Insane Random Ramblings

And it had nothing to do with the preview channel or the cable company. It was because of my favorite team. Their schedule did not mesh well with the preview week. The preview started Thursday and ended Wednesday of the following week.

Here’s how it played out for me:

Thursday - my favorite team was off
Friday - I got to see the game…yippee!
Saturday - National game on regular tv
Sunday - National game on regular tv
Monday - Off day —again?!?!?!
Tuesday - I got to see the game
Wednesday - Day game —-blah I didn’t get to see it.

So out of 7 possible games, I only got to see 2 because of the free preview. That is one of the main reasons why I don’t put out over $100 for the package. I won’t even get my money’s worth if the games don’t jell with my schedule. Oh well maybe I’ll get to see them again soon on regular old tv.

When the icemaker in our new refrigerator broke, my husband dropped by the store to arrange for repairs. Because the sun was bright, my husband’s eyes hadn’t adjusted to the dim light inside in time to see a woman sitting on the floor examining carpet samples.

He stepped on her leg and she screamed, causing him to jump into a display of fireplace tools that went crashing in every direction. Unnerved, my husband stumbled over to the service desk, and as he went to rest his hands on the counter, he flipped over a bowl full of little mints, scattering them everywhere.

After taking a deep breath to calm himself, he announced to the wide-eyed woman working there, “My refrigerator doesn’t work.”  

“I don’t doubt it,” she replied.

I wrote that sports related post yesterday and 2 things changed.

1. Dez Bryant back-tracks. I liked it better when he just straight up said “nah I ain’t carrying your pads”. Instead he comes out now with how he didn’t know it was a tradition and blah blah blah. Everybody knows it’s a tradition. Hell I’ve never stepped on a football field or even held a football and I know. What is revealing is that he said Roy Williams had a attitude like you’re gonna do this. That’s what ticked him off and made him say no. I guess he has try to give it a positive spin. 
2. T.O. got a job with the Bengals. That team is gonna be a mess. You have the two biggest hams in football on the same team now. The first thing T.O. did was tweet that “Ocho Uno” is coming to town and then equate him and Chad OchoCinco to Batman and Robin. A hot mess. There will be some major fireworks on that team.

What a fine mess of a football season we’re in for!

I have a lot going on so I need a easy post. Here’s the sports edition of my Insane Random Ramblings:

1. I’m kind of glad that Dez Bryant decided to forgo the usual hazing rituals associated with NFL rookies. I have a feeling he’ll get some backlash from his team-mates but I admire him for sticking to his guns.
2. Will T.O. ever find a job? It’s like a soap opera with him. He might end up with the Bengals but who knows. Hopefully he’ll change his attitude and humble him, but knowing him…it won’t.
3. Congrats to Matt Garza of the Rays. He threw the 5th no hitter of the season and the 1st in Rays history. Nice job!
4. I was happy to read that Maurice Clarett went back to OSU to get his degree. He said he didn’t want to be a distraction to the football team or his follow students. Maybe he’s finally on the right path. I’m really rooting for this guy.
5. WTH is going on with Sergio Kindle?!?!?! He fell down “multiple” flights of stairs and has a fractured skull. What was he doing and how do you fall down multiple flights!?!!? Something’s rotten in Denmark! I do wish him a speedy and full recovery.

And that makes me very sad. Every year I write post after post after post describing how much I love the free preview. We get it twice a year but there was absolutely no notice this year. The first week of the season you get a free week and you get one week after the All-Star break. The only reason I knew to watch out for it was because I know it happens at the same time every year.

I looked at my messages from the cable company and I looked at my bill and neither mentioned the preview. I’m just glad I knew about it because I was loving all of the extra games. Unfortunately now the party is over and I have to go back to my normal schedule or a few games per week, most of which I don’t want to see anyway.

Oh well, I was fun while it lasted.

The banana loaf I was making was in the oven when my 16-year- old came into the kitchen where the family had gathered. “That bread smells about done don’t you think, Mom?” he asked.

I told him I had set the timer and it was fine. A little later he repeated his suggestion. “Mom, I really think that loaf is done. Maybe you should check it.” 

Always quick to come to my defense, my 13-year-old son said,  “Eddie, Mom’s been burning that banana bread for 20 years now. I think she knows when to take it out.”

I send my jokes from my personal email account to my work account. On more than one ocassion, I noticed that I didn’t have all of the jokes that I had sent. I figured that maybe I was mistaken and just sent them again.

On Sunday I sent 2 emails from my home computer to my work computer. When I got to work on Monday, I noticed that only one had come through. When I got home, I checked my sent box and they were both there. So I looked at the one that didn’t come through just to make sure it wasn’t anything “racy” that would get blocked by our work software. It was just a normal joke that should have come through. I just re-sent it and it came through fine.

I don’t want to lose anything that my be important so I won’t delete it from that computer until I make sure I’ve received it here. I’ll just have to double-check everything I send from my home computer since stuff seems to be getting lost in cyber-space.

It’s not a bad or a horrible summer but it’s not great either. For starters, I’ve been looking for a new job for months and it’s starting to get frustrating. Second, I don’t have the money to go on vacation this year so I’ll be sticking close to home. This will make the second straight year without a vacation. I’m so not used to that as I used to go every year without fail and sometimes it would be twice a year.

I just hope my August is better than my June and July have been.

1. The second half of the baseball season started yesterday and I don’t know whether I’m happy or not. I guess to me it means that “summer” is half over, even though I know that technically it’s not.
2. I was really shocked to hear about “The Boss” this week. I thought about writing something but I’m not good with that sort of thing.
3. I hope I get to watch a few games this weekend because it doesn’t look as though I’ll go to any games. Bummer!
4. I wish people would stop trying to rain on my parade. I’m not going on vacation this year but I’m planning a trip for next year and all everyone wants to do is tell me how bad each place I pick is. If I leave it up to them I’ll make it as far as across the street.
5. I hope my money comes in tomorrow because I’m super broke right now and I don’t want to wait almost a week to get paid. And I’m not raiding my savings…again.

Have a great weekend!

A father is in church with three of his young children, including his five year old daughter.  As was customary, he sat in the very front row so that the children could properly witness the service. 
 
During this particular service, the minister was performing the baptism of a tiny infant. The little five year old girl was taken by this, observing that he was saying something and pouring water over the infant’s head. 
 
With a quizzical look on her face, the little girl turned to her father and asked with all the innocence of a five
year old… 

“Daddy, why is he brainwashing that baby?”