As all of us locals know, IT'S STILL RAINING! and now freezing, with my lack of balance, think skipping the paper is probably a good idea for a while. I don't really want to become one of those old people that sit in the house bitching about the weather, will probably venture out later. Shannon is coming home for the day. Her needs are simple and repetitive. Music, TV and movies are a requirement as well as lunch planning and dinner planning. When all those are met, she is a happy camper.
My house is filled with computers for use and for repair. My wife is a dogged repair person and will work on one of these machines until its fixed. I wish I possessed her fortitude. After a while and many attempts without success, it would be rolled into the trash. She has been collaborating with my daughter on college work and occasionally, I will provide a word or phrase to complete a thought.
My attention span is getting shorter and I have a tendency to scan rather than read material missing the core content. This writing seems to help. Thoughts get completed and embellished upon. Feelings and opinions are committed to paper. We spend a lot of time with our grand children and one of the projects we do is to write stories. I tell them they can say whatever they want and I will put it in a Word document. We find images of the stuff in the story in stock photos and insert them in the story. Many times the story goes all over the place but that's fine. Its theirs, they own it and can look back.
Marie and I had a date nite last night. She is 7 and one of the lights of my life. She called me and asked if we could go to Toys R Us because she had her own money and wanted to shop. This is a girl that has a tough time making a purchasing decision. She weighs the cost of items and looks for what she can afford. After poring over the numerous selections at the store, she finally selected 3 small items and we were off. I was please that it only took about 45 minutes and she was satisfied with her choices. There is a Panera bake shop in the vicinity, her favorite place to eat and we got a cookie and ate it the place. It was a pleasant visit and soon we were off to drop her off. I bought a cookie for Eli her brother and he too was quite pleased. All in all a good night.
that's it for now
Sunday, April 15, 2018
Monday, April 9, 2018
April 2018
We are now in the middle of April and its a rarity to have temps in the 50's. The rain has become more or less a constant. Needless to say it is miserable outside, and becoming more and more annoying. However, its raining on everyone. Soccer games have been cancelled with the fields being underwater and most of us are holed up inside watching movies. I have been doing my favorite hobby, inventive cooking all day. I love to experiment with core recipes adding or altering ingredients. Made roasted potatoes and oatmeal bars that I can eat, because Splenda brown sugar is used.
Due to my burgeoning lack of balance, I fell recently and injured both hands. Head and architecture is ok but my hands are still sore but improving.
The son of our across the street neighbor is a documentary film maker. We saw his production, "Michigan Divided" last night at the Senior Center. It is a thought provoking look at the divisions of opinion in our state regarding the direction of our government, both nationally and statewide. It featured the thoughts of eleven Michigan citizens (or couples) from around the state. Some of the folks I liked and some I did not. But none the less, the viewer is forced to watch participants they do not agree with and evaluate their comments. There was no antagonizing or shouting. Anyway, should you get the opportunity to see this film, do it. It is a production of Bridge Magazine, an online publication.
I found a book from 1953 a couple of days ago on winning at baseball, pretty interesting from the historical look. Sending it to my baseball coach nephew in NJ. Think he will find it entertaining.
We have a new boss at Staples, my favorite boss left the retail rat race to manage a frozen custard shop. It sounds like a good move for him. The management beats on the store managers constantly to meet metrics. It seems like all they get is abuse. You can only handle it for so long. I will miss working for him but wish him well. The jury is out on the new guy at this point. We all have to get used to each other.
I am planning on relaunching my yard work for seniors effort this spring on a limited basis. The money is good and I really enjoy the work and the couple of ladies I work for. When the weather breaks, I will start the spring cleanups.
Our national leaders are getting less and less coherent and we continue to be mired in the personal drama of the President. If it is the goal to be on every third sentence of a news broadcast at least, he is succeeding. I don't care who he has slept with or when or what she is being paid. All the media is focusing on the car wreck because it earns them viewers. The whole thing is tiring. In the meanwhile, Flint still needs clean water and the children of Detroit need to be able to read, to math and write at grade level.
all for now
Due to my burgeoning lack of balance, I fell recently and injured both hands. Head and architecture is ok but my hands are still sore but improving.
The son of our across the street neighbor is a documentary film maker. We saw his production, "Michigan Divided" last night at the Senior Center. It is a thought provoking look at the divisions of opinion in our state regarding the direction of our government, both nationally and statewide. It featured the thoughts of eleven Michigan citizens (or couples) from around the state. Some of the folks I liked and some I did not. But none the less, the viewer is forced to watch participants they do not agree with and evaluate their comments. There was no antagonizing or shouting. Anyway, should you get the opportunity to see this film, do it. It is a production of Bridge Magazine, an online publication.
I found a book from 1953 a couple of days ago on winning at baseball, pretty interesting from the historical look. Sending it to my baseball coach nephew in NJ. Think he will find it entertaining.
We have a new boss at Staples, my favorite boss left the retail rat race to manage a frozen custard shop. It sounds like a good move for him. The management beats on the store managers constantly to meet metrics. It seems like all they get is abuse. You can only handle it for so long. I will miss working for him but wish him well. The jury is out on the new guy at this point. We all have to get used to each other.
I am planning on relaunching my yard work for seniors effort this spring on a limited basis. The money is good and I really enjoy the work and the couple of ladies I work for. When the weather breaks, I will start the spring cleanups.
Our national leaders are getting less and less coherent and we continue to be mired in the personal drama of the President. If it is the goal to be on every third sentence of a news broadcast at least, he is succeeding. I don't care who he has slept with or when or what she is being paid. All the media is focusing on the car wreck because it earns them viewers. The whole thing is tiring. In the meanwhile, Flint still needs clean water and the children of Detroit need to be able to read, to math and write at grade level.
all for now
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