SONGS OF INSECTS

Monday Update

Well, another weekend has ended. We did some more cleaning in the garage. I can't believe how good it is starting to look. Yesterday morning I started my first leaf pickup of the season. The tree out back has been dumping a lot of leaves on the patio. I picked up about a half a leaf bag. By next weekend, I am sure there will be some leaves in the front yard as well. I can't wait until next weekend, Thomas will have the weekend off for Bjorn's wedding. He and Diedre will be coming home on Sunday for a short visit. We can't wait to see them both. Last night Ross stopped by. He is such a nice boy, I like him. The new season of Dexter starts next Sunday. Wanda was so excited when we told her. She is our Dexter viewing partner.

Wednesday Update

They Might Be Giants was excellent last night. My knee got very sore from standing, but that's because I am old. Doug and I went with our daughter Chloe and her boyfriend Ross. Ross didn't really know who they were, but it seemed like he enjoyed the show. The only thing that could have made it better is if Thomas and Diedre would have been there. I am glad I took today off from work, it was nearly 12:30 before I went to bed last night and I slept in until almost 7:30 this morning. I hope the whole family can get together for the next show we go to.

Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

By Lynne Truss

The game.

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS lyrics - Don't Let's Start

Don't don't don't let's start
This is the worst part
Could believe for all the world
That you're my precious little girl
But don't don't don't let's start
I've got a weak heart
And I don't get around how you get around

When you are alone you are the cat, you are the phone
You are an animal
The words I'm singing now
Mean nothing more than meow to an animal
Wake up and smell the cat food in your bank account
But don't try to stop the tail that wags the hound

D, world destruction
Over and overture
N, do I need
Apostrophe T, need this torture?

Don't don't don't let's start
This is the worst part
Could believe for all the world
That you're my precious little girl
But don't don't don't let's start
I've got a weak heart
And I don't get around how you get around

No one in the world ever gets what they want and that is beautiful
Everybody dies frustrated and sad and that is beautiful
They want what they're not and I wish they would stop saying,
Deputy dog dog a ding dang depadepa
Deputy dog dog a ding dang depadepa

D, world destruction
Over and overture
N, do I need
Apostrophe T, need this torture?

Don't don't don't let's start
This is the worst part
Could believe for all the world
That you're my precious little girl
But don't don't don't let's start
I've got a weak heart
And I don't get around how you get around

I don't want to live in this world anymore
I don't want to live in this world

Don't don't don't let's start
This is the worst part
Could believe for all the world
That you're my precious little girl
But don't don't don't let's start
I've got a weak heart
And I don't get around how you get around

Saturday Update

I am glad it is the weekend. It seemed like a long week at work. Today we plan to finish cleaning the basement, clean our bedroom, go shopping for a new printer and make salsa. We are getting down to the last harvest in the garden. There are still quite a few green tomatoes, I am hoping a few more turn red. If not it will be fried green tomatoes. Tuesday night we are going to see They Might Be Giants. I think that is going to be all kinds of fun. Mao's fur is so much softer now that I have finally combed out all of the matting. Poor little aging kitty. He still shedded a bunch everyday though. Yesterday I received a very nice Coleman flashlight in the mail from a Marlboro freebie offer. It is the brightest flashlight I have ever seen, it also has a fluorescent light.

Tuesday Update

This last weekend was very busy. Most of Saturday was spent cleaning and organizing the basement. I did my shopping on Sunday morning and the rest of the day was pretty much devoted to canning tomatos. Last night we had hamburger/cabbage soup. It was the best comfort food I have had in a while. The cabbage was from Mark and Wanda's garden and did not smell too bad while cooking.

Only one week until we see They Might Be Giants. I am excited and cannot wait.

Friday Update

Just a quick update. This week we had a visit at work by my supervisor's supervisor. He told us they are looking to sell our part of the company again. He and some investors are interested in buying it. There are other companies looking at buying it as well. They hope to have a deal worked out by the end of the year. So, here we go again!

Thomas drove down for a little visit yesterday afternoon. He had to pick up his last two books that finally came in the mail. He stayed and had supper with us. I hope he has a chance to visit often. It is still hard to believe this is his senior year of college. Where has the time gone?

This weekend we plan to do more organizing in the garage and basement. We also have more canning to do.

Tuesday Update

I guess I should update. Thomas is now back at school. I wish he didn't have to be in school yet. We miss him. Good luck on your first day back in class tomorrow Thomas. He has a very nice apartment like dorm this year. It has a living room/dining room, kitchen, two baths and three bedrooms. It also has a nice big closet. The parking lot he gets to park in is right behind his building as well.

Yesterday we canned tomatos and made Ratatoulli. We froze most of the Ratatoulli and canned one pint to see how that would work out. We also ate some of the Ratatoulli, which was exellent. I think we have now canned a total of 24 quarts plus one pint of tomatos, 3 quarts of sauerkraut and one pint of Ratatoulli.

Last night we watched Top Gear. We are glad this show is back on again. It is hard to believe that a show about cars can make two grown people laugh so much.

Tuesday Update

I guess it is time for an update. I don't have much though. The first day back to work after vacation sucked. But I survived. This morning was the lunar eclipse. We all got out of bed at around 4:45 to watch it. Doug had already been up for an hour. It was pretty cool to watch.

I'm on vacation damn it!!

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Friday Update

Today is our company picnic. We will work until 11 and then the rest of the day is at Beaver Park. We get paid for a whole 8 hours. I hope the food is better than last year and I hope there are some good prizes.

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Tuesday Update

I thought we were not going to have a company picnic this year. Yesterday we received an email at work that said we would have a picnic this Friday at Beaver Park from 11-4 and it is mandatory. I think that is a long time for adults to have to spend at the park on a hot humid day. But hey, I might win a prize this year. We get to dress casual the rest of this week, which is great.

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Saturday Update

It was fun to see the Gunts last night. However, Tornados is definately not a bar that I want to visit again anytime soon. The seating was poor and I got a stiff neck just turning to talk to people and watching the 'bands'. Of course that could just be because I am old! The french fries were good and so were the poppers. They are going to be at The Mill in IC on August 18. That should be a much better show. And of course, I am really looking forward to They Might Be Giants in September!

Friday Update

We are going to see the Gunts perform tonight. Most of our Sunday group is coming along, it should be a blast. Being back on the customer service phones is not as bad as I thought it would be. I still wish I could be doing order management instead. On the up side, I was smokin' in sales yesterday and it will be good to get commissions again.

Wednesday Update

I am not looking forward to today at work. It is the first day that I have to go back to doing my old job. I dislike having to sell to people on the phone and customers can get so grumpy. I hope it is not a busy day.

Monday Update

Not much to update about. We are finally getting tomatoes from the garden. They are beautiful. We are also getting plenty of cucumbers, even though we are not pickling this summer. The cucumber salad and dressing is very good. I can't wait to try our first yellow squash tonight in the stir fry.

Saturday Update

Thursday night Doug and I watched a movie called Stranger Than Fiction. It starred Will Farrell. It was excellent and could only have been better if Zack Braff would have selected the music. This morning I am taking Ilse to the farmers market. I hope she enjoys it.

Thursday Update

Today if we take two canned food items to work for the food bank we get to wear jeans. I'm wearing jeans. It is also supposed to be a food day, but I didn't feel like bringing anything to eat. I have Friday off and plan to weed the garden and dye my hair. What a fun filled day that will be.

The best pictures, ever!!!!

Saturday Update

It sounds like Thomas and Diedre are having fun on their mini vacation. Last night they went to the dog track and bet on a couple of dogs. They didn't lose too much and had fun. I am very worried about Doug, he may have broken his hand when he fell yesterday. I hope he doesn't have as much pain today.

Wednesday Update

Wow, what a storm early yesterday morning. Mark and Wanda had a huge branch split from the tree in thier back yard. After I got off work we went over to take pictures. Mark's brother was using a chain saw to cut it in pieces. It had reached from the tree clear over to the fence on the other side of the yard and touched the house by the back door. No damage to the house and only a small chunk of wood was broken off from the fence. A piece of branch even landed on the roof of Subway. Most of our tomato plants were knocked over on thier side. Luckily none of them were damaged much and only two tomatoes actually feel off. We had a few branches come down in our front yard. We had thought they were very big until we went to Mark and Wanda's.

Monday Update

That was a fast three day weekend. Yesterday's Birthday Bash for Chloe was wonderful. Lots of people showed up, the food was fantastic and the fire was great. Diedre made the best ice cream cake ever.

Happy 19th Birthday Bobo










Hobbit Drive

US first lady (1963–9), born Claudia Alta Taylor, in Karnack, Texas, USA on December 22, 1912. As a child, a family nurse declared she was as "pretty as a ladybird." The nickname stuck. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's degree in art followed and continued on there studying journalism, with the plan to become a newspaper reporter.

In the summer of 1934 she met Lyndon Baines Johnson who was a Congressional aide. They married in November 1934, just seven weeks after their first date. Johnson gave her a $2.50 wedding ring bought at Sears. She borrowed from her inheritance to help finance his first election campaign.

As first lady, she supported the ‘war on poverty’, the Headstart Program, and worked for the ‘beautification’ of Washington, DC. Following the presidency, Lady Bird Johnson wrote the 800-page White House Diary which detailed her husband's life including the aftermath of the Kennedy assassination. She also remained active in beautification projects.In the1960s, she planted bulbs and trees along roadsides to call attention to the growing crisis of habitat and species loss. Lady Bird Johnson created the First Lady's Committee for a More Beautiful Capital and her work became the first major legislative campaign launched by a first lady, the Highway Beautification Act of 1965. Her love for native wildflowers inspired her to create the National Wildflower Research Center in 1982 near Austin, Texas. It was renamed in her honor in 1998.

Lady Bird Johnson also remained outspoken on women's rights issues, calling the equal rights amendment, "the right thing to do." She was honored with the country's highest civilian award: the Medal of Freedom in 1977, and was given the Congressional Gold Medal in 1988.

The widow of former President Lyndon Baines Johnson, had suffered a stroke in 2002 that left her with difficulty speaking. She died on July 11, 2007 at the age of 94.

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Wednesday Update

It's Wednesday and I can't think of anything to write about. I am taking off this Friday in honor of Chloe's 19th birthday. She says her hair will be red, hmmm. There will be Choc-O-Magic Pie for her and all who love her.

Sunday Update

I don't like the big downtown Farmers Market. Way too crowded, too many old people just stopping in front of you and people taking dogs where they have no business being. The prices are jacked up and we couldn't even locate Diedre and her mom. The only good thing was that I was able to buy 6 nice plants for $4.

Saturday Update

Last night we watched a very funny movie, "Hot Fuzz". It was made by the same people who did "Shaun of the Dead". I laughed a lot.




This morning Wanda is coming over at 7 to go to the farmers market with Doug and I. We are going to meet Diedre and her mom there. I hope to find another nice house plant.

Friday Update

I can't believe it is Friday already. The days have been going rather quickly at work this week. Tomorrow I am going to the downtown Farmer's Market with Diedre, Wanda and possibly Diedre's mom. I hope Doug decides to come along as well.

Happy 4th of July

We need this cool grill for the 4th

Tuesday Update

I think I will get off work early today. Probably around 2 or 3. Yeah!!

Monday Update

This will be a weird week. Work Monday and Tuesday, off on Wednesday, work Thursday and Friday. It will also be weird because now that June is retired I will have the cubicle to myself.

Saturday Update

Two of the young owls were hunting in the neighbors back yard at 5:30 this morning. They are so cool. This morning I am going to the flea market with Thomas and Diedre.

Wednesday Update

It is quarter end at work. That means Old Tony is back. We watched a really good movie last night. It was 'The Holiday' with Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law and Jack Black.

Breaking News

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Sunday Update

I saved four kittens from the Aldi's parking lot yesterday. Now I'm the crazy turtle/cat lady. I really wanted to keep the one that was trying to hitch a ride on the frame of the van.

Saturday Update

At work we have been very busy because next week is another quarter end. Next Friday I will have to probably work rather late. Next Friday is June's last day and I am guessing she probably will not work too hard, if she is even there the whole day. Today I plan to grocery shop and maybe go to my Dad's to help him hang some pictures. That should be real fun.

The Tool concert was unbelievable. The lasers were awsome. I didn't care much for the opening band Melt Banana.

Tool Today!!!!

Tool in 1 Day!!!