tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113447522013-05-21T17:42:02.498-05:00My Garden SpotGardening Without Regard for Dignity. Life gives you manure, learn to make compost.Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629439279545629954noreply@blogger.comBlogger1560125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344752.post-47645265014542007952013-05-01T10:21:00.001-05:002013-05-01T10:21:48.415-05:002013-05-01T10:21:48.415-05:00New LifeWe got a new computer! Now, to learn Windows 8... which sucks so far. Truly. Even after being addicted to my smart phone and, indeed, doing everything online with my smart phone that I could.... Windows 8 is NOT all that intuitive. I am at a Star$s right now, on their internets trying to set this computer up because, while I can access via Wi-Fi, it does NOT want to recognize my Verizon dongleNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629439279545629954noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344752.post-66665985290448311592012-06-09T11:53:00.002-05:002012-06-09T12:01:01.869-05:002012-06-09T12:01:01.869-05:00
Carried in Hot Air Balloons
Oh,
dear friends,
Come
travel with me
And
see the wider world,
We
will fly and tread upon sunlit clouds
On
air currents paved with sunbeams,
Carried
in hot air balloons.
We
will exclaim over the tree tops,
And
complain of the traffic
When
caught in flights of migrating birds
Traveling
to more clement climes,
Carried
in hot air balloons.
Eating
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Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629439279545629954noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344752.post-92183186701354950292011-09-11T15:16:00.000-05:002011-09-11T15:16:09.599-05:002011-09-11T15:16:09.599-05:00In 2006,, I signed up to commemorate one of the lives of the
people who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. I knew it would be
hard to or so I thought. It was hard, and easy. He would be the age my
brother T is now.I’d started off concentrating on the death,
when the realization hit me that it wasn’t about how he died, but
rather, it was that he had lived. That it is important to Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629439279545629954noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344752.post-39050606657716047162011-09-02T18:51:00.002-05:002011-09-02T18:55:01.808-05:002011-09-02T18:55:01.808-05:00Hummm. I have been away for a while and blogger changed things. I do not think I like it.
Oh well.... Let's see if I can get it to work!
The first bit of good news is that I got to see the Omnibabe, Leslie as she was visiting here in Texas. We went to Galveston, swam 2 times a day and ate ourselves silly. Yes, I got sunburned. It was worth it.
Now, let's see if this will post!
Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629439279545629954noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344752.post-2420720260767278742011-03-01T09:58:00.002-06:002011-03-01T10:02:06.483-06:002011-03-01T10:02:06.483-06:00Well, February Got Away From MeI really meant to start posting more, but then.... I got sick. And, other than some epic coughing sessions, I didn't have much to write about.I'm getting better, pollen notwithstanding, and hope to get back into the swing. I need to finish revamping this blog, replacing all the widgets and links that didn't transfer over. The good news is, that 'Pup and I went to a nursery (the subject of a Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629439279545629954noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344752.post-79815369210476577472011-01-26T11:40:00.003-06:002011-01-26T11:44:01.050-06:002011-01-26T11:44:01.050-06:00Hey, weeds in the garden beds might be a good thing, maybe even a cure for some kinds of cancer.I'm in favor of anything that makes it okay to grow weeds (I do it so well), and cures cancer.H/T to Dirt du Jour via the Daily Mail in EnglandNow, where do I get me some of them weeds....Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629439279545629954noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344752.post-3335767345297122702011-01-20T14:31:00.000-06:002011-01-20T14:32:39.711-06:002011-01-20T14:32:39.711-06:00Okay, This is a Work in Progress...Your feedback is appreciated.Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629439279545629954noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344752.post-89684599291009763732011-01-10T22:22:00.002-06:002011-01-10T22:57:34.607-06:002011-01-10T22:57:34.607-06:00Wrapped UpOkay, 'Pup got out of the hospital on Thursday, and went to work on Friday. He's not at 100%, but the company he works for was "acquired" recently and he's....cautious. Not that anyone in the new parent company does the same work he does, but.....So, last week, 'Pup went into the hospital for an infection in his leg. Fairly straightforward, for 'Pup, this isn't his first rodeo ride with this Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629439279545629954noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344752.post-55602940098617477142011-01-03T15:00:00.002-06:002011-01-03T15:01:07.716-06:002011-01-03T15:01:07.716-06:00Dang it!Okay, 'Pup, aka the hubs, is going into the hospital again. Infection, so he needs IV antibiotics. Just a couple of days, this time, we hope.Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629439279545629954noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344752.post-12643446526261936422011-01-03T14:29:00.003-06:002011-01-03T14:59:14.847-06:002011-01-03T14:59:14.847-06:00Stuff and SuchI'm liking this new computer. Thought I'd tell you about where I got it. I think the price I paid for it has gone up, as I got it on a good sale, (thank you Buy.com!) right before Christmas. To recap, I needed a new, more muscle-y machine because I have an adult student who has been transferred back to his home country. He wants to maintain our lessons, via Skype. We tried using my little Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629439279545629954noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344752.post-79466009260241198122011-01-02T13:57:00.004-06:002011-01-02T14:59:07.733-06:002011-01-02T14:59:07.733-06:00Happy New Year, 2011Yesterday was the start of a new decade and in about three months, I'll be celebrating my 6th year as a blogger. I kinda (ok, more than KINDA) slacked off last year, as the winter freeze of 2009/10 decimated my garden, and then health challenges sidelined me.Several of my other garden buddies are posting their plans for the coming year, and I thought I'd join them...I'd like to:1) Get back into Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629439279545629954noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344752.post-44747018742984425042010-12-24T13:17:00.002-06:002010-12-24T13:22:01.747-06:002010-12-24T13:22:01.747-06:00Howdy, and Merry Christmas!I have a new computer, and it's going to be a lot easier to post. I had been relegated to my little netbook, and while it is a good little computer, it was hard to post on. The keyboard was a little small and my eyes are getting a little older. I am now typing on the antithesis of the netbook: a 17.3 inch laptop. Yep, it's a monster, but it was a good buy, a Toshiba Satellite, with 4G/500G, Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629439279545629954noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344752.post-69610570853392470772010-09-15T14:28:00.004-05:002010-09-15T15:07:39.735-05:002010-09-15T15:07:39.735-05:00Garden Blogger's Bloom Day, September 15Okay, it's been a few months since I've posted in theGarden Blogger's Bloom Day, sponsored by Carol at May Dreams Gardens (head over there and take a tour of the gardens all around the country and the world!). I've been a bad blogger, and I may post about why that has been so, in another post... for now:The Belinda's Dream rose has been doing its usual dangdest to be the star of the garden, evenNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629439279545629954noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344752.post-85961557775289479692010-09-11T11:34:00.000-05:002010-09-11T11:35:15.007-05:002010-09-11T11:35:15.007-05:00September SkySeptember SkyIt was a beautiful day to flythrough azure skies as deep as a tropical sea.It must have drawn the eyeup to see and admirethe sight of sharp edged toweragainst that infinite sky.The air was so clear and filled with lightthat you had to envy thoseable to travel in buoyant flight,‘til the comfort of the familiar wingbecame unease, an incomprehensible thingunfolding within our unwilling Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629439279545629954noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344752.post-60115877427436401352010-08-08T08:51:00.002-05:002010-08-08T09:11:57.584-05:002010-08-08T09:11:57.584-05:00Nancy's New York Adventure, Part 3Howdy!Leslie and I are here, having a late, lazy morning. We're recovering, a little before heading out to sight see. It's a cloudy and (by my standards) cool day with a chance of some rain showers. As long as it doesn't rain too hard, I should be able to use the scooter to get places.Last night, we went to dinner at an Irish pub. We had decided that the crowds of Blogher women were a littleNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629439279545629954noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344752.post-38472414496614246082010-08-07T08:33:00.003-05:002010-08-07T09:18:37.922-05:002010-08-07T09:18:37.922-05:00New York Adventure, Part 2So, we've done the Circle line tour (Thursday evening), walked across Broadway, enjoyed meeting new blog people and Oh, will I have some blog reading to do! The hotel is beautiful, and the meetings were informative.I do have a complaint, however.It's the exhibition hall. There are actually 2 of them, full of sponsors who want to give me lovely things. I got my make up done by Debra Masey last Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629439279545629954noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344752.post-26319353705613819012010-08-06T09:17:00.003-05:002010-08-06T10:22:56.809-05:002010-08-06T10:22:56.809-05:00Nancy's New York Adventure.. Part 1I'm here in New York, New York! Pinch me!OUCH... dang, y'all are literal.Fausta and Mamacita. I got to meet and visit with these lovely ladies last year and am thrilled to have a chance to hang out again with them. I met some new people as well.Just for the record, the internet here is supposed to be free wireless.. so far everyone has had a dickens of a time getting online at all, and the Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629439279545629954noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344752.post-61195143399610974772010-06-14T13:32:00.002-05:002010-06-14T13:42:23.639-05:002010-06-14T13:42:23.639-05:00Rain StormI have a blog friend, named Ellison (hi, Ellison!) who says it rains in Houston like a cow pissing on a flat rock. He has a point:
I wanted to post this on June 6, but somehow, Blogger was having troubles that day, and then... I forgot.We're mostly cloudy today, with lots of big, white, fluffy clouds that promise only short, intense bursts of very scattered rain showers. This one, on June Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629439279545629954noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344752.post-27465909753469033502010-06-14T13:17:00.002-05:002010-06-14T13:31:38.623-05:002010-06-14T13:31:38.623-05:00WorkHere at work, we've been working summer hours. For us, that means longer hours, as the students are out of public school and want courses during the day. The good news is that I'm working longer hours, so that's a little extra money.The bad news is that our enrollment seems a little down from last year. Yah, actually.. this is bad news. A lot of our students are traveling this summer. With Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629439279545629954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344752.post-89219613781902537752010-06-08T20:58:00.001-05:002010-06-08T21:00:39.173-05:002010-06-08T21:00:39.173-05:00A Present from My Youngest FriendI have a very special web friend. She's 6 years old and I've known her since she was just born. A couple of years ago, we began to chat online. She has red hair, like me!I love her very much.Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629439279545629954noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344752.post-44870719712390424722010-06-07T01:20:00.002-05:002010-06-07T01:24:00.078-05:002010-06-07T01:24:00.078-05:00A Brief Reflection on 50 yearsYep, I'm 50, today. Dang. Somehow, I'd always thought of OTHER people being 50, never me. Though, now that I'm here, it doesn't feel all that different from ....49.....I'd like to see another 50 or so, just for curiosity's sake, if for no other reason. Probably won't make it there, but it's a goal. I'd like to ride a horse again, I'd like to go camping again, I'd like to...Well, so many Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629439279545629954noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344752.post-58471636556387341262010-06-03T10:47:00.004-05:002010-06-03T11:15:51.086-05:002010-06-03T11:15:51.086-05:00Fighting the Good FightYep, it's a good fight, and one we're usually on top of. Not this year. A combination of busy and sick meant that the morning glory vines got ahead of us in the side yard. I will also confess to a little neglect. I was working on the front yard and ignoring the back, partly because of priorities, and partly because...well...after we found Spitty Kitty in the backyard, I just didn't want to goNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629439279545629954noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344752.post-78156872241147746212010-05-30T18:02:00.002-05:002010-05-30T18:19:36.152-05:002010-05-30T18:19:36.152-05:00PresentsAs I've mentioned several times these last couple of weeks, I've a milestone birthday coming up. I think turning fifty is a milestone, isn't it?So, as I probably won't be getting many presents from anyone but maybe my mom and 'Pup... I thought I'd go shopping online and have some fun choosing some things I'd get for myself...if I weren't saving for a trip.For example, I think I would like a spyNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629439279545629954noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344752.post-76144615149715114992010-05-30T17:34:00.002-05:002010-05-30T18:01:51.655-05:002010-05-30T18:01:51.655-05:00CommunicationI wonder, sometimes, how we managed. Nowadays, we have almost instant communication through the Internet with friends, enemies, acquaintances and outright strangers. Yet, at only 49 (almost 50!), I can remember learning about the post office and how it was a marvel for getting letters and packages to us from far away in only a few days. When how to write post cards and letters, how to type, Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629439279545629954noreply@blogger.com1