Tuesday, July 01, 2008

i sunburned my knee

yep. i have returned and i must say- i hate flying and i hate florida. but hey, we will save all that for tomorrow- and just say... i am back ;) it is very good to be home. for those loyal readers- thanks for keeping up with me- i hope to be back in somewhat of a groove soon. did i mention that i also hate summer?

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

huh- no blogger outages today

that's weird. i was kind of getting used to them. it is really quiet around the blogosphere- i guess everyone is on summer break :) i am leaving tomorrow and will return next tuesday from a business trip with hubby to florida. and yes, it is business sponsored ;) every year his place of employ sends the yahoos that earn their way to an all expenses paid 3 day extravaganza to say thanks for making us money. usually it's florida- but next year it'll be puerto rico- so i may enjoy myself. i ain't never been. so, i won't be back online until probably wednesday because coming home from florida is always an adventure with the philthadelphia airport. i hate them and i hate us air- and i have to fly using both. sigh. generally they cancel every flight back to binghamton. last time a group of us rented a car and drove the 3 hours back. and then two days later, they just dropped my suitcase off by cab and left it on the front porch. just left it. good thing i was home- because they didn't tell me it was coming. sigh.

on a happier (or at least cuter note), i have a family of bunnies that live in my yard. i have a tree wind break and they apparently, live there. they come out to feed on the clover in my yard. i say it's cute now, but i haven't planted anything that they like better yet ;) it should be interesting when i do. viva la bunnies ;)

the sirens chronicles

i think i posted like at least a half dozen posts over there- in all categories- so take a peek. i mean if you want to ;)

headlines again

bush admin. wants north korea off the 'terror list.' my question is why? do they have oil?

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

fyi

tipping points near- global climate change

i feel like weezie jefferson















mr. betmo and i got really lucky. we are so very happy in our new digs- and the cats have settled in nicely. i have been taking a few pics here and there and will post some periodically- don't want to overdo it ;) there is a nice big yard for gardening, rain barrels- and probably an above ground cistern at some point. i was thrilled to see one family in the neighborhood has solar panels- i hope to have some alternative energy going here in the near future also. all good things... for now, we are learning the quirks of an older house (it's only a year older than me :) and settling and changing a few things.

i still have the apartment yard to contend with- and we have to paint this summer- not happy about that but hey- you have to do it. things to do and a garden at the fam's also- and lord knows we will be canning tomatoes until i never want to see another one. :) happy summer folks. don't forget to plant your garlic in the fall.

scathing commentary

by chris hedges on journalism- and hedonists

i read his book- 'american fascists: the christian right and the war on america' and i have not yet started 'losing moses on the freeway' but hedges is always a good read.

algo agradable!

brother tim over at blog of revelation has graciously bestowed upon me the award of arte y pico- and i am thrilled to receive it. i won't give a long winded acceptance speech, hoever, i will simply tell you about the award:

1) Pick five (5) blogs that you consider deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also for contributing to the blogging community, no matter what language.


2) Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his or her blog to be visited by everyone.


3) Each award winner has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given her or him the award itself.


4) Award-winner and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of “Arte y Pico” blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award which is here
Arte y Pico

my five are:

beth- beth's blog

dusty- its my right to be left of center

darkdaughta- one tenacious baby mama

the pagan sphinx- the pagan sphinx

ascender- ascender rises above