HEY ALL!! rainy quiet day

    "    My dear lady Anne I've done what I can, I must take my leave for promised I am, this play has run my love, your time has come my love, I've pledged my troth to     "    Well just a quiet rainy day, what an early Fall storm last night, doesn't seem like any trees or branches did any damage. I have seen a few that did fall, but none in the way. Looks like it's SHOT time for my shoulder, the medicine I have been taking for the last 10 days is just NOT doing anything. WOW!! My fantasy baseball league comes to an end today. Looks like I will finish 4th. I scored a 1st in the Pitching categories, but I think 8th or 9th in Hitting categories. I think I was too quick to make changes on the Hitting side if a player was not doing well, where as on the Pitching side I would wait longer before making a change. There were several Hitting players that came back and had great results later that were by then on another team. Well wait till next year!! I finished well back in the Gold Fantasy league as well! So activity on eBay the last several days, nothing big, but at least some stuff is selling!! When ever we get a break in the weather for a day or so, I got to get out an mow the yard. The grass is starting to get REAL TALL!! Fun times. CHOW MOI!!

HI ALL!! Best time of the Calender

    "    It's late September and I really should be back at school, I know I keep you amused but I feel I'm being used .. .. .. .. I suppose I could collect my books and get on back to school, or steal my daddy's cue and make a living out of playing pool, or find myself a rock and roll band that needs a helpin' hand, oh Maggie I wish I 'd never seen your face, you made a first class fool out of me, but I'm as blind as a fool can be, you stole my heart but I love you anyway    "    Well can you guess??  I changed the band of choice for my opening lyrics today. I just find it VERY amusing that the song talks about  'late September'  AND I reference it in LATE SEPTEMBER!!  YEA I KNOW!!  I REALLY NEED HELP!!  Like Keith Olbermann references Fred Merkle and his 'bone head' play every September 23rd. It is just SO easy to use every year. Well got the Tracfone problem handled today. I just do not get great service in my house, but I step out on the deck, and it works. So now I am learning a new phone. I now have to  'pair' it up with the Bluetooth in the Ranger and Rouge. Today I get a call from my Orthopedic doctor's assistant. It seems the doctor is sending back the paperwork I took him last week for my appointment. He told me at our last check-up that he did not need to see me any more, UNLESS things got worse. I asked him about the paperwork I get about every 6 months. He said my regular Doctor could fill it out. I told him I had brought some paperwork with me today. " Oh that's fine, just in the future " WRONG, the assistant informs me that the not so good doctor is returning the paperwork and I need to take it to my regular doctor to get filled out. WHAT!! Hold it over a week and then return it NOT FILLED OUT! I will say, this had better NOT cause me problems with the insurance company. I had a hell of a time getting them to pay the premiums to begin with, now if I don't get the paperwork return on time. BOOM!! I am back to a hassle again. WOW, I guess since I am NOT making him any more money, he's not going to do the paperwork. And all he does is sign, his assistant FILLS it out!!  Well my shoulder [ AC Joint ] is starting to show a small improvement. the doctor told me I should notice a difference in a couple of days. It has been a week. I started to take it in the morning and at night. I have to take it with food. Before I was taking it in the morning and at dinner. So I spread it out and seems like the shoulder is responding. I go see the doctor again next week. It is then 'shot' time, and if that doesn't work it's physical therapy, and then surgery. That is NOT what I want.  CHOW MOI!!

HEY ALL!! and STILL I wait for Tracfone

    "    You call your self a Christian, I think that you're a hypocrite, you say you are a Patriot, I think you're a crock of shit, and listen I love gasoline, I drink it everyday, but it's getting very pricey, and who is going to pay, how come you're so wrong    "    Well got the new SIM card in, and got it into the phone, I call Tracfone Tech and they start working trough the process. They ask me to make a call, NOTHING, turn phone off, back on, STILL nothing, turn phone on, take battery out while it is on, STILL NOTHING. Go outside and see if I can get more 'bars'. Nothing, OH there is a power/tower outage in my area. Wait 24 hours and try it again?!?! WOW!! But I did check phone number and it is THE ONE I WANT!! So maybe, just MAYBE they are getting it. Well Mom-ma is doing better 4 days after her carpal tunnel surgery. She actually went back to her volunteer job today. I got a little happening on eBay. I got one 'mental giant' who wants to buy some 1 screw holders from me. I have them listed as 8 per item, and I have 64 of them. Well he wants to buy all 64. But can't figure out how to make the bid for all 8 items so he ends up with 64 single holders. WOW He is VERY confused. Hope we got it figured out. Working on finishing off my 2002 Topps 206 cards. The set has regular sized cards AND tobacco sized. It came out in three different series over 2 years. I am working on the last series now. Almost got all the regular sized cards, just trying to track down the smaller ones and then all the variations to both sizes. It is a lot of fun to be chasing after baseball cards again. I had forgot the thrill and enjoyment in it. I am not sure if that is a set I will sell. It is a pretty cool take off of the original tobacco cards from 1909 through 1911. I have been taking my medicine for my aching shoulder now for 6 days and I really do not feel any change. The doctor told me I should start to feel changes for the better with in a couple of days. I don't think the med's are working, so next up is a steroid shot ' cortisone I think ', then physical therapy and then surgery. OH JOY!!  CHOW MOI!!

HI ALL!! day two of the surgery

    "    When I come home baby, and I've been working all night, I put my daughter on my knee, and she say Daddy what's wrong, I put my head on her shoulder, she whispers in my ear so sweet, You know what she says?    "    Well we are in day two of mom's carpel tunnel surgery. And I think doing well. She is managing the pain well with her pills, and seems to be using the wrist when she can. Still has the ice bag and a wrap on it. I think she has more cabin fever than anything. I will have to figure out a way to get her out of the house a little. Yesterday was a VERY LONG day. Up at 4 AM the to Olympia and the surgery, back home about 11AM. Then off to get her med's. WOW, my shoulder seems to be doing a little better. I am being causes with it, because the next option is a shot then therapy and then surgery. eBay is slow and I am not quite sure I think it has to do with football starting up. I hope baseball comes back to life during the playoffs. I am still waiting for the SIM card for my cell phone so I can get back up and running. CHOW MOI!!

HEY ALL!! Lions, Tigers, and TRACFONE, OH MY!!

    "    I know I dreamed you a sin and a lie, I have my freedom but I don't have much time, faith has been broken tears must be cried, let's do some living after love dies    "    Well I had to come VENT!!  But first off, I just watched Alicia Keys video of the above song reference, no she did NOT write it, it was written probably BEFORE She was born. And I must say, she does a GREAT soulful version, I was really impressed with it!!  OK NOW BACK TO VENT!!  What is TRACFONE's problem!! ANYONE,  ANYONE,  BUELLER,  BUELLER ??? So I decide to drop Verizon and go with Tracfone, cheaper and I have NOT been using the cell very much at all since my disability. I have been paying $60 a month to Verizon and KNEW I could get something cheaper. So I order a phone from Tracfone, I get it, AND it is defective, it will NOT stay turned on. So I call their customer service center and after about 25 minutes they decide to send me a replacement phone. In the meantime I get my old number transferred from Verizon to Tracfone so I can keep it. I have had that number for over 5 years, and don't want to have to send out new text to everyone telling them I have a new number. SO yesterday the replacement phone shows up, I unpack it and charge it. Today I go into the web site and try to transfer my number over to the new phone. Well both phones are showing as ' inactive ' and after about 20 minutes I can not get it to transfer. So I call Tracfone customer service center, WOW. I learn that because BOTH phones were inactive my number has been lost?? I go BALLISTIC!! I mean BIG TIME!! Well I get transferred around 4 TIMES. All the time being told my number is lost, and each time I just lay into Tracfone and tell them how TERRIBLE they are and how could they SCREW up such a SIMPLY process? Well 5 people later and 54 minutes, 24 seconds later one guy tells me [which I could hardly understand his English] That they will send me a new SIM card that I will have to put in, and then I need to call them back at that time and they can get my old number onto the phone. Well we shall see!! I REALLY have my doubts. I was about to cancel several times, but each time I remembered that I have already bought an in car charger, a USB cord, a mini SD card, AND a windshield holder JUST FOR THAT MAKE OF PHONE. SO I bit my tongue and just hammered them about how they could 'lose' my number. WOW, I now wait to see if they recovered it. CHOW MOI!!

HI ALL!! OH the grass looks great!

    "    There's a new guy in town he's been dragging around, he's the figure of youth and his eyes are so blue, and they're looking at you so tell me the truth, well well he's got stories to tell he bites off more than he chews, well well is he ringing your bell my heart is breaking in two, and his skin is so fair and it shines like his hair, as he stands so aloof with an indolent air, and an insolent stare he just shutters the truth, well well is he ringing your bell my heart is breaking in two, well well he'll be rotting in hell for playing the devil in you, is it already to late no point shutting the gate    "    Well got out Saturday and got the yard mowed. Then kept thinking about a way to get the leaves blown away too. Seamed like a lot of trouble to get out the blower and then use it while riding the mower, so I figured out how to blow the leaves away while using the mower!! Was able to get all the leaves blown off the rocks and into the weeds. WOW It looks GREAT!! Well until the storm yesterday blew more leaves down. Now they are wet and I am sure will not blow away so easy. But at least I have a plan that works for next year, or later this year if everything dries out. Just chillin', my shoulder is REALLY in some pain after the mow job Saturday. WOW time to get it looked at and see about resolving the pain some how. Still waiting for my new, new cell phone. And things remain slow at eBay. One fantasy baseball league is done, I finished 6th, after losing the first 6 games of the year. And the other two are down to just a couple of weeks. I think the golf has one week left. Should be a busy week. I will be out and about two or three times.  Was able Saturday to get all the hoses and sprinklers put away, now just a few more yard things to do before the fall and winter set in.  CHOW MOI!!

HEY ALL!! new phone .. AGAIN

    "    I was out in the city, I was out in the rain, I was feeling downhearted, I was drinking again, I was standing by the bridges where the dark water flows, I was talking to a stranger about times long ago, I was young I was foolish, I was angry I was vain, I was charming I was lucky, tell me how have I changed    "    OK Got the new phone, got the number transferred over from the old phone, put in 5 sets of 'code' that have about 20 to 24 numbers PER code. AND BAM the phone turns off. Can't get it back on, I call the help desk, play with it for 20 minutes nothing. THEN  BAM the phone comes back on, I put in another code AND BAM the phone shuts off!!  OK ENOUGH is ENOUGH!! They are sending me a new phone to replace the new phone??  WHAT!?!?  So now my Verizon account is closed because I transferred the number, so no phone till the 'other' new one gets here. Fine I can make it, I will just wait here with my indolent air and an insolent stare. Waiting for the postman. Made a trip to doctor orthopedic for my 6 month follow up. No changes, and he says that I can stop coming to him, unless I get some additional problems. If I need paperwork filled out it can go to my primary doctor. I once read that 80% of the people that have my condition do NOT change any, 10% get better and 10% get worse. OK one less trip to Olympia. Wednesday went in and had the Rouge serviced, for the last time FREE!! Bummer, now I got to pay for service??  Sounds 'kinky'?  OH well won't be the first time I had to 'pay' for service. Enough said I got daughters you know. CHOW MOI!!

HI ALL!! new phone time

    "    I will not act unkind, I will not be so blind, I will not walk so proud, come down from off my cloud, how can I live my life this way, beauty is staring me in the face, Ain't that the truth, Ain't that the truth, come on baby come on girl, a little bit louder, walk a little bit prouder    "    Well I finally decide to get a new phone. I am really hard to pick a phone out for. I use the cell phone today the way I used it 25 years ago. TO MAKE PHONE CALLS ON!!  Yea I know, how unique!! The only difference today is I also send text messages. I had a VERY cool mobile phone back in the day, it was a Motorola bag phone. Looked like a squared off purse, had an antenna sticking out of it. Got GREAT reception, and good coverage. Well today I got a Motorola EX431. Very THIN. Now I will transfer my old number from Verizon to the new phone, I got it through Tracfone. Hope to save some money. I have been paying $60 a month, and have been making 2 calls and 15 text per month. So I will buy some time and minutes and see. I just have NO use for a smart phone that gets on line and does all that other stuff. I just would never use any of the ' extras '. Been feeling a little low the last several days. Not sure why, I have had some sleeping issues. Have had that urge to stay up late, then I just don't seem to sleep in when I do. I enjoy the food I am eating on my ' low carb ' plan. SO far, SO good. Been running about 90 carbs or so a day, doctor says stay under 100, and try to work to under 90. Got some busy times coming up. Need to roll up the hoses and start putting things away for winter. The yard needs a mow, gotta take the Rouge in for service, and then I think there are 3 or 4 doctor visits, including Mom getting carpel tunnel surgery in the next 10 days. WOW!! The fantasy baseball has become NOT A FANTASY!! WOW I just can't get any traction on making any move up the standings. SO be it, eBay has slowed also. CHOW MOI!!

HEY ALL!! OH MY BACK!

    "    Hear me ringing big bell tolls, hear me singing soft and low, I've been begging on my knees, I've been kickin' help me please, hear me prowling, I'm gonna take you down, hear me growin', yeah I got flat-ten feet now now now now, hear me howlin', and all all around your street now    "    Good mornin'! Wow a rough day yesterday. About the middle of the day my lower back started to hurt and get stiff. By dinner time I could barely get out of the chair, and I was really in some pain. I put a heating pad on it, and it seemed to help a little. Most of the pain and stiffness would come if I went from sitting to standing, or vice-versa. But now this morning it feels better, I can still fell some stiffness, but not the pain. So I will be ' slow and easy ' today. Got an e-mail from my doctor yesterday, I have a problem with my AC Joint in my right shoulder. He used some BIG medical words and stuff, but bottom line is he wants to see me. SO who knows?? I did look up the terms on the inter-web, but one of the sites took me to ' date eager girls in Port Orchard ' with nude girls on the front page. WOW doc is that an order. Can I get a prescription for that?? CHOW MOI!!

HI ALL!! more doctors

    "    I was twenty-one naive, not cynical I try to please, her wit her speech her repartee, impressed me almost instantly, she went all the way    "    How goes tonight? Thought I would get in a late night post. Went to the Foot Doctor yesterday, had him look at my big toe nail. WOW!! What things he can do. He is talking to me about the nail fungus, and what the nail might look like if he was to remove it { by the way, he says the nail will grow back and look almost like the one that gets removed }, and what treatment I can use [ either some med's that cause liver enzymes to raise -no- or some tree oil -you mean sap?- or some Vick's Vapor Rub ], and so on, the WHOLE time he is trimming and cleaning out the old nail and crud. WOW, he says actually the new nail growing in looks very good, and to let it grow out and see how that goes. Treat it with Vick's and let's see!! OK!! Then over to the hospital and x-rays of my hurting right shoulder. I was thinking that the shoulder was getting better and I probably would NOT do anything. MAN WAS I WRONG!! The x-ray tech had my shoulder in about 4 different positions and it got to REALLY HURTING!! OK OK I will go see my Doc and review the x-rays and see what he thinks is best. THEN, I get out to my truck and some IDIOT has parked over in my parking spot by the width of his tires!! AND this is a BIG SUV. Here I am, barely able to get in and out of the truck as it is, and now some IDIOT has parked on top of me. Well. IDIOT if you see a big green mark on the passenger side of your rig, IT WAS ME!! I really didn't give a shit, flung the door open and crawled in, what a sound it made against that SUV!! OH by the way, YOU EARNED IT!! Got some stuff selling on eBay, and some stuff that people think I should GIVE AWAY! 'Cause that's what they're offering. AND my fantasy team dream is RAPIDLY fading. My pitchers can't pitch and win, my hitters are NOT!! WOW, just not my year, now I know what Cubbies fans feel like,  " Wait till next year " CHOW MOI!!

HEY ALL!! time to B-B-Q

    "    You can see the freeway dividing, it's a pity you can't take 'em both, one leads to the valley or down some blind alley, the other runs down to the coast, too many roads lead to nowhere, but how they twist and they turn, and a dead end and a dusty old strip mall, where your tires are all shredded and burned    "  Well it's time to get the B-B-Q cleaned up from the SOIREE so I can start B-B-Q'ing again. It was really a mess after the Brisket and I didn't clean it up right away. So I fried it today, over 600 degrees and cleaned it off. Now it's ready for a great lookin' T-Bone steak tonight!! And some Garlic cloves.!! OH MY!! Not much else going on, sold two items from eBay yesterday, and will re-list 255 items tonight. My fantasy baseball team has kind of hit a flat point. At this point in the season it becomes harder and harder to pass other teams. All of the categories are based off of all year. So they accumulate totals all year long. Well if you have a guy who has 12 strikeouts in one game in April, you could move  up 2 or 3 spots. But, in September, you gain on the guy in front of you, but you stay in the same ranking. And that is where I am. I have some great numbers, but it is hard to gain a lot of ground on anyone. I have one trick left for the pitching side. Which I hope gets me 3 or 4 points, but even that will still leave me in 4th place. So I have to hope someone else drops some points as well. My offensive side this year again was my weak side, only getting me 20 points, while the pitching side got 38. There is a fair chance I can get to 3rd yet. Not much planned for tomorrow. Nice quiet day. CHOW MOI!!