Can not believe that the tournament is here!! Seems like yesterday the games were just starting up!! Mountain West had 4 teams in the tournament. The UNM Lobos sure put some teams to the test. They ended their road to the Final Four with a loss to Louisville. I was hoping for an upset, but it didn't happen. They did play pretty good for the most part. Just wasn't meant to be, though. But that's OK. At least they got to go. They did win the MWC title. BYU also got to go, too. They did pretty awesome in the first game against Iona. I think Iona just got tired out in the 2nd half. That was good!! Ha. Anyway the Cougars did pretty well but they lost to Marquette. Then Duke, Missouri and a few other top favorites lost!!! Sure messed up my bracket picks. I think I have one that has a team still in the tournament. I think they almost lost today. Guess I'll be cheering for them.
The wind is sure blowing hard today. I think it also set the alarm off at the house next to us. My nephew and his girlfriend were here. She was sitting in her car when the police showed up!! I guess they started questioning her about why she was in the car...........with the engine running!!! It probably scared her to death with the questions. In the meantime the other officer came to the door and said "We're here about your alarm going off. It did go off, right?" I just looked at him like WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!! Then he said "You do have an alarm?" I said No. Then he asked if this was the address they were suppose to be at. I said, it's that house, pointing to that house. "Oh, I'm sorry, I thought this was it." Hello? Did you even look at the number on the house??? No. Anyway that officer said to the other one, "Wrong house." In the meantime the homeowner was standing at the fence trying to get their attention!! So they went over there. My nephew and his girlfriend left immediately. They thought they might come back and harrass them. I don't know why the police do that to them. I wonder if it's because my nephew is Black. That's not fair to him or us.
So the winds are roaring through the city. My other nephew showed me a picture of downtown where some things were blown over. Pretty scary. I had to drive up by the mountains earlier and take my niece to work. I used the interstate and the drive was scary. I thought the car was going to get blown over!! And this big semi was in front of me going pretty slow!! Yep, pretty slow. Don't see that often. But I made it to Tramway and then had to stop at McDonald's to get the niece what she wanted to eat. Again, I thought the car was going to tip over with that wind. I high-tailed it out of there as soon as I got the food and went to her place. Then she came outside and said "Wow! I didn't know it was this windy!" She said she could hear the wind and she was sneezing. Guess allergies are bothering her. They are bothering me pretty bad. Worse that before. It's been quite some time since I had allergies bother me this bad. I don't like it. I think I've gone through 3 boxes of kleenex since it started. That was about 1 1/2 weeks ago. Oh No!! Someone's patio umbrella is blowing down the street!! I don't think it's going to be in good shape once they get it back, if they know it's gone. It's way down the street. That's crazy.
I am once again back at trying to put some cards together. I have got some done. I'm trying to get these invitations done for my niece's 1st birthday. That's in like 2 1/2 weeks. I am glad that people like what I put together. I bought some really cool things to make even more cooler cards. I can't wait for the world to see them!! Ha. Probably just my world will see them.
Well, I better get going. The time is coming when I have to close up shop. That means the library is about to close!! My comp at home is not feeling well these days. Must be allergies. :)
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
February 2012
Unbelievable that it's already February. Haven't finished with 2011. But I guess I better start with today and move on. Forget about what's going on back in 2011. JK.
So my 'great' niece is now 10 months old!! I can't believe she's going to be a year old in a few months. Just unbelievable. She is getting bigger each day and now has teeth growing. And she wants to get around on her own. OMG, starting out so early. Oh well, I tell my niece that this is how she was when she was at that age. My niece is now 23 and she can't believe she use to be that way. She's way too funny about life. She claims she's in the 'old' age era because she has to act like a grown up these days. No more being a kid. I told her she can still be a kid at heart. That's how we are these days. None of us act our age, not even my mom. She still thinks she's a teenager.
I've got tons of stories to tell and don't know where to start. I hope to put those stories up as soon as possible. I don't have time today but hope to get it started so that you can have something to enjoy reading and laughing about. Or cry.
Monday, January 23, 2012
The Dirty Dozen a.k.a. 2012
My buddy Myles said that we should use THE DIRTY DOZEN this year.
Well, another year has come and gone. A new year has started and I haven't posted a thing. So I need to do something at least once a month if possible. And maybe I could get to doing it more often. I can come up with a million excuses about not posting things more often.
I do have a good reason for not posting lately. You see, I have my computer set up at my parents house. My nephew uses it every now and then. The other members of the family don't care to use it as they don't care to use the computer. They (my parents) would rather stick to the old fashion way of communicating. Writing letters or calling long-distance to the relatives.
Well, one day my nephew just had a fit. I don't know what caused it but he got very angry over some stupid thing and took it out on the computer and the television. He just threw them across the room and was very angry for days. Then he left and stayed with his girlfriend for a while because he thought we were all mad at him. It didn't matter to me if he broke my things. It's just less things to worry about.
2012 has started out to be interesting. Strange things have happened that I never thought would. Both good and bad. I will write about that in another post.
This is all for now. It's really late and I need to get some sleep. I had no idea how late it is. Crazy me!
Well, another year has come and gone. A new year has started and I haven't posted a thing. So I need to do something at least once a month if possible. And maybe I could get to doing it more often. I can come up with a million excuses about not posting things more often.
I do have a good reason for not posting lately. You see, I have my computer set up at my parents house. My nephew uses it every now and then. The other members of the family don't care to use it as they don't care to use the computer. They (my parents) would rather stick to the old fashion way of communicating. Writing letters or calling long-distance to the relatives.
Well, one day my nephew just had a fit. I don't know what caused it but he got very angry over some stupid thing and took it out on the computer and the television. He just threw them across the room and was very angry for days. Then he left and stayed with his girlfriend for a while because he thought we were all mad at him. It didn't matter to me if he broke my things. It's just less things to worry about.
2012 has started out to be interesting. Strange things have happened that I never thought would. Both good and bad. I will write about that in another post.
This is all for now. It's really late and I need to get some sleep. I had no idea how late it is. Crazy me!
Monday, December 12, 2011
Let It Snow!
Last week we had our first "winter" storm come through the state. The weather people were saying that we're all going to get snow and be prepared. They were also making sure the snow plows were ready to go. As the storm came into the state they were all saying it's snowing here, it's snowing there. The news people were sent out to track the storm. Channel 13 had one reporter near Las Vegas, NM (maybe she was in Las Vegas, I don't remember). Anyway she was saying that it's snowing, camera person pans the area and you can see a snowflake here and there. To me, that's not 'snowing.' Then she said, "to show you how much snow has fallen, let's take a look." She then bent down and pulled up a handful of 'snow.' But it wasn't all snow. Most of it was dirt/mud. There was no snow on the ground!! Just traces here and there. You could see more of the ground than the snow!! Hello!
So next morning I turned on the radio and the traffic person said the roads in Rio Rancho were icy and slick. And to be careful. Then the report that Rio Rancho closed the schools. I went to look outside to see how much snow has fallen. NO SNOW at all. Pretty soon the radio station I was listening to had people calling in to find out about Albuquerque schools. The mountain schools were closed. Usually closes when it snows in the mountains. Then they said so far APS is in session. People were calling in asking why APS is open, Rio Rancho is closed!! Hello! There's no snow on the ground. About an hour later APS closed the schools!!! WHAT?? No school? OMG!! What has gotten into these parents demanding they close the schools! Now these same people will be crying about their kids having to go to school after Memorial Day!! And then they won't even go to school after memorial day. Seems that's what happened last year. They had to make up 4 days and after Memorial Day no one went to school. APS people said, "It's OK." No wonder our kids don't learn much. So we now know they most likely won't make up that day. Just the teachers have to show up. Anyway, I couldn't understand why all the talk about closing the schools. The traffic reports coming in said that I-40 east and west going out of the city were snow-packed, so be careful. Later on they closed the roads. Then reports about southbound I-25 getting pretty bad, too. They said "If you don't have to go any where, please stay home!!" All during the day, a snowflake would fall here and there. No snow. That afternoon my nephew needed a ride to the westside and I took him out there. Wow!! The westside got lots of snow!! There was about 3-5 inches, depending on the area we were in. More snow going towards Rio Rancho. I can see that the westside people were concerned about their kids going to school in the snow. Because of the winds coming through the mountains, the city didn't get any snow. Just the surrounding areas got the snow. A couple of days later, my niece was telling me about the snow in their area. She even had to drive to work for the first time in the snow. And she said it was scary. It's a good thing she worked just a couple of miles away, no hills to climb, either. She said the snow got blown against their door and they had a hard time getting out. So all the apartments facing north had the snow against the doors. I had to take her to work a couple of days after the snow and Juan Tabo still had lots of snow at the sides of the road. And we didn't get any snow.
We drove out to Bernalillo the day after the snow and there was lots of snow every where. I had to drive over the bridge and it was covered with snow and ice. A car spun around trying to get over the bridge. I thought about turning back and going a different route. But went ahead and got over. The Rio Rancho schools remained closed for 3 days!! APS had to go back to school the next day.
Another storm is expected tomorrow. We'll see what that brings. They said SNOW!! I'll believe it when I see it. Seems that they usually say SNOW and it doesn't snow. It doesn't feel like it's December. I think I'm still back in August or September.
So next morning I turned on the radio and the traffic person said the roads in Rio Rancho were icy and slick. And to be careful. Then the report that Rio Rancho closed the schools. I went to look outside to see how much snow has fallen. NO SNOW at all. Pretty soon the radio station I was listening to had people calling in to find out about Albuquerque schools. The mountain schools were closed. Usually closes when it snows in the mountains. Then they said so far APS is in session. People were calling in asking why APS is open, Rio Rancho is closed!! Hello! There's no snow on the ground. About an hour later APS closed the schools!!! WHAT?? No school? OMG!! What has gotten into these parents demanding they close the schools! Now these same people will be crying about their kids having to go to school after Memorial Day!! And then they won't even go to school after memorial day. Seems that's what happened last year. They had to make up 4 days and after Memorial Day no one went to school. APS people said, "It's OK." No wonder our kids don't learn much. So we now know they most likely won't make up that day. Just the teachers have to show up. Anyway, I couldn't understand why all the talk about closing the schools. The traffic reports coming in said that I-40 east and west going out of the city were snow-packed, so be careful. Later on they closed the roads. Then reports about southbound I-25 getting pretty bad, too. They said "If you don't have to go any where, please stay home!!" All during the day, a snowflake would fall here and there. No snow. That afternoon my nephew needed a ride to the westside and I took him out there. Wow!! The westside got lots of snow!! There was about 3-5 inches, depending on the area we were in. More snow going towards Rio Rancho. I can see that the westside people were concerned about their kids going to school in the snow. Because of the winds coming through the mountains, the city didn't get any snow. Just the surrounding areas got the snow. A couple of days later, my niece was telling me about the snow in their area. She even had to drive to work for the first time in the snow. And she said it was scary. It's a good thing she worked just a couple of miles away, no hills to climb, either. She said the snow got blown against their door and they had a hard time getting out. So all the apartments facing north had the snow against the doors. I had to take her to work a couple of days after the snow and Juan Tabo still had lots of snow at the sides of the road. And we didn't get any snow.
We drove out to Bernalillo the day after the snow and there was lots of snow every where. I had to drive over the bridge and it was covered with snow and ice. A car spun around trying to get over the bridge. I thought about turning back and going a different route. But went ahead and got over. The Rio Rancho schools remained closed for 3 days!! APS had to go back to school the next day.
Another storm is expected tomorrow. We'll see what that brings. They said SNOW!! I'll believe it when I see it. Seems that they usually say SNOW and it doesn't snow. It doesn't feel like it's December. I think I'm still back in August or September.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
December 2011
70 mph winds on Thursday! It was trash day for our area. What a mess. The wind knocked some trash cans over. Those people didn't get their trash picked up.
Weather people were saying to expect snow, but nothing happened. Just wind and then by Friday all seemed to be ok. No sign of snow, either. Sun was shining brightly and warmed us up that day. That evening we started hearing about the traffic accidents in the East Mountains and that they may close Interstate 40 soon. Then there were accidents west of Albuquerque as well. Oh, no. Is the snow coming? By 11 PM there was nothing outside. So I thought, maybe it's not going to snow. I'll believe it when I see it. 2:30 AM, there was snow on the ground! Just enough to cover the ground, though. By 9 AM, it was all gone!! Sun had come out and melted it all away.
No time to make a snowman!!
Weather people were saying to expect snow, but nothing happened. Just wind and then by Friday all seemed to be ok. No sign of snow, either. Sun was shining brightly and warmed us up that day. That evening we started hearing about the traffic accidents in the East Mountains and that they may close Interstate 40 soon. Then there were accidents west of Albuquerque as well. Oh, no. Is the snow coming? By 11 PM there was nothing outside. So I thought, maybe it's not going to snow. I'll believe it when I see it. 2:30 AM, there was snow on the ground! Just enough to cover the ground, though. By 9 AM, it was all gone!! Sun had come out and melted it all away.
No time to make a snowman!!
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
What the Heck Is Going On??
It's been a week or two without our DJ's Tony Lynn & Myles. Now I heard that TJ Trout is leaving 94 Rock after 25 years. He says he's "going fishing" for a while. Hmmm, sounds familiar. Seems that about 10 years ago Tony Lynn said "he's going to play golf" when he announced he was retiring from radio. At the time he was at KRST. I didn't believe him at all because how can he just retire when his daughter was just starting college! College isn't cheap, neither are girls!! So, about 3 weeks later it was announced that Clear Channel was bringing in a new country radio station and Tony Lynn & Myles were going to be the morning DJs. Made a lot of people mad at him for doing that. They even said they would never listen to him. Ha! They all lied! I hear them on the radio or read about what they have to say to them via email, Facebook, etc. Anyway, I believe that TJ is 'retiring' until his 6 months of no radio is up and then he'll appear on another radio station. Almost all of Clear Channel stations here in the Duke City have gotten rid of their DJs except for The Peak. Seems that those guys (well, a lady, too) are going to keep their jobs while the other stations go syndicated. That's what it seems to be turning to.
So that said, I don't know what I'm going to be doing without the radio. Hmmm, let's just play CDs. I've got tons of CDs (glad I didn't get rid of them as I had planned to!) So I'm good for some music for a few years!!
Well, UNM hired a new football coach. Bill Davie who use to coach at Notre Dame. Not sure what to say about that. They hired Mike Locksley to continue the winning with the football program but he only won 2 games. And guess what? The Lobos beat UNLV Saturday night!! Snapped their losing streak. We'll see what happens with this guy. I don't know if he'll have a chance because people around here have been asking UNM to do away with the football program. So who knows, there may be no foottball at UNM!!! Crazy, huh? But that's Lobo fans for you. If they're losing, get rid of them.
So that said, I don't know what I'm going to be doing without the radio. Hmmm, let's just play CDs. I've got tons of CDs (glad I didn't get rid of them as I had planned to!) So I'm good for some music for a few years!!
Well, UNM hired a new football coach. Bill Davie who use to coach at Notre Dame. Not sure what to say about that. They hired Mike Locksley to continue the winning with the football program but he only won 2 games. And guess what? The Lobos beat UNLV Saturday night!! Snapped their losing streak. We'll see what happens with this guy. I don't know if he'll have a chance because people around here have been asking UNM to do away with the football program. So who knows, there may be no foottball at UNM!!! Crazy, huh? But that's Lobo fans for you. If they're losing, get rid of them.
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