Words

It has been a while since I've blogged. "Blogged", hmmmm, is that actually a word? I guess it has to be, "Googled" is a word now. So is "Swifter", as in "I'm going to swifter the floor". I find words interesting and fascinating. I have a friend who is 20+ years younger than me and she often uses words that I have no idea what they mean.

Sometimes she goes for walks with me and she shares stories of things that happen in her life that can pretty much take up the entire hour. Except she has to stop and explain things to me when she uses words I've never heard. An example is a word she used for a guy she worked with that chewed tobacco. I had no idea what the word was or what it meant. I'm thinking it had something to do with drugs so I just had to ask. She explained the word to me and a cute little smile came across her face that showed me she likes it when she knows things I don't.

Anyway, Gary and I are VERY excited because his brother Steve is coming here with his wife Mary this weekend. Steve and Mary are great fun and we so enjoy spending time with them. Gary's band has a gig at a local college welcoming foreign students to the USofA. They will be doing all 50's and 60's music. Steve will sing with them since he knows the words to practically every song out there. I hope to get some good pictures and will post them in a future entry. Mary's mother is going through cancer treatment so for those of you who spend time in prayer if you could include prayers for her and the family it would be much appreciated.

Oh, one more quick update. Gary and I have not had cable TV since we moved into the apartment. Couple of reasons, one - they wanted too much money for something that just entertains us, and two - we were waisting too much of our lives watching it just because we had hundreds of channels to surf. The neat thing about having limited channels is that you really don't become a slave to TV. The really bad thing is that you have to rely on "rabbit ears" (let's see if my young friend knows what that means) to get any kind of reception. It is fun to watch Gary turn the antenna this way, then that way, then hold it with one leg in the air and touching the lamp; you get the picture. Well, you get the picture but we rarely do. Today I found out that I might be able to get cable (local channels only) for $11/month. I'm willing to pay that and I like the limited channels but really REALLY miss ESPN during football season. However, I'm skeptical since I doubt the cable people know what they are talking about (this is based on a personal horror story with cable people). We'll find out on Monday!