Veterans Day

I want to thank my father who served in WW II, my uncle who also served then and whom I never met as he died abroad, and all others who have served or are serving in the military currently for their service as that is after all what today is all about. No it is not about having the day off, which I happen to have, nor about all the Veteran's Day Sales out there, and no I didn't go shopping.  I did spend some time cleaning up my desk that I spend all my work day at and it looks de-cluttered, clean and ready for work again.

I also walked all 5 dogs again.  I was going to take my pedometer to see just how long it really is to walk 4 way down and back and the one around the block, but I think it needs a new battery.  I'm sure it is at least 3 miles.  It is a beautiful afternoon out there and there are a lot of flowers in full bloom this mid November. So since I haven't posted any pictures in a while I took the camera with me when I walked Kaci around and here they are.  If you click on each one, you can see the larger photo of each.

Glad

I asked hubby this morning if the dogs woke him up last night when they were carrying on barking while I was trying to nail that big waterbug. He was so tired from working on the animal shelter garage sale that he didn't hear a thing.  But he did make me very glad because he told me he killed it this morning.

He saw it in the kitchen on its back flailing its legs so maybe I did get it a little.  Either way, I don't have to be looking for it. That is until the next one that gets in the house.

Didn't do a whole lot today but that was fine with me. Sunday is the day of rest right?  Saw a few B movies on cable, played with the dogs a little and tried to relax.  Things at work are evolving and not sure in a good way. That can stress anyone out.  I will just hope (and pray) for the best and try to just enjoy life outside of work.   Speaking of which I have off tomorrow too - Veterans Day!  Yippee!

Bug!

OMG!  A big assed friggin roach (they call them water bugs here) is in the house!

 

Merlin just went up to it and sniffed it! I saw it then. Walking along the edge of the dining room and jumped up to get it. There is a thick piece of wood we got today at the animal shelter garage sale (a sign) and I tried to jab it (hard) with it.  I may have grazed it with one whack, but it got away. ARGH!! It went under the water cooler.

 

The dogs of course gave me crap so I'm letting it go for the night. They bark loudly and try to attack the thing I use to try to kill the bugs. Like they are their friends or something!  We already let the geckos go that we see, but these big ugly things are NOT Welcomed.

That was good?

Surprise!  Blogging before work today. I wanted to share that the local city council election was won by the opponent and not the woman I wanted to win.  Lost by 110 votes.  What surprised me was the low number of voters!  The total votes were 1282.  But word has it that was good! That was a better turn out than last time.  Seriously?  This city has over 50,000 residents. Now granted it was not a national election but still, what is more important to vote on than who is going to sit on the council for our very own little town?  The place where we pay taxes, live and attempt to thrive?  That is of the utmost importance to me.  It just floors me that less than 3 percent of the town chose to vote and with early voting available too?!  It wasn't held just one day that might not be possible or a real inconvenience to someone. There were 11 days in which to vote and several locations available as well.  I can only hope the elected council member will do right for this town. At least I know I voted and if anyone complains about the new city council they will likely be guilty of not getting off their butt and voting!  

Well today is my Friday as I have tomorrow off. Yippee!  I hope today is a nice day and goes fast! It is a chilly 39 degrees out right now. Brrrrr....Thanked my hubby for having the heat on in the main living area by the time I came down in my exercise garb this morning.  There is nothing worse than trying to warm up when your muscles are constricted from being COLD.  ;)

Off to work..

Election Day!

So I just checked the current results of our local City Council election that I voted early for last week.  It doesn't look like the candidate I voted for is going to win, but it ain't over yet.  By the time I go to bed this evening the final results should be in.  I guess I'm just a bit excited since I actually and spoke with this candidate a little and she lives in my own neighborhood. 

Early this evening hubby saw a rainbow and pointed it out to me.  It was really pretty and was nearly a full one.  It was nice to see.  I haven't seen a rainbow in quite a while.  My dad was here too for a few minutes so he got to see it too.

Had a nice visit from my youngest over the weekend but sadly by the time she got home on Sunday, she was sick with a fever.  She found out today she has strep throat.  She probably picked it up from school (she's a teacher). Hope she feel better real soon! 

I have a short work week this week as I have Friday off. This weekend is the animal shelter garage sale too that my hubby was coordinator for this time around.  It should be a great sale.  Hope they do well! 

Sunny day!

This morning I did some cleaning.  Mostly concentrated on the first floor, okay only concentrated on the fist floor.  And I didn't clean really thoroughly but it is better than it was.  Dang!  I just remembered that I did a load of laundry today that is still sitting in the washer. I hate when I do that!

I just plain forgot!  I was cleaning the living room and then did the dishes, then made a banana smoothie for breakfast, and after that I just plain forgot.  I just put it on 2nd rinse tomorrow with a cup of vinegar and it will be fine.

I walked all five dogs today, two at a time and Kaci last. My youngest walked Kaci with me as she had just arrived for a short stay (going back tomorrow). 

Since I walked a bunch today I think I burned enough calories to treat myself to a Sonic Blast, so we had dessert (mine was free due to the coupon I printed out), from Sonic.  Yum!

Yay!

I did it! I blogged every day last month!  Hope I wasn't too boring. Some days it is just tough to come up with anything interesting to write about.  Tonight I am taking a break. It is Pizza night and GRIMM.

Bring it on!!!