Maybe later I'll comment on the stupid government shut down.  Suffice it to say I'm just totally disgusted and appalled.  Sigh.

In other news, I am waiting for my brown rice to cook although I can't remember if I put in the required amount of water so I don't know what I'll be getting.  I'm going to say it's because I don't feel too well today, but we all probably know better.  :)

I ordered a DNA testing kit so I can find out who I really am! I'm so excited - have been wanting to do this for a long time.  
We already know we have heritage from Puerto Rico, Spain and England, Ireland or Scotland - probably English, but we'll see.  Can't wait to find out!  

Yes!

Updated picture - Eli :

9/28/2013

These are posts I've done in the past two weeks.  I didn't like the new blog site.  And, I must say, I didn't think my old blog would still be here, but here it is.  :)

OMG I'm getting old

I have sort of come to terms with being 63, soon to be 64. And I mean sort of. There are age spots, dry skin and feelings of less tolerance. You know, I don’t feel like taking crap from anyone. Not that that feeling wasn’t present long ago. It’s just stronger now. :) I know younger people don’t believe that one feels the same regardless of age, but it’s really true. I still feel like maybe I could, someday/somewhere, meet Mr.Right and I still rock out in my car to what’s known as the Oldies station. This station, of course, plays the best music ever - the music of my generation: The Beatles, Queen and Motown to name a few. I’m retired, but sometimes I still think about a career I would like to have. I am still looking forward. I have, and have always had, strong opinions about almost everything, so I am going to record them here because I can….

Speaking of perceptions about *ahem* older people, I was at the dentist the other day and my man John Mellencamp came on the radio and I said “John Mellencamp makes me happy.” The hygienist found that “so cute.” Humpf

So I’m watching a collage music show on PBS where all the musicians are playing at a certain venue. I don’t recognize most of the musicians or most of the songs - they are perhaps alternate music styles, I’m not sure. So, I cued up the closed captioning so I could understand the words. Anyway, it is excellent for the most part. One of the musicians whose name now eludes me (see OMG I’m getting old) sang “Radar Love” which most of us probably remember, except that I always thought it was “Red Eye Love”. hahahahahahahahaha I keep giggling.

More aging tidbits

I have seen it happen with my own eyes - older people worry a lot - about everything. So today my daughter, whose van is in my apartment complex parking lot after refusing to drive, left her key in the car so a repairman (mechanic in technical terms) can check it out tomorrow and I’m all worried because the key is in the unlocked car. Sigh. Key words: refusing to drive = the car can’t be driven. Doh.

Senior listening moments

Today on Wheel of Fortune, the category was Food and Drink - I heard fluent in Greek.

Then on a Gain (detergent) commercial, they said something like load and lock - I heard Lincoln log.

Oh boy, oy vey and caramba! hahahaha

An interesting day

I had to go to the dentist again today to have a filling repaired. I had my mouth open for an hour which, you know, is awful. He didn’t charge me. I don’t know why. I was and am shocked. Really, he should have charged me something. He’s a cool dude.

Then I went to the library, returned and picked up books. On my way out, a nice gentlemen opened the door for me, walked with me to the parking lot and we talked for about 20 minutes. He asked me if I was single, if I dated and told me I looked really good. Ha! (I am, I don’t, and I wonder if he is severely nearsighted.)

It didn’t happen today, but it’s still of interest. I was recently notified that I would be insured by Medicare beginning October 1, 2013. I have health insurance and a pension from the City of Kalamazoo until the day I die. So, I found out today that Medicare is the primary insurer and some other little tidbits that are not interesting. The reason I am getting Medicare before I’m 65 is because I am collecting SS disability and evidently MC comes with. I didn’t know this before. Anyway, I will be charged $104 per month for MC, which I don’t really mind. I will pay the same for the insurance from the City that I’ve been paying for much less coverage. Why is that? Not that it’s that much, it’s just the principle. Also, I really don’t understand why, considering all the brouhaha about SS and MC and like programs, if I was already insured that MC is primary. It would seem to be to be beneficial to the MC program if the other insurance was primary and MC picked up little tidbits. This seems quite logical to me.

That is all.

Oh, yeah, and...

The minute I sat down in the dentist chair, John Mellencamp came on the radio. Yes, it did, it made me very happy. :)

Art Prize 

Posted  9/27/2013

Yesterday Mom, Lola, Phil and I went to the Art Prize in Grand Rapids. I was not at all expecting the huge crowd and horrible traffic. I thought it would just be a little busier than usual. It was MADNESS! All of us except Lola were feeling a little under the weather, so we didn’t see as much as we wanted, but most of what we did see was fabulous. And, it was a beautiful day. It was very inspiring - I have some painting to do myself so I hopefully will get to it this week. You would think that when you are retired tons of things could be accomplished in a day, but in my case it isn’t so. Maybe if I didn’t read so much…. :) Oh, and spend so much time on the computer… :) And second oh, and spend so much time watching TV. :)

Another Wednesday

New pic of the darling Layla today. She is starting to coo and make noise. Carmen and I think she's so darn cute we can't stand it. But what else would a grandma and great grandma think? :)

Winter is cold and messy. I am trying, without a lot of success, not to be the grumpy old woman about it so I'll say that every once in a while it's kinda, sorta pretty, in a way.

I have a talent for writing - I have done some great poetry if I do say so myself and the novel I started has some really good writing. But, I'm not too sure I have the capacity to sustain a plot. The reason I say this is because I have watched "Emma", "Pride and Prejudice" and "Sense and Sensibility" in the past months and, Oh! how I wish I could write like Jane Austen! Or even close. Perhaps I will work on ye olde novel some more and see how it goes. I have to change the plot line anyway because someone in the past few years has published something very similar to my plot - I know, how rude! I couldn't even believe it and I must say I was mightily po'd. :)

I am reading two mysteries at once. One by James Patterson, High Lord of the mystery and one by Catherine Coulter, also a fabulous writer. They are both so intense that I can't just sit and read for hours so I switch back and forth when I think I can take it. I get pretty involved in these stories. :)

Wow, there are a lot of "I"s and on that note, that is all for today.

The gorgeous group!