• Free Stuff

    Free May 2013 Desktop Calendars

    I was beginning to wonder if this post was ever going to happen….one issue after another kept popping up.  I had actually decided that if I couldn’t get this done tonight it just wasn’t going to happen this month.  Fortunately ~ the powers that be let the stars align, the heavens sang and it all came about….the free May 2013 desktop calendars are here….finally. To download a zip file of this calendar, click here.  There are six high resolution images available so you can select the one that best fits your screen. To download a zip file of this calendar, click here.  There are six high resolution images available so…

  • Outside My Window

    Outside My Window ~ 6.12.2011

    Outside my window…in a word, steamy.  At 11:00 this morning, it is 80°F with 73% humidity and relatively no wind…steamy.  Our forecast high for today is 89° with a 50% chance of thunderstorms.  Yesterday we had a 30% chance of storms and storm it did, for quite some time around sunset and into the night.  We received over a quarter inch of rain last night on top of the rain we received Friday night.  My plants are loving these rainstorms after baking this past week in unbelievable heat.  The whole week was hot but Thursday was incredibly hot…so hot I felt a wave of nausea wash over me when I…

  • Life In General,  Miscellaneous

    A Run Through The Neighborhood….

    One of the nice things about running through your neighborhood is the sites you see……the different flowers, different wildlife, different ways people landscape their yards, and of course the people.  There is a couple (he is a massage therapist and personal trainer, she is a teacher) that gets up early and run….some mornings they are sitting on their porch enjoying a beverage afterwards and are always quick to shout  “hello, how are you” and “you’re looking good, keep up the great work” as I run past.  A little encouragement never hurt anyone! During my run this morning, I was thinking about what kind of post I could do today….and I thought why not…