Lady by the Water

Happy Friday all. My work week begins tonight and I hope to get out and about before then. It's beautiful today, sunny with blue skies and it is supposed to be mild. It doesn't get cold until Thanksgiving next week. The menu is set now the house just needs to be conquered. I need to check with my co-worker to see if a)she hires out for cleaning like she used to, and b)if she has any place to go for the day. Her family is all over and I know last year she had nothing to do. I am more than happy to have another guest. It's just us few and we have plenty.

Browsed ice cream cakes and pies last night but decided they were just too intense after a big meal. I'll stick with my plans and make the pies. I need to call my brother because its a crime to pay $12 for pumpkin pie when I can damn near make it in my sleep. He can bring some exotic kind if he wants to lay out the money or he can just show up. What do people do who can't bake? That's highway robbery. It's $3 for a pack of 2 crusts, pumpkin is about $1 a can, evaporated milk is about the same. You use one crust and the 2 cans plus the spices sugar and eggs already on hand. I'll stop and get my pecans at Walgreens(a nationwide drugstore chain) of all places. I remember stopping in there after Christmas last year and being shocked at the price of whole pecans and walnuts. It is the best kept secret. 2 8oz bags for $5 when on sale.

Locked my comments here and elsewhere for the time being and locked up some other things as well. I didn't feel like waking up to another round of nastiness. The boss called last night and told me I'd be moving home shortly and I mean shortly. I've got to get a desk NOW and find out what else I need from a gal whose at home and is on tonight. I need to email her and see what I might need to buy. I need to get the house cleaned up for the office space. I was so tired when she called I think she wondered why I didn't sound more excited. I'm hoping my internet connection is up to what they want. It's very fast but I know they said something about Comcast. I do not want to change as I am very happy, but if it comes to that I suppose I will. The big issue with Comcast is it goes down for maintenance at night. That's when I work. If it's down you don't get paid. Mine never goes down at night. We are night people so we know this. Guess I'll go check my connections in a minute.

Well I'm certainly chatty. More later. Have a good day all.

A calm night has found me at last. I never did make it out to the movies and was a bit disappointed by my lack of an outing but that's ok. I think I will try tomorrow if I have time before work. One mice hut is cleaned up and I'm exhausted now. I'm about to browse ice cream pies for Thanksgiving and that's about as wild as my evening gets.

I'm sure I had more to say but suddenly I'm falling asleep sitting up. I wish the stars were out tonight as it's absolutely beautiful outside and it would be great to do some work underneath the sky but I fear my eyes are closing.

Have a good night all.

So far I have failed to get out of the house. My cash card is elsewhere so when it comes home, I'm hoping to do something. The laundry is done and the kitchen picked up. The dog is my faithful companion though sitting close to her is proving less than delightful right now. Not sure what she ate but wow. Sorry, that was more than you needed to know.

I've been fooling around with settings on the computers, firewalls and whitelisting but I have to admit I'm not very good at these things. Also looking at a new phone as P's has bit the dust. Maybe I should give his number out for a change. He went fishing too many times with the phone in his pocket. I don't plan on spending very much but a phone is essential these days for my piece of mind.

Horace, our praying mantis is going strong. He shed again today and is getting quite big. We are not really sure if Horace is a he or she but the name stuck and so it goes. It's an amazing thing to watch them shed as they grow larger. Horace has wing buds now and should be fully grown soon.

I still have not heard from the grocery store but I suspect they got nailed with orders and some poor person is assigned to responding to them one by one. They are a local store and I think this will be a smart choice. At last. They just called. One less thing to think about.

Lets try that again. Good morning all. It's been a tumultuous awakening but I'm sipping coffee and relaxing now. I've backed up my blogs and reported any links posted to the owners of those links. It was a beautiful night last night so much so that I stepped outside around midnight in bare feet and I was not cold. This was after a bath as well. It's cloudy today but the weather has been so wonderful one really cannot complain.

I ordered Thanksgiving dinner but have not gotten a confirmation email so I need to go message the store to be sure. That would be a horrible surprise wouldn't it? My brother called last night and offered to bring pie so I think my day is going to be highly enjoyable.

Today I hope to step out to a movie if possible. I want to do something fun for the day and just get out of the house. We shall see. It appears my cash card is moving in two different directions. I kind of had a meltdown about that last night. I could go to the movies tonight but I hate paying more and New Moon has a midnight showing so it will be packed with kids.

Nothing else going on today. Time for a shower and time to get moving.

Ok here is the deal. I woke up to a bunch of comments leading to a twitter site loaded with threats. I've had enough. I've tried to play nice. I am not harassing or stalking anyone on twitter. If someone is I cannot shut down an account I do not have access to. There are links posted on these twitter sites to people who have nothing to do with any of it and dragging them into it is tacky. I have notified the forum administrator about it and trust me when I say you don't want to deal with her. If I have to spill my guts about my personal feelings here, to save more of this crap, I'll do it.

If you compromise my blogs elsewhere, I will report you. If you think you will drive me off the internet because you are angry at someone else think again. If you think you can come here, put spells on people and flame them, well that's your choice.

Oh and by the way, my cell phone does not work in my house so I don't turn it on. I'm in a black hole for reception. So don't leave any more messages on it. Passing my cell phone number around, pretending to be from a solicitors office and so on is really not a good thing to do. I have never posted my phone numbers anywhere so of course I know how it got shared.

Now I'm sorry someone is being rude and nasty to you on Twitter. I am not behind it, I don't condone it nor did I order it. To expect me to get it down when I have no access to it is something I cannot do. Block it, delete it and ignore it, something I most certainly will not do with the threats that have been leveled at me.

Don't ask.

Hi all. It's just after the noon hour here and I'm working on my coffee. I stayed up far later than usual and did a bit of star gazing. I felt some better in the evening and was happy that things did not get worse in the chest. This is a funny bug as it seems to wax and wane. I'm really sick one moment and quite better the next. Tis better than being really sick all the time so I'm not complaining. Watched a movie last night and I'm forgetting the name. It really wasn't bad but nothing stupendous. I am thinking about venturing out to the movies today, maybe. Paid the bills and ordered a couple more fleece tops for P. He really likes them so why get anything else. He does not like socks so I'm trying some different kinds to see if I can convince him to wear them, at least once in a while. Lands End has rag socks on sale for $9.99 a two pack. Normally they are over $20 so if anyone wants some go there now. Their quality is the best, their clothing lasting forever. If he doesn't like them, I'll wear them.

Had more visitors or I guess maybe the same ones last night. Holiday times always bring them out. I was talking to my daughter while sitting in my room. The tissue box was close as my nose was once again pouring down my face. I heard the tissues move, as if I was pulling one out of the box and turned to see a tissue perfectly pulled up from the box as if waiting for someone to grab it. I thought perhaps I was imagining things until I turned minute later to find it put back down in the box. She saw it too. It didn't happen again though I asked if they would do it again and they didn't turn on the CD player either. The signal went out on my satellite box though and I had to unplug it and reset. Visiting energy can really muck up electronics.

Nothing else going on today. Laundry and the usual tasks of the day await. It's beautiful and sunny with a seasonable chill to the air so perhaps an outing to the park as well. I'm going to try my hand at star gazing again though I think the best time is early morning before the sunrise. Hmmm. Maybe I'll go to bed really early and try for that.

Evening all. The sun is setting and it's about 5pm here. The day was lovely and sunny and the pond so still it reflected the world like a mirror. Work, what I saw of it, is over until Friday. I don't think I should have pushed the envelope last night but I felt ok if not a bit tired. Now things are heading straight for the chest and I feel worse. I'm hoping it's just fatigue adding to it. What this is I do not know. I will not call it swine flu as it doesn't seem severe enough for that, just persistent and annoying. I was hoping to stay up late and do some star gazing but I'm in serious doubt about my ability to stay awake.

Just catching up on blogs and the events of the day. Hope everyone is having a good night.

Morning all. It's sunny with a seasonal chill in the air this morning. Everything is still covered with frost at almost 10am. The stars were beautiful last night but I could not stay awake to watch for any meteors. Took the night off work as I was still feeling off and was too tired to do anything of consequence. I'm back tonight and then hopefully my energy will start returning. This is getting old. I did get to experiences some of our worst reality TV and saw a fine selection of people our world could do without. Everyone wants to be a star don't ya know. I would be humiliated to behave like some of these people, even if it was coached. Our world is in sad shape if this is all we value. The one reality show I do enjoy is Cake Boss, highlighting the day to day in a New Jersey bakery. It's family run and been around for years passed from father to son. They are all ordinary folks and it really is enjoyable. I wish I lived closer after seeing some of the pastries this guy makes. His specialty cakes are highlighted and you get to watch them make them from start to finish. You also get to watch them deliver the cakes and it's more suspenseful than many regular TV shows. My daughter records them so we can watch them all without commercials.

There were more wild dreams last night. I dreamed Kenanphoenix lived close by and was leaving to go to West Point to school. He was also getting married I think. I remember feeling sad that he was moving away. I also had a dream that we had three kittens I didn't know about, and then thought, what am I going to do with three more. They were all black and one had white around the face. There were more zombies at the end of the dream but I don't remember too much about that. I know all of the dreams were close to a major school as it seems as if we lived down in what is known as "Dinkytown" by our university. I'll say this, I am getting some wild dreams out of whatever this is I have.

On that note it's time for more coffee and catching up. Our crow is here on the deck as well and I need to find something to toss out to him.

Morning all. I made it through the night, feeling less well than I had thought. I really thought I was 100% and felt a bit bad about not going in Friday. This stuff is subtle but packs a rather big punch at times. It seems to be affecting me in strange ways and I have had some heart issues like I had when P was just a little guy. Twice in the last three days I have had them and I am not fond of the memory. They make me feel awful, lightheaded, queasy and this morning teary. Not to worry. I've been tested and taunted(literally) and they are not life threatening, just massively annoying. I was chilling as I left work and am about to head off to my cozy bed. I almost left early but once I'm there I'm one to stay.

The sky was dark on the way home but getting lighter by the time the dog and I went outside. I had hoped to get a glimpse of the stars and I did see a few but they are fast fading. The deck and grass is covered with frost this morning, seasonable to be sure, but sunshine and a nice day are to follow. Perhaps I will write another review later as I never did get around to "The Fourth Kind." It will be a bit more charitable than 2012. I should not be so picky but I am. Stealing a phrase from the Marines, I am just looking for a few good movies.

Tonight is uncertain. I told them not to be surprised if I am not there. I do not wish to take another night off but if I feel like this I will not be going in. This is when it would be good to be set up at home. It's easier to tolerate things when you don't have to get up and leave the house. I have been sleeping alot this past week and I think the long night caught up with me. No doubt a good sleep will do the trick. Hopefully I'll have some sweet dreams for a change. Yesterdays' were horrible.