Jumpin on the bandwagon.

To continue with Cynicals rant. Last week our 6 year old, 43 inch projection, 2 thousand dollar, taking up 1/4 of our living room TV went KAPUT! We waited a few days to decide what we were going to do. A couple nights of watching the low resolution projector in the bedroom and we decided to get it fixed. I called the local TV repair place and made an appointment. We decided if it cost more than $500 to fix we would get another TV. Research on the inter webs found that it was going to cost about $450 to fix. Of course we had to delay the appointment a week because we wanted a late appointment. 2 days before the appointment we decided just to get a new TV that would give us more room and might be more dependable. Like it was a lifeline or something but anyway. We purchased a new TV and I called the repair shop to cancel the appointment. They told me they didn't have me on the schedule. Hmmm I guess I am glad I called. The day of the cancelled appointment I had some errands to run so I didn't get home until around 5pm. When I got home on the door was. SORRY WE MISSED YOU. They came to service the TV at 4:50pm. I called to find out what the deal was and it was a miscommunication. OK. Today I was checking the mail and our Internet provider sent us a late bill notice and a hand written comment about service will be cut off if bill wasn't paid by due date. The thing is last months bill was paid and has already cleared the bank. Needles sent me a picture of the bill from her bank website and I fired off a friendly here's your payment and cancel the service anyway email. I took down our wireless antenna and have it loaded up to drop off at their office tomorrow with the last payment. I am sure it just another miscommunication but I think this is one miscommunication to many. YEP I am ready for my 4 day weekend to begin...

Wasn't this the best return to bloggin post. Hooray!

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STUCK IN MY HEAD,

Pictures Only!

I am done!

Blogger yet again lost another post of mine. I am done with blogger. This maybe my last post.

Funny.

Spider-Pig. Spider-Pig. Does what ever a Spider-Pig does.

Do Nuthin Weekend.

This weekend although being highly anticipated is a do nuthin weekend. The only two things I have accomplished so far this weekend is mow the lawn and assemble Needle's equipment she ordered but I will let her blog about it. I woke up at 8 am this morning and sat in the living room surfin the interwebs until Needles stirred at 10. A quick B'fast of cereal followed by some more high energy television watching. At 2pm we had lunch, went for a visit to Rudy, Brando and the funky bunch and Needles and I just finished off a lovely supper prepared by Needles. Man what an exciting life I lead. I can't wait til tomorrow.

Camping Bug.

Thursday night I received a telephone call. It was a friend I haven't see or talked to for months. Just about every weekend we would say to each other "We need to go see D & H." And so the many months went by and still couldn't find the time to visit. I was surprised to get the phone call telling me they were going to be camping at Red Hill. We thought about camping along with them but since they have a hard side camper complete with A/C and we have a pop up without A/C and the days are going to be in the mid 90's, I decided against it. We did however go for a visit. We arrived out there around 5:30pm and visited only leaving once to eat at the Trace Inn. The next thing I knew it was 11pm and we needed to go home. Today we got up and got our showers to set out on the town grocery shopping. We went to the OC to eat only to find out that they didn't have any salad fixins so we opted for beverages and a back up plan of Chinese food. We are now home and enjoying the A/C on a very warm day. Have a good weekend.

Could not have been a better weekend.

This past weekend was very fun. To start off my parents came up Thursday and we got to spend time with them. Friday, work went very slow with the anticipation of the weekend to come. When I arrived home and did some last minute things in preparation of our company. In no time our weekend visitors Cynical and Ragged was pulling in the drive with Needlefingers close behind. After a quick visit and settling in of our guests we went to Mom and Dad's to visit and make a game plan of our time together. Rudy and Brando brought a Subway platter and we hungrily dug in. We enjoyed our time together and wrapped up the evening at home with a late night chat session. The next morning we enjoyed Needlefingers b-fast casserole and return to my parents for a visit. At lunch Pinto and "L" arrived and after a short visit we went to the Trace Inn for good food and great scenery. That evening was the cookout followed by the West Salem fireworks. We had a great time and returned home with heavy eyes and ready for bed. The next morning we wanted to go to a local diner and have breakfast together but found out it was closed so our backup plan of Hardee's was good enough. We returned home enjoying our fleeting time together as we knew in just a few hours it was going to come to an end. I had a great weekend and thanks to all the people who made this weekend very special for me. This has been a great B-day.

Bringing Nuthin Back.

Saturday we arose from bed with vigor and anxiousness to arrive in the big city and enjoy our day of food, coffee, conversation and shopping. We first met up with Cynical and Ragged at Border's book store and sat and visited for about 30 to 45 minutes. We then perused the store to see if there was anything we needed. I then noticed my stomach growling and Cynical and I decided it was time to dine. After driving around and considering our many options I recommended the Texas Road House. I had the 1/2 rack ribs with a side of sweet potato and baked beans. Washed down with and tall beer and sweet tea chaser. The food was very good, the service was great and the conversation was of course the best. The fact that Cynical paid for the meal, in my opinion, made the food taste even better. Thanks Cynical. After I got my drink on we then rolled out and went to several stores all with the same outcome. We purchased nothing from them. I went to 2 pet stores looking for an item for my brother and was very disappointed in the selection available. Needles did purchase some shrimp treats for our fuzzy housemates and bought my upcoming B-day gift. We finished of our visit with a stop by Backyard Burger and before we knew it, it was time to head home. Needless to say that I stayed up until 3:30 am last night watching both of my B-day movies . They, Flags of our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima, were very good although Letters is sub-titled. I wish in the options of these movies there could be an audio language that would allow you to select the audio in English. I don't mind reading but sometimes looking down at the bottom of the screen makes you miss the details of the shot. It seems you are rushed to watch the movie and soak in the images on a time limit.

Needles and I enjoyed our outing very much yesterday and can't wait to see our friends again next weekend when they venture to our neck of the woods for an early July 4th celebration. I just gotta get though this week of work. Thanks again Cynical and Ragged for meeting up with us.

Very Hard Day At Work.

Days like today are hard for healthcare workers, But don't hold a candle to what the family goes through in situations like today. My thoughts go out to the family of this terrible tragedy.

EZ-Go, Hard to Return.

We had a great time visiting my parents in Kentucky. We arrived early and noticed a golf cart on the carport. I thought, why is my aunt and uncles golf cart parked there? I think noticed another golf cart in the yard and then surmised. Mom and Dad has purchased a golf cart. I then found out that they purchased it that day. I think they will have a lot of fun with it driving all over the property and possible taking it camping. I know Needles and I both enjoyed a few laps around on the Safari Trail. The Safari Trail is a path that goes around the back portion of their property that has been decorated with different animals and signs. We drive around pointing out the various animals cute and scary that are along the trail. The animal range from snakes and alligators to turkeys and cows and a lot of animals in between. Friday night we stayed out on the patio until 11pm and enjoyed the conversation. Saturday we ventured to Mam maw's for pizza and Death by chocolate ice cream cones. Today we had spaghetti and garlic bread with lemon cake for dessert. It quickly became time to go and we really wished we had another day or two to stay but work and hungry pets were calling for us to return. We arrived home at 4:48pm after the 2 hour 40 minute trip. I was glad to be home but sad the weekend is almost over. I am getting laundry caught up and preparing myself for work tomorrow. Hope everyone had a good weekend.

Pirates Interupted.

Last night Needles and I went to the Drive In. They were playing Shrek 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean 3. We arrive very early so we had prime spot choice. We sat and talked until we spotted a co worker and her family rolling in. They pulled up in a spot near us and we chatted until time for the movie to start, roughly 9pm. We watched Shrek 3 first which finished around 10:35pm. The movie was good but to say it was as good as the first two might be a bit of a stretch. We then set in to watch Pirates 3. The movie started of with the projection being foreshortened and the top of the image cutting though the top of peoples heads. After about 10 minutes they finally figured it out and opened up the image to encompass the whole screen. I sat and watched the movie and before long I glanced over to Needles to see her eyes closed in a short nap. The movie seemed confusing and hard to follow from the start. To make the movie even more confusing and somewhat frustrating, the movie projector stopped 30 minutes from the finish. We sat for 10 minutes waiting for the show to get fixed as a mass exodus left the Drive In. After a few attempted restarts , 20 minutes and an announced bulb replacement the movie folk announced it a NO GO. Needles took our tickets up to the booth to get a rain check. We left at about 1:20am and arrived home at 2:05am. I guess we got to see one movie but I was really wanting to see Pirates.... I guess we will have to wait until the DVD to watch and hopefully figure it out.

Another pic.

Here is a picture I borrowed from Rudy's blog with my own special touch.

Kitty Cats and Bathtubs.

This doesn't sound like a very good combination but as you see in the picture, Copper loves the bath tub and just about anything to do with the bathroom. He's a quazy kitty.

Look at that face. Make sure you finish you paperwork young man!

BONE HEAD AWARD GOES TO...

This 31 year old lawyer is Andrew Speaker. He is a carrier of Drug resistant TB and he is an idiot.

I can't think of any good words for this guy right now. The words I CAN think of is selfish, uncaring and idiotic. This guy knowingly could become a modern day Typhoid Mary and nothing I have read shows that he has any remorse for what he has done. Only that HE is O.K. and tells about the thousands of dollars that it takes to treat his illness. Oh and the really nice part is that his illness is fatal to 30% of people who contract drug resistant TB. If it wasn't bad enough that he flew from the U.S. to Europe....While in Europe he flew on several more flights just to make things worse. Then knowing he was on a Do Not Fly list to the U.S. he flew into Canada and drove into the U.S. People like this make me furious. All they think of is themselves and who cares about anyone else and their safety. If there is just one person that contracts this dreadful disease because this guy wanted to go on a honeymoon to Europe, then I believe that he should be brought up on charges. If his selfishness ends in killing someone then he should be brought up on man slaughter charges. I believe all medical costs incurred from this incident should be billed to this idiot. I guess he is not entirely to blame. The airlines and customs all failed to operate at the level inwhich our tax payers money is supposed to operate in the interest of national security.

Just when I think that I have seen it all in the category of bonehead things to do...Then something like this comes along and I am amazingly surprised that the bar has been raised yet again.

Hello Weekend. I am glad you are here.

This weekend we are relaxing and enjoying the time off. I am anyway Needles is hopefully on the up and up with a nasty Summer cold. She has been battling it since Monday but it didn't get bad until Tuesday or Wednesday.

Last night we watched Pan's Labyrinth. It is a really good movie but had some unexpected twists to it. This fairly tale type movie is NOT a movie for the kids or the faint of heart. The fairy tale imagery is very disturbing and the reality is more of the same set during a war, with all of it's violence and bloodshed. A unconventional ending in a movie with sub-titles and I have to say that this movie was up there with one of the great ones in it's conception and the visual effects were well done.

Today I received the rest of my Star Trek Ornaments. When I tallied up the ornaments prices they were originally sold for $100. My price was $26 with shipping included. I had a couple of ornament on ebay staked out and they were ending this morning. It would have been nice to be able to bid on them but our internets was down all morning. This isn't the first time our internet service has screwed me out of an auction.

I need to get out and mow the lawn but it is very humid and sticky out there and I may hold off until later this evening. Maybe the temperature and humidity will drop a bit. Yeah Right!

Monday we have plans to go down to Needles Mom's for a cook out. I am sure I will eat myself silly, usually do.

Hope everyone has a great Memorial Day weekend!

Star Trek Score!

Over the last few days after a self imposed hiatus from ebay I have been looking over Xmas ornaments. Last year I got a steal on a 1991 original Enterprise Ornament that usually sells for around $150 to 200. I nabbed mine for less than half the price. I was looking over the list of ornaments and did my homework to see what they were going for and figure out what I was willing to pay. Including shipping I procured 7 Star Trek Ornaments I was wanting for around 10 bucks a piece. What a steal seeing how 2 of the ornaments go for around 35-50 bucks each. I received one of the ornaments today and the others will be here in the next couple of days. The list of the haul is as follows.

Hallmark Enterpise NCC-1701 E
Hallmark Voyager
Hallmark Enterprise NCC-1701 D
Hallmark Kirk in his captains chair
Hallmark Galileo shuttle craft
Hallmark Locutus of Borg
Unknown Ornament?

As far as the unknow ornament it was in with a bundle of 4 ornaments I purchased for $16.05.

I love ebay......Maybe a little too much.

I also purchased a 2003 Hallmark Basket of Joy ornament for Needles... It has knitting accessories in the basket. Go figure.

Is It Friday Yet?

I can't wait until Friday. The last couple of days have been some what busy and stressful. I can't say that it has been especially busy but it seems when my boss is gone everything takes about 3 times as long as it should. This seems to stack everything up throughout the day and by the end of the day we are scrambling to get things done. Sometimes it gets done. Sometimes not. When I don't get things done it bothers me and I tend to stress about it. Most times is just stacks up until I get there tomorrow and just makes the next day slip even farther behind. We have a couple of PRN evening people filling in this week and they don't know or frequently forget to do some of the items left behind. This makes for a frustrated Ramblin and not a fun working environment.

Mother Nature's Alarm Clock

This morning Needles and I was going to sleep late. I mean get out of bed around noon late and that didn't happen. Last night it was a little stuffy in the bedroom so I opened the window. With the cool air I slept great up until this morning. As you know it is the time of year when birds are getting busy and making baby birds. Apparently a fledgling robin decided to set up shop in the tree in the front yard and squawked to it parents for food. Maybe it is supposed to be this way but any other birds chirping this morning sounded nice and melodic but this chick chirp sounded to me like nails on a chalk board. I tried to stay in bed and ignore it for several minutes hoping the chick would move on but after 20minutes the short shrill chirps started to pierced my brain like a clothes hanger crammed in my ear. I went outside which must have unnerved the bird and it flew off. If I could have gotten my hands on that bird earlier it wouldn't be happy but now that I am up, thanks to mother nature's alarm clock, I guess I will make some coffee.