'Tis June

Well, another June has arrived.  I've not really been looking forward to it.  (I haven't looked forward to a June in years and years and...hmmm...more than a decade.)  Work is about to take a turn for the absolutely ugly.  The rest is, well, the usual issues I have with June which I won't go into here.  That's for my therapist to be paid to hear.  However, there are some new things that so far are not bad.

I have a new membership with the YMCA and have started going regularly to a couple classes and to swim and supposedly work out but haven't actually done that yet as I was only just taught how to use the machines on Saturday and haven't really found a moment to dive in and use them since then.  Supposedly this will help me meet some goals, get healthier, reduce stress blah, blah, so on and so forth.

I spent oodles and gobs of money on a new refrigerator to replace the one that came with the house.  Turns out I have this thing about frozen milk and spoiled food - I don't like it.  Also, the old one was not sealing well at all (understatement).  It was time for that sucker to go, so it has.  The delivery guys were nice kids.  (The one named Justin was as much a wise*** as a certain little brother I have.)  Samson didn't seem to mind them once they stopped moving the monster machines around.  The new fridge is all sorts of fancy...and a measly half inch too tall for the space.  So Saturday I'm having a shelf adjustment/removal party.  If we get real ambitious, we might connect the water, too...if we get ambitious...which would include me going to Lowes to buy the kit to do so.  We'll see.  I'm just happy to have a refrigerator that is more energy efficient and that will supposedly not ruin my expensive food...even if it is sticking way out into the kitchen for now.

Dad came last week and helped me secure two thirds of the garden to keep the rodents and birds out.  Only the tomatoes, pepper, spinach and potatoes are exposed and so far, the critters still seemed a bit in shock after all the activity back there.  We've only had one incident instead of daily ones.  The berries, zucchini, onions, and carrots are safe and sound and had been the most at risk.  It is nice to know that I will actually get to eat my own strawberries this year (had one already)!  I don't have to keep replanting the zucchini anymore either.  Now it's up to the weather and Samson and whatever all natural remedies I can find out about to keep the only uncaged part of the garden safe from those little rat ******** and all their little friends.

"Jazz in June" is going on in downtown Lincoln on Tuesday nights.  http://www.jazzinjune.com/index.html  Hopefully I'll get to at least one concert this year.

I just noticed how late it is.  Completely missed "The O'Reilly Factor."  Dang it!  Oh well.  I finished watching this disc of "Peter Gunn" episodes.  I can send it back to Netflix tomorrow.  I suppose that's a good thing, too...Ooo!  I love cable television sometimes.  I was able to start O'Reilly over again.  I get to watch it before it replays at 10:00.  That's good, too.