Fresh, Hot Wastes of Time

Haven’t had much to say lately. Last Thursday we went to Houston, dropped off the kids, drove 4 hours to south Texas Friday, stayed until Monday, went back to Houston, left back for Austin on Tuesday, then back to Houston for the baby’s first birthday yesterday, then back to Austin today. The kids are in Houston again because I have my surgery on Tuesday. We’re probably going to pick them on on Thursday or so.

I finished the baby’s quilt, started on an applique quilt, and I’m taking a quilting class starting next Sunday. Then the next weekend is opening weekend for doves at the ranch. I just want to say I’m exhausted already. I’m actually looking forward to the time after the surgery so I’ll be able to catch up on sleep. How sad is that?

Is it just me, or does the American Idol single sound a lot like John Ashcroft’s “Let the Eagle Soar” song?

A beheaded body can take 32 steps, in case you were curious.
eBay spoof from one of those wacky politian guys.
One should not weightlift with one’s penis.
These games are amazing and provided hours of intelligent entertainment for me back in the early 90’s.

We spent this weekend at the ranch, doing general ranchy stuff like drinking (good lord, we played quarters, even – haven’t done that in 10 years), taking rides (one night we got very close to an alligator that was swimming in a tank), shooting lots of guns, fishing, eating good food, and basically unwinding.

We did have a couple of uninvited guests, though. This young lady was out on the sleeping porch, and had a relative on the back porch as well as one in the cow skull on the patio. We let her live until just before we left on Monday, when we went round and sprayed them all. Beautiful and deadly.

This strapping girl was above the woodpile and had a nightly feast of grasshoppers and crickets. Her body length alone is about 1.5 inches – adding her legs into that, she’s bigger than your palm. We left her in peace, since she’s non-toxic and eats lots of bugs. She had a smaller friend on the air conditioner nearby.

There was also a scorpion scuttering around on the bedroom wall which I calmly whacked with a shoe but neglected to photograph. On our way out, we saw a yellowjacket nest that was probably at least 6 inches tall on the side of the house. We didn’t see any rattlesnakes this time, though.

Y’all city wussies don’t know what you’re missing.

We’ve been out of town for a few days, hence the lack of updates. Right now I’m blogging from my Palm, which takes forever, so I won’t have much to say. I do have a couple of really cool pictures to post when we get home.

If you have even a tiny interest in family history or genealogy, you must go check out Find a Grave right now. I found my great grandfather and my great aunt there. You can leave virtual flowers, too. Really, really cool.

The RIAA’s website was hacked this morning. It seems to have been taken down now, but there is a mirror of the hacked site.

I think I’m going to waste the tag board on the right. Will anyone miss it? The right hand bar needs to be cleaned up.