1 FWD, 3 BACK

Have you ever felt like you just can't get ahead???  
I am sure my son feels that way, and because I'm his mom, I feel it too.

My son is disabled, visually impaired from birth.  He doesn't drive a car, has been taking public transportation most of his life.  He receives SSI benefits - disability payments for someone who's never worked before.  He's 28 years old now, and still lives with me.  Why?  Because his SSI payments were only $400 a month.  Now what grown man can live on that little bit?  The fact that he lives with me affects his monthly income.  So he got himself a part time job at Home Depot as a Lot Attendant.  Hard work for little money. But a little bit helped him out.  Then Social Security stepped in and "readjusted" his benefit to $175/month, but keeping $72/month in order to pay back what they say they overpaid him.   So now on his part time of 20 hours/week, at rounded to $10/hour, then taking out taxes, and medical insurance as now dicta.... errr... mandated by Pres. Obama and his take home pay is quite small.  He pays $400/month toward household expenses but they still calculated in the figures that somehow gets $175 added to his income because I "supplement his expenses".   Perhaps this manner of finagling numbers around is how our country has become so much in debt.....  I mean, if I give them proof of the household expenses ... Mortgage and various Utilities....  and he pays $400 which is $4 less than exactly half.... where do they come up with $175???

Its so confusing.  He received a letter 15 pages long trying to explain all of this legal mumbo jumbo regarding his eligibility.  Time to hire a lawyer I suppose to help us out and perhaps appeal this decision.  But who can afford a lawyer?   I know I can't.  :(

I am sitting here alternating between being mad as hell, and just wanting to throw up.   It's not like I'm asking the world for a free hand out.  Just a little help so that he can live a full productive life, as best as he can.

I'm frustrated and want to scream.  Or cry. Or both.  The system sure doesn't help out the little guys who try and be honest about their situation.  Because we both know that a person can stand on a corner and get work for cash that never has to be reported to anyone.  But do things by the book, and it throws it right back at you -- ten-fold.  

The really sad part is no matter how much I try to make it so that he's a tax paying citizen doing his part and being independent, at this rate he will be dependent on me forever.  And I won't be around that long.




So here's me and my frustrations,

giving our Government

The Finger.

The Voice

If you don't follow The Voice, and you love music, you're missing out!  There are some very talented people in this world!!!

And have you ever wondered how there can be new music?  I mean, there are only 88 keys on a keyboard, there are only 7 notes, ABCDEFG plus the sharp/flat notes which would add 5 more. And yet there are so many different combinations to create more and more tunes every single day.... isn't that amazing????

Walkin', Mowin', & Clouds

Wow... what a busy day!   I woke up feeling ambitious - the air was crisp and clear, with only a few scattered clouds.  So I tied up my tennies and hit the road.  I didn't intend to walk so far or so long, but ... it ended up that way!   I just started walking toward each goal:  Cal Train, Walsh, Central, Scott, then all the way to 101.  And back again :)    80 minutes of fitness felt good -- but I'll probably be stiff tomorrow!   haha

When I got home, the lawns needed mowing, then a quick lunch.  A dash out to my brother's to pick him up -- he was bringing chickens over to put on the bbq on a beer can!  This is gonna be good :)

We ran a bunch of errands and picked up some beer and wine at the grocery store ... and now.... ahhhh... time to sit down and chill for a bit! ! !

and on Twitter, I am following @TheKellyVaughn and listened to his latest, Rainy Night in Dallas.... give a listen if you can, awesome song :)

this was a shot my brother took from the car .. I just needed to grab some #cloudporn !!!

Queen of the World

Here I am in California again.  My sister called me, thought I needed to be home for the weekend, so I dashed up to spend time with Dad.

We're sitting here watching the SFGiants baseball game, and they're winning in the 5th inning.  Dad loves his sports, and we have all gotten on board and watch with him :)

It was a relaxing day, nothing strenuous or brain-taxing.  Which is good, I needed a break.  But at the same time, I get so restless.  I'm used to going full speed all day long with tasks and goals, my brain keeping track of multi things at a time.  Here, time seems to stand still.

My flight was uneventful -- much better than the last time I flew up here!  But the flight left AZ at my bedtime, and 3 hours later I was in Calif, but found it hard to settle into sleep, was after midnight when I got my netbook out and started watching Father Goose.  Of course, being an early riser, I was awake at 4am, then at 6 ....  so i started the day with a headache.

Mom and I shopped for groceries, and then had a good 30 minutes outdoors in the sunshine -- felt terrific!

Here's my sister's dog,
Roxy, who looks like she's
Queen of the World today!

Blood Tests

I heard back from my doctor today on my blood results.
I verified these numbers against the charts posted on the Mayo Clinic Website:

My cholesterol is 195 -  anything under 200 is considered Desireable

My Triglycerides is 75 - Below 150 is Desireable

my HDL is 64 - Above 60 is considered Best

My LDL is 116 is the midrange - Near Ideal for someone who is at risk for heart attack.

While the results seem on the positive side overall, I think I should be concentrating on lowering my LDL just a bit more.  I hope that if I checked the doctor's records, I would find that my numbers have gotten better over the past two years.  

Of course, there are three things that I could do that would lower my LDL :  Lose weight, eat more fiber and eat less meat/fats/dairy.   I gotta be honest.  Eating more fiber is difficult.  Because they want you to eat grains, like in bread.  And I cannot eat bread if I am going to ""diet"" .   It just doesn't work.  Breads are the one thing I have to give up in order to be successful.

Of course, the number one thing that should change immediately is reducing my intake of diet coke. That's probably the number one thing that is causing issues in many ways.   *sigh*  Ok.  Back on my program again.  For good this time.

I'm listening...

Every year, our company orders our store too much product in the way of sun care, tanning lotions, sunscreens, etc.  And every year, it is my job to send back the excess.  Last year, and this year too, we sent back an excess of $50k worth of product.  Because it's aerosols, it must be packed and shipped in special boxes, in a special way.  Ugh.

So I kept track of my time and the number of boxes.  I tallied up how much we sent back vs how much we sold during the 12 week "summer" period, and how much profit we made.  Then I detailed all that data to my market manager in an email.  He was so pleased with my research that he sent it higher up the chain, and there has been feedback from it this morning already.  I was kind of excited!




A person can complain to upper echelon all you want, but they don't really 'hear' it in a way that they could do something about it.  Give them a pile of facts and figures, and you can really go places!

So remember that next time you want to complain about something at your job.  Make a list of facts, reasons and alternatives, and maybe someone will really listen!

Heart and Soul

Heart and soul, I fell in love with you Heart and soul......

"Heart and Soul" is a popular song, with music by Hoagy Carmichael and lyrics by Frank Loesser, published in 1938.   That's a long time ago!  And yet, the words and lyrics are still so very catchy, people everywhere recognize it in an instant.  It's the same with the song "Lover's Concerto".  Kids in the 50s thought it was done by The Toys, but the melody is taken from Bach's Minuet in G Major. 

I watched an episode of Frasier tonight where Frasier talks with Niles about his crush on Daphne, how he holds an image of her in his mind, which doesn't ring true to reality.  And I got to thinking.  Because I've done the same thing.

And I've done it more than once, probably, since we're prone to having the same kind of issues relationship to relationship.  This last one was a doozy and has taken me a long time to get out of my system.  Why?  Because I held him as an image in my mind, of something I wanted him to be and that caused me to miss the signals of who he really is.  And that true him isn't someone I could ever be with. 

But I still can't get past the part of him that made me feel good about myself.  Probably because of his inability to be free to do things, our relationship became about becoming friends.  I read somewhere that there are two types of love:  Romantic Love and Companionate Love. It's the second one I want, the second one that I need.  All that romance crap, that's for the young people in the world.  

I guess I wanted a best friend so much that I overlooked all the other signals in order to keep the parts that I wanted.  Shame on me.  But admission and recognition of these facts go a long way toward healing the things that are broken in me.   

Which will relate to the POF dating site I am on.  While I would still like to find that companion in my life... I'm not sure I'm willing to give up my life as it is in order to make room for someone who will bring baggage of their own to the mix.

It's a scary thing, these relationships. 
But the most important one, is the one we have with our self.  

NFL Sunday

Such intensity on this young man's face!!



It's NFL Sunday and today's game is AZ Cards vs SF 49ers
and I'm torn on who to root for.  At heart, I'm a Calif Gal
and I've been a fan of the 49ers from back in the Montana days.
On the other hand, I live in AZ and usually root for the Cards....
but not today!  #7 all the way!

I worked this morning, but came home to catch the last quarter
of the Texans vs Giants... and the Giants were in the lead!
I'm a big fan of Eli Manning  :) :)

It was a great day for football, for sure!

Dating Sites

Ok... how many of you have ever used an online dating site?   Filled out all the little boxes where you have to describe yourself and your interests?  Made check marks beside all the qualities you're looking for in a mate?  I have done them off and on over the years... and I can't say I've ever found anything errrr... anyone who suits me.   I'm sure the first one I filled out eons ago was match.com.  After my divorce, I thought I wanted to find someone .... more suitable.  And was convinced that eharmony.com was the way to go.


I patiently filled out all the questions... there were pages and pages!  But as we all know, you get better averages when there are more answers to analyze.  So... I persevered and got to the end.  Mind you, this was right after my divorce, and my emotional state was a little off!   When I got done, and made my little check marks beside the qualities I felt I had to have.... my result?   "No matches within 300 miles."  Now THAT made me laugh my ass off!  and then feel sad and depressed.  Am I that particular?  that unwilling to compromise? that darn picky???

So.  Once again, I have changed my descriptions in my POF file, looking to see what comes in the next round of ......  fishies in the sea.  lol     Because it's a back and forth written venue at first, its weird that a person is judged on what and how they write.  Maybe, and maybe not, it has nothing to do with how they think, but ... a person who's well read should be able to type sentences ---  U R cute doesn't cut it with me! Maybe I'm too old fashioned.

As of now, I'm not feeling too "connected" to any of the five who have taken the time to write to me.  When I mentioned I liked hikes and walks in the park, one wrote back that it would have to be slow walks, as he walks with a limp.   Would I feel as if that holds me back?  I am used to going through life at a faster than leisurely pace.  

Another went back to visit his mother -- at the same time, was having all of his teeth and a jawbone removed and "repaired" then getting dentures as his family suffers from a strange form of rickets.  So, would I be offended because someone wears dentures?  I say not normally, but how often one goes without them would be the issue.  I also wonder if he's hopped up on some pain killers right now... he keeps calling me 'babe'.  hehehe

Another one asked if I was interested in relocating to Colorado.  Sorry.  No, I'm here to stay.

Can a person be too picky?

I keep asking myself that question.

I'll give you another weird example.  I have a co-worker who wears the latest expensive glasses, and tennis shoes.  But yet his car .... ugh.  It's got a bashed in fender - and appears to have been this way for years!  The interior is trashed.  To look at him, you wouldn't think he is the type of person to not keep his car in a presentable condition.  I'm not saying I am SO picky that a guy needs to drive the latest and greatest sports car, luxury car, or even a new truck.  But I think it's OK to be picky enough that I need to date a man who takes care of his things.  If he treats his car that way.... how will he treat me ??????  

I'm just ramblin', just sayin'.
If you have other thoughts, drop me a line!
I could use some valuable dating advice re: where to draw the line in the sand!!

My Girl, Bianca

So... here's my day.  I worked 2 hours this morning, clocked out for lunch, took my car to the dealer, I thought the Power Steering was low on fluid, and she needed her 60k mile once-over.  (I call her Bianca) After I got checked in, I had to wait an hour for the shuttle to return me to work.... Worked 3 more hours, and then thought "wow.... I don't want to wait for the 5pm shuttle -- shopping for 2 hours does NOT sound like fun!"  so I opted to walk ... it's only 5 miles!



Its 96 degrees, and 60% humidity.  I'm wearing jeans and a dark shirt, carrying a heavy purse.  (Aren't all women's purses heavy???)  I walked the first 1.5 miles, and came upon a bus stop -- to my surprise, there's a way to purchase a bus pass with a credit card in a little kiosk!  SWEET!   One bus pass, coming up!!

I crossed the street, and waited not more than 5 minutes before the bus arrived.  First time I've ever ridden a bus in Arizona, so .... the driver had to help me put the ticket in the correct place.  lol  But then... panic.  Oh dear, I've never noticed bus stops along this road.... where should I get off?   The bus went 2 miles, and I pondered too long about whether to get off, and it pulled away.  Ok.  I'll get off at the next stop..... Ohhhh myyyy there's the dealership... where's the next stop?  Next major street, of course!  One mile from the last stop.  Looks like I'll be walking some more.  *giggling*  So... $4 for a bus pass that took me 3 miles, one mile past my stop.  In AZ heat??? Well worth the $$$$

Once I got indoors and cooled off, I realized my car was ready, I was back in my car by 4:30, half hour before the shuttle was even scheduled to leave on its run to pick up folks!   Sadly, the repair bill was $1k, power steering gear was shot.  She sure drives nice now, though :)

Nope, Never

This quote would be filed under "been there, done that" for me.  But its odd... even though I did marriage and then divorce three times, i still fell under the spell of someone who was a bad relationship for me.  Why do we keep repeating our same mistakes??  Is it because we truly don't believe our own worth?  We all have doubts from time to time, but enough of the time to keep repeating mistakes?  *sigh*  it's easier to choose to be alone most of the time.  

It's thoughts like these that make me wonder....  I signed myself up on a dating site again.  And have been sending messages back and forth with a few, to get to know them.  But damn... the pickin's seem slim!   I'll be updating you on some of them, if anything goes beyond a few chit chats back and forth :)

In the meantime, Wednesday is over... the weekend will be here soon! 

Be happy, and go out there, find something - or someone!!!- fun to do! 

*laughs* 

and... we wait

After last Monday's storm which dropped copious amounts of rain around the Valley, here we are, expecting the tail end of Hurricane Odile to dump even more rain on us.  It's slated to begin late Tues night, into Wednesday morning.   There aren't many places for any excess rain to go.   Monday's rain brought us over 3" of rain.... which was about 40% of our ANNUAL rainfall.   Which of course makes me smile.  :)

Work... was awfully long.  I thought I was done with this major project and today they brought me yet another huge stack of more to send back.  So alllll day was exactly like yesterday and Monday.  UGH!  I'm ready to pull my hair out.

In another phase of life, I stlil have a bit of the blues when I think about my daughter and granddaughter.  While I don't enjoy spending an entire day with my granddaughter for a birthday party -- I don't get time with either of my girls, and end up talking with my ex for a chunk of the day.  It always feels like a waste of time.  But I still want to help my granddaughter celebrate.  So I need to make the effort and head on down there.

I'm rambling because I'm tired, but if I fall asleep now, I'll be awake at 2am with nothing to do!  lol

Oh!  new tires and tubes arrived for my bicycle --  yay!  Getting it running will be exciting, and I can ride again.   OK... enough rambling, time for relaxing.  Happy week, everyone :) :)

Workin' It!

My son dropped his phone-- cracked the screen, so we were out and about, stopped at Best Buy.  His phone has insurance so they had to order one.  While I was waiting, I was perusing the new phones -- without a contract, some of them are priced at $800 !!!!!!   Now, I know I'm old, but that's more than an entire desktop computer with a 22" touchscreen!!!  I'm sorry, but I'm not about to pay that kind of money for something I carry around in my back pocket.   hOLy bUckEts!



It has been two hellish days at work, involved in a single project sending suncare products back to the vendor.  After five years of doing this each and every year, I keep wondering WHY???  Why do they ship in so much???  It's not like sunshine has a "season" here in the Valley of the Sun.  We get sunshine 300+ days a year.   We use sunscreen year round.  And frankly, in the summer isn't when we use the bulk of it!  More like spring and fall, because that's when its nice enough to actually be outdoors again!  Every single little can has to be scanned individually into a credit memo -- and there are about 10,000 items!  Yeah, as you can imagine, I'm just sitting here shaking my head.  It seems quite pointless to overdo something that you're going to un-do four months down the road.   I moved here from Ohio -- now THERE is a place that has a seasonal need for sunscreens.  The sun only shines from May to October!  *laughs*



I am back at the gym.  I know, I keep saying that, but this time, I feel it.  I felt it last Thursday, I was actually looking forward to it, and pleased with myself afterward.  Today was the same thing.  I actually put away my work tools and decided that all my work would be there again tomorrow, and left for the day.  I got to the gym, slipped into my workout clothes and jumped on the elliptical.  I went 2.45 miles in 40 minutes, and I'm damn pleased with myself!  I also made it through the day with only one Diet Coke -- and lately, that's been tough for me!  

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Sunday, Work and FOOTBALL

Just a little blue today.  It was my granddaughter's 12th birthday.  And of course, she celebrated with her family.... It's always awkward when there's a divorce -- I didn't enjoy my time with my granddaughter back when there were the usual birthday parties and the entire day spent with my ex.  And during those parties, there wasn't time for me to spend with my granddaughter with all the other people around.   I'll just have to make time, and insist on taking her to lunch in the next couple of weekends.   The blue part is that it feels as if I am the one who has to make all the effort ......   oh well. I have the time.  And the desire.



Hooray to my Cards today for the win over the Giants.  Looks like it will be a long season for Eli if he can't get it together!

Great catch, Larry!!!





After a short day of work.... only 6.5 hours.... I grabbed some lunch, came home to watch Frasier --- but what I really did was snooze on the couch for a bit.   *laughs*  Got my grocery shopping done, an errand to Sally Beauty Supply, and my hair colored.  Dinner was a salad with a chicken tender.




I opened the netbook because I had a thought I wanted to chat about here... and now it's slipped my mind.  How forgetful I've been lately!   Too much going on, I suppose!   Just relaxing, watching the 49ers playing in Levi Stadium.  It's so much fun to hear comments about my home town!!

OK, boys, let's WIN!!!

Weekend Update

What a Saturday!   It's been a fairly off and on kind of day.

First off, my granddaughter turns 13 today.  Ahh the teen years.  If she's anything like her mother was......  *laugh*    I'm hoping she had a wonderful birthday, full of things she likes to do!

I've also updated a profile on a dating site.  Not my fav thing to do, but ... you know, maybe I'm not meant to be alone.  I know I go through this kind of feeling once or twice a year.  But so far, humans being what they are, the men I've met have so far let me down and I quit altogether.  We shall see, I will keep you updated.   At the moment, I'm just in the email stage with three different men.  So far, nothing seems like it will pan out --- but I am keeping an open mind!

I've been agonizing over updating an old bicycle I have had since 1993 or so.  It was expensive when it was purchased, and I put plenty of miles on it back in the day.  But I moved it from CA to OH to AZ, and it's just been sitting since I arrived in AZ - mainly because it needs tires, tubes and a little bit of a tuneup.  The problem is that because of its age, I didn't know what kind of tires to put on it!  Today I started doing some major cleanup and found the rims to be Japanese ARAYA 700c PX 45 .   And from there, found out which tires to put on it.  Sadly, nothing I can pick up at my local WalMart. lol   Because I was using Google to search out the tires and tubes, I also checked a bicycle site, sort of the Kelly Blue Book for bikes, and found my Univega Via Montega  still holding its value from $300-$500.  Nice!!!  So definitely worth putting a little elbow grease and $$ into some maintenance, especially if I will ride it.  And the trails here are so nice, there's no reason why I shouldn't give it a try!  (this one looks like mine, only I have a rack in the back!)  I remember when this bike was new -- it was considered a crossover from road to mountain bike and I thought the tires were so wide!   lol NOW look at mountain bike tires, much wider than ever!

Some "get ready for the week chores" were completed as well-- laundry, floors vacuumed, Sadie had her bath, fresh sheets on the bed..... ahhhhhh how i love fresh sheets on the bed!  Lucky me, I'm working Sunday, so it will feel like a Monday.  But that means I'll be off on Friday again.  Woo Hoo!

There have been cryptic little messages back and forth between my daughter and her boyfriend.  It makes me sad at times that ... well, I'm not included in a lot of things.  Sometimes we had to let go of the ones we love and let them find their own ways.  I try to do what I can to keep in touch with family issues, a note in the mail, etc.  But the rest is up to her.  For those of you who might have a little shock to the system thinking that email and notes aren't a very good way to communicate, it bears saying that my daughter is hearing impaired, and its very difficult for us to speak on the phone. She needs to see a face, to read lips, in order to understand what is being said.  Written word eliminates a lot of misinformation and repetitive stuff.

It is my plan to be in bed by 7pm - to put my feet up, pour a tall glass of iced green tea, and watch some Law and Order re-runs before falling asleep.  4am gets here too darn early!

What do dogs think?

Here we are, its Friday!  yay :)  I had the day off, and I spent it doing nice things for me.  Well, mostly for me!  I took Sadie for a walk in the park. We love to walk in Riparian Preserve.  Although lately, she's been a bit odd when we take a walk.  Sometimes, she will just stop dead in her tracks, and give me this look........


Yes, this look........

and I can never figure out what she's trying to tell me:

Hey, I wanna be in the lead?
Don't walk in front of me?
There's danger that way?
Do we have to do this AGAIN?
My feet are sore?
I'm tired, let's go home?

Ok, to be honest, I have tried that 'go home' option a few times, and nope, its not that she wants to double back and head home.  So.....   I just try to wait her out, and see if she changes her mind.  I have noticed that if I walk back and wait behind her, she's more willing to keep walking again.  *shrug*  Who really knows what a dog thinks????

After that, we came home and did a few chores, took a few pictures, then I changed and headed over to the pool for a little reading and a swim... so relaxing!

Then a quick nap, dash my son to Best Buy for a phone replacement.  While I waited, I looked at phones.... can you believe that some of the new phones at $800 are more expensive than a whole desktop computer????  That's WILD!    Then we boogied over to the library, picked up two books, and two movies, then off to Taco Bell for dinner.  I love their steak taco salads... yummy!

While I did some cardio/workout stuff this morning, I should be doing a few more.  But its already 6:30, and soon I can curl up in a chair with Sadie and do some reading :)  Best way to spend a Friday night!

Lavender Soap

A letter to Grandma:

This lovely bar of lavender soap you once gave me years ago, I have been keeping in my underwear drawer, because I thought it smelled so good.  It's been there for years, and finally I dug it out and stuck it in my shower, thinking lavender would be a good scent for an evening shower, so relaxing.

I'm standing in the shower, open the package and am amazed to find that it's wrapped tightly in plastic.  Tightly.  So there I am, wet and slippery, and trying to slice the plastic wrap -- with no luck.  Finally, I used my teeth - yes, on a bar of soap! ick - and after several bites finally making a hole big enough to slide a tooth of my comb and finally get this thing open!   Yessss, the smell is heavenly, but it's no Dove or Ivory bar of soap.  It left my skin feeling a little tight and dry.

Who knew getting into a bar of soap would be so difficult?
And .... just how much scent
was my drawer getting
from a bar of soap
wrapped in plastic???

Weds Work Woes

Some days can be unbelievably trying.  Today was one of those days!  Too much going on at work.  I went in early to get things ready to ship out -- and ended up staying 2 hours over!  Which means, of course, that I'll have to cut some time on Thursday in order to stay within my budgeted hours...  lol  which is always a laugh.  One of my team members is on vacation.  There are 3 special projects going on that I have my fingers in, and there's only so many hours in a day.    Ohh well.  There is still next week.

Management, by the way, isn't very smart.  But that's another story for another day.  :)

I spent lunch with one of the gals from HR and we chit-chatted.  We both are experiencing the same frustrations of management telling us to do one thing, then switching gears in the middle of things, and muddling up everything else. It makes it difficult to feel as if you are doing a good job, getting things accomplished when you're never allowed to actually finish things!  At least, not in a timely manner.  We both agreed it sure is easier to get things done when you go in very early, or work overnights!!  We also agreed on the fact that its hard to be someone who cares about your workplace when you're surrounded by people who don't care.  There are so many who have a "it's not my job" attitude.  We watch them in the lunchroom, eating their food, then leaving the mess, the wrappers, etc behind for someone else to clean up.  Come on now, Your Momma Doesn't Work Here!

 Because I worked 11.5 hours today, I did not head for the gym.  My body is old, and cannot take that much non-stop abuse.  Especially my feet.  But I watched Extreme Weight Loss last night, and damn if I didn't want to have a job where I could do what they were doing:  Going to the gym for 2 hours before work, heading to work at 8am, lunch hour spent in the gym, then back to the gym for another hour or two after the day's work is done.  Don't see the bosses going for that. But.  It did get me thinking:  maybe I could work it so that I go to work at 5, go to the gym at lunch taking 90 minutes, then working til 2:30 and heading for the gym a second time after work.  Just imagine the metabolism burn you'd get from two separate workouts four hours apart!!  

OK  enough whining, it was a good day overall, and yet I'm happy its over.
It's time to grab my book, get back into my good story and relax with my feet up.
Happy Wednesday, everyone!

Monday Night Football

And now... Monday night football!  

ESPN carried the Giants vs. Lions, so I wasn't able to watch.  But the Lions won... so... Next time, ELI!   Y'all can do this!

In my territory, its time to celebrate the RED ZONE -- go CARDS!  

They're playing the San Diego Chargers .. kickoff in 3 minutes.
I'm jammi-fied and ready to chill out and watch #11 Larry and company do their thing!

Let's go boys!  *rah*  *RAH* *rah*

In other news, it was a terrible weather day!   Chandler had six inches of rain in about 7 hours; in Mesa we had about 4.  There were, and still are, "lakes" in places where water doesn't usually stand after a normal rainstorm.  News sources say this is the "wettest day on record in Arizona history" , beating a record set in 1939.  I happened to zip into work at 4:30am, missed the major part of the flooding *WHEW* but there were still a few road closures on the way home, and the commute that's usually 20 mins took me nearly 45 mins, but that's life in the desert.  Until you live through a desert rainstorm, there's no way to describe accurately how clouds can rain a downpour as if someone turned on a faucet.

Happy Monday to you! :)

Yes, its FALL

Even though the temps in the SouthWest are still on the very warm side, it feels like FALL -- of course, that's because FOOTBALL has now begun!   I've been an on again, off again, fan.  In the 90s I was a huge 49er fan -- loved #16 Joe Montana and #8 Steve Young.  The rest of the boys were awesome as well.  Nothing could beat Montana and Jerry Rice.  Ahh, days gone by.

When I moved to Ohio, the Bengals weren't doing well, and following football just wasn't important.  Now that I'm back on the west coast, I'm following my 49ers again, along with the Cards - because they're the local team, and the NY Giants - because I like Eli Manning!

It was a work morning for me, typical day.  I hurried through my tasks so I could head home and watch today's games!  And the boys pulled it off with a big win against Dallas!