Cats, Kids, Husbands..............And Neighbors.

Hello.

I could not log in yesterday, (when I remembered that I had a blog. It's a new thing, O.K.!)

I got in today. I really hate it when you get server malfunction messages!

(The internet version of a busy signal.)

Whatever my topic was, I have forgotten, my neighbor called.

Now "R", (as I will call him as he is one of those conspiracy people) always has a lot to say. Whatever my topic was is lost.

(My brain's version of a busy signal.)

His wife and I are fast friends. He is from the East Coast. He can, (and will) talk forever. Loudly. I think his volume control is broken. He is a Vietnam veteran with many medical problems. I do care, but he always has informational trivia about topics and can drone on and on.

This is when I sing "Itsy Bitsy Spider" silently in my head.

His wife and I are like two peas in a pod. We both love cats. The same television shows, shopping, ect.

She and I can talk about "something" and then, later on be shopping and she will remember what it was I wanted to pick up at the store. She has the uncanny ability to spot clothes I will love. And we both wear the same size!

While shopping, I figured out that she likes green, (not my favorite) so, for her birthday this month I was able to pick up a skirt and top she liked in her colors.

Shopping with her is fun. We can go on for hours looking at everything. Since her husband, "R" likes to talk, and mine likes to sit down,................well, it works out well.

We shop, the hubbies visit. We will go out on a Friday night, hit the buffet at the Red Lion, and then a few stores.

Walmart is open 24 hours! SWEET.

My son, actually one of 2 sons is in 6th grade and REALLY into climbing trees, wearing camo and repelling, [sic]. Since "R" spent years in the Army, he talks his ears off, and teaches him things. This works out well for both.

"R" even bought him a trumpet, and is teaching him to play it. My son is pretty good at it. The music gene runs in my family.

I can play the violin, viola, string bass and cello. My oldest can play the piano and the trombone. She bought her son a guitar, and I think she may be learning that as well.

My oldest son plays sports. My youngest daughter hasn't the patience yet for an instrument. She, (along with her older sister) enjoy singing. I was classically trained in vocal. My daughters enjoy kareoke.

Neither of my boys seem to be able to carry a tune, yet.

Anyway, as long as my #2 son can wear camo and hide in a tree on a rope, he is happy. My #1 son plays football at college.

I am getting old.

I guess I will save my cats for later.

Thanks,

Trpster :)

My First Blog Entry

Hello. Welcome.

Errr, Ummm, akkhhh. I thought to myself,

"Self, it might be fun to start a blog. Some blogs become famous. A part of the 'blog-o-sphere'..... that's what Wolf Blitzer on CNN calls it. Why not have my opinion(s) out there in the 'sphere'? (This thing got spell check??)"

Now, I have never blogged before. I have posted opinions to articles on/at Yahoo and other places.

I can be googled! I did it the other day! I put in "Trpster". I am googleable, therefore I am???

My topics of interest vary, as do my opinions. The best I can do is to tell about myselve, (not a typo).

I am a woman. I am a mother. I am a cat person. I have dogs. I am a sister.

My brother is a published, googleable poet.

I stay at home a lot and watch T.V. My television may stay on for more than 24 hours in a day.

I hate silence. I hate noise. I love information.

I watch soaps. I have followed Days pretty much from the beginning. My mom watched it. It came on right before I took my bath, before leaving for kindergarten.

I have watched it for years, video taped it when I worked. (The reason for buying a $500.00 programmable VHS V.C.R. in 1983)

I taped my stories, (and television college courses) back then. I am very loyal!

I worked, went to college, watched my soaps and classes, and raised my oldest child. I also had a "no-good-s.o.b.-of-a-husband" at the time.

About my soaps, I watch Days, Passions, and General Hospital. AND I HAVE OPINIONS on it.

I am disabled and home all the day. I HAVE OPINIONS ON THAT.

I watch T.V. news channels, AND I HAVE OPINIONS on it.

In the late 1980's I worked on major polital campaigns. Actually, I worked on them from the early 1980's up until the last of the 1990's.

I have shaken hands, gotten drunk, made telephone calls, played dirty tricks, and registered voters for any party, AND I HAVE OPINIONS on it.

I did most all of this in California.

Then, California went to sh*t and I moved out. I bought a bunch of acres out of state, a trailer, took my kids and hauled out. (I had left husband numbers 1 and 2 by then.) I was raising 4 children on my own.

Now I have a computer, satellite internet, satellite television, and AN OPINION.

I hope to share my thoughts, opinions, insights, and day with you, my reader. I hope you stick with me and interact.

Peace,
The Trpster