Today our department had a potluck lunch. Typically potluck meals are not my favorite places to eat, but this lunch may have changed my mind. There were many vegetarian dishes made and all of those were extremely delicious. I appreciate my coworkers and their healthy meal choices.
Tuesday morning I woke up in quite a bit of pain after hurting my ribs on Saturday. I had had broken ribs before so I knew the feeling, but this was a level above that. Off to urgent care I drove… After my examination the Doctor there told me to go immediately to the emergency room, which I did. He thought I had a ruptured spleen based on my pain level and how swollen my abdomen was. Well, so…
This past weekend was great! I went for a motorcycle ride with friends up to Bartlett Lake after a stop in Cave Creek for some breakfast. Here is a photo of our stop at the lake. When I arrived home Callie and I were playing around the house and having a great time until I tripped over her and fell onto the coffee table in my front room. The table is fine, but I ended up with a few broken ribs….
I’ve used WP for quite a few other sites and after getting tired of using iWeb and manually managing the process for a few years now I have decided to utilize WP for the KleinPad! Migrating my blog info from 1997 was a pain in butt because none of the automated tools worked. Well, we’ll see how it goes!
At 86,000 miles I have used about 1,791 gallons of gasoline with my Prius. Compared to 4,095 I would have used with my old Subaru Legacy or Audi A4. That is a savings of 2,304 gallons of gasoline or about $6,912 in fuel savings at $3.00 per gallon (Prius also takes regular and my others took premium). Plus, the Prius was less expensive to purchase and maintain. Yes, I do think it was a good investment and at 86,000 miles…
This year has gone by so far so fast. I’m now on vacation in Rapid City, South Dakota visiting family, friends and checking out my old home town. The vacation started out with an all school reunion at my old high school, Saint Martin’s Academy. The local catholic diocese recently purchased the school from the Benedictine Nuns who ran it for many, many years and have converted the high school into the new grade school, added a new retreat…
MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR! Add caption This past year’s fun… Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a happy, safe and prosperous New Year! May 2012 be even better and let’s all hope the Mayans are off by a few thousand years. This past year has been a good one, filled with plenty of great memories of family, new friends and new experiences. Early this year my dear little dog, Isabella passed away. I was lucky enough to…
I never thought I would see the day when I would think, “Wow, she makes Sarah Palin seem intelligent.” Well, I wouldn’t go so far as intelligent, just not as stupid as I normally think she is. Michelle Bachmann has made some pretty stupid statements within day(s) of entering the herd of republicans now attempting to win the race for president in 2012. Mixing up John Wayne with John Wayne Gacy? http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-bachmann-wayne-20110627,0,187514.story?track=rss Even the Tea Baggers have…
Great blend tonight: apple, blueberries, strawberries, raw pumpkin seeds, raw almonds, aloe vera, ginger, kale, bananas, water and…can’t remember if that was all, but it was great!
On Tuesday my weekly prescription of Prednisone ran out and I was feeling pretty good, but by later that day I knew I was in trouble again. I noticed that those areas which seemed to be clearing up were becoming red and irritated so I went back to the doctor this morning. Another week of Prednisone and steroid cream. Fun. Hopefully this will take care of it.
This year’s birthday was similar to last year’s because I was not home for my actual birthday. I was in San Francisco for work and stayed the weekend for the SF Hash House Harriers event “Bay to Blackout” which coincided with the 100th running of the “Bay to Breakers” 12K. Monday night I ran/walked with the local HHH kennel and it turned out to be a wine hash event with three wine stops and a beer stop. At…
Sydney is my foster dog right now and she is a little sweetheart. Her and Mooch really get along well and I am sure she would love to be a part of your family. You can see more of her at azrescue.org.
Hey runners, hikers and bikers! This weekend Milton Miller will be stopping in Phoenix as he runs from Miami, FL to Los Angeles, CA. He is raising money for EdenInAfrica.org, a fabulous organization that helps kids in one of the poorest parts of Africa. You can track Milton’s progress here and learn more: http://100daysofmadness.com/ Sounds crazy, right? He gets that a lot. But he lives by a guiding principle: If you don’t set yourself extremely ambitious goals, nothing…
About a year ago I bought a Rowenta professional grade iron for about $85 which was the best model at Target and made in Germany. The build quality was excellent and I must admit that I am at fault for breaking the iron by using tap water and having it fall from the ironing board (once) which broke the spray nozzle, but didn’t impact its general functionality. Well, last week I was using it and rust began to come…
Last night I made pizza. A delicious mediterranean style pizza and I tried something different with a veggie korma Indian style pizza. Both were very good and the korma pizza was more like a dessert pizza. Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5
Okay, so as a woman in this new era of independence I would think/hope you would at least offer to help pay for breakfast/lunch or dinner. This has happened time and time again where I will go out with a person and at the end of the meal she will just sit there and not say anything as I pick up the bill, pull out my wallet, drop my cash/card onto the table and pay for the meal. I would…
and it continues… If you start out an argument by saying, “Well, Glenn Beck said…” I will immediately ignore whatever you have to say because it will likely be complete bullshit. Glenn Beck is dumber than Rush Limbaugh and that is saying a lot. If a person’s statement can be refuted or proven incorrect in about 2 minutes from a multitude of sources then it should not have been written or said. I’ll gladly admit I am wrong if someone…
I am not a fan of sarcasm because beneath the sarcasm there is usually something that is not so nice. If you have a problem with something or someone just say what it is and figure out how to fix it. I experienced first hand how the Republican party supports our troops – they don’t and then how the Democrats did and likely still do. Look at the budgets for the ongoing wars that President Bush and company started, they…
As republicans are tromping through the country trying to get people to vote them in again I wonder if people remember why so many of us voted them out? Do we forget so easily who got us into the mess we’re in now? Depending on your political viewpoint you will certainly have different answers to that question, but as the country voted it was quite obvious who they thought was at fault. This has not changed. One of my conservative…
Ever have one of those situations in life where you really aren’t sure what to do? What is the right thing to do and what would you really like to do? If you know me you know my situation and if you know the situation you also likely do not understand why I am still in this situation because it makes no sense that the situation is still causing this situation. No one reads this anyway so who cares. …