Speaking Spanish

Well I'm still working on learning Spanish, this is going to be a long trip. Just when I'm moving along in the lessons a word comes up that I can't pronounce or even spell. The word is newspaper in English, in Spanish it is periodical or something like that. I'm sure I will not ask for a newspaper in Argentina, but the program insists I learn it. Right now the painters are here painting the front of the place and the front porch. They are speaking Spanish (I think) I was tempted to ask them if they ever used the Spanish word for newspapers. Of course I can only pick out every 5th word so my translation skills are lacking. However my skills on word recognition are getting good. I now can recognize carro, leche, hombre, mujere, gato (which is very important), perro, and many others. I just can't say it. My daughter (oldest) sent me a notice from the state department warning about the 800 cases of swine flu in Argentina and that we may have to wear masks and have our temperatures checked. Just another worry.
My sister-in-law called and complained about me not writing in my blog lately. Actually she wanted to talk to her sister, who is still teaching this week. Plus she wanted everyone to come down and see her clean house (which may stay that way for only a short time if she is anything like her sister). Midnight has taken off for whereabouts unknown (he is in his secret hiding place in the closet)(but it is a secret) because the painters are outside and he wanted to protect the house by hiding. Well back to cleaning and throwing things out.
Ciao

A nice day

No rain and AC is on. Arrangements for the travel season is beginning to come together. Was able with much calling and checking the internet to get the 2 days at Bryce Canyon. So the hotels are all set other than LV for the last night, but that is an easy task and of course the air reservations, just waiting until the new usairways cc switches from bofa to Barclays. Should be completed by next week. Argentina trip is mostly set, just waiting on confirmation. And the trip to San Antonio is set but not completed, just trying to decide whether to fly to Florida afterwards or to make a another trip down in Oct. Progress on the cleanup is sometimes slowed down as Midnight has gotten into the habit of either examing at close range everything going into the trash bag or deciding to flop down next to me and demand to be brushed for at least 10 minutes. He still has a lot of hair even through I brushed off enough to make another cat. But he does love it. Doing laundary and getting stuff together for my 10 days with the air force over at McGuire AFB. Seems to becoming another busy summer. My 45th anniversary of my high school graduation is in Sept. And October is starting to be booked up also. Good thing I'm retired. Well off to cook dinner.
Ciao

8 Bags of trash gone

Well today was a busy day, cleaned off the back deck and eight bags of trash went to the dumpster. Actually, 3 bags were handed directly to the trash man. Now I'm battling the moss on the back deck. It grows faster than the grass. So tomorrow I hit it with the Chlorox mixture. On Tuesday we had a terrific thunderstorm in the morning. The weather station here recorded 1.2 inches of rain in 30 minutes. The rate was 6.05 inches per hour. Of course when the thunder and lightning hit midnight took to his secret hiding place. He doesn't like thunder at all. If he sees a flash he becomes alert waiting for the bang and then he takes off. Looking for a new vehicle for the wife. But that's about it from the wet SE PA.
Ciao

And yet I still have more stuff to toss

I have come to the conclusion that junk creates junk. I have been tossing old stuff and junk for weeks and I seem to uncover more stuff everyday. Junk must be an alien force that tele-ports other people junk to my place. Anyhow I am making progress if I don't count the 5 attics of my wife's stuff at her parents house. None of which is allowed to come here. textbooks from 20 years need not be saved, they are out of date and useless. Looking forward to our trip to Argentina. Only a month a half away. We all now have our travel documents. Well back to cleaning and looking for Midnight. He is in his hiding place because I said it looks like a thunderstorm is coming. Thunderstorm and Veterniam are in his vocabulary. I think I mispelled Vet, Oh well see first post.
Later

Still Raining almost time to build the ark

Yes another rainy day, but a promise tomorrow will be Sunny. As a treat went to the Mexican restaurant for my favorite enchillada supreme dinner. Cheered up a lousy day. Midnight is trying to sit on my wife's shoulder as she is trying to talk on the phone. He still thinks he is a small animal. Did you ever notice that rain tends to bring out the worst drivers. I think they wait by their door waiting for the drops to occur. These are the same people that drive real fast right after the first snowfall. Was going to BJ's today to pick up supplies but the rain changed our minds. There is always tomorrow. Well that's it for now. I haven't heard from my sis-in-law so I guess the laptop is working. I had to write to Dell to see if they knew a reason for her "D: drive to fill up. No answer yet.
Ciao

Rainy day again

So another rainy day, the temperature has been cool and so far (June 4) I haven't turned on the air conditioning. I'm very happy about that and I'll be very happy when my electric bill comes. Backed up all five computers yesterday and regular maintence took most of the day. I had the laptops on the floor and midnight came in and starting typing to his other cat friends. I think he was really just looking at the screen saver but he seem entertained for awhile. Went out to lunch with some friends from the college and got all the latest information. Not seeing your friends from work is a downside of retirement. Don't get me wrong, there are many things I don't miss even through I enjoyed working at the college for the 30 some years, but seeing your friends on a daily basis is always good. I have been looking to get the wife a new vehicle soon, the old one is really starting to show it's age. Leaning toward the Ford Fusion, but all makes other the GM and Chrysler are possible. Well back to my other project.
Later

Happy June 1

Can't believe it is June already. I worked on my sis in law laptop, 5 months old and running real slow. She had virtually every program in the start-up menu which was one problem. It didn't want to find and connect automatically to network without extra coaching. Had a major battle with two firewalls fighting with each other for control of the machine. And her D drive (backup) was filled. Well I dumped a lot of programs off of the start-up menu. Returned the pecking order to the "log onto the internet" list. Defraged all the drives, I did this only last month. Killed one firewall. Backed-up the computer onto my external drive and turned off the computer back-up system till I can figure out why it is completely filled. Well tomorrow I need to get a haircut and finish up the travel plans for the summer.
Well Dinner is ready
ciao