This new job is keeping me busy. Between that and still trying to loose weight I have not been able to get here and do anything. I promise to get better.
The first survey is over and we have written 15 tags. Not bad for a nursing home that hasn't had a survey in 3 years. We actually expected worse.
It really was fun we ate out a lot and laughed a lot. I learned a lot too. The ladies I am working with are so very knowledgeable.
I spent this last week at home writing my citations and dragging the dog around the neighborhood. We have had cool mornings so the earlier the better. I just wish he would not poop in other peoples yards. I am not going to clean it up, Nobody picks up the horse droppings their dogs leave in my yard. I might charge for free fertilizer. I need to change direction of the walk so that the last bit is in the shade. The dog starts panting too hard in the sun.
So May 3 the dog gets his teeth cleaned. His mouth smells worse than his butt so it is really needed. I think he may be deaf. He ignores me a lot, but then most all the men in my life have ignored me. Even cutting his balls off did nothing to improve that.
Tomorrow is much day. Raul my Mexican gardener ( I guess it is not PC to say Mexican since I do not know from which country he is really from) will come and plant bushes and tote mulch to the back yard for the trees. I had to order 5 cubic yards of the stuff in order to get it delivered. I got tired of toting it around in the back of the vehicle. Not to mention I am too old to be doing that stuff anymore. Well maybe if I loose 10 more pounds.
So this morning I weighed self and have finally lost the first 10 pounds. It feels really good. Just that I have so far to go it is barely a dent. I am doing the weight watchers, bumped up my exercise and am learning to leave food on the plate at the restaurant. Hopefully I will be able to see my lady parts again with out a mirror, don't know how guys with the big beer guts know what the length of your junk is.
My scanner screwed up on me. It keeps saying the program is unstable. There is another scanner here that won't work cause it says it need ink. Don't know why it says that cause I have never used the thing. Tried to get the ink cartridge out so I could go get one. I couldn't figure out how to get it out. Sometimes technology cause more problems than they are worth.
Cells phones are one piece I could live without. People standing around in stores and other public spaces yaking loudly on phone is annoying. I was at the airport in Charlotte 2 weeks ago and some jerk was talking so loud you could not hear the overhead paging for flights. I wanted to jam that phone down his pretentious neck.
So this week we had a lady shot and killed in the parking lot of a doctors office and her 3 day old baby kidnapped. The baby was found safe and sound. The woman doing the murder wanted the baby because her boyfriend thought she was pregnant and she needed a baby so he would marry her. Well get this the lady she killed was white, her baby was white, the killer very black as well as the boyfriend. Talk about color blind. Don't really think that would have worked. One thing that pisses me off is that if the killer would have been white and mother black we would be having protests and riots claiming it was a hate crime. Why are we not having that now, I don't think this killer woman has any regard for people only herself.
Need to cut this short the dump truck should be here soon and it is time for lunch. Lettuce and tuna, yum.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Birdsong and dog puke
While I wait for my first assignment for my new job I am contented to continue to read more of Anne McCaffrey collection. The Rowan is the first in a series of books about humans with more than extraordinary telekinetic and telepathic abilities. I am also cleaning the house, dealing with yard issues, and a number of things.
When I bought this house I immediately bought three trees and planted them in the back yard. The intent was to make sure that there was some shade back there. It is on the east side of the house and the early morning sun would heat the house too quickly. So I planted 3 trees. I planted a silver maple, red oak, and a bradford pear. The oak and the pear have flourished the maple has grown a little. I do not know why the maple won't grow. It is frustrating.
The trees attract the birds. They flick and flitter about catching bugs and what not. They also shit all over everything. The chairs, the generator house, everything gets a hit by bird poop. Poop of any kind has germs, therefore my back yard is one giant petrie dish.
Well the flittery pooping birds are not that many because of the resident hawk. Yes the hawk. To be specific there are 2 of them. I have many pictures of them sitting on the fence, a movie of one of them eating something, and a movie of one swooping at me. They are beautiful huge beasts. Noiseless, graceful in flight they do sit majestically on the fence, watching. The little birds are noisy. They fight with each other, squawk and poop as they fly by. There are a couple of doves that sit on the fence and kiss. The doves hide under the azaleas in the front yard. In the winter they look like they are puffed up trying to keep warm.
The worst are the ones who sit on the top of the chimney to the fireplace. While cheerful birdsong is okay for a short period of time but this one sits there for hours. The birdsong reverberates down the chimney and becomes 3 x as loud as normal. This drives the dog nuts cause he thinks he hears them in the house. But since the TV sits near the fireplace the birdsong drowns out the TV. I must appear crazy running out the back door flapping my arms to scare the bird off.
One day some birds were fighting in the backyard carrying on and such. It was early evening and the house shades most of the back yard as the sun sets in the West. I walked outside and was standing on the patio when I noticed the shadow what looked like batman sitting on the chimney. After my heart started beating again I turned around and saw the hawk sitting up there watching his supper cavort in the back yard.
The back yard is the dogs domain. He searches it everyday to make sure no one has invaded his space. He is 13 years old and his hearing and vision is not as it should be. Occasionally he gets an upset tummy and eats grass. Bird poop grass.
When that happens he come in and pukes. If you watch a dog they are not very eloquent when they barf. There sides heave in and out and this partially digested kibble comes out like a lumpy pudding. The worst is if you let them alone they re-eat it. They are not wasteful. In order to keep that from happening again I usually get up and remove the mess before they can re-eat it. After all something about that feast is what made sick to begin with.
Well my trusty friend puked twice the other day. I cleaned both up rather quickly. The second incident the dog spent 2 hours looking for it. He sniffed the entire living room floor and then some. Ugh what a disgusting habit. Must be something left over from being a wolf and when food was scarce.
When I bought this house I immediately bought three trees and planted them in the back yard. The intent was to make sure that there was some shade back there. It is on the east side of the house and the early morning sun would heat the house too quickly. So I planted 3 trees. I planted a silver maple, red oak, and a bradford pear. The oak and the pear have flourished the maple has grown a little. I do not know why the maple won't grow. It is frustrating.
the maple
the pear
The trees attract the birds. They flick and flitter about catching bugs and what not. They also shit all over everything. The chairs, the generator house, everything gets a hit by bird poop. Poop of any kind has germs, therefore my back yard is one giant petrie dish.
Well the flittery pooping birds are not that many because of the resident hawk. Yes the hawk. To be specific there are 2 of them. I have many pictures of them sitting on the fence, a movie of one of them eating something, and a movie of one swooping at me. They are beautiful huge beasts. Noiseless, graceful in flight they do sit majestically on the fence, watching. The little birds are noisy. They fight with each other, squawk and poop as they fly by. There are a couple of doves that sit on the fence and kiss. The doves hide under the azaleas in the front yard. In the winter they look like they are puffed up trying to keep warm.
The worst are the ones who sit on the top of the chimney to the fireplace. While cheerful birdsong is okay for a short period of time but this one sits there for hours. The birdsong reverberates down the chimney and becomes 3 x as loud as normal. This drives the dog nuts cause he thinks he hears them in the house. But since the TV sits near the fireplace the birdsong drowns out the TV. I must appear crazy running out the back door flapping my arms to scare the bird off.
One day some birds were fighting in the backyard carrying on and such. It was early evening and the house shades most of the back yard as the sun sets in the West. I walked outside and was standing on the patio when I noticed the shadow what looked like batman sitting on the chimney. After my heart started beating again I turned around and saw the hawk sitting up there watching his supper cavort in the back yard.
The back yard is the dogs domain. He searches it everyday to make sure no one has invaded his space. He is 13 years old and his hearing and vision is not as it should be. Occasionally he gets an upset tummy and eats grass. Bird poop grass.
When that happens he come in and pukes. If you watch a dog they are not very eloquent when they barf. There sides heave in and out and this partially digested kibble comes out like a lumpy pudding. The worst is if you let them alone they re-eat it. They are not wasteful. In order to keep that from happening again I usually get up and remove the mess before they can re-eat it. After all something about that feast is what made sick to begin with.
Well my trusty friend puked twice the other day. I cleaned both up rather quickly. The second incident the dog spent 2 hours looking for it. He sniffed the entire living room floor and then some. Ugh what a disgusting habit. Must be something left over from being a wolf and when food was scarce.
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