Next Thursday is my birthday

I don't know how I'm going to celebrate my birthday. I will write poem, perhaps several poems. I will be 63 and I think I should do something special to celebrate my birthday, I just don't know what to do.

Birthdays are special
another year older wiser
chocolate is nice.

Chocolate ice cream and cake would be a good way to celebrate. I like chocolate cake with chocolate frosting covered with chocolate ice cream. I'll have to research some of the restaurants in town and see what I can find.

I made stew today

I made stew today. I used a pork roast cut into chunks, sweet potatoes, celery, carrots, onions, and garlic. The veggies were in the refrigerator and I had to use them up before Friday, so I made stew. We didn't eat it all, so I'll warm it up for tomorrow.

Winter is stew weather. The warmth of the stew helps warm you up and the meat gives you energy to withstand the cold. I like making stew and this is the first time I've used a pork roast for the stew meant.

Stew with a little beef or pork roast is easy to make. Just cut the roast into chunks, put it in the slow cooker with garlic, onion, and enough water to cover the meat. After the meat is cooked then add the veggies. I like using a roast better then stew meat because the roast is tender and cooks up better then stew meat.

This is stew weather
meat, sweet potatoes, veggies
Grandma remembered.

I've went too long without posting

I think I've been depressed, which is no excuse for not posting or writing. Especially since writing get me out of the darkness. I probably have good reasons for being depressed, none of which I'm going to get into now.

The darkness conceals
reasons behind charcoal clouds
only light reveals.

Before I write in my blog about my reasons for being depress, I have to cover the subject in my offline journal. I'm in the process of doing that now.

Another Cloudy Day in Las Vegas

The cloud covered sky
hides the seasons happiness
a dreary Friday

Winter in Las Vegas

Last night it rained in Las Vegas and it snowed in the Spring Mountains. Winter is finally here and it's getting cold.

Freezing temperatures
snow in high elevations
Las Vegas winter.

We received our power bill today. I expected it would be larger then last month's bill and it is. The bill is now over $200.00 and this is only December, so we have about one or two more winter months of cold temperatures. I'm not looking forward to the temperature or the power bill, but there isn't a lot I can do about it because we need to stay warm.

: Getting online sometime difficult

Getting online in this morning was impossible. That doesn't mean I didn't get anything accomplished. I've set the virus scan to run in the morning. The virus scan runs while I'm involved with morning crises. For the past several months every morning has brought a crisis, which needs dealt with immediately.

I usually choose the blog topic when I get online, but that isn't working. It takes too long to make an entry; therefore, I'm going to use preselected topics and notes to compose my entries. I hope that this will cut down on the time it takes to make an entry.

Four new 2010 Calendars

I am ready for the New Year. I have four new 2010 calendars with beautiful pictures each month to inspire my muse. I have a Wildlife Calendar, an Americana Calendar, a Norman Rockwell Appointment Calendar, and a Water Smart Calendar. I have places to put the calendars; I just have not decided which calendar goes in which room yet.

A new calendar
a fresh start to 2010
my muse is singing.