Time Is Slipping By

I was shocked when I checked the blog and saw how days had gone by since I last posted. I had to stop and think about how I have been spending my time. I concluded that a lot of my time has been spent listening to podcasts. I have heard way too much about the introduction of Apple's iPhone. Then the news shows were full of the failed UK bombings, the war in Iraq and the presidential campaign. I need a little balance in my life.

 

The mosquitoes in the Dallas area are horrendous after all of the rain. On Saturday afternoon they were swarming around my front door. The battery in the outdoor sensor for my weather station died. I had to go through the front door several times while I was coaxing the sensor to start functioning again; and as a result, I treated the mosquitoes to a feast. The mosquitoes also entered the house. The next morning I found they had congregated around a night light in the hall bathroom. The lavatory and bathtub were covered with dead mosquitoes. I never saw anything like that in SE Texas. They knew how to control them down there.

 

I have been doing my online shopping again. I am still waiting for the flip flops which were back ordered. The delay is O.K. because the outdoor pool opening has been set back again because the rain is still delaying completion. I also ordered a new purse that is just like one that I have been used for almost two years. I like the first one so much that I decided I would have a replacement on hand when the first one gives out. I also ordered a new pair of loafers and a pair of winter pj's. It was cold last winter. This time I will be ready.

 

I have been keeping up with the walking. Last week I was at the track four times. I walked yesterday morning. I heard that people often gain weight when they start exercising. I have gained two pounds. I don't know if it is the walking or if it was the big slice of carrot cake I had last week. That is a fib. I know exactly where the blame belongs for those two pounds.

 

I am now reading Barbara Taylor Bradford's book, Just Rewards. It is the last book of the series on Emma Harte and family. I can remember I bought the first book in London at Foyle's bookstore in 1985. The series has lasted longer than the Harry Potter series. By the way I intend to be standing in front of Sam's Club when the doors open on July 21 to rush in and by the new Harry Potter book. That is what I did for the last two books, but I was in Beaumont then. I am assuming that strategy will work equally well at the Plano store.

 

I will be leaving shortly to go on the Shop 'Til You Drop day trip to the Willow Bend shopping mall in Plano. I printed the store directory and highlighted the stores I want to visit. Willow Bend has an Apple store. I want to see the lowest priced MacBooks. I would like to have a second computer as insurance against going through the misery of being without a computer that I experienced earlier this year. I know very little about Apples. I do know that Apple has announced an operating system update that is supposed to ship later in the year. It puts me in the same dilemma about buying one that I had with XP versus Vista. Should I buy now and have an outdated system or buy later and suffer through all the possible bugs of a new operating system. Surely Apple won't deliver something that is bad as Vista.