Tuesday, January 31, 2006

It's a crock...

Hey.. look at that.. a two-for Tuesday... it's 2.. 2.. 2 posts for 1...

I figured I'd put this out there and see if anyone has any good recipes... I picked up a new crockpot last nite... that's right... a brand new shiny black crockpot... I've used one on and off over the years... and when I say I've used "one"... I mean ONE... I've had the same crockpot for the last 20 years... hankering for some lovely beef stew I dragged it out of the back of the cupboard and realized how horrible the non-stick pot had become... figuring it had seen it's last batch of beef.. it's last meal of meatballs... it's last blast of beans... it's last patch of pork... I broke down and bought myself a brand new shiney crock... WOOHHOOO!! (I told you the weather has warn down my excitement quotient, you've got no one to blame but yourself my friend!)

So.. I've got supper simmering on the counter... beef cubes... potatoes... carrots... onions... all in a lovely onion soup sauce... I'll let you know how it turns out... in the meantime if you've got a recipe for me... shoot it off in an email or post it to the comments button and share your crock-of-pot secrets with your fellow readers...

Later...

Foreign invasion...

So Mr. 9 2 Bay flies off to lovely, sunny San Jose and all I got was this stupid cold... Oh, but it's no ordinary cold... this one is a freakin' foreign import... courtesy of United Airlines... my normal colds consist of exactly one day of sneezing, then about a week of a little coughing, sinus headaches, and a general 'sick' feeling...

This cold has invaded my head, my chest, my nose and declared war on my lungs... I've been sneezing for 2 weeks... breathing has become a chore... the sneezing sounds like explosive anti-aircraft fire... and the coughing has taken on the distinct sound of machine guns just over the horizon... Yes... San Jose and United Airlines have declared war on my health, and frankly, I think they are winning the battle... I just keep hoping for a cease-fire...

If anyone out there has a 'secret-weapon'for winning this kind of war, I sure could use it... In the meantime I'll just keep throwing water and NyQuil on the flames and keep digging those foxholes to hide in... Another couple days of this and I may be screaming for the Medics... Damn you San Jose!

Later...

Sunday, January 29, 2006

Fun with Fonts and Fills

This was my Sunday project... take one new 10 dollar cd of 1200 fonts (best 10 bucks I've spent in a while!) and add a little Fireworks fill magic... and this is what you get...





Fun stuff... you betcha... ok.. so I'm a little sad when it comes to the excitement quotient...

Later...

Saturday, January 28, 2006

Today's travel..

Where else... the old stand-by.. the Quabbin... This one is a little different, the main gate entrance for a change and my new circular polarizing filter... LOVE what it does to the sky and so much easier than trying to get that effect "after-the-click" in Photoshop... I also picked up a nice color warming filter for those human subjects.. now if I can just get "the Man-Jeff" to let me post his picture on here... not bloody likely...



Later.

Friday, January 27, 2006

Newsletter alert...

Hey all... that's right.. it's almost time for your first edition of the Bay Road Bonus Newsletter... I'm hoping to have it 'in the mail' either tonite or tomorrow... so you know what that means... if you haven't signed up yet, now's your chance to get in on it and not miss a single issue (just enter your email in the little green box in the right hand margin)...

If you have signed up already.... well... you may want to add the email address bayroadblog@hotmail.com to your contact/address listing so that you don't miss it... I know Hotmail sent the first test to myself to my "Junk" folder and frankly I'm hurt and may never get over it...

A few more tweaks and I'll be hittin' the freakin' send button... so sign up now... I think I've got some good links/jokes/tips/info in there for you... and if you don't agree once you've seen it... well.. I hope you'll email me with your suggestions for improvement.

Later...

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Liquidation...

It's been such a warm winter around here that most of the larger lakes haven't even come close to freezing over... Case in point.. the Quabbin Reservoir... where they have opened the flood gates and are pouring billions of gallons of that lovely fresh water off into the Swift River... This is twice this year that they've done a draw-down... kind of makes the arguement that it can't afford to hookup a couple more towns with some lovely drinking water a tough sell...



Later...

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

My Horoscope...

I occasionally read my daily horoscope... Not religiously or anything but usually on a slow news day I'll take a peak... Here's todays:

Gemini

Creative inspiration could be coming to you from deep within today, dear Gemini. Visions, dreams - anything that excites your imagination - could bring ideas for new projects.

Creative inspiration... well alrighty - sounds promising...

***sigh*** ok.. I got nothin'....

Later... maybe later....

Friday, January 20, 2006

Bo Bice - Sold out...

No.. not his concerts, although he may have sold out those as well... I'm talking about his debut CD... Yup.. I just got my copy of his new cd "The Real Thing"... first I plugged the dual-disc into my dvd player and watched the video - nice job I must say... you get to follow him along on a shopping trip in New York - seems like a very down to earth, regular guy makes good, story...

I then listened to the 3 tracks that were on the dvd but not on the cd... nice.. Love the "Sinner in a Sin" track.. now this is the Bo we came to love on Idol.. a lovely southern rock ballad... NICE.. "Whiskey, Women & Time", a little heavy on the piano, but rockin' just the same... "Cinnamon & Novocaine" a little too 'pop' for me, but he manages to make it interesting with his vocals... If this is the quality of the cd side we're in for a treat.. without further ado I popped the disc into my computer and ripped the disc to mp3's and loaded 'em up to my player...

Plugging in my earbuds I listened with much anticipation... as soon as the first track hit me my immediate reaction was "Who the hell put Bon Jovi on my mp3 player?"... Now to my credit I thought this even before I read the liner notes and found that one of the songs was indeed written by Jon Bon Jovi... and every single track follows the same line... Bo sings POP... Sheesh...

You know.. I'm gonna put this down to the producer's idea of what we want out of Bo Bice... and you know what Clive Davis? Your WRONG.. wrong.. wrong... If I wanted Bon Jovi I would purchase Bon Jovi... I entered my credit card info for some good ole Southern Rock... not some New Jersey Pop Hair Band...

Ok.. So Bo sold out... not that I can blame him... you got someone willing to give you your chance and they own you.. you do what they want and you sell it... The whole thing just stinks... so... I guess I'll wait till he can come out with a cd that is more inline with what he stands for... some good old gritty Zeppelin/Allman grooves...

Now I just have to figure out how to get those 3 great tracks off the dvd side and onto my mp3 player so the album won't be a total loss... My advice.. skip the debut and wait for the follow up album where hopefully Bo will be Bo and not something some out-of-touch, get-over-yourself, producer thinks he should be...

Later...

Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Feeling deprived...

Oh.. how you miss the little things in life when you don't get them... Yes I am suffering from deprivation this week here on 9 2 Bay... Just little things... like:

sunshine...
warmth...
peace and quiet...
sleep...

You know.. just the little things in life that make my home a little bit more comfortable than an Iraqi prison.

Hey.. now that's an idea:

Is torture illegal according to the Geneva convention? No problem... we don't need no stinking torture.. We'll just get you a new roommate... Here... take this guy... We're not sure of his real name but his alias is "Mr. 9 2 Bay" (whatever the heck that means).

He's a nice guy... really... He's a great roommate... very funny... good personality... I'm sure he'll be over that eardrum busting - nasty - hacking cough any day now... It'll be fine..

We've given him tons of cough drops that will gaurentee to clean out everyones sinus' on the entire cell block as he's a mouth breather and will fill the entire prison with the lovely smell of lemon and minty honey, it'll be like having your own room freshner...

I'm sure you'll get used to him, after all, cough drops don't usually cause stomach upset for all that long, and besides, the minty mouth breathing will help to cover up the problem should it continue to occur...

We'll even make him an appointment with the prison doctor for you, just make sure he's available first, last time we tried that we had to cancel the appointment a half hour after we made it, so timing is critical...

He tells wonderful, long, involved stories. He's got a million of them and can entertain you for days on end... Don't worry, I'm sure very soon now he'll be able to say more than 2 words at a time before he breaks out in a 5 minute coughing fit, it'll be ok though, he'll pick up the story right where he left off, you won't miss any of the highlights and it'll just extend your joy just that much longer...

He really is very entertaining... After awhile you'll become so over-tired that you'll become completely silly... Everything will seem funny to you... Imagine how handy that will be...

He's also very talented... Not too many people can have a five minute coughing fit and then be snoring again within 30 seconds... You'll marvel at how he can do this so easily... time after time... all night long... yes, prepare to be amazed.

It's only too bad that he's already been coughing for 2 weeks now so I'm sure it'll stop any day now... Yes, you will miss it, but your adaptable, besides, eventually I'm sure you'll catch his cold as well and then you can extend the lovely sleep deprivation induced silliness another week or so all by yourself.

So.. welcome to your Iraqi prison, where torture is non-existent and we'll do everything we can to make your stay as fun as possible.

Later...

Saturday, January 14, 2006

All About Me 81 - 100 WOOHOO..

81. Two things I would change about myself: My head and my body. Yeah, that's all.

82. I'm a slow eater. Almost gaurenteed I will be the last one finished at any given meal.

83. The best meal I've ever had: Osso Buco on the Empress of the Seas cruise ship... gonna be kinda tough to get a second serving of that. But then again, maybe it had more to do with the fact that I didn't have to cook it, I didn't have to clean up after it, and the waiter called me "Princess". Now I know I'll never get a second serving of that.

84. I hate getting dressed up in "girl clothes" but I always feel better about myself when I do.

85. Best Album EVER: Gov't Mule's Deepest End

86. Rap Music is an oxymoron.

87. I don't understand the concept of tent camping. Willingly sleeping outside, on the ground, with no bathroom, no electricity, no nothing. Why? Who are these people that think it's fun to go without a pot to pee in? It's not called FUN, it's called the JURASSIC PERIOD. To camp is to spit in the face of hundreds of years of evolution. Our ancestor's worked really hard to develop electric lights, heat, the coffee maker, and the Holiday Inn Express, it is my duty to utilize them at all times.

88. The 2 most useful words to end any arguement: "Bite me!" (and I bet you thought it was gonna be "I'm sorry"... yeah.. right!)

89. Any company that uses the sound of a buzzing alarm clock in their late-nite television commercials should be boycotted, banned from ever advertising again, and then sold off to their biggest competitor.

90. American Indians in full tribal dress scare the bejeebers out of me. Past life issues? Maybe... but more likely it's all the parades in Spencer that I attended as a child. There was this tribe of Indians that would get all dressed up and 'war dance' around the crowd with tomahawks drawn... This also explains my fear of being hit in the head with a handful of hard candy.

91. I love pharmacys and office supply stores. The mall? forget it... Department stores? no thanks... Take me to a Staples or a CVS and I could shop all day long.

92. I wish I had an English accent so I could use phrases like "bloody 'ell" and not sound like an idiot.

93. I have no discernable accent. I attribute this to having been raised by television. There were no accent's on Gilligan's Island and the Brady kids all sounded like they were from the Midwest.

94. I have a thing for clocks.. Clocks everywhere.. several per room.. and I have no clue why. Well... that's not quite true, I have an inkling.. I was given an electric clock that was my Grandfathers, it kept excellent time and only stopped running once, on the day that he died, at the EXACT time of his death. Unlike Grandpa, I was able to shake it and get it to start ticking again, after which it ran like.. well.. clock-work.

95. One piece of green pepper in a pot will pollute the entire dish and render it inedible.

96. Flavored coffees should be banned. There is only ONE flavor of real coffee and that would be COFFEE... If you want Hazelnut flavor, buy a can of Planters and have at it.

97. If women ruled the world there would be no war, there would be no crime, and everyone would get talked about behind their backs.

98. OH.. and every other commercial on television would NOT be for Tampax because we would order all the research scientists in the world to stuff a wad of cotton up their butts and not allow them to remove it until they came up with a freakin' cure that would render feminine hygiene products a thing of the past. I'd be willing to bet we'd have a solution in 3 days flat.

99. I crack myself up sometimes. Like the time my son made the comment to his new girlfriend "I told you my parents were wierd." and I replied "How dare you say that, your parents are wonderful people, I know because I met them when we picked you up at the orphange!" I laughed for days about that one...

100. Sometimes my kid has a really strong point.

And that's it... now.. back to our regularly scheduled program.

Later.

All About Me 61 to 80

And yet still more...

61. I very seldom eat breakfast. Although I have been getting better about it as it is the most important meal of the day. But some days I just can't face food before 11am.

62. Another pet peeve: People who give their kids common names, but spell them 'differently'... HELLO.. it's not 'cute'... it's not 'fun'... it's just a pain in the butt that the kid now has spend their entire life saying "It's not L I S A, it's L E E S A"... or... "It's not M A R K, it's M A R C"... "It's not C R E W E L, it's C R U E L".

63. If I ever win the lottery or become independently wealthy, I would throw out every piece of furniture in my entire house with the exception of my kitchen table.

64. I LOVE the Dollar store. Maybe because it brings back such fond memories for me.. The first time I was ever in one was down in Hyannis with big sister... as we swayed thru the aisles after having had a wonderful partially liquid lunch, she made the comment "Geez... they've got some cool stuff and I might actually buy something if there were any freakin' prices tags on this stuff so you would know how much it is." Everything a Dollar... Sister's comments Priceless. Let her forget it... NEVER... (side note** I called to ask this sister to dinner tonite and caught her in the middle of shopping.. Where you might ask?? The Dollar Store... yes.. I had written this before I called her... see entry #44, it REALLY is a small world... and apparently a really funny one too!)

65. The tv remote control gives me problems. Once I pick it up, it refuses to leave my hand and it won't let anyone else hold it.

66. I have never understood skiing. Why would you wax up two slats so they are as slippery as possible, attach them to your feet, and hurl yourself down the side of the highest mountain you can find, all while holding two pointy sticks just perfect for scewering yourself like a shish-kabob? Deathwish 4 -"The Ski Vacation".

67. I have made up my own religion. It consists of one golden rule "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Go ahead... see if you can come up with a loophole there, it covers every conceivable situtation. All that other stuff that the organized religions sell is just redundant.

68. Rude, out of control children are the result of rude, out of control parents.

69. I can't stand rude people. If I hold the door open for you and you don't say thank-you, you will more than likely hear me yell "GEE.. your WELCOME!" at your back as you walk away.

70. I find I'm yelling "GEE... your WELCOME" more and more often as people seem to be getting more and more rude.

71. Sometimes I think I'm becoming a crotchedy old woman.

72. The greatest thing since sliced bread: "Copy and Paste"

73. I wish I could play the guitar and the piano.. No, I don't want to take lessons, I just wanna be able to play - amazingly well - and immediately.

74. I have a hard time understanding how anyone would NOT want to have a computer and internet service.

75. I have never stolen anything, from anyone. Well ok.. so I've kept extra change that has been accidentily given to me but never more than a dollar or two.

76. I still feel guilty about having taken more change than I was entitled to.

77. I remember remarkably little of my childhood.

78. It frightens me that I remember so little of my childhood.

79. I don't even come close to 'acting my age'.

80. I'm 42 and I don't care who knows that I'm 42. Age is just a meaningless number. But, just in case, check back with me in 10 years and see if I'm still saying that... No.. not that "I'm 52 and I don't care who knows it", but that "I'm 42 and I don't care who knows it."

Whew... one more entry to go.. aren't you glad?

Later...

Me 41 to 60

Wow.. this is just like eating up all the room on the blog...

41. The 3 best words in the English language (when used together): "There's more cake."

42. The funniest thing I've heard lately: "You know what I do when I can't sleep? I ask my husband to tell me stories about when he was little. Puts me out every time!" (Thanks Roberta!) All this time I've been using the History Channel to lull me to sleep.

43. If I ever win the lottery the first thing I would buy is a whole new wardrobe.

44. It REALLY is a small world.

45. Line from a song that carries the most truth: "You can see the stars and still not see the light"

46. The quickest way to get me to attempt murder: Accuse me of faking an illness. I think it stems from my Mother screaming at me to "get your butt out of bed and get to school you little faker" as I would lie on my back and make myself cry harder so that the hot tears would run down the sides of my face and into my ear canals because that was the only thing that made the raging ear infections feel better.

47. I read lips... alot.

48. I can tell you what phone number you dialed just by listening to the tones of the keys.

49. The saxiest actor on tv: Richard Dean Anderson

50. It bothers me that the chain-smoking, RMV-working, cruel sisters on the Simpson's have a thing for Richard Dean Anderson

51. My biggest regret: smoking

52. I could easily become hooked on the tv show "Dog: The Bounty Hunter"... It's like a freak show but with a happy ending... You just can't stop looking at it... Look at the freaks... look at the freaks run... listen as the freaks say something even more stupid than those other freaks... and the criminals are pretty funny too!

53. I didn't eat steak for 20 years. Turns out it was the Adolphe's Meat Tenderizer that Mom would plaster the meat with that would make me physically ill at just the slightest whiff of it.

54. I love the smell of Play-doh.

55. I am semi-lactose intolerant. Give me milk and then get the room freshener ready. Preferably Play-doh scented.

56. It really irks me that restaraunts serve such huge portions. Does anyone really eat entire box of spaghetti in one sitting? Give me half the food at half the price and I'll be more than half happy.

57. It really irks me that spaghetti never really gets hot when you reheat it.

58. After more than 20 years of marraige, I still think my husband is pretty darn cute.

59. I'm still upset that Avon stopped making its "Wild Jasmine" perfume in 1985.

60. I want to retire to Pepperidge Farm.

again.. More.. Later...

Thursday, January 12, 2006

Me 21 to 40

More about me... I must admit.. this is getting a little more difficult...


21. Over-talkers make me crazy. You know them.. the ones that just keep talking and won't let you get a word in edgewise.

22. I believe there are no coincidences. Everything that makes you go 'wow, thats strange', no matter how insignificant, has a hidden lesson or message in it.

23. Your best defense against a crappy day is humor.

24. There has never been a comedy team that could rival the 3 Stooges. Timeless I tell you!

25. I think George W. is handsome.

26. I cringe when I hear the "ef" word.

27. It makes me crazy when I hear people telling their child to "Shut up"... you spent 2 years teaching the kid to talk, so LET THEM ALREADY... You'd be amazed at what they have to say if you really listen.

28. I believe the most important thing you can do with your child is to read to them.

29. Best movie EVER: Arsenic and Old Lace.

30. We'd all feel better mentally and physically if we danced with complete abandon for at least one half hour every day no matter how stupid we look doing the Hustle around our kitchen tables.

31. I sing in the shower, and in the truck but NEVER in public. Well.. ok, there was that horrible karaoke incident of 1993, I told them I didn't need another glass of that clear Mexican liquid with the worm in the bottle, but did they listen?

32. I have had a limit of 3 glasses of that clear Mexican liquid with the worm in the bottle, at any one time ever since 1993.

33. I get really silly when I'm over-tired.

34. Sometimes I talk without thinking about what I'm saying. Like the time I told a table full of elderly Jewish people that I am of German descent (on my mother's side) and then couldn't figure out why they were all staring at me with their mouths hanging open. Luckily my husband was able to translate that one for me.

35. If you can't laugh at yourself your not entitled to laugh at anyone else.

36. The hardest lesson I've learned to date: It NEVER pays to burn your bridges, you never know when your gonna wanna cross that river again.

37. The only nickname I've ever had is "The Spell-Check Queen"... woohoo... I've been livin' large!

38. Worst Movie EVER: Braveheart... 4 hours of blood and guts, really, no one needs to see that even if it does have Mel Gibson in it.

39. I wish I was gay because I really could use a wife to take care of me. If it wasn't for that "relations with a woman" part, I'd jump teams in a heartbeat. (stupid sensor on my sisters computer actually blocked me again on this one... Sis, your gonna have to get your OWN comuter...)

40. Ok.. so if I were to switch teams... I'd pick Angelina Jolie or Katherine Zeta Jones.

More.. Later...

Wednesday, January 11, 2006

All about me 1 thru 20

Well.. here you go... apparently when I talk I about myself the words just write themselves.


  1. I HATE public nose-blowers. I can barely control the urge to scream "HELLO.. you.. yeah you... SNOT-MAN.. you wanna take your tissue somewhere that I don't have to listen to the sound of your snot being blown out of your nose?" I did an entire entry on just this subject, here!

  2. I'm a HUGE news junkie... I'm just not me if I don't get my Fox & Friends fix in the morning.

  3. I live in the moment... mostly because I can't remember the past and the future is too far away to think about.

  4. I'm a terrible friend. I've just can't fathom picking up the phone 'just to talk'. If there is NO specific point to the conversation, there IS no conversation.

  5. I have no patience with whiney people... I may be nodding my head and be making sympathetic noises, I may even continue to read your blog even tho it's riddled with words like "weeping" and "crying in public", but in my head I'm really thinking "Oh PLEASE, suck it up and grow some all ready!"

  6. I believe attitude is everything. Even if you have to fake the attitude. If you believe the world is out to get you, guess what, it will smell your weakness and it WILL get you... If you suck it up and act like you know what the hell your doing, guess what, people will buy it and not mess with you.

  7. I believe that if you fake an attitude long enuf, it will BECOME your real attitude.

  8. I have faked an attitude in the past and now it is just "me".

  9. I'm addicted to Pepsi. I limit myself to 1 per day, but if I don't get it, I get antsy.

  10. Stupidity makes me angry. Other peoples stupidity makes me mad. My own stupidity makes me furious.

  11. I'm uncomfortable in new surroundings. New restaraunts make me uneasy and new grocery stores make me crazy.

  12. I get depressed when the weather is grey and cold, kind of like it has been for this whole freakin' month.

  13. I love the sound of a deep, gruff male voice, singing.

  14. I'm always up for solving a puzzle or a mystery. The tougher the better, make it too easy and I'll just get annoyed.

  15. I'm a closet country music fan. I hate the twangy voiced, crying in my beer type songs (see the entry #5 on whiney people) but occasionally you get a turn of the phrase that just dazzles me. Case in point Garth Brooks "We bury the hatchet but leave the handle stickin' out" YEEHHAAA!

  16. Living in the past only makes you late.

  17. Everyone deserves a second chance. I'll watch you like a freakin' hawk, but you'll get a second chance.

  18. I'm great at making excuses for people's bad behaviour. Johnny Damon? While everyone was screaming traitor, all I could see was, 52 million? Yeah, I'd be gone quicker than you could MapQuest directions to Yankee Stadium.

  19. I wish I had a body like Angelina Jolie, but then I think, I'd just ruin it with my horrible chocolate cake addiction so why bother.

  20. Sometimes I think I really need to start faking a new attitude.



Okie doke. I guess you'll just have to wait for the other 80 items...
Later...

Beats me...

Ok.. ok... beating taken... here's your post for the day... or a beginning to one anyway... It seems the latest trend (at least in the blogs that I read) is to publish a listing of "100 Things About Me"... I suppose this is supposed to help you, Dear Readers, get a better idea of the 'whole person' that is behind the opinions, rants, raves and general postings you are reading... great... I love nothing more than displaying the state of my mental health here, in writing, for all 3 of you to see!

I don't know tho.. ONE HUNDRED things... some days I have a hard time coming up with 5 things that could be used to define who I am... I like to think it's because I'm ever changing... yeah... right... sounds like a good excuse, doesn't it? OK.. truth be told.. I like being semi-anonymous... OH... well.. looks like I've got my number 1 thing about me right there... hey... this may be easier than I thought... now I just have to turn that 1 into 99 more... no sweat...

I suppose I can give it a shot... but no promises, ok? I don't like disappointing people... OH... TWO... I'VE GOT TWO THINGS ABOUT ME! WOOHOO...

Later...

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

It's all relative...

So, once again, I hear I have another family reader... welcome Sis... yeah.. I know what your thinking, how many relatives does she have? Ok.. so it's true.. Mom didn't have children, she had a litter... just one at a time instead of all at once...

It's kind of nice finally getting more family members in here reading along, although I must say, it has turned the pressure up to make sure I make an entry every day, cause frankly, if I don't, I hear about it... Well.. yeah.. so I missed posting yesterday... sorry... no big deal... Oh.. but when I don't post that leaves the door open to emails like this one...

"Hey,is your pic light and crappy on your pc too? Is it supposed to be that way? Fix it,,,lol"


Sheesh... yeah.. so the pic was light and crappy... and it took a long time in Photoshop to get it that way... Yes.. it was intentional.. it was designed to hide that Alfred Hitchcock chin that seems to have some how found a very comfortable home on my head... Anyway... so.. in the interest of keeping the peace in my email inbox I have uploaded a new "Me" photo... Frankly, it looks like crap being really little over in the right hand column there... so here's a bigger version of it...

Me

It is too me... it's all of my favorite things... well.. most of them anyway... and frankly I love it... now I just have to make sure I post everyday so I don't have to hear about the other things that are 'wrong' with the blog.... oh well.. it's all relative...

Later...

Sunday, January 08, 2006

Date Night and Newsletter update.

So.. last nite was date nite here on 9 2 Bay... How's that for something different! A REAL Date.. with people I have never met before... so in actuality it was a BLIND DATE for me! Hey.. you.. get your mind out of the gutter... it was a 'couples date'... Just 2 couples getting together for a little adult conversation... no...there you go again.. not THAT kind of "ADULT" conversation... I know.. unheard of, huh? Well.. We received a very nice invitation to dinner from another couple that are clients of Mr. 9 2 Bay's business and Mr. 9 2 Bay felt we would all hit it off... and he was right... a lovely time was had by all.. the evening was spent with good food and great conversation and ALOT of laughs, turns out there ARE other people out there that have the same sick sense of humor as me, actually, even more so... I could learn alot from this VERY funny lady... Hopefully we can make this a regular occurance... Imagine that... having friends that we actually see more than twice a year! It could be a whole new experience for us all... excellent! Gee... I hope their willing to go out with us again, it would be a shame to have tried something new only to get dumped by our new potential "Date Night" friends... Wow... that would be awful... dumped after just one date... I'll have to keep you posted on this one, she's supposed to email me, so I suppose we'll see if we can arrange a second date sometime soon! Oh... who knew that after 20 years of marraige we would be worrying about getting dumped by our dates... HA.. go figure...

And now the newsletter update... My newsletter test to myself was most successful.. and I've even gotten myself some subscribers! Woohoo... thanks so much for your support if you've signed up... if you haven't signed up yet.. what are you waiting for, an invitation?? Well.. ok then.. consider yourself invited! I've even gotten the first official issue almost ready for sending, and, if I say so myself, it's a PIP... so don't miss out... sign up already!

Later....

Thursday, January 05, 2006

Hey.. Check it out!

Take a look over on the right... down a little... that's it.. the light green box... I've had a momentary lapse of sanity and have decided to start a newsletter... that's right... get the wit, wisdom and stupidity of 9 2 Bay 2 9 2 10 delivered sporadically to your email inbox... Oh the luck.. the glee... the spam?? Never... each email newsletter comes with an actual link at the bottom that REALLY works that makes it so I can never send you another email newsletter again... OH... and even I don't have access to your email address... that's right... it will all be done thru Cafepress, the only information I get is the number of people that have signed up to receive the newsletter.. which at this moment stands at a solid ONE... and actually... that would be me...

So what can you expect in your email inbox? Stuff that hasn't made the blog... Cool links to stuff I'm playing with on the web... Links to other peoples blogs that I read and think you would enjoy... I may even throw in some of my Hobby tips and tricks.. If you read me with any regularity, you know what they are.. oh.. ok... computers and photography...

How often can you expect a newsletter? Well.. it depends.. I'll shoot for every couple of weeks and we'll see how it goes... one thing you can count on tho, is you won't be swamped with my rantings... Cafepress limits the mailings to one per week, so you'll never receive more than that...

Alrighty.. so now you know the scoop... click in the little green box and enter your email address already and let's get this thing rolling... just don't expect a newsletter this week.. I've already used up my weekly allotment trying to figure the interface out... we're off to a roaring start!

Later...

Wednesday, January 04, 2006

A dog can lead you to water...

They say you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.. well.. apparently.. a dog can lead YOU to water and you can watch her drink... unfortunately... it was off the cellar floor that she was drinking... within 5 minutes of Mr. 9 2 Bay walking out the door to catch his latest flight.. I followed the stupid little angry dog into the cellar only to find that the well tank had AGAIN blown a pin hole leak... luckily I caught this one within what must have been only minutes.. the first time was just as I was readying to run out the door to pick up Mr. 9 2 Bay at the airport limo dropoff spot, we only lucked out that the company that poured the cement floor in the cellar did a great job of angling the floor toward the floor drain...

So, it's been a lovely morning... as I watch Mr. 9 2 Bay's plane on the flight tracker as he wings his way obliviously toward San Jose (yes.. I do know the way to San Jose!)I spent the morning draining water tanks... mixing up nasty quick-steel chemicals... and patching the tank... at least this time I knew what to do... and obviously the next step will be picking up that replacement tank before Mr. 9 2 Bay heads off on ANOTHER business trip and the whole tank blows into a million shards of very wet metal! sheesh...

Later...

Monday, January 02, 2006

Having a bird over censorship...

So... I've been effectively censored here on 9 2 Bay... It seems "new family reader" is using a company computer (during breaktime ONLY of course) to view this blog and it has one of those horrible CENSORSHIP programs on it and I managed to set it off and get her blocked from my site yesterday... It was those darn birds that did it... no.. don't bother to go look.. I changed my wording to get her in past the censors... Originally I had made a reference to a ton of tufted t*t mice... throw an "i" in there.. you know.. the BIRD... that's right.. that's all it took to get me banned on that computer... sheesh... I know one company that I'd like to give the bird to! I guess this will have to do...



Won't you all join me in flipping them the bird?

Later....

How Adorable...

Yeah.. ok.. so we couldn't stay away.. we had to go back up and visit our new friends again tonite before tomorrows snow blocks us all in... What a cutie...

Peekaboo

Later

Sunday, January 01, 2006

I've gone to the birds...

I seem to be starting a new theme here.. the birds of 9 2 Bay... it's not a total accident, I did request a bird feeder for outside my office window from Santa and true to his word he delivered... Thanks to the lovely thaw we had last week we were finally able to get my shephards hook out of the ground in the front of the house moved to outside my window.. in perfect view of my office chair... with much anticipation I assembled my new feeder and hung it up and waited.. and waited.. and waited... for days... nothing.. noticing that I did have some chickadee's playing in the trees out back I moved the feeder to a branch on the edge of the woods... within minutes I had a flurry of feathers and a cache of chickadees out there having themselves a good old fashioned picnic... after an hour or so I moved the feeder back to the hook by the window and the birds dutifully followed... success... so here's the first in what is sure to be a full series of my little visitors...



Later...

A Wonderful NEW Year!

Happy New Year, Dear Readers... Another bright shiney new year for us all... May it be the best year yet for everyone...

Later...