Author: Benford

Saturday

Yesterday was yard day. I worked 5 hours in my front and back yard trimming trees and bushes. Fred and the kids came to mow and edge the yard and I showed him my live oak leaves that had spots on them. He said it might be ick so I headed to Home Depot with a chunk of tree and low and behold, it is. I have to rake up all the leaves from the front yard and once it rains (it’s supposed to today), I need to spray my trees with something that’s actually made for roses. Hey, if it works, I’m all good with that. I love being able to work in my yard. It’s very theraputic. WhenI was done, I had filled 6 – 30 gallon recycle bags and my regular trash can with clippings. I’m so excited about how much I was able to accomplish yesterday.

I’ve got some plans for my both my front and back yards for this summer which includes building so I need to go borrow my dad’s power tools for my builds. My dad and I have built lots of things together and he’s always been good about letting me do the work with his supervision so I feel confident about doing some simple projects on my own. Because I love working with my dad (most times) on these types of projects, I’m sure he’ll be showing up at my house on my project days.

Last night, Mon, Naomi and I headed to a white trash party. It was quite interesting and I’ve got a few pics I’ll post at some point later.

Today, I’m sore. I was going to roast a chicken and have some folks over but I’m so tired and sore, I don’t think that’s going to happen. I’m gonna go get a massage from my mom today! You guys know she’s a massage therapist, right? If it’s going to rain today, which it seems like it might wait to just drizzle tomorrow, I was going to work on cleaning up my office. I might just be lazy today and do some laundry, vaccuum a few rooms and be done with it. My arms and abs say that’s what I should do. 😉

I still have more on my Chicago/Indy trip to update. It’s hard to do those updates ’cause my Gallery permissions stopped working correctly after I had that faux-virus thing fixed and finding answers on their forums is a real pain in the butt so I may just have to install a 2nd gallery so I can keep up all the old pictures but still be able to add more pictures as well. The Chicago/Indy trip may be just 2 (maybe 3) more updates and I’ll be done. I need to go eat something now so I’m signing off. Love you, mean it!
~C

Pop Culture Overload

There is so much crap information in pop culture. Who really cares?? I’ve vowed for the longest time not to blog about any of it but I’m to my limit. Here’s my brain dump:

  • Anna Nicole Smith, Professional Hussy – it’s always sad when someone dies and yes, somehow, she had become famous so her death is going to make the news. But to be top story on CNN?? And for months? C’mon already! I’m so glad they’ve figured out who the kid’s dad is ’cause it’s all about faded away now. Honestly, I was hoping the old dead dude was going to end up being the dad and everyone could laugh in both those gold digger’s faces.
  • Brittany Spears – She got divorced and her ex is battling her for custody of the child. Happens every day. I think the excessive media coverage is what sent her crazy!
  • Neil Patrick Harris – I’m glad he feels that he can come out of the closet already but he’s not the first gay man, or gay celebrity. Let him enjoy being out already! It’s supposed to be a joyous time, not a damn witch hunt.
  • Prince William – He and his girlfriend broke up. Every single woman in her 20s celebrates. Done.
  • Sanjaya – WHO???
  • Alec Baldwin – what dad hasn’t yelled at their kid? Mine did when I pissed him off. I’ve seen others do it too. Yes, the language was WAY too much for an 11 year old but this is what happens when divorced parents refuse to act like adults. Two words to describe Baldwin – Prima Donna. But what else is new?

    • Okay, frustration done.

    On another topic of news coverage, I loved the way the bits of the Today Show I caught covered the Virginia Tech massacres. They interviewed the friends of the fallen and we truely learned what wonderful people they were. It was such a sad week but the wonderful homage they paid to the fallen really celebrated their short but wonderful lives. Even after details of the killer came out, they still seemed to focus more on the victims. My prayers go to the families, both immediate and extended, of the fabulous people the world lost this past week.

    Quote of the day…

    I love today’s quote of the day. I get two daily on my personalized Google homepage. I’ve got more updates about the Chicago/Indy trip and we’re taking another (quick) trip this weekend to Galveston. Hopefully, I can get caught up next week. Thanks for hanging in with me. 🙂

    I gotta work out. I keep saying it all the time. I keep saying I gotta start working out. It’s been about two months since I’ve worked out. And I just don’t have the time. Which uh..is odd. Because I have the time to go out to dinner. And uh..and watch tv. And get a bone density test. And uh.. try to figure out what my phone number spells in words.
    – Ellen DeGeneres