards show. I don't like Chris Rock. He's about as funny as an enema. Since I dont like awards shows much anyway, I didnt tune in. I liked the movie "The Aviator", glad it got a couple awards. Thats all I'll say about it.

It has been nice the past couple days, cool and sunny. Although today is supposed to be rather nice.

Will try and get the car worked on this weekend. I think that the fuel filter needs to be replaced. Not sure, but it may be why the car will be fine for a couple days and then want to die if we are stopped. It will sort of act a little better if you put it neutral. Could be something else entirely.

We dodged a bullet yesterday. There was a storm that was headed our way with the potential to dump rain and or snow on us and it missed us by that much. At some point last night, I looked out the front windows in the living room and noticed the clouds had the look to them that I have seen during storms before. The look is sort of a steely grey, has sort of an ominous look to them, like they are up to no good. I know I am not describing the look very well, but it's the type of thing that if you saw it once you wouldn't forget it and would recognize it in a storm if you saw it again. Really thought we were going to get snow, but we didn't.

Heard late yesterday that John Raitt ( musician Bonnie Raitts' father) has passed away. I knew him from a couple movies, but I didn't now that much about him

It was supposed to be nice in the afternoon, but the sun never came out to play and the temperature never seemed to get as high as was forecasted. There is a chance of one or more types of precipitation later in the week. So while I may not get the projects I need to get done done, I will take care of some laundry and whatever I can. That way if it does snow, something was salvaged from this week.

Hunter S. Thompson committed suicide and Sandra Dee (the best of all the Gidgets) died. Sad deal in both cases. I did enough Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (I think that's the correct title) that was turned into a movie.

It was rainy Saturday, cloudy and warm Sunday. Don't know what it will be like today. Can I just go back to bed, pull the covers over my head and have someone else do all the things I'm supposed to do? Yeah, didn't think that would work....but I wanted to give it a shot.

We have rain today. Don't know if it will carry over to tomorrow. Will get a couple errands done this morning and then get some chores done around the house.

Have been doing a blog for a year + a few days now. I know none really reads this, but I don't care. I am sure at some point I will have some more exciting things to post. But I don't know what it would be or when it would happen.

Had a migraine most of the morning. It finally broke in the afternoon. Wasn't able to do as much because of the pain. Once the pain left, I felt limp.

Looks like we may be getting some rain over the weekend. Glad I was able to do some laundry the past couple days. Still trying to figure out if we have a problem with the sump pump, though. There is water coming it from some place. The only places I can figure it's coming from are from beneath the pump or the water is slowly draining back down from the pipe through the anti-flow back valve. If its the valve, its a slow leak and doesn't seem to make sense because I thought all the water was pumped from the pipe out to the septic tank. But anyway, it's a very slow leak. It only turns on maybe once or twice a day, nothing to worry about at the moment. It will become a problem if it does it more than a few times an hour.

I don't think we got as much rain over the weekend as I first thought. We probably got somewhere in the neighborhood of one to two inches. It just seemed like it was raining a lot. The snow we got this past Tuesday was gone by Sunday because of the rain.

It was nice yesterday, very spring like. Had the windows open and there was a light breeze. Then in the afternoon it clouded over. It's supposed to be cooler today and maybe some clouds in the afternoon. It hasn't dried up enough out for me to do any laundry. So I will do other things today.

KU finally lost a Big 12 game. They were undefeated in the league, but we can thank or hiss (which ever you prefer) the Texas Tech team for that. I don't care about college hoops, or basketball in general the way I used to when I was younger. Sometimes I almost feel like making myself watch a game, but never quite get around to doing that.

I had a nasty headache yesterday. Managed, but barely, to get a few things done. Off and on, it has been raining since yesterday afternoon. I'd say we got about 2-4 inches of it so far. I hope it doesn't do much more, would like to see the sun again.

Arthur Miller passed away. I know he was a playwright, but I remember him mostly due to his marriage to Marilyn Monroe.

Much of the snow we got on Tuesday is gone. Had to venture out Tuesday afternoon to go to the post office and it was a nightmare. The roads were slick and the snow seemed to come down pretty heavy for a bit of time. Managed to make it to the post office before they closed.

We have snow! Funny...I don't remember placing an order for it. But anyway, we have about 2-3 inches of it right now. Don't know if anymore will be added to what we have, but it make Mom's drive into work fun.

The game sucked, the commercials sucked and the Patriots suck. Florida sucks, the officials suck and it sucks.

Okay, enough with the suckage.

Glad I did laundry yesterday, woke up to rain. It was nice for much of yesterday, then in the afternoon, the clouds came in. Not going to complain, we need the moisture. Was able to have the windows and garage door open, which was nice.

Will be holed up in my bedroom much of the afternoon and evening, will be watching pre-game shows and then the Super Bowl. Probably the only times I will venture out will be for drink, food and bathroom breaks. And that's about it. Not sure if I am going to watch the Pro bowl or not. I might have it on and being doing something else, like cleaning or something.

Ossie Davis passed away. I like some of his work. Good man.

Max Schmeling, who fought Joe Louis twice, also died.

Dan Marino and Steve Young are in the football hall of fame. Someday It would be nice to see the late Derrick Thomas inducted.

I hope the Eagles win the Super Bowl this weekend.

Had three dreams last night, two of which I remember enough detail to make me scratch my head. In the first one I was in some house I did not recognize with me dad and I was helping clean it up and have a garage sale. I haven't spoken to my dad since 1997, my choice to do so, so I do not understand why I still have dreams about him. Anyway, there were some garage sale patrons following me as I was vacuuming, so I stopped cleaning and went to make a few sales. The thing I remember selling the most was books. Really don't remember too much more then that other then I couldn't understand what a couple of the patrons were saying. The next dream I had at one point remembered some detail, but have now forgotten everything. In the last dream I was working at a theater, I don't know in what capacity though. At one point I began to ascend some stairs, to my right a couple of people were standing at talking to me. Because I was so engrossed in thought I didn't hear them. Because of this the gentleman reached over as I go to the top of the staircase and grabbed my arm. He said something as did his wife, what I don't remember, and I walked into the theater, closing the thick velvet curtains behind me. I could see that the theater was enormous and it seemed that every seat was filled. At some point I pulled out a rifle and shot someone who was one stage and then placed the rifle down and reached into an inner pocket for a handgun. Once I had the hand gun, I walked down the steps, placed the gun to a gentleman's head and pulled the trigger. I had said something before I shot him. After killing the man, I turned the gun on myself and that's where the dream ends.

I don't know what if any meaning there is behind any of the dreams. But they are disturbing to say the least.

Drats, it was nice and sunny yesterday and now back to clouds.

Superbowl weekend!!! I hope the Eagles spank the Pats. Can't wait for the commercials, just in case the game sucks. Not sure if I will watch or tape the Simpsons episode.

Went to see the movie "Sideways" yesterday afternoon. I would recommend this movie.

We got some snow last night. The snow was forecasted, the funny thing was they said it would start in the afternoon. It sleeted for a litte before switching over to snow. Have some errands to do this morning, so getting out will be interesting indeed.

Had another dream about being in school last night. Have no idea what that's about.

If you haven't already done so, donate what you can to help with the Tsunami relief.

Woke up with a stiff neck and a headache. Wonder what I was doing in the night to get those. I do remember that I had some strange dreams, but I dont remember any dream details. Although I do remember one dream centered around me being back in school.

Am glad it has warmed up a bit. Can get a few loads of laundry done before the next cool down.

Johnny Carson passed away this morning. I stopped watching the "Tonight Show" after he retired. It just wasnt the same without him.

Yesterday was sunny and warm, managed to get three loads of laundry done. Today is cooler and cloudy. It's supposed to be cooler for the next few days. Did enjoy yesterday immensely, had the windows open for a few hours and the house smells a bit fresher.

Not sure what to do this afternoon, will probably get caught up with some shows I've taped recently and haven't had time to watch yet.

Presidunce Bush was sworn in yesterday, big whoop. Another four years of Presidunce Bozo at the helm. This should be fun.

Ruth Warrick and Virginia Mayo have both passed. I am familiar with both. My favorite movies are Citizen Kane (Warrick film) and White Heat (Mayo film). Miss Warrick is probably best know for playing Phoebe Taylor on All My Children.

Even though I am only 36, I have a love of old movies, I can pinpoint this to my childhood. My parents watched old movies as I was growing up, as a result I have an appreciation of older films. That's not to saw I don't like newer films.

The plumber showed up today. I don't blame him, someone at the company he works for dropped the ball and there was some communication mishaps. The company knew what was our problem was. We were told, if this is even accurate, that no one who could repair frozen lines worked on the weekend. And why a plumbing company wouldn't have a person or two that could work on the weekends or at least be available on the weekend so if someone called up with a problem like ours, they could be taken care of. Our weekend plans were totally screwed up because of the communication malfunction. The plumber was an older gentleman who was finished within a couple hours.

Managed to get almost of all of the water out of the basement. Had to spend one hundred dollars to get a much better shop-vac. The new vac can be used to pump water out via a garden hose. So in less then a couple hours, the water was nearly gone.

Yesterday was cold but sunny. We had a light amount of snow Saturday night. Today was cold and for most of the morning cloudy, cleared up this afternoon.

Two sunny days and one broken pipe later, we have the weekend. Yesterday, like Thursday, was sunny a great deal of the day and it was fantastic. The one minor problem was that a outdoor faucet ,that is covered with one of those faucet covers you see in improvement catalogs and hardware stores, burst/broke due to the cold weather. I didn't notice this until I went downstairs in the evening to open the garage door, so now we have water in the basement which he will siphon out.

We have had pipes do that only once or twice before. This pipe, like the previous pipes, have garage exposure. The other pipes in the house are either in the laundry room or the basement, both of those areas are warmer because we can shut doors and get a little heat gain in the place which help. It explains why the other outdoor faucet, with the same type of cover as the broken one, did not break. In fact, I have a bucket under the pipe that feeds the outdoor faucet that also has a main water valve and a faucet you can get water out of, it has leaked because of the cold air outside and it dripped from the inside faucet. But no this year, (I hope what I have said has made sense).

So our plans have been altered for the day, but it's nothing we can't deal with.

We got a lot of sunshine yesterday and even though it was rather cold, it was still nice to see the sun. Today it looks like the sun is trying desperately to break the clouds and I hope it wins.

Its going to be cold for the next dew days. The weather forecasters mention the chance of some form of perception next week.

Heavy rains are in the west and cold temperatures cover much of the west. This winter isn't much fun for a lot of folks in the states.

Its 10 am and its thundering outside. It is supposed to get to the mid forties today.

Hopefully I can get a load of laundry done this afternoon. Looks like it will be back to frigid temperatures later in the week. We have had like two hours or less of sunshine in this new year and that sucks.

It has been fairly dreary for the past couple days and it looks like it will continue. This is one part of winter that I don't like. I realize it cant be sunny and warm all the time, that would get old fast, but I would like a few sunny days in a row. Guess it's a sign I am getting older, when I was younger I didn't mind cloudy days all that much, now I savor them. Or maybe this just means that I am nuts. Not sure which it is.

Had a strange dream last night. I was an outsider looking upon all of the happens in the dream. There was a monster that was terrorizing people, but I didn't find it that scary. Was more annoyed by what it was doing and to whom it wasn't doing it to. I don't remember too much about the dream other than that. Sometimes I wish I could remember more details about the dreams I have. Might go back to keeping a dream journal like I have done before.

It was supposed to be warmer this weekend and so far it hasn't warmed up too much. It just barely got to 32 degrees yesterday and it was supposed to be in the forties. There was supposed be sunshine and there was none. I think we have gotten about two hours of sunshine in this year so far. Wouldn't mind so much if it werent for the fact I need to get some laundry done.

Went to Crown Center and Nelson-Atkins Museum yesterday and had fun.

There was supposed to be some sun today and we got all of 2 minutes of it this afternoon. But at least I don't have a headache today. It is supposed to get warmer this weekend.

We finally have sun! But once again I have a headache. We got about half inch of rain on Tuesday and a little snow on Wednesday. It is supposed to be warmer this weekend, which should melt alot of this junk. Mom didn't go to work yesterday because she didn't want to drive 30+ miles on ice. She slept in and worked on some things she had brought home.

Another day, another headache. This weather is playing with my sinuses and head. Its hot, then its cold. Mother Nature can't make up her mind.

Another storm is due today. Mostly ice, rain and maybe snow. Snow is one thing, but it's awful when it's covering ice.

We got about a inch and a half of rain over night and this morning. It stopped some time mid-morning. There is supposed to be more precipitation in the next three days. So far, it has rained every day so far this year. Which is only three days old.

I have had mild headaches every day in this new year. So far the year sucks.

Had short, but odd, dreams last night. In one dream My mom and myself were standing in the backyard looking at a neighbors house and she said "Poliwag". Have no idea what it is or what it means.

Saw the movie "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" yesterday. What a terrible movie. I should have known better than to go to a Wes Anderson film. I did not like two of his previous movies. This movie was slow, hollow and devoid of any real entertainment. Avoid it at any cost.

Had a headache yesterday and did not feel up to doing much of anything last night. We had dinner and pick our top three and bottom three films of the year and then I went to bed. Around midnight I woke up to the sound of fireworks going off. There were even a few idiots setting off fireworks at 3 am.

I have high hopes for this year. We will see how it unfolds.

Happy New Years everyone. May this be our lucky year. May the Cubs finally get to the world series in my lifetime and win.

Last time I will be posting this year. I have enjoyed my blogging time so far and plan to continue as long as I can.

Will be doing a few errands today. Plan on seeing a movie this afternoon and be home before dark. I do not want to be out with all the drunks. Mom and me will have a quiet evening at home, we will play some Scrabble and cards. Imagine that at midnight there will be a few fireworks and gunshots in our area. I fill sorry for the animals who wonder what in the heck we are doing.

Artie Shaw passed away. Cool guy.

Thousands are dead from the Asian Tsunami's. There are probably going to thousands more found dead and more will die from injuries or disease.

Sad, sad time. And I feel bad for complaining about a measly headache.

Jerry Orbach and Susan Sontag have died. Wonder who will be next.

I know its silly to believe that things come in threes, but I do.

My sinuses have been giving me trouble the past couple days. As has my depression. In both cases, it is not severe.

Got two Mystery science Theater 3000 movies (Eegah and Beginning of the end), two George Carlin CD's, a AC/DC CD, a Frank Sinatra CD and Luigi's mansion for my gamecube for Christmas. Nice haul. My mom liked the things I gave her, two calendars, a book on one of her favorite painters and two DVD's.

Saw the movie "The Aviator" this afternoon. It was a pretty good movie, was better then I had expected it to be. Although it was long, close to three hours, it held my attention. Cate Blanchett did a great job as Katherine Hepburn, though I am not a fan of Hepburn. Gwen Stefani should stick with her bad music. If you are going to play someone like Jean Harlow, as least make some attempt to sound like the person you are portraying. I can only imagine Ms. Harlow is rolling in her grave over the casting choice.

Merry Christmas. May you have a nice day and get at least one thing you wanted. If not, you can always plot revenge and get them back on New Years by lighting firecrackers outside their window at 3 am.

Frigid temperatures have been around for a couple days and don't seem to be leaving anytime soon.

Had to do errands last night, including getting some gas. It wasn't very pleasant getting out and about but we got everything done.

I officially hate winter. I hate the hot parts of summer and I don't care who knows. I hate the fact we don't have enough cash to replace the car. Well that's enough hate before Christmas.

Finally got my copy of Family Guy The Freakin' Sweet Collection DVD today. Thought it would never arrive. Can't wait to watch it. It has the restored version of Road to Rhode Island.

This morning was nice and clear and right now it is cooler then it was this morning and the clouds have moved in.

The car is idling rough and dies if we sit too long. We have to put it in neutral and rev the engine to keep it from dying. Will have to get it fixed when we can, don't know when that will be.

With the weather change and other things have put me in a blue mood.

Today was the last show Mike Murphy did. He retired after many years in radio. I view this with mixed feelings. Had felt for at least a year that he should just retire because the quality of his shows weren't as good it had once been. There is no one else in the Kansas City area that does anything like he does. So I will have to turn to the net for my paranormal fix. I will be grateful not hear Sean Hannity or "Dr." Laura commercials anymore. May end up tuning the radios in the house to a Topeka am station. Good bye Mike, may the UFO's come and take you to space and bring you back safely.

Congrats to Liv Tyler on the birth of her son. Her husband, Royston Langdon singer of the band Spacehog (whos Chinese Album is one of my favorite albums), and her have been married since March of 2003. Wow, Steven Tyler is now a grandpas, wonder if he's gonna spoil the kid.

Looks like we are going to have cooler weather for the rest of the week. Temperatures are going to dip down into the twenties during the night, with the daytime temps in the thirties. Nice December weather, the stuff headaches are made of.

Had some work done on the car this morning. New brakes, oil change, tire rotation, new tire, new belt and tune up. We had one tire that needed to be filled up one to three times a week so we figured it was better to just replace it then try then fix it. Breakfast out, a little shopping, bit of waiting and three hours later we were done. One of the mechanics was a guy that fixed our roof nearly three years ago. Not sure if thats a good sign or not. Could be nothing.

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It was in the twenties when I woke up this morning. The high for the day was in the low forties. Was able to get some laundry done. Spent much of the day getting caught up on things, including spending some much needed time working on an afghan I started crocheting months ago. Kept putting off working on it and now I am inching ever closer to getting it done.

My Christmas shopping is done. Have only one order that I am waiting on. Will get a tree up soon.