September 10, 2007

It Sucks When It's Someone You Know – Seven U.S. troops killed in Iraq

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One of the teachers that my wife works with found out that her son was killed last night in Iraq. Our thoughts go out to her and her family. With my son graduating from Parris Island at the end of the week I can only imagine the horrible feeling she must have right now. The wife and I haven’t really discussed it but she was pretty distraught over the whole thing.

Our brave children are doing something that they believe in and deserve all of our support as do the families of those slain and those who are currently on active duty.

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This is also going to be posted on all of my sites this evening.

Raising Hell Helen

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I am so going to hell for this but at least I will have company. I’ve got my gear for Helen, have you got yours?

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Having spent the last two decades in management I have become quite adept at shifting blame, so you can blame this one on the jews. They make more sense than the rest anyway.

When my church loving nine-year-old (we let them make their own choices, I just won’t take them) saw the shirt and realized that we were taking a picture she says “I want to be Mary!”

Bwahaha…

Jeebus Rules Man!

Christmas Lights and LED String Lighting

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It’s a bit early for me to be thinking about Christmas being as how it’s not even Halloween yet but I have been thinking about them the last few days because some of the stores are starting to put decorations out. I went in to the Home Depot the other day to get some of the clear rope light. I needed a couple of strands to go around the new pond and garden and I was thinking about getting it for my daughter’s room as well. Since the boy shipped off to boot camp the girls now have their own rooms. We moved one of the beds out from under the bunk and now the youngest girl has a sitting and reading area underneath and we wanted lights for it. I was kind of worried about putting a light within her reach since she’s just four but now you can get the LED version. It’s a little more expensive but they last much much longer, are cool to the touch and use less energy which means that in the long run I will save more money than I would have otherwise. I went ahead and got the LEDs for the pond area too.

That’s what got me to thinking about Christmas lighting. If I can afford it this year I want to spend a little extra and get LED Christmas tree lights rather than the same old ones I have been using for the last 20 years. Aside from the same benefits I would get from the LED string lighting they are also much clearer and brighter. I love Christmas decorations and never really thought that there would be much difference until I actually some some of the outdoor LED christmas lights in action. They have a bunch of them at the local Wal-mart already and they are pretty sharp.

Still Dragging…

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I don’t know if I am still suffering the effects of the two benadryl I took last night or if it’s just sleep deprivation but I am beat. I have been sitting here trying to type and am nodding off. Just made a fresh pot of coffee so perhaps that will take the edge off. Let’s hope so otherwise I might start drooling into the keyboard and electrocute myself. That would not be a pretty site…

I managed to get out of work early enough to get home before anyone else today, thus having a few minutes to write. I did start a load of laundry and as I said before, a pot of coffee. We really need to have all of the laundry done tonight to make it easier to pack tomorrow. I have a ton of stuff to do and now I get to spend most of tomorrow afternoon and evening at a freaking town hall meeting at the Georgia International Meeting Center somewhere near the airport. Damn.

My boss was under the assumption that I was going to start my vacation on Wednesday rather than Thursday and I am really considering going ahead and doing just that. It would certainly make life easier here because the girls could ride the school bus home Wednesday afternoon and we could leave as soon as the wife got home rather than trying to shuffle everyone around and hoping I am staffed at the store I am running Wednesday.

Outdoor Home Decorations

rmiles7721September 10, 2007Home & Garden

If you’ve had the chance to come to the house you know that I am somewhat concerned about the way the yard looks. I don’t want just a nicely mowed lawn. I love gardens and knickknacks around the yard as well. I have Elephant Ears and Lillies, flowering vines and other neat stuff including two goldfish ponds. That’s one of the reasons I have been so concerned about the dry spell we are in. All of my plants are suffering and since my county is under a complete watering ban there isn’t much I can do. When it rains I open several coolers that I have on the back deck and let them collect the water for later, but that is usually only enough for one watering.

In addition to the plants that I have growing I like flags and plaques and whirlygigs as well. Anything to brighten the yard. If I had them I would probably have pink flamingos and garden gnomes out there as well just to add color. I really want to stick this sundial out there from MailBox And Beyond…

sundail.jpgIt’s a little over $60 which isn’t bad at all. It also comes in weathered bronze and moss green but I like the verdigris that is shown in the picture. This thing would look great above my upper pond. I really need to do something with the area anyway, at least mulch around it. Unfortunately there isn’t any grass in that area and everytime it rains anything loose gets washed down.

Mailbox And Beyond mainly sells residential mailboxes but they also have quite a bit of stuff like the sundial as well. There are a couple of really nice mailboxes over there as well, but I will have to wait on any of those for a while.

Gabrielle Makes Landfall…

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Just after noon yesterday Tropical Storm Gabrielle hit North Carolina but it darn sure wasn’t enough to chase anyone off.

Groggy…

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I’ve had such a problem sleeping the last few nights that I took a couple of Benadryl last night around eight. It was still after ten when I finally went to sleep and boy do I feel groggy this morning. That is about the strongest medicine I will take and it shows in the way that it effects me. Man I don’t want to wake up this morning.

I found out last night that I have a meeting in Atlanta on Tuesday afternoon so I am going to have to try and reschedule the time I am picking up that darned rental car. It was supposed to be at three tomorrow afternoon but I have to be in Atlanta by three. Hopefully they will let me pick this thing up by noon tomorrow.

The wife took both girls clothes shopping and then grocery shopping over the weekend. We all have to make sure and wear blue at graduation because blue is the color for Lima company. They picked up a pair of ‘sparkly’ shoes for the four year old and my wife said that my older girl just stood there with mouth agape staring at the jewelry. That’s too darn funny. I guess she is at that age where it is starting to look good to her.

I am so hoping that today will not be a terribly long day. I have several things that I really need to get done this afternoon both online and off and I need to go ahead and finish the laundry and start packing since obviously I won’t have a lot of time tomorrow and non at all on Wednesday before I leave.