Monthly Archives: January 2008

Nothing much …….NewsFlash

Posted on Thursday January 10th, 2008 by | 2 comments

I thought that I just did a blog post 2 days ago and it has actually been since Sunday.  Time kind of flew…..wacky.

I’m trying to remember what I did Monday and I’m totally blank………

Tuesday was an attempt to get some house work done and with my online work……..didn’t work as well.  But I made some progress.

Tuesday night was a horrible night for sleep for both Harold and myself.  We don’t know what happened but when we went to bed we were wide awake. Laid in bed for hours and looked at each other at 2 am and found that we were in the same boat.  It was horrible…….

So Wednesday, we didn’t try to do too much, way too out of it.  Harold caught up on some sleep, I did somewhat, but not as much as I would have liked.  Didn’t help that Reggie decided to put his nose in my face at 1am and meow at me purring.  I go to pet him and he decides he wants to bite my finger……he seems to like playing my nails.  Strange cat……..lol……but a cutie.

I use quickbooks for my accounting of receipts but there is a lot of it that I don’t use.  I discovered the reconcile part of it so I’ve been going over bank statements for this past years (because the bank always seems to be off from me) and trying to work it.  I actually got a few months done, but my brain fried on July with the $90 difference……

I have a few other things I need to catch up before I really divide back into it.

Tomorrow I’ve got to get my nails done, a week late.  Then I need to some more work done.

Richardson Ends Campaign Bid

**I’ve always liked him and his experience.  But he just doesn’t seem to have the presence for a national campaign, sadly.  I just hope that who ever gets in office (Dem, of course) that they utilize his know how.

Tiger OK with ‘lynch’ remark, but Sharpton ready for battle

**Why is when Sharpton gets involved in something I totally turn out and become a skeptic?  He becomes such a drama queen that I can’t take him serious.  Even when it is a serious issue……..which is sad….  He has marched with Martin Luther King, Jr but he doesn’t bring people together with actually dialogs like King did.  I think that is why I don’t care for him, how can this country have serious conversations and work to improving racial relations when all you do is divide people?

Caretaker Caught On Video Repeatedly Hitting Disabled Man

**How screw are people that you have to hit a helpless person?  That woman needs to been slapped & hit just like she did to them…..g.gggrrrrr

Goofy Harold

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Political Thoughts

Posted on Sunday January 6th, 2008 by | Comments Off on Political Thoughts

I didn’t do too much this weekend.  I did get some book keeping done and the normal house work.

We made sure to catch the debates Saturday.  It was interesting.  Unfortunately Oregon is closed primary state and we really don’t like to register with anyone party, I’m down as unaffiliated.    So I’m trying to decide (if it isn’t too late) if I want to change my registration to be able to vote in the primary.

I never had to register with a party, Indiana is an open primary.  You could be a registered Dem and ask for the Rep ticket to vote…….and considering that Indiana is mostly a red state with very few Dem running, we’ve done that a few times just to vote against some really horrible people.

I did come across that they are putting the option of an open primary on November’s ballot, so that is cool.  I just hope that it succeeds.  I hate having to be pegged, I prefer to vote for the person not the party……..even though in this climate I’m very anti-GOP with this administration.

Here was an interesting article that I found about trying to run a campaign totally different from the past :  Inside Obama’s Dream Machine

I would love to see McCain win over the other GOP candidates.   There is a lot of issues that I don’t agree with on him……..prochoice being the main one, but I love that he is not the rest of the GOPers even though he tried.  In some ways reminds me of Bob Dole years ago.  He is more of true Republican then the rest are and if the Dems blew it, I don’t think I would feel so defeated or screwed like I did when Bush the moron got reelected.

When it comes to the Dems……I’m not sure who I want, right now I guess the one that beats the GOP……..Harold and I have discussed that an Obama/Edwards ticket would be great.

We just watched a show on Oregon’s PBS on Andrew Jackson……..that was a complicated man. Did some good…..helped to change the system where the everyday man had more of say in the election, but did so much damage at the same time…….Trail of Tears…..

Boats

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Just Working

Posted on Thursday January 3rd, 2008 by | Comments Off on Just Working

My brain is mush. I’ve been working with accounting all day……so I’m a little out of it.

I had done quite a bit on the 1st and the 2nd, but still was able to take timeout to do some reading, today there was no way.

I have some big projects for the next few weeks to handle. Trying to get my mind around it.

Well, today did not start out very good. The heat has gone out in our truck and with spending the last few years in Florida, never had to use it to actually test it when the our mechanic stated that we may have an issue. So I took it in yesterday to have it looked at and found that we needed a new heater core. So they ordered, I made an appointment for next Monday and they reversed the hoses to give us temp heat. Harold drove it in to Portland yesterday and was half way there today when it started to over heat. Obviously he turned back, I called the mechanic and he took it in. Found out that the hose rotted out, at about 100k miles on it, we aren’t surprise. So we left the truck there so they can do the heater core tomorrow instead of Monday. I can’t wait until it is done, it would be one less worry for awhile.

Once we got that all settled, Harold went on into the city and I went to work.

Spent the day jumping on and off of the elliciple (sp) machine, when I felt that I was sitting too long. Felt good, even though I couldn’t handle staying long. I don’t understand how I can walk around a hilly neighborhood at a nice pace for 45-60min and 5-10min on the machine feels worst when it comes to breath. I’m total wacked……..very sad. I’m going to try (please keep your fingers crossed for me) to a constant time in the morning and then jump on and off all day. I really need it.

Here are some stories that caught my eye:

Texas Man Freed After 26 Years in Prison

**I’m a firm believer in making rapists pay for their crimes, I have no sympathy for them……it is a woman’s nightmare. But if we are going to put someone in jail for that horrible crime, make sure that it was the right guy! It is horrible that an innocent man paid for something that he did not do and lost a huge portion of his life. I just hope that he is able to get part of his life back.

Evolution: “Overwhelming and Compelling”

**I love this. I can’t understand the people that seem to think that dinosaurs existed only 5000 years ago! And that humans lived with them…….then they wonder why other countries are beating us in the areas of science.

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Happy New Years!!!

Posted on Tuesday January 1st, 2008 by | Comments Off on Happy New Years!!!

I hope everyone had a good and safe New Years.

We spent is watching football and chilling out. Watched the replay from the ABC’s Dick Clark’s in NY.

I got quite a bit of things caught up by Saturday. So on Sunday & Monday I read 1776 by David McCullough finally between football games. I’ve had that book for a couple of years, just never got around to reading it. I just started America’s Women : 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines by Gail Collins………kind of scary when it gets into woman’s health, trying to get the stomach to go through it….But there is nothing like reading up on my history. I really need to figure out which book to get on Thomas Jefferson.

Today was my intense work day. I got everything done that I can without the banks being open. Even had time to work on some of our personal/other business stuff in my new quickbooks set up. I just hope I can make it work like I want it to.

I have to take the truck in tomorrow to get the heater checked out. I’m really hoping that it isn’t something big, because I really don’t want to be there all day.

We were surfing and came across this scene from Boston Legal :

Boy does he summed it up it well.I’ve always wanted to watch this show, but never remember when it is on. It may be something that I need to get on DVD. I love the actors/actresses in it, so I know I would really enjoy it. I don’t like having my time being controlled by programs, except by football.

Champs Bowl '06

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