Archive for the ‘Real Life’ Category

Remaining a child forever….

Some of us fail to grow up it seems
We still cling to our fancies and dreams
In a small corner all hidden away
Lives the child we remember from yesterday
I’m not sure who wrote that, and I’m QUITE sure I didn’t quote it correctly. Regardless, that pretty much exemplifies my mindset. Yes, I can be [...]

The new Word

I don’t like it. I can’t find anything in it – it’s clunky and hard to use. *sigh* Why do I care? Because I’m redoing the local restaurant’s menu and the only thing he wants it in is Word. I could do it in WordPerfect, but I’m not sure it [...]

Weathermen

and their inability to get it right even 50% of the time….
I mean, they TRY. But they either underestimate the speed of the jetstream, or overestimate the effect of a stationary high or cut-off low….
So today, we have no clouds, no snow, bright sun, and COLD…. instead of the opposite. *shrug* Doesn’t [...]

Back to winter

thankfully! Apparently, we should see snow for around the next five days. Now if the idiots who live in Enterprise would learn how to drive AND SLOW DOWN, so they don’t have rollovers that our EMTs have to go take care of….
Yeah right. Never happen.

Getting the January Martha Stewart Living

is possible, I find – I emailed them regarding this. They “only” want $6.95 PLUS $2.00 shipping/handling AND it will take 8-10 weeks slow-boat-to-China mail…. *sigh*
So yeah, I’ll most likely go ahead and order it. AND I will be putting up a suggestion that they either make the recipe database searchable by issue [...]