June, 2014
It has been a year and a half since I last posted on my blog. Very lax indeed. So much has happened and that is probably why I haven't ........ just hit the wrong key and wiped out the two paragraphs that I have completed already. I could really learn to hate this machine if it didn't provide me with so much, i.e. place to save my writings, photos and keep in touch with family and friends via the social network. So I put up with the quirks. It's just that when things like this happen and I don't know what I did to make it happen - it makes me a little bit paranoid.
I have been been on this machine since early this morning. My first task was to print out the message that I typed for my son a month ago in honor of father's day. He is not a father for real, but he has done his best to help his girlfriend with her son (15 already - was six months old when they started going together). He would have made a good dad, too bad it is never going to happen. That's just the way it happens sometimes.
I have organized my photos and saved them to a flash drive to protect them in the event my computer decided to crash or some such thing. I also saved some of my more important writing projects. I would not want to recreate them in any way, shape or form. I enjoy writing and I really have not done enough of it during the past year. Probably would have felt better if I had filled up my time but putting my fingers to the keyboard and produced words.
I did this because a virus attacked my phone and in order for it to be fixed they had to do a Master Reset-they managed to save my photos and my contacts, but the info in my task and memo folders was erased and had to be recreated, which I did with flying colors. Buggar!!!!!! The only thing that I have to do is to put birthdays back on my calendar (already replaced the dr. appointments etc.). It was my fault that the virus hit my phone - I thought I was doing good but in actuality I did bad. A message popped up telling me I had three viruses that I needed to handle and that I should click okay to start the cleaning process. Guess what - clicking on okay is what gave the viruses the go ahead. I paid for it - took a couple of hours at the AT&T fix-it store in Pikesville to get rid of it.
This past winter did not treat me well. I was not a happy camper. I do not like cold and I do not like snow and we had tons of both. Unfortunately the snowblower gave up the ghost so it was shovel time. I did get plenty of exercise because of the shoveling. We had two major storms that if I had my way would have closed down the household until it melted, these were the two times that I was very glad that the neighbor from across the street came over with his snowblower and moved the majority of the snow before we went out to shovel. God bless neighbors who look out for us.
There have been a lot of storms this spring as well - wind, rain and once or twice there was hail. The temps are still on the cooler side, but that is going to change this week. Looks like we have some warm and clear days coming up this week. They will be greatly appreciated. Doing my outside projects has not been easy cos it hasn't been dry enough long enough to get them done. Painting does not like wet. Still have some weeds around the perimeter of the yard that need to be sprayed, but once again rains reek havoc with that as well. I am actually hoping that we are almost past this stuff.
I have not been very faithful with my exercise routines. Haven't been to the gym in months. In fact, I am not even sure that the gym is still in the same place. The jist of the last Facebook post is that it has moved. I am going on a hunt tomorrow to see if I can find it - I really need to get back into a routine. I have gained a few of my lost pounds back - more due to inactivity than eating too much because I have managed to maintain my 1200 calorie limit for the day. Something to be said for that - even if I do say it myself.
Time to think about cutting this off - it is almost dinner time and I am in need of a cup of coffee. Take care world......hi to anyone who might run across this and take the time to read. I can get pretty long winded sometimes.
