Happy Easter! blah, now onto laundry...

Its easter once again, seems like only a year ago easter was here..wow, how time flies...oh well, time for laundry...lol! story of my life... things have changes a bit, not monumentally, but a bit, i'm working saturdays now, and have mondays off, spring has sprung, which means yard work, which means i have to get up on the roof and clean the gutters once again.  which means i wont make the same mistake i did last year and not put my ac in the window...it was quite miserable last year, although, the year before i really didnt need the ac..lol! the weather cant make up its mind......and of course today, laundry.  i wont be making bread today seeing as the loaf i made last weekend hasnt been finished yet......and i might work on my room a bit.  I was planning on getting a new desk, we have some nice desks at the store for like 30 bucks! bigger and better than my little desk, but no matter how much i measure and plot, i cant get it to fit and have room for the other crap i have too...so all i'm gonna do is move the existing desk over a foot or so, so i can have room for my linux box! and maybe start getting my amiga 1200 out of mothballs so to speak.....we'll see, ive got mountains of magazinesa i need to read piled up infront of the desk, so those need to be moved first......sigh..so much to read so little time =) and as the title hints at, this is easter sunday...whoopie....mom is gonna make a ham for dinner.....thats about the extent of my easter holiday......i went to an estate sale yesterday and got a really cool old, but super sharp straight razor, i'm shopping around for a honing stone and i'll be learning how to shave with straight razor! cant wait! hopefully wont accidentally behead myself! lol!!! the estate sale was at the home of this towns long time barber, Tibs, they call him, hes had some health setbacks and can no longer work, so hes moving out of the area.....and he had a good collection of straight razors etc......and alot of other stuff to boot..i might go back there today to see whats left =)........until next time.....

so much for saturdays......new carpet, new tv stand, new room?

as you can tell by the title, my saturdays are gone for the summer once again, in other words, i have to work saturdays for the summer, and i'm off sunday and monday, wonderful, i was hoping against hope something woudl change, even though change is in the air, its not changin yet! THAT OK, i can get caught up on personal stuff whilst i sit and wait for my possible 1 customer a day, if that......download stuff and put it on my zip disk, or, whatever needs doing, searching and buying on ebay etc etc etc......daydreaming! such is life i guess...no point sniveling about it, cant do anything about it.....of course, that gives me a pretty full sunday to get things done, like laundry......i'm about 3/4 done, maybe finish it tomorrow...of course, i might be going to walmart tomorrow as well..sigh....no rest for the weary......ive got a loaf of bread going in the bread machine, just took the paddle out and it should be in the rising and baking mode right now......i was considering buying a newer bigger desk for my room, but after many measuring sessions, and moving it around multiple times in my mind, no matter where i mentallyput it, its still too big, so now, i'm considering putting in this very skinny bookshelf i have in the shed in place of the 2 wire mesh shelving units i have in my room, onyl thing, once again, is where to put it and how to move things to make good use of the little room i have =) still sorting thing out, but i'm pretty sure i'm not buying the desk...even tho its below dirt cheap....still not warranted......i just got an mp3 player the other day, its pretty nice..i listened to a few binaural beats tracks last night and a guided meditation, got a pretty good nights sleep, but dont remember my dreams unfortunately......i was going to get up ono the roof today and clean ou the gutters, buts its extremely windy once again, so no-go.....and i dont know if i will put in a garden this year or not....havent decided yet, if i do, i found asparagus roots at walmart, surprisingly enough, they are supposed to grow for 2 years....if i do a garden this year, i'll definately try those...the lettuce i tried last year didnt go too well...i got maybe 2 small bowls worth of leaves, oh well, live and learn =) we got new carpeting in the living room, and mom and dad finally decided to get rid of their fake presswood oaken monstrosity of tv stand! they bought a more modern, more than half the sized of the old piece of crap cabinet, looks good, or at least it will when i get everyrthing moved over to the new stand....as for new room, as i mentioned before in this blog, i am thinking of rearranging at least the desk side of my room to try to get enough extra space for my new linux box! doesnt need alot of room, buit ive got alot of crap to move around...but itll get done sooner or later, i'm gonna put my ac back in the window this year, i didnt use it last year and regretted it....so this year, its gonna get used...there are no drain holes in the case so the last time i used it i ended up with slimy sludge inside the thing...which required me to take the thing apart and thoroughly clean it out..i plan on drilling a few small holes along the underside back edge of the case for draining.....other than all that....nothing new....the weather is trying to warm up, but not succeeding to well....or succeeding very slowly....i'm looking forward to geocaching this year a bit around town..and maybe a few out of town..who knows......mountain biking, walking, hopefuly a round or 3 of golf! we'll see.....until next time...

change?/spring? is in the air, same ole same ole/and new....etc...

Is the title of this blog confusing enough? good! because i have not yet begun to confuse...First off, i keep mentioning change is in the air, well, i still feel it, but i no longer know from which direction its coming, or from which source.  I thought my job situation was about to go through a major change, as in new job,or at least job search, now, that doesnt seem to be the case now.  As shoultz used to say " I KNOW NOTHING!!!!" like the song says "the more i see the less i know" aint that the truth...oh well..so be it..such is life... and speaking of life, i still dont have one...i've resigned myself to the fact that i wont have a life until mom and dad are gone...if something happens to dad, mom can no longer live alone......and her health isnt going to get any better, so i really cant find work outside the area..and theres really no jobs in the immediate area..so again, i dont know, i just dont know, like my grandma used to say...  I had a good St Pattys day for a change, mom and dad were gone for a couple days, pattys day included to i threw a corned beef brisket in the crock pot and some carrots, taters, and a head of cabbage and ate very well that evening...i put it in early morning before i left for my radio club meeting and tendedit all day....its almost impossible to find corned beef in this area so it was a nice treat! so was all the snow we got that evening and the next day..around 8 to 10 inches! It wasnt coldenough to hard freeze thankfully so it was mostly gone the next day...and i could get my car out of the driveway to get to work monday! heh...and speaking of nice treats, i got a couple free puter towers.  One was an old win98 machine, 256 megs of ram, 40 gig hd, the only reason i took that one is for the 40 gig hd! the other tower however, is quite an older powerhouse, its got a pentium 4/3.4 gig processor, 2 gigs of ram, and the best video card ive ever seen in my life, an ati radeon with dual dvi-d outputs, hi-def baby! i bought a dvi-d to hdmi cable and it works great on my tv! can you say 42 inch hi def monitor? hehehehehe......it also has tons of fans in it, 5 total including the power supply fan, which is a 500 watt monster, 2 of the fans are led backlit, really cool electric blue! and theres led's on all 4 corners of the front of the thing, all blue, not including the hd activity and power lights! and the side of this thing is see through!! it has a plastic window in it with a lock! no key unfortunately, or i should say fortunately, it wasnt locked or i would have to do some drilling =) i also got a cordless logitech keyboad with it, no receiver unfort, but i found one on ebay, havent tried it yet tho... I'm trying to get caught up on my magazine reading, ive got mountains of mags going back a year or more! i started reading qst's last nihgt, the magazine for ham radio nuts like myself...i actually read march 2011 issue last night, thats how far behind i am! i'm trying to make room so i can finally get my old trusty amiga 1200 out of mothballs, or at least out of the closet, the tower i chose for it is short enough to sit on the left side of the desk under the shelf i put onthe wall......sao ive got alot of rearranging to do.....and i will probably put my ac in the window this year, its promising to be a miserable summer again like last year, hopefully no major fires like last year...heres to hoping!  i may or may not do a garden this year..if i do, there will be 1 ONE, and i do mean ONE! tomato plant, maybe one ONE 1, and i do mean 1! zucchini...maybe no zucchini since i still have zucchinis in the fdreezer from last year, probably have to toss em......and i dont know what else..i tried lettuce last year and it didnt do well, maybe fresh herbs? or herb? hehe, no, no herb i'm afraid! be fun to try tho! so, we'll see....havent decided yet if, or what, i will plant....I did see asparagus roots at walmart, might try it once..see what happens, supposed to grow 2 years! thatd be cool! as i said, we'll see =) lets see, what else is going on? oh ya! the store, my place of  employemnt got broken into and robbed a few sundays ago, they took alot, and dropped alot..oddly enough, so we spent the day inventorying and cleaning up..and other businesses have been hit since, and a few houses from what ive heard...so much for safe small town..lol! oh well, not much more to say, not that i can think of, i'm expecting a cordless trackball today, in our store order, a logitech, for tower i got a couple weeks ago...i forgot, i put fedora 16, the free version of redhat on that tower and it seems to work very well! i also downloaded some linux stuff to put on it, firefox, openoffice, cd/dvd burning software etc......i have a wireless router in the shed somewhere i have to dig out..then i shold have internet on it..woo hoo! we'll see.....and as the title says, spring is in the air, well, that means its pine needle raking weather! yay!!!....nleh... oh well, its gotta be done! maybe start today, maybe walk the dog, maybe both! i dont know yet!!!.......until next time....

happy leap day! my once every four year blog!

Just kiddign folks, yes today is February 29th 2012, leap day, and, i just found out, a sad day as well, Davy Jones, singer of the Monkees dies today, heart attack from what ihear, he ws only 66, too bad, too young to go this soon....he will be missed, i used to love the monkees tv show! oh well,  i dont know what the numbers are, but theres probably not too many people who die on leap day.....not that it matter really...anywho, ive been doing the same old same old, things dont change for me..unfortunately.  I'm about 3/4 of the way through zelda: skyward sword, i dont have alot of time to play recently, looks like we're getting new carpet in the near future, i really hope i'm at work that day so i dont have to move furniture around...we got snow day before yesterday, didnt stick arund too long thankfully... I had my weekly breakfast meeting with my ham radio club this morning, i tried the corned beef hash..pretty good...as you can see, my life is pretty boring, same odl schedule, same old chores, same old same old...hehe sor5y of my life pal! i bought a new memory card for my phone, and a new zip drive..both 32 gigs...well...not much to report, and its even been over a month snce ive blogged...heh...i do like to keep life boring and predictable..but this is rediculous!!!! lol!!!  until next time...

My first blog of 2012!! woo-hoo!!.......bout time.....

Greetings one and all, finally got around to doing another blog...and as it happens, the first blog of the new year! just grabbed my last cup of coffee for the day, and just started my next to last load of laundry, the usual for a sunday...monotony..gotta love it!! embrace the monotony! heh.....as you may have noticed..at least i hope you have noticed...a new banner on my blog page......a banner for originalabsinthe.com...what is absinthe you ask? well, its an anise flavired spirit made with wormwood.....green in color..and exceedingly bitter straight up...which is why most drinkers use the old ritual of a sugar cube, water and an absinthe or slotted spoon...ive never had it but i am very curious....it used to be arround 136 proof!  it still hovers around 90 to 150 proof depending on brand..and now the ban in the US has been lifted...i am saving my pennies to buy a bottle, i'll consider it a once in a lifetime treat....seeing as it takes me so long to empty a bottle of booze it may well just last a lifetime! another reason i put that banner on my site if they will give me a free absinthe spoon for advertising their site..and after a year of advertising their site, a free bottle of absinthe! so i may end up with 2 bottles depending on how long it takes to drink the one i am going to buy!! the pictures i am putting inthis blog are of an absinthe sppon and glass, and the bottle i am saving for..only 140 proof!! woo-hoo!!!! ok, i'll calm down now......at that alcohol level it will probably last 2 lifetimes!! anywho......as previously stated, i am doing laundry right now...i think i am goingto finally get around to fixing somoe c64 keyboars..i finally have the parts and tools necessary to attempt to build an external c64 keyboard......ive seen pics online of someone who has done it..so i am going to try it...mainly because it will be hard to have all the wires attached to the keyboard,  and all drives etc nearby and be comfortable to type...so my hope is to have a long keyboard cable so i can sit on the bed and type...pr play games or whatever......need to figure where to put the 1541's or 1571's depending which i choose to use...and i am still planning to build an amiga tower of sorts..tower the cd and hard drives etc but not the motherboard or anything...i found out what it would take to build an external amiga keyboard and i have no intention of trying to solder on my miggy motherboard......ive got a little folding stool i can sit on......as ive mentioned before..change is in the air...well its still there, and the feeling has grown stronger as of late...i'm thinking and working more and more to starting my own business of some sort...either an online business, or a discount office supply, i dont know...i'm constantly thinking about the possibilitlies....something weird is going on and i dont want to be caught up in it..so we'll see......main hurdle is financing..if i can solve that conundrum i'll be well on my way! other than that..normal sunday..ive got to go to the store for milk..mom wants to make pancakes for lunch! and the games start in a bit..so i bid thee adieu....until next time....

Last blog of 2011! woo-hoo!

Thats right, this is the last post of 2011......as per usual, 2011 wasnt too exciting of a year...i turned 40...found my first geocache...bought my very first brand new tv! a feeling of change in the air has grown stronger over the year......and for some reason has gotten stronger today...i want a change in my life this coming year, do something different..start my own business..a different..better job perhaps...i dont know..but 2012 will be the year of change for me......i lost my sweet, 3 old friends this year, sombra, Yakko, and Maxx, my black lab and 2 cats...adopted 2 new friends.. 2 new kittens......Or-la is still doing great......bought my very first handgun this year as well......bought and used fireworsk legally for the first time in Az this year! and going to use alot more tonight!!! hehe......and also as per usual, doing laundry today...i also got my first cold or any sickness forthe first time in about 5 or so years..bummer......oh well......by and far, not a bad year.......well.mom and dad just called, theyre on their weay home..so ive got to get back to chores......until next time....or i guess i should say....until next year....

well well...1 week til christmas.....

Tis a week before christmas, next saturday is christmas eve to be exact...and ive accomplished alot these last few weeks...mainly, I got my new tv!!! i got it a month or so earlier because mom was kind enough to let me use her amazon prime so i could make payments and i even got free overnight shipping!...and mom and dad even made a payment for me...100 bucks..as a christmas present! how kind..i got my tv in the first week of november!! just in time for zelda: skyward sword to come out on the 20th..which i received the day after it shipped because it came from the phoenix amazon warehouse..only about 300 miles from here!!! i'm about not quite half way through the game..its freakin awesome! i managed to get my christmas shopping done as well! i have one thing coming by ups tomorrow.....mom wants to get dad one more thing.....but done fro the most part...mom and i have to start baking next week, so we'll have butter balls and fudge balls, and choco chip oatmeal cookies,. and cheese balls for christmas and new years!.....hopefully we can get it all done before christmas next weekend, mom and dad have a busy week, theyll be gone for 3 days next week seeing family and doctors appts etc... i got to see a really good movie yesterday, and i experienced holiday rudeness first hand as well.  I saw the new sherlock holmes..it was absolutely freakin amazing movie! walmart was so packed yesterday i had to park at home depot next door and walk over... it amazes me how freakin rude people can be this close to christmas...barging right infront of you with their carts and giving YOU a dirty look as if it was your fault! pushing and shoving, tryin to get down the isle first, not caring that youre waiting to get passed them, they just stand in the middleof the isle and ignore everything else...glad i didnt have to do too much shopping...i also stopped at the new pet store, petsense...its alright..mighty expensive..walmart has em beat hands down on every price i'm sorry to say.....i took a freinda advice and got some rum and egg nog..very very good combo! I went to my first christmas party in many years friday night...had a good time..basically we all ate, socialized a bit then went home! they were trying to put the tablecloth away while i was still eating! it was only 7 pm! sheesh! some party..but i did have pecan pie for the first time in my life that night..and fried turkey! very good! then the next day i went shopping and saw a movie..and today..i'm doing laundry etc since i didnt start it yesterday, i have to do it all in one day today! and mom wants me to go to a couple store in town today yet...no rest forthe weary i guess =) nothing major next week i hope......i'm shipping a friend of mines his xmas/birthday gift tomorrow..other than that...nothing planned..probably play zelda tonight since i havent touched it in days! withdrawal!!!! heh......until next time...