We have had the wettest October since they began keeping records over 100 years ago. There are flood warnings out now. The ground is so saturated there’s no place for the rain to go but into the rivers.
Last night a friend and I went to a program on Thai Classical Music and Dance at Jefferson College in [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Waterlogged Mini Vacation
Posted in travel, weather on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What’s Up with Typepad?
Posted in Uncategorized on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Like most people in blogland, I read a number of blogs each day. They are hosted on a variety of sites.
Several weeks ago there was a flap on the blogs hosted by Typepad. It had something to do with how comments are/were handled. I didn’t understand what the problem was and since it didn’t directly [...]
To-Do List Tryanny
Posted in Uncategorized on October 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I like To Do lists. I find they help keep me focused on things which I should/need to get accomplished. But sometimes I think there’s a bit of tyranny in them.
Take yesterday for example. I had quite a long list of items on my list. I accomplished all but three of them. While I had [...]
Digital Magazines
Posted in Uncategorized on October 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
What do you think about digital magazines? I receive digital newsletters from several publications. One, in particular, I subscribe to in its paper format.
The magazines have gone to a digital format as well as the paper one. Each newsletter encourages subscribers to switch to the digital format. I haven’t done that because I don’t think [...]
Disturbing News If True
Posted in Uncategorized on October 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As I mentioned in a previous post, I read a copy of the student newspaper while waiting for a concert to start. One of the articles in there was disturbing to me.
According to the writer, all the countries involved in the United Nations will be forced to take part in universal food and supplement standards [...]
Faded Fall Colors
Posted in Uncategorized on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been feeling the need for another mini-vacation. In lieu of one, I wanted to do something fun this past weekend but wasn’t sure what.
I saw a sign on the highway that the Wild Bird Sanctuary was having an open house over the weekend and decided that might work. I’ve never been to it although [...]
Cell Phone Antics
Posted in Uncategorized on October 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As I mentioned the other day, I never (or only rarely) use my cell phone. However, this week I was more or less forced to attempt to use it since my landline phone was not working.
One day I had a long list of errands and was going from one to the next, feeling proud of [...]
Frugalness
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged money on October 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Earlier this week I read on an Internet website some tips on how to be frugal. The one that resonated with me was to buy a fresh pumpkin and process it rather than buying canned pumpkin.
I’m sorry but I don’t think this is a particularly frugal thing to do. My local store was selling canned [...]
Frustrating Start to Week
Posted in Knitting, Uncategorized on October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This week got off to a frustrating start yesterday. To begin with, my landline phone in the kitchen is on the fritz again. It has no dial tone. So how do I report this to the phone company? Get out the cell phone. It needs charging. Get that done and then have all kinds of [...]
Trivia Night
Posted in Uncategorized on October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A popular event in this area is a trivia night. Frequently they are fund-raising events. Last night I attended my first one.
This was not a fund-raiser but a customer appreciation event by a company I do business with. Having never been to one, I wasn’t sure what to expect. The friend [...]
