That great list of things to do today, that I had written out last night . . . well, it's just a list and not a damned thing has been done.

All good intentions of getting so very much done today have gone by the way side and have been replaced by heating pad and Pampring.  Yup, TMI . . . too bad!

To top it off, it's thundering and pouring outside . . . so it's the ideal day to stay on the couch w/my blankey (in the middle of Florida Summer) and anything that helps me feel better.  Good thing is, I'll feel all better tomorrow.

Maybe tomorrow I'll get some of the stuff on that list done'n checked off; but today, it's couch and HGTV.

 

AcidSam:  hey mom, you know what today is?
Mom:  [blank look on face]
AcidSam:  it's the day before Pimie's birthday
Mom:  [eyes widen, big shit-eatin'grin on her face] so,what're we going to do?

 

Happy Birthday To You!!

 

 

 

 

The tradition . . . . continues!    muaahh haha hahhaa ahahha

Oh, and I'll have you know, two folks from the office offered up their services weeks ago!  Mmm hmmm, oh yeah, for real!

 

Random photos of my trip to Cuba

No particular order

'55 Caddy'n '56 Buick drove the 13 of us to Santa Lucia for a day at the beach.

 
Yes, that's an outhouse, and yes, I uhm, had to use it

Likeness of the murderer were more abundant this time than in 2000 
It saddens me that this generation doesn't take the time to learn the
truth about this man before splashing his likeness on TShirts

These water friendship jugs are used throughout to collect rainwater
that is later used for laundry and other household chores

Bikes abound, a major form of transportation within city limits

Converted trucks serve as passenger buses, there are benches in the
back for the people to sit on, the cutout is the only form of ventilation

My cousin's tractor, he built it from scrap pieces of many
different tractors, and services it alike

Horse-driven buggies are the local taxies

Gotta love that zoom lense!

Neighboorhood street

Taxi, anyone?

Home, sweet home

 Lift off!!

Discovery rocketed into the skies above NASA's Kennedy Space Center today, returning the Shuttle fleet to flight after more than two years of hard work by the entire NASA team.

"Are you going to watch it?""
"Watch what?"
"The shuttle, it's going off in a few minutes"
"Oh, it's still on?  I'd completely forgotten about it"
"Nelso just called me, he's watching it"

Thank you Pimie, for reminding me. 

PP and I were on our way out when we noticed someone had turned on the TV in the Board Room.  From a corner of the door leading into the BR, we watched as it lifted off of the pad.  We immediately hustled on out to the parking lot, followed by several other co-workers.  We waited and discussed wich direction we'd be seeing it, then suddenly from behind a lone cloud in the hazy blue sky one of us saw the tell tale tail, and suddenly a short moment of silence came over us.  We each recalled previous launchs and landings, and appluaded what to our untrained eyes appeared to be a successfull lift off.  As we watched, a bright light shone for a short moment, we deduced it must've been from the separation of the fuel tanks, then it slowly disappeared and all that was left was the stream in the air.

We weren't alone, in the middle of the road, excited onlookers from the building across the street, from the building next door, from the other building at the cul-de-sac were all out there, excited to witness the Return to Flight.

Let us all pray for a safe return.