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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Weird week so far.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rain today and then a chance for Sunday.

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

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

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

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

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