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.................

Spring! finally..and other matters...

Hello again, yes, as you can tell, by the title, its finally spring! nicer weather, summer visitors coming into town etc...also, I'm now working 6 days a week...so much for having a life! lol! and also so much for my spring cleaning shed and closet expedition..i have no time for anything now...needed the extra money, but didn't want to lose the extra time..oh well......maybe someday I'll be retired and have a life...ya right..who am i kidding......at least i still make time to walk the dog....I cant believe there's only 246 more days until xmas! the year is almost half over already! gees!!!! time flies when you don't want it to......I've heard there may be some job openings at the forest service, maybe if i can get one of those I'll have more time....and less pain...my shoulders are hurting big time..my back is hurting......my hip is hurting..my arthritis is getting worse, and god only knows whats wrong with my shoulders..torn labrum maybe? I dunno.....but i really need a desk job....or better yet! retirement! lol! I'll just go and grab a powerball ticket! heh..now wouldn't that be nice? I'm getting too old and too sore for all this furniture moving shit! we'll see.......something to work towards anyway......i really want to get all my puters up and running, get my Amiga 1200 going again, my linux box needs to be used more..my new ink cartridges are probably dried up by now its been so long since ive used the printer...sigh.....even my laptop is in desperate need of software updates etc.....and i cant even think about playing video games right now..NO TIME!!!!!! grumble......and so much for being able to play golf this year, go mountain biking, hiking, etc!!! i really hate my life sometimes....most of the times it seems......and on another weird note......change is in the air again.....very very subtle...but its there....no clue what it shinting at...but change is coming...here we go again! heh.....until next time....

Its almost spring! a new level of thought enters the fray

greetings one and all...! yes indeed, its almost spring! at least it will be soon..end of march soon......and I've decided a spring cleaning and reorganization of my shed/commodore warehouse is in order...I've come to the realization that half the shit in my shed needs to go..has no real use..and i could probably sell some of it on eBay..which I probably will......I need to do the same with my room and closet...my thinking has changed and every time i look in the shed or closet, i see stuff i really don't need..no more keeping something just because i think its cool....if it has no use other than a dust catcher..its gone......i have tons of stuff i used in my apartment many years ago whilst attending school..which ultimately turned out to be ill-fated...that stuff can go....definitely....tons of xmas stuff i can combine into one bin......I've never used any of it, I've got so much xmas crap i could probably do with out it..we'll see....  on a lighter note..I'm finally over, for the most part, my gout.....and I've started taking allopurinol, a gout preventative, so hopefully this last gout attack was indeed, my last attack! and luckily for me, i can drink moderately with this med, i only drink moderately anyway so no changes!!!  my hours at work have been cut temporarily, hopefully anyway, and as of late been rather wonky! I'm off today, have to work tomorrow and have to come in a couple hours early friday and Saturday, due to our annual sidewalk sale on Saturday, which also includes, this weekend anyway, our grand opening and ribbon cutting! we will be serving hotdogs and drinks for a couple hours, and business seems to be picking up as the weather gets nicer...summer visitors will be pouring into town in the next couple months so hopefully we'll get even busier! and hopefully more hours for me! i really need them, ive got a 400 dollar medical bill for my labs to pay off and a few other things to deal with......oh! and on the Morgantown front! A good, long time friend of mine is moving to Tennessee! I wish him and his family the very best on their new adventure! I wish i could make a location change like that...maybe someday, after my folks are gone...I'll be heading back east! also, another, long time friend back east, has just bought himself a Hummer h3 for his birthday this last Saturday the 9th of march! good for him! I'm sure he'll really appreciate it in the Ohio winters to come! gee! things are changing for everyone but me! lol! (snivel...whine..sniff...cry...) oh well, my times a coming..sooner or later!!!!! chin up mate! heh.........until next time....

health update, birthday blues, cutbacks oh my!

OK, been a bit since I last blogged..so here goes....I got the results of my blood tests...only Issue i really have is high blood pressure...I AM NOT DIABETIC!!!!! that was a big relief! although, when the nurse called me she said "we have the results of your blood tests..can you come in first thing in the morning?" needless to say, I didn't sleep at all that night.... they say a few things needed to be worked on, but I'm not having anything m,ajor..besides the aforementioned high blood pressure......I've changed my eating habits a bit anyway...smaller portions, trying to stay away from treats and sugary stuff...although, i bought some girl scout cookies couple days ago...a small cheat, but oh well....they always set up in the lobby of my bank around this time of year.... and since i don't have insurance..i got a 400 dollar bill from the doctors office in the mail! what a nice birthday present! and speaking of... I turned 42 on the 19th of February! I even got a kindle fire hd as a present! very nice! I finally joined the pad craze! I managed to hack it a bit and put a c64 and an Amiga emulator app on it....amazon blocked the Google play store..but you can side load pretty much any android app......pretty cool! things are OK at work.,unfortunately, my hours got cut back..I'm working 24 hours a week instead of 30....hopefully I'll get more hours come spring....hopefully...as for birthday blues....I was sick on my birthday, if you can believe that....i started feeling bad earlier that day, had the terminal runs, felt generally like crap....by the time i got home....i collapsed on the couch, and spent the evening running back and forth to the bathroom....I know what it was too......it was what we used to call "toxic combinations" a combination of two foods that would have miscellaneous bad reactions on us.... by us, i mean, an old high school acquaintance and I...anyway, i made the mistake of eating 3 bananas and half a can of almonds the night before....and that's pretty much what it smelled like......or rancid versions thereof......so we celebrated my birthday the next day when i felt human once again......I did have a bit of luck during my last grocery outing a couple weeks ago...i found, at Bashas, they had several bottles of Drambuie on clearance..usually 40 or 50 bucks or so..they had them for around 20 bucks a bottle...needless to say, i bought one..and i really like it! in case some of you don't know, Drambuie is a liqueur made from scotch, special honey and misc spices..made in Scotland of course...very very good!  never thought I'd see the day I could afford it!!! I plan, today, if possible to do some cleaning and rearranging in my room..and hopefully start spring cleaning my sheds weather permitting.....we got about 5 inches of snow overnight and nobody predicted it! lol! I also found out, I'll be getting some money back from fed taxes..and have to pay a bit to state taxes....that's the way it always is..of course, next year, I'll be paying both, since I'm making more hourly now...grumble...such is life, i guess.................................until next time................

Gloomy Sunday.......

No, I am not referring to the Hungarian suicide song.....it is actually very gloomy today..for several reasons.....the main reason is its been raining for about 3 days now..and not going to quite until Monday or Tuesday...fortunately, i like it gloomy....rainy drizzly days are my favorite kind of days......another reason its gloomy is, ive been having health problems the last couple weeks..I didn't know what it was, but i figured it was either my blood pressure, or my blood sugars.....so I'm going to bite the bullet and go see a doctor tomorrow....probably blow every penny i have left from my paycheck..but i guess its necessary....i was checking my blood pressure the last few days with my home meter, and it read a few times at around 155 over 100! wow! i was feeling weird headed and dizzy and just generally not feeling good for the last few weeks, and i couldn't remember if i still had my home cuff..but i eventually found it....and it looks like i have high blood pressure..usual reading is around 195 over 90 ish...so hopefully I'll get a prescription tomorrow..I've been making many life changes...changing eating habits etc..hard to get any exercise when its been mostly sub zero and snow covered most of the winter, and i cant afford to join the gym..so I'll have to do jumping jacks or something..hah! last time i went to our local med center, the dumb broad that was there at the time.. refused to give me a prescription.....and my blood pressure was about the same at that time.....she said "don't drink don't smoke eat right and exercise....that will be 97 dollars please!" needless to say..i refused to pay seeing as she only gave me about 3 minutes of her time....she kept running in and out of the room to talk on the phone, and talk to friends who kept wandering into the place.....now there's a different doctor there now and he better not screw me or its the last time i ever go to that place......oh well..we'll see what happens tomorrow.....i feel good today for a change..no annoying mild headache..no dizziness or weird headedness....so we'll see what happens........my blood sugars are a bit elevated as well..don't know if my blood pressure has anything to do about it..but i can only afford so much at a time...other than that..mom is in mega nag mode so i need to conclude this blog for today...until next time....

ended something that needed ending......looking forward......

An interesting weekend so far.....I've said it before, but gave things another chance..now, its for good....needed to be.....I've let go of a past situation......I tried to make a go of it.but it just wont work....I tried to bring a bit of normalcy to a friends life....but his bitterness and jadedness overwhelmed it...so its over...for good...he can have his lonely, impoverished bitterness he clings so hard to.....he is beyond help...sad...but that's life..you can only do so much......on a lighter note..I have tomorrow off...mlk day as it happens.....what a nice surprise!  My employer decided to be open Saturdays and closed only on Sundays...she will be there alone on Mondays so we'll only be closed one day a week....good thinking!  I don't really have plans tomorrow....just lay low......today however..i need to go to Ace Hardware, and the dollar stores...I want to browse at Ace, haven't been able to do so in a long time......its still a bit too cold to do anything outside..buts its getting nicer, slowly but surely......I'm still thinking about what to do with my Amiga and c64...maybe I'll build a custom desk and hutch for it..I don't know yet......I got a cool new laserdisc the other day..and yes, it happens to be new......it was still sealed in plastic from the factory! still had the original price tag on it to! 39.95!!!!! gees!!!!!! of course, that was from the late 90's sometime..it was lawnmower man unrated directors cut! not available on DVD or blue-ray yet, as far as i could tell...it covers two discs! can't wait to watch it....! I also got a new toy! of sorts! a 60 disc CD changer.....can't wait to play with that either..i even splurged a bit and got an ancient CD from 1984! Queensryche the warning......it has take hold of the flame on it..my favorite Queensryche song..or at least one of them......other than that..not a whole lot going on..oh..almost forgot....i decided to say "eh, what the fuck!" and bought a couple boxes of dot matrix, fan fold printer paper.....we had three boxes collecting dust at the store, and i found out that our cost sky rocketed on that stuff..so i bought it at the old, 5 or so years ago cost......I still have my star nx-1000 II multifont printer from my past Amiga days, and if i do set up my Amiga, I'll need a printer....and that paper is probably getting harder to find.....so i grabbed it..i may just get the other box next month..... its still in the truck, I've got to put it away today.....keep it on the shed for the time being...speaking of which.....i think its time for another mass cleaning and reorganization party! probably tons of shit i can throw out......it seems, the more time goes by, the more irrelevant a lot of my crap becomes......springtime project perhaps...........until next time.....

OUT WITH THE OLD...HELLO 2013!

well well, we managed to get through 2012....mayan non-apocalypse and everything! looking forward to 2013? perhaps......we shall see what transpires......its possible..i might get a wii-u this year..maybe..depends on what i learn about the new zelda..and possible new mario game....more than likely, i will end up owning a ps3 this year.....i'm pretty sure the new zelda wont be out until late 2014......so a ps3 may be first......assuming sony gets their head out of their asses and lowers the prices.....if the ps4 comes out later this year that may just happen....ive noticed a few blogs go over what happened the previous year, i wont do that......nothing all that exciting..except the fact, last month, i got a new employer, and a raise of sorts! so that was the change i was feeling all year and before.....hmmm.......until next time...