Musings

R.I.P Andy Hallett

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:19:47 GMT

R.I.P Andy Hallett. *sniff*

Canine Goodness

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:10:21 GMT

Here's my boys! Luckily nobody else wants to sit on the couch.

Ebay Sales

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:01:53 GMT

I got a good sale today! Two Ator decks and custom bags to go with them. These are my favorites –and I’m always excited to see what cards people choose for the bags. Cards were the 10 of Cups, and The Hermit... both firsts for me!

I’m just glad that I’ve got everything together again after moving and my dad’s death. The one negative on my eBay feedback really horrifies me, but there’s nothing that can be done about it now that the time is up to take care of it. Thank goodness my dry spell is over, and I hope I start selling regularly again.

Go Merle!

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:58:58 GMT

Country music legend Merle Haggard is recovering this morning after having a malignant tumor removed from his lung.
(He's a local celebrity for us.)

I Adore Steve Stevens

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:15:27 GMT

It's not often that a guitarist can hold his own sans singer OR band. I'm behind the curve, but am downloading http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=273463643&s=143441 Steve Stevens' Memory Crash. WOO!

Through with eBay!

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:52:45 GMT

Basically, my store was shut down because I got 1 negative although I've got over 260 positives. I guess that since I hadn't sold as much in the past month, the negative I got was a huge percentage of my sales.

I could probably bitch and get reinstated, because it's obviously ridiculous (if a live human being actually looks at it), but I'd have to re-list all of my store items and I'm just not going to do it.

So... I get to sit here for days listing everything handmade on Etsy!

http://urbanfool.etsy.com

It's kind of a bummer that some of my better selling stuff like tarot decks and stuff can't be listed on Etsy, but hopefully it will pay off in the long run!

The Life of a Witch

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:15:45 GMT

I have to watch this every once in a while, it's just so awesome...

Ladybugs

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:58:33 GMT

So how cool are these? We had an outbreak of warm (71*) after several days of fairly cool temps, and then we got these. They're flying around in swarms and would actually be scary if they weren't labeled a beneficial insect.

What Tarot Card are You?

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:13:33 GMT

You are The Hermit

Prudence, Caution, Deliberation.

The Hermit points to all things hidden, such as knowledge and inspiration,hidden enemies. The illumination is from within, and retirement from participation in current events.

The Hermit is a card of introspection, analysis and, well, virginity. You do not desire to socialize; the card indicates, instead, a desire for peace and solitude. You prefer to take the time to think, organize, ruminate, take stock. There may be feelings of frustration and discontent but these feelings eventually lead to enlightenment, illumination, clarity.

The Hermit represents a wise, inspirational person, friend, teacher, therapist. This a person who can shine a light on things that were previously mysterious and confusing.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

Shit Man.

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:39:52 GMT

My cat died.
Blackberry was nearly 30 years old, but that still doesn't make it feel any better when they go. He had a good long life --as spoiled as possible.

Who is your real friend?

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:59:12 GMT

Try this experiment.

Put your dog and your spouse in the trunk of the car for an hour.
When you open the trunk, who is really happy to see you??

At Your Own Risk...

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:34:41 GMT

This is one of those fabulous sites where you can get lost for hours at a time. Click at your own risk! http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=389

Shasta Lake

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:56:18 GMT

Our lake is incredibly low right now. Since I went through the trouble to spruce these up and upload them, I may as well post them while I'm at it. I think Shasta is possibly one of the ugliest lakes ever. It's never full, and this iron-rich clay surrounds the entire thing --making it impossible to be nicely comfortable on the shore.

It's also a nightmare for canoeing, because everyone is trying to out-blast each other on their ski boats that have speakers the size of small import cars. Renting a houseboat is the best way to enjoy Shasta Lake.

Added a New Avatar

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:00:47 GMT

HAHAHAHA!

Meet Gus :-)

Dog Treats

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:29:30 GMT

We now have a dog who is on medication indefinitely for incontinence (at only 2 years old.)

Unfortunately, you give one dog their medication and every other dog has to have a "treat" as well.

So not only are we paying the monthly bill for Ty's pills, we have to buy treats so nobody feels left out --and those are considerably more than Ty's pills.

Evacuations

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:14:23 GMT

Well, it's 1:30pm, and we've had Sierra Pacific come out (the guardians of the forest), and we've had the Sheriff come out. We even got a reverse 911 call this morning warning us to be prepared to evacuate. It is disconcerting to not see or smell the fire but know that one is very close.

The Secret

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:34:25 GMT

I don't know if this'll work, but I've heard so much about "The Secret" that I finally watched it and hopefully it'll properly embed here:

The Secret

Puppers

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:19:38 GMT

Larry had the foresight of NOT including me in these pics. We have a king-sized bed, and the pups were on HIS side. I was on MY side. This is Bear (top) Jack and Gordie.

My Dad Died

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:46:10 GMT

I’m grateful that we didn’t fight during our last conversation which was Wednesday (something that happens in 99% of our conversations), but I don’t know how to feel. Rather than grief, I’m left with an overwhelming feeling of needing to do something to help, but I don’t know what to do.

My brother’s in prison, so I volunteered to tell him, and I guess that was good because I got the 3rd degree and he should be calling back within this next half hour. I don’t think my mom could’ve handled that. My stepmom definitely couldn’t have handled that.

WOOHOO!!

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:54:53 GMT

I've never done this before and will never do it again, but WOOHOO!! For McCain's running-mate. I don't think they could've picked someone better. Obama just gives me the willies (and not in a good way.)

What the Dogs Dragged Home

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:51:27 GMT

I'm sure there are more interesting things dragged home, but this one poses a dilemma. Does the wife get the horn to represent the horned god on her altar, or does the husband get the horn to stick in his lathe and make stuff out of?

4 More Years?

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:27:30 GMT

This is sure to piss some people off, but a reputable medical magazine published:

"People diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease live almost four years longer, on average, if they closely follow the Mediterranean way of eating than if they don’t, according to research from Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. The traditional Mediterranean diet pattern includes mostly vegetables, legumes, fruits, cereal, olive oil, fish, dairy and moderate daily intake of alcohol—typically wine."

HELLO!?

Is that four QUALITY years, or just four years?

If you're caring for a parent or other loved-one with Alzheimer’s, the last thing you want is for them to live four years longer. No, you don't want to kill them off, but why extend the amount of time you spend turning off the stove, checking to make sure all the doors are locked, hunting them down when they DO escape, and then eventually need their diapers changed and basically are a complete stranger to their caregiver? I would not trade the last years with my grandmother for anything, but with four more years, she would have died absolutely penniless after racking up tens of thousands of dollars in medical bills, and it would have been impossible to pay for care when it was needed (My mom & I did most of it, but there were times we needed help.) She was bedridden for nearly a month before she died. Where exactly would those four years fit?

Freakin' Me Out!

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:39:15 GMT

I can't believe I did this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bMQuHzHngU
My first YouTube video.

Random Entertainment
Color test:
http://www.humorsphere.com/fun/8787/colortest.swf

Heat Wave

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:16:54 GMT

Heat wave? I hate it that our news teams have not lived in Redding for very long. They should be at least 40 years old, and have lived here since they were at least 5. Then we can get decent weather observations.

I was born here and spent every summer here. I moved back up here about ten years ago, and that would pretty much be a newbie if not for my past.

So we get these “Heat Wave Hits North State” warnings, and they say “it’s going to be about 105F (40.5C) all week and maybe will hit 110F (43C) on Friday”.

Folks, this is NOT a heat wave. A heat wave is when it’s 119F (48C) for ten days in a row. And we watch the weather only to see if we were the hottest place in the world that day (which we’ve been more than once.)

We are missing two dogs. I hope that they tuckered themselves out and are taking a nap somewhere —and aren’t lost. Because we’re on 44 acres that runs into everyone else’s 40 acres and then there’s the Shasta/Trinity National Forest. They won’t want to go near strange people, and I’m really started to be worried. It’s been many hours, and this is the first time they’ve ever been gone like this. At first, all three were gone, but the smart one came back a couple hours later.

I get news alerts from our local substandard paper. Can someone call the grammar police? “SEIAD VALLEY – A new lightning-sparked fire has scorched about 150 acres about four miles southeast of here in northern Siskiyou County.”

Forensic Archeology

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:18:05 GMT

Yesterday the husband brings home Season 1 of “Bones”. I haven’t seen this show before, but wish I had. I’ve had an interest in Forensic Archeology for quite some time, but not because of the current worldwide CSI craze that’s going on. It’s the masses of bodies embedded in peat bogs for hundreds if not thousands of years that have been preserved in near-perfect condition. Finally, we have the technology to discover far more information than we’ve ever had before.

“...in 1984, at Lindow Moss near Manchester, peat workers happened to spot a human foot on their machine's conveyer belt. Researchers eventually found the rest of the body, still encased in uncut peat. Fifty specialists were called in to examine Lindow Man. They dated him, X-rayed him, probed his guts, found his blood type, checked his teeth, and reconstructed his face. Lindow Man, they discovered, was in his twenties when he died about 2,000 years ago. He suffered from mild arthritis in his lower back, had excellent teeth, and had type O blood, like most of the modern English population. His intestines were riddled with the eggs of parasitic worms, and his last meal was unleavened bread. He was strangled with a cord of sinew, which left clear marks around his neck. He had also been struck several times over the head, and one of his ribs had been cracked by a blow from behind.”

Fascinating, yes? High school history was never so intriguing.