A stormy day in Dallas

As viewed yesterday on BBC online:


Six held over fake Viagra trade....Six people are arrested in the UK and Spain on suspicion of importing and selling fake drugs including Viagra.


I predict they'll never get a conviction.  The evidence won't stand up in court.  ;)

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Man-oh-man has it rained!  It started last night around 6 pm and hasn't stopped since.  We've had constant lightning and rolling thunder, too, which made for some great sleeping weather.  According to the National Weather Service's color-coded rainfall map my area has received between 5 and 6 inches so far, with another 1-2" expected before it stops.  I've heard it said by the weather experts (if there is such a thing) that substantial rains in the spring helps keep the summertime temperatures a bit cooler than normal.  I hope that's true.  I know our lakes are getting a good top-off, which should see us through the upcoming summer.

This makes no sense to me:  So far this morning airlines at DFW International Airport have cancelled several hundred flights due to the heavy rains.  If there's been that much rain, wouldn't they just cancel all flights?  Were only those airlines flying low-rider jets affected?  You know, the ones with the blue lights underneath, the chromed-chain steering wheels, and the ba-boom, ba-boom speakers in the back?  *scary visual, huh?*  

Our packing continues.  Everything that before resided in cabinets and in closets is now packed in boxes and stacked so thick and high you can't walk through our 2nd bedroom.  I've also taken down our Elfa shelving I installed for some more space when we moved in here 3 years ago.  Tonight I disassemble our sleigh bed.  M-day nears!

S

'Splain something to me kind readers....

When I leave a comment on some of your blogs I'm asked to "prove I'm not a robot" by re-typing some contorted letters a robot apparently can't decipher.  What's the point of that exercise?  If some robot wants to read my blog, why should I care?  My blog doesn't ask that and I don't get any unwanted spam comments selling stuff.  It's a non-issue to me.  I've had some scrambled letter tests that were so convoluted I couldn't make them out.  My rule is, if I try twice and can't get it to accept my comment, I move on.  What am I missing? It just seems pointless.


No tales of drunken St. Patrick's Day merriment from yesterday from me.  I was behaving myself, and was actually quite productive.  K and I packed more stuff....I think we still have a frying pan, one pot, a couple of glasses, some dinnerware, and a stack of paper plates un-packed.  All the pictures and window coverings have been taken down, arrangements have been made for address changes, utilities, and the newspaper.  My big coup yesterday was borrowing some furniture dollies to help move the heavy stuff.  The boxes of course can be moved with my hand dollie.  (Is it "dolly" or "dollie"?  As Google lists both, I'll go with "dollie".)  


We also went by Weir's furniture (very good stuff BTW) and scored a great deal on a bar stool.  We only need one as that is where K will sit to use the island as her Wifi-enabled computer desk, while I take the big desk (yes, I still have the damn thing) in the computer "niche".  The stool is very comfortable and covered in a very high quality leather.  The only catch is there's a small scratch on one leg, but we can easily touch that up, and the price was reduced from over $200 to just $69.  Sweet!  K also bought a high-dollar drapery rod, then she got home and found a 20% off coupon in the mail from the same store.  Today she's going back for the old switcheroo. 


If you're into basketball (I'm not) then this March Madness thing has you glued to the TV.   As far as I'm concerned basketball is a sport contrived to give the masses something to watch while football players have their off-season knee surgery and rehab.  I feel like I'm in a TV sports desert.  I can't wait for September.  :)


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It's raining cats and dogs....and sunspots

A cold front pushed through north Texas around noon today dropping temps over 20 degrees.  Combined with the winds and rain leading the front, it's darn cool outside.  I had to go back into my winter jackets I had so meticulously packed away in sealed plastic boxes and pull one out.  Mother Nature is jerking my chain!  We're expecting 2-5" of rain by the end of the weekend.  Maybe that will be enough to top off our lakes and enable us to survive the summer without water rationing.  *fingers crossed*


Is anyone besides me having electronic issues with all the sunspot death rays bombarding earth today?  My computer shut itself off, logged us out and everything.  Then when I tried to restart it, it wouldn't accept our ID info.  After a number of attempts it finally smiled and let me back in.  Go figure.


More leisurely packing is in progress.  An hour or so every evening and we should be prepared for an organized move.  The 23rd will be here before you know it.  Here's what our spare bedroom looks like now:

Note the vicious Mr. Luke in the lower right standing guard over our stuff.  OK, sitting guard.  Oooo....I just spotted something else I can sell on Craig's List.  That blue leather chair in the corner has been collecting dust for several years.  It needs to find somewhere else to live.  No luck on the monster desk yet, though.  Don't people use desks anymore?

S