Am I ready for this?

Time to find my sweats and sweaters! I believe the warm weather is over!

Still here

"It's getting low, Lady!"

 

The bird feeder was busy yesterday, standing room only, haha. They emptied the feeder before the wet came in. The birds seem to notice me in the window. Most fly off, but my "steadies" just look at me. Maybe they are messaging me with their minds, haha.

It's been a day. I ended up watching more Fringe and tried to chill. My BP has been running higher than my normal too high. It was a dark, rainy, cruddy day.

Our phone plan now includes unlimited calls and streaming. Yes, there's a catch - it's nice speed to 10MB and then they slow  it down. I did watch Sunday's Victoria, last night and it was fine. I just hope this is all worth it.

I was able to answer my phone twice today. Two out of five - not great, but ... better.

OMG! It's raining!

I can hardly believe this, but it's raining, a soaking-in type of rain. Of course, we have some windy conditions with it and the dogs are upset about it. I see another good chance of rain coming up again real soon, so maybe the drought is over. (I also see a 30% chance of frozen precipitation one night. I hope not.)

 It really is about time. I wish it was bedtime so I could lie in bed and listen to the rain pitter-pattering on the window as I fall asleep. I imagine if it keeps up too long, I'll be griping about the gloomy days and damp, but we were quite far behind in the rain department and we really needed this.

Rain, at last!

I did this at lunch - doubtful we got any appreciable rain at all, we were on the very edge of this as it went sliding by. (Not the 1.35" stated in the stats.) We did have one good crack of thunder. No chance to hear rain pitter-patting on the metal roof and going back to sleep. You can see we are in transition, but seems like the bottom will fall out soon and it will really feel like October. We have yet to turn the heat on, soon, it will be soon, probably after next Tuesday or Wednesday.

I'm still working on Julia, I've changed it some and shortened it some. More to chop.

Have a great weekend!

Where did it go?

Hey! It rained for a bit this morning! Promises for more tonight, but often the weatherman is full of ...empty promises. It's a shade cooler and I appreciate that.

Tomorrow is my youngest son's 27th birthday, sigh. He's in California now, hopefully enjoying better weather than we. I started looking at the old pictures and became a little misty. Why did the time have to fly by so quickly?

Just 7 hours old, looks like Daddy.

With his 'Best Friend' - Rough.

Helping decorate his birthday cake.

 He's grown into a fine man now, but to me - he'll always be my little boy.

A Dragging Sunday

I’m watching a mocking bird in the remains of Sparrow Hall. She has been eyeballing something. Maybe the cat is out there again. Yesterday, when DH came home from shopping, she was on the porch rail, giving Tacky Cat a scolding. Her nest must be close by. Mocking birds can be quite nasty and very territorial. Our old cat had a few pieces of her ears missing, thanks to a possessive mocking bird.

We had a good hard rain yesterday, good for the blueberries, ahem. I suppose good for everything that needed it. It hung on for a while, so I think it soaked in rather than just running off. Of course, the dogs hated it.

I had an idea for a new phone. On this phone, only the numbers you called could call you. If you called a number that you didn’t expect a call back on, like a restaurant for their closing time etc, you had the option of keeping the number or getting rid of it. Right then and there would be no more BS with telemarketers. I understand a company wouldn’t want this, but old fogies like myself would be so happy. I don’t know how my number got out there again, but the bleep phone woke me twice yesterday and bothered my concentration several times. I hate (yes, hate is a strong word) having the phone ring for bleep. I would shut the phone off, if it weren’t for calls from people I actually want to hear from! (There aren’t very many.)

In last night’s installment of Poldark, I waited and watched for the scene about the fish. It was so romantically written and I could just see it in my mind’s eye. Pfft! Masterpiece really blew it. Oh, it was good, if you hadn’t read it. I’m so glad I bought the books! I’m trying to hold off on reading the third book. It’s shorter. (344 pages) The rest won’t get here for over 48 hours and well, I can hardly wait. Tomorrow, I will have berry picking, but ..

Rainy Day Feeling

Cold, rainy day and I'm feeling rough. The dogs are hiding and I hurt more than usual. Going back to bed - don't panic.

Rain, reign, rein go away!

Good morning, People! Monday, garbage day, rain, and a little rant.

I'll do the rant first if you don't mind. You all know that I read a bit too much of the 'new' author's works. Everybody makes mistakes, I make mistakes [in my haste or ignorance], BUT have come across this spelling error so many times that it is grating. 
1.) The rains have turned my yard into mud.
1a.) It looks like rain again.
2.) Queen Elizabeth reigns over her kingdom.
2a.) He thinks he can reign over the lot of us.
3.) He grabbed the reins and did his job.
3a.) Rein in that horse, boy!
Sometimes English can be no fun at all ... I have been reading 2 & 3 mixed up for the longest time, until I was beginning to think I had it wrong in my head! I read a lot of westerns ...
Well, so much for that. I feel better now.

As of Saturday, snow and cold was predicted for last night. We even had an advance advisory. It didn't happen. It is raining and gloomy, but not going to result in sleet, ice or snow. Relief! 

The dogs are being quiet today. They have hunkered down because it may, in their estimation, storm and get scary. It's a good day to sleep. I am tempted, myself!

DH brought me big breakfast yesterday morning. He stopped on his way home from work. Normally, he comes home and crashes into his bed. It wasn't until he was asleep that I realized that it was Valentine's Day and breakfast was his gift. I really felt, "Der," and didn't dare wake him to thank him. My bad. 

The HDMI cables came Saturday and we hooked up the TV before he went to work yesterday afternoon. All I can say is, "Wow!" Son has brought me travel videos, movies, and space stuff for my comp and I just love the bigger picture! I'm very surprised by the quality of the picture!

Have a great week!

Bless the neighbor!

DH cannot handle the riding mower since his shoulder and elbow surgery, and we have been getting considerable rain. The lawn loves this weather and was getting out of hand. Our neighbor came with his 48" mower today and made short work of our acre+. Bless him. I imagine we will be in the market for a big mower like that... Sigh...

New Visitor

New Visitor - What is it?

Sorry about the crappy pictures, I was excited. I have been busy writing. I hope your days are going well.

Rear Window

After a couple of unhappy nights trying to bring the animal inside during the sub-freezing weather, we wondered just where the heck Tacky was sleeping. She avoids the garage since the skunk visited.

Puzzle solved. New problem.

 I have no idea if the weather did this or what, but there is evidence that Tacky has been making herself at home in the back seat.

We took another trip for a tarp this morning, not that it will really do much good. It rained in...

The End of It All

I would suppose this is the end of one of my best years and one of my worst years, all wrapped up in one. This year has been an eight ticket ride.

My new WiFi hot spot (called a Jetpack) is actually not an improvement. I don't know if it's the towers, or sunspots, or just plain lousy service. "They" told me that we would be getting another tower up here in January - not holding my breath.

My DIL has the flu, so it looks like I will not be having my fun day with Sky this vacation. Bleep!

House hunting... it really isn't going very well. I did fall in love with one house when I saw the listing. It cost too much, but Stan took me over to look at it anyway, to get it out of my system. I could just see Julia and Edward putting up their Christmas tree for Anna in the front window. After I looked it over closer, I realized it would not be workable at my age and the bedroom had an outside door... I didn't like that or the layout of the kitchen. I went up the stairs. The turn on them was too tight, it would not be safe. We continue looking. One house would have been perfect IF the basement hadn't recently been pumped out and was still soaked. The hole in the roof didn't turn me on either. It had a lot of roof. I suppose I need to look at newer homes... We'll be going out again tomorrow, there are several more on my list with that extra bathroom. I would have preferred a vintage home though. Oh, well.

My teeth are making sores on my gums. I can't even eat noodles without pain. Could kill for a steak and a nice crunchy salad! (Or some of that lovely fruitcake, cookies, or my baklava!)

The weather keeps bouncing around. I am already anxious for spring. I am not a winter person. I know there are many who enjoy the snow, it is so pretty and it does cover-up the bleakness out there and that awful brown yard. (But I am content with the brown yard)

My last post of 2013, hard to believe it! I will not be staying up tomorrow night to see the New Year in. My late nights are over.

Wishing you and yours a prosperous and healthy New Year!

A day early...

Tacky (AKA Attacky) is always ready to play!

It's fall, I'm ready to turn the heat on! It's the Pooh's Blustery Day!

We Got Rain!

It looks like we have some dirty work ahead, even with the splash thing-a-ma-bobs the water is too close to the foundation.

It wasn't raining heavy when I took the pictures - I was hanging out of the window. :-) We did get our rain though - a real good soaking rain!