A Tornado Was Here

A tornado actually came through our small community.
Many of the large trees on the local Hospital grounds were twisted and snapped off. It then followed a path up warm springs avenue leaving a trail of broken trees.

Many people in town didn't know what was happening as it was only about 15 to 20 feet wide.
The news reel covered a lot of detail and pictures, however I was aware and I was afraid for my family... also myself too.
I am glad no one was really hurt, however there were a few injuries.

Thinking about it now... we were very lucky that it didn't come up our street.

I Hate Getting Old

I will be 74 years old soon, to be exact on July 4th, 2011.

I go to work and I am not physically able to do many of the things I used to do.
One example is that I can no longer pick up the 80 pound bags of concrete and I can't climb up and over things as I did 5 years ago.
If I were to be placed in a position where I would have to meet the physical conditions of the job description, I would fail.
I am respected my the younger men and women as the person that can answer almost any problem anyone could have, based on my past experience. That gives me an edge when there are jobs I can't do as most will offer to do them for me.

The biggest question I have now is... how long will I be able to keep the job as It is becoming almost impossible to do. Also, I am on my feet at least 8 and a half hours a day on a concrete floor.
I come home hurting so much I actually have a hard time getting out of the car and walking into the house. My back, legs and feet are usually swelled up considerably by the end of the day.

I wore a pedometer for a couple of days to see how far I would walk in a day and both days showed I had walked a little over 9 miles each day.

So, what's left... well, I am working very hard with my best friend to establish an income from on-line websites, also we are blogging too.
So far, we haven't made a dime, but I know from experience that persistence does pay off. So, I work at it every day... after work and on days off too.
My agreement is a very simple one based on trust with a verbal agreement of a 50/50 percent split.
I have placed all the sites payment info to go directly into her PayPal account.
I had 3 reasons for doing that. First, I trust her implicitly. Second, at my age, anything could happen to me at any time and if money did flow in, there would be no one to disperse it. Lastly, all income from everything we do should have just point of control. That makes everything work much more smoothly.

This just another form of planning ahead....... JUST IN CASE !!!!

I found out WHY !!!

My friends computer was froze in a position and it was believed that it was working.

As it turned out, after rebooting, that computer showed all the messages I had left.

So, the lesson from that simply is.... if you don't hear from me, or I don't hear from my friend.. I will simply re-boot and see if that was the problem.

We have kept in touch ever since with no problems.

I am wondering why !!!!

Yesterday I came home from work, had supper and went to my computer to chat with my very best friend.
I typed a couple of very short messages, basically saying I was home and available to chat. A couple of minutes later, my friends computer was turned off and I haven't heard a word since.
This is very strange as we chat every day and mostly in the evenings. We keep each other up to date on our lifes events and what's happening.
We are also partners in some "On Line" stuff that, if we can sell it, we can make some money. We have a 50/50 arraangement.
SO, I AM WONDERING WHY I HAVEN'T HEARD A WORD SINCE THEN.