statistics counter

I have this little hit counter at the bottom of the page. It tells me how many people looked at my musings everyday. It also tells me where those hits originated from. The IP address is very visible along with the time and place.

“He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.”

Elbert Hubbard quote

Facebook

Why did I join Facebook? Oh yes, it was to keep up with the kids. Now I remember.

The numerous questions should have reminded me or at least given me pause long enough to stop typing. My politican affiliation? My religion? My likes and dislikes, reading list, music etc.

I am not looking for new friends or to pick up old friends who wandered away or most likely had a door shut in their face. I am not one to forget why I lost someone.

Sunday Morning

Looks like its going to be one of those overcast, moody, slow days. You know the kind I mean. I have a chicken thawing in a bowl of cold water for dinner tonight, the cats keep checking it out. I think I will go ahead and put my new Persian Lilac out on the porch in case it rains. I haven't planted it yet because of the cold snap and it has lived in the bathtub off and on for a couple of weeks now because I don't want the cats to nibble on it. After I move it I think I will take a long shower and then fix brunch. I'm thinking omelet with cheddar and asparagus from the garden. I planted my onion sets yesterday and started some seeds in peat pots. Cherokee Purple and Black Krim tomatoes and some lemon cucumbers and a petite cantaloupe, all heirloom seeds. So far I have volunteer lettuce and potatoes coming up in the garden and I think I saw marigold seedlings out there yesterday. I always have marigolds come up by themselves. This year I plan to give many of them away as they nearly took over the garden last year.

weekend

My HR lady told me today that I had to fill out a LOA form to get paid for the 2.5 hours I was at the doctor’s office. So I’m thinking that I will sneak the form in on top of my boss’s desk while she is out..except that when I’m almost into her office she shows up. Talk about timing. My whole day has been mistimed, but that’s another story.

Ah well, count my blessings and go on.

Looks like I may get to work in the garden this weekend. I need to trim the hedge too, bet I can find a girl to do that for me.

The list

I emailed myself a list at work today so that I would remember everything I had been thinking about writing down.

The first thing was the fact that I have come back into contact with so many people that I used to know here lately. It is really a strange feeling. I registered on classmates.com and now I have 20 signatures in my guestbook. I don’t remember having that many friends in high school. Of course I didn’t sign up for the gold membership yet because I’m not really sure I want to get involved just yet. Then last night Erin located someone I used to talk to all the time on AOL 10 years ago. Going from a very solitary person to this is just a little different feeling.

Then there is the matter of my boss (who swears she does not like to micromanage things). The woman now wants to pencil in our doctor appointments into her calendar in advance. I’m not sure exactly what is up with that. I managed to see my doctor on Tuesday and it was the same day I made the appointment and it just didn’t sit right with her. I’m almost afraid to make my dental appointment; she may bring out the nukes. This post has been edited.....after reading about bloggers rights. cough, cough, cough.....hairball as my cats would say.

04.01.09

I went in for my blood pressure checkup yesterday and it seems that my diet and exercise changes have done their job. My doctor cut my meds in half. Strange, it didn't seem to much change the amount I paid for the script though. My script only decreased by $5.00. For half the dose??? This somehow just doesn't seem right.