Its Blogging Time Again!

Hello, hello! This day has contained many different things. We got the VCR/DVD-R hooked up to the TV so now hubby and I don't have to try to watch a movie on his computer. Nice thing about this is that it can even record to a DVD, which we haven't tried to do yet but its supposedly capable of. Next we hooked up our new printer to both computers. If I want to print from my laptop I will have to move the cable over to it but that isn't too much of a bother. After that came the big job, washing the dishes and cleaning the floor of the kitchen. Oh yes I always enjoy emptying the dishes out of the sink where they have been waiting. Yes I know I should do them promptly but who feels like washing dishes at midnight? You do? Come on now you must be pulling my leg. What next? Actually an easy but a little time consuming job. Washed and dried the 6x9 inch crocheted rectangles yesterday which will become afghans for wounded military personnel. Now I have put them in bundles of 7 tied together with yarn, packed them into the box inside a plastic bag, tape up and address the box then off to the post office Monday. Now we are going to make corn tortillas and they will become enchiladas. Yummy! Both Seamus (hubby) and I are fond of Mexican food, with him living in Texas for 40 years he knows how to make the real thing, not the fast food type stuff. Dinner is coming to our location soon!

What a Long Day Its Been

Hello again to all my readers. Sorry this is posting a bit later than normal but today has been a long, busy day. Today is payday and we pay our rent, get medicines from the pharmacy, do laundry which is always fun, lol, buy groceries and in general run around like a chicken with its head cut off. Today we invested in a printer for our computer that actually works. We got one for free, yeah! but got it home attached it to the computer and found out that the drivers don't work. Boo. So we found one for the reasonable price of $29 at one of our local Wal-Mart. Now to get it up and running. Also we bought a device to connect our old but free TV to a VCR/DVD-R we snagged for $15 at a thrift store. Hopefully this gets it going so we can watch movies on it. We don't really want to purchase cable service and we have tried getting DVDs at the library but they have a rather limited selection, especially when it comes to horror, zombie movies that hubby likes. We are both glad that we are home where we can relax and work on getting these things going.

Our Friend the Groundhog

Once again we are paying extra attention to the groundhog in the hope that winter will end 6 weeks early. I'm sure that most of us would not be opposed to this idea but we can't control the weather, even though there have been times I wished that it could have been different. Our dear groundhog has decided that we will have six more weeks of winter. There are many well known groundhogs who are coaxed out of their cozy den to predict the weather, but some people are against doing this since they believe it is harmful to the health of the groundhog. We don't mean to harm the animals but I guess we have to take what we get concerning the weather. The gray, overcast days are what I have more trouble dealing with versus the cold. I can always wear a wool sweater of some sort and give me the needed insulation to make life more bearable. If you want more information about the groundhog please visit:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/30/groundhog-day-2012-punxsutawney_n_1242283.html

It's finally February!



I’m so glad its February
Hello and welcome once again to the wonderful month of February. The second month takes its name from the Latin word Februa which was a purification festival in Ancient Rome. This month celebrates many holidays including Groundhog Day; The Day the Music Died, when Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper died in 1959; Valentines Day; Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday; Presidents Day; George Washington’s Birthday and the rarest of all the holidays, Leap Day.
February as a month also concerns itself with American Heart Health; An Affair to Remember; Black History; Canned Food; Creative Romance; Great American Pies; Cherries; Children’s Dental Health; Grapefruits, and Weddings. Who knew that the shortest month of the year contained so many holidays and concerns? Mostly I thought about Groundhog Day and Valentines Day. But after you have endured the long, cold months of winter you are concerned with whether or not the winter is going to last another 6 weeks. Plus my favorite color is red so any holiday that features it and has such a happy tone to it can easily win me over. And the chance that I may be the fortunate receiver of a beautiful bouquet of flowers is a plus, especially if they are red roses.
To learn more about the month of February visit these sites: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_February_mean; http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/february.htm