It was the First of September 2009

If I knew I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself.
- Mickey Mantle

Let that be a lesson to all of us. We don't die because we reach a certain age.
We die because we wore out, some of that is natural but much of it depends on how
we treat ourselves during our lives.

Ask yourself whenever you do something, is this a contribution, or an impediment
to longevity.

my birthday

I've decided to make a post on my birthday so next year I can remember it, if I can find it.

A letter to Monica,

Perhaps you were thinking of me because it's my birthday, 67. Cathy & I went to the beach and let the dogs play near the water's edge. It was fun and the water wasn't that cold. I waded out and got wet some. Then we came home and had pizza; now I'm drinking a root beer. It was a good day.

There was an attractive spider out in the yard so I took a few pictures:


Earlier in the day Cathy saw a plant that looked like a pepper plant:

Michelle

the start of the repaint project

We're going to repaint the motorhome by hand.
these ladder mounts are the first of what will be a long ongoing project

Confessions of an internet addict

I'm a junkie, currently the internet is my drug of choice though in the past it's been alcohol, pot, and heroin.

I also like games though the old classic ones like chess and backgammon, and a few other games like outbreak and go moku at present. I mostly play at gameknot.com, goldtoken.com, itsyourturn.com, and schemingmind.com.
We have an internet business with a storefront on amazon where we sell various items bought on ebay where I exploit the spread.
http://www.amazon.com/shops/Michelle_Ress
That's a game too. Find something in the amazon catalog that you can buy cheaper on ebay then resell it. Score is kept by how much you make
and how good you can keep your ratings.

My hobby is playing with all the stuff I buy and sell like cameras, pda's, smartphones, radar detectors, crap found on woot, books, and I've even sold a couple of games like a chess computer and a Merlin.

We also have an old motorhome which we tinker with adding such things as solar panels so we can power our electronics while on the road. I recently got a Cradlepoint router that will take a Verizon data card to take our own personal wifi hotspot with us.

I'm partnered up. Cathy and I just shared our 13th anniversary. We have five dogs, three Chihuahua mix rescues and two dachshund rescues. Which reminds me electronic dog collars is something else we buy and sell. A bit of the gaming there using a gadget to bridge the communication gap between species.

I'm old but young. I have HCV hepatitis C so don't mess with me or I'll bleed on you. I'm healthy otherwise and no I'm not changing my password as I use Roboform which will handle that strong one given to me by negativegamer.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

That is the bio I just posted on negativegamer.com
a website where one of my pictures turned up and I failed to see the attribution
at the bottom of the article and got involved in a discussion there. That seemed
interesting so I decided to join the website but flunked the test several times
before finally passing.

I've been putting a disproportionate amount of pictures here so decided to balance
them out with a few words not that I expect more than a handful of eyeballs to ever
grace them but you never know, the law of abundance could kick in at any moment
like it did yesterday while searching for a parking place in the shade and a car
pulled out giving us the perfect spot just as we were in position to take it.

July 2009

Two Old Dogs Tobi left, Kona right

June 2009

The promise of the flower
beauty delivered even if the fruit never materializes

May 2009

As good as it gets: a satisfying candy bar after walking the dogs Jason with Rusty
Santa Cruz Mountains. May 23, 2009



To Sookie, Happy Birthday!


Quita and Ruffles

This past week has been a tough one here. My recent blood test indicated that I have issues to deal with. Either the Zetia has caused my ALT and AST readings to go up or the Hepatitis C is active.

During the last year I got lax and stopped taking the Milk Thistle and also started eating pretty much whatever and apparently that strategy isn't working so.

I started the Milk Thistle again along with a bunch of other herbs and I've quit the Zetia and on May 20 I'm going to the VA liver people in Palo Alto for a consultation. I haven't decided whether to take the traditional treatment or not because it's long and can be unpleasant.

taken by Cathy Smyre