Beneath the Wraps

            Since moving to Myrtle Creek, I've worn my winter boots less than ten times.   I finally managed to get them back into the shed, but had kept out some sweatshirts and long-sleeved shirts that I thought would go into the shed eventually.               I've been running the A/C the last couple of days as it's been over 80 degrees outside.   Yesterday got up to 86 at one point (that's when I actually checked) but may have gotten higher.             This morning I went out to water the plants and actually put a hat on my head.   It was 53 degrees             I've mostly been wearing shorts - even when the temperature has dropped.   Currently I am wearing long denim pants and a long sleev...

                On Saturday I went with Roland and Jenna to the big city of Roseburg as Roland wanted to get some more soil and plants to add to our yard and garden.     Jenna at Home Depot             As we were near Costco, I mentioned to Roland that we ought to get gas.   We also need milk and so picked up some additional items as well.   We also had an opportunity to allow Jenna a thrilling moment that we of course would never have planned for.             As we were walking toward the Costco entrance, Roland noticed a ReMax balloon out in the parking lot.   It appeared as though it was lifting off the ground and then back again.   Corey and I had actually saved our money for a balloon ride and were majorly disappointed with the results. ...

        I suppose it's not just my physical body that has changed, but my inner being as well.   I used to like crafts and knit-knacks.   I now think of them as "dust collectors" - too bad.   Jeanie and Biff sent a cute figurine for Mothers' Day.   It really is cute - but I haven't a   clue what to do with it.   Currently it is on a shelf next to a "frog" bank. They both look out of place.         I don't know where I got it from, but I was a hoarder in my youth.   I'm happy to say those days are gone. What is it that possessed me to hang onto all that/this stuff in the first place.   Let's just get rid of everything!         In addition to weeding out tangible items, I really need to go through my computer files - particularly my pictures and sort them out.   Kill all duplicates.   I did feel organized at one time.   ...

What is up with Roland picking the absolute hottest part of the day to do the yard?   Would you believe we actually had the heat on this morning and now I am attempting to cool off as I sit beside the A/C?   What fickle weather we have. Speaking of weather – I will be using the bizarre weather to promote my pretend business that I’m now in the process of creating for my assignment for the next four weeks.   If imagination counts, I should do well in the class.   So I was actually on the tail end of this week’s assignment   (which may vary from week to week – I don’t know) when I received a text from my sister indicating that my facebook had been hacked.   Oh, great.   I signed onto facebook and discovered three more p.m. to inform I’ve been hacked.   Now four, five . . . I also was expecting a call and had to prepare for that – plus Roland needs me to take pictures of him on a weekly basis so that he can send them in to his health ad...

If x   times 3 = 3x and you subtract 12 = y over 3x squared, what are y and x?   We will never know.   Apparently it doesn't matter. Order of operation matters. Order of operations is a way of thinking logically - so says the mathematician.   Do you know how boring you sound?   Only math nerds understand the numbers game and the results of getting there - though most of the problems are never completely finished - they are written down as far as they can go.   So an acceptable answer could look like this: 4x+3q+8-7n=y^12   What?????   If we don't ever know what q or y or the rest of the letters are - what's the point???   Roland says it's to learn logic.   I don't learn logic!   I am too dang frustrated to be logical.   I want to scream, swear, pull out my hair, and hurt whoever it is that came up with x(3-6)+[6*(n-q)4]-12x in the first place. Give me a break!   I was not put on this planet to answer mixed up number/l...

                I don't know what it is that Roland and I may have encountered on Wednesday, but something didn't agree with us.   It took a few days before we managed to get it out of our system.   He continued with some yard labor that he had started while I was bent over in the fetal position not wanting to move, for every time that I did, I'd have to race to the toilet.                 After he had finished up with one project, he decided to move onto another.                 He mentioned a yard sale that he wanted to look at.   I told him to wait until Jenna returned home and he could take her with him.   She loves yard sales.    I can take them or leave them.   When I'm in the fetal position - I just want to stay ...

                         In November I had never heard of an oligopoly before.   I knew what they were, but until this last class I had (in economy) I didn't realize they had a specific name. I'm not saying all companies that happen to be in the Oligopoly or monopoly stage are necessarily bad companies.   The truth is the founder of the company may well have had extremely valid intentions (other than become a successful money maker who cares only about money) and may not even be involved with the company anymore as many founders are eventually kicked out of their own company (that doesn't seem right) but I am saying that there are many who make decisions, advertising for instance, that are done in a deceptive way.   Many businesses seem to get "too big for their breeches" that they have lost vision of what made the corporation great in the first place.   By the...