Sunday July 26, 2009

Good Morning one and all,

Excellent light show in the wee hours this morning. (Saturday) I hope the storms didn't do any damage wherever you are, last week.

Another uneventful week here at "The 'Burg". Cookout day here yesterday (Friday). Forgot what a burger on a grill tasted like. The Burg rents a huge tent for everyone to sit under. There were a few party poopers, like me, who chose to eat indoors. Not sure why I don't want to get out. Maybe I'll give it a go this next Friday. Joe's family comes and sits outside each Friday afternoon. I'd like to meet them, as well as Oscar, the family canine. Staff here, some of them, dressed up in Western attire yesterday. Kinda neat to see them out of their daily rags. Molly is the winner, in my opinion. She came complete with a six-shooter on her hip. Really cute.

Time once again for the Reds update. Losers of their last 4 in a row, 5 if you count last nights loss to the hated Cubs. 2-8 in their last 10, a full 6.5 games behind league-leading St. Louis and 5.5 behind the sCrUBS. 2 games from being the bottom dwellers of the Division. Maybe next week. I need to use Molly's gun. :-(

That's it for this time, see ya next time but in the meantime have a great week!!!

-me

Sunday July 19, 2009

Good Morning

Another week has motored by. Is this Summer moving along rather quickly or what? Catching a break from the oppressive heat. It's a VERY mild 67 degrees, FIFTEEN degrees below normal. I hope this isn't a preview of things to come this Winter.

Well, I am concerned over this new Health Care reform being touted. They are talking MAJOR cuts in Medicare/Medicaid. If this comes to fruition, I am sunk. I'd be living in a dumpster for sure. I am seriously worried. Rightfully so?

One of my favorite Respiratory Terrorists retired suddenly this week. Her Mother fell and broke a hip so she had been away helping her. Found out today (Saturday) she retired. Shirley will definitely be missed. The turnover rate here is incredible, for lack of a better word. New faces almost weekly now. I try to learn every one's name but I can't keep up with everybody. I so dislike talking to someone and not know their name.

Best get this to press and I have addresses to edit. Hope you all have a great week and I'll talk to ya next Sunday. Oh, before I forget, Reds update and it's sad:

3-7 in their last 10, a full 5.5 games behind the league leading Cardinals; 2.5 behind both Houston and the dreaded Cubs. They're just 4 games from the bottom dwelling Pirates. Reds did win last night at home against Milwaukee. That will reflect in next week's issue.

-me

The Dog Day's of Summer

Good Morning,

Dark, dreary, and rainy here today. (Saturday) Just a blah day all around. Good weather to take a nap. Hrmmmmm

Apologies if you attempted, but not permitted to comment on the current week's blather. I'm not for certain exactly what the problem was but it is fixed so PLEASE feel free to post a comment. Come on, don't be shy.

Nothing out of the ordinary this week, other than Darlene driving 3 hours for a visit with groceries in tow. Will make good additions to the all ready yummy meals here at "The 'Burg".

Reds update: They are sinking. 4-6 in their last 10, five full games behind the League-leading Cardinals and .5 game behind the toilet bowl Cubs. No sass this week, Lee. They are sensitive souls. :-)

Have a new addiction. FARKLE. Dice game available through facebook. EXTREMELY addictive. As if my Backgammon addiction isn't enough, now this. Speaking of "this", time to go FARKLE. Take care everyone and I'll see ya next Sunday

-me

Happy Birthday America!!!

Good Morning,

It's that time again. Time to put thought in writing and describe what is going on here. Well, in a nutshell, nothing is going on here. So, going to be a dry week, except for the rain today. (Saturday)

I'm sure all of you are out enjoying fireworks, family, friends and good food, weather permitting. I'm envious.

We did lose one resident overnight. My next door neighbor, Marie. RIP Marie.

Time for the Reds update: Reds went 5-5 in their last 10 games, and are now 2 games behind both St. Louis and Milwaukee. .5 game ahead of the dasterly Cubs. GO REDS!!!

All for this week, have a great week and I'll see you all here next Sunday.

Stay safe,

-me

Clear up cloudy and rain a dry drizzle

Good morning,

Pretty neat light shows this week. That is what I could see of them. I do miss hearing a good thunderstorm. Now it's all visual. Kinda zaps (No pun intended) the fun out of it a bit.

The week has just flown by!! Mark another one off the calendar. Hope everybody had a good week and was able to keep on schedule.

Speaking of schedule, I've scheduled a Neurology appointment. Said appointment is slated for August 7th at 9:30 a.m. I would imagine this will be nothing more than a get acquainted appointment as I have not visited this particular Doctor previously. He's here in Crawfordsville to save a trip to Indy, but he'll probably refer me to Indy anyway. Oh he'll schedule me for an MRI and do a once-over examination, bilking my insurance. But, we'll see. I feel like the wicked witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz, to wit, "I'm melting! Melting!!" Have gone down hill quite a bit in the last 6 months or so. Balance is as worse as it's ever been I can barely get myself to the bathroom. Left hand/arm is beginning to shake involuntarily. Extremely uncoordinated with my left hand. No headaches, Thank God, but it's the only positive I can put forth. Also my left leg isn't cooperating as it should. That's it on the Medical front. Don't expect much else to be said about it. I'm just gonna wrap back up into my own little World.

I'm going to be testing a new program with this edition. I've found an application that allows a "limited" amount of e-mails to be scheduled for delivery. Key word is "limited". Like TEN. So, Ten of our present 49 subscribers will be receiving instant notification when The Sunday News hits the shelves. LetterMeLater.com is the URL of this site if anybody is interested. Many mail clients don't have this feature, as I'm sure you are aware. It was tough whittling it down to Ten. Not to worry though, everybody will still receive a friendly notification. I suppose I should combine my address books into one and have everybody loaded into my mail client but that would make waayyy too much sense, thus not part of my lifestyle. :-)

My woeful Cincinnati Reds went 4-6 the last ten games and are 4 full FOUR games behind the Cardinals and One behind the irritating Cubs of all teams. They (the Reds) best get it in gear and begin ascending the National League Central.

That's it for this week. I apologize for being so long-winded but I actually wanted to say something this time.

Oh, by the way, Ruby and I have mended fences. Well, sorta. I've just swallowed my pride and let her feel as if she "won." I've made my point, 'nuf said. See all of you next Sunday

-me

Happy Fathers Day!!!!!!

Eureka!!! Shazam!!! Mississippi!!! Bingo!!! Euchre!!!! Uno!!! Yahtzee!!! Or enter your preferred term of glee. I figured it out!!!! What is "it" you ask? "It" is figuring out the ability to SCHEDULE to post this very worthwhile News release at a designated time automatically, thus allowing me to continue to slumber. Now I realize most of you have this charming blog bookmarked and need not be notified as you have been trained to check in each Sunday automatically. Under the old format you had delivered each Sunday The Sunday News promptly at 4:00 a.m. like clock work. Here, until now, it has been whenever. But as you can undoubtedly see, this issue was posted at precisely 4:00 a.m. I KNEW there was a way to do just that as I kept seeing the word "scheduled". Took me awhile, but I got it.

Spent the afternoon at Bryan's dining on KFC. YUMMY!!!! Smarty britches had to inquire if I needed Catsup/ketchup. Ever who heard of putting catsup/ketchup on KFC???? Table mate
Mr. Brown perhaps. It was great to get away from this place for awhile. Thank you, Bryan!!! At least I know he reads this blather.

Nothing substantial to report this week from "The 'Burg". Unless you count the three residents who tried to escape. Tighter security than Alcatraz. No other mouse's sighted either.

Have a Happy Father's Day, a good week next week and I'll see ya all next Sunday.....same time, same channel.

-me

June 14, 2009 There's a Mouse in my house

Good Morning,

Pretty quiet week here at "The 'Burg" last week. THANK GOD!!! After the last two weeks, an uneventful one is kind of nice.

Thank you for the comments posted. Kinda makes this seem worth while. For those that haven't, we here at The Sunday News still Love ya, but we'd still like to hear from ya.

The reading binge continues. Began Novel #42 yesterday. I'm thinking I began this project a year ago, so 41 Novels read shows the kind of time I have on my hands. It's good to escape.

There is a mouse in my house. Saw one of the critters this past week coming out from the chest of drawers. I've named him Mortimer. Just the one sighting and the CNA's advise the place is crawling with them. YUCK!!!! Oh well, he caused me to throw out my remaining food stuffs. Crackers, Chips, etc etc etc.

Going to pack it in for this week. I hope everybody had a good week and managed to dodge the storms. Have a good week upcoming and I'll see you here next Sunday. By the way, Lee, if you missed my post, yes, I'm interested in the tracts you have available. Let me know if you need my snail mail addy.

God Bless,

-me