It is annoying when many of the library computers are "down", the handicapped access button on the front door continues to not work, young girls walk by talking about someone's "birfday", and people were talking during a good portion of the movie today (Les miserables). On the plus side, the weather is gorgeous and it was $2 popcorn day at the movies.
Kind of rushing. The PRESSURE of having to complete all of my computer tasks in ONE hour. I do have my laptop in the trunk of my car....just too lazy to bring it in. So, in addition to catching up with my email, I must think of a few topics to write about on this blog and look up a bunch of stuff, like the French revolution and what that big stone elephant was doing in the movie, Les miserables. Left over from a world's fair, or something? Plus I have a Princeton folder full of stuff to do on the computer and a couple of plastic folders full of papers. So I will BEG for more computer time (that is the policy at the Millville Public Library).
Is today the day I am going to stop by Staples and invest in a calendar system for 2013? Still have not been able to make the switch to the electronic life. It is a slow process. One of the things I have to tweak today is my list of features I desire in my new phone, to which I am "entitled" as we speak. It is nice to be "FREE" of Sprint, but not nice to be indecisive and want to save money. If the sky was the limit, what would I get? Not accustomed to thinking like that.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Monday, January 7, 2013
Guilty pleasures
Some of my "guilty pleasures" ( I know it is a cliche)...Walmart, Eminem, L'il Wayne. Forced to go to Walmart to save money on drugs. Even though I am "anti-Walmart:, sometimes I look around when I am there. Did find some things I really needed today for a really good price. They do have some good ideas. I like the way the bathrooms are right near the front door and that they are well maintained. In fact, if Walmart had a drive-through it would be just about perfect!
Note to self - things to look up - duties of the footman, Google play, Google phone (?), dates of the upcoming Downton Abbey episodes....
Just took a look at Facebook. Couldn't even figure out how to logout of it. Perhaps there is some happy medium between this blog which no one reads and Facebook, which is filled with messages from people I don't really care about. There are some nice photographs on there, though. I would like to copy them for my desktop. Right now I have a photo of Matthew and Lady Mary on there.
Note to self - things to look up - duties of the footman, Google play, Google phone (?), dates of the upcoming Downton Abbey episodes....
Just took a look at Facebook. Couldn't even figure out how to logout of it. Perhaps there is some happy medium between this blog which no one reads and Facebook, which is filled with messages from people I don't really care about. There are some nice photographs on there, though. I would like to copy them for my desktop. Right now I have a photo of Matthew and Lady Mary on there.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Downton Abbey is back
Woke up excited about the start of Season 3 of Downton Abbey. Rarely do I stay home in order to watch TV but tonight yes, attending a Downton Abbey viewing party. My philosophy of TV is, if I am HOME and it is on, I might watch it for 5 minutes.
Saw a good play today, Assistance, at the Wilma in Philadelphia. We have season tickets and this year, the weather has greatly cooperated. Last year it rained or snowed every day our seats came up.
This was a rapid fire comedy involving the office of a really bad boss, who we never meet. Some of the assistants manage to get promoted and some get fired or burned out.
I had to stop listening to The ruins, the book by Scott Smith. Things were going from bad to worse and when two guys decided to amputate the legs of the guy who had fallen down the mine shaft and then been eaten by the man-eating plant, I couldn't stand it another minute. They were never going to be rescued anyway. Some story lines are just too horrible for me to even cope with. That is how I feel about going to see that new movie called Django unchained. I can't imagine why anyone would want to see a movie about slaves fighting each other to the death. What is WRONG with Americans?
Saw a good play today, Assistance, at the Wilma in Philadelphia. We have season tickets and this year, the weather has greatly cooperated. Last year it rained or snowed every day our seats came up.
This was a rapid fire comedy involving the office of a really bad boss, who we never meet. Some of the assistants manage to get promoted and some get fired or burned out.
I had to stop listening to The ruins, the book by Scott Smith. Things were going from bad to worse and when two guys decided to amputate the legs of the guy who had fallen down the mine shaft and then been eaten by the man-eating plant, I couldn't stand it another minute. They were never going to be rescued anyway. Some story lines are just too horrible for me to even cope with. That is how I feel about going to see that new movie called Django unchained. I can't imagine why anyone would want to see a movie about slaves fighting each other to the death. What is WRONG with Americans?
Saturday, January 5, 2013
A sense of accomplishment
Just tried the new sandwich at McDonald's. I LIKE it and it only costs $1. Well, I can't seem to find it on their website. Seems like a regular cheeseburger but it has caramelized onions on it? Already ate out ONCE today so now I can only eat out if it is CHEAP.
I only have two stations I like at the Cumberland County Library. They have the dainty mouse instead of this huge Gateway thing. Both stations were busy. So I went into the lab hoping to avoid the noisy, amnoying people. But I still have to use the ginormous stupid mouse.
Had a handyman come over today. It makes me anxious as I have a very limited attention span for accomplishing things. Even though it cost me quite a bit, I enjoyed "puttering around" with another person. And the weather was quite decent! (sunny and perhaps in the 40's?) I shouldn't begrudge him the money as I only have help very rarely. Here is what we accomplished (and I really did feel good after working outside for 2 1/2 hours):
- Replaced broken window pane in garage
- Pulled most of ivy off of garage
- Replaced bulb in front door light
- Replaced two motion detector lights in back
- Replaced two motion detector lights up above
- Pounded in loose boards on fence
- Rewired bird feeder after the squirrels ate through the wire supports
- Took all stuff out of my trunk and sorted through it
- Went through a few boxes of stuff in my garage
- Threw out some of my books from Hollins Abroad in France (1967)
- Realligned fence gates so they latch better
- Clipped some branches touching house and hanging down
- Filled suet feeder
- Filled trash bin up to the top with trash bags
I only have two stations I like at the Cumberland County Library. They have the dainty mouse instead of this huge Gateway thing. Both stations were busy. So I went into the lab hoping to avoid the noisy, amnoying people. But I still have to use the ginormous stupid mouse.
Had a handyman come over today. It makes me anxious as I have a very limited attention span for accomplishing things. Even though it cost me quite a bit, I enjoyed "puttering around" with another person. And the weather was quite decent! (sunny and perhaps in the 40's?) I shouldn't begrudge him the money as I only have help very rarely. Here is what we accomplished (and I really did feel good after working outside for 2 1/2 hours):
- Replaced broken window pane in garage
- Pulled most of ivy off of garage
- Replaced bulb in front door light
- Replaced two motion detector lights in back
- Replaced two motion detector lights up above
- Pounded in loose boards on fence
- Rewired bird feeder after the squirrels ate through the wire supports
- Took all stuff out of my trunk and sorted through it
- Went through a few boxes of stuff in my garage
- Threw out some of my books from Hollins Abroad in France (1967)
- Realligned fence gates so they latch better
- Clipped some branches touching house and hanging down
- Filled suet feeder
- Filled trash bin up to the top with trash bags
Friday, January 4, 2013
Once is not enough
Things that you need more than one of...candy corn, potato chips, hours of computer time. Things I have in EVERY room of the house....scotch tape, scissors, stapler, waste basket, phone.
Still hanging in with that audiobook (The ruins). Now all the people are up on top of the mountain and out of the mine shaft at least. They are surrounding by the hostile Mayans at the bottom of the hill who have built fires all around the hill. They are waiting for daylight. Not that there is much hopeful to look forward to in the daylight. Perhaps drinking their own urine or hoping that a plane flies by so they can try and signal them. Or maybe the friends of Pablo, the Greek, may come looking for them, but they might get trapped too and they don't speak their language. Of course, no one has a cell phone. There is something really creepy about these flowering vines. When Jeff tried to go down to the bottom of the hill, they were really tangling around him but on the way up, they seemed to part for his passage.
It is amazing how hard it is to meet my goal of ONE movie per week (at the movie theater, that is.) One friend pooped out on me TWICE this week. Everyone says they are sick but I don't know. Luckily, another friend called and the day got reorganized. The first person I called (my sister) could not commit. She ALSO said she is sick. I may have to give up EXERCISE in order to fit in going out to lunch, however. That is not a real hardship since all exercise is an up hill battle for me. I was debating between senior swim or lifting weights. I may just have time for computer usage, going out to lunch at Andrea's trattoria ristorante, going to a movie (This is 40?) and then an art opening at Gallery 50 in Bridgeton. Then it will be time for READING and getting into my delicious warm bed. (I felt like getting back into it when I was MAKING it this morning).
Still hanging in with that audiobook (The ruins). Now all the people are up on top of the mountain and out of the mine shaft at least. They are surrounding by the hostile Mayans at the bottom of the hill who have built fires all around the hill. They are waiting for daylight. Not that there is much hopeful to look forward to in the daylight. Perhaps drinking their own urine or hoping that a plane flies by so they can try and signal them. Or maybe the friends of Pablo, the Greek, may come looking for them, but they might get trapped too and they don't speak their language. Of course, no one has a cell phone. There is something really creepy about these flowering vines. When Jeff tried to go down to the bottom of the hill, they were really tangling around him but on the way up, they seemed to part for his passage.
It is amazing how hard it is to meet my goal of ONE movie per week (at the movie theater, that is.) One friend pooped out on me TWICE this week. Everyone says they are sick but I don't know. Luckily, another friend called and the day got reorganized. The first person I called (my sister) could not commit. She ALSO said she is sick. I may have to give up EXERCISE in order to fit in going out to lunch, however. That is not a real hardship since all exercise is an up hill battle for me. I was debating between senior swim or lifting weights. I may just have time for computer usage, going out to lunch at Andrea's trattoria ristorante, going to a movie (This is 40?) and then an art opening at Gallery 50 in Bridgeton. Then it will be time for READING and getting into my delicious warm bed. (I felt like getting back into it when I was MAKING it this morning).
Thursday, January 3, 2013
High anxiety
Things making me anxious:
- A "for sale" sign went up outside my neighbor's house. The known annoyance is better than the unknown one. And the new owner will probably rent out TWO apartments because that is what they DO in my neighborhood. Double the opportunity for noise, dogs, too many people, etc.
- WHEN is the weather going to improve? I really can't stand it when it approaches freezing. I am not comfortable in my clothes, in my apartment, outdoors, or ANYWHERE.
- My audiobook is really making me nervous. The ruins incorporates hostile Mayans, very aggressive flowering vines, strange traveling cell phone noises, broken backs, language barriers, bloody gashes, food and water deprivations and the fear of never being rescued.
- I took two anxiety pills today
Finished a book on my Nook. Must be a young adult. I choose it because a friend of mine is REALLY into Meg Cabot. The book is called All-American girl. It is about a teenager who is artistic and a picky eater and not really in with the popular kids. She sort of accidentally saves the life of the president and gets catapulted into celebrity and popularity. Another theme is figuring out which boy she really likes. It was enjoyable and a quick read.
Don't know if it is this computer or my eyes, but some of these letters look green and some of them look black.
- A "for sale" sign went up outside my neighbor's house. The known annoyance is better than the unknown one. And the new owner will probably rent out TWO apartments because that is what they DO in my neighborhood. Double the opportunity for noise, dogs, too many people, etc.
- WHEN is the weather going to improve? I really can't stand it when it approaches freezing. I am not comfortable in my clothes, in my apartment, outdoors, or ANYWHERE.
- My audiobook is really making me nervous. The ruins incorporates hostile Mayans, very aggressive flowering vines, strange traveling cell phone noises, broken backs, language barriers, bloody gashes, food and water deprivations and the fear of never being rescued.
- I took two anxiety pills today
Finished a book on my Nook. Must be a young adult. I choose it because a friend of mine is REALLY into Meg Cabot. The book is called All-American girl. It is about a teenager who is artistic and a picky eater and not really in with the popular kids. She sort of accidentally saves the life of the president and gets catapulted into celebrity and popularity. Another theme is figuring out which boy she really likes. It was enjoyable and a quick read.
Don't know if it is this computer or my eyes, but some of these letters look green and some of them look black.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
The ruins
Am listening to an audiobook by Scott Smith called The ruins. Everything is ominous. A bunch of friends are in Cancun and they go on an adventure to find the missing brother of a guy they ran into. The story is fraught with confusion and dread. The Americans are traveling with a Greek who speaks no English, and a German, the brother of the missing guy. They run into unfriendly Mayans who speak no English. There are flies and snakes and unhelpful people and secret paths and it is all making me very nervous;
Speaking of The ruins, I feel like a bit of a ruin myself. Think I am going to have to make an EFFORT to lose weight. I can't think of another way to stop the inexorable march of time. I am feeling decrepit. I look around at some of my women friends who are over 70 or over 80 and they look great. I feel like crap and feel like I look the same way. I have tried exercising and I don't feel any better.
Finished another library book, Started early and took my dog. I love that title. The book is by Kate Atkinson. I found it enjoyable but very confusing. Many characters moving around. A murder, a snatched child, a social worker, a detective, many car trips. From the flap I learned that the author has written several other books featuring the same former private detective Jackson Brodie. I liked this quote, "Now, like so much else in Jackson's world, videos were obsolete". I liked the Britishness of this book. "He came to the end of every day feeling as if he had failed somehow.....He lived his life in a state of guilt, every day waiting to be found out. He wasn't even sure what it was he had done". "Speaking truth to power. That was what the Quakers said, he'd had to arrest a few in the eighthies, peaceniks, yacking on about "direct action" and Cruise missles. For people who worshipped in silence they seemed to talk a lot."
Speaking of The ruins, I feel like a bit of a ruin myself. Think I am going to have to make an EFFORT to lose weight. I can't think of another way to stop the inexorable march of time. I am feeling decrepit. I look around at some of my women friends who are over 70 or over 80 and they look great. I feel like crap and feel like I look the same way. I have tried exercising and I don't feel any better.
Finished another library book, Started early and took my dog. I love that title. The book is by Kate Atkinson. I found it enjoyable but very confusing. Many characters moving around. A murder, a snatched child, a social worker, a detective, many car trips. From the flap I learned that the author has written several other books featuring the same former private detective Jackson Brodie. I liked this quote, "Now, like so much else in Jackson's world, videos were obsolete". I liked the Britishness of this book. "He came to the end of every day feeling as if he had failed somehow.....He lived his life in a state of guilt, every day waiting to be found out. He wasn't even sure what it was he had done". "Speaking truth to power. That was what the Quakers said, he'd had to arrest a few in the eighthies, peaceniks, yacking on about "direct action" and Cruise missles. For people who worshipped in silence they seemed to talk a lot."
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