Saturday, July 19, 2008

  • Seriously

    I went.  I watched.  I'm mixed on a review of  The Dark Knight quite honestly.



    If you are considering taking a child under 13, don't. 

    Its dark.  Really dark.  (And slow, and long.)

    I loved the first Batman w/ Christian Bale and I was very excited to see him return in the role. 

    I really have enjoyed the Heath Ledger films I have seen in the past.  And sadly, we won't be able to see another.  I went to the movie w/ hopeful anticipation.  After watching it... and knowing what Heath's parents said regarding his sleeping problems and mental health after delving into this role - you can see why the man needed medications for sleep and rest.  Its all very, very sad, but understandable after seeing the movie.

    And w/ that I leave you a mixed review, just like I feel about the movie.  Good, yes and no.  For kids - no. 

    If you go and see it, tell me what you think.~G

     

Friday, July 18, 2008

  • Relax



    I still feel like I should be on vacation, truly.

    Maybe Monday will bring me back to reality.  Until then, I'm in a relaxed, vacation type of mind. ~G

Thursday, July 17, 2008

  • Little Things - Like Hygene

    As I was in Mexico, I realized how much I take for granted. 

    Things like hygene.

    Even at Walmart. 



    When you shop for bagels (which they had NONE of), cresents, or muffins (at WM in Cancun) you pick up your pizza type tray.  You grab some tongs (which everyone and their dog picks up and uses after each other) and you...


     
    Head for the shelves.  The open to the world and all their fingers, their kids' fingers, their sneezes... whatever, you name it... and you put your goods on your tray.  You then take it to the counter, where the lady puts them in a brown bag and labels them w/ the price to take up to the main register.

    Makes me very appreciative of the acryllic bins where my bagels reside.~G

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Monday, July 07, 2008

  • All Day To Do It In



    "A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in."
                        ~Robert Orben (US magician and comedy writer)

    Yes, dear friends, that is what is happening for me - a vacation.  For the next 7 days.  I will return home Tuesday evening, the 15th.  (And yes, that is where I will be staying.)

    Til then.~G

Saturday, July 05, 2008

  • Splendid Display

    Last night was fantastic and we didn't even consider going to the 'big' fireworks display.  One of my friend's BIL's (there are 6 brothers total) bought $600 worth of wholesale fireworks ($3000 retail) for his nieces and nephews (he's single and has dirt cheap rent) and we went over to enjoy the display too. 

    All I can say is WOW!  Its amazing what 3k of retail can buy.  LOL!









    Today I am off.  I'm going to yard sales and enjoying the day w/ one of my very best friends. 

    More later!~G



Friday, July 04, 2008

  • Have a wonderful Fourth of July!

    My country, 'tis of thee,
    Sweet land of liberty,
    Of thee I sing;
    Land where my fathers died,
    Land of the pilgrims' pride,
    From every mountainside
    Let freedom ring!
    My native country, thee,
    Land of the noble free,
    Thy name I love;
    I love thy rocks and rills,
    Thy woods and templed hills;
    My heart with rapture thrills,
    Like that above.
    Let music swell the breeze,
    And ring from all the trees
    Sweet freedom's song;
    Let mortal tongues awake;
    Let all that breathe partake;
    Let rocks their silence break,
    The sound prolong.

    Our father's God to Thee,
    Author of liberty,
    To Thee we sing.
    Long may our land be bright,
    With freedom's holy light,
    Protect us by Thy might,
    Great God our King.
    Our joyful hearts today,

    Their grateful tribute pay,
    Happy and free,
    After our toils and fears,
    After our blood and tears,
    Strong with our hundred years,
    O God, to Thee.

    We love thine inland seas,
    Thy groves and giant trees,
    Thy rolling plains;
    Thy rivers' mighty sweep,
    Thy mystic canyons deep,
    Thy mountains wild and steep,
    All thy domains.

    Thy silver Eastern strands,
    Thy Golden Gate that stands
    Fronting the West;
    Thy flowery Southland fair,
    Thy North's sweet, crystal air:
    O Land beyond compare,
    We love thee best!

Thursday, July 03, 2008

  • Insights from the Septic Tank

    Good morning, I've got 7 hours of sleep in me today.  It feels like I could still sleep a full day away and be the better for it, but its a far better feeling than the 2 hours the night before.  Coffee in hand (yeah, I'm on a coffee cycle for a few weeks) I've been pondering the poo.  What can I take from this experience and be the better for it?  I have been pondering that since MrsABoyer posed the question two days ago.

    We have lived in this house (the first home purchase) for 11 years on August 15th.  And we haven't ever had the septic pumped.  Ever.  Its never been an issue, that we could see.  That is saying a lot for a family of 6, w/ laundry galore, dishes, a disposal (yes, a disposal... I won't argue the use/don't use debate - I just won't be w/o one), and of course the poo. 

    The pumper guy came out to do the job.  Said it would take 20-30 minutes.  1 hour and 45 minutes later pumper guy hands me the cell phone to talk to his boss (pumper guy is from Bosnia and just couldn't adequately get across the information to me).  Boss man tells me of the situation, the time it should have taken, and what his plan of attack is.  He is going to have pumper guy work another 20 min and call it good.  Ok by me, what was I going to say, no?  What do I know of pumping this stuff?

    Pumper guy stays another 30 - 40 min and says if he had a pressure washer, although it would be a greater cost (because fees go by the gallon) he could possibly get it out, but as it sets there is 100-200 gallons of hard pressed sediment that just won't budge.  Mind you, this house was built in 1945 and I have no clue when or how many times its been pumped, if ever.  (Everything we have had to do to this house leans towards the 'if ever' category.)

    Yes, dear reader... I have to say this septic situation can speak to the spiritual side of life - you have sin, or complacency or apathy in your life and it weighs you down, that even when you get 'worked on' some things might be sit there, a leftover mess.  Hard, weighty, not moving.

    I know I have felt this way w/ the grief process.  I have left the Lord a lot of the time by the side lines and wandered around.  Not in a way that took me away.  Not in a way that changed the way I believe.  But I've wandered still and the same.  Muttering, pondering, grieving.  Weighed down.  Maybe its 'normal', maybe its grief (and having never gone through something this monumental before I have no way of knowing), but my insides tell me its more. 

    Its the anger.  Which I left to sit and harden,  turned to sin and now I have to deal with it, confess it... get it out,  move on in this year of healing.

    If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
    1 John 1:9 (NAS)

    Amazingly, a septic tank has spoken to me and 'insight from the septic tank'.  Til tomorrow.~G

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

  • Caffeination Is In Order

    Last night I was a bad night sleep... if I can call it a night's sleep.  Got to bed at 1:20.  Someone was up at 3:48.  I finally gave up trying and got up for good at 4:38.  The math is not in my favor today. 

    Caffeination is in order.

    This is what 5:33 am clouds look like. 

    That was my public service announcement for those who do things - like sleep.

    More later... after exhaustion has taken over or caffeine has kicked in.~G

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

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