Spring Forward again

     Thank goodness that most new technology stuff automatically resets the time for daylight savings time.  I remember when I had to go around the whole house resetting answering machine, VCR's, alarm clocks and regular clocks wherever they were and however many watches and phones that required to be updated. Now most of those things have automatic daylight saving settings installed so no need to do them and others because of their link to the internet or satellites.  I always seem to try to watch the change happen but as it always the case around that time I nod off and miss what I was waiting for and before I know it lost an hour in less the 5 minutes. 

       Well anyway this is the start of another Daughter daddy day which unfortunately started late but not for the normal reasons.  We both got a later start cause of the lost hour but that ended up to be only part of the reason.  After a nice shower, then getting ready to go I must of done something cause my lower back was now in a great deal of pain.  I took something to help alleviate the pain a little at least so as not cancel out on the day with my mija.  Kind of ironic the pill I took was a generic for no less but Aleve.  Well that help me get under way but by no means took away the pain totally at all. 

       So here I am on the way to my daughters house and fighting off the pain but seems to be lessening and lessening as I get closer to her house.  On the way to restaurant I am starting to feel it again wishing it would just quit, but I know it has to run it's course and sooner or later it would finally stop.  When I got to the restaurant the sharp pain in the lower back was intense but only momentarily which was a good sign.   The rest of the day it was off and on again for the most part but  the pain getting less and less.  When I got home I took some Tylenol to see if that would help and it did more then I thought it would and after dropping my daughter off at the end of the night I popped some advil to help the rest of the way and I woke this morning with it all gone what a relief. 

        in all the excitement about that thrilling pain ride I forgot to mention that I ended up buying a new Nikon at one of the stores with 32 gb on the memory card.  So I am hopeful that I will make good use of this camera and it's little brother too.   I really need to get back into using my regular SLR Nikon camera.  I am really feeling the need to get out more like I use to do but I know it will take a while for me to that.  Well only time will tell now, so this is where I will end this so as they say " Life is short don't waste it". 

Day 2 Part 2

       It was brought to my attention that on last trip to the dealers I was getting my car wash for a second time in 2 days, but in fact the second car wash didn't take place after all due to the fact of the long wait and the need to get on my way.   I was debating between going to see my honorary grandson play t-ball on a Saturday or just grabbing food to take home and eat.  Well believe it or not I actually didn't neither instead I went to take a look at new camera I was thinking of buying and do some basic comparison shopping of what was out there.  

        Well after I was finished with my little shopping trip I ended up heading back home and just popping in some quickie breakfast and relax at home playing catch up with DVR recordings.  I am not just a regular couch potato but a high tech one that can record more shows than is humanly possible to watch.  I am getting pretty bad about that and even worse when I start to fall behind cause it is next to impossible to get caught up again when you fall to far behind.  It literally takes days off and a marathon session of straight viewing to even make a dent in it.   One time I had to take vacation time just to get it all cleared up, well not actually take vacation for that reason but I did spend a lot of time playing catch up. 

       Anyway back to shopping for a new camera.  I originally wanted to look into a normal DSLR ( digital single lense reflex) but with all the extra stuff I was starting to just opt for a better auto lense camera.  I had decided to get this one Nikon cause it better mega-pixel and way better zoom then the one I have, just now to do some price comparison at different locations to get a better deal.  Made up my mind that this is the one for me I like it and pretty sure I will end up buying it.  Until we meet again and the saga continues.

Day 2 at Dealers

      Well this morning I got off to a sluggish start and finally made to the dealers to have my shocks replaced.  I got here a little later then I had intended but I still made here about 9:15 and being it was a Saturday it was kind of crowded.  Most of the places were taken to be able to sit down have a table in front of me, but fortunately for me a man got up and I had to ask the women that was sitting there with here Ipad tablet I believe.  If she didn't mind sharing the table which she had no problem, it so nice to see people still able to share their space in this day an age.   

       I am grateful that I have the available funds in my acct. to pay for these shocks cause I was told I was in desperate need to have the replaced or else I would start bottoming out when I hit bumps and dips on the road.  I think because going to CUT since they moved has taken it toll on my shocks but after all my Xterra is 8 yrs. old now so that is pretty good that I am finally replacing them after this long a period.  I really am not sure how long they are suppose to last but 8 yrs.  Well I just got a confirmation from one of the service reps. and the normal wear is like 40 to 50 thousand miles and I have already doubled that almost tripled if is really 40,000.  

        I am sitting 5 feet away from a table with all kinds of goodies and although it is tempting I am not really interested in them but those cookies do look good.  They have bananas and apples too along with OJ to drink along with their normal coffee in the corner with donuts,  but like I said before they are tempting. I might grab a banana but right now I am doing just fine with the coffee I had earlier.  

        I have never really seen it this crowded in here before at the dealers in the service center but then again I am usually in here around 7 and out of here by now or maybe a little later, actually one time I got here by 7:30 and didn't leave until after 1:30 now that was a long day but even then it really wasn't too crowded and I had my Ipad to watch movies so the time went by kind of fast, well as fast as it would if you were stuck somewhere for a long period of time.  Todays visit was going to take a little over a hour and a half from the time they start I presume.  Being I got here at let say 9:20 I am looking at being out of here maybe as early as 11  which is not too bad.  I hope they don't have any problems. 

       The women across from me is a realtor and she was doing all of prep stuff while she was waiting for her car.  Today was not her day cause she woke up with Laryngitis and could barely talk but she tried to communicate never the less.  Finally the service rep came and gave her the bad news makes me feel lucky to only being paying so little if she were to take care of everything it would run her well over a thousand one of the problems was going to cost her at least 500 just to check to see what the problem actually was, of course that fee would then be applied to the actual repair but still just to look that is crazy.  I guess it is the way the service rep said it that made it kind of funny.  His words were if you are going to keep the car I would take care of this first cause it is the most pressing item first which was the most expensive one of the bunch. 

       Well it looks like my Xterra is almost done  and then another quick wash so I can be on my way. Not sure what I am going to do now I have the choice of going to Little Jesse's game at noon or just go back home  and veg out.  What to do?  What to do?  well I will have figure that out soon enough so I guess I am going to finish this off now so I can get my stuff ready to go.  Well it has been real I hope I didn't bore you too much with my going on and on. 

Time just keeps flying by

      Well the last two weeks has come and gone, I chose to take a job that was on the outside to get some fresh air the last week of February.  For what it was worth it was fun being around the people I like working with most of my old co-workers, friends an acquaintances.  Well as fun as it was in was only for a week cause due to the  scheduling issues of that dock I chose to go else where the first week of March.  Which it really worked out for the best as it was colder and chance or rain was in the air during the week.   Both weeks were short weeks due to different reason I only worked 4 days each week,  the first week cause I was trying to stay low enough in hours to get the job I wanted and well the 2nd week was due to maintenance for my vehicle. 

      I can't believe the year is flying by so fast already two months have come and gone just like that.  I mean it is like I blink and another week goes flying by.  I know I am get older and the time tends to go by faster for some strange reason, but sometimes I wish that it would leave you enough to time to take a step back and smell the coffee as they say or flowers for some. But basically for me I just need time to heal from old wounds and new ones too I guess.  I am learning to enjoy the things in my life a little better now, loving spending time with my daughter to the point of having to hear her voice at least twice per day. Once for my wake up call and at night to say goodnight before going to sleep. Of course the call at night has a two-fold purpose not only to say goodnight but to also ask her sometimes plead my case for her to give me a wake up call. 

         I am really starting to think more about things that I have tried to not look at or choose to ignore cause basically I didn't want to deal with them but I am beginning to feel that I need to get going on some of this stuff now before it is too late to done at all.  Aside from the general cleaning of the house, I also need to start getting my paperwork in order in the event that something happens to me.   And I know I really don't like even talking about this stuff either but I need to deal with it cause I am getting up there now in years and though I am the youngest in my family I may be the one who is the most ill and a lot of that is due to me not wanting to take care of myself.  I know but after so many losses in my life I just gave up and didn't care as much about anything anymore.  Well I hope for the best and that I am allowed to live for a longer period then I feel I am left to hope for.   But as they say only God knows when that time will be. 

         Today is  Friday and I am at the dealers of all things taking care of the needs of my vehicle so that I am able to get to work and back, being able to pick my daughter for our weekly visits and of course let us not forget  Target Tuesdays the two days we look forward to all week long.  All the other  days are just feeler days for me cause that is where the robot or zombie part of me lies doing the same thing day in and day out just going through the motions which is not saying that I am not having fun at work but some days I go there but wish I was home most of the day, but other times the silliness that goes on in the tower jobs and the just hanging out with friends when I get the chance to work at the other facility.  Well anyway back to reality now, I am here for maintenance but also to possible have other things taken care of also with that too.  Those are going to be the more expensive things needed then it comes down to decision time.  Cost and Necessity is the name of the game total bill could reach 700 or more if I get it all taken care of today.   Well looks like I may be making another trip back here tomorrow to have the shocks taken care of cause they have to order them so I will be making a return trip tomorrow but todays will be short and sweet.  Well I think I will cut this one off right here.  But stay tuned to the continuing Adventures of Tony the Tazman cya soon. 

         

Things that make you go hmmm.

       Last Friday night heading home after dropping off something at my daughters house I had to fight traffic  all the way home,  during what is widely called Rush Hour. You ever wonder why they called it that aside everyone trying to rush home.  And the key word here is trying, cause during rush hour everyone is on the road and no one is rushing.  If your lucky that average speed will get to maybe 30 to 35 mph.  It has gone as slow as 20 and as high as 55 until you can break free of the congestion and then all hell breaks loose as ppl try to reach 80 plus.

         It is times like this that I really have to wonder why labeling things the way that they do.   I always laugh when I hear a comic reference the difference with naming things.  Such as Parkway and    Driveway, Parkways are roads cars drive on and Driveways are where they park opposites can be funny when they are applied right.  The world is full of totally nonsense phrases, like he wants his cake and eat it too, I always they thought that ones was silly cause if I get cake I am going to eat it what else am I going to do with it.  Oh an then I have this friend who likes to say this phrase and it bugs the crap out of me.  "There is six in one hand and half a doz. in the other".   I mean what does that mean anyway,  the humor side of it is I have 5 fingers on one hand and half of 10 on the other hand.  I guess it can be interperated many different ways for a lot of different scenarios. 

         I am sure there are plenty of those phrases out there that we may use and some we are quite tired of hearing.  So I am going to continue eating my cake cause it was given to me and until ppl are given extra digits on their hand I will stick with my 5 thank you very much.  

Decisions , Decisions

         Another weekend is rolling in and I am struggling with idea of taking a long weekend off or not.  I know there are reasons why I should and also reason why I don't want to work, but unfortunately the reason to work are more out of necessity and to stay home out of pure laziness.  So here I sit wondering what to do what to do.  It is times like this that I really wish it didn't matter as much but that is not always the case.  Sometimes I just want to relax and not worry about working at all but maybe that is something that has just crept into my life cause I use to love going to work but lately not even close.  Like for example I use to say that if I had won the lottery I would still go to work but now boy has that attitude changes since then. 

          So the day is going by and I still haven't made up my mind yet.  I hate weighing out the pros and cons on things like this cause I always seem to lose out,  but that is not saying I always do the right thing or the best thing.  Cause when it comes down to it sometimes you just need to take a break even when it is not the best time to do it.  Well this weekend is just another one of those I am too tired to work but I need to do it.  So back and forth I go and wondering why this is so hard to do, just need to make up my mind and stick to it.  My boss even suggested for him to put me as coming in and if I change my mind just reap out the job, but even that comes with some hassles of the checking in or squaring off problem.  What to do What to do. 

            Well it is nearing the end of the shift and I have finally resided in coming in tomorrow and maybe even Sat. too to get the next week off to a good start.  Cause of all things concerned need wins  out desire all the time so I will be here the next couple of days to insure there will still be a constant flow of money coming into my acct. for bills, food and of course the fun fun fun shopping trips with my lovely daughter.  Well I guess I will cut this one short as I have been told I tend to write novels instead of essays which are actually too long also.  So until we do this again that is all folks. 

One of Those Days

      Yesterday I have to chalk it up to just one of those days. I  woke up in the morning failing to check the dispatch jobs for the day prior to going to bed.  So in the early morning when I woke up for the day I ended up checking through my phone in a hurry.  Now see this is where my vision comes into play being that since age 40 my sight has been dimminishing over the years.  So needless to say I grab for a pair of glasses through half awake eyes and saw the work for the day and made a quick determination that the jobs I wanted were not on there.  

      Well whether it be my rush to judgement on my part or the inefficiency of our dispatchers in doing their job that ended up costing me my day of work.  But maybe it all worked out for the best.  Yes i did miss a days wages but I was able to take care of a few things including starting the day out with breakfast at my daughters house.  Spending the morning there was nice and although I did need to get going and taking care of some things it was still nice while I was there being that our sunday got cut short.  So after leaving there a quick trip to the pay office to changes my status, not like I would do on let's say Facebook.  Then off I went back home, with a quick trip to the gas station. 

       You ever wonder why it is that our gas price keep going up and down so much, I kind of think it is for their amuzement because anything of a positive nature takes prices forever to drop, but a accident of small contastrophe and oh boy what those rates climb out of this fear that we will be suddenly without any fuel for the comsumer.   Scare tactics to the max is all that is and I think we are all getting sick of it.  But there I go again going off point.   Well it was to my advantage this day as after getting gas I went home and then left the house again to take care of the other dread of my life tax time.  Well anyway after a favorable visit to my taxman I passed by the gas station that I got gas at earlier not even 3 hrs earlier and the price had gone up 2 cents if I had waited until i got off work today it may have been as high as 5 to 10 cents higher.  

         Finally after the days activities I was finally home again relaxing and catching up on some of the shows I recorded on the DVR's.  I was grateful that the whole day was now over and winding down before heading to bed and still found time to look back on the day on what got accomplished.  But still I have to admit I am still a little angry at missing a day of work and on something totally off issue.  I had purchased some bookmarks from Borders a long time ago and I keep seeming to forget where I set them aside.  Being that Borders is no longer out there I am kind of upset that they disappeared like that.  Well anyway life is full of ups and downs and if it wasn't life would be too easy and boring.  So thank you for keeping my life interesting to say the least. 

Music Awards Shows

     As times goes on I have started to really enjoy music awards shows cause they have gotten away more and more from the straight laced announcing the winners.  Each year the performances get better and better with special effects.  I know that music has evolved quite a bit over the years and although I have really appreciated the years passed.  I am really grateful for the ability to be able to sit here and enjoy all the performances. It has given me and even wider range of music to listen to and appreciate each genre more and more.  

      Originally I thought I was going to have to watch them recorded from my DVR but due to change of events the day got cut short with my daughter and allowed me to return home early enough to come home and watch it live.  The day started out pretty much as normally does with the exception that because of a movie I was watching I was delayed in getting in the shower to get the day rolling.  And yes like my daughter said I do have the movie and could of watched it anytime but as we all know somethings you just have to finish.   Sorry Mija  I LOVE YOU TOO. 

      Well although we got to the restaurant and did enjoy the food.  We didn't get our usual waitress which for whatever reason makes the meal more enjoyable.  She was there but we had got seated in another person area so alas we just sat there and ate our food.  Afterwards we went to take care of errands and stuff before having to head back to my mija house.  So we made the most of it the errands brought us some goodies in the form of Suduko, Coloring Books and other useful stuff.   Second stop at Wally World was a mandatory stop for the kitties.  Then finally the last stop gave me the opportunity to get the books I was looking for and restock my gum supply. 

       Unfortunately the day as was said was cut short cause a something happening at the house and my mija needing to get back home to take of things.  Although I stayed there for a little while and enjoyed my brief stay there I left to go home around 7 in order to get there before 8 to set up my DVR's for the night .  I was able to watch the Grammy's live and it was pretty entertaining and I really enjoyed it a lot.  

       Well this is where I will end this one and believe me there  will me many more to come as the days go by. I think I am just getting started here and really starting to enjoy this quite a bit too.  So for now I hope this wasn't too boring of a read  for you.

The Year Begins

       January has come again and this year has brought with it a colder time than we have had in while.  I actually had to break out the electric heater and I am kind of dreading the electric bill when in comes.  So with this being a new year I am looking forward to the healing process to continue, and allow me to do more things that I have yet to do since that day. 

       I know how much my daughter want to go to the movies and I am getting closer to being able to go.  One of the things is needing to get an earlier start to attend the movie first like we use to do.  I miss going to movies as a family and I guess that kind of hinders me in a way.  Well someday I may be able to join the movie goer community but for now I guess it is wait til it comes out on Blu-ray or DVD. 

        Well this month has had it's ups and downs but I mean that temperature wise.  Although the little warm front that comes and goes long enough for us all to thaw off before the next drop in temperature.  Luckily it hasn't dropped down low enough to be unbearable in fact I haven't even turn the heater on since the beginning of the month. Thank you for that cause a warm front and cold back really doesn't help me at all.  Will be glad when I get just go back to my summer weather that allows me to feel more comfortable.  

        Most of the month has been business as usual and now that it is all behind me I can say what I always say where did it all go.  Grateful to be here another month to move on trucking down life's highway. Even if it comes with little hiccups along the way like the trip to the dealer I had today instead of something major it was at some cost but still with in reason.  But an hour & half later I was heading back home or actually to pick up some more cold medicine because yes I am sick again. Boy am I getting tired of this I just wish I could finally have a long enough time being well in between illnesses.   

        Well Here we are in February and I just found out my rent is going up next month.  Not that is anything to worry about cause it is only a fifty dollar increase.  It is something I have actually been dreading for a long time as silly as it seems.  I don't know why I should mind the last time my rent was increased is going on 2 yrs now maybe more I am not really sure.  Anyway I will now have remember to write the new amount on the checks along with remembering to put 2013 being I write so few checks during the year. 

        Now I guess it is time to sign off on this new blog or a sad attempt of a blog but I will learn from practice or just crazy thoughts that I may want to share in the future.  So before this turns into another novel I better quit now.  Later.

Auto Warranties ?

       What can I say about this subject except for thct that it must be some unwritten rule that says that all vehicles will perform above the best of their ability until the warranty expires. Cause this way they can minimize the cost they have to pay out when when your car breaks down.  

       Unfortunately most of us are cars run perfectly until the mileage hits the end of the warranty mileage or year limit.   Then as they say the shit hits the fan and cost start to really pile up, so that it leaves with the big question mark on your face is it time to buy a new car.  

        So you see they time it just right and then they got you coming or going.  I made that mistake the last time and just got another vehicle cause I couldn't see sinking that much money into it to keep it running good.

         I think I am lucky this time around cause most of the heavy stuff actually happened during the warranty on this vehicle as opposed to waiting until it expired.  Could be that I had purchased the extended warranty all the way to 100,000 but alas that I am now passed that mark too.  

        Still my Xterra has ran pretty good and consistently with only minor problems and one that was not really pressing to the continued use of the car.  Just a mild irritation that I have actually learned to live with sadly enough.   So now that I have surpassed that mile stone and on my way to the next hundred thousand.  

        Which brings me to today I am at the dealer today, because of a switch in my car got stuck and is giving a false reading on my dash board.  Although it wasn't pressing enough to rush right in the day I noticed, it was still necessary to have it taken care of in order to prevent damage to the engine in the long run.  

        So here I sit at the dealers with my Ipad in hand all prepared to watch movies while the Xterra is being repaired. Then I realize one thing I forgot my earplugs so that I can listen without disturbing anyone else so here I sit writing another blog.  

        So I hope you found this little banter informative if not amusing enough to keep you on the edge of your seats, just kidding I know I am not that witty of  a person so I will end this now and say adieu