January catalog bonanza!!!

They keep coming, and coming!!!! Love gardening catalogs!!!!

I'm gonna kill my cat!!!!

Mornings are usualy bad enough, I don't sleep well because of fibermyalga, and all I want to do when I wake up is.... have a cup of coffee, check my e-mail, and maybe play a game or two on the computer till I wake up.

But Merlin is GETTING ON MY LAST NERVE!!! He follows me around, and totally cat like, tries to trip me while I'm walking. Sits on my desk, trying to get my attention..... and being a cat, that's rubbing against me, and nipping at me. UGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH

He has no remorse for his actions. He pisses me off before I even get my first CUP OF COFFEE!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRR

It's not like he's starving. He always has a full bowl of dried cat food. But he want's his 1/2 can of wet food, and his water changed. Sometimes being controlled by someone wears a little thin!!!!

I don't like anyone controlling me.... ESPECIALLY NOT MY STINKING CAT!!!

SIGH, OK I'm better now. Maybe I'll let him live another year or two. SIGH

Just put the coffee down and back slowly away!

Pleasant news, done grousing!

I order clothing from this one lady on e-bay. I've bought 2 other dresses from her, both were long sleeved!

I tried to get some of her summer dresses, but I was always out bidded, way to high for me! I LUCKED OUT TODAY!

I managed to get 3 of the summer dresses. The green one I love! It's not short sleeved, but it button all the way up and down!!! So I can use it as a dress, un- button some buttons to show a LOT of leg, or I can use it as a bathing suit cover up! Cool. And it cost me just $10 each..... Compared to the bidding witch ususaly goes up over $40 dollars each

The second one is short sleeved, so it's cool for the summer too. I got that one in 2 colors!

I'm really happy with it. I love the long sleaved ones, but they are just not practical for the summer, even in an air conditioned hotel. Plus, they are easy to wash, never seem to wrinkle, and they tie in back..... so you can make them as tight, or as lose as you want to.

NOTHING IS EVER THE SAME SIZE!!!!

WHY IS THAT????? I'm talking hardware. You need a interior door knob, so you go pick one up. Simple bedroom door knob replacement....Screw one off, slip the other on... RIGHT????

WHY DON'T THEY EVER FIT!!!!! The hole's too small, the mechanism is too big!!!! You have to fiddle around and fiddle around, and get aggravated, and have your blood pressure ZOOM..... Until it finally fits!!!!!!

Now, being the complete idiot that I am.... I not only had to do my bedroom door, but the screen door latch also. (broken of course) Well, they had about 20 different styles, and sizes of the stupid BASIC CATCH LATCH so I didn't take any chances, I bought two..... Closed my eyes and just picked the fucking things!!!!

One was a total bust.... I would have had to drill new holes just to make it work.... And baby, I'm not getting out my drill.... Even if I could find it.

The other matched my hole's perfectly!!! But that didn't mean it was easy to install. I had it all screwed in and such, and found, IT DIDN'T WORK!!! The knob wasn't turning the inside knob. Take it apart..... And there is a metal bar the goes inside, and causes both knobs to turn at once.....AND IT WAS TOO FUCKING SMALL!!!!!! DIDN'T GO ALL THE WAY THRU THE DOOR TO THE OTHER SIDE!!!!!

Right about then, I sat down, had a cig, and a cup of coffee..... And a few minutes later I tried the metal bar from the OLD BROKEN SET, and it fit!!!!!!! So I had to screw it all back togeather again.....

then you have to put the latch on. It connects to the door frame.... But not where the old one connected...THAT WOULD BE TOO EASY, WOULDN'T IT? No, I had to take off the old one, and put a new one in it's place, make new screw holes, and screw my heart out!!!!!

I'm so sick of that shit!!!! ONE SIZE FITS ALL!!!!! HAVEN'T THEY EVER HEARD ABOUT THAT. Make every door hold the same size Knob, make every hole be the same SIZE. HOW FUCKING HARD IS THAT??????

Geeezzzzzeeee, can you tell I'm aggravated??????

January 2007

It's January 6th.

And I'm sitting here at my computer at 7 am in the morning..... The window WIDE open in front of me..... And I'm FUCKING HOT!!!! There's no breeze, it's been raining like crazy all night, and the temperature is 62 degrees!!!!!!!!!

What a fucked up weather pattern. And the suns not even up yet!!!!! I don't know how warm it's going to be today, but I have a feeling that records are going to break!!! I'm not complaining a whole lot. This freak weather pattern has some good things going for it....

1. My heating bills are at a all time low!!!
2. NO SNOW, that means no slipping on the roads, or having to shovel the driveway
3. No need for a winter coat.............

HAY! THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED!!!! I know why it's so warm..... It's because the first time in like 5 years I HAVE A NICE WINTER COAT!!!!

OK, now it's all clear to me...... And IT'S ALL MY DAUGHTER JAMIES FAULT!!! GIGGLE
She gave me a winter coat this year. So it's gotta be her fault that the weathers so warm. LOL LOL LOL

OK, let me explain..... This happens all the time. Say your really prepared. It's October and you get out the snow plow, grease it up, fill the tank with gas, and get it all ready to use, you go out and buy the salt for the sidewalks, and new scraper for your car windows... You have just jinxed every thing..... Guaranteed NOT to snow that year!!!!!

I used to joke around with my friend Barb, and ask if her hubby had the snow plow ready. Giggle, and if he did, I knew it would be a snowless winter.

So, I went out and got new scrapers for my car windows... The old one's broke.... And I got a nice warm winter coat, and found ALL my gloves (you know if it's freezing you can only find 1 winter glove! Don't know why, but you know it's true!) I even found a winter scarf that has a hood attached, and put them all in a special drawer in my bedroom, just to be prepared. And ......... NO SNOW!

It's just the draw of the luck. You can't be prepared in the winter, or it's just no fun..... So winter is hanging back, waiting for me to stop being prepared, so it can sock it to me! GIGGLE

I'll let you know when it's going to get cold, and I'll know because one glove will disappear, or my ice scraper will go missing, or I'll have somewhere really important to go, that's a long distance away, and WHAM it's gonna snow, HARD!!!!

I'm excited again!!!!

The NEW MALL by me is starting to open!! TOOK 3 YEARS TO BUILD!!!! Every time they seemed close to finishing, someone doing it went on strike! The guy who owns it must have lost all his hair from ripping it out!!!!

But now, there is a Ruby Tuesdays open, a grand Chinese all you can eat is open, and a few little stores too. There's going to be a movie theater, and ..... Get this..... A WALLGREENS DRUG STORE!!!! MY ABSOLUTE FAV!!!!!!

There was no wallgreeens in Pa, and down here, the closest is alllllllllll the way down on 37 towards the beach. But now there's gonna be one right down the road!!!! Less then a mile away!!!!!!!

I LOVE WALLGREENS!!!!! LOL pathetic isn't it, but I really do love the drug store, they always have such interesting things there! And the candy selection is fantastic, plus if you buy makeup there, and don't like it, you can return it, even if it's open! So, that's a good thing!!!!

SEE.... LITTLE THINGS JUST MAKE MY DAY!!!!! GIGGLE

DOING THE HAPPY DANCE!!!!!

YIPPPPPIEE!!!!!!!! It's January 3rd, and the FIRST OF THE GARDENING CATALOGS ARRIVED!!!!!!! WHOOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Can you tell I'm happy??? Because I am!!! I'm gonna spend the next few months, relaxing and enjoying looking at all the pretty plants and veggie's! And planning what I'm going to put in my garden next year!!

I really do love doing that...... or maybe I'm just really, really board!!!!!

I'M SOOOOOOO BAD!!!!

I ran to wal-mart this morning. EARLY! I had gotten a gift certificate from my friend Matt, and I wanted to buy something.

My daughter had given me a DS for Christmas. That's the new Intendo Game Boy DS. She gave me 2 games, but the one I really wanted...... They couldn't find!

Soooooooo, I figured with my gift certificate I would go check out walmart. And they HAD IT!!!!! Now I got my Yoshi's Island for DS!!!!!! YIPPPPPPPPPIE

But, that's not the bad part. I got there so early, that the clothing department was packed with carts, new stuff they were putting out. AND THAT INCLUDED BATHING SUITS!!!

Now, last year I waited toooooooo long before I got a suit, and wound up in the "gradma skirty thingie!) YUCK!!!!!

They only had 3 suits on the rack, that's all they had time to put up. And let me tell you, being chubby is cool, but when it comes to bathing suits...... It's the PITS!!!

You can never find something nice in 2X! And if your not right there, right at the time they go up, they are GONE!!!! GONE, GONE, GONE!!!!

So one of the 3 was in my size. A tank tini. That's a 2 piece that covers everything!!! No skin showing. And it was my color. Black boy pants, the top is black and white, with a halter top. SWEET!!!!


And I passed it by. Why would anyone buy a bathing suit in JANUARY???? 5 Seconds later, I slapped my own face, turned around, and grabbed that sucker!!!!!!!

I am NOT wearing the "grandma suit" again next year!!!!!

I wasn't planning on going to Shore Leave, but since I got the free room, and free breakfast........ Why not go??? Damn, how often is it FREE!!!! So this bathing suit will be fine for the pool.

I'll go back tomorrow, when the rest is up, and grab another in my size for the beach. Always good to have 2 bathing suits!!!! This way, one is wet, and you put on the other..... And down the beach, that's a good thing!!!

SO COME LOCK ME UP!!!!! I BOUGHT A BATHING SUIT IN JANUARY!!!!! Goddess forgive me!!!!! GIGGLE!!!!!

Full Moon Magic

Here's some help, to make your spell casting better!
(Remember, full moon casting is the strongest, so don't waste it on something not really important!)




Here is a listing of all the full Moon names, as well as the dates and times for 2007. Unless otherwise noted, all times are for the Eastern Time Zone.


Jan. 3, 8:57 a.m. EST - The Full Wolf Moon. Amid the zero cold and deep snows of midwinter, the wolf packs howled hungrily outside Indian villages. It was also known as the Old Moon or the "Moon After Yule." In some tribes this was the Full Snow Moon; most applied that name to the next Moon.


Feb. 2, 12:45 a.m. EST - The Full Snow Moon. Usually the heaviest snows fall in this month. Hunting becomes very difficult, and hence to some tribes this was the Full Hunger Moon.


March 3, 6:17 p.m. EST - The Full Worm Moon. In this month the ground softens and the earthworm casts reappear, inviting the return of the robins. The more northern tribes knew this as the Full Crow Moon, when the cawing of crows signals the end of winter, or the Full Crust Moon because the snow cover becomes crusted from thawing by day and freezing at night. The Full Sap Moon, marking the time of tapping maple trees, is another variation. A total lunar eclipse will take place on this night; the Moon will appear to rise will totally immersed (or nearly so) in the Earth's shadow over the eastern United States. The rising Moon will be emerging from the shadow over the central United States, while over the Western U.S. the eclipse will be all but over by the time the Moon rises.


April 2, 1:15 p.m. EDT - The Full Pink Moon. The grass pink or wild ground phlox is one of the earliest widespread flowers of the spring. Other names were the Full Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon, and -- among coastal tribes -- the Full Fish Moon, when the shad came upstream to spawn. This is also the Paschal Full Moon; the first full Moon of the spring season. The first Sunday following the Paschal Moon is Easter Sunday, which indeed will be observed six days later on Sunday, April 8.


May 2, 6:09 a.m. EDT - The Full Flower Moon. Flowers are abundant everywhere. It was also known as the Full Corn Planting Moon or the Milk Moon.


May 31, 9:04 p.m. EDT - The Blue Moon. The second full Moon occurring within a calendar month is usually bestowed this title.


Although the name suggests that to have two Full Moons in a single month is a rather rare occurrence (happening "just once in a . . . "), it actually occurs once about every three years on average.

June 30, 9:49 a.m. EDT - The Full Strawberry Moon. Known to every Algonquin tribe. Europeans called it the Rose Moon.


July 29, 8:48 p.m. EDT - The Full Buck Moon, when the new antlers of buck deer push out from their foreheads in coatings of velvety fur. It was also often called the Full Thunder Moon, thunderstorms being now most frequent. Sometimes also called the Full Hay Moon.


Aug. 28, 6:35 a.m. EDT - The Full Sturgeon Moon, when this large fish of the Great Lakes and other major bodies of water like Lake Champlain is most readily caught. A few tribes knew it as the Full Red Moon because the moon rises looking reddish through sultry haze, or the Green Corn Moon or Grain Moon. A total lunar eclipse will coincide with moonset for the eastern United States. The Central and Mountain Time Zones will see the Moon's emergence coincide with moonset, while the western United States will see the entire eclipse.



Sept. 26, 3:45 p.m. EDT - The Full Harvest Moon. Always the full Moon occurring nearest to the Autumnal Equinox. Corn, pumpkins, squash, beans, and wild rice-- the chief Indian staples--are now ready for gathering.



Oct. 26, 12:52 a.m. EDT - The Full Hunter's Moon. With the leaves falling and the deer fattened, it is time to hunt. Since the fields have been reaped, hunters can ride over the stubble, and can more easily see the fox, also other animals that have come out to glean and can be caught for a thanksgiving banquet after the harvest. The Moon will also be at perigee later this day, at 7:00 a.m., at a distance of 221,676 miles from Earth. Very high tides can be expected from the coincidence of perigee with full Moon.



Nov. 24, 9:30 a.m. EST - The Full Beaver Moon. Time to set beaver traps before the swamps freeze to ensure a supply of warm winter furs. Another interpretation suggests that the name Beaver Full Moon comes from the fact that the beavers are now active in their preparation for winter. Also called the Frosty Moon.



Dec. 23, 2:51 a.m. EST - The Full Cold Moon; among some tribes, the Full Long Nights Moon. In this month the winter cold fastens its grip, and the nights are at their longest and darkest. Also sometimes called the "Moon before Yule" (Yule is Christmas, and this time the Moon is only just before it). The term Long Night Moon is a doubly appropriate name because the midwinter night is indeed long and the Moon is above the horizon a long time. The midwinter full Moon takes a high trajectory across the sky because it is opposite to the low Sun.