So I laid on the grass out in back of the Cumberland County Historical Society. Just relaxing in the sun for a bit over 15 minutes. It was HOT. (but delicious)
Bright young things (ebook), by Anna Godbersen. I stopped about half way through. Was not pleasing me. Young girlfriends get separated while questing for fame in the 1920's. One has just been tricked into singing for a bunch of surly men and the other has just caused her newly found father to be shot by her pretend (?) boyfriend. Nobody really likeable in this book that I got probably for free off of Barnes and Noble.
Enjoy wasting my time filling out surveys and entering contests which I will most likely NEVER win. Monopoly at Acme is getting boring. Guess I just like mindless activities!
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Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
The satisfaction of sorting STUFF
Buckled down this morning and went through a box of stuff my sisters gave me shortly after my father passed away. OK, he passed away in 2002. I knew there was some cash in there, but found $900, $200 more than I expected. Also some sweaters, shirts and many wet ones, kleenexes and travel and purse items. Oh, and OOODLES of socks, which I plan to wear. Never enough socks! Next, I will have to get the BOX out of the house, probably containing some things to give away.
Paris from $95 a day, by Haas Mroue. Borrowed through the Overdrive system at the library and read on my Nook. It doesn't matter that I am not planning to go to Paris. I did make a few notes but much will be outdated by the time I ever get back to Paris. It is a good idea to maintain a list of things to do, in any case.
Went to McDonald's today to organize my Monopoly pieces and enjoy at two-for-one Egg McMuffin. Guy at register somewhat baffled by my coupon. Perhaps I am the only one filling out the surveys online? I am gonna get SOMETHING out of this...either a job or a free something. A guy left his car running while he went in. I thought of confronting him about the damage to the environment but not sure how to do that nicely. I was dismayed to see a new sign: NO LOITERING PLEASE - TIME LIMIT - 30 MINUTES WHILE CONSUMING FOOD. Oh dear, there goes my two hour computer session! I was the only white person hanging around in there.
Paris from $95 a day, by Haas Mroue. Borrowed through the Overdrive system at the library and read on my Nook. It doesn't matter that I am not planning to go to Paris. I did make a few notes but much will be outdated by the time I ever get back to Paris. It is a good idea to maintain a list of things to do, in any case.
Went to McDonald's today to organize my Monopoly pieces and enjoy at two-for-one Egg McMuffin. Guy at register somewhat baffled by my coupon. Perhaps I am the only one filling out the surveys online? I am gonna get SOMETHING out of this...either a job or a free something. A guy left his car running while he went in. I thought of confronting him about the damage to the environment but not sure how to do that nicely. I was dismayed to see a new sign: NO LOITERING PLEASE - TIME LIMIT - 30 MINUTES WHILE CONSUMING FOOD. Oh dear, there goes my two hour computer session! I was the only white person hanging around in there.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Too many computer questions
Am in a library with a lot of complaining and trying to figure things out. Must remember not to use #8 again as headphone jack does not work and keyboard is very worn down. I needed my headphones to block out the annoying OTHERS.
Will have to return The goldfinch. Book is too thick and I have had it already for a month (?) Am really enjoying it as well as The book thief. How fun it is to read books that are pleasing me. Spent one hour reading today. That was a treat. Was home in the sunshine and the neighborhood was nice and quiet. Too damn cold, however. Didn't really want to go outside but I came out to get online and to go to an art film. Or should I say a film about art. Tuesday nights an art film is shown in Millville. Tonight is going to be two different films....one on Diego Rivera and one on Frida Kahlo, his love interest.
Another storm coming this week, going to mess up a few things. Was supposed to sing at a funeral (funerals don't get postponed, do they?)
"Game night for the elderly" will probably be postponed. We were going to get together at 2 PM for games. Then I was going to go to a meeting about helping the homeless. This is the main problem with weather events....having to reschedule the world.
Will have to return The goldfinch. Book is too thick and I have had it already for a month (?) Am really enjoying it as well as The book thief. How fun it is to read books that are pleasing me. Spent one hour reading today. That was a treat. Was home in the sunshine and the neighborhood was nice and quiet. Too damn cold, however. Didn't really want to go outside but I came out to get online and to go to an art film. Or should I say a film about art. Tuesday nights an art film is shown in Millville. Tonight is going to be two different films....one on Diego Rivera and one on Frida Kahlo, his love interest.
Another storm coming this week, going to mess up a few things. Was supposed to sing at a funeral (funerals don't get postponed, do they?)
"Game night for the elderly" will probably be postponed. We were going to get together at 2 PM for games. Then I was going to go to a meeting about helping the homeless. This is the main problem with weather events....having to reschedule the world.
Monday, July 22, 2013
It's not the heat
...it's the humidity. Dreadful summer! Spend my time trying to avoid the weather and weather-related events. Casinos are nice....like being in an airconditioned CITY. I am attracted and repulsed by the gambling culture. All of these families walking around. Went to the Revel casino in Atlantic City to check it out. To recover from bankruptcy they are offering your money back on your slot losses. But, of course, there is a catch, as usual. You have to LOSE over $100 by July 31st and they will give you back your losses, but only $5 a week and you have to go back once a week for 20 weeks. This will never happen with me. I live an hour away and there are many casinos and I am not really a gambler. So here are my likes and dislikes of the Revel beach casino and hotel.
Likes:
- The people were nice (employees).
- They had 21 in Spanish
- penny machines mixed in with all of the others
Dislikes:
- All grey and uninviting outside (maybe it looks better in the sun?)
- the decor - strange modern
- The parking machines were really confusing
- Penny machines where you had to bet 30, 60, 90, 148 pennies (what is the point of a penny machine?)
- parking garage poorly marked and exiting was a mess
Likes:
- The people were nice (employees).
- They had 21 in Spanish
- penny machines mixed in with all of the others
Dislikes:
- All grey and uninviting outside (maybe it looks better in the sun?)
- the decor - strange modern
- The parking machines were really confusing
- Penny machines where you had to bet 30, 60, 90, 148 pennies (what is the point of a penny machine?)
- parking garage poorly marked and exiting was a mess
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
the embers of the pre-computer chip world...
Nicely put in my audiobook about giving board games to children after they had become enamored of video games.
The weather MAY be remembering that it is supposed to be Spring. Nice and sunny but still windy and chilly. Looking out the window down here in Greenwich. it is nice to see clothes on a line blowing in the breeze. Very country.
Finished a book by Simon Doonan, Eccentric glamour : creating an insanely more fabulous you. One was enough. He is quite over the top. I wanted to read it just because he is the husband of Jonathan Adler, who grew up in Bridgeton. I am less thrilled hearing the Jonathan won't admit that. He says that he is from Philadelphia. Simon has some good points such as that all women are aiming for the same look....the librarian look is out and, due to the easy availability of many FAKE things, everyone wants to look like a porno star. He suggests eschewing this look and going for individuality. He describes various categories of looks. Celebrities are pictured along with their answers to his questionnaire. He was dropping a lot of names but I had not heard of most of them. He also describes games he plays with his husband to keep the love alive. Simon is a window dresser at Barneys New York and wrote several other books, including Confessions of a window dresser.
The weather MAY be remembering that it is supposed to be Spring. Nice and sunny but still windy and chilly. Looking out the window down here in Greenwich. it is nice to see clothes on a line blowing in the breeze. Very country.
Finished a book by Simon Doonan, Eccentric glamour : creating an insanely more fabulous you. One was enough. He is quite over the top. I wanted to read it just because he is the husband of Jonathan Adler, who grew up in Bridgeton. I am less thrilled hearing the Jonathan won't admit that. He says that he is from Philadelphia. Simon has some good points such as that all women are aiming for the same look....the librarian look is out and, due to the easy availability of many FAKE things, everyone wants to look like a porno star. He suggests eschewing this look and going for individuality. He describes various categories of looks. Celebrities are pictured along with their answers to his questionnaire. He was dropping a lot of names but I had not heard of most of them. He also describes games he plays with his husband to keep the love alive. Simon is a window dresser at Barneys New York and wrote several other books, including Confessions of a window dresser.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Becoming a new person
I am becoming a new person who exercises daily and is careful about what she eats. So I WELCOME a lecture about getting exercise because I AM that person. AS opposed to the days when I was only wishing I would be that person. It takes time, that is for sure. Time I used to spend WORKING.
Is it totally crazy to want to go down to the casinos to MAKE MONEY? If I took a bunch of twenty dollar bills and visited a machine and walked away either when I WON a bunch or when my $20 went down to $10? You can get a really cheap room right now during the week. I learned this by going on hotels.com.
I did pretty well on the Hot hot super respin penny machine at Resorts. Maybe they just make you win at first to hook you in and build up your confidence.
So I spend my time writing a blog that nobody reads. Is is a good discipline for becoming a writer?
Is it totally crazy to want to go down to the casinos to MAKE MONEY? If I took a bunch of twenty dollar bills and visited a machine and walked away either when I WON a bunch or when my $20 went down to $10? You can get a really cheap room right now during the week. I learned this by going on hotels.com.
I did pretty well on the Hot hot super respin penny machine at Resorts. Maybe they just make you win at first to hook you in and build up your confidence.
So I spend my time writing a blog that nobody reads. Is is a good discipline for becoming a writer?
Monday, March 18, 2013
Forget the weather forecast
I was dreading the weekend as three days of rain was predicted. It is now 12:18 on Monday and it hasn't rained yet. But, it is supposed to rain and snow today! What it is, is damn chilly.
Finished The uncommon appeal of clouds, by Alexander McCall Smith. It is one of my least favorite of his series, the one called the Isabel Dalhousie series. Isabel is an Edinburgh philosopher and amateur sleuth. She married a younger man and has a son. She helps people with "mysteries" but does not get paid. This one is about the theft of an art work by Poussin (he wasn't the thief, the thief was unknown).. It is a "contemporary cozy" verging on the boring. Isabel can be a bit of a prig.
Had a fun day at the Atlantic City casinos yesterday. I am not a gambler, but I COULD be! If I gambled in order to win, I would spend 15 minutes and walk away when my money went up. It is hard to fill many hours there without losing. In the end, I was ahead $15, which paid for my lunch. I only play the penny and nickle machines. I used to take $20 and was ready to go home after 15 minutes. Yesterday, I gambled with $65 and made it last quite a long time. The show was so so.....guys (Andre & Cirell) who did imitations and sang songs of other more famous people. Their interactions with the audience were stale and lame. We went to Resorts, which was the first casino to open in Atlantic City. It was opened by Merv Griffin back in the 70's. It seemed not very crowded down there or in Resorts. And all the people that WERE there were in the line for promotions, thus depriving me of getting a "Get the star treatment" card. OK, the other reason I didn't get the card was because you needed a photo ID and I had downsized my purse to the point where I didn't have any ID.
Finished The uncommon appeal of clouds, by Alexander McCall Smith. It is one of my least favorite of his series, the one called the Isabel Dalhousie series. Isabel is an Edinburgh philosopher and amateur sleuth. She married a younger man and has a son. She helps people with "mysteries" but does not get paid. This one is about the theft of an art work by Poussin (he wasn't the thief, the thief was unknown).. It is a "contemporary cozy" verging on the boring. Isabel can be a bit of a prig.
Had a fun day at the Atlantic City casinos yesterday. I am not a gambler, but I COULD be! If I gambled in order to win, I would spend 15 minutes and walk away when my money went up. It is hard to fill many hours there without losing. In the end, I was ahead $15, which paid for my lunch. I only play the penny and nickle machines. I used to take $20 and was ready to go home after 15 minutes. Yesterday, I gambled with $65 and made it last quite a long time. The show was so so.....guys (Andre & Cirell) who did imitations and sang songs of other more famous people. Their interactions with the audience were stale and lame. We went to Resorts, which was the first casino to open in Atlantic City. It was opened by Merv Griffin back in the 70's. It seemed not very crowded down there or in Resorts. And all the people that WERE there were in the line for promotions, thus depriving me of getting a "Get the star treatment" card. OK, the other reason I didn't get the card was because you needed a photo ID and I had downsized my purse to the point where I didn't have any ID.
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Not totally prepared
Just driving by....stopped into my brother-in-law's new shop to use the wireless. Some of my supplies were in the car but not all. Looking forward to a day of NO PLANS. OK, computer and exercise and going out to breakfast, but, other than that no plans. Tired of being out late the last two nights. I feel a nice listening to Prairie Home Companion night coming on. That is my favorite Saturday night activity 6 - 8 PM. What will I do if Garrison Keillor ever retires?!?!? And he is of the age (around my age I do believe).
Bingo, is it worth it? Did my yearly bingo last night. 6 hours, $50 and NO prizes. Felt like such a loser by the end. Most of my friends had won something. Not that I need any more CRAP to find a place for. But 6 hours is much longer than my attention span. In fact, one game is longer than my attention span, especially the one where you have to completely fill in the sheet.
Attended a Sweet honey in the rock concert Thursday night in Philadelphia, I have heard them once (or twice). My friend got in a funk cause they were sort of different. Two new members, instruments in the background (they are known as an acapella group) and they sang songs from the "canon" of Odetta, Nina Simone, Miriam Makeba and Abbey Lincoln. They did a lot of individual performing rather than all together. One of them sang Another man done gone while playing the violin. Other instruments were involved and a tape of thunder and lightning. I wish I could find a video to post for you. Forgot to mention the really nice part of the evening when my friend cooked dinner for us all before the concert. African peanut stew (vegetarian version) was yummy. We all brought something.
So we drove to Philly in one person's car. Came back and got in yet another person's car to drive to MY car. Miles to go before I sleep.
Bingo, is it worth it? Did my yearly bingo last night. 6 hours, $50 and NO prizes. Felt like such a loser by the end. Most of my friends had won something. Not that I need any more CRAP to find a place for. But 6 hours is much longer than my attention span. In fact, one game is longer than my attention span, especially the one where you have to completely fill in the sheet.
Attended a Sweet honey in the rock concert Thursday night in Philadelphia, I have heard them once (or twice). My friend got in a funk cause they were sort of different. Two new members, instruments in the background (they are known as an acapella group) and they sang songs from the "canon" of Odetta, Nina Simone, Miriam Makeba and Abbey Lincoln. They did a lot of individual performing rather than all together. One of them sang Another man done gone while playing the violin. Other instruments were involved and a tape of thunder and lightning. I wish I could find a video to post for you. Forgot to mention the really nice part of the evening when my friend cooked dinner for us all before the concert. African peanut stew (vegetarian version) was yummy. We all brought something.
So we drove to Philly in one person's car. Came back and got in yet another person's car to drive to MY car. Miles to go before I sleep.
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Playing Sorry
Had a great night a few days ago hanging with two 6 year old twins. They are very loving and within 5 minutes of seeing me, they are kissing me and saying "I love you". We watched a really fun movie, the old Disney Swiss family Robinson. Then I tried to entertain them during dinner preperations by playing Sorry with them. It was somewhat of a struggle. They thought they knew the rules, but they couldn't read the info on the cards and they had trouble counting the squares. The other problem was that if anything bad happened to one of them he cried in frustration. This did have somewhat of an inhibitory effect on my ability to play. But we got through it. I think it is a difficult age for games (losing).
Another cold and windy day. I am SICK of it.
Went shoe shopping. I really needed some Easy Spirit shoes. They only had white in my size. Oh well. All the shoes seemed to be "on sale" but I think it is a racket. An effective racket, at that. I feel much better buying something if I think it is on sale, no matter what the actual price is. I bought some other shoes, which I am not sure are really appropriate for someone 65 years old, but just for something different. Now I need to go home and get rid of THREE pairs of shoes, all in the interest of cllutter control. Plus, my women's group is recycling shoes.
Another cold and windy day. I am SICK of it.
Went shoe shopping. I really needed some Easy Spirit shoes. They only had white in my size. Oh well. All the shoes seemed to be "on sale" but I think it is a racket. An effective racket, at that. I feel much better buying something if I think it is on sale, no matter what the actual price is. I bought some other shoes, which I am not sure are really appropriate for someone 65 years old, but just for something different. Now I need to go home and get rid of THREE pairs of shoes, all in the interest of cllutter control. Plus, my women's group is recycling shoes.
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