HEY ALL!! Well how goes the last day of 2012?? Did some errands in the garage today, trying to get stuff arranged so I can get my Truck back in the garage after all the Christmas stuff. Yesterday was a very quiet day, several naps in my chair. Today not so much, tried to get out in the garage early and get some stuff re - arranged. Then this afternoon has been SLOOOOWWW. Remember it is time to get your 2012 Tax information pulled out of storage and put together!! OH I know, TAX time already!?!? So get ready, Fiscal Cliff or not, you will have to do taxes soon. I will get the Christmas decorations down tomorrow and then probably start sorting stuff to get listing back on eBay. It has been relaxing the last week not having anything listed. But, I do miss it. I have been watching several of the College Football Bowl games, I mainly follow the PAC-12, and they are STILL losing, now they are 1 - 5. With two more chances. How very disappointing! Will lay low tonight and watch New Years at the Needle. If I make it to midnight! WOW how that tradition has changed. Use to be a three day party, no it's about 3 minutes. CHOW MOI

HI ALL!! I think this is becoming a habit. The last couple of days I have been sorting through cards for a couple hours then just chill the rest of the day. And, again today, same thing. Sorting cards and then a little college football bowl games. Man the Pac 12 is doing terrible this year. I think they are 1 and 4 so far. That's just terrible!! Then caught a couple of little naps also. Just fine to relax during the days, but I do want to get started on putting together info for my taxes. And, I know as soon as the eBay stuff starts again, I will be busier. Really no guilt feelings, and the next couple of days I will need to help put the Christmas decorations away. CHOW MOI

HEY ALL!! Well spend several hours today sorting through another set of baseball cards and getting them ready for eBay. Trying to finish off the complete set so I can list it. Takes several hours to go through the cards, make up a want list, and then go through several web sites and find the cards you are missing. But I was successful in getting all the cards I needed. Now just wait for them to show up and get the set listed. Feel much better today, and just laying low, as I probably will for the next several days at the end of the year. Not much going on and that's just fine. Nothing listed on eBay, so that will make it slower. Will probably have to clean up the post Christmas decorations in the next several days, but that's all I got going. Oh by the way, I have not heard from " HER " as of yet. If you remember I did send a message to her daughter. So maybe she does NOT want to be contacted? Or just haven't gotten messages yet. We shall see. CHOW MOI

HI ALL!! Well woke up this morning feeling bad, just " icky " all over. So I stayed close to my dish. Did sort some baseball cards and went through the last 3 or 4 days worth of mail. I watched the Kennedy Awards last night. Very entertaining. One of the inductees was Led Zeppelin. They did about a 15 minute tribute to the group, and the finale was Stair Way to Heaven performed by The Wilson sisters of Heart. And a very cool twist, on drums was Jason Bonham son of the original Zeppelin drummer, John Bonham who died in 1980. Jason had performed with the other 3 members of Zeppelin several years ago for a benefit concert in London's O2 arena. At that time there was major talk about the band going on tour. But it never materialized. So last night Jason comes out and gets behind the drums and then points up to the 3 members. Also, there were some back up singers, AND a choir. You could tell from watching the original band members that they were VERY impressed. It was a very cool tribute. Also from the music side was Buddy Guy, he was credited with taking music from the crop fields to major coliseums. And how true. The funnest tribute was for David Letterman. But by far the Led Zeppelin tribute struck the chord. Ann and Nancy Wilson have been influenced by Zeppelin since 1969. They have covered several other  songs on a couple of different albums too. CHOW MOI

HEY ALL!! Well out this morning and ran some errands. Had to get new ink for my printer. I really like the new printer, but it seems to be printing a little weak in the color department. So I got new ink all the way around today. Prints better, at least black, we will see what color looks like. I wonder if the ink that came with it was old? Back home finished up the printing I needed to do, couple of sold things from eBay. And then just relaxing, I have been very tired the last two days. I hope it is because of Christmas. I have been going to bed earlier and getting up earlier than last week. Feels like a slight change in my sleeping habits, again. Any way not much else going on, I am going to wait till next week before I list more stuff on eBay. Give me some time to work on some other sets and finish them up. I VERY MUCH enjoyed my trip in my truck this morning. I have a very good sound system in it, Focal speakers, and although I have heard the songs before, it seems every once in awhile I hear notes and words I have not heard in the song before. I am sure it is the speakers. Sometimes it is a little weird, I remember one time I thought it was something wrong with my truck, until I figured out the noise went away when the song stopped. CHOW MOI

HI ALL!!  WOW What a busy time, you would never know that I am retired!! Spent yesterday running errands and then my daughters showed up, and well if you read my blog you know. I just go to jell-o when they are around. I try to spend ALL my time with them. Did a fun little Christmas eve event with family last night. What a lot of fun and family time. Even with my Sister here!! Got to spend some one on one time with my daughters last night. Then up this morning, WAY TOO EARLY, to SNOW !?!? Then over to my sisters for a little Christmas day thing. Finally back home and relax. Nice simply dinner and relax time. Actually am very tired and wore out. I am not going to run any more eBay stuff till January so I will have some time this week to pack up stuff and get re-organized. Probably even put on some Stones' stuff and rock out!! CHOW MOI

HEY ALL!! Well a relaxing day. Ran to Post Office to get the mail, then relaxed, cleaned up the house. Staying quiet for the day getting ready for tomorrow. Was hoping my daughters would show up early and surprise me, but no. That's OK will be here tomorrow then we can do Christmas. Should be a good group here tomorrow, should be fun. And the girls are staying till early Christmas morning. COOL, VERY COOL!! One eBay auction closed with no action, got one more closing tomorrow.Watched some TV and just relaxed all day. Which is what I wanted. CHOW MOI

HI ALL!! Well got some more Christmas lights up, and was able to get furniture squared away. Thanks to my brother in law. Now it is really starting to look a lot like Christmas! Still got clean up to do. But I am waiting till eBay stuff is done.The Huskies looked sick today. Just not in tune and lost to Boise State, terrible, just terrible!! Hope to spend a quiet night, nothing much on TV, so maybe another movie?? Handed off the damage eagle statue to my sister today. She had made an eagle for our dad, I had placed it on the sub-woofer.  Well during the Rolling Stones concert, the eagle vibrated off the sub-woofer?!?! Who knew?? So she is going to piece it back together. Busted some of the tail feather and some of the wing tips. I think she probable keep it after she is done, OH WELL.So just a slow day, glad to get lights up, very nice I might add. CHOW MOI

HEY ALL!! Sorry I missed yesterday. Spent the morning doing some stuff on the inter-web and then went out to the garage and sorted through the Christmas stuff. WOW is there a lot of Christmas decorations out there. I guess that's what you get over the years. Pulled out some stuff to put up in the house. And, WOW what a challenge that was. How a 20 minute project turns into 2 hours?? But there is a little feeling of the holidays in the house now!! And only cut both thumbs and a little finger in the process!! Got some more stuff to put up, and then some lights outside. At least to get a little holiday into it. Another rainy misty day. Starting to sell some stuff through eBay, and it is kind of odd. Do these people think they will get their item before Christmas? Or are they buying for themselves because they think they deserve it? I mean any place you go to now on the web, if you want your item before Christmas yo will have to pay for overnight shipping. Well I don't charge for shipping on my eBay items. And no one has offered to pay overnight shipping. I hope they are just buying it for themselves. I have not decided if I will run another auction before year end. My items end on the 24th, so I could get in one more auction, but not sure with everything gong on at years end. I may wait and do one starting on the 1st, and run it 4 times through January. I have been experimenting with what is a good day to end the auctions on. Sunday and Monday seem to be the better days. I am not sure why, I have my ideas, but it might be one of those eBay-ology things. CHOW MOI

HI ALL!! Well how goes it today. I just worked my way though the day. Got some stuff packaged up to send out for eBay. And funny thought, I worked for Denny's for 5 years. I NEVER received a pay raise, thanks Wink!! Real name, my supervisor. Worked 5 years of late night shifts, till 2am or 3am or 4am or 5am or later. and NEVER a pay raise. Helped turn around a problem restaurant, with two other Managers. They got pay raises, I DID NOT. How do you  do that, reward two Managers for helping turn a losing Restaurant into a profitable one. YET, nothing for the Third Manager. Yea, I don't know, you would have to ask my supervisor. Well in the mail I get a notice from SSDI, I AM GETTING A PAY RAISE NEXT YEAR!! SSDI is giving me a raise, but Denny's NEVER did!! WOW is that messed up or what?? I just thought that was pretty funny, expensive, but funny. OH well, one more reason why I am happy to be retired!! By the way one piece of advice, restaurant work can be a challenge, but a 24 hours restaurant is over the top. Remember, someone has to be there 24 HOURS!! Anyway not much else today. Kind of laying low and recovering from the last two days being up and outside doing stuff. CHOW MOI

HEY ALL!! Well woke up to a little snow on the yard today. None on the driveway or street, just the grass. Well that's just fine, LET IT SNOW!! Got my helper here today and got some outside errands done. Studded snow tires up in the garage ready to go. Christmas decorations in the garage and will decide what to do with them. Got the yard picked up and some other things taken care of. NICE, VERY NICE!! Spent part of the day shuffling through baseball cards again. Trying to find out what I need in several other sets, so I can get the cards I am missing bought and then get the complete sets listed. Finding some of the stuff maybe worth a nice little sum. SWEET!! Any way, I still get VERY sore when I am outside and doing some of the stuff. But it sure feels nice to be outside for awhile. And nice to get some choirs done. Not much else happening, waiting for packages to show up. Should have 4 or 5 more packages this week, hope to get all the stuff before the 25th. But, some of it states won't be here till the 26th. Hope they are wrong. Really just staying relaxed and waiting for Christmas with the family. CHOW MOI

HI ALL!! Well was set up today to get some "winterizing" done around the house. Want to move the mower, move the snow tires, the Christmas stuff, and need to move some fallen trees out of the way. But, my help did not show up, he slept in, had been working all weekend out of town. So he will be here tomorrow and then get stuff done. Maybe even hang a Christmas light or two. You never know. Yesterday was one of those days where I probably REALLY needed to go to work. Well or just get out of the house for awhile. Seemed like I was in a sour mood most of the day. I wonder what brings that stuff on. Guess if I knew that, I could bottle it and make a million. I did spend some time today sorting baseball cards and then while I was waiting for my help to show up I sorted through my work bench in the garage and got it cleaned off. I have a lot of empty boxes that I use for shipping stuff, and they were just piled up on the bench. So got them all put away and cleaned up some other stuff. How nice is that? Clean garage work area, but WOW does it really tire me, my legs are just on fire and I am really tired. That is the one thing I have noticed with my disability. If I spend more than about 20 minutes up and about I become very tired and it starts to become a strain to walk,even with a cane. Hope to have a good clean up day tomorrow. CHOW MOI

HEY ALL!! Well what a tremendous concert on PPV last night. The Rolling Stones were just amazing. All the guest were very very good. I got a big charge out of Lady GAGA, she had on about 8 inch platform shoes with about a 12 inch spike heal. And WOW could she move and dance in those. I also saw Charlie Watts [drummer] had a big smile on his face the whole time she was out there. Probably the best looking ass he has seen on stage in 50 years! He is use to looking at Jagger's back side! As I listened to the show it reminded me of just how much The Stones are a sound track to my life. You could play Stones songs from their very first recoding to their latest, and it would bring up events in my life. It seems they were always playing in the background! The PPV was great coverage, I thought the sound was a little weak. I had the surround sound turned up about 8 ticks above regular TV and it still was not bowing me away. Although it did vibrate a ceramic eagle figure off the sub-woofer!? So I just spent the rest of the night soaking in all I had seen. If this is the last concert they do, it was a great one to go out on. Mick was very talkative, and acknowledged the crowd well. Today is eBay day again. I got over 200 listing ending, and then I will re-list. Hope to squeeze out some sales. And got a busy week ahead, should have packages showing up every day. CHOW MOI

HI ALL!! Well another day of baseball card shuffling. Went shopping for cards to finish off the 2008 Heritage Set. Got most of what I needed. Still some Short Prints I have got to run down. It took almost all day to get through it. And it can be very tiring. Even though I am at the computer, still seems to take a lot out of me. Well the Stones concert last night was a major hit, I have read some amazing reviews. I am starting to get JACKED up for tomorrows PPV. You probably will not hear from me tomorrow. Going to get errands ran in the morning and then have an early dinner and then hunker down for the PPV, got little smokies and shrimp all set for snacks. OH YEA!! And hope to have some help come by Sunday to get the yard shaped up. Get some winterizing done, get the snow tires up so they are easy to get to when we get snow. Maybe even hang a Christmas light or two. Short one today. OH by the way, for those keeping track, yes I sent a message to "HER" daughter last night. CHOW MOI

HEY ALL!! Well a little late on getting my post out today. I spent a lot of the day shifting through my 2007 Finest trying to get that set finished off. I was 17 cards short, now I think only 5 short. I am looking for the "Photo Variations", there were 36 cards that had the regular card, and then two different cards with different photos on each, so 3 cards for each. The variation cards are limited to 439 copies, and the Refractors are 199 copies. So it is a challenge to find them all, but that's what I like about baseball cards. After that I pulled out the 2008 Topps Heritage and started shorting and getting ready to finish that set off so I can sell it. I have 4 or 5 other sets that are the same way, about 75% or so completed. I will finish off these sets and put them on eBay. Also ran some errands today. Been checking the message board on the Rolling Stones after last nights benefit concert. Lots of opinions on how they did, and how other bands did. The Stones only played 2 songs, I think because they were a last minute addition to the concert and Keith was sick the night before, and they have two full blown concerts in the next three days. Rumor has it that Saturdays PPV [12/15] maybe their last time on stage. That's why they are doing it as a PPV. Interesting thoughts. I hope not, I would love to see them again. It will be pricy, but after all it is The Rolling Stones!! The most interesting thing about last night was Paul McCartney on stage with the 3 members of Nirvana, I called them Bea-Vana. It was pretty good. The oddest thing was Kenya West's outfit, he had on grey leather pants with a matching pleated skirt. VERY ODD!! Had on a hoody sweatshirt with "23" on the back and some odd name across the top. I just didn't get it. CHOW MOI

HI ALL!! Fairly quiet day, paid bills packaged up some items that had sold on eBay, and that is it. The Stones will be playing tonight for the 12-12-12 benefit concert, but not until probably 7 or 8. Just relaxing and taking care of business. Started laundry, oh boy. It is one of those days that you have before Christmas. you know there is a lot going on and some really drop dead days ahead, but this is one of those days where nothing really is going on so you just kind of float through it and let your energy build up. You know that you will need the extra energy later this month. Looks like I will get to spend more than just 4 seconds with my daughters this holiday, maybe even an over night stay!! WOW!! It will be nice to chat and spend the time. They really are the light of my life and I truly like spending time, chatting and visiting with them. Hope to sell more eBay stuff, got big discount sales [ 25% ] starting early this morning and then early Thursday morning. Let's see if I can generate some interest and get some dollars out of people. CHOW MOI

HEY ALL!! Well Ronald is the first to leave a comment. Thank You so much Ronald!! ( fake name to protect the guilty) It is great to get feed back. Because you are the first to respond, YOU WIN!!! Not sure what, but YOU WIN!!!! And your winning item is in the mail. That reminds me of an old joke, a little dirty. What are the 3 biggest lies of the 60's? The check is in the mail. ; Some of my best friends are colored. ; I promise I will respect you in the morning. : What are the 3 biggest lies of the 70's? The check is in the mail. ; I promise I won't cum in your mouth. ; Nixon is innocent. ; What are the 3 biggest lies of the 80's? The check is in the mail. ; Reganomics will work. ; I don't have any STD's. I told you a little dirty. So out and about today, several errands, fired up the old Green Ford truck and put in my favorite music. I was fortunate to get " The Collection " and have been downloading songs from it. The Collection starts from the 50's and up into the 2000's. I have been burning the songs onto a USB thumb drive. Only through '69 right now and already have 14 hours of music! WOW, My head unit in the truck has a USB post {best thing I ever bought for the truck} so I just plug it in and cruse!! Very Cool. I also have a USB of Rolling Stones, about 18 hours worth and still several more albums to load. WOW!! Some eBay sales are picking up, very nice to see. And just trying to get finished for Christmas. Waiting on my youngest daughter to respond for a gift idea. Thank God my oldest daughter is good at responding to Daddy, because I have to use ALL my patience on the youngest one. WOW, HELLO Is there anybody back there?? You remember the old Wendy's commercial, the old lady out front trying to order and no one is around, She starts out by saying " Hello. Hello" Then her last words are " I don't think there is anybody back there!" CHOW MOI

HI ALL!! Well OK, I took care of that large insurance company, got money for one policy the other day, and confirmed today that the second policy has also been approved for Disability waiver of premiums. SWEET!! Just 2 more monthly payments I don't have to worry about. And things just keep getting better. Really a BIG week for  "The Worlds Greatest Rock and Roll Band, The Rolling Stones". They will be on Letterman Tuesday, then Wednesday they are performing for the charity concert, on Thursday they do a concert in NJ, and Saturday a second concert in NJ, this one PPV. WOW a whole week of Stones Mania!!! Heads up, don't bother me this week, I will be up to my eye balls in Stones!!And then we sit and wait to see if and where they will do a tour in 2013. I hope they come to the Seattle area, I would love to see them one more time. I will need to find someone to go with me if they do. I got a couple of females in mind. Not sure if either one would be able to go, I know one will need a hall pass. { OH YEA} Went with my daughter last time, but they are VERY busy any more. Kind of getting the urge to decorate for the holidays. Moved my little tree yesterday so I could get the fireplace lit. It just gets too hot on top of the mantle for the tree with the gas fire place on. Not much else going on. Got a couple of sales set to go on my eBay stuff later this week, see if I can't blow out some stuff. Remember NOTHING but Stones music this week. CHOW MOI

HEY ALL!! Well a cooler day in the Northwest, need to get my snow tires up from under the house before the snow hits. That is one of the disadvantages of being disabled, there are certain things I just can't do any more. Yes, I could go under the house and dig them out, but at what cost. I learned that this summer when I tried to weed whack. Ended up in the hospital and found out I had liver problems. Of course that was after I fell. So I will try and do what I can and then hope to get help with the rest. There may be a Boy Scout that I can get to help me in exchange for money, which he will use to help pay for his next camping trip. He is only 13 but may bring a friend and they should be able to get most the stuff done. I think I will mow the yard this week and get that done and then go from there. I have this indoor tree that I bought back in 1990 in Corpus Christi as my Christmas tree. I STILL have it, and WOW how it has grown. Had to move it today, when we lit the fireplace {it just gets too hot for it up there}. And I can not find another place to put it. So I think it will go on the Dinning Room table for now until I can find another place in the house for it. I hang a Grow Lux light above it to help it get the proper light. I am really fond of it, and amazed at how it has grown. Another day of grocery shopping, and then just relax after. Not sure at this point what the Holiday plans are, still forming up things for Christmas Eve, hope to have some outdoor lights up by then. CHOW MOI

HI ALL!!  " Any man don't wanna get killed .... better clear on out the back" Will Munny ( Clint Eastwood in Unforgiven ). That is how I feel now that I am LARGE AND IN CHARGE!! WOW how the worm has turned. You remember that very big life insurance company that has been in business for over 100 years? They would not approve me for my disability. Well in yesterdays mail, a letter from them. My disability claim has been approved and all future premiums will be waived, PLUS there was a check for all the premiums I have made so far this year!! WOW, NOW HOLD ON, don't be doing the " I told you so dance" just yet, they only sent information about ONE of my policies, I have TWO with them. BUT I bet a simple phone call Monday will take care of that .. .. "over site". And of all things yesterday I had the energy to resort my Topps Finest baseball sets and get them arranged how I want them. Been wanting to do that for several months now. Feels good to have the extra burst of energy. I think deciding to be more aggressive in my day to day stuff has put me back into a better mood. I have always been that way and I seemed to loose my path for awhile. I think I even found gifts to fit into the Christmas "theme" that we are buying gifts for this year. WOW, it is soooo different to buy gifts to a theme and not FOR someone particular. I could have always found something that fit an individual person, but just buying to fit a theme is different. In the past when ever I would do that it was always for a work Christmas party, so a bottle of booze was always the BIG hit. I am not saying my family doesn't drink, but I would like to be a little more personal with family, than you are with co-workers. CHOW MOI

HEY ALL!! Yea, I know it is VERY late, just one of those nights, not sleepy. I am sure I will be sleepy about 2pm today however. I have just been rolling stuff around in my head, I think I have been a little to "laid back" the last couple of months. I know that I have been just chillin' out, I have no work to worry about, and any little bumps that come up I seem to handle within a day or two, and then go back to cruse mode. I did learn yesterday that Denny's has been sold by FFC. It may effect my COBRA insurance, but no one is really sure. I am not going to worry about it. I need to step up and be more decisive like I have been in the past. " Are you wild and willing, or is it just for show? " I need to be more aggressive on the eBay stuff, and need to be more firm on what my plans or ideas are. Not just let someone make the choice for me. I know in the past it was " my way or the Highway " on some things. And since I have been disabled and home I have really softened up. Now I know some of that comes from not having to face the daily job grind, and that's ok to let that slide, but I should be more firm on anything from what I want for dinner, and when I want to eat dinner to what I want to do for the Holidays or if I want to go to the store or run certain errands, just the day to day stuff. At times I seem to float through the day and not really get anything done. And that is not like me, of all the 50 hour plus weeks I worked, for how many years? I know my attitude would be even better if I still controlled the certain things that I can.I guess I took the " retired " thing too much to heart. Well consider this the warning to all, YOU GOT ANOTHER THING COMIN'. CHOW MOI

HI ALL!! WOW the world of insurance and disability. Can't get Medicare for 24 months, got COBRA and paying through the nose. Now I hear that FFC is selling off DWO,LLC and my COBRA my NOT be transferred and could be cancelled. BUT, there is HIPAA Conversion, some kind of government thing to do with COBRA, but WOW the rates there are EVEN MORE. Where does it stop?? Can't get regular coverage because of my existing conditions. This is just unbelievable!! I am just really confused. I am really struggling to get everything in line so I can afford to be retired. There is just one more bump after another. It is odd, my condition only requires 2 doctor visits a year, and medicine that is about $90 a month retail. You would think that there would be some kind of option to still get insurance but put limits on the existing condition. WOW. Well I was able to get insurance straightened out today, and will just handle the COBRA thing when and IF it comes up. I mean I could go CRAZY just dealing with it on a daily basis. Maybe it won't be anything at all. Will have to wait and see. I would like a plan, but maybe I will play the General Custer move, "Let's go to Little Big Horn and see what we see, then we can make a plan." Yea worked for him didn't it?! Any way got more stuff on eBay, and still a few more to go. Trying to get Christmas things lined up and solved. Not sure what the plans are, I do know where I will be at 6:00 PM, Saturday, December 15th. In front of my TV watching a PPV event for the Rolling Stones. OH YEA!! CHOW MOI

HEY ALL!! Well probably not the right time to write in my blog, but what the hell. I am SO PISSED off right now, I can't even see straight. My ex-employer can't get out of their own way. I took the option for COBRA insurance because it was cheaper than trying to find other coverage. Believe it or not. And I can not get Medicare for 24 months because I am on SSDI. I still don't understand that. But it is what it is. So I have been sending money every month to whom I was told to send money to. Well the other day I am told that my insurance is not covering my meds. So I call and find out that my insurance lapsed 09/01/2012. The insurance company has NEVER heard from my ex-employer!! So I call them, yes someone will get back with me, the gal in payroll who handles it is out. OK fine. Well no call back so today I call, and call, and call, and call, and call and call. I got to one point where I dialed EVERY extension in the opening menu. EVERY one of them said " That person is currently on the phone" EVERYONE!! I even made up a couple of extensions, AND THEY WERE ON THE PHONE TOO!! What?? Well I sent them an e-mail and the left a complaint, that person was NOT on the phone, of course it was a recording!! I just don't get it. How about you take care of your people. In my e-mail I did ask for an address that I could send my medical bills to so they could pay them!! OH YEA!! I have been far too long in this game. I think it must be holiday time at the ex-employers corporate headquarters. Cheers to ya, NOW ANSWER THE DAMN PHONE!! CHOW MOI

HI ALL!! How goes it today? Really not bad, paid a BUNCH of bills, oh boy. Then more stuff for eBay. Really just cruising along, waiting to hear from my former employer about my COBRA insurance, and then waiting to hear from my liver Doctor. I think we have the problem solved, but he is NOT 100% sure. So just working on Christmas ideas. This year will be tough, got to buy with in a theme. Childhood memories, retro?? What ever that is. I think of gifts I got as a child, or stuff we did during Christmas. So a transistor radio and going to relatives and putting up lights. There is a cap of $15.00 for the gift. WOW We will try it and see what happens. Maybe I should get an album of my favorite group?? Any way just trying to get some stuff sorted out around the house that I can do with out too much strain on my back. I have been trying to clean out one packed box a week, find out what's in it and then where it can go, or throw it out. Old baseball caps etc can all go. Some of the stuff may end up on eBay. Still trying to be patient while I wait for a response to my email from my long time ago friend. Nothing yet, I am thinking about sending her daughter a message and have her tell mom " HI " for the holidays. Not sure yet. Will wait awhile more. CHOW MOI

HEY ALL!! Well YES!!!! Finally SSDI comes through!! It is soooo hard to have the patience to wait and try to understand "the process" that some "things" must go through before you get what you are after. If none of this makes any sense, well OK. This is just BIG DAVE talk. OK, it appears that I will be able to make a run at this retirement thing. Just need two more events to fall into place, and then it's on. Trips to St. Thomas, gold, jewelery, fame and fortunes..... OR NOT!! I would be happy just to be able to affordable live in my current home. Who am I trying to kid. However if I ever could, St. Thomas is the FIRST place I would visit!! It's been 24 years and I still love that place. I am also getting the big urge to do some decorating for the holidays. I used to do the whole show on the Friday after Thanksgiving. Outside the house, inside, the yard, everything. I used to have custom made lights to fit on my house. I mean it was over the top. I got that from my father. We used to decorate the do-dads out of the house, even had cut out figures in the front yard. WOW!! Well the last several years I have not been in the decorating mood. But that feeling is returning. Watch out!! If your family it might be a good time to leave the state. Got about 220 items on eBay last night, now it's time for stuff to sell!! I am getting a lot of hits already, and have about 8 items on someones watch list. cool, very cool. More stuff to conquer today. ROCK ON!! CHOW MOI

HI ALL!! OH yea, another great rainy day in the great Pacific Northwest. Good day to stay inside and get stuff done. Managed to get pictures etc, done on some new stuff to list of eBay, nice to get that done. And then put my new fancy sheets on my waterbed. These new sheets have elastic all around then so they " work " their way onto the mattress when ever you move around on the mattress. They are not suppose to come off like the older ones that just have " pockets " in the corners. I hope they work 'cause they were a royal B - I - T - C - H to get on. Very cool "plum stripe" color, I also got "mint striped" ones. And what I like the most about them is they come with a separated top sheet, I do not like an upper sheet on my water bed. Other than that I have just been relaxing, my back has been really bothering me the last day or two. Stiff and some pain in the upper middle part of the back. Anyway still waiting to hear back from my friend in Texas, I am trying to show some patience but not sure how much more I have. Tomorrow will be a phone day, got to call and get the health insurance thing fixed. It seems my ex-employer has not been telling the insurance company that I have been making my monthly payments, NICE. Maybe they would like to make them for me. Should be fun, I can unload with out putting my job in danger, and they hate it when you call home office directly. Fun time for me. OK, kind of a slow TV night, good I will be eBaying most of the time. Crank up the volume, put on some  .. wait for it .. BUBBLE PUPPY .. and rock out. CHOW MOI

HEY ALL!! How goes the Christmas battle? I actually went out today and braved the crowd at Wal Mart. WOW what fun!? Really wasn't too bad, more people and some of them were just tuned out. I will say I do not like so many people wearing those hoody coats. It seems they get the hood up and they can not hear or see anything unless it is DIRECTLY in front of them. I followed two people who were walking down the MIDDLE of the lane on their way into the store. Cars all over trying to get in and out of parking spots and these two mental giants walking down the middle of the road. NO IDEA what was going on around them. REALLY?? Then as I was parking another person jumped right in front of me as I was pulling into the parking spot! No idea I was even there, in a CAR!! Come on people, how about you put the drugs down for a minute and pay attention to where you are and what BIG dangerous things are around you!! I know it's a lot to ask. For them to put the drugs down I mean. Anyway still very much on edge, just really can't seam to be happy lately. I am just trying to be patient until "stuff " starts rolling in. Hopefully it will start next week. I just can not seam to simply relax. I think good news about my liver, but not final news. Oh well at least I am done going out Christmas shopping. It will all be done from the safety of my computer. And all I bought today was groceries, no gifts!! CHOW MOI