Happy 4th of July

It's firecracker day! The day for backyard cookouts, homemade icecream and swim parties. My daughter is hosting this year and they are all there swimming. I'm not going over until later as I do not plan to swim. The chlorine kills my eyes now that I have chronic dry eyes. I just can't take it and I'm not one to just float and bake. I like to swim too much to do that. So I'm going over in time for the cookout......

I hope everyone has a great 4th and enjoy the fireworks~!

What do you all think about this mad frenzy over Michael Jackson? Wasn't it just recently that the world had decided he had slid off his cracker? I have always believed he was a gifted artist but as many gifted people he had his share of difficulties. His childhood was non-existent and he certainly came from a wild and crazy family. But I don't get all this idol worship now. They will pick over his poor bones for months, try to cash in financially, and I just feel bad for those 3 children. Who knows what will happen to them. I'd rather see them go to Debbie Rowe. At least she hasn't already screwed up kids like the Jackson's have. Don't give them 3 more to ruin.

Well, I'm sitting here waiting on the plumber! All the sinks, toilets, and bathtub decided to back up this morning. Always something! I'm hoping I don't have to replace the sewer line. It has been a possibility for the past couple of years. Just trying to make it last as long as possible. They are supposed to be here this morning but as usual you just have to sit and wait.... no telling when they will actually get here.

Well, $145.00 later and the sink is draining. Even though the pay is good I still wouldn't want to be a plumber. I do wish I had one in the family though.........

Here we are at the end of another month. I can't believe tomorrow is July 1st. In exactly 28 days I will be 60 years old. There is something about this birthday that has me a bit unsettled. I don't mind the idea of being 60 per say but I'm not thrilled about the fact that my new roof has a life expectancy of 30 years but I don't! I expect that from now on every time I have to purchase a major appliance I'll be wondering whether it will out live me. My high school class of 1967 is having a birthday bash in August for all of us alumni that are turning 60 this year. I haven't decided whether I want to attend as I don't know if I'm in the mood for celebrating or not. I guess I have 28 more days to get used to the idea and realize that having another birthday still beats the alternative.

Today is the retirement party for one of my co-workers. He is about 53 years old and already retiring. I an envious in some ways but also know that I'm not quite ready to retire myself. My plan is to work another 6 years but I realize that plans can change. Right now I can't imagine not working but there are times when I wish I could travel while I'm still physically able to go and enjoy myself. Of course traveling is more fun when you have someone to go with and since I'm on my own I don't know if I'd enjoy going anywhere alone. But then I've never tried so I guess I shouldn't rule it out either. I do have a list of places I'd like to visit. There is Astoria Oregon, the Grand Canyon, Canada, an Alaskan cruise and maybe Hawaii. Maybe I'd better go ahead and retire and purchase some luggage.

From the cat's perspective

E.T. Phone Home!


You lied!


N000000000000000000000000


You call this water warm?

Father of the Year

A man boarded a plane with 6 kids.
After they got settled in their seats a woman sitting across the aisle from him leaned over to him and asked, "Are all of those kids yours?"
He replied, "No. I work for a condom company. These are customer complaints."

Wish I could think so quickly

And the Heat Goes On......and the Heat Goes On..... Another day of brain boiling heat ahead. I'm going to my daughter's this afternoon to swim. Hopefully the water won't be so hot we get boiled to death.

I just finished cleaning out the inside of my car. It seems it rained just enough last night to get the humidity up and get my car seat wet. Obviously I wasn't expected rain. I had left the window down a little just to keep the inside of the car from getting so hot. I forgot about it last night.

I need to go take a shower, Jamie is coming by and we are going out to lunch. I have a few things to get done before I go back to work tomorrow.