HI ALL!! low carb away

    "    While music pumps from passing cars, a couple watch me from a bar, a band just played the wedding march, and the corner store mends broken hearts, and a woman asks me for a dance, oh it's free of charge, just one more chance    "    Well how goes it. Went shopping yesterday to get stocked up on 'low carb' items. Going to try low carb instead of calories and see what happens. I was losing weight on calories but have started to gain again, so time for a shake it up. WHAT KIND OF SHAKE you ask? Carmel Chocolate Swirl!! HA HA HA HA Did finally hear back from Chase Mortgage, AND I LOST!! They admit to making the mistake, and YES I got past due with my Taxes BECAUSE of their error. BUT, they are not going to do anything about it!! END OF STORY!! WOW, they made the mistake, they caused me to be delinquent, they ADMIT IT!! And yet nothing. Their take on the thing is they are not going to shell out $3000 to correct it. They are gambling that I will come up with the money to save the house. What they don't know is the true value of the house and what could be at stake. If I default and let them foreclose, they will have put $200,000 on the line. So they saved $3000 to risk $200,000?? They will let me re-pay the negative escrow at $60 a month with no interest to get it current, probably in the range of 5 years. OK, I will take that, knowing full well that I should have caught the error also. I do have one more trick up my sleeve, and will wait to unload that GEM in good time. eBay is REALLY SLOW, probably the quietest I have seen it in well over 2 years. I am not sure if people are just not buying, or just not buying what I have listed! I keep thinking that I should pull everything off for a while and wait. BUT, the old adage 'It only takes one' keeps singing out to me. So I keep listing. I do have a BIG sale going on, and September is close. I still remain positive. Need to get fired up and get some paperwork done, got old files that need to be boxed and stored, got to get a handicap application going for a handicap sticker. Did start the process to get my shoulder looked at, it still bothers me and I have to go get an X-ray, then my regular Doctor will refer me to an orthopedic. I just don't want to spend the money. My fantasy baseball team had a couple of good days, then have just TANKED the last two days. Do need to finish up some stuff in the garage too. CHOW MOI!!

HEY ALL!! easy day

    "    Slipped my tongue in someone else's pie, tasting better ev'ry time, he turned green and tried to make me cry, being hungry it ain't no crime    "    Well just an easy quiet day. Just chilled yesterday, some eBay stuff and that's about it. Pretty much the same today. Did some research for my low carb diet. Tried to make some meal plans and what to change. I think the main difference will be lunch and breakfast. I have a sandwich almost every day now, so I will need to cut out the bread. And will need to stop the Orange Juice and waffles. I think egg whites and breakfast meats will do. For lunch I think lettuce wraps and fruit. Dinner should stay about the same, maybe drop corn. And desserts will have to change, probably berries and fruit. I am suppose to start around 120 grams a day and work my way down to 100 grams a day. Doctor said to drop slowly so I am not hungry. Got 257 items re-listed on eBay, and then set up for a SALE. That will start on Monday morning. Need to try something to re-start the sales again. CHOW MOI!!

HI ALL!! liver ALL CLEAR!!

    "    If you can, I don't want a show down, I just want to know where I stand, the headlines are screaming, they change everyday, as long as I ain't in them, I'm happy that way, I know that you won't lie to me, but you hold back the truth    "  OK well here I go again. I did go to the liver doctor yesterday, he was 45 minutes behind at 10am!! I spent about 3 hours between drive time and visit. Got told all my liver functions are still at normal levels!! " But, my friend you have got to loose weight" I was blown away when I saw his records and saw that I have put on 16 pounds in the last 6 visits to the doctor. That's from about mid-December till now. WOW!! Too much, and the whole time I was trying to LOOSE the LB's!! So we chatted, switching to a low-carb diet instead of calories. I have had success with loosing weight on low-carb about 22 years ago. So will try again. I go back to see the doctor in 6 months, I would love to be about 20 lbs or more lighter!! Lots of work, and with my condition, not being able to do a normal workout, it should be a challenge. Not much selling of eBay, getting questions on stuff, and getting VERY low ball offers, but not SELLING. Hope to see that turn around in September. Still waiting to hear back from Chase Mtg on my "dispute". Should know something within the next week. Hope to see the weather turn cooler and that will help get me outside and some kind of exercise. Just WAY TOO hot now. Not much else, about time to re-evaluate the budget and see what the next steps are that need to be done. HEY, Crown Royal has  ZERO  carbs!!! OK, then it's time for lunch!! CHOW MOI!!

HEY ALL!! Comments welcome

    "    She was more than beautiful closer to ethereal, with a kind of down to earth flavor, close my eyes it's three in the afternoon, then I realize that she's really gone for good    "    Well how goes it today/ I would really like to get some comments back from my readers, to see what you think, and how am I doing? Don't hold back, say what is on your mind, I got thick skin. Well another SOIREE has come and gone. Had a great time with family Saturday, some timing issues and just a general 'lost' feeling for the SOIREE. Several hic ups that we got around, everyone liked the brisket. I should have had it off the grill about an hour earlier. But, like I said, there was a timing and showing up when stated problem. Well that's behind us and on we go. I am already thinking about next year!! Several busy days, mowing, shopping, up and about. SO spent a very slow and quiet day yesterday. And staying close to the dish today. Just trying to build up strength. eBay is slow, not selling a bunch. And the Fantasy teams are back to struggling. I was in 2nd place for one day in the baseball league, now back to 5th. It is time to start implementing my grand plan to catch up. We will see how smart I was by season end. Got a lover doctor appointment later this week, and I should get a referral from my regular doctor for a look at my shoulder by an orthopedic doctor. The shoulder has been bothering my more this week. I know it's from using it so much, but I need to dl something so I can use the arm and not have the pain in my shoulder. Remember SEND YOUR COMMENTS!!  CHOW MOI!!

HI ALL!! wide variety

    " When the truth is found to be lies, you know the joy within you dies"
    " She blew my nose, and THEN she blew my mind"
    " Jose's on his way, and man you're in trouble plenty"
    " Let's do some living after love dies"
    " Our shadows longer than our souls"
    " Oh let the sun beat down upon my face"
    " A pretty man came to me, I never seen eyes so blue" 

Well how goes the battle? I have been very derelict in my blogging duties. And I am sorry for that. This is the first blog I have ever done, and it was started as a way to vent some of my displeasure with " the man ". As I am not working any more, and do spend the day at home 6 1/2 days out of the week. I figured in order to keep some sanity in my family and not make my daughters run and hide every time daddy called, I started to write about it. And it has helped, I have remained some what sane and not pissed off those around me more than normal. And writing about this stuff, I have actually came up with some solutions to the various problems I have encountered. As time goes on and I get adjusted to "unable to work and stay at home life" I have had less items that truly piss me off. So I have been writing less. Plus I have never been one that shares 'EVERYTHING' about my life. The best cartoon I saw was a guy on the phone and the caption read " Thank goodness for Facebook, now I don't have to call all 354 of my friends and tell them I had cereal for breakfast ". How true. SO bear with me as I adjust and try to get back on a steadier routine. With all that said, I did get the yard mowed yesterday. It looks MARVELOUS!!  Had a little sprinkle going on so no dust to deal with! But, I did cut up a garden hose, OOPS! So I am very set for the SOIREE tomorrow. Not sure who will be here, but who ever shows up we will have a great time. And it has become a nice summer event. I wish my old buddies on Facebook would have responded to me, would be nice to see them again. But be that as it may, I will not let that ruin my day. CHOW MOI!!

HEY ALL!! fantasy bantasy

    "    Mister President, Mister Immigration man, let me in sweetie to your fair land, I'm Tampa bound and Memphis too, short fat fanny is on the loose, dig that sound on the radio, then slip it right across into Buffalo, Dick and Pat in ol' D.C., well they're gonna hold some shit for me    "    Pretty relaxing weekend, watched the PGA Championship and some baseball. My fantasy teams, both Baseball and Golf did not fair too well. I just can't seem to pick the right golfers on the right day and none of my pitchers can get a win. WOW!! Just frustrating, I did finish in the 98.3 percentile on one Golf Fantasy, that's good. And I am currently in 4th place in baseball, I was as high as 2nd place the other day. I just can't seem to make that BIG push for the top spot. Well will spend this week getting ready for the SOIREE, got a few minor things to do along the way. Nothing real earth shattering. Just a matter of digging out the pans and stuff I will need, then a last day of shopping, and then putting everything together. Should be a fun week, hope to hear from a few people about them showing up, have not gotten the RSVP's I thought I would to date. But I do know that some of my friends are 'last minute Salley's'. CHOW MOI

HI ALL!! shop till you drop

    "    Well now we're respected in society, we don't worry about the things we used to be, we're taking heroin with the president, well it's a problem sir, but it can't be bent, uh yes    "    Taking a quiet day today. Went shopping at Walmart yesterday, and WOW!! Really until I just about dropped. That is a BIG place, had to pick up some other things in different parts of the store. So I made several trips around. Did get most of the things I needed. Will have to do a little more in a few days. Got several things for the SOIREE. Am just laying close to the dish today and watching the PGA Tournament. Some catch up stuff etc. I was very sore yesterday and slept badly last night. The yard is looking great. Trying to water a little every night. Really like the latest work done. Trying to decide what I want to do with the area under the trees by the garage that I had cleared out. I was thinking about just landscape fabric and some 3/4 inch crushed rock to match the parking area along the drive way and the garage. Then was thinking about maybe a low level deck ( can't have a lot of steps ). But not sure. May take a survey to see what others think. If I do put down the rock I can still use it for a comfortable sitting area. If I put a wooden deck there, well kind of hard to park on if I ever needed over flow parking. The rock will match, but the deck would look awesome, except for the steps?? CHOW MOI!!

HEY ALL!! big rock done

    "    Yeah you got satin shoes, yeah you got plastic boots, y'all got cocaine eyes, yeah you got speed freak jive    "    Well a late happy birthday to me. I have really been poor at keeping up with my posts. Things have been kind of make plans and then wait. The big rock JUST got finished today, and it was delivered back on the 2nd. Was promised they would be by all weekend, and nothing. Then was waiting on the neighbor to come by with his BIG Scoop machine to knock down some dead trees and clear a spot out for me. And wait, and wait, and wait. Well the rock is finished AND it looks MAVELOUS!! Had enough to add some extra to the other side as well, so now my water drainage should be great this winter. Now just being patient for the neighbor. Had a quite birthday, watched some Hydroplane races, some Drag racing, and some Baseball. Got to talk to both daughters, so all was good!! Now getting ramped up for the SOIREE, all ready reserved the brisket, probably go shopping later this week for the other goodies and such. My shoulder has been feeling better, if I don't abuse it during the day. I think yard work is done, I got the last of the Baseball Pennants in the other day, so decorating is almost done. Just humming along, I do have a little ISUE with Chase Mortgage, nothing that a few SCREAMING phone calls won't solve. Then almost time for a liver follow up and have the foot doctor look at my big tow nail. Almost done with the entertainment for the SOREE too!! CHOW MOI!!

HI ALL!! big rock here

    "    Coming down your marble hall, well he's pouncing like proud black panther, well you can say I, I told you so, well don't you listen for the ...... ......, play it easy as you go    "    Good day to ya!, I got the delivery of my bull rock yesterday morning, cool! Then had the helping family come by last night and spread it into the drainage ditches. A little more chaos than normal with the family yesterday, but they got about 95% done. Coming back tonight to finish it!! And it is looking GREAT! What a nice look to the driveway now. It just LOOKS like a driveway, and I got great water drainage too. Glad that is about over. I am tapped out money and emotions wise. It has been hard to stay back and let the family do the work, so many times I wanted to jump in and help direct etc. But, I stayed back and it has come out great. I got to mow for the first time with the red lava rock down and it worked out great. It will make a big difference after the rock gets wet and packed down a few times. It really sets off the whole yard now. My shoulder is really hurting today, it had quieted down a lot until the mow and outside stuff I did yesterday. But I should have several days to relax and see if I can get it back to normal. The shoulder does seem to be getting better. I am glad for that. Even the littlest thing can set it off. Well a new month, and SOMEONE'S got a birthday coming up, WOW!! Relisted over 250 items on eBay this morning, let's see what sells in August. And best news of all, my oldest and her hubby are back from their three week Europe trip, save and sound!! CHOW MOI!!