What is the one thing you buy for yourself that you simply must have? Mine? Soft sheets. Cotton Sateen. I adore them. The more you wash, the softer they get. I can not stand scratchy sheets and blankets. I must be comfy to sleep. Unless I am dog tired.  For food items. I always splurge to have A-1. The off brand steak sauce does not cut it. Not that I use a lot of it mind you. But my messysandwiches don't taste right without real A-1. Also, real butter. None of that fake stuff. Wha...

Alright. Everyone knows, when it snows, it sometimes gets very very slippery. I am what I term to be a "Old Baba" driver. It gets cold, with lots of snow on the road, and I turn into a little old lady. 30 maybe 40 mph. I'll get where I'm going. And. I won't wind up in the ditch. NOW. Here's where I get cranky. Just because you happen to own an 4x4 SUV, it doesn't mean you can drive the same way you would on clear roads. All it means, is all four of your tires are turning. It gives you no right...

New Page 1 My strange little hobby of collecting TV episodes takes animmense amount of time. Of course, sometimes it's only for me, so I'm the onlyone making myself wait with this. But not today. Today, I got a call from one ofmy friends, whose Grandmother passed and she was coming home for the funeral. Ofcourse, she didn't say she had to have the episodes I'm collecting for her, butI'd like for her to have them. Third Watch. It makes her happy. Her firemen andpolicemen. She just loves ...

Ok. I admit. XP isn't evil. Bill Gates. I'm still thinkin he's the devil. Ah, so I have XP now. And I must admit some things are pretty neat about it. I haven't tried making a DVD yet. But, tomorrow is another story. Well, later today. I'm still operating on the "It's Friday" premise. A story. I said I would tell you one. What should it be? My name. It's not an interesting story. But it's a story none the less. Since I was little. Probably one or two, my mom and dad have called me L...

I've been asked to be a bridesmaid. I said yes, only after she promised no orange taffeta. So. It's -3 degrees. I'm just getting home, cause the roads are yucky. And now I'm all spazzed cause of the drive home. Slippery roads always make me stressed. Fear of the ditch I suppose. Mom always worried about those ditches. That, and the state of my room. My cat is looking at me. I don't know why. She's got food, water..clean litter box. Why is she staring at me? It's funny. Speaking of fu...

12. 12 freakin' degrees. And tomorrow? Colder. Possible minus degrees happening tomorrow night. Where's the dang global warming! I see no evidence of it now. So, still haven't gotten the DVD burning program to work right. Beginning to think Bill Gates is behind some door laughing his head off at us. I'm actually desperate enough to..and I CAN'T believe I'm saying this...buy XP home version. :: slaps hands to head and whimpers:: No no... Since when did I become one of the sheep!? I like...

My best friend, Gen. Lives in San Diego. We can spend ooodles of time on the phone. Hours. Don't ask what we talk about. Really don't know sometimes. Just girl stuff. We both have webcams. As I'm typing, I'm listening and occasionally looking at my best friend and her children. My nieces and nephew. We're family. I like it. But of course. Nothing comes simple these days. The sound leaves a lot to be desired. But the point is the same. I get to talk to her without the phone company gett...

I've decided I want to improve my knowledge base. It occurs to me sometimes, that I am not stupid, nor am I really smart. I've been described as "street smart" which is a compliment. I've been told I have a wide variety of subjects that I know little bits about, which is good for conversations with a wide cross section of people. But I feel there is always room for improvement. Now. How do I do that? School is out of the question. The money is a problem. So. Home education. Self taught. S...

It's been four days since I've had a chance to sit down at my computer. I haven't had time. Today, I turned it on, and captured some episodes off my DVR while I ran around and cleaned the house. Tomorrow I have a few things to do. For a couple days, I thought we might be getting into spring. I know it's on it's way. The days are getting longer. The temps were in the upper 30's. But no. Back to winter time for a bit longer I fear. This week, not going to be real warm. Which usually isn...

Tuesday night is fun for me. I'm weird. This. You know, or have guessed. I come home from work, scoot about the house, get something for dinner and settle in to watch West Wing on Bravo, then Gilmore Girls. Then 24. However, tonight, I was interrupted during all 3 shows. First, a friend of our house-mate Spencer's came over. Asked for my assistance with Spencer's birthday gift. I was happy to do it. So much for West Wing. Then, he came back after getting some supplies and we sat through mo...

Days off. A beautiful thing. Most of us, use the time to run errands and clean the house. Not me. I do that on one of my short days, so on my day off I can do absolutely nothing. But. I always end up doing something on my day off. Generally, something I had no intentions of getting into. Like this past weekend. Sunday is my best day off. I usually spend the whole day toying around with my little projects or writing. Then veg on the couch, watch Charmed and eat ice cream. But this past Su...

Sometimes. I just kinda wanna smack people. The teenager. My step-son of sorts. Puttering on my computer, downloaded something that had a virus. Very possibly the Doomsday virus. Lucky. We caught on that something was a miss right off the bat. I found several things that didn't' look right. Fixed it. Called my guru in and cleared the rest. Still. I want to smack the teenager. More than that, I want to smack his father. I gave explicit instructions. DO NOT allow the teenager back on...

As some of you know, I'm a bartender during the days. Today, one of my older regulars comes in. Alex. WW II vet. Pretty fiesty for his age. And five minutes into a conversation, he asks if I've heard of the Mass ruling on gay marriage. Of course, he thinks it's wrong. I smiled softly at him and asked one question. "Are you gay?" he sputtered for a moment, then said no. "What does it matter to you then if they get married or not." "It's just wrong." "So was letting black and white kids...

Lists. I make lists all the time. They litter my desk.My wall and the window.  This does not always mean I follow these things.Or even pay attention to them really. It's reference points for later on. They go with the master plan in my head. I havecertain things I am planning to do. Once I pay off this one bill, I have a planfor my computer. It's going to take me three weeks to pay the thing off. So. Inthose 3 weeks, I will make many lists, based on research I do between ...

Ah. Automation. The governments answer to making life easier. Easier for whom? Me? Not so much. I'm currently on hold with the DMV. Crappy muzak. A recorded message every 4 minutes. I don't deal with the DMV unless I have to. Today. I have to. Grrr. To top this off. I sent my car in to the shop. My new to me car. Because it sat for so long, some things need to be done to it. I get that. But I've got a feeling, they're blowing smoke at me about some of the repairs. AHA! A pers...