October 26, 2010 - Well, Hello There!

It's been a while, hasn't it?

Don't ask me what happened to the new WIFI setup that was to be installed at the RV prk across the street. It was supposed to happen last Thursday, and the DirectTV man was there, installing equipment, all afternoon. That's all I can say. Nobody seems to know why we have no internet conection as of yet. I'm wondering if the service technician only comes out to this little town on Thursdays, and maybe we'll still have WIFI sometime in the future. In the meantime, the library is open three days a week, so that will have to suffice.

There is no way I'm going to be able to catch up with all your blogs, but I'll try to get the most recent ones read. I want to thank my daughter for keeping you posted on what's happening here, and for publishing your comments for me, and for calling me each day to read them all to me. I'm sorry I'm probably not going to have time to respond to them, but I'm sure you'll understand that an hour or two at the library each week just isn't going to cut it! Today's trip is being eaten up by updates to my internet security program and Windows Defender, as well as downloading 184 email messages, 412 Usenet posts!

Nothing much has happened since I last blogged. I got most of the area around the house cleaned up, the palm tree has had its dead fronds removed, and the little garden boxes have been planted. I had Mr. Granny remove the 2"x2" corner posts from one of the boxes and reinstall them a bit straighter, and in doing so he backed into that cactus that is right there next to the garden. I spent a good hour plucking cactus stickers from the back of his leg. Right after that happened, I backed into it! After another hour of tape and tweezers, we got wise....that cactus has been removed and has a new home out in the desert!

I've planted mixed lettuces in one bed for a cut and come again salad garden. In the other bed are spinach and radishes. The planter in the center has some chard that will be moved to a larger pot when I get some potting soil. That is, if any of the seeds grow! They should, as the weather has been great. We've had low to mid eighties during the day, and night temperatures ranging from 67F the first night we got here down to 47F last night.

I just tried to upload a photo of the newly cleaned up and seeded garden beds, and wouldn't you know....I haven't taken them off my camera yet! I'll have to come back with pictures tomorrow or Thursday. In the meantime, I'm alive and well, the dogs, the rabbit and Mr. Granny are all adapting just fine.

Miss you all!

15 comments:

  1. Glad to hear you are alive and well. I thought Africa was the only country where one struggled to get WIFI LOL. Diane

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  2. We miss you too, Granny! Laughing like a hyena over your version of "nothing much has happened," after which you write two whole paragraphs of stuff that you did. Hehe! Don't worry about your readers, I for one will still be eager to read you even if you only write sporadically.

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  3. So glad to hear all is well.
    Sorry about your internet. Hopefully things will get straightened around.

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  4. Missed you Granny! The blog world just isn't the same without you! Hopefully, you'll have internet soon!

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  5. I can't even imagine what your inbox/reader must look like LOL! This internet thing never goes smoothly there, does it? Hope they fix it SOON!

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  6. We miss your posts! Hope WiFi guy will set soon the equipment!

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  7. I know we're just all glad to hear you're doing well, Granny. The scattered, periodic messages you can manage to send will only heighten your allure. ;)

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  8. Yeah, glad to see you are blogging, even if it's at the library. I hope the wifi situation is resolved for you soon!

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  9. nasty cactus, that must of been quite the afternoon!

    What a range in night temperatures, that must be hard for plants and animals alike to adapt to. I hope your internet is up and running soon, meanwhile, glad to hear all is well.

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  10. I hope they get your internet back soon. It is a sad week when we don't hear from you.

    You had me laughing with the cactus, but when you said he backed up into it I figured you wouldn't be pulling needles from his calf but from somewhere else. The image was priceless. I'm glad you moved it. I grew up in a place with lots of prickly pear and I know how bad it is when you accidentally get into it. You can never get all those little prickers out. Ouch.

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  11. It's so nice to hear from you again Granny. We thought perhaps you had gotten caught up with the slot machines in Laughlin.:) Those catus sound dangerous...be carful. Do you have rattlesnakes too?

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  12. Take it easy, slow down, relax. have a beer or two.

    Don't waste your time catching up on my drivel. I can tell you what's happened. it's rained. There, that's about it.

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  13. Your weather sounds like the weather we have been having... so nice! Glad you at least have the library for now.

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  14. Yeah for Granny! Can't wait to see some pics start coming thru!

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  15. Sure hope your wifi situation gets fixed soon. Glad to hear you are all well, especially after the fight with the cactus.

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