Monday Update

It's back to work today, bummer. Bummer for Thomas as well. it's back to work and school for him today. It was nice to be able to see him for a little bit while he was home. Today is Halloween, I hope we get a few trick-or treaters. But, if we don't, thats OK too. Because I like candy and we get any that is left over. Good luck to Mary on her surgery today. I hope Doug will get a chance to visit her afterwards.

Random Song Quote of the Day

I need you here with me
Not way over in a bucket seat

Cake, Stick Shifts And Safety Belts

Greek or Latin Root of the Day

corb- basket

Sunday Update

It has been a busy, yet relaxing weekend. On Friday I spent a good part of the day with Thomas. First he got his shaggy hair cut. Then we went shopping at the Half Price Bookstore, Sam's Club and Target. Thomas ended up going back to the bookstore two more times on Friday and he only spent a little over $10. I baked brownies on Friday and on Saturday, I baked Vanishing Oatmeal Cookies. The cookies have both raisins and chocolate in them. Today I think I will make Chocolate Chip Cookies. But first I have to make Peach Delight for supper. Yesterday I picked up 8 trash cans of leaves and then I raked up another big pile of leaves, which I have not yet picked up. So, if Diedre comes over today, she can jump in a big pile of leaves.

Random Song Quote of the Day

Some of our stories fade as we grow older
Some get sweeter every time they're told
That's the way (that's the way) I remember you that way

Chris Gaines, That's The Way I Remember It

Greek or Latin Root of the Day

cora(xlg)- raven

Greek or Latin Root of the Day

copro- dung

The following were some comments made in the year 1957:
(This definitely makes you feel old when you were born
in 1958.)

(1) "I'll tell you one thing, if things keep going the
way they are, its going to be impossible to buy a weeks
groceries for $20.00."
(2) "Have you seen the new cars coming out next year?
It won't be long when $5,000 will only buy a used one."
(3) "If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm going to
quit. A quarter a pack is ridiculous."
(4) "Did you hear the post office is thinking about
charging a dime just to mail a letter?"
(5) "If they raise the minimum wage to $1, nobody will
be able to hire outside help at the store."
(6) "When I first started driving, who would have thought
gas would someday cost 29 cents a gallon. Guess we'd be
better off leaving the car in the garage."
(7) "Kids today are impossible. Those ducktail hair cuts
make it impossible to stay groomed. Next thing you know,
boys will be wearing their hair as long as the girls."
(8) "I'm afraid to send my kids to the movies any more.
Ever since they let Clark Gable get by with saying 'damn'
in 'Gone With The Wind,' it seems every new movie has either
'hell' or 'damn' in it."
(9) "I read the other day where some scientist thinks
it's possible to put a man on the moon by the end of the
century. They even have some fellows they call astronauts
preparing for it down in Texas."
(10) "Did you see where some baseball player just signed
a contract for $75,000 a year just to play ball? It wouldn't
surprise me if someday that they will be making more than
the President."
(11) "I never thought I'd see the day all our kitchen
appliances would be electric. They are even making electric
typewriters now."
(12) "It's too bad things are so tough nowadays. I see where
a few married women are having to work to make ends meet."
(13) "It won't be long before young couples are going to
have to hire someone to watch their kids so they can both
work."
(14) "No one can afford to be sick any more, $35.00 a day
in the hospital is too rich for my blood."
(15) "I'm just afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open
the door to a whole lot of foreign business."
(16) "Thank goodness I won't live to see the day when the
Government takes half our income in taxes. I sometimes wonder
if we are electing the best people to Congress."
(17) "The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather,
but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on."
(18) "I guess taking a vacation is out of the question now
days. It costs nearly $15.00 a night to stay in a hotel."

Friday Update

Today I am going along with Thomas to get his hair cut and then we are going to shop for Halloween candy. Yummmm, candy. I wonder if we will have any trick-or-treaters this year? I think I will also try to get the piles of leaves picked up in the front yard and clean the gutters, they are full of leaves. I think I will do some baking this weekend, cookies or brownies. Maybe even both.

Random Song Quote of the Day

It's still about the sweet little things you say
After all that I've run from,
Where the fuck did you come from

Mason Jennings, Butterfly

Greek or Latin Root of the Day

convolvo- to entwine

Thursday Update

Today is my last day of work this week. Yeah!!! I took Friday off so I could spend a little extra time with Tommy. He came home yesterday and will be here through Sunday. Last night he took me over to Family Video and he rented Robots (hilarious) and Land of the Dead. We watched Robots last night, I got a lot of good laughs from it. Today Tommy and Doug will watch Land of the Dead. Because he rented two new release movies, he got to pick one $1 rental free. We decided on Walking Tall.

Ashley had to work last night, so she did not get to see Robots yet. I hope she finds time by Froday to watch it. She bought a candle at work for $1. The glass jar that it was in had been broken. It is bayberry and smells very good.

Random Song Quote of the Day

When the good times never stay
And the cheap thrills always seem to fade away
When we fall down

Toad The Wet Sprocket, Fall Down

Greek or Latin Root of the Day

contra- opposite

Last chance to save Dead Like Me

The Grim Reaper will be paying a visit to Showtime's New York City offices on Halloween, Monday October 31, in one last gasp effort to convince Showtime to reconsider their cancellation of this classic series. The Grim Reaper will be delivering more than 30,000 e-mails received by MediaVillage.com urging Showtime to bring back the series or to at least wrap up the series with a special movie event. Dead Like Me fans will be joining the Grim Reaper in this protest and plea, gathering next Monday at 11 AM.

Random Song Quote of the Day

I'm worse at what I do best
And for this gift I feel blessed
Our little group has always been
And always will until the end

Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit

Greek or Latin Root of the Day

cono- cone

Random Song Quote of the Day

From dehumanization to arms production,
For the benefit of the nation or its destruction
Power, power, the law of the land,
Those living for death will die by their own hand,

A Perfect Circle, Annihilation

Greek or Latin Root of the Day

condyl- knuckle

A first grade teacher collected well known proverbs.
He gave each kid in the class the first half of the proverb,
and asked them to come up with the rest.
Here is what the kids came up with:

People in glass houses shouldn't... run around naked.

Better to be safe than... punch a 5th grader.

Strike while the... bug is close.

It's always darkest before ...daylight savings time.

Never underestimate the power of ...termites.

You can lead a horse to water but ... how?

Don't bite the hand that ...looks dirty.

No news is ... impossible.

A miss is as good as a ... Mr.

You can't teach an old dog ... math.

If you lie down with dogs, you ... will stink in the morning.

Love all, trust ... me.

The pen is mightier than . . . the pigs.

An idle mind is . . . the best way to relax.

Where there is smoke, there is . . . pollution.

Happy is the bride who . . . gets all the presents.

A penny saved is . . . not much.

Two is company, three is . . . The Musketeers.

None are so blind as..... Helen Keller.

Children should be seen and not . . . spanked or grounded.

If at first you don't succeed . . . get new batteries.

You get out of something what you . . . see pictured on the box.

When the blind lead the blind . . . get out of the way.

There is no fool like..... Aunt Edie.

Laugh and the whole world laughs with you. Cry and..... you have to blow your nose.

~Unknown~