Packing

I've been going through everything, sorting, tossing, packing, giving some stuff away on freecycle. Tried a few things on eBay, some interest there but not great.

Dad said he hasn't seen the Milky Way since he stood in my mom and dad's back yard in Arkansas, about 1984 (?) it would have been before 1987. I saw it when I went to the Midland Reunion in 2005. We're going to find us a place where we can see the stars.

Stuff

Been running the A/C but have the house open now, 75 degrees, not bad, although I'm getting whiffs of someone burning. There is always someone burning. How can you have a campfire in the city without it blowing into some one's house?

Had a tooth pulled today. I decided against a root canal, which would cost more than twice as much as a bottom partial, which would be nice, so I can chew again, on both sides. I hate the shots. Not shots in general, Novocaine shots. They're horrible. I would rather be knocked out for the procedure.

Our tomatoes are blooming! The peppers are still small but the radishes are almost ready.

Is anyone actually reading this? Just wondering....

Now it's too warm

From blankets to air conditioning LOL! The first thing I learned about the weather in the Great Lakes region is if you don't like it, wait five minutes. We decided on a quick dinner tonight, instead of fish since the house is closed up. Dad baked homemade bread yesterday so we decided on toasted cheese sandwiches.


I got a lot more packing and cleaning done this week, but then I have such great helpers!

Sophie

I found a box with some ornaments in it and thought Murry might want to sport a bow tie.






Notice the packed bins and the repaired scratching post. Sophie only likes the sisal so she confines her scratching to the bottom 4 inches. Murry loves the whole thing, and yes, they like it best in the horizontal position.

Weather Radio Blues

Cooler near the lake AGAIN dammit! It's Mid June for cryin' out loud and we had to run the furnace today. Last night we has some rain and a bit of thunder. The rain went on all night, as did the weather radio.

EEEEOOOOEEEEOOOOEEEEOOOO!!! Warning there is a thunderstorm coming.

EEEEOOOOEEEEOOOOEEEEOOOO!!!! Wake up there is a flood WATCH for the river that is freakin' WAAAAY over in Illinois.

EEEEOOOOEEEEOOOOEEEEOOOO!!!!! Wake up there is a flood WARNING for the river that is freakin' WAAAAY over in Illinois.

EEEEOOOOEEEEOOOOEEEEOOOO!!!!!! Get your sleepy ass out of bed it's 4 am and the roads under the bridges are flooded so now that you're UP why don't you go OUT AND DRIVE IN IT you stupid idiot don't you know you should NOT be sleeping. You should be stumbling out into the living room every couple of hours to poke the button on this FABULOUS RADIO so it will SHUT UP.

Well, the radio didn't actually SAY that but it ruined my night of sleep warning me about crap that had absolutely nothing to do with me. So I shut off the alarm. Yes, I have it set for my area, but unfortunately "my" area includes Chicago Illinois, Hebron Indiana, Kankakee Illinois, and Lockport Illinois. Now that is just WAY to big of a coverage area. Well, I can shut off the flood stuff, I just have to fiddle with all the settings to do it and I just didn't feel like it today.

In other news, I am tired. That's about it. Not mad at the radio anymore. Heading to bed soon before I stuff my face with too much chocolate.

Sorting, tossing & packing

I tackled the utility room today, and some boxes of papers, old bills and things I needed to shred and never did. Years ago when we had a fireplace I could toss them in the fire. But that was years ago, and it was a long time before we bought a shredder. So, faced with boxes of stuff to shred, one page at a time, it was taking forever!!! The solution...the city recycling will accept 4 paper grocery bags of papers and they will shred them for you in a big machine that I have yet to see operate. They let you watch, so you know they aren't going through your stuff. So I have my 4 bags full. Can't wait to get rid of them!

Other items have gone to freecycle, some on eBay, and some will be donated. I also have some more extra African Violets. Now if I can only find someone to send them to. I can't do too much packing this far in advance but I have boxed up some of my mementos and keepsakes. My goal is to get rid of the clutter and make it easy to finish packing when the time comes to move.

Nice day.....finally!

After days of cooler near the lake we are finally back to spring! Got more of the garden planted. It seems late for that but it's been so darn cold at night, in the lower 40's at times. It's nice to have the house open today, but it's going to be chilly again tonight. Dried more clothes on the line, went shopping and cleared out another box of old papers and files. Yay!

Chinese carryout tonight an a movie, "Outsourced". Better than I thought it would be. Fun and enjoyable. Might watch it again.

Made in the USA

Do you think we'd be in this mess, at least part of it, if most of our products were still made here in the USA?I really don't get into politics much, or economics, either, but years ago, back in the 1970's, my dad bought a book, read it, and told me that eventually America would become a country of service industries, because the service industry is the only job you can't export overseas. That was an "I told you so" from the 1970's. See, Daddy, I listened.

According to the book, the global economy is destined to go through some awful birth pains before it all evens out. "Evens out"? According to the book, those huge corporations keep moving their productions to wherever the cheapest labor and least environmental protection and least taxes are. The people work hard for pennies, then after time they better themselves and realize how bad off they are, so they want better, including a TV, refrigerator, clean water to drink, shorter work hours and health care. Look at China, a few cents wages, 10 hours a day, 7 days a week, maybe 6 days a week now that the government has decided people need to rest one day. That's what I mean about going into a dollar store and thinking about how hard they work to make that crap for next to nothing. And no, I don't normally purchase there. I went in looking for some plates, and I found some, made in the USA!

OK, so here are a couple websites I found. How to buy American and made in Indiana. Happy shopping! Well, I haven't checked out the usefulness of the first but I have been to the Indiana one.

In other news, I'm still trading African Violet plants and leaves. The weather is still perfect for trades. I've been gardening, cleaning up the yard, plus still cleaning and packing in the house. Little at a time. Tomorrow my boss is stopping in. He still hasn't transferred files from his old laptop to the new one. No time. His company is doing fine. It's a service industry.

The weather is chilly again, in the lower 60's during the day and 50's at night. Cooler near the lake dammit.