My favorite way to do that is to take an empty windowbox and put some peastone or gravel in the bottom of it, then take the purchased annuals (still in their flower pots) and set them inside the window box. Pack them as tightly as possible, and then fill in around the pots with cedar mulch. My grandmother taught me this method when I went up to the farm to visit her in the summertime, and every time I prepare the window boxes I am reminded of the good times I had with my grandparents on the farm. This method is quick and easy to do, and by swapping out the annuals as they fade I can keep the porch looking pretty for a very long time.

Well, I came across this silly little toy and for some crazy reason I pulled it aside and put it beside my computer keyboard. Every now and then it catches my attention (it is bright yellow) and I stop and play with it for a couple of minutes. Then I think to myself “what a complete waste of time this is” and put it back down. I can’t decide whether to give it to a thrift store like Goodwill, put it in “the basement” or throw it away. Somehow the pack rat in me keeps whispering in my ear that I should create a toy chest of odds and ends like this so that if and when company comes over with some kids that get bored I can pull it out and let them play with it. I wonder if they would think it was totally lame or if they would like it. What do you think?

So, every time I watch a golf tournament on television it appears to me that there are crowds of fans stationed at different holes, standing around waiting to see one of the players walk by. Seems as if they are standing in the hot sun, and every now and then one of the members of the audience gets beaned by a stray golf ball. Good grief, that must hurt like a son-of-a-gun! I think that if the courses had some comfortable seats for the audience, with plenty of shade, big fans to move the air, and some food vendors nearby I’d consider going. But then again, you know what? I’d rather give the Masters tickets to a real diehard fan to enjoy the show while I sat in comfort at the nineteenth hole.

I have been trying to think of other television shows and movies that might be shown on dx3 direct tv that speak to that, and wonder if there might be a special network dedicated to “conspiracy theories.” There probably already IS a network like that, but I don’t know what kind of genre that would be considered. I don’t think Sci-Fi because there aren’t any aliens involved.

As the economy tightens, I find myself wishing that satellite television companies like www.dx3.net would provide more custom-fit packages to their customers. To be perfectly honest I watch very few channels, and I really would prefer to only pay for the channels that I actually watch. But it seems to me as if the companies keep increasing their prices and adding channels to the packages that I really don’t want.

She was beginning to wonder if she was EVER going to get married!

They want to have a medieval theme wedding.  They love going to Renaissance Fairs.  They will be planning their wedding around the medieval theme as much as possible.   I guess I’ll be sewing a medieval costume!  Good thing I love to sew!

They are planning to have their wedding at Bull Run Castle in Aldie, Virginia.  The Bull Run Castle is a romantic bed and breakfast that they think they can rent for the wedding.  The Bull Run Castle is eight miles away from Dulles Airport, which should make it very convenient for their guests to fly in from the four corners of the world.  They are going to have the wedding reception the next day at the Medieval Times Restaurant in nearby Hanover Maryland.  The Medieval Times Restaurant has a very entertaining show that is included with dinner.  The bride and groom are asking their guests to dress in medieval costume if possible.

My hubby and I were eating dinner a few nights ago, and he had the NASCAR races on.  I’m not interested in NASCAR, but he is totally into it. 

They showed a commercial that I know was a SuperBowl commercial, and I knew I liked it.  I’ve seen it once before.  It was the Budweiser commercial where Hank the horse was rejected for the wagon team and worked out for a year with a dalmation to become a member of the team for the next year. 

Now for how I know I’m losing it – the commercial gave me goosebumps and brought tears to my eyes!  LOLOL!

I love going to the zoo and going to museums of Natural History.  I love looking at bodies of water, and looking at mountain ranges.  Being around nature renews my soul.

But I do NOT like ticks, mosquitoes, or any bug that bites or stings. That is where I draw the line. Don’t get me wrong, if a bee buzzes around my head I don’t try to dodge it and run away, I just stay still and let it go away on its own (it usually does.) But since their stings and bites, etc cause pain, and I don’t like pain, I do not like them. I am not into pain.

It’s really nice that our family has agreed to keep the cottage in the family for as long as we have been able to keep it. There are lots of good memories associated with summers there. Many crab feasts have been served on the sturdy wood picnic tables on the side porch. My favorite picnic table is the one that has the tree growing up through the middle of it. The tree even goes through the porch roof!

Many ghost stories have been told around the camp fires while the children roasted marshmallows on their sticks and then took the marshmallows to the adults that were sitting nearby on the park benches for the adults to squish them between the graham crackers and Hershey’s chocolate bars pieces. I hope that future generations of our family will enjoy the cottage as much as we have.

I’ve watched a few episodes with him, and I have to say that one of the episodes was TERRIFIC!  I absolutely loved it.  The episode was called “My Musical” and the entire episode was a musical.  What a riot!  The cast must have had a lot of fun taping that show!  The basic idea behind the show was that a patient had something wrong with her brain so that she thought that everyone was singing and dancing all of the time.

Of course, they fixed her, but it was a great episode, watching everyone dancing and singing!  I’m sure we’ll be watching that episode again!

So, I’m thrilled to find out about a brand new Internet fortune telling website called www.ifate.com.  The website offers (absolutely free) readings from a variety of sources, one of which is the tarot cards.

I went on the website today and tried a free tarot reading.  I asked the question “will I land the job I’m interviewing for tomorrow?”

In a nutshell, it looks like the answer is yes! 

Recently I’ve been seeing the local ski club has been trying to organize a couple of Ski holidays in Whistler. To be perfectly honest I didn’t remember that Whistler was the site of the Winter Olympics a few years back. If I were thirty years younger I would jump at the offer to be part of the trip, which includes a chartered bus, ski accommodation in Whistler, all meals included and discount whistler lift passes.

But I am now a woman who has too many physical frailties to be able to go downhill skiing any more. Although from time to time I get to thinking that maybe, just maybe, if I got the chance to go for one more day of skiing, even if it was the bunny slope, I would love to go. And feel the rush of adrenaline that I get when I look up the mountain from the lodge and see the slopes waiting to be conquered one more time.