Project 365 Day 42

Dell Me

The innards of a Dell Dimension 8200 that I am upgrading. I had to take this pic because I have never worked on this particular model and spent 10 minutes trying to figure out how to get the case open. No screws, no bolts. It ends up it opens like a clam shell. Buttons on the bottom and top and slide open. The people at Dell must spend nights at bars going, hmm, how can we design this next case? Oh, yeah, let's put a button on the bottom of the case. Yeah, good idea!

Don't get me wrong, Dells are my favorite brand of PCs. I just wish that the designers would at least try to make the case styles uniform. I have 3 Dells; they all open differently.

Smile!

Project 365 Day 41

9/11

Not a very good shot, but hopefully you can make out the flag. I was very proud and a little choked up to see these flags in front of businesses all around town today in memory of 9/11/01. God bless America, and the soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen here and overseas.

Project 365 Day 40

Hammer's Drive Thru

Louisiana...gotta love a state that has drive-through liquor stores! Can you buy lottery tickets in there as well? Hmm.....

Project 365 Day 39

Racer

This is Chris' snake preparing his Friday meal. He gets 2 mice every Friday. Let the complaining begin.

Project 365 Day 38

Please, Rain, HOLD OFF!

This was about 3:00 p.m. Hoping the rain would hold off, since I had two whole spatchcocked chickens and 8 leg quarters on the smoker! And BTW, the chicken was YUMMY! With todays brisket, I shouldn't have to cook any meat for the rest of the week.

Project 365 Day 37

Fatties

A fatty is a whole pack of ground sausage, rubbed and smoked. I did two, since Chris and I like mild and Darrell likes hot. OMG! I had ended up having to cut the mild one up and hide the slices, since Darrell kept telling people who came to the house "here, try this". I want some for sausage biscuits next week!

Project 365 Day 36

Locker Madness

Ah, middle school. Schedules, lockers, changing classes...Do you see how neat this locker is? Those of you who know me and my son probably cannot believe this locker belongs to him...aka the boy who still had homework from August in his desk last year when we cleaned it out in May. I have taken a proactive approach this year. Twice a week, after school, I stop in and we have a locker cleaning. Pull all books out, set the shelf back up (I hate these folding metal shelves) and put all homework that has not been turned in in the "turn in" section of his binder, and all notes in the "notes" section of his binder. Homework may be a little late, but not 9 months late now!

Project 365 Day 35

Wantin' a bike!

Why is it, when you finally decide give in to middle age craziness and you want to go ahead and buy a bike like you have wanted forever, you see them all over the place? I swear, I have seen more bikes in the last month than I have seen in the entire 10 years I have been living in Natchez.

Project 365 Day 34

"George"

Anyone who has viewed my pictures knows that at one time or another, I have had quite a menagerie living around or under my house. Wild kitties, skunks, armadillos, possums, squirrels, chipmunks...One of the wild kittens even walked into my house a little while back; I caught it and took it to the vet, but it died. Well, a couple of weeks ago, this guy showed up. He has a collar, so I figured he was out for an evening stroll and smelled momma cat. Genetic duty done, I figured he'd leaveand go home. Nope. He seems to have taken up permanent residence. Every time I go outside, he comes to greet me...rather loudly. I've taken to calling him "George" when I go outside and he is sitting on the steps. Now, as the husband is very strongly against having a cat, I'm wondering what to do.

Project 365 Day 33

Yes, I am running behind!

The object of this little project was to take a picture with my BlackBerry and post it every day. Kind of like a mini-blog. I have missed quite a few days. Let me 'splain, Ricky, said Lucy.

I live way out in the country. I mean way, way out. No cable, only satellite. We just recently got DSL. And definately no cellular coverage. So that means I have to either take the pictures and upload them while I'm in town, or take the pictures and upload them when I go to town. And I prefer not to go to town if I can help it. So this limits me. I try to take a bunch of pics and upload them, so they are ready, but on days when all I do is school drop off, work, and home, well...you can see the problem. But I'll try to do better! Now, on to todays pic. The squeamish may want to discontinue reading...

Why, when I go to the pet store for mice for the snake, does the lady always seem to make an effort to pick out the cutest mice in the tank? Ah, I know. Because I have taken Chris in there with me before, and she has seen him looking at the hamsters and drooling...She's thinking, "cage, 2 cute little mice, ball, wheel, water bottle, bedding, food..." What ever happened to those ugly little white things with the pink eyes? And yes, Chris did sit there and look at them and sigh before he dropped them in the snake cage. I seriously need to get that child another pet. And no, Jess, the pet store does not sell dumbo rats or I would consider it!

More to come....

Project 365 Day 32

Best View In The World

This view means I am about two miles from home. I love living in Kingston, but WOW, the drive is killer sometimes.