Happy fathers day! summer heat, more work hours...etc....

greetings one and all! not a lot exciting has been going on lately, I'm working more hours, different hours, store is getting really busy! I got my garden in the ground finally......my poor orange pepper plant isnt doing too well....i think it got over watered....it seems to have shriveled up a bit....so hopefully laying off the water for awhile will make it bounce back...the corn is doing great, as is everything else i put in......I bought a new preamp for my turntable..haven't hooked it up yet..but will soon...i also bought, or i should say finally found, Sinatra at the sands on vinyl...affordable copy finally...amazing the price of vinyl nowadays..i also bought Ronny James Dio's first album, from 1984..on vinyl...still waiting for that to arrive.....a lot of big news coming out of the E# show last week....specifically the new ps4 design was finally revealed, and specs on the new Xbox 0ne.....i would never buy a Microsoft product, and i will definitely NOT be buying one of those...the ps4 however..looks pretty intriguing......Nintendo  announced a bunch of new games..but didn't debut the new Zelda U......which is a little disappointing..they did however mention a new Mario, so not a total loss......i finally decided to get new super Mario bros Wii, which I am awaiting the arrival of...i want to start playing, again, xenoblade chronicles on my Wii.. i started when i first got it, but haven't really had time, but i am going to make time now if it kills me....I'm almost done with the wheel of time series of books..I'm about 90% done with towers of midnight, second to last book....i read pretty much every night..but when I'm done with this series, I'm going to take a break from reading and play some mindless video games.....and speaking of..again...I am hoping the ps3 and wii-u will both come down in price this holiday season, then maybe i can get one or the other...maybe.....depends what games are out for the wii-u of course......and maybe the debut of the ps4 will make sony lower the price of the ps3.....its around 250.00 right now....i think 199.99 would make me get one....we'll see......I got a new desk....well, a new, used desk...its bigger than the one i had before..i cant open the filing cabinet now..but oh well.....such is life...so be it......i needed a bigger desk for  my Amiga 1200.....you should have seen it....i had to bring it in through the window..lol!!!! I had to wedge it in just right so it wouldn't slide back out, then run into the house and grab it and pull it in..not easy..but got it done! it was only 20 bucks at work! good deal fro such a solid desk..and it has hole sin top that are made for a hutch!  maybe someday!!! we had a customer who needed a small computer desk, when that one came in i bought it and ran it home then unloaded and brought my smaller desk in, and thankfully the guy bought my desk! I paid 12.00 bucks for it about 3 years ago..and sold it for 20!!! what a deal!!! so everyone was happy! all i need now is some new ram for my a1200 and it'll be good to go...then i can bring it out of the closet and get er set up!!! cant wait....theres a place on ebay that still makes 72 pin simms, at a good price..so i'll be ordering soon......as you may have noticed by the titel of this post, its fathers day......glasd my folks are still around.....although, their health isnt too good so who knows how long theyll be around....gotta make the best of it while they an i still can.....i just made potato salad and mom made a cheesecake, and I am going to grill some nice steaks tonight.....fun day will be had by all.....and as soon as i'm done with laundry, I'll have fun! It was overcast earlier a bit..but now its sunny and a little windy......there is a fire near flagstaff which should be contained by now, but nothing nearby.....yet......i hate the summer months wondering where the next fire will start and if the town will survive......i start to relax come October...only 4 months away...grumble..cringe.....and speaking of only months away....there's only 192 days until xmas!!!!! damn!!!! the year is a little over half over!!! where the *&%# did the freaking year go?!?!?!? I mean gees!!!!!! of course...i say the same thing around this same time every year.....but it still amazes me how fast time flies!!!!! and I'll bet if i was retired it would still fly by.....sigh...so be it..............until next time....

summer..heat..finally....bleh.....more hours, more pay, less life....not possible? sigh...

oh my goodness!! there are only 205 days, 12 hours, 11 minutes and 24 seconds until Xmas!!!!!! better start preparing......hoping we have another family Xmas this year..my father is having heart problems...seems he has been in arrhythmia for the last few weeks, he is going to have a  procedure Wednesday to see whats going on...hopefully his pacemaker(ICD) just needs to be adjusted....hopefully his pacemaker is still useful....if hi heart has gotten that bad.....well, trying to think positive about it....I know a lot of people are praying for him.....hoping for the best.....impossible to prepare/brace for the worse......sigh.....on other subjects..my work hours are going to change again......going to be 9 - 4 Monday thru Saturday starting a week from tomorrow......so i will not be running for president of my amateur radio club this year...unfortunately, no one else wants it..so we'll see what happens......i can no longer participate or be available as much as i need to be....so I'm through......Its finally feels like summer..bout time!!!! its been cold and dreary for was too long..even though i enjoy cold and dreary..enough is enough already! lol!!!  I'm working on laundry today, will be heading to Ace Hardware to pick up some manure for my garden..maybe a few plants if they have anything decent......need to pick up a new sun hat..mine fell apart....no sense wearing a sun hat with no brim! lol!  I'll also be doing some raking today....dads definitely in no condition to continue doing that..so i have to finish it....and of course, i will probably be cleaning house when i get home from work at nights...so, I'll have less of a life then usual.....if such a thing is possible....double sigh........Ive been following the announcements of the new Xbox one and ps4 lately....i figure, when the ps4 comes out, the ps3 will finally be affordable......hopefully......I have no interest in an Xbox...i don't buy microcrap products if i can avoid it.....and i especially hate winblows 8...we have a puter at work with it..it sucks......I recently bought a preamp for my turntable......hopefully it works well..haven't had time to take it out of the package yet..but looking forward to playing my latest LP acquisition, Sinatra at the sands, from about the mid 60's the vinyl is a little dirty, but in good shape......I've got vinyl cleaners, so no worries.....i'm about half way through book 13 of the wheel of time series...the final book, a memory of light is patiently waiting for me to get to it......I must say, Brandon Sanderson has done an exceptional job finishing the series..since Robert Jordan died in 2007......I'm impressed and awed by Brandon's talent....I tried to watch a movie last night called v/h/s it sucked so bad i had to turn it off about 15 minutes in..super sucked!!!! the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination is coming up this November....... probably be tons of new documentaries and old ones replayed on TV...I'm an amateur researcher on the subject..I really don't think Oswald had a lot to do with it..he may have been part of an assassination team..maybe, he probably didn't fire the shots....he was, as he said, just a patsy! we may never know for sure, but that's my opinion of it......on a lighter note..i bought some more cigars..I got my Irish cigars, Erin go Braugh, little cigarillos flavored with Irish whiskey! yum! and I'm still waiting for my Victor Sinclair D'artanians.....skinny cigars that are supposed to be really good......funny thing is, the last time i ordered cigars, may 26, 2012.....my most recent order? may 26, 2013!! roflmao!!!!!! i didn't even realize i had done that until i looked at the order history in my account....pretty good timing eh??? hehe......oh well..that's about it for this session.......cant think of anything else......well..i would still like to clean out my shed...i would love to be able to enjoy my summer for a change..lol! ya right, i'm not going to have any kind of a life until my folks are both dead...not that i want that to happen anytime soon mind you......that seems the reality of it unfortunately............almost forgot...change is once again in the air...I don't know why..i doubt it has anything to do with my hour change at work.....I've yet to work it out...I'll keep you posted as things transpire....................until next time.................