Wichi Dude

TO DINNER AND A BABY SHOWER

Dudette, CK, Chew and I went out for dinner last night. We enjoy going to The Olive Garden, so that was our poison of choice. Good food and a great atmosphere.

Throughout dinner the conversation kept going from serious to silly and we had a blast. Part way through the meal a group came into our section. It was a baby shower. The guest of honor was, of course, pregnant. But the first indication of how rowdy the party would get was when, out of the blue, we hear, "It's so BIG!" followed by a bunch of squeels.

JUST THINGS

Went and saw "Annie Get Your Gun" at the theatre Sat. night. Great musical about Annie Oakley and Brett Butler. Garrett Long played Annie, and she was fantastic. Great voice to go along with a knack for nuance. Little things she did to accent her character expression made a lot of difference. A little shuffle of her foot, or the sudden shifting of her eyes spoke volumes and accentuated her intent. It was great. She stole the show. If a theatre presentation with her comes to your area, be sure to catch it.

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It caught my attention...

ONE OF THOSE DAYS

Had one of those days today. Woke up on time and everything. But as the morning progressed, I kept fighting with myself about going to work. You know the drill,

Me: time to make the donuts.

My Mind: go back to bed.

M: donuts.

MM: bed.

M: donuts!

MM: bad move. bed.

M: donuts?

MM: give it up. bed.

M: sure?

MM: bed!!! NOW!!!

I gave up the fight, went back to bed. Down at 4:45am, back up at 1:05 pm.

Don't ask. Even I have no idea. All I know is, after sooooo many years, sometimes you just have to listen to that nagging voice in the back of your mind and trust it.

Strange things happen.

CONCERNED REVISED

Seems Typepad got it fixed.

Cool

A LITTLE CONCERNED

I seem to have gotten a few comments that do not show up in my "comments" section of the posts. They show up on the site, but when I go to edit them and/or remove them, they aren't there.

Can't find them under the post listing or under the comment listing. I left a note for the Typepad people to investigate. Hopefully they find out how this is happening. I may have to turn off comments for a while until this is resolved.

Sneaks happen.

RAIN AND THE LAWN

Last week I replaced the drive belt on our lawn mower. The mower has been slipping lately and I thought the belt might be the culprit. I was wrong. With the new belt on though, I noticed the drive wheels chattered quite a bit. Pulled one of them off to look at the gears. Looked a little loose to me, but I could find no way to tighten them. Time for the shop.

Dropped the mower off and waited for a call. When it came, the manager said the gears were OK, but the spacer bushing were gone. Not worn out, GONE. He told me the last time I had it serviced, they must have forgotten to replace them. Therefore, the whell channels were wallowed out and the wheels needed replaced.

I informed him, the wheels were NEVER off before.

A STORY, BUT SOME ONE ELSE'S

A friend of mine sent this story to me. I do not know where he found it, but it is worth sharing. The author is listed, but beyond that, I have no idea who's work it really is. I just have to believe what I got.

It is short, so don't worry about reading forever. It's not MY work. LOL

Enjoy.

Stories happen.

TID BITS

The dinner last night went very well. The four of us ordered different meals and we all shared. The meals are delivered communally and you pick and choose from the dishes. It was ALL good. I recommend trying it if there is a P. F. Chang's in your neighborhood.

We laughed and shared stories and had a lot of fun. AS T&T are here for the weekend, there is a chance of us getting to gether again and enjoying another meal before they leave. We are looking forward to it.

In other news:

VISITS AND WEDDING

Friday night, Dudette and I are going out to dinner with some friends (a co-worker of Dudette's from out of town, and her husband). They are great people and a lot of fun. T&T (both of them) can be a barrel of laughs once they get going.

So, it will be off to P.F. Chang's for a great time. Reservations have already been made. (Staying awake shouldn't be an issue.)

Then...

I THINK THEY TRY HARDER AT WORK...

to drive us nuts.

I am always mentioning the hours at work and how crazy they are.

Recently we started the typical "hot" season for production. That means 10 hour days are normal. Throw in a couple Saturdays, and life is balanced. For the first time in 2 years, they have been throwing in some Sundays as well. OK, fine. More overtime.

Just to mix it up a it, we hit a new wrinkle: no steel! How in the world do we run out of steel?