Crabby Blogging Lady

Music makes me tired. It’s distracting. Is this a sign of getting old, when you no longer want to listen to music?

Well, I do like to hear the kids play. My son has a nice stratocaster with a mellow tone. He’s a big Fender fan…. most guitars sound alike to me. But the son can make them sing nicely.

My pace of life has increased dramatically, so maybe that’s why I’m so distractable and tired. I think most of us are ready to see some sun again. It’s been a very cloudy winter, cloudier than other years. I can feel the vitamin D seeping out of my pores, i tell ya. I hope things spruce up soon. The son’s playing is nice but it won’t keep me going forever….

The robins and cardinals and red wing blackbirds are faking me out. Their out there, chirping like it’s mid May. But the skies are still drenching us with snow and damp rain…. what the heck?

I heard that somebody is going to sue that groundhog from Pennsylvania (in jest). Oh brother. They have it all wrong. It’s not the groundhog’s sake! The people to sue are those who LISTEN to the groundhog!

Why do businesses insist on utilizing aged, outdated software? I work at a company that STILL uses Windows XP! The computer is slower than molasses in January. Good gravy. And the monitor — it’s a flat screen so I’ll give them that — is older and kind of small. Maybe some fixturing shims would help, beats me. Anything would be good at this point!

One cool thing I’ve noticed is the software that some companies built for internal use. Impressive. At least my company has a really good system, and it’s very thorough. So that’s some good to buffer the griping.

Now if I could only get them to update their computers into the 21st century….

Gosh, it’s tough going to my local area to shop. I DO TRY. I try to be a “locavore” or whatever else it’s called. But good gravy, taxes are high. Traffic is crazy. Prices are high. I do want to shop local, but spending an extra $100 is too much to pay for the fleeting smug feeling that I’ve shopped local.

Nay, give me the best ibanez you got ONLINE, baby. Free shipping, right to my door, great prices, no taxes…

If these local businesses want to make it, they’d better start some serious competition. Cuz right now, I get ALL my music equipment online.

The End.

You know what peeves me to no end?

People who post comments to blog updates on Facebook. HELLOOOOOO come to the blog and leave a comment, would ya?!?!?!

Someone said that blogs are becoming outdated. What a shame. I don’t want Facebook to get all the attention. Don’t people know that commenting on FB just detracts from their blog?! You’d rather Mark Zuckerburg gets ALL the money?!?!?

Will someone please tell me what’s going on out there? Why is gas so high? And why are food prices so high? I heard one statistic that said food prices were up 70% in the past two years. Holy cow! The middle class is rapidly deteriorating and yet we keep getting squeezed and squeezed.

Well, at least I’ve still got prospects for highlands nc real estate. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to “retire” but it’s nice to know I can still warm my old bones in that southern sunshine. Although at the rate food prices are going, I’ll be lucky if I’m not famished by then.

Good thing I’m on a diet.