It Is Spring

Spring finally has arrived here in the California desert. Weather is much nicer, although windy now as usual. Today got very warm sitting here in my kitchen by the window. I am happy to see it arrive.
The problem with Spring is that my wife suffers some serious allergies and the winds blowing the pollens around will not help her at all, poor woman.
Only bad part of Spring for me is that it gets very warm sitting here then it cools off really quickly. I don't know whether to take my shirt off or leave it on lol
No complaints from me though, Winter has never been a friend of mine. Never! Glad it is gone for another year.

Hot Hot Hot

Well, after all my whining during the Winter and Spring, Summer has arrived here in the desert.
Too bad for me that it hit with a bang, no warning whatsoever. One day it was cold and the next day it was hotter than hell. Guess I should have been more careful of what I asked for lol
The problem with all this heat is that it makes my computer run way too hot. It is very warm here beside this window, I sit here sweating most of the time and the computers fan runs as fast as it can to try and keep things cooler inside the case.
I have now moved my laptop into the bedroom where it is somewhat cooler in the afternoons. That way I can give the desktop a much needed cooling off period. I can also give myself some relief from this heat I so desperately begged for.

Too Strange

The weird weather continues/ Spring may be here but Winter keeps trying to pop back in and take over. Yesterday was sunny, although not hot. Today is cloudy and cold.
My wife went out walking to go and pay a bill and came home saying it was cold out there. But, she sits here sweating now because she is hot.
Weird, weird, weather here.

Danged Weather

It's almost Spring, why isn't it warm already? I am sitting here in the kitchen and I am colder than I should be. The sun is shining outside but the wind is blowing cold air down from the mountains and it is cold outside.
I turned on the heater and the room feels warmer but my hands are still very cold. My daughter came in the room and put her hand on mine and complained that I am too cold so maybe it is just me.
I hate Winter, always have, but I find as I get older I dislike it all the more. Come on Spring, spring already! I want to be warm!

Cold Today

I awoke to find, as usual, this house is cold. yes, I know that it isn't quite Spring yet but it is cold in this house. So I did what I do every day, I turned on the heater top help thaw out the house as well as my arthritic joints and bones. Being old is a pain, literally.
I turn the heater off when I head for this kitchen and my computer and normally that is okay, the house isn't hot but it is livable. Today however it is still kind of chilly. My wrists and fingers hurt. I was thinking of switching over to the laptop in the living room and turning the heater back on but my daughter is cleaning that room and I don't want to be in there. She is listening to a sermon from her church while she cleans and I don't wish to be that close to the recording either.
A few minutes ago my daughter came into the room and asked if we minded if she turned the heater on. I said okay and her mother acted shocked that the kid would even think of such a thing. Usually the kid is hot and wants the fan on lol
So, sensing some displeasure on her mother's part, the kid said she would wait a while and see if she is still cold. Darn, I was hoping.
As you may have sensed I will be happier when Spring gets her and it starts to warm up. I will be even happier when Summer gets here LOL

How Ironic

After more than a week of rain, rain and even more rain, the sun finally decided to show up for the day. Looked very lovely as I sat here looking out the window and enjoying the warmth that the sunshine brought in.
Suddenly, without any warning whatsoever, the power to my house went off! I assume it wasn't just my house as we just paid the bill a few days ago, but the neighborhood.
So, here I sat with no power, no computer, no nothing but the sunshine which also went away quickly as more clouds rolled into the valley.
Since I had been sitting here contemplating microwaving some food I guess it was good that we have cereal and milk, or I might starve without my precious electricity.
Power was off for about an hour, not that big of a deal, just seemed ironic that the one day of nice weather in such a long period of time is the day the power goes off.

Weird Weather

Mother Nature is nuts! There appears to be no sense or logic of any kind in the weather lately. The past 2 days were like Winter, freezing temperatures and wind like crazy. Today is sunny and warm and no wind at all.
My body is not able to get used to something that changes so drastically so quickly. Although I like the weather of today, even though it is still cool here in my kitchen it isn't cold enough that I feel the need to run and turn on the heater.
I just wish Mother Nature would make up her mind, Winter or Autumn. Preferably Autumn LOL
Some days it is difficult to sit here and type as my fingers just do not wish to cooperate. But, I do the best I can to update this blog and do my duties as a game chat moderator :)

Different Day, Same Garbage

It is now just past five o'clock in the afternoon. It is a lovely day outside, the temperatures hit into the 90's today and it is still 89 degrees at the moment. The birds are chirping happily and dogs are frisky and happy as well. The only one unhappy appears to be me.
I am not totally unhappy. I did give up waiting for the UPS man to deliver the package from Hades and go cash my monthly check so that I can pay the rent. Want to ensure that I continue living in the house that no one can find!
So, now that I am back home I can continue waiting for something that surely is not coming today. With my luck the man came and found no one home in the half an hour that we were gone. *sigh*
Another bright note for the day was that I got paid some money for writing assignments. Thirty five dollars into my PayPal account. I have almost one hundred again which will certainly be great as Christmas shopping time is getting nearer.
I hope your day has been a great day too!

Hot And Humid??

One of the things that I love about the desert where I live is the heat. So much nicer than the freezing cold of Winter. It is a dry heat so it's just simply hot. But today it is also humid as the weather people call for a 20% chance of rain.
I do not like hot and humid. Ugh! Humid heat just makes you feel all sticky from sweating. If you take a shower and come back out into the humid heat you feel all sticky again. That just doesn't seem right :(
The other thing I dislike about hot and humid is that it makes me sleepy. Like I am not lazy enough, Mother Nature has to help me be lazier? Thanks for nothing! LOL

I'd pray for the rain but I know better. If it rains, this desert becomes almost unbearable. I'll be turning on a fan and hiding in the bedroom if it rains. Sleeping, of course. Humidity does that ya know LOL

Removing The Wires

The lovely people in the Los Angeles area warehouse for UPS finally decided that they could no longer get away with their "inclement weather" excuse and sent my wireless router up here and it was delivered yesterday afternoon. I say excuse because, frankly, it was an excuse. I'm right over the mountain from them and I know exactly what their inclement weather was. it was sunny as could be with some stronger than usual wind. People that live in Los Angeles tend to be very wimpy when it comes to the weather. The terrible wind that they got? Almost an every day breeze up here in the desert.
Anyway, I got the router and hooked it up. Piece of cake set up! The laptop was up first and it found the wireless signal with no problem. Ran better in the bedroom than in the living room for some unknown reason (although today the signal is the same in both rooms).
While my lovely wife was playing on the laptop I got her Ipod out and set it up to log into the wireless router. Fun!
Now all three people in the house can actually be on the net at the same time without begging someone to let them have a chance at the computer. Wireless router is a blessing :)

Weather

It's been raining off and on for a couple of days now. Flooding in Los Angeles and that area are awful. Mus in the hillsides too. Then, this afternoon, the Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Orange County. What the heck? A tornado in the land of earthquakes? How strange! We even had a bit of sleet here in the desert an hour or so ago. Where is my sunshine???

WHY???

I wish I knew more about the weather. Specifically about rain and humidity. For example, I'd really love to know why I have to suffer through a humid day when there is no rain or threat of rain.
It has been muggy here where I live for over a week now. Yesterday it finally rained. A long ways away from here!
I live in the desert, about an hour or so away from Los Angeles. It rained in Baker, California which is probably 100 miles away from me to the east and the north. Great for them to get some rain, but why must I suffer their humidity? It has been threatening to rain in the Baker area of the desert the whole time it has been humid here where I live.
As you may have guessed by now, I am not fond of humid weather. It is one of the reasons I live in the desert where the summers are hot and DRY! Humid weather is for places like the Pacific Northwest, or Hawaii or Florida. And, they are welcome to that weather.
Just leave me hot and dry...

Yard Sale

A friend of Shelly's is out in our yard having a yard sale. Even though it is early, she has had quite a few people stop by already :) I don't know if she has made any money or not, I am sitting here at the computer doing my daily work and drinking coffee trying my best to wake up LOL
It is going to be a very warm day here in the desert, might even hit in the high 100's so I guess that's why people are out and about so early, while it is still fairly cool.
Happy Weekend to all of you. Hope you have a great weekend as well as a safe one :)

Thursday, Already?

Seems like the week has flown by here! I can't believe it is Thursday already. I am ready to head out to the bowling alley in a little while. I hope I can do as well as last week, although I'd be happier if I did not bowl a 104 game in the middle of the set. The 235 game was nice though :)
It is windy and cold again today. I wish Mother Nature would make up her mind. The past few days have been sunny and warm. Cray weather!
That's it from here. Hope you all are having a great day :)

Not much to write about today. It's a nice day outside, Spring is almost here. That means my cat is driving me crazy! He wants out only to want back in! Crazy cat! The picture is from one of his normal days, just lounging around on the bed :)
Have a great day, folks !

Happy Monday!

It's Monday again. The weekend is gone, time to get back to work for most folks. Not me, as I am retired, but I remember Mondays and back to work. Some things in Life are unforgettable :)
The weather, which was crummy all weekend is now back to normal. It actually looks quite pleasant outside, sunny and very little wind. Why couldn't it have been like that on the weekend when people want to go outside and enjoy themselves? Mother Nature has a warped sense of humor!
I am working, in the sense that I am busy updating my blogs and looking for ways to make some extra money. Most things I have looked into I shall have to wait for, as none of my blogs are old enough to qualify. But, I remain hopeful that someday soon, I will be able to make some income from them :)
Enjoy your week, whatever work it is that you do. And try to set aside some money for your old age. Open an IRA or see someone about a TSA. You'll be thankful when you retire!

Special Day, Today!

Today is my son Patrick’s birthday :) He is all of 41 today! And, I actually remembered to send him a message wishing him Happy Birthday. I always think of his birthday, before and after, the day but rarely on the day! Must be my old brain malfunctioning LOL

Like all of my stepsons, Patrick lives far away from the desert, preferring places that are very wet and very green. He has a wonderful job and makes a good living so I can’t complain about his location :)

The rain has stopped here, finally, and it appears to be very sunny today. Headed for warm by the middle of the week and I can’t complain about that either! I like warm, not wet and cold :)

Other than that, it is peaceful today. I slept almost twelve hours last night, and I feel lethargic this morning. Not sure why that is. I hope I am not getting sick again. Maybe I’ll feel better after I eat some breakfast. So, on that note, I leave this blog to go pester the cook :)

Another Rainy Day

It's still Winter. UGH! I am not a winter person. Never have been, never will be. I like Summer :)
But, it's rainy here, and cloudy and cold. Not good weather for me, but I am sure I will survive.
The weather makes me very lethargic, I don't really want to do anything, not even surf the net. Now, that's lethargic LOL
Maybe I will give everything a rest, as typing hurts my joints on wet days, and go vegetate in front of the television and think. Actually allow my brain cells to be used! I have some ideas sitting on the back burner of my brain, ideas pertaining to blogging, and nothing makes my mind wander faster than television, so I should be able to think some things through :)

Crummy Day

Weather here is grey and cloudy, threatening rain and/or snow. All I want to do is lounge around doing nothing.
I hate winter :(