OMG! 2012 is almost here!
I can only hope that 2012 doesn't pass as quickly as 2011 did!
Current Affairs
December 26, 2011
December 20, 2011
December 13, 2011
Foggy Day at Walmart
This morning it was very foggy with drizzling rain. Still, I had to get out in the weather and take a trip to the gas station. Afterward, I went to my local Walmart. This visit wasn't anything like I expected!
First, I thought there wouldn't be very many people because of the weather. In reality, it was quite crowded. Oh yeah, it's the Christmas buying season.
Second, I thought that since there were so many people shopping there would be an appropriate number of check out stations open. Again, it was not so. Waited behind people with baskets full of Christmas gifts, decorations, wrapping paper, etc.
All in all, I was able to finish buying the few items I needed and get home without undue duress. Tis the season!
December 02, 2011
Wrap 'em as they get here!
Yesterday, the gifts that I ordered on-line began to arrive. Five gifts that needed to be wrapped. By wrapping the gifts as they arrive, I'm not sitting up late the night before wrapping until dawn. In addition, there won't be any early "reveals" that kill the surprise effect of the gift(s).
All in all, I enjoy wrapping the gifts as much as I enjoy watching the recipient(s) opening their presents on Christmas Day!
November 28, 2011
The Christmas RUSH is on!
Oh, my God! Last Wednesday I went to Best Buy and there were two tents with people waiting for Black Friday sales to begin. These people need to get a job and buy some friends! Is any sale that important?
What is more incredible is that some stores never closed for Thanksgiving! These stores proudly advertised that they would be open all day on Thanksgiving. Once again, it's all about the money! Whatever happened to family time? Is it too much to ask that employees have a day to celebrate Thanksgiving with their families? As for me and my family, we had a great meal together and ate lots of turkey and the fixings!
Life is too short not to stop, reflect, and enjoy your family and friends. Ultimately, all of our Christmas shopping will be completed in a timely manner and we'll spend Christmas together to boot!
November 22, 2011
November 15, 2011
This October Wasn't the Same
October 2011 just wasn't the same for me as all of the other Octobers that I've always enjoyed so much. After a two week struggle, my Mother passed away just a few days before her 86th birthday, and eleven years after my father's passing.
Madaline H. Henkel
10/26/1925 to 10/18/2011
Conrad E. Henkel, Jr.
07/11/1925 to 09/17/2000
Eternal rest grant unto them, Oh Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.
September 17, 2011
It's raining! At long last it's raining!
At long last it rained yesterday! According to the weather forecasters, it's supposed to rain again today. With any luck, we will continue to receive rain on a regular basis.
September 06, 2011
It's so HOT this summer!
This summer is the drought is the worst in decades! Here in San Antonio, Texas the temperatures have been well above 100 degrees every day for weeks.
Yesterday, I had to water the large cactus plant in my front yard. How sad is it when a cactus is dying because there hasn't been enough rain?
Last week, the man who mows and trims my lawn called to see if my lawn needed to be cut. Unfortunately, I had to tell him that the only thing growing in my yard are the cracks!
Please pray for rain.
March 03, 2011
Watch out! There's a flu, cold, or whatever goin' around!
For the past two, almost three, weeks I've been afflected with whatever it is that's goin' around and around!
Now if you enjoy: 1) sneezing until you wet your pants; 2) coughing until you are exhausted; 3) blowing your nose every two to three minutes; and 4) wishing that you owned stock in Puffs; then please ignore this warning.
Stay well out there, folks! Many of my friends are in the first week of this illness, but I didn't give it to them.
