4th of July

Well the 4th of July has come and gone out with a bang (he-he) and I have survived the hot weather so far with all my faculties still around.  Has to be a thought with the way old age seems to be creeping up on me.  This heat is beginning to bug me a little, saps the energy right out of you, unless you stay indoors with the air conditioning running full blast.  Gonna hate to see that next electric bill I'm thinking.  Could be worse, could have it go out like my sister did this past week.  Offered to let her stay in the motorhome in my driveway, at least I had it wired to run the A/C from my plug in the garage, but she said they rigged it to work till they could swap it out for her.  They told her she might as well change out the heater coils while they were at it, she was already gonna have to pay 4500 in the dollar department!  What's a few more dollars when you get into that range?  Guess I am thankful for the little things in life after all.  My how I do go on.
Later,
Windy

Spring has sprung, fall has fell, summer's here and its hot as hell!

So has anybody given thought (besides me) to the notion with 100 degree days in June, what the hell is it gonna be like in August?  Uncle Ben (not the rice) says one of our local "weather forecasters" says July is due to be less hot than normal.  What the hecks normal about Texas weather?  And whats "less hot" just 99!  Dizzy Dick says they finally got some rain recently after being dry since October last year.  Wow I bet that ground was really cracked.  Speaking of Ben, he says he does better in hot weather than he does in cold.  I told him I can always burn something to get warm, but when its hot even in the shade I don't do well.  Seems to drain the energy right out of you.  Oh well, thats life in Texas.
Stay cool,
Windy

Wind chime

Well decided to do a little work with my Dad...even though he's been dead since '88.  How you may ask?  He had made a wind chime out of different lengths of 1 inch pipe.  Had a sweet sound.  The wood had long since rotted (weather I suppose) so I took it upon myself to string them up again, with his help.  And so I did and they're hanging on the deck as we speak.  Might say a few words about dear old Dad here...we didn't see eye to eye much of the time as I was growing up but the older I got...the smarter he got.  Ain't that amazing!  Guess he ended up teaching me all the right principles after all, even though I never listened half the time.  Damn it, I still miss him.  Bet he and Ben's maw are getting reaquainted about now.  Thanks Dad for the help on this little project and all the others over the years.  (Okay, maybe it wasn't 1 inch pipe, I've been losing lots of things with age)

Phone tag...I'm it!

Well the kids talked me into a new Apple Iphone.  Guess it was time for a new one since the old one would crap out on me at times.  By crap out I mean the danged thing would shut off for no reason.  Not only would it drop calls but it would turn itself off and nothing I did could get it back on.  Finally had to pull the battery to get it to reset and come back on.  It was time!  Yep the iphone cost me...but I can eliminate lots of other gadgets with the fool thing.  Amenities are too numerous to mention...so I won't.  Been playing with the thing for a week now and I ain't at all sure I know anymore than I did when I got the thing.  Had to get my kids to bail me out on several occasions.  It is a wizard of a modern convenience.  Oh well its only money right?  And I never saw a Wells Fargo truck following a hearse (you can't take it with you).

Danged if I don't kinda enjoy spendin' it too!  Figure since I got it might as well spend it before "this government" decides to take social security away from us.

Family Fun (oh joy)

http://www.bayreef.com/rental/aaakahala/aaakahala.htm

This is the beach house we rented for the weekend in Galveston.  Talk about right on the beach!  We'll see how it works out...7 grandkids and Papa all in the same house.  Could be interesting!

New toy for me and the yard!

Man did take some gettin' used to.  Only ran off into the street once though.  Kinda strange with the push and pull.  But it did cut down on the mowin' time.  This baby can move and cuts fast or slow.

On the thought of bein' alone