Water Woes

Oh my gosh! I kept hearing a loud clunking noise so I went outside to see what it was.  My next door neighbor has a water leak in a waterline under his driveway. The men were tearing up the concrete and throwing it in the truck. He apologized to me for making so much noise and I told him it was no problem and I'm just glad it isn't my waterline. He said my house is about the same age and it could happen. Well, that's not a happy thought. I could use a new driveway, but the cost of it is out of this world. 
Well, just maybe my waterline isn't under my driveway. How could I know where it is? Maybe the City has maps of the waterlines.
Well, that's my happy news for today.

Plants are Smart

I saw an article in the paper the other day and since I have lost all vision in one eye and can barely see with the other one I don't read anything unless I think it could be vitally important or at least humorous. I don't recall the title of it, but it was something regarding talking to your plants which came under the humorous title for me. So I read it with a magnifying glass.
It said there had been a lot of testing the theory that plants thrive on being talked to. They had found that when music was piped into a nursery the plants were growing much better than the section that didn't have music. They especially like Heavy Rock music. The louder the better and it doesn't even need to be music because any loud noisy works. It didn't mention weeds, but I would advise you to keep your voice down when you're in the yard.
This is my African Violet in full bloom and I swear I did not say  a word to her/him/it.

Family Branches

Mom, Dad and their kids

Dylan and Tylor (twins)

Anthony and his ne Cycle

I don't remember who this is but I think the dog is Sheldon

My brother, Gene.

Money is a Root

Money is the root of all evil, it's also the root of most good. I received a letter from my bank today that looked very  serious and I was a little concerned until I read it. It said, Congratulations! we are pleased to inform you that in recognition of the exceptional way you handle your account we have increased your credit limit to $8,000.00. 
Wow! just what I want is to go in debt for another $8,000.00. I think most people make their payments on time. I have enough debt without their wonderful help. 

My air conditioner never takes a break these hot days. We lived in this town years ago and  had just as hot weather, and we did not have an air conditioner. The windows  were left open all night and I doubt if we had a fan. I don't think fans were very plentiful at that time. 
Remote controls were scarce too. In fact the TV was something many folks couldn't afford, including us. We finally got one and there was no remote control. Imagine having to get off your butt every time you wanted to change channels.

Most of my blogs are about the olden times, I suppose that's because I am an old relic myself. 
I don't know anything exciting or I would share it with you. 

A Visit to the Eye Doctor

This was an exciting day. I had a visit with my eye doctor. I live a very mundane life and anything as exciting as an injection in the eyeball is exciting and not the fun kind of exciting but the scary kind. The injection is totally painless but it sounds like torture.
I have two eyes and one has lost the central vision and to prevent it from happening to the other eye is an injection every two months to dry the specks of blood which will prevent me from losing my sight. It works very well. 

I tried to download a book on my Kindle the other day and I have a second Kindle and normally it gives the option to choose which Kindle to download it on. My laptop didn't show any Kindle at all. Just because I haven't used it for a year it didn't recognize one at all. That kind of thing is what shortens our lifespan. I stewed and fretted and tried to remember how to put it back on my computer again.  I would have given up, but I paid $4.99  for that book and I was not going to give up. $4.99 is $4.99. 
I am not sure what I did but it finally showed my first Kindle but not the other one. I want it on the other one because it's a larger reading area. I gave up on it.

That's all for now.